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Immokalee Beautification MSTU Agenda 10/16/2013 Joint MeetingCRA Board Commissioner Tim Nance Chair Commissioner Tom Henning Commissioner Donna Fiala Commissioner Fred W. Coyle Commissioner Georgia Hiller CRA Advisory Board Michael Facundo Chairman Edward "Ski" Olesky Robert Halman Ex -officio Julio Estremera Floyd Crews James Wall Carrie Williams Cristina Perez Estil Null MSTU Advisory Committee Lucy Ortiz William Deyo Andrea Halman Norma Garcia CRA Staff Bradley Muckel Interim Executive Director Christie Betancourt CRA Administrative Assistant James Sainvilus MSTU Project Manager Marie Capita IBDC Manager Corlet Cot >n'=y Community r €,developrr *nnlAgency M ALES CRA i the Place to Cal': Horne ! Joint Meeting of the Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Committee, Enterprise Zone Agency, and the Immokalee Lighting and Beautification MSTU Southwest Florida Works 750 South Fifth Street Immokalee, FL 34142 (239) 658 -3300 October 16, 2013 - 8:30 A.M. A. Call to Order. B. Roll Call and Announcement of a Quorum. C. Introductions. D. Announcements. a. BCC Agenda items for October 22, 2013 Meeting i. CRA Supplemental Status Report ii. SFWMD Funding Agreement Amendment iii. A & M Landscape Maintenance Contract iv. Colorado Avenue grant Budget Amendment b. FDOT SR 29 Loop Road Public Workshop E. Adoption of Agenda. F. Communications. a. Public Notices b. Letters to School Board, re: Flooding at Ruth Thomas' Trailer Park c. FDOT email related to SR 29 Loop Road G. Approval of Minutes. a. CRA /EZDA /MSTU Joint Advisory Committee Meeting September 18, 2013 (Enclosure 1) b. MSTU Meeting July 24, 2013 (Enclosure 2) H. New Business. a. MSTU Advisory Board Application - Cherryle Thomas (Enclosure 3) b. CRA Advisory Board Application - Frank Louis Nappo (Enclosure 4) c. NCH Safe & Healthy Children's Coalition of Collier County - Presentation d. AIM Engineering - Immokalee Pedestrian Safety Study - Presentation e. Budget Report i. Budget Statement (Enclosure 5a) ii. Budget Report Fund 186 (Enclosure 5b) iii. FDOT SR29 Improvement Grant Letter (Enclosure 6) Old Business. a. Project Managers' Reports i. CRA Project Manager 1. Monthly Report (Enclosure 7) ii. IBDC Manager 1. Monthly Report 2. Feasibility Study on New Business Center a. Executive Summary (Enclosure 8a) b. Concept Proposal (Enclosure 8b) iii. MSTU Reports 1. Budget Report (Enclosure 9) 2. Project Manager (Enclosure 10) a. Carson Road sidewalk Report b. Landscape /Maintenance Contract Report c. Main Street Improvements Holiday Decorations i. Garland (Enclosure 11) ii. Banners iii. Other Decor 4. Contractor Reports a. Maintenance Report — A &M (Enclosure 12) b. Landscape Architect Report (Enclosure 13) b. Code Enforcement — Highlights c. Marketing — Highlights Operational Plan FY 2014 i. Review CRA Existing Plan (Enclosure 14a) ii. Review MSTU Existing Plan (Enclosure 14b) iii. Remove Accomplished Goals iv. Prioritizing Remaining Goals v. Add New Goals K. Citizen Comments. L. Next Meeting Date. CRA & EZDA Meeting November 20, 2013 at 8:30 A.M. and the MSTU Meeting will be November 27, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. M. Adjournment. * The next Advisory Board /EZDA Board meeting will be held November 20, 2013, at 8:30 A.M. at Southwest Florida Works located at 750 South Fifth Street in Immokalee. All meetings will be publicly noticed in the W. Harmon Turner Building (Building F), posted at the Immokalee Public Library and provided to the County Public Information Department for distribution. Please contact Christie Betancourt, Administrative Assistant, at 239.867.0025 for additional information. In accordance with the American with Disabilities Act, persons needing assistance to participate in any of these proceedings should contact Christie Betancourt at least 48 hours before the meeting. The public should be advised that members of the CRA Advisory Board are also members of other Boards and Committees, including, but not limited to: EZDA and the Immokalee Fire Commission. In this regard, matters coming before the Advisory Board may come before one or more of the referenced Board and Committees from time to time. N Calker County Community Redevelopment Agency IMMOKALEE CRA i The Place to Coll Home! Enclosure 1 MINUTES Joint Meeting of the Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Committee, Enterprise Zone Agency, and the Immokalee Lighting and Beautification MSTU September 18, 2013 750 South 5`h Street, Immokalee, FL A. