Broward County  
Action Agenda  
Tuesday, January 12, 2021  
10:00 AM  
Broward County Governmental Center  
Room 422 (Commission Chambers)  
County Commission  
MEETING OF JANUARY 12, 2021  
(Meeting convened at 10:02 a.m., recessed at 12:46 p.m., reconvened at 1:35 p.m., and  
adjourned at 5:26 p.m.)  
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE was led by Commissioner Beam Furr, District 6.  
CALL TO ORDER was led by Mayor Steve Geller, District 5.  
MOMENT OF SILENCE  
In memory of Brian D. Sicknick, United States Capitol Police Officer, and victims of the recent  
tragedy at the United States Capitol.  
In memory of Jack Talabisco, Tamarac, Florida.  
In memory of Kim Salvino, Dania Beach, Florida.  
In memory of Pio leraci, President of Galt Mile Community Association.  
In memory of Christopher Longsworth, Plantation, Florida.  
In memory of Thomas McPherson, former Florida State Senator.  
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.  
THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS  
Thoughts and prayers for Arlene Jardine.  
Present:  
Commissioner Mark D. Bogen  
Commissioner Lamar P. Fisher  
Commissioner Beam Furr  
Mayor Steve Geller  
Commissioner Dale V.C. Holness  
Commissioner Nan H. Rich  
Commissioner Tim Ryan  
Commissioner Barbara Sharief  
Vice-Mayor Michael Udine  
Commissioner Rich participated telephonically for the entirety of the Commission  
Meeting.  
CONSENT AGENDA  
A motion was made by Commissioner Sharief, seconded by Vice-Mayor Udine and unanimously  
carried, to approve the Consent Agenda consisting of Items 1 through 33. At the request of the  
Mayor, Regular Items 43, 44, 49, 50, and Supplemental Items 53, 54, 55 and 59 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 34 through 39.  
The following Public Hearing Items were continued: 38 and 39.  
The following Item was withdrawn: 40.  
The following Item was pulled by the Board and considered separately: 32.  
The following Items were pulled by members of the public and considered separately: 26 and 32.  
BOARD APPOINTMENTS  
MOTION TO APPROVE Board Appointments  
1.  
MOTION TO APPOINT Daniel H. Lindblade to the Racial Equity Task Force.  
(Commissioner Fisher)  
1A.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
MOTION TO APPOINT Ulrich “Ric” Green to the Consumer Protection Board.  
(Commissioner Fisher)  
1B.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
MOTION TO APPOINT Denise Jordan to the Police and Criminal Justice Review Board.  
(Commissioner Fisher)  
1C.  
1D.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
A. MOTION TO APPOINT Newton Sanon to the Police and Criminal Justice Review  
Board.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
B. MOTION TO APPROVE waiver of conflict under Section 112.313(7)(a), Florida  
Statutes for Newton Sanon who holds an employment or contractual relationship with an  
entity who receives funds from Broward County. (Commissioner Holness)  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
MOTION TO REAPPOINT Barbara S. Effman to the Broward Regional Health Planning  
Council. (Mayor Geller)  
1E.  
1F.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
MOTION TO APPOINT Mimi Bright to the Racial Equity Task Force. (Vice-Mayor Udine)  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved with Yellow-Sheeted Additional Material, dated  
January 12, 2021 submitted at the request of Vice-Mayor Udine.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT  
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT DIVISION  
A. MOTION TO APPROVE threshold increase for open-end Contract No. R1214808P1  
(Branch Libraries) with Triangle Services of Florida, Inc. This increases the contract total  
not-to-exceed amount by $1,056,000; from $10,710,361 to $11,766,361 for the remainder  
of the contract’s current term through March 31, 2021.  
2.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
B. MOTION TO APPROVE threshold increase for open-end Contract No. R1214808P2  
(Large Facilities, Group 1) with L & B Janitorial Services, Inc. This increases the contract  
total not-to-exceed amount by $770,028; from $5,865,818 to $6,635,846 for the remainder  
of the contract’s current term through March 31, 2021.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
C. MOTION TO APPROVE threshold increase for open-end Contract No. R1214808P3  
(Large Facilities, Group 2) with L & B Janitorial Services, Inc. This increases the contract  
total not-to-exceed amount by $269,518; from $3,392,080 to $3,661,598 for the remainder  
of the contract’s current term through March 31, 2021.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
D. MOTION TO APPROVE threshold increase for open-end Contract No. R1214808P6  
(Large Facilities, Group 5) with L & B Janitorial Services, Inc. This increases the contract  
total not-to-exceed amount by $178,083; from $1,956,965 to $2,135,048 for the remainder  
of the contract’s current term through March 31, 2021.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
E. MOTION TO APPROVE threshold increase for open-end Contract No. R1214808P15  
(Port Everglades) with MCJ Professional Cleaning. This increases the contract total  
not-to-exceed amount by $25,000; from $1,809,015 to $1,834,015 for the remainder of the  
contract’s current term through March 31, 2021.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
WATER AND WASTEWATER ENGINEERING DIVISION  
MOTION TO APPROVE Second Amendment to Agreement between Broward County and  
Brown and Caldwell, for Consultant Engineering Services for Reclaimed Water Plant  
Expansion, Request For Proposal No. R1060205P1 in the not-to-exceed amount of  
$1,348,050, for a revised total Agreement amount of $9,483,677, and authorize the Mayor  
and Clerk to execute same. (Commission District 4)  
3.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES  
MOTION TO APPROVE Joint Participation Agreement between Broward County and City  
of Pompano Beach to construct a potable water interconnect for the purpose of providing  
potable water required during times of emergency in the amount of $172,970, and  
authorize the Mayor and Clerk to execute same. (Commission Districts 4)  
4.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
PORT EVERGLADES DEPARTMENT  
MOTION TO FILE Port Everglades Final Franchise Evaluation Report for the period July 1,  
2018, through June 30, 2020.  
