Broward County  
Action Agenda - Published  
Tuesday, February 11, 2020  
10:00 AM  
Broward County Governmental Center  
Room 422 (Commission Chambers)  
County Commission  
MEETING OF FEBRUARY 11, 2020  
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE was led by Commissioner Mark D. Bogen, District 2.  
CALL TO ORDER was led by Mayor Dale V.C. Holness, District 9.  
MOMENT OF SILENCE  
In memory of Emma Sorenson.  
In memory of our past and present brave men and women of the United States Armed Forces  
who served our country and continue to serve our country at home and abroad.  
CALL TO ORDER  
Present:  
Commissioner Mark D. Bogen  
Commissioner Lamar P. Fisher  
Commissioner Beam Furr  
Vice-Mayor Steve Geller  
Mayor Dale V.C. Holness  
Commissioner Nan H. Rich  
Commissioner Tim Ryan  
Commissioner Barbara Sharief  
Commissioner Michael Udine  
Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller participated telephonically for the  
entirety of the Consent, and portions of the Regular Agenda.  
CONSENT AGENDA  
A
motion was made by Commissioner Fisher, seconded by Commissioner Udine and  
unanimously carried, to approve the Consent Agenda consisting of Items 1 through 29. At the  
request of the Mayor, Regular Items 34, 35, 36, 37 and Supplemental Items 48, 49, 50 and 51  
were transferred to the Consent Agenda.  
Each item voted on the Consent Agenda was passed by unanimous vote of the Commission  
unless otherwise indicated by record vote.  
Public Hearing Items consist of Items 30 through 33.  
The following Public Hearing Item was continued: 31.  
The following Item was withdrawn: 43.  
The following Items were pulled by the Board and considered separately: 11 and 28.  
The following Item was pulled by a member of the public and considered separately: 9.  
BOARD APPOINTMENTS  
MOTION TO APPROVE Board Appointments  
1.  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
AVIATION DEPARTMENT  
MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2020-043 approving a Public Transportation Grant  
Agreement with the State of Florida Department of Transportation for Financial Project  
No. 440132-1-94-01; to fund Terminal Passenger Loading Bridges at the Broward  
County’s Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport; authorizing the Mayor or  
Vice-Mayor to execute same; authorizing the County Administrator to take the necessary  
administrative and budgetary actions; and approve any nonmonetary amendments subject  
to the Office of the County Attorney approving as to legal sufficiency; and providing for  
severability and an effective date. This Public Transportation Grant Agreement will provide  
grant funding up to a maximum amount of $3,000,000. A certified copy of the approved  
Resolution shall be inserted as Exhibit D to the Public Transportation Grant Agreement  
before execution.  
2.  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET  
MOTION TO ADOPT budget Resolution No. 2020-044 transferring funds within the Law  
Enforcement Trust Fund in the amount of $223,072 for the purpose of providing matching  
funds for a grant from the Department of Homeland Security to procure an emergency  
response vessel and conduct an emergency response exercise.  
3.  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
REQUEST TO SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING  
MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2020-045 directing the County Administrator to  
publish Notices of Public Hearings to consider approval of the First Amendment to the  
4.  
Lease Agreement between Broward County and Cemex Construction Materials Florida,  
LLC. The Public Hearings will be held on February 25, 2020, and March 10, 2020, at  
10:00 a.m. in Room 422 of the Governmental Center, 115 South Andrews Avenue, Fort  
Lauderdale, FL 33301.  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2020-046 directing the County Administrator to  
publish Notice of Public Hearing to be held on Tuesday, March 10, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. in  
Room 422 of the Governmental Center, 115 South Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale,  
Florida to vacate a 12-foot utility easement lying within Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, Block 11 of  
Venetian Isles 2nd Section, as recorded in Plat Book 45, Page 49 of the Public Records  
of Broward County, located at 3870 Northwest 22 Way in the City of Lighthouse Point;  
Petitioners: Lighthouse Point Development Partners, LLC; Agent: Lauren Odom, Esq. &  
Hope Calhoun, Esq., Dunay, Miskel, and Backman, LLP; Application for Vacation and  
Abandonment: 2019-V-05. (Commission District 4)  
5.  
ACTION:  
(T-10:54 AM)  
Approved.  
(Scrivener’s  
Error  
-
See  
County  
Administrator’s Report:  
In the Motion, Exhibit 2, line 11, and Exhibit 3, line 7,  
currently reads: ... located at 3870 Northwest 22 Way ... Should read: ... located at  
3870 Northeast 22 Way...)  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2020-047 directing the County Administrator to  
publish Notice of a Public Hearing to be held on Tuesday, February 25th, 2020, at 10:00  
a.m., to consider adoption of a proposed Resolution amending the Broward County  
Administrative Code to establish new fees for the operation of a Wellness Clinic at the  
Animal Care and Adoption Division shelter and provides the Director of the Division with  
authority to wave or reduce impound, boarding, and rabies tag registration fees.  
