Immokalee MSTU Minutes 11/10/2016 Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency
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Meeting of the Immokalee Lighting and Beautification MSTU Advisory Committee Board on November
10,2016.
750 South 5th Street, Immokalee, FL
239-867-0026
A. Call to Order.
The meeting was called to order by Cherryle Thomas,MSTU Chair at 8:30 AM.
B. Roll Call and Announcement of a Quorum.
Advisory Committee Members Present:
Cherryle Thomas, Bill Deyo and Andrea Halman
Advisory Committee Members Absent/Excused:
Norma Garcia
Others Present:
Armando Yzaguirre and Jonas Mervilus
Staff: James Sainvilus, Christie Betancourt,Michelle Arnold and Terry Rosalez.
C. Introductions. Chairwoman welcomed all to the meeting.
D. Approval of Agenda.
James Sainvilus presented agenda to the board for approval. Agenda was approved with no
changes.
Action:Ms. Andrea Halman made a motion for the MSTU to approve the Agenda with no
modifications. Mr. Bill Deyo seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. 3-0.
E. Approval of Minutes
1. November 10, 2016 MSTU Advisory Committee Meeting(Enclosure 1)
James Sainvilus presented minutes to the board for approval. Minutes were approved with
no corrections.
Action:Mr. Bill Deyo made a motion to approve the minutes for the November 10, 2016 MSTU
Advisory Committee Meeting with no corrections. The motion was seconded by Ms. Andrea
Halman and the minutes were approved by unanimous vote. 3-0.
F. Announcements.
1. Communications Folder
Staff reviewed the communications folder with the board and members of the public.
G. MSTU Old Business
James Sainvilus presented:
1. The Budget breakdown for funds 162 and 111 (Enclosure 2)was presented to the committee
with staff discussing how money was budgeted, committed and spent as of November 4,
2016. Cherryle Thomas pointed out that the new Budget format is very helpful because she
is now seeing all the internal expenditures through the County. Christie Betancourt showed
where to find the current AD Valorem Taxes and the Uncollected Ad Valorem Taxes.
2. MSTU Project Manager Report — Project Manager, James Sainvilus presented A&M
Property Maintenance's proposal for Installation of Decorations and Preparation of the
Christmas Decoration Installations(Enclosure 3). The committee was also provided an email
from Christie explaining how A&M proposals for the holiday installations are less this year
than last year. James Sainvilus also presented to the Board A&M Property Maintenance
proposal's for Removal of Decorations, which was in the communication folder for
approval. Both proposals were approved with no changes.
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Action:Ms. Andrea Halman made a motion to approve A&M Property Maintenance proposals for
Installation and Removal of Decorations with no corrections. The motion was seconded by
Mr. Bill Deyo and both proposals were approved by unanimous vote. 3-0.
Per the Board direction from the last MSTU November 10, 2016 meeting James Sainvilus
presented A&M Property Maintenance proposal for Preparations of the Christmas
Decoration Installations to the board for approval. Proposal was approved with no changes.
Action:Ms. Andrea Halman made a motion to approve A&M Property Maintenance's proposal for
Preparations of the Christmas Decoration Installations, which was previously discussed and
directed to perform from the last MSTU meeting. The motion was seconded by Mr. Bill Deyo
and it was approved by unanimous vote. 3-0.
CRA staff, Christie Betancourt and Terry Rosalez, reported that with the assistance of Parks
&Rec.they inventoried the decorations in the storage unit and evaluated the condition of the
decorations. The Committee agrees that staff should come up with a better way to store the
decorations, especially when new items are purchased. A&M Property Maintenance did
their assessment of the decorations and all decorations will be up by December 1st.
Christie Betancourt reported that two bands of Christmas lights are missing from the storage
unit and Parks & Recreations has confirmed it. Replacement lights will be purchased using
the left over money donated by the Casino.
A&M reported that every year they had to replace 20 - 30 lights on the angels and the new
lights are looking brighter than the old lights.
Michelle Arnold suggested that we need to evaluate the costs for adding air conditioning to
the storage unit, and the useful life of the decorations under proper condition before we start
buying new angels or other decorations.
The communication folder also had another proposal from A&M Property Maintenance for
Annual Tree Trimming, which has been discussed with the Board. James Sainvilus
presented A&M Property Maintenance proposal for Annual Tree Trimming to the board for
approval. It was approved with a spending limit.
Action:Ms. Andrea Halman made a motion to approve A&M Property Maintenance's proposal for
Annual Tree Trimmings and for the work not to exceed the proposed amount($6,732.00). The
motion was seconded by Mr. Bill Deyo and it was approved by unanimous vote. 3-0.
Maintenance Report:
A&M Property Maintenance reported there were three accidents at three different locations
in the medians.A&M will provide a proposal for replacing the plants.