5.  
6.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT  
MOTION TO ADOPT budget Resolution No. 2021-001 transferring funds within the Transit  
Non-Grant Capital Fund in the total amount of $231,000 for the Paratransit Division’s  
relocation and renovation project at Government Center West.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
REGIONAL EMERGENCY SERVICES AND COMMUNICATIONS  
OFFICE OF REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY  
MOTION TO APPROVE Amended and Restated Interlocal Agreement between Palm  
Beach County (Palm Beach) and Broward County for interoperable radio communications  
for a term of five years commencing on February 26, 2021, including renewals for up to  
two additional five-year terms, terminating the existing interlocal agreement; authorize the  
County Administrator to approve and execute any amendments as may be necessary for  
operational purposes that do not impose any additional financial obligation on the County,  
subject to review as to legal sufficiency by the Office of the County Attorney; and authorize  
the Mayor and Clerk to execute same.  
7.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
REQUEST TO SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING  
MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2021-002 directing the County Administrator to  
publish Notice of Public Hearing to be held on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. in  
Room 422 of the Governmental Center, 115 South Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale,  
Florida to vacate a portion of a 35-foot right-of-way and a variable width utility easement  
lying within Parcel A of Solomon Office Park Plat, as recorded in Plat Book 121, Page 13  
of the Public Records of Broward County and is located at 7850 Pasadena Boulevard in  
the City of Pembroke Pines; Petitioners: Ventura Pointe Apartments, LLC: Craven  
Thompson and Associates Inc.; Application for Vacation and Abandonment: 2020-V-02.  
(Commission District 6)  
8.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2021-003 directing the County Administrator to  
publish Notice of Public Hearing to be held on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. in  
9.  
Room 422 of the Governmental Center, 115 South Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale,  
Florida to vacate a 50-foot utility easement lying within Tract A of Plantation Plaza Plat, as  
recorded in Plat Book 68, Page 25 and a variable width utility easement lying within Tract  
A of Swindell’s Subdivision No. 2 Plat, as recorded in Plat Book 68, Page 32 of the Public  
Records of Broward County and located at 311 North State Road 7 in the City of  
Plantation; Petitioners: Plantation Apartments, L.P.: Craven Thompson and Associates  
Inc.; Application for Vacation and Abandonment: 2020-V-10. (Commission District 9)  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2021-004 directing the County Administrator to  
publish Notice of Public Hearing to be held on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. in  
Room 422 of the Governmental Center, 115 South Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale,  
Florida to vacate a portion of a ten-foot utility easement lying within Parcel A of Lanzo  
Industrial Center Plat, as recorded in Plat Book 111, Page 14 of the Public Records of  
Broward County and located at 4251 Northwest 19 Avenue in the City of Deerfield Beach;  
Petitioners: Crystal Lake Commerce Center LLC: Kalis Kleiman and Wolfe.; Application  
for Vacation and Abandonment: 2020-V-12. (Commission District 4)  
10.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2021-005 directing the County Administrator to  
publish Notice of Public Hearing to be held on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. in  
Room 422 of the Governmental Center, 115 South Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale,  
Florida to vacate a 20-foot utility easement lying within Tract K of the Land Section 4 Golf  
Course Plat, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 88, Page 20 of the  
Public Records of Broward County and is located at 7801 Northwest 80 Avenue in the City  
of Tamarac; Petitioners: Woodmont Country Club, Inc.; Agent: Michael Vonder Meulen,  
11.  
Keith  
&
Associates, Inc.; Application for Vacation and Abandonment: 2019-V-09.  
(Commission District 3)  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2021-006 directing the County Administrator to  
publish Notice of Public Hearing to be held on Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in  
Room 422 of the Governmental Center, 115 South Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale,  
Florida to vacate a portion of the 100-foot by 82-foot traffic control device easement and  
portions of the variable width landscape buffer easement, both lying within Lots 1 and 2 of  
Miramar Central Plaza, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 182, Page  
80 of the Public Records of Broward County and generally located at northeast corner of  
Miramar Parkway and Flamingo Road in the City of Miramar; Petitioners: FC Miramar  
Phase III, LLC, FC Miramar Phase IV, LLC and FC Miramar Phase V Commercial, LLC;  
Agent: Dennis D. Mele, Esq., Greenspoon Marder, LLP; Application for Vacation and  
Abandonment: 2020-V-07. (Commission District 8)  
12.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2021-007 directing the County Administrator to  
publish Notice of a Public Hearing to be held on January 26, 2021, at 10:00 a.m., to  
consider enactment of an Ordinance adopting a proposed amendment to the Broward  
13.  
County Land Use Plan  
map (PC 20-7), located in the City of Pembroke Pines  
(Commission District 8), as an amendment to the Broward County Comprehensive Plan,  
the substance of which is as follows:  
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD  
COUNTY, FLORIDA, ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE BROWARD COUNTY  
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; AMENDING THE BROWARD COUNTY LAND USE PLAN  
WITHIN THE CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND  
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2021-008 directing the County Administrator to  
publish Notice of a Public Hearing to be held on January 26, 2021, at 10:00 a.m., to  
consider enactment of an Ordinance adopting a proposed amendment to the Broward  
County Land Use Plan Natural Resource Map Series (PCNRM 20-1), to update the  
Broward County Wetlands Map, as an amendment to the Broward County Comprehensive  
Plan, the substance of which is as follows:  
14.  
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD  
COUNTY, FLORIDA, ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE WETLANDS MAP OF THE  
BROWARD  
COUNTY  
COMPREHENSIVE  
PLAN;  
AND  
PROVIDING  
FOR  
SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2021-009 directing the County Administrator to  
publish Notice of Public Hearing to be held on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 10:00 a.m.  
in Room 422 of the Broward County Governmental Center, 115 South Andrews Avenue,  
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301, to consider Resolution to levy land clearance liens against  
certain described properties resulting from violations of the Property Maintenance  
regulations contained within Chapter 39 of the Broward County Code of Ordinances.  