6.  
ACTION:  
(T-10:54 AM)  
Approved.  
(Scrivener’s  
Error  
-
See  
County  
Administrator’s Report:  
In the Motion, line 5 currently reads: with authority to  
"wave" ... Should read: with authority to "waive" ...  
In the Summary Explanation, last sentence currently reads: The increased fee for  
breeder permits is intended to discourage less qualified operations from obtaining  
permits, and support enforcement activities toward unqualified operations.  
read: The increased fee for breeder permits is intended to support enforcement  
activities to unqualified operations.) (See Yellow-Sheeted Additional Material,  
Should  
dated February 11, 2020 submitted at the request of Environmental Protection and  
Growth Management.)  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2020-048 directing the County Administrator to  
publish Notice of Public Hearing to be held on Tuesday, February 25, 2020, at 10:00 a.m.,  
in Room 422 of the Governmental Center to consider enactment of a proposed  
Ordinance, the title of which is as follows:  
7.  
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD  
COUNTY, FLORIDA, PERTAINING TO THE DAVIE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE  
COLORED SUBDIVISION PLAT ("PLAT"); AMENDING THE PLAT NAME IN  
ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 177.142, FLORIDA STATUTES; PROVIDING FOR  
RECORDATION; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.  
(Sponsored by the Board of County Commissioners)  
ACTION:  
(T-10:54 AM)  
Approved.  
(See Yellow-Sheeted Additional Material, dated  
February 11, 2020 submitted at the request of Vice-Mayor Geller.)  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT  
DEPARTMENT  
BUILDING CODE SERVICES DIVISION  
A. MOTION TO ADOPT budget Resolution No. 2020-049 transferring funds from the  
Building Code Services Division’s (BCSD) Special Purpose Fund (10020) reserves in  
the amount of $1,048,750 to reimburse AW Riverbend, LLC (Landlord) for the costs  
associated with completion of Leasehold Improvements at the new Division’s  
Administration office located at 2307 W. Broward Boulevard, Suite 300, Fort Lauderdale,  
FL 33312.  
8.  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
B. MOTION TO ADOPT budget Resolution No. 2020-050 transferring funds from the  
Building Code Services Division’s (BCSD) Licensing-Elevator-Regulatory Funds (10050)  
reserves in the amount of $951,250 to reimburse AW Riverbend, LLC (Landlord) for the  
costs associated with completion of Leasehold Improvements at the new Division’s  
Administration office located at 2307 W. Broward Boulevard, Suite 300, Fort Lauderdale,  
FL 33312.  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
ENVIRONMENTAL AND CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION  
MOTION TO DIRECT Office of the County Attorney to draft an Ordinance amending  
Chapter 22½ of the Broward County Code of Ordinances (“Motor Carriers”) related to  
regulations for vehicle for hire dispatch services and operating permits.  
9.  
(A member of the public pulled this item.)  
ACTION:  
(T-10:54 AM)  
Approved.  
Following discussion, County Administration  
requested that staff follow up with the public speaker. (Refer to minutes for full  
discussion.)  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND PERMITTING DIVISION  
A. MOTION TO ACCEPT Joint Deed of Conservation Easement and Agreement from  
SAFStor Pines, LLC over an on-site wetland mitigation area comprising 1.97 acres of  
real property located at 19000 Pines Boulevard in the City of Pembroke Pines, and  
authorize the Mayor and Clerk to execute same. (Commission District 8)  
10.  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
B. MOTION TO APPROVE Cash Bond Agreement between Broward County and  
SAFStor Pines, LLC in the amount of $134,620, to be held as security for the  
performance of construction, monitoring and maintenance of  
a
1.97 acre wetland  
mitigation area in the City of Pembroke Pines, and authorize Mayor and Clerk to execute  
same. (Commission District 8)  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
HOUSING FINANCE AND COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT DIVISION  
MOTION TO APPROVE First Amendment to Ground Lease Agreement between Broward  
County and Related FAT Village, LLC, to extend the lease term, for a 156 housing unit  
development restricted coterminous with the term of the lease to moderate or below  
moderate incomes, from 60 years to 75 years and to accelerate commencement of lease  
11.  
payments; and authorize the Mayor and Clerk to execute same. (Commission District 7)  
(Mayor Holness pulled this item.)  
