BCC Minutes 08/11/2004 E (Hurricane Charley)
August 11, 2004
TRANSCRIPT OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS EMERGENCY MEETING
NAPLES, FL, AUGUST 11, 2004
LET IT BE REMEMBERED, that the Board of County
Commissioners in and for the County of Collier, and also acting as
the Board of Zoning Appeals and as the governing board (s) of such
special districts as have been created according to law and having
Conducted business herein, met on this date at 1 :02 p.m. in
EMERGENCY SESSION in Building "F" of the Government
Complex, East Naples, Florida, with the following members present:
ACTING CHAIRMAN: Tom Henning
Jim Coletta (Telephonic)
Donna Fiala (Telephonic)
Frank Halas
ALSO PRESENT: Jim Mudd, County Administrator
David C. Weigel, County Attorney
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COLLIER COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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EMERGENCY
AGENDA
August 11, 2004
1 :00 p.m.
Donna Fiala, Chairman, District 1 (Via Telephone)
Fred W. Coyle, Vice-Chair, District 4 (Absent)
Frank Halas, Commissioner, District 2
Tom Henning, Commissioner, District 3
Jim Coletta, Commissioner, District 5 (Via Telephone)
NOTICE: ALL PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK ON ANY AGENDA ITEM
MUST REGISTER PRIOR TO SPEAKING. SPEAKERS MUST REGISTER
WITH THE COUNTY MANAGER PRIOR TO THE PRESENTATION OF THE
AGENDA ITEM TO BE ADDRESSED.
COLLIER COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 2003-53, AS AMENDED, REQUIRES
THAT ALL LOBBYISTS SHALL, BEFORE ENGAGING IN ANY LOBBYING
ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ADDRESSING THE
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS), REGISTER WITH THE CLERK TO
THE BOARD AT THE BOARD MINUTES AND RECORDS DEPARTMENT.
REQUESTS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON SUBJECTS WHICH ARE NOT ON
THIS AGENDA MUST BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING WITH EXPLANATION
TO THE COUNTY MANAGER AT LEAST 13 DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF
THE MEETING AND WILL BE HEARD UNDER "PUBLIC PETITIONS".
ANY PERSON WHO DECIDES TO APPEAL A DECISION OF THIS BOARD
WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS PERTAINING THERETO,
AND THEREFORE MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD
OF THE PROCEEDINGS IS MADE, WHICH RECORD INCLUDES THE
TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL IS TO BE BASED.
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ALL REGISTERED PUBLIC SPEAKERS WILL RECEIVE UP TO FIVE (5)
MINUTES UNLESS THE TIME IS ADJUSTED BY THE CHAIRMAN.
IF YOU ARE A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY WHO NEEDS ANY
ACCOMMODATION IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCEEDING,
YOU ARE ENTITLED, AT NO COST TO YOU, TO THE PROVISION OF
CERTAIN ASSISTANCE. PLEASE CONTACT THE COLLIER COUNTY
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT LOCATED AT 3301 EAST
TAMIAMI TRAIL, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 34112, (239) 774-8380; ASSISTED
LISTENING DEVICES FOR THE HEARING IMP AIRED ARE AVAILABLE IN
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' OFFICE.
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Emergency Meeting Procedures - David Weigel, County Attorney
3. Declaration by Extraordinary Circumstances that Commissioner Fiala be a voting
member of this Emergency Meeting
4. Presentation and Update of Emergency Management for Collier County - Dan
Summers, Collier County Emergency Management Director
5. Endorsement of the voluntary evacuation advised by the County Emergency
Management of the low-lying areas
6. Declaration by Extraordinary Circumstances that Commissioner Coletta be a
Participating Member of this Emergency Meeting
7. Adoption of Proclamation/Resolution of the Board of County Commissioners of
Collier County to Declare a State of Emergency for All Territory Within the Legal
Boundaries of Collier County including All Incorporated and Unincorporated
Areas.
8. Comments
9. Adjourn
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MR. MUDD: Commissioner Henning, you have a hot mike.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Everybody take their seats,
please. Call the emergency meeting of the Board of Commissioners
of Collier County, Florida to order. Would you all rise for invocation
-- or pledge of allegiance. (Pledge of allegiance was recited in
unison. )
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: To your left we have
Commissioner Frank Halas, and I understand we have --
MS. FILSON: Commissioner Fiala.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: -- Commissioner Fiala?
