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Immokalee CRA Minutes 09/16/2020Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency IMMOKALEE CRA I The Place to Call Home! 24.A.3 Enclosure MINUTES Meeting of the Immokalee Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Committee on September 16, 2020. The Advisory board members, staff, and public appeared virtually and in person. Hybrid Remote Public Meeting Immokalee CRA Office 750 South 5i' Street, Suite C Immokalee, FL 34142 A. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order by Dr. Frank Nappo, CRA Chair at 9:02 A.M. B. Pledge of Allegiance and Prayer Commissioner William "Bill" McDaniel led the Pledge of Allegiance and Pastor Thom Street opened with prayer. C. Roll Call and Announcement of a Quorum. Monica Acosta opened roll call. A quorum was announced for the CRA board. CRA Advisory Committee Members Present: Dr. Frank Nappo, Patricia "Anne" Goodnight, Andrea Halman, Estil Null, Francisco "Frank" Leon (9:54), Edward "Ski" Olesky, Yvar Pierre, and Mark Lemke. CRA Advisory Committee Members Absent/Excused: Michael "Mike" Facundo. Others Present: Pastor Thom Street, Sarah Catala, Silvia Puente, Victoria Peters, Melanie Schmees, Joe Flores, Dottie Cook, Bernardo Barnhart, Yakira Chu, Elizabeth Flores, Isrrael Pena, and William "Bill" McDaniel. Staff. Debrah Forester, Christie Betancourt, Yvonne Blair, and Monica Acosta. D. Approval of Agenda. Staff presented agenda to the board for approval. Staff held a roll call vote to approve agenda. Action: Mr. Estil Null made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. Ms. Anne Goodnight seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. 7-0. E. Approval of Consent A eg nda. 1. Minutes i. CRA Advisory Board Meeting for August 19, 2020 (Enclosure 1) 2. Budget Reports (Enclosure 2) 3. Community Meetings (Enclosure 3) Staff presented the board with the August 19, 2020 CRA Meeting Minutes, Budgets, and Upcoming Meetings. Board member Ms. Andrea Halman noted that on page 3 item H#2 in the meeting minutes, needed two small corrections, the initials "LRPT" should be "LRTP," and the initials "MCORP" should be "M-CORES." Packet Pg. 381 Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency IMMOKALEE CRA I The Place to Call Home! 24.A.3 Enclosure "Brandi Ortero, Principle Planner for Collier MPO, introduced herself and the team, she presented the LAP LRTP short video. Bill Gramer, lead consultant with Jacobs, discussed the areas that will be addressed in Immokalee with anotherpresentation. Dr. Frank Nappo, CRA Chair, questioned the extension of Little League Road, stating that this should be a priority since it is needed as an evacuation route. There have been several times where an accident or spill have occurred on SR 29 and there was no way for people to get out of Immokalee. This is not something that can wait until year 2045. William `Bill" McDaniel, Commissioner, agreed with Dr. Nappo that the infrastructure does need to be addressed. A M-CORES is currently working on a plan for a toll road from Lakeland to I-75 and so that may bring about more funding for projects like this. Brandi Ortero encouraged everyone to stay involved and participate in all the meetings available. " After discussion staff held a roll call vote to approve the amended consent agenda. Action: Ms. Anne Goodnight made a motion to approve the amended Consent Agenda with minor correction. Mr. Estil Null seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. 7-0. F. 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, a copy of an email sent out by Salvation Army on specific assistance due to COVID-19, and the information for the "Welcome Sign" community survey which closes today at 5:00 p.m. 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. Community Survey "Welcome Sign" (Enclosure 4) Staff announced that the community survey for the "Welcome Sign" is up. They can find the link on the Immokalee CRA website, the link will take you to the top 3 participants drawing and 250 word essay that each participant had to provide and then the page will direct you to the survey monkey where you can vote for your favorite drawing. The voting closes today at 5:00 p.m. and the winner will be announced at the next MSTU meeting on September 23, 2020. G. CRA New Business. No New Business. H. CRA Old Business 1. CDBG Grant update i. Carver & South 5t' Street Staff informed board that the Notice to Proceed would be issued today. Construction will commence and should be completed by the end of February. 