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Immokalee Beautification MSTU Agenda 01/22/2020Meeting of the Immokalee Lighting and Beautification MSTU Advisory Committee. Immokalee Community Redevelopment Agency CareerSource Southwest Florida 750 South 5th Street, Immokalee, FL 34142 January 22, 2020 – 8:30 A.M. A.Call to Order. B.Pledge of Allegiance and Moment of Silence. C.Roll Call and Announcement of a Quorum. D.Introductions. E.Approval of Agenda. (Action Item) F.Approval of Consent Agenda. (Action Item) 1.Minutes i.Joint MSTU & CRA Advisory Board Meeting for December 18, 2019 (Enclosure 1) 2.Budget i.Current Budget (Enclosure 2) 3.Operations Manager Report (Enclosure 3) 4.Community Meetings (Enclosure 4) G.Announcements. 1.Communications Folder 2.Public Comment speaker slips 3.CRA Budget & Work Plan Workshop – February 13, 2020 @ 10:00 a.m. H.New Business. I.Old Business. 1.MSTU Project Manager Report (Enclosure 5) 2.Main Street Improvements Project – FDOT Project #439002-1 - update 3.Holiday Decorations 4.Monuments – Welcome Signs 5.Contractor Reports i.Maintenance Report 1.A&M Monthly Report (Enclosure 6) 2.Project Manager Observation Field Report (Enclosure 7) 6.TIGER Grant updates 7.Code Enforcement updates 8.FDOT updates 9.Other Agencies J.Citizen Comments. K.Next Meeting Date. MSTU will meet on February 26, 2020 @ 8:30 A.M. at CareerSource SWFL. L.Adjournment. 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 Anne Goodnight Vice-Chair Mike Facundo Edward “Ski” Olesky Andrea Halman Yvar Pierre Francisco “Frank” Leon Mark Lemke MSTU Advisory Committee Bernardo Barnhart Chair Peter Johnson Vice- Chair Andrea Halman Norma Garcia Cherryle Thomas CRA Staff Debrah Forester Director Christie Betancourt Operations Manager Julian Morgan Project Manager Monica Acosta Administrative Assistant 23.A.2 Packet Pg. 481 Attachment: Immokalee MSTU Meeting Agenda - January 22, 2020 (11482 : Immokalee MSTU Advisory Board - January 22, 2020) * The next Advisory Board meeting will be held February 26, 2020, at 8:30 A.M. at CareerSource Southwest Florida located at 750 South Fifth Street in Immokalee unless otherwise noticed. All meetings will be publicly noticed in the W. Harmon Turner Building (Building F), posted at the Immokalee Public Library 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 MSTU Advisory Committee 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 Committee/Board may come before one or more of the referenced Board and Committees from time to time. 23.A.2 Packet Pg. 482 Attachment: Immokalee MSTU Meeting Agenda - January 22, 2020 (11482 : Immokalee MSTU Advisory Board - January 22, 2020) Enclosure 1 1 MINUTES Joint Meeting of Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Committee and the Immokalee Lighting and Beautification MSTU Advisory Committee on December 18, 2019. CareerSource Southwest Florida 750 South 5th Street Immokalee, FL 34142 239-658-3000 A. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order by Bernardo Barnhart, MSTU Chair at 9:02 A.M. B. Pledge of Allegiance and Moment of Silence Dr. Frank Nappo led the Pledge of Allegiance and Bernardo Barnhart led a moment of silence. C. Roll Call and Announcement of a Quorum. Christie Betancourt opened roll call. A Quorum was announced for the MSTU Board at 9:02 A.M. A quorum was announced for the CRA board at 10:10 A.M. CRA Advisory Committee Members Present: Frank Nappo, Francisco Leon (10:09 A.M.), Andrea Halman, Patricia “Anne” Goodnight, Yvar Pierre. CRA Advisory Committee Members Absent/Excused: Estil Null, Michael “Mike” Facundo and Edward “Ski” Olesky. MSTU Advisory Committee Members Present: Bernardo Barnhart, Andrea Halman, Cherryle Thomas, Peter Johnson, Norma Garcia. MSTU Advisory Committee Members Absent/Excused: All members present. Others Present: Mark Lemke, Dominic Weissmann, Lisa Loren, Victoria Peters, Yakira Chu, Dottie Cook, Mary Cummings, Andrew Shaub, Cherry Peterson, Silvia Puente, Ahmed El, Alex Ilori, Carrie Williams, Abel Jaimes, Juan Medina, and William “Bill” McDaniel. Staff: Debrah Forester, Christie Betancourt, Julian Morgan, and Monica Acosta. D. Introductions. All public present introduced themselves. All board members introduced themselves to the members of the public. E. Approval of Agenda. Staff presented agenda to the board for approval. MSTU Action: Action: Ms. Norma Garcia made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. Mr. Peter Johnson seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. 5-0. CRA Action: Action: Ms. Anne Goodnight made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. Ms. Andrea Halman seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. 5-0. 23.A.3 Packet Pg. 483 Attachment: MSTU Meeting Minutes (Draft) - December 18, 2019 (11482 : Immokalee MSTU Advisory Board - January 22, 2020) Enclosure 1 2 F. Approval of Consent Agenda. 