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Immokalee CRA Minutes 04/21/2021 Enclosure 1 1 MINUTES Meeting of the Community Redevelopment Area Immokalee Local Redevelopment Advisory Board on April 21, 2021. The Advisory board members, staff, and public appeared virtually and in person. Hybrid Remote Public Meeting Immokalee CRA CareerSource SWFL 750 South 5th Street Immokalee, FL 34142 A. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order by Dr. Frank Nappo, CRA Chair at 9:00 A.M. B. Pledge of Allegiance and Prayer Dr. Frank Nappo, CRA Chair, led the Pledge of Allegiance and Pastor Michael “Mike” Facundo opened with prayer. C. Roll Call and Announcement of a Quorum. Christie Betancourt opened roll call. A quorum was announced for the CRA board. CRA Advisory Committee Members Present: Dr. Frank Nappo, Patricia “Anne” Goodnight, Andrea Halman, Edward “Ski” Olesky, Estil Null, Francisco “Frank” Leon, Mark Lemke. CRA Advisory Committee Members Present via Zoom: Michael “Mike” Facundo. CRA Advisory Committee Members Absent/Excused: Yvar Pierre. Others Present: Staff: Debrah Forester, Christie Betancourt, Yvonne Blair, and Monica Acosta. Other Present via Zoom: Mark Beland, Megan Greer, Andrew Bennett, Crystal Kinzel, Mike Taylor, Richard Henderlong, and William “Bill” McDaniel. D. Voting Privileges for Board Members via Zoom. Staff announced that one board members was on by Zoom when the meeting started. Action: Ms. Anne Goodnight made a motion to allow board members on Zoom voting privileges. Mr. Mark Lemke seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. 7-0 E. Approval of Agenda. Staff presented agenda to the board for approval with minor change, item I.2.i.a. LDC Workshop at 10:30 has been postponed and Mr. Richard Henderlong will give a brief update in place of the workshop. Action: Mr. Ski Olesky made a motion to approve the agenda with the minor change. Ms. Anne Goodnight seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. 8-0. 24.A.3 Packet Pg. 744 Attachment: CRA Meeting Minutes - April 21, 2021 (16057 : Immokalee CRA Advisory Board - May 19, 2021) Enclosure 1 2 F. Approval of Consent Agenda. 1. Minutes i. CRA Advisory Board Meeting for March 17, 2021 (Enclosure 1) 2. Budget Reports (Enclosure 2) 3. Community Meetings (Enclosure 3) Action: Mr. Ski Olesky made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. Mr. Estil Null seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. 8-0. 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, a listing of the last two focus meetings to be held on April 27, 2021 and May 6, 2021, and the handout from the Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) meeting, “Building Bicycle Tourism with the U.S. Bicycle Route System.” Ms. Andrea Halman, Board member, addressed the board with an explanation of the handout. Long distance bike riders are trying to come up with a Bicycle Route System and proposed two routes through Naples to the BPAC Board. The locations that the bike riders wanted to use were not approved because the community members didn’t want that many bike riders in their community. This could be a good activity for the community of Immokalee, it could be a good money maker. Another benefit would be if the route is coming through an area that needs to be worked on the thought is that the county would come in and improve that area. It will be discussed at the next BPAC meeting and it would be good if more people could show up and support the idea of a route through Immokalee. Ms. Debrah Forester, CRA Director, suggested that staff coordinate with MPO Staff to get more background information and come up with an idea that Ms. Halman can take back to the BPAC Board. 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. FHERO Redesignation (Enclosure 4) Staff shared a copy of the FHERO Redesignation letter as shown on enclosure 4. The term is due to expire in June 2021. H. New Business 1. Immokalee Regional Airport – Andrew Bennett, Executive Manager Mr. Andrew Bennett addressed the board. He announced that Justin Lobb, the previous Executive Manager took a position with the Naples Airport Authority in early January. Since that time Mr. Bennett assumed the responsibilities as an interim Executive Manager and as of two weeks ago that position became a permanent one for him. He is excited to take on the new role. The airport activity has gone up 11%, sister locations in Naples and Marco are not seeing the same amount of activity since the pandemic started. Private aviation activity has gone up and hasn’t stopped since the pandemic started, and the Immokalee Airport has seen that activity go up in our area. 24.A.3 Packet Pg. 745 Attachment: CRA Meeting Minutes - April 21, 2021 (16057 : Immokalee CRA Advisory Board - May 19, 2021) Enclosure 1 3 There has also been more jet activity in the last three months as well. This is a positive outlook and result of the general economic conditions of the area. They have three significant projects under construction right now. Justin had briefed the board on the projects when they were in the design phase. They are now all in the construction phase. This first is the extension of taxiway Charlie, which is the eastern taxiway that will connect up to the primary runway. This project is 20% complete and anticipate having final paving scheduled for late May. Part of this