2. Operation Manager Report (Enclosure 5) Staff presented board with the operations manager report, enclosure 5. Staff briefly discussed items on the report which included the Immokalee Area Master Plan (IAMP) and CRA office upgrades. Staff went over community infrastructure projects in more detail. Staff provided information on the Eden Park Safe Route to School Project, Lake Trafford Projects, TIGER Grant Project, and Stormwater Improvement Projects. Staff said that not all projects have updates, but staff will make every effort to provide updates at the Joint October meeting. Packet Pg. 382 Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency IMMOKALEE CRA I The Place to Call Home! 24.A.3 Enclosure Staff presented a copy of complete FHERO guide that was recently printed and distributed. Staff will have the ability to provide a high -resolution copy so that the two -page part of the guide that pertains to Immokalee can be distributed for any person looking to establish a new business in the area. Staff also reviewed the development projects in the Immokalee area. The Immokalee Foundation Learning Lab has broken ground, construction has started. McDonalds is gone, they have demoed their old building and will be constructing a new one and their plan is for construction to be completed within 60 days. The final rendering for the new 7-Eleven will go in front of the planning commission, if any changes are going to be done Staff has asked for updates so that they can be provided to board members. Commissioner William "Bill" McDaniel brought up that one of the most important factors of the Master Plan that was approved last December was by policy a chapter within the land development code (LDC) of Collier County for Immokalee. Staff has specific direction to facilitate a chapter for Immokalee for the LDC so that the community can come together and have more of a voice as to what is going on, the development criteria, landscaping requisites, and the sight and sound barriers. The process needs to be started and hopes that the CRA can organize a sub -committee to get it going. He has been in constant contact with Mark Strain and Mark has volunteered to help with the process. He would like direction from the CRA to initiate the process. Immokalee CRA Director, Debrah Forester, asked that the Commissioner give us time to get with Anita Jenkins and the Growth Management Department to get on their schedule to get things started and then bring back a schedule next month to the board. 3. Project Manager Report (Enclosure 6) Staff presented the board with the project manager report, enclosure 6, Phase II of the Immokalee Sidewalk Project is moving quickly with the Notice to Proceed to go out to the contractor today. Phase III will be moving into design so that it will be shovel -ready once grants become available. The monument signs are on hold until the winner of the United Arts Council has been selected. Q Grady Minor will be working on our lighting assessment. Due to construction by FDOT, Holiday decorations will be focused on the 9th through the Triangle area along SR29. Holiday decorations at Zocalo Park along with the installation of the Christmas tree and garland are all out for bid. Bid closes on September 25, 2020. Dr. Frank Nappo requested pictures of the Panther Path Pedestrian Crossing Bridge painting. Andrea Halman asked about the lighting issues on Lake Trafford Road. Staff informed Ms. Halman that the priority for lighting is I st street, then staff would like to collaborate with the Lake Trafford Stormwater Project shown on Managers report with three project locations to see about getting the lighting situation addressed as they move along with their projects. Commissioner McDaniel also stated that he will support this as he is aware of the issues down Lake Trafford Road. 3 Packet Pg. 383 Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency IMMOKALEE CRA 24.A.3 Enclosure I The Place to Call Home! I. Other Agencies 1. Tiger Grant — Immokalee Complete Street updates No new update besides what was provided on Enclosure 5 of Operations Managers Report. 2. Code Enforcement update (Enclosure 7) Staff informed the board that Mr. Chris Ambach had sent updates, enclosure 7, which is a picture of one of the demos that was completed on SE 151h Street. Staff said that Mr. Ambach continues to work with the Sherriff s department with the issue of roadside sales. Since last month they have done five (5) more demos on dilapidated mobile homes bringing the total to 38 in the last year and a half. They continue to address weed violations daily and recently did a sweep of 40 lots in the Arrowhead community. They will continue to monitor and be proactive with cases of weeds, litter, active construction without permits, property maintenance, and health and safety issues. The department has also been tasked with the mask mandate. They received two complaints in Immokalee in the last month, during each site visit with the owner, the owner was unaware of the mandate, Code Enforcement educated each business owner and they quickly came into compliance. 