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Agenda 10/24/2017 Item # 2B10/24/2017 COLLIER COUNTY Board of County Commissioners Item Number: 2.B Item Summary: September 26, 2017 BCC/Regular Meeting Minutes Meeting Date: 10/24/2017 Prepared by: Title: Executive Secretary to County Manager – County Manager's Office Name: MaryJo Brock 10/12/2017 8:31 AM Submitted by: Title: County Manager – County Manager's Office Name: Leo E. Ochs 10/12/2017 8:31 AM Approved By: Review: County Manager's Office MaryJo Brock County Manager Review Completed 10/12/2017 8:32 AM Board of County Commissioners MaryJo Brock Meeting Pending 10/24/2017 9:00 AM 2.B Packet Pg. 12 September 26, 2017 Page 1 TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Naples, Florida, September 26, 2017 LET IT BE REMEMBERED, that the Board of County Commissioners, in and for the County of Collier, and also acting as the Board of Zoning Appeals and as the governing board(s) of such special districts as have been created according to law and having conducted business herein, met on this date at 9:00 a.m., in REGULAR SESSION in Building "F" of the Government Complex, East Naples, Florida, with the following members present: CHAIRMAN: Penny Taylor Andrew Solis Donna Fiala William L. McDaniel, Jr. Burt L. Saunders ALSO PRESENT: Leo Ochs, County Manager Nick Casalanguida, Deputy County Manager Jeffrey A. Klatzkow, County Attorney Crystal Kinzel, Director of Finance & Accounting Troy Miller, Communications & Customer Relations September 26, 2017 Page 2 MR. OCHS: Madam Chair, you have a live mike. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you very much. Good morning. It's wonderful to see so many people here. We hope that you have recovered as much as you can from -- a friend of mine calls it -- Irmageddon. And we are here right now. Isn't that wonderful? It brought a smile to my face. We are very lucky. We have an incredible staff. We're going to have a report a little bit later in the meeting from Dan Summers who's going to -- who's still, by the way, in response. It's not recovery yet for Dan. So he's going to come and deliver what he knows to date. We hope that you can stay for this. Item #1A INVOCATION BY PASTOR MICHAEL BANNON CROSSROADS COMMUNITY CHURCH OF NAPLES - INVOCATION GIVEN COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: And at this point I guess we will stand and have an invocation by Pastor Michael Bannon of Crossroads Community. And, Commissioner Fiala, would you lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance? COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, I will. First the prayer, though? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: First the prayer. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Okay. Thank you. PASTOR BANNON: Thank you. We have much to be thankful for, so let's pray. Lord God, we thank you that in your providence we were spared a storm surge that was predicted to be bad. We're thankful for how -- in the aftermath of a storm, how desirable "normal" is and how we desire September 26, 2017 Page 3 to get back to it. Father, I thank you for our county commissioners and all our county workers who served us, sometimes at the expense of their own places; for the sheriff's deputies and EMTs and firefighters and hospital workers who also served us in this storm. Father, I thank you for utility workers and tree clearers and all the folks who were busy making our roads passible again and restoring our electric and our cable and internet and all the things that we rely on. Thank you, Lord God. I thank you for those who came from out of state to serve us as well; grateful to see those trucks from Alabama and Georgia and elsewhere and thankful for the concern and care. Father, I thank you as well for the great displays of neighborliness and citizenry that have occurred in these few weeks after the storm, and I pray that you would stir our hearts that such things might continue. Father, for the -- our fellow citizens in Puerto Rico and for the folks in Haiti and others who were in the path of Hurricane Maria, our hearts go out to them. We pray, Lord God, that the damage was not as bad as anticipated. Father, we pray that, just as we were helped in our recovery, that others would help as well. Perhaps we, even ourselves, would help. Father, for our county commissioners now, as they deliberate and make decisions that would affect us for the future, I pray that you would bless them with great wisdom and insight, great camaraderie as they work together to help respond to our need and restore our county. For our own selves, Lord God, that we might be faithful citizens and that we would be their co-workers in the efforts going forward. And so, Father, we dedicate this meeting to you. Glorify your name we pray. Amen. (The Pledge of Allegiance was recited in unison.) September 26, 2017 Page 4 COMMISSIONER FIALA: And with that, unlike football players, we're standing with our hats over our hearts, and please put your hand over your heart and say with me... (The Pledge of Allegiance was recited in unison.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: County Manager? Item #2A APPROVAL OF TODAY'S REGULAR, CONSENT AND SUMMARY AGENDA AS AMENDED (EX PARTE DISCLOSURE PROVIDED BY COMMISSION MEMBERS FOR CONSENT AND SUMMARY AGENDA.) - APPROVED AND/OR ADOPTED W/CHANGES; MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM #16F1 TO THE NEXT MEETING; COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL OPPOSED TO ITEM #17H; COMMISSIONER FIALA AND COMMISSIONER TAYLOR OPPOSED TO ITEM #16A45; COMMISSIONER SOLIS ABSTAINED FROM VOTING ON ITEM #16A2, ITEM #16A17, ITEM #16A38 AND ITEM #16K20 DUE TO CONFLICT MR. OCHS: Thank you, Madam Chair. Good morning, Commissioners. These are the proposed agenda changes for the Board of County Commissioners meeting of September 26th, 2017. The first proposed change is to move Item 16E11 from the consent agenda to become Item 11I. This is a recommendation to renew an Annual Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for a Class 2 medical transport service. That move is made at Commissioner Saunders' request. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Madam Chair? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes, of course. September 26, 2017 Page 5 COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Could I ask a quick question? My understanding is that's going to have to be continued. I had a conversation with the County Attorney about that? Is that correct? MR. KLATZKOW: We can continue it. My suggestion was that the applicant file an addenda to the application. There had been a change in ownership. The wife had passed away. The husband now owns it. And we could bring it back in a couple of weeks. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: I think as opposed to placing it on the agenda, I think they need to provide additional information because of the change in ownership. That has to go through a normal process. So I would request that this just be continued. COMMISSIONER FIALA: I'll second that motion. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. That's fine. MR. OCHS: Good. Yeah. We'll just -- we'll make that a continuance to the next meeting. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. MR. OCHS: Thank you. The next proposed change is to withdraw Item 16E24 from your consent agenda. That's at the staff's request. The next proposed change is to add Item 16HI onto the Board of County Commissioners consent agenda. This is a proclamation designating October 10, 2017, as the Republic of China Taiwan Day. That was an add-on at Commissioner Taylor's request. The next proposed change is to add Item 16H2. This is also a proclamation that will go on the Board's consent agenda recognizing Florence Jelks, the former Pinecrest Elementary School Principal in Immokalee, and this item was added at Commissioner McDaniel's request. The next proposed change is to move Item 16K12 from your county attorney consent agenda to become Item 12A under the regular September 26, 2017 Page 6 county attorney agenda. This is a move made at Commissioner Solis' request having to do with reappointment of five members to the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee. The next proposed change is to withdraw Item 16K17. That was a duplication. You have a similar action under your summary agenda today, Commissioners, and that's at the County Attorney's request. The next proposed change is to move Item 17D from your summary agenda to become Item 9D under your advertised public hearings. This is an amendment to the Lords Way RPUD. This was made at Commissioner Fiala's request. We have two time-certain items this morning, Commissioners. The first is Item 10A. That will be heard at 11 a.m.; and 11D will be heard at 11:15 a.m. And those are all the changes that I have, Madam Chair. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you very much. So now we'll -- any more changes or amendments to the minutes? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Two. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I'd like to suggest that Item 16F, the absentia approval for the board meetings that didn't transpire while we were on break, I'd like to continue that item until our next meeting just to be -- and I'd like to also ask that it get loaded up onto Minute Tracks with all of the backup data and everything so that we can have a proper amount of time to be able to go through and review -- review that item. 16F. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: The item or the minutes or the whole meeting that we didn't -- COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: The meetings -- there were three -- that we are being asked to approve in absentia. And I'm asking to continue that until our next meeting just -- and have those -- have those meetings and the agendas loaded up with all of the backup data September 26, 2017 Page 7 onto the Minute Tracks so that we have an appropriate period of time to review and approve. I did check with staff and the Clerk's Office, and there is no -- you know, when the Deputy County Manager and I spoke, we were concerned about maybe holding up payments, and that's not, in fact, going to transpire. That's one request that I would like to see. And do we need to have a motion and a second on all that -- on that? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. COMMISSIONER FIALA: It's 16F what? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: 16F -- 16FA, I believe. Number one. COMMISSIONER FIALA: One. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I don't -- I can look at it. I had 16F in my notes, so if you want a moment, I can -- MR. OCHS: 16F1, Madam Chair. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yes. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Okay. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And it was -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: -- the three board meetings that transpired while we were on break. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It's the -- yeah, the -- it's the -- what the County Manager authorized/ratified during our summer recess. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Correct. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. All right. Well, do I hear -- as long as we're not holding up payment and this doesn't challenge you at this very stressful time. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: By no means -- just as a point of clarification, this is no reflection on the County Manager or the operations while we were on break. This is just a request for an September 26, 2017 Page 8 appropriate period of time to review that voluminous amount of information. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. All right. Do I hear a motion, or I'm sure that's your motion. Do I hear a second? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: That is my motion. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: I'll second that. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. All those in favor, say aye. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign. (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries -- COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Second -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Carries unanimously. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Forgive me, ma'am. And the second is Item 17H. We don't need to pull it. We don't need to have a discussion. I pretty much know how you all already feel. I just would like it to be noted that I am in dissent on that item with regard to the continuance of the moratorium. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. So noted. And any ex parte to declare except for the one that's been pulled to move to our regular agenda? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: The only ex parte I have on the consent and summary is Item 17G. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And I do have email correspondence with regard to that item. Other than that, no. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right. Thank you very much. September 26, 2017 Page 9 Commissioner Fiala. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yeah. You know, there were two that I wanted to not vote on. I was talking to you about them, Leo. Do you remember what the numbers are real quickly? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: You have to keep notes. MR. OCHS: Ma'am, let's see. 16A45, I believe. COMMISSIONER FIALA: That was one of them, yes. MR. OCHS: You did not want to vote in favor on that item, but you didn't want to pull it from the consent. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Right, right. I just wanted to go on record as not voting for it. MR. OCHS: Yes, ma'am. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: And there was another one? COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yes. But I can't remember what it is either. MR. MILLER: Madam Chair, if you pardon me. Now might be a good time to bring up I have two registered speakers on consent-agenda items, and one of them is for 16A45. Isn't that the one you're discussing? COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yes. MR. MILLER: I have a speaker for 16A45 and a speaker for 16E11. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Maybe we ought to pull those items. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Well, I think we probably need to hear from the speakers before we -- MR. OCHS: E11 was just continued by this board, so I don't think you need to take that one. MR. MILLER: Okay. So 16A45, David Schaefer. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Mr. Schaefer? MR. SCHAEFER: I asked to speak in the event there were any -- September 26, 2017 Page 10 CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: You need to come to the microphone, sir. MR. SCHAEFER: Sorry. It's my first time. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: That's quite all right. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: You won't be able to say that twice. MR. SCHAEFER: Thank you. I asked to speak in the event that there were any questions regarding this particular matter since this was held over from a prior meeting, so... CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Could you identify yourself, please, sir. MR. SCHAEFER: Yes. My name is David Schaefer, and I represent the Florida PACE Funding Agency. We are Counterpoint Energy Solutions. We're the program administrator for the agency. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you. I don't think we're discussing this now. It's on the consent agenda, so it hasn't been pulled for regular discussion. So thank you very much. MR. SCHAEFER: Okay. Thank you. Thank you for your consideration. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: You're welcome. Okay. So you would like to pull 16A45? MR. OCHS: No. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Or you want to note that you -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: No. I was just -- MR. OCHS: She's voting against it. COMMISSIONER FIALA: -- going to note that I'm not going to vote for it. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes. Okay. And that's it? COMMISSIONER FIALA: No, no. I have another one. Let's see. I have 16D22. Just pull it onto the regular agenda. And, you know, and I had some questions on another one, but I'm not going to take the time at this meeting to ask them. Afterwards -- I forgot to ask September 26, 2017 Page 11 Leo yesterday, so I'll ask you afterwards, Leo, and that was 16D29. But I'll just ask you. It's simple questions. MR. OCHS: Thank you, ma'am. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Twenty-nine or 22? COMMISSIONER FIALA: Twenty-nine. I'm also -- I'm pulling 16D22. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Okay. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Move to the regular agenda. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yes. MR. OCHS: 16D22 -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: D22. MR. OCHS: -- will become Item 11J. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right. Commissioner Solis? COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Um -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, do you want ex parte? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Oh, yes. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Okay. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I'm so sorry. COMMISSIONER FIALA: No. That's okay. All I have to do is find it, and I know I have it here. All I need to do is find it. There we go. Okay. On item number -- now, these are just the consent-agenda items. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And summary. COMMISSIONER FIALA: And summary, yes, thank you. On 17G I just had an email, that's all. On 16A50, also an email. On 16A3 I met with the representative on that from Wawa and had discussions with staff. And that's it for the consent and summary. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. Very good. Thank you very much, Commissioner Fiala. September 26, 2017 Page 12 Commissioner Solis? COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Okay. First off, I have -- there's a -- I have a couple of conflicts on the consent agenda. It's 16A2, 16A17, and 16A38 are related to Lennar Properties. And I have a conflict with voting on those, so I won't be voting on those matters; and 16K20, which relates to the industrial development authority bonds, I also have a conflict. Not really a conflict, but I think I would rather abstain because one of my partners represents the owner of the property; not the charter school, but the owner of the property. So I'll be abstaining on those four matters. As far as ex parte on the consent agenda and the summary agenda, I don't have anything to disclose. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you. Commissioner Saunders? COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: I have no ex parte on the summary agenda and no changes. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right. Thank you very much. I have one modification on the minutes of the RFMUD workshop we had on June the 20th. Specifically, I'd like to add, under recommendations, this phrase: The speaker also noted that the great recession starting in 2008 was also a deterrent to the development of villages in the rural fringe mixed-use district. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Say that again. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: The speaker also noted that the great recession starting in 2008 was also a deterrent to the development of villages in the rural fringe mixed-use district. The discussion was what -- the question came in our conversation, why weren't these -- why has nothing happened in the rural fringe? Why haven't villages started there? And the speaker said it has all to do with the county because the county's code is not facilitating the development of these villages, and then the speaker also added "and the great recession." So I'd like that September 26, 2017 Page 13 noted within the minutes, if there's no objection. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: That was a recorded meeting, wasn't it? Is that part of the -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It's not verbatim. Because it's a workshop. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Okay. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It's a workshop. It's not a meeting. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Sure, sure, sure. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Which number is that again? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: That will be under 2D. COMMISSIONER FIALA: 2D? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I'm sorry, not 2D. 2B; B as in boy. MR. OCHS: Madam Chair? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes. MR. OCHS: If I might, before you move on too far, you may want to get a motion and a second to approve today's regular, consent, and summary agenda. I don't know that you did that. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: She hasn't stated her changes yet. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Well, I was going to do that -- I haven't -- I'm not there yet. I know. MR. OCHS: Sorry. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: So if there's no objection? COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: I have no objection. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: None; no. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay, good. And as far as ex parte, I have on 9A correspondence and email, and for the item that's been pulled for the regular agenda, I'll declare ex parte at that time. So -- MR. OCHS: Madam Chair? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes. MR. OCHS: I believe you also wanted to vote no on that September 26, 2017 Page 14 consent-agenda item having to do with the PACE issue. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you very much. Yes. And I also, on 6A45, will vote no on that. Let that be noted. MR. OCHS: 16A45, yes. COMMISSIONER FIALA: 16? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: 16A45, okay. We're a little -- got a little cobwebs up here, but we're moving along here, so... COMMISSIONER FIALA: Well, it's been a long summer and a difficult one. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Just for clarification, though, we're only doing ex partes on the consent agenda. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And summary. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes. MR. OCHS: Consent and summary, yes. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: I think you just -- you said nine something. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Oh, yes, I did. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: I wanted to make sure. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Excuse me. There we go. So I have no ex parte whatsoever on the consent or summary agenda. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Are you sure about that? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: No. Where's Starbucks when you need it, right? Thank you very much. Okay. So do I hear a motion to accept the agenda and the minutes as so noted and noting Commissioner Solis' exceptions and Commissioner Fiala and my exceptions. COMMISSIONER FIALA: So moved. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And mine. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: And Commissioner McDaniel's. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Since you're going to make them. I'll make the motion, by the way. September 26, 2017 Page 15 CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: You made the motion? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I'll make the motion to accept the agenda as amended. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I think you can second it because I think Commissioner Fiala made it. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Oh, I didn't hear you. Forgive me. COMMISSIONER FIALA: That's all right. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those in favor, say aye. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign. You can put this in the minutes: Phew. We got through it. Okay. All right. Very good. Just on a lighter note, we do have a new artist here, and her name -- well, her name is Adorable. Her name is Adorable Monique, and she is an award-winning artist and proud Collier County resident, and her art is infused with bright, vivid colors and bold designs. So thank you very much, Ms. Monique. Very good. COMMISSIONER FIALA: They are so beautiful. September 26, 2017 Page 16 Item #2B, #2C and #2D JUNE 20, 2017 - BCC/MASTER PLAN UPDATE/RURAL FRINGE MIXED USE DISTRICT WORKSHOP - APPROVED AS AMENDED; JUNE 27, 2017 - BCC/REGULAR MEETING MINUTES - APPROVED AS PRESENTED AND JULY 11, 2017 - BCC/REGULAR MEETING MINUTES - APPROVED AS PRESENTED MR. OCHS: Madam Chair, if you don't mind, if we could get motions on 2B, 2C, and 2D, just for the record. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Sure. Okay. So let's -- so you want them separately? MR. OCHS: Yes, ma'am. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. So 2B? You're saying 2 -- MR. OCHS: Yeah. You made some changes -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes. MR. OCHS: -- but I don't know that we had a motion and a second on that item. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yeah. I think there was a consensus but not -- so can I hear -- have a motion on 2B with the modification that I brought forward and explained to the Board? COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: I'll move to approve. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Second. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those in favor, say aye. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign. September 26, 2017 Page 17 (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries unanimously. 2C, which is BCC regular meeting minutes, do I hear a motion? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: So moved. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Second. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those in favor, say aye. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign. (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries unanimously. 2D, July 11, BCC regular meeting minutes, do I hear a motion? COMMISSIONER FIALA: Motion to approve. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Motion by Commissioner Fiala. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Second. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Second by Commissioner Saunders. All those in favor, say aye. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign. (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you very much. It carries unanimously. MR. OCHS: Thank you, Madam Chair. That moves us to Item 3 on your agenda, awards and September 26, 2017 Page 18 recognitions. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: The best part of this meeting. Item #3D1 RECOGNIZING SILVIA PUENTE, LIBRARY PROGRAM SPECIALIST, PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS THE JULY 2017 EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH – RECOGNIZED MR. OCHS: Yes, ma'am, a great way to kick off the meeting. And this is Item 3D1. It's a recommendation to recognize Silvia Puente, our Library Program Specialist in the Public Services Department, as the July 2017 Employee of the Month. Silvia, if you'd please step forward. (Applause.) MR. OCHS: I'll read a little about Silvia after her picture here. Okay. Stay right there, Silvia, while I embarrass you for a moment, here. Commissioners, Silvia's been a member of our staff for the past 16 years serving in our Immokalee library branch. She's a program specialist, but she also manages the Immokalee library branch sometimes with just one other employee. She always maintains a positive attitude and is very appreciative of all the help provided by other libraries and always tries to reciprocate when she can. She's a member of the Immokalee Interagency Council and is also a founding board member and current director of the Collier Resource Center, which is an information and referral resource in our Immokalee community. Silvia is known as a go-to person in the community, always a can-do attitude. She exhibits a great sense of pride in the staff and in her library system and certainly in the community, and these are just a September 26, 2017 Page 19 few of the many reasons that she's so deserving of this Employee of the Month award, Commissioners. It's my pleasure to recognize Silvia Puente, Library Program Specialist, as your July 2017 Employee of the Month. Congratulations, Silvia. Okay. You're duly embarrassed now. You can sit down. MS. PUENTE: Actually, I wanted to take a couple minutes. MR. OCHS: Please. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I was just going to say, can we have a speech. MR. OCHS: Silvia? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Go to the microphone. MR. OCHS: You need to step up to the podium, please. We'll put you on the record. MS. PUENTE: I just want to take the opportunity to thank all of you, my library staff particularly. Working with the county for 16 years has been an amazing ride, and we are a great team. We also partner with a lot of other county departments out at the Immokalee library. And, Commissioner McDaniel, you see right now, the Immokalee library is a huge hub for the hurricane recovery of Irma right now. So, again, I just -- I'm grateful to be a county employee. It's a great honor to be selected that but I just thank my library team members, my director, and also all other county departments that we collaborate together. Thank you. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Thank you. (Applause.) Item #4 PROCLAMATIONS - ONE MOTION TAKEN TO ADOPT ALL September 26, 2017 Page 20 PROCLAMATIONS – ADOPTED Item #4A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 AS HUNGER ACTION DAY IN COLLIER COUNTY. ACCEPTED BY KAROLE DAVIS, MAJOR GIFTS OFFICER FOR THE HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK IN COLLIER COUNTY – ADOPTED MR. OCHS: That takes us to Item 4 on the agenda, proclamations. Item 4A is a proclamation designating September 14, 2017, as Hunger Action Day in Collier County. To be accepted by Karole Davis, Major Gifts Officer for the Harry Chapin Food Bank in Collier County. Karole? (Applause.) MS. DAVIS: Good morning. My name is Karole Davis. I'm the major gifts person here in Collier County for the Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida. We've been hard at work since before the hurricane, actually. And while there's a sense of normalcy just starting to return, we know we've got a long way to go to recover, rebuild, and restore here in Southwest Florida, and in particular here in Collier County. Many people don't know that right here in Collier County the food bank provides over 4 million pounds of food every year through our partner agencies and through our own emergency food pantries. So far since the hurricane we have had 42 emergency food pantries. We usually do 20 to 25 a month, but in the past couple weeks we're at 42. We've had 50 semitrailers full of food coming through our Fort Myers warehouse down here into Collier and the other four counties we serve. We're grateful for the partnership. We're grateful for this September 26, 2017 Page 21 wonderful community that we live in. And we're in it for the long haul. We'll be here to partner with everybody in need for the time being and in the future, too. I look forward to inviting all of you to our new Naples facility opening soon. Thank you very much. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Leo, could I just ask, where is the facility that you're welcoming us to soon? MS. DAVIS: Right off of Prospect Avenue, which is where Michelbob's Ribs is off Airport Road. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Thank you. MR. OCHS: Thank you. Item #4B PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 2017 AS NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH IN COLLIER COUNTY. ACCEPTED BY MULTIPLE ADVOCATES FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE RECOVERY – ADOPTED MR. OCHS: Item 4B is a proclamation designating September 2017 as National Recovery Month in Collier County. To be accepted by Sergeant Leslie Weidenhammer of the Collier County Sheriff's Office on behalf of the Criminal Justice Mental Health Substance Abuse Planning Council. Also attending are Scott Burgess and his team from the David Lawrence Center; Beverly Belleau and her team from the First Program; Pamela Baker from NOMI of Collier County; and Judge Janeice Martin from the Collier County treatment courts. If you'd all please step forward. (Applause.) JUDGE MARTIN: I have about 15 others. Do you want them all up? September 26, 2017 Page 22 CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes. MR. OCHS: Squeeze in there, ladies. Third row. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: We're going to give Ms. Fiala a stump to stand on. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Anybody have a ladder for me? (Applause.) SERGEANT WEIDENHAMMER: I'd like to thank the commissioners for accepting the proclamation to recognize this month, and it's sort of ironic that it's National Recovery Month. I'm just going to be brief. Usually I come up here with numbers and everything, but I'm not going to do that today. We are in recovery. As you saw many of the faces up here from our treatment courts, this is just a small fraction of our community who is going through a recovery; not just from Irma, but they're facing recovery every day. We all have had our hands in recovery, rebuilding, restoring the last couple weeks, and we all know how difficult that has been. But we have lots of people in our community, our families, our neighbors, our brothers, our sisters, who are in recovery every day, and they're fighting, battling that storm. And we've done a very good job as a community reaching out giving our hand. Please don't forget these folks that are going through that, because on the other side of that, as I said, are our children of our community, who we don't see, and people rebuilding lives every day. And give all of these folks here in recovery a hand for coming forward and being present for this. (Applause.) SERGEANT WEIDENHAMMER: So I thank you. I thank everybody on the treatment court teams and in our community and the partnerships that we have. And I didn't identify myself, but I'm Sergeant Leslie Weidenhammer, and I'm sorry about that. I'm with the Sheriff's Office. September 26, 2017 Page 23 Scott? MR. BURGESS: I'll be very brief. Scott Burgess with David Lawrence Center. Leslie really said it all. But one thing that I would like to remind everybody is before there was this state of emergency here in Florida related to the hurricane, there's been a state of emergency here in Florida related to the opioid epidemic, and nationally and, we know, mental health as well. So while we know the challenges are great, we know that the opportunities are even greater, and we know that recovery is possible and we know that it's the expectation rather than the exception when people have their proper care. So we thank you. I want to underscore what Leslie said about the partnership. We could not be effective in helping provide recovery and hope and restoring and rebuilding lives if it weren't for all of us working together, from the county commissioners, to the Sheriff's Office, to the judiciary, to treatment providers, to our recovery environment and our peer support specialists, NOMI, everybody's working together, and that's what it requires in order for us to really achieve full recovery for our community. So I thank you for being active partners with us in this recovery process. Thank you so much for the proclamation. (Applause.) Item #4C PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 AS NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY IN COLLIER COUNTY. ACCEPTED BY JENNIFER J. EDWARDS, COLLIER COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS, ALONG WITH MELISSA BLAZIER, ALEX BREAULT, HEATHER DOANE September 26, 2017 Page 24 AND TRISH ROBERTSON – ADOPTED MR. OCHS: Item 4C is a proclamation designating September 26th, 2017, as National Voter Registration Day in Collier County. To be accepted by our wonderful Supervisor of Elections, Jennifer Edwards, along with her staff; Melissa Blazer, Alex Breault, Heather Doane, and Trish Robertson. (Applause.) MR. OCHS: Picture. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: What are you giggling about? COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Yeah, we're supposed to be smiling. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I did the slide shuffle to get into the picture. MS. EDWARDS: Good morning. Thank you very much for this proclamation. I'm very proud of our staff. Leo, thank you for introducing them. They are always working hard to put our name out in the community to remind people to register to vote and to vote. And, to that end, I want to remind you that in the last election cycle in the general election, Collier County led the state. We had an 87 percent turnout. (Applause.) COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Nice. MS. EDWARDS: Yes. I always say we get them registered, but it's up to the parties and the candidates to get them out to vote. So we appreciate everyone that gets out to vote. I also would want to add that we are out and about in the community. We want to maintain the momentum that we have coming off the last election cycle. And we are going to be -- as a matter of fact, we're outside. We're right outside this building this morning registering folks to vote. So if you have a change to your address or your name or any change to your record, please stop outside and make September 26, 2017 Page 25 that change. We also will be at the Crunch Fitness Center, and that's from 5:00 till 7:30 this evening. We'll be at the driver's license office on Airport Road. We'll be at the Golden Gate library, and we'll be at the Greentree Tax Collector's Office. So we're at these different places across the county today to assist and make voter registration more convenient. So thank you all for the proclamation, and thank you for your ongoing support of the elections office. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: You betcha. (Applause.) Item #4D PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 17-23, 2017 AS CONSTITUTION WEEK IN COLLIER COUNTY. ACCEPTED BY JULIANA MEEK, CHAPTER REGENT, AND MEMBERS OF THE NAPLES-ON-THE-GULF CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION – ADOPTED MR. OCHS: Item 4D is a proclamation designating September 17 through the 23rd as Constitution Week in Collier County. To be accepted by Juliana Meek, Chapter Regent of the Naples on the Gulf chapter of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution. (Applause.) MS. MEEK: Hello. I'm Juliana Meek and I'm with the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. We're a nonpolitical civic organization. Our politics began and ended with the revolutionary war, as we like to say. We're 180,000 strong worldwide with just over 10,000 members here in Florida, and September 26, 2017 Page 26 our efforts are in patriotism, historic preservation, education and, of course, with Irma our efforts currently are to raise funds for schools and veterans who are severely impacted by Irma. So thank you so much for this proclamation. Again, this goes along with our patriotism efforts. Thank you so much for your time. Thank you. (Applause.) MR. OCHS: Madam Chair, if I could get a motion to approve today's proclamations. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Motion to approve today's proclamations. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Do I hear a second? COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Second. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those -- COMMISSIONER SOLIS: There are two more? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: No. That's it. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Okay. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those in favor, say aye. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign. (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries unanimously. MR. OCHS: Thank you very much. Item #5A PRESENTATION OF THE COLLIER COUNTY BUSINESS OF September 26, 2017 Page 27 THE MONTH FOR SEPTEMBER 2017 TO BEAR'S PLUMBING OF SOUTH FLORIDA, INC. ACCEPTED BY DAN ANDERMAN AND CHRIS STEPHENS. ALSO PRESENT IS BETHANY SAWYER REPRESENTING THE GREATER NAPLES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE – PRESENTED MR. OCHS: That takes us to Item 5 on today's agenda. It's presentations. Item 5A is a presentation of the Collier County Business of the Month for September 2017 to Bear's Plumbing of South Florida, Incorporated, to be accepted by Dan Anderman and also members of the Chamber. If you'd please step forward. (Applause.) MR. ANDERMAN: I'd just like to say a few words. Number one, thank you, Commissioners, for -- and the Naples Chamber for the recognition. We've been in business here in Collier County since 1982. We presently have 94 employees. And I have been here since 1973. Donna and I have had some children grow up together. And so it has been a wonderful place to live and a wonderful place to be an employer. And, again, thank you for the recognition. MR. OCHS: Madam Chair, in consideration of the time for our public petitioner, maybe it would be appropriate to take that before the update from Mr. Summers. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes, I would agree. Thank you very much. MR. OCHS: Thank you. Item #6A PUBLIC PETITION FROM KATHERINE CARROLL September 26, 2017 Page 28 REQUESTING THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS REIMBURSE PERMITTING FEES PAID BY FIRE VICTIMS MR. KURTH ($2,376.85) AND MR. LEBUFF ($2,395.42) - MOTION TO BRING BACK AS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM – APPROVED MR. OCHS: We'll move to Item 6A. This is a public petition request from Katherine Carroll requesting that the Board of County Commissioners reimburse permitting fees paid by fire victims Mr. Kurth and Mr. LeBuff. MS. CARROLL: Hi. MR. OCHS: Good morning. MS. CARROLL: Good morning. I'm Katherine Carroll, and I've been helping the LeBuffs and the Kurths for -- pretty much since it happened. And we've made a lot of great efforts and moved forward. We've already got their permits with all the help from the people at the Building Department. And we've reached out to a lot of trades in the community, and they've donated not only time but materials, concrete for the slabs, doors, windows, roofing products, and the company I work with, some of the designers have couches and chairs and cabinets and such that we'll be putting into the home at that time. Everything that we're doing is through fundraising and donations. And I know that the money that we paid -- that they paid for the permits isn't a lot, but it's a lot to us to help rebuild these homes. And they lost literally everything: Pots and pan. I mean, we really have to rebuild from the ground up. And this is just another one of my efforts to try to help both of the families in any way that I can. So I ask if you would please be so kind as to maybe donate back to the fund and help them rebuild their homes from the tragic fire that they went through in March. COMMISSIONER FIALA: And you're only asking for the September 26, 2017 Page 29 permitting fees; you're not asking us to build a house or anything like that, right? MS. CARROLL: Well, you can build the house if you'd like, but no, no -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: I just wanted to make it really -- MS. CARROLL: -- just the permitting fees that are listed in the agenda -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: -- clear to people. MS. CARROLL: Yes. I didn't know if you wanted me to say the figures out loud or -- COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: No, they're -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: Sure. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Well, you can if you wish, sure. MS. CARROLL: Okay. Well, the Kurths paid $2,376.85 for their permit, and the LeBuffs paid $2,395.42 for their permit. And we're just asking very kindly if we could have it reimbursed so we could put it towards windows or towels or bed linens or clothes or, you know, a roof, doors, and tile. There's lots of things. We need to get everything donated, and there are things that we're going to have to pay for. And we've done a lot fundraisers and things like that, Go Fund Me. And we do have some money but not enough. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Commissioner McDaniel? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I think, procedurally, don't we need to, in order to formally vote on this, advertise it, bring forward an executive summary and -- to effectuate this? MR. OCHS: Yes, sir. It's a two-step process. The Board can either take no action or direct a future staff item to come back addressing a particular petition. I would just like to remind the Board -- COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I would like that. September 26, 2017 Page 30 MR. OCHS: -- this is an Enterprise Fund. It's not a waiver situation. The General Fund, if you decide to not pursue these fees, will backfill the building permit Enterprise Fund. And while I certainly empathize with these individuals, you have many more right now that are going to be in the same situation. So please be cognizant of whatever precedent you may set on this. And, again, you're not taking any action today, as Commissioner McDaniel correctly points out. You're either deciding to take no action or direct the staff to come back with an item. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I'd like to hear -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Commissioner Saunders? COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: I was going to mention the same thing that the County Manager said in terms of there are a lot of folks that have been impacted by Hurricane Irma as well, and so when this comes back -- and I support bringing it back for consideration -- I'd like for staff to kind of -- perhaps you can kind of give us an idea of what this may mean in terms of if we can take the same approach with, you know, folks that lost their homes or need repairs to their homes. I mean, this goes beyond just if there's a total destruction. So we need to make some policy decisions as to how far we want to go with that. So I just would ask staff to kind of help us out with that in terms of information when this comes back. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Well, if I may, as of September 25th -- and this will change -- from Hurricane Irma, with 60 percent of the value being affected, there are 363 homes in District 1; 645 mobile homes in District 4. That's my district -- 25 -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: Bayshore, right? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yeah. So we're looking at residential, at least right now, total known estimated damages are $212 million from Irma. So I think we need -- we will have more of this -- we need to have September 26, 2017 Page 31 that time to really consider this. So thank you very much. So do I hear a motion to -- COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I'd like to hear from staff, if I may. And Jamie was standing there. And then I'll make the motion to bring it back for an actual approval. MR. FRENCH: Good morning, Commissioners. Jamie French, for the record. I'm the Deputy Department Head for the Growth Management Department. Commissioners, I think the County Manager summed it up well. This is an enterprise fund. It receives no General Fund benefit. So if we're not in the permitting business, we're not in business. I would only point back to 2009/2010 when we did go through a recessionary period, Growth Management was probably the hardest hit with staff layoffs and cutbacks. We reduced our staff by about 142 people and still took no General Fund contribution other than what Mr. Isackson was able to help us with planning and zoning. But for the most part, as I said before, the Building Department stands on its own and supports itself. The only thing I would remind you is that fees, as far as county making a request to FEMA, fees are not reimbursable to local governments; whereas, they are part of the recovery for those that are insured for those that would receive federal assistance. It goes into that cost. It may not cover all of it, but it is a recoverable expense more so on the user end than it is on the government side. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Thank you. With that, I'd like to make a motion to -- and if you wish, I'll do the executive summary to bring it back for formal consideration. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Okay. And did Commissioner Saunders want to second that? COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Yeah, I'll second that. MR. OCHS: Do you want us to broaden that when we come back September 26, 2017 Page 32 to address the other issues that you mentioned, Commissioner? COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Yeah. I think if we're going to make a policy -- if we're going to make a decision on this issue, that's a policy issue that I think we'd have to be somewhat consistent for other circumstances. MR. OCHS: Yes. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: So, yeah, I think we just need to have some -- MR. OCHS: Yes. Mr. Cohen's already done some survey work with other counties, and we'll be well prepared when we come back to share that with you. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: So when this comes back, we'll have a better idea of the extent of what we could be looking at as far as requests like this in the future, right? MR. OCHS: Yes, sir. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Okay. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. So we have a motion on the floor. MR. OCHS: We'll bring that back as a staff item at your next meeting. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Good. Thank you. All right. So there's a motion on the floor and a second. All those in favor, say aye. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign. (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you very much. September 26, 2017 Page 33 MS. CARROLL: Thank you. Item #5B HURRICANE IRMA STATUS REPORT WITH DAN SUMMERS, BUREAU OF EMERGENCY SERVICES DIVISION DIRECTOR - STATUS UPDATE; MOTION TO HAVE A WORKSHOP ON NOVEMBER 7, 2017 – APPROVED; A STATUS UPDATE WILL BE PROVIDED AT EVERY MEETING MR. OCHS: Madam Chair, that takes us to Item 5B. This is a status report on Hurricane Irma provided by Dan Summers, your Director of the Bureau of Emergency Services. And I would just remind the Board before Dan starts that this is a status report, not an after-action review. And while that's certainly something that we'll want to spend a lot of time on, I don't believe we're at that point today where we want to get into a lot of after-action review. We're still reporting on response and recovery at this point. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: And, County Manager, I was hoping that, and I've reached out at least to the City of Naples, and I know I'm hearing things from other areas that they work on their after action and that we have a workshop when -- you know, maybe in a month or so where we can actually talk about the county as a whole and what we need to improve and how we can do better in the future. MR. OCHS: Yes. Mr. Summers has a template, if you will, or a protocol on how we might do that comprehensively, so we can share that. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Oh, that's good. Can I just do something. Will you go stand next to him. (Applause.) COMMISSIONER FIALA: Dan, get up there. September 26, 2017 Page 34 MR. SUMMERS: That's very kind. Thank you. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Well deserved. MR. SUMMERS: Thank you. We have a very long way to go. And let me just tell you, between the municipalities, the responders, the volunteer agencies, you know, this is a difficult line of work during the crisis but one -- and I've said many times, one of the joys that you have in this is seeing the camaraderie. The team work, the creativity, the innovation, the coordination, the cooperation is phenomenal. And I'm certainly very, very proud of the Collier County family, and I say that because, remember, it's the families that were missing their county employees while we were attempting to, as I say, do the impossible sometimes with nothing during the storm event as the scenario presented. So it's my honor; thank you. But this goes to the county employees and municipal employees, law enforcement, volunteers that did all the heavy lifting the last -- and I just counted 16 days. I'm not really sure. Is that the Groundhog Day thing? You know, the deja vu all over again. So if you see me without a coffee cup, please be very worried, because I'll need some real quick. Thank you very, very much for all those kind comments. Sixteen days' worth of activity is going to be very hard for me to boil down, but I want to hit some highlights with you real quick. Obviously, you have some other department and division heads that are going to report to you today on their particular focus. And the thing that I just want to comment to you is that remember Emergency Management is not one department. It is a community effort, and it's all of these organizations engaging in emergency management, and that's preparedness, response, mitigation, and recovery. So while we attempt to be the band leader in these areas, we certainly require and recall the work and the emergency management September 26, 2017 Page 35 activities that all of these departments have to engage in. Real quickly, just a quick synopsis. The highest landfall speed that we recorded was 131 mile-an-hour wind gust at the Naples Airport, 122 mile-an-hour wind gust at the EOC. These rainfall estimates are somewhat mis -- are hard to interpret, because this is rain blowing sideways, okay. So these numbers come from the National Weather Service and are certainly subject to some change. 9.61 inches of rain. We -- at one point we had a combination of 26 shelters in refuge, and refuge is basically a location out of the storm without services. The largest sheltering operation we've ever had. This is 6,000 (sic) more people in shelters than we had during Hurricane Wilma. The picture on the right there is Germain Arena, to give you some indication of what Lee County was going through. Our largest special-needs shelter operation, which all of these individuals were electrically dependent, required skilled medical care, and this -- we knew this was going to be a high number. We didn't know it was going to be this high; 397 people, basically, we opened up a field hospital for at Palmetto Ridge. And that's certainly indicative of our demographics and those that are at home with additional concerns. We've lost count of the calls to the hurricane hot line; thousands. Social media hits, we're still computing that. That was in the millions. And as of late yesterday, 127 news releases went out. We were fortunate that the storm moved inland just a little bit more because our storm surge values predicted by the National Hurricane Center, in some cases, were 12 feet. We were fortunate that the storm came a little more inland and kept those numbers lower. These are -- I've got the word "estimated actual per the National Weather Service" which means it's their actual estimate, okay. So high water marks still have to go back and be formally engineered. September 26, 2017 Page 36 Chokoloskee at 9.5 feet; the visitors center, six feet of water; Goodland, five to six feet on the water side; Goodland, overall, three to four feet; Marco, two to four feet; Gordon Road one to two feet in the city; five feet above mean high water at Tin City. One of the ongoing issues, obviously, is who -- and it doesn't matter who did what and whether it was the county delivered it, the non-profit, the National Guard, the agencies in the commodity distribution, and as an -- always a challenge in disastrous communication. And we've become so accustomed to our cell phones and our Internet, and so in some cases folks felt like they had a hard time getting the word, and they did. And we're continuing to find other alert notification strategies. We're working with the state now on the new phone system. But, again, we've become so dependent on wireless and Internet-based communications, and when those become interrupted, it is a little bit of a challenge. Our commodity sites, as part of our plan, we delivered commodities, meaning food, water, and tarps -- tarps came in a little bit late from FEMA, but they came. We got those out -- Immokalee Farmers Market, Ave Maria, Greater Naples, Golden Gate, Barron, Goodland, Everglades City, Marco, and North Collier fire stations. Satellite locations, we did commodity drops at 6Ls, Manatee, Chokoloskee, and 11 additional drop sites in Immokalee. So I think while there was some concern that maybe commodities were not being delivered there, I think they were and, as everything else, it just takes time to get the word out. We were also delivering commodities when retail stores were open. The state guidance is very clear; when retail opens, that commodity -- that emergency relief commodity mission is supposed to be wound down. And we knew that that may be -- we needed to continue to do that, and we did that for a few more days as the word got out and also to allow people to catch their breath, get their financial September 26, 2017 Page 37 resources, but we are really supposed to be shutting those operations down as retail comes up. Yesterday we had the opportunity -- we have a straight team from Indiana; I'm sorry, an incident management team helping us in Immokalee, kind of an extended EOC. They've been working with the nonprofits out there, and we have 53 non-profit relief agencies on the ground in Immokalee as of five p.m. yesterday. So there's an enormous effort going on, and that's kind of normal as part of that response and recovery. Our EOC, last count, we worked about 566 support missions out of the EOC, and that's for fire, EMS, law enforcement, emergency refueling. And as you know, we did an awful lot for nursing homes and rest homes during this period; something that will be quite a topic of conversation at the state level, the federal level, and part of our after-action report. The two strike teams, I can't be -- can't say enough about these two teams that we called in. The first one, Escambia County brought an incident management team, and the picture there is actually their mobile command post that they set up in Immokalee, working -- I'm sorry, in Everglades City working closely with the mayor and Dottie to get recovery operations going on, get a handle on the influx of commodities. We had a very hard time cutting off and managing spontaneous and converging donated goods and people, and that sometimes can be the second part of the disaster. And we know that, and we've got some strategies there that we want to go over with you in the future. There's a lot of right-sizing of supplies. That's part of the issue in recovery. We've finally got some resources in there such as portable showers. We have a nice little on-site portable laundromat that's been down there running, and this support team from Escambia County is just the finest group of emergency management professionals that have September 26, 2017 Page 38 come down to help us, as well as the team from Indiana. And that's part of what we do; we share these incident management teams to be extensions of the EOC in very vulnerable areas. And our county team will be asked to do the same one day in another community, I'm sure. Shelter operations, always a challenge. Right now we have 20 occupants left in the Immokalee Sports Park, which is the current shelter, as we moved shelter from Immokalee High and Immokalee Middle and consolidated to the Sports Park. North Collier Regional Park has 112. Red Cross is working hard up there, and we're trying to expedite getting those residents back home. We have some issues there that we're working with HUD and other evacuees to get them out of the shelter and get them into a -- back into their regular routine. We have FEMA on the ground working on mass care. We have FEMA also working on transitional shelter assistance, and I'll talk some more about that in a minute. Presently, there are 45,785 residents in Collier County that have applied for FEMA assistance. $15.6 million has been obligated already in Collier County for individual assistance. That can be money for hotels, that can be other substance such as emergency repairs and other living expenses. FEMA has -- 17,000 people have applied for the transitional housing, and that's to take -- let FEMA pay the bill to take -- or make a contribution for you to pay a bill for a hotel, and that goes from the shelter to the hotel. FEMA books the hotel, actually, so that you can go to a hotel room, get situated, and then start your reentry into permanent housing. The goal in all of this is not to get into temporary housing such as trailers and RVs. If there's existing housing stock in other options such as rental, rental units, HUD units, extended stay in hotel is far better quality of life, far more cost effective than trying to go in and set up a September 26, 2017 Page 39 mobile home park for this type of disaster. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers blue roof program, that's also a free service; 1,038 had registered as of yesterday. Their contractor was a little stretched. I think there have only been about 70 installs as of yesterday, but I expect those installations to ramp up very quickly to do the temporary dry-in on roofs. The Disaster Medical Assistance Team, a lot of folks don't understand what we did in terms of ensuring that there was immediate and in-depth emergency medical care both in Immokalee and Everglades City, and they addressed everything from public health, environmental health, ensuring tetanus shots, working on water test kits, making sure the residents had some idea about the cleanup process, and addressing vector and mosquito control. So those disaster medical teams were from Virginia and New York. They got on the ground very quickly. They had a complete pharmaceutical package so individuals, if they ran short of emergent meds, we had doctors and nurses on those scenes with pharmacy -- pharmaceutical supplies to help out. The housing mission -- and, again, this is never an easy fix and this never goes quickly. It's just -- that's just the way it is. Our first priority, as I mentioned earlier, was to use vacant properties. The Transition Sheltering Assistance Program allows FEMA to book hotels for up to eight months. So that's a pretty good deal if you are an eligible candidate and it works for your situation. The second use, commercially available housing products, what is available in the housing stock, we understand transportation sometimes can an issue, and FEMA's Individual Assistance Funding can sometimes help. They're not buying vehicles, but they can provide some transportation -- alternative assistance. And then, finally, governmental housing units. Where do we have vacancies? What do we have that can be expedited in terms of repair September 26, 2017 Page 40 or replacement? There are limitations when you get into a primary housing mission. I still may make that request for a temporary housing mission only because it will help put more FEMA assets on the ground to find other temporary housing. So there's terminology here; there's protocol working with FEMA. And I think it's real important to understand. This is not an excuse for FEMA. This is just the challenge of the day. You've got 60 counties in Florida affected by this event. So there's the resource draw from that. There's the resource draw from Harvey in five other presidentially declared disasters going on, plus Maria. So resources are thin. And I think we've done a good job in properly requesting and marshaling. Do I have all the disaster recovery centers open that I want? No. Are there other resources such as online and the mobile disaster recovery centers? The RVs where they're taking registration. There are lots of other resources. So we're getting there. It's not like we're the only county or two involved in this. But as I look at the metrics, I think we're making good progress. Finally, some summary actions taking place. We're still actively responding. EOC is still partially activated. We have the key agencies in there. My team is continuing to take requests, manage resources, right-size the operation, and certainly demobilize. We're very sensitive to the fact that when it's time to release a resource as it relates to cost, things we've rented, things we've got to go back and account for, we're very aggressive in our financial management. Daily briefings, we're still doing those with the agencies at 8:30 and 4:30 every day to get those reports. We still continue to coordinate, and we want to do more with volunteer agencies. We have some challenges there with resources, but we're working with them, and I think we're going to start a daily conference-call process with September 26, 2017 Page 41 those agencies. Asset recovery and restocking, I told Mr. Ochs this morning I have everything that county EM and county government had scattered only over 2,000 square miles, so I've got a lot of equipment to recover and do preventative maintenance and get ready on. Continue the support of the massive logistical efforts in Everglades City. That's quite an operation we have down there, and they're going to continue to need support as they look at infrastructure and continue our ongoing nonprofit relief efforts. So let me stop, see if you have any brief questions, or at this point we'll go to -- get some updates from the division administrators and directors. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Commissioner Fiala? COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yes. You had mentioned something about mobile homes. First of all, I just wanted to make sure that I understood what you said. In District 4, you said there were how many mobile homes? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I did. MR. SUMMERS: I didn't have -- Jamie French can go over those numbers. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, I see, because there aren't many in District 4, actually. It's along Bayshore, and they've got some. But, boy, they've got a ton of them that were affected in East Naples, which is District 1. You know, all of those -- South Winds and West Winds and all of those. And, actually, I would guess that that's what the figure is really indicating. But you don't mention anything at all about helping them in this. And I'm sure that you have, and it's probably just -- you mentioned Everglades City. There was nothing harder hit than Everglades City, followed up by Goodland, of course. I haven't seen Immokalee, so I don't know. September 26, 2017 Page 42 MR. SUMMERS: Well, thank you, ma'am. Let me comment on that. And, again, we're paying very close attention to those areas, but we are working the entire county with the same initiative, so -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, I -- okay. I didn't realize. You only mentioned the two. MR. SUMMERS: No, no, no. There's nothing isolated about that. It's just those are two heavy concentration areas. One of the things that's important to understand is that FEMA does not -- if this property is insured or owner occupied, that typically is where the owner has to take the initiative to either work with their insurance or work with FEMA, but FEMA does not automatically replace a mobile home. FEMA is addressing those individuals that qualify. And, again, there are certain standards where a lot of these individuals in many of these parks are not going to qualify for some of that assistance. They may get some individual relief, but in no circumstance does this mean an automatic replacement of a trailer. This is designed to be transitional, it's designed to be temporary, and it only goes to that particular greatest need. Now, that, in itself, is problematic just because of the current trailer demand and resource demand that's taking place in five other states. So even the inventory is a challenge. But, again, where they're self-insured, that's up to that individual to make that recovery. If there's a landlord-operated situation, FEMA does not reimburse a landlord, does not replace a landlord's trailer, because that's a private business. So there -- again, there's a narrow window there of what is eligible in temporary housing, but the primary goal is to use something like hotels and existing housing inventory. It's far better quality of life, far more cost effective, and less impact on a family than setting up some type of park arrangement. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Okay. And the many mobile home September 26, 2017 Page 43 parks. You were talking about pharmaceuticals, but most of the mobile home parks in the East Naples area are for elderly. And I was wondering -- you only said that you sent those to Immokalee. Did you send them also to the elderly mobile homes in East Naples? MR. SUMMERS: Well, the difference there is that in East Naples there was retail stores open, and they could get the drugs that they needed. In Immokalee and Everglades, those were for emergency medical care and those most immediate needs where we were having people with cuts. They were getting injured in recovery. They could not -- there was nothing convenient from Everglades City or Immokalee to get those medicines, but in East Naples you had retail open very quickly. We had an abundance. We had 12 to 15 additional ambulances stationed. So they were treating -- they were basically mini emergency rooms. In your East Naples area, there were not -- fortunately, there were not those injuries, and then you had the local pharmacies opening real quickly, so -- and we had other delivery systems so part of that disaster medical team was to address those areas that were most remote and those people who had gotten injured immediately after the event or as part of the recovery. COMMISSIONER FIALA: I see. MR. SUMMERS: Yes, ma'am. Dr. Yilmaz, I believe, is next up for a brief report. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Commissioner McDaniel. MR. SUMMERS: Oh, I'm sorry, sir. Go ahead. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Madam Chair, you mentioned early on about having a workshop, and I had a discussion with the County Manager yesterday about the proposed workshop for next week, October 3rd, for the sales tax, and I would like to suggest that we postpone the sales tax workshop and replace it with a post-Irma. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I think it -- for -- I can tell you for the September 26, 2017 Page 44 City of Naples, it's too soon. We need time to digest this. Everybody's -- we need -- we really need some time to go through this. I don't know about your regions, but I don't know about the City of Marco. COMMISSIONER FIALA: I agree. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: The City of Marco -- I mean, it needs to be a countywide. We have a countywide EOC. It needs to be a countywide. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Dan just said they're not even in recovery yet. They're still -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: No, they're in -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: So I think it may be a little early. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Still in response. Yeah, it's too early. MR. SUMMERS: Commissioners, part of good emergency management is ongoing after action, but there -- you have to remember we're going to be about 26 days worth of data to review. I would appreciate, if you deem it appropriate, to give us some time to November. Let us not only -- we've got our response, we've got recovery, and an enormous amount of FEMA paperwork to do, but we're capturing corrective actions as we go and we're open to constructive recommendations. We'll probably seek some outside help, so -- in the preparation of that report, but we have a live after-action, and we have a formal after-action process, and we'd like to go through that, and part of that is giving people the opportunity to kind of get settled a little bit and organize their thoughts and let us pull back some good information for you and boil that up; make sure that what we're giving you is factual and accurate. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I'd like to make a motion that we follow our Emergency Management Director's recommendation that we give them time to tabulate and to work on this after-action report, which is something that is part of the process and that you give us -- September 26, 2017 Page 45 that he gives us notice when he is ready to come before us. MR. OCHS: Madam Chair, if I might just interrupt. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes. MR. OCHS: I was going to bring this up under communications, but since we're talking about it, Commissioner McDaniel's right. I had a discussion with all of you about the prospect of moving what's scheduled as next Tuesday's workshop on the sales tax to our November public workshop date, which would be November 7th. My thought at this point would be that perhaps we could devote that day to two workshops; do the sales tax in the morning, have a lunch break, and then come back in the afternoon, if the Board would like, and do the Irma after-action review. You'll have the benefit of a staff report on after action at that point, and you can use that as a read-ahead and maybe prompt some additional input from the Board. That's my initial recommendation on that. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: There's a motion on the floor with that recommendation. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: All right. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Second? COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: And, Madam Chair, could I add that we're going to have several meetings between now and then, obviously. If you could, as a regular agenda item, just keep us informed on the status as of that time in terms of, just like you're doing now, what the current status is, briefly, I would second your motion. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And I'll go along with that. I mean, it was a discussion that we had yesterday, and I just -- you know, there's a lot of things that, while it's fresh in everyone's mind, that we could, from a policy-making standpoint, make some adjustments. We're still in hurricane season, and we're going to go September 26, 2017 Page 46 right straight from that into fire season with a lot of dead debris. So I think sooner than later is where we were -- and that's the reason I was pushing for next week. But I'm good with -- if you all are good for November 7th, I'm good. I do have a couple other items before you -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: There's a motion on the floor and a second. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Right. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those in favor, say aye. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign. (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: That motion carries. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And on -- I have two more items for Dan. And just as an announcement, Commissioner Fiala, you talked about temporary housing. Specifically in Immokalee I would like to acknowledge the Collier County Housing Authority; above and beyond the call of duty. With assistance from Mario Diaz-Balart, we were able, on Friday after the storm, to have power turned on in Horizon Village, a 140-unit-bed dormitory, and started providing assistance for temporary housing at that facility that had to be -- it had to be ratified by either the Guadalupe Center or RCMA or our Sheriff's Department to verify that, in fact, someone's home was determined to be uninhabitable. And then the Director of the Housing Authority, Oscar Henshall, opened up another 25 single-family homes over in Farm Workers Village to be provided for temporary housing as we're moving through September 26, 2017 Page 47 this process with FEMA and the temporary housing. Number three -- this is a public service announcement -- our Executive Director for CRA in Collier County at large, Deborah Forester, has done an amazing job. As you know, there are some 50 odd not-for-profits in Immokalee and in the area that are out offering up assistance, and there wasn't a localized communication point. And so they had their own meeting on Monday -- didn't invite me. Don't know why -- and so I called another meeting on Thursday after the storm and organized the not-for-profits along and then established Deborah as our main contact point for specific need requests along with supplies so that there was a focal point of communication there to be able to assist with the relief efforts as we were, in fact, going on. So I just -- and tomorrow after the MSTU and CRA meeting, tomorrow morning in Immokalee at the community park at 8:30 there will be another agency meeting just as an update to follow up on how we're doing, what we're doing, and where we're doing it. So that's all. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right. Thank you very much. MR. SUMMERS: Okay. Dr. Yilmaz? MR. YILMAZ: Good morning, Commissioners, County Manager. This has been one of the experiences -- we went through with seven federally declared hurricanes. Five of them were direct hit. And we have a great leadership, and team members did go through those experiences. We incorporated all lessons learned, and this is one experience there are more lessons learned. And from a Public Utilities standpoint, we can always do better as agency. We have the attitude we're a learning organization. So I want to start with that I'm going to focus on what we did know and what we did do for us to get ready for M plus Cat 4, Cat 5 September 26, 2017 Page 48 direct hurricane. I did hear more stories out of seven that we were able to walk our dogs in the middle of the eye. That tells you how severe the landfall was. That's just the hydrology -- professional hydrologist side of me that I couldn't resist to paint the picture. With that, Commissioners, I'm pleased to report that we were ready, best we can, to provide life-sustaining essential water, sewer, solid and hazardous waste services, including getting ready for the debris mission you see right now getting more and more active. And, as importantly, we were positioned and protected, government facilities, including constitutional officers, and provided logistics, exceptionally high-demanding shelters that started with reasonable amount of numbers but then grown exponentially, and logistics including provided energy, fuel supply, fuel routing, and making sure that our shelters are safe and our shelters are cool and public in safe place as our shelters declared by the Board and our County Manager. All of the shelters that was identified prior to landfall were provided all the logistics and supports under our County Manager's direction. That means any shelter did have compromised power supply, we provide auxiliary power supply as logistics, and any shelters did not have generator system, we provided generator system. All that was done for known and anticipated shelters under our leadership's guidance, auxiliary power as well as fuel supply, fuel routing continuously. Our priorities were clear given the County Manager's and Board's guidance and direction, and that was public health number one, public safety and logistics number two, and mental health number three. That doesn't mean -- that does not mean one is more important than other, but these are the kinds of emergency situations so that our resources need to know clearly what the mission is. So we went after all these September 26, 2017 Page 49 three concurrently; however, our mission was laid out by leadership for us to focus. I want to thank our financial team all the way from our office management and budget to our financial team members and Chief Financial Officer, Joe. Ninety-nine percent emergency POs were open prior to landfall. This is something behind the scenes happened, but that is part of great readiness. Our County Manager and Deputy County Manager made it clear to us we want to make sure that we're financially sound, we have the internal controls, every dollar we're going to spend from day one all the way till auditor goes out counted. So all the POs, about 99 percent, were open prior to landfall so that we were ready to move within 72-hour window of action with mission needed. First, we did take care of the team and our operators and team members who are essential employees and their families hunkering down while continue to operate before, during, after storm. Our regional plants and our SCADA systems, among other critical infrastructure, through our control rooms and remote automation census. Second, we activated, for Public Utilities and Facilities Department, 455 strong essential team members to be ready and stand by except -- exceptions were given per CMAs, but most of them were here up to challenge. And I want to thank every single team member in facilities as well as Public Utilities Department among other departments under our County Manager's Office. They have hunkered down in Collier County, took the hit, and ready for next 72 hours, hit the ground and start working. So I want to take this opportunity to thank our team members in trenches working on high-risk environment making assuring that we meet those priorities and mission given by the County Manager's Office. Third, you may have heard COOP, C-O-O-P. We have been September 26, 2017 Page 50 working through this last five years through our Emergency Management and EOC. Dan Summers and his team has been on this thing, especially of hurricane season, and it worked. COOP means Continuation of Operations Plan, and that was done for all divisions, all departments under County Manager's guidance and direction given at least last five years I can recall. We implemented COOP with minor on-the-go finesse modifications and executed according, and I think that shows how good planning under our leadership and our EOC did happen. All the leaders and managers and the directors were given clear assignment and leadership roles so that there's no ambiguity of the roles and responsibility, and they stepped up. Florida WARN was activated and being ready for M plus H3/4. Any potential bypass plans, if needed, were requested and staged for certain locations where we think vulnerable our utilities are from national contractor prior to landfall. We reserved end-stage generators up to hundred prior to landfall, and that included fuel service, fuel tankers. We anticipated requests from other municipal governments and local governments, and we provided those resources that included City of Everglades, and we provided support under EOC mission given, and as well as we provided support to other municipal governments like City of Naples. We converted our water service from city to county right after landfall for the campus. We secured all government facilities, and facilities then covered about 600 county-owned structures to date, including buildings, parks, shade structures, doghouses and tollbooths. And of the measured facilities, which included 235 occupied buildings, all have at least minor damage, approximately 10 have substantial damage and, of those, two are left uninhabitable, which we have an action plan to remediate that fast. September 26, 2017 Page 51 Museum of Everglades and the IFAS University extension office are the only two facilities left uninhabitable; however, we're working through that process to make sure they are back online. We are also keeping our focus on two cemeteries under county ownership; one being Immokalee, due to storm event. And, Commissioners, we're on it. We're doing everything we can to remediate, and we'll have some, as indicated by our EOC Director, will be part of our action -- after-action report how we can protect our cemeteries against flooding moving forward. There is more to say here; I'm going to skip in light of time. I just want to say that I'm pleased to report all regional north water/waste water, south regional water and waste water back to operational normal, our water distribution back to operational normal, and our waste water collection system is back to operational normal, and our irrigation water system back up and running with normal operations. And also, our landfill gas-to-energy plant, within 72 hours, start generating power and feed the FP&L grid. And our landfill gas field were managed very well and remediated where the damages were. Moving forward, I think that our solid waste team did awesome job, and I'm going to have now our Deputy Administrator, Dan Rodriguez, talk to you briefly about debris mission that has been managed and coordinated under our director of solid waste; Delia. Mr. Rodriguez? MR. RODRIGUEZ: Thank you, Dr. Yilmaz. Good morning, Commissioners. What a long two-and-a-half weeks, right? Absolutely. First of all, thank you for the opportunity to present before you, but also I want to recognize again, as you did this morning, Dan Summers, as incident commander; did an amazing job, our County Manager, Leo Ochs, as you know, and Nick Casalanguida, who, during those dark hours, were right there with great support and September 26, 2017 Page 52 leadership, and I appreciate that. With that, I'll be brief. Talk about the debris management plan. As you know, there is a method to our madness here. A lot of debris out there, as we all are aware. We're in Phase 2 and 3 of our debris recovery. We're still mobilizing and establishing debris staging sites. We're bringing in contractors, and we've already started collection. The scope and magnitude of the debris that's sitting out there, per the Corps of Engineers, is roughly 4.2 million cubics yards. How much material is that? Well, if we're all familiar with the great pyramid of Khufu in Egypt, that's about 3,380,000 cubic yards. So we're going to -- we have enough material to build that pyramid plus another quarter pyramid, just to give it perspective. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: What an analogy. COMMISSIONER FIALA: That was good. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: That was fabulous. MR. RODRIGUEZ: And I remind -- and if Dilia Camacho, if you could stand up. Our Solid Waste Director, Dilia Camacho. So I remind her that we're going to build a pyramid, so let's get it all the material with that. We've divided the county into 58 different debris working zones. We have five main disaster recovery sites that are currently open. And I'll show you a map, there, of those real quick here. You can see we have put those out where they're centrally located to each of your districts so that we can have a quick turnaround. And these are large sites. The majority of them, the three, four sites, have more than 100 acres, so we can move a lot of this material. You're familiar with Hurricane Wilma, most of us are. That was just under a million cubic yards, so we're looking at about four times that. COMMISSIONER FIALA: What did the black dots mean in September 26, 2017 Page 53 there? Excuse me. MR. RODRIGUEZ: Those right there? Those are our recycling centers, if I'm not mistaken, yeah. We have two contractors working with us. One is the monitoring contractor. Their job is to make sure the material is collected correctly and accurately. As you know, the estimates coming in are roughly about $77 million is what this debris mission will cost. We want to make sure that every dollar that we can is reimbursed by the federal government and that takes a lot of documentation and following those guidelines of FEMA, and that's what Tetra Tech is responsible for. They're also responsible for making sure that those collection trucks in the field, which each collection truck will have a monitor, is operating in a safe and appropriate manner and that if they see anything in the field, any safety issues, they bring that to our attention. Our debris contractor is AshBritt Environmental. They're one of the largest in the business. I will tell you that the resources that are available in the state are limited, the collection trucks; however, this company is bringing us trucks. We currently, I'm happy to say, we have about 51 trucks operating today, this morning, collecting debris. That's 50 more than we had three days ago. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Well done. MR. RODRIGUEZ: They are going to escalate that on average about 10 every day. We will probably need in the neighborhood of about 250 pieces of equipment to get this debris mission completed within the next four to six months. With that, Joe Ballone's here as well; Joe Ballone with our Public Utilities. His team, working with Mark Isackson's group, is again, to make sure that we're picking up the material that's outlined by the FEMA guidelines but also following our contract that we have with AshBritt, which is one of the most competitive in the state, as I'm told, as a lot of truckers are contemplating coming to Collier County; September 26, 2017 Page 54 however, the advantage and disadvantage we have is we have the most material here, and they'll make a lot more money on volume than they will on the pricing, so that will work to our advantage. And then, of course, customer service we have are working closely with the PIO group to make sure we get the PSAs out there and also to reach out as we get more and more information on the gated communities to make sure that those gated communities are aware of our timelines to get out to them. Again, that requires FEMA pre-approval. That package is almost complete. We have the letter; we have two letters. One letter from Department of Health stating that we do have a health/environmental issue here. They're requesting that we list all the streets, private and gated, and we want to make sure that those GIS maps are accurate and correct before we submit that, which we should be doing within the next 48 hours. And, of course, more public outreach. Our UBCS customer service group is doing a good job to answer those calls. And we only ask that the residents be patient. This is going to be a trying week for us. We have some focused areas. Everglades City, we're collecting debris there. We have trucks there. We've set up the staging sites. Goodland is a big area that the County Manager has asked us to focus on that. We have trucks going there today and moving forward. So that's it. Any questions? COMMISSIONER FIALA: I have a question, if I may. It may seem like a really weird question, but with all of that debris -- and it looks like it's all dried up, you know, it's been off the trees for a while sitting on the ground for a while -- can you ever burn some of that stuff? MR. RODRIGUEZ: Actually, the debris will be mulched up, and it will be land applied on farms and things like that. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, okay. September 26, 2017 Page 55 MR. RODRIGUEZ: After it's tested. Absolutely, Commissioner. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right. MR. OCHS: Next. We've got about seven minutes to wrap this all up. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Terri, that's for you. MR. FRENCH: Good morning, again, Commissioners. For the record, Jamie French. I'm the -- I was a chief forklift operator, mechanic, I don't know, wherever they had me. But we echo the acknowledgment to Mr. Summers and to our County Manager's Office. I'd also like to acknowledge our new department head, Thaddeus Cohen. If there's one thing he recognized, that we've done this before, and so he fully supported us throughout our mission. But what I've got on the overhead today is just a snapshot as of yesterday. I can't stress enough that residents of our community, property owners, use our self-reporting tool. We've been out in the community. I'll have you know that by day three we had up to 35 teams on the ground of two men, or of two people, of licensed, qualified individuals, and we covered just over 150,000 address points. So in Collier we're right at about 230,000 address points. And so you know, Commissioner, overall county, we're just under 16,000 mobile homes throughout the county, of which a little over 1,800 exist in Immokalee. So we know exactly where our mobile home parks, our legal mobile home parks, let's call them that, where they've been properly addressed. But just to kind of give you an idea of destroyed versus major, and this is how FEMA qualifies this. Destroyed would mean that it's completely uninhabitable, meaning that it doesn't necessarily need to be tore down. It's just in need of great repair before it could ever be lived in again or occupied again, of which -- I broke this down by district as well as by total. We're subtotaling that out just, again, as September 26, 2017 Page 56 a snapshot as of today at about $9 million worth of destroyed properties or improved valued properties in Collier County, and this is all based off of improved value with about 20 percent market numerator in there off Property Appraiser data. So we marry that up. Mobile homes are a little different. Primarily we had to go off market rate of mobile homes. Many of them are mobile in nature, so the Property Appraiser doesn't cover all of those, as he shouldn't because he's taxing on property; whereas, mobile homes are regulated by the Department of Transportation. Minor damage resulted in about 124 -- I'm sorry. Major damage resulted in about 124-, $125 million, and you can see that broken out by district. I also have mapping available as of today that we can share -- it's been shared with the County Manager's Office. We can certainly share it with the Board of County Commissioners -- that breaks it out. Just by the counts -- this would not include Everglades City, Marco, or the City of Naples -- Commissioner Fiala had 33 destroyed properties. Major damage was 227. Commissioner Solis had five destroyed properties, 520 major. There is a mobile home park in North Naples off of U.S. 41. That mobile home park is very aged, and it was -- for the most part most of that was majorly impacted. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Several up there. MR. FRENCH: Commissioner Saunders, no destroyed, but 38 major. Commissioner Taylor, 11 destroyed. And, again, this is all unincorporated Collier; 103 major. Commissioner McDaniel, 22 destroyed, 155 major. Everglades City, we did partner with Everglades City, and we'll continue to partner with them. We've worked with their building official in tracking all their damage. They've had 23 properties -- I'm sorry -- 23 structures destroyed, 517 major damage. We're going back September 26, 2017 Page 57 in and reanalyzing that data as we speak. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Can you say Everglades City stats one more time, please. MR. FRENCH: Major was 517; 23 destroyed. Meaning that there's just a little over 630, maybe 650 address points in Everglades City. So we believe that a good majority of that island was impacted. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Ninety percent. