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Rock Road MSTU Minutes 11/05/2013 Q © Rock Road MSTU Advisory Committee 0 ` , -1-s Minutes 3:oo pm November 5, 2013 I. The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, Dan Wing,at 3:00 p.m.at the Big Corkscrew Island Fire Department,13240 Immokalee Road, Naples FL. Attendance Roll Call. Present: Members Staff Mr..Tom Brooks Harry Sells Mr. Douglas Allemong Michelle Arnold Mr. Daniel Wing(Chairman) A quorum of three was declared. II. Approval of the Agenda Motion to accept the agenda as written by Doug Allemong,Second Tom Brooks. Motion carried. Ill. Welcome New and Returning Members Chairman Dan Wing welcomed the new member Tom Brooks and the returning member Doug Allemong. IV. Approval of minutes: A. April 17,2013 B. May 29,2013 Motion to accept the minutes of April 17 and May 29 as written was made by Dan Wing, seconded by Tom Brooks. Motion carried V. Budget Report- Harry Sells A. Budget and Outstanding POs Harry Sells, Project Manager, presented budget reports for"Ending FY 13, "FY 14 Starting" and "Nov 6, 2013 Current". The MSTU ended FY13 under spending the budget by$18,442.64 with$19,339.64 in cash. For FY 14 Taxable value increased by$119,000 to$10,204,176, the millage rate was set to 2.7002 to achieve net budget revenue of$30,700. One major PO of$1567.50 for gravel was open with no money spent. Net operating budget for the year was$31,299.44. Operating Budget plus the cash minus carry forward of$6500 left funds available for operating of approximately$44,138. VI. Old Business A. Finance Committee Report Harry Sells presented a report from the County Finance Committee concerning the request of MSTU to borrow funds to allow paving Rock Road from Immokalee Road to Mingo Road. The consensus was that"public funds" i.e. MSTU revenue, could not be used to improve a private road beyond making it passable for emergency vehicles. Also that MSTU funds could not be used to repay a loan obtained to improve (pave) Rock Road. The Finance Committee indicated that fund could be available to advance the paving of the road but the road must be designated "public" in order to utilize those funds. B. Paving Rock Road. A general discussion was held about the pros and cons of paving Rock Road,the issue of making the road public or keeping it private, the issue of ownership of Rock Road, and how to proceed. Doug Allemong made a motion to recommend to the Board of County Commissioners that the County take action to make Rock Road from Immokalee Road to Mingo Road, a public Road. Motion seconded by Tom Brooks. Motion passed 2 to 1 with Chairman Dan Wing opposing. VII. New Business No new business. VIII. Public Comment Mark and Kim Bell commented on and questioned the selection of Tom Brooks to the Advisory Board, and on their opposition to making Rock Road Public. (The sign in sheet for the public in attendance is attached.) IX Adjournment Motion to adjourn by Doug Allemong and seconded by Tom Brooks. Motion Passed. Meeting adjourned at 4:25 pm. The next meeting time&date will be determined by the advisory committee ROCK ROAD M.S.T.U. ADVISORY •/ COMMITTEE Dan.• Wing,Chairman The Minutes were approved by the Committee Chair on y/l /Za/ ,2144-1‘, "as submitted" [4] OR "as amended" [ 1.