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Forest Lakes MSTU Minutes 08/05/2014 • FOREST ROADWAY AND DRAINAGE M.S.T.U. LAKES ADVISORY COMMITTEE 3299 East Tamiami Trail Suite 103 NAPLES,FL 34112 Minutes August 5,2014 I. Ribbon Cutting Ceremony A ribbon cutting ceremony was held at 10:00am for the turn Lane Improvement Project with the regular meeting being convened immediately thereafter. H. Call to Order Chairman Fogg called the meeting to order at 10:20am. A quorum was established. III. Attendance Members: George Fogg—Chairman, Dick Barry, Kevin McKyton, Kenneth Bloom, Marianne Fanning. County: Darryl Richard—Project Manager, Michelle Arnold - Director ATM Other: Scott Windham, - Windham Studio, Inc., David Durrell—JuriSolutions, Jim Carr- ABB Engineering, Deborah Cull -ABB Engineering. IV. Approval of Agenda Mr. McKyton moved to approve the Agenda subject to hearing item IX after item V. Second by Mr. Barry. Carried unanimously 5—0. V. Approval of Minutes—July 1,2014 Mr. Barry moved to approve the minutes of the July 1, 2014 meeting as presented. Second by Chairman Fogg. Carried unanimously 5—0. IX. Stormwater Study Report—Jim Carr—ABB Engineering Jim Carr and Deborah Cull provided a plan titled "Forest Lakes MSTU Stormwater Study Existing Conditions Drainage Plan" dated 6/14 for information purposes. They reported: • They are conducting a study on the stormwater drainage system in the eastern portion of the community to determine any measures which may be taken to improve the existing conditions. • The are two main discharge points for the drainage system, a swale and pipe system into lake #5 at the southwesterly corner of the development and a canal along the southerly side of the development served by an underground drainage pipe along the easterly side of the community. 1 • Their findings indicate the biggest issue is that the discharge pipe at the end of the swale from lake #16 to lake#5 cannot handle a large volume intense short term rainfall thereby "backing up" water in the system. Board Member/Staff and Consultant discussions concentrated on the following two items: Drainage Swale and Discharge Pipe southerly of Lake#16 • One option is to improve the swale on hole#3 from lake#16 to the discharge pipe into lake. #5. This would improve flow and increase the volume of stormwater to be held/transported during storm events. • The invert of discharge pipe is currently at the "control elevation" and any change to the pipe may be expensive and require permit amendments. Lake#14 Southerly Discharge Pipe • There is a plug in the discharge pipe located on the southerly side of Lake #14. • The discharge pipe runs southerly and discharges into basin 13 as depicted on the plan. • A majority of the water then travels through the pipe system along the easterly property line to the canal on the southerly side of the development. The remainder travels southwesterly into lake#16. • Removing this plug would provide some minor stormwater relief for the areas northerly of the lake while causing miniscule impact to areas south of the lake. The Board reported: • The development was constructed in the early 1970's absent of current stormwater design controls and permitting requirements. • The community will always face flooding issues given the original design of the development, but the goal of the MSTU is to remediate the flooding events lessening the length of time residents are inconvenienced. • Recent improvements to the system have assisted dramatically in improving stormwater conditions with the system "clearing out" generally 12— 18 hours after the event as opposed to "days." • Given reconstructing the whole system is a monumental expenses, the major consideration for the MSTU is determining the most effective measures that may be undertaken to lessen the impacts. • They sought recommendations from the consultants. Mr. Carr and Ms. Cull recommended: 1. Widening and deepening the swale where necessary at the south end of the development from Lake#16 southerly to the discharge pipe. 2. Removing the plug in the lake#14 discharge pipe. They reported they would need to conduct"modeling"to determine the impacts of the recommendations on the lake#5, the body of water ultimately receiving the discharges. 2 A third long term option would be providing additional storage areas (within golf course, etc.), however this would require additional permitting and be costly. Speakers Mark Swanson, long time resident reported the drainage is much improved and commended the MSTU on their work to remediate the existing stormwater conditions. The Board discussed the 3 options brought forth including the feasibility of each option. Mr. Bloom moved to request Staff and Consultants to undertake the necessary measures to formally identify the specifications for removing the "plug"from lake#14's discharge pipe and improving the swale, where required, (cleaning, widening, deepening, etc.), to improve drainage from lake#16 southwesterly to the outfall including the costs and results of the remediation measures and report back to the Committee. Second by Chairman Fogg. Carried unanimously 5- 0. VI. Budget Report—Darryl Richard Mr. Richard provided the "Forest Lakes MSTU Fund 159—August 5, 2014" for information purposes. VII. Project Report—Scott Windham Mr. Windham provided the "Status Report—Re: Forest Lakes MSTU Bond Project F-58 Sidewalk Project Improvements Status Reports" for information purposes. He noted the items remaining are preparation of the "as built"plans and executing the "close out" document. The Committee recognized the efforts by Mr. Windham and the contractor in completing the improvement project. Mr. McKyton left the meeting at 11:20am VIII. Landscape Maintenance Report—Darryl Richard Mr. Richard submitted the "Maintenance Report for July 1, 2014 meeting" for information purposes. X. Old Business A. Bylaws Mr. Richard presented the final draft of the"Forest Lakes Roadway and Drainage Municipal Taxing District (MSTU)Advisory Committee Bylaws" for information purposes. He noted the Committee approved the Bylaws at a previous meeting and the members signed the document for the record. XI. New Business None XII. Committee Member Comments None 3 XIII. Public Comment Kosta Daginis, Pixiemoss Lane thanked the Committee for their work as the stormwater drainage system is vastly improved over previous years. He requested a Palm tree be planted in the cul—de—sac at Pixiemoss Lane. Sylvia Walker, Pixiemoss Lane endorsed Mr. Daginis's request for the planting of a tree. Mr. Bloom moved to authorize planting of a double Christmas Palm tree in the Pixiemoss Lane cul—de—sac. Second by Chairman Fogg. Carried unanimously 4—0. Lee Dixon, Turtle Lake Golf Colony Association,thanked the Committee for their work in completing the recent improvements. XIV. Next Meeting Date September 2, 2014—Forest Lakes Condo Association Clubhouse, 1058 Forest Lakes Drive, Naples Fl,34110 There being no further business to come before the Committee, the meeting was adjourned by the Chair at 11:50 A.M. FOREST LAKES RAODWAY AND DRAINAGE MSTU ADVISORY COMMITTEE George(ogg, Chairman The Minutes were approved by the Committee on -. -2, a 0 (1 as presented , or as amended 4