***The meeting shall commence at 2:30 PM or as soon thereafter as possible*** PUBLIC APPEARANCES BEFORE THE CRA BOARD: If any person wishes to address the Board, the person shall sign up in the NSU Art Museum - Horvitz Auditorium. A member of the City Clerk's Office Staff will be there to assist. Speaker Cards are given to the Chair. After being recognized by the Chair, the speaker should approach the podium, identify the agenda item in question, indicate support, opposition, or neutrality on the agenda item, and then proceed to succinctly state the speaker's position or present information. If an attorney, or any other person appears before the Board in a representative capacity, the attorney, or other representative shall also sign up in the NSU Art Museum - Horvitz Auditorium. A member of the City Clerk's Office Staff will be there to assist. After being recognized by the Chair, the speaker should approach the podium, identify the client(s) being represented, and identify the agenda item in question. The speaker shall then indicate the client's support, opposition, or neutrality on the agenda item and then proceed to succinctly state the client's position or present information on behalf of the client(s). Pursuant to Section 3.13 of the Charter of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the Mayor (Chair) shall maintain order at all meetings, and the Police Department, upon instructions of the Mayor (Chair), shall expel any person from the meeting who refuses to obey the order of the Mayor in relation to preserving order at the meetings. Any person who interrupts or disturbs a City Commission (Board) meeting, or who willfully enters or remains in a City Commission (Board) meeting having been warned by the Mayor (Chair) to depart and who refuses to do so, may be subject to arrest. AUXILIARY AIDS AND SERVICES: If you desire auxiliary aids or services or both to assist in viewing or hearing the City Commission (Board) meetings or reading the agenda and minutes for the meeting, please contact the City Clerk's Office at 954-828-5002 at a minimum of two days prior to the meeting and arrangements will be made to provide these services to you. NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC: If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the board, agency, or commission with respect to any matter considered at such meeting or hearing, the person will need a record of the proceedings, and that, for such purpose, the person may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.