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order by Mike Facundo, CRA Chair at 8:45 a.m. B. Roll Call and Announcement of a Quorum. Advisory Committee/EZDA Members Present: Floyd Crews, Cristina Perez, Carrie Williams, Mike Facundo, Estil Null, and Ski Olesky. Advisory Committee/EZDA Members Absent/Excused: Julio Estremera, James Wall, and Robert Halman. MSTU Advisory Committee Members Present: Cherryle Thomas, William Deyo, Norma Garcia, and Andrea Halman, MSTU Advisory Committee Members Absent/Excused: Lucy Ortiz Action: A quorum was announced as being present for all boards. Others Present: Marc Stonehouse, Steve Hart, Ted Tryka, Armando Yzaguirre, Sylvia Yzaguirre, Esmeralda Lopez- Perez, Marc Rouleau, Eai Chan, Jovita Turrubiartez, Steven Lopez, Angie Beltran, Isabel Gonzalez, Maribel Acevedo, Ruth Thomas, Paul Pinault, and Richard Tindell. Staff: Brad Muckel, Marie Capita, James Sainvilus and Christie Betancourt. C. Introductions. All present introduced themselves. D. Announcements. a. BCC Agenda Items Staff announced that the Facade Grants for $20,000 to Kountry Kitchen (Abye's Pizza & Wings) was awarded at the September 10, 2013 meeting. The board also approved the 90 day extension to the existing Facade Grant to Paralegal & Notary Services, Inc. E. Adoption of Agenda Action: Mr. Olesky made a motion to approve the Agenda, Ms. Williams seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. F. Communications. The folder containing the Public Notice, Lake Trafford Management Action Plan, Pictures of Flooding (Ruth's Trailer Park), Immokalee Stormwater Phase II, Relevanza PFQ, Greenworks Landscape field report was presented to the board. G. Consent Agenda. a. Approval of Minutes for the August 21, 2013 Meeting of the CRA and EZDA. Action: Mr. Olesky made the motion to approve the Consent Agenda, the motion was seconded by Mr. Null and the Consent Agenda was approved by unanimous vote. b. Approval of Minutes for the July 24, 2013 Meeting of the MSTU. No action was taken on these minutes. H. New Business. a. Lake Trafford Management Action Plan Staff provided a complete copy of the Lake Trafford Action plan to all the CRA and MSTU advisory board for review. b. Immokalee Area Master Plan i. Staff provided board with a copy of Ordinance 2002 -25 — May 14, 2002 for review. Staff will present the next four Ordinances at the next meeting. C. CDM Smith Presentation i. The Engineers of Record for the Immokalee Dr. and Colorado Avenue Drainage & Sidewalk Improvement projects gave the first of three public presentations. ii. Flooding Issues at Eden Park Elementary: Due to the amount of public citizens the CRA chair asked the representative for Collier County Public Schools to speak on the flooding issue at Ruth Thomas trailer park on Westclock St. adjacent to Eden Park Elementary School. Marc Rouleau from Facilities Management informed the board of the flooding issues surrounding the school. He took questions from the concerned citizens regarding flooding in their area. After much discussion the boards suggested letters be sent to both the County Commissioners and the School Board from both the MSTU and the CRA to assist property owners with flooding issues. Action: Mr. Null made the motion to send a letter to Collier County School Board informing them of flooding issues and requesting that the school board work with Collier County to find a common solution to the flooding issues at Ruth's Thomas trailer park next to Eden Park Elementary school. The motion was seconded by Ms. Williams and the motion passed by unanimous vote. Action: Mr. Deyo made the motion to send a letter to Collier County School Board informing them of flooding issues and requesting that the school board work with Collier County to find a common solution to the flooding issues at Ruth Thomas' trailer park