project was the relocation of the raceway, that has already occurred. They have commenced their relocation operations and are finalizing their internal infrastructure and should be back within the next couple of months. The second project is the rehabilitation of the North and South runway, this project has commenced in a small capacity, mainly because they want to open up the new taxiway that will allow traffic to access the FBO terminal facilities and the primary runway. This will allow the contractor to rehabilitate the runway without any interference of other traffic. This project should be in full commencement in June and hopefully wrap up shortly after August. The third project is the security project, this project has been underway for a couple of months now and it is at 50% completion. This project should wrap up in the next couple of months. There are also some private developments in the works, there are currently two entities that are looking into doing lease agreements with the airport. They have one lease agreement drafted for Global Flight Training Solutions, they are the on-field flight school that has been operating out of Immokalee for little over a year and half now. Their business is booming, they recently acquired a third aircraft, and they are looking at constructing three 10,000-square foot hangars at the airport. That draft agreement is going to the FAA for final review, with anticipated return of the documents mid-next week. They are hoping to have that in front of their board on May 11th. The second entity that is looking at constructing is the Collier County Mosquito Control District. They are looking at the western parcel on the airfield on the southwestern portion of the area. They are looking at building a satellite facility that will ultimately become their permanent facility. The development is under review with the FAA pending lease negotiations. They are hopeful that once the FAA gives comments and direction that they will be able to push that lease through at the second meeting in May. 2. CRA Lease (Enclosure 5) Staff reviewed the Lease Agreement as presented on Enclosure 5. Staff is looking at renewing the lease agreement for Suite C at the CareerSource building for two years with an option to opt out after one year or do a month to month if another location is found. This is a 3% increase in rent per year, we have not had an increase since initial lease began. Continuing with the lease would allow the use of the conference room and it would avoid expenses of moving to another location. This would include having to upgrade internet access if a move were to occur. Staff recommends staying at the CareerSource location and present to the BCC at the next available meeting. Action: Ms. Anne Goodnight made a motion to move forward with the lease agreement. Mr. Ski Olesky seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. 8-0. 24.A.3 Packet Pg. 746 Attachment: CRA Meeting Minutes - April 21, 2021 (16057 : Immokalee CRA Advisory Board - May 19, 2021) Enclosure 1 4 I. Old Business 1. Immokalee Local Redevelopment Advisory Board - update Staff announced the reappointment of Yvar Pierre, Patricia “Anne” Goodnight, and Estil Null. 2. Immokalee Area Master Plan Mr. Richard Henderlong addressed the board with the Immokalee Area Master Plan LDC updates. Mr. Henderlong is requesting a different date for his presentation. He apologized for not having the necessary documents completed for today’s meeting. He wants to be able to prepare an overall phasing plan for all of the Immokalee urban area land development code. He will come back with the land development code and the form base code that will cover not just the central business district, but it would include the high, medium, and low residential areas. This will be a long process. Board members agreed that it would be beneficial to allow the community to give their input and would rather Mr. Henderlong come back and present at the May 19th meeting. Staff reminded the board that Mr. Henderlong will do his workshop after the board meeting like it was announced for this meeting. The procedures would be to adjourn the CRA meeting and then continue with the workshop right after. Commissioner William “Bill” McDaniel stated that this is just the beginning of the process. It is important to engage the community. We need to make sure all the information is available to all community members even if they can’t be at the meeting. Board members also agreed that more people need to get involved with the process. They would like for staff to reach Lupita Vasquez and Israel Peña to have them get the word out through social media to have more participation. Board member Michael “Mike” Facundo stated that the problem is not getting the word out, it is that there is a disconnect in understanding the “why.” You tell people about the Area Master Plan, but they don’t understand what it is and why it is important or even what the purpose behind it is. We need to make it simpler. Maybe come up with three to five bullet points as to the why and purpose so that people can understand and be more engaged in the process. Mr. Henderlong did state that as they are getting closer to the vetting process, they will set up a website for the Immokalee Land Development Code so that they can get as much input as possible. Their focus is the CRA Board