Agenda 09/14/2010 Item # 6C
Office of the County Manager
Leo E. Ochs, Jr.
Agenda Item No. 6C
September 14, 2010
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August 26,2010
Mrs. Janet Vasey
4398 Longshore Way North
Naples FL 34119
Re: Public Petition Request regarding voter referendum on using local public funds for the
Jackson Labs Project.
Dear Mrs. Vasey,
Please be advised that you are scheduled to appear before the Collier County Board of
Commissioners atthemeeting of September 14, 2010, regarding the above referenced subject.
Your petition to the Board of County Commissioners will be limited to ten minutes. Please be
advised that the Board will take no action on your petition at this meeting. However, your
petition may be placed on a future agenda for consideration at the Board's discretion. If the
subject matter is currently under litigation or is an on-going Code Enforcement case, the Board
will hear the item but will not discuss the item after it has been presented. Therefore, your
petition to the Board should be to advise them of your concern and the need for action by the
Board at a future meeting.
The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. in the Board's Chambers on the Third Floor of the W.
Harmon Turner Building (Building "F") of the government complex. Please arrange to be
present at this meeting and to respond to inquiries by Board members.
If you require any further information or assistance, please do not hesitate to contact this office.
Sincet "'
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Mike Sheffield
Assistant to the County Manager
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cc: Jeffrey Kfatzkow, County Attorney
Aug.26.2010 11:36 Dennis P. Vasey
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ReaueAt to SnAAt under Public Petition
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Earlier this ~ the f.ederaI government approprtated fundsfor' Florida, and
the state new .hasits SSO mlllon share for Jackson Lab.
, Once the ~I~ 1m agreement with JacIcson, Colier County has .1 ZO days to
adopt the rnecti8IIIm to provide $130 malion in local matching funds.. If the
state reacheS -::8lJleement this month, Callier County must act no later than
Dec;ember., .:. . .,.. . .
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Last mo.atfi,;.....fjonerssaid they couldn't put Jackson Lab on the
November brIIIOt 'because "'the process was stII evolving" and. they -couldn't ask
people to vote based on so little Information." It's too late for the November
211I ballot naN. ' ,
However, Commissioners CAN let the people vote - based on the latest
information available to evaluate the Jackson Lab project -In December.
By authorizing a .~. vote in- early December, using mail-in ballots,
voters would haw the same information the Commissioners have at the time a
decision MUST be made. ,The voting cost would be minor compared to the
Jackson Lab cost.
The public shoukI; vote because: .
It's a rna.P' d:I8i9 in how property taxes are normally used - for public
health and safety and ,.-vices to residents.
tt's an enormous Increase from modest economic Incentives to one $130
million project, eliminating funding for other incentives.
, W~'ve~,~,.8ImIIar, less expensive Issues (ConservatIon Collier, zoo
land pun:t~el in; tile. past.
The Jackson Lab ,project Is such a large publiC expenciture, It needs public
validation.
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The ar.lion I am -Inn~ the C"nrnmi.aon to ~f!:
Authorize a referendum jn earty December, using maiHn ballots, for a voter
referendum on using local public funds to bring Jackson Lab to Collier County.
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