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Immokalee CRA/MSTU Minutes 04/20/2016 JEnclosure 2 1 MINUTES Meeting of the Joint Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Committee, and the Immokalee Lighting and Beautification MSTU Advisory Committee on April 20, 2016. Immokalee Library 417 North 1st Street, Immokalee, FL (239) 657-2882 A. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order by Frank Nappo, CRA Chair and Cherryle Thomas MSTU Chair at 8:30 AM. B. Roll Call and Announcement of a Quorum. Advisory Committee/EZDA Members Present: Mike Facundo, Estil Null, Ski Olesky, Andrea Halman, and Frank Nappo. Advisory Committee Members Absent/Excused: Joseph Mucha, Cindy Lozano, Martha Williams, Jim Wall, and Julio Estremera. MSTU Advisory Committee Members Present: Cherryle Thomas, Lucy Ortiz, Bill Deyo, and Andrea Halman. MSTU Advisory Committee Members Absent/Excused: Norma Garcia. Others Present: Bessie Reyna, David Wheeler, Derell Burr, David Jones, Michelle Arnold, Mariela Romero, Everett Loukonen, Randy Cash, Richard Tindell, Patti Calderon, Silvia Puente, Vanessa Bielema, Danny Gonzalez, Steven Lopez, Juan Serna Herrera, Armando Yzaguirre, Paul Anderson, Pam Brown, Jack Johnson, Trinity Scott, Jonas Marvelous, Amanda Townsend, Michele, Mosca, Lorraine Lantz, Fred N. Thomas, Corine Williams, Maria Garcia Pizarro, Mike Sheffield, Omar Deleon, Beth Brainard, and Joann Ramey. Staff: Christie Betancourt and James Sainvilus. C. Introductions. Chairman Frank Nappo introduced himself and welcomed all to the meeting. All other board members present and members of the public introduced themselves. D. Announcements. 1. Meetings and Public Comment speaker slips CRA staff reiterated the public 3 minute speaker slip policy. The board will give more time if they feel it necessary. 2. Communications and Customer Services Division - Mike Sheffield and Maria Garcia Pizarro. Mr. Sheffield and Ms. Garcia Pizarro introduced themselves and provided the board and public with an overview of what they do for the county. They also provided board and public with their contact information. CRA Chair Dr. Frank Nappo would like to see if it’s possible to have access to public meetings housed at Horseshoe Drive and at the Main Campus. We would want to be able to interact in the meeting as it is going on maybe by phone hook up, web or by facebook. Mr. Sheffield said that they would look into the possibility of having the set up. Pam Brown, Jonas Marvelous, Fred Thomas also provided comments to Mr. Sheffield. Enclosure 2 2 3. Immokalee Branch Library – Amanda Townsend Amanda Townsend from Collier County Public Services Division discussed with the board the concerns regarding the Immokalee Branch Library Saturday hours and the literacy program. Dr. Frank Nappo provided board and public with a brief history of the communities concerns. He said that the board would like to have a meeting with library staff to include the Immokalee Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club, the Immokalee Civic Association, the Immokalee CRA, and the Immokalee MSTU to talk about what kind of programs we would like to see and what months are better than others. It doesn’t have to be a 12 month operation what we would like to do is discuss what the community wants and needs are. Ms. Townsend would like to offer three ideas 1.) Our new library director has new and exciting ideas and is very much interested in seeing libraries being reenvision ed. 2.) As an in-between solution we can start to have these dialogs and the community center is also opened on Saturdays. 3.) In the fall the library system will be doing comprehensive community assessments and going out and doing focus groups all over the county. Mr. Fred Thomas reiterated how important it is to have the library opened on the weekends. He suggested that if it’s a budget issue we should try to use volunteers to staff the weekend hours. MSTU Chair Cherryle Thomas also commented on the importance of literacy programs for children of all ages. Mr. Null and Patti Calderon also provided comments to Ms. Townsend. 4. Immokalee Code Enforcement staff Code Enforcement staff introduced themselves and gave board brief updates on their coverage areas and community involvement. Steven Lopez and Juan Serna Herrera provided their contact information and the main number (239-252-2440) for complaints. MSTU Chair Ms. Cherryle Thomas would like to go on the record requesting assistant for a citizen in Immokalee whose property has been used as a dumping site for tires. They have about 50 tires that need to be removed. Code sta ff said they would look into helping the property owner. Mr. Marvin Courtright wanted to know if code enforcement had any responsibility or authority at the Immokalee Airport. Mr. Courtright has security concerns for the Immokalee Airport. Code staff said they don’t have any security responsibility for the airport maybe the sheriff’s department does. E. Adoption of Agenda. Staff presented agenda to the board for approval. Agenda was approved as presented. Action: No action was taken by the CRA due to a lack of quorum. Action: Mr. Lucy Ortiz made a motion for the MSTU to adopt the Agenda. Mr. Bill Deyo seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. 4-0. F. Communications. 1. Public Meeting Notice 2. Community Events 3. Articles Enclosure 2 3 CRA staff reviewed the communications folder with the boards. Staff passed around the folder for all public to review. G. Approval of Minutes. 