(Commission Districts 7 and 9)  
15.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved with Yellow-Sheeted Additional Material, dated  
January 12, 2021 submitted at the request of Environmental Protection and  
Growth Management Department.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2021-010 directing the County Administrator to  
16.  
publish Notice of Public Hearing to be held on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, 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:  
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD  
COUNTY, FLORIDA, PERTAINING TO TIME LIMITS FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION;  
AMENDING SECTION 18.6 OF THE BROWARD COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE CODE  
("ADMINISTRATIVE CODE"); AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, INCLUSION IN  
THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2021-011 directing the County Administrator to  
publish Notice of Public Hearing to be held on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, 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:  
17.  
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD  
COUNTY, FLORIDA, PERTAINING TO ROAD CONCURRENCY AND IMPACT FEE  
CREDIT  
5-182.13 OF  
FOR  
EXISTING  
DEVELOPMENT;  
COUNTY  
AMENDING  
CODE OF  
SECTIONS  
ORDINANCES ("CODE"),  
5-182 AND  
THE  
BROWARD  
PROVIDING CREDIT FOR DEMOLISHED BUILDINGS; AND PROVIDING FOR  
SEVERABILITY, INCLUSION IN THE CODE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.  
(Sponsored by Mayor Steve Geller)  
(Per the Tuesday Agenda Memorandum, the Board's consideration of this item is  
based on substitute Exhibits 1 and 2, and substitute Notice distributed as  
Additional Material.)  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved as amended with Yellow-Sheeted Additional  
Material, dated January 12, 2021 submitted at the request of the Office of the  
County Attorney.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT  
DEPARTMENT  
ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE DIVISION  
A. MOTION TO RETROACTIVELY APPROVE Interlocal Agreement between Broward,  
Palm Beach, Miami-Dade, and Monroe Counties for cost-share support of services for the  
Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact (Compact) and contract  
management by Broward County, for the period retroactively from January 1, 2021,  
through January 1, 2024, in the amount of $1,100,000 ($275,000 Broward County cost  
share); to authorize the Office of County Attorney to make minor non-substantive edits to  
the subject agreement with review and approval as to form, in case minor edits or  
clarifications become necessary; and to authorize the County Administrator to take any  
18.  
and all necessary actions to execute the subject amendment upon joint execution by each  
of the Compact Counties.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
B. MOTION TO APPROVE Agreement with the Institute for Sustainable Communities  
(ISC) providing for staffing and support services by ISC for the Southeast Florida Regional  
Climate Change Compact, for the period retroactively from January 1, 2021, through  
January 31, 2024, in the amount of $1,100,000; to authorize the Office of County Attorney  
to make minor non-substantive edits to the subject Agreement with review and approval as  
to form, in case minor edits or clarifications become necessary; and to authorize the  
County Administrator to execute the subject amendment, contingent upon joint execution of  
the First Amendment to the Interlocal Agreement by the four Compact Counties, and  
execution of the amendment by ISC.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
C. MOTION TO ADOPT budget Resolution No. 2021-012 in the amount of $225,000 to  
recognize revenue within the Division’s Contract Fund for costs associated with the  
Interlocal Agreement in Fiscal Year 2021.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
D. MOTION TO ADOPT budget Resolution No. 2021-013 in the amount of $75,000 to  
recognize revenue within the General Fund for costs associated with the  
previously-approved First Amendment to the 2018-2020 interlocal agreement for  
coordination and facilitation services for the Compact.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
HOUSING FINANCE AND COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT DIVISION  
MOTION TO RETROACTIVELY APPROVE Second Amendment to Interlocal Agreement  
between Broward County and City of West Park for conveyance of property consisting of  
0.56 acres located on Pembroke Road and NW 57th Avenue within the City of West Park  
from County to City for Community Development Activity; authorizing the Mayor and Clerk  
to execute the Amendment to the Interlocal Agreement as approved by the County  
Attorney. (Commission District 8)  
19.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT  
PURCHASING DIVISION  
For Finance And Administrative Services Department  
MOTION  
TO  
APPROVE  
threshold  
increase  
for  
open-end  
Contract  
No.  
20.  
BLD3116000020G1_1, Facilities Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO) and  
Industrial Supplies, with W.W. Grainger Inc., under the State of Florida Alternate Contract  
Source Agreement No. 3160000-20-NASPO-ACS, Facilities Maintenance, Repair, and  
Operations (MRO) and Industrial Supplies; State of Oregon Contract No. 8496, for the  
procurement of industrial and commercial supplies and equipment, for various Broward  
County agencies, in the estimated amount of $1,200,000, for the contract term effective  
July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023, with no renewals.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
A. MOTION TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD emergency Purchase Order No.  
ACC2000029 with Thales Consulting, Inc., for Comprehensive Annual Financial Reporting  
software maintenance, for the preparation of the Fiscal Year 2020 Comprehensive Annual  
Financial Report, in the total not-to-exceed amount of $8,850, for the Accounting Division.  
21.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
B. MOTION TO AUTHORIZE Director of Purchasing to negotiate and execute an  
Agreement for five years with the most reasonable source, Thales Consulting, Inc., for  
Comprehensive Annual Financial Reporting software, CAFRonline, for software annual  
updates, support and maintenance; and optional services, for the Accounting Division and  
additional enterprise-funded agencies.  
