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Action Summary

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

6:00 PM

Broward Center for the Performing Arts - Mary N. Porter Riverview

Ballroom - 201 SW 5th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33312

City Commission Regular Meeting

FORT LAUDERDALE CITY COMMISSION

DEAN J. TRANTALIS Mayor

BEN SORENSEN Vice Mayor - Commissioner - District 4

JOHN C. HERBST Commissioner - District 1

STEVEN GLASSMAN Commissioner - District 2

PAM BEASLEY-PITTMAN Commissioner - District 3

RICKELLE WILLIAMS, City Manager

SHARI L. McCARTNEY, City Attorney

PATRICK REILLY, City Auditor

DAVID R. SOLOMAN, City Clerk

PUBLIC APPEARANCES BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION:

If any person wishes to address the City Commission, the person shall sign up in the

Broward Center for the Performing Arts - Mary N. Porter Riverview Ballroom lobby. A

member of the City Clerk’s Office Staff will be there to assist. Speaker Cards are given

to the Mayor. After being recognized by the Mayor, the speaker should approach the

podium, identify the agenda item in question, indicate support, opposition, or neutrality

on the agenda item, and then proceed to succinctly state the speaker’s position or

present information.

If an attorney, or any other person appears before the Commission in a representative

capacity, the attorney, or other representative shall also sign up in the Broward Center

for the Performing Arts - Mary N. Porter Riverview Ballroom lobby. A member of the

City Clerk’s Office Staff will be there to assist. After being recognized by the Mayor, the

speaker should approach the podium, identify the client(s) being represented, and

identify the agenda item in question. The speaker shall then indicate the client’s

support, opposition, or neutrality on the agenda item and then proceed to succinctly

state the client’s position or present information on behalf of the client(s).

Pursuant to Section 3.13 of the Charter of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the

Mayor shall maintain order at all meetings, and the Police Department, upon

instructions of the Mayor, shall expel any person from the meeting who refuses to obey

the order of the Mayor in relation to preserving order at the meetings. Any person who

interrupts or disturbs a City Commission meeting, or who willfully enters or remains in a

City Commission meeting having been warned by the Mayor to depart and who refuses

to do so, may be subject to arrest.

AUXILIARY AIDS AND SERVICES: If you desire auxiliary aids or services or both to

assist in viewing or hearing the City Commission meetings or reading the agenda and

minutes for the meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 954-828-5002 at a

minimum of two days prior to the meeting and arrangements will be made to provide

these services to you.

Pledge of Allegiance

ROLL CALL

5 - Commissioner John C. Herbst, Commissioner Steven Glassman,

Commissioner Pam Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Ben Sorensen and

Mayor Dean J. Trantalis

Present:

Approval of MINUTES and Agenda

26-0436

Minutes for March 3, 2026, Commission Conference Meeting and

March 3, 2026, Commission Regular Meeting - (Commission

Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

APPROVED AS AMENDED - Agenda Amended

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

PRESENTATIONS

26-0401

Vice-Mayor Sorensen to present a Proclamation declaring May

2026, as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Awareness Month in

the City of Fort Lauderdale

PRES-

PRESENTED

26-0427

Commissioner Glassman to present a Proclamation declaring May

3-9, 2026, as National Small Business Week in the City of Fort

Lauderdale

PRES-

PRESENTED

CONSENT AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT

CONSENT AGENDA

Approval of the Consent Agenda

Approve the Consent Agenda

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Yea:

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

CONSENT MOTIONS

26-0395

Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement with Gold Crest Dist

Corp for the Boozy Crawfish Festival on May 16, 2026, at Las Olas

Oceanside Park - (Commission District 2)

CM-1

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0398

Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement, Request for

Amplified Music Exemption, and Request for Road Closure with The

Janho Group, Inc. for the Posh Backyard Jam on May 24, 2026, at

Posh Lounge located at 110 North Federal Highway - (Commission

District 2)

CM-2

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0363

26-0357

26-0364

Motion Approving a Temporary Beach License and Outdoor Event

Agreement with Florida Girls Giving Back, Inc. for the Florida Girls

Giving Back Air Show Viewing Experience on May 9, 2026, at the

Bonnet House Beach Area - (Commission District 2)

