The Pembroke Pines City Commission on July 30 unanimously approved an emergency ordinance to allow the city to sell the buildings at Pines Place to H.G. Pines LLC, doing business as Hayden Glade, and to extend the transaction inspection period through Dec. 31, 2025.

The action came at an emergency special meeting called because the contract’s inspection period would otherwise expire on July 31. Mayor Castillo said the change advances an affordable-housing transaction the city supported in the Florida Legislature. “This is a deal that makes not just good sense and not just dollars and cents for the residents of the facility, the residents of the city, and the city itself,” Castillo said.

City Attorney Goren told commissioners the legal authority for the exemption that enabled the deal is embedded in the statewide annual tax bill, cited in the record as Chapter 2025-208, Laws of Florida, which, he said, creates a new statutory section at section 196.19781 of the Florida Statutes. Goren summarized the inspection items that remain or were completed, including title examination, survey review, environmental review and testing, and land-use and zoning reviews.

Goren said the only open legal item is finalizing the sub‑sublease between the City of Pembroke Pines and Hayden Glade; that item may be extended to Dec. 31 or sooner. He said the extension request came from the prospective sub‑sublessee and from the city administration.

Mayor Castillo and City Manager Dodge emphasized that the arrangement would preserve a priority-referral feature for city residents and city public servants, including police and fire personnel. Castillo said she expects contract language to be “crystal clear” that vacancies at the facility will be reported to the city so the city can maintain a waiting list and offer units on a priority basis to eligible residents; she added that if the city has no eligible candidate, the owner may rent to others.

Commissioner Goode moved to adopt proposed Ordinance 2025-10 on first reading as an emergency ordinance; Commissioner Rodriguez seconded. The commission then moved and approved Ordinance 2025-10 on second and final reading (the second motion was moved by Commissioner Goode and seconded by Vice Mayor Hernandez). Both the first- and second-reading motions passed unanimously. The ordinance was later assigned permanent number 2046.

There were no public comments on the item during the meeting. Commissioner Schwartz was not present; staff reported he had said he was unsure whether he would attend.

Next steps described in the meeting include finalizing the Fifth Amendment to the agreement to enter into a sub‑sublease and preparing contract language and a waiting-list process to implement the city’s priority-referral commitments. The extension of the inspection period to Dec. 31 was described as enabling the parties to complete the remaining sub‑sublease work before closing.