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03/25/1983 Minutes S Naples, Florida , March ?A, 1993 LET IT BE REMEMBERED, that the Parks & Recreation Advisory Board held a special meeting at 9: 00 A.M. in Building "F" of the Courthouse Complex , East Naples , Florida on this date with the following members present: CHAIRMAN: Vince Murphy Hank Caballero Don Monaco Glenn Tucker ABSENT: Anne Coodnight ALSO PRESENT: Maureen Kenyon , Deputy Clerk; Rollie Rice, Parks & Recreation Director ; Cindy Faulkner , Real Property Manager ; and Pat Carroll , Planning Contracts Engineer . AGENDA Report and recommendation regarding the selection of the Golden Gate Community Park Site. CONCEPT OF REPORT APPROVED BASED ON MR. CABALLERO'S DECISION AFTER MEETING WITH HIS COMMITTEE. MR. CABALLERO TO CONTACT PARKS & RECREATION DIRECTOR RICE WITH DECISION WHEREBY ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE CONTACTED VIA TELEPHONE FOR FINAL APPROVAL Mr . Vince Murphy stated that the purpose of this special meeting is consider the report and recommendation of the County staff for a park site in the Golden Gate area . Ms. Pat Carroll , Planning Contracts Engineer , stated that she has been in charge of right-of-way acquisition for about three years. She stated that she has been involved in doing feasibility studies, selection reports and acquisition for land for the County. She reported that the Fast Naples Page 1 PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD march 25, 1983 report was reported to the BCC in January, adding that the Gulden Gate report was patterned after the East Naples report. She noted that the criteria used in selecting the parks was the location , the compatibility with adiacent land use , adequate size, compatibility with the comprehensive plan , access , aesthetics and potential for water activities. She noted that in preparing the report the first thing that was determined was the boundaries, which are following the city limits, the airport following Radio Road , one section east of 951 and following the location of the proposed Golden Gate Boulevard which is two miles south of Immokalee Road. She noted that the original boundaries prepared by the advisory board were altered somewhat because of the growth and the potential for growth . She stated that the Golden Gate park district is split into two sections , one being the Gulden Gate section and one being Central Naples section . She stated that she split the area due to the population figures that she obtained . She reported that after analyzing the population , it was determined that in 1982 the population for the Golden Gate community is 11,812 people and for Central Naples, the population figure for 1982 is 10,759 people . She noted that by 1985 the population for the Golden Gate Community will be 13,081 and for Central Naples community it will be 11 , 910, noting that for the entire district, there will be almost 25,000 people in 1985 which is Page 2 PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD March 25, 1983 the maximum to be served by one community park. She reported that by the time that the Golden Gate Community Park district is in and functioning, it would almost be outdated , adding that this is why the community was split up, so that there would be a park to serve the Golden Gate area and possibly a future park to serve the Central Naples area. She indicated that another influence regarding the area is Fleischman Park which overlaps into the County, adding that it covers Poinciana and a good portion of the Central Naples area. She noted that Fleischman Park is a city park , but has served the county people for years. She noted that with the construction of five other community parks in the County, the demand on the Fleischman facility will decrease . Ms . Carroll stated that in finalizing her break-down in population analyses in the Golden Gate report , she had five reasons to concentrate her work in the Golden Gate area which were the population projection , young families , influence of Fleischman Park , reference of Golden Cate on the Bond Referendum, and the Comprehensive Plan. She stated that once she decided how to approach the district , she went into the rating system to decide how to work it, then looked at the whole district and identified the sections, looked at aerials , outlined lands available for parks and ended up with 12 possible park sites. She reported the locations of the 12 sites , adding that a market analysis was done on each and Page 1 PARKS AN!) RECREATION ADVISORY BOAR!, March 25, 1983 some sites were then eliminated due to cost and availability. She noted that the final sites that were considered most feasibile were Site 1, Site 4, Site Site 8, Site 9, Site 10, and Site 31. She referred to the tables in the report Indicating that Table 1 is the summary of all the sites which gives the size , zoning , comp. plan , number of owners, and reason for elimination if they were ; Table 2 is the rating chart , and Table 3 is the cost analysis . She noted that Golden Gate will be a problem with finding a park site that can actually be acquired. She stated that in her rating system when she considered location, population , aesthetics , etc . , and then put in the cost factors , site n and site 10 were the first two sites that satisfied best all the criteria . She noted that the next sites would then be site 6, site 1, and site 11. She noted that site 4 has been eliminated , as the only way that this property could be obtained would be through condemnation. She reported that site 9 and site 10 are not available at this time, as the property owners are not willing to sell or they are planning a development . She stated that there are 13 owners within site 6. She reported that site P would he an excellent site , but is very small and has only has 74 acres . She noted that her recommendation would be to start with site 6 and try to obtain it , adding that if there is a problem there, then go to site 0 , then site 1 and site 11 , adding that if at any Page 4 PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD March 25, 19R3 time during her contact with property owners on sites 9 and lo, they change their minds she would immediately switch from any site that she is working on and obtain site 9 or 10. She noted that she could not guarantee one site , adding that her priorities, however , are sites 9 or 10. She stated there is only one owner to site 10 which cuts down on appraisal fees and closing costs. She indicated that developers that own land between Pine Ridge Road and (olden Gate Boulevard are willing to work with the County for a future park site which will be needed and is included in the report. Mr. Caballero stated that he would like to have an opportunity to have his committee review what has been done in order for them to express their opinion , adding that he will recommend site to the committee which is 3P acres. Parks & Recreation Director Rice stated that the BCC wants to approve the concept of the report so that negotiations can begin on sites but the Parks & Recreation Advisory Board and the Golden Cate committee have to review the report first which is why this special meeting was called . Mr . Murphy questioned why sites 9 and 10 could not be purchased , to which Ms. Carroll stated that the property owner of site 9 indicated that a community park would not be compatible with his development. She indicated that Mr . Vines of Vines & Association brought in a site plan to the Page 5 PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD March 25, 1993 County for site 10, adding that she contacted Mr. Vines who in turn contacted the owners who questioned if market value would be paid and how many acres were wanted. She noted that if the price is right, they might be willing to negotiate , adding that she is willing to pay market value based on an appraisal which is why she indicated in her report that she would immediately drop any negotiations on other sites if site 0 ur 10 became available. After discussion, it was the consensus of the board that the concept of the report be approved based on Mr. Caballero's decision after meeting with his committee. Mr . Caballero will, contact Parks & Recreation Director Rice with his decision regarding approval of said report whereby all Advisory Board members will be contacted by Parks & Recreation Director Rice via telephone for final approval based on Mr. Caballero's recommendation. There being no further business to come before the Parks & Recreation Advisory Board , the meeting was adjourned at 9:45 A.M. Vince Murphy, Chairman Page