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DSAC Minutes 07/18/2007 R July 18, 2007 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COLLIER COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE Naples, Florida, July 18, 2007 LET IT BE REMEMBERED, that the Collier County Development Services Advisory Committee in and for the County of Collier, having conducted business herein, met on this date at 3:30 P.M. in REGULAR SESSION in Conference Room #610 in the Collier County Community Development Services Center, 2800 N. Horseshoe Drive, Naples, Florida, with the following members present: CHAIRMAN: Excused: Excused: Excused: Excused: Excused: Excused: Absent: William Varian Charles Abbott James Boughton David Dunnavant Marco Espinar Blair Foley Thomas Masters Fred Reischl David Bryant Clay Brooker Dalas Disney George Hermanson Reed Jarvi Robert Mulhere Brian Jones ALSO PRESENT: Joe Schmitt, CDES Administrator Marlene Stewart, Staff Liaison Catherine Fabacher, LDC Coordinator, CDES Assistant County Attorney JeffKlatzkow A. Roland Holt, Director, Building Review & Permitting Dept. Michael Green, Transportation Services Ed Riley, Fire Code Official John Kelly, Planner Lisa Koehler, Public Information Coordinator, CDES 1 DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE AGENDA July 18, 2007 3:30 p.m. Conference Room 610 I. Call to order II. Approval of Agenda III. Approval of Minutes from June 6, 2007 meeting IV. Staff Announcements A. CDES Update - Joe Schmitt B. Transportation Division Update - Nick Casalanguida C. Public Utilities Division Update - Roy Anderson D. Fire Review Update - Ed Riley V. Old Business A. None VI. New Business A. Introduction of new CDES Building Review & Permitting Director - A. Roland Holt B. Moratorium Ordinance - Jeff Klatzkow VII. Committee Member Comments - Discuss possibility of 1pm meeting August 1st - to review and make a recommendation to the Planning Commission on the LDC Use Lists (pink books DSAC received at June meeting VIII. Adjournment Next Meetinq Dates August 1,2007 - 3:30 pm CDES 609/610 (discuss start time of 1 pm) September 5,2007 - 3:30 pm CDES 609/610 October 3,2007 - 3:30 pm CDES 609/610 July 18, 2007 I. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Chairman William Varian at 3:45 PM. A quorum was not established. Chairman Varian announced that the meeting would open but only items not requiring a vote could be heard, pursuant to advice previously obtained from the County Attorney's Office. IV. Staff Announcements B. Transportation Division - Michael Green, Transportation Planning Manager . There will be a soft opening of the grade-separated overpass on July 25,2007 . All three portions of the Immokalee Road project are on, or ahead, of schedule . The north end of the 951 construction, south ofImmokalee Road, is ahead of schedule . The Collier South project (from US 41 to the north) will be starting construction soon . Logan Boulevard, from Vanderbilt up to Immokalee, should be open in August . The six-lane portion that connects Logan to lmmokalee to 951 is moving forward and should also be open at the same time . There were no updates or a revi sed schedule for the Vanderbilt Beach Road project C. Public Utilities Update No report D. Fire Review Update - Ed Riley · The August monthly report will include the percentage of first reviews that were approved at the first submittal . Developing training classes for engineers and contractors for 61-0 reviews for both sprinklers and for fire alarm . There will be separate classes for fire alarms and for sprinkler systems . Hood system and suppression system classes are being developed in conjunction with the Building Department . Will hold a meeting on July 25 with the Fire Alarm Committee When asked about his department's workload, Mr. Riley stated over 1,800 reviews were completed last month primarily for commercial construction projects. A. CDES Update - Joe Schmitt . Work load had been steady; 2,000 to 3,000 permits, mostly commercial . Fire Review Task Force will meet on August 7'h . The Planning Commission will hear the proposed Moratorium Ordinance on July 19th . The Board of County Commissions will meet on July 24th and continue it on July 25th . The Rural Land Stewardship Advisory Committee will be formed as mandated by State Statutes and report to the Department of Community Affairs 2 July 18, 2007 V. Old Business No Report VI. New Business A. Introduction of new CDES Building Review and Permitting Dept. Director Mr. Schmitt introduced A. Roland Holt, the new Director of the Building Review and Permitting Department, who started on July 11,2007. Mr. Holt is a registered professional engineer, as well as holding various other credentials. Mr. Holt noted his first project was Fire Plan Review. He and