1. Minutes i. Joint CRA and MSTU Advisory Board Meeting for October 23, 2019 (Enclosure 1) ii. Joint CRA and MSTU Advisory Board Meeting for November 20, 2019 (Enclosure 2) 2. Budget Reports i. FY20 Budget (Enclosure 3) 3. Operations Manager Report (Enclosure 4) 4. Project Manager Report (Enclosure 5) 5. Community Meetings (Enclosure 6) Staff presented the CRA and MSTU boards with the November 20, 2019 Joint CRA and MSTU Advisory Board Meeting Minutes and presented the MSTU board with the October 23, 2019 Joint CRA and MSTU Advisory Board Meeting Minutes, CRA Operations Manager Report, CRA Project Manager Report, Budgets, and Community Meetings. MSTU Action: Action: Ms. Cherryle Thomas made a motion to approve the Consent Agendas as presented. Mr. Peter Johnson seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. 5-0. CRA Action: Action: Ms. Anne Goodnight made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. Ms. Andrea Halman seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. 5-0. G. Announcements. 1. Communications Folder Staff reviewed the communications folder with the board and members of the public. The folder contained the public notice for this meeting, the Naples Daily News article on the recent IUNC home dedication for the Herrera family, a copy of the CRA presentation that was done at the December Interagency meeting, a copy of the Collier County Opportunity Zones Program, a copy of the Census 2020 job opportunity flyer in Spanish , and the upcoming community events. 2. Public Comment speaker slips CRA staff reiterated the public 3-minute speaker slip policy. The board will give more time if they feel it necessary. 3. CRA Budget & Work Plan workshop Staff announced the plan to have a budget and work plan workshop with both boards the second week of February to go over the budget and work plan to be able to present to Board of County Commissioners in April. The date has been set for February 13th at 10:00 a.m. H. New Business. 1. Census 2020 (Enclosure 7) Ms. Mary Cummings and Mr. Andrew Shaub with Census 2020 addressed the boards with the information on the upcoming Census and the need for workers in this area to get an accurate count. 23.A.3 Packet Pg. 484 Attachment: MSTU Meeting Minutes (Draft) - December 18, 2019 (11482 : Immokalee MSTU Advisory Board - January 22, 2020) Enclosure 1 3 They said that the census only happens every ten years and is the basis of the resources provided by the Federal government to the State and local agencies. It is important that Immokalee have an accurate count for this census. They also said several positions that will be available for Collier County specifically for Immokalee. Anyone looking for a job may apply online. Calls will start in January and jobs will start in the Spring and last through Summer. Workers will be paid by the hour ($17-$24) and can choose the hours that they want to work, they will be reimbursed for mileage at $0.58 per mile, each employee will be issued an iPhone to be able to upload all the information collected so that there are no duplicated houses visited. Census data should be compiled by the end of next year. 2. Governor DeSantis Board Appointments – Application Process (Enclosure 8) Staff provided information on Governor DeSantis Board Appointments, there are two boards for this area. The Governor needs three applicants in order to be able to make his appointment to the boards. One board is the Collier County Housing Authority, the position is a low-income vacancy in Collier County, the other board is for the Immokalee Water and Sewer District. Anyone interested is asked to fill out an application. 3. Housing Update (Enclosure 9) Ms. Dottie Cook presented the boards with a new draft of the Immokalee Disaster Recovery and Resiliency Plan Update. She also provided an aerial map of all the homes that were impacted by hurricane Irma. These homes were either demolished, removed by the owner, fixed or replaced. Many of the homes were replaced by several organizations coming together to help the community. Immokalee Unmet Needs Coalition, Rural Neighborhoods, Mennonite Disaster Service, The Salvation Army, Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, Guadalupe Center, Community Foundation of Collier County, American Red Cross, and Habitat for Humanity were all helpers in many of these homes. The Housing Committee is currently looking for a way to put the vacant lots back to use with homes versus trailers. The challenges in our area concerning housing is that land is not available and even when it is the funding is not, there are lots of funding available, but most are tied to farm working housing versus just housing which is what is needed. The other issue is the impact fees, while some pay minimal when replacing a home other do need to pay when you are switching from a trailer to a home. Commissioner McDaniel suggested that a list of programs be compiled to see how we can best help those individuals looking to get a home and make it available to them. The other thing that is good is that now that the Immokalee Area Master Plan has