(Per the Tuesday Agenda Memorandum, the Board’s consideration of this item is  
based on the revised Motion Statement distributed as Additional Material.)  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved as amended with Yellow-Sheeted Additional  
Material, dated January 12, 2021 submitted at the request of Finance &  
Administrative Services Department.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
For Public Works Department  
MOTION TO AWARD open-end contract to low responsive, responsible bidder, Clean  
Harbors Environmental Services, Inc., for Household Hazardous Waste Collection and  
22.  
Disposal, Bid No. OPN2120943B1, for the Solid Waste and Recycling Services Division,  
in the initial one-year estimated amount of $483,884, and authorize the Director of  
Purchasing to renew the contract for two one-year periods, for a potential three-year  
estimated amount of $1,451,652. The initial contract period shall begin on the date of  
award and will terminate one year from that date.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
A. MOTION TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD emergency threshold increase for open-end  
Contract No. PNC2117271B1 for General Roadway and Miscellaneous Construction, with  
DP Development of the Treasure Coast, LLC, for the Highway and Bridge Maintenance  
Division, in the increased amount of $2,000,000 to perform emergency general roadway  
work Countywide for severe pavement failures due to the flooding caused by Tropical  
Storm Eta.  
23.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
B. MOTION TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD emergency threshold increase for open-end  
Contract No. PNC2117217B1 for Bridge and Miscellaneous Structures Repairs, with FG  
Construction, LLC, for the Highway and Bridge Maintenance Division, in the increased  
amount of $2,500,000 to perform emergency work for County-owned bridges due to the  
water damage caused by Tropical Storm Eta.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
For Transportation Department  
MOTION TO APPROVE final ranking of qualified firms for Request for Proposals (RFP)  
No. PNC2119955P1, General Planning Consultant Services, for the Transportation  
Department; the ranked firms are: 1 - WSP USA Inc.; 2 - CTS Engineering, Inc.; 3 -  
Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.; 4 - CDM Smith Inc.; 5 - Whitehouse Group Inc.; 6 -  
Tindale-Oliver & Associates, Inc.; 7 - H.W. Lochner Inc; 8 - Kittelson & Associates, Inc.;  
and 9 - The Corradino Group, Inc.  
24.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich 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 modification of a previous approved plat Aviara East Pompano  
25.  
(019-MP-19). (Commission District 4)  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
MOTION TO APPROVE plat entitled Gummakonda (034-MP-19). (Commission District 4)  
26.  
(Members of the public pulled this item.)  
ACTION: (T-10:39 AM) Approved the plat subject to staff recommendations as  
outlined in the Development Review Report. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
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COUNTY ADMINISTRATION  
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS/BOARDS SECTION  
MOTION TO ACCEPT nominations to appoint members to the School Oversight  
Committee (one position) and the Racial Equity Task Force (two positions).  
27.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
MOTION TO APPROVE appointment of Debra Hixon to the Children's Services Board.  
28.  
29.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
MOTION TO APPROVE appointment of The Reverend Dr. Rosalind Osgood to the Racial  
Equity Task Force.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
LIBRARIES DIVISION  
A.  
MOTION  
TO  
RETROACTIVELY  
APPROVE Grant  
Agreement  
for  
project  
30.  
20-LSTA-B-02 between Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information  
Services and the Broward County Board of County Commissioners, for, and on behalf of,  
the Broward County Library, effective July 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020, in the  
amount of $50,701 for the project “Career Online High School” which will provide  
scholarships and additional library services for 38 eligible adults seeking to earn high  
school diplomas; and authorize the County Administrator to take all administrative or  
budgetary actions to implement the grant and accept funding; and authorize the Mayor and  
Clerk to execute the same.  
(Per the Tuesday Agenda Memorandum, the Board’s consideration of the item is  
based on the revised Motion Statement distributed as Additional Material.)  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved as amended with Yellow-Sheeted Additional  
Material, dated January 12, 2021 submitted at the request of the Libraries Division.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
B. MOTION TO ADOPT budget Resolution No. 2021-014 in the grant fund for the Libraries  
Division in the amount of $50,701 to fund the “Career Online High School” project.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
COUNTY AUDITOR  
MOTION TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND FILE Office of the County Auditor’s Audit of the  
Internal Controls over Environmental and Consumer Protection Division’s Access and  
Usage of the Driver and Vehicle Information Database (DAVID) - Report No. 21-02.  
31.  
32.  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
MOTION TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND FILE Office of the County Auditor’s Audit of the  
Animal Care and Adoption Division - Report No. 21-05.  
(Commissioners Furr, Holness, and members of the public pulled this item.)  
ACTION: (T-11:15 AM) Approved. The Board requested that written responses be  
provided to the Board relating to the Board's comments and concerns. (Refer to  
minutes for full discussion.) (See Yellow-Sheeted Additional Material, dated  
January 12, 2021 submitted at the request of Mayor Geller.)  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
COUNTY COMMISSION  
MOTION TO DIRECT Office of the County Attorney to draft an Ordinance amending the  
Broward County Code of Ordinances to implement the Construction Apprenticeship  
Program (“Apprenticeship Program”) on a date certain; and to continue to waive  
application of the Apprenticeship Program to competitive solicitations until that date  
33.  
certain. (Mayor Geller)  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
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PUBLIC HEARING  
MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2021-015 of the Board of County Commissioners of  
Broward County, Florida, granting renewal of a nonexclusive franchise to Christian Bay  
Shipping Co., d/b/a Fillette Green Shipping Services (USA) Corp., for a five-year term to  
provide steamship agent services at Port Everglades, from January 17, 2021, through  
January 16, 2026; providing for franchise terms and conditions; and providing for  
severability and an effective date.  
34.  
ACTION: (T-1:41 PM) Approved. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
VOTE: 7-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
Commissioners Ryan and Sharief were not present during the vote.  
ACTION: (T-1:43 PM) Commissioner Ryan requested being shown voting in the  
affirmative.  
VOTE: 8-0.  
ACTION: (T-1:45 PM) Commissioner Sharief requested being shown voting in the  
affirmative.  