ACTION: (T-11:08 AM) Approved. The Board requested that the Office of  
Economic & Small Business Development work with the County Attorney's Office  
so as to include CBE goals. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
VOTE: 8-0. Commissioner Sharief voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
Vice-Mayor Geller was inaudible during the vote.  
A. MOTION TO AUTHORIZE County Administrator to execute grant funding agreements  
with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) for the Fiscal Year  
2019-2020 Community Development Block Grant (“CDBG”) Program, HOME Investment  
Partnerships (“HOME”) Program, and the Emergency Solutions Grants (“ESG”) Program,  
collectively "Programs," in the forms attached as (Exhibit 1), relating to implementation of  
Broward County’s Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Annual Action Plan ("AAP") (October 1, 2019,  
through September 30, 2020) approved by HUD (Exhibit 2); to revise funding allocations  
and/or project service deliverables under the HUD approved AAP for the various grant  
Programs in accordance with the County's approved HUD Five Year Consolidated Plan;  
and to take all necessary administrative and budgetary actions for implementation and  
adjustment of current and previous such AAP's for the various grant Programs, including,  
but not limited to, executing amendments to the HUD grant funding agreements, and  
agreements, amendments, reinstatements, and interlocal agreements with subrecipients  
of funding for the respective grant Programs, including any prior year program income,  
subject to approval of forms by the Office of the County Attorney.  
12.  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
B. MOTION TO ADOPT budget Resolution No. 2020-051 for the Community Development  
Block Grant (CDBG) Fund to appropriate revenue in the amount of $2,721,594 and  
$130,000 in anticipated Program Income for Fiscal Year 2019/2020, authorizing the  
County Administrator to take the necessary administrative and budgetary actions to  
implement same (Exhibit 3).  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
C. MOTION TO ADOPT budget Resolution No. 2020-052 for the Home Investment  
Partnership Program Grant (HOME) Fund to appropriate revenue in the amount of  
$3,467,009 and $500,000 in anticipated Program Income and a required match from the  
General Fund for $125,000, for Fiscal Year 2019/2020, authorizing the County  
Administrator to take the necessary administrative and budgetary actions to implement  
same (Exhibit 4).  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
D. MOTION TO ADOPT budget Resolution No. 2020-053 for the Emergency Solutions  
Grant Program Grant (ESG) Fund to appropriate revenue in the amount of $231,550 for  
Fiscal Year 2019/2020, authorizing the County Administrator to take the necessary  
administrative and budgetary actions to implement same (Exhibit 5).  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
E. MOTION TO AUTHORIZE County Administrator to execute Interlocal Agreements with  
the City of Weston and the City of Margate to administer and implement their Fiscal Year  
2019/-2020 Community Development Block Grant (“CDBG”) Programs; and take all  
necessary administrative and budgetary actions to include execution and implementation  
of amendments, reinstatements, project/activity priorities and budgetary changes in  
accordance with the municipalities’ Consolidated and Annual Action Plans for  
implementation; subject to approval of forms by the Office of the County Attorney.  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
F. MOTION TO ADOPT budget Resolution No. 2020-054 within the Community  
Development Block Grant (CDBG) Fund to appropriate revenue in the amount of $44,740  
from Fiscal Year 2017/2018 for the purpose of recognizing Broward County CDBG  
Program funds generated from October 2017 through September 2018; and authorizing  
the County Administrator to take the necessary administrative and budgetary actions to  
implement same (Exhibit 6).  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
G. MOTION TO ADOPT budget Resolution No. 2020-055 within the Home Investment  
Partnership Program Grant (HOME) Fund to appropriate revenue in the amount of  
$341,882 from Fiscal Year 2017/2018 for the purpose of recognizing Broward County  
HOME Program funds generated from October 2017 through September 2018; and  
authorizing the County Administrator to take the necessary administrative and budgetary  
actions to implement same (Exhibit 7).  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2020-056 of the Board of County Commissioners of  
13.  
Broward County, Florida, authorizing the Housing Finance Authority of Broward County,  
Florida (the “HFA”) to carry forward 2019 Private Activity Bond Allocation; authorizing the  
request for 2020 Private Activity Bond Allocation; approving a plan of financing involving  
the issuance by the HFA of its Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds (the “Single  
Family Bonds”) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $250,000,000, in one or more  
series; approving the Single Family Bonds as required by Section 147(f) of the Internal  
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”); authorizing the HFA to publish a notice  
and hold a public hearing in accordance with Section 147(f) of the Code; approving the  
use of State-Awarded Private Activity Bond Allocation for Mortgage Credit Certificate  
Programs or multifamily carry-forward; authorizing the proper Officers, the Executive  
Director, and the employees and agents of the HFA to do all things necessary or  
advisable in connection with the plan of financing and the issuance of the Single Family  
Bonds, and ratifying prior actions regarding same; and providing for an effective date for  
this Resolution.  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT DIVISION  
MOTION TO APPROVE Termination and Release of Declaration of Restrictive Covenants  
in connection with Broward County Land Use Plan Amendment PC 04-22 for Oak Tree  
Plat. (Commission District 9)  
14.  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
MOTION TO APPROVE Temporary Vehicular Access Agreement for Oak Tree Property  
15.  
