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BCC Minutes 08/29/2006 E (Tropical Storm/Hurricane Ernesto) August 29, 2006 EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Naples, FL August 29, 2006 LET IT BE REMEMBERED, that the Board of County Commissioners in and for the County of Collier, and also acting as the Board of Zoning Appeals and 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 1 :00 p.m. in EMERGENCY SESSION in Building "F" of the Government Complex, East Naples, Florida, with the following members present: CHAIRMAN: Frank Halas Jim Coletta (Telephonically) Fred Coyle (Absent) Donna Fiala (Telephonically) Tom Henning ALSO PRESENT: Jim Mudd, County Manager Leo Ochs, Deputy County Manager David Weigel, County Attorney Page 1 -'""-_.._.._-_.."-",.;.._--.,,,,~~.,, COLLIER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ? ~ EMERGENCY AGENDA TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE ERNESTO August 29, 2006 1 :00 p.m. Frank Halas, Chairman, District 2 Jim Coletta, Vice-Chairman, District 5 Tom Henning, Commissioner, District 3 Donna Fiala, Commissioner, District 1 Fred Coyle, Commissioner, District 4 NOTICE: ALL PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK ON ANY AGENDA ITEM MUST REGISTER PRIOR TO SPEAKING. SPEAKERS MUST REGISTER WITH THE COUNTY MANAGER PRIOR TO THE PRESENTATION OF THE AGENDA ITEM TO BE ADDRESSED. COLLIER COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 2004-05, AS AMENDED, REQUIRES THAT ALL LOBBYISTS SHALL, BEFORE ENGAGING IN ANY LOBBYING ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ADDRESSING THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS), REGISTER WITH THE CLERK TO THE BOARD AT THE BOARD MINUTES AND RECORDS DEPARTMENT. REQUESTS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON SUBJECTS WHICH ARE NOT ON THIS AGENDA MUST BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING WITH EXPLANATION TO THE COUNTY MANAGER AT LEAST 13 DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE MEETING AND WILL BE HEARD UNDER "PUBLIC PETITIONS". ANY PERSON WHO DECIDES TO APPEAL A DECISION OF THIS BOARD WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS PERTAINING THERETO, AND THEREFORE MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS IS MADE, WHICH RECORD INCLUDES THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL IS TO BE BASED. ALL REGISTERED PUBLIC SPEAKERS WILL RECEIVE UP TO FIVE (5) MINUTES UNLESS THE TIME IS ADJUSTED BY THE CHAIRMAN. Page 1 August 29, 2006 IF YOU ARE A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY WHO NEEDS ANY ACCOMMODATION IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCEEDING, YOU ARE ENTITLED, AT NO COST TO YOU, TO THE PROVISION OF CERTAIN ASSISTANCE. PLEASE CONTACT THE COLLIER COUNTY FACILITIES MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT LOCATED AT 3301 EAST TAMIAMI TRAIL, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 34112, (239) 774-8380; ASSISTED LISTENING DEVICES FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED ARE A V AILABLE IN THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' OFFICE. 1. Call to Order 2. Updated track information for Tropical Storm/Hurricane Ernesto and its effects on the citizens of Collier County, Florida (Presented by Emergency Management Director, Dan Summers) 3. Adjourn Page 2 August 29, 2006 August 29, 2006 MR. MUDD: Ladies and Gentlemen, if you'd please take your seats. Mr. Chairman, you have a hot mic. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Thank you very much, County Manager. And the Board of County Commissioners is back in session again for another update. This is an emergency meeting and this is an update in regards to what's happening with the Tropical Storm Ernesto. If you'd all rise please for the Pledge of Allegiance. (Pledge of Allegiance was recited in unison.) CHAIRMAN HALAS: This afternoon via telephone we have both Commissioner Fiala and Commissioner Coletta on line. And are you there? COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yes, sir, I am. COMMISSIONER COLETTA: And I'm here also. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Okay. County Attorney, is there anything we have to address prior to going into discussion? MR. WEIGEL: No, I think you're ready to go. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Okay. Yesterday we had to make a motion to make sure that the individuals that were on the phone were also included in this discussion. So do we need to go through that, or is it just assumed that everything is -_ MR. WEIGEL: Well, they are on the record. The protocol actually is without a physical quorum present that you are the chair and they are contributing -- you may call them contributing members of the discussion today. But ultimately you are the chair. And for purposes of record, their participation shall be noted. If there's any motion to be taken, a motion can be made and their statement or positions will be noted. But under the protocol of the ordinance, actually, you are the chair and you are in charge. