Floodplain Management Committee Minutes 11/05/2007 R Cott. aunty
Floodplain Management Planning Committee
Ray Smith,Chairman Mike DeRuntz,Vice-Chairman
Phillip Brougham Pierre Bruno Gene Calvert Stan Chrzanowski
Bob Devlin(Marco I.) Joseph Gagnier Travis Gossard Mac Hatcher
Christa Carrera(Naples) Lisa Koehler Herb Luntz Charles Martin
Lew Schmidt Noah Standridge Dan Summers Clarence Tears
Jim Turner Duke Vasey Christine Sutherland
Terry Smallwood(Everglades City)
Meeting Minutes for 11-5-07 Regular Meeting
Start: 9:00 a.m. End: 11:00 a.m. Location: 2800 North Horseshoe Drive,Rm. 609
Meeting Attendance: Jim Turner, Mike DeRuntz, Rick Zyvoloski(substituted for Dan
Summers),Mac Hatcher,Stan Chrzanowski, Ray Smith, Steve Preston(substituted for Gene
Calvert),Travis Gossard, Herb Luntz, Ananta Nath(substituted for Clarence Tears),Duke
Vasey, Bob Devlin,Terry Smallwood and Robert Wiley.
Absent: Noah Standridge (Excused), Lisa Koehler, Charles Martin,Phillip Brougham
(Excused), Pierre Bruno (Excused),Joseph Gagnier(Excused), Lew Schmidt(Excused),
Christine Sutherland(Excused), and Christa Carrera.
OLD BUSINESS:
1. Approval of minutes for the 9-10-07 regular meeting-Motion to approve by Duke Vasey,
approved unanimously.
2. Planning Commission meeting discussion—Ray Smith discussed how the presentation went
and the changes they made to the Goals, Objectives and Policies to provide clarification in
certain words. Duke Vasey motioned to approve the changes made by.the CCPC. Mac
Hatcher asked if the Committee could discuss Item 4,the comments on the GOP's received
from the Collier Soil and Water Conservation District(CSWCD). He then put that request in
a motion and the motion passed unanimously. The discussion on Mac's motion brought out
that the CSWCD sees a major need to link all surface water impact evaluations through a
single agency,the Stormwater Management Department. They are basically requesting the
formation of a Stormwater Management Division that would have the authority to establish
broader coordination between agencies and result in a reorganization of some current County
staff from various departments/divisions. Duke Vasey motioned to send the CSWCD
documents(comments and cover letter)to the County Manager as a comment for
consideration. The motion was seconded and then Duke felt that someone else should make
that motion so he withdrew his motion. Mike DeRuntz then followed up to make the same
motion to send the CSWCD documents (comments and cover letter)to the County Manager
as a comment for consideration. The motion was thoroughly discussed and then received a
unanimous vote of approval. During the discussion and immediately following the vote the
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Committee's staff coordinator was advised to forward the information to the County
Manager and inform him of the next couple of meeting dates for the Committee to give him
an opportunity to respond.
The Committee then returned to the original Item 2 motion discussion regarding the changes
to the GOP's by the CCPC. Duke Vasey discussed those few changes recommended that did
not involve the reorganization of the Stormwater Management Department/Division issue.
Those changes include:
Policy 1.1.2: Promote use of repetitive loss mitigation financial incentive programs for
planned stormwater system design and for existing stormwater system retrofit.
Objective 2.10 (was totally re-written as follows e -= .. - -
- -•- - ' . Surface, stormwater and watershed projects
shall incorporate:
1. Open space and natural resource areas management to minimize flood hazards.
2. Utilize landscape in its natural condition.
3. Observe all planned and retrofit activities:
a. Avoidance
b. Minimization
c. Mitigation of destruction of natural landscape and stormwater function
within the basin and sub-basin
d. Mitigation not allowed to leave basin or County.
Most of the goal, objective and policy statements had changes to the agencies responsible
for implementation, and a few had the inclusion of the CSWCD
Within the Action Plan,under item 1(b)(ii)the CSWCD proposed to add a clarifying
explanation of the term LiDAR. Under Action Plan item 1(g)there was a correction of
the spelling of Lowdermilk Park.
Duke Vasey motioned to add these changes recommended by the CSWCD to the Floodplain
Management Plan for presentation to the Board of County Commissioners. The motion
passed 11-2,with a follow-up explanation by one of the dissenters that the reason for the
negative vote was that the motion did not include a specific date for the BCC presentation.
Mike DeRuntz then stated that the BCC presentation will be on 12-11-07.
Mike DeRuntz motioned to include the CSWCD comments regarding the establishment of a
Stormwater Management division to consolidate related surface water functions as a policy
in the Floodplain Management Plan. During the course of discussion on the motion, Mike
withdrew the motion.
3. Follow-up discussion on matching Goals with the Action Plan—this item was not discussed
due to time constraints.
4. Soil and Water Conservation District's Comments-this item was combined into the
discussion on Item 2 above.
5. Consultant's (Dewberry) Comments—Ray quickly discussed his concerns with the
information provided by Dewberry. Ray had received information from Mike DeRuntz and
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Robert Wiley regarding the"reorganized"FMP. That document appeared to be a standard
document repeating much of the CRS standard language,but not a lot of the County's plan.
It was Ray's understanding that the consultant would simply reorganize the County's plan
information to better match the previous outline submitted by the consultant. The Committee
provided suggestions on reviewing the consultant's contract and scope of work to determine
if they provided the stated deliverables. If there appears to be a problem,then it was
suggested that the Purchasing Department could become involved in resolving the
differences. Ray Smith motioned for Dan Summers and the Purchasing Dept.to coordinate
the review of the deliverables within the contract, and if deficiencies exist have the
Purchasing Department send a letter of the issues to Dewberry. The motion passed
unanimously.
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Public Comments-None.
2. Assignments for the 12-3-07 meeting: Presentation of a Coordinated Drainage Maintenance
Program to address concerns raised by local residents (Gene Calvert&Travis Gossard)
3. Michael DeRuntz requested that the committee mark their calendars to attend the BCC
meeting on 12-11-07 at 9:00 am for the review of the Floodplain Management Plan.
Next Regular Meeting Date: Monday, December 3, 2007 beginning at 9:00 a.m.at 2800 North
Horseshoe Drive, Room 609 in the CDES building.
Motion to adjo by Duke Vasey passed unanimously at 11:00 a.m.
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Robert Wiley,Waft'Coordinator
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