Agenda 09/14/2010 Item # 6E
Agenda Item No, 6E
September 14, 2010
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Office of the County Manager
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3301 East Tamiami Trail' Naples Florida 34112. (239) 252-8383' FAX: (239) 252-4010
August 30, 2010
Ms. Denise Denard
2271 Harbor Road
Naples FL 34104
Re: Public Petition Request regarding wastewater impact fees
Dear Ms. Denard,
Please be advised that you are scheduled to appear before the Collier County Board of
Commissioners at the meeting 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 Bui/ding (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.
Sincer~ly,
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Mike Sheffield
Assistant to the County Manager
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cc: Jeffrey Klatzkow, County Attorney
Jim DeLony, Public Utilities Administrator
Agenda Item No. 6E
September 14, 2010
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Reauest to Speak under Public Petition
Please print
Name:Denise Denard
Address 2271 Harbor Rd
Naples, fl. 34104
Phone 239-398- 0900 Cell or 239- 659- 0900 land line
Date of the Board Meetino vou wish to speak Tuesdav September 14th, 2010
Must circle yes or no:
Is this subject matter under litigation at this time? No
Is this subject matter an ongoing Code Enforcement case? No
Note: If either answer is "yes", the Board will hear the item but will have no
discussion regarding the item after it is presented.
Please explain in detail the reason yOU are reauestino to speak (attach additional
paoe if necessary):
To discuss unexpected impact fees of $29,000 being assessed: These
impact fees were not disclosed when applying for permits and asking what
the requirements were to relocate our business. To ask for a variance, so
that we are able to move to a larger facility, grow our business and create
jobs in the community. To recoup our cost for permits, rents, drawings, work
done by the gas company etc. should you not be able to come up with a
solution to make our move possible
On May 25th, I applied for a plumbing and gas permit so that we could
relocate our existing business into a larger unit. Prior to the application I
specifically inquired as to what was expected from the county in order for us
to make this move.
I spoke with Christine Willoughby, showed her our existing business at
4344 enterprise Ave and the site plans for the new location at 4573
Enterprise Avenue. I asked if I needed to show any plumbing work to be
scheduled in the application for insubstantial change or if there is anything
else that I need to be made aware of prior to moving forward to relocate my
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business. I was told that an application for insubstantial change would be Page 3 of 4
expensive and that it cost $500.00 dollars that I did not have to show
plumbing but would need to apply for a plumbing permit. I was told to
provide 14 copies of architectural plans signed and sealed by an engineer.
Since no plumbing was required on the insubstantial change I went ahead
and filed the necessary paperwork for our gas permit. A permit was issued
for propane installation and the gas company has completed all of the
outside work already, should we not able to move into unit 4573 enterprise
ave we will also have to compensate the gas company for their work at a
cost of at least $2,00- $2,500 dollars
I contracted a plumber and paid him an advance for drawings, permit fees
and materials. Prior to applying for plumbing permit, I spoke with Dick
Noonan to see if anything else would be required of us, the plumber himself
inquired to make sure that wha~ we were providing would be acceptable. We
were told what size pipe to run etc. Never and I repeat never at anytime did a
red flag come up or a mention that we would be subject to impact fees for
the type of business that we are operating
On July 21st two months after the application we are put to a halt by the
county asking us to pay $29.000 thousand for alternative impact fee before
we can receive our permit. They also mentioned that an additional fee may
follow in the sum of $2,000 dollars.
We have spoken with Gilbert Moncivaiz (Impact Fee Coordinator) and Tom
Wides (operations director of Public Utilities) We have been told that the
method used to come up with this figure is based on the type of business
that we are and the square footage etc .etc. The unspoken part is that our
business is classified under the same guidelines as a hotel or Restaurant of
which we are neither. The capacity of water that we use compared to these
business is non comparable. Both gentleman agreed & apologized that the
county was at fault for placing us in this position but neither accepted
responsibility .
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Please exolain in detail the action YOU are askina the Commission to take attacRage 4 of 4
additional paae if necessarv):
At this time we ask that the county commissioners review our petition.
Since we are an existing business and our moving would have no actual
impact on the waste water system, since our waste water is already being
processed and has been since May of 2008, we are asking the commission to
consider waiving the impact fees, or at least lower them to a level that would
be affordable for a small business in this tough business climate. A payment
option would also be appreciated.
Thank You for your time and consideration.
Denise Denard
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