CRA Board Meeting 11.5.2026

The City of Hollywood Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Board held its regular meeting on November 5, 2026. The board approved a $59,208 increase to a project contract valued at more than $13 million for Florida Power & Light power-pole and overhead-wire removal, restoration, cleanup, and related work associated with Carolina Street signal modifications. Members clarified that the larger project’s schedule covered all work, while the pedestrian crossing signal was targeted for completion within about 45 days. The board also approved consent items that included budgetary transfers, though the transcript did not specify their amounts or purposes.

After a downtown restaurant owner described being unable to submit a CPIP grant application when funding was unavailable and having to address awning work related to a code violation, the board unanimously directed staff to assist him in processing the application. This was not an approval of a $7,500 grant award; staff noted that assistance for already-completed work would require after-the-fact review under program procedures. The executive director also reported progress on downtown streetscape, crosswalk, bollard, landscaping, and wayfinding projects. Members discussed the need for continued beach resiliency work after the CRA sunsets and possible future use of $1.75 million annually for ten years under a county interlocal agreement, but no funding decision was made.