City Commission Conference Meeting and CRA Meeting on 2026-01-20 1:35 PM - Jan 20, 2026

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How did the meeting shift from City Commission to the CRA Board and what were the early votes?

Dean Trantalis 0:00

Good afternoon, everybody. Is my mic on? Okay. Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to City Commission conference meeting this January 20th, 2026. Sorry, I was a little late. I got caught by the freight train. ANYWAY, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS AFTERNOON. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT TOPICS TO DISCUSS AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. SO LET US BEGIN. WE HAVE A COMMUNICATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

City Manager (Raquel Williams) 0:29

MAYOR, PARDON ME, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AT THE LAST MEETING THE COMMISSION MADE A DETERMINATION ON THE ORDER OF THE MEETINGS AND THAT THE CRA WOULD BEGIN FIRST.

Dean Trantalis 0:38

I DON'T RECALL THAT, BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY DO THAT. WE TALKED ABOUT IT. WE DIDN'T AGREE TO THAT, BUT I'M OKAY WITH THAT. IS THERE SOMETHING ON THE CRA BOARD MEETING THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS RIGHT NOW THAT'S CONTROVERSIAL? IS ANYONE HERE FROM THE CRA BOARD MEETING? NO. MAYOR, I THOUGHT WE DID AGREE TO THAT, THOUGH.

School Board Member Dr. Jeff Holness 0:57

WE DID? YEAH, WE WERE IN AGREEMENT JUST TO ELIMINATE THE LONG WAIT. IT'S USUALLY A VERY SHORT MEETING, AND WE AGREED TO GO FORWARD. HAVE THAT MEETING FIRST. THAT'S FINE.

Dean Trantalis 1:09

SO WE'LL SUSPEND THE CONFERENCE MEETING RIGHT NOW AND WE'LL GO INTO THE CRA BOARD MEETING. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?

Commissioner (Clerk roll-caller) / Meeting Clerk (Unknown - likely City Clerk staff) 1:20

VICE CHAIR HERBST? COMMISSIONER GLASMAN? HERE. COMMISSIONER PITMAN? HERE. COMMISSIONER SORENSON?

Dean Trantalis 1:26

HERE. M-1, this is a motion to approve the minutes for the January 6, 2026 Community Redevelopment Agency Board meeting. Someone move?

Commissioner (Clerk roll-caller) / Meeting Clerk (Unknown - likely City Clerk staff) 1:37

So moved.

Dean Trantalis 1:38

Second. They moved and seconded. All right. Please call the roll.

Commissioner (Clerk roll-caller) / Meeting Clerk (Unknown - likely City Clerk staff) 1:41

Vice Chair Herbst? Yes. Commissioner Glossman?

Dean Trantalis 1:43

Yes.

Commissioner (Clerk roll-caller) / Meeting Clerk (Unknown - likely City Clerk staff) 1:44

Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Chair Turntals?

Dean Trantalis 1:47

Yes. And one is now approved, R1, resolution approving of modifications to the Central City Community Redevelopment Area Residential Facade and Landscaping Incentive Program, and renaming it to the Residential Enhancement Program.

Dean Trantalis 2:10

NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. DOES SOMEONE LIKE TO INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION?

City Manager (Raquel Williams) 2:14

INTRODUCED. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES. GOOD AFTERNOON. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME CONCERN FROM A NEIGHBOR.

School Board Member Dr. Jeff Holness 2:25

IF WE CAN HAVE CRA COME FORWARD, PLEASE. WHEN WE WERE DOING THIS PROJECT BEFORE, I KNOW WE'RE DOING THE NAME CHANGE, BUT BEFORE IT WAS THE FACADE AND LANDSCAPE INITIATIVE. The neighbor has concerns with the timeline of payment for those vendors that are being used. There was a delay. She highlighted we waited. They did the inspection. Then there was a delay in payment to that particular vendor contractor.

City Manager (Raquel Williams) 2:56

So if you could share with us the timeline, what that looks like as far as them being paid and the process overall.

Dean Trantalis 3:03

This is in the Central City CRA?

School Board Member Dr. Jeff Holness 3:05

This is for the... No, we're not Central City. Who are we?

Dean Trantalis 3:09

This is all we're talking about right now is Central City. See, resolution approving modifications of the Central City Community Redevelopment Area Residential Facade and Landscaping Incentive Program and renaming it the Residential Enhancement Program.

School Board Member Dr. Jeff Holness 3:24

Okay. I was under the impression that this also was affecting District 3.

Dean Trantalis 3:28

Is it?

Dr. Wanzer (Broward County Schools administrator / Superintendent staff) / Susan Leone (Chief Education Officer) — likely Dr. Wanzer 3:29

District 3 was approved back on December 2, 2025. So it's an accompanying item, I would say. Okay. Okay.

Dean Trantalis 3:37

BUT CAN WE ANSWER HER QUESTION?

Dr. Wanzer (Broward County Schools administrator / Superintendent staff) / Susan Leone (Chief Education Officer) — likely Dr. Wanzer 3:43

SURE. SO THE TIMELINE, ONCE THE APPLICATION COMES IN, WE DO REVIEW THE APPLICATION, AND FROM THAT PROCESS WE THEN GO FORWARD, WE INSPECT THE PROPERTY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE APPLICANT MEETS ALL OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS, AND THEN THE PROCESS BEGINS FROM PRIOR TO THE NEW MODIFICATION, THE APPLICANT REQUIRED THREE QUOTES IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD. Now we're decreasing that to up to two. And we're now implementing a process list of all of the professionals that we do receive so that when the applicant comes in, it kind of decreases the process of them having to find their own professional. So I think that that would eliminate a lot of the delay in moving forward. Thank you for sharing and explaining that for me.

Dean Trantalis 4:30

All right, great. Any other questions or comments with regard to R1?

What changes were proposed to the Central City Residential Enhancement (facade/landscape) program and payment timeline concerns?

City staff / Planning (Unknown - likely a City planner or attorney) 4:34

Can I make one point of clarification? So a couple things just to clarify what was said. So this item refers to District 3 even though it's Central City because there's a small portion of District 3 near Powerline Road that's included.