CM-3

CM-4

CM-5

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

Motion Approving Fiscal Year 2026 Beach Business Improvement

District Grant Participation Agreement with Lauderdale Air Show,

LLC for the Air Dot Show on May 9-10, 2026 - $75,000 -

(Commission District 2)

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

Motion Approving a Sponsorship Agreement with Bahia Mar

Holdings, LLC, to be a Sponsor for the 2026 4th of July Spectacular

to be held on July 4, 2026, at Las Olas Oceanside Park and Fort

Lauderdale Beach - in the amount of $10,000 - (Commission

Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0381

Motion Approving a Second Amendment to the Recreation License

Agreement between the School Board of Broward County and the

City of Fort Lauderdale for the Shared Use and Recreation

Improvements to School Sites Owned by the School Board of

Broward County to 1) Acknowledge $1,700,000 from the School

Board of Broward County to Enhance Planned Parks Bond

Improvements and 2) Remove the Existing City Parks Bond Funding

Allocation in the Amount of $775,000 Associated with the Closure of

North Fork Elementary School - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

CM-6

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0429

26-0379

26-0433

Motion Approving a Third Amendment to a Lease Agreement

Between Broward County and the City of Fort Lauderdale for Lake

Lauderdale, Joint Park Site, also known as Mills Pond Park -

(Commission District 3)

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CM-8

CM-9

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

Motion Approving Execution of a Subgrant Agreement with the

Broward County State Attorney’s Office for Work Performed Under

the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Program - $150,000 -

(Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

Motion Approving Change Order No. 34 for Construction

Management at Risk Services Phase II for the New Police

Headquarters - Moss & Associates, LLC - $533,750 - (Commission

Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

CONSENT RESOLUTIONS

26-0063

Resolution Approving the Consolidated Budget Amendment to

CR-1

Fiscal Year 2026 - Appropriation - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and

ADOPTED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0393

Resolution Authorizing the Execution of a Fifty (50)-Year Use and

Occupancy Agreement between the Florida Department of

Transportation and the City of Fort Lauderdale for the Maintenance,

Repair, and Operation of the D-34 Sanitary Sewer Pump Station

Located in the Right-of-Way of State Road A1A and SE 17 Street -

(Commission District 4)

CR-3

ADOPTED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0397

Resolution Approving and Ratifying a Memorandum of

Understanding Between the City of Fort Lauderdale and Federation

of Public Employees to Amend Article 34, Section 1 of the Collective

Bargaining Agreement Related to Health Insurance Contributions -

(Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

CR-4

ADOPTED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS PULLED FOR DISCUSSION

26-0370

Resolution Establishing a Living Seawall Permit Fee Assistance

Program - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

CR-2

ADOPTED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

MOTIONS

26-0148

Motion Approving a Service Agreement with Pepe Gaka Related to

the Installation of a Mural in Peter Feldman Park - (Commission

District 2)

M-1

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0386

Motion Approving Agreement Pursuant to a Multi-Step Procurement

Process, Request for Qualifications (RFQ) No. 522-2,

M-2

Pre-Qualification for Design-Build Services (Step 1); and Request

for Proposals (RFP) No. 558-3 for Design-Build Services (Step 2)

for Fire Station No. 13 and Emergency Medical Sub-Station No. 88

- CORE Construction Services of Florida, LLC - $22,745,045 (no

alternates) - (Commission Districts 2 and 4)

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

RESOLUTIONS

26-0437

Appointment of Board and Committee Members - (Commission

Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

R-1

ADOPTED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0405

Resolution Approving an Interlocal Agreement Between the City of

Fort Lauderdale and Broward County for a $3,000,000 Surtax Grant

Match Program Award for the Breakers Avenue Resiliency and

Traffic Improvements Project - (Commission District 2)

R-2

ADOPTED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0404

26-0407

26-0483

Resolution Approving a Grant Agreement with the Florida

Department of Transportation for a $1,000,000 State Appropriation

for Las Olas Boulevard Safety Improvements and Americans with

Disabilities Act (ADA) Upgrades, Western Corridor from Andrews

Avenue to SE 17 Avenue - (Commission District 4)

R-3

R-4

R-5

ADOPTED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

Resolution Approving a Grant Agreement with the United States

Department of Housing and Urban Development for the

Construction of the Breakers Avenue Resiliency and Traffic

Improvements Project in the amount of $850,000 - (Commission

District 2)

