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DSAC Minutes 01/02/2014 Development Services Advisory Committee Minutes January 2 , 2014 January 8,2014 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COLLIER COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE Naples, Florida, January 8, 2014 LET IT BE REMEMBERED, the Collier County Development Services Advisory Committee in and for the County of Collier, having conducted business herein, met on this date at 3:00 P.M. in REGULAR SESSION at the Collier County Growth Management Division Building, Conference Room#609/610, 2800 N. Horseshoe Drive, Naples, Florida, with the following members present: Chairman: William J. Varian Vice Chairman: David Dunnavant James E. Boughton Clay Brooker Dalas Disney Blair Foley Chris Mitchell Robert Mulhere Mario Valle Stan Chrzanowski Eleanor Taft Norman Gentry Ron Waldrop Laura Spurgeon DeJohn Marco Espinar ALSO PRESENT: Jamie French, Director, Operations & Regulatory Management Judy Puig, Operations Analyst, Staff Liaison Reed Jarvi, Manager, Transportation Planning Nathan Beals, Project Manager, Public Utilities Jeff Wright, Director, Code Enforcement Amy Patterson, Impact Fee Administration Joe Bellone, Director, Public Utilities Operation Support Mike Dumais, Sr. Programmer Analyst Rich Long, Plans Review and Inspection Manager 1 January 8, 2014 I. Call to Order-Chairman Chairman Varian called the meeting to order at 3:07pm II. Approval of Agenda Mr. Valle moved to approve the Agenda. Second by Mr.Disney. Carried unanimously 15-0. III. Approval of Minutes from December 4,2013 Meeting Mr. Chrzanowski moved to approve the minutes of the December 4, 2013 meeting as presented. Second by Mr. Mulhere. Carried unanimously 15- 0. IV. Selection of Chair and Vice Chair Mr.Disney moved to appoint William Varian as Chairman of the Development Services Advisory Committee. Second by Mr. Brooker. Carried unanimously 15—0. Mr. Dunnavant moved appoint Blair Foley as Vice Chairman of the Development Services Advisory Committee. Second by Mr. Chrzanowski. Carried unanimously 15—0. V. Public Speakers None VI. Staff Announcements/Updates A. Code Enforcement Department update— [Jeff Wright] Mr. Wright provided the report"Collier County Code Enforcement Department Blight Prevention Program- Cumulative Code Enforcement Statistics- 11/2008—12/08/2013"for information purposes. He reported the Department has initiated a program to identify the number of abandon homes in the County. According to estimates, there are currently 1133 abandon homes located primarily in Golden Gate City and the Golden Gate Estates region. Abandon homes are those structures no longer maintained and unoccupied or occupied by squatters. B. Public Utilities Division update— [Nathan Beals or Tom Chmelik] Mr. Beals reported: • The Utilities Subcommittee will meet on January 21, 2014. • Staff is seeking members for the Impact Fee Subcommittee and the Utilities Master Plan and Rate Study Subcommittee. Utility Master Plan and Rate Study Subcommittee Ron Waldrop or designee, Chris Mitchell and Blair Foley. Impact Fee Subcommittee Robert Mulhere, Mario Valle. C. Growth Management Division/Transportation Engineering and/or Planning— [Jay Ahmad and/or Reed Jarvi] Reed Jarvi was present and reported: 2 January 8, 2014 • US41/Collier Blvd. Intersection—Construction starting soon. • US41 Collier Blvd. to Greenway Rd. improvements—Construction started. • Pine Ridge Road/US 41 intersection westbound—proposed lane realignment and drainage improvements. Work scheduled for 2015/16. • Developer Financed Infrastructure- Staff continues to review criteria for developers who propose to transfer control of road and drainage infrastructure to the County. • Sidewalk Program—Staff is processing funding requests through the MPO (Metropolitan Planning Organization) for projects in 2018/19;notify Staff of any possible sidewalk improvements. • Development Level Transportation for Dummies—Developing initiatives to identify transportation permitting issues. Staff will provide future update. • Road Impact Fees—still under review with Staff/Stakeholders, etc. One final Subcommittee meeting to be held. Final repots to be transmitted to the Board of County Commissioners. During Committee discussions the Committee requested Staff to: • Review the sidewalk constructed on Airport/Pulling Road from Golden Gate Parkway to Pine Ridge Road and determine if any changes may be made to improve safety. • The status of the White Blvd sidewalk. Mr. Mitchell left the meeting at 3:35pm D. Fire Review update— [Ed Riley] The Committee reviewed the documents "Office of the Fire Code Official—Summary of Plan Review Activity—November-13"and"Fire Plan Review— Time Frame Summary— November- 13." E. Growth Management Division/Planning& Regulation update— [Jamie French] Mr. French submitted the"Monthly Statistics December 2013"which outlines building plan review and inspection activities. The following was noted during his report: CD-Plus Mr. French and Mr. Dumais reported work continues for re-launching the CD-Plus application. The cost is $3,000k annually with a license fee of$1,400.00 (Staff is determining if the licensing fee is a one time or annual requirement). The re-launch requires a new server and Staff is considering sharing the cost with the Utilities Department who will be utilizing the same type server in the near future. Automated Inspection Reporting System(AIRS) Mr. French reported the system has crashed and requests are now being handled manually. Additional Staff(job banker)may be required to process the requests. Staff is reviewing options to re-enable the automated system. Building Plan Review and Inspection Activity Mr. French reported residential building permitting and related inspection activity increased by approximately 20 percent from 2012 to 2013. Indications are the activity will continue to 3 January 8,2014 increase throughout calendar 2014. Staff continues to address areas to ensure the County is maintaining an adequate level of service in these areas including provision of time certain inspections. VII. New Business None VIII. Old Business None IX. Committee Member Comments None X. Adjourn Next Meeting Dates February 5,2014- GMD Conference Room 610—3:00 pm March 5,2014- GMD Conference Room 610—3:00 pm April 2,2014-GMD Conference Room 610—3:00 pm May 7,2014 - GMD Conference Room 610—3:00 pm There being no further business for the good of the County,the meeting was adjourned by the order of the Chair at 4:15 PM. COLLIER COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE Chairman,William Varian These Minutes were proved by the Board/Chairman on as-119 as presented , or as amended 4