The Margate Community Redevelopment Agency on Oct. 7 approved a resolution adopting the First Amendment to the 2017 Margate Community Redevelopment Plan to incorporate the interlocal agreement dated 06/10/2025 between Broward County, the City of Margate and the Margate Community Redevelopment Agency.

CRA attorney David Tolsas explained the amendment and the interlocal agreement to the board, saying, “The agreement provided that the amendment be approved within a hundred and 80 days of the effective date of the agreement.”

The amendment incorporates terms of that interlocal agreement, including an extension of the CRA’s term noted in the amendment (stated in the resolution text as extending to 02/1947) and a provision described in the agreement that the extension would be “TIF less,” meaning the county and the taxing districts would not provide tax-increment financing (TIF) funding beyond 2026. The resolution authorizes the chair and the executive director to execute the first amendment and to provide an effective date, as described in the resolution presented to the board.

Board members discussed procedural timing and legal risk. A board member asked whether failure to approve the amendment tonight would cause a violation of the interlocal agreement; Tolsas said that any determination that the CRA was in violation would be up to Broward County. Tolsas also told the board that the interlocal agreement was signed on June 10, recorded on June 13, and that the agreement required the amendment to be approved within 180 days of the effective date — a timeframe that the attorney said would allow the board to continue the item to the November meeting and still remain within the time permitted by the agreement.

A motion to approve the resolution was seconded and the board voted by roll call. Board member Serio, Board member Simone, Vice Chair Lozano and Chair Casiano voted yes; one board member (Board member Schwartz) was recorded as excused. Chair Casiano remarked during the discussion, “Which is exactly what we’ve been asking you to do for over a year.”

The board’s action adopts the amendment into the 2017 redevelopment plan and authorizes agency leaders to finalize execution per the resolution language. The board did not attach additional amendments or conditions on the record beyond approving the plan amendment and authorizing execution.

The board’s files show the interlocal agreement date (06/10/2025) and the recorded date (June 13). The resolution text presented to the board states the extension date as 02/1947 and describes the county’s and taxing districts’ nonprovision of TIF funding after 2026; those items were the main substantive changes the amendment incorporates.