DSAC Minutes 04/04/2018April 4, 2018
MINUTES OF THE COLLIER COUNTY
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING
Naples, Florida, April 4,2018
LET IT BE REMEMBERED, the Collier County Development Services Advisory
Committee in and for the County of Collier, having conducted business herein, met on
this date at 3:00 P.M. in REGULAR SESSION at the Collier County Growth Management
Department Building, Conference Room #609/610, 2800 N. Horseshoe Drive,, Naples,
Florida, with the following members present:
Chairman: William J. Varian
Vice Chairman: Blair Foley (Excused)
David Dunnavant
James E. Boughton
Clay Brooker
Brad Schiffer
Chris Mitchell
Robert Mulhere
Mario Valle
Norman Gentry
Marco Espinar (Excused)
Ron Waldrop
Laura Spurgeon DeJohn
Jeremy Sterk
Jeff Curl
ALSO PRESENT: Jamie French, Deputy Department Head
Judy Puig, Operations Analyst, Staff Liaison
Eric Fey, Sr. Project Manager, Public Utilities
Mike Ossorio, Director, Code Enforcement Division
Matt Mclean, Director, Development Review
Rich Long, Director, Plans Review and Inspections
Ken Kovensky, Director, Operations and Regulatory Management
Scott Stone, Assistant County Attomey
Lorraine Lantz, Transportation Planning
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Any persons in need ofthe verbatim record ofthe meeting may request a copy of the audio recording
from the Collier Counly Growth Management Department.
l. Call to Order - Chairman
Chairman Varian called the meeting to order at 3:00pm
II. Approval of Agenda
Mr. Curl moved to approve the Agenda. Second by Mn Valle. Carried unanimously 1l - 0.
IIL Approval of Minutes from March 7, 2018 Meeting
Mr. Schiffer moved to approve the minutes of the March 7, 2018 meaing as presented. Second by
Mr, Mulhere. Caruied unanimously II - 0.
IV. Public Speakers
None
V. StaffAnnouncements/Updates
A. Code Enforcement Division update - [Mike Ossorio]
Mr. Ossorio provided the report "Code Enforcement Division Monthly Report February 22, -
March 21 , 2018 Highlights " " for information purposes. He noted community cleanup activities
occur in Goodland, Bayshore and Immokalee as well as increased community outreach on the
functions of the Code Enforcement Division.
Ms. Spurgeon-DeJohn arrived at 3:04pm.
B. Public Utilities Division update - [Tom Chmelik or designeel
Mr. Fey submitted the monthly report on response time for Letters of Availability, Utility
Deviations and FDEP Permits for information purposes. He noted:
o The Division's issuance of Letters of Availability response time averages 74 days, but the
timeline does not affect the permit process.
o The goal is to reduce the response time to 5 to l0 business days.
. The BCC will be reviewing changes to the requirements for pump stations in the County at
their April 24,2018 meeting including requiring private facilities be tumed over to the
County. The requirement will not include grinder pump facilities.
r The Utility Standards manual is being updated and he submitted a"Table of Revisions" for
information purposes.
Mr. Gentry arrived at j: l0pm
C. Growth Management DepartmenUTransportation Engineering and/or Planning - Uay Ahmad
or designeel
Ms. Lantz reported:
o The Board of County Commissioners approved the desigr concept for the continuous flow
intersection for the Livingston Road/Pine Ridge Road rntersection and directed Staffto
coordinate with the Florida Department of Transportation on the proposed improvements at
the Pine Ridge Road/Whippoorwill intersection and 175lPine Ridge Road interchange.
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o A corridor study is underway for Randall Blvd. and Oil Well Road with a public meeting
scheduled for May 24th.
o The study for the Randal Blvd./Immokalee Road intersection has been reinitiated.o A $l3M TIGER Grant was awarded for the Immokalee Complete Streets project for
drainage, sidewalk, lighting and a CAT transfer station
D. County Fire Review update - [Shar Hingson and/or Shawn Hanson]
Ms. Hingson reported:o Tumaround times are as follows: Building Plan review - 4 days; Site Plan reviews - 3 days;
lnspections - 2-3 days.
o The Fire Alarm Committee is convening to review any changes required due to changes in
the Florida Building Code.
E. North Naples Fire Review update - [Dale Feyl
Mr. Fey reported turnaround times are as follows: Building Plan review - 6 days; Site Plan reviews
6 days; lnspections - 1 to 2 days.
