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BCC Minutes 09/03/2020 PBSDSeptember 3, 2020 Page 1 TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Naples, Florida, September 3, 2020 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 6:00 p.m., in Pelican Bay Services Division BUDGET SESSION in Building "F" of the Government Complex, East Naples, Florida, with the following members present: CHAIRMAN: Burt L. Saunders Andy Solis William L. McDaniel, Jr. Donna Fiala Penny Taylor ALSO PRESENT: Leo Ochs, County Manager Nick Casalanguida, Deputy County Manager Mark Isackson, Corporate Financial & Mgmt. Svc. Director Jeffrey A. Klatzkow, County Attorney Page 1 September 3, 2020 COLLIER COUNTY Board of County Commissioners Community Redevelopment Agency Board (CRAB) Airport Authority PELICAN BAY BUDGET AGENDA Board of County Commission Chambers Collier County Government Center 3299 Tamiami Trail East, 3rd Floor Naples, FL 34112 September 3, 2020 5:05 PM Commissioner Burt Saunders, District 3 – Chair Commissioner Andy Solis, District 2 – Vice-Chair Commissioner Donna Fiala, District 1 - CRAB Co-Chair Commissioner Penny Taylor, District 4 Commissioner William McDaniel, Jr., Dist. 5 – CRAB Co-Chair NOTICE: ALL PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS MUST REGISTER PRIOR TO SPEAKING. ANY PERSON WHO DECIDES TO APPEAL A DECISION OF THIS BOARD WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDING PERTAINING THERETO, AND THEREFORE MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDING IS MADE, WHICH RECORD INCLUDES TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL IS TO BE BASED. ALL REGISTERED SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE (3) MINUTES UNLESS THE TIME IS ADJUSTED BY THE CHAIRMAN. IF YOU ARE A PERSON WITH A DISA BILITY WHO NEEDS ANY ACCOMMODATION IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCEEDING, Page 2 September 3, 2020 YOU ARE ENTITLED, AT NO COST TO YOU, THE PROVISION OF CERTAIN ASSISTANCE. PLEASE CONTACT THE COLLIER COUNTY FACILITIES MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT LOCATED AT 3335 EAST TAMIAMI TRAIL, SUITE 1, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 34112-5356, (239) 252-8380; ASSISTED LISTENING DEVICES FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED ARE AVAILABLE IN THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ OFFICE. 1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 2. ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING – Pelican Bay Services Division Budget Hearing A. Executive Summary – Fiscal Year 2020 Pelican Bay Services Division Budget Presented by Neil Dorrill B. Public Comment None C. Resolution Approving the Special Assessment Roll and Levying the Special Assessment against the Benefited Properties within the Pelican Bay Municipal Service Taxing and Benefit Unit. Resolution 2020-135 Adopted - 5/0 3. Adjourn - Consensus September 3, 2020 Page 2 CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Ladies and gentlemen, the meeting of the Commission will please come to order. We're dealing with the first of two evening budget hearings. Our discussion will be limited to the budget and no other topics. And with that, I'm going to turn this over to Mr. Ochs. Mr. Ochs, I left my budget book in the office, so I'm going to step out and get it while you're doing your -- COMMISSIONER SOLIS: I'll get Angela. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Oh, okay. Perfect. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: I did the same. MR. OCHS: Very good. Thank you, Commissioners. I'll go ahead and turn this to Mr. Isackson. He'll take us through tonight's agenda. Mark? MR. ISACKSON: Thank you, County Manager Ochs. Item #2A FISCAL YEAR 2020 PELICAN BAY SERVICES DIVISION BUDGET – PRESENTED BY NEIL DORRILL MR. ISACKSON: Commissioners, your first item on the docket is discussion of the Pelican Bay budget as well as a resolution which establishes the assessment and the spreading of the assessment roll for Pelican Bay. I will note that Pelican Bay is a $15 million budget; 9 of which is operating, 5 of which is capital. And their overall assessment, Neil, you'll correct me, but I think you're a little bit below where we were last year, if I'm not mistaken. But I'll turn it over to Mr. Dorrill. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Let me ask a quick question before Mr. Dorrill starts. My recollection is that only have one hearing in reference to this budget, so what we do tonight is the final September 3, 2020 Page 3 decision on this. MR. ISACKSON: That's correct. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Everything else we have a second budget hearing, so I just want the audience to know that this is the final vote on this particular item. Mr. Dorrill. MR. DORRILL: Good evening, Commissioners. And the principal reason for that is the Pelican Bay Service Division's primary source of revenue is a non-ad valorem special assessment that is uniformly applied against all of the benefiting properties in the community. This budget comes to you with a unanimous vote of approval prior to your workshops from your advisory board that represents both the commercial interest in the community as well as the residential interest. The budget director is correct, through hard work on their part, we have a decrease of $81.09 in the operating and maintenance portion of this assessment next year. We do have an increase in the capital assessment. This community has an ambitious capital improvement schedule for the foreseeable future, primarily involving sidewalks. You may recall a pretty innovative effort on your part last year