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: So you include Plantation Island and Chokoloskee in that? MR. FRENCH: Not in Everglades City, ma'am. That goes in our overall statistics for the county. So -- and, again, these are not our numbers. This was done by their private building official, so we did not do the assessment there. Just a couple thank-you real quick. We couldn't have done our mission without the Sheriff's Office. Within a day after the storm they were able to get us up in the air to do an aerial assessment as well as the Civil Air Patrol. We were open. So you know, the Growth Management Department was open for business on Tuesday after the storm. We had no power, but we had employees outside for emergency permitting. We commandeered the blue roof mission. They're in our buildings. They've been there since Tuesday after the storm. So all of those residents that have signed up for blue roof, they've either signed up at our Immokalee office or they've signed up at 2800 North Horseshoe. With that, I can't thank my staff enough that I get to work with every day, our code enforcement officers. And, Commissioner Fiala, you mentioned it quickly, but our code enforcement officers, contractors' licensing, engineering inspectors, we were going door to door and those -- we knew the aging population. We were going door to door in Immokalee, and we were loaded with food and water in the September 26, 2017 Page 58 back of our trucks. So we did -- and there was many times we were told we were the first person that made contact with them. We simply just wanted to make sure. And, again, I'll reiterate the self-reporting tool, because our snapshot is based off what we saw from the air or what we saw from the street. If these mobile homes or some of these low-lying areas took water in the home and the doors are closed and we can't get in there or there's mold issues or there's destruction that we did not visibly see, I can't reiterate enough, please report that to us. Let us go in. We'll be happy to inspect it. It's at no charge to you. We want to make sure that your building is secure and that it's a safe place for you to live in. So do you have any questions for us? And thank you, Commissioner Saunders, for driving out with me to Everglades. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Thank you. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, that was nice. MR. OCHS: Madam Chair, in the interest of time, I think we'll defer the reports from Jack and Gary. We're going to have this as a regular agenda item every meeting, so we'll -- Jack already met with the TDC yesterday morning -- Commissioner Fiala chairs that -- and they're well aware of the emergency marketing and advertising campaign that's been put together going forward. I'm going to ask Mr. Isackson to take two minutes to wrap up the financials, and then we can move on with your break. And I know you've got a couple time-certain items starting at 11 a.m. COMMISSIONER FIALA: You know, Leo, it makes me proud to live here and even more proud to have employees like we have out there giving of themselves and actually letting their family stay aside while they help all the rest of us. It's just overwhelming to me. MR. OCHS: Yes, ma'am. I agree, thank you. MR. ISACKSON: Leo, I'll give you 60 seconds, how about that? MR. OCHS: That's good, Mark. September 26, 2017 Page 59 MR. ISACKSON: Commissioners, nothing happens without sufficient budget. We're going to have an item on your -- the last item after we conclude our business on the -- on the 28th with your final budget hearing that we'll talk about the process that we have to go through to establish sufficient budget. Order of magnitude on a high level, Dan just said that you had a million cubic yards of debris. You got 4.2. You paid 26 million in Wilma, so you can do the math. You're staring at a $100 million with this particular event. We'll lay out a process under which legislative authority will be given to us so that we can prosecute budget amendments through my office and that the Clerk of the Circuit Court can input them. Our goal is to have a seamless transition so that no work, restoration, or cleanup stops, and that executive summary will be provided to you at your meeting on the 28th. And I think you'll find it sufficient to provide us the guidance that we need to prosecute our work. MR. OCHS: Thank you. So that's an add-on item to your public hearing this Thursday evening to adopt your budget. We'll do an add-on. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: September 28th? MR. OCHS: Yes, ma'am. Thursday evening at 5:05. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I was thinking about October, and I said, this doesn't sound right. Thank you. MR. OCHS: No, ma'am. We want to get that to you Thursday night. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: He's good on numbers but terrible on dates, right? MR. OCHS: Yes. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. All right. So I think if that's the end of it. MR. OCHS: Yes, ma'am. September 26, 2017 Page 60 CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I think we're going to take a -- let's do a 15-minute for you to give you a break here. MR. OCHS: Then you come back for your 11 a.m. time-certain. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: 11 a.m., yep. MR. OCHS: Thank you. (A brief recess was had.) MR. OCHS: Madam Chair, you have a live mike. Item #10A RESOLUTION 2017-171: URGING THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE TO ENACT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD MAKE TEXTING WHILE DRIVING A PRIMARY OFFENSE – ADOPTED MR. OCHS: This takes us to our 11 a.m. time-certain. This is Item 10A. It was brought forward by Commissioner McDaniel. It's a recommendation to adopt a resolution urging the Florida Legislature to enact legislation that would make texting while driving a primary offense. Commissioner McDaniel? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: With that, it's self-explanatory. I worked in great cooperation with our Sheriff's Department. Mr. Rambosk and I spoke at length about this with regard to the enforceability as the law currently reads, and that's the reason that I brought this resolution or this executive summary forward. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Can you show me what we're talking about here? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yes. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: We can't -- it's about -- well, I'll let Commissioner McDaniel -- it's about texting while driving and to September 26, 2017 Page 61 make it stronger. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, yeah. What number is that? I'm sorry. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I believe it's 11 -- or, excuse me, County Manager? MR. OCHS: 10A, sir. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: 10A, yes. And if anybody has any questions, it was a cooperative effort with our law enforcement agency. And, Mr. Rambosk, if you'd like to speak a moment on it, you're welcome to. SHERIFF RAMBOSK: Thank you. Good morning, Chair and Commissioners. For about the last nine years, the Florida Sheriffs Association has been working on trying to get our legislature to not permit texting and driving. You might think, intuitively, that you shouldn't be doing that, and you would be right, you shouldn't be doing that. You know, you fold in distracted driving along with that, and it is increasingly posing a problem. We finally were able to get the first element of law in 2013 which gave limited ability as a secondary offense to law enforcement with regard to enforcing a no texting bill. The problem is, very, very difficult for law enforcement to enforce. We had to look at alternative measures, and just to give you this example, in the first -- since January of this year, we write a lot of careless driving citations because of weaving in one's lane and out of one's lane because you're texting instead of driving, as well as doing some other things. During that time, we were only able to issue 10 texting and driving citations. So, essentially, I'm here to support and endorse your request of your legislators to make texting and driving a primary offense. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Do I hear a motion? September 26, 2017 Page 62 COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, yes. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yes. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I have a motion. Do I hear a second? COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, I'm seconding it. Were you the motion then? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I would -- yes. Well, I brought the issue forward, so I'd be pleased to make that motion. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. COMMISSIONER FIALA: And if Burt is seconding it, then I'll third. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: I'll be pleased to second it. Yeah. I was out in California not too long ago, and if a police officer sees you holding a phone while you're driving, you get stopped, and that's really the way it should be. SHERIFF RAMBOSK: Yes. And I -- since you mentioned that, that is the direction we have got to go with more and more traffic here. Again, this is -- what you're doing is a terrific step, and then we're going to push beyond that as well. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Good. Hear, hear. So there's a motion on the floor and a second. All in -- MR. MILLER: Madam Chair, I have one registered public speaker for this issue. Beth Brainard. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Are you going to talk us out of it, Beth? MS. BRAINARD: Absolutely not. I just wanted to thank the Sheriff. I'm Beth Brainard with Naples Pathways Coalition. I'm also representing a statewide group called the Don't Text and Drive Coalition that's made up of many, many organizations, business law enforcement, across the state. And I just -- thank you for this. It's incredibly important. There are bills both in the Senate, being proposed by Senators Garcia and Perry, and in the House by Representative Stark and Slosberg, September 26, 2017 Page 63 companion bills that are going forward on this. So it's very important not only to get resolution but to also -- I encourage the public and everyone here to stay on your legislators. Like the Sheriff said, it seems like a no-brainer, it seems intuitive, but people are going to fight it for the same reasons they fought seat belt laws. Although now after, what, 20 years of seat belt laws being enacted, you can't argue with the data that seat belts have saved lives. So I wanted to let you know also that you don't stand alone; that there are 19 other counties that have already passed a similar resolution along with 18 cities. It's the goal of the "don't text and drive" coalition to have a resolution passed in every county within the state before this actually goes to session in January. So I thank you very much. Because this is Collier County, and we've got a great sheriff and great commissioners, we don't have to work as hard, I guess, in the beginning, but we will have to work to get this legislation passed. So this is a wonderful first step, but let's keep it going after this. Thank you. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you. All right. There's a motion on the floor and second. Any discussion? COMMISSIONER FIALA: Just a fast thing. Thank you so much for bringing this up. This is the best one you've ever brought to us, and it's probably one of the most important ones. Thank you. That's all I wanted to say. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those in favor, say aye. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign. September 26, 2017 Page 64 (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries unanimously. Item #9A ORDINANCE 2017-40: AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2007-46, AS AMENDED, THE WOLF CREEK RPUD, TO APPROVE AN INSUBSTANTIAL CHANGE TO THE PUD, TO ADD A PRESERVE EXHIBIT THAT REVISES THE PRESERVE CONFIGURATION FOR PARCELS 3B AND 9 ONLY, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF VANDERBILT BEACH ROAD, APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF MILE WEST OF COLLIER BOULEVARD, IN SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 48 SOUTH, RANGE 26 EAST, COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, CONSISTING OF 189± ACRES. [PDI-PL20160000404] – ADOPTED MR. OCHS: Madam Chair, we have some time before your 11:15 time-certain. I'd like to move to Item 9A. I think we have a resolution on this, if I might, ma'am. This is a recommendation to approve an ordinance amending the Wolf Creek RPUD to approve an insubstantial change to the PUD to add a preserve exhibit that revises the preserve configurations for Parcels 3B and 9 only, and then, as the Board knows, we've had some related discussion amongst stakeholders, and I believe we've got some resolution at this point. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. Before we begin, I did speak to our County Attorney yesterday, so if you would be kind enough as you do so, well, sir, to succinctly bring to us what we are voting on or what we should be concerned with in this issue. September 26, 2017 Page 65 MR. KLATZKOW: The primary issue here -- and it's relatively simple -- is whether or not the Board is amenable to a reduction in the preserve, understanding that a reduction in the preserve will mean an increase in the number of houses in the PUD. And that's really all you're voting on. As to who owns what or what -- COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: My understanding is that the number of units will remain the same; that the lots will be bigger, but not an increase in the units. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: That's correct. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: It's a fixed number of units. MR. KLATZKOW: It's a fixed number of units in the PUD. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: There will be more area to build those units. MR. KLATZKOW: There's the ability to build additional units than what are currently there. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: So whether we -- you know, the issue is each of us need to either listen to our County Attorney or not. But we had a pretty decent discussion yesterday about this, and we do have public speakers on this. But I think we need to hear from Mr. Anderson first. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: We need to do our ex parte, I think; is that correct? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: That's correct. I'm sorry. MR. OCHS: Madam Chair, I apologize. I was under the impression that this was resolved, and we could dispose of this pretty quickly. If this is going to go into your 11:15, perhaps we could -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes, sir. How many public speaker do we have? MR. OCHS: -- take this later. MR. MILLER: I just have one. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: I think it is resolved. September 26, 2017 Page 66 MR. ANDERSON: It is. MR. BRACCI: I'm the speaker. It's resolved. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: We just need to do the ex parte and hear what the issue is. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. MR. OCHS: Okay. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right. So, Commissioner Saunders? COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Well, I do have some ex parte communications with the petitioner, some communications. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. Commissioner Solis? COMMISSIONER SOLIS: I've had discussions with Terrie Abrams, Beth Smith, Bruce Anderson, Mark Alan, Steve Bracci. These are actually emails. I've met with those prior ones; emails with the same, Rich Yovanovich, and a phone call with Bruce Anderson. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: My ex parte is as it was explained the last time we heard this but also, in addition, I've had additional correspondence and emails. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yes. I've also previously disclosed, which was on July 11th, but I have received correspondence from Attorney Steven Bracci representing the Black Bear Ridge homeowner association; emails and phone calls with Bruce Anderson. And since then I've received additional email from Rich Yovanovich. Also -- let's see. That was it. Correspondence, emails, and calls. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And I, as well, have numerous, as previously reported, numerous meetings, correspondence, and emails. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right. Thank you very much. MR. ANDERSON: Thank you, Commissioners. My name is Bruce Anderson from the Cheffy Passidomo Law Firm. You may recall from the prior hearing that the residents across the street in Black Bear Ridge had some concerns and objected. But since September 26, 2017 Page 67 that time, we've met with them, we've revised the Site Development Plan and reached an agreement that they no longer oppose the insubstantial change. We want to thank the residents of Black Bear Ridge for working with us to come up with a plan that is better for both parties. They are tenacious, well informed, and provided valuable input. And I do need to make a part of the record a landscaping exhibit that we will be providing an enhanced landscape buffer, Type C double row plantings, within a Type D buffer width. And I have nothing else unless you have questions. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I make the motion. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I have a question. Is it possible within the documents given -- presented to us with the PUD that at a future time you can increase the density by building additional structures? MR. ANDERSON: There's already a cap on the density in the PUD. This doesn't affect that. MR. KLATZKOW: That's not the question. MR. ANDERSON: Okay. Then I didn't understand it. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Can you -- MR. KLATZKOW: Your current Site Development Plan lists a certain number of homes; is that correct? MR. ANDERSON: Yes. MR. KLATZKOW: And so you're going to represent to the Board you will not increase that number. MR. ANDERSON: That is correct. MR. KLATZKOW: Okay. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. MR. ANDERSON: It's 212 dwelling units. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. Good. All right. So any questions? (No response.) September 26, 2017 Page 68 CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Commissioner Saunders? COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: I, actually, was going to ask that question about the units, but that's been clarified. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Have you still got a speaker? COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: We need to hear from the folks that were opposed to this project. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes. MR. MILLER: This is our registered public speaker, Steve Bracci. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Just to remind the commission, when this came up, I guess it was back in late June or so, we continued this and directed the parties -- or asked the parties to try to get together and work this out. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And they have. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: So the good news is apparently that has happened. That's why I was saying that it really isn't -- this is not an item that's going to take very much time. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: And point of order, County Attorney, we didn't swear in right now, but I'm assuming -- because this issue has been continued, we don't need to swear in again? MR. KLATZKOW: That's correct. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. Thank you. MR. BRACCI: Good morning, Commissioners. My name is Steve Bracci on behalf of the Black Bear Ridge Property Owners Association and confirming what Mr. Anderson represented: We do have an agreement, the parties do with respect to this, and it's been reduced to writing in a settlement agreement between the parties. And as a result of that, the Black Bear Ridge Property Owners Association withdraws any objection it has on its own behalf as well, to the extent it's authorized, legally, on behalf of any individual within the Black Bear Ridge Association. September 26, 2017 Page 69 CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Commissioner Saunders? COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: And it's my understanding there are some folks from Black Bear Ridge that are here. They're in the audience nodding in the affirmative so that -- confirming that this has been approved. And unless there's some questions, Madam Chair, I'll make a motion. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And I'll second it. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: The motion is close the public hearing and approve the petition amending Ordinance No. 2007-46, the Wolf Creek RPUD. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Do I hear a second? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yes. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: You second; Commissioner McDaniel second. Any discussion? (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those in favor, say aye. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign. (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries unanimously. MR. ANDERSON: Thank you very much. MR. OCHS: Thank you, Commissioners. That takes us to your 11:15 time-certain item. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Rock and roll. MR. OCHS: Even a blind squirrel finds -- September 26, 2017 Page 70 CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: We started off a little slow, but we're moving into it. MR. OCHS: Yes, ma'am. Item #11D SELECTION OF A STATE LOBBYING FIRM PER RFP #17-7186 TO REPRESENT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AT THE STATE CAPITOL IN TALLAHASSEE - MOTION TO SELECT SMITH, BRYAN & MYERS TO REPRESENT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AT THE STATE CAPITOL IN TALLAHASSEE BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2017 – APPROVED MR. OCHS: Item 11D is a recommendation to select a state lobbying firm per the specifications in RFP #17-7186 to represent the Board at the State Capitol in Tallahassee. John Mullins, your government affairs manager, will begin the presentation. MR. MULLINS: Thank you. For the record, John Mullins, Government Affairs Manager. Today the Board will be hearing brief presentations by the three state lobbying contract finalists. The lobbyist or lobbyists selected by the Board will work in conjunction with our office to monitor the actions of the legislature and executive branches in Tallahassee and work to protect our local interests and advance the legislative and project funding agenda of the Board. The selection process to this point happened as follows: Procurement services issued an RFP on July 21st, email notices were sent to 156 lobbying firms; 31 solicitation packets were downloaded; the nine firms submitting proposals by the deadline of August 21st were in alphabetical order: Ballard Partners; Becker & Poliakoff; September 26, 2017 Page 71 Buchanan, Ingersoll, and Rooney; Capital City Consulting; Carlton Fields; Mark Anderson Governmental Consulting; Pittman Law Group; Ronald L. Book, partnering with Southern Strategy Group of Miami; and Smith, Bryan, and Myers. A selection committee was convened consisting of six voting members that evaluated each proposal based on criteria established by procurement. These criteria included points for cover letter and contact information, certified minority business enterprise, business plan, cost of services, experience and capacity of the firm, specialized expertise of team members, and a local vendor preference. Each committee member was instructed to rank the proposals from one to nine, one being the best, by virtue of scores received by totaling the scores of each criteria. Those rankings were entered into a spreadsheet that calculated the top three. The top three ranked firms are represented here today. With the Board's permission, I would welcome each firm to make their presentation in alphabetical order: Buchanan, followed by Capital City, concluding with Smith Brian. Each has seven minutes. Madam Chair, it's the Board's discretion as to asking questions after each presenter or saving them until the conclusion of the presentations. After the presentations are concluded, if you're comfortable with taking a vote, we can use a similar ranking system to quickly ascertain a result, but only if you so desire. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you very much. MR. MULLINS: Buchanan? MR. ARNOLD: Thank you, John. For the record, my name is Keith Arnold. I'm here on behalf of Buchanan, Ingersoll, Rooney. I'm here with my colleague Brett Bacot, and both of us have had the pleasure and the privilege of representing you for the better part of the last 20 years. We certainly appreciate the honor and the opportunity to stand before you today. We recognize the September 26, 2017 Page 72 work of staff in recommending us as one of the finalists, and we thank them for that opportunity. Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney is a national firm with tremendous resources, approximately 500 personnel, 100 which are in Florida. And on behalf of colleagues in Tallahassee, Mac Stipanovich, Linda Shelly, Tim Stanfield; Marnie George, Mike Harrell, Kim McGlynn and James Magill, Bob Butterworth, Ivette O'Doski, Paul Hawkes and, more recently, Former Governor Jeb Bush, we do appreciate the opportunity to present and to talk to you about some of the issues which we think are important to this community. My family moved here in what's now Collier County approximately 150 years ago. And whether you've been here for multiple generations or just a few years, I think all of us have been affected by Hurricane Irma. And I think in many ways that will shape your legislative agenda as you go forward, shape some of the priorities that we talk to the legislative delegation about, and how we interact with the state legislature. As such, I've tailored my comments to reflect some of those issues, some past experiences, and some things I think will be important to you as we move forward. Hurricane Irma struck Collier County 57 years to the day since Hurricane Donna flew into and impacted downtown Naples and downtown Fort Myers. A lot's happened in the last 57 years. Needless to say I, like so many of your speakers before you, note the tremendous coordinated response that Collier County had to Hurricane Irma. It was nothing short of impressive. From Leo's press conference to Sheriff Romback's (sic) to Dr. Pamela -- Dr. Kamela Patton and so many others; the response down here was significant and impressive. I, like other speakers, would, again, echo the phenomenal competence and cohesion of your response team led by Dan Summers. He did a wonderful job, and you ought to be very, very proud. September 26, 2017 Page 73 The issues which you face now are tremendous economically, culturally and, certainly, to some extent, also from the standpoint of human services. Irma reeked havoc on this community. There will be many issues going forward, and they will center around your ability to engage with the legislature and your ability to engage with the federal government. We've had several years of experience working with you on FEMA issues. Even though that's a federal issue, it is also jointly controlled by the State, and any day now we expect to receive, ironically, $7 million of funding from the last hurricane to hit Collier County. Chairwoman Taylor, we thank you for your letter to the Governor on that, but we do expect that issue to be resolved imminently. Everglades City, Chokoloskee, Immokalee, areas that were substantially impacted by Hurricane Irma will need continued assistance as we move forward. You're on the brink of making a decision, a fairly unprecedented decision, I might add, to, as a county, intercede with a municipal entity and ultimately help guide and perhaps manage their infrastructure. Everglades City simply does not have the personnel to manage the construction of their water, sewer, and stormwater systems, and you are going to be asked to step in and fulfill that role for them. And that comes at a cost, and it comes at a burden. And we need to make sure that the Florida Department of Environmental Protection recognizes that you're willing to help the people of Everglades City, but you're also -- you also need the state to indemnify you for some of the problems that that utility has faced in the past and potentially will face in the future. Storm watershed projects are going to continue to be important. We just, as you know, I think, successfully negotiated a settlement between the Department of Agriculture and Collier County on September 26, 2017 Page 74 Picayune Strand. Watershed projects are going to be the focal point of your legislative agenda, I would suspect. So these issues will continue to shape, I think, the priorities, your discussion with local delegation members, with the governor, and with our national delegation, and a coordinated response will be critical to your success. Dan in his presentation this morning suggested that any coordinated response to a natural disaster is a community-wide response. And so it is. You showed as a community through your leadership, through the leadership of Leo, Nick, and their staffs, that that coordinated effort, that community-wide effort was, indeed, successful. And I would add that, likewise, the effort to rebuild, the effort to remake this community will also be a community effort, one which is critically important for all of us to work cohesively together on and to advocate as one voice, one community, before Tallahassee and Washington. I will close by comparing the response in Collier County to what we saw with Hurricane Harvey in Texas. Hurricane Harvey was an altogether different storm, and certainly Houston suffered flooding events like no other. But I think there's a lost point that has not been discussed in the media about Hurricane Harvey and the flooding which Houston experienced, and that is, is that Houston touts itself as the only city in the nation with no zoning laws; none. And you can build whatever you want on your property, and that has been the case in the city of Houston since the founding of the city. And it shows what lack of planning can do to people in a community: Lack of cooperation between government and citizens and builders and developers. You just heard from one today. We, in Naples and in Collier County, were able to survey the wrath of Irma because of planning and your effort to work with September 26, 2017 Page 75 developers and work with the community at large and plan for events like this. Our efforts are to protect your ability to plan in Tallahassee and not allow state government to take away your local authority to do so. That, Madam Chairwoman, Members of the Commission, will remain our number one objective as we work for your issues in the 2018 legislative session. Thank you. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you. Any questions? (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: No. Thank you. MR. IAROSSI: You guys want to stand up here. Come on. Don't be shy. Thank you, Madam Chair, Nick Iarossi with Capital City Consulting. It's an honor to be here and to be selected as a finalist to represent Collier County. We're pleased to be here, and thanks for the opportunity to present. I started Capital City Consulting in 2003 with a couple of my partners, and since then we've built it into one of the top lobbying firms in the state representing a multitude of different clients across a broad spectrum. We're very proud of what we've built. And I think the thing that sets us apart from other firms is that some firms are very good at the technical side of things, other firms are very good at the political side of things, and I think we've taken a lot of pride in combining political resourcefulness with technical knowledge to really create great results for all of our clients, and I think that's demonstrated by our growth over the years. I've been in this process now for about 20 years. This will be my 18th session lobbying. And the process has evolved quite a bit over the years as I've been doing it. One of the things that we've done is try to hire people who are more specified in the certain areas. And when September 26, 2017 Page 76 we looked at your bid, it seemed like there were really three areas that you were focused on. One, obviously, is appropriations. Appropriations work is important, obviously, to bring state money down from Tallahassee; two is public infrastructure projects which, given Hurricane Irma, are going to become even more important, and resources are going to be more scarce in Tallahassee, so lobbying efforts are going to have to be more intense; and then the third is environmental issues. And when we looked at that bid -- we typically don't go after every local government bid that comes out. A lot of firms do. We really don't. We felt we were really well suited to represent Collier County based upon those principles. And I brought with me today Jim Boxold, former Secretary of the Department of Transportation, and Andrew Ketchel, who we hired recently from the Department of Environmental Protection. And I'd like to have them just briefly introduce themselves. MR. BOXOLD: Good morning. As Nick said, I'm Jim Boxold with Capital City Consulting. I'm honored to be here with you this morning. Southwest Florida's, obviously, a special part of the state. I grew up in South Florida, and my first job after college was working for Congressman Porter Goss who used to represent this area. We talk a lot about the difference between South Florida and Southwest Florida, and it's certainly -- and I'm not going to date myself and tell you how long ago that was, but the difference between Southwest Florida and South Florida was apparent even then. And when I did work for Porter Goss, the issues that we focused on are going to be very familiar to you; they were making sure that Florida got its fair share in transportation dollars and making sure that at that time what we called the western Everglades got the attention that it needed. September 26, 2017 Page 77 After seven or eight years, I got my fill of Washington, D.C., moved halfway back home, settled in Tallahassee, worked for Governor Bush and then the Commissioner of agricultural, Charlie Bronson, and then Adam Putnam. I'm certainly reminded of my time at the Department of Agriculture given the devastation that your agriculture producers in the eastern part of the county are facing now in the wake of Irma. It's certainly reminiscent of the storms in '04 and '05. That will be a tremendous challenge going forward. As Nick mentioned, I spent the last several years of my career in state government at the Florida DOT, worked on a number of issues that are going to be very familiar to you, worked with Senator Richter on the fire station at Mile Marker 63, the widening of I-75 here in Collier County, advancing the critical safety upgrades for State Road 82 to reduce the deaths that were occurring and then, finally, the additional fencing for Florida panthers along Alligator Alley. And while I was honored to get a Conservationist of the Year award from Florida Wildlife Federation, I recognize that that project and those improvements to protect the Florida panther wouldn't have happened without a lot of leadership, including right here in Collier County. So I think Nick laid out very clearly that Southwest Florida's a special place, and I think part of what makes it special is that balance between public infrastructure and the environment. And I think our firm, without question, has a tremendous amount of value to add to that equation, so I appreciate the consideration. Thank you. MR. KETCHEL: Thank you, Nick, Jim. Chairman, my name is Andrew Ketchel. I spent the last three years of my career as the Legislative Affairs Director of the Department of Environmental Protection. Prior to that I worked for September 26, 2017 Page 78 Governor Scott in his Legislative Affairs Office; have been very involved with all the issues that face Collier County; worked quite a bit with Leo and Nick on oil and gas and mineral rights issues, beach restoration issues, mitigation banking issues in the areas of this part of the state that are very unique to the environment. Very proud of the work that I've done for this county and for the Department of Environmental Protection. About a year ago I joined Capital City Consulting; knew Nick for many years through my time in the governor's office. My relationship with the Governor is obviously very special, and so is Nick's. He was a part of his statewide finance chairmanship and helped the governor on a number of different issues. So the firm itself is very close with the Governor as well. So thank you for the opportunity to potentially serve you and the county and the opportunity to put our issues in front of the county and make your issues number one. So with that, I will turn it back over to Nick, and thank you again. MR. IAROSSI: So as you can see, those are just two examples of the 10 lobbyists that we have at the firm that have broad-ranging policy expertise. Looking over your past legislative agendas, things like workers' comp reform, for example. We have Ashley Kalifeh in our office, who is Deputy CFO, handles the insurance workers' comp issues. We have Dean Izzo who joined us from -- as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Economic Opportunity, which hands out incentives and grant programs, is an expert in those areas. Scott Ross, Deputy Secretary of DBPR for regulated industries issues, condo associations, things like -- of that nature that the county's faced; healthcare, education. We really have policy experts in all these areas that you're going to be able to draw upon if we are fortunate enough to be selected here today. September 26, 2017 Page 79 I guess I'll just close in saying that, again, we don't really respond to all these types of RFPs for lobbying services locally. We think, given the policy expertise of these guys, myself -- I do a lot of work not only in the business sector, but I represent the Everglades Foundation, so projects like Picayune Strand sur project, very familiar with. We've gotten lots of funding for CERP projects and Everglades restoration projects over the years. So we're very familiar with all the issues that are priorities that have been listed in the RFP. Happy to answer any questions. And, again, thank you for selecting us as a finalist. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Commissioner Fiala? COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yes. First of all, you said the right words when you say you don't go after every bid that's out there. You are select in your decision. That made me feel good because that means you come to the front of the line as far as the counties you represent rather than you're just part of the group or the crowd. Number one, do you assist with Florida Association of Counties? Do you work with them? Have you been working with them to help us -- or to help your clients? MR. ISACKSON: Sure. So if -- we don't have another county client. So if selected, you'd be our first and only county client. We represent several local government entities such as City of Venice, Palm Beach County Sheriff, several school districts. We're familiar with the issues surrounding local government, but you'd be our first county. Now, have we worked with FAC on other issues that may involve the cities as well? Of course, yeah, and the counties are impacted, obviously, by lots of different types of legislation, including workers' comp, economic incentives. So, yeah, everyone works in coalitions in that regard. So very familiar with the people at Florida Association of September 26, 2017 Page 80 Counties. You're going to be hearing from one of the best ones, I think, to come out of there shortly, Lisa, but -- she's tough competition. But, yeah, absolutely. And Tallahassee's a small town, so coalition building -- as Senator Saunders will tell you from his time up there, coalition building is really a key part of effective lobbying, and so working well with others in those types of coalitions to be effective is a priority. COMMISSIONER FIALA: They have helped us so much over the years. And I know Lisa isn't with them anymore, but they've really been helpful so I wanted to make sure -- MR. IAROSSI: Fantastic organization. COMMISSIONER FIALA: -- there was a good working relationship there. MR. IAROSSI: Yes, ma'am. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Secondly, are you -- it sounds like from your presentation already that you can open doors to different legislators. That's important to us, too; a good working relationship, feet on the ground with the people that matter to our needs, so -- MR. IAROSSI: Yes, ma'am. COMMISSIONER FIALA: -- you do -- you have open doors to legislation? MR. IAROSSI: I would say, Commissioner, that, you know, our firm is incredibly politically active, one of the most politically active firms by far in the state and, out of the 10 of us who are part of the firm, there's no one that we can't reach. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Great. And let's see -- do you -- will you set up schedules for us and participate when the schedules are prepared for us and they meet our approval and John Mullin -- where -- oh, there you are -- you know, he'll be your go-to guy, do you then assist us and go to these different meetings with us? MR. IAROSSI: Yes, ma'am. I do quite a bit of that right now for September 26, 2017 Page 81 clients like school districts that come up for committee weeks or during session for certain times. We set a whole agenda for them, walk them through the capitol, make the introductions, help with the policy, arguments, and give briefings ahead of time, because a lot of times it's important so that the client knows when they're walking into a room what the political dynamics are with that particular legislator and maybe their interaction with leadership or with the other party or other members of the committee that they're on so that you're on message also when you go in. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Thank you very much. MR. IAROSSI: Thank you. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Commissioner Saunders? COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Yeah, just -- this whole process is going to take a little bit of time, but it's very, very important, as we all know. Two areas I'd like to inquire on. One is, I agree with you completely that there's no more important process in getting legislative support than building coalitions. Can you give me an example of some project you may have worked on and what type of coalitions you would have put together? MR. IAROSSI: Sure. So, I mean, to be honest, every session we usually have a different coalition that we're working with. On workers comp reform, for example, working with various interests of the business community and also trying to reach out with the workers comp trial lawyers to figure out solutions to problems. And when I say "coalition building," too, it's not just people who are like minded in the lobbying core, but also within the legislature. It's important to work both sides of the legislature. A lot of times firms will only work the Republicans or only work the Democrats. But the reality is, on any given issue, and any issue that you put forth as a priority, you're going to have to build coalitions September 26, 2017 Page 82 of Republicans and Democrats many times. And, as you know, Senator, on committees, those votes can be very narrow margins at times. So it's building coalitions on issues with people who are in the private sector pushing a certain initiative and also building coalitions within the legislature to ensure that you have the votes. And we see that numerous times particularly on the Everglades Foundation issues. Those are typically very polarizing issues, and the only way you get something done, particularly the things that we've gotten done -- over the last several years with record amounts of funding and policy initiatives, the only way you get there is through building coalitions inside and out of the legislature. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: And then in terms of building those coalitions with members of the legislature, setting up meetings, access, obviously, is very important. And, you know, I hate to say that campaign activities, campaign contributions, working on individual campaigns over the years generates the ability to have more access. Does your firm engage in some of the political activities to assist candidates that are running for the Senate or for the House? And, if so, kind of give them a little bit of an idea of what that involves. MR. IAROSSI: Sure. Yeah, I mean, absolutely, we're one of probably the most political active firms in the state. We raise millions of dollars -- it's an election cycle -- supporting those candidates who are philosophically aligned with the interests of our clients to, in the clients' mind, you know, create good government based on philosophy. That is a year-round process. I probably spend 60 percent of my time on political fundraising, outreach relationship building with members of the legislature, traveling the state constantly, spending time with them, working with them in their districts on campaigns. These guys are going around the state as well as the other seven guys we have, guys and gals we have in the firm, traveling to the districts getting to know the candidates, September 26, 2017 Page 83 really, now at the early phases. So with term limits and these guys cycling in and out every eight years, it's really important that you build relationships with them when they first run for office. And then, you know, those relationships, that level of trust from spending time -- and it's no different than you guys have when people come advocate on your behalf. There are people that you have developed a level of trust with who have credibility with you so that what they're saying you take seriously and aren't suspect. And so our philosophy in dealing with candidates from a political perspective is not only the fundraising aspects, the putting time in on the campaigns, but putting time in with them as individuals so you develop a rapport and a level of trust. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. Any other questions? (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right. Thank you very much. MR. IAROSSI: Thank you. MS. HURLEY: Good morning. It's great to see you again. Lisa Hurley and my partner Andrea Reilly from Smith, Bryan & Myers. I would like to start off by saying Smith, Bryan & Myers does not bid on every local government bid that's put out there. Number two, I'd like to say that I hope height is not one of the criteria you're using in selecting your lobbyist today. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Or a deep voice. