City Commission Regular Meeting on 2026-01-20 6:00 PM - Jan 21, 2026
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Fort Lauderdale City Commission
5h 42m
2 speakers
8 agenda items
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How does the meeting reopen and what ceremonial recognitions occur?
A closed-door session has returned from dinner, and we now – is my mic not working? Is it working okay? Okay. This is not a carnival. This is a city commission meeting, so please don't yell while someone else is talking. Thank you. So the closed-door session is now concluded and the public meeting is now reopened. At this time, I'd like to recess the conference meeting and open the regular meeting.
And with that, I'd like to invite everybody to please rise that we join in the Pledge of Allegiance. And in doing so, I'd like to invite Ashley St. Germain, Julia St. Germain, for Wendy Vincent and Ruth Shirley Jean Marie to join me at the podium so we can together recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
So great.
For you. Good. Why don't you turn over here? Come over here. You all know the Pledge of Allegiance? Okay, you're going to put your right hand on your heart. Okay, your right hand on your heart. No, your right hand on your heart. Your right hand on your heart. Very good. Okay. And get a little closer. Okay, it's all up to you.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,
And to the republic of Russia stand, one nation, under God, indivisible, and with liberty and justice for all.
Now, are your families here? Are your mom or your dad or any of your family with you tonight? No, they're not with you. No relatives? Nobody came with you tonight?
No. I want to ask you to come over here and take a picture with you. Who's with our little, who's with our ladies tonight who said to pledge? Please join them. Thank you.
Yeah.
Okay, ready? We're all looking here.
One, two, three. We're going to do one more. One, two, three. Perfect. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you for coming. I appreciate it. We have a little gift back for you, okay?
You're welcome.
A token of our appreciation for your coming here.
Thank you.
Okay, so for those of you who are here for the first time, welcome. We appreciate your attending. We're going to take things a little bit out of order. First of all, I need to let you all know that we did not finish our conference meeting this afternoon. We had one more item left. So I'm going to reopen that conference meeting and we're going to have the conversation regarding that. Then we're going to suspend the conference meeting and we're going to come back to the regular meeting. And at that time, we're going to take out of order the issue regarding the – what's the word I'm thinking of? The – The bar issue. And so we'll take that out of order. So because I know a lot of you are here tonight and I don't want you to wait all night for that to happen.
So we'll take that up front. And then that way, those who need to speak will be able to speak tonight and be able to get back to your families. But before we before we go back into the conference meeting, we have a few presentations I'd like to make. But before we even get there, we normally at our meetings, we ask everybody share in a moment of silence, which we'd like to do right now. Thank you.
Thank you. Also, well, I can do this later, the retirements. Okay, so Mr. Clerk, please call the roll. Commissioner Glossman? Here. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman?
Here.
Commissioner Sorensen? Here. Mayor Trentals? Here. With regard to the agenda, we have OFR 2 is the only revision. Exhibit 6, the resolution, the header was revised. Other than that, do I hear a motion to approve the minutes and the agenda as amended? Moved. Second. Moved and seconded. Please call the roll. Vice Mayor Herbst. Mr. Glassman? Yes. Mr. Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Mr. Sorenson? Yes. Mary Trentals? Yes. And the minutes and the agenda as amended are now approved. So we have three presentations tonight. I'd first like to invite Susan Leone, our Chief Education Officer, to the podium, who's going to present to the Fort Lauderdale High School Innovation Zone student recognition. Susan?
Good evening and thank you. The city manager's office in the city of Fort Lauderdale recognizes that acknowledging and valuing students can significantly increase their self-esteem and their self-confidence.
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Agenda
8 items
1
How does the meeting reopen and what ceremonial recognitions occur?
0:00–32:31
2
What is Rufus James' airport presentation on FXE’s history, finances, and proposed lease policies?
32:31–2:17:36
3
How do business owners describe late-night revenue and concerns about changing 4 a.m. hours?
2:17:36–2:22:38
4
What enforcement gaps and open-container/parking garage issues are officials and residents raising?
2:22:38–2:30:13
5
How would revising the Special Entertainment District rules affect which venues get extended hours?
2:30:13–4:02:41
6
How will eliminating open containers and on‑street alcohol sales impact Fort Lauderdale businesses and enforcement?
4:02:41–4:05:17
7
What is the plan for extended operating hours, special entertainment districts, and a 90‑day stakeholder process?
4:05:17–4:11:49
8
Why was a de novo hearing set for the Board of Adjustment denial and what are the next steps?
4:11:49–5:42:07
Speakers
2 identifiedOfficials recognised by voice; public commenters shown as “Speaker N” unless they state their name.
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