Members input to establish a preliminary draft together and organize it so that it can be shared with the entire community for public input. Ms. Megan Greer also stated that the simple language does help especially when you do face to face outreach. Blue Zones is willing to help and volunteer if necessary, to help get the word out. 24.A.3 Packet Pg. 747 Attachment: CRA Meeting Minutes - April 21, 2021 (16057 : Immokalee CRA Advisory Board - May 19, 2021) Enclosure 1 5 Vice-Chair Anne Goodnight stated that it is important to get as many people as possible to participate. Past meetings have been an indicator that when you get to the final process you will have a hand full of complainers that will say that this doesn’t benefit Immokalee, these people believe they can overrule the community by going to the elected officials and complaining. If we don’t address their complaints on our level, then it will be up to the County Commissioners to address it. This is what has happened in the past and we need to learn from that. We need to inform the public and get them to these meetings. Maybe we should go make presentations at some of the churches or go to the Pastors association and present to them so that they can understand the benefits this will have on the community. 3. Redevelopment Plan Updates i. Focus Groups a. Economic Development & Community Facilities 4/27 @ 6:00 p.m. b. Ecotourism & Agrotourism and Drainage & Lake Trafford – 5/6 @ 6:00 p.m. Staff updated the board on the status of the focus group meeting. Staff has held two focus groups so far, the Cultural and Recreation meeting, and the Housing and Mobility meeting. Staff also presented the Housing information to the IUNC Housing Subcommittee. Staff stated that anyone that would like to see the presentations can go to www.immokaleecra.com and view the previous presentations. There are still two focus group meetings to be done. Staff invited the board members to attend if they can, they can also give feedback to staff if unable to attend. J. Staff Reports 1. Operations Manager Report (Enclosure 6) Ms. Christie Betancourt reviewed the operations manager report, enclosure 6. Staff will be presenting at tonight’s town hall meeting and updates will also be reviewed. 7-11 will be going in front of the Planning Commission on May 6, 2021. 2. Project Manager Report (Enclosure 7) Ms. Yvonne Blair reviewed the project manager report, enclosure 7. The project on Carver and South 5th had final completion on April 7, 2021. Now that the project is completed, staff noticed the need to fix West Delaware. Phase III should not only be Eustis Avenue but West Delaware as well. First Street Corridor Conceptual Plan is moving along but it was identified that a traffic count is needed. Staff has moved forward with a change order to include the traffic count as well as lighting strategies for the three stakeholders that have light poles in that area, DOT, LCEC, and FDOT. Main Street Improvements post FDOT project, Wright Construction will be addressing some of the banner arm issues as well as some of the curbing issues, once that is completed the MSTU board will be responsible for the banners and banner arms. A request for bids on banners has been made. Staff identified Mast Arm Poles that need to be painted. Quotes have been received and staff is recommending that one intersection be done a year. K. Other Agencies 1. Code Enforcement update (Enclosure 8) Staff reviewed the Code Enforcement update, enclosure 8. Demolitions were recently done at 308 Weeks Terrace and 409 Taylor Street. 24.A.3 Packet Pg. 748 Attachment: CRA Meeting Minutes - April 21, 2021 (16057 : Immokalee CRA Advisory Board - May 19, 2021) Enclosure 1 6 2. FDOT updates (Enclosure 8) Staff read an email by Ms. Victoria Peters with the FDOT updates. SR82/SR29: Collier County Traffic Ops was instrumental in assisting FDOT in the traffic timing of the signal, providing stop signs and personnel to facilitate the new right turn lane. Without their help the improvements would have taken much, much longer to complete. Also, the Secretary and his staff was able to quickly secure additional funding to fast track the construction of this new right turn lane and our contractors worked 7 days a week and extend hours daily. Real daylight and actual real traffic were essential in correcting the traffic situation. Victoria was able to obtain (and deliver) over 50 Safety Vests, thick workmen’s gloves, and trash pickers to help out Immokalee’s Earth Day event scheduled for this Thursday- kudos also to FDOT’s Operations Center for coming through with these supplies when requested. Additionally, Ferrovial Services- who performs FDOT’s road maintenance in Collier County- will do trash/litter pickup Thursday AM from 9th St to the Triangle to facilitate these tremendous Immokalee Earth Day efforts!! 3. Collier EDO/Immokalee Culinary Accelerator No update 4. Other Agency No update L. Citizens Comments. No Citizens Comments M. Next Meeting Date. CRA will next meet on May 19, 2021 at 9:00 A.M. at CareerSource SWFL., Conference Room 1. N. Adjournment. Meeting Adjourned @ 10:51 A.M. 24.A.3 Packet Pg. 749 Attachment: CRA Meeting Minutes - April 21, 2021 (16057 : Immokalee CRA Advisory Board - May 19, 2021) 24.A.3Packet Pg. 750Attachment: CRA Meeting Minutes - April 21, 2021 (16057 : Immokalee CRA Advisory Board - May 19, 2021)