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BAYSHORE/GATEWAY TRIANGLE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT LOCAL ADVISORY
BOARD MINUTES OF THE MAY 3, 2016 MEETING
The meeting of the Bayshore/Gateway Triangle Community Redevelopment Advisory Board was
called to order by Maurice Gutierrez at 6:03 p.m. at the CRA Office Meeting Room 3570 Bayshore
Drive, Unit 102.
I. Roll Call: Present: Advisory Board Members: Steve Main, Maurice Gutierrez, Karen
Beatty, Peter Dvorak, Chuck Gunther and Shane Shadis. Mike Sherman and Larry
Ingram were excused.
CRA Staff Present: Jean Jourdan, CRA Operations Manager; Elly McKuen, Project
Manager and Shirley Garcia, Operations Coordinator.
II. Adoption of Agenda: Motion to approve the agenda, as amended, made by: Steve Main,
2nd by: Chuck Gunther. Approved unanimously.
III. Adoption of Minutes: Motion to approve the Minutes as amended, made by: Karen
Beatty, 2nd by Steve Main. Approved unanimously.
IV. Presenters:
17 Acre parcel: Biagio Bernardo, Realtor for CRE said it was time to reassess selling
the 17+ acres. According to Mr. Bernardo the only interest has been from residential
developers. They've had no interest from any commercial developers. In their opinion,
at the current price and zoning it doesn't make economic sense to develop the property.
They suggest the following:
1.) Take off the market for now.
2.) Unwind the PUD and rezone it for the maximum residential density.
3.) Adjust the price to reflect the available density once rezoned
V. Project Updates
1. 17+ Acre Property: CRE suggested a rezone before putting it back on the market and
lowering the selling price. He recommended allowing the contract to expire rather than
cancelling it. The contract expires on June 9th, 2016.
2. Gateway Triangle Properties: The Purchase Agreement was heard by the Board at their
April 26, 2016 meeting. The Board voted unanimously to approve the Agreement. The
proposed Purchaser has 120 days to perform their due diligence with a 30 day extension
clause. Two important items to resolve within that timeframe are: 1) height discussion with
the Naples Airport Authority to see what height they are willing to support and 2) negotiate
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either a buyout or relocation of the current cell tower lease. Additionally, they will be
conducting environmental and a market study.
3. Residential Lot Development (Van Buren-NIAN). Antonio Brown of NIAN Financing
was in attendance at the April 5th, meeting. At that time he addressed the Advisory Board and
said he plans to finish the houses on Linda Drive and submit finished housing plans to the
County for the Van Buren lots at the end of May.
4. Residential Lots (Love Legacy): Update: The first house on Lunar has been sold and two
other permits have been pulled. Jean told the Advisory Board she had the opportunity to go
into the completed two story house. The top and bottom floors had beautiful wood flooring
throughout and granite counters were in the kitchen and all baths. The driveway and back
patio was done in pavers. The property was sold for $259,000. The developer has also pulled
permits for two, 2 story cottages on Full Moon Ct.
5. Solstice f/k/a Cirrus Point: Harry Bandinel visited the office to inform staff he has a
contract on the property and ask questions about the zoning. He said the Seller is willing to
satisfy the lien currently attached to the property. He wants to develop a mix use project
instead of the approved PUD with an affordable housing component. Due to the existing
zone the site does not qualify for the Density Bonus Pool and a small scale comp plan
amendment may be required to achieve the additional density that he is seeking.
6. The Garden School: No new updates since last meeting. The design, engineering and
permitting are complete waiting for final approval of the loan to come through so they can
start construction.
7. DRI/CDBG Grants Pineland Ave: The pre-construction meeting was held on Wednesday,
April 20. The contractor is working with Purchasing to provide all the bonds and insurance
in order to execute the agreement. The contractor projects it will take approximately 30
days for substantial completion and is targeting May 9 as the start date. Staff will send
notices to affected property owners along the street, an email blast to the community and
will post it on our website.
8. Regatta Landings (f/k/a Haldeman Landings): No new information on this project.
9. Regatta Landings/Haldeman Landings Boat Dock extension: No new information at this
time on the boat dock size and the price.
10. RaceTrac: The hearing for the RaceTrac service station scheduled for May 10th has been
cancelled. It will go back to the hearing examiner.
11. Microbrewery: Staff met with the Landscape Architect and they want to work
collaboratively with the MSTU.
12. The Island Cottages in a Naples Bay Village: The construction phase of Key West House,
Island Cottage on Jeepers Drive is complete, staged and ready to show. It is listed on the
market for $359,000 a price reduction from his original selling price. Plans for 9 other
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homes will soon be available to view on their website, which is in the process of being
created.
13. Sugden Park Pathway: The firm of Trebilcock Consulting Solutions, PA provided for
professional pathway design services in the amount of$26,324.00. They have 150 days to
complete the scope of work from the date of the Notice to Proceed. The tasks include
• Survey Services
• Engineering Design and Plans
• SWWMD Environmental Resource Permit
• Meetings and Project Coordination
• Post Design Services
• Site Lighting
• Landscape Design.
An eagle has been sighted on the property and the Project Manager requested Trebilcock
reach out to the FFWCC. This could potentially impact any future development on the site
and should be addressed at this time.
14. Compass Point Cottages: According to County records the site is still going through the
review process and addressing application deficiencies.
15. Fire Suppression: CDBG review committee has tentatively said they may be willing to
provide about $300,000+ from our initial application if staff can scale back our construction
timeline. Bob Middleton from the City preliminarily determined that if we target 3 streets—
Peters, Gordon Av and Collee Court we can utilize the money. Bob indicated that if we got
$300,000 he could make up the difference (2011 cost estimates for 3 streets was $330,000)
to construct the improvements
16. Annual Report: The 2015 Annual Reports have been filed and copies have been printed and
mailed. The committee approved a quote of$5,100.30 for the reports and mailing. The actual
bill came to $4,781.67. A copy of the report is located on the CRA website at
bayshorecra.com.
17. Mattamy Homes (f/k/a Arboretum Village): They are continuing to move through the
process.
MSTU Project Updates:
The MSTU meetings are on Wednesdays at 6pm, the basic meeting discusses
landscaping, irrigation and their projects. One of the projects they are working on is the
Thomasson Drive project and RWA has a complete new redesign so if anyone has any
questions they can attend the meeting.
VI. Request for Payments: None other than routine operational.
VII.New Business:
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Office Lease: CRA Board approved the two year extension for CRA office to remain at
our current location.
Budget: The initial budget is being developed under a 7.0% property value increase. This
means the CRA TIF of $936,100 would increase to $1,030,517.00 or an increase in tax
increment revenues of$94,417.
VIII. Advisory Board General Communications: Maurice Gutierrez brought up the subject of maybe
the MSTU loaning the CRA money to acquire a lot to make a shared parking lot for the businesses
IX. Citizen Comments: Cpl Nelson went over the crime stats stating they were down 30% in the
County. He also discussed traffic counts, which collaborated CRE Consultants numbers of a little over
9000 cars a day utilizing Bayshore Drive. Commissioner Fiala went over all the new Commercial
Businesses opening up in the East Naples area and discussed a street lighting project she is currently
working on. She talked about the success of the Pickleball Tournament in the E. Naples Community
Center saying 835 people signed up for the tournament, from 37 States and 8 Countries. She
commended the Parks Staff for being so organized with the volunteers and the entire tournament
process. The CBS sports coverage aired the tournament.
X.Adjournment: 8:15 p.m.
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.______pproved by Maurice Gutierrez, CRA-AB Chairman
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