Productivity Committee Minutes 04/19/2000 County Government
Productivity Committee
Meeting Minutes
April 19,2000, 10:00 A.M.
Members Present: Donald Campbell, Karl Otto, Ed Ferguson, Bill Ebben, Janet Vasey, James Gibson,
Kathleen Curatolo and Pete Lehmann.
Members Absent: Commissioner Carter, Charles Getler, Beverly Edwards, Sharon Hanlon and Judith
McCaffrey
Staff: Tom 011iff, Gary Vincent, Stan Litsinger, Gavin Jones and Ilonka Washburn(Internal Audit)
Introduction: Don Campbell opened the April 19, 2000 meeting of the County Government
Productivity Committee (PC) at 10:00 A.M.
The minutes of the March 15, 2000 meeting were unanimously approved.
Tom 011iff introduced himself to the committee as the new County Manager and thanked them for their
efforts in trying to make the County a more efficient, effective and productive government. He suggested
that the committee continue to work on the large issues such as transportation, and also consider a series
of on-going smaller projects such as Human Resources, Information Technology, Satellite Government,
and Environmental Vehicles. He further suggested that, within the larger issue of transportation, the
committee focus on the following two key elements: 1)the planning process for the community's
transportation network does not provide an acceptable transportation system in real life, and 2)the
funding currently provided for transportation construction does not appear to be sufficient to provide an
acceptable transportation system.
He then summarized the changes he had already made to fix the transportation problem in Collier County,
and described the progress that the county staff is making.
Transportation Project:
Gavin Jones provided an overview of the Metropolitan Planning Organization(MPO) and his role in
transportation planning. He then described the MPO's long and short range plans, and explained the
Level of Service (LOS) standards and how they are determined.
Stan Litsinger explained the Annual Updated Inventory Report(AUIR) and provided some background
information concerning the concurrency plan requirement to have road improvements under construction
within 3 years of that segment of road becoming deficient.
Don Campbell asked what would be the one thing that would have the most impact on improving the
transportation problem. Gavin Jones replied that changing the land use plan on how development takes
place would have the greatest impact.
The committee decided on three action areas to pursue and organized three subcommittees for that
purpose.
The three areas are:
1. The LOS letter grade standard and the three year concurrency timetable—Karl Otto and Bill Ebben.
2. Land use—Janet Vasey and Peter Lehmann.
3. Bonding—Jim Gibson
Comments/Suggestions:
The committee decided to schedule the next two meetings for May 17 at 4:00 p.m. and June 21 at 4:00
p.m.
The meeting adjourned at 11:55 A.M.
The next meeting will be Wednesday, May 17th, at 4:00 P.M. in the County Manager's Conference
Room on the 2nd floor of the W. Harmon Turner Building (Bldg F, Administration Bldg).
cc: Commissioner Barbara Berry Tom 011iff, County Manager
Commissioner Pamela Mac'Kie Mike Smykowski, Budget Director
Commissioner John Norris
Commissioner Timothy Constantine