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Thank you very much. COMMISSIONER HENNING: Mr. Chairman, I make a motion Page 2 August 29, 2006 that we recognize Commissioner Fiala and Commissioner Coletta as participants in this emergency meeting. CHAIRMAN HALAS: I believe it was already clarified by the County Attorney. COMMISSIONER HENNING: Okay. What I heard from the County Attorney is that the chairman can make decisions. And since I see that there's a super majority, then I think that all should be able to participate. CHAIRMAN HALAS: I think we've established that, haven't we, in what you -- the guidance that you gave us? MR. WEIGEL: I did. Now, there is no physical quorum present and so, therefore, under the ordinance that we have concerning emergency management, the chairman is the chair of the meeting, but also he is the one, technically the decision-maker. And the discussion, points or anything else that is added to the record by the other commissioners is appropriate to the record and helps show consensus, but the chairman is the ultimate decision-maker here today. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Thank you very much. COMMISSIONER HENNING: May I ask a question? May I ask a question? CHAIRMAN HALAS: Sure, ask it. COMMISSIONER HENNING: What -- that wasn't clarified. So let's say there's a motion and a second. Can all participate in the motion, or is it just up to the chairman to make those decisions? MR. WEIGEL: As I attempted to indicate, I think it's appropriate for all commissioners participating, whether here physically present or by telephone, to place their statement on the record, which I think is perfectly fine. CHAIRMAN HALAS: At this time I think we've answered the question. We can proceed at this point, okay? County Manager, would you like to give us an update, or do you want me to turn this right over to Dan Summers? Page 3 August 29, 2006 MR. MUDD: Yes, sir, Mr. Summers will come to the podium and give you an update. As you -- just kind of a -- in case you don't get a good lead-in, and he normally does a very good job, yesterday when you looked at this track, the track was coming into Miami, going between Lake Okeechobee and Fort Lauderdale. You'll notice that the track, the official hurricane track now is to the west of Lake Okeechobee and now encompasses a large portion of Collier County in -- with winds that are going to be greater than 58 miles per hour. And that's basically your yellow area that you're looking at on your map. And Mr. Summers will take that through the time step. Today in the audience you also have Superintendent Ray Baker, and you also have Under Sheriff Rambosk and Captain Storrer here from the Sheriffs Department. You also have Mr. Calvert, your stormwater manager -- and I haven't seen Clarence Tears. Is Clarence here? MR. TEARS: I'm here. MR. MUDD: All right, Clarence is here, too -- to give you an update. And more on a distinguished note, Mayor Hamilton is also here from Everglades City to talk about preparedness in his particular city, if the board so desires. Without further ado, Mr. Summers? MR. SUMMERS: Mr. Chairman, Commissioners, and Commissioners by telephone, Dan Summers, director of the Bureau of Emergency Services/Emergency Management Director. Thank you very much for your time today. And as Mr. Mudd said, yesterday and the previous days we were thinking life was pretty good, but it looks like Mother Nature has kind of given the State of Florida yet another test with these continuous changes in the weather pattern. And that's what is our cause for concern today. Page 4 August 29, 2006 If we can go to the graphic and again show you -- we'll show you the circle that we monitor the radius of gale force winds of Tropical Storm Ernesto. I advance it in time. And as you see, at 1 :00 Tuesday, which is the current time, is somewhat of a decision point where these two rings, the distance ring from the closest point of approach from Collier County and the distance of the gale force winds indicate that that's a decision point for us in Collier County for any protective action recommendations, and hence the timing and where we are today. Since the storm has given us a little bit more of a shift, I'll advance the storm on up into Collier County where the yellow ring indicates a potential of 58-mile-per-hour winds or greater. And we now see that somewhat out -- we sort of humorously refer to this as the left lane of 29, as this storm is starting to approach, where we thought it might in fact split the Broward, Dade and Collier line. So we've seen a shift a few degrees to the left and hence some of the protective action recommendations I want to go over with you here shortly. I'll advance the storm. And again, it shows the storm moving forward with about the center of the storm. Although the storm is somewhat flattened on the west side, it does basically take the center of this storm