At the beginning of each year, the City Commission meets to collectively establish their priorities. These priorities are an important component of the City’s future planning as they advance the goals outlined in the City’s five-year Strategic Plan and long-term Vision Plan by ensuring the City is agile in aligning annual priorities with the defined goals for the next five years and beyond. Once established, the priorities are integrated as a part of the annual operating budget to ensure that appropriate resources are dedicated to accomplishing the goals of the Commission.
Public Safety
The focus of this initiative is reducing crime and increasing the safety of our City by providing the necessary resources to our first responders and by building community partnerships.
Homelessness Initiatives
The focus of this initiative is to address homelessness in the City of Fort Lauderdale by creating pathways to housing as well as by providing access to comprehensive services.
Affordable Housing and Economic Development
The focus of this initiative is to create additional housing options for all income levels and align these efforts with equitable economic development.
Transportation and Traffic
The focus of this initiative is to develop programs and implement strategies to improve traffic flow and to evaluate new solutions that will alleviate congestion within the City.
Infrastructure and Resilience
The focus of this initiative is to identify and implement improvements that will address infrastructure needs relating to water, wastewater, stormwater, and the public right-of-way as well as resilience needs relating to extreme weather events and sea level rise.
Public Places and Community Initiatives
The focus of this initiative is to ensure our City continues to develop public places and enhance our parks to be inviting and accessible to all neighbors and visitors. This focus will additionally explore opportunities for community driven improvements and historic preservation.