VOTE: 9-0.  
MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2021-016 of the Board of County Commissioners of  
Broward County, Florida, granting renewal of a nonexclusive franchise to World Petroleum  
Corp for a five-year term to provide vessel sanitary waste water removal services at Port  
Everglades, from January 25, 2021, through January 24, 2026; providing for franchise  
terms and conditions; and providing for severability and an effective date.  
35.  
ACTION: (T-1:42 PM) Approved. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
VOTE: 7-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
Commissioners Ryan and Sharief were not present during the vote.  
ACTION: (T-1:43 PM) Commissioner Ryan requested being shown voting in the  
affirmative.  
VOTE: 8-0.  
ACTION: (T-1:45 PM) Commissioner Sharief requested being shown voting in the  
affirmative.  
VOTE: 9-0.  
MOTION TO ENACT Ordinance, the title of which is as follows:  
36.  
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD  
COUNTY, FLORIDA, PERTAINING TO PRIVATE COURIER SERVICES; AMENDING  
SECTIONS 20-11 AND 20-164 OF THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES  
("CODE") TO INCREASE THE BOND REQUIREMENTS FOR PRIVATE COURIER  
SERVICES, RESTRICT SUCH BUSINESSES FROM ENGAGING IN FALSE AND  
MISLEADING  
ADVERTISING,  
AND  
PROVIDE  
FOR  
PENALTIES  
FOR  
NONCOMPLIANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, INCLUSION IN THE  
CODE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.  
(Sponsored by Mayor Steve Geller)  
ACTION: (T-1:43 PM) Filed proof of publication and enacted the Ordinance to  
become effective as provided by law. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
VOTE: 7-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
Commissioners Furr and Sharief were not present during the vote.  
ACTION: (T-1:45 PM) Commissioner Sharief requested being shown voting in the  
affirmative.  
VOTE: 8-0.  
MOTION TO ENACT Ordinance, the title of which is as follows:  
37.  
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD  
COUNTY, FLORIDA, PERTAINING TO QUORUMS FOR ADVISORY BOARDS AND  
OTHER BOARDS; AMENDING  
SECTION 1-233 OF THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE  
OF ORDINANCES (“CODE”); AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, INCLUSION IN  
THE CODE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.  
(Sponsored by the Board of County Commissioners)  
ACTION: (T-1:44 PM) Filed proof of publication and enacted the Ordinance to  
become effective as provided by law. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
VOTE: 8-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
Commissioner Bogen was not present during the vote.  
MOTION TO ENACT Ordinance, the title of which is as follows (continued from  
December 1, 2020 - Item No. 70):  
38.  
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD  
COUNTY, FLORIDA, CREATING THE “BROWARD COUNTY LOCKSMITH ACT”;  
CREATING DIVISION 8 OF ARTICLE VII OF CHAPTER 20 OF THE BROWARD  
COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES (“CODE”); PROVIDING FOR LICENSING OF  
LOCKSMITHS AND REGISTRATION OF LOCKSMITH BUSINESSES; PROVIDING FOR  
ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES; AMENDING SECTION 8½-16 OF THE CODE  
RELATING TO FINES FOR VIOLATIONS; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY,  
INCLUSION IN THE CODE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.  
(Sponsored by Commissioner Mark D. Bogen)  
ACTION:  
(T-1:37 PM)  
Following discussion, the Board continued this item until  
Tuesday, February 9, 2021. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
VOTE: 7-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
Commissioners Ryan and Sharief were not present during the vote.  
MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution Amending the Broward County Administrative Code, the  
39.  
title of which is as follows (continued from December 1, 2020 - Item No. 71):  
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD  
COUNTY, FLORIDA, PERTAINING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND  
GROWTH  
MANAGEMENT  
DEPARTMENT,  
ENVIRONMENTAL  
AND  
CONSUMER  
PROTECTION DIVISION; AMENDING SECTION 40.50 OF THE BROWARD COUNTY  
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE ("ADMINISTRATIVE CODE"), TO ESTABLISH FEES FOR  
LOCKSMITH  
AND  
APPRENTICE  
LOCKSMITH  
LICENSES  
AND  
LOCKSMITH  
BUSINESS REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY,  
INCLUSION IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.  
ACTION:  
(T-1:37 PM)  
Following discussion, the Board continued this item until  
Tuesday, February 9, 2021. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
VOTE: 7-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
Commissioners Ryan and Sharief were not present during the vote.  
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DELEGATION  
DELEGATION: Broward Days  
40.  
41.  
(Per the Tuesday Agenda Memorandum, this item is being withdrawn at the  
request of Broward Days.) (See Yellow-Sheeted Additional Material, dated January  
12, 2021 submitted at the request of County Administration.)  
COUNTY ADMINISTRATION  
MOTION TO APPROVE deliberately-phased Agreement between Broward County and  
KPMG, LLP, (Agreement) for Public-Private Partnership (P3) Consultant Services for  
Joint Government Center Campus project (JGCC) in substantially the form provided to the  
Board, in a not-to-exceed amount of $1,200,000, including reimbursables, and authorize  
the County Administrator to execute after review and approval as to legal sufficiency by the  
Office of the County Attorney.  
(Per the Tuesday Morning Memorandum, the Board's consideration of the item is  
based on the revised Agreement distributed as Additional Material 41(2).  
(Per the Tuesday Morning Memorandum, Signature Pages have been received.)  
ACTION: (T-1:48 PM) Approved as amended with Yellow-Sheeted Additional  
Material 41(2) dated January 12, 2021 submitted at the request of County  
Administration. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.) (See Yellow-Sheeted  
Additional Material 41, dated January 12, 2021 submitted at the request of County  
Administration.)  
VOTE: 8-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
Commissioner Bogen was not present during the vote.  
