Hbcra Citizen's Advisory Committee - Regular Meeting

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Start. Good evening, everyone. On behalf of Vice Chair Lazar, we're calling now the CRA meeting to order on June 22nd, 2026 at 7.32 p.m. Chair Cooper.

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Present. Thank you. Vice Chair Lazaro. Yes. Director Adams. Yes. Director Butler.

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Director Lima-Topp.

Yes.

Executive Director Dr. Rowe. Present. Sierra Attorney Selkowicz.

Present.

Vice Chair, you have a quorum.

Okay.

Can we please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance?

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one

Just for the record, Vice Chair, there's no order of business.

Okay, thank you. We have Director Communications. Actually, we have a public participation. Oh, I'm so sorry, I skipped right over that, so sorry.

Yeah, Ms. Regnes. I apologize for mispronouncing it.

Sorry, sorry. Hi, good evening. Hi, welcome.

Mayor Cooper, Vice Mayor, Chair, everybody in their proper places. First of all, I want to say, I left a message for Mayor Cooper to call me. I left a nice message. And I know she's so busy. I said, oh, she ain't going to call me back. And when she called me, I was so excited, right? And I was telling about how Laverne and Adesha is doing such a great job with helping me out. I started with the CRA program in 06. I had my home built. The city gave me $32,000. Thank you, Lord. All right. And now I got the hurricane windows and doors for free. Oh, my God. Thank you, Lord. I'm just telling you, they just when I call them, they go above and beyond. I mean, I leave a message. They call me back. And when I get my job done, I come home and come in my parking lot, and my house looks so beautiful. You guys painted my house every four years for free. I don't even have to have the painter. You bring the painter, too, and the paint. I mean, it's a beautiful thing. It's a beautiful thing. Now, let me start with my speech. Okay. Good evening everyone in their proper places. I want to take a moment to express my sincere gratitude to the City of Hollandale Beach CRA program for doing an outstanding job for assisting me with the program. I particularly want to recognize Adesia and Ms. Laverne for going above and beyond and putting a personal touch being invaluable. Your passion, your dedication, your help helped me bring my vision to life. I'm deeply grateful. Thank you for all you do for the city of Hollandale Beach, the CRA program, and for the citizens that live in our community and to keep our residents beautiful. I really appreciate you guys. I really appreciate the funds you allow me to have. And my house is beautiful.

That's my mansion.

Oh, yeah. I love you guys. Mayor Cooper. Oh, my gosh. You know my kids. I love you guys.

Thank you for all you do. Thank you. I really appreciate it. It's so nice. I mean, we have the easy job of saying yes. The guys that work the hardest are the guys sitting behind you in the CRA department. Yes. And Ms. Laverne, I was over here saying, where's Laverne, where's Laverne? And Annabelle goes, she's in the back. And I was like, I didn't even see her. But we thank you for coming because we hear all the bad news. We rarely hear all the great news. So I'm so happy that you were coming down to commend our amazing department.

I'm telling you, they gave me a new air condition, a new garage door. I'm getting my driveway.

Don't tell everybody, shh.

I got to tell everybody so everybody can be beautiful like me. Oh, my God.

Are you kidding me?

But I appreciate you guys. I love you.

You're going to be on the CRA commercial. Yeah.

I told you. I can make a commercial for you guys. I'm telling you.

That was it. You just did it. Are you kidding?

It's a beautiful thing, and I appreciate it. The timing is great.

we have somebody joy wants to speak okay thank you so much the mayor wants to say something now thank you for coming out i know i had a chance to talk with you but to have you come and sit through the meeting it it means a lot our staff works so hard and deserve the kudos and uh a ditto to what the vice vice chair said thank you miss raines Thank you, Mayor Kufa. Love you. Love you, too. Thanks for coming out. Have a good evening.

No more speakers, Vice Chair.

Thank you. Okay. Do I have a motion to approve draft minute? Oh, communications. Director Adams, do you have any communications?

As I always say to the CRA team, thank you so much for all that you do for the city. And it just showed right there that the residents do appreciate all your hard work. But we also have a great staff with all the departments. So I need to say that also, but everybody works hard in the city. So thank you to each and every one of you and enjoy your month of July from us. Enjoy. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Director Butler.

