Floodplain Management Committee Minutes 02/27/2007 Informational
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Floodplain Management Planning Committee
Ray Smith, Chairman
Phillip Brougham
Bob Devlin
Bill Schutt
Lew Schmidt
Jim Turner
Pierre Bnmo
Joseph Gagnier
Lisa Koehler
Noah Standridge
Duke Vasev
Mike DeRuntz, Viee-Chairrnan
Gene Calvert Stan Chrzanowski
Travis Gossard Mac Hatcher
Herb Luntz Charles Martin
Dan Summers Clarence Tears
Marlene Wood
Meeting Minutes for 2-27-07 Special Information Gathering Meeting
Start: 6:30 p.m. End: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Naples Central Avenue Library
Meeting Attendanee: Mike DeRuntz, Noah Standridge, Dan Summers, Stan Chrzanowski, Ray
Smith, Gene Calvert, Mac Hatcher, Duke Vasey, Herb Luntz, Paul Bollenback (City of Naples
Chief Building Official), Charles Martin.
Absent: Lisa Koehler, Jim Turner, Travis Gossard, Clarence Tears, Marlene Wood, Phillip
Brougham, Pierre Bruno, Joseph Gagnier, Lew Schmidt, Bob Devlin, Robert Wiley.
NEW BUSINESS: The meeting was attended by five (5) local residents from the East Naples
area, Golden Gate Estates and the City of Naples. Name and address information was collected
on a "sign-in" sheet.
Ray Smith opened the meeting with a brief welcoming statement, went through the
introduetions, stated the purpose for the meeting, and 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.
A map and questionnaire forms were available at each table, and for the next thirty (30) minutes
the residents began noting areas of flooding they had personally observed. COMMITTEE
members were available in the room to answer questions of the residents while they were
marking the map and filling in the questionnaires. When it appeared that everyone was done,
each person was asked to call out the types of flooding observed with the following results:
Table A
o 20th Ave. NW off Wilson Blvd. (1995 and 2006 flooding)
. Road flooded
. Close to front door of home
. Flooding on neighboring properties
. Wellhead under floodwater for 2 weeks
. Septic drainfield under floodwater
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o Sections of Wilson Blvd. between Immokalee Road and G.G. Blvd. flooded in both
the 1995 and 2006 events.
o Rock Road (off Immokalee Road) - floodwater entered a home
o Reasons for flooding:
. Development (C1arenee Tears told Jodi Walters this)
. Need more maintenance and monitoring of canals
. Swales and ditches need to be kept clean
. Keep the weirs in the canals open
Table B
o Road flooding on Livingston Woods Lane and Bottle Brush Lane
o Recommendation to stop new development and drain the roads, develop and use Best
Management Practices and a Flood Management Plan
o Polly Avenue and Sunset Blvd. area
. Road flooding
. Wellhead went under water
o Whitaker Road area experienced road flooding
Table E
o Whitaker Road and County Barn Road area (same location as 2B)
. Woodmere Racquet Club
. Road is 3 feet higher than ground around their home
. Stormwater backs up on property
. This has happened every year exeept 2006
. A culvert along Davis Blvd. drains into the area from north to south
. Recommendation as part of County Barn Road improvements to make the
ditch deeper
Table F
o Within City limits:
. Code (stay within same footprint as their property or previous building)
. Flood zone change from AE to VE
. Cisterns are needed
. Increased impervious area (driveways, sidewalks and streets) ereates more
runoff
o Gulf Shore Blvd. (lOth Avenue South to 9th Avenue North)
. Drainage problems
. Drainage of storm water into bays
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