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Naples, Plo1'ida, Janua:ry 22, 1980
LET IT BE REMH-lBERED, that the Board of County Corrmissioners in and
for the County of Collier, and also acting 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 3:20 P.M. in Conference
Session in Building "F" of the Courthouse Complex with the following
members present:
OIAIRMAN: Clifford Wenzel
John A. Pistor
ABSENT: Thomas P. Archer, Vice-Chainnan
C. R. "Russ" "'imer
David C. Brown
ALSO PRESENT: Harold Hall, Chief Deputy ~lerk/Fiscal Officer; C.
William Norman, County Manager; Donald A. Pickworth, County Attorney;
Clifford Barksdale, Public Works Administrator/ColUlty Engineer; ~lary
/lorgan, Administrative Aide to the Board and Jean Swindle, Deputy Clerk.
hQRKSHJP AGENDA
1. Revie'~ of Collier COlUlty Transi t Study, Phase II I
by representatives of Florida Department of Transportation
REVIEW OF COLLIER COl1NIY TRANSIT STIJIJY, PHASE III BY HR. DON HENDERSON
AND ~lR. IXX1G O'HAM OF DOT AND t.lR. MILTON SACHS OF 1rlE CITIZENS ADVISORY
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Public Works Administrator Barksdale stated that in July, 1979, the
~~ard adopted a resolution requesting the Florida Department of Transportation
to proceed with Phase III of the transit study. The Department has now
completed their Phase III study and even though the ,Study '~s not received
in sufficient time for the Advisory Committee to properly review it, the
Advisory Committee did meet with the representatives of the Department of
Transportation who answered their questions. In ~y of introduction,
~Ir. Barksdale said that Hr. Henderson and Mr. O'Hara, of DOT, and Mr. Sachs,
Olairman of the Citizens Advisory Committee, are available today for questions
and discussion with the Board regarding the alternative that was selected and
their recommendation about the implementation of same. Mr. Barksdale con-
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cluded his remarks lath the statement that the Board had indicated
previouSly, that prior to taking any official action regarding the Study,
the item should he placed on the referendum bnllot in November, 1980
to which the Committee agrees.
~fr. Don Henderson, representing the Department of Transportation,
identified the report of the Collier County Transit Study. Phase III.
as being those booklets now before the members of the Board. He said
tha t this report was the resul t of the last meeting between the DOT and
the Citizens Advisory Committee at which time the Committee voted 5/0 to
go ahead with the fixed route during the morning with deviation in the
afternoon. Mr. Henderson continued, that the distributed booklet was
based on Phase II which includea"all the survey results - using this
information the DOT has projected a five-year program and has indicated
three different options that can be employed to implement the program.
fie referred to the itemized operating and capital costs for each year of
the five-year program as they appear in the report.
Discussion followed which covered the cost of such a subsidy by
the County; the amount of federal and/or state funding as it relates to
the Capital Costs; the amount of federal funding as it relates to the
Operating Costs; Mr. Sachs' comment that the Committee had not had the
;'1le for a sufficient review of the study and the prerequisite of enough
education~l time so that the public may be well informed; the proposed
schedule for the County leasing and/or buying the busses from the State;
the desire of both the Board of County COITIlIissioners and the Advisory Com-
mittee to put the question on the ballot in No\~ber. 1980 and the fact
that there is a copy of the Phase III study in the Public Libra:ry in the
City of Naples.
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There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting
l;as adjourned by Order of the Chair - Time: 3:45 P.M.
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