Agenda 11/08/2022 Item # 4G (Added: Proclamation - Tzu Chi Foundaton Day)SEE REVERSE SIDE
Proposed Agenda Changes
Board of County Commissioners Meeting
November 8, 2022
Add on Item 11N: Recommendation to authorize a budget amendment and accept the State Housing
Initiative Partnership (SHIP) Disaster Assistance award in the amount of $334,700 to assist eligible Collier
County households whose primary residence sustained damage as a result of Hurricane Ian to pay their
insurance deductibles and authorize one temporary FTE (SHIP Grant Fund 791). (Staff’s Request)
Add on Item 4G: Proclamation declaring November 8, 2022, as TZU CHI
Foundation Day in Collier County. (Commissioner Taylor’s Request)
Continue item 11A to the December 13, 2022, BCC Meeting: *** This Item Continued from the September
27, 2022 BCC Meeting. *** Recommendation to approve the Cycle 11A Conservation Collier Active
Acquisition List (AAL) and direct staff to pursue projects recommended within the A-Category in sequential
order, funded by Conservation Collier Land Acquisition Fund (172). (Summer Araque, Principal
Environmental Specialist, Conservation Collier Program) (All Districts) (Commissioner McDaniel’s
Request)
Continue item 11H to a future BCC Meeting: Recommendation to accept an update as to the
implementation of the East Naples Development Plan and the US41 Zoning Overlay designed to add design
standards in accordance with the Plan’s recommendations. (Mike Bosi, Zoning Director) (District 1, District
4) (Commissioner LoCastro’s Request)
Move item 16A6 to become 11O: Recommendation that the Board of County Commissioners accept an
after-the-fact donation of sand and sand transportation/delivery from Stewart Materials and Rapid
Trucking respectively, received by Collier County in advance of Hurricane Ian’s landfall in the total amount
of $2,275.50 (All Districts) (Commissioner Saunders Request)
Move item 16A11 to become 11P: Recommendation to approve the cooperative procurement and use of the
Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority Contract No. 21-980369, Florida Electric Transit Buses with Charging
and Associated Equipment, for the purchase of 30, 35 and/or 40-foot electric buses for the Collier Area
Transit System. (All Districts) (Commissioner McDaniel’s Request)
Notes:
TIME CERTAIN ITEMS:
Item 11I to be heard at 11AM: Recommendation to approve a Collier County Tourist Development Council
(TDC) Category “B” Promotion Funds Grant Application for the U.S. Open Pickleball Championship for
Fiscal Year 2023
11/14/2022 12:05 PM
P R O C L A M A T I O N
WHEREAS, The Tzu Chi Foundation is an international humanitarian organization which has been
devoted to spreading the Great Love of Buddhism through its work in the fields of
charity, medicine, education, and culture; and
WHEREAS, The Tzu Chi Foundation is volunteer-based and headquartered in Hualien, Taiwan and
funded through donations from the public since its founding by Dharma Master
Cheng Yen in 1966; and