Michelle Arnold wanted to confirm that MSTU Staff knows how to process for Insurance
reimbursement. James Sainvilus explained the process: Staff contacts the Sheriff
department for a report then submits it to Risk Management for insurance reimbursements
with estimated costs or repair/removal/replacement costs attached.
Andrea Halman asked if Richard Tindell was still servicing the MSTU. Michelle Arnold
explained to the Board that the purchasing department had sent out a solicitation for
Landscape Architectural Services and Richard Tindell was not part of the awarded vendors.
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The Landscape Architectural will help with evaluating the planting areas for disease,
replacement and repairs then make recommendations to the Board and A&M Property
Maintenance to do corrections. The Landscape Architectural could also help out with
projects like design landscaping around the monuments and propose a design for better
pathways through the medians around the landscapes.
A&M Property Maintenance continued with the report: About $84.00 was spent for
irrigations parts for those two locations on 1st Street, which was replaced under the annual
maintenance contract.A&M will be replacing a valve as well for that same area on 1"St.
Irrigation on the Triangle is good. Michelle asked if it was on Motorola but only 1st Street is
on Motorola.
Irrigation on Main St. has not been on due to leaks and broken pipes. Michelle asked to see
A&M's old evaluation for replacing the irrigation lines on Main St. The MSTU will be
replacing the lines during FDOT's improvement on Main Street.
H. Next Meeting Date:
James Sainvilus presented the next meeting date to the board and asked them if it was a
good day for everybody, if not then they would have to discuss and approve a different date.
After Board discussion about the next MSTU meeting on December 28, 2016, a new
meeting date was approved.
Action: Ms.Andrea Halman made a motion to have the next MSTU meeting on December 20,
2016 at 8:30 instead of December 28,2016. The motion was seconded by Mr. Bill Deyo and it
was approved by unanimous vote.3-0.
Before we moved on the next Item, Christie Betancourt reported that Mr. Bill McDaniel had
two suggestions from the last month MSTU and CRA meetings. He would like to add non
denomination prayer and the pledge of allegiance before the start of every meeting. The
Board had decided to add this item/request to the agenda for the next MSTU meeting under
new business for further discussion.
Christie also talked about some other complaints from Carrie Williams for the County and
the weekenders to mow the grass and pick up trash on the ROW on Immokalee Dr. and on
15th St.to Lake Trafford.
The Board is aware of the complaints and it is a Code Enforcement and Road Maintenance
issue because the homeowners are responsible to maintain and clean up their ROWs.
Cherryle Thomas told Christie to call Mr. Ponce from Road Maintenance Department.
The Board also talked about the trash cans on Main St. A&M will start taking pictures for
records; James Sainvilus will meet with the new owner first before going to Waste
Management/Solid waste to go over their agreement with the County. But Michelle Arnold
will still inform Dan Rodriguez, Solid Waste Director about Progressive Waste's
performance.
Christie Betancourt reported that the business owners on 1'and Main Street should upgrade
capacity of their dumpsters and keep their store front clean.
MSTU New Business:
1. MSTU 2017 Operational Workshop
James Sainvilus provided all present with a copy of the revised 2015 Operational Plan
Spreadsheet to make edits and a copy of the 2015 Priority List showing what has been
accomplished.
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Michelle Arnold went over the 2015 Operational Plan Spreadsheet line by line and asked the
Board for inputs to create the 2017 Operational Plan Spreadsheet and priority List. (Read the
2017 Operational Plan for more details)
A separate detailed 2017 Operational Plan and 2017 Goal&Action Items will be given to
the Board to rank each item for the new 2017 Priority List.
J. Open Discussion &Citizen Comments—Lunch— 11:00 AM
K. Adjournment. Meeting Adjourned @ 11:35 a.m.
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Certification of Minutes Approval Form
Prepared by: Approved by:
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Immokalee Lighting and Beautification MSTU Liaison
These Minutes for the November 10, 2016 MSTU Advisory Board Meeting was approved
by MSTU Advisory Board on December 20,2016 as presented.
* The next Advisory Board meeting will be held January 25, 2017 at 8:30 AM at the Immokalee
Community Redevelopment Agency office located at 750 South 56 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, MSTU Project Manager, 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 James
Sainvilus,MSTU Project Manager, at least 48 hours before the meeting.The public should be advised that members
of the Immokalee Master Plan and Visioning Committee and the CRA Advisory Board are also members of the
other Boards and Committees, including, but not limited to: Immokalee Local Redevelopment Advisory Board,
Immokalee Fire Commission, and the Collier County Housing Authority; etc. In this regard,matters coming before
the IMPVC and the Advisory Board may come before one or more of the referenced Board and Committees from
time to time.
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