MOTION TO APPROVE Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Florida Department of  
Transportation, District 4 (FDOT, 4) and Broward County, for the purpose of articulating the  
roles and responsibilities of the Parties during and after the Project Development and  
Environmental (PD&E) Study of the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) tracks from the planned  
Aventura Station to a proposed Deerfield Beach Station (Broward County’s portion) for the  
suitability of commuter rail; said Study is fully-funded and managed by FDOT, 4, with Broward  
County bearing responsibility for stakeholder engagement, development of a financial plan, and  
potentially acting as project sponsor for subsequent phases, including but not limited to,  
applying for federal and state funds.  
42.  
ACTION: (T-2:04 PM) Approved. (See Yellow-Sheeted Additional Material dated  
January 12, 2021 submitted at the request of County Administration. (Refer to  
minutes for full discussion.)  
VOTE: 8-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
Commissioner Bogen was not present during the vote.  
MOTION TO RATIFY actions taken by the County Administrator to protect the health and  
safety of Broward County residents and visitors as a result of the COVID-19 crisis and to  
maintain the day-to-day business and operations of Broward County during such crisis.  
43.  
(Transferred to the Consent Agenda.)  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
REAL PROPERTY SECTION  
MOTION TO APPROVE Purchase and Sale Agreement (“Agreement”) between Broward  
County (“Purchaser”) and Sawgrass Hotel, Inc. (“Seller”) for the purchase of two parcels  
(Parcel H-1A and Parcel H-1B) containing approximately 10.7 acres, located on the  
northeast side of Red Snapper Road in Sunrise, Florida (“Property”), in substantially the  
44.  
same form as reviewed by the County Attorney, at a purchase price of $9,250,000;  
authorize the Mayor or Vice-Mayor to execute the Agreement and the County  
Administrator to attest to same; and authorize the Director of Real Estate Development to  
execute and process normal and customary title closing documents.  
(Per the Tuesday Agenda Memorandum, the Board's consideration of the item is  
based on the revised Scrivener's language distributed as Additional Material.)  
(Transferred to the Consent Agenda.)  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved as amended with Yellow-Sheeted Additional  
Material, dated January 12, 2021 submitted at the request of County  
Administration.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
REQUEST TO SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING  
MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2021-017 directing the County Administrator to publish  
Notice of Public Hearing to be held on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, 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:  
45.  
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD COUNTY,  
FLORIDA, PERTAINING TO THE PAID PARENTAL LEAVE POLICY; AMENDING SECTION  
14.232 OF THE BROWARD COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE CODE ("ADMINISTRATIVE CODE");  
AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, INCLUSION IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AND AN  
EFFECTIVE DATE.  
(Sponsored by Commissioner Barbara Sharief)  
(Per the Tuesday Agenda Memorandum, the sponsor of this item has accepted the  
proposed amendments included as Additional Material, so the Board's  
consideration of this item to set for a Public Hearing will be based on the  
Resolution as amended by the Additional Material. In addition, Commissioner  
Rich requested being a co-sponsor to this item.)  
ACTION: (T-2:28 PM) Approved as amended with Yellow-Sheeted Additional  
Material 45, dated January 12, 2021 submitted at the request of Commissioner  
Sharief. Following discussion, the Board requested that this item be co-sponsored  
by the Board of County Commissioners. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
(See Yellow-Sheeted Additional Material 45(2) dated January 12, 2021 submitted at  
the request of the Office of Management and Budget.)  
VOTE: 8-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
Commissioner Bogen was not present during the vote.  
A. MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution directing the County Administrator to publish Notice of  
Public Hearing to be held on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, 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:  
46.  
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD  
COUNTY, FLORIDA, PERTAINING TO HOLIDAYS; AMENDING SECTION 14.227 OF  
THE BROWARD COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE CODE ("ADMINISTRATIVE CODE");  
DESIGNATING JUNE 19 ("JUNETEENTH") AS AN OFFICIAL HOLIDAY FOR COUNTY  
EMPLOYEES;  
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.  
(Sponsored by Commissioner Dale V.C. Holness)  
AND  
PROVIDING  
FOR  
SEVERABILITY,  
INCLUSION  
IN  
THE  
OR  
(No Board Action taken.)  
B. MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2021-018 directing the County Administrator to  
publish Notice of Public Hearing to be held on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, 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:  
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD  
COUNTY, FLORIDA, PERTAINING TO HOLIDAYS; CREATING SECTION 14.197 OF  
THE BROWARD COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE CODE ("ADMINISTRATIVE CODE");  
PROVIDING FOR OBSERVANCE AND EDUCATION OF JUNETEENTH ("JUNE 19");  
AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, INCLUSION IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE,  
AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.  
(Sponsored by Commissioner Tim Ryan)  
ACTION: (T-2:32 PM) Approved. Without objection, Commissioner Sharief  
requested that a Resolution be sent to the Broward County School Board as  
relates to including Juneteenth into the curriculum. (Refer to minutes for full  
discussion.)  
Roll Call Vote: 5-3. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
Commissioners Fisher, Furr, Ryan and Mayor Geller voted in the affirmative.  
Commissioners Holness, Sharief and Vice-Mayor Udine voted against this item.  
Commissioner Bogen was not present during the vote.  
COUNTY COMMISSION  
MOTION TO DISCUSS Broward County Board of County Commissioners’ “Parking  
Garage”. (Commissioner Bogen)  
47.  
48.  
ACTION: (T-3:10 PM) Without objection, the Board moved the agenda. (Refer to  
minutes for full discussion.) (See Yellow-Sheeted Additional Material, dated  
January 12, 2021 submitted at the request of Commissioner Bogen.)  
MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2021-019 recognizing the importance of civility in the  
public square. (Commissioner Rich)  
(Per the Tuesday Agenda Memorandum, Commissioner Fisher requested being a  
cosponsor to this item.)  
