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DSAC Minutes 01/07/2004 RJanuary 7, 2004 TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEETING OF THE COLLIER COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE Naples, Florida, January 7, 2004 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 "610" in the Collier County Development Services Center, Naples, Florida, with the following members present: CHAIRMAN: Peter VanArsdale Charles Abbott (3:45 PM) Clay Brooker (Absent) Dalas Disney Robert Duane Marco Espinar (Absent) Blair Foley (Excused) Brian Jones (3:40 PM) Justin Martin Thomas Masters Brian Milk (Excused) Robert Mulhere Thomas Peek Herbert Savage (3:40 PM) William Varian ALSO PRESENT: Ed Perico - Utilities Jennifer Moser-CDES GIS Analyst Bert Miller - IT GIS Manager Ed Kant - Transportation Jennifer Belpedio - Assistant County Attorney Denny Baker - Financial Administrator Paul Kwa Sandra Lea - Administrative Assistant/Comm. Dev. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE AGENDA January 7, 2004 3:30 p.m. Conference Room - 610 VI. Approval of Agenda Approval of Minutes - December 3, 2003 Meeting Staff Announcements A. Community Development & Environmental Services Division Update B. Transportation Division Update C. Public Utilities Division Update Old Business New Business A. Overview of Information for Building Permit Approval Time B. GIS Application Update - GIS benefits to CDES - Jennifer Moser, CDES GIS Analyst GIS Project status - Bert Miller, IT GIS Manager Subcommittee Reports A. Land Development Regulation (Tom Masters) B. Operations and Budget (vacant) C. Utility Code (Justin Martin) VII. Committee Member Comments VIII. Adjourn Next meeting will be held February 4, 2004 at 3:30 p.m. January 7, 2004 Chairman Peter VanArsdale called the meeting to order at 3:30 PM. A quorum was established. Approval of Agenda: - Add "Discussion of Eastern Lands under - "A"- Land Development Sub-Committee." A new Chairman to be appointed at end of meeting. Tom Peek moved to approve the Agenda as amended. Second by Tom Masters. Carried unanimously. 8-0. II. Approval of Minutes - December 3, 2003 - Page 4 - under Utility Code - noted Rural Fringe wasn't discussed but should have been Utilities. Tom Peek moved to approve the minutes as amended. Second by Tom Masters. Carried unanimously 8-0. III. Staff Announcements: A. Community Development & Environmental Services Division Update - no report. Sandra Lea was introduced - Administrative Assistant for Community Development & Environmental Services Division. B. Transportation Division Update-Ed Kant Mr. Kant gave an update on the various transportation projects: · Groundbreaking for Livingston Road to Lee Co.-end of February · Livingston Road from Pine Ridge to Vanderbilt Beach - end of year - Peter VanArsdale mentioned the controversy on the overpass of Golden Gate and Airport Pulling Road. - More discussion followed on the overpass and the workshop held with the City of Naples and the County Commissioners. Any information needed can be obtained from Greg Strakaluse, Don Scott or Norman Feder. Public Utilities Division Update - Paul Kwa Mr. Kwa passed out a handout on the changes being considered to the Utilities Standards & Procedures Ordinance & Standards Manual. (Attached) 2 IV. V. January 7, 2004 · They are going page by page of the whole manual and currently working with the Utilities Sub-Committee. Will present the new Ordinance and Standard Manual update to DSAC at their February meeting and the BCC on March 9th, 2004. · Discussion followed on inspections and costs. · The Utility Sub-Committee meets every 3rd Tuesday at 2:00 PM. · Any comments the Committee may have can be addressed through Joe Schmitt's office. Old Business New Business A. Overview of Information for Building Permit Approval Time A Power Point presentation was given (Attached). Items discussed were the following: · Four year New Residential & Commercial Plan Approval Times · Residential Approval Average Days · Commercial Approval Average Days · Commercial Construction Average Time Between Application & Approval · Residential Construction Average Time Between Application & Approval. · Some of the numbers were excessive for a turnaround on issuing the permits. (80 days for Commercial) · One problem discussed was going from the Building Permit process to Planning and then disappearing. · The work flow and Hanson software package was discussed. · Need to focus and correct the level of service for planning review time. (Where does the system stall mad needs correcting) · Operations & Budget Committee needs to meet regularly and review the standard of service and planning review times. (Second Wed., 3:00 PM) · Sandra will e-mail the sub-committee membership to everyone in hopes the members will sign up to serve on the various committees. · Ed Perico discussed the different department's duties and responsibilities and length of time for building permits issued. He has no control over the other departments. He will give a report at the next meeting. · More discussion followed on the web and information access. January 7, 2004 Election of Chairman - Bob Mulhere nominated Justin Martin for Chairman. Nominations were closed. Carried unanimously 11-0. Chairman. Second by Tom Peek. Justin Martin is the new Tom Peek nominated Bob Mulhere for Vice Chairman. Second by Charles Abbott. Nominations were closed. Carried unanimously 11-0. Bob Mulhere is the new Vice Chairman. (Peter VanArsdale left at 4:45 PM) Be GIS Application Update - GIS Benefits to CDES - Jennifer Moser, CDES GIS Analyst - GIS Project status - Bert Miller, IT GIS Manager A presentation was given (attached) · GIS is Geography, (Maps, Lines, Points) Information, (Data Bases, CD Plus, Hanson) Current uses for various areas such as the Rural Fringe, Rural Lands, Wetlands, Wild Life Species, Beach Restoration, Code Enforcement and others. All are using at this time. 3D Fly Through of Gulf Shore Drive Covered current applications Been working since March 2003. Covered the accomplishments 2004 Goals and Budget discussed · · · · · (Herb Savage left at 5:05 PM) VI. Sub-Committee Reports A. Land Development Regulation (Tom Masters) At their last meeting they covered the Eastern Lands & Rural Fringe. Bob Mulhere gave a brief summary in stating the Sub- Committee raised questions on several issues. One was earthmining and all comments were forwarded to the Counties legal consultants. The BCC meetings will be January 26th & February 1 lth. (Charles Abbott left at 5:15 PM) Bob Duane moved to forward the Sub-Committee's report and recommendations. Second by Tom Masters. Carried unanimously 8-0. 4 January 7, 2004 B. Operations & Budget (vacant) - did not meet. Ce Utility Code (Justin Martin) Justin handed out the minutes of December 16, 2003. the new Chairman. Jim Carr is VII. Committee Member Comments: · Bob Mulhere wants to make sure their meetings are noticed publicly and open to the Public. He is under the impression they are. He would like an Agenda item for the February meeting addressing the issue of how the DSAC meetings are advertised and noticed. · Brian Jones was concerned about the efficiency function of the Departments. Review meetings and costs were discussed. Seems there may be some confusion on the costs. The Committee discussed the possible lack of follow-up by the various departments. (Tom Masters & Bob Duane left at 5:20 PM.) · The Committee would like an Agenda item on discussion of how to improve the Level of Service within the Departments. · Justin discussed the Annual Report that needs to be done by Peter VanArsdale as past Chairman for the Board of County Commissioners. There being no further business for the good of the County, the meeting was adjourned by order of the Chair at 5:25 PM. Collier County Development Services Advisory Committee Chairman Justin Martin