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Bayshore Gateway CRA Minutes 07/09/20205.A.3 ` A 1 Bayshore Gateway Triangle CRA •Bayshore Beautification MSTU Haldeman Creek MSTU Agenda item 3a— July 9, 2020 Meeting Minutes BAYSHOREIGATEWAY TRIANGLE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT LOCAL ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES OF THE JULY 9, 2020 MEETING The meeting of the Bayshore/Gateway Triangle Community Redevelopment Advisory Board was called to order by Chairman, Maurice Gutierrez at 6:00 p.m. I. Roll Call. Advisory Board Members Present: Maurice Gutierrez, Dwight Oakley; Steve Main, Al Schantzen, Camille Kielty, Karen Beatty, Steve Rigsbee and Larry Ingram. Michael Sherman had an excused absence. CRA Staff Present: Debrah Forester, CRA Director; Tami Scott, Project Manager, Ellen Summers, Principal Redevelopment Specialist, and Shirley Garcia, Operations Coordinator. II. Adoption of Agenda: CRA Director Debrah Forester added 6g. Sabal Bay Neighborhood Information Meeting (NIM), Steve Main made a motion to adopt the agenda as amended, Steve Rigsbee seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously. III. Approval of Minutes: Camille Kielty made a motion to approve the minutes, Steve Main seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously. IV. CommunityBusiness - Presentations V. Old Business: a. 2664 Francis Ave - Ms. Forester went over ROOF's proposal discussed at the last meeting and the Executive Summary that was done when the property was purchased, which included three potential uses for purchasing the lot: stormwater, infill residential, or a park. Robert Wiley from the Capital Project Planning Division provided an overview of the stormwater needs and requested to maintain this lot for County stormwater needs. Wiley noted additional land would also be needed and this would be a long-term solution to stormwater and drainage improvements in the area by increasing the size of the existing pond. Camille Kielty asked if there was an advantage to look at a different lot to donate to the Capital Project Planning Division, Mr. Wiley said there was very little vertical room in the Gateway Triangle and it would be difficult to look at other options. I. ROOF Project- Sheryl Sokup provided an overview of her proposal and timeline. ROOF has received the full grant funding to build the home for their clients with disabilities, but they need to site control within 90 days of receipt of the funds. If they do not get the property now, they may not have time to find another lot and they may lose the grant funds. Maurice Gutierrez wanted to say that they did not realize at the last meeting that the stormwater department could use the lot on Francis, but if the CRA could assist with helping ROOF to purchase a lot he would like to go that Packet Pg. 171 5.A.3 l/2er�v�, viv ��O�yw Bayshore Gateway Triangle CRA .Bayshore Beautification MSTU Haldeman Creek MSTU direction. Karen Beatty agreed they should try and assist the ROOF group with some sort of funding to purchase a lot within the CRA District. Ms. Sokup stated they did look up the flood zone and they were still willing to do their due diligence on the property, but they cannot move forward without a commitment on the land. She wanted to reiterate the great need for housing for people with disabilities. If the Board was unable to provide the land, Ms. Sokup requested the CRA consider some other type of assistance to help them buy a property in the area which would be appreciated. 1Q. Stormwater —Mr. Wiley went over some of the important reasons why the CRA should transferring the Francis lot into the County Stormwaters inventory which would allow as that division to start looking at a long- range plan for that piece of property. Mr. Wiley read the minutes from the last meeting and one of the discussions pertained to the FEMA Flood Elevation on Francis Avenue. . Mr. Wiley explained the requirement to build up on that lot if someone is interested in building a single-family residence. The Flood Zone is Elevation 8, according to the NAVD, located within a coastal surge zone, not just rainfall. The ground elevation is about 4 '/2 ft right now and according to the Florida Building Code the floor elevation needs to be about 9 feet. Therefore, the finished floor would need to be raised about 4 '/2 ft plus 1 above the existing ground level. Camille Kielty had asked if ROOF knew about that when they submitted their proposal. Ms. Forester had asked if the maximum allowable fill was 3 ft. and Mr. Wiley said if you met your maximum allowable fill someone would have to do a stem wall to meet the standards. Al Schantzen suggested that the Board consider selling it on the open market to offset some of the money spent on this property. Mr. Schantzen also asked who will star paying for the maintenance costs if the CRA gives it to Stormwater.. Mr. Wiley stated if the CRA transferred the property they would pick up the maintenance costs since Road Maintenance maintains the stormwater pond right now and it is an extension to the pond. Maurice Gutierrez mentioned that the Francis Ave lot has always been low lying and prone to flooding for years and that may be an issue to build on. Karen Beatty wanted to see if they could make a motion to approve some sort of Grant to help ROOF purchase a property. Maurice Gutierrez wanted some sort of language in the motion to assist ROOF with purchasing property. Ms. Forester suggested making 2 separate motions on this item, one of which could be language related providing grant assistance and the other related to the property. Ms. Forester suggested that the Stormwater Subcommittee needs to meet again and identify their priorities. Al Schantzen made a motion to give the Packet Pg. 2 Bayshore Gateway Triangle CRA .Bayshore Beautification MSTU Haldeman Creek MSTU property to the Stormwater Department, set up a plan of action to expand the pond and have them take maintenance responsibility of the property and if they do not follow through it will revert back to the CRA prior to the CRA sunsetting. Motion was seconded by Karen Beatty. Passed Unanimously. Karen Beatty asked if there was a way to spread the word around to ask for donations of land, or a reduction of price on any land