ACTION: (T-3:10 PM) Approved. Commissioner Rich requested that a copy of the  
Resolution be sent to the League of Cities in an effort for other governments to  
pass the Resolution. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
VOTE: 8-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
Commissioner Bogen was not present during the vote.  
MOTION TO APPOINT NOMINEE Robert Brannen to the Small Business Development  
Advisory Board. (Vice-Mayor Udine)  
49.  
50.  
51.  
(Transferred to the Consent Agenda.)  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
MOTION TO APPOINT NOMINEE Albert J. Carbon III to the Climate Change Task Force.  
(Mayor Geller)  
(Transferred to the Consent Agenda.)  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
MAYOR’S REPORT  
A. VISIT FLORIDA  
ACTION:  
(T-5:22 PM)  
Mayor Geller noted that it is his understanding that Visit  
Florida is marketing other areas of the state and not South Florida.  
minutes for full discussion.)  
(Refer to  
B. ITEM NUMBER 58  
ACTION:  
(T-5:23 PM)  
Mayor Geller referenced Item Number 58 on today’s  
Commission Agenda, and noted that there is no right or wrong relative to  
prioritization. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
C. WEARING MASKS, SOCIAL DISTANCING AND SAFETY  
ACTION:  
(T-5:26 PM) Mayor Geller stressed the importance of wearing masks,  
social distancing and staying safe. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT  
52.  
(No report given.)  
SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA  
COUNTY COMMISSION  
MOTION TO REAPPOINT NOMINEE George I. Platt to the Performing Arts Center  
Authority. (Commissioner Rich)  
53.  
54.  
55.  
(Transferred to the Consent Agenda.)  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
MOTION TO REAPPOINT NOMINEE Pamela B. Africk to the Broward Regional Health  
Planning Council. (Commissioner Ryan)  
(Transferred to the Consent Agenda.)  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
MOTION TO NOMINATE Commissioner Barbara Sharief as the representative for  
Broward County to the County Coalition for Responsible Management of Lake  
Okeechobee, the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee Estuaries, and Lake Worth Lagoon.  
(Commissioner Sharief)  
(Transferred to the Consent Agenda.)  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2021-020, the title of which is as follows:  
(Commissioner Sharief)  
56.  
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD  
COUNTY URGING THE SCHOOL BOARD OF BROWARD COUNTY TO RECOGNIZE  
THE MUSLIM HOLIDAY OF EID AL-FITR AS AN OFFICIAL “DAY OFF” FROM SCHOOL;  
DIRECTING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO PROVIDE  
A
COPY OF THIS  
RESOLUTION TO THE OFFICIALS DESIGNATED HEREIN; AND PROVIDING FOR  
SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.  
ACTION: (T-3:14 PM) Approved. Commissioner Holness requested being a  
co-sponsor to this item. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
VOTE: 7-1. Commissioner Rich voted against this item telephonically.  
Commissioner Bogen was not present during the vote.  
MOTION TO DIRECT Office of the County Attorney to prepare a Resolution amending  
Section 14.227 of the Broward County Administrative Code (“Administrative Code”) to  
permit Broward County employees to recognize the Muslim holidays of Eid al-Fitr and Eid  
al-Adha. (Commissioner Sharief)  
57.  
ACTION: (T-4:06 PM) Approved. Commissioner Holness and Mayor Geller  
requested being co-sponsors to this item. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
VOTE: 8-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
Commissioner Bogen was not present during the vote.  
MOTION TO DISCUSS distribution of COVID-19 vaccine in Broward County.  
(Commissioner Furr)  
58.  
ACTION: (T-4:08 PM) Following discussion, Board members approved making  
formal request to the governor, the Department of Health and Emergency  
Management to follow CDC Guidelines and provide vaccinations to essential  
workers in Phase 1b, including, but not limited to caregivers, home health care  
workers and nurses. The Board requested that the Anne Kolb Nature Center be  
utilized as a vaccination site as soon as logistically possible. (Refer to minutes for  
full discussion.) (See Yellow-Sheeted Additional Material 58, dated January 12,  
2021 submitted at the request of Commissioner Furr; Yellow-Sheeted Additional  
Material 58(2) dated January 12, 2021 submitted at the request of County  
Administration and Yellow-Sheeted Additional Material 58(3) dated January 12,  
2021 submitted at the request of the Office of the County Attorney.)  
VOTE: 7-1. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically. Mayor  
Geller voted against this motion. Commissioner Bogen was not present during the  
vote.  
ACTION: (T-4:58 PM) Commissioner Holness requested changing his prior vote  
from yes to no.  
VOTE: 6-2.  
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA  
COUNTY COMMISSION  
MOTION TO AUTHORIZE Office of the County Attorney to 1) join in a Petition for Review  
being filed in the District of Columbia Circuit Court of a final rule of the United States  
Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") affecting greenhouse gas emission ("GHG")  
regulation from coal-fired power plants; and 2) authorize the County Attorney to execute  
any necessary Common Interest Agreement for confidential legal coordination with other  
Petitioners' attorneys regarding the litigation. (Mayor Geller)  
59.  
(Transferred to the Consent Agenda.)  
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.  
VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Rich voted in the affirmative telephonically.  
NON-AGENDA  
FEDERAL COURTHOUSE TASK FORCE - COMMISSIONER FISHER  
60.  
ACTION:  
(T-4:59 PM)  
Commissioner Fisher noted that the Federal Courthouse  
site has been purchased, and further noted that he is privileged to sit on the  
Federal Courthouse Task Force. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
VISIT FLORIDA - COMMISSIONER FISHER  
61.  
62.  
ACTION: (T-4:59 PM) Commissioner Fisher sought Board support to add an item  
to the Tuesday, January 26, 2021 Commission Agenda relative to Visit Florida.  
(Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY - COMMISSIONER FISHER  
ACTION:  
(T-5:00 PM)  
Commissioner Fisher pointed out that Monday, January 18,  
Commissioner Fisher encouraged all to  
2021 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day.  
participate in their communities in remembrance of Dr. King’s life and  
accomplishments. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
VISIT FLORIDA - COMMISSIONER RYAN  
63.  
64.  
ACTION:  
(T-5:01 PM)  
Commissioner Ryan echoed Commissioner Fisher’s  
comments relative to Visit Florida, as well as commented on the importance of  
tourism and revenue. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
UPCOMING EVENTS - COMMISSIONER HOLNESS  
ACTION: (T-5:03 PM) Commissioner Holness noted that he will be participating in  
an event on Thursday, January 21st with the Bilingual Conference for the Broward  
County Hispanic Bar Association.  
In addition, Commissioner Holness noted that  
he will be participating in Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and commented that the  
Martin Luther King Jr. Committee for Central Broward has asked other committees  
to join in on a virtual discussion relating to racial disparities and finding solutions.  
(Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
REVENUE SHORTFALLS - COMMISSIONER RICH  
65.  
66.  
ACTION:  
(T-5:07 PM)  
Commissioner Rich referenced shortfalls in revenue across  
the board and expressed that it would be impossible for her to support full funding  
for Visit Florida considering the current environment.  
discussion.)  
(Refer to minutes for full  
NEW YORK TIMES NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - COMMISSIONER RICH  
ACTION: (T-5:09 PM) Commissioner Rich encouraged all to read a New York  
Times Newspaper article titled, “The American Abyss” by Author Timothy Snyder.  
(Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
Commissioner Furr asked Commissioner Rich to send the Board a link to the  
newspaper article. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
VISIT FLORIDA - COMMISSIONER FURR  
ACTION: (T-5:12 PM) Commissioner Furr expressed support for Visit Florida.  
67.  
68.  
(Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
SURTAX - COMMISSIONER FURR  
ACTION:  
(T-5:12 PM)  
Commissioner Furr referenced the surtax, and noted that  
the Second Amendment to the Interlocal Agreement is nearing closer. (Refer to  
minutes for full discussion.)  
READ FOR THE RECORD - COMMISSIONER FURR  
69.  
ACTION:  
(T-5:13 PM)  
Commissioner Furr congratulated Broward County for its  
Commissioner Furr pointed out that  
work surrounding Read for the Record.  
Broward County has the highest participation rate in the United States. (Refer to  
minutes for full discussion.)  
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. - COMMISSIONER FURR  
70.  
71.  
ACTION:  
(T-5:13 PM)  
Commissioner Furr spoke of Martin Luther King Jr., and  
recommended that people read, “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”  
for full discussion.)  
(Refer to minutes  
41ST  
ANNUAL  
SOUTH  
FLORIDA  
HANUKAH  
FESTIVAL  
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COMMISSIONER  
SHARIEF  
ACTION:  
(T-5:13 PM)  
Commissioner Sharief noted that she had a lot of fun  
attending the 41st Annual South Florida Hanukah Festival.  
full discussion.)  
(Refer to minutes for  
POSITIVITY PAYS - COMMISSIONER SHARIEF  
72.  
ACTION:  
(T-5:14 PM)  
Commissioner Sharief commented that she was recently  
Trading Cards.  
honored to be featured on Positivity Pays “Heroes”  
Commissioner Sharief thanked Positivity Pays for honoring persons who give  
back to the community. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
GANTRY CRANES AT PORT EVERGLADES - VICE-MAYOR UDINE  
73.  
74.  
ACTION: (T-5:16 PM) Vice-Mayor Udine noted that he recently had the experience  
of riding in a gantry crane at Port Everglades, and highly recommended the  
experience. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
VISIT FLORIDA - VICE-MAYOR UDINE  
ACTION:  
(T-5:16 PM)  
Vice-Mayor Udine referenced Visit Florida, noting that he  
supports discussing Visit Florida at the next Commission Meeting; however,  
Vice-Mayor Udine stated that he is unimpressed with Visit Florida’s marketing in  
South Florida. Further, Vice-Mayor Udine expressed that the Greater Fort  
Lauderdale Convention Visitors Bureau is doing better job with target  
marketing. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
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NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INNOVATION ZONE - VICE-MAYOR UDINE  
75.  
76.  
77.  
ACTION: (T-5:17 PM) Vice-Mayor Udine expressed excitement relative to Nova  
Southeastern (NSU) Innovation Zone; noting that he spoke with the leadership of  
(NSU) Innovation Zone last week, and learned that the facility is anticipated to be  
open in the summertime. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
RACIAL EQUITY TASKFORCE - VICE-MAYOR UDINE  
ACTION: (T-5:19 PM) Vice-Mayor Udine refenced his appointment, Mimi Bright, to  
the Racial Equity Taskforce. Vice-Mayor Udine spoke of racial disparities related to  
healthcare, and commented that Mimi Bright is an expert on racial equality in the  
healthcare profession. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
BOARD WORKSHOP - VICE-MAYOR UDINE  
ACTION:  
(T-5:20 PM)  
Vice-Mayor Udine expressed concern relative to breaches  
in security systems, and asked that a Board Workshop be calendared in the near  
future to afford the Board and opportunity to hear from technical personnel as to  
data security and best practices in Broward County.  
discussion.)  
(Refer to minutes for full  
Mayor Geller encouraged Vice-Mayor Udine to speak with County Administrator  
Bertha Henry as to security systems. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY - VICE-MAYOR UDINE  
78.  
ACTION: (T-5:21 PM) Vice-Mayor Udine commented that he is looking forward to  
celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day; noting that he will be at the Coral Springs  
Northwest Library for a half-virtual and in-person event. (Refer to minutes for full  
discussion.)