I do not have any communications, but I do want you all to know that the mangoes are in the back. So please get any mangoes that you want.

Yes, but I put some aside. Don't touch.

Don't touch Michelle's.

Touch mine.

Laverne, I brought a lot for you. Get your mangoes.

You touch them? I don't even look at them. Don't even look at them. Okay. Thank you for that, Commissioner Butler, before the iguanas got them. Commissioner Tao, Vice Chair, Chair, Director. No, no. Okay. I have nothing. Chair Cooper?

No, I'm good. Thank you, guys.

Do I have to ask you at the end? I do you. All right. Approval of draft minutes.

Motion to approve.

Second. Thank you. Director Adams. Yes. Director Butler. Yes. Vice Chair Lazaro. Yes. Chair Cooper.

Yes.

Director Limital. Yes. Motion carries 5-0.

Thank you. Go ahead. Consent agenda. Okay. I would like to poll E. Okay, so do I have a motion on A, B, D, and F?

You have a motion. Second.

Director Limitop?

Yes.

Vice Chair Lazarus? Yes. Chair Cooper? Yes. Director Adams? Yes. Director Butler? Yes. Motion carries 5-0. Thank you. Resolution C? Yes.

Oh, sorry.

See, like in cat? What? Yes, see, it's in cat. Yes, Mayor.

Oh, okay. Item 9C, resolution of the chair and board of directors of the Hollandale Beach Community Redevelopment Agency authorizing the executive director and HOPC area attorney to negotiate and finalize the agreement with West Architecture Plus Design, LLC, to provide architectural and engineering services for the development of a new energy-efficient duplex on the property located at 1016-1018 Southwest 8th Street, and the amount not to exceed $107,630, authorizing the executive director to execute the agreement, authorizing the executive director to take all actions necessary to implement the terms of the agreement and providing for an effective date.

Thank you. Go ahead. So I have a question through the vice chair. So the price tag of $107,630, Could you please, Dr. Earl, explain the process of selecting an engineer slash, where is it, architectural and engineering services? I'm just concerned that for a duplex, $107,000 price tag for an engineering, architecture engineering services is pretty steep. So would you mind just explaining what the process is like? Do we go to multiple engineering service providers? Is this the best possible price? I just, Anyways, yeah.

Okay, Director Limitop. So yeah, so the CRA utilizes the city's CCNA list. So the city of Hound Hill Beach went through a process by which it has approximately 55 architects, landscape architects, surveyors, and engineering companies. So this company was selected from that list. So in other words, they've already been vetted through that process. The fee for this is really in line and as you can see You had some that were 136, some that on page, sorry, on page four of six of the agenda cover memo, some that were 136, 167, 107, and 49. We believe that that 107 is actually an appropriate number for them to do the design work, engineering work, to get this affordable housing project off the ground.

Okay, so you feel comfortable with that?

Yes, ma'am.

Okay, all right, thank you.

You're welcome.

I want in. Mayor Cooper? Can you hear me? Yes. Good question, Director. I thought the same thing, but it's actually all the way soup to nuts. Yes, ma'am. It's not just the plans. It's permitting and everything. Correct, Executive Director?

That would be correct, Chair Cooper.

I went, wow. I saw the price tag, too. But then after digging in a bit, it's all in. Thank you.

Yes, ma'am. You're welcome.

Thanks for the question, Director. Motion to approve.

Motion to approve.

I'll second it.

Vice Chair Lazaro? Yes. Director Butler?

Yes.

Chair Cooper? Madam Mayor? Chair Cooper? Yes. Thank you. Yes. Sorry. Director Adams? Sorry. Yes. I'm sorry. Director Limitao? Yes. Motion carries 5-0.

Thank you.

Item 90, a resolution of the Chair and Board of Directors of the Hollandale Beach Community Development Agency, Hollandale Beach, Florida, approving the purchase of a real property located at 725-801-805 and 809 NW 7th Avenue and 806-808-814 NW 7th Terrace, Hollandale Beach, Florida, 33009 from Broward Multifamily LLC for purchase price not to exceed $7,492,000 for redevelopment purposes to provide affordable housing opportunities, authorizing the executive director to execute the commercial contract and addendum for the purchase of the property, authorizing the executive director to take all action necessary to purchase property, including payment of the purchase price and closing costs, as well as the execution and delivery of all closing documents and providing an effective date.