Redevelopment (002-MP-19). (Commission District 9)  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT  
MOTION TO FILE Quarterly Investment Report as required by Section 22.93 of the  
Broward County Administrative Code.  
16.  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
ACCOUNTING DIVISION  
MOTION TO FILE semiannual financial summary for the Park, Open Space and  
17.  
18.  
19.  
Recreational Trust Fund for the 12 months ending September 30, 2019.  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
MOTION TO FILE Annual Financial Report for the Tree Preservation Trust Fund for Fiscal  
Year ended September 30, 2019.  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
MOTION TO FILE Quarterly Financial Report for the Children’s Services Council of  
Broward County for the quarter ending December 31, 2019.  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
PURCHASING DIVISION  
For Aviation Department  
MOTION TO AWARD open-end contract to low responsive, responsible bidder, ERMC  
20.  
Aviation LLC, for Baggage Handling Systems (BHS) Maintenance Repairs and  
Operations (MRO) Services, Bid No. OPN2118883B1, for the Aviation Department and  
the Port Everglades Department, in the initial estimated one-year amount of $1,043,299,  
which includes allowances of $82,000; and authorize the Director of Purchasing to renew  
the contract for two additional one-year periods, for a three-year potential estimated  
amount of $3,253,741.  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
RECORDS, TAXES, AND TREASURY DIVISION  
A. MOTION TO APPROVE cancellation of warrants from Central Account No.  
xxxxxxxxx3785, Tax Refund Account No. xxxxxxxxx9850, Tax Redemption Account No.  
xxxxxxxxx0916, and Self-Insurance Account No. xxxxxxxxx0518, due to having a stale date,  
21.  
being unclaimed, or not being negotiated.  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
B. MOTION TO APPROVE cancellation of warrants from Central Account No.  
xxxxxxxxx3785, Self-Insurance Account No. xxxxxxxxx0518, and Tax Redemption Account  
No. xxxxxxxxx0916, due to being voided. Checks have been reissued.  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
RISK MANAGEMENT DIVISION  
MOTION TO APPROVE settlement of Claim 121414 and to authorize County  
Administration and the Office of the County Attorney to prepare applicable settlement  
documents.  
22.  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
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QUASI-JUDICIAL CONSENT HEARING  
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT  
DEPARTMENT  
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT DIVISION  
MOTION TO APPROVE New Findings of Adequacy for a plat entitled Ledds Enterprises II  
23.  
Plat (027-UP-89). (Commission District 2)  
ACTION:  
(T-10:54 AM)  
Approved the plat subject to staff’s recommendations as  
outlined in the Development Review Report.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
MOTION TO APPROVE plat entitled BW Andrews (008-MP-19). (Commission District 2)  
24.  
ACTION:  
(T-10:54 AM)  
Approved the plat subject to staff’s recommendations as  
outlined in the Development Review Report.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
END OF QUASI-JUDICIAL CONSENT HEARING  
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COUNTY ADMINISTRATION  
CULTURAL DIVISION  
MOTION TO FILE semi-annual grant report for the Fiscal Year 2019 in accordance with  
25.  
Section 29.17(h) of the Broward County Administrative Code relating to the Cultural  
Division’s cultural incentive grant agreements.  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
GRANTS ADMINISTRATION  
A. MOTION TO APPROVE formula grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice  
26.  
(DOJ), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), in the amount of $136,649, for the 2019 State  
Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP), and authorize the County Administrator to  
take all administrative and budgetary actions necessary to implement the award.  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
B. MOTION TO ADOPT budget Resolution No. 2020-057 within the BSO DOJ Grant  
Fund, 70500, in the amount of $136,649.  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS/BOARDS SECTION  
MOTION TO APPROVE appointment of Keith Cavanaugh to the Homeless Continuum of  
Care (HCOC) Board.  
27.  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
COUNTY AUDITOR  
MOTION TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND FILE Office of the County Auditor Follow-up Review  
of Audit of the Cultural Division - Report No. 20-10.  
28.  
(Commissioner Rich pulled this item.)  
ACTION: (T-11:14 AM) Approved. In response to the Board, County  
Administration will provide a six-month update to the Board relative to Public Art.  
(Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
VOTE: 8-0. Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
Commissioner Sharief was inaudible during the vote.  
COUNTY ATTORNEY  
MOTION TO RATIFY submission of Proof of Claim Form by the County Administrator and  
to authorize the County Administrator and the Chief Financial Officer to execute any  
document or take any administrative action necessary to preserve the County’s claims  
under Case No. 1:19-cv-01704(JSR), a class action lawsuit filed in the United States  
District Court for the Southern District of New York, subject to the review and approval as  
to legal sufficiency by the Office of the County Attorney, and provided that an item be  
placed on the next available Board agenda to ratify any such action.  
29.  
(Per the Tuesday Morning Memorandum, the Board's consideration of this item is  
based on the amended motion distributed as Additional Material.)  
ACTION:  
(T-10:54 AM)  
Approved as amended with Yellow-Sheeted Additional  
Material, dated February 11, 2020, submitted at the request of the Office of the  
County Attorney.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
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PUBLIC HEARING  
MOTION TO ENACT Ordinance adopting a Small Scale amendment to the Broward  
County Land Use Plan map (PC 20-3), located in the City of Pompano Beach  
(Commission District 4), as an amendment to the Broward County Comprehensive  
Plan, the substance of which is as follows:  
30.  
AN ORDINANCE OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, ADOPTING A SMALL SCALE  
AMENDMENT TO THE BROWARD COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; AMENDING  
THE BROWARD COUNTY LAND USE PLAN WITHIN THE CITY OF POMPANO  
BEACH; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.  
ACTION:  
(T-11:18 AM)  
Filed proof of publication and enacted the Ordinance to  
become effective as provided by law. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
MOTION TO ENACT Ordinance, the title of which is as follows:  
31.  
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD  
COUNTY, FLORIDA, PERTAINING TO OFF-AIRPORT MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL  
OPERATORS; AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 2 OF THE BROWARD  
COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES (“CODE”); CLARIFYING THAT COMPANIES  
PROVIDING  
PEER-TO-PEER  
CAR  
SHARING  
SERVICES  
ARE  
AT  
FORT  
LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD  
INTERNATIONAL  
AIRPORT  
OFF-AIRPORT  
MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL OPERATORS AND THAT SUCH SERVICES CONSTITUTE  
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY REQUIRING PRIOR WRITTEN APPROVAL BY BROWARD  
COUNTY; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, INCLUSION IN THE CODE, AND AN  
EFFECTIVE DATE.  
(Sponsored by Vice-Mayor Steve Geller)  
(Per the Tuesday Morning Memorandum, the item's sponsor, Vice-Mayor Geller, is  
requesting that the Public Hearing on this item be opened but continued until  
March 31, 2020, to enable the County to address, in the proposed Ordinance, any  
relevant developments during the current legislative session.)  
ACTION: (T-11:19 AM) The Board continued this item until March 31, 2020. (Refer  
to minutes for full discussion.) (See Purple-Sheeted Additional Material, dated  
February 11, 2020, submitted at the request of the Office of the County Attorney,  
as well as Yellow-Sheeted Additional Material, Item 55, dated January 28, 2020,  
submitted at the request of Mayor Holness.)  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
MOTION TO ENACT Ordinance, the title of which is as follows:  
32.  
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD  
COUNTY, FLORIDA, PERTAINING TO DESIGNATION OF URBAN WILDERNESS  
AREAS; AMENDING SECTIONS 25½-38,  
25½-73, 25½-83, AND 25½-88 OF THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES  
("CODE") TO ADD ADDITIONAL LANDS TO FOUR (4) PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED  
URBAN WILDERNESS AREAS; CREATING ARTICLES XVI THROUGH XXV OF  
CHAPTER 25½ OF THE CODE TO DESIGNATE TEN (10) URBAN WILDERNESS  
AREAS; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, INCLUSION IN THE CODE, AND AN  
EFFECTIVE DATE.  
(Sponsored by the Board of County Commissioners)  
ACTION:  
(T-11:20 AM)  
Filed proof of publication and enacted the Ordinance to  
become effective as provided by law. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
A. MOTION TO ENACT Ordinance, the title of which is as follows (continued from  
January 28, 2020 - Item No. 39):  
33.  
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD  
COUNTY, FLORIDA, RELATING TO THE CHARTER COUNTY AND REGIONAL  
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM SALES SURTAX; AMENDING SECTION 31½-75 OF  
THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES ("CODE") TO CONFORM IT TO  
VARIOUS  
SUBSTANTIVE  
TO LATER-DEVELOPED  
PLANNING ORGANIZATION  
PROVISIONS  
AGREEMENTS  
AND  
AND  
PROCESSES  
ESTABLISHED  
THE BROWARD  
PURSUANT  
WITH  
METROPOLITAN  
MUNICIPALITIES;  
AND  
PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENTS, SEVERABILITY, INCLUSION IN THE CODE, AND  
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.  