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Sorry, that's the number one criteria. MS. HURLEY: I will sit down now then. The last time I had the pleasure of presenting before you, Commissioner Saunders, you were actually on this side of the dais with Keith Arnold and I, and we were giving a legislative update to the Board, and so it's really good to see you up there. Congratulations, September 26, 2017 Page 84 again, on your election. I stepped in before our presentation and caught the middle of the report from your Public Utilities Department on the current status of your debris removal plan after Hurricane Irma. And I will tell you, I'm not a resident here, but when I drove in from Miami last night, you would never believe that two weeks ago one of the largest, most powerful hurricanes in the history had ravaged this county. I heard and I couldn't believe you're still four to six months out from completing the mission. But I have to tell you, I mean, I was amazed to see the streets as clean as they were. And so that is a testament to your leadership and always your great staff on what you've done so far. So -- and I think it's also a testament to your leadership in that you have three very qualified firms that are all vying for the opportunity to represent you in Tallahassee. We're all very close. We all work together with each other in Tallahassee, and so these days aren't particularly fun for us, but -- yeah. But anyways we, too, are honored that we were selected as one of your three candidates under consideration. So Smith, Bryan & Myers, we've been around for over 30 years in Tallahassee. We have a long history of representing local governments. Hillsborough County we've represented for over 20 years now. Smith, Bryan & Myers has also represented the Florida Association of Counties for over 10 years. We've acted as their lead contract lobbyist for that period of time. Some of you may know me when I wasn't at the Florida Association of Counties. I was there for five years, and I was their legislative director, and I always looked to Smith, Bryan & Myers as our lead firm because they're results oriented, and that's why I went there. We are keenly aware of what local governments face on a yearly September 26, 2017 Page 85 basis in Tallahassee. It's always challenging. There's always attacks on home rule, and that's why you belong to associations like the Florida Association of Counties. But besides those issues that the 67 counties can combine forces on, you also have to look out for your local projects, your appropriations requests, and that's where leadership and your contacts with leadership and access to leadership will give you the results that you're looking for. And I think Smith, Bryan & Myers is really second to none in our relationships with leadership. We work very closely with the Governor, very closely with the President, Speaker, both appropriations chairs. I believe it's important to -- if you haven't done so already, follow up. You may consider following up on reputations and relationships at the legislative level, because at the end of the day, that's what this process is about, and it's about relationships. I agree with Keith that this session will be a hurricane-focused session both on future hurricane preparedness and recovery efforts -- I think there's going to be probably some finger pointing going on -- but there's also going to be everyone vying for a very small pool of resources. We've already had the state economist who projected $52 million surplus this year is already going to be eaten up, no doubt about it -- by the monies that will be needed for recovery efforts. And so, again, going back to it's always important to have access and relationships with leadership but none more important than this next legislative session that we're entering into. So I think it's important to know a little bit about our firm culture. Smith, Bryan & Myers has seven lobbyists and two administrative assistants. The seven lobbyists have very, very diverse backgrounds in levels of different areas of expertise. We do not act in silos. Although we appoint a team lead for our clients, that doesn't mean you only have access to one or two lobbyists. September 26, 2017 Page 86 When you contract with Smith, Bryan & Myers, you have access to the whole team, all seven of us. And as a testament to our founder, Matt Bryan, he really -- our reputation and our work ethic is first and foremost in his mind, and to that means that he wants to make sure that we are all keenly aware of what's going on with our other -- with everyone's clients. So to that end, every week, Tuesdays and Friday, we have weekly staff meetings to make sure we go around the table to make sure everyone's aware of what's going on with our clients, where we need help. We want to make sure, if I don't have the proper contact or Andrea doesn't have the proper contact, we get one of the members of our team assigned to a particular leader to make sure we have the appropriate person tasked for that job. So you get the whole team when you contract with us. So Andrea Riley, who I introduced to you briefly before, she's been with the firm for five years now. She was with Holland & Knight before that. She's -- like myself, she's a lawyer as well, and she was with Adam Putnam in D.C., so she's got the federal experience there. Matt Bryan, who I mentioned before, he's our -- the founding partner of Smith, Bryan & Myers, recognized as -- in 2016 as an Appropriations Lobbyist of the Year. So I know that's very important for your local interests. And I think my time is coming up, but we have Jeff Hartley that's been there for over 20 years. He really heads up the fundraising and the political activities for us. So, like Nick's firm, we're highly engaged in that, and we understand the importance in that and building relationships there. Tom Griffin from Senator Bradley's office who's worked in all aspects of the legislature; and then we've David Daniel from, formerly, of the Florida Chamber of Commerce and Jim Naff from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs. And I'm sorry I took September 26, 2017 Page 87 all my time, so I'll stop there. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Commissioner Saunders? COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: I wanted to ask you a couple of questions as well. I did -- my firm lobbies for Lee County, and a couple years back they had a very major problem with the implementation of flood elevations and lawsuits that were filed under the Bert Harris Act. And one of the things that we did is we formed coalitions, and I know you were very instrumental in making sure that legislation -- the Bert Harris legislation was changed to help protect local governments that were adopting federal flood elevations, because every county had to adopt those. Do you still put together those types of coalitions? On that particular one we had Florida Association of Counties, League of Cities, and then we had other communities that were interested in that particular issue. But do you put together those types of coalitions? MS. HURLEY: We do. And, really, with local government issues, that's critical. You know, we need to bring in other allies when we're working on county issues, and the one that I worked most closely on this last session was the vacation rental issue and so -- which has been hanging around for years, and we've been fighting for years, but with my representation of the Florida Association of Counties in Flagler, we reached out and brought in the homeowner associations and the Restaurant and Lodging Association. This year we actually brought in -- we'll see more of a presence from the national hotel and lodging associations, so that will be a big one this year. And so, yes, the answer is we still do that. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Two more questions. I asked Capital City concerning their political activities. You mentioned a little bit about that. Can you kind of elaborate on that, and then I have one more question. September 26, 2017 Page 88 MS. HURLEY: I sure would. And if I may, I'd love to bring Andrea up. She's been at the firm a lot longer than I have, and she could probably speak more in depth on that issue. Andrea? MS. REILLY: Thank you. I would echo a lot of Nick's comments in that it is almost a full-time job. We spend -- when we're not over in the capitol, we are running around the state and sometimes outside of the state spending time with legislators and supporting them, their campaigns. Whether it's going down and walking door to door, fundraising or, you know, waving signs, we participate very heavily in those activities at all levels; rank and file, freshman, all the way up through leadership when needed. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Okay. And so one more question. One of the -- I'm sorry. I assume you were finished. One of the things that my firm likes to do is have meetings with county and city staff to see what kind of issues the department heads may be having with current legislation -- current statutes. Would you be willing to come to Collier County to -- as needed to meet with staff, to help us develop a legislative agenda that may attack not only the appropriations issues that we're facing now but maybe in terms of some operational issues we may be facing with existing law? MS. HURLEY: The answer to that question is a resounding yes. I mean, that's the only way we can effectively represent you at the state levels. We have to fully understand what's going on here. And so there's no limit to the amount of -- and the amount of trips we'll make down here to make sure we're fully immersed in the issues that you're facing so we can represent you in Tallahassee. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right. Any other questions? (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right. Thank you very much. MS. HURLEY: Thank you. September 26, 2017 Page 89 CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Commissioner Saunders? COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: All right. These are always difficult decisions. We have -- Mr. Arnold has represented Collier County for, I think he indicated, 20 years. And though these are difficult decisions and though there's that long history, that's not necessarily a reason to continue that process. I think the two firms that addressed us that were more -- most specific in terms of what they do in Tallahassee, how they address their clients, were the two firms: Capital City and Smith, Bryan. And so, Madam Chair and Commissioners, this is going to take a couple minutes, but this is a very important issue for us -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: -- as outlined by everybody so, you know, bear with me on this. We spend substantial dollars in hiring lobbyists to represent our interests, and we need to make sure that we are spending those dollars in the best ways for our citizens. And so it's very important, and it was pointed out because of the issues with Hurricane Irma how important it is this coming legislative session to make the right decision. Each one of us has our specific areas of expertise; we can't be experts in everything. And I'm going to ask you to defer to some point to my expertise. I was a member of the legislature for 14 years. I certainly know the process. I'm still with a firm that lobbies one of the -- we make -- Jason Unger may take exception as to which firm is the most politically connected, but I am with one of the those firms and very familiar with that. And so, as I said, each one of us has our own area of expertise. Chairman Taylor, you've been involved with the ethics issues, beach renourishment, you've taken a lead on making sure that we got more money into beach renourishment. Commissioner Solis, you're an expert on economic development, September 26, 2017 Page 90 and you've taken a lead on mental health, and certainly your expertise as a land use lawyer is well known, and we defer to you. Commissioner McDaniel, any issues dealing with Everglades City, the sewer plant that we're dealing with there, Immokalee, the rural lands issues, we really defer to your substantial experience in all of those things. And, Commissioner Fiala, you're the history of this county. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Now you're history. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: And we defer to you on numerous issues to find out what the background was and what the history was, and obviously you're an expert on all of the issues dealing with East Naples and Marco Island. And so I'm going to -- I'm going to suggest that we select -- and this is difficult for me because I know people from both -- from all three of these firms, but particularly the other two. I'm going to suggest that we pick Smith, Bryan & Myers as our lobbying firm going forward. And if the Board's willing to do that, then I would suggest that we do that on a contract that provides that either party can terminate the contract -- those are pretty typical -- with one month's notice. It can be a one-year contract or a three-year contract, but I'm going to suggest that we select Smith, Bryan. And there's a lot of reasons for that. Lisa Hurley, you heard her comments concerning her background. I can tell you that during the legislative session when she was with the Florida Association of Counties, we had weekly meetings of the entire county lobbying teams from around the state. We'd meet in the basement of the capitol. I think it was seven o'clock in the morning. We all hated that, but she was a true leader in terms of making sure that every county, whether it was an in-house lobbyist or a contract lobbyist, that every person touched the right members of the legislature. She knew who needed to be contacted. She gave those September 26, 2017 Page 91 orders. And believe me, everybody followed those orders, and she was very successful. And the Florida Association of Counties and those types of coalitions, I believe she's the right person for Collier County to help us deal with those legislative issues that are going to be very important to us. Matt Bryan, I worked with him when I was in the legislature for many years. As was pointed out, he was named the Appropriations Legislator of the Year by Influence Magazine in 2016. Their listing of their appropriations is tremendous in areas where we really need that help. Economic incubators, they've been very successful in that. Beach renourishment, they've been very successful in that. Transportation, they've been very successful in that. And Nick, you know, one of the things that sort of moves me away from your firm to Smith, Bryan is the fact that Smith, Bryan does represent other counties, and I think that experience is important. I'm going to use one example; Hillsborough County. Now, there are three members of the Hillsborough County Commission that were members of the legislature. Two of them were the members of the Senate that I served with, and that firm has represented Hillsborough County for 20 years. Now, that's a sophisticated group of people, but it's -- three members of that commission really understand the need to have Smith, Bryan as their lobbyist. And their -- I think their experience, as members of the legislature, says a lot when they're maintaining their relation with Smith, Bryan. So I'm going to ask the Commission, and I'd be pleased to make a motion, to select Smith, Bryan as our lobbying team going forward. So Madam Chair, I'll make that motion. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And I'll second it. September 26, 2017 Page 92 CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: We have a motion on the floor, okay. And there's a second. Is there any discussion here? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yes. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: With a compliment to Commissioner Saunders. Your analogous statements with regard to the individual expertise and knowledge is paramount, so thank you. COMMISSIONER FIALA: It sounded like you were a lobbyist. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: You know, I am a lobbyist for Collier County. I want to make sure that we do the best for our citizens. And I really genuinely believe this is the right way to go. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Well, I'll tell you, Capital City was really impressive to me, and with all of the background. I read everything in all of these three, and they were impressing me too. But then again, I know what Lisa Hurley can do, because I've worked with her for years and so -- through the Florida Association of Counties. And with your saying -- I thought, oh, my goodness, there's only seven people there. Would they ever be able to give us the service we would like or we would need. And so I was concerned about that, but I think with your -- your -- COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Experience. COMMISSIONER FIALA: -- I want to say the right words. I want to say support for them versus anybody else and your knowledge and background, I would have to say I will go along with that and -- but Capital, you did a great job. I was -- this has been tough for me, but thank you. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Go ahead. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Do you want to -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yeah. I was going to say, whatever the decision is, I think it's a wise decision, if there is a change here, that we look at it in a year and evaluate it. September 26, 2017 Page 93 COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Sure. You know, most of these lobbying contracts provide for termination. If we're not happy with our lobbyist, we can terminate. And if they're not happy with us. You know, it's a very -- even though you may have a one-year contract, which we can have, if they're not happy or we're not happy -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: So it's an easy out. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Always, always. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. Well, then I'm not sure then a one-year contract is -- it's superfluous. There we are. I got it out. MR. OCHS: Madam Chair, if I might just interrupt. The contract -- the form contract in your packet was intended to be a two-year contract with an option to renew for an additional year. We can modify that, certainly, if the Board would like. But two years with an option is typically, I think, a good -- COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: That contract is fine; then that would be part of my motion. But I want to make sure that there is an out. MR. OCHS: Oh, yes, sir. There's always a 30-day, for convenience. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: It's in that agreement. I believe I read that, yeah. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: The only thing I was going to say is I think the presentations were exceptional, and everyone has great qualifications. Prior to Commissioner Saunders' presentation -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Lobbying. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: -- lobbying, you know, I like the idea of being the county, the one county that's going to be represented by a firm, you know. I mean, I think my only concern was, you know, being one client amongst counties like Hillsborough County is -- you know, when we're -- if we're competing for dollars, you know, and appropriations and things. But I think as long as everyone feels September 26, 2017 Page 94 comfortable with that, and that, you know, that won't be an issue that we're quite -- not quite as large a county as Hillsborough or Miami-Dade or one of the other counties, that that's not going to impact, you know, the work and the results that we can expect, then I'll support the motion as well. COMMISSIONER FIALA: It was tough. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Yep. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Really tough. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: A difficult decision. MR. MULLINS: Commissioners, I don't know if this will impact the motion that you have, but we would also request that the Chair be authorized to finalize the agreement so we can try to have the contract in place by October 1st. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Yeah. I'll make that part of the motion. We need to get moving. Obviously, there are going to be committee meetings in October. MR. OCHS: Yes. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: That's part of the second as well. I'm good with that. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right. There's a motion on the floor and a second, Smith, Bryan and -- COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Smith, Bryan & Myers. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: -- that they are employed by us as lobbyists as of October the 1st. All those in favor, say aye. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign. September 26, 2017 Page 95 (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Congratulations. And thank you very much. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Thank you to you all. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I think it is time for our break. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, my goodness. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Lunch. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Lunch. COMMISSIONER FIALA: That's the second time that happened. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: It's amazing. COMMISSIONER FIALA: The other time was at 11:15. (A luncheon recess was had.) MR. OCHS: Madam Chair, you have a live mike. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you very much. County Manager -- MR. OCHS: Yes, ma'am. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: -- where are we? Item #7 PUBLIC COMMENTS ON GENERAL TOPICS NOT ON THE CURRENT OR FUTURE AGENDA MR. OCHS: We're on Item 7, public comments on general topics not on the current or future agenda. MR. MILLER: Commissioners, you have one registered speaker, Dr. Joseph Doyle, who's been ceded three additional minutes from Sandra Doyle, who is present. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you very much. How are you? September 26, 2017 Page 96 DR. DOYLE: Good morning, Commissioners, or good afternoon, Commissioners. I'm fine. How are you? That's the question. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Good, thank you. DR. DOYLE: Actually, I'm happy that you're having this meeting today, because I'm sick of watching reruns of July 11th. I think I'm going to get the Emmy for the most public comment in one meeting. But, anyway, here I am again. First I want to give accolades to Commissioner Solis, because I do live in District 2, and we received regular updates daily from Commissioner. We actually evacuated for the storm, but it was nice to know when -- what was going on down here, when to come back, because we didn't want to be a burden to the water and the sewer issues that were happening, et cetera. And so we came when power was restored and that sort of thing. So that worked out well. So that was very helpful to have that information. That being said, I would like to say that we left on Thursday, September 7th, which was the same day as the first budget hearing, but that was the only budget hearing for Pelican Bay. Now, I haven't seen a tape of it or anything like that, but I would like to ask that we have -- which was one of my public comments in July -- that we have in this case a second public hearing for Pelican Bay because many of us were not here on September 7th. So I'd just like to bring that to your attention and see what we can do about that. I don't know -- I'd seen in the newspaper something about the third budget hearing possibly but, you know, maybe it could go there, whatever, but I would like to see something. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: You normally have one budget hearing. DR. DOYLE: Remember, that was the whole thing that I -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Right, we have a budget hearing on September 26, 2017 Page 97 Thursday. Are we -- can we add to the agenda? I'm not -- I don't know. I'm asking. MR. OCHS: Well, it wasn't advertised because the Board talked about this at their first hearing and decided not to have a second hearing. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. DR. DOYLE: But I had put in a request prior to the budget that you do a continuance. Did anyone do a continuance to the second hearing? COMMISSIONER SOLIS: I don't think it was -- we didn't continue it. I'm trying to remember. There was some discussion with Neil Dorrill about coming back and doing more presentation, or am I remembering that wrong? Where did we end up on that? MR. OCHS: You voted on the budget at the first hearing. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: We did? Okay. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: What happened was we brought up the discussion of, since there would only be one budget hearing on that particular item, should we go ahead and continue that to the second budget hearing. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Right. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: There was some discussion about that, and the Board just decided to move forward with it. So I don't think we're in a position where we can do anything differently -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Because of the advertisement. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: It's advertised. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Yeah. I mean, it was done and, of course, there's nothing been advertised. COMMISSIONER FIALA: I think I can -- wasn't his reply something like they had talked to their board, too, and the Board said, no, that they were satisfied with this budget? COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Right. One of the questions September 26, 2017 Page 98 was, what was the board vote, and I think the board was like 8-1 or there was only one dissenting vote on the board. And so the Commission decided to just go ahead, move forward with it. DR. DOYLE: Well, I understand that, but I quite think it's unfair because we were under a state of emergency both from the Governor and locally. And to have a budget hearing that -- I mean, you know. You've seen all the letters to the editor in the newspaper and commentaries. I really think that that September 7th budget hearing, quite frankly, was unfair for everybody. Not just Pelican Bay, but also for all the ad valorem millages. Now, obviously, they have a remedy because you have a second one on Thursday, but we don't have a remedy for Pelican Bay, okay. So the other thing that you need to consider, too, is I noticed that on today's summary agenda, 17B, with the waste removal, you know, the garbage collection, that that was advertised for September 12th, and all the paperwork in there still says September 12th, even in the resolution in the ordinance. Maybe that should be continued also to Thursday. Even though you approved it on the summary agenda today, it really was not held as the advertised public hearing for the 12th. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Say that again. DR. DOYLE: It was summary agenda 17B, as in boy. MR. OCHS: Yeah. The meeting of the 12th was canceled, and it's carried over to today. DR. DOYLE: Right, but that item was put on the summary agenda. It was not necessarily heard, you know, as a formal hearing as was advertised. So that you could also carry over to this Thursday. MR. KLATZKOW: The time to have done that would have been this morning before you took action. DR. DOYLE: Well, did anyone read it closely? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Well, of course. September 26, 2017 Page 99 DR. DOYLE: I just put that out, because I know you commissioners had a lot to read, and I think someone should have pointed it out to you this morning. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: So you're saying that on 17 -- oh, excuse me; I just had it here. 17E? DR. DOYLE: B as in boy. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: B, yeah, that's better. DR. DOYLE: You know, I just get the impression that with slipping things through on the taxpayer at this point. MR. OCHS: No, we're not slipping anything through, Commissioners. This is an annual assessment for collection of garbage -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, yeah. That's right. MR. OCHS: -- around the county, and it sets the annual fees. We do that every year. DR. DOYLE: Well, it happens to be a 9 percent increase. In the past it's been a 3 percent increase. For some reason this time it's 9 percent, and we haven't discussed it. MR. OCHS: You weren't here to discuss it. DR. DOYLE: I think it should go to the public hearing. MR. OCHS: You weren't here to discuss it this morning, sir, if you wanted to talk about it. DR. DOYLE: It was set September 12th. It was erroneous. The whole item is erroneous. So, you know, Commissioners, I'd like to just point these out to you. I realize we had a storm, but I think we need to rectify some of these procedural things. You are the Board, they are the staff, and you set the direction. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. So where are we with 17B? Can we add 17B to the agenda on Thursday? MR. KLATZKOW: You have approved it. September 26, 2017 Page 100 COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: We don't need to. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yeah, but we're in the -- MR. KLATZKOW: If you want to reconsider it and bring it back -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: We can reconsider it, yes. MR. KLATZKOW: If you want to reconsider it and bring it back, you may do so. But right now you approved it. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Right. I mean, we can reconsider it in this meeting; is that correct? And then at the next meeting we have to bring it -- MR. KLATZKOW: You would make a motion to reconsider it, and then we would bring it back at a future meeting. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: And what is that going to do with the -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: Tax Collector. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yeah, the collection. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Yeah, because we have to have two meetings on that, right? MR. OCHS: I'm sorry, ma'am? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I'm sorry. I thought -- if we reconsider this and bring it back at a later meeting, which the first meeting would be October. MR. OCHS: October 7th. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Too late. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: October 7th, right? MR. OCHS: I guess you set your rates on October 7th instead of October 1st that's -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Retroactively and have it -- MR. OCHS: -- concurrent with your -- the start of your fiscal year. All this was briefed during your budget workshops. This is not surprising. It's a routine item we do every year. COMMISSIONER FIALA: We all knew it was coming. September 26, 2017 Page 101 CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: And we voted on it. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Yeah. I doubt that anybody's going to change their position on it. If there's a desire to change, then we should reconsider it, but if there's no desire to change it -- and I have no desire to change it. I mean, I understand the concern that's been expressed, and perhaps next time we can do a little better job. But, I mean, we voted on that this morning, and I think we all understood it. COMMISSIONER FIALA: We can plan on no hurricane the next time. Maybe that would help us, too. You know, I still think -- you can correct me here if I'm wrong. Don't we have the lowest garbage pickup rate in the State of Florida? COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Is that because we have the best garbage? DR. YILMAZ: For the record, George Yilmaz, Collier County Public Utilities. Commissioners, we have presented to you in line item budget presentation both revenue and expenditure side, being the revenue centric Enterprise Fund management. So it was presented to you during our public meeting line item by line item at least twice, and then you did hear and go through same agenda item last time, and you have approved it. So I take exception to gentleman's comments. I'm not sure if you were here or not, sir, but we are transparent, our rates are based on facts, revenue centric and Enterprise Fund, and this board made the decisions based on informed recommendations by competent staff. MR. KLATZKOW: Commissioners, I misspoke. I'm reading the ordinance now. Given the circumstances, you could reconsider it and hear it right now if you wanted to. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. Is there any -- let's do it. Do you want to do that, or do we -- I'm asking for some comments. We September 26, 2017 Page 102 could reconsider it and hear it right now. We don't have to move it to another meeting. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Well, you mean, like, I make a motion to approve? MR. OCHS: You have to make a motion to reconsider and get a majority to reconsider it first. COMMISSIONER FIALA: And what does that do to -- I know that October 1 we set our tax rate and so that then they can move forward with that. What does this do to that? COMMISSIONER SOLIS: It won't do anything because we just approved on the summary judgment. If we reconsidered it and now then brought it back and talked about it, it was just like we took it off the summary judgment and -- yeah. I mean, I think it's six -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, okay. So I'll make the motion then. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I'll second that. All those in favor, say aye. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Carries unanimously -- oh, you oppose. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I oppose. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay, 4-1. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Madam Chair, can we go ahead and reconsider that right now since it's the topic that we -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And may I? I had my hand up when you were talking about discussion, Madam Chair. September 26, 2017 Page 103 Commissioner Fiala blocks our view every once in a while. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Purposely. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: No, this works very well. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Purposely, yes. And I just wanted to make a point, Doc. I agree with you with regard to the budget hearing that we did, in fact, have. I didn't find that that was a proper way for our community to be conducting business on its first process. I was outvoted on that, but this particular item I don't have an issue with. It was vetted. I did read the backup documentation. I don't have a need to revisit it and go through, as Dr. Yilmaz said, why we did what we did and what we're doing. I felt that I was very well informed to be able to make a decision on that this morning. So that's the reason I voted against bringing it back. I don't have an issue with talking about it, but I don't have any desire in changing my position. DR. DOYLE: Yeah. I was just pointing out that it was advertised for the 12th. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. We're going to do this -- MR. KLATZKOW: If we're going to do this right, he gets three minutes. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yeah. You need to sit down, Dr. Doyle. DR. DOYLE: Okay. Thank you. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right. So we are now -- we reconsider this -- let me read it. Oh, who should read it? I think you should read it, sir, County Manager, or County Attorney, should you not? Recommendation to approve resolutions approving the preliminary assessment rolls as the final assessment rolls and adopting the same as a non-ad valorem assessment rolls for the purpose of utilizing the uniform method of collection, and I won't read the rest. MR. KLATZKOW: It's before you. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: 7B. September 26, 2017 Page 104 MR. OCHS: First of all -- COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: And I guess we're going to have -- we have one speaker on this? MR. KLATZKOW: We have one speaker on this, yes. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: And can I just see if I can clarify something? I mean, this resolution is for the purpose of using the uniform collection process. This isn't approving -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: The actual text. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: -- the actual assessment. As the non-ad valorem assessment rolls for purpose of utilizing the uniform method of collection. This is -- relates to putting it on our tax bill for collection, right? MR. KLATZKOW: That's correct. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: So it's not -- this isn't really even about the numbers, because we've talked about those in prior workshops, or am I mixing apples and oranges? MR. KLATZKOW: You could revisit the number if that's what you want to do. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Well, I think we need to stick to the agenda item at hand, and it's -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: So we have a speaker for three minutes; is that it? Okay. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Commissioner McDaniel? COMMISSIONER FIALA: Then we can vote, right? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yeah. Commissioner McDaniel wants to speak. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yeah. Just as a point of order, though the advertisement and the dates within the resolutions and things were dated as of September 12th when we were supposed to have a meeting, we were under a state of emergency, and it was continued automatically due to that, so those dates would just September 26, 2017 Page 105 automatically transfer to this date. You know, the doc's contention about the dates being incorrect and all, with all due respect, I don't agree with. I think because of the situation that we were in, the improper dates that are in our documentation just transfer to today automatically. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: So -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: So we have a speaker. Who is -- the speaker is -- MR. MILLER: Actually, I had slips from Dr. Doyle under public comment. I'm assuming you want to afford him three additional minutes for this agenda item. Obviously, I don't have a slip, but, Dr. Doyle? DR. DOYLE: Okay. Dr. Joseph Doyle, Naples. Thank you for reconsidering this item. And I would like to point out that I did attend the budget workshop, as you know, in June, and I did not see anything or hear any discussion about garbage collection in particular. But I would like to point out to the Board that from year to year we've usually had a 2 to 3 percent increase in our garbage bill, okay. It was 182, 185, 190 this past year. If you look in the resolution a little further down, because I know that Commissioner Solis was trying to look for it, but there is a number in there of $207. Well, that's a $17 increase. Now, it may not sound like a lot, but it's 9 percent. I don't understand why we're going -- for many years we've gone 3 percent. You know, the cost of living is around 2. Why are we having a 9 percent increase this year? That's was what I wanted to comment, if we did have the public hearing, which we're having right now. And so I feel -- I'm asking the Board to revisit it and maybe give them half of that. You know, that's a huge increase. And I won't go September 26, 2017 Page 106 through the whole thing. You know how we've talked about people who are on Social Security, et cetera, et cetera. They're only getting about 1.6 to 2 percent. So you add this and you add that. Everyone wants 5 percent, 6 percent, 9 percent. That adds up, and people are only getting 2 percent on their pensions. I'd just like to point that out. That was a huge increase. Even though, as a dollar amount, that's not a lot. It's like a, you know, large pizza or something. But when you add it up -- every municipality wants this and that, it adds up. So that's my comment. I'd like to see you bring that rate down if possible. Thank you. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you very much. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I'd like to hear from Dr. Yilmaz. I wasn't eavesdropping or anything. MR. YILMAZ: For the record, George Yilmaz. Commissioners, when it comes to municipal solid waste collections, there are at least three components. One is municipal solid waste collection; second is municipal solid waste single stream recycling. Those are your yellow tops. Then you have the yard waste collection, then you have the bulk item collections. And garbage collection is twice a week, recycling for cycle stream once a week, and yard waste once a week, and bulk items as needed. That's the solid waste collections part of that fee that the gentleman is referring to. Then we have the solid waste disposal fee. Solid waste disposal fee is tipping fees and tipping fees associated with supplementing, managing our household hazardous waste countywide to keep our household and small business hazardous waste out of our waterways, septic tanks, as well as our landfill. So currently we are doing 38,000 collections a day; 38,000 customers we touch every day. I will challenge anyone if they want to take their garbage, bulk items, and yard waste, contract out once, how September 26, 2017 Page 107 much they would pay. We're paying $200, change, and our rates are right in the middle of state of Florida solid waste districts. We're not high, we're not low; however, our service level is one of the highest. So my recommendation, our County Manager's recommendation has been, it's the best value, one of the best services in the state of Florida money can buy. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you very much. All right. Any other discussion? (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Do I hear a motion? COMMISSIONER FIALA: Motion to approve. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I'll second that motion. All those in favor, say aye. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign. (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries unanimously. Thank you very much. Item #9D ORDINANCE 2017-39: AN INSUBSTANTIAL CHANGE TO ORDINANCE NO. 2014-11, AS AMENDED, THE LORD’S WAY 30 ACRE RPUD, TO ADD ONE DEVIATION RELATING TO SIGNAGE, TO MODIFY ONE EXISTING DEVIATION RELATING TO FENCES, WALLS AND LANDSCAPE BUFFERS, TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM FRONT AND SIDE YARD September 26, 2017 Page 108 SETBACKS AND DISTANCE BETWEEN STRUCTURES FOR SINGLE-FAMILY, SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED, AND TWO- FAMILY AND SINGLE-FAMILY ZERO LOT LINE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURES, AND TO MODIFY EXHIBIT C-2, TYPICAL LOT LAYOUT. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE LORD’S WAY, APPROXIMATELY ONE- QUARTER MILE EAST OF COLLIER BOULEVARD, IN SECTION 14, TOWNSHIP 50 SOUTH, RANGE 26 EAST, COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, CONSISTING OF ±30 ACRES. [PDI- PL20170000444] – ADOPTED MR. OCHS: Commissioners, that moves us to Item 9D, which was previously Item 17D. This was moved by Commissioner Fiala from the summary agenda to the advertised public hearing agenda. This item does require that ex parte disclosure be provided by commission members, and all participants are required to be sworn in. Again, this is a recommendation to approve an unsubstantial change to Ordinance 2014-11, the Lords Way 30-acre RPUD. This is for property that's located on the south side of the Lords Way approximately one quarter mile east of Collier Boulevard. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Let me just make it really simple. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: No, wait. COMMISSIONER FIALA: I'm sorry. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: You need to declare. MR. OCHS: Yes, ex parte disclosure, and we need to -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: I talked to the lady in the elevator. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: That's it? COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yeah. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: That's it. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yeah. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. I've had conversations about September 26, 2017 Page 109 Lords Way via telephone, very -- over the several months, but that's it. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Nothing to disclose. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Apparently I've had correspondence. I'm not -- I don't recall what it is, but we've got some correspondence. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: No, nothing to report. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. So all those who are going to testify need to stand and be sworn in. (The speakers were duly sworn and indicated in the affirmative.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. COMMISSIONER FIALA: I just wanted to know what it was. I mean, it was that simple. I wanted to know what kind of -- it doesn't say what housing they're building. I guess we checked on that, but they said, well, this is too early in the stage. And I just want to know -- the people across the street over at Naples Lakes Country Club would be really interested to know what's moving across the street from them, and I just wanted to know what that was. I was told that I would find out at the right time, and I wanted to know now. MS. CRESPO: Thank you. Good afternoon. Alexis Crespo with Waldrop Engineering representing the applicant. I'm also the lady in the elevator you spoke with. Appreciate the opportunity to clarify. This is a single-family detached community. There'll be 75 single-family lots. The pricing will be market rate. It will be commensurate with what you see in the surrounding Hacienda Lakes communities of Esplanade as your and other communities coming online on the Collier Boulevard corridor. We do have a resort-style pool, clubhouse, so there are finishes to ensure this is going to be a quality development that the community can be proud of. So I'm happy to answer any questions. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Did you have a neighborhood September 26, 2017 Page 110 information meeting? MS. CRESPO: Yes, ma'am, and no one showed up. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yes. So I was wondering -- because they said they didn't know about it, nobody was going anyway or whatever. I was wondering, if you wouldn't mind, if you'd give me your card. Would you go over there and just have a little, like, coffee with them and explain so that everybody knows what's going on there? That would be just great. And that way, then, nobody will be concerned. MS. CRESPO: I will leave my card with Mike on my way out today. COMMISSIONER FIALA: And I'll have somebody from that place, whoever, call you and set that little breakfast up. You live here locally? MS. CRESPO: Yes, ma'am. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, good. So you don't have to travel. Okay, good. Thank you very much. With that, I make a motion to approve. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Second. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those in favor? COMMISSIONER FIALA: All in favor? Oh. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign. You have to put that in the transcript, okay. Please do. No, it's a great -- I'll always remember this. It's wonderful. It's not the first time, and it won't be the last time. Don't worry about it. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, I know. Just yesterday I was September 26, 2017 Page 111 conducting a meeting, so I thought I was still at bat. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. Item #11A RESOLUTION 2017-174 (SHIP) & RESOLUTION 2017-175 (LHAP): TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO THE COLLIER COUNTY STATE HOUSING INITIATIVES PARTNERSHIP (SHIP) LOCAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN (LHAP) FOR FISCAL YEARS 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018 AND 2018-2019 REVISING THE OWNER-OCCUPIED REHABILITATION PROGRAM, UPDATING THE SHORT SALE POLICY, ADDING A NEW CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE STRATEGY, AND PROVIDING REQUIRED CLARIFYING LANGUAGE –ADOPTED MR. OCHS: Madam Chair, that moves us to Item 11. 