as it's currently predicted -- and again, 29 is a pretty good reference point -- and goes just a few degrees to the east of Lake Okeechobee and then continues on straight to Orlando. So we've had changes in the bow that we were looking at over the last few days with it coming up the peninsula. Now, some good news/bad news. Some of the good news here is that we're maintaining a pretty consistent forward motion from 11 __ anywhere from 10 to 14 miles per hour. That's good. The bad part of this is that the storm doesn't have a lot of symmetry to it. We came up with yet another new weather term, and that was a blob. And it's somewhat of a blob in terms of how it's Page 5 August 29, 2006 going to scatter rainfall around southern Collier and basically the southern peninsula of Florida. So again, we're fluctuating on rain estimates right now. We're going to maintain with the Hurricane Center at six to eight inches of rainfall is possible. And as we continue to remind everyone, we have an unstable atmosphere, so it is not unlikely that a tornado watch or warning would be forthcoming. Let me just show you one other graphic of interest. And again, we're pretty lucky at this point with the current track. And this particular graphic that we have from the Hurricane Center, and as this particular graphic loads, it will run by itself, but we do have an early indication that these storm surge model runs -- and I know it goes very quickly, I can't stop this particular model. But at the worst case right now, we're looking at about a three- foot above mean, and we can tolerate that very well with our storm surge inundation. We just received this storm surge slosh run from the Miami Weather just a few minutes before the briefing started. But basically we're in good shape as it relates to potential for storm surge, and that indeed is good news. Couple of points that I want to go over with you that I'm aware of at this point, and that is, just as a matter of information, we understand Lee County will convene later this afternoon for a consideration of a State of Emergency Declaration. We also know that Lee County is also reviewing the status of its schools. Couple other information bullets that I have for you. We had a very detailed EOC briefing at 10:00 this morning with very good __ literally all agencies present. We spent a great deal of time working on an incident action plan for this afternoon, and I'm going to give you the summary of that in just a few minutes. I think we are very well poised for the next 24 hours with supplies and equipment and manpower, and all of our internal and external agencies are on board. And I really do want to thanki Page 6 August 29, 2006 everybody, from the school board to the municipalities to the public safety agencies and non-profits. Once again, everybody stands up to the plate arm-in-arm and I couldn't be more proud of the cooperation and coordination all across the board. So unfortunately we're getting too much practice, but we've got a great team there. I also want to mention to you one discussion item about C.A. T. buses after I finish my briefing as well, and then a couple of key agencies here I believe would like a moment at the podium. My recommendation to you, and really the purpose of our convening today, is to stress to you and to get your endorsement for what we're terming a voluntary, and I stress voluntary, evacuation of Collier County and the portions of Collier with the greater exposure from Tropical Storm Ernesto. And let me qualify that, please. We're recommending a voluntary evacuation of mobile home residents, homes under blue roof or homes under repair in the areas of Everglades City, Chokoloskee, Goodland and Immokalee. And let me qualify that further. Voluntary evacuation as well for registered special needs individuals in those same areas: Everglades City, Chokoloskee, Goodland and Immokalee. Approximately 69 of those special needs individuals are registered with us. We have identified them geographically . We're making individual calls. Our special needs task force is calling those folks individually to assess their needs and to coordinate individual care or referral for the next 24 hours or so. And again, these might be oxygen dependent or electrically dependent individuals. That is a voluntary evacuation. And the reason we stress voluntary is because our storm surge values are very much within reasonable limits. Had we had a -- had this -- should this elevate to a storm surge event, which we don't think it will, then we would encourage you to go along with a mandatory evacuation. And that coincides with our general policy and that is that we want to hide from Page 7 August 29, 2006 the wind but we want to run from the water. Well, we don't have much water, but we do want to hide from the wind. And for that vulnerable population or those who have properties under repair, we want to offer some shelter services. Collier County Schools, we've been in consultation with them. They