Ben Sorensen

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Fort Lauderdale City Commission · City Commission Joint Workshop with BAB and Conference Meeting on 2026-06-16 1:00 PM - Jun 16, 2026 · 16 Jun 2026 meeting

Sure.

So yes, there are specific categories or eligibility buckets for how we expend those dollars.

But we do have other revenue sources that support other programs and services in our city.

And so we would definitely weigh the priorities and get that feedback from the commission.

And so I would consider that every existing or potential new program will be evaluated against the priorities of the commission.

And I think that goes back to my conversation earlier about how I want to be as transparent as possible with our residents about

possible impacts because I personally when I look at the buckets that the state is telling us in this legislation that folks are going to be voting on it's very specific and so as you said we might have to go back and look at other priorities that we've had or maybe we can't even make room for a priority like this I'm just concerned that's all I'm saying but I want to make sure that when we educate the public not advocate

But when we educate, we do such a good job of educating that people must understand what might happen to programs like this when we've already established a whole line of priorities that have been waiting now for years for us to plan.

But I just want us to be able to explain this and make sure that people understand the consequences of how we might have to shift priorities or how we might not be able to do the necessary help that we see recommended here.

That's all.

TO ADD TO THIS CONVERSATION, WITH THIS, YES, THIS IS AN INITIATIVE THAT STARTED WITHIN DISTRICT 3, BUT THE OVERALL GOAL IS TO EXPAND IT CITYWIDE.

I think one of the benefits that we've seen from this program is the knowledge and the expertise that Ms.

Frazier has shared with our existing economic development team.

So there could be opportunities to implement some of these initiatives through staff members.

We would definitely want to gauge any expansion of this framework throughout the city.

We have

lots of commercial corridors and I think we would need to identify maybe what's the next appropriate area for a potential expansion before we talk about having a citywide type of rollout.

So I think that there are opportunities for us to leverage what has been gleaned and developed through the Align framework

And then we're always looking for grants, uh, which is how we got here.

And so maybe there's an opportunity for external funding that could help support this initiative.

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