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Nap1e~, Florida, March 18, 1980
LET IT BE REMEMBERED that the Board of County Commissioners in
and for the County of Collier a~d also acting as governing ~oard(s) of
such special districts as have been created according to law and having
conducted business herein met on this date at 1:30 P.M. in Workshop
Session in Building "Fit of the Collier County Courthouse Complex with the
following members present:
CHAIRMAN: Clifford Wenzel
VICE-CHAIRMAN: Thomas P. Archer
John A. Pistor
C. R. "Russ" Wimer
David C. Brown
ALSO PRESENT: Harold L. Hall, Chief Deputy Clerk/Fiscal Officerj
Jean Swindle, Deputy Clerk; C. William Norman, County Manager; Edna
Santa, Supervisor of Elections; Clifford Barksdale, Public Works
Administrator/Engineer; and Robert Dunivan, Traffic Engineer.
AGENDA
1. D.O.T. Annual Presentation of the State Five Year Program
ADDITION
2. Supervisor of Elections Edna Santa's request for more office
space to accommodate the installation of a needed computer
terminal.
SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS EDNA SANTA'S REQUEST FOR MORE OFFICE SPACE TO
ACCOMMODATE THE INSTALLATION OF A COMPUTER TERMINAL - TO BE REVIEWED
PROMPTLY AND RESOLVED
Supervisor of Elections Edna Santa stated that her office had preViously
been given additional space in the hallway, adjacent to her present location,
for the installation of a computer terminal which will be used in the
Elections operation. But due to the time lag involved in the proposed
installation, the space has, in the interim been occupied by employees of
Clerk Reagan. She asked that the problem be discussed promptly as
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the installers of the computer terminal are in the process of attempting to
place the terminal directly behind her desk which will only aggravate the
present crowded condition.
Chairman Wenzel said he had spoken with Clerk Reagan and that they,
together with Fiscal Officer Hall, will have a meeting this afternoon
and a resolution concerning the problem w1l' be forthcoming.
D.O.T. ANNUAL PRESENTATION OF THE STATE FIVE YEAR PROGRAM
Following County Engineer Cliff Barksdale's statement that the mepting
was being held in order for the Florida OOT to make their annual presenta-
tion of the five (5) year program, the session was turned over to Mr.
Bill Fowler, District Engineer of the FOOT.
Mr. Fowler expressed his appreciation at being back on the west
coast of Florida and introduced his colleagues, who, fOllowing his remarks,
would be making the presentation: Mr. Jim Chandler, Deputy District
Engineer for Production; Mr. Claude White, District Planning Engineer;
Mr. Loren Midgett, Project Development Environmental Engineer and Mr. Bill
Allbaugh, Assistant Maintenance Engineer in Fort Lauderdale. Mr. Fowler
said the Florida Department of Transportation is currently preparing their
annual update of the, five year work program and in reviewing the 1979-1980
construction program, which was presented in the spring of 1979, the Depart-
ment has experienced: (1) an inflation in its contracts for construction
of around 20% over the spring estimates of 1979 and (2) a reduction in
income of at least 5% under income of a year ago. The effect of the first
observation has been that the Department could not go to contract in
1979-1980 with as many projects as anticipated, resulting in a revision
of inflation rates for future years in an attempt to be more realistic,
as follows:
1980-8l 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85
Construction l8% l6% 15% 15% l2%
. Present Estimate
Compounded l.l8 1.37 l.57 1.81 2.03
Right of "'ay 10% 10% lO~ . '-0% 10S
C(\~pounded 1.10 1.2l 1.33 1.46 1.61
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Mr. Fowler continued that the effect of the second observatfon has been
the drastic reduction of the Department's state funded resurfacfng and
bridge repair programs with a conversion of state funded right-of-way
acquisition to federal aid.
Mr. Jim Chandler. Deputy District Engineer together with Mr. Claude
White. Dfstrict Planning Engineer identified those projects that have
been programed for the FY 1980-81, pointing out those particular ones
already contracted-out and those yet to be. They also descrfbed all pro-
jects designated for construction for the next four years from 1981 through
1985. (See schedule on ffle with the Clerk to the Board's offfce).
In answer to Commissioner Pfstor's question regarding the double-
marking of SR 951 with a reductfon in the speed limit from 55 mph to 35 mph.
Mr. Chandler said he had considered such a remedy for the portion of the
road that has been termed a "death trap" but, in hfs opinion, ft would
only result in a situation too dangerous to even contemplate. When
Commissioner Pistor stated there was a petition containing 2,000 signatues
being sent to the DOT strongly requesting that something'be done immediately
about the road, Mr. Chandler stated that he and Mr. Fowler would review
the subject area but felt that the EIS study now in progress will be a major
tool in finding the correct safety answer. Mr. Loren Midgett, Project
Development Environmental Engineer, explained why the preparation and
presentation of such an EIS takes two (2) years or more. Commissioner Brown
expressed his discontentment with the statement that the needed improvements
to the Immokalee Road would, out of necessity, have to be postponed until.
possibly. 1988.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting
was adjourned by order of the Chair - Time 2:45 P.M.
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