Thank you. I'm supporting this. Let me just start by saying that. Second of all, I'm looking, it's contiguous lots, right?

Yes, ma'am.

And it's how many contiguous lots? Four?

I believe it's three contiguous lots.

Because I'm looking at the backup material, and I'm trying to see where this is. I see it looks like, is it crossing Foster Road?

Literally directly west of the cemetery. So it's a lot of those apartments that are west of the cemetery.

Okay. Seafoss Road, Northwest 7th Terrace. Come here for one second, I'm sorry, because this diagram is really confusing. What is all this? Why is all of this highlighted? Do you mind? No, it doesn't. Here, you have to do it from here. Fancy. Hold on. Sorry. It's not fancy. It's just, hold on. I'm trying to get the .. Isn't this a cemetery? Isn't this a cemetery in here?

Because I think those are .. So the cemetery is here.

So what is all this?

So here's Foster. No, just here's Foster.

Right.

And the cemetery is here. OK. And these properties are here.

OK. Okay, so we had had a discussion once. I mean, this isn't the only properties we now own. We own a significant number of others, yes?

Yes, ma'am.

Okay, so initially when we had started doing this, we had said we didn't want to be in the property management business. So can you tell me after these are built and they are occupied, what then happens in terms of management and what kind of an asset that becomes to the CRA after it sunsets?

Absolutely, Vice Chair.

To the city, sorry.

So a few years ago, the CRA, we made a promise to the CRA board that we would construct affordable housing for our community because there is a great need. With that, we've been acquiring properties and doing designs for these properties for about the last four or five years. Some of those have fallen through as some of these developers have fallen by the wayside. But we are still working towards it, and we believe that we have a very solid plan. So with... one year left of the CRA's life, in terms of the sunset, we're gonna continue over the next year, two years, three years, to construct the affordable housing that the commission has approved. These affordable housing properties, which will be brand new, will then come on to the city's role when the CRA sunsets. So they become assets to the city of Hallandale Beach at that time. So the city commission, when it receives these assets, will have the ability at such time it determines to dispose of these assets, to sell these assets whenever it so chooses. It means that the city will have the additional capability of ensuring that its long-term sustainability, in terms of financial sustainability, is there. So in 2017, we sold our Anson Boulevard lot. I'm sure you remember that. So we sold that lot. It was a one-time revenue source. We got rid of it, and then we have nothing left. This, these things that the CRA is doing means that these assets become city assets. Doesn't mean you have to have it for 30 years. You don't. The commission will decide at that time what it chooses to do with these assets, but at least it has the assets to make that decision. So yes, for a period of time, there will be property management that we'll have to do until such time as the commission says, you know what? We're now gonna sell one of our four properties for X amount of money, and that goes back to the city of Hallandale Beach. While we also provide the affordable housing that the commission has said is very, very vitally important for our community. Hopefully I've answered your question, Vice Chair.

We will be the managers of the property. So does that mean we'll do the rental agreements? These are rentals, correct? So we'll do the vetting or background checks, rentals, and then we're going to be in charge of collecting rent?

So we're going to work with a property management company. Okay, so that's the question. Yep, so we're going to work with a property management company to oversee that process. There are companies that... are extremely experienced in doing this.

Well, let me tell you, they're not easy to find because we've been through six of them where I live. They're not easy.

These buildings are going to be demolished. Correct, yes. Is that through a PPP? Is that the plan?

So those are currently, no, those are currently in not the best shape as you can imagine.

Yeah.

So... They will be demolished, and then remember the vessel I showed you? The new Z, the new- You're gonna bring that up, huh? The presentation? Right, so we talked about prefab, right? So we talked about prefab. So whether it is prefab or modular, we've tried to find modular construction that we can do relatively quickly because we don't want the construction to you know hang out for five ten years as we do this because we have struggled with developers and trying to partner with developers the ones that we've had a partner with have had no interest they want to do market rate housing and that's what they want to do and that's been the struggle that we have is finding the expertise to work with us on affordable housing and That's really been our struggle. So we said, you know what, we're not going to wait. We're going to do it ourselves. And so we've tried to go through the different iterations of traditional construction, modular construction, and we're still looking at various methods to try and do this as sustainably as we can.

