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Floodplain Management Planning Committee
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Ray Smith, Chairman
Phillip Brougham Pierre Bruno
Bob Devlin (Marco I.) Joseph Gagnier
Christa Carrera (Naples) Brooke Hollander
Lew Schmidt Dan Summers
Jim Turner Carolina Valera
Terry Smallwood <Everglades City)
John Torre, Vice-Chairman
Stan Chrzanowski Jerry Kurtz
Travis Gossard Mac Hatcher
Adoni Kokkinos Herb Luntz
Clarence Tears
Duke Vasey Christine Sutherland
Meeting Minutes for 6-1-09 Regular Meeting
Start: 9:00 a.m.
End: 10:47 a.m.
Location: 2800 N. Horseshoe Drive, Room 609
Meeting Attendance: Ray Smith, Carolina Valera, Jerry Kurtz, John Torre, Mac Hatcher, Stan
ChrzanowsId, Brooke Hollander, Christine Sutherland, Ananta Nath (substitute for Clarence
Tears), Duke Vasey, Phillip Brougham, Lew Schmidt, Bob Devlin, and Robert Wiley.
Absent: Dan Summers (Excused), Jim Turner (Excused), Travis Gossard (Excused), Adoni
Kokkinos, Herb Luntz, Joseph Gagnier (Excused), Pierre Bruno (Excused), Christa Carrera, and
Terry Smallwood.
Meeting called to order by Ray Smith, Chairman.
OLD BUSINESS:
I. Approval of minutes for the 4-6-09 Regular Meeting - Motion to approve by Ray Smith
subject to amending Item 2 under New Business to delete the last two sentences and addition
of new language; motion passed unanimously.
2. Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance follow-up discussion - Robert Wiley discussed the
Development Services Advisory Committee (DSAC) vote to recommend the ordinance for
approval subject to removal of the cumulative substantial improvements, reduced cumulative
substantial improvements threshold, and freeboard sections. The FMPC discussed the need
for freeboard and a motion was made to ask DSAC to have a representative come and explain
scientifically why cost is a valid justification to remove the freeboard regulation. This
motion was not seconded. Further discussion left the issue for staff to notifY DSAC that their
position will be presented to the Collier County Planning Commission (CCPC) and they are
welcome to come and defend it. Staff is trying to schedule an evening meeting with the
CCPC in June for the ordinance review.
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NEW BUSINESS
1. Review of the Floodplain Management Plan Progress Report for 2008 - Ray Smith asked for
comments or recommended editing of the Progress Report page by page. Duke Vasey
recommended that information on different design storm events be added to the Flood
Damage Prevention Ordinance, etc. Phil Brougham motioned to revise the 2009 Action Plan
Item C-I0 [5(c)(i)] to read as follows:
Initiate discussions with the Big Cypress Basin/South Florida Water Management District
to define the issues regarding excess fresh water runoff from the Main Golden Gate
Canal into Naples Bay, including the cities of Naples, Marco Island and Everglades City.
and develop an action plan to address needed corrective actions (e.g. preliminary
engineering ancl environmental design study for diverting a portion of the flow from the
Main Golden Gate Canal to the northern Belle Meade or southem Golclen Gate Estates
areas, funcling, lancl issues, long term goals. capital projects, etc.).
The motion passed unanimously. Upon completion of the page by page review, Ray Smith
motioned for approval of the Progress Report, as amended. The motion passed unanimously.
2. Selection of a 2009 public meeting schedule to discuss the Floodplain Management Plan and
request input from local residents - Robert Wiley provided a spreadsheet of locations
previously used for these evening meetings. The Committee asked that the Immokalee site
be relocated to the Career and Service Center if it was available. Ray Smith polled the
Committee on consensus for each of the seven sites, with the top five vote getters being the
five selected sites. The Committee voted for the following locations and Robert Wiley will
make the contacts to schedule the meetings in July.
. G.G. Estates Fire Station
. Career and Service Center (Immokalee)
. Mackel Park (Marco Island)
. Central Avenue Library
. St John the Evangelist Church
Following the polling, Duke Vasey motioned to accept these five sites and the motion passed
unanimously.
3. Public Comments -
. There was one County Stormwater Management employee attending the meeting as a
visitor.
. Phil Brougham requested that staff present the Floodplain Management Plan evaluation
and scoring process with the Insurance Services Office (ISO) and the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA).
. John Torre asked about the published notice that Travis Gossard had placed wherein he
identified 252-8924 as the telephone number to call for drainage problems. Robert Wiley
explained that is the Road Maintenance Department main number and they receive all
drainage complaint calls. That is a different issue than the Action Plan's item to establish
a single point of contact for drainage problems. Road Maintenance only handles their
public systems of swales and canals, not drainage problems within developments.
. Phil Brougham asked if there was any response on FEMA's review of the County
Attorney's opinion of the Floodplain Administrator's responsibility to review
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Transportation Division projects in the floodplain. Robert Wiley responded that no
FEMA response had been received.
Next Meeting (Monday, July 6, 2009 starting at 9;00 a.m, in Room 609 of the CDES building
located at 2800 North Horseshoe Drive, Naples, FL 34104)
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