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Fort Lauderdale commission accepts advisory board’s recommendation to form FXE stakeholder group, removes proposed transaction fee
Summary
The City Commission agreed to move forward with an Aviation Advisory Board recommendation to create a stakeholder work group to finalize Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE) lease policy and, by consensus, remove a proposed transaction fee from the city’s leasing policy. Staff said the fiscal impact is unknown and FAA uniformity concerns limit ad‑hoc fee arrangements.
The Fort Lauderdale City Commission agreed March 19 to implement two recommendations from the Aviation Advisory Board: create a formal stakeholder group to finalize an airport leasing policy and exclude a proposed transaction fee from that long‑term policy.
Deputy City Manager Chris Cooper told commissioners the advisory board voted unanimously to form a stakeholder work group and separately voted 10–0 that the transaction fee should not be part of the leasing policy. “The transaction fee not be part of the airport’s leasing policy,” Cooper said, summarizing the advisory board’s position and the group’s reasoning that the fee would impose a burden on tenants while…
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