I guess the question is, do we have funding available to build? the buildings that you...

Yes, sir.

We have funding. Yes, sir. So in the CRA...

In the CRA, we have the existing dollars. Yes, sir.

As long as we have the dollars, then we need them purposed.

Yes, sir. That's exactly right. Just so everyone understands, one of the things that Commissioner... Sorry, that Director Butler touched on is if... we do not spend CRA dollars by the sunset of the CRA, then those dollars will go back to the taxing authorities, which would include Broward County. So we potentially would have to give away millions of dollars back to the taxing authorities, which would include Broward County, who gives the CRA approximately $15 million per year. Yeah?

I have a couple questions. Potentially, let's say if we, I don't know if it's to the Vice Chair, if this question is for you, Dr. Earle, or the CRA attorney. Potentially, let's say we want, you mentioned the Anson Boulevard lot, right, which we sold for next to nothing.

Had we held onto it,

We could have sold it for a lot more. If we wanted to maybe at some point hold on to this as an option and then flip it, flip it's not the right word, but could we legally do that?

The short answer is yes. You would have to go through the statutory disposition process. CRE Attorney Zeljkovic?

Yeah, thank you, Dr. Earl. So if the CRA is selling the property, if they own it and they sell it before the CRA sunsets, then it has a statutory process. When the city sells property, it has a separate process, either under your code or Florida statutes that you would follow. Probably have to declare a surplus or something, and then you basically have to sell it through a process where you get the most money for it.

So once the CRA sunsets, these properties or these parcels then transfer over to the city?

Yes, so once the CRA sunsets, its assets, its properties will transfer to the city. But the CRA, provided that it appropriates the funds for these projects prior to sunset, can then utilize the funds and not have to give them back to Broward County or the city. Understood, okay.

to complete the project on behalf of the city okay thank you and then uh two follow-up questions so when we speak about um property management this will be outsourced we're not going to hire a property manager correct that would be correct okay and then this is just a statement slash observation is I see that we are making significant investments within the Northwest. As discussed earlier today, that the Southwest has really lagged behind. And I'd really like to, this is just me, I'm not making a collective decision, but I really would like to see some investments and mitigating the slum and blight in the Southwest. We have a year left, correct?

We have a year?

So I would really, really like to see some significant investments made in Southwest Hallandale. It is really, from where it was 10 years ago to where it is today, deteriorating from year to year. It's a statement slash observation. That'll be it for me. Thank you.

Director Limotov, so that's a very good point. I'm actually going to ask our project manager, Kenny, to explain the southwest properties that we're doing the same thing with. We purchased properties in the southwest to also build affordable housing. Kenny?

So the first property that we mentioned for the designs, that's in the southwest, 1016, that sits on the lake. So that's a lake house. That's going to be a duplex. And then we have... two other properties that's right across from each other, 627 Southwest 6th Terrace. That's a property that was a duplex, was two duplexes. We demolished it to get additional two units out of it. So that would be a new construction six unit. And then across from there, 632, that is a duplex, which was converted into a legal alteration, which we have designs for. We're currently renovating. Renovation started today. Um, and then we have a, another property, uh, the old dough back property, which was, uh, I saw her next to my park. We demolished that and we're looking to put forth new tiny homes on that.

Those are going to be your four ADUs that we, that we approved a few months ago. So most of what we've done actually is in the Southwest, to be honest with you from an affordable housing perspective.

Those are like, those are great, but they're like little, a little pocket here, a little pocket here, a little pocket here. But we have Southwest 8th, which is, I'll leave my facial expression to describe how I feel. We have Southwest 8th, we have, Southwest 11th is not so bad, but there's Southwest 9th. There are certain areas that are really, and I think it's Southwest 10th, if I'm not mistaken. There are some areas that I've not been to in a while and I took a drive recently and I was like, whoa, what is happening here? But like the major corridor, just Southwest 8th. Okay, great, you said Southwest, it was 10, 16, whatever Southwest, right? But you have the, where you have the mobile home parks, which are really an eyesore because they're not well-maintained. and certain homes on properties on Southwest 8th that are, you know, you have a, like a little, it's not a 7-Eleven, but a little convenience store there that's also, you know, I'll just.

