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DSAC Minutes 03/03/2004 RMarch 3, 2004 TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEETING OF THE COLLIER COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE Naples, Florida, March 3, 2004 LET IT BE REMEMBERED that the Collier County Development Services Advisory Comnfittee, 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: Justin Martin Clay Brooker Dalas Disney Robert Duane Marco Espinar Blair Foley Thomas Masters William Varian STAFF PRESENT: Michelle Arnold, Director of Code Enforcement Denny Baker, Director of Financial Administration and Housing Jennifer Belpedio, Assistant County Attorney David Ellis, President of CBIA Ed Kant, Director of Transportation Ops/Dev. Tom Kuck, Director of Engineering Services Sandra Lea, Administrative Assistant, CDES Administration Gary Mullee, Financial Operations Manager Amy Patterson, Impact Fee Manager Joseph Schmitt, Administrator, CDES Patrick White, Assistant County Attorney DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE AGENDA March 3, 2004 3:30 p.m. Conference Room - 610 Approval of Agenda Approval of Minutes - February 4, 2004 Meeting Staff Announcements A. Community Development & Environmental Svcs. Div. Update- Joe Schmitt B. Transportation Division Update-Ed Kant C. Public Utilities Division Update- Roy Anderson/Paul Kwa · Review Proposed Utility Ordinance Revisions · Review of Standards Manual IV. Old Business V. New Business A. Library Impact Fee Update - Amy Patterson B. Minimum Housing Ordinance - Michelle Arnold VI. Subcommittee Reports (Revised Membership Listing attached) A. Land Development Regulation - Tom Masters B. Operations and Budget- Peter Van Arsdale · Overview of Goals and Objectives C. Utility Code - Justin Martin Committee Member Comments Next Meeting Date- April 7, 2004 (Room 610) IX. Adjournment Chairman Justin Martin called the meeting to order at 3:30 PM. III. March 3, 2004 I. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: II. It was the consensus of the Committee to defer discussion regarding the Proposed Utility Ordinance Revisions and the Utility Standards Manual (Item III-C) until the April 7, 2004 meeting, at which time the final comments/recommendations of the Utility Subcommittee will be available for review. It was noted by Chairman Justin Martin that the Utility Subcommittee is scheduled to meet on March 16, 2004. In the absence of a quorum at the beginning of the meeting, approval of the agenda was reached by consensus only. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - FEBRUARY 4~ 2004 MEETING In the absence of a quorum at the beginning of the meeting, approval of the February 4, 2004 meeting was deferred until the April 7, 2004 meeting. However, the following revision was noted by William Varian: William Varian was present at the February 4, 2004 meeting and Dino Longo was not present. Sandra Lea, Administrative Assistant, will make the necessary revision to the minutes prior to their approval at the April 7, 2004 meeting. STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS A. Community Development & Environmental Services Division Update - J. Schmitt Mr. Joseph Schmitt, Administrator, requested the Development Services Advisory Committee (DSAC) to consider appointing a representative to the 5-person Selection Panel regarding the recruitment and hiring of a Director of Building Review & Permitting Department, replacing Mr. Ed Perico who is retiring in June, 2004. He explained that the recruitment process will involve a thorough review, ranking and selection of the most qualified applicants. Interviews are expected to take place in May. Mr. Schmitt added that the position was advertised in the Florida Association of Counties, E & R and the Collier County website. Charles Abbott was nominated to serve as the DSAC representative and William Varian volunteered to serve as the representative in the event Mr. Abbott is unavailable to serve in this capacity. It was noted that the nomination will be acted upon once a quorum is established, and Mr. Schmitt will be notified via e-mail regarding the appointment. B. Transportation Division Update - E. Kant Mr. Ed Kant, Director of Transportation/Operations, advised that the Concurrency Management Recommendations are in the process of being developed. Upon their completion within several months, a draft will be presented to DSAC for review. March 3, 2004 Mr. Kant further advised that staff was restructured in view of the increasing number of pre-applications as well meeting requests for traffic and transportation issues outside the normal channels. Mr. Robert Wiley was recently appointed Principal Project Manager of Transportation/Operations; Mr. Kant noted that although Mr. Wiley will no longer be involved in major storm water projects, he will continue to serve as the storm water liaison and participate in storm water reviews. Recruitment of a Road Maintenance Director who preferably has background in storm water is also underway; Mr. Kant requested referrals for qualified applicants from the DSAC members. It was noted for the record that Mr. Clay Brooker arrived at the meeting at this point, thereby establishing a quorum. C. Public Utilities Division Update - J. Martin Justin Martin reported that the Utility Code Subcommittee is scheduled to meet on March 16, 2004 to review and consider approval of the Utility Ordinance and Standards Manual. IV. OLD BUSINESS There was no old business for discussion. NEW BUSINESS A. Library Facilities Impact Fee Update - A. Patterson Per the requirements established by the Collier County Consolidated Impact Fee Ordinance 2001-13, as amended, Ms. Amy Patterson, Impact Fee Manager, presented an overview of the required 3-year Library update study, conducted by Tindale-Oliver and Associates, Inc. Included