Radio Road East MSTU Minutes 09/27/2017 Radio Road East
M.S.T.U. Advisory Committee
3299 East Tamiami Trail Suite 103
Naples,FL 34112
MEETING MINUTES
Sept 27, 2017
Sanctuary Club House, 7906 Haven Drive
I. Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance
Meeting was called to order at 10:10 AM by Chairman Dale Johnson. Roll call was taken and a
quorum of five was established
Pledge of Allegiance recited by all.
II. Attendance
Members: Chairman Dale Johnson, Vice Chairman Suzanne Chapin, Renato Fernandez, Janice
Bundy, Holly Amodeo
County: Harry Sells—Project Manager, PTNE Division, Michelle Arnold, Director PTNE
Division, Travis Gossard, Director Road Maintenance, Larry Humphries, Manager
Irrigation, Liz Soriano, Manager Landscape Maintenance.
Others: Dayna Fendrick, Urban Green Studio, Inc
III. Approval of Agenda
MS Chapin moved to approve the Agenda. Second by Mr. Fernandes. Carried 5-0.
IV. Approval of Minutes: April 5,2017.
MS Chapin moved to approve the minutes of April 5, 2017 as presented. Seconded by MS
Amodeo. Carried 5-0.
V. Travis Gossard and his staff made a presentation on how they intend to assume
responsibility for the maintenance of Radio Road East on October 1. They will continue
Commercial Landscapes Contract and direct the maintenance. They intend to rebuild and activate
the Motorola Irrigation system by the end of the2017. Road Maintenance wants to work with the
community in the look and feel of the landscaping in the medians.
Road Maintenance has spent $310,000 in FY 17 upgrading the County Motorola system and
intends on spending $210,000 in FY 18 to continue the upgrade.
VI. Project Manager Report, Harry Sells,
A. Budget report Sept 27, 2017. The excess funds in the Urban Green Work Order have been
recovered, leaving the overall budget in good condition to end the Fiscal Year. It will take
about a month to make the final determination. There will be no budget in FY 18 due to the
dissolving of the MSTU and the Advisory Board.
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B. The Recovery Plan for Hurricane Irma was presented. The plan is divided recovery into four
parts, Health and Safety Work, Remove Debris, evaluate plants remaining for restoration, and
file claims for damage.
C. The scheduled dissolving of the Radio Road East MSTU was delayed by the cancelation of the
Sept 12, 2017 BCC meeting caused by Hurricane Irma. The MSTU and the Advisory Board
are not scheduled to be dissolved until October 24, 2017.
VII. Landscape Architect's Report—Urban Green Studio, Dayna Fendrick
Ms. Fendrick distributed the "Landscape Architect's Field Report 2017 4" for field visit on
8/10/2017.
• The overall condition of the median landscape is very good.
• Viburnum continues to have sporadic dieback caused by fungus throughout the beds with
the most evident in Medians 34 and 38. The start of the rainy season will make this worse
and will make it more difficult to treat.
• The condition of the Purple Queen is variable, with some doing extremely well and others
barely surviving.
• Liriope is blocking the Bromeliads and looks crowded in several locations and needs to be
opened. This request will be forwarded to Road Maintenance for action.
• General review of Hurricane Irma damage.
Gumbo Limbo trees, major damage (some will be removed and all will be pruned)
Pigeon Plum all blown down(Will be stood up and staked)
Silver Buttonwoods mostly destroyed. (Will cut back &remove most)
Bromeliads mostly blown out of the ground. (Will be put back in ground)
The rest of the landscape escaped major damage. Trees will be restaked if possible.
VIII. Landscape Maintenance Report—Commercial Landscape Maintenance- Robert Kindelan
Mr. Kindelan was absent due to the constraints of reacting to the Hurricane problems.
• Weekly maintenance will still be done according to the Contract for another 2 V2 years.
IX. Old Business
Discussion on "Transfer of Responsibility for Landscape Maintenance of Radio Road East to
Road Maintenance."
Road Maintenance is scheduled to assume maintenance of all the medians effective October 1,
2017. A general discussion was held on how the Advisory Committee would operate after the turn
over date. All members were asked to think about how they would like to operate and be prepared
to make a formal recommendation at their last official meeting on Oct 16, 2017.
X. New Business
XI. Committee Comments—Staff is still willing to attend our Community Master meetings to explain
the turnover etc.
XII. Public Comments
None
There being no further business to come before the Committee, the meeting was adjourned by
the Chair at 11:43 AM
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RADIO ROAD EAST MSTU ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Dale Johnson, Chairma/
The Minutes were a proved by the Committee on Pe, ,i- / 2017
As presented +/ , or as amended .
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