City Commission Regular Meeting on 2024-11-07 6:00 PM (Auto-Generated Trim Backup)

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What announcements and ceremonies opened the Fort Lauderdale City Commission meeting?

Dean Trantalis 0:08

OUR AFTERNOON EFFORTS WERE A LITTLE LONGER THAN WE EXPECTED, AND WE HAD A LONGER CRA MEETING. HAVING SAID THAT, I'D LIKE TO, FOR THOSE OF YOU HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE APPRECIATE YOUR BEING HERE, AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE BEGIN WITH A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS AND A PRESENTATION TONIGHT. WE HAD ONE PRESENTATION ALREADY, WHICH CITY RECEIVED $740,000. I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE CHECK SAYS. Oh, okay. I stand corrected. It's just money. So let us begin with the Pledge of Allegiance. If I could ask you all to please stand and join me in the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Please be seated. Following our pledge, we offer a moment of silence before we begin the evening meeting.

Dean Trantalis 1:15

And tonight, I'd like you to join me in remembrance of our former city attorney, Tom Ansborough, who very, very unexpectedly passed away since our last meeting. So please join me in this moment of silence.

Dean Trantalis 1:39

Thank you. And for those of you who knew Tom and would like to pay your respects, I believe it's next Tuesday, if I'm not mistaken.

Dean Trantalis 1:57

Yes, Tuesday, here at the Broward Center at 6 p.m., we'll be having a celebration of life in remembrance of Mr. Ansborough. Okay, so I also want to take a moment of personal privilege to announce one person who is retiring from the city this month of November, Onisa Girona. She was a senior financial administrator. She had been with the city for 20 years, and she actually has retired, and we want to thank you for your service. Thank you so much.

2:32

Thank you.

Dean Trantalis 2:37

All right. So, Mr. Clerk, could you please call the roll?

City Clerk (Unknown) 2:41

Commissioner Herbst? Vice Mayor Glassman? Here. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Here. Commissioner Sturman? Here. Mayor Trentals?

Dean Trantalis 2:47

Here. And we have full attendance. A couple of agenda announcements. In CM2, that's on the consent agenda. That's going to be removed. The events were canceled by the promoter. Darn, what am I going to do that night? Okay. Hold on. And then R4 is being removed from the agenda as requested by the city manager. So if you're here on either of those items, those will not be addressed tonight. However, what we will...

City Clerk (Unknown) 3:20

CM2 and what's

Dean Trantalis 3:21

the other one? CM2 and R4. OK, so now, and also we have a change on CR6. The CAM was revised to correct the funding errors on pages 9 through 11. The revised CAM was also added in Exhibit 1 resolution as the CAM is attached to it. All right. Do I hear a motion to approve the minutes and the agenda as amended? I've been moved. Do I hear a second?

3:54

Second.

Dean Trantalis 3:55

I've been moved and seconded. Please call the roll.

City Clerk (Unknown) 3:57

Commissioner Sturman? Yes. Commissioner Hurst? Vice Mayor Glassman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Mayor Trentals?

Dean Trantalis 4:03

Yes. And so the minutes and the agenda as amended have now been approved. So we had an earlier presentation in which Congresswoman Sheriff Liz McCormick came and visited our meeting and presented us with the check that you see in front of us. which is intended to be applied towards a project in Lauderdale Manors, a multimodal connections project. Very appreciative of the Congresswoman for having undertaken that task, and the money will be well spent. The second presentation, which is the only other presentation we have tonight, IS WHERE I AM HONORED TO PRESENT A PROCLAMATION DECLARING NOVEMBER 2024 AS NATIONAL HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE. AND I WOULD ASK IF LUISA AGATHON, WHO IS OUR MANAGER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT DIVISION AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TASK FORCE, IF THEY CAN PLEASE JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM.

Dean Trantalis 5:21

First of all on behalf of the City Commission and members of our community I want to thank you all for FOR THE DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO OUR CITY AND OUR NEIGHBORS IN TRYING TO ASSIST THE CITY IN HELPING THROUGH OUR HOMELESS CRISIS. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU DO. AND IN RECOGNITION OF THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO READ AND PRESENT TO YOU A PROCLAMATION OF A COPY OF WHICH YOU ARE EACH BEING GIVEN TONIGHT IN RECOGNITION OF THE NATIONAL HOMELESSNESS AWARENESS MONTH.