in fact had an early dismissal today, which will allow us to use some of their facilities in preparation for sheltering tonight. And they've made a determination to close schools for tomorrow as well, since we do expect these wind conditions to be with us through late morning tomorrow. We're offering the following locations as voluntary evacuation shelters: That's Immokalee High School, Village Oaks Elementary and Palmetto Ridge for both general population and if we have any special needs clients that we can't find alternate safe housing for. The health department and all the other partnering agencies are prepared to support that as a special needs shelter later today. Immokalee Friendship House, we have a mutual aid agreement with Immokalee Friendship House. They have capacity, as well as a standby generator, so they will be engaged in that service delivery as well. We expect to have those shelters set up and ready to go later this afternoon. We'll make a formal announcement when they are in fact open and ready. And in terms of C.A. T. buses, traditionally we've sought your approval to waiver fares on C.A.T. for those who are in need of evacuation, transportation or transportation to a depot or staging area for subsequent bus change to go to an evacuation shelter later today. All of our dialysis patients have been identified and most of those received treatment today. Those folks are in very good shape and so we don't anticipate any problem with some of the other critical transportation services that we provide. Again, I want to make sure that -- I am aware right now and it's our confirmation that there will not be any trash pickup tomorrow. Page 8 August 29, 2006 They will be in the process of closing the landfill, securing the landfill site. That takes a little bit of time. And I understand that we are coordinating with Jennifer Edwards as it pertains to any of the voting sites for early voting. We'll work with her tomorrow and the guidance of the state related to those facilities in terms of reopening. I believe there's a representative here, if not, Sheriff Hunter is here from his staff, that might want to make a few comments, as well as Ray Baker and Mayor Hamilton. I do want to stress to the public one additional remark before I turn the floor back to you, sir, and that is our reminder, 3-1-1 for emergency infor -- general information in Collier County, as well as 774-8444. We want folks in the next 24 hours to avoid any unnecessary driving. We want everyone to shelter in place while we get through this storm event. This is not a sight-seeing opportunity tonight, nor is it tomorrow. And we want everyone to use extreme caution with the use of their generators, as we do expect some periodic hopefully short-term power outages. Reminder not to run your generator in the lanai or in the garage, but to follow those instructions accordingly. So I'll stop with that brief right now and entertain any questions or any other comments from our other key players that are here. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Do we have any questions or comments from the commissioners on the phone? COMMISSIONER FIALA: Not from me. COMMISSIONER COLETTA: Yes, I do, as a matter of fact. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Go ahead, Commissioner Coletta. COMMISSIONER COLETTA: Yes. Mr. Summers, if you would, please, in Immokalee is there provisions being made to be able to bus the people from mobile home parks to shelters when that need does come? And also, is the Sheriffs Department going to participate? MR. SUMMERS: Sir, we are -- your question is very good in Page 9 August 29, 2006 terms of additional transportation needs that are made. We're going to make sure that that announcement gets firmly broadcasted on the Spanish-speaking stations in that area. Our transportation element will continue to assess that all afternoon and evening. We do expect everyone to have reasonable travel conditions up until about 8:00 tonight. After that, conditions are such that we'll continue to monitor those cases on a -- or those situations, rather, on a case-by-case basis. So we will absolutely go back and reevaluate our need to run routes in that area this afternoon. COMMISSIONER COLETTA: I appreciate that. And also, too, the generator situation at the coalition for Immokalee workers to be able to use their FM radio to reach out? MR. SUMMERS: Sir, that's correct. We have not received any formal request from them. Our first line of responsibility with them is to see if they find anything in the private sector for that. And in the absence of that sector, in terms of emergency communications we do have a portable generator that we could loan them for the short period. COMMISSIONER COLETTA: Yeah, I take it that somebody will check with them to make sure that that's covered. Because if the other radio stations do what they did before in the Immokalee station, abandon their post, they're the only way to be able to reach the