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Immokalee Beautification MSTU Minutes 09/24/2014 Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency IMMOKALEE CRA Enclosure 1 The Place 10 Coll Home Minutes Immokalee Lighting and Beautification MSTU Advisory Committee Meeting September 24, 2014 750 South 5th Street,Immokalee, FL �mrn9kal A. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order by Cherryle Thomas at 10:01 a.m. B. Roll Call and Announcement of a Quorum. Advisory Committee Members Present: Cherryle Thomas,Norma Garcia and Lucy Ortiz Advisory Committee Member Absent/Excused: Action: A quorum was announced as being present. Others Present: Cristina Perez, Richard Tindell, William Deyo, Andrea Halman, ArmandoYzaguirre and Ron Mosher. Staff Brad Muckel,James Sainvilus and Christie Betancourt. C. Introductions. All present introduced themselves. D. Announcements. E. Adoption of the Agenda. Action: Ms. Ortiz made a motion to approve the agenda; it was seconded by Ms. Garcia and the motion passed by a vote of 3-0. F. Communications. A. MSTU Notice of Public meeting B. Andrea Halman's application for reappointment. C. Greenwork Studio's proposal. G. Approval of the Minutes. Action: Mr. Garcia made a motion to approve the MSTU minutes for the month of May 28, 2014. The motion was seconded by Ms. Ortiz and the motion passed by a unanimous vote. H. Old Business. a. Budget Report. James Sainvilus reported on the current budget for the end of the fiscal year 2014, and provided Purchase Order and Expenditures Reports to the Committee. b. Code Enforcement— Cristina Perez talked about the hearing for the McCrory's scheduled for October 03,2014 at 3299 Tamiami Trail East Building F,naples 3112. Friday, October 10,2014 the Salute. Ms. Perez informed board that they had a Coastal Cleanup on Saturday, September 20, 2014 from 8:00 AM— 12:00 PM. Part of the focus was to clean the canal area along Pepper Road. Codes Enforcement will have a follow up on the Main Street Areas were code conducted an educational sweep. Staff will be concentrating on the side streets and then will go up to North 15th. Immokalee CRA 2014/MSTU Master File 1 Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency IMMOKALEE CRA Enclosure 1 i The Place to Call Home! The Board members asked to discuss the garbage update regarding discussion we had at the CRA meeting with Waste Management. The MSTU Project Manager and Board member Andrea Halman had brought up the MSTU concerns with trash receptacles on Main Street. Progressive is not properly disposing of the trash on Main Street. Staff- Christie Betancourt talked about how Mr. Floyd Crews has many concerns with the garbage in Immokalee. We are not getting the garbage service we are paying for. The garbage trucks are causing road damage because of the way the drivers are driving. They are using a ten wheel truck instead of a six wheel truck. Drivers are driving up to the garbage cans and making a fast stop and causing dents on the asphalt. They are also spilling garbage. Other areas of concern are residential, business, and dumpsters trash pickup. Ms. Betancourt also talked about what Mike Andresky and George Cascio from Collier County Public Utilities had told the CRA Board members. They said that"if we don't get a complaint we can't address the situation. If you only call the contractor (progressive waste) without calling the County we would not know of any issues. Call the county and we will take action with contractor." Customer service information email address utilitybill @colliergov.net and contact information 239-252-2380 and 239-252-5543. The county patrol once a week in Immokalee and they do sweeps monthly. c. Project Manager Report: MSTU Project Manger provided the board with an overview of the First Street Zocalo project. He also informed the board that the MSTU will be purchasing a tree for the Christmas Tree Lighting event to be held the week before the Christmas Around the World Event. Staff updated the board with the Christmas decoration and pole lighting for the garland and the angels. Action: Ms. Ortiz made a motion to purchase a live Christmas tree this year but, to exceed$5,000; it was seconded by Ms. Garcia and the motion passed by a vote of 3-0. Before the events we need permission from the property owner across the street to use their lot for parking. i. Street Lighting Report: a. Ms. Thomas asked for a meeting with John Miller and The LED Rep to go over pros and cons to change to LED light on the blue poles. b. Ron Mosher, Sherriff dept. suggested that LCEC should use 250Watt lights with full cutoff to all the poles base on the Security light study. d. Contractor Reports. i. Maintenance Report. a. A&M suggested that the MSTU uses our local vendor, who has a different irrigation part that could reduce our water bill. Immokalee CRA 2014/MSTU Master File 2 Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency IMMOKALEE CRA Enclosure 1 i The Place to Call Home b. The Board asked A&M to provide a quote for storage of the Angles,Banners,lighted garlands and a Christmas tree. c. Richard Tindell presented the GWS proposal for this new Fiscal year 1015 for$19,260. Action: Ms. Garcia made a motion to approve GWS Proposal-monthly services for 12 months for $19,260; it was seconded by Ms. Ortiz and the motion passed by a vote of 3-0. e. Community Redevelopment Agency—Brad Muckel: i. Staff provided the board with an update on the two Stormwater projects. ii. Immokalee CRA Sweat Equity Grant Program iii. Pedestrian Safety Study Comment forms I. New Business. f. Advisory Board vacancies i. William Deyo (The Board suggested that we meet before the next MSTU meeting on October 22,2014 to vote on Mr. Deyo's application for reappointment.) J. Citizen Comments. K. Next Meeting Date. The next meeting will be held October 22,2014 at 10:00 a.m. J. L. Adjournment. The meeting adjourned at 12:40 pm Immokalee CRA 2014/MSTU Master File 3 Immokalee Lighting and Beautification MSTU A ai,, '" 11111111W lee Certification of Minutes Approval Form Prepared by: Approved by: LijulAN ' \ .1--yrin..41 adley M cel Inte • Executive Director Ch-ii le Thomas,Chairman Immokalee Lighting and Beautification MSTU Liaison These Minutes for the MSTU Advisory Committee Meeting May 28, 2014, were approved by the MSTU Advisory Committee on September 24,2014 as presented. * The next MSTU Advisory Committee meeting will be held October 22, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. at the Immokalee CRA office located at 750 South 5th Street, Immokalee,FL.,34142. All meetings will be publicly noticed in the W. Harmon Turner Building (Building F), posted at the Immokalee Public Library and provided to the County Public Information Department for distribution. Please call Christie Betancourt, Immokalee CRA, at 239-867-0025 for additional information. In accordance with the American with Disabilities Act, persons needing assistance to participate in any of these proceedings should contact Christie Betancourt, Administrative Assistant, at least 48 hours before the meeting. The public should be advised that members of the MSTU Lighting and Beautification Advisory Committee may also be members of other Boards and Committees. In this regard,matters coming before the Advisory Committee may come before one or more of the referenced Board and Committees from time to time.