been approved it is a matter of time before implementation is done and Immokalee will have its own set of building codes which will alleviate some of the issues with building homes in this area. 23.A.3 Packet Pg. 485 Attachment: MSTU Meeting Minutes (Draft) - December 18, 2019 (11482 : Immokalee MSTU Advisory Board - January 22, 2020) Enclosure 1 4 4. Nominations for Chair and Vice-Chair Staff announced that it was time for the boards to nominate Chair and Vice-Chair for the upcoming year. Staff suggested that the By-laws be reviewed as to the position of the Vice-Chair, that the Vice-Chair would become Chair in the subsequent year. If it is not a rule in the By-laws already it could be added and brought up in the April Board of County Commissioners meeting. Nominations for CRA Chair and Vice-Chair began. Ms. Andrea Halman made a nomination to appoint Frank Nappo as Chair. Ms. Yvar Pierre seconded the nomination. Mr. Frank Nappo made a nomination to appoint Anne Goodnight as Vice-Chair. Mr. Frank Leon seconded the nomination. CRA Action: Action: Ms. Andrea Halman made a motion to nominate Frank Nappo as CRA Chair. Ms. Yvar Pierre seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. 4-0. CRA Action: Action: Mr. Frank Nappo made a motion to nominate Anne Goodnight as Vice-Chair. Mr. Frank Leon seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. 4-0. Nominations for MSTU Chair and Vice-Chair began. Ms. Norma Garcia made a nomination to appoint Bernardo Barnhart as Chair. Ms. Andrea Halman seconded the nomination. Ms. Andrea Halman made a nomination to appoint Peter Johnson as Vice-Chair. Mr. Bernardo Barnhart seconded the nomination. MSTU Action: Action: Ms. Norma Garcia made a motion to nominate Bernardo Barnhart as Chair. Ms. Andrea Halman seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. 4-0. MSTU Action: Action: Ms. Andrea Halman made a motion to nominate Peter Johnson as Vice-Chair. Mr. Bernardo Barnhart seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. 4-0. I. CRA Old Business 1. FHERO Grant Award (Enclosure 10) Staff announced that a $22,000 grant had been awarded to Immokalee for Economic Development. A consultant will be here on January 22, 2020 to meet with businesses and individuals t o get feedback on Immokalee. 23.A.3 Packet Pg. 486 Attachment: MSTU Meeting Minutes (Draft) - December 18, 2019 (11482 : Immokalee MSTU Advisory Board - January 22, 2020) Enclosure 1 5 2. CRA Advisory Board Vacancy- Application i. Mark Lemke (Enclosure 11) Staff announced that Mr. Mark Lemke of the Florida Department of Health had completed the application for the position of the CRA Advisory Board. Mr. Lemke introduced himself. CRA Action: Action: Ms. Anne Goodnight made a motion to recommend Mark Lemke to be appointed to the Immokalee Local Redevelopment Advisory Committee. Mr. Frank Leon seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. 5-0. 3. Immokalee Area Master Plan updates Staff announced that the plan was approved at the December 10th, 2019 Board of County Commissioners meeting. Commissioner McDaniel thanked the boards and all the agencies present for all the help and support to finally get this approved. He said that this is the first time that the Immokalee Area Master Plan and the Airport Master Plan are in sync, the Airport Master Plan was also approved at the BCC meeting. Dr. Frank Nappo, CRA Chair, also thanked Commissioner McDaniel for his leadership and the role he played in helping with the Plan and voting to get it approved. 4. Immokalee Stormwater Master Plan Update Staff provided information on a recent site visit and the possible $500,000 grant through Stormwater Recovery for Eden Gardens. Additional money from the federal government will be released and they will be trying to qualify for that money as well. 5. CDBG Sidewalk Project Update Staff updated the boards on the CDBG Sidewalk Project. The 90% plans are in and out for review should be back by December 31st. Should have 100% plan by January and completion date by October 2020 (Enclosure 5). 6. Bridge Replacement – End of 2020 Start Date (Enclosure 12) Staff reviewed with the boards on the Eleven Bridge Replacements Project at 60% plans. 7. Main Street Improvements i. FDOT Project #439002-1 Pedestrian Safety Improvements Staff informed boards of the new traffic light scheduled to be placed at 3rd street along with all new street lights that will be aluminum. The cost came in at half of what was originally thought so a refund from FDOT will be coming in 2020. 8. Monuments – Welcome Signs Staff informed boards of the differences that will be seen when the welcome signs are finished. Renderings and project detail can be seen in the Project Manager’s report (Enclosure 5). 