MS. FILSON: Yeah.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yes, I'm here.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Okay. Due to the
chairman and vice chair of the Board of Commissioners not present
in the room, I will conduct the meeting --
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Thank you.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: -- as senior. Mr. Weigel?
MR. WEIGEL: Thank you, Mr. Henning and Mr. Halas. Nice
to see you here. Commissioner Fiala, thank you for being on the
phone.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Thank you.
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Item #2
EMERGENCY MEETING PROCEDURES - DISCUSSED
MR. WEIGEL: I'm going to take care of a couple matters for
the record relating to the operation of the board today in coming
forward with an emergency meeting.
And I want to note that in regard to Sunshine Law requirements,
that the county staff has put out notice as reasonable and as
anticipatory as possible relating to the meeting. I'm gratified to see
many people in the audience here at the board meeting to indicate
that the forms of notice have been effective and successful.
I'd like to also note that under the government and Sunshine
Law 286.011 does have in fact through most recent, last year,
attorney general opinion have been determined to require that there
be a finding of extraordinary circumstance by the commissioners that
are present at a meeting for the participation of a commissioner by
telephone who is away. Typically that's done when you have a full
quorum meeting in the first place, which we do not have here, which
would be three out of five.
But again, based upon Chapter 252 of the Florida Statutes and
our own ordinances relating to emergency procedures, we have the
ability and the board has the legal authority to go forward today as
currently sitting today.
Item #3
DECLARATION BY EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES
THAT COMMISSIONER FIALA BE A VOTING MEMBER OF
THIS EMERGENCY MEETING - APPROVED
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And so I would ask the Board of County Commissioners,
meaning Commissioner Henning and Commissioner Halas who are
present here today, to entertain a motion and vote for extraordinary
circumstance for the participation of Commissioner Fiala.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Entertain that motion,
Commissioner Halas?
COMMISSIONER HALAS: I second that.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: I make a motion that we
find that the extraordinary circumstances of this emergency meeting
declare Commissioner Fiala as a voting member of the board of
commissioners of this emergency meeting, and Commissioner Halas
seconded that motion.
MR. WEIGEL: Okay. And then although it's already self-
evident, if you would both then take a vote for the record in regard to
that motion.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: All in favor of the motion,
signify by saying aye.
COMMISSIONER HALAS: Aye.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Aye. Any opposed? (No
response. )
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: The motion carries
unanimously.
MR. WEIGEL: Thank you. A bit redundant, but I appreciate
that. Now, secondly, as Commissioner Henning has absolutely
correctly stated, there is a protocol that exists, particularly for
situations of emergency or potential emergency, that provides for, in
the absence of the chairman, in the absence of the vice-chairman, for
another member of the Board of County Commissioners to chair the
meeting.
In this particular case, it defaults back to times of appointment
of elected officers. We would find that, and it has an alphabetical
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application, of those persons that are present today and appointed and
with seniority, there is no question that Mr. Henning is that person, so
he is properly sitting as Chair of the meeting today, pursuant again to
state statute and our own coordinated ordinance that follows this state
statute.
At this point in time, then, I'll be turning this over briefly to both
Jim Mudd and to Dan Summers of emergency services. But there has
been prepared by county attorney office, working with county staff, a
draft resolution proclamation relating to the state of emergency.
It has been distributed to the commissioners sitting here today, it
has been made available to the court reporter, and it has been -- extra
copy or copies have been made available to some of the public, if
they wish to see it or hear it. They are going to hear it in any event
read into the record by either Mr. Pettit, the chief assistant county
attorney, or myself. And we will have a few comments on the
proclamation resolution, a few slight changes from that which we've
prepared very quickly for you today.
So at this point Jim, County Manager, I'll turn it over to you or
of course Mr. Henning.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: County Manager Jim
Mudd?
MR. MUDD: Thank you, David. Commissioners, just so you
know so you don't have a -- you don't have an agenda sitting in front
of you today, but I've talked to both of you on the phone and
Commissioner Fiala got an update from Ms. Filson, and I've talked to
just about everybody in this audience, okay, and left message about
what we were going to do today.