currently for sale to assist ROOF. Ms. Sokup said if that could be done, they could provide some sort of tax assistance for donated property or property sold for less than the market value. If necessary, Ms. Forester said a special meeting could be held to assist ROOF and their project if a recommendation from the Board was needed. b. Public Arts Master Plan- Ms. Forester provided an update for the Arts Master Plan: staff is working on a draft plan and will bring it back to the Board at the October meeting. The percentage of the development and they are looking at 2% of the cost and create a special fund in the budget for art. C. Stormwater Update — Ms. Forester asked if Jeepers Drive is one of the prioritized streets due to the flooding this year. Mr. Wiley went over Jeepers Drive stormwater issues related to the small lots, old drainage and the building of bigger houses. Mr. Wiley discussed incorporating drainage into Lake Kelly on the 17 acre lot and start to address the issue now with improving the pipes, before improvements on the 17 acres are started. If the CRA Board makes these changes now it will improve all future developments in the long run. Ms. Forester suggested the Stormwater Subcommittee meet to determine an action plan and bring it back to the Advisory Board for recommendation. d. CRA Parking Lot- Tami Scott went over the bids they received, the lowest was $480,000, the next was $519,000 and $550,000. The Purchasing Department is working on the contract and staff is anticipating taking the contract to the Board of County Commissioners in October. e. Transit Survey Coasters — Fall Kick Off -- Ms. Forester reminded everyone on the status of the coasters for the survey on the shuttle bus for Bayshore, we should be sending it out in the fall. f. Neighborhood Informational Meeting- Camden Landings NIM is on July 20 @ 5:30pm staff sent it out on an email blast list. g. Neighborhood Informational Meeting — Sabal Bay NIM is on July 16 @ 5:30pm. This was also sent out in the email blast. VI. New Business-, a. Regulatory Changes Updates — Laura DeJohn, Johnson Engineering - Laura DeJohn was introduced and went over the proposed regulatory changes being drafted and indicated staff is requesting feedback on the draft changes. Tonight, the focus is on limiting the heavy commercial which is mentioned in the Redevelopment Plan. Ms. DeJohn went over some of the Packet Pg. 173 Bayshore Gateway Triangle CRA •Bayshore Beautification MSTU Haldeman Creek MSTU development criteria being proposed to assist in improving the visual appearance of these uses. Maurice Gutierrez brought up an issue with the marina on a residential street and how this will assist the neighborhood in the future. Ms. DeJohn provided the section in the Redevelopment Plan that called out how the LDC should be amended to limit heavy Commercial, Manufacturing, Warehouse and Storage Facilities. The strategy is to limit the heavier commercial uses in the triangle and residential streets through development standards. Karen Beatty agreed that this is a great way to bring in more mom and pop type of retail shops and stores and artists studios. Maurice Gutierrez agreed this is the reason why they needed to purchase the Del's property to ensure what will be built on that corner of Bayshore and Thomasson Drive. There were some concerns raised regarding prohibiting self -storage facilities. Ms. DeJohn will bring back a draft of the regulatory changes when it's done with all the comments from the advisory board. b. Gateway Triangle Neighborhood Focus- Ms. Forester reviewed the attached map that reflects the neighborhood focus area. The area boundaries are east of Commercial up to Airport Pulling Road between Davis Blvd. and US41. Ms. Forester requested consensus from the Board to move forward on the boundary and begin to work on a process similar to the work that was completed for the Saba] Shores neighborhood initiative. The advisory board agreed to have staff look at and focus on the proposed area to address crime, lighting and any other outstanding issue that is in need in the residential neighborhood. VIII. Staff Report: a. Project Manager Report: Tami Scott highlighted a few of the projects on her report: • Fire Suppression Phase II. The contractor almost done and wrapping up the project. • Fire Suppression Phase III. The stormwater department did not find that much of an improvement to warrant doing any stormwater work so staff met with the department and the costs didn't warrant any work to be done but the fire suppression project will continue to go out to bid. • Thomasson Drive - The project is on its gth week and has 365 days to complete the project, but they anticipate finishing a little sooner. Phase II of the Hamilton Ave improvement is getting ready to go out to bid. b. Financial Report: Ms. Forester provided the current financial report. c. Maintenance Report: Ms. Forester provided the current maintenance report. IX. Other Ageney's: a. Collier County Code Enforcement: Mr. Johnson attended if anyone had any questions. Maurice Gutierrez had asked about a privacy fence going in on a residential lot that the Marina is using for storing boats behind the home. Packet Pg. 174 0 Bayshore Gateway Triangle CRA •Bayshore Beautification MSTU Haldeman Creek MSTU Mr. Johnson addressed using the lots as storage and they should not be using the lots to store any boats on. Ms. Beatty asked about backyards with outside storage and asked what could be done about it since it hurricane season is coming up and it will be flying hazards, Mr. Johnson asked if someone could turn the address in to Code and they will address the violation. Mr. Rigsbee asked about the Hookah Lounge violations and Mr. Johnson said he has a meeting with the owner on site and will walk the site and address all those violations. b. Collier County Sheriffs Office: X. Communications and Correspondence: XI. Public Comments: XII. Staff Comments: XIII. Advisory_Board General Communications: Al Schantzen mentioned the 2019 Annual Report, the 5 year plan and wants to make sure we can focus and continue stay on tasks. XIV. Next Meeting Date: a. October 6, 2020 @ 6pm Location to be determined XV. Adiournment — The meeting adjourned at 9:06 p.m. Chairman Maurice Gutierrez Packet Pg. 175