Agenda 05/08/2003 District #3 Townhallo
Board of County Commissioners
District 3 Town Hall Meeting
Thursday, May 8, 2003
7:00 PM
Golden Gate Community Center
4701 Golden Gate Parkway
HOSTED BY
Tom Henning, Chairman
Commissioner, District 3
Invocation - Pastor Mike Kendrick, Cypress Wood Presbyterian Church
Introduction and Pledge of Allegiance
Transportation
- Norman Feder, Administrator, Transportation
a. Four laning Radio Road
b. Four landing Green Boulevard
Co Sunshine Boulevard-Green Boulevard Intersection
Improvements
d° Golden Gate Parkway-Collier Boulevard Intersection
Improvements
e. Collier Boulevard Six Laning, North of Golden Gate
Boulevard
f. Golden Gate Main Canal Vehicular Bridge
Code Enforcement
Long Range Planning
a° Golden Gate Parkway New Downtown Center
Parks and Recreation Update
Landfill - George Yilmaz, Director, Solid Waste
a. Short Term, Immediate, and Long Range Projections
Budget Shortfalls - Mike Smykowski, Director, Budget Department
Community Development
a. Land Uses of the Past
b. Changes Board has made for the Future
10. Question and Answer Period
Public Utilities Division
Read Ahead Memorandum
District 3 Town Hall Meeting, May 8, 2003
Date:
To:
Cc:
From:
Re:
May 1, 2003
Board of County Commissioners
James V. Mudd, County Manager
Leo Ochs, Jr., Deputy County Manager
George G. Yilmaz, Solid Waste Director
Long-range Integrated Solid Waste Management Strategy
Purpose:
To present a summary of the progress on short-, intermediate- and long-range
integrated solid waste management strategies.
Background/Considerations:
Over the past two years, the Board of County Commissioners has' directed staff to
investigate options to manage various components of the County's Municipal Solid
Waste (MSW) stream including bio-solids, yard waste, and construction and
demolition debris (C&D). Elements of this work range from investigating joint MSW
processing and disposal options with neighboring counties, to soliciting expressions
of interest from the private sector. Through this effort, the Board has continued to
provide key policy direction to staff that has been formulated into short-,
intermediate- and long-range solid waste management strategies.
· Short-range strategies have been put into place, including odor control system
improvements and reliability.
Intermediate-range strategies have been put into place, including yard waste
composting for agricultural beneficial use, construction & demol/.lj..o!1 cle.l:aiis
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diversion, and artificial reef re-use. Other intermediate-range strategies are in
process, such as commercial recycling, and the restoration of the area around
landfill cells one and two.
· Long-range strategies are under review as the result of multiple Requests for
Proposals.
Table 1 - Collier County Solid Waste Management Strategies
Short Range:
· Odor Control and System Reliability X
· E~ced Residential Recycling X
· ~ Operating Contract
Modificatio~Enforcement X
Intermediate Range:
· C&D Diversion X
· Biosolids/Sludge Diversion X
· Biomass~d Waste Compost~g X
· C&D ~ificial Reef Re-use X
· Naples Landfill Cells 1 &2 Restoration X
· Non-Residential Recycling X
· Landfill Gas-to-Energy X
Lon~ Range:
· Co~ercial So,ce Sep~ated Org~ic
Waste ~d Biosolids Processing and
Beneficial Use X
· Grease Trap Waste Processing Facility X
· Mmcipal Solid W~te ~ocessing and X
Gasification
The Public Utilities' Integrated Solid Waste Management Program is driven by the MSW
stream and the services provided. The system, as it stands today, has evolved over the
past two years from little more than a "collect and bury" program operating under a
Consent Order, to a fully integrated program focused on the application of appropriate
technology, waste reduction and minimization, long-range planning, and environmental
stewardship. The program is dynamic: improving constantly through re-evaluation, and
expanding with use of technology, enhanced public education, and improved efficiencies.