ADOPTED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

City Manager Annual Performance Review - (Commission Districts

1, 2, 3 and 4)

DEFEATED

2 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Vice Mayor Sorensen

Yea:

Nay:

3 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

26-0279

Quasi-Judicial Resolution Approving a Site Plan Level II Central

Beach Development Permit for a Thirteen (13) Story, Fifty-four (54)

Unit Multifamily Development Requesting a Maximum Building

Height of 144 Feet in the Intracoastal Overlook Area (IOA) Zoning

District - Case No. UDP-S25037 - 623 Bayshore Dr, LLC. and 701

Bayshore Dr. LLC. - Opus at 701 - (Commission District 2)

R-6

Anyone wishing to speak must be sworn in. The Commission will

announce any site visits, communications or expert opinions

received and make them part of the record.

ADOPTED for Approval

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0369

Quasi-Judicial Resolution Approving Amendment to a Site Plan

Level IV Development Permit for “Sereno” (formerly “Ocean Park

Residences”) to Increase the Number of Multifamily Residential

Units from Seventy-Six (76) to Eighty-Eight (88), Adding 113 Hotel

Rooms and 1,800 Square Feet of Commercial Use, with a Parking

Reduction Request, in the Central Beach Regional Activity Center -

Case No. UDP-S25049 - 2851 - 2901 NE 9 Court - Sunrise FTL

Ventures, LLLP - (Commission District 2)

R-7

Anyone wishing to speak must be sworn in. The Commission will

announce any site visits, communications or expert opinions

received and make them part of the record.

ADOPTED for Approval

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

PUBLIC HEARINGS

26-0186

Public Hearing - Ordinance Amending the City of Fort Lauderdale

Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map from Low Medium

Residential and Medium Residential to Commercial Land Use

Designation - 1680 NW 31 Avenue - RPL Land LLC - Case No.

UDP-L24003 - (Commission District 3)

PH-1

PASSED FIRST READING

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

ORDINANCE FIRST READING

26-0194

26-0294

First Reading - Ordinance Amending Chapter 28, Article II of the

Code of Ordinances to Clarify Ownership, Maintenance, Repair,

Installation, and Cost Responsibility for Sewer Laterals and Related

Sewer Infrastructure - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

OFR-1

OFR-2

PASSED FIRST READING

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

First Reading - Quasi-Judicial Ordinance Approving the Vacation of

a 127-Foot-Long and Forty (40)-Foot-Wide Portion of NE 8 Street

and NE 15 Avenue - GO-3 Development, Inc. - Case No.

UDP-V25001 - (Commission District 2)

Anyone wishing to speak must be sworn in. The Commission will

announce any site visits, communications or expert opinions

received and make them part of the record.

PASSED FIRST READING

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0295

First Reading - Quasi-Judicial Ordinance Approving the Vacation of

a 719 Square Foot Right-of-Way and Road Easement within a Ten

(10)-Foot-wide by Sixty-Five (65)-Foot-long Portion of NE 15

Avenue - GO-3 Development, Inc. - Case No. UDP-V25002 -

(Commission District 2)

OFR-3

Anyone wishing to speak must be sworn in. The Commission will

announce any site visits, communications or expert opinions

received and make them part of the record.

PASSED FIRST READING

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

WALK-ON RESOLUTIONS

26-0509

WALK-ON - Resolution Calling a Special Municipal Election to be

held on November 3, 2026, to Elect a City Commissioner from

Commission District 1, and Establishing a Qualifying Period for the

Special Municipal Election

ADOPTED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0461

WALK-ON - Resolution Providing Notice of Intent to Enter into a

Comprehensive Agreement for a Qualifying Project for the Melrose

Manors Stormwater Improvements Project, Accepting Unsolicited

Proposal from Man-Con, Inc., and Notice of Intent to Accept Other

Proposals for the Same Project - (Commission Districts 3)

ADOPTED - 21 Day Period to Accept Other Proposals

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0462

WALK-ON - Resolution Providing Notice of Intent to Enter into a

Comprehensive Agreement for a Qualifying Project for the Riverland

Stormwater Improvements Project, Accepting Unsolicited Proposal

from David Mancini & Sons, Inc., and Notice of Intent to Accept

Other Proposals for the Same Project - (Commission Districts 3)

ADOPTED - 21 Day Period to Accept Other Proposals

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

ADJOURNMENT