Resolution 2003-192
RESOLUTION NO. 2003-.llL
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING THE
IMMOKALEE AREA MASTER PLAN RESTUDY COMMITTEE
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WHEREAS, on April 29, 2003, the Board of County Commissioners directed the
restudy of the Immokalee Area Master Plan as part of the second Evaluation and
Appraisal Report (EAR) of the Collier County Growth Management Plan (GMP); and
WHEREAS, County staff desires to have the Board of County Commissioners
establish an ad hoc committee to assist staff in its restudy of the Immokalee Area Master
Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
SECTION ONE: Creation of the Ad Hoc Immokalee Arca Master Plan Restudy
Advisory Committee.
Pursuant to the provisions of Collier County Ordinance No. 200 I-55, the Board of
County Commissioners hereby creates the lmmokalee Area Master Plan Restudy
Advisory Committee (the "Committee") as an ad hoc advisory committee. The
Committee shall serve a term of one year which will commence on the effective date of
the Resolution appointing its members, and shall conclude one year thereafter.
SECTION TWO: Appointment of Members and Failure to Attend Meetings.
Membership of the Committee shall be sought and appointed in accordance with
Collier County Ordinance No. 2001-55. The Committee shall consist of ten (10)
members from a broad base of citizens and business owners in the regulatory area of the
lmmokalee Area Master Plan.
If any member of the Committee is absent from two (2) or more consecutive
meetings without a satisfactory excuse, such member's position may be declared vacant
by the Board of County Commissioners as prescribed by Collier County Ordinance No.
2001-55.
SECTION THREE: Officers; Quorum; Compensation.
The officers of the Committee shall be elected by the membership of the
Committee and shall include a Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and Secretary. The presence
of the majority of the voting member shall constitute a quorum. The Committee may
adopt rules and procedures for the transaction of business and shall keep records of
meetings, findings and determinations. The members of the Committee shall serve
without compensation, but may be reimbursed for travel, mileage and/or per diem
expenses only if approved in advance by the Board of County Commissioners.
SECTION FOUR: Functions, Powers and Duties of the Committee.
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The functions, powers and duties of the Committee shall be to:
A. Assist in the development of any necessary Request for Proposals (RFPs) for
consulting services;
B. Aid and assist in the restudy of the Immokalce Area Master Plan. This would
include assisting staff with the review and development of policy
recommendations from the Rural Fringe Committee and the Community
Character Committce relative to the lmmokalee Area Master Plan;
C. Identify and provide the Board of County Commissioners the Committee's
recommendations relative to:
1. road improvements
2. economic incentives
3. increasing the quality and quantity of affordable housing
4. improvements relative to the Ave Maria University and
town as it relates to the impact on the Immokalee urban area
5. improvements to the Immokalee Regional Airport
6. density increases in mixed-use districts
7. the conversion of an overabundance of land zoned industrial to
residential; and
8. the facilitation of construction of commercial development in
planned unit development commercial districts; and
D. Assist in the development of revised Goals, Objectives and Policies and Land
Use Designation Descriptions for the lmmokalee Area Master Plan.
All meetings shall be open to the public and shall be governed by the Florida
Government in the Sunshine Law. All meetings shall be held after reasonable public
notice is provided as to the location, time. and subject matter of the meetings.
SECTION FIVE: Dissolution of Committee.
At the conclusion of one (I) year from the date of the Resolution appointing the
Committee members, the Committee's services are not expected to be required further and
the Committee shall be dissolved; however, if by resolution the Board of County
Commissioners extends the term of thc Committee, dissolution shall occur at the end of the
extcnded term.
This Resolution adopted this M day of
second and majority vote.
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, 2003 after motion,
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Approved as to form and legal
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MaI:jorie M. Student
Assistant County Attorney
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
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