You know where the trailer park is? Yes. Can I get in queue? Sure. No, after you.

No, no, I think that Dr. Earle understands. You can't see my facial expression, but Dr. Earle can, so.

I wanted to share, you know, I missed today, we were like on the bus, so it was kind of hard on the survey, and I thought it was really eye-opening that that whole pocket, I'm sure you guys probably picked up on it like I did, that, you know, that survey kind of suggested when you looked at the mapping, about that whole pocket in the very, very far southwest corner, the Roland Lakes area, all in that area, near the schools, and maybe, I'm glad to hear you drove around there, but really to double down maybe on some of that code enforcement, see what we can do with the trailer parks. They have really become a true nuisance. with code enforcement. I know that the last head of code enforcement director, or code enforcement official Posner, when he left, and we have a new code enforcement director, I think the code's doing a great job, but really maybe to try to do a pocket sweep of some of that area, see what we can tidy up.

and uh just share some love so thank you for asking that question director because um i miss getting a chance to talk to about that concern that i saw and maybe purchase some properties on on along southwest eighth like up to hallandale beach boulevard remind me again please um we i think uh i asked this question before but i i need uh to please ask this question again We cannot do eminent domain on on the force eminent domain on the mobile home parks.

CRS do not have the power of eminent domain anymore.

Okay, and if we were once the CRA sunsets, what about cities?

Well, I'm not the city attorney, but it would have to be for a public purpose, obviously. I mean, typically cities would do eminent domain for roadways and things like that, maybe parks. But that would be a better suited question for your city attorney.

So maybe at some point we could, I'd like to maybe pick up and have a discussion about that and maybe. Okay, thank you.

Okay. I agree. So I think director Todd that we have two separate things like one is the CRA investments and the other is beautifying that area where we need to dress. It sounds like from what we've heard tonight from you, from the mayor, I know we had mentioned it earlier with the survey. Just one other point, Kenneth, that was great. I appreciate you sharing that information. That was off the top of your head to have that. It was fantastic. So thank you for sharing that information about Southwest. I didn't know that we had that many properties there. So thanks for going through that with us. Thank you, Chair, or Vice Chair.

The other thing is we forgot to mention the Assistant Director tonight. We are commending everybody. Where's Ms. Finn?

Oh, she's on vacation.

Okay, well, you'll let her know. We were all singing the praises and we wanted to acknowledge her also.

I will. Motion to approve.

Second.

Can she put her phone on? Director Butler?

Yes.

Director Adams? Yes. Director Limontov? Yes. Vice Chair Lazaro? Yes. Chair Cooper? Yes. Motion carries 5-0. HBCU Attorney Communication?

I would just also like to commend the CRA staff for their professionalism and their assistance in making my job easier every day. Thank you. And of course, the Vice Chair for running such an excellent meeting tonight.

Executive Director?

Yes, just real quick. CRA staff has been working once again on our new Hallandale Eats program. It'll be for six weeks, starting July 13th to August 20th. We have 27 restaurants who are participating in this. It's going to be a great initiative and a great job. To get these 27 restaurants, staff literally goes out to 27. Actually, they probably go out to more, but we've been able to get 27 restaurants. So great job, CRA staff. On that it's really been a team effort. And so hopefully Hallandale East will be another successful year in which our hopefully our residents and outside visitors can support our local businesses here in Hallandale Beach. It's going to be all over at all 27 restaurants.

Great. Then you should be promoting freebie and the Uber program as well while they're going out.

Yep. Yep. We're going to have all of that.

Awesome.

Thank you. Absolutely.

Motion to adjourn, Vice Chair? Yes. Motion to adjourn the HBCU.

Thank you, everyone.

Thank you. Thank you. Only two more meetings to go.

Golden House?

What are we doing next?

Golden House.