But for the viewing public, we're going to basically ask the
board to declare a state of emergency because of Hurricane Charley,
and then we're going to ask the board to basically direct voluntary
evacuation of coastal areas and low-lying areas. Okay, keep that in
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mind, it's basically the things that we're going to ask for at the end of
this meeting.
But before we get there, I think it's very appropriate that Mr.
Summers give you an update about what's going on in the Caribbean
and what the latest model projections show as far as this hurricane
and its disposition as far as hitting land near Collier County, the City
of Naples, Marco Island. Mr. Summers?
Item #4
PRESENTATION AND UPDATE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT FOR COLLIER COUNTY BY DAN SUMMERS,
COLLIER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR
- PRESENTED
MR. SUMMERS: For the record, Dan Summers, director of the
Bureau of Emergency Services and your director of emergency
management, for the record.
Good afternoon, and thank you again for being here on such
short notice. Hurricane Charley yesterday had a central Gulf of
Mexico zip code put on it, so to speak, late yesterday afternoon as a
result of a cold front coming down from the Mississippi Valley.
Hurricane Charley has begun its hard right turn into Southwest
Florida.
The National Hurricane Center has put a great deal of stock in
its current models; I have a great deal of confidence in its ultimate
landfall right now being Southwest Florida, with strike probabilities
endorsed by the hurricane center in excess of 25 percent for Naples,
Fort Myers, Marco Island.
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So there is very little question at the hurricane center and with
the emergency management staff that we can foresee if not the direct
impact, severe impact from Hurricane Charley.
I'd like to ask you to look at the visual that I have provided here
for you. This shows Hurricane Charley's current track. It has -- if --
within the hour or two it will go from Tropical Storm Charley to
Hurricane Charley. It's expected to cross Cuba. The current
discussion and reconnaissance aircraft report that they expect little
weakening of Hurricane Charley as it crosses Cuba. It may slow
down somewhat in forward motion, but its intensity should at least
remain a Category 1.
Once it passes Cuba and goes across the Straits of Florida and
begins its bend into Southwest Florida, it's going to once again go
across very, very warm waters, sea surface temperatures in excess of
84 degrees, which is only going to maintain the storm or have the
storm intensify in strength.
The 2:00 a.m. position, again on Friday, the 13th, at 2:00 a.m.,
just after midnight on Thursday night, puts us -- puts that storm well
into significant major effects into Collier County.
As we back up and look at potential storm surge from this event,
we could easily expect, again with midnight -- generally from
midnight to 1 :00 a.m. being a high tide period. We may expect storm
surge values between five and eight feet along our adjacent
intercoastal waterways, beach front and sound areas. So our major
concern here is that the storm is presently 85 miles per hour and with
gusts. Current predictions might put it up to 95 or 100 miles per hour.
And wind speed, as it gets here, its current forward motion is
averaging between 20 and 25 miles per hour.
So we have a fast-breaking, fast-developing storm. The
fortunate news is, is that we don't see anything in intensification
beyond a Category 2. So we're right at a borderline Category
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I/Category 2. We do expect landfall or the effects of near landfall in
the dark hours, which are of concern to us. And we're going to have
to deal with that potential tide scenario.
We have very little time, very little leeway in this response. We
have less than four hours fluctuation either way in evacuation times,
clearance times, unless when it crosses Cuba we see a dramatic
decrease in forward motion we might gain time. But I have very few
hours here of which to adjust the models in order for us to be
successful.
Let me share a few visuals with you, just to blow the map up
and put things in perspective. Your blue line would be -- the blue
outer band is your 34-mile an hour winds. Your yellow band will be
approximately 50 knot or 50 mile -- I'm sorry, 58 mile per hour
winds. Your red band, as it comes across, will be in excess of 64
knots or 74 miles per hour.
So as you see, as we get into these time schedules how close this
is. And quite frankly, in my years of experience, I haven't seen
anything yet where we have such a lineup of the forecast and such a
lineup of strike probability. There is no -- there's practically no
uncertainly at this point in the hurricane's track. As we get closer, as
you see, it puts the leading -- it puts Collier County at the leading
edge.
