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.
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Pledge of Allegiance
ROLL CALL
Approval of MINUTES and Agenda
Minutes for September 16, 2025, Commission Conference Meeting, September 16, 2025, Commission Regular Meeting, October 7, 2025, Commission Conference Meeting and October 7, 2025, Commission Regular Meeting - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
CONSENT AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT
CONSENT AGENDA
CONSENT MOTIONS
Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement with Monkey Dust Productions LLC for Flow Fest Ft Lauderdale on January 18, 2026, at Esplanade Park - (Commission District 2)
Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement and Request for Road Closure with Las Olas Association, Inc. for the 38th Annual Las Olas Art Fair (Part I) on Las Olas Boulevard from January 3 - 4, 2026 - (Commission District 4)
Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement with K.J Marketing Solutions LLC for Igloo Cooler Festival on January 18, 2026, at Mills Pond Park - (Commission District 3)
Motion Approving the First Amendment to the Sound, Stage and Lighting Service Agreement to Increase the Annual Amount for Each Remaining Renewal Option - BFAV LLC d/b/a All On Stage Productions - $135,000 Annually - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
CONSENT RESOLUTIONS
Resolution Appointing the Law Firm of Greenberg Traurig, P.A. as Special Counsel in connection with the Public Private Partnership for the Holiday Park Parking Garage - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Resolution Approving the Consolidated Budget Amendment to Fiscal Year 2026 - Appropriation - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Resolution Approving Fiscal Year 2026 Not For Profit Grant Participation Agreement with First Call for Help of Broward, Inc., d/b/a 2-1-1 Broward - $25,000 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Resolution Approving Fiscal Year 2026 Not for Profit Grant Participation Agreement with Areawide Council on Aging of Broward County, Inc. - $127,842 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3, and 4)
Resolution Approving Fiscal Year 2026 Not for Profit Grant Participation Agreement with JAFCO Children's Ability Center, Inc. - $25,000 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Resolution Approving Fiscal Year 2026 Not For Profit Grant Participation Agreement with Junior Achievement of South Florida, Inc., - $33,900 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Resolution Approving Fiscal Year 2026 Not For Profit Grant Participation Agreement with Early Learning Coalition of Broward County, Inc. - $100,000 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Resolution Approving Amendment Number One to the Locally Funded Agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation for the Tunnel Top Park Pedestrian Plaza - (Commission District 4)
CONSENT PURCHASE
Motion Rejecting All Proposals Pursuant to Request for Proposal Event No. 421-3 and Approving an Agreement for Wireless Broadband Pilot Project Pursuant to Request for Proposals (RFP) Event No. 500 - Slice Wireless Solutions, Inc. - $713,761- (Commission District 3)
Motion Approving the Award for Invitation to Bid (ITB) No. 505-1 for Purchase of Asphaltic Concrete for Citywide Repairs and Rehabilitations - Weekley Asphalt Paving, Inc. - $166,000 (annually) - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Motion Approving an Agreement for Invitation to Bid (ITB) Event No. 509-1 - Annie Beck House Renovations - ENCOP, Inc. - $146,132 - (Commission District 2)
RESOLUTIONS
Appointment of Board and Committee Members - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Resolution Setting a Public Hearing on December 16, 2025, to Consider the Amended and Restated Ground Lease and the New Ground Lease for the Property Known as the New River Trading Post, Pursuant to Section 8.09 of the City Charter - (Commission District 2)
Resolution Appointing Christopher “Chris” Cooper as Deputy City Manager - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Resolution Providing Notice of the Final Ranking of the Four (4) Shortlisted Unsolicited Proposals for the Design, Development, Financing, Construction, Operation, and Maintenance of a New City Hall Facility, Decision to Proceed with and the Acceptance of the Unsolicited Proposal from the Highest Ranked Proposer (_________________________), Authorizing Negotiations of a Proposed Interim and/or Comprehensive Agreement Starting with the Highest Ranked Proposer of the Final Ranking in Accordance with Section 255.065, Florida Statutes - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Public Hearing - Resolution Designating Real Property Located at 3100 NE 32 Avenue, as a Brownfield Area for Rehabilitation and Redevelopment Pursuant to the State of Florida Brownfields Redevelopment Act (Section 376.80, Florida Statutes), and Setting a Second Public Hearing for December 16, 2025, to Meet Florida Statue Requirements - (Commission District 2)
Public Hearing Approving the Northwest-Progresso-Flagler Heights Community Redevelopment Agency Amended and Restated Community Redevelopment Plan - (Commission Districts 2 and 3)
Public Hearing Approving the Issuance of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for IOV VENTURES LLC to Operate One Vehicle for Hire Service within the City of Fort Lauderdale - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
ORDINANCE SECOND READING
Second Reading - Ordinance Amending City of Fort Lauderdale Unified Land Development Regulations (ULDR) Section 47-13.20 - Downtown RAC Review Process and Special Regulations, Section 47-13.30 - Table of Dimensional Requirements for the SRAC Districts, Article XII, Section 47-36.1 - Transfer of Development Rights (TDR), and Section 47-37B.5 - Table of Dimensional Requirements for the Uptown Urban Village Zoning Districts to Update the TDR Ordinance and Allow Additional Density for Receiving Sites Utilizing the TDR Program; Extending the Expiration Date for Certificates of Eligibility; Providing a Calculation for Available Dwelling Units at Sending Sites, and Incorporating Ability to Retransfer TDR Units or Floor Area - Case No. UDP-T24009 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Second Reading - Quasi-Judicial Ordinance Approving a Rezoning from Residential Single Family and Duplex/Medium Density (RD-15) District to Residential Multifamily Low Rise/Medium Density (RM-15) District - Case No. UDP-Z25001 - 1000 SW 26 Street - (Commission District 4)
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.
ADJOURNMENT
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS PULLED FOR DISCUSSION
Approval of the Consent Agenda
WALK-ON Motion to select FTL City Hall Partners as the highest ranked proposer and Balfour Beatty as the second highest ranked proposer
WALK-ON Motion to select Fort Lauderdale Civic Partners as the third ranked proposer and FTL Beacon Collaborative as the fourth ranked proposer
COMMISSION QUORUM ESTABLISHED
CALL TO ORDER
MOMENT OF SILENCE
AGENDA ANNOUNCEMENTS