Immokalee CRA Agenda 09/18/2019
Meeting of the Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Committee.
CareerSource SWFL
750 South 5th Street,
Immokalee, FL 34142
September 18, 2019 - 9:00 A.M.
A. Call to Order
B. Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance
C. Roll Call and Announcement of a Quorum
D. Introductions
E. Approval of Agenda (Action Item)
F. Approval of Consent Agenda (Action Items)
1. Minutes
i. CRA Advisory Board Meeting for June 19, 2019 (Enclosure 1)
ii. Special CRA Advisory Board Meeting for August 21, 2019 (Enclosure 2)
2. Operations Manager Report (Enclosure 3)
3. Project Manager Report (Enclosure 4)
4. Budget
i. Current Budget (Enclosure 5)
5. Community Meetings (Enclosure 6)
G. Announcements
1. Communications Folder
2. Public Comment speaker slips
3. CRA Staff
4. CRA & MSTU Draft Advisory Board Meeting Calendar (Enclosure 7)
H. CRA New Business
1. Collier County Arts & Culture Strategic Plan
2. Immokalee Fire Control District
3. Advisory Board vacancy (Enclosure 8)
I. CRA Old Business.
1. 2019 FRA Conference (Enclosure 9)
2. Immokalee Stormwater Master Plan update
i. CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Application
3. Immokalee Area Master Plan updates (Action Items)
i. Letter of Support
ii. Collier Area Transit (CAT) Proposed Transfer Station in Immokalee
4. CDBG Grant
i. Carson & South 5th Street
5. Main Street – update
i. Pedestrian Safety Improvements Project
6. TIGER Grant – Immokalee Complete Street
i. Updated schedule (Enclosure 10)
7. Code Enforcement updates
8. FDOT updates
9. Office of Business & Economic Development (OBED)
10. Immokalee Culinary Accelerator
11. Other Agencies
CRA Board
Commissioner
Donna Fiala
Co-Chair
Commissioner
William McDaniel, Jr.
Co-Chair
Commissioner
Burt L. Saunders
Commissioner
Penny Taylor
Commissioner
Andy Solis, Esq
CRA Advisory Board
Frank Nappo
Chair
Estil Null
Vice-Chair
Mike Facundo
Edward “Ski” Olesky
Andrea Halman
Yvar Pierre
Anne Goodnight
Francisco Leon
MSTU Advisory
Committee
Bernardo Barnhart
Chair
Andrea Halman
Vice- Chair
Norma Garcia
Cherryle Thomas
Peter Johnson
CRA Staff
Debrah Forester
Director
Christie Betancourt
Operations Manager
Donna Lumbert
Budget Analyst
Julian Morgan
Project Manager
Monica Acosta
Administrative
Assistant
J. Citizen Comments.
K. Next Meeting Date. Joint CRA & MSTU Meeting October 23, 2019 at 9:00 A.M. at
CareerSource SWFL.
L. Adjournment.
* The next Advisory Board meeting will be held October 23, 2019 at 9:00 A.M. at CareerSource SWFL – 750
South 5th Street, Immokalee, FL 34142. All meetings will be publicly noticed in the W. Harmon Turner Building
(Building F), posted at the Immokalee Public Librar y and provided to the County Public Information Department
for distribution. Please contact Christie Betancourt, Operations Manager, at 239.867.0028 for additional
information. In accordance with the American with Disabilities Act, persons needing assistance to participate in
any of these proceedings should contact Christie Betancourt at least 48 hours before the meeting. The public should
be advised that members of the CRA Advisory Board are also members of other Boards and Committees, including,
but not limited to: the Immokalee Fire Commission. In this regard, matters coming before the Advisory Board may
come before one or more of the referenced Board and Committees from time to time.