The 11 :00 a.m. forecast this morning, also the reconnaissance
aircraft at 11 :00 p.m., actually pushed this storm center slightly south.
So as we see some updated positions with the information provided
to us at the 5:00 advisory, that's liable to push that storm much closer
to the center of Collier County, based on the current forecast.
One more little bit of an eye chart here, but I want to see if we
can zoom in on the clearance times. What that -- what that print-out
and what our computer model is telling us at this point is that under
this time frame we need a minimum of nine hours of evacuation time.
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That's not decision time, that's evacuation time, based on our current
models right now. That would start us at nothing later than about
8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning to give us a full day of daylight in order
to allow the public and the affected storm surge areas to evacuate.
We want to make sure that we have the communities and areas
secured by approximately 9:00 p.m. tomorrow evening, with landfall
again after midnight, say between 12:00 and 2:00 a.m. That's our
current model, that's the plan we'd like to work with, again,
understanding we may have some fluctuations with subsequent
forecasts. So that print-out there illustrates our clearance time. That's
all I have for graphics. Let me just mention a few things and then I
want to entertain some discussion with you.
It is my recommendation to the board today that you endorse
Emergency Management's request to encourage the public in what we
call a voluntary precautionary evacuation.
We need to reduce census in Collier County. We need for those
folks who might want to leave the area and want to evacuate 75
North, those who are on vacation this week, they need to cut their trip
short.
As you look at this storm, it could easily cross Interstate 75, and
as a result may make Interstate 75 in Collier and Lee County a choke
point for northern evacuation. So we want to get ahead of that path,
utilize 75 North where it's appropriate, for those folks who can
mobilize on their own, and leave the Alley, Interstate 75, and headed
eastbound, leave that as an optional evacuation route tomorrow.
So I need to again stress the voluntary precautionary evacuation
today. Tomorrow morning when we reconvene we'll go to the formal
evacuation, based on the latest information from the Hurricane
Center. Also, that will -- I need to stress to you that we are not
opening shelters today. That effort will be saved for tomorrow when
we go into a watch or warning.
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Those individuals that have the personal resources to mobilize
and relocate and/or cut their vacation short, that's our
recommendation for today. Let me stop right there and see if you
have any questions before I move on to some operations --
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Questions by the Board of
Commissioners? Commissioner Halas?
COMMISSIONER HALAS: Dan, if the storm crosses over
Cuba and slows down in speed, do you anticipate the intensity of the
storm increasing at that point?
MR. SUMMERS: There is the possibility for intensification.
We don't really know and forecasters don't understand what the
behavior will be as it comes across Cuba. Their current
reconnaissance says that they anticipate little strengthening -- or, I'm
sorry, little degradation as it comes across Cuba. But it does have an
opportunity, and experience tells us, as it gets back across warm
water and even could potentially stall, there could in fact increase the
storm's magnitude.
COMMISSIONER HALAS: But it's your best guess now, and
with the technology that we have present, you feel that the track is
right on. It may waiver a degree or so to the south; is that correct?
MR. SUMMERS: Sir, it could waiver a little bit. And again,
with the -- as the forward motion fluctuates, we may actually gain
some evacuation time. And in theory it's possible that the storm is
maybe four to six hours later getting here. But I would much rather
us error on the side of safety four to six hours ahead of time.
Because I have experienced storm events where the forward
motion has in fact increased and our window shrunk, and I want to be
careful that we don't lose that window. So we are on track, maybe a
little bit early, but let's be there, instead of playing catch-up at a later
hour.
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COMMISSIONER HALAS: And just one other question:
What do you feel could be the potential rainfall out of a system of
this magnitude?
MR. SUMMERS: We did get some new rainfall estimates,
since you and I have spoken, that you had seen earlier, and we do
anticipate the rainfall right now might be under eight inches. That's
good, because that means the storm is going to move through fairly
quickly.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Commissioner Fiala, do
you have any questions for --
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yeah, just one --
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: -- Mr. Summer?
COMMISSIONER FIALA: -- and I was wondering, being that
we have so much construction going on in the roadways right now
and we have a lot of debris out there, whether it be cones or barriers
or whatever, are we taking precautions in getting those things out of
the way and clearing an evacuation route?