F. Operations & Regulatory Mgmt. Division update [Ken Kovensky]
Mr. Kovensky submitted the "Collier County March 2018 Monthly Statistics" which outlined the
building plan and land development review activities. The following was noted during his report:r The volume ofpermit and related activities continues to increase to near record highs with
electronic permitting at 40% of submittals.
o Inspections reached 21,000 +/- in March of20l8.o The use ofcredit cards for transactions continues to increase and staff is looking at any
changes required to improve service in this area.
o The County is looking to fill vacant planning technician positions with current staff working
overtime and being cross trained to address the increased demand for service.
The Commiflee recommended Staff review the layout of lhe counter service in the main lobby as
pedestrian tralfic bottlenecks at the entance to the building.
G. Development Review Division update [Matt Mcl,eanl
Mr. Mclean reported activity remains at a high level with 12 subdivrsion applications being
submitted in March accounting for 1,100 new lots.
Staffins Report
Mr. French provided the report " Growth Management FY201 8 Expanded Requests " for
information purposes. He provided an overview of the statistical data in the report and noted:o The report outlines the building permit activity in the Division to support a request for 12
additional Staff Members to accommodate the growing demand for services.o The positions include 5 inspectors,2 building plan reviewers, I building plan technician, 1
site plan reviewer, 1 development review technician ard 2 Operations & Regulatory Planning
technicians.. ln addition to the increase in demand for services other Staffing issues include:. The potential for personnel attrition in the Division given many ofthe employees are
reaching retirement age and there is currently a limited skilled labor force in the
region capable of fulfilling these vacancies.
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o The Division proposal to assume t}re permitting and enforcement for Everglades City
where a satellite office would continue to be staffed.
o Addressing the large numbers of expired building applications/perrnits in the
CityView and CDPlus systems.
o To help acquire employees the Division is:
. Expanding the search are for employees to the northem areas of the country for
people possibty interested in a second career and wishing to retire in Florida.
o Investigation Florida Gulf Coast and Hodges University's potential to re-instate a
construction management program.
o Reviewing the feasibility ofdeveloping a parhrership with the area building industry.
. Engaging an efficiency study for operations within the Division.
Mr. Mulhere left at 3:45pm but stated he supported the request by Stalf.
o Another concem in the potential for negative impacts of the service on the County's ISO's
Code Effectiveness Classification given the increasing number of building inspections being
conducted per day.
o The Division does utilize a softlvare platform which helps develop an inspector's most
efficient daily route in an effort to save travel time on roadways.
e The last Staffing increases occurred two years ago and he requested the Committee provide a
recommendation on the proposal as the item will be brought forth to the Board of County
Commissioners for consideration.
Mr. Wr'aldrop moved to support Stulfs proposal to increase the Stalfing as proposed in the
"Growth Management FY20I8 Expanded Requests" report. Second by Mr. Gentry. Carried
unarrimously 12 - 0.
VI. New Business
A. Review of DSAC Committee Responsibilities [Bill Varian/Scott Stone]
Mr. Stone provided an information packet including Resolution 2006-83 which outlines the
requirements for appointments to the Committees, the standards for creating Advisory Boards,
information on Collier Counry Ethics and the Sections of Ordinance 93-76 and 95-60 pertaining to
the Development Services Advisory Committee.
The following was noted during Committee discussions on the Ordinance:
. The Committee can not propose amendments to the Land Development Code however can
request the BCC to direct Staff to prepare an amendment, and provide input and
recommendations on proposed amendments.
o It may be beneficial to update the Ordinance as
r The term limit requirement restrict a member's service to two consecutive terms
(Section 2-1033) which does not align with the operation of the Committee.
o There is a requirement for a review every 4 years (Section 2-1039) which is not
currently undertaken.
o The need to address other related items such as the requirements for being seated on a
defined number of County Advisory Boards.
VIL Old Business
None
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Vm. Committee Member Comments
None
IX. Adjourn
Next Meeting Dates
Il1ay 2, 2018 GMD conference Room 610 - 3:00 pm
June 6, 2018 GMD conference Room 610 - 3:00 pm
July 4, 2018 Cancel "Holiday' - Need to discuss
August l, 20lE GMD conference Room 610 - 3:00 pm
September 5, 2018 GMD conference Room 610 - 3:00 pm
There being no further business for the good ofthe County, the meeting was adjourned by the order
of the Chair at 4:40PM.
COLLIER COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
(l-
Chairman, William Varian
These Minutes were approved by the Board/Chairm
amended
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