23.A.3 Packet Pg. 487 Attachment: MSTU Meeting Minutes (Draft) - December 18, 2019 (11482 : Immokalee MSTU Advisory Board - January 22, 2020) Enclosure 1 6 9. A & M Property Maintenance i. A&M Monthly Reports (Enclosure 13) Staff reviewed maintenance report with the boards. Staff said that of the issues with the Angels and Wreaths not working being from an issue with the connection cords not the decorations themselves. LCEC did inspect the light poles to make sure the lights had power and were fully functioning. ii. Field Observation Report (Enclosure 14) Staff informed the boards of all the work that had been completed. All the trees have now been trimmed. Zocalo Park has also been cleaned. The only item that has not been done is the mulch but is expected to be completed the first week in January. 10. Holiday Decorations Staff informed boards that with all the issues experienced this holiday season it would be a good idea to do a five-year contract for holiday decorations in the coming year to avoid difficulties. 11. TIGER Grant – Immokalee Complete Streets Staff provided boards updates per CRA Operations Manager report (Enclosure 3). Staff also informed boards that RFP will be sent out to get design. This will be drafted and go out the first quarter of 2020. 12. Code Enforcement Staff presented boards with pictures of the recent demolitions. They thanked everyone who came out and supported Code Enforcement on December 7th, 2019 with the south side cleanup. They were able to fill up nine dumpsters in total. The cleanup was successful due to all the hard work put in by everyone. They even had some help from some teens with the Latter-Day Saints. 13. Face of Immokalee update Staff presented boards with a rendering of the proposed art done by artist, Ms. Michelle Tricca. Staff will bring back more information as it becomes available. 14. FDOT updates Ms. Victoria Peters updated the boards on the success of her partnership with Ciclovia on November 2, 2019. They had over 170 people participate it was mobility week. They were able to supply families with safety vest, reflective armbands, and bicycle lights. Ms. Peters updated the boards on the Gator Slough and SR 29 project. It is ahead of schedule, they will be hosting more meetings with updates and will have project managers available to answer questions. She provided updates on the RSA (Road Safety Audit) that was done on Westclox Street, there will be a report that will come out and she will bring back the information as it becomes available. 23.A.3 Packet Pg. 488 Attachment: MSTU Meeting Minutes (Draft) - December 18, 2019 (11482 : Immokalee MSTU Advisory Board - January 22, 2020) Enclosure 1 7 Ms. Peters told the board that in early Spring there will touch-ups being done to the road stripes on SR 29. There will a standalone project that will provide wildlife shells and crossing for animals as there have been eight panthers killed recently. 15.Office of Business & Economic Development (OBED) No update. 16.Immokalee Culinary Accelerator Mr. Ahmed El with the Immokalee Culinary Accelerator informed the boards that they were approved to get their generator, this would help in the event of any disaster. This would give them an opportunity to be first responders. He also informed the boards that the Guadalupe Food Facility will he hiring a student from iTECH to work in their kitchen. 17.Other Agencies Collier County Schools: Mr. Abel Jaimes and Mr. Juan Medina, addressed the boards questions on student enrollment and migrant enrollment. They have had a drop in migrant enrollment from previous years. While they have had a big jump in single father’s with children this season. However, at the high school level there has been an increase, so the Immokalee High School is adding a more state of the art facility to accommodate for the growth. They are anticipating an increase of 500 students, bringing them at over 1,900 students for the upcoming years. Mr. Jaimes inquired on updates at Panther Pass Pedestrian Crossing Bridge on SR29. Staff is working with school staff and county staff to coordinate getting more paint and getting skilled volunteers’ artist to finish the unpainted areas. Staff will be addressing that in next month’s meeting. They still need letter of support for funding to re-build the bridge when SR 29 gets expanded. Immokalee Water & Sewer: Ms. Norma Garcia informed the boards of the new Executive Director of the Immokalee Water & Sewer District. Her name is Sarah Catala. Immokalee Fire Department: Ms. Anne Goodnight updated the boards that the five million dollars was approved by the State Appropriations Committee to build a new fire station. J.Citizens Comments. No Citizens comments. 23.A.3 Packet Pg. 489 Attachment: MSTU Meeting Minutes (Draft) - December 18, 2019 (11482 : Immokalee MSTU Advisory Board - January 22, 2020) Enclosure 1 8 K.Next Meeting Date. L.Adjournment. CRA will meet on January 15, 2020 at 9:00 A.M. and MSTU will meet on January 22, 2020 at 8:30 A.M. at CareerSource SWFL located at 750 South 5th Street, Immokalee FL. Meeting Adjourned @ 11:09 A.M. 23.A.3 Packet Pg. 490 Attachment: MSTU Meeting Minutes (Draft) - December 18, 2019 (11482 : Immokalee MSTU Advisory Board - January 22, 2020)