to provide a contribution in aid of construction of those sidewalks but for which the community will be responsible for the total cost of the construction and the perpetual maintenance of the pathways and the sidewalks in the community. I won't belabor that any further to tell you, though, the reality of the COVID virus in this case, we have a series of committees under the advisory board, and our budget committee, which is also chaired by the chairman, had made one change from the workshop that you saw. It does not affect the total budget. It does not affect the total numbers on the capital side, but there is a desire on their part, in lieu September 3, 2020 Page 4 of borrowing money, to use existing cash fund balances to offset Phase 1 of the sidewalk construction. Those plans are complete. The estimated cost of that is $600,000. And also, the replacement of a 40-year-old maintenance and operations building, and we're going to pay cash for that, again, in lieu of incurring debt. The community has some serious interest, though, in incurring some debt to address lake bank erosion and accelerated matters pertaining to the restoration of the lake and the drainage system that are there, and those conversations will be held in the next fiscal year. But those associated transfers were discussed. We haven't had committee meetings in months, but they were discussed and presented by our chairman at their last advisory board meeting that occurred about three weeks ago. So, at the appropriate time, the motion should be to adopt the budget and to also adopt the associated resolution levying both the special assessment roll and levying the special assessment against those benefited properties and authorize the Chairman to execute the resolution. I'd be happy to answer any questions. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. Any questions or comments from the Commission? (No response.) CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We may have a -- do we have any registered speakers? I know we have some on the budget. MR. CASALANGUIDA: I can confirm you have four registered speakers for the budget, but they haven't said if it's about Pelican Bay. I'm assuming they're not after speaking to them. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We'll go ahead and entertain the motion on this. If one of the four speakers want to talk on this topic, let us know. I would assume it's mostly on the main budget. September 3, 2020 Page 5 Item #2B PUBLIC COMMENT MR. OCHS: Mr. Chairman, I suggest maybe we just call those four names quickly and they indicate whether they want to speak about this Pelican Bay budget, or their comments are reserved to the larger county budget. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. Good suggestion. MR. CASALANGUIDA: Sir, I've got them. It's Melissa Alamo. Here. Not for the Pelican Bay? Okay. Tharina Oris? MS. ORIS: Mine is not for Pelican Bay. MR. CASALANGUIDA: Okay. Michelle McCormick? MS. McCORMICK: No. MR. CASALANGUIDA: No. And Brad Estes? MR. ESTES: (Shakes head.) MR. CASALANGUIDA: So, no, sir, none of them are for Pelican Bay, sir. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: I bet Mr. Estes wants to talk about the floods. All right. So we've heard the presentation from Mr. Dorrill. Item #2C RESOLUTION 2020-135: PELICAN BAY SERVICES DIVISION BUDGET AND A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLL AND LEVYING THE SPECIAL September 3, 2020 Page 6 ASSESSMENT AGAINST THE BENEFITED PROPERTIES WITHIN THE PELICAN BAY NUMICIPAL SERVICE TAXING AND BENEFIT UNIT – ADOPTED COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: I make a motion to approve the budget as stated. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: And I'll second that. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. We have a motion and second. Mr. Dorrill, is that -- the motion satisfactory? MR. DORRILL: Yes, sir. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. Any discussion on the motion? (No response.) CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All in favor, signify by saying aye. COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Aye. COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All opposed? (No response.) CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: That passes unanimously. Thank you. MR. DORRILL: Thank you. On a purely personal level, Commissioner Fiala, on behalf of the people in Pelican Bay, we want to thank you, Madam, for your poise and your grace. This is probably the last official time that I will see you on their behalf. But thank you very much for your service and commitment to the community. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, thank you so much for saying September 3, 2020 that. MR. DORRILL: You're a sweet lady. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Thank you, Mr. Dorrill. And that's one -- that comment, Mr. Dorrill, about the Donna Fiala being a sweet lady, I think all five of us can agree to that. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Amen. MR. OCHS: Amen. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Including Commissioner Fiala. ***** There being no further business for the good of the County, the Pelican Bay Services Division Budget has concluded. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS/EX OFFICIO GOVERNING BOARD(S) OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS UNDER ITS CONTROL Agyte4e.A.4- BURT SAUNDERS, CHAIRMAN ATTEST CRYSTAL K. KINZEL, CLERK 'dJ1y,;� hV � : cc. ifA as fio640,-\,) These minutes approved by the Board onclop-MO-ell Z-7;r, 2si.' , as presented V,/ or as corrected Page 7