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Chart 1 reflects the current disposition of solid waste, including recycling and C&D
diversion:
Chart 1
CURRENT WASTE STREAM
MANAGEMENT
(Total waste stream 560,000 tons based on data from FY02)
Diverted Waste Stream
51%
IBMsDIv~rted from Landfflllnq:
ludge = 27,000
lo-mass = 69,000t/yr
xed C&D = 156,000 ttyr
W Recycling = 37,000 t/yr
Total = 289,000 tlyr
Misc
3%
Residential MSW
20%
MSW
26%
TARGET
[~andfllled:
Residential = 111,000 t/yr
Non-residential =144,000 t/yr
Misc, = 16,000 t/yr
Total = 271,000 tJyr
I [] Residential MSW D Non-Residential MSW [] Misc [] Diverted Waste Stream
TIMELINE
Staff will present a status report and recommendations on following Request For
Proposals (RFP) to the Board of County Commissioners in early 2004 related to the long-
range strategies:
· Commercial Source Separated Organic Waste and Biosolids Processing and
Beneficial Use (RFP #02-3382)
· Municipal Solid Waste Processing and Gasification (RFP #02-3316)
· Grease Trap Waste Processing Facility (RFP #02-3315)
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NEW DOWNTOWN CENTER TALKING POINTS
INTRODUCTION:
This item is presented for discussion purposes and, as such, is not intended for action by
the Board of County Commissioners. Rather the purpose of this item is to seek public
input on the design concepts presented herein. The item will be accompanied by a short
slide presentation.
BACKGROUND:
The proposed "New Downtown Center Subdistrict" is an outgrowth of the deliberations
of the Golden Gate Area Master Plan Restudy Committee. The Restudy Committee was
appointed by the Collier County Board of County Commissioners in 2001 to aid staff in
updating the Golden Gate Area Master Plan (GGAMP), an element of the County's
Growth Management Plan. The proposed New Downtown Center is a concept developed
by the Restudy Committee and County Comprehensive Planning staff. As such, the New
Downtown Center (in some form) will be included within the Second Phase Amendments
to the GGAMP. The Collier County Planning Commission and the BCC will review
these amendments, during public hearings that are planned to take place during the fall of
2003.
The Restudy Committee and staff first discussed the need to establish a commercial
subdistrict within the easternmost area of Golden Gate City at the February 26, 2003
Restudy Committee meeting. The Committee recommended approval of the proposed
"East Golden Gate City Commercial Subdistrict" on March 13, 2003. As originally
recommended for approval by the Committee, the subdistrict was to include the eastern
portion of Golden Gate Parkway (east of the existing Activity Center), as well as the
commercial areas adjoining Collier Boulevard, beginning north of Golden Gate Parkway
and extending to the northern boundary of Golden Gate City.
Initially, the proposed subdistrict was to be divided into two sub-areas (Area A and Area
B). Provisions within the subdistrict were to be somewhat different for the two sub-areas.
Along Golden Gate Parkway, in Area A, the subdistrict was originally intended to
promote replacement of existing residential plex-style homes with commercial
development. In Area B, north of Golden Gate Parkway, and adjacent to Collier
Boulevard, the provisions of the subdistrict were intended to allow commercial uses to
expand into an adjacent area of multi-family structures (again, plex-style) that is felt by
some business owners to be preventing enlarging or expanding of commercial
opportunities.
Area A was to include properties adjacent to Golden Gate Parkway, beginning at the
eastern boundary of the Activity Center, and extending to Collier Boulevard. Area A did
not include the existing portion of the existing Golden Gate Commercial Infill Subdistrict
located at the southwest quadrant of the intersection of Golden Gate Parkway and Collier
Boulevard. Area B was to include commercial properties adjacent to Collier Boulevard,
extending from the immediate north of Area A to the northern boundary of Golden Gate
City. It did not include that portion of the existing Golden Gate Commercial Infill
Subdistrict located north of Green Boulevard.