Spanish-speaking population. MR. SUMMERS: Yes, sir, we'll make sure we validate that this afternoon. COMMISSIONER COLETTA: I appreciate that. CHAIRMAN HALAS: If you do have evacuation of people from Immokalee, where were you going to shelter them at, most of those people in mobile homes? MR. SUMMERS: Again, this is not mandatory, this is voluntary. And again, this is -- we're looking at this much like we did after one of the storms of the heat refuge. This is a wind refuge, and ample time to get there this afternoon. Page 10 August 29, 2006 That's Immokalee High School will be the primary location. Immokalee Friendship House has capability and resources, as well as Village Oaks, Palmetto Ridge for general population, as well as special needs, should that become necessary. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Okay. Any other questions? (No response.) CHAIRMAN HALAS: I've got one additional one. What do you determine will be the wind velocity through the morning hours? MR. SUMMERS: Sir, again we've been all over with the Weather Service on particular wind velocity. We're going to go ahead and maintain a potential for 65, or gusts to 65. And we hope it's only gusts and not sustained to 65. But we do suspect we might run into sustained periods greater than 45. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Okay. Are there any other questions? (N 0 response.) MR. MUDD: Mr. Summers, do you need a motion to waive C.A.T. bus fees for those folks that are going to use C.A.T. facilities to go to the shelter? I believe we're going to need a motion for that, sir. MR. SUMMERS: That would be my preference, please. RESOLUTION 2006-205 : WAIVING CAT FEES FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED TO EV ACUA TE TO SHELTERS DUE TO ERNESTO -ADOPTED CHAIRMAN HALAS: Do I -- I entertain a motion in regards to waiving C.A. T. fees. And help us with the time line this is going to be. MR. SUMMERS: We're going to work this from approximately 2:00 on until dusk tonight, until it's safe to transport or safe for our vehicles to move. CHAIRMAN HALAS: What about a return trip? MR. SUMMERS: Return trip, that's your discretion, sir. Page 11 August 29, 2006 CHAIRMAN HALAS: Okay. COMMISSIONER HENNING: Mr. Chairman, I make a motion that we waive the C.A. T. fee buses for the residents in need to get to shelter and after the event to get back to their -- their residence. COMMISSIONER FIALA: I'll second the motion. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Okay, we have a motion on the floor. COMMISSIONER COLETTA: I'll second it. CHAIRMAN HALAS: I'm sorry? COMMISSIONER COLETTA: I'll be happy to second it. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Commissioner Fiala already beat you to it. COMMISSIONER COLETTA: Forgive me. I couldn't hear it. CHAIRMAN HALAS: I'm sorry. We have a motion on the floor by Commissioner Henning in regards to waiving C.A. T. bus fees, both going and coming from the shelters. And it was seconded by Commissioner Fiala. COMMISSIONER HENNING: Clarification. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Any further discussion? If not, I'll call __ COMMISSIONER HENNING: Clarification. That was for people who need to evacuate. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Exactly. Got that on the -- okay. Any other discussion? (No response.) CHAIRMAN HALAS: Ifnot, all those in favor, signify by saYIng aye. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Aye. COMMISSIONER COLETTA: Aye. COMMISSIONER HENNING: Aye. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Opposed by like sign. (No response.) CHAIRMAN HALAS: Motion carries. Page 12 ,___"__,.""."."~...o"..,_._.~_,,,_,._,o,.,,."__,__,~"'""_~~~"_'__'_'_A_'" August 29, 2006 COMMISSIONER HENNING: Mr. Chairman, I also make a motion that the Board of Commissioners of Collier County recommend a voluntary evacuation for people in mobile homes, blue roofs or homes or shelters under construction. MR. SUMMERS: Under repair. COMMISSIONER HENNING: Under repair. And that was in all of Collier County? MR. SUMMERS: No, sir, we're focusing in on -- and we wouldn't prohibit anyone, but we're zooming in on Everglades City, Chokoloskee, Goodland and Immokalee, as well as Everglades City. COMMISSIONER HENNING: And that's part of my motion. COMMISSIONER COLETTA: And I'll second that motion. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Okay, motion on the floor in regards to providing shelter for people who have got problems with mobile homes or are still working through the problems with Hurricane Wilma with blue roofs. All those in favor, signify by saying aye. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Aye. COMMISSIONER COLETTA: Aye. COMMISSIONER HENNING: Aye. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Opposed by like sign. (No response.) CHAIRMAN HALAS: Motion carries. MR. SUMMERS: Thank you, Commissioner. Just a few other general announcements. Let me restate, make sure that we're clear on the trash pickup for tomorrow. We know those cans could potentially be missiles tomorrow, as well as landfill operations being secured as soon as possible. I may also mention here to see if there are any comments from Mayor Hamilton, the Sheriff and Superintendent Ray Baker, and I'll offer that back to you, sir. Page 13 August 29, 2006 CHAIRMAN HALAS: We'll start off with the Sheriffs Department and then we'll go with the Mayor of Everglades City, Mayor Hamilton. MR. RAMBOSK: Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman. Kevin Rambosk, Under Sheriff with the Collier County Sheriffs Office. First we would like to concur with Mr. Summers that we had a very good meeting this morning. I want to reinforce a very sound and comprehensive plan that has been put together by Emergency Management. And I think the community should feel very comfortable with where we are so far. Particularly with regard to law enforcement, we wanted to let everyone know that we are standing up our command center. We will be modifying our shift schedules. That will allow for more proactive patrol in those areas and at those times during the evening hours that are necessary. We will be covering shelter security, and obviously we'll be focusing on those areas of the county that may receive more active storm addressed than other areas at this point in time. We want to remind everyone that emergency response should be requested through 9-1-1. And if for some reason that system goes down, we have alternative sites that we will put up throughout the county to allow for that to occur. F or those people who may need assistance, we ask that they call early. And there could come a point in time throughout the evening where winds get to the point where there will be no response. So if there is a question, a concern that we can assist with, please get to us earlier than that. As a reminder from yesterday, the Sheriff mentioned that we should really restrict pedestrian vehicular traffic, particularly in those early morning hours when we take our people off the road. We are not going to describe how and when we do that, but we reassure the public that we will be out there. Page 14 August 29, 2006 But we are asking the public, unless they need to be out there, and they really shouldn't need to be out there at that hour of the morning, that they don't be out there at that hour in the morning. To respond to Mr. Coletta's concern, we will assist as needed or requested, Mr. Coletta, on any transportation or evacuation needs in the Immokalee area. And any questions from the commission or staff? CHAIRMAN HALAS: Are there any questions from the commissioners that are on the phone at the present time? COMMISSIONER FIALA: None from me. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Okay, Commissioner Coletta? COMMISSIONER COLETTA: None here. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Thank you very much, Sheriff. Mayor, do you have any comments? MR. HAMILTON: Not now, sir. Thank you, though. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Anybody from the school board? MR. MUDD: Superintendent Baker? MR. BAKER: Good afternoon. I wanted to commend the County Manager, as well as Mr. Summers for their communication in working with us, planning with us. We've already notified all of our schools, as well as issued a press release in regard to school closing for tomorrow, as well as this evening. We will continue to provide child care in those programs that do that at our elementary schools. And we will cancel adult education classes as well. We are ready to open additional shelters, as well as provide transportation services as needed. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Okay, thank you very much. Any other discussions? Commissioner Henning? COMMISSIONER HENNING: Is the general government going to be open tomorrow morning? Page 15 August 29, 2006 MR. MUDD: That's what I need to talk to you about. Mr. Summers, I'd ask you to play the National Hurricane model one more time. Because he stopped at 8:00 a.m. on the 30th. Let's talk about where the yellow bands come into Collier County in the south first, okay? So we're going to start seeing yellow bands which are greater than 58-mile-per-hour winds come in the southern part of Collier County at around 3 :00 a.m. in the morning. Mr. Summers, if you could move forward. Okay, stop. Come up one more. Well, we're basically centered around Immokalee at around 8:00. Keep going. And they clear out of Collier County at around 11 :00 a.m. And then the blue bands come out right around noon, 1 :00 p.m. Commissioners, I'd like to have the authority, if that's exactly what we see at 5 :00 tonight, it's moving a little bit, okay, as far as things are coming and some people are going to the left, some people are going to the right. But if the majority of that yellow blob, so to speak, in the model is sitting in the middle of Collier County in the morning hours between 8:00 and 11 :00, like we just saw on this run, at 5:00 tonight if I still see the same thing, I'd like to have the board's permission to basically declare tomorrow morning for non-emergen __ or for those people that aren't designated for emergency services in the county, that they basically stay home until -- and then we'll start our workday at 1 :00 p.m. