Floodplain Management Committee Minutes 02/05/2007 Informational (1pm)
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Floodplain Management Planning Committee
Ray Smith, Chairman
Phillip Brougham
Bob Devlin
Bill Schutt
Lew Schmidt
Jim Turner
Pierre Bruno
Joseph Gagnier
Lisa Koehler
Noah Standridge
Duke Vasey
Mike DeRuntz, Vice-Chairman
Gene Calvert Stan Chrzanowski
Travis Gossard Mac Hatcher
Herb Luntz Charles Martin
Dan Summers Clarence Tears
Marlene Wood
Meeting Minutes for 2-5-07 Special Interests Information Gathering Meeting
Start: 1 :00 p.m. End: 3 :00 p.m.
Location: 650 Central Avenue library
Meeting Attendance: Mike DeRuntz, Ray Smith, Gene Calvert, Lisa Koehler, Noah Standridge,
and Robert Wiley
Absent: Jim Turner, Dan Summers, Mac Hatcher, Travis Gossard, Stan Chrzanowski, Herb
Luntz, Clarence Tears, Charles Martin, Marlene Wood, Phillip Brougham, Pierre Bruno, Joseph
Gagnier, Duke Vasey, Lew Schmidt, Bob Devlin, Bill Schutt.
NEW BUSINESS: The meeting was attended by two (2) local residents (Judith Chirgwin from
Naples and Jodi Walters from the Collier Blvd./Immokalee Road area) and Ananta Nath
representing the Big Cypress Basin. Names and address information was collected on a "sign-
in" sheet.
Ray Smith opened the meeting with a brief welcoming statement, went through the introductions
and stated the purpose for the meeting. Robert Wiley followed with a brief overview of the
Floodplain Management Plan and the Community Rating System. Mike DeRuntz explained the
process of gathering public input and how the meeting would be conducted.
With only the three public attendees, the meeting was very informal with open dialogue between
staff and the attendees. Mueh of the diseussion revolved around the flooding observed by Mrs.
Walters south of Immokalee Road and east of Collier Blvd. Ananta Nath provided some
information on canal and weir improvements completed or planned by the Big Cypress Basin.
The impaets of development and the change in drainage patterns was the major topic.
Meeting ended when 1;b.e ttendees indicated they had no further questions at that time.
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