11A is a recommendation to approve two resolutions for technical revisions to the Collier County State Housing Initiatives Partnership, or the SHIP, Local Housing Assistance Plan for Fiscal Years 2014, '15, '16, '17, '18 and '19, revising the owner-occupied rehabilitation program, updating the short sale policy, adding a new construction assistance strategy, and providing required clarifying language. Ms. Grant, your Community and Human Services Department Director, will present. MS. GRANT: Good afternoon, Commissioners. Kim Grant, Division Director of Community and Human Services. With your permission, I'd like to give a brief presentation about these amendments, and then I'd be happy to take any questions. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I don't think we need it. MS. GRANT: Pardon me? September 26, 2017 Page 112 CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Anybody -- COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Going to save you the -- I was just wondering, do we need a presentation on what this is? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: No, I have a comment. COMMISSIONER FIALA: I read it all. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I did, too. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: So let's start with some discussion. Any questions? Commissioner McDaniel? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yeah. And it's just -- there again, in light of the recent disaster, I found that some of the issues with regard to the LAP (sic) program were somewhat lacking in language with regard to disaster recovery housing and such along -- from a county standpoint. I was wondering if there was an opportunity to enhance that aspect prior to final adoption, or can we adopt it as you've presented it and then make that adjustment interimly? MS. GRANT: Thank you for asking that question. I was going to give you a real brief on the disaster as well. The short answer to your question is these amendments have been working their way through for a while, and I would ask that these be approved. Staff is working on bringing back to you on the October 10th meeting a program that will handle disaster recovery with all the SHIP funds. According to the -- yeah. So we will be essentially dedicating all of our funds to disaster, and we're working out the details and what it can go for, and we may actually have to ask for a couple of additional LHAP amendments, but then we can run those quickly through a cycle. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I'll move for approval. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: I'll second it. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. I'm sure there's some discussion September 26, 2017 Page 113 here. Commissioner Fiala? COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yeah. So let me see if I understood what you just said. MS. GRANT: Sure. COMMISSIONER FIALA: You said that you're kind of going to veer a little bit -- instead of what this actually said, you're actually going to devote all of the funds from this to disaster recovery instead. Is that what you said? MS. GRANT: Essentially, but let me just clarify that and say it all the way straight out. This is adding an additional strategy and a couple of other changes. Because there was a state and federal disaster declared, we are required to turn our SHIP funds, anything that's not currently programmed or encumbered, toward disaster solution. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Recovery. MS. GRANT: So what we are now looking at is all the programs, you know, are they consistent, do they have all the language we want, and we're going to bring all of that back to you on the 10th of October so that we can move this forward. And we may have additional amendments, but we would like -- still like this to be approved for the existing programs in particular so that we can continue to operate them. COMMISSIONER FIALA: That's a good thing. But -- are you done? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yeah; yes, ma'am. COMMISSIONER FIALA: I notice that this was designed more or less to turn this over to another agency. It keeps -- instead of saying, you know, this, it kept saying or sub-recipients or, you know, whoever was going to help. And so most of it was designed just exactly for that, to give it to another agency to handle these things. Who are you talking about, or what kind of other agency or what? September 26, 2017 Page 114 MS. GRANT: Well, most of the strategies are implemented in such a way that we hire a partner in the community, you know, a sub-recipient or sponsor, and that can be -- I'd have to look at each strategy, but they're usually either for profit or not-for-profit partners that come and execute the programs with us. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Could you name a few of them? MS. GRANT: Sure. We have given acquisition funds to Community Assisted and Supported Living. They do housing for people with developmental disabilities. We have had programs with -- help me out, Kristi. MS. SONNTAG: Oak Marsh. MS. GRANT: Yeah. What's the program? MS. SONNTAG: Rental rehab. MS. GRANT: We have a rental rehabilitation program right now with Oak Marsh, which is a rental provider out in the Immokalee area. Thank you. Thank you. This is Kristi Sonntag. She's my manager and keeps track of all these details for us. COMMISSIONER FIALA: And great smile. MS. GRANT: Rural neighborhoods. Steve Kirk who has, I think, been before you, he also has properties in Immokalee. So it's a variety, and each time that we open up new funding, we do an advertisement and we take applications, and then we bring it to you for approval as to who the partner is that's selected. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Okay. Now, there were so many moving parts to this whole thing. One of the things that I wanted to ask, it was talking about helping people that are eligible and then it talked about extremely low, very low, low, and moderate. And even under moderate -- I think it was moderate -- it said extremely low, very low, and I was wondering how that was under moderate when moderate was moderate. That was just -- I'll get the page for you in a minute. I've got it marked. I've got everything marked in here. September 26, 2017 Page 115 MS. GRANT: Well, I can -- let me try to answer that. COMMISSIONER FIALA: The reason I asked the moderate -- let me take a step further. We've got a bunch of people maybe working right here at the county, other places that work, like in the school system, who really need housing, and they don't qualify for extremely low, very low, or even low, and they only qualify for moderate. But I know we always say we're going to build it, but I never see anything built. And I'm concerned about that. You know I think we're just catering to one income level, and there's a lot of people that go without because we don't focus on there. Same with the seniors. I know I've mentioned seniors over and over again, but we don't seem to do that either, so that's why I asked the question. MS. GRANT: Okay. Well, Commissioner, a year or two ago the Commission made it very clear to us that any dollar we could spend within the confines of the program at the upper end we were to do so, so we have been. So I actually have some information; for the last couple of years of the SHIP program purchase assistance, because this is our most common program, and of about 75 loans that were closed during that period of time, 20, which is pretty much the maximum I can spend, went to that moderate level, okay. So we are doing what you've asked for. Now, it's not such a big number. It's not 200 or 500 where it would be evident to you; like, you can't drive down the road and say there's 200 new homes, because we only have so much money. But I can assure you that we are maximizing the upper end and meeting the requirements that are also set forth for the other income levels. COMMISSIONER FIALA: And where are you purchasing those; do you know? I mean, just -- MS. GRANT: These are individuals who purchased a home, and September 26, 2017 Page 116 they've come to us for assistance. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Great, great. I would love to have that list. What does it mean here when it says the minimum of half of that must be -- and they're talking about a sentence -- spent on people -- those people earning 30 percent of the AMI? How much is 30 percent of the AMI? MS. GRANT: Thirty percent of the AMI is -- I have it right here. Hold on. For a three-person household, 30 percent of the AMI would be a household income of $18,840. COMMISSIONER FIALA: How much; 18,000? MS. GRANT: That's right. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, my goodness. How can they even live on 18,000? MS. GRANT: That's right. COMMISSIONER FIALA: That's -- so they can't really purchase a home for that. MS. GRANT: No. Most likely these people are benefiting from the rental strategies. So we are for example, doing rental rehabilitation where they live, or the people who are developmentally disabled or otherwise need assistance, and we've had some acquisitions for those folks. COMMISSIONER FIALA: You know, there was something else I found in here that I was very pleased to see and that was -- it says, you know, we always think you have to have 30 percent of your income devoted to housing, you know, or you really aren't eligible. And it says, no, that's not true at all. It didn't say it that way. It just said they limit it to an individual household's ability to devote more than 30 percent of its income, but for a household that devotes more than 30 percent of its income, they shall be deemed affordable also if the first institutional mortgage lender is satisfied that the household can September 26, 2017 Page 117 afford mortgage payments in excess of 30 percent benchmark, and that's -- I didn't realize that. I thought we always had to -- we stressed 30 percent, and I thought that was the rule. But I thought that -- in case anybody didn't happen to get by that we reading part, I just wanted to present that on here. Let's see. Oh, there were so many things that I want to -- oh, I've never heard of a welfare transition program. Do you handle that out of your department, too? MS. GRANT: No, we don't. The reference to the welfare transition program in the Local Housing Assistance Program is carrying forward a state regulation, and the state regulation says if you're going to give some SHIP money to, let's say, a developer and they have to hire people to carry out the program, they are required to try to hire people who are in the welfare transition program or the welfare -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: Trying to come out of it. MS. GRANT: Yeah. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Okay. But that isn't something you handle. MS. GRANT: No. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, let's see. Administrative functions. I've got a few -- I hope you don't mind if I'm taking some of these -- I think these were interesting questions. Maybe nobody else will, but anyway. It says, verification of U.S. citizenship or permanent residency status. What is permanent residency status? Is that the green card? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Green card. COMMISSIONER FIALA: How do we know when their green card expires? Does some -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It says on it. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Well, I know, but does -- I'm trying September 26, 2017 Page 118 to ask, does anybody -- I mean, we've got a busy department. Do they ever go out and check everybody's green card? MS. GRANT: So here's what happens with that. The expiration of the card is on the card. And the literature put out by INS, Immigration and Naturalization Service, indicates that once you have achieved permanent resident status, you do not lose that status, but your card might expire. And they have expiration dates on the cards to avoid things like fraud and so forth, so periodically you need to go and get a new card. So we do look at that, and we've had many discussions about that. Technically, if the card has expired, there's not a prohibition; however, I'm not sure we've ever actually -- have we ever actually ended up loaning to somebody whose card is expired? I don't think so. MS. SONNTAG: I don't think so; never. MS. GRANT: I don't think so. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Okay. I just wondered, because I know that you don't have a whole heck of a lot of staff to run out and check all of these things. I mean, you can only do so much. And so I was just wondering how -- sometimes it's only one person that has the green card in the household and the rest do not. But I guess that's acceptable. It's only one person that you need, right? MS. GRANT: It's the borrowers, right? MS. SONNTAG: It's the borrower. MS. GRANT: It's the borrower or borrowers -- it may be one or two people -- need to have -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: That has to be legal? MS. GRANT: Correct. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Let's see. Here we keep seeing again, we're talking about this program with the county, but then it keeps saying sponsor or sub-recipient or organizations. That's another word that they use here. So, in other words, this is kind of money that September 26, 2017 Page 119 we're going to get, but then we're going to give it to somebody else to use; is that what I'm hearing? MS. GRANT: Essentially on our behalf. So instead of us hiring a crew and going out and doing rental rehabilitation, we award the money to Steve Kirk. That's what we mean by that, as an example. And, again, as a reminder, there's always an application process, and all of those agreements come to you guys before they are -- before any work begins. COMMISSIONER FIALA: It also says that we the county are supposed to acquire rental units; is that true? MS. GRANT: To acquire rental units? COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yes, acquire, acquire rental units. MS. GRANT: That is one of the strategies, but the county would not own them. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yeah. I thought, because we can't manage all of that. Who would go out and manage a rental housing something or another so that -- COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Commissioner Saunders would do it. COMMISSIONER FIALA: I think he's busy. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: That's one of his levels of expertise. COMMISSIONER FIALA: So we don't really get into that then, but it's just part of this thing, right? MS. GRANT: That's correct. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Okay, fine. I'm sorry I have all these questions -- MS. GRANT: That's okay. COMMISSIONER FIALA: -- but I just didn't know. I talked to Leo a little bit about it, too, but some of them he didn't even know. So I thought, well, I would just ask you so then I don't have to ask you September 26, 2017 Page 120 who oversees the rental program because we don't have one. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: That's a good idea. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Shut up. Let's see. Information, SHIP. I think I've just about got it. These were all for Leo. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: You folks on the TV can't see, but she highlights everything that she wants to talk about. This whole book is highlighted. COMMISSIONER FIALA: I do. And I have orange for alert and yellow for regular. That's what I have all of these things for. Okay. I'm sorry. It will only take me another second and I'll be done. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: You're doing fine. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh. And it was talking about partnership with the City of Naples. Are they going to start doing anything with affordable housing? MS. GRANT: So the county has an interlocal agreement with the City of Naples, and a few things that happen there. Number one, the allocation from the state comes to the county to administer a global -- you know, a joint program; however, the City of Naples agrees to all the strategies, they approve the LHAP and so forth for the administration of the program. And as we've said in the past, any resident of Collier County living in the city or the other incorporated areas, anybody in the county is eligible for the program as well as you have the income requirements, et cetera. COMMISSIONER FIALA: So, in other words, they don't really have much of any affordable housing in the city, albeit they collect the CRA dollars for it, right? MS. GRANT: I'm not prepared to answer what they do and don't have. I'm sorry. I don't keep track of their inventory separately. COMMISSIONER FIALA: I was just wondering, because it September 26, 2017 Page 121 talks about them here, City of Naples, moderate income households and so forth, but I didn't know that they were doing that. Okay. And I think that that's it for now. Thank you. MS. GRANT: Okay. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: There was one more orange thing here you didn't talk about. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yeah. Well, this is -- it's talking about the 30 percent of the income for housing. I'm going to show you what he's talking about. This is what I do to all of my pages. You can tell if I've read it or not because they're all marked up. It takes me forever to mark all these colors and everything. But, anyway, that was again just talking about the 30 percent. And you know what it also said? And I asked Leo about this, too, and I think -- and Nick, too. It says, will not exceed rental limits adjusted for bedroom size. And so I read very literally; bedroom sizes. So in other words, if it's 200 feet, it's one rate, and if it's 400 feet it's another for the bedroom. And Leo said, no, no. They mean the size of the apartment, not the size of the bedroom. MS. GRANT: That's the number of bedrooms, correct? Yeah, it's actually referring -- I'm not looking at the actual page you're looking at. But if they're talking about the income levels, it's adjusted by the number of bedrooms. And so earlier you asked me what the AMI was, and I said for a three-person household; similar idea. Okay. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Okay, good. Yeah, you know, you might want to -- next time, instead of adjusted for bedroom size, you might say bedroom numbers or something. MR. OCHS: Yes, ma'am. COMMISSIONER FIALA: You know, just so -- because I read too literally. Okay. That was -- those were my questions. I even have more, but I will just let it go for now. I've got some other things. Okay. September 26, 2017 Page 122 CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I have a question. The short sale policy, we are requiring a 30 percent? We go from 6 percent to 30 percent, did I read that correctly? MS. GRANT: You did. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. So we had a letter that came in last night at 10 o'clock from a Ferugia. MS. GRANT: Okay. I have not seen that. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. It is regarding specifically a teacher who bought a condo and got about $23,000 worth of SHIP funding and is now faced with -- she -- it's a long letter, but it's -- I think it's a very important letter to read. I just -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: What is she faced with? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Well, she's -- what's happened, she bought it right before the recession and she bought it at the high, and now she's finding -- one thing led to another. It's three pages. She's a schoolteacher, so she's articulate and it's long, but basically she's concerned that she would be faced with having to pay back 30 percent, not the 6 percent that this specific item would require her to do. So maybe -- if this is possible, maybe what we could say is, if there's an agreement on this board to pass this, if it passes, that she be sort of carved out with this and that it could be dealt with as a separate issue completely? MS. GRANT: If I may, just -- I know you're asking the Board, but if I might offer a couple points of clarification. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes, so I understand it, because I don't think I do. MS. GRANT: So when the Board had a short sale policy, it was 6 percent or, I think, 6,000, whichever was greater, or 600, something like that; however, the Board suspended the policy in 2014. So right now I actually do not have a policy; however, this is local decision. So I believe it would be okay if you were to set a policy, and if September 26, 2017 Page 123 you decided to make an exception for some reason, I don't think that would be an issue. MR. KLATZKOW: Well, I don't know that -- I need some clarity here because I think we might be talking about two separate things. MS. GRANT: Okay. MR. KLATZKOW: What's the current -- do we ever go after the former homeowner themselves for the balance due? MS. GRANT: If the -- if there's a short sale that's been accepted, we do not go after them for the rest. If there's been a foreclosure, we do not go after the individual -- MR. KLATZKOW: So we don't go after the individual at all. MS. GRANT: Not currently. MR. KLATZKOW: Okay. Have we ever gone after the original -- the owner? MS. GRANT: No. The reason I said not currently is -- MR. KLATZKOW: No, no. I've never seen in my office, never seen in my office, any litigation resulting from somebody who's lost their home with the SHIP loan. So the concern of the teacher, I don't know if it was board policy years ago that set this or just custom that set this, but we do not go after the former homeowner. And unless the Board wants to change that policy, we won't. This 6 percent/30 percent is only during negotiations with the banks during the foreclosure. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. MR. KLATZKOW: That's all this is about. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. Very good. So I think here -- I think that's basically the writer's concern. Thank you. All right. I don't have any other questions. Any other discussion? COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yes, just one more. I just want to say, it says 60 percent of the funds could be used for 80 percent and below, and although I've said it time and time and time again, I'm September 26, 2017 Page 124 hoping that it will reach the people who really -- the people we're trying to keep in this town who have to drive to Fort Myers because they can't afford to live here. If we would take some of those funds, and rather than dedicate it to just the very low, maybe we could dedicate it to builders who actually build 80 percent or 75 percent housing, and we could start filling some of that gap. I know I say that over and you always nod so nicely at everything, but it never gets done. And maybe nobody agrees with me. I just think that that's a category that we need to fill, and we're not doing that. And I think we do our community a disservice. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Commissioner McDaniel? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: It kind of falls in line with what Commissioner Fiala was saying. How soon are you coming back to us with the amended housing plan that we reviewed a month or two ago? MS. GRANT: My understanding is we're scheduled for October 24th, or whatever the second meeting is -- COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And that may be a good time for us to have a more in-depth discussion, because we've got new data and new information with regard to housing types, low low income, low income, so on. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, yeah. Oh, I've read that through, too. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And we can then start to develop some policies with -- once that data has been approved through our AHAC and comes back to us, then we can start to make some specificity with regard to the community need on newer updated data. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Accuracy would be very important on that, wouldn't it? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I'd like that; yes, ma'am. September 26, 2017 Page 125 CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. All right. I had another question. Oh, yes. So we're loosening up -- this is Penny paraphrasing. We've got -- we may have some extra money here, correct, or we have money that could be applied to the right economic level; is that correct? MS. GRANT: The staff, within the programs that are currently approved and going forward, per this board direction, meets the statutory requirement which is that 60 percent of the funds have to be spent on people below 80 percent AMI -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Right. MS. GRANT: -- and there's 10 percent admin, which leaves us 30 percent. So that 30 percent we spend on the folks between 80 and 120, and that's the most we can spend. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. But we have those funds -- did I not read that, that we may have some excess funds, or it's required that we spend the funds every year. Maybe that's what I -- MS. GRANT: It is required that we spend the funds every year. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. So I would like to see if it's even possible that we focus on areas such as -- if it's possible, to focus on geographic areas such as the Everglades City, Chokoloskee, that whole area in there and literally -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: Goodland. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: -- and Goodland, and market to the people there that these are funds available if you fit that economic level that is set by the state or federal guidelines. I mean, I'm serious; to market it to let people know that there is -- if they go through the process, that that money's there for them. COMMISSIONER FIALA: And that might depend on who we choose as a sub-recipient. If we continue to just choose one company because they're the only game in town, we're going to get the same results. September 26, 2017 Page 126 CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I was hoping -- I was hoping there would be more individual response. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Well, that's what I was asking originally. Let us know who these sub-recipients are so we know what's really happening with the dollars. Once we approve it, then we don't know again, you know. We never even get any information as to where it goes, so... COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Madam Chair? MS. GRANT: Commissioner, you approve every agreement before we begin work. But I'd be happy to bring back sort of a status report, if you will, of everything you've approved to date and what's out there being worked on. But again, we're going to shift to -- when I come back in a couple weeks, I'm going to talk with you about what we're going to do with disaster, and we'll do that whole cycle. We'll bring partners on, and we'll execute. So it will all be, you know, right here with your approval every step of the way. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Madam Chair, in regard to that, I'll be in Everglades tomorrow night for the council meeting, and as this information comes, I'd be happy to carry it there. I'm working quite closely with the new mayor, Howie, and staff along the way. So -- and it is more of an individual -- and we have to be careful -- I think we have to be careful about specificity and designation of the utilization of these funds. It has to be available on a countywide basis, and we can't just -- we can't as a policy start to dictate where we're herding the money to be heading to. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I didn't hear that. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I'm sorry? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I didn't hear that for the disaster -- for a disaster, I didn't hear that that's what I said, specifically at this time period. September 26, 2017 Page 127 MS. GRANT: Well, you asked if we could market to or inform. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes. MS. GRANT: We can definitely do that. We can inform everyone -- COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Correct. MS. GRANT: -- and we can do specific target outreach; however, Commissioner McDaniel is also correct, the program runs essentially on a first-come, first-qualified basis for everyone. But we can certainly do targeted outreach; no problem. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. And I understand that. Let's just be first in that area. MS. GRANT: Got it. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you. MS. GRANT: You're welcome. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right. After this long and interesting discussion -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: I'm so sorry. That was my fault. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: No. COMMISSIONER FIALA: But there were a lot of questions there I needed to ask. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: You have to ask the questions. There's nothing wrong with asking the questions; not at all. I learned things, really. Okay. So we have a -- we don't have a motion on the floor. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yes, we do; motion and a second. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: We do have a motion and a second. Any other discussion? (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those in favor, say aye. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. September 26, 2017 Page 128 COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign. (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries unanimously. Thank you. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: That was a good job for not giving a report. MS. GRANT: Thank you, sir. Item #11J THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE STANDARD U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) ENTITLEMENT AGREEMENTS UPON ARRIVAL; APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THIRTEEN SUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENTS FOR ACTIVITIES PREVIOUSLY APPROVED IN THE FY2017-18 ACTION PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG), HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP (HOME), AND EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT (ESG) PROGRAMS; AND AUTHORIZE THE NECESSARY BUDGET AMENDMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,107,453.43 FOR THE HUD FISCAL YEAR 2017-2018 BUDGET AS APPROVED IN THE HUD ACTION PLAN FOR ENTITLEMENT FUNDS - MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ALLOCATION WHICH IS BEING CONTINUED TO THE NEXT BCC MEETING – APPROVED MR. OCHS: Commissioners, while Ms. Grant's there, September 26, 2017 Page 129 Commissioner Fiala also moved 16D22 onto the regular agenda. It's now Item 11J. I wonder if we could take that, because it's a similar item. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Sure. 16? MR. OCHS: 16D22. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Let me just go get that book. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Here. I can pull it up on the computer. COMMISSIONER FIALA: You know what, I know what it's about and everything, so what you have there is you're just doling out some money that, you know, you have to give. And 600 -- I think it was 660 -- no, it was just $600,000 you were going to give to Habitat to buy land, I guess, or something. And, you know, here we're getting into disaster recovery again. I asked for a little report about what land Habitat does own, and I believe the figure is $11,800,000 worth of land that they already own. That isn't where the houses are that they've sold; this is other things. And they have -- most of them -- look at this -- they're vacant residential, vacant residential. A lot of them are in Golden Gate Estates, and they're not using it at all. I don't think that this is an appropriate time to give them another $600,000 when they own all of this land already. I think it would be more important if we could take that money and dedicate it to some kind of disaster relief for wherever it's needed the most, rather than, you know, pile more on the same old, same old, and we're not getting anything for the people that desperately need it. Now, that's my opinion, and I would like to take that $600,000 and apply it to disaster relief in some form or another, and you make the decision about where so that it can cover people whose roofs were ripped off from mobile homes -- we saw a bunch of those -- or anything that would qualify for that money. September 26, 2017 Page 130 MS. GRANT: Commissioner, you didn't specifically ask me a question, but if I could just offer a couple of things. First of all, this -- all these projects were previously approved in June by the Commission and submitted to HUD in an action plan. You're the commissioners. You have a choice about where the money goes. But, procedurally, what we would need to do is determine where the funds would go, then I have to do what's called a substantially amendment to the action plan. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Good. MS. GRANT: Then we have to find somebody to go and do it. COMMISSIONER FIALA: We can do that. MS. GRANT: What we have typically done in the past if we get this far in the process and there is a project that the Commission changes its mind on or the sub-recipient no longer wants the funds, we typically go to the next project in line, because all the applications came in to us early this year. They went through a review committee. It was all a public process, and they were all ranked. Now, let me go sideways for a second on disaster recovery. We're anticipating, but we do not have any specifics, that we will receive a disaster allocation from HUD. They're indicating it may come. We don't know what the amount is. We don't know if it will come directly to us. We don't know if it will come through the state. So there may be funds appropriated specifically for disaster. Now, one more thing I'd like to say as a point of information. If you do decide as a board that you don't want this or any other project to go forward and you want it to be dedicated to disaster right now, I'll have to go back with my team and research what we can do, and I'll have to come back and tell you what that is. COMMISSIONER FIALA: I think that would be a great idea. The rest of them just distribute as you've already appropriated here because they were all worthwhile causes, and I think that that would be September 26, 2017 Page 131 great. But I would love to see, rather than housing -- or land just sitting there waiting in line with all of the other pieces of land, I would love to see it go to people -- I'm sorry, but I thought I was talking to you. MS. GRANT: Okay. MR. OCHS: Go ahead. MS. GRANT: Cormac was just letting me know that we had indicated to our sub-recipients that this item was pulled. We didn't know for what reason. But Mr. Kouloheras has offered Cormac some comments. I don't know what they are, and I don't know if you want to hear them, but that's what he was just saying to me. COMMISSIONER FIALA: I would really like us to help people that need the help rather than give it away to just remain vacant for years and years. This is a good time to take care of our own. But that's -- you know, I might not even get an approval from everybody here. But I would think if we could fix some of those mobile homes or if we could fix some of the places that, you know, need help, just with money or something. We've got $600,000 we could have -- it doesn't go very far, but it would go far, you know, at least to some. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Six hundred thousand. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yeah. MS. GRANT: One other piece of information I'll offer. I know I've not been asked a direct question, but I didn't -- specifically I didn't tell you this amount because I want to make sure I've got all my I's dotted and T's crossed. But it looks like we're going to have over 3 million in SHIP to dedicate to disaster, okay, and approximately 20 percent of that can be spent on mobile homes. We're still confirming all the details on that. So this community is going to have, in a couple weeks when I bring all this to you, quite a large sum of money, relatively speaking in my world, available for disaster, in addition to all the other things that September 26, 2017 Page 132 are out there, FEMA and so forth. I just wanted you to be aware of that. COMMISSIONER FIALA: I bet there's way more damage than $3 million, too. MS. GRANT: Pardon me? COMMISSIONER FIALA: I think 600,000 added to three million would be a wonderful asset. I mean, right now -- why would you give to somebody who doesn't need it? I just don't understand that, when -- and, of course, when we prepared it, we didn't know there was going to be a disaster. How could we put that in a budget? It was -- you know, there was -- nobody had lost any homes or, you know, it ripped their houses apart. But as long as that's the case, I don't see why we don't. But see -- and I would make a motion to take $600,000 out of this from that particular project and dedicate it to the disaster relief for homes or mobile homes that need help right now. MR. OCHS: Commissioners, the program we talked about in the prior item was the State Housing Initiatives Partnership program. It's a state program. COMMISSIONER FIALA: I understand. MR. OCHS: This item is federal CDBG money. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Okay. MR. OCHS: So the item that Kim is bringing back, as she mentioned, relates to the state SHIP program and the additional allocation for -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: Good. MR. OCHS: -- emergency there. If you want to take this 600,000, it would go back into one of these CDBG program areas, not over -- you can't move it over to the SHIP program. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Well, CDBG could help -- they help people. I would guess there's seniors on there that are a low income September 26, 2017 Page 133 that have lost their trailers. MR. OCHS: I'm sure there's programs within the CDBG suite of services that would provide this kind of assistance. I'm not suggesting that they don't, but I don't want the Board to think you're reducing the CDBG money and you can just throw it over into the SHIP program. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Quite frankly, being that you're saying -- do you feel that we should just give this to a company that doesn't even -- you know, that has land amassed already and just give them some more, or do you think we should help the people that need it right this minute? MR. OCHS: Commissioner, all I know is that it went through a vetting process, it came to this board in June, and you all approved it. For some reason now there's a question about it, and that's fine. If a majority of you decide they're not worthy of that money or it should go somewhere else -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: That isn't the case at all, Leo. The case is we've got -- we've been just talking about disaster all day and trying to help some of these people out. And here we have a pot of money that could do it. MR. OCHS: Yes, ma'am, you do. You have several pots. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Commissioner Solis? COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Actually, I think Commissioner McDaniel was first. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: We'll take you first. You haven't said very much today, so I'm going to -- COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Okay. I was just going to go back to we've already considered this. We've already made the decision to move forward with Habitat on this in June, right? That's what the County Manager was just saying. I mean, I think -- I think we need to move forward with this. There's obviously going to be a lot of money, according to Ms. Grant, September 26, 2017 Page 134 for disaster relief. We're mixing apples and oranges. I would like to see us just move forward. We vetted it once. We thought it was worthy, and we ought to move forward with it rather than try to change midstream when there are going to be other pots of money that we can use to do exactly what you're suggesting. COMMISSIONER FIALA: But there was no disaster then in June. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: I understand. COMMISSIONER FIALA: We approved it, but there was no disaster. And if we could start to help right now -- I don't understand -- here, let me give you the list. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Well, what I think the County Manager was saying, though, was that this is not money that we can just take and do whatever -- necessarily, what we want with it, like use it like we would use the SHIP loans. It's federal money as opposed to state money. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Right, but you can still use it for federal programs designed to help disaster or whatever. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: We don't know what those are. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, I bet they do. MR. OCHS: Yeah, let's go ahead and get some clarification on that, because I want to make sure you understand what I'm saying. I'm not saying that the money in the CDBG program can't be used to help people rehabilitate their homes, okay. And, Kim, I'm looking to you for some clarification on the programs that we already operate in CDBG and which, if any, of those would provide the kind of assistance that Commissioner Fiala is asking for. MS. GRANT: Yeah. And, honestly, I would like to do a little bit of research before I answer that question. There are some disaster strategies, but I need to look at them. I need to see what the September 26, 2017 Page 135 requirements are, what they can go for. And I can do that quickly, but I do not have the information right here. I'm sorry. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Commissioner McDaniel? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yes. And this is just along with Commissioner Solis. Aren't these time-sensitive issues? These CDBG funds come available on an annual, predominantly on a fiscal basis, which was why we went through the process of -- and we have to spend them. The money has to be spent within the fiscal year, and there is time-sensitive issues, Commissioner Fiala, with regard to the expenditure of these funds. And we did go through an application process with sub-recipients, people that could, in fact, receive those monies. It was vetted, they were voted on, and we did do that in June. Now, I think, in my personal opinion, which is what I wanted to express earlier on, it's a wonderful idea, if these monies from a timeliness can be re-appropriated to some form of a disaster relief. But I think we're going to find, because of the process that we're in, that with these federal funds we don't have sufficient time to go through the re-appropriation process. COMMISSIONER FIALA: I just -- if you -- I just wanted to help people; I'm sorry. I just wanted to help people. The other ones all sent help to different agencies, and that's great. This one would have money just sitting there with more vacant land and is helping nobody. Oh, it's helping their bottom line, but that's about all. I wanted to help somebody right now, and this is what they need. They need help right now. And the money is appropriated and ready to go right now, and I'm sure that we could find the correct numbers in the alphabet that it would apply to. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Can I ask staff a question? Because she said it three or four times. We haven't asked our question. When does the money have to be expended in order for us to be September 26, 2017 Page 136 qualified for next year's appropriations? MS. GRANT: Essentially, every year's allocation of somewhere around two million needs to be expended within 12 months. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And what time frame is -- MS. GRANT: I'm sorry. October 1st through September 30th. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: So there you go. We're coming at the end of our fiscal year. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Is there -- can you ever extend it? Have you sent a letter in to ask for extension because we're trying to help disaster relief people? MS. GRANT: If -- the short answer is no. And if you miss your timeliness spending one year, they give you a little bit of a break. You miss it the next year, you're on a conference call with HUD, and they put you on an action plan, and they may take some of your money back. They may take all of the money back. MR. KLATZKOW: But this money starts -- MS. GRANT: October 1st. MR. KLATZKOW: -- October 1st, so you've got almost a full year. COMMISSIONER FIALA: A whole year. Oh, okay. MS. GRANT: But in order -- that sounds like a long time. MR. KLATZKOW: No, no. I'm just saying this is for the next fiscal year. MS. GRANT: That is true. But what would happen is -- so let's say we went down this path. Number one, we do research. We figure out what can happen. We could do that fairly quickly. Secondly, I've got to put out some sort of a procurement which would be out for at least 30 days. But I've got to get somebody back in, and I've got to do a contract, then I've got to bring it to you. Then we have other federal requirements including something called an environmental review, which the shortest one is 60 days; some take six months. September 26, 2017 Page 137 So it's not that it cannot be done, but a re-appropriation definitely puts a -- if we move this project, puts a big chunk of our required spending behind schedule. MR. OCHS: Commissioners, would it be appropriate to ask for a one-meeting continuance and give us some time to -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: If you've got the time. MR. OCHS: -- do the research, come back at the next meeting, and we'll talk more about what potential programs are available that we could reallocate this 600,000. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Well, don't hold the other programs up who are waiting for -- I mean, if they can use it right now, the other programs, I don't want to, you know, hold them up. But the 600,000 that I think we really need. Maybe we could have people go out and talk with owners, or I'm sure that they have a disaster list with FEMA and whoever else or people looking for things. Our guys certainly know what's going on here down in emergency operations, and we could talk with the villages, whether it be Goodland or Everglades City, and see where we can use this money to help them immediately. But if you want to delay it two weeks -- MR. OCHS: Yeah. I would just prefer to continue the whole thing for one meeting. MS. GRANT: Mr. Ochs, there are other elements of this that we cannot continue due to timing. But if we -- if you would like to continue just the award of this particular project and move everything else forward and -- the specific item is the establishment of a budget October 1st to pay staff, and perhaps we could just move that forward. MR. OCHS: So I guess we're asking you for approval of this item with the exception of the allocation to the Habitat project that was previously approved in June and -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: Motion to approve. MR. OCHS: -- we'll come back at the next meeting and provide September 26, 2017 Page 138 the Board some alternatives for that. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Point of order. I think -- do we have a motion on the floor, or we do not for this item? COMMISSIONER SOLIS: I think there was a motion. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I thought there was. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, okay. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: So do we know who made this motion? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: There was not a motion on the floor that I recall. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: For this item. I didn't make a motion. Did you, sir? COMMISSIONER SOLIS: I thought it was Commissioner Fiala. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: No, I don't think so. She called it back, but I don't think she made a motion. Okay. So we don't have a motion. So do I hear a motion to -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: Approve everybody -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: -- to approve the item as listed except for the expenditure of $600,000 -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yes, motion to approve. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: -- which will be continued to the next meeting. Okay. We have a motion to approve. Do I hear a second? COMMISSIONER FIALA: Okay. That's pretty clear, isn't it? Okay. I've got the message, folks. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. So do I hear a motion to approve the item as stated in the agenda? COMMISSIONER SOLIS: I'll make a motion to approve it as it's stated in the agenda. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Do I hear a second? COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: I'll go ahead and second it to get it on the floor. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. Any discussion? September 26, 2017 Page 139 COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I would like to make a recommendation that we take the County Manager's recommendation and continue the item for next meeting. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: That's what the first motion was. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: I'll go ahead and withdraw my motion -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Second. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: -- my second, and support the position of Commissioner Fiala to at least bring that discussion back. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yes. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: That's what the first motion -- COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: That was the first motion. COMMISSIONER FIALA: So we could spend all the rest of the money. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: No, that's not what I understood. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Expend all the funds except for the 600,000. I'll second your motion if you'll remake that motion. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Okay. I would like to make a motion to expend all of these dollars to the different agencies already allocated and voted on except for the $600,000 and we extend that meeting till the next -- or that decision till the next meeting. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: I'll second that as long as that gives us enough time; if we decide to continue with the Habitat portion, we'll still be in a good position to do that; is that correct? MS. GRANT: Yes. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: All right. Then I'll second that. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. We have a motion on the floor and a second. Any discussion? (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those in favor, say aye. September 26, 2017 Page 140 COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Is that clear enough? COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: 4-1. Okay. So moving right along. MR. OCHS: Yes, ma'am. Item #11B AN AGREEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $544,690 WITH THE AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION (AHCA) AND AN AGREEMENT WITH COLLIER HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (CHSI) TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEDICAID LOW INCOME POOL (LIP) PROGRAM, GENERATING $874,513 IN FEDERAL MATCHING FUNDS THAT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE CITIZENS OF COLLIER COUNTY – APPROVED (COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL REQUESTED THAT STAFF PROVIDE HIM WITH AN ALLOCATION METRIX (PER AGENCY) FOR THE DIVISION OF THE FUNDS) MR. OCHS: This takes us to Item 11B on your agenda. This is a recommendation to approve an agreement in the amount of $544,690 with the Agency for Health Care Administration and an agreement with Collier Health Services, Incorporated, to participate in the Medicaid Low-income Pool Program generating $874,513 in federal matching funds. September 26, 2017 Page 141 Ms. Grant? COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Madam Chair, I don't know if there's any discussion about that. I'll make a motion to approve that. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I'll second the motion. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Third. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Any other discussion? (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those in favor, say aye. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign. (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries unanimously. Item #11C AWARD A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,421,251.40 TO HASKINS, INC. FOR INVITATION TO BID NO. 17-7170 - TREE FARM ROAD PHASE II AND TO AUTHORIZE THE NECESSARY BUDGET AMENDMENTS. (PROJECT NOS. 61001 AND 70178) - APPROVED MR. OCHS: 11C is a recommendation to award a construction contract in the amount of $2,421,251.40 to Haskins, Incorporated, for the Tree Farm Road Phase 2 project and approve necessary budget amendments. Mr. Ahmad can present or answer questions from the Board. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Would anyone like a presentation, or September 26, 2017 Page 142 are we -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: No. You know what, this was a project, and it looked like everything was already in place, and so I'd like to make a motion to approve. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Do I hear a second? COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Second. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Any other discussion? (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those in favor, say aye. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign. (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries unanimously. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Madam Chair, I apologize, but I had a note on the prior item that we voted in favor of, and it's more of a staffing issue. If I could ask staff to get me the metrics of calculation for the division of those funds on Item 11B. MR. OCHS: Yes, sir. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I would like to see the metrics for the division of those monies. I had a note in there, and the system was not talking, and I couldn't get to it. I didn't have an issue with the process. I wanted to see the metrics of calculations. So forgive me, Madam Chair. MR. OCHS: You mean which agencies -- the allocation per agency is what you're asking for? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yes, the metrics of -- MR. OCHS: It's in the summary, sir, but we'll get it for you. September 26, 2017 Page 143 Happy to do it. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Okay. Item #11E AWARD INVITATION TO BID #17-7153R DOCTORS PASS SOUTH JETTY REHABILITATION AND EROSION CONTROL STRUCTURES CONTRACT TO EARTH TECH ENTERPRISES INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,047,626 TO REBUILD THE DOCTORS PASS SOUTH JETTY AND MITIGATE BEACH EROSION IN THE DOCTORS PASS AREA WITH THE INSTALLATION OF EROSION CONTROL STRUCTURES, AUTHORIZE THE NECESSARY BUDGET AMENDMENT, AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT, AND MAKE A FINDING THAT THIS ITEM PROMOTES TOURISM (PROJECT NO. 90073) – APPROVED MR. OCHS: That takes us to Item 11E, which is a recommendation to award contract for the Doctors Pass south jetty rehabilitation and erosion control structures. This is a contract with Earth Tech Enterprises in the amount of $2,047,626, and Mr. McAlpin is available to make a presentation or respond to questions from the Board. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Mr. McAlpin, I do have a question before you make a presentation. I don't know if anybody wants a presentation, but how is Irma going to affect this and does it affect it? MR. McALPIN: Irma does not affect this. We still have -- the jetty needs to be rebuilt, and the erosion control structures still need to be installed. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Well, this is another project that's much needed and now, today. So I make a motion to approve. September 26, 2017 Page 144 CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: There's a motion on the floor. Do I hear a second? COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Second. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Any other discussion? (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those in favor, say aye. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign. (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries unanimously. Thank you. MR. McALPIN: Thank you. MR. OCHS: Thank you, Commissioners. Item #11F THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (BOARD) SUSPENDS ALL NON-LIFE/SAFETY COLLIER COUNTY CODES, RULES, AND REGULATIONS REGARDING REPLACEMENTS OF MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED BY HURRICANE IRMA FOR 90 DAYS – APPROVED MR. OCHS: That takes us to 11F. This is a recommendation that the Board suspend all nonlife safety Collier County codes, rules, and regulations regarding replacements of mobile homes damaged by Hurricane Irma for 90 days, and Mr. French is here to make a presentation or respond to questions from the Board. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: So moved. September 26, 2017 Page 145 COMMISSIONER FIALA: Second. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: So I think -- do you have any questions? COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Yeah, I just have a question. What kinds of codes are we talking about, just out of curiosity? MR. FRENCH: Commissioners, if you remember several months ago we brought back all of the, we're going to call them, the legally nonconforming mobile home parks that existed throughout the county that we didn't have a site improvement plan on. We've reduced that fee to $750. Unfortunately we only had a couple of applications. We do have three applications in now through Mr. Davenport, his two parks, and I believe his son Jeff's park. Seven hundred fifty dollars per application does not require a professional engineer, just a surveyor, so we know what's there, and then it takes us about five days to process it. But we want to be able to allow the mobile homes that were destroyed to come in and get a demolition permit and then, of course, go ahead and get a new trailer, a new mobile home installed. Now, it would still have to be a class three mobile home, depending upon where it was, so it would meet the most current codes. It cannot -- it has to meet the wind load code, but this is more land use than it is building. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Got it. Okay. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Thank you. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right. So we have a motion -- do we have a motion on the floor? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yes, ma'am. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. Commissioner McDaniel made a motion to accept 11F (sic) as reported in our summaries, and we have a second. Any other discussion? (No response.) September 26, 2017 Page 146 CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those in favor, say aye. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign. (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you very much. It carries unanimously. Item #11H AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND THE CITY OF EVERGLADES CITY (EVERGLADES CITY) FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE COUNTY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE, MANPOWER, AND FUNDING TO THE CITY IN RESPONSE TO THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO EVERGLADES CITY CAUSED BY HURRICANE IRMA – APPROVED MR. OCHS: Madam Chair, while we're on the subject of Irma, if we could just hop to 11H, please. It's a recommendation to approve an interlocal agreement between the Board and the City of Everglades City for the purpose of the county providing assistance, manpower, and funding to the city in response to the extensive damage caused by Hurricane Irma, and Mr. Casalanguida will take you through the details quickly. MR. CASALANGUIDA: It's always a mouthful. County Manager has been in communication with the mayor, and September 26, 2017 Page 147 the County Attorney's been working with their attorney, and we wanted to formalize an agreement just so we could track what we're doing because we're crossing, obviously, municipal lines and spending some funds down there. They're in agreement. The mayor is responding and provided a signed agreement to the County Attorney. It allows for up to $250,000 of expenses. It follows our procurement ordinance. Under 50,000 would follow the same procurements we normally do. Over 50- same as well, too, and we'll report back to the Board and get concurrence from the mayor before expending any funds. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: So moved. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Have you got any pictures, Nick? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: It's all right. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Do you have any pictures? MR. CASALANGUIDA: No, ma'am. I don't have any handy. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I have pictures of the wastewater facility, but not the disaster that's gone on down there. But I'd like to move for approval. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. So we have a motion on the floor. Do I hear a second? COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Second. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Second. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Commissioner Fiala seconded it. Any other discussion? (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those in favor, say aye. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye. September 26, 2017 Page 148 CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign. (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries unanimously. Thank you. MR. OCHS: Thank you, Commissioners. Item #11G STAFF’S REPORT ON THE CREATION OF A SENIOR CITIZEN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, FOLLOWING THE DIRECTION PROVIDED IN COUNTY ORDINANCE 01-55 SECTION 3(B) AS AMENDED - MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO THE NEXT MEETING AND FOR STAFF TO WORK WITH MR. HARTMAN AND BRING BACK A REVISED EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – APPROVED MR. OCHS: That moves us back to 11G. This is a recommendation to accept the staff report on the creation of a Senior Citizens Affairs Committee following the direction provided in county ordinances regarding advisory committees. Geoff Willig, the Operations Analyst with the County Manager's Office, will present. Geoff? MR. WILLIG: Yes, good afternoon, Commissioners. Geoff Willig, for the record, Operations Analyst in the County Manager's Office. As you requested at the July 11th meeting, I performed an analysis going through the six different criterias that are laid out in an ordinance and provided those -- provided that analysis to you in the executive summary. If you have any questions... COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yes. Well, I don't have any questions, but we have a speaker. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Are there any questions of Mr. Willig? September 26, 2017 Page 149 (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. Mr. Miller, how many speakers? MR. MILLER: We have one registered speaker, Doug Hartman. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you very much. You can use -- MR. HARTMAN: It's hard to get up after being here so long. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: You can use this over here. Yeah, thank you. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Grew to the chair. MR. HARTMAN: First I'd like to thank the Commission for the opportunity to speak on this particular issue. We've been embedded in an issue of crisis all day, and this is a bit of a change. As was noted by Geoff, on July 11th the Commission asked the staff to do the analysis as required by state statute and ordinance in the county to evaluate a proposal made by the Greater Naples Leadership and the Leadership Coalition on Aging to create a senior citizens affairs advisory committee. Now, unfortunately, the staff report seems to have missed completely what it was that we were proposing. I recognize that their response is dictated by the language in the ordinance and the language in the state statute. But let me make it very brief, and I won't read the long statement that I was involved in here. What we have here are two groups. One is the Leadership Coalition on Aging, which is a coordinating body of all of the profit, non-profits involved in providing services to senior citizens, primarily needy senior citizens. Very little of their activities involved in the broader issues involved in senior citizen affairs. The second group proposing here is Greater Naples Leadership, and some of you are familiar with that; others are not. The Greater Naples Leadership is a group of retired executives and politicians and September 26, 2017 Page 150 related professionals who have come to Collier County to retire and don't want to be inactive. Basically this group was put together 20 years ago. What we do is we bring these people in, we identify who wants to get involved locally who has the experience base that would be attractive for them becoming involved in civic activities and non-profit activities in the county. We then put them through a one-year program orienting them in detail on the structure of our civics operations and on the structure of our non-profit community that is intended to respond to those, and then those people are assisted to get involved. The whole point is get involved, retired people, volunteers; not stakeholders. I repeat that; not stakeholders. These are people who've been commissioners in counties up north, have been mayors, been professional lawyers, architects, and other things who want to get involved in this county. Shall I continue? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I think that's -- I think we understand. There's a difference. MR. HARTMAN: Okay. The proposal we made was to form a committee composed of these kinds of people that would advise on request the Commission on the subjects that we're going to be dealing with in the very near future: The three major changes to the growth plan, the refurbishment of our infrastructure, and the other larger issues that affect our community. It is not involved in what we've discussed for the last hour and a half here, the needs of the needy, or necessarily of a segment of the senior affairs. It's the entire community. Thank you. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you. All right. So I think we -- Commissioner Fiala? COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yeah. It sounds to me like it's a senior think tank, which sounded good. I like that. When they first approached me about putting this thing together, September 26, 2017 Page 151 they explained to me that that's exactly what they were doing. I said, gee, it sounds good to me. I don't know why I didn't ever think of that. But, anyway. And they said, well, they would just like to see what we would say about that. They feel that they would like to be working in tandem with the government and with our county government especially. And I said, gee, that sounds good. You know, I don't know what problems they can address. But Doug has been working with smart -- Step Smart, which is addressing a lot of seniors, and he'd been getting comments from the people that go to this program about Step Smart and, you know, keeping yourself safer and things like that. And so he's heard from a lot of people who have suggested, oh, we need this, we need that, we need the other. And so this is what they came -- this is from the leadership coalition that he's been working on. And they all agree they would like to get together and do something, but they're individuals that -- you know, from a learned background, and I just thought -- I thought it was a good idea myself. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: So would you like to make the motion? COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yeah, I'd like to make a motion to approve. Thank you very much. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Do we have a second? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Well, I'm going to second it as a point of order, but she's not -- you don't want to make a motion to approve the recommendation of this executive summary? COMMISSIONER FIALA: No, no, oh, thank you. That's right, because they kind of told me they don't like it. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Well, they don't want it -- the recommendation is to not form this coalition or have this advisory group, so... COMMISSIONER FIALA: I didn't understand that September 26, 2017 Page 152 recommendation at all, really. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: It's a matter -- personally, it's a matter of perception based upon what the staff perceived our direction was at that particular point in time and certainly is not as what was alleged by those leadership organizations. So just as a point, your motion needs to be to -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: Good point. Yes; motion to approve the presentation that Doug Hartman has just presented to us about establishing a group to address issues within the community but from a senior standpoint. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: As an advisory board. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yes. MR. KLATZKOW: I just need clarification, because I'll be writing the ordinance that will come back to you. Do you want to set up a permanent advisory board, or do you want to do like a temporary advisory board which you can, if it works out -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: I think a temporary would be good for the time being. We'll even see how it works. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And I'll second it for the -- if there isn't already a second, but if the motion maker would accept the fact as a pilot program for a 12-month period. MR. KLATZKOW: It will be an ad hoc -- so it will be an ad hoc committee? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes. MR. KLATZKOW: So after a year, you could analyze whether or not you want to convert that into a permanent committee. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Great. Thank you. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Can I just -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: So you agree? Yes, Commissioner Solis, your light's on. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: And, actually, I had a -- it's more of a September 26, 2017 Page 153 question, really. I mean, if what we're wanting to create or have is a group that would come to the County Commission and provide feedback on the plans and things like that, I just ask the question, do you want to saddle yourself with the obligations and the restrictions of the Sunshine Law? Because the Chamber, the Conservancy -- you know, we have a lot of groups that advise us constantly on things, and I just ask the question, because it sounds to me like the people are there; the collaboration and the discussions are ongoing. As soon as we create this ad hoc committee, it's all going to change, and it's going to become a little more complicated. MR. HARTMAN: Our original concept was to form a permanent, not ad hoc but permanent advisory committee accepting the fact that it would have to operate in the Sunshine, but we didn't see that as a problem for a series of retired people who don't have a stake in anything here, therefore would not get involved necessarily with the difficulties that sometimes can occur under Sunshine. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: But the difficulties with the Sunshine is just discussing anything, period. MR. HARTMAN: Yes, I understand. But it was our understanding that that was the Option A or nothing, so we opted for Option A, which was the advisory committee. Now, I don't know whether an ad hoc committee is subject to Sunshine or not. MR. KLATZKOW: It's the same thing, but rather than establishing it by ordinance, we establish it by resolution. And what we've done in the past is if the committee proves to be valuable to the Board, we've then converted it to a permanent board. MR. HARTMAN: I mean, our view of this was when we started that we would be doing things like preparing white papers on issues that could be made public after they were reviewed by the Commission, if they so chose, or any other kinds of activity where we could collect that talent and that expertise from all of our 400 acting September 26, 2017 Page 154 people and make it available to the county, to the Commission. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: And exactly what you said was the issue I'm raising. The preparation of that white paper is going to be subject to the Sunshine Law, so it's not something that you can create a white paper necessarily and then give it to us and then it will be subject, you know, to the public records and things like that. I'm just wondering if -- because the Chamber prepares white papers and the Conservancy and a lot of groups. I'm just -- I just wonder if -- because I've had this come up with another context that -- where I was thinking about we should create an ad hoc committee and, in hindsight, maybe we weren't ready for that yet because there was a lot of analysis that could be going on in the community that would just become that much harder to do if we created an ad hoc committee. MR. HARTMAN: Well, the problem we have is that neither one of the institutions that made this proposal are organized, equipped, or funded to do this activity in-house. We were looking for a government stamp on an organization that then we could attract the people we wanted out of GNL and LCA to come serve on that board as a volunteer and get involved in these kinds of analyses and activities. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And the effective cost is 11,000 per staff's recommendation, and the rationale at least that I have is it's a 12-month trial period, if you will, and it's well worth the expenditure to engage these learned individuals in our community to express their opinions and give us advice. MR. HARTMAN: We want to get them involved. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Right. MR. HARTMAN: And the way to do that is to have some institutional thing you can say, here it is. Let's get involved; otherwise, it gets a little vacuous and we have a little trouble doing it. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: The Chamber has a very active housing wing of them. They're concerned about affordable housing, workforce September 26, 2017 Page 155 housing, and they're very active. Could you not segue within the Chamber and avoid all the bureaucratic requirements of having a committee, and wouldn't that give you the status you need to collect -- to have the kind of leadership you want? MR. HARTMAN: Not necessarily, and the reason is this: Most of the advisory committees that you've formed are formed by people that have a stake in the issue which they're advising on. We are looking at a group of retirees who do not have a stake politically or economically in the outcome but who want to bring their experience and knowledge from up north or wherever to that issue and share it with you. So it doesn't work too well. I worked with the Chamber on that housing issue. I'm on one of the committees. I'm on one of the committees here. Every one of them has a point of view because they have their -- their rice bowl is involved, and the same for the Chamber. When you deal with the Chamber, you deal with people who have a certain point of view of business encouragement, and that's not really what we're talking about. It may be that we're going to take a position that's against what the Chamber would want. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Well, then, perhaps what we could do is continue this to our next meeting and give staff an opportunity to write a different executive summary to make sure everybody is clear on exactly where we're going with this before the ordinance is written. What do you think? Is that too much? COMMISSIONER FIALA: Well, my motion kind of said it, didn't it? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yeah. I was going to say, we've got a motion and a second to give direction for that and clarified with the County Attorney; it's clear as mud -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. If everybody's clear. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: -- right now. September 26, 2017 Page 156 COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Yeah. I'd like an opportunity to talk with the group as well just to make sure -- because I'm not sure that I'm clear on exactly what it would do and why it would be better to have an ad hoc committee, but that's fine. I'll support the motion. MR. KLATZKOW: For clarity, the motion is -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, boy. Can you read me the motion again, Terri. I said it so well, but... (The court reporter read back the requested motion as follows: "Motion to approve the presentation that Doug Hartman has just presented to us about establishing a group to address issues within the community but from a senior standpoint.") MR. KLATZKOW: Unless you direct me to work with him, I don't really know what they -- how to structure this. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I think I need more. I think this is a wonderful idea, but I think it needs a little bit more time to be vetted. MR. KLATZKOW: So come back with an executive summary? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes. Let's continue this to the next. MR. KLATZKOW: Staff would work with Mr. Hartman to come back with a proposed committee? MR. HARTMAN: I can do that. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I think -- I would feel more comfortable. COMMISSIONER FIALA: So would, then, staff like to work with Mr. Hartman and put together a new executive -- or summary and get the words properly and work with Geoff? MR. OCHS: Yes, ma'am. If that's the direction of the Board, we'll be happy to do it. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Well, if that's what the rest of the Board wants to do, then -- you know, then that's what we do. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. So would the original motion maker -- September 26, 2017 Page 157 COMMISSIONER FIALA: So I pull it. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: -- pull it, and the seconder agrees to it. Okay. So I'd like to make a motion that we continue this to the next meeting, this item, and have the staff work with Mr. Hartman to develop the executive summary and be clear exactly what's being requested. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Second. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Any other discussion? (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those in favor, say aye. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign. (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you very much. All right. Item #12A RESOLUTION 2017-176: RE-APPOINTING JOHN COWIN WITH TERM EXPIRING ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2020; REAPPOINTING MARY WALLER, CARLOS PORTU AND CHRISTINA APOSTOLIDIS ALL WITH TERMS EXPIRING ON OCTOBER 1, 2020; WITH STAFF TO READVERTISE FOR ONE VACANCY – ADOPTED MR. OCHS: Madam Chair, that takes us to Item 12A that was September 26, 2017 Page 158 previously Item 16K12 on the County Attorney's summary agenda. This item was moved at Commissioner Solis' request. It's a recommendation to reappoint five members to the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Yeah. And the only reason I pulled this is just to have a discussion about what the policy is that we want to have with regard to some of these committees on whether or not the committee members need to be residents of Collier County. I mean, I think the world of Kristi Bartlett and this has nothing to do with her, because I think she's a great asset to have on the committee. But as I read the executive summary, she has moved out of the county. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: She lives in Estero. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: In Estero, yeah. So it's really just a discussion that I thought we should have because I think -- you know, if we start down this road, I'm not sure where we can end up with it. That's the only reason. And, again, it has nothing to do with whether or not Kristi is a -- would be a great person to reappoint. It's just as a policy do we want to start doing this? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I don't think I could support a county -- any kind of county board or that -- where someone doesn't live in the county, which is very sad but -- you know, because we're losing talent, but at the same time, it might be because we don't have enough affordable housing. Excuse me. I had to do that. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Yeah. I know. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And/or there might not be spaces available for appointments. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. So I think -- so where does that leave us with -- COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Appoint the four? COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Yeah. September 26, 2017 Page 159 CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Appoint four, and then look for another one, right? COMMISSIONER SOLIS: I believe that's the option. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right. So do you want to make that in a motion and say who we're appointing so that -- COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Oh, boy. Let me pull up the -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I thought you had it up there; sorry. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: All except for Kristi. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Everyone but -- that's not fair. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Yeah, I know. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Everybody except for Kristi. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It sounds like she's got the heebie-jeebies or something. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: I feel bad for Kristi. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: No, no. She's a wonderful -- COMMISSIONER SOLIS: And you never know, she might be happy we're not re-appointing her. She does a lot already for the county, and this might be one less thing on her plate. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Madam Chair, just as a matter of policy, I mean, we -- can we just adjust the Board's policy and mandate that all representatives on this committee must be Collier County residents? MR. KLATZKOW: Your ordinance requires residency. It's been the history of the Board from time to time to waive it in individual circumstances. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: So policy-wise -- MR. KLATZKOW: You don't have to make any changes. This is your policy. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Okay. MR. OCHS: Madam Chair, you had more applicants than you had appointments. Do you want to re-advertise, or do you want to September 26, 2017 Page 160 choose off the list? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I think we should re-advertise on it and do as Andy said, just -- MR. KLATZKOW: You've got different categories here, so I think the fair thing to do is to re-advertise for the one seat. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: I think we should. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right. Let's do that. Okay. MR. OCHS: Got it. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: So I'll make a motion that we re- advise, staff re-advise for these vacancies on the committee, and that once those have been vetted, we bring it back. MR. KLATZKOW: No, no. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Is that not what we need to do? MR. KLATZKOW: My understanding is that you're approving four of the candidates. MR. OCHS: Correct. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Oh, re-advertise for that one. Okay. I thought we were re-advising the whole thing. MR. OCHS: That wasn't my understanding. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Just the one. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: No, just the one position, because the other four are residents. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: All right. Well, then I'll change my motion if that's -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: No one seconded it. You can do that. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Okay. So we're -- the motion would be that we approve the four other nominations to the committee and that we re-advertise for the seat on the committee that's -- MR. KLATZKOW: Ms. Bartlett had applied for. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: -- being vacated by Ms. Bartlett. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Second. September 26, 2017 Page 161 CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. Any other discussion? (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Hearing none, all those in favor, say aye. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign. (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries unanimously. Thank you. Item #15 STAFF AND COMMISSION GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS MR. OCHS: Commissioners, that moves us, I believe, to Item 15, staff and commission general communications. I just have a couple of scheduling things to confirm with the Board, if I may. We talked earlier about postponing next Tuesday's workshop on the infrastructure sales surtax and instead moving that to November 7th. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. MR. OCHS: And in addition to having that topic on that morning of the 7th, that in the afternoon we would have the Hurricane Irma after-action report review with the Board. If that meets with the Board's approval, we'll lock that down. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Like it. MR. OCHS: Thank you very much. September 26, 2017 Page 162 The final scheduling question is, essentially, to confirm the Board's meeting schedule for November and December to determine if you want to follow your historical practice of meeting on the second Tuesday in November and then you will meet one time in December as well on the 12th. So you'd have one meeting in November just before the Thanksgiving holiday, and then traditionally you've had one meeting in December, which is your second Tuesday in the month. COMMISSIONER FIALA: That's always worked out real well. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Especially when there's an election. An election? Oh, yeah. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: That's right. MR. OCHS: That's a concurrence? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: That was my first meeting. MR. OCHS: Thank you. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I have a point of discussion I'd like to make. It's apropos at this time. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: If you'd like to -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Is this part of -- we'll put this under correspondence and communication. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: You could start there. It had to do with the County Manager talking to us about our schedule. And I'd like to propose that we, as a pilot program, effectuate a change in our board schedule for FY'18 and that we stay on a regular two-week schedule throughout the entire year all the way through our November meeting, our first meeting in November, at which point then we take our 60-day break, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's when the rest of the planet is on vacation, and not do what we have done for the past millennia with regard to the 60 days off in the summertime. We are no longer a small, less-than-a-hundred-thousand resident community. September 26, 2017 Page 163 And I expressed some issue with our current schedule early on in the spring, and it's something that I would like for us to try to make an adjustment. Now, she's taking the candy away from me, by the way. COMMISSIONER FIALA: No, I'm not. No, I'm not. I'm just looking. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: But I'd like to make a suggestion that we adjust our schedule for FY18 to work straight through the year until -- to and through our first November meeting, at which point then we take our 60-day break. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: You probably need to talk to my neighbors. They would probably be very upset if we did that. They don't want any kind of NIM meetings during the summer. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I'm awful sorry about that. And again, one of the -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: And you need to talk to Kamela Patton and convince her that this is the way that all the people who work in the county can live and work, because their kids get out of school in the summer. That's when they have an opportunity to go on vacation with their kids. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Okay. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: And if we work through the summer, a lot of folks here that would plan on that vacation are going to have to figure out what they're going to do because they're going to have to be here because we decided we're going to meet in the summer. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Well, Madam Chair, in all due respect to people's vacations and how we've been conducting business for the past 20-some-odd years, with proper notice, people can make adjustments in their schedules. And the disservice that I feel we're doing our community with regard to taking 60 days off at the end of our fiscal year prior to 30 days in advance of the adoption of our next billion dollar budget and the next fiscal year is a huge disservice to the September 26, 2017 Page 164 350,000-some-odd people that do, in fact, live in our community, which is why I'm making this suggestion. We're no longer a sleepy, less-than-a-100,000 residential fishing community. And there are -- and, again, this -- if you listened to the beginning of this, it was a suggestion of a pilot. We can make suggestions along the way that we withhold the more contentious -- as we have in the past, the more contentious zoning issues and so on to a period of time when more of our part-time residents are, in fact, here. But in deference to the folks that do live here year round, I'd like to see us do that. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Okay. Just a comment? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: I'd suggest that maybe we bring this back as an agenda item in the future so that we have a chance to kind of vet this idea with, you know -- COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Well, Madam Chair -- COMMISSIONER SOLIS: -- people in our districts. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: -- brought up several points there, you know, with regard to school and that sort of thing, absolutely. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Yeah, because I -- and I'm a little concerned that -- you know, I think one of the things we would hear -- and I'm thinking off the top of my head because this is really the first I've thought about this -- is those people that feel disenfranchised because we have -- we don't have important meetings when they're here. I mean, in a way, this could exacerbate that because it's -- you know, the season really starts in November when people start coming back. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: That's right, season. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And the only retort that I have again -- and I know times are different, but we are -- the information September 26, 2017 Page 165 age is upon us, and I know myself, personally, I give as much credence to a letter or an email or a phone call that I get from a constituent as I do seeing their smiling face sitting in this room. So I would just certainly oblige that, and that was one of my thoughts as the pilot program to make a suggestion, as we have done in the past with some of our other -- when Commissioner Fiala was out and we were making some pretty heavy decisions that she wasn't able to attend with regard to her knee surgery, and we continued items to a time frame that could be more conducive for some of our part-time residents. So, again, that's the reason I suggested it as a pilot, so... CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Commissioner Fiala, your light has been on. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yes. No, that -- I couldn't make the one meeting when I was -- COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Right. COMMISSIONER FIALA: -- the day after surgery. But we just held it till the next meeting. And it wasn't like we put it when they were out of town. What we've gotten all along, even now to this day -- and I'm here to tell you flat out -- and Mike can pull them for you -- people are very resentful of us if we -- if we decide to hold meetings in the summer when we know that nobody's here and can object, and that's what's been held all along. I think it's back when you were still a commissioner, Burt. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Sure, I agree, that -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: We changed the meetings so that we didn't meet in the summer because there were so many complaints. And let's face it, look it, Pelican Bay, they empty out. You know, it's just -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: City of Naples. COMMISSIONER FIALA: You just can't blame people thinking September 26, 2017 Page 166 that we're trying to pull the wool over their eyes, and that's what they call it. And maybe down in your district people don't vacation as much, but I want to tell you -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: In ours. COMMISSIONER FIALA: -- in our districts, they do. And they go off for the summer. And I don't think -- if -- I've never heard anybody complain about not having summer meetings. I've heard them complain about we're waiting too long to take a vacation. They're not leaving -- they're leaving in April, and they wish we would be here for that period of time, but I've never heard them complain about vacations, unless maybe they're hunters. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Some of us are hunters. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: When is deer season? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yeah. When is deer season? COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: I was going to say, I don't -- I have no problem coming back for a discussion, but I don't think there's a whole lot of support to do that. I certainly would think it would be the wrong thing to do to have a break during the season, and that's what we would be doing, and you will get complaints from that. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Oh, yes. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: But we only meet once during that time frame. I'm only -- I'm necessarily suggesting an elimination of one meeting and adding two more during a critical period of time in our operations of our billion dollar company. That's the rationale. There's only one meeting in December that I'm suggesting that we not hold, so -- but adding two more during the -- during the -- what I perceive to be as extremely critical time for, as you -- as we have seen and heard about budget vetting and the like. And if you all don't want to support it, rock on. We'll deal with how you've been doing it forever, but I don't agree with it. I think it's -- times have changed September 26, 2017 Page 167 sufficiently since certainly when Commissioner Saunders was on the Board from a population. With love, Commissioner Saunders. But, you know, the population when you were on the Board was right at 100-, 125,000, if I'm not mistaken, round numbers, and we're 350- plus now. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Have you heard people complaining that we're having -- COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yes. I'm not doing this just for fun. I mean, I have -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, because I've never heard -- has anybody else had complaints about not meeting in the summer? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: No, it's the opposite. See you later. You know, you better have this when we're here. In fact, the Racetrac folks were adamant. They wanted -- they want this in January. They want it at the height of things, at the beginning of January, this rehearing. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, no kidding. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yeah. They don't even want it in October. Not enough people back here. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: As is regularly the case, I do come and am elected by a group of folks that do not leave for a large portion of the summer that are here all of the time and that have expressed a concern about that. So there you go. Be that as it may. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Do you have anything else, sir, or anything else on your correspondence? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Oh, yes. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. I would like to talk to Nick for a moment with regard -- are we into commissioner comments and that sort of thing? Nick goes, what? Did I catch you taking a nap? MR. CASALANGUIDA: No, sir. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: With regard to the debris September 26, 2017 Page 168 contract that we have with AshBritten. MR. CASALANGUIDA: AshBritt. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Do you have an actual per-ton amount? MR. CASALANGUIDA: I believe it's $8 a cubic yard, sir, but I'll have Mr. Rodriguez contact -- COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Eight dollars a cubic yard. And just for the record, I know there was an emergency decree put out by Mr. Kuhn (phonetic) in the Governor's office with regard to our capacities to renegotiate, and I've been doing a little bit of math along the way. And I'm a little bit concerned with regard to the timeliness with -- the debris removal is, in fact, going to transpire. I heard Dan Rodriguez talk earlier. We were staring at four to six months. I'm already hearing chirping going on with AshBritten taking on contracts or doing jobs that are paying 14, $15 a ton and letting our $8-a-ton contract sit. And I would like to know what kind of provisions we have in place for protection of an agreement that we had well in advance of the storm. It's almost like an insurance policy with them for taking care of the debris cleanup that we have and what type of assurances that we have that they are fulfilling that agreement even though, in comparison to other municipalities, it's significantly less. MR. CASALANGUIDA: We'll get you that information, sir. We'll pull the contract and review it with you. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Sir? MR. OCHS: What we'll do is -- and when we come back at our next board meeting for our Irma update, which we agreed this morning we're going to do every meeting for a while, we'll cover that topic in detail with you, Commissioners. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Okay. My other question was on the TDT tax increase. There was some discussion -- we implemented that TDT tax through the TDC back before we took our September 26, 2017 Page 169 60-day break, and there was some folks that were theoretically caught off guard with the exposure. Has there been resolution to that? There were people that had -- purportedly had contracts and bids out that weren't planning on that 1 percent increase in the TDT tax. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I believe the Tax Collector wrote us a letter. MR. OCHS: Yes. The Tax Collector said he's going to start collecting the tax as an effective date of the Board's ordinance. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I do have a question. Is there any allowance in the naming of county-owned facilities in dedication of someone? There's a rather arduous ordinance in place with regard to the naming processes. We recently had a sheriff die in Immokalee, and the ordinance is rather -- it's rather arduous to say -- MR. KLATZKOW: Commissioner, there are two ways to get a building named. One is by a public petition process, which is arduous. The other is three votes. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Okay. I'll bring an executive summary forward next month. The end. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Commissioner Fiala? COMMISSIONER FIALA: Phew. That's all. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. Commissioner Solis? COMMISSIONER SOLIS: A few things. One, I just want to say it again to staff, what an amazing job you have all done and what amazing leadership you've all shown through this disaster. I was sitting at dinner on Saturday, and I realized I was sitting on Fifth Avenue having dinner like I would have had dinner three months ago after, you know, a major hurricane and things are back to normal. I mean, they're not back to normal everywhere. Obviously, there's still suffering greatly. But the strides that we have made, I think, to bringing things as back to normal as they can be after something like September 26, 2017 Page 170 this has just been amazing. So my hats off to Leo, to Nick, Dan, the department heads back there. I mean, it was really -- it was a wonderful experience, actually, to be in the EOC with you guys, so... MR. OCHS: Thank you. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Thank you for -- and great job. I'd also like to take my hat off to the folks at -- the management at the Fairfield Inn and the Spring Hill Suites; Tracy Arman and Liz Sanders, who many of us know because she comes here and speaks a lot. You know, the lengths that they went to, to take care of people were just amazing. And, I know there's going to be lots of stories like this. This just happened to be my personal story. I mean, Tracy Arman was -- in the eye of the storm was out there cleaning debris out of the storm gutters so it wouldn't flood, you know, in the eye of the storm; it was that kind of thing. So incredible stories out there, I think, of our community coming together and, you know, pulling together to make the best out of a really bad situation. So, I would just like to give a shout out to them at the Spring Hill Suites and the Fairfield Inn. One question I had on something on the agenda, and it was -- I think somebody had an exhibit that showed where some of the debris staging areas were. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Dan Rodriguez. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: And one of the them said Lodge Abbott. Is that -- the Lodge Abbott, is that the golf course at Kalea Bay? MR. CASALANGUIDA: Yes. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Is it? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yeah. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Okay. Because I've had a couple of calls wondering what in the world's going on out there. September 26, 2017 Page 171 MR. OCHS: Wiggins Pass Road and Vanderbilt Drive there, yes. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: It's not the commercial piece on the south side of Wiggins Pass. It's where the -- it's where the golf course is supposed to go? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes. MR. OCHS: That's my understanding, yes, sir. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Okay. If somebody could give them just some information on exactly what's going on there. I think people were -- obviously, that's a very sensitive issue for the neighbors, and I think they're under the impression that there's -- you know, that maybe there's things going on there other than just debris staging area. I don't think anybody really knows about that up there. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: You have to tell them Dr. George is building a pyramid. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Yeah. It's going to be a pyramid of debris. That will go over well. So, anyway, that will be helpful. And, last, I got a letter from a Mr. Hines that I thought I would read, and I asked for his permission because I think it's -- it's just another great story of the service that staff gives to our residents here. It says, a sincere thank you to Collier County Veterans Service Office, especially to the Service Officer Alexandra Scardino. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Oh, Alex. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yeah. She was my secretary. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: I think everybody got this. I just thought I had to read this. Being a Vietnam Veteran, I was wounded three separate times and exposed to agent orange for 10 months during combat missions 50 years ago. I had filed a claim for my veterans benefits through the Disabled Americans Veterans but could never reach any service officers or even get a return phone. I took -- it took three phone calls to the big local attorney office, September 26, 2017 Page 172 who claims to be working for the people and they care about veterans, to just get an acknowledgment call that they had received my message. I had to wait another month for someone from their office to contact me and ask me all the information for their veterans sections attorneys to review. I did, and now six months later no one has got back to me or requested more information. I decided to try one more time through the Collier County Veterans Services. I was able to secure an appointment in two days. After looking at all the history, documents, and medical records contained in my file -- in my folder, my service officer, Alexandra, couldn't believe that no benefits had been granted. Now, after two appeals with the help of Alexandra, I am finally "entitled," in quotes, to benefits. What a great job for the veterans Alexander Scardino has done. Thank you for your help and support, Collier County Veterans Services. Mr. Dave Hines. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: That's wonderful. MR. OCHS: Fantastic. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Great job. COMMISSIONER FIALA: I'm grateful that you read that. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: I think she -- that's just, I think, another example of what a great job staff does, so thank you. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: He said "that big attorney." COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Well, I don't know who that is; I'm just reading the letter. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: I want to echo what Commissioner Solis said about staff. We were all at the EOC many times. Our staff was there all night long day after day sleeping there, and it was very impressive to see what all of you did there. So I echo what you've said. I've got 18 items I want to go over. September 26, 2017 Page 173 COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Can I ask you to move back so I can watch him. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Yeah. I'll be really quick. It won't take more than five minutes for each one. We have some legislation that's already been filed to sunset community development agencies, CRAs. It's already been filed in Tallahassee. There's going to be a real attack on those types of facilities -- those types of entities. And I'd like for us to have the benefit of a report from the County Manager on the activities of our two CRAs and how much financial disclosure is, how transparent those entities are so at least we'll have a story to tell in Tallahassee about not all CRAs are created equal and not all CRAs are problematic. There may be some in our community that -- in one of the cities maybe, but certainly not in Collier County. So if we could -- if you could have something before the -- November time frame, end of October time frame would be very helpful. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Is that Richard Corcoran? COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Well, it's several other folks, but I think the Speaker of the House is behind that as well. Secondly, I want to start taking a look at some of the zoning in the commercial areas in Golden Gate City between Santa Barbara Boulevard and 951, Golden Gate Parkway. Nothing outside of that, but just that corridor. My understanding is that if someone wanted to build a multi-use facility there you can't do it. So you have all single-story buildings. And I think it would be good to take a look at that zoning there; perhaps we could help upgrade some of the commercial activities in that location. And so if staff could, perhaps, get back with me to talk about what some of the options are. I know we have contracts with different planning organizations, different planners, and maybe there's September 26, 2017 Page 174 something we can do there. I don't think it's a very complex issue. It's just a matter of taking a look at that corridor and determining if some mixed-used-type development would be appropriate there. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Commissioner Saunders, if I might. We are under review of the Golden Gate Master Plan, which includes Golden Gate City, urbanized Golden Gate Estates, and then the rural Golden Gate Estates, because I'm working through that process, and that's an area where you can get involved, property owner specifically, and we can effectuate map changes at an administrative level, changing the color from pink to orange to allow for that sort of process to be effectuated and eliminate the comprehensive Growth Management Plan amendment process. That's going on right now and might could be a much more effective way to effect -- to get done what you're looking to do. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: All right. Well, perhaps staff could get back with me on how -- MR. OCHS: Yeah, I would agree wholeheartedly. We've got the restudies going, and we could work with the existing consultants to kind of incorporate this into the ongoing study. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: I appreciate that. COMMISSIONER FIALA: I'm just thrilled that you're doing that. It's needed some tender touch, somebody to focus on them and actually pull them up by their bootstraps, and I think it's wonderful that you're tackling that. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Well, I appreciate you saying that. It's the kind of thing that will take a long time, but it's -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: No, just like Bayshore. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Yeah. Somebody's got to start. The other 12 items, I'm going to hold those off until the next meeting. September 26, 2017 Page 175 CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right. So I only have five. No. Let me hand this out first so I can -- when I speak about this, you've got it in front of you. The proposal is to have a Sea Level Rise Risks and Solutions Summit here in the county October the 17th. You can see the sponsors are Collier Citizens Council, Greater Naples Leadership, Chamber of Commerce, Collier County's Presence Council, and the League of Women Voters. The speakers are Mike Savarese; Alex Kaplan, reinsurance; Jim Cason, former mayor of Coral Gables; and Eric Carpenter, City Engineer, City of Miami Beach. He is kind of fascinating because they're the ones who are building these huge pumps. So the thought was it would be October 17th here in the chambers, and I think I need your consensus to allow this to go forward. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Sure. COMMISSIONER FIALA: I would definitely support that effort. Do I need to make a motion? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I would love you to make a motion. COMMISSIONER FIALA: I will make a motion that we move forward with the Sea Level Rise Risks and Solutions Summit on October 17th introduced to us by Commissioner Penny Taylor. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you very much. I will second that. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Okay. MR. OCHS: Commissioner, do you need any staff support or logistics or supplies or anything? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Basically -- okay. Well, then the part two of this would be can we televise this? Is that appropriate? Can we put this so that we can put it out to our constituents throughout the county? September 26, 2017 Page 176 MR. OCHS: If that's what the Board would like, we certainly can. This room is obviously well suited for that. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, sure. MR. OCHS: Is it going to be here or upstairs? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Here. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: It's not a workshop. This is going to be separate. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It's more discussion. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: It's not -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Not us. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Not us up here. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: It's this group that wants to use this room. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: That's right; that's right. Okay. Wonderful. All right. Thank you very, very much. Okay. So all those in favor, say aye. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign. (No response.) CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you very much. All right. On the level of NOAA and our wonderful Savarese/Shang partnership that they're coming to study Collier County for three years, they are coming to the Commission -- Dr. Shang is presenting, is it the 10th or the 7th? When are we? MR. OCHS: I believe it's the 10th; October 10th. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: That's our meeting? September 26, 2017 Page 177 MR. OCHS: Yes. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. So it's October 10th. And, once again, I would like to host a lunch. I'd like the county to host a lunch for the leadership in our county, Chamber of Commerce folks, you know, Stantec, people -- the Collier Enterprises, Barron Collier, to extend an invitation and have a very casual lunch upstairs after they present in the morning, and then we'll break for lunch. But the lunch break we should have probably should be about an hour and a half. Now, I know that's a little bit of ka-dewy (phonetic), but this will be the only time that, I think, Dr. Shang can meet with the public only because of his schedule. And I wanted to see if you were -- is everyone okay with that? So the concept would be, he will present and explain what he's going to do, and then everybody can go upstairs at lunchtime to meet with him and talk to him. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Is this on October 17th; is that part of that? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: On the 17th or -- CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: No, on the 10th, excuse me. I know. This kind of all got blurred together because of the hurricane. COMMISSIONER FIALA: No. It got messed up in our minds a little bit because of October 17th. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I beg your pardon, yeah. So it's October 10th at a regular meeting, Dr. Shang is coming in. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, at a regular meeting? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes. We had him -- remember we had him -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: He's with this group though, right? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Oh, he's Dr. Shang and Dr. Savarese. They're the ones who applied for and were granted the million dollars September 26, 2017 Page 178 from NOAA. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Are you talking about a lunch for us to go participate in? Because we can't do that. I mean, that would -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: If we pay for it. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: No, but, I mean -- no. We have our commission meeting that day. You're talking about having a lunch break where we go upstairs and talk. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Just for a few minutes, just to be there, and then we can leave. No? You don't think so? COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: No. You'd have to ask the County Attorney what we could do, but it would have to be open. I mean, it's -- MR. KLATZKOW: We generally frown on these things. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: You generally frown on these things. I'll take that as a frown. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: He generally frowns all the time. Can I -- just to throw another curveball in there, I'm looking at my calendar on October 17th, and I've got something blocked off for the Collier County Legislative Delegation meeting. Is that -- COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Yeah. They don't meet in here. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Is that an error? Is that something -- COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: You know, I've got the delegation meeting on my calendar. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: They don't meet here, but is that something we attend? COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: It will be at the North Collier Park. Yeah, we should -- MR. OCHS: Usually you send the Chair to present the Board's legislative priorities. September 26, 2017 Page 179 CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yeah. And we can refigure our priorities at the next meeting. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Okay. Well, I just -- I had it on my calendar. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: I've got October 19th; Thursday October 19th for the Collier County State Legislative Delegation Meeting. COMMISSIONER FIALA: I just called Mike, and I don't have anything on my calendar for that date. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: I had it for the 17th. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. All right. Very good. And then -- MR. OCHS: Excuse me. October 19th. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Nineteenth. Okay. So then are we -- we will -- COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Skip lunch. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yeah, we will skip lunch if we have to, but would it be appropriate to have the reception here upstairs on the fifth floor? COMMISSIONER FIALA: Well, I think we should have lunch there, too, because, you know, I think it would be a good idea. I don't know how, but maybe Jeff can find out a way that we can do it all legally and everything. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Even if we have to -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: If we don't sit next to each other and we don't talk about anything we're going to bid -- or vote on. It's just -- MR. KLATZKOW: I'll chat with the Chair. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Huh? MR. KLATZKOW: I'll chat with the Chair and see what we can do. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Chat with the Chair, okay. September 26, 2017 Page 180 So what we're going to do is they're definitely going to present, and we are going to have a reception; whether or not we attend, that's another thing. And then we'll work on a list of the leadership to meet these two scientists and to talk about what work they're going to do for Collier County; is that all right? Okay. So, finally, would you please put those two photographs up, Troy. So this was last night, Naples Pier. I want a big -- I want this huge. You know, September 25th, 2017, about seven o'clock at night. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: They opened it up? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: No, sir. No. And you can see -- and this is also last night. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Everything's open for business; is that what you're saying? CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: And there's children and the people down at the beach and just enjoying it, and everybody got grouped together to -- COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Send that over to Jack Wert and say -- date it, you know. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I know. It's just we are open, and it is beautiful and people are enjoying what we have here. So -- and if you go back to the pier shot, I'm standing where it's -- the pier is closed about halfway, so I'm standing at that halfway with the pier shot. Right there. So that last little stretch they just need to replace some planking. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Well, boy, that looks great. And it says a lot about us, the county as a whole, and the people that we've had working in emergency management and the guys picking up everything. And, you know, remember we all started this voting to get this all in place back in February. Remember that? These guys here, every year, February there they go. They're bringing all the stuff back September 26, 2017 Page 181 to store all the trash and all of the debris and everything and making all of the arrangements. And everybody shakes their head and says, what in the heck are we doing there? It's always just on the consent but, you know, it's always there and, boy, did it pay off this year. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yeah. And, I guess, congratulations. I mean, it's hard. You know, who would have thought, and this darn -- you know, you followed Irma and you thought you were getting whiplash. She was here, she was there, she was there. No, it's not. You go talk in the grocery store. We're okay. Oh, no, you were not; we're evacuating. And the threat and the arrival of that storm was horrifying in so many ways. And, you know, you rode it coolly; everybody did their job. There was a calm over the EOC that gave me courage. And one of the best things about this last two weeks I'll remember is that when I would go into the EOC, there would be this darn map of Florida and there would be this hurricane coming towards it, and when it was through, it was NBC on there, you know, this huge -- and it was what was open and what wasn't. And it was a visual for me, a visual picture of -- that we had gotten through it and how we changed and what the emphasis was. And County Attorney Klatzkow said it, there was a time where he said, it's calmer now. You can feel that the tension is slowly going out, and yet we still have people in need, we still have people that are living without power, and we are out there working. Go down to Everglades City, and you can see it; parts of Immokalee, you can see it; in Chokoloskee. And folks haven't even come -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: I'm going to Goodland tonight. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: -- in Goodland. But, boy, I'll tell you what. We are working together, and that's the most exciting part. That's the most exciting part of this. So well done, sir. It's your team. September 26, 2017 Page 182 MR. OCHS: It's the team, ma'am; thank you. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Well done. COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: I will move to adjourn. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: And I'll second. We're done. ***** Commissioner Fiala moved, seconded by Commissioner McDaniel and carried unanimously that the following items under the Consent and Summary Agendas be approved and/or adopted except for the following: Item #16F1 continued to the next meeting; Commissioner McDaniel opposed to Item #17H; Commissioner Fiala and Commissioner Taylor opposed to Item #16A45; Commissioner Solis abstained from voting on Item #16A2, Item #16A17, Item #16A38 and Item #16K20 due to conflict ***** Item #16A1 PROPOSAL FROM CB&I ENVIRONMENTAL & INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. FOR FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS OF BUILDING COLLIER COUNTY’S COASTAL RESILIENCY UNDER CONTRACT NO. 15-6382, AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE THE WORK ORDER FOR A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $24,975, AUTHORIZE NECESSARY BUDGET AMENDMENTS, AND MAKE A FINDING THAT THIS EXPENDITURE PROMOTES TOURISM – FOR A POTENTIAL BEACH WIDENING AND ADDITION OF DUNES; ONCE THE ANALYSIS IS COMPLETE THEY WILL PROVIDE A MEMO TO COLLIER COUNTY AND SET UP A WEBINAR TO CONSULT FDEP Item #16A2 – Commissioner Solis abstained due to conflict September 26, 2017 Page 183 RECORDING THE FINAL PLAT OF ARTESIA NAPLES, PHASE 4, (APPLICATION NUMBER PL20170001099) APPROVAL OF THE STANDARD FORM CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT AND APPROVAL OF THE AMOUNT OF THE PERFORMANCE SECURITY – W/ STIPULATIONS Item #16A3 RECORDING THE FINAL PLAT OF PRICE STREET PLAZA, (APPLICATION NUMBER PL20170001084) APPROVAL OF THE STANDARD FORM CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT AND APPROVAL OF THE AMOUNT OF THE PERFORMANCE SECURITY – W/STIPULATIONS Item #16A4 RECORDING THE FINAL PLAT OF FRONTERRA PHASE 2, (APPLICATION NUMBER PL20170000897) APPROVAL OF THE STANDARD FORM CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT AND APPROVAL OF THE AMOUNT OF THE PERFORMANCE SECURITY – W/STIPULATIONS Item #16A5 RECORDING THE FINAL PLAT OF BENT CREEK PRESERVE PHASE 2A (APPLICATION NUMBER PL20160003590) APPROVAL OF THE STANDARD FORM CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT AND APPROVAL OF THE AMOUNT OF THE PERFORMANCE SECURITY – W/ STIPULATIONS September 26, 2017 Page 184 Item #16A6 RECORDING THE MINOR FINAL PLAT OF OYSTER HARBOR AT FIDDLER’S CREEK PHASE 2B, APPLICATION NUMBER PL20170001113 – LOCATED IN SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 51 SOUTH, RANGE 26 EAST Item #16A7 RECORDING THE MINOR FINAL PLAT OF SIERRA MEADOWS 1 & 2, APPLICATION NUMBER PL20160002608 – LOCATED IN SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 50 SOUTH, RANGE 26 EAST Item #16A8 RECORDING THE MINOR FINAL PLAT OF TRACT J-1 AT TALIS PARK, APPLICATION NUMBER PL20170002034 – LOCATED IN SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 48 SOUTH, RANGE 26 EAST Item #16A9 RECORDING THE FINAL PLAT OF WARM SPRINGS – PHASE 2, (APPLICATION NUMBER PL20170001519) APPROVAL OF THE STANDARD FORM CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT AND APPROVAL OF THE AMOUNT OF THE PERFORMANCE SECURITY – W/ STIPULATIONS September 26, 2017 Page 185 Item #16A10 RECORDING THE FINAL PLAT OF NAPLES RESERVE CIRCLE, (APPLICATION NUMBER PL20160000038) APPROVAL OF THE STANDARD FORM CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT AND APPROVAL OF THE AMOUNT OF THE PERFORMANCE SECURITY – W/ STIPULATIONS Item #16A11 FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE POTABLE WATER AND SEWER FACILITIES FOR VI AT BENTLEY VILLAGE, WEST CLUBHOUSE, PL20150002633, ACCEPT UNCONDITIONAL CONVEYANCE OF A PORTION OF THE POTABLE WATER FACILITIES, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO RELEASE THE UTILITIES PERFORMANCE SECURITY (UPS) AND FINAL OBLIGATION BOND IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $10,567.64 TO THE PROJECT ENGINEER OR THE DEVELOPER’S DESIGNATED AGENT – FINAL INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED BY STAFF IN COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC UTILITIES ON APRIL 26, 2017 AND THE FACILITIES WERE FOUND TO BE SATISFACTORY AND ACCEPTABLE Item #16A12 FINAL ACCEPTANCE AND UNCONDITIONAL CONVEYANCE OF THE POTABLE WATER AND SEWER UTILITY FACILITIES FOR SIENNA RESERVE, PL20150001595, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO RELEASE September 26, 2017 Page 186 THE FINAL OBLIGATION BOND IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $4,000 TO THE PROJECT ENGINEER OR THE DEVELOPER’S DESIGNATED AGENT – FINAL INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED BY STAFF IN COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC UTILITIES ON JUNE 6, 2017 AND FOUND THESE FACILITIES TO BE SATISFACTORY AND ACCEPTABLE Item #16A13 FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE POTABLE WATER AND SEWER FACILITIES FOR ULTIMATE EXPRESS CAR WASH, PL20150002751, ACCEPT UNCONDITIONAL CONVEYANCE OF A PORTION OF THE SEWER FACILITIES, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO RELEASE THE UTILITIES PERFORMANCE SECURITY (UPS) AND FINAL OBLIGATION BOND IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $4,772.10 TO THE PROJECT ENGINEER OR THE DEVELOPER’S DESIGNATED AGENT – FINAL INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED BY STAFF IN COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC UTILITIES ON MAY 4, 2017 AND THE FACILITIES WERE FOUND TO BE SATISFACTORY AND ACCEPTABLE Item #16A14 FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE POTABLE WATER AND SEWER FACILITIES FOR ISLES OF COLLIER PRESERVE AMENITY CENTER, PHASE 1, PL20150001719, ACCEPT UNCONDITIONAL CONVEYANCE OF A PORTION OF THE POTABLE WATER AND SEWER FACILITIES, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO RELEASE THE UTILITIES PERFORMANCE SECURITY September 26, 2017 Page 187 (UPS) AND FINAL OBLIGATION BOND IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $17,291.38 TO THE PROJECT ENGINEER OR THE DEVELOPER’S DESIGNATED AGENT – FINAL INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED BY STAFF IN COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC UTILITIES ON APRIL 14, 2017 AND THE FACILITIES WERE FOUND TO BE ACCEPTABLE Item #16A15 FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE POTABLE WATER AND SEWER FACILITIES FOR BERKSHIRE PLACE, PL20150001414, ACCEPT UNCONDITIONAL CONVEYANCE OF A PORTION OF THE POTABLE WATER FACILITIES, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO RELEASE THE UTILITIES PERFORMANCE SECURITY (UPS) AND FINAL OBLIGATION BOND IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $12,984.80 TO THE PROJECT ENGINEER OR THE DEVELOPER’S DESIGNATED AGENT – FINAL INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED BY STAFF IN COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC UTILITIES ON JULY 11, 2017 AND THE FACILITIES WERE FOUND TO BE SATISFACTORY AND ACCEPTABLE Item #16A16 FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE POTABLE WATER AND SEWER FACILITIES FOR CIPRIANI AT LELY RESORT, PL20150001136, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO RELEASE THE UTILITIES PERFORMANCE SECURITY (UPS) AND FINAL OBLIGATION BOND IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $43,014.27 TO THE PROJECT ENGINEERING OR THE DEVELOPER’S September 26, 2017 Page 188 DESIGNATED AGENT – FINAL INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED BY STAFF IN COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC UTILITIES ON JUNE 22, 2017 AND THEY WRE FOUND TO BE SATISFACTORY AND ACCEPTABLE Item #16A17 – Commissioner Solis abstained due to conflict FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE POTABLE WATER AND SEWER FACILITIES FOR GIAVENO, PL20140001923, ACCEPT UNCONDITIONAL CONVEYANCE OF A PORTION OF THE POTABLE WATER FACILITIES, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO RELEASE THE UTILITIES PERFORMANCE SECURITY (UPS) AND FINAL OBLIGATION BOND IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $32,566.24 TO THE PROJECT ENGINEER OR THE DEVELOPER’S DESIGNATED AGENT – FINAL INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED BY STAFF IN COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC UTILITIES ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2016 AND THE FACILITIES WERE FOUND TO BE SATISFACTORY AND ACCEPTABLE Item #16A18 FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE POTABLE WATER AND SEWER FACILITIES FOR NAPLES RESERVE, PHASE 1, PL20150000348, AND ACCEPT UNCONDITIONAL CONVEYANCE OF THE POTABLE WATER AND A PORTION OF THE SEWER FACILITIES, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO RELEASE THE FINAL OBLIGATION BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,000 TO THE PROJECT ENGINEER OR DEVELOPER’S DESIGNATED AGENT – FINAL INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED BY STAFF September 26, 2017 Page 189 IN COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC UTILITIES ON JULY 11, 2017 AND FOUND THESE FACILITIES TO BE SATISFACTORY AND ACCEPTABLE Item #16A19 FINAL ACCEPTANCE AND UNCONDITIONAL CONVEYANCE OF THE POTABLE WATER AND SEWER UTILITY FACILITIES FOR NAPLES RESERVE, PHASE 2, PL20150000335, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO RELEASE THE FINAL OBLIGATION BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,000 TO THE PROJECT ENGINEER OR THE DEVELOPER’S DESIGNATED AGENT – FINAL INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED BY STAFF IN COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC UTILITIES ON JULY 11, 2017 AND THE FACILITIES WERE FOUND TO BE FOUND THESE FACILITIES TO BE SATISFACTORY AND ACCEPTABLE Item #16A20 FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE SEWER FACILITIES FOR LB NAPLES GRANDE - TEMPORARY SALES OFFICE, PL20170001553 – LOCATED AT 7330 PREMIER DR., NAPLES Item #16A21 FINAL ACCEPTANCE AND UNCONDITIONAL CONVEYANCE OF THE POTABLE WATER AND SEWER UTILITY FACILITIES FOR LAKOYA PHASE 2, PL20130002656, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO RELEASE THE FINAL OBLIGATION BOND IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF September 26, 2017 Page 190 $4,000 TO THE PROJECT ENGINEER OR THE DEVELOPER’S DESIGNATED AGENT – FINAL INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED BY STAFF IN COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC UTILITIES ON APRIL 20, 2017 AND FOUND THESE FACILITIES TO BE SATISFACTORY AND ACCEPTABLE Item #16A22 FINAL ACCEPTANCE AND UNCONDITIONAL CONVEYANCE OF THE POTABLE WATER AND SEWER UTILITY FACILITIES FOR HERITAGE BAY COMMONS TRACT D, PL20150002518 AND PL20150002877, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO RELEASE THE UTILITIES PERFORMANCE SECURITY (UPS) AND FINAL OBLIGATION BOND IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $17,313.47 TO THE PROJECT ENGINEER OR THE DEVELOPER’S DESIGNATED AGENT – FINAL INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED BY STAFF IN COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC UTILITIES ON MAY 16, 2017 AND FOUND THESE FACILITIES TO BE SATISFACTORY AND ACCEPTABLE Item #16A23 FINAL ACCEPTANCE AND UNCONDITIONAL CONVEYANCE OF THE POTABLE WATER AND SEWER UTILITY FACILITIES FOR FIRANO AT NAPLES, PHASES 1, 2, AND 3, PL20110002021, PL20130002513, AND PL20110002596 AND TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO RELEASE THE UTILITIES PERFORMANCE SECURITY (UPS) AND FINAL OBLIGATION BOND IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $18,383.58 TO THE PROJECT ENGINEER OR THE September 26, 2017 Page 191 DEVELOPER’S DESIGNATED AGENT – FINAL INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED BY STAFF IN COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC UTILITIES ON OCTOBER 27, 2016 AND FOUND THESE FACILITIES TO BE SATISFACTORY AND ACCEPTABLE Item #16A24 FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE SEWER FACILITIES FOR GERMAIN AUTO IMAGES, PL20160000439, AND ACCEPT UNCONDITIONAL CONVEYANCE OF A PORTION OF THESE SEWER FACILITIES Item #16A25 FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE POTABLE WATER AND SEWER UTILITY FACILITIES FOR SFWMD BIG CYPRESS FIELD STATION, PL20160000750, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO RELEASE THE FINAL OBLIGATION BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,000 TO THE PROJECT ENGINEER OR THE DEVELOPER’S DESIGNATED AGENT – FINAL INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED BY STAFF IN COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC UTILITIES ON JULY 17, 2017 AND FOUND THESE FACILITIES TO BE SATISFACTORY AND ACCEPTABLE Item #16A26 FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF POTABLE WATER AND SEWER FACILITIES FOR NAPLES RESERVE ISLAND CLUB, PHASE 1, PL20150001154, AND ACCEPTING UNCONDITIONAL September 26, 2017 Page 192 CONVEYANCE OF A PORTION OF THE POTABLE WATER FACILITIES, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO RELEASE THE UTILITIES PERFORMANCE SECURITY (UPS) AND FINAL OBLIGATION BOND IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $18,298.07 TO THE PROJECT ENGINEER OR THE DEVELOPER’S DESIGNATED AGENT – FINAL INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED BY STAFF IN COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC UTILITIES ON JULY 11, 2017 AND THE FACILITIES WERE FOUND TO BE SATISFACTORY AND ACCEPTABLE Item #16A27 RESOLUTION 2017-151: FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRIVATE ROADWAY AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE FINAL PLAT OF FIDDLER’S CREEK, PHASE 3, UNIT ONE, APPLICATION NUMBER AR-1607 WITH THE ROADWAY AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS BEING PRIVATELY MAINTAINED; ACCEPTANCE OF THE PLAT DEDICATIONS, AND AUTHORIZING THE RELEASE OF THE MAINTENANCE SECURITY Item #16A28 EASEMENT USE AGREEMENT (AGREEMENT) FOR LOT 15, NATURE POINTE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED AT PLAT BOOK 20, PAGES 20 THROUGH 22 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF COLLIER COUNTY – LOCATED AT 1635 GORDON RIVER LANE, NAPLES Item #16A29 September 26, 2017 Page 193 EASEMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF A ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY, DRAINAGE, AND UTILITY EASEMENT (PARCEL 409RDUE) REQUIRED FOR THE EXPANSION OF GOLDEN GATE BOULEVARD FROM EAST OF EVERGLADES BOULEVARD TO EAST OF FAKA UNION CANAL (PROJECT 60145) (ESTIMATED FISCAL IMPACT: $6,054) Item #16A30 EASEMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF A ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY, DRAINAGE, AND UTILITY EASEMENT (PARCEL 412RDUE) REQUIRED FOR THE EXPANSION OF GOLDEN GATE BOULEVARD FROM EAST OF EVERGLADES BOULEVARD TO EAST OF FAKA UNION CANAL (PROJECT 60145) (ESTIMATED FISCAL IMPACT: $15,054) Item #16A31 EASEMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF A ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY, DRAINAGE, AND UTILITY EASEMENT (PARCEL 418RDUE) REQUIRED FOR THE EXPANSION OF GOLDEN GATE BOULEVARD FROM EAST OF EVERGLADES BOULEVARD TO EAST OF THE FAKA UNION CANAL (PROJECT 60145) (ESTIMATED FISCAL IMPACT: $10,100) – A 4,515 +/- SQUARE FOOT, VACANT NON-EXCLUSIVE ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY, DRAINAGE AND UTILITY EASEMENT Item #16A32 EASEMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF A ROAD September 26, 2017 Page 194 RIGHT-OF-WAY, DRAINAGE, AND UTILITY EASEMENT (PARCEL 415RDUE) REQUIRED FOR THE EXPANSION OF GOLDEN GATE BOULEVARD FROM EAST OF EVERGLADES BOULEVARD TO EAST OF FAKA UNION CANAL (PROJECT 60145) (ESTIMATED FISCAL IMPACT: $14,100) Item #16A33 A SECOND AMENDMENT TO PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF A FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY (PARCEL 101FEE) REQUIRED FOR THE IMMOKALEE STORMWATER IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (PROJECT 60143) (ESTIMATED FISCAL IMPACT: $10,000 Item #16A34 A PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF TWO (2) FEE SIMPLE PARCELS (PARCELS 103FEE1 AND 103FEE2) REQUIRED FOR ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF AIRPORT ROAD AND DAVIS BOULEVARD (PROJECT NO. 60148) (FISCAL IMPACT: APPROXIMATELY $695,950) Item #16A35 A DRAINAGE, ACCESS AND MAINTENANCE EASEMENT FOR THE DONATION OF AN EASEMENT PARCEL (109DAME) REQUIRED FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE OF THE SR29 CANAL (ESTIMATED FISCAL IMPACT: $44) – DONATED BY GLOBAL SIGNAL ACQUISITIONS IV LLC September 26, 2017 Page 195 Item #16A36 AWARD BID NO. 17-7155 TO HORSEPOWER ELECTRIC, INC. FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THE INTERSECTION OF CR 856 (RADIO RD) AND MADISON PARK BLVD/SANCTUARY DRIVE IN THE AMOUNT OF $497,497 AND AUTHORIZE THE NECESSARY BUDGET AMENDMENT (PROJECT NO. 60172) Item #16A37 THE CLERK OF COURTS TO RELEASE AN IRREVOCABLE STANDBY LETTER OF CREDIT IN THE AMOUNT OF $16,400 WHICH WAS POSTED AS A GUARANTY FOR EXCAVATION PERMIT NUMBER 60.146, PL20160000338 FOR WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLLIER CHARTER ACADEMY – THE AS-BUILT CROSS SECTIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND THE LAKES HAVE BEEN INSPECTED BY THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW DIVISION Item #16A38 – Commissioner Solis abstained due to conflict THE CLERK OF COURTS TO RELEASE IRREVOCABLE STANDBY LETTER OF CREDIT NO. FGAC-15118 IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,660, WHICH WAS POSTED AS A GUARANTY FOR WORK ASSOCIATED WITH CASORIA AT TREVISO BAY, SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN (SDP) PL20140000605 Item #16A39 September 26, 2017 Page 196 THE CLERK OF COURTS TO RELEASE A CASH BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,040 TO SLOAN ENGINEERING GROUP WHICH WAS POSTED AS A DEVELOPMENT GUARANTY FOR AN EARLY WORK AUTHORIZATION (EWA) (PL20160002677) FOR WORK ASSOCIATED WITH DOLLAR GENERAL Item #16A40 THE RELEASE OF A CODE ENFORCEMENT LIEN WITH AN ACCRUED VALUE OF $95,600 FOR PAYMENT OF $500 IN THE CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS ENTITLED BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS V. YISLEN DE LA O AND ROESMEL RUA, CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD CASE NOS. CESD20140005957 AND CESD20140023123 RELATING TO PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2883 50TH TER SW, COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA – FOR A VIOLATIONS THAT CONSISTED OF THE BUILDING OF A DOCK WITHOUT PERMITS AND A CHICKEE HUT WITH AN EXPITED PERMIT – BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE ON AUGUST 31, 2015 AND APRIL 11, 2017 Item #16A41 THE RELEASE OF A CODE ENFORCEMENT LIEN WITH AN ACCRUED VALUE OF $222,600 FOR PAYMENT OF $7,000 IN THE CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS ENTITLED BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS V. H & H 29TH AVE HOLDINGS LLC. CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD CASE NO. CESD20100019403 RELATING TO PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3220 29TH AVE