The Lauderhill Community Redevelopment Agency on Nov. 24 voted to adopt a policy allowing the CRA to piggyback on the City of Lauderhill’s approved vendor and contractor list for specific trades and services and to enter agreements of up to $29,999, and separately approved a $96,500 change order with Platinum General Contracting to add security enhancements to a police substation at Wingate Plaza.

Executive Director Sean Henderson told commissioners that piggybacking will let the CRA “skip a step” when an immediate repair or trade is needed, allowing staff to select a contractor already procured by the city rather than issue a new bid. “So basically, I’m able to utilize those same services because they were properly procured,” Henderson said during the CRA session.

On the Wingate Plaza renovation, staff described several security-driven additions to the police substation plans — including a bulletproof back door, Kevlar reinforcement and concrete demising walls requiring additional foundation work — and recommended a $96,500 change order to the general contractor already on site. Commissioners approved the change order 5–0. Henderson estimated the broader Wingate Plaza work will take about “6 to 8 months” from its current stage of mobilization.

Henderson’s broader presentation outlined Central CRA statistics (3,649 residential units in the district; majority condominium units) and the CRA’s shift away from event-based spending toward infrastructure and housing under Florida Statute 163 Part 3. He highlighted infill housing in the Renaissance Point area (two recently completed homes and four more units bid and under preparation) and a nine-single-family-home plan for Renaissance Plaza, with a civil cost estimate for water and sewer listed at $67,823.

The CRA also reviewed a Habitat for Humanity parcel of about 3.133 acres behind Tree Gardens planned for roughly 26 fee‑simple townhomes and eight single-family homes, and discussed the newly acquired 1883 Northwest 38th Avenue warehouse (roughly 25,000 square feet). Henderson said staff intends to retain an on‑site church tenant and is evaluating market rents and potential uses — including a tech incubator, a workforce technical-skills hub and an employee clinic — while working with partners on parking, site planning and insurance.

Commissioners probed the housing mix — with several emphasizing a preference for owner‑occupied infill — and asked for details on plans if CRAs are curtailed by future policy changes. Henderson and the city manager said CRA staff and positive fund balances could be absorbed by the city if statutory operation under Chapter 163 ends, and that the city would plan transition steps if required.

The CRA also reported small-scale public‑realm work — pressure‑washing, landscape replanting and medians irrigation — and said it will continue to address blight and maintenance along key corridors. The CRA’s piggyback procurement resolution and the Wingate Plaza change order were both taken by formal motion and approved 5–0.

The CRA adjourned and the commission session followed on the posted agenda.