(Sponsored by the Board of County Commissioners)  
ACTION:  
(T-10:59 AM)  
Filed proof of publication and enacted the Ordinance to  
become effective as provided by law with Purple-Sheeted Additional Material, 33,  
submitted at the request of the County Attorney; 33(2) submitted at the request of  
Commissioner Ryan; and 33(3) submitted at the request of County Administration,  
dated February 11, 2020. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
B. MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2020-058 Amending the Broward County  
Administrative Code, the title of which is as follows (continued from January 28, 2020 -  
Item No. 39):  
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD  
COUNTY, FLORIDA, PERTAINING TO THE CHARTER COUNTY AND REGIONAL  
TRANSPORTATION  
SYSTEM  
SALES  
SURTAX;  
CREATING  
CHAPTER  
34,  
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM SURTAX, PART I, THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM  
SURTAX APPOINTING AUTHORITY ("APPOINTING AUTHORITY"),  
SECTIONS  
34.1 THROUGH  
34.10,  
AND  
PART  
II,  
THE  
INDEPENDENT  
TRANSPORTATION SURTAX OVERSIGHT BOARD, SECTIONS 34.11 THROUGH  
34.20, OF THE BROWARD COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE CODE ("ADMINISTRATIVE  
CODE"); ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY AND  
THE OVERSIGHT BOARD; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, INCLUSION IN THE  
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.  
ACTION:  
(T-10:59 AM)  
Filed proof of publication and enacted the Ordinance to  
become effective as provided by law with Purple-Sheeted Additional Material, 33,  
submitted at the request of the County Attorney; 33(2) submitted at the request of  
Commissioner Ryan; and 33(3) submitted at the request of County Administration,  
dated February 11, 2020. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT  
REAL PROPERTY SECTION  
A. MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2020-059 accepting a donation of a 4,997 square  
foot parcel of wetlands located within West Lake Park in the City of Hollywood from  
Natalie G. Gerbig, Executrix of the Estate of Lloyd A. McBride, Deceased as part of the  
ongoing West Lake Park enhancement and enrichment program; and authorize the  
County Administrator to take all administrative actions to implement same. (Commission  
District 7)  
34.  
(Transferred to the Consent Agenda.)  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
B. MOTION TO AUTHORIZE County Administrator, or authorized designee, to take any  
and all necessary or advisable actions to acquire the remaining privately-owned lands  
within West Lake Park to protect wetlands, including but not limited to submitting offers,  
counteroffers, bids and proposals; executing letters of intent, memorandums of  
understanding and purchase agreements; and conducting required due diligence, with  
final documents subject to the approval of the Office of the County Attorney, and authorize  
the Real Property Director to execute and process normal and customary title closing  
documents. (Commission Districts 6 and 7)  
(Transferred to the Consent Agenda.)  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
WATER AND WASTEWATER ENGINEERING DIVISION  
MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2020-060 accepting utility easements for Water  
Wastewater Services project located in Hillsboro Pines, a portion of which is in the  
Broward Municipal Services District and a portion in the City of Coconut Creek, from each  
of the affected property owners at a nominal cost of $1 to the County; and authorize  
35.  
recordation of same. (Commission District 2)  
(Transferred to the Consent Agenda.)  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU  
MOTION TO APPROVE Tentative Booking Agreement for the new Convention Center  
hotel for groups/events booking in 2023 or after; and to authorize the Greater Fort  
Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau (GFLCVB) President to execute the  
agreements on behalf of the County, subject to review of each agreement for legal  
sufficiency by the Office of the County Attorney.  
36.  
(Transferred to the Consent Agenda.)  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
REQUEST TO SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING  
MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2020-061 directing the County Administrator to  
publish Notice of Public Hearing to be held on Tuesday, February 25, 2020, at 10:00 a.m.,  
in Room 422 of the Governmental Center to consider adoption of a proposed Resolution  
Amending the Broward County Administrative Code, the title of which is as follows:  
37.  
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD  
COUNTY, FLORIDA,  
PERTAINING TO RATES, FEES, AND CHARGES AT FORT  
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT; AMENDING SECTION  
LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD  
39.2(j) OF THE BROWARD COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE CODE (“ADMINISTRATIVE  
CODE”); UPDATING THE FEES FOR OFF-AIRPORT MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL  
OPERATORS THAT PROVIDE ANY MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL SERVICES,  
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PEER-TO-PEER CAR SHARING SERVICES; AND  
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, INCLUSION IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AND  
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.  