NE, COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA – VIOLATIONS THAT CONSISTED OF A TIKI HUT, A SHED September 26, 2017 Page 197 AND A FRONT WALL STRUCTURE WITHOUT BUILDING PERMITS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE ON JUNE 7, 2017 Item #16A42 THE RELEASE OF CODE ENFORCEMENT LIENS WITH AN ACCRUED VALUE OF $139,550 FOR PAYMENT OF $450 IN THE CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS ENTITLED BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS V. EDILBRAY PEREZ AND BELKIS MARTINEZ. CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD CASE NOS. CEPM20080001391 AND CESD20100001280 RELATING TO PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5563 17TH AVE SW, COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA – FOR VIOLATIONS THAT CONSISTED OF A VACANT TRI-PLEX WITH BROKEN WINDOWS AND AN UNPERMITTED SHED BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE BY A NEW OWNER ON JUNE 24, 2014 Item #16A43 THE RELEASE OF A CODE ENFORCEMENT LIEN WITH AN ACCRUED VALUE OF $298,950 FOR PAYMENT OF $500 IN THE CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS ENTITLED BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS V. FIDEL AND ESPERANZA ALVIAR, JR., CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD CASE NO. CESD20110000036 RELATING TO PROPERTY LOCATED AT 519 ADAMS AVENUE, COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA – FOR VIOLATIONS THAT CONSISTED OF UNPERMITTED ADDITIONS AND SHEDS WITHOUT PERMITS THAT WERE BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE ON FEBRUARY 9, 2017 Item #16A44 September 26, 2017 Page 198 RESOLUTION 2017-152: SUPPORTING COUNTY APPLICATIONS TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR LONG RANGE BUDGET PLAN REQUESTS FOR BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018/2019; MAINTAINS THE COUNTY'S ELIGIBILITY FOR STATE COST SHARE FUNDING FOR FUTURE RENOURISHMENT PROJECTS Item #16A45 RESOLUTION 2017-153: APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN COLLIER COUNTY AND THE FLORIDA PACE FUNDING AGENCY TO ADMINISTER THE PROPERTY ASSESSED CLEAN ENERGY (PACE) PROGRAM WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF COLLIER COUNTY, AN INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN COLLIER COUNTY AND COUNTERPOINTE ENERGY SOLUTIONS (FL) LLC, THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR, AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (BOARD) TO SIGN THESE AGREEMENTS Item #16A46 AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD OF COLLIER COUNTY PROVIDING FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF MANATEE ROAD EXTENSION TO COLLIER COUNTY AS PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY (PROJECT #60131) (ESTIMATED FISCAL IMPACT: $122,920.70) LOCATED BETWEEN ROOST ROAD AND US 41; A FIVE FOOT STRIP OF LAND RUNNING THE A DISTANCE OF 522.29 September 26, 2017 Page 199 FEET, WHICH THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO FOR AN ELECTRICAL CONDUIT TO SIGNAGE Item #16A47 THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT (SFWMD) AGREEMENT AMENDMENT NO. 4600003476A-1 EXTENDING THE COMPLETION DATE FROM SEPTEMBER 29, 2017 TO MAY 31, 2018 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HALDEMAN CREEK WEIR REPLACEMENT PROJECT, (PROJECT #60103) Item #16A48 CONTINUING THE ONGOING UPDATE OF THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) DIGITAL FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP (DFIRM) WHICH WILL MORE ACCURATELY IDENTIFY THE FLOOD RISK FOR COUNTY RESIDENTS AND POTENTIALLY REDUCE THE COST OF FLOOD INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR CERTAIN RESIDENTS – EXTENDING THE CONTRACT WITH TCE UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 2020 TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT Item #16A49 AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF AN OUTSTANDING INVOICE FOR AGREEMENT NO. 14-6332, EXOTIC VEGETATION REMOVAL FOR PROJECTS TO EARTH TECH ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC – A COMPANION TO ITEM #17G Item #16A50 September 26, 2017 Page 200 RECORDING THE FINAL PLAT OF HADLEY PLACE EAST, (APPLICATION NUMBER PL20160002628) APPROVAL OF THE STANDARD FORM CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT AND APPROVAL OF THE AMOUNT OF THE PERFORMANCE SECURITY (THIS IS A COMPANION TO AGENDA ITEM #17G) – W/STIPULATIONS Item #16B1 AWARDING BID #17-7150 FOR THE BAYSHORE CRA FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM TO QUALITY ENTERPRISE USA, INC. FOR A BID PRICE OF $520,282.44, AUTHORIZE THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD CHAIR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZE A $73,282.44 BUDGET AMENDMENT – FOR THE UPGRADE OF EXISTING POTABLE WATER MAINS AND NEW AND/OR UPGRADED FIRE HYDRANTS ALONG PETERS AVENUE, COLLEE COURT AND GORDON STREET Item #16B2 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (BCC), AS THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA), APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BCC AND THE CRA FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $125,000 AND A TIME EXTENSION FOR THE IMMOKALEE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD TO SIGN THE AMENDMENT September 26, 2017 Page 201 AND AUTHORIZE NECESSARY BUDGET AMENDMENTS – EXTENDING THE AGREEMENT TO MARCH 29, 2018 Item #16C1 CONTRACT AMENDMENT NUMBER 5 REACTIVATING CONTRACT NO. 04-3673, "PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR DESIGN OF THE NORTHEAST WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY AND WATER TREATMENT PLANT," AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A PURCHASE ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $172,642 TO INITIATE THE UPDATE OF THE NORTHEAST UTILITY FACILITY DESIGN CRITERIA, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE NECESSARY BUDGET AMENDMENT – AS DETAILED IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Item #16C2 A $32,193.49 CHANGE ORDER TO A PURCHASE ORDER, ISSUED UNDER CONTRACT #14-6213 FOR "NCWRF BELT FILTER PRESS NO. 6 REHABILITATION,” WITH MITCHELL & STARK CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., UNDER NORTH COUNTY WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY TECHNICAL SUPPORT (PROJECT NUMBER 73968) – WITH THE CURRENT CONTRACT TO EXPIRE ON JULY 7, 2018 Item #16C3 A RIGHT-OF-WAY CONSENT AGREEMENT AND ASSOCIATED MEMORANDUM WITH FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, PROVIDING FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A September 26, 2017 Page 202 PORTION OF THE SECOND PHASE OF THE LIVINGSTON ROAD FORCE MAIN ON PROPERTY LOCATED ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF LIVINGSTON ROAD FROM GOLDEN GATE PARKWAY TO MARBELLA LAKES DRIVE WITHIN FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY’S POWER-LINE RIGHT-OF-WAY – TO ENABLE THE TRANSFER OF WASTEWATER FLOW BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH COUNTY WATER RECLAMATION FACILITIES Item #16C4 A RIGHT-OF-WAY CONSENT AGREEMENT AND ASSOCIATED MEMORANDUM WITH FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, PROVIDING FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A PORTION OF PHASE 6A OF THE LIVINGSTON ROAD FORCE MAIN ON PROPERTY LOCATED SOUTH OF LIVINGSTON ROAD AND PINE RIDGE ROAD INTERSECTION WITHIN FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY’S POWER-LINE RIGHT-OF-WAY – CONNECTING THE NORTH AND SOUTH WATER RECLAMATION FACILITIES Item #16C5 RECOGNIZING AND APPROPRIATING REVENUE TO THE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT DIVISION COST CENTER IN THE AMOUNT OF $105,041.04 FOR THE PERIOD OF JUNE 2017 THROUGH AUGUST 2017 OF FISCAL YEAR 2016-2017 AND AUTHORIZE THE NECESSARY BUDGET AMENDMENT Item #16C6 September 26, 2017 Page 203 A CERTIFICATION OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, AS REQUIRED BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, FOR THE RENEWAL OF AN OPERATING PERMIT FOR THE DEEP INJECTION WELL SYSTEM AT THE SOUTH COUNTY WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY – FOR THE DISPOSAL OF TREATED EFFLUENT WATER FROM THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS; THE PERMIT EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 12, 2017 Item #16C7 A BUDGET AMENDMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $148,000 TRANSFERRING FUNDS BETWEEN COST CENTERS AND LINE ITEMS WITHIN THE COLLIER COUNTY WATER- SEWER DISTRICT OPERATING FUND (408) TO COVER COSTS FOR UNANTICIPATED INCREASES IN BANK FEES AND CONTRACTUAL SERVICES – FOR PAYMENTS THAT INCLUDE A LOCKBOX, CREDIT CARDS, BANK DRAFTS, OVER-THE-COUNTER CASH AND CHECKS, ETC. Item #16C8 RESOLUTION 2017-154: THE ANNUAL RATE RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH THE FEES, RATES, AND CHARGES FOR THE USE OF COLLIER COUNTY SOLID WASTE FACILITIES, INCLUDING LANDFILL TIPPING FEES, RECYCLING DROP- OFF CENTER FEES, AND RESIDENTIAL MULTI-FAMILY AND COMMERCIAL WASTE COLLECTION FEES FOR FY18. THIS RESOLUTION ADOPTS THE RATES THAT FUND THE FY18 BUDGET FOR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL AND INCREASES THE RATES BY 2.9% IN ACCORDANCE September 26, 2017 Page 204 WITH THE CPI FOR THE YEAR Item #16C9 A SIGNED AGREEMENT WITH AECOM TO REINSTATE, AMEND AND EXTEND CONTRACT #16-6597, THE JAIL MASTER PLAN, TO COMPLETE THE FINAL REPORT FOR THE PLAN – EXTENDING THE EXPIRED CONTRACT FROM AUGUST 18, 2017 TO DECEMBER 29, 2017 Item #16D1 THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH NWNG LLC, D/B/A NAPLES GRANDE BEACH RESORT TO INCREASE TRAM SERVICE AND MANAGE INCLEMENT WEATHER OPERATIONS – INCREASING THE NUMBER OF TRAMS TO THREE FROM JUNE 1 THROUGH OCTOBER 31 AND FIVE FROM NOVEMBER 1 THROUGH MAY 31 Item #16D2 RELEASE OF LIEN TO COMBINE THE RELEASE OF 3 SEPARATE LIENS WITH ONE DEVELOPER FOR A COMBINED AMOUNT OF $11,788.56 FOR PROPERTIES DEVELOPED BY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COLLIER COUNTY, INC. THAT HAVE REMAINED AFFORDABLE FOR THE REQUIRED 15-YEAR PERIOD SET FORTH IN THE STATE HOUSING INITIATIVES PARTNERSHIP (SHIP) IMPACT FEE PROGRAM DEFERRAL AGREEMENTS – AS DETAILED IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY September 26, 2017 Page 205 Item #16D3 RELEASE OF LIEN COMBINING THE RELEASE OF 12 SEPARATE LIENS WITH ONE DEVELOPER FOR A COMBINED AMOUNT OF $82,290.74 FOR PROPERTIES DEVELOPED BY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COLLIER COUNTY, INC. THAT HAVE REMAINED AFFORDABLE FOR THE REQUIRED 15-YEAR PERIOD SET FORTH IN THE STATE HOUSING INITIATIVES PARTNERSHIP (SHIP) IMPACT FEE PROGRAM DEFERRAL AGREEMENTS – AS DETAILED IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Item #16D4 RELEASE OF LIEN TO COMBINE RELEASE OF 19 SEPARATE LIENS WITH ONE DEVELOPER FOR A COMBINED AMOUNT OF $137,494.40 FOR PROPERTIES DEVELOPED BY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COLLIER COUNTY, INC. THAT HAVE REMAINED AFFORDABLE FOR THE REQUIRED 15-YEAR PERIOD SET FORTH IN THE STATE HOUSING INITIATIVES PARTNERSHIP (SHIP) IMPACT FEE PROGRAM DEFERRAL AGREEMENTS – AS DETAILED IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Item #16D5 TEN RELEASES OF LIEN FOR A COMBINED AMOUNT OF $45,463.87 FOR SINGLE-FAMILY OWNER-OCCUPIED PROPERTIES THAT HAVE REMAINED AFFORDABLE FOR THE REQUIRED 15-YEAR PERIOD SET FORTH IN THE STATE HOUSING INITIATIVES PARTNERSHIP (SHIP) IMPACT FEE September 26, 2017 Page 206 PROGRAM DEFERRAL AGREEMENTS – AS DETAILED IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Item #16D6 A RELEASE OF LIEN TO COMBINE THE RELEASE OF NINE SEPARATE LIENS WITH ONE DEVELOPER FOR A COMBINED AMOUNT OF $36,448.14 FOR PROPERTIES DEVELOPED BY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COLLIER COUNTY, INC. THAT HAVE REMAINED AFFORDABLE FOR THE REQUIRED 15-YEAR PERIOD SET FORTH IN THE STATE HOUSING INITIATIVES PARTNERSHIP (SHIP) IMPACT FEE PROGRAM DEFERRAL AGREEMENTS – AS DETAILED IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Item #16D7 ACCEPT THE TENTATIVE SETTLEMENT AMOUNT OF $6,000, IN THE FORECLOSURE ACTION STYLED NEW PENN FINANCIAL, LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE V. ELAIN K. O’DONNELL, COLLIER COUNTY, ET. AL. (CASE NO. 11- 2017-CA-000779) NOW PENDING IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIR TO EXECUTE A SATISFACTION OF MORTGAGE – THE INITIAL SHIP GRANT WAS FOR $23,985.00 Item #16D8 STATE HOUSING INITIATIVES PARTNERSHIP ANNUAL REPORTS AND LOCAL HOUSING INCENTIVE September 26, 2017 Page 207 CERTIFICATION FOR INTERIM FISCAL YEARS 2014/2015, 2016/2017; 2017/2018 TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS – SHIP’S FISCAL YEAR RUNS FROM JULY 1ST TO JUNE 30TH AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE THREE YEARS TO EXPEND PROGRAM FUNDS Item #16D9 FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE STATE HOUSING INITIATIVES PARTNERSHIP (SHIP) SPONSOR LAND USE RESTRICTION AGREEMENT (LURA) BETWEEN COLLIER COUNTY AND BIG CYPRESS HOUSING CORPORATION THAT CORRECTS A SCRIVENER'S ERROR AND CLARIFIES TERMS AND CONDITIONS – AN ERROR WAS FOUND IN THE ADDRESS AND ADDS A LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR THE PROPERTY Item #16D10 AFTER-THE-FACT CONTRACTS AND ATTESTATION STATEMENTS WITH THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, INC. (AGENCY) COMMUNITY CARE FOR THE ELDERLY (CCE), ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE INITIATIVE (ADI), AND HOME CARE FOR THE ELDERLY (HCE) GRANT PROGRAMS FOR COLLIER COUNTY SERVICES FOR SENIORS (CCSS) – PROVIDES SUPPORT SERVICES TO ELDERLY CLIENTS Item #16D11 THE CHAIR TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIVISION FACILITY USE September 26, 2017 Page 208 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) WITH NAPLES BMX, INC. TO EXTEND THE AGREEMENT FOR AN ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR TERM – EXTENDING THE AGREEMENT TO JUNE 14, 2018 Item #16D12 OBTAINING ADDITIONAL FY17 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION (FTA) 5307 GRANT FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $77,939 AND SUBMITTAL OF A REVISED GRANT APPLICATION THROUGH THE TRANSIT AWARD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (TRAMS), AND AUTHORIZE THE NECESSARY BUDGET AMENDMENT Item #16D13 OBTAINING ADDITIONAL FY17 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION (FTA) 5339 GRANT FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,254 FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND SUBMITTAL OF A REVISED GRANT APPLICATION THROUGH THE TRANSIT AWARD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (TRAMS) – THE FINAL APPORTIONMET TO THE BONITA SPRINGS/NAPLES URBANIZED AREA Item #16D14 TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAX FUNDING FOR ENGINEERING, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION OF TEN (10) PICKLEBALL COURTS AT EAST NAPLES COMMUNITY PARK (ENCP) AT A COST UP TO $300,000, AUTHORIZE ALL NECESSARY BUDGET AMENDMENTS, APPROVE AND September 26, 2017 Page 209 AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE COUNTY WORK ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $55,447 FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES, AND MAKE A FINDING THAT THIS EXPENDITURE PROMOTES TOURISM Item #16D15 A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD OF COLLIER COUNTY (SCHOOL BOARD) FOR THE CONTINUED USE OF THE PROPERTY AT VETERANS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL – TO ACCOMMODATE A BALL FIELD AND MULTI-PURPOSE ATHLETIC FIELD Item #16D16 A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION (FWC) TO ALLOW YOUTH HUNTS FOR COLLIER COUNTY RESIDENTS AT PEPPER RANCH PRESERVE IN DECEMBER 2017 AND FEBRUARY 2018 – FOR A HOG HUNT DECEMBER 8 – 10, 2017 AND A FEBRUARY 23 – 25, 2018 TURKEY HUNT Item #16D17 COUNTY ATTORNEY TO ADVERTISE AND BRING BACK FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE 2009-44, AS AMENDED, KNOWN AS THE RADIO ROAD, EAST OF SANTA BARBARA BOULEVARD TO THE INTERSECTION OF RADIO ROAD AND DAVIS BOULEVARD MUNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING UNIT (MSTU), AND DISSOLVING THE MSTU’S ADVISORY COMMITTEE September 26, 2017 Page 210 Item #16D18 RESOLUTION 2017-155: REMOVING UNCOLLECTIBLE RECEIVABLES IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,377.33 FROM THE FINANCIAL RECORDS OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIVISION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RESOLUTION NO. 2006- 252 AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIR TO EXECUTE ATTACHED RESOLUTION Item #16D19 AMENDMENT # 1 TO COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERS (CHP) MANAGED CARE SERVICE AGREEMENT #12-5854, TO INCLUDE CASE MANAGEMENT CHART REVIEW AND REFERRAL SERVICES FOR THE OPERATIONS AND VETERAN SERVICES (OVS) DIVISION TO ASSIST IN CLIENT CLAIMS REQUIRING IN-DEPTH MEDICAL HISTORY ANALYSIS Item #16D20 THE FY14-17 DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (DCF) CRIMINAL JUSTICE MENTAL HEALTH SUBSTANCE ABUSE (CJMHSA) GRANT FINAL PROGRAM AND FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT AND RECOGNIZE THAT THAT THE EXCESS MATCH MADE BY COLLIER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE MAY BE USED TO COVER THE SHORTFALL IN CONTRACTUAL MATCH REQUIREMENT BY DLC AND NAMI OF COLLIER COUNTY SUBRECIPIENTS ALONG WITH SPECIFIC FINDINGS – FOR THE PERIOD September 26, 2017 Page 211 BETWEEN JULY 1, 2014 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2017 Item #16D21 AFTER-THE-FACT FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY (DEO) COMMUNITY PLANNING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANT APPLICATION TO IMPLEMENT A TOURISM MARKETING MOBILE- RESPONSIVE WEBSITE IN THE AMOUNT OF $60,000 – APPROVED BY THE COUNTY MANAGER ON JUNE 23, 2017 Item #16D22 – Moved to Item #11J (During Agenda Changes) Item #16D23 THREE RELEASES OF LIEN FOR FULL PAYMENT OF THE DEFERRAL OF 100% OF COUNTYWIDE IMPACT FEES FOR OWNER- OCCUPIED AFFORDABLE HOUSING DWELLING UNITS – LOCATED AT 3800 JUSTICE CIRCLE, LOT 69, IMMOKALEE; 4530 BOTANICAL PLACE CIRCLE #404, NAPLES AND 13348 COVENANT ROAD, NAPLES Item #16D24 A BUDGET AMENDMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 TO COMPLETE THE RESTORATION OF THE 1947 BUDD TAVERN TRAIN CAR AT THE NAPLES DEPOT MUSEUM (DEPOT) – VARIAN CONSTRUCTION HAS AGREED TO COMPLETE THE WORK BY JANUARY 31, 2018 Item #16D25 September 26, 2017 Page 212 A LOAN AGREEMENT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY ALLOWING THE COLLIER COUNTY MUSEUMS AND THE MARCO ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO BORROW SIGNIFICANT ARTIFACTS FOUND ON MARCO ISLAND DURING THE 1896 PEPPER-HEARST ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPEDITION FOR A TEMPORARY EXHIBIT AT THE MARCO ISLAND HISTORICAL MUSEUM, CORRECTING A SCRIVENER’S ERROR IN THE AGREEMENT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE BOARD – FOR A LOAN PERIOD OF NOVEMBER 12, 2018 TO NOVEMBER 13, 2020 Item #16D26 A PROGRESS REPORT RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIG CORKSCREW ISLAND REGIONAL PARK, AND APPROVE MODIFICATION OF A PROPOSED LAYOUT FOR ATHLETIC FIELDS IN PHASE I OF THE PROJECT Item #16D27 THE SUBMITTAL OF COLLIER AREA TRANSIT'S TITLE VI PROGRAM TO THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION (FTA) – VALID THROUGH 2020 Item #16D28 THE FY2017-2018 STATE AID TO LIBRARIES GRANT AGREEMENT, 2018-2022 STRATEGIC PLAN, AND 2017-2018 ANNUAL PLAN OF SERVICE, AUTHORIZING THE COLLIER September 26, 2017 Page 213 COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY TO APPLY FOR STATE AID TO LIBRARIES IN THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $221,236 – FOR OPERATING EXPENSES, PERSONNEL, MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT Item #16D29 SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENTS TO COLLIER COUNTY'S U.S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) ANNUAL ACTION PLANS FOR FY 2015-2016 AND FY 2016-2017, TO ACCEPT A TERMINATION OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) AGREEMENT WITH OAK MARSH, LLC, AND TO APPROVE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH ROCK ISLAND ECONOMIC GROWTH CORPORATION TO EXTEND THE TERM AND REMOVE HOMEBUYER EDUCATION AND COUNSELING Item #16D30 INTEREST EARNED FROM THE PERIOD JANUARY THROUGH JUNE, 2017 ON ADVANCED LIBRARY FUNDING RECEIVED FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO SUPPORT LIBRARY SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE USE OF COLLIER COUNTY RESIDENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,094.07 Item #16E1 THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT FROM PB WATER SERVICES USA INC. TO WSP USA INC AS IT RELATES TO CONTRACT #13-6164-WF “PROFESSIONAL September 26, 2017 Page 214 SERVICES ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING” FOR THE FOLLOWING DISCIPLINE: WELLFIELD STUDY, PLANNING AND/OR DESIGN (WEL) Item #16E2 THE CHAIR TO EXECUTE THE SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT FOR MEDICAL EXAMINER SERVICES (CONTRACT NO. 11-5776 MEDICAL EXAMINER) EXTENDING THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 Item #16E3 PURCHASE OF FLOOD INSURANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018 IN THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $352,698 – COMPLYING WITH THE STAFFORD ACT WHILE PROTECTING THE COUNTY’S REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY Item #16E4 THE CHAIR TO EXECUTE A FEDERALLY FUNDED SUBGRANT AGREEMENT TO ACCEPT THE ANNUAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANT (EMPG) IN THE AMOUNT OF $105,778 FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING, RESPONSE, AND MITIGATION EFFORTS AND TO AUTHORIZE THE NECESSARY BUDGET AMENDMENT – FOR FEMA ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS THAT ANNUALLY MAKES FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THE DATA PROCESSING AND OPERATING EQUIPMENT, SHELTER SUPPLIES AND DISASTER RESPONSE EQUIPMENT September 26, 2017 Page 215 Item #16E5 THE CHAIR TO EXECUTE STATE- FUNDED SUBGRANT AGREEMENT 18-BG-09-21-01, ACCEPTING A GRANT AWARD TOTALING $105,806 FROM THE FLORIDA DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ENHANCEMENT AND AUTHORIZE THE ASSOCIATED BUDGET AMENDMENT – THROUGH JUNE 30, 2018 Item #16E6 AWARDING INVITATION TO BID (ITB) #17-7147 “MOTOR OILS, LUBRICANTS, AND FLUIDS” TO SAFETY KLEEN SYSTEMS INC., PALMDALE OIL COMPANY, EDISON OIL COMPANY, FLAMINGO OIL CORPORATION, AND HOWELL OIL COMPANY Item #16E7 AWARDING INVITATION TO BID (ITB) #17-7078 “FILTERS FOR FLEET VEHICLES” TO SUNBELT AUTOMOTIVE, INC. D/B/A NAPA AUTO PARTS Item #16E8 AN ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT TO JETPAY PAYMENT SERVICES, FL, LLC., AS IT RELATES TO THE JULY 26, 2011 AGREEMENT FOR CREDIT CARD AND AUTOMATED CLEARING HOUSE (ACH) PROCESSING – STAFF WAS September 26, 2017 Page 216 NOTIFIED OF THE CHANGE JULY 17, 2017 Item #16E9 SECOND AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT #12-5874 WITH ADVANCED DATA PROCESSING FOR EMS BILLING TO EXTEND SERVICES FOR A 1-YEAR PERIOD TO ALLOW PROCESSING OF ACCOUNTS RECEIVED THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 AND TO CORRECT A SCRIVENER’S ERROR Item #16E10 THE ANNUAL CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY (COPCN) FOR AMBITRANS MEDICAL TRANSPORT, INC. TO PROVIDE CLASS 2 ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT (ALS) INTER-FACILITY TRANSPORT AMBULANCE SERVICE FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR Item #16E11 – Moved to Item #11I (Per Agenda Change Sheet) Item #16E12 AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF MARCO ISLAND TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION AND RESCUE SERVICES TO THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE COUNTY KNOWN AS GOODLAND Item #16E13 AN “AFTER-THE-FACT” REQUEST FOR FIRE MANAGEMENT September 26, 2017 Page 217 ASSISTANCE SUBGRANT TO THE FLORIDA DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES INCURRED DURING THE FLORIDA 30TH AVENUE FIRE – WHICH MAKES LABOR, EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS IN SUPPORT OF THE EMERGENCY ALL PART OF THE ELIGIBLE EXPENCES Item #16E14 RATIFY PROPERTY, CASUALTY, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION AND SUBROGATION CLAIM FILES SETTLED AND/OR CLOSED BY THE RISK MANAGEMENT DIVISION DIRECTOR PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION #2004-15 FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF FY 17 Item #16E15 AN ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT PREPARED BY THE PROCUREMENT SERVICES DIVISION FOR DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY AND NOTIFICATION OF ITEMS AVAILABLE FOR SURPLUS (FROM 8/8/17 MEETING) – ALTHOUGH $600 WAS RECEIVED AS A TRADE-IN VALUE FOR NEW EQUIPMENT Item #16E16 AN ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT PREPARED BY THE PROCUREMENT SERVICES DIVISION FOR DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY AND NOTIFICATION OF ITEMS AVAILABLE FOR SURPLUS Item #16E17 September 26, 2017 Page 218 THE ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS PREPARED BY THE PROCUREMENT SERVICES DIVISION FOR CHANGE ORDERS AND OTHER ITEMS AS IDENTIFIED Item #16E18 THE COUNTY MANAGER, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COUNTY'S PROCUREMENT ORDINANCE 2017-08, SECTION 11.4, COOPERATIVE PURCHASING, TO USE THE ALLOWABLE FEDERAL GSA SCHEDULES (EX: SCHEDULE 70 AND 1122 PROGRAM), THE STATE OF FLORIDA CONTRACTS, AGREEMENTS AND PRICE LISTS, COMPETITIVELY SOLICITED CONTRACTS BY US COMMUNITIES, WESTERN STATES CONTRACTING ALLIANCE, NATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL PURCHASING ALLIANCE (NIPA), NASPO VALUE POINT, PROCURE SOURCE, HGAC BUY, NATIONAL COOPERATIVE PURCHASING ALLIANCE, THE COOPERATIVE PURCHASING NETWORK AND NATIONAL JOINT POWERS ALLIANCE (NJPA) PUBLIC PURCHASING CONSORTIUMS, COMPETITIVE SOLICITATIONS FROM STATE OF FLORIDA CITIES, COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OTHER PUBLIC MUNICIPALITIES (I.E., SHERIFF’S ASSOCIATION; TRANSIT CONSORTIUM BUS PROCUREMENT CONTRACT; LIBRARY PURCHASING COOPERATIVE CONSORTIUM) FOR THE EFFICIENT PURCHASE OF GOODS AND SERVICES FOR THE DELIVERY OF PUBLIC SERVICES AND FOR WHICH FUNDS WERE APPROVED IN OPERATING BUDGETS; AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY MANAGER OR THEIR DESIGNEE TO SIGN USER AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTS September 26, 2017 Page 219 ASSOCIATED WITH THESE PURCHASES Item #16E19 PURCHASE OF LIABILITY, AUTOMOBILE, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION, AIRCRAFT, AIRPORT AND OTHER INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR FY 2018 IN THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL AMOUNT OF $949,474 Item #16E20 AMENDMENT #4 TO AGREEMENT #11-5729 TO ALLEGIANCE BENEFIT PLAN MANAGEMENT, INC. FOR THE AWARD OF GROUP HEALTH THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATION SERVICES; AWARD AN AGREEMENT (#17- 7209) FOR MANAGED CARE SERVICES TO NAPLES PHYSICIAN HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION, KNOWN AS COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERS, INC., AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIR TO EXECUTE THE AMENDMENT AND AGREEMENT – FOR SERVICES COMMENCING ON JANUARY 1, 2018 Item #16E21 RESOLUTION 2017-156: ADOPTING PAY AND CLASSIFICATION PLANS FOR THE COUNTY MANAGER’S AGENCY AND COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2017; AND TO APPROVE THE CREATION OF NEW CLASSIFICATIONS, MODIFICATION AND/OR DELETION OF CLASSIFICATIONS AND ASSIGNMENT OF PAY RANGES FROM THE PROPOSED PAY AND CLASSIFICATION PLANS, FROM JULY 1, 2017 FORWARD September 26, 2017 Page 220 USING THE EXISTING POINT-FACTOR JOB EVALUATION SYSTEM Item #16E22 EXTENDING EXISTING CONTRACTS TO STEWART TITLE COMPANY AND AMERICAN GOVERNMENT SERVICES CORPORATION UNDER BID #13-6043, “REAL ESTATE TITLE & CLOSING SERVICES” FOR A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS TO ALLOW STAFF TO RE-SOLICIT THESE SERVICES WITH A REVISED AWARD CRITERIA TO INCLUDE A ROTATION PLAN – FOR THE PROSPECTIVE RIGHT-OFWAY AND OTHER REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS MADE BY THE COUNTY Item #16E23 PURCHASE ORDERS FOR DISASTER RECOVERY CONSULTING SERVICES WITH CDR MAGUIRE, INC. AND TIDAL BASIN GOVERNMENT CONSULTING, INC., IN A PRELIMINARY AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $250,000 PER FIRM ($500,000 TOTAL) – THAT WILL ASSIST WITH FEMA CLAIMA ND RE-IMPURSEMENT PROCESS RESULTING FROM HURRICANE IRMA Item #16E24 – Withdrawn (Per Agenda Change Sheet) RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS PREPARED BY THE PROCUREMENT SERVICES DIVISION FOR CHANGE ORDERS AND OTHER ITEMS AS IDENTIFIED September 26, 2017 Page 221 Item #16F1 – Continued to the October 10, 2017 BCC Meeting (During Agenda Changes) BOARD RATIFICATION OF SUMMARY, CONSENT AND REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY MANAGER DURING THE BOARD'S SCHEDULED RECESS. (IN ABSENTIA MEETING(S) DATED JULY 25, 2017; AUGUST 8, 2017 AND AUGUST 22, 2017) Item #16F2 TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAX PROMOTION FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE FIVE UPCOMING OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 2017 SPORTS EVENTS UP TO $20,600 AND MAKE A FINDING THAT THESE EXPENDITURES PROMOTE TOURISM – FOR EVENTS THAT INCLUDE: IFG SUPER SENIOR TOURNAMENT OCTOBER 2-6, 2017 AT THE NAPLES BATH & TENNIS CLUB; USTA NATIONAL WOMEN’S 40 & 50 MOTHER DAUGHTER CLAY COURT CHAMPIONSHIPS ON OCTOBER 4-8 AT THE NAPLES BATH & TENNIS CLUB; USSSA NAPLES FALL CLASSIC ON OCTOBER 13-15 AT VETERANS PARK, NORTH COLLIER REGIONAL PARK AND GOLDEN GATE PARK; ITF SENIOR TOURNAMENT ON OCTOBER 23-27 AT NAPLES BATH & TENNIS CLUB; AND THE SUNCOAST INVITATIONAL NOVEMBER 4-5 AT NORTH COLLIER REGIONAL PARK Item #16F3 A SUB-LEASE AGREEMENT TO HOUSE THE GREATER NAPLES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE VISITOR INFORMATION September 26, 2017 Page 222 CENTER AT THE NAPLES DEPOT MUSEUM, APPROVE THE PROJECTED CONSTRUCTION EXPENDITURES OF $600,000, AUTHORIZE NECESSARY BUDGET AMENDMENTS, AND MAKE A FINDING THAT THIS EXPENDITURE PROMOTES TOURISM – INCLUDES PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS, ELEVATIONS AND REMODELING COSTS FOR THE INTERIOR OF THE BAGGAGE CAR THAT WILL INCLUDE AN ADA COMPLIANT ENTRANCE RAMP, AIR CONDITIONING, FLOORING AND WALL COVERINGS Item #16F4 BUDGET AMENDMENTS TOTALING $23,000 THAT WILL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR VARIOUS AGENCIES WITHIN THE COURTS SYSTEM TO COVER ARTICLE V REVENUE SHORTFALL FOR THE BALANCE OF FY 2017 Item #16F5 BUDGET AMENDMENTS APPROPRIATING APPROXIMATELY $396,121,342.14 OF UNSPENT FY 2017 GRANT AND CAPITAL PROJECT BUDGETS INTO FISCAL YEAR 2018 Item #16F6 TERMINATION OF THE BASIC INDUSTRY GROWTH PROMOTION INCENTIVE PROGRAM AGREEMENT BETWEEN COLLIER COUNTY AND FERRIS MARKETING, INC., DUE TO FERRIS MARKETING, INC. BEING UNABLE TO MEET THE JOB REQUIREMENTS OF THE AGREEMENT AT September 26, 2017 Page 223 THE INITIAL VALIDATION MEETING Item #16F7 FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT FOR IMPACT FEE PAYMENT REFUND BETWEEN HAYNES CORPORATION AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, WHICH CORRECTS A SCRIVENER’S ERROR ON THE NUMBER OF JOBS REQUIRED FOR VALIDATION – CORRECTING THE CREATION AND MAINTENANCE OF 17 NEW JOBS FOR 6 YEARS Item #16F8 RESOLUTION 2017-157: APPROVING AMENDMENTS (APPROPRIATING GRANTS, DONATIONS, CONTRIBUTIONS OR INSURANCE PROCEEDS) TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2016-17 ADOPTED BUDGET Item #16F9 THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAX GRANT AGREEMENTS FOR FY 18 FOR PROMOTION ($164,300) AND NON-COUNTY OWNED MUSEUMS ($604,073) GRANTS, AND MAKE A FINDING THAT THIS ACTION PROMOTES TOURISM – TO FUND THE FOLLOWING: NAPLES, MARCO REGION OF ANTIQUES AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF AMERICA, INC.; ARTIS-NAPLES, INC.; HODGES UNIVERSITY; KIWANIS CLUB OF PELICAN BAY NAPLES, INC.; SPIRIT PROMOTIONS, LLC; FOOD IDEA GROUP, INC.; ARTIS-NAPLES, INC.; NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN, INC.; September 26, 2017 Page 224 GOLISANO CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF NAPLES, INC. AND NAPLES ZOO, INC. Item #16G1 PAYMENT OF AN OUTSTANDING INVOICE FOR AGREEMENT NO. 15-6374R–MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND TESTING FOR FUEL STORAGE TANK SYSTEMS FOR PROJECTS TO ADAMS TANK & LIFT, INC. – FOR WORK PREFORMED IN OCTOBER 2016 Item #16G2 SINGLE-SOURCE PURCHASE OF A LEKTRO TOWBARLESS AIRCRAFT TOWING VEHICLE IN THE AMOUNT OF $69,998 FOR THE MARCO ISLAND EXECUTIVE AIRPORT Item #16G3 TO TERMINATE FOR CAUSE A LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COLLIER COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY AND DUANE TRUITT AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE TO TAKE ALL ACTION NECESSARY, INCLUDING LITIGATION, IN ORDER TO HAVE MR. TRUITT REMOVED AS A TENANT FROM THE PROPERTY AND TO RECOVER ALL OUTSTANDING MONIES OWED Item #16G4 RESOLUTION 2017-158: AFTER-THE-FACT ACCEPTANCE OF THE ATTACHED FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION September 26, 2017 Page 225 (FAA) GRANT OFFER IN THE AMOUNT OF $149,850, TO APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF JOINT PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT CONTRACT NO. G0O39 WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR $8,333 FOR PHASE 1 OF THE EVERGLADES AIRPARK RUNWAY 15/33 REHABILITATION PROJECT, AND AUTHORIZE THE NECESSARY BUDGET AMENDMENTS (PROJECT NO. 33528) (FISCAL IMPACT: $149,850 FAA, $8,333 FDOT, AND $8,333 COUNTY) Item #16G5 RESOLUTION 2017-159: AFTER-THE-FACT ACCEPTANCE OF THE ATTACHED FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) GRANT OFFER IN THE AMOUNT OF $983,920, TO APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF JOINT PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT CONTRACT NO. G0E60 SUPPLEMENT ONE WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR $42,350 FOR THE REHABILITATION OF TAXIWAY B AT THE IMMOKALEE REGIONAL AIRPORT, AND AUTHORIZE THE NECESSARY BUDGET AMENDMENTS (PROJECT NO. 33485) (FISCAL IMPACT: $983,920 FAA, $42,350 FDOT, AND $66,974 COUNTY) Item #16G6 RESOLUTION 2017-160: EXECUTION OF JOINT PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT CONTRACT NO. G0O51 WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR September 26, 2017 Page 226 $80,000 FOR THE SEAPLANE BASE PROJECT AT EVERGLADES AIRPARK, AND AUTHORIZE THE NECESSARY BUDGET AMENDMENTS (PROJECT NO. 33533) (FISCAL IMPACT: $80,000 FDOT AND $20,000 COUNTY) Item #16G7 AWARD INVITATION TO BID NO. 17-7126, IMMOKALEE REGIONAL AIRPORT TAXIWAY B REHABILITATION TO O-A-K/FLORIDA, INC. D/B/A OWEN-AMES-KIMBALL COMPANY (OAK) FOR $971,013.74, AND APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIR TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT (PROJECT NO. 33485) Item #16H1 – Added Item (Per Agenda Change Sheet) A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING OCTOBER 10, 2017 AS THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN) DAY, IN HONOR OF THE RELATIONS AND CONNECTIONS THAT THE TAIPEI ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL OFFICE HAS MADE WITH SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND COLLIER COUNTY, AND WELCOMING THOSE TAIWANESE BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS SEEKING TO DEVELOP BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR AREA, THIS PROCLAMATION WILL BE DELIVERED TO PHILIP WANF, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE TAIPEI ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL OFFICE IN MIANI, FLOIRDA (COMMISSIONER TAYLOR’S REQUEST) Item #16H2 – Added Item (Per Agenda Change Sheet) September 26, 2017 Page 227 A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING FLORENCE JELKS, FORMER PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, FOR HER DEDICATION WORKING TIRELESSLY TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS OF THE IMMOKALEE COMMUNITY. (COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL’S REQUEST) Item #16J1 TO RECORD IN THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, THE CHECK NUMBER (OR OTHER PAYMENT METHOD), AMOUNT, PAYEE, AND PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE REFERENCED DISBURSEMENTS WERE DRAWN FOR THE PERIODS BETWEEN AUGUST 10 AND AUGUST 30, 2017 PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTE 136.06 Item #16J2 REQUEST THAT THE BOARD APPROVE AND DETERMINE VALID PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR INVOICES PAYABLE AND PURCHASING CARD TRANSACTIONS AS OF SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 Item #16J3 THE USE OF $1,000 FROM THE CONFISCATED TRUST FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, INC. Item #16J4 BUDGET AMENDMENT TO INCREASE CURRENT FUNDING September 26, 2017 Page 228 FOR THE COLLIER COUNTY SHERIFF'S FUND 608 (SHERIFF'S EDUCATION TRUST FUND) IN THE AMOUNT OF $80,000 – TO COVER EDUCATION AND TRAVEL EXPENSES Item #16J5 AN AFTER THE FACT APPROVAL TO DESIGNATE THE SHERIFF AS THE OFFICIAL APPLICANT AND POINT OF CONTACT FOR THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS, BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT (JAG) FY17 LOCAL STANDARD GRANT. AUTHORIZE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE GRANT WHEN AWARDED, APPROVE ASSOCIATED BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND APPROVE THE COLLIER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO RECEIVE AND EXPAND 2017 JAG STANDARD GRANT FUNDS Item #16J6 TO RECORD IN THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, THE CHECK NUMBER (OR OTHER PAYMENT METHOD), AMOUNT, PAYEE, AND PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE REFERENCED DISBURSEMENTS WERE DRAWN FOR THE PERIODS BETWEEN AUGUST 31 AND SEPTEMBER 13, 2017 PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTE 136.06 Item #16J7 REQUEST THAT THE BOARD APPROVE AND DETERMINE VALID PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR INVOICES PAYABLE AND PURCHASING CARD TRANSACTIONS AS OF SEPTEMBER 20, September 26, 2017 Page 229 2017 Item #16K1 A STIPULATED FINAL JUDGMENT IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $30,000 FOR THE TAKING OF PARCEL 399RDUE IN THE PENDING CASE STYLED COLLIER COUNTY V. JARRETT COX, ET AL, CASE NO. 16-CA-1313, REQUIRED FOR THE WIDENING OF GOLDEN GATE BOULEVARD FROM 20TH STREET EAST TO EAST OF EVERGLADES BOULEVARD, PROJECT NO. 60145. (FISCAL IMPACT: $27,300) Item #16K2 A STIPULATED FINAL JUDGMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $30,000 AS FINAL COMPENSATION FOR THE TAKING OF PARCEL 310FEE REQUIRED FOR THE GOLDEN GATE BLVD. PROJECT NO. 60145 (FROM 20TH ST. E. TO EAST OF EVERGLADES BLVD.), IN THE PENDING CASE STYLED COLLIER COUNTY V. JOSEPH BARTOSZEK, ET AL., CASE NO. 16-CA-1200 (FISCAL IMPACT: $4,300) Item #16K3 A STIPULATED FINAL JUDGMENT IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $30,000 FOR THE TAKING OF PARCEL 401RDUE IN THE PENDING CASE STYLED COLLIER COUNTY V. JARRETT COX, ET AL, CASE NO. 16-CA-1313, REQUIRED FOR THE WIDENING OF GOLDEN GATE BOULEVARD FROM 20TH STREET EAST TO EAST OF EVERGLADES BOULEVARD, (PROJECT NO. 60145) (FISCAL IMPACT: $28,670) September 26, 2017 Page 230 Item #16K4 A FINAL JUDGMENT FOR PARCEL 198RDUE IN THE CASE STYLED COLLIER COUNTY V. BABY BROTHERS ENTERPRISES, INC., ET AL., CASE NO. 15-CA-298, NOW PENDING IN THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, COLLIER COUNTY, REQUIRED FOR THE WIDENING OF GOLDEN GATE BOULEVARD (PROJECT NO. 60040) (FISCAL IMPACT: $15,600) Item #16K5 A STIPULATED ORDER SETTLING ALL STATUTORY ATTORNEY AND EXPERT FEES AND COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,250 TO WALGREEN, CO., INCURRED IN THE TAKING OF PARCELS IN THE CASE STYLED COLLIER COUNTY V. LOWE’S HOME CENTER INC., ET AL., CASE NO. 13-CA-0142 FOR THE US 41/C.R. 951 INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (PROJECT NO. 60116) (FISCAL IMPACT: $10,250) Item #16K6 A MEDIATED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $85,657 FOR THE TAKING OF PARCEL 150RDUE IN THE CASE STYLED COLLIER COUNTY V. GG1 NAPLES, LLC, ET AL., CASE NO. 15-CA-329, REQUIRED FOR THE WIDENING OF GOLDEN GATE BOULEVARD (PROJECT NO. 60040) (FISCAL IMPACT: $39,827) September 26, 2017 Page 231 Item #16K7 A MEDIATED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $27,446.79 FOR THE TAKING OF PARCEL 253RDUE IN THE CASE STYLED COLLIER COUNTY V. PEDRO PENA, ET AL., CASE NO. 15-CA-350, REQUIRED FOR THE WIDENING OF GOLDEN GATE BOULEVARD (PROJECT NO. 60040) (FISCAL IMPACT: $25,959.79) Item #16K8 A MEDIATED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $133,988.50 FOR THE TAKING OF PARCELS 236DAME1 AND 236DAME2 REQUIRED FOR THE LELY AREA STORMWATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NO. 51101 (CREWS ROAD, COPE LANE AND SANDY LANE/WING SOUTH INTERCONNECT) IN THE PENDING CASE STYLED COLLIER COUNTY V. ANDY R. MORGAN, ET AL., CASE NO. 14-CA-2308 (FISCAL IMPACT: $42,158.50) Item #16K9 THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,500 TO SETTLE THE LAWSUIT STYLED SCOTT HOLTREY V. COLLIER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CASE NO. 2:16-CV-00034 NOW PENDING IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA FORT MYERS DIVISION – ENDING THE FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT LAWSUIT INCLUDING A PENDING EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION CLAIM September 26, 2017 Page 232 Item #16K10 THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT AUTHORIZING THE COLLIER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE TO HAVE TRAFFIC CONTROL JURISDICTION OVER PRIVATE ROADS WITHIN THE MARBELLA ISLES SUBDIVISION Item #16K11 RESOLUTION 2017-161: APPOINTING GENEVIEVE “TERI” O’CONNELL AND DON LEE BRADKE TO THE OCHOPEE FIRE CONTROL DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO TERMS EXPIRING ON DECEMBER 31, 2019 Item #16K12 – Moved to Item #12A (Per Agenda Change Sheet) Item #16K13 RESOLUTION 2017-162: REAPPOINTING DEBRA JOHNSON HUBBARD (FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 25, 2021) APPOINTING MICHELE D’ANNIBALLE (FOR A TERM EXPIRING ON JUNE 25, 2019) AND JOHN PAUL (FOR A TERM EXPIRING ON JUNE 25, 2018) TO THE BLACK AFFAIRS ADVISORY BOARD Item #16K14 RESOLUTION 2017-163: REAPPOINTING CHERRYLE THOMAS TO THE IMMOKALEE BEAUTIFICATION MSTU ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR A TERM EXPIRING September 26, 2017 Page 233 SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 Item #16K15 RESOLUTION 2017-164: APPOINTING LINDA OBERHAUS TO THE IMMOKALEE LOCAL REDEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING APRIL 4, 2019 Item #16K16 RESOLUTION 2017-165: REAPPOINTING TONY BRANCO AND LINDA RAE JORGENSEN TO THE LELY GOLF ESTATES BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO TERMS EXPIRING ON OCTOBER 1, 2021 Item #16K17 – Withdrawn (Per Agenda Change Sheet) RECOMMENDATION TO DIRECT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO ADVERTISE, AND BRING BACK FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, AN ORDINANCE TO EXTEND THE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE OPENING OF CERTAIN NEW CANNABIS DISPENSING FACILITIES FROM OCTOBER 10, 2017 TO DECEMBER 31, 2017 Item #16K18 WAIVE ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND THE CHAIR EXECUTE THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST WAIVER FORM IN THE CASES STYLED, JOSE ENCALADA. V. PREFERRED MATERIALS, INC. AND COLLIER COUNTY, CASE NO. 15-CA-2124 AND EDAMIS MEDINA V. PREFERRED September 26, 2017 Page 234 MATERIALS, INC. AND COLLIER COUNTY, CASE NO. 17-CA- 310, IN THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR COLLIER COUNTY Item #16K19 WAIVE ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND THE CHAIR EXECUTES THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST WAIVER LETTERS RELATED TO THE COUNTY’S ACQUISITION OF THE GOLDEN GATE UTILITY SYSTEM FROM THE FLORIDA GOVERNMENTAL UTILITY AUTHORITY (FGUA) Item #16K20 – Commissioner Solis abstained due to a conflict RESOLUTION 2017-166: AUTHORIZING THE COLLIER COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS FOR A CHARTER SCHOOL KNOWN AS GULF COAST CHARTER ACADEMY SOUTH Item #17A RESOLUTION 2017-167: DESIGNATING THE CLOSE-OUT OF THE ADOPTED BALMORAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) WHICH HAS FULFILLED ALL OF THEIR COMMITMENTS WITHIN THEIR DEVELOPMENT ORDERS EXCEPT FOR ONE TRANSPORTATION COMMITMENT REMAINING WHICH WILL BE TRACKED THROUGH THE COMMITMENT TRACKING SYSTEM [PL20160000605] Item #17B – Under Item #7B, this item was reconsidered September 26, 2017 Page 235 RESOLUTION 2017-172 (District I); RESOLUTION 2017-173 (District II): APPROVING THE PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT ROLLS AS THE FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLLS, AND ADOPTING SAME AS THE NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT ROLLS FOR PURPOSES OF UTILIZING THE UNIFORM METHOD OF COLLECTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 197.3632, FLORIDA STATUTES, FOR SOLID WASTE MUNICIPAL SERVICE BENEFIT UNITS, SERVICE DISTRICT NO. I AND SERVICE DISTRICT NO. II, SPECIAL ASSESSMENT LEVIED AGAINST CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF COLLIER COUNTY, THE CITY OF MARCO ISLAND, AND THE CITY OF EVERGLADES CITY, PURSUANT TO COLLIER COUNTY ORDINANCE 2005-54, AS AMENDED. REVENUES ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE $25,052,700 Item #17C ORDINANCE 2017-36: AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 99-53, THE WALGREENS PUD, TO CORRECT A SCRIVENER’S ERROR DUE TO THE INADVERTENT OMISSION OF TEXT IN THE PUD DOCUMENT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF AIRPORT-PULLING ROAD AND VANDERBILT BEACH ROAD IN SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 49 SOUTH, RANGE 25 EAST, COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA [SE- PL20170001679] Item #17D – Moved to Item #9D (Per Agenda Change Sheet) Item #17E September 26, 2017 Page 236 RESOLUTION 2017-168: AMENDING SCHEDULES 1 AND 2 OF APPENDIX A TO SECTION FOUR OF COLLIER COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 2001-73, AS AMENDED, TITLED THE COLLIER COUNTY WATER-SEWER DISTRICT UNIFORM BILLING, OPERATING, AND REGULATORY STANDARDS ORDINANCE, TO INCLUDE PROPOSED RATES FOR WATER, WASTEWATER, AND IRRIGATION QUALITY WATER SERVICES WITH EFFECTIVE DATES ON OCTOBER 1, 2017 Item #17F RESOLUTION 2017-169: APPROVING AMENDMENTS (APPROPRIATING CARRY FORWARD, TRANSFERS AND SUPPLEMENTAL REVENUE) TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2016-17 ADOPTED BUDGET Item #17G RESOLUTION 2017-170: PETITION VAC-PL20170002386 TO DISCLAIM, RENOUNCE AND VACATE THE COUNTY AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT DESCRIBED IN O.R. BOOK 3996, PAGE 3495, ET SEQ. OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF PALM SPRINGS BOULEVARD AND RADIO LANE, APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF MILE WEST OF COLLIER BOULEVARD, IN SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 49 SOUTH, RANGE 26 EAST, COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA (THIS IS A COMPANION TO AGENDA ITEM 16.A.50) September 26, 2017 Page 237 Item #17H ORDINANCE 2017-37: AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2017-17, EXTENDING THE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE OPENING OF CERTAIN NEW CANNABIS DISPENSING FACILITIES FROM OCTOBER 10 TO DECEMBER 31, 2017 Item #17I ORDINANCE 2017-38: AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 84-37, AS AMENDED, CODIFIED IN CHAPTER 38, CIVIL EMERGENCIES, ARTICLE III, DECLARATION OF STATE OF EMERGENCY, OF THE CODE OF LAWS AND ORDINANCES, TO MAXIMIZE THE COUNTY’S OPPORTUNITIES FOR REIMBURSEMENT UNDER FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ***** September 26, 2017 Page 238 There being no further business for the good of the County, the meeting was adjourned by order of the Chair at 3:17 p.m. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS/EX OFFICIO GOVERNING BOARD(S) OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS UNDER ITS CONTROL _____________________________ PENNY TAYLOR, CHAIRMAN ATTEST DWIGHT E. BROCK, CLERK ____________________________ These minutes approved by the Board on ____________, as presented ______________ or as corrected _____________.