MR. SUMMERS: Commissioner, thank you. As we meet with
our emergency support functions later on this afternoon, and actually
the briefing that will take place with the administrators and outside
agencies, we will be able to prepare for those issues later this
afternoon.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Great. Thank you very much.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Okay, County Manager
Mudd?
MR. MUDD: Commissioner Henning, I have Commissioner
Coletta on the line. For some strange reason we can't hook him to the
speaker; we're having some technical issues. We've got one
commissioner, but we don't have them all. But he's listening to the
particular issue and he asked the question on the phone: His concern
is he's got constituents out in the Estates, and they've got a lot of high
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water already sitting in their particular areas because of the rain and
the ground's pretty well saturated. His question is: Does the Big
Cypress Basin have the weirs completely open at this particular
juncture in order to drain off as much as we can drain off right now
before the event happens?
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Very good question.
MR. SUMMERS: I do not have the answer to that, but I will
find the answer to that.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: And if you could have
somebody send some correspondence around to the board, I know
that Commissioner Coletta has his laptop with him and can get his e-
mails. And there's some that we can do that are here.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: And I can get faxes up here, if
you'd like.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Great. Okay, please
continue.
MR. SUMMERS: Okay. Couple things I'd like to mention.
Again, I want to restress to you the support for the voluntary
precautionary evacuation today, set the wheels in motion so that the
general public who may be effected is ready to mobilize first thing
tomorrow morning. Again, no shelter activity for emergency
transportation today. That's more likely to be available to us
tomorrow. I want to talk to you a little bit about work to date so far.
Our Collier Information Center, which is a number in which the
general public can call for additional information, make inquiries.
The Collier Information Center is up and running as of9:00 this
morning. We have done a partial activation of our Emergency
Operations Center, and that is some of our core agencies we've been
working with since about 8:00 this morning to do some prep activity.
Our amateur radio group has their systems up and operational at
this point. We've done some fax broadcast to some of the media and
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have done a series of media interviews throughout the day. I would
also encourage folks, if they would like to look at the Collier EM
website for additional real time-information, storm surge information,
as an example, at www.CollierEM.org.CollierEM.org.It·s another
way of getting additional information. We would not be successful if
it -- if it had not been for the partnership of the folks in this room.
I want to commend American Red Cross, our school board,
folks who have been right here with us. And I'm sorry about the
delayed opening, potential delayed opening with schools. I do know
that they have worked very hard to get their campuses in order.
We're going to do everything in our power to minimize the
interruption in their schedule. And we're most appreciative of Dr.
Marlin and his support, because we actively use his facilities.
We also have deployed our disaster response inventory trailers,
our hurricane shelter supplies. Those trailers are being deployed at
this time. Later tonight or possibly tomorrow we will announce
which shelters will be open as well.
There's a host of agencies and organizations here that I'm going
to brief at the conclusion of the BCC meeting so that we can start
local government and partner agencies in the process of getting ready
for this afternoon, shoring up any loose ends and having the group
ready to mobilize first thing tomorrow morning.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Commissioner Fiala, there
-- just for your information, we have several elected officials from
Collier County in the room and all the emergency personnel from fire
departments, EMS.
MR. MUDD: Yeah, representatives from each city. You have
representatives from the school board here and all the constitutional
officers.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, okay, thank you very much.
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MR. SUMMERS: Commissioner, let me restate, too, the Collier
information telephone number, if they would like to -- if a citizen has
a question or information they need to pass along, they can contact
our Collier Information Center at 774-8444. 774-8444. Again,
please, I hope that you'll recognize the effort of the entire team here,
as well as the volunteers that work with us, because we could not
make this happen without their help. That's all I have. Any other
questions?
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Any further questions?
COMMISSIONER FIALA: None from me.
Item #5
ENDORSEMENT OF THE VOLUNTARY EV ACUA TION
ADVISED BY THE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
OF LOW-LYING AREAS- APPROVED
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Seeing none, I'll entertain
the board adopting and endorsing the voluntary evacuation as
recommended by our emergency management director, Dan
Summers.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: I make a motion to approve.