(Transferred to the Consent Agenda.)  
(Per the Tuesday Morning Memorandum, all references in this item setting the  
Public Hearing for Tuesday, February 25, 2020, shall be amended to state Tuesday,  
March 31, 2020, so this item can be considered at the same time as Item 31.)  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
COUNTY COMMISSION  
MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2020-062, the title of which is as follows:  
38.  
(Commissioner Rich) (Deferred from January 28, 2020 - Item No. 56)  
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD  
COUNTY, FLORIDA, CONSENTING TO THE RESETTLEMENT OF REFUGEES IN  
BROWARD COUNTY; URGING THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO  
CONSENT TO THE RESETTLEMENT OF REFUGEES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA;  
DIRECTING THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE TRANSMITTED TO THE UNITED STATES  
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND THE  
BROWARD  
COUNTY  
LEGISLATIVE  
DELEGATION;  
AND  
PROVIDING  
FOR  
SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.  
ACTION: (T-11:22 AM) Approved as amended with Yellow-Sheeted Additional  
Material, 38(2) and 38(4), dated February 11, 2020, submitted the request of  
Commissioner Ryan and Vice-Mayor Geller. (Scrivener’s Error See County  
-
Administrator’s Report: Exhibit 6, line 2, currently reads: opinion, or social group;  
should read: opinion, or social group, sexual orientation, or gender identity...)  
(See Yellow-Sheeted Additional Material 38 and 38(3), dated February 11, 2020,  
submitted at the request of County Administration and Commissioner Rich.)  
VOTE: 8-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically. Commissioner Bogen was out of the room during the vote.  
MOTION TO APPOINT substitute County Commissioner to the Broward County HIV  
Health Services Planning Council for the current one-year term. (Commissioner Sharief)  
39.  
ACTION: (T-11:53 AM) The Board appointed Mayor Holness to the Broward  
County HIV Health Services Planning Council. (Refer to minutes for full  
discussion.)  
VOTE: 8-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically. Commissioner Bogen was out of the room during the vote.  
MOTION TO DISCUSS renaming the portions of Dixie Highway that run through Broward  
County. (Mayor Holness)  
40.  
ACTION: (T-11:56 AM) Following Board discussion as to renaming portions of  
Dixie Highway that run through Broward County, the Board requested input from  
the League of Cities so as to move forward with further discussion. (Refer to  
minutes for full discussion.) (See Yellow-Sheeted Additional Material, dated  
February 11, 2020, submitted at the request of Mayor Holness.)  
MOTION TO DISCUSS Broward County Board of County Commissioners’ “Parking  
Garage”. (Commissioner Bogen)  
41.  
ACTION: (T-12:17 PM) Following discussion and in response to the Board,  
County Administration will provide a status update relative to topics on the  
"Parking Garage." (Refer to minutes for full discussion.) (See Yellow-Sheeted  
Additional Material, dated February 11, 2020, submitted at the request of  
Commissioner Bogen.)  
MOTION TO DISCUSS need for a cafeteria to be reopened at the Seventeenth Judicial  
Circuit Courthouse to service hundreds of jurors and employees. (Commissioner Bogen)  
42.  
ACTION: (T-12:35 PM) Following discussion, County Administration noted that  
vending machines and kiosks are being provided in the short-term at the  
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Courthouse. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
(See Yellow-Sheeted Additional Material, dated February 11, 2020, submitted at the  
request of County Administration.)  
MOTION TO DISCUSS why windows in various courtrooms at the Seventeenth Circuit  
Judicial Court remain unfixed after two years. (Commissioner Bogen)  
43.  
44.  
(Per the Tuesday Morning Memorandum, this item was withdrawn at the request of  
the sponsor.)  
MOTION TO DISCUSS status of the capacity issues for Paratransit Services and possible  
interim solutions for paratransit customers, including modifications to increase utilization  
of the Riders Choice Program. (Commissioner Bogen)  
ACTION: (T-12:55 PM) Following discussion, the Board requested:  
·
·
·
Staff look into promoting the Riders Choice Program.  
Staff expedite follow-up regarding Call Center delays.  
Staff provide a cost analysis and bring information back to the Board in a  
few months.  
·
·
Staff provide information to the Board as to increasing ridership on mass  
transit relative to "first and last mile."  
Staff look at modifying hourly compensation at the Call Center to per call  
compensation.  
(Refer to minutes for full discussion.) (See Yellow-Sheeted  
Additional Material, dated February 11, 2020, submitted at the request of the  
Transportation Department.)  