On March 28, 2003, a member of the Restudy Committee and staff were invited by
Commissioner Henning to meet the Commissioner for a walking tour of the 3rd Street,
South shopping area, within the City of Naples. Commissioner Henning hoped to
promote the idea of transferring some of the design concepts used on 3ra Street, South to
Golden Gate Parkway (Area A).
Some of these design concepts include the following:
· Buildings are placed close to the street.
· "Old Florida" architectural styles (one, two or three stories, with balconies and
roof overhangs).
· Buildings may have multiple uses.
· Sidewalks are broad (a minimum of 10 feet), with connecting pedestrian
plazas on either the exterior or interior of the block (sometimes both).
· Businesses or buildings do not have individual parking lots. Instead, parking
is placed in one or more "community parking areas," generally located in the
rear of a block. The parking areas are buffered from surrounding residential
uses by hedges and/or walls. In staff' s opinion, to a person in the residential
area, the parking areas would not be intrusive.
Given the complexity of these criteria, the Restudy Committee (and staff) has decided to
separate Area A and Area B into two separate subdistricts. The provisions for Area B are
essentially unchanged. It will become the "Collier Boulevard Commercial Subdistrict
(CBCS)." Borrowing from Commissioner Henning, Area A will now become the
"Downtown Center Subdistrict (DCS)." The purpose of this item and presentation is to
provide conceptual information with regard to the DCS.
DCS CONCEPTUAL DESIGN CRITERIA:
As currently proposed by staff and the Restudy Committee, the types of uses permitted
within the Downtown Center Subdistrict are low intensity retail, offices, personal
services, and institutional uses, such as churches and day care centers. The purpose of
this Subdistrict woUld be to promote commercial and institutional development
opportunities. Therefore, existing residential units located along Golden Gate Parkway
would be required to convert to commercial use no later than five (5) years after the
effective date of the adoption of the Subdistrict. The Downtown Center Subdistrict, as
currently conceived, would not require removal of residential units that are not located
along Golden Gate Parkway. Nor, would the DCS require the removal of any residential
structures if they could be, and were, converted to uses permitted in the Subdistrict,
within one additional year. The requirement to cease existing residential uses along
Golden Gate Parkway would also not apply to owner-occupied dwelling units.
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Many of the provisions for the proposed subdistrict are likely to be modeled after the
existing Santa Barbara Commercial Subdistrict, located on the west side of Golden Gate
City. Like the Santa Barbara Commercial Subdistrict, the provisions of the DCS would
probably be implemented through some type of zoning overlay. Staff is also considering
the idea of establishing the proposed design concepts through a Planning Overlay, similar
in nature to the Bayshore/Gateway Triangle Redevelopment Overlay contained within the
County's Future Land Use Element.
However, the design concepts might be implemented, their purpose would be to create a
commercial shopping area with a pronounced pedestrian orientation. Thus, instead of
each business or building in the DCS having its own parking area, there would be some
number of shared parking areas scattered strategically throughout the area. The parking
areas themselves would ultimately not be visible from Golden Gate Parkway, although
each could have at least one access point to the Parkway.
Sidewalks, courtyards, and/or pedestrian plazas would connect buildings within the DCS.
The buildings themselves would have multiple uses. Retail shops and/or restaurants
would be located at the street level. Higher floors could have a mix of office space and
residential units, with residential only on the third floor. No structure would be allowed
to exceed 3 floors. Other important features of the new subdistrict would include:
Provisions for, and encouragement of, bicycle and pedestrian travel2
An emphasis on building aesthetics and appearance;
· Encouragement of mixed uses, including residential, in a single structure;
· Emphasis on an orderly circulation pattern for automobile, bicycle and
pedestrian traffic;
· A relation of uses to a walkable scale;
· Provision of comfortable sidewalks or pathways;
· Enhanced streetscaping in the rights-of-way and medians;
· Encouragement of common parking areas for multiple properties, as opposed
to individual parking lots for each building; and,
· Encouragement of quality designs including building facades, street lighting,
consistent signage and landscaping.
The slide presentation will focus on the above design features.
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