COMMISSIONER HALAS: I second it.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Motion by Commissioner
Fiala to adopt the -- endorse the volunteer evacuation of our coastal
residents, second by Commissioner Halas. All in favor of the motion,
signify by saying aye.
COMMISSIONER HALAS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Aye. Any opposed? (No
response. )
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ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Motion carries
unanimously. Back to the county attorney.
Item #6
DECLARATION BY EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES
THAT COMMISSIONER COLETTA BE A PARTICIPATING
MEMBER OF THIS EMERGENCY MEETING- APPROVED
MR. WEIGEL: Thank you, Chairman Henning. I would note
for the record that the motion maker not only is Ms. Fiala, but I think
Commissioner Henning raised that there -- again to take care of the
protocol, the absence of Ms. Fiala, working through the telephone.
Also note, Mr. Coletta has come on record through the county
manager of a phone hookup. Since it doesn't allow the full
participation of the audience and the commissioner, we note that for
the record, but also would ask the board, as -- just as a side note, if
they would entertain a motion of extraordinary circumstance for Mr.
Coletta, who I believe may be out of state at the present time, unable
to be here, but doing his best to participate by telephone. If the board
would entertain a motion and vote on that.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Commissioner Coletta?
MR. MUDD: Can you hear the meeting that's going on right
.?
now, SIr.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Can Commissioner Coletta
hear?
MR. MUDD: He's getting partial. He's not getting the whole
thing, sir.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Okay. You know, it's a
concern of mine entertaining something like that if the Commissioner
doesn't have the full knowledge of what's going on.
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MR. WEIGEL: Well, that's correct. And it's not to indicate that
he is a voting member of this commission today, but I was just
looking to note the circumstance that there is an extraordinary
circumstance with Commissioner Coletta. He has a form of
participation but nothing more than that. It's really something more
for the record for the Commissioner in this respect.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Well, therefore, I'll
entertain a motion to accept Commissioner Coletta as a voting
member of this committee.
MR. WEIGEL: No, not a voting member, but just that there's an
extraordinary circumstance and he's essentially participating to the
extent that he can.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: All right.
COMMISSIONER HALAS: I'll second that motion.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: I'll make that motion and
seconded by Commissioner Halas.
MR. WEIGEL: Essentially a vote is a mere formality because
the two persons that can vote are here at the present time, but for the
record, if you'd just --
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: All in favor of the motion,
signify by saying aye.
COMMISSIONER HALAS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Aye. Any opposed? (No
response. )
MR. WEIGEL: Thank you.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Seeing none.
MR. WEIGEL: The last thing I would mention then is we do of
course have the proclamation resolution here and either I or anyone
could read it into the record, both for the audience and public that is
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here and the audience that is watching on the county channel, and for
the other media, print and electronic that will be recording this.
And so Commissioner, at your behest, I would ask that someone
read the proclamation resolution into the record. And I'd be happy to
do it, if you'd like.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: I'll go ahead and do that.
MR. WEIGEL: Okay, thank you.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Do we have a number for
this proclamation resolution?
MR. WEIGEL: No. That will be assigned by the clerk.
RESOLUTION 2004-244: DECLARING A STATE OF
EMERGENCY FOR ALL TERRITORY WITHIN THE LEGAL
BOUNDARIES OF COLLIER COUNTY INCLUDING ALL
INCORPORATED AND UNINCORPORATED AREAS-
ADOPTED
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Okay. This proclamation
of the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County to declare
the state of emergency for all territory within the legal boundaries of
Collier County, including all incorporated and unincorporated areas.
WHEREAS, Tropical Storm/Hurricane Charley has a potential
of causing extensive damage to public utilities, public buildings,
public communication systems, public streets, public roads, public
drainage systems, commercial and residential buildings and areas;
and
WHEREAS, Collier County emergency management officials
are recommending that the state of local emergency be declared due
to the current and anticipated path of Tropical Storm Charley,
especially in light of the storm's rapid forward movement, which
likely is to decrease warning time; and,
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WHEREAS, Chapter 252.38 -- must be paragraph 3(A)(5),
Florida Statutes, and Collier County Ordinance No. 2001-45 and
2002-50, codifies the section 38 through 56 through 38 through 70 in
Collier County code of laws and ordinance providing for the political
subdivision of Collier County to declare a state of emergency and to
waive all procedures and formalities otherwise required of political
subdivisions by law pertaining to performance of public work and
taking whatever prudent action is necessary to assure the health,
safety and welfare of the community who enter into contract,
procuring obligations, employ pertinent and temporary workers,
rental of equipment, utilize volunteer workers, acquisition and
distribulation (sic) with or without compensation of supplies, material
and facilities, appropriation and expenditures of public funds.
NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Board of
Commissioners of Collier County, Florida, in emergency session on
the 11th day of August, 2004, that Tropical Storm/Hurricane Charley
poses a serious threat to lives and property of the residents of Collier
County and the state of local emergency be declared, effective
immediately for all territories in the unincorporated and corporated
areas of Collier County.
Be it further resolved that the Board of County Commissioners
hereby exercise its authority to pursue to (sic) Collier County
Ordinance Nos. 2001-45 and 2002-50 and waives the procedures and
formalities required by law of a political subdivision, as provided in
Chapter 252.3(A)(5), Florida statutes.
This resolution is adopted after a second and a majority of vote
favoring in the name (sic). I'd entertain a motion to adopt this
proclamation resolution.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: I make a motion to approve.
COMMISSIONER HALAS: I second it.
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ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Motion by Commissioner
Fiala, second by Commissioner Halas. Is there any discussion on the
proclamation resolution, or the motion? (No response.)
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Commissioner Coletta have
any questions?
MR. MUDD: Commissioner Coletta has no questions and he's
okay with the resolution. I read it to him at the same time you were
reading it.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Okay. All in favor of the
motion, signify by saying aye.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye.
COMMISSIONER HALAS: Aye.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Aye. Any opposed? (No
response. )
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Commissioner Coletta's
vote is aye. Okay, that's a 4-0. The -- many a things that we need to
prepare for in a short period of time, and can you tell the public
what's the best way? Of course we have our media outlets. Other
venues and avenues?
MR. SUMMERS: Yes, sir, thank you. Dan Summers. I would
again remind the public and hopefully as we have approached
hurricane season, we've done a good job of informing them and
reminding them to take their individual and family hurricane
preparedness very seriously.
They need to be -- have a 72-hour family disaster supply kit, to
make sure that they have things such as bottled water, canned goods,
if necessary, baby supplies, medicines, and be able to weather the
storm and be without a central services for approximately 72 hours.
If they are subj ect to -- if they are in one of the areas -- which I
have brought a graphic up here in the red. In the deep red area, those
are the areas that we're concerned about, again in the deep red, that
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may be subject to storm surge inundation. Today those folks who
can mobilize and leave on their own with their own resources in that
deep red area, now is the time to begin relocating outside of Collier
County as a result of the potential storm surge.
Those who need special assistance need to reevaluate their
forecast and their personal risk tomorrow morning. And again, we
will announce shelter activations tomorrow, as they are warranted,
and we'll make those shelter resources and evacuation supplies
available as necessary. Again, be prepared, have some cash, have a
few -- have a car with a full tank of gas, listen constantly to radio and
television for updates.
Our local media will do an excellent job of carrying the
information from Collier County and the Collier County Emergency
Services Bureau out to the public so that they can take the necessary
protective action.
Our websites, as well as web sites such as www. FEMA -- FEMA,
Federal Emergency Management Agency -- gov all have very helpful
tips to help them prepare for the storm, but they need to make most of
those preparation efforts hopefully by the close of business today.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: We do have a--
COMMISSIONER FIALA: This is -- go on --
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Commissioner Fiala?
COMMISSIONER FIALA: This is Donna Fiala. Could you tell
me, because I can't see where the deep red areas are, can you kind of
give me an overview of where that deep red area is?
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: District 4.
MR. SUMMERS: Our major area is west of 41. It's going to be
those adjacent coastal properties, our intercoastal waterway, our
sounds, canal areas, for example, drainages. Those areas that we
would recognize as our immediate coastal areas.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Okay. Thank you.
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ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: I'd like to remind
everybody that we do have an ordinance about price gouging in case
of emergency, whether it be gas or other types of supplies.