next to Eden Park Elementary school. The motion was seconded by Ms. Halman and the motion passed by unanimous vote. CRA Staff will contact Jim Flanagan and set up a meeting with CCPS Facilities Management and the Property Owners. Once meeting is set up an invite will be sent to interested board members. d. Operation Plan FY 14 e. Supplemental Status Report CRA staff provided board with a final copy of the Immokalee projects the CRA is currently working on. Mr. Muckel informed the board that this report was created at the request of Commissioner Fiala. Report will be presented at the October 22, 2013 BCC meeting. I. Old Business. a. First Street Plaza Zocalo Mr. Muckel provided the Advisory Board with an update of the bids received for construction of the Zocalo Project and reviewed the Bid Tabulation with them. b. Advisory Board Staff informed board that they haven't received any applications for the vacant positions. C. Fagade Grant Mr. Muckel informed the board that the Fagade Grant program will be placed on hold due to budgetary constraints. During this time staff will review and edit program guidelines. d. Marketing Proposal Staff provided board a copy of the submitted proposal for Marketing and Web Site Maintenance Services. Action: Mr. Null made the motion to award Relevanza up to $20, 000 for Marketing and Web Site Maintenance Services. The motion was seconded by Mr. Olesky and the motion passed by unanimous vote. e. Project Managers i. CRA Project Manager Mr. Muckel gave an update on the Stormwater Improvements Projects, the Fagade Grant Program, and the Crosswalk Improvements Project. ii. IBDC Project Manager 2 Co ;3er County Cornrnbnrryr Redevelopmer%l Agee y IMMOKALEE CRA i The Pace to Call Home! Enclosure 1 Ms. Capita provided the board with an updated IBDC status report. She requested that the CRA board extend the dissolution date for the Business Development Center for and additional three months. Action: Mr. Olesky made the motion to extend the dissolution date of the Immokalee Business Development Center from December 31, 2013 to March 30, 2014 so staff can complete a USDA grant for a Feasibility Study. The motion was seconded by Ms. Williams and the motion passed by unanimous vote. iii. MSTU Project Manager Mr. Sainvilus notified the board that he will be out on Military leave until January 21, 2014. CRA staff will be handling all MSTU projects until his return. Staff provided board with updates on the Carson Road Sidewalk project, the Main Street Improvements project, the Zocalo — I" Street Plaza, the Landscape Maintenance Contract, and Holiday Decorations. MSTU board would like for the Lighted garland and the Angels to be up the day after Thanksgiving. Action: Ms. Garcia made the motion to give Christie Betancourt a 10% increase while she was handling the MSTU administrative duties until James Sainvilus ' return. Mr. Deyo seconded the motion and the motion passed by unanimous vote. f. Code Enforcement Ms. Cristina Perez announced that she will be working back in Immokalee. She also informed the board of the next community cleanup which is set for September 21, 2013 from 7:30 AM until Noon at the CRA property located at the corner of 91h and Main. g. Marketing Mr. Hart provided board with an updated Marketing report and presented and showed the photos that have been received to date for the Instagram photo contest J. Citizen Comments. K. Next Meeting Date. The next regular Meetin� will be October 16, 2013, at 8:30 A.M. at Southwest Florida Works located at 750 South 5` Street in Immokalee. L. Adjournment. This meeting adjourned at 10:49 A.M. 3 Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency IMMOKALEE,1,C*RA i The Place to Cali Home! Minutes Immokalee Lighting and Beautification MSTU Advisory Committee Meeting July 24, 2013 Enclosure 2 Immokal A. B. Action. C. D. E. Action. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order by Cherryle Thomas at 10:00 a.m. Roll Call and Announcement of a Quorum. Advisory Committee Members Present: Cherryle Thomas, Lucy Ortiz, Bill Deyo and Andrea Halman Advisory Committee Member Absent/Excused: Norma Garcia A quorum was announced as being present. Others Present: Paul Anderson, Richard Tindell, Jack Johnson and Roy Cantu Jr. Staff. James Sainvilus Introductions. All present introduced themselves. Paul Anderson introduce himself as the new Fire Chief for Immokalee. Announcements. Adoption of the Agenda. Ms Thomas suggested that the Board moved the Citizen Comments (J) up to Adoption of Agenda (E). Ms. Ortiz made a motion to move item J to E for Citizen Comments; it was seconded by Mr. Deyo and the motion passed by a vote of 3 -0. Jack Johnson from John Deere shared his concerns about the signs, flashing light, plants and trees on Main Street. He preferred all the yellow lights to be taking out for a better flow of traffic and the trees on the medians to be taking out for pedestrian visibility. Paul Anderson suggested adding on a cross walklights that would turn red when button is pressed by pedestrian to cross. Ms. Thomas invited Jack Johnson to have a presentation for the next Board meeting on September. Action: Ms. Ortiz made a motion to approve the agenda; it was seconded by Mr. Deyo and the motion passed by a vote of 3 -0. F. Communications. Mr. Sainvilus passed around the Communications Folder which contained: a. MSTU Notice of Public meeting b. JPA NTP a. Approval of the Minutes. Action: Mr. Deyo made a motion to approve the minutes for the month of May 22, 2013. The motion was seconded by Ms. Halman and the motion passed by a unanimous vote. G. Old Business. Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency IMMOKALIERE C Enclosure 2 i The Place to Call Home! a. Budget Report. James Sainvilus reported on the current budget, provided Purchase Order and Expenditures Reports to the Committee. b. Code Enforcement — • Cristina Perez suggested that on the next Task Force meeting on May 28, 2013 the MSTU Board members or representative could raise up the concern about littering and speeding on Main Street. • June 1 st next Community Clean up • Cristina's last month, Jeff is the replacement. C. Project Manager Report: i. Carson Road sidewalk project- James Sainvilus reported as follow: 1. 100% Complete 2. Waiting for final invoice. ii. Landscape /Maintenance contract: 1. James Sainvilus informed the Committee that the contract with CLM will expire and we will need a temporary contractor to do the maintenance while Purchasing is putting the annual contract out for bid in August. Action: Ms. Halman made a motion to go out for quotes for 180 days as suggested by Purchasing to cover maintenance after CLM contract expires August 8, 2013. The motion was seconded by Ms. Ortiz and the motion passed by a unanimous vote. iii. Main Street Improvements: 1. JPA Grant $62,000- for Median Separators (Removal of the white Sticks), Bonness Inc. is the lowest bid for $116,000 so the MSTU will have to pay the difference, which is about $54,000. 2. Ms. Thomas asked to keep an eye on SR29 and Westclock for a new development. d. Contractor Reports. i. Maintenance Report. Mr. Kindelan of CLM was not at the meeting. ii. Landscape Architect Report: Mr. Tindell of GWS continued to use his new report with notes and recommendations. Mr. Tindell recommended: a. Adding new mulch and taking some dirt out the medians. b. Replacing damaged small plants on 1 S` street. c. Securing light pole bases. e. Community Redevelopment Agency i. Ms. Thomas would like for Brad Muckel to give the Board a report on what the commissioners are doing and what other commissioners from other Counties are doing. 1. New Business. Immokalee CRA 2013IMSTU Master File 2 Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency MEnclosure 2 i The Place to Call Home! a. Discussion of draft MSTU 2013 Operational Plan was moved to the next meeting. b. The action below was passed since May meeting: Action: Ms. Ortiz made a motion not to meet for the months of June and August 2013. The motion was seconded by Mr. Deyo and the motion passed by a unanimous vote. J. Citizen Comments. Was moved up and discussed before item E. K. Next Meeting Date. The next meeting will be held September 25, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. L. Adjournment. The meeting adjourned at 11:45 a.m. Immokalee CRA 2013IMSTU Master File 3