in the study is a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners to consider, at its public hearing on March 23, 2004, a Library impact fee schedule which utilizes one residential impact fee rate that is assessed per 1,000 square feet as opposed to the current fee schedule which is based on 3 square footage tiers with 3 corresponding impact fees. The impact fee is proposed to be implemented effective May 1, 2004. She added that this update will bring into play the mid-year indexing and documents which allow for impact fee rates to remain consistent with the financial growth. She added that the same type of indexing (different formula) was implemented for parks and recreation and for roads. Members of the DSAC expressed ongoing concern regarding the cumulative impact (i.e., possibility of limiting growth in the area) of the continuing increases in impact fees. Mr. Martin suggested that presentation of new impact fees to the Board of County Commissioners should be accompanied by a comparison of residential impact fees for the top 3 counties in Florida in terms of costs and comparable populations. Ms. Paterson commented that the information has been provided to the Board in the past. However, Mr. Martin requested that the information should be provided to the Board each time an impact fee is considered. March 3, 2004 On motion duly made by William Varian, seconded by Dalas Disney and unanimously carried (8-0), Ms. Patterson was directed to request the study consultant to review how single family dwellings are assessed and further, when bringing forward new fees or fee increases, that the Executive Summary reflect, for purposes of advising the Board, a comparison of the top three comparable counties in terms of their impact fees. Dalas Disney voiced for the record that he is "categorically opposed to impact fees". B. Minimum Housing Ordinance- M. Arnold Ms. Michelle Arnold, Director of Code Enforcement, presented for review and approval the revised Minimum Housing Ordinance, which addresses both minimum housing and unsafe non-residential structures (what is either repairable or should be demolished). She advised that there are currently no standards for non-residential development. Dalas Disney questioned why a separate ordinance is necessary as many of the issues addressed in the ordinance are included in the Building Code. He further added that many of the items conflict with the Building Code and suggested that specific language regarding those items included in the Building Code be eliminated and replaced with a reference to the Building Code. Ms. Arnold and Jennifer Belpedio, Assistant County Attorney, agreed that this would be possible. Mr. Disney further questioned the significance of this ordinance in Collier County. Following review and discussion and on motion made by William Varian, seconded by Dalas Disney and unanimously carried (8-0), it was agreed that in order to allow sufficient and adequate review of the changes, final consideration of the proposed ordinance by the DSAC should be postponed until its April 7, 2004 meeting. In the interim, Ms. Arnold will submit color-coded copies of the proposed ordinance, which reflect the changes/additions. Further, Dalas Disney was requested to provide his comments/questions regarding the ordinance to Ms. Arnold prior to the April 7 meeting. Joe Schmitt will notify the Board of County Commissioners that review of the ordinance is continuing and presentation of the ordinance to the Board will be delayed until April 27, 2004. VI. SUB-COMMITTEE REPORTS A. Land Development Regulation - T. Masters Tom Masters reported that the Land Development Sub-Committee did not meet. B. Budget and Operations Sub-Committee- D. Disney March 3, 2004 In the absence of Peter Van Arsdale, Chairman of the Budget and Operations Sub- Committee, Dalas Disney reported that the Budget and Operations Sub-Committee met on Wednesday, February 11, 2004. Mr. Gary Mullee, Financial Operations Manager, provided a status report of the budget. Dalas Disney is in the process of resurrecting the 2-½ year old spreadsheet of performance standards with some level of service timeframes from his files. The spreadsheets will be reviewed by the Subcommittee at its meeting on March 10, 2004 at 3:00 p.m. with the ultimate goal of offering suggestions to the Community Development staff for the establishment of a manageable level of service criteria. He added that the suggested timeframes will be submitted to the Community Development staff for their input and determination of feasibility. VII. Utility Code - J. Martin Justin Martin reported that the Utility Code Sub-Committee met on February 3, 2004. As indicated in earlier discussion, the Utility Ordinance revisions and the Standards Manual will be reviewed and acted upon on March 16, 2004. The Sub-Committee also discussed the requirement of a full time observation inspection during the pipe laying. The consensus was that there would be a choice of dividing either a mechanical screen device on site so that the contractors can screen out large rocks from rolling in the back fill, providing full time inspection or providing some imported fill on site that the contractor can fill in the trenches. Tom Kuck, Director of Engineering Services, advised that he plans to request the Board of County Commissioners to approve an additional full time inspector. He is in the process of determining what is being collected in inspection fees, which he believes will offset the additional human resource cost. VII. COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS There were no additional comments. There being no further business for the good of the County, the meeting was adjourned by order of the Chair at 5:02 PM. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE Chairman Justin Martin