3. FDOT updates Ms. Victoria Peters addressed the board with updates that different members had asked about. Norma Garcia had asked about the painting of the mast arm on SR29 and 91h Street, Josephine Mak is out of the office, but Ms. Peter's will try to get an answer for that as soon as Ms. Mak returns. The issue on SR 29 and Immokalee Drive with wanting a permanent left turn arrow does not look to be coming. The interim solution with the blank out sign that is an LPI (Lead Pedestrian Interval) looks to be what the long-term solution will be. They are aware that the board would like to see a permanent left turn arrow at that intersection. Estil Null asked about the widening of the road at SR29 and Westclox with the installation of the full signal at that intersection. Currently there isn't any indication that this will be done. As for the installation of the full signal, it looks like FDOT will be doing the design, purchasing materials which include the light, wires, and any poles that may need to be installed. FDOT will be working with great partners at the County Manager's office and Traffic Ops to see about the county doing the actual installation. Updates will be provided as they become available. The District has been trying to get counters both temporary and continuous. Two areas of the District are receiving the counters and Immokalee is one of them. The counters will be placed on multiple areas of SR29, one of the lead locations being SR29 and Immokalee Drive. They are hoping to get the number of people that use the sidewalks and the number of people who use the roads. They know that there is a lot of motorized traffic as well as bike and pedestrian traffic. These counters will specifically help them see who uses the specified areas and who is going around the designated areas or crossing not at the crossing part of the road. This will in turn help with decisions when there is a plan for a permanent treatment, widening project, whether there will be a bike lane installed, a shared use path, or a wider sidewalk. The counters will be good for interim and permanent improvements. 4 Packet Pg. 384 Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency IMMOKALEE CRA I The Place to Call Home! 24.A.3 Enclosure Ms. Anne Goodnight informed Ms. Peters that the school children are not crossing on the North side of Immokalee Drive because of the McDonald's construction those sidewalks are closed. They are currently crossing on the South side of Immokalee Drive. This may make a difference with their counters depending on when the installation will occur. The company called DBI is responsible for the I-75 mowing, Ms. Peters did not remember who had asked about the mowing, but she will be checking on the area to make sure the mowing has been done. 4. Office of Business & Economic Development (OBED) No update 5. Immokalee Culinary Accelerator No update William "Bill" McDaniel, Commissioner, shared some good news with the board. Reshma and her husband Trevor, the creators of Carina's Hot Sauce, have signed with Cisco Distribution and Seed to Table for distribution of their products. Also, the M-CORES meetings are winding down. Mr. Bernardo Barnhart also mentioned the product called Sassy Sauce that recently came out on NBC news. They highlighted the Immokalee area and Ms. Janice Johnson the creator. Immokalee Water and Sewer District: Ms. Sarah Catala, Executive Director, from the Immokalee Water and Sewer District (IWSD) addressed the board with updates. The IWSD currently has three (3) water plants around the Immokalee community. Currently the capacity for existing development and programmed development is at 31 to 41%, and at the existing wastewater plant they are at approximately 40% capacity for development. They are currently getting a new master lift station at the Farm Worker Village development and will allow them to take off the older one that is currently being used. This new lift station will also accommodate the new Kaicasa development that Habitat for Humanity is moving forward with. This a 1.6-million-dollar project. They are also providing improvements to lift station H which is located close to the arrowhead development, this station also accommodates Habitat for Humanity's Esperanza Place. The improvements will help existing developments but also future developments in that area providing more efficient services. At the IWSD site they are issuing a Notice to Proceed for the clarifier rehab at the wastewater plant, the treatment process includes using clarifiers that further reduce the solids from the wastewater that comes in. They will be doing a maintenance project that will be a 2.4-millon-dollar project that will be completed by next summer. J. Citizens Comments. No Citizens Comments K. Next Meeting Date. Joint CRA MSTU will next meet on October 21", 2020 at 9:00 A.M. TBD L. Adjournment. Meeting Adjourned @ 10:20 A.M. Packet Pg. 385 24.A.3 Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency IMMOKALEE CRA, The Place to Call Home! Certification of Minutes Approval Form Prepared by: Christie Betancourt, Operations Manager Immokalee Community Redevelopment Agency Approved by: Dr. Frank Nappo, Chairman The Minutes for the September 16, 2020 CRA Advisory Board were approved by the CRA Advisory Board on October 21, 2020 as presented. * The next meeting will be a Joint CRA and MSTU Advisory Board meeting and will be held on November 18, 2020, at 9:00 A.M., location to be determined. 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 call Christie Betancourt, 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, Operations Manager, at least 48 hours before the meeting. The public should be advised that members of the CRA Advisory Board are also members of the other Boards and Committees, including, but not limited to: Immokalee MSTU Board, Immokalee Fire Commission, and the Collier County Housing Authority; etc. 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. Packet Pg. 386