MOTION TO DISCUSS Broward County Animal Care & Adoption. (Commissioner Bogen)  
45.  
ACTION: (T-1:44 PM) Following discussion, Commissioner Bogen urged staff to  
implement recommendations relative to Broward County Animal Care and  
Adoption. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
MAYOR’S REPORT  
46.  
A. BLACK HISTORY MONTH  
ACTION:  
Mayor Holness encouraged all to help improve disparities as stated by Mayor  
Holness. In addition, Mayor Holness pointed out that the Broward Black Elected  
(T-2:17 PM)  
Mayor Holness provided a report on Black History Month.  
Officials is holding an upcoming event at the African-American Research Library to  
take on issues in an effort to build a stronger and better community for all. (Refer  
to minutes for full discussion.)  
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT  
47.  
(No report given.)  
SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA  
COUNTY ADMINISTRATION  
MOTION TO AMEND Broward County Board of County Commissioners’ calendar to  
reflect an update to the February schedule.  
48.  
(Transferred to the Consent Agenda.)  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
MOTION TO APPROVE County Administrator's nomination of Mr. Lindy “Steve”  
Hammond for appointment to the position of Acting Director of Public Works Department.  
49.  
(Transferred to the Consent Agenda.)  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
COUNTY COMMISSION  
MOTION TO APPOINT NOMINEE Henry A. Rose to the North Perry Airport Community  
Advisory Committee. (Commissioner Sharief)  
50.  
(Transferred to the Consent Agenda.)  
(Per the Tuesday Morning Memorandum, Commissioner Furr requested being a  
cosponsor to this item.)  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
MOTION TO APPROVE International travel for Mayor Dale V.C. Holness on behalf of the  
Board of County Commissioners, promoting Florida-Bangladesh trade on the Bangladesh  
American Chambers of Commerce, FL - USA Trade Mission to Bangladesh on March  
20th-26th, 2020. (Mayor Holness)  
51.  
(Transferred to the Consent Agenda.)  
ACTION: (T-10:54 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Sharief and Vice-Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative  
telephonically.  
NON-AGENDA  
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION - COMMISSIONER UDINE  
52.  
ACTION:  
(T-2:29 PM)  
Commissioner Udine noted that he recently met with the  
Broward County Supervisor of Elections Office seeking an update as to alleviating  
potential issues relative to the Presidential Primary Election. Commissioner Udine  
pointed out that improvements and upgrades have been implemented. In addition,  
Commissioner Udine expressed confidence that there will be  
a
much better  
experience in voting and result tabulation next month for the Presidential Primary  
Election. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
ANIMAL CARE - COMMISSIONER RICH  
53.  
ACTION: (T-2:33 PM) Commissioner Rich expressed that people should be made  
aware that a lot of good work is being done at Animal Care. (Refer to minutes for  
full discussion.)  
BROWARD PARKSFEST FAMILY MUSIC DAY - COMMISSIONER RICH  
54.  
55.  
ACTION:  
(T-2:36 PM)  
Commissioner Rich gave kudos to staff, and Broward  
County Parks and Recreation Director Dan West, for last Sunday’s Broward  
ParksFest Family Music Day Event. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
TOWN HALL MEETINGS - COMMISSIONER SHARIEF  
ACTION:  
(T-2:38 PM)  
Commissioner  
Sharief  
expressed  
recent  
successful  
townhall meetings for West Park, Pembroke and Hallandale.  
Transportation and  
Capital Project Improvement Workshops are being held throughout District 8. The  
next workshop will be held in Pembroke Pines on February 18, at City Center  
Place, 601 City Center Way, Pembroke Pines. A following meeting will be held in  
the City of Miramar, 2300 Civic Center Place, Miramar, Florida.  
Commissioner  
Sharief encouraged residents of District 8 to seek answers to their questions as to  
transportation improvements and capital projects.  
discussion.)  
(Refer to minutes for full  
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY - COMMISSIONER SHARIEF  
56.  
ACTION:  
(T-2:39 PM)  
Commissioner Sharief reminded all that February 18, 2020  
is the last day to register to vote in the Presidential Primary. (Refer to minutes for  
full discussion.)  
HEART HEALTH MONTH - COMMISSIONER SHARIEF  
57.  
58.  
ACTION:  
(T-2:40 PM)  
Commissioner Sharief noted that February is Heart Health  
Month. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS - COMMISSIONER SHARIEF  
ACTION:  
(T-2:41 PM)  
Commissioner Sharief asked everyone to keep Kobe  
Bryant and the victims of the recent helicopter crash in California in their thoughts  
and prayers. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)