Mr. Riley decided to expedite operations by writing and co-signing procedural letters explaining the commercial planning revicw process (a/k/a "Building Blocks") to clarify requirements for foundation pcrmits. These documents will be presented to the Fire Review Task Force for analysis. He also spoke about his background and experience in Florida, as well as planned projects including staff training. (Charles Abbot arrived at 4:05 PM) Chairman Varian announced that a quorum had been established. II. Approval of Al!enda Mr. Espinar moved to approve the Agenda. Second by Mr. Reischl. Carried unanimously 8-0. III. Approval of Minutes Mr. Masters moved to approve the Minutes of the June 6, 2007 meeting as submitted. Second by Mr. Boughton. Carried unanimously 8-0. VI. New Business B. Moratorium Ordinance - Assistant County Attorney Jeff Klatzkow Background: Staffrecommended that the Board of County Commissioners consider a moratorium, and three members of the Board asked the County Attorney's Office to prepare an Ordinance for review. The recommendation was generated due to a determination by the State's Department of Community Affairs ("DCA") that the Capital Improvement component of Collier County's Comprehensive (Five-Year) Plan was not financially feasible. The DCA stated it appeared that Collier County would not be able to develop the public facilities needed, i.e., water, sewer, roads, parks, schools, to support new housing development within the County. The DCA asked the County to provide alternative sources of funding if capital needs could not be met. Based on staff analysis, there is an approximate $35 Million shortfall. At the present time, staff and DCA are reviewing the submitted data. 3 July 18, 2007 Attorney Katzkow pointed out millage rates were rolled back and impact fees could not be used to alleviate any backlog. He stated the Legislature's position that taxes could not be raised to earmark funds for capital improvement. Chairman Varian asked why DSAC's recommendation was not included in the Executive Summary. Attorney Klatzkow stated he would personally forward DSAC's recommendation to the Planning Commission and to the BCC. Chairman Varian read a portion ofMr. Mulhere's email into the record suggesting an exception be added for projects with approved developers' contractual agreement(s). Attorney Katzkow stated he would support that suggestion. He also stated there have been ongoing problems with EMS. The issue was not one of concurrency but of public safety. He cited the example of EMS service, and potentially lengthy response time for an ambulance request. He stated there may be an opportunity for EMS to assist with documenting the figures concerning present population vs. future growth requirement. Chairman Varian asked if EMS was "B" category item, is not a reason to curtail development. Attorney Katzkow responded that if a particular portion of the County does not have sufficient EMS service, perhaps the Board would consider a partial moratorium for that portion until funds could be found to support future development. Joe Schmitt stated there were recognized shortfalls in Category "B" facilities at present. Questions were also asked concerning the East of951 Area and whether the independent fire districts were in compliance. Other questions concerned whether or not financial non-compliance was a state-wide issue. Attorney Katzkow stated the Secretary of State had made compliance a priority. The general conclusion of the Committee Members was that, due to the current economy and cost of fuel, a moratorium is unnecessary. The present economy itself created its own moratorium. Mr. Reischl suggested holding the moratorium aside, and moved to recommend to the Board to not approve the Ordillance. Second by Mr. Abbott. Carried unanimously, 8-0. VII. Committee Member Comments (a) Mr. Masters stated he would not be able to attend the August meeting. (b) Catherine Fabacher stated she would present the proposed Land Use List at the next meeting when she will recommend substituting the Land Use List for the 4 July 18, 2007 current Tables. She asked the Committee Members to review the document provided and asked if the members wanted to begin the August meeting earlier in order to allow enough time for discussion. The Committee members concluded there would be enough time and kept the 3:30 PM starting time as previously scheduled. VIII. Meetinl! Dates August 1, 2007; September 5, 2007; October 3, 2007, all commencing at 3:30 PM There being no further business for the good of the County, the meeting was adjourned by order ofthe Chair at 4:52 PM. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE William Varian, Chairman These Minutes were approved by the Board/Committee Chair on as presented , or as amended 5