COMMISSIONER HALAS: Water, ice.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: And it is in effect, correct
me if I'm wrong, and there will be prosecution for that.
MR. SUMMERS: The state monitors that as well, sir.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Okay, any further? Mr.
Weigel?
MR. WEIGEL: Thank you, Commissioner.
COMMISSIONER HALAS: Go ahead.
MR. WEIGEL: Thank you. One last thing for the record. In
regard to the last motion taken, motion made by Commissioner Fiala,
I would appreciate if the sitting Chair would be a co-maker of that
motion so that we do have motion-makers here present on the record
for having made that. If you would just indicate.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Okay, I will be a first co
on Commissioner Fiala's motion.
MR. WEIGEL: Thank you very much. And
that's all the record requires, I believe. Thank you.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Commissioner Halas?
COMMISSIONER HALAS: For the residents down in Marco
Island, which they have to come across the bridge, are we making
any additional evacuation plans for them to make sure that they move
off of that island rapidly?
MR. SUMMERS: We -- I met with Mr. Moss earlier today, as a
matter of fact, and he is very much aware of those traffic concerns.
And again, part of his effort will be to support that voluntary
precautionary evacuation so we can queue that traffic out
accordingly.
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Their alternate seat of government in public safety will -- if they
have to come off the island will go to Edison Community College,
and that will be their base of operations, and they're prepared for that.
But we really do -- we are drawing our shelters, and when we
announce those shelters tomorrow, we want to bring those shelters
well inland. So there is some drive time there, but we think that they
-- with the sheriffs department's support, highway patrol, as well as
Marco Island PD, we think we can manage that okay.
COMMISSIONER HALAS: Is there any plans for -- as the
storm approaches to cut off services out in that area?
MR. SUMMERS: Florida Power and Light has not reported in
to the EOC yet, and I doubt seriously under a Category 1 event that
they will make any deliberate service interruptions. Now, we know
we're going to experience fluctuations any maybe ultimately outages
as a result of damages. We're not aware of anything at this point that
they will, as a blanket situation they will curtail power.
COMMISSIONER HALAS: I guess what I was referring to is
sewer and water in that area.
MR. SUMMERS: I have not spoken to Mr. Moss. I'm sure that
at the point where his emergency plan calls for him to secure his
water and sewer system to avoid infiltration or overflow, he'll make
that announcement.
COMMISSIONER HALAS: And how often do you plan to
have updated information for the general public?
MR. SUMMERS: It is our goal to probably an hour to two
hours following every hurricane advisory, we will be able to take that
advisory, process that and update it.
Our news releases will be consistent in terms of as soon as we
get pertinent information, we'll process that news release, use blast
fax, the Internet and conventional fax to get that out to the media.
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We're fully prepared to have ample news releases go out the door just
as fast as that information is verified.
COMMISSIONER HALAS: Thank you very much.
Item #8
COMMENTS- DISCUSSED
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Does Commissioner
Coletta have any questions or comments?
MR. MUDD: Commissioner Coletta, do you have any
additional questions or comments? Commissioner Henning, I'd like to
relay what he just said.
His comment is basically if folks at the coastal section have
friends that are in the Estates or further inland, to give them a call,
they would be good neighbors to provide them time to come over and
visit for a day or so as this thing passes. And he said that good
neighbors in Collier County would do that.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Good. Thank you. The
next meeting, emergency meeting of the Board of County
Commissioners?
MR. SUMMERS: I would like to plan on that being as early as
9:00 tomorrow morning. I'd like to reserve the right to possibly call
you this afternoon, but more than likely I can make 9:00 tomorrow
morning work.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Okay. Commissioner
Fiala?
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yes, I can be here at 9:00, and I'm
available at any time on my cell phone.
ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Great. Thank you. Any
further discussion today? (N 0 response.)
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ACTING CHAIRMAN HENNING: Mr. Summers, thank you
very much. And we'll be with you during these extraordinary
extenarary (sic) times. Thank you.
MR. SUMMERS: I'm blessed with an excellent team. Thank
you, sir. We are adjourned.
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There being no further business for the good of the County,
the meeting was adjourned by order of the Chair at 1 :39 p.m.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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