1. Approval of Minutes for the Joint March 16, 2016 CRA & MSTU Advisory Committee Meeting. (Enclosure 1) Action: CRA March 16, 2016 minutes were tabled due to no quorum present. Action: Ms. Lucy Ortiz made a motion to approve the minutes for the Joint March 16, 2016 CRA/EZDA & MSTU Advisory Committee Meeting. The motion was seconded by Ms. Andrea Halman and the minutes were approved by unanimous vote. 4-0. H. BCC Agenda Items approved March 2016 1. 2015 Annual Report Staff reported that the 2015 Annual Report was approved by the board in March. 2. Collier County Community and Human Services Division FY 2016-2017 grant application Staff also reported that the two CDBG grants that staff requested after the fact permission to apply for were also approved. I. BCC Agenda Item for April 2016 1. Lozano’s Restaurant – Commercial Façade Grant (Enclosure 2) Staff provided board with a copy of Enclosure 2 which is an executive summary requesting that the CRA approve the application and recipient agreement for the Immokalee CRA Commercial Façade Improvements Grant Program for reimbursement of $20,000 for façade improvements to Lozano’s Restaurant located at 405 New Market Road. This item will go before the board on April 26, 2016. Staff informed the board that the complete package was in the communications folder. Staff also showed all present a color rendering of the before and after of what Lozano’s will look like. Danny Gonzalez from the Immokalee Chamber of Commerce and employee of Lozano’s Restaurant has concerns about how New Market Road looks. He said that a lot of cars are being sold from private properties. He also said that one particular property owner is using his property as a used car lot. Mr. Gonzalez said that he also called Family Dollar corporate office on the landscaping on New Market road. The property needs to be maintained. He also has concerns on New Market Road business that have pallets that are a fire hazard. Code Enforcement said they just received the case on the cars being sold on New Market road yesterday and they have scheduled a site visit. J. Red Flag Items. K. MSTU New Business 1. FDOT Presentation – David Jones – Immokalee Main Street Improvement Project (Enclosure 3) FDOT staff introduced themselves. James Sainvilus gave a brief history on the Main Street Improvement Project and the Pedestrian Safety Study. Staff provided board with Enclosure 3 which was the powerpoint presentation provided by Florida Department of Transportation. FDOT staff said that the design for this project will begin this year. Construction will start in the beginning of FY 2019. FDOT staff conducted a brief presentation to the board. Enclosure 2 4 Scope of Project  Traffic signals at N 3rd Street and N 7th Street  New highway lighting through the corridor  New crosswalk at N 2nd Street  Pedestrian channelization in the median  ADA, signing, and pavement marking upgrades N 3rd Street Existing Midblock  1,390 crossings over eight hours  Intersection ranked 3rd on the High Pedestrian Crash List Recommendation: Install a traffic signal N 7th Street Intersection  441 crossings over eight hours  Students using area to cross SR 29  High number of bike/ped crashes Enclosure 2 5 Recommendation: Install a traffic signal and remove midblock to the east of the intersection N 2nd Street Intersection  326 crossings at intersection and 343 crossings midblock between N 2nd Street and N 3rd Street Recommendation: Install a midblock crossing with RRFB Pam Brown had a concern with a light being put at the designated areas. Flashing lights are possibly a good idea. She also said that we need to educate the people here in Immokalee. Patti Calderon had concerns with the signs currently on Main Street and with the traffic signals being proposed for Main Street. She wanted to know why are we willing to put two more traffic lights on Main Street and can’t put one at the intersection of Westclox and SR29. Dr. Frank Nappo also voiced his concern on the intersection of Westclox and State Road 29. Enclosure 2 6 After much discussion between the board, CRA staff, FDOT staff, and the public board will meet and coordinate with L. CRA New Business 1. Naples Pathways – Beth Brainard (Time Certain 10:00 AM) Beth Brainard introduced herself and briefly gave a background on what the Naples Pathways Coalition does. Ms. Brainard said that they are an advocacy group that works for safe bikeable walkable communities. The Naples Pathways Coalition group works throughout Collier County and advocates and educates the people about bike, pedestrian, and motorist safety. She said they have almost 400 members and can reach over 2,000 people who are interested in these issues. Ms. Brainard said that their group in here to help you. Ms. Brainard held a Q&A session with all present and provided their website information www.Pathwayscoalition.org. Dr Frank Nappo would like to see a board member or a public citizen from Immokalee join and attend the Naples Pathways Coalition. He also said that on May 4, 2016 at noon he would be touring Ms. Brainard the areas of concern for Immokalee. Ms. Brainard said that she would like to invite all to a Pathways Coalition meeting being held on Monday, May 2, 2016 at 6:00 PM at South Street Café in Naples. The purpose of the meeting is to identify the problems for Bike Ped safety in Collier County. 2. Immokalee Accelerator – Dr. Goodman Dr. Goodman was not present. 