City staff presented a conceptual plan on April 22 to reconfigure Northeast Third Avenue — the street adjacent to City Hall and the Broward Sheriff's Office (BSO) parking lot — to a northbound one‑way roadway, add angled parking, and create additional public overflow parking for City Hall events.

Eric Howard, director of plan development services, said the work would tie into ongoing Pioneer Grove drainage and outfall projects that require heavy equipment on Eller and the surrounding blocks. Howard told the commission staff sought to take advantage of a contractor already on site to perform the Third Avenue work now rather than include the project next year in the capital improvement program, which staff estimated could be north of $200,000 if done separately.

Under the concept, new sidewalk connections would run from Eller to City Hall, angled parking bays would be added along the one‑way corridor to increase parking counts, and a portion of the BSO back lot would be re‑fenced so the city could convert its yard to permanent overflow parking without reducing BSO operational space. Staff said BSO parking that supports quick northbound response would be retained in the reconfiguration. A landscape island would be removed to allow continuous access to the BSO interior lot.

Howard characterized the plan as an opportunity to realize cost savings and to bundle related public works tasks while the contractor is mobilized for drainage work; he said staff would refine cost estimates and return with a formal change order request if the commission favored proceeding. Commissioners asked for time to consider the concept and for more detailed cost, schedule and traffic analyses.

No vote was taken; staff sought direction and feedback. Several commissioners expressed support for doing the work now to save future mobilization costs, and some asked staff to include the project in broader facility planning for a future City Hall replacement or long‑range land‑use strategy. Staff said they would provide refined costs and a formal change‑order or capital project request for a future meeting.