DSAC Minutes 12/03/2003 RDecember 3, 2003
TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEETING OF THE COLLIER COUNTY
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Naples, Florida, December 3, 2003
LET IT BE REMEMBERED, that the Collier County Development Services Advisory
Committee in and for the County of Collier, having conducted business herein, met on
this date at 3:30 PM in REGULAR SESSION in Conference Room "E" in the Collier
County Development Services Center, Naples, Florida, with the following members
present:
CHAIRMAN:
Peter VanArsdale
Charles Abbott
Clay Brooker
Dalas Disney
Robert Duane (Absent)
Marco Espinar (Excused)
Blair Foley (Excused)
Brian Jones
Dino Longo
Robert Mulhere
Justin Martin
Thomas Masters
Brian Milk
Thomas Peek
Herbert Savage
ALSO PRESENT:
Joe Schmitt, Dev. Services
Stan Litsinger, Planning
Paula Fleishman
Patrick White, Assistant County Attorney
Amy Patterson, CDES
Denny Baker
Ivy Wylie
Ed Kant, Transportation
Russell Webb, Planning
Tom Kuck
Bert Miller
Barry Axelrod
Jennifer Moser
Tom Wides, Public Utilities
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE
AGENDA
December 3, 2003
3:30 p.m.
New Conference Room - 610
I. Approval (:.' Agenda
Il. Approval of Minutes - November 5, 2003 Meeting
[11.Staff Announcements
A. Community Development & Environmental Services Division Update
13. Transportation Division Update
C. Public Utilities Division Update
IV. Old Business
New Business
a,. General Government Buildings Impact Fee - Tindall Oliver
B. GIS Application Update
- GIS benefits to CDES - Jennifer Moser, CDES GIS Analyst
GIS Project status - Bert Miller, IT GIS Manager
VI. Subcommittee Reports
A. Land Development Regulation (Bob Duane)
B. Operations and Budget (Dino Longo)
C. Utility Code (Justin Martin)
Committee Member Comments
Adjourn
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III.
IV.
V.
Chairman Peter VanArsdale called the meeting to order at 3:35 PM. A
quorum was established.
Approval of Agenda:
Tom Peek moved to approve the Agenda. Second by Brian Milk. Carried
unanimously 8-0.
The Eastern Lands will be heard under Subcommittee Reports.
Approval of Minutes -November 5, 2003
Tom Peek moved to approve the minutes of November 5, 2003. Second by
Brian Milk. Carried unanimously 8-0.
Staff Announcements:
A. Community Development & Env. Services Division Update - Joe
Schmitt -
He handed out the applications for the 6 vacancies on the Advisory
Committee.
Bob Mulhere moved to reappoint those that have applied for
reappointment to the advisory board. Second by Tom Peek. Carried
unanimously 12-0.
Bob Mulhere moved to appoint Mr. William Varian to the Advisory
Board. Second by Dino Longo. Carried unanimously 12-0
Peter VanArsdale asked if thought had been given to hiring an outside
firm to do an analysis on Building Permits. Discussion pursued and
Denny Baker and Joe will get together with a report at the next meeting.
Transportation Report - Ed Kant
Will dedicate Livingston road from Immokalee Road north to the County
line on December 10, 2003, and Pine Ridge to Vanderbilt to open after the
first of the year. Vanderbilt to Immokalee under major construction.
Public Utilities - Tom Wides
He introduced Ivy Wylie who gave an update on the Water & Wastewater
Master Plan. She reported on the different changes, incorporated into the
Rural Fringe and land acquisition and well fields being their own projects.
A workshop will be presented to the BCC in March and anticipate its
adoption.
Old Business: None
New Business:
A. General Government Buildings Impact Fee - Tindall Oliver
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An overhead presentation was given by Tindall-Oliver on the Impact Fees. It
will go to the Productivity Committee on December 17th and the BCC
sometime in January. (A revised handout was given & attached)
A very lengthy discussion followed with many questions and answers. Some of
the subjects discussed on the impact fees were:
Comparisons of retail & fast food
Table 3 - Population & Employment
Table 9 - New Development Share of Total Development
Whether legal or not and if challenged in court.
Draft Ordinance definition.
- Visitors benefit
- Ava Maria
- Table 2 - Baseline Population & Employment Data
- Table 10 - Assessed Property Value, 2003
(Tom Peek left at 4:45 PM)
- Land values are changing at 20% a year.
Population numbers discussed.
The committee members felt they need to spend more time on studying the
report. Staff will discuss it with Jim Mudd.
(Charles Abbott left at 5:05 PM)
David Ellis asked about permits, Ordinance on page 4, Level of Service, Land
Development regulations and will it be reviewed by the Planning Commission.
(Herb Savage left at 5:10 PM)
Impact fees not in Land Development Code and being Land Use rather than a
tax was discussed. It's a land use Ordinance, not a tax and will not go to the
Planning Commission.
Dalas Disney remarked they have the highest impact fee in the State and are
adding another one - driving people away.
(Bob Mulhere left at 5:15 PM)
Dino Longo moved to not forward the report on Impact Fees based on the
timing and unanswered questions. Second by Dalas Disney.
Carried 7-1. (Masters voting "no")
B. GIS Application Update - due to the lateness of the meeting this subject
will be presented at the January meeting.
December 3, 2003
VI.
Subcommittee Reports:
A. Land Development Regulation (Bob Duane) - not present
B. Operations and Budget (Dino Longo) - none
C. Utility Code (Justin Martin) - Rural Fringe had been discussed & will be a
new Chairman at January meeting.
The Eastern Land Amendments were not heard.
VII.
Committee Member Reports:
- Chairman VanArsdale welcomed their new member Clay Brooker.
He thanked Dino Longo for his support and input on the committee for
the many years he had served.
There being no further business for the good of the County, the meeting was
adjourned by order of the Chair at 5:30 PM.
Collier County Development Services Advisory
Committee
Chairman Peter VanArsdale
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