The Fort Lauderdale City Commission met on May 19, 2026, at 6:00 PM (local time) for a regular meeting. The agenda included several proclamations, a consent agenda, multiple discussion items, and a lengthy public hearing on a rezoning and site plan for a new Weston Jewelers store on Las Olas Boulevard. The meeting also addressed charter amendments for November ballot placement.
Good evening, everybody, and welcome to the city commission meeting this May 19, 2026. We thank you all for being here. I see we have a full house, so there must be something interesting on the agenda tonight. We'll find out what that is. So for those of you who are here for the first time, welcome and we thank you for participating. Um so just to let you know the sequence of events. We start out with our pledge of allegiance followed by a moment of silence. There's some agenda announcements, and then we have presentations. The presentations are normally to honor or recognize individuals, events, or or organizations that are notable during this particular time or this particular month. So do we so may I invite Shauna Roberts, Zuri Williams, and Zoe Williams to the podium? Where are where are they? Oh, here, come on. And may I ask you all to please rise and join us in the Pledge of Allegiance? And to the plea, what she said, when they say Anaga, and the visible, and then it's who are all. So we have a little back for each of you. Thank you. Thank you. Is anyone wait, wait, don't go away. Is any member of your family here today? Yes. Why don't you come over here? We're gonna take a picture of all with everybody. Let's do it in front. Come on, come on. We'll do it in front. Very good. Okay, right. So Shauna is from Mirror Lake Elementary, Zuri is from Walker Elementary, and Zoe's from Walker Elementary. So I want to thank you, thank your family for being here today, and we appreciate your participating in the pleasures this after this evening. Um so if we could just uh join the commission and the rest of the community here for a moment of silence. Thank you so much. So at the beginning of a meeting, we uh recognize individuals who are retiring who've been part of the city for at least 20 years. And tonight we have three such individuals, and I'd like to announce their names. We have Alan Lucouset, who has been uh public records clerk for 20 years. Congratulations, Alan. Uh we have Lana, okay, here we go. Rangoonen, Rangunnen, who has been a court liaison specialist. She's been with us for 23 years, and we have wow, Bob Dunkel, finally. Thirty-eight years, Bob. Wow. Bob Dunkel has been uh, well, helped mentor me when I was first a commissioner almost 20 years ago. So thank you all for your uh commitment and your service to our city. We thank you again and again. So now I would ask the city clerk to please call the role of the commission. Commissioner Herbs Commissioner Glossman. Here, Commissioner Beasley Pittman. Here, Vice Mayor Sorensen. Here, Mayor Trentals. Here. We have a full attendance.