DSAC Minutes 06/01/2016 June 1, 2016
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COLLIER COUNTY
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Naples, Florida, June 1, 2016
LET IT BE REMEMBERED, the Collier County Development Services Advisory
Committee in and for the County of Collier, having conducted business herein, met on
this date at 3:00 P.M. in REGULAR SESSION at the Collier County Growth Management
Department Building, Conference Room #609/610, 2800 N. Horseshoe Drive, Naples,
Florida, with the following members present:
Chairman: William J. Varian
Vice Chairman: Blair Foley
David Dunnavant
James E. Boughton
Clay Brooker (Excused)
Dalas Disney
Chris Mitchell (Excused)
Robert Mulhere
Mario Valle
Stan Chrzanowski
Norman Gentry (Excused)
Marco Espinar
Ron Waldrop
Laura Spurgeon DeJohn
Jeremy Sterk
ALSO PRESENT: Ken Kovensky, Director, Operations and Regulatory Management
Caroline Cilek, LDC Manager
Mike Ossorio, Director, Code Enforcement
Matt McLean, Manager, Development Review
Rich Long, Plans Review and Inspections Manager
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Any persons in need of the verbatim record of the meeting may request a copy of the audio recording
from the Collier County Growth Management Department—Contact Mr. Evy Ybaceta at 239-252-2400.
I. Call to Order-Chairman
Chairman Varian called the meeting to order at 3:00pm
II. Approval of Agenda
Mr. Disney moved to approve the Agenda. Second by Mr.Dunnavant. Carried unanimously 11 -0.
III. Approval of Minutes from May 4,2016 Meeting
Mr. Foley moved to approve the minutes of the May 4,2016 meeting as presented. Second by Mr.
Espinar. Carried unanimously 11 -0.
IV. Public Speakers
None
V. Staff Announcements/Updates
A. Code Enforcement Division update—[Mike Ossorio]
Mr. Ossorio provided the report"Collier County Code Enforcement Department Blight Prevention
Program - Cumulative Code Enforcement statistics- 7/2009—4/24/16"for information purposes.
The Committee requested the pie chart Code Case by Category identify the time frame of the data
and add the pie chart from the prior period be displayed for comparison.
B. Public Utilities Division update-- [Tom Chmelik or designee]
None
C. Growth Management Department/Transportation Engineering and/or Planning— [Jay Ahmad
or designee]
None
D. County Fire Review update— [Shar Hingson and/or Shawn Hanson]
Ms. Hingson,Greater Naples Fire Rescue reported the Department continues to meet review times
and inspection requests in a timely manner.
E. North Naples Fire Review update— [Eloy Ricardo]
Dale Fey,North Collier Fire Control and Rescue District reported the Department continues to
meet review times and inspection requests in a timely manner.
Mr. Valle arrived at 3:1 Spm
F. Operations&Regulatory Mgmt.Division update [Ken Kovensky]
Mr. Kovensky submitted the"Collier County May 2016 Monthly Statistics"which outlined
building plan and land development review activities. The following was noted during his report:
• May 2016 inspections topped 16,000, 600 over April of 2016 and 6,000 year over year.
• Staff has researched the number of pre-paid inspections where service was not requested by
the applicant. In CityView,there are approximately 50,000 inspections due at an amount of
$2.7M and in CD Plus there are approximately 47,000 due at a cost of$2.2M. The funds will
be allocated to Reserve Accounts.
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• Electronic Plan Review is expected to go live on 6/13/16.
• The Email/Fax permit system is expected to be phased out by August and being replaced by
walk-in or electronic plan format.
• Staff continues to address payment services including increasing available stations for credit
card options.
• The"Fee Study"has been sent out to bid and a DSAC Member is sought to serve on the
selection committee. — The Committee assigned Mr. Dunnavant to the task.
• Staff will investigate the requirements for electrical inspections in relation to recessed light
fixtures and whether they are required to be out of the ceiling during inspection.
G. Development Review Division update [Matt McLean]
Mr. McLean reported
• Staff continues to address staff levels for plan reviews.
• The Wetlands Subcommittee met for a second time on May 17th and Staff is initiating a
process whereby building permits for single family homes will not be issued by the County
until certain criteria have been satisfied such as an Informal Wetlands Determination or
others acceptable information. Future meetings will review concepts for a"General Permit"
program for the Estates area.
ROW Handbook
Mr. McLean reported:
• Staff is reviewing the Right-of-Way Handbook and proposing changes.
• At this point procedural changes proposed include severing the right-of way-application from
the document to allow Staff to make changes in process as necessary,permits to be valid for
180 days instead of 30 days and a changing the notification requirements for lane closures
from 3 days to 5 days, etc.
• A complete"overhaul" of the Handbook is planned and will be brought forth for
consideration in the future.
• He requested the Committee review the proposed changes and provide a recommendation to
the Board of County Commissioners.
Mr. Foley moved to recommend the Board of County Commissioners adopt the proposed
Resolution deleting the right-of-way permit from the ROW Construction Handbook(and other
procedural changes as proposed). Second by Mr.Mulhere. Carried unanimously 12—0.
The Committee reached consensus on recommending the Board of County Commissioners direct
Staff to propose amendments to the Handbook in the areas of permit conditions, corrections of
outdated language and any other clarifications as necessary.
VI. New Business
A. Discussion of future Land Development Code Amendments [Caroline Cilek]
Ms. Cilek presented a Memo to the Committee dated May 25, 2016—"Re: DSAC Read-Ahead's for
Wednesday June 2, 2016 meeting"for information purposes. The following was noted during
discussions:
• The list is tentative and contains 9 proposed amendments to be considered upon approval by
the Board of County Commissioners.
• There were 7 originally proposed however the Planning Commission requested Staff to: 1)
Revisit the proposed amendment to Section 3.05.07 Preservation Standards for the long-term
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land and land management payments for off site preservation including disincentivizing off
site preservation for the urban areas and 2)Review the requirements for the citing of
streetlights whereby qualified landscape architects or other may provide the service.
• Clarification of lot line adjustments requirements is proposed to ensure they provide
flexibility and are consistent within the County.
• The current Cycle's proposed amendment to Section 5.05.08 (Architectural Standards) will
be heard by the BCC on 6/28/16 with the others being heard on July 12.
B. Discuss canceling the July 6,2016 meeting [Bill Varian]
The Committee determined to cancel the July DSAC meeting.
VII. Old Business
None
VIII. Committee Member Comments
Mr. Dunnavant requested an update on the Committee's request a Work Group review future staffing
needs.
Mr. Kovensky reported he will contact Mr. French to determine the appropriate avenues to address the
request.
IX. Adjourn
Next Meeting Dates
August 3,2016 GMD Conference Room 610—3:00 pm
September 7,2016 GMD Conference Room 610—3:00 pm
October 5,2016 GMD Conference Room 610—3:00 pm
There being no further business for the good of the County,the meeting was adjourned by the order
of the Chair at 3:46PM.
COLLIER COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
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Chairm , illiam Varian
These Minutes were approved bythe Board/Chairman on
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