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Sounds good to me. COMMISSIONER HENNING: County manager, I think you call that the two step. Left, right. But anyways, Sue Filson, do you see any need to have the County Commissioners' office open during the morning event? MS. FILSON: No, sir. COMMISSIONER HENNING: Okay. Well, I'm going to make a motion that we close the County Commissioner Office for those Page 16 August 29, 2006 employees that take proper shelter and also attend to their families. COMMISSIONER FIALA: I'll second that motion. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Okay, we have a motion on the floor __ COMMISSIONER COLETTA: If I could, I'd like to discuss that just a little. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Sure. COMMISSIONER COLETTA: Yeah, I'm just a little leery about automatically closing the County Commissioners' Office, so that formal government can just more or less disappear. Couldn't we have it as -- put it on like a skeleton crew, possibly one person might be able to maintain the office, just to be able to take any telephone calls that come in, maybe redirect -- CHAIRMAN HALAS: I think we do that-- COMMISSIONER COLETTA: -- not hurricane related, but it might be an emergency? I just -- that's my only concern. I do want those people who have kids or have extraordinary needs that if they have to stay home to be able to do so. But if we have one person to maintain the office, I'd almost like to see them there to be able to take care of whatever may come down. CHAIRMAN HALAS : Well, I think that was under the assumption that Ms. Filson would be there, that she would be one of the people that would probably be there in case there was any emergencies that needed to be directed. COMMISSIONER COLETTA: In that case, I don't have a problem. Just as long as we have -- the general public has the ability to be able to contact the commissioner office. COMMISSIONER HENNING: We'll give them your cell phone number. COMMISSIONER COLETTA: Well, ifit comes to that, fine. We'll give them every commissioner's cell phone number. CHAIRMAN HALAS: I think we've got it covered, Page 1 7 August 29, 2006 Commissioner. I believe that we'll just have -- since she's one of the essential personnel; I believe that Ms. Filson can probably cover those duties, okay? Any other discussion? COMMISSIONER COLETTA: Thank you very much. COMMISSIONER HENNING: There's a motion on the floor and a second. CHAIRMAN HALAS: I know there is. There's a motion on the floor that we're going to close the County Commission Office, other than the fact that Ms. Filson will be there as one of the essential personnel to take any emergency calls on the Board of County Commissioners. And I believe we have a second by Commissioner Fiala. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yes. CHAIRMAN HALAS: All those in favor, signify by saying aye. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Aye. COMMISSIONER COLETTA: Aye. COMMISSIONER HENNING: Aye. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Opposed by like sign. (No response.) CHAIRMAN HALAS: Okay, motion carries. MR. MUDD: Commissioner, can I get the board's permission to make that call after we get the 5:00 National Hurricane prediction? CHAIRMAN HALAS: I'll make that motion. Do we have a second? COMMISSIONER HENNING: Yeah, I'll second that we give the County Manager latitude to see fit whether to close certain operations. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Any further discussion? COMMISSIONER COLETTA: The only thing I'd like to see is that whatever the county manager is going to do, that they have Page 18 August 29, 2006 someone call or notify us of what's taking place. CHAIRMAN HALAS: I'm sure that will be -- that's in the motion. Would you put that in the motion, sir? COMMISSIONER HENNING: Sure, I'll second that. CHAIRMAN HALAS: All in favor signify by saying aye. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Aye. COMMISSIONER COLETTA: Aye. COMMISSIONER HENNING: Aye. Any other discussion? MR. MUDD: Commissioner, just to state one more time, there will be no trash pickup tomorrow in Collier County. The landfill operation will start buttoning down this evening, and it will stay closed until 1 :00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon and then we'll open it back up again. Because there are other people that use the landfill outside of the curbside collection contractor. So just to be very specific about those hours for the board. I don't think we missed anything, Mr. Summers? COMMISSIONER FIALA: Jim? Jim Mudd? MR. MUDD: Yes, ma'am. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Just wondering. Now, if indeed we do have quite a storm and a lot of rain and so forth, even though it will have passed by 1 :00, as far as the landfill goes, do we really need to open it back up ifnobody is collecting anything during the storm? MR. MUDD: Ma'am, there's a lot of waste haulers in the county outside of like Waste Management in district one, and Immokalee disposal in district two that use that landfill. And if we do have a large debris fall, you get a lot of -- COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, okay. MR. MUDD: --landscapers that want to use it. So I think it's prudent that we open her back up around 1 :00 p.m. It's situational dependent. But right now from what we know, that around 1 :00 p.m. Page 19 August 29, 2006 we open it back up again in case those folks need it and they have a place to put their debris. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Okay, thank you. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Any further discussion? Commissioner Coletta, do you have anything to offer? COMMISSIONER COLETTA: No, you covered it very well, thank you. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Is there anything else we need to discuss? MR. SUMMERS: Commissioner, yes. Dan Summers. Just a couple of little announcements. We're honored to have with us Lieutenant Rodriguez from the Florida National Guard is here with us as a liaison officer, we have him here. Ken Stevens is also with us from State Emergency Response Team as well, so we have a guard and a state -- CHAIRMAN HALAS: Would these two gentlemen-- MR. SUMMERS: -- representative. CHAIRMAN HALAS: -- people stand up to be recognized. MR. SUMMERS: Both of those folks are with us today as part of this deployment. We welcome them. And also, our tourism folks advised us we have ample hotel rooms in Collier County right now, approximately 3,000 available for tonight and tomorrow. So that in itself would provide an alternate resource for many, many folks who might have some concern about tonight, to come farther inland and to have a change of venue tonight for the storm. So that certainly is a big asset. And thanks to our tourism folks for assessing that information for us. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Can I comment there? We heard that last night on television on the Weather Channel. I guess they were saying that the people over in Miami and Fort Lauderdale, that they can move to the Naples area because there were 3,000 rooms available. Page 20 August 29, 2006 MR. SUMMERS: That's all I have. MR. MUDD: Mr. Chairman, the Conservancy political debate tonight at 6:00 p.m. in this chamber is still on. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Okay, any other discussion? (No response.) CHAIRMAN HALAS: If not, we are adjourned. ***** There being no further business for the good of the County, the meeting was adjourned by order of the Chair at 1 :34 p.m. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS/EX OFFICIO GOVERNING BOARD(S) OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS UNDER ITS CONTROL .~~ FRANK HALAS, Chairman ATTEST:~' ' DWIGHT'E,. J3ROCK, CLERK llit- (\111 ~ t u4\UL (}C. . . Attest .. to ~ trwu I 11"'lturtOll~ These minutes app)Oved by the Board on as presented -/ or as corrected q -6lc- D to , TRANSCRIPT PREPARED ON BEHALF OF GREGORY COURT REPORTING SERVICE, INC. BY CHERI:g' NOTTINGHAM. Page 21 August 29, 2006 That's Immokalee High School will be the primary location. Immokalee Friendship House has capability and resources, as well as Village Oaks, Palmetto Ridge for general population, as well as special needs, should that become necessary. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Okay. Any other questions? (N 0 response.) CHAIRMAN HALAS: I've got one additional one. What do you determine will be the wind velocity through the morning hours? MR. SUMMERS: Sir, again we've been all over with the Weather Service on particular wind velocity . We're going to go ahead and maintain a potential for 65, or gusts to 65. And we hope it's only gusts and not sustained to 65. But we do suspect we might run into sustained periods greater than 45. CHAIRMAN HALAS: Okay. Are there any other questions? (N 0 response.) MR. MUDD: Mr. Summers, do you need a motion to waive C.A.T. bus fees for those folks that are going to use C.A.T. facilities to go to the shelter? I believe we're going to need a motion for that, sir. MR. SUMMERS: That would be my preference, please. RESOLUTION 2006-205: WAIVING CAT FEES FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED TO EVACUATE TO SHELTERS DUE TO ERNESTO -ADOPTED CHAIRMAN HALAS: Do I -- I entertain a motion in regards to waiving C.A.T. fees. And help us with the time line this is going to be. MR. SUMMERS: We're going to work this from approximately 2:00 on until dusk tonight, until it's safe to transport or safe for our vehicles to move. CHAIRMAN HALAS: What about a return trip? MR. SUMMERS: Return trip, that's your discretion, sir. Page 11