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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Recommendation that the Collier County Airport Authority adopt the attached Resolution
and amends its Airport Rules and Regulations by adding a Fair Treatment Policy.
OBJECTIVE: To ensure that everyone who does business with the Authority, including
tenants, are treated fairly and equally.
CONSIDERATIONS: Section 14 of the Collier County Airport Authority Ordinance (Ord. No.
04 -03, as amended) provides as follows:
Adoption of rules and regulations previously adopted by the Collier County Airport
Authority.
(a) The Board of County Commissioners, pursuant to F.S. § 332.08, hereby adopts all
of the following Rules and Regulations heretofore adopted by the Collier County Airport
Authority ( "Authority "):
(1) The Collier County Airport Authority Rules and Regulations for General
Aviation Airports, Collier County, Florida, applicable to the Everglades Airport,
to the Immokalee Regional Airport, and to the Marco Island Executive Airport,
adopted by the Authority as revised on February 1, 2002.
(2) Minimum Standards for Commercial Airport Aeronautical Activity and
Service Providers at the Collier County Airports, as revised on November 14,
2005.
(3) The Collier County Airport Authority Administrative Code, adopted by
the Authority as revised on August 9, 2004.
(4) The Collier County Airport Authority Leasing Policy adopted by the
Airport Authority as revised on February 11, 2002.
The Airport Authority has heard, from time to time, complaints that various tenants at the
Immokalee Regional Airport have not been fairly treated. Whether such complaints have merit
is not part of this discussion. To minimize future complaints from both tenants and others who
do business with the County, I am proposing that the Collier County Airport Rules and
Regulations be amended by adding the following provision to the end of Section 2, General
Regulations:
Fair Treatment Policy. It is the intent of the Collier County Airport Authority that all tenants,
customers and all others who do business with the Authority be treated equally, that they be free
to conduct their daily business without undue interference by employees of the Authority, and
that their right to privacy shall not be infringed by videotaping or other surveillance of their
activities outside of the airport's secure areas. Airport Authority employees shall endeavor to
amicably resolve any perceived violation of any Airport Policy. All unresolved disputes shall be
taken to the Collier County Airport Advisory Board, who shall attempt to reach an amicable
resolution. Absent circumstances which require prompt action, including violations which
involve an immediate threat to public health or safety, no formal action of complaint may be
filed with the FAA or any other agency without the prior approval by the Airport Authority. This
provision does not create any private cause of action. Violation of this provision by Airport staff
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may result in administrative discipline, up to and including termination of employment, but shall
not be deemed an ordinance violation subject to F.S. § 332.08.
FISCAL IMPACT: None.
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: The attached Resolution was prepared by the County Attorney,
is approved as to form and legality, and requires majority support for approval. If approved, a
copy of the Resolution must be posted a copy at the courthouse and at every such airport for 4
consecutive weeks. -JAK.
RECOMMENDATION: That the Collier County Airport Authority adopt the attached
Resolution and amend its Airport Leasing Policy by adding a Fair Treatment Policy.
Prepared by: Commissioner Tom Henning, District 3
Attachment: The Collier County Airport Rules and Regulations
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COLLIER COUNTY
Board of County Commissioners
Item Number: 14.14.A.14.A.4.
Item Summary: Recommendation that the Collier County Airport Authority adopt the
attached Resolution and amends its Airport Rules and Regulations by adding a Fair Treatment
Policy. (Commissioner Henning)
Meeting Date: 6/11/2013
Prepared By
Name: SmithCamden
Title: Executive Aide to the BCC
6/3/2013 4:03:27 PM
Submitted by
Title: Executive Aide to the BCC
Name: SmithCamden
6/3/2013 4:03:29 PM
Approved By
Name: SheffieldMichael
Title: Manager- Business Operations, CMO
Date: 6/4/2013 9:30:17 AM
Name: KlatzkowJeff
Title: County Attorney
Date: 6/4/2013 10:06:33 AM
Name: GreenwaldRandy
Title: Management/Budget Analyst,Office of Management & B
Date: 6/4/2013 11:10:24 AM
Name: KlatzkowJeff
Title: County Attorney
Date: 6/4/2013 12:17:58 PM
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Name: OchsLeo
Title: County Manager
Date: 6/4/2013 12:55:06 PM
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RESOLUTION NO. 2013 -
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, ACTING IN ITS CAPACITY AS THE
COLLIER COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY, AMENDING THE
AIRPORT RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR EVERGLADES AIRPARK,
THE IMMOKALEE REGIONAL AIRPORT, AND THE MARCO ISLAND
EXECUTIVE AIRPORT.
WHEREAS, Collier County Ordinance No. 2004 -03, as amended, the Collier County
Airport Authority Ordinance, adopted rules and regulations relating to the operation of three
airports: The Immokalee Regional Airport, the Marco Island Executive Airport, and the
Everglades City Airpark; and
WHEREAS, Section Fourteen of Ordinance No. 2004 -03, as amended, sets forth the
manner by which the adopted Rules and Regulations may be amended; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners, acting in its capacity as the Collier
County Airport Authority desires to amend these Rules and Regulations in order to establish a
Fair Treatment Policy for all tenants, customers and all others who do business with the Airport
Authority.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, ACTING IN ITS CAPACITY
AS THE COLLIER COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY, that:
Section 2 of the Airport Rules and Regulations for Everglades Airpark, The Immokalee
Regional Airport, and The Marco Island Executive Airport is hereby amended as follows:
SECTION 2
GENERAL REGULATIONS
2.16 FAIR TREATMENT POLICY.
It is the intent of the Collier County Airport Authority that all tenants, customers and all
others who do business with the Authority be treated equally, that they be free to conduct their
daily business without undue interference by employees of the Authority, and that their right to
privacy shall not be infringed by videotaping or other surveillance of their activities outside of
the airport's secure areas Aip2ort Authority employees shall endeavor to amicably resolve any
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perceived violation of any Airport Policy. All unresolved disputes shall be taken to the Collier
County Airport Advisory Board, who shall attempt to reach an amicable resolution Absent
circumstances which require prompt action, including violations which involve an immediate
threat to public health or safety, no formal action of complaint may be filed with the FAA or any
other agency without the rp for ap rop val by the Airport Authority. This provision does not create
any private cause of action. Violation of this provision by Airport staff may result in
administrative discipline up to and including termination of employment but shall not be
deemed an ordinance violation subject to F.S. § 332.08.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that pursuant to Ordinance No. 2004 -03, as amended,
and Section 332.08(2), Florida Statutes, a copy of this Resolution shall be promulgated by
posting at the courthouse and at every such airport for 4 consecutive weeks or by publication
once a week in a newspaper published in the County for the same period.
THIS RESOLUTION ADOPTED after motion, second and majority vote on this the
day of , 2013.
ATTEST: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
DWIGHT E. BROCK, Clerk COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, ACTING IN
ITS CAPACITY AS THE COLLIER COUNTY
AIRPORT AUTHORITY
C
, Deputy Clerk
Approved as to form and legality:
Jeffrey A. Klatzkow
County Attorney
Ron
GEORGIA A. HILLER, ESQ.
CHAIRWOMAN
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