3. Transportation Planning TIGER FY2016 Grant – Growing Connections to Create Mobility Opportunities in Immokalee (Enclosure 4) CRA Chair Frank Nappo asked Trinity Scott to discuss Lake Trafford Road before she began her presentation of the TIGER Grant. She said Lake Trafford Road and the bollard situation there is a big difficult problem to fix. What our department has been talking about is that their needs to be an interim solution and a long term solution to address the safety concerns. Our long term solution is we need to get a pond site and pipe in drainage ditches so we can put proper shoulders and sidewalks on that roadway and that’s money and also getting through the permitting issues. Our operations folks have come out and they have come up with an option that would be to remove temporary curbing with the bollards and to put in a 9 inch concrete curb in addition they would look at trying to pave an addition two feet on the north side of Lake Trafford Road. She said that she is currently working with the school to see if this is something they are okay with. Ms. Scott also briefly discussed the New Market road sidewalk project and the possibility of a vacancy of the Pathways Advisory Committee (PAC). She said it would be good if we had someone from Immokalee on the board. Staff provided board with Enclosure 4 which is an overview of the TIGER Grant. This project is designed to grow the existing pedestrian network by providing new facilities to accommodate bicyclists and pedestrians where none currently exist. By expanding the small network of pedestrian and bicycle routes it will more than double the number of current facilities in the area and provide enhanced options for transportation to education, jobs, and other essential services for residents of Immokalee. Enclosure 2 7 Enclosure 2 8 i. Letter of Support (Enclosure 5) Staff provided board with Enclosure 5 which are draft letters of support to be included in the TIGER grant. Both the CRA and MSTU chair signed the letters. ***Due to time constraints Michelle Arnold, Director of Transit and Neighborhood was moved up on the agenda she was going to speak under citizen’s comments. Ms. Arnold introduced herself and she also introduced her Senior Planner Omar Deleon. Mr. Deleon discussed some of the efforts that they are working on with public transit. He said that they want to improve the look of the bus stops. We want to make it clear and helpful to the community. An initiative we are trying to do with CAT in Immokalee is we want to find ways to better connect with the community. We would like to set up a meeting to look at a map of Immokalee to see what areas of this community need to be serviced. M. MSTU Old Business 1. Contractors Report i. Maintenance Reports – A& M Armando Yzaguirre with A&M Property Maintenance provided board with a presentation of lawn maintenance for the beautification area. Mr. Yzaguirre said if you want to do anything with Main Street while you are waiting for the Main Street Improvement Project you will need to get the irrigation fixed and that will cost you about $8,000. ***Due to time all items were tabled to the next meeting. 2. MSTU Project Manager 3. Adopt – A – Road Program – update MSTU N. CRA Old Business 1. CRA Annual Workshop – April 5, 2016 – update 2. Land Development Coe Amendments i. Email from Richard Henderlong – LDC Amendment – 5.05.08 Architectural & Site Design Standards – CCPC hearing (Enclosure 6) ii. Section 5.05.08 – Architectural and Site Design Standards (Enclosure 7) iii. Cross Reference to Section 5.05.08 (Enclosure 8) 3. CRA & MSTU Operational Plan Workshop dates 4. Immokalee Stormwater Master Plan – update 5. Priority List for County Manager Leo Ochs (Enclosure 9) i. CAC March 28, 2016 Meeting – update ii. MPO April 8, 2016 Meeting – update 6. Immokalee Pioneer Museum – update 7. Advisory Board Members i. Orientation ii. Advisory Board vacancies – update iii. Orientation Enclosure 2 9 8. CRA staff vacancy – update 9. CRA Project Manager Report i. Commercial Façade Grant Applicants –update ii. Sweat Equity Grant Applications 10. Code Enforcement – update Mr. Steven Lopez gave report under announcements. 11. Other Agencies i. Immokalee Chamber of Commerce – update Mr. Danny Gonzalez announced that the Harvest Festival Event and the 5K run that will be held on April 23, 2016. ii. SWFWDB – update iii. Housing – update iv. Law/Fire Enforcement v. IFAS Extension O. Citizen Comments: Pam Brown wanted to inform the board and the public meeting held last Monday regarding the Habitat Conservation Plan for Collier County. She would like for the residents of Immokalee to comment. She also said that our master plan is fourth in line to be reviewed. P. Next Meeting Date: CRA & the Immokalee Lighting and Beautification MSTU will meet on May 18, 2016 at 8:30 AM at the Immokalee Library Q. Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 12:00 PM Immokalee Lighting and Beautification MSTU ---)111)) Immokalee Certification of Minutes Approval Form Prepared by: Approved by: (At'? 2 a Christie Betancourt,Interim Operations Manager Cherryle Th, as, Chair MSTU Liaison These Minutes for the April 20, 2016 Joint CRA & MSTU Advisory Committee were approved by the MSTU Advisory Committee on May 18,2016 as presented. * The next MSTU Advisory Committee meeting will be held June 22, 2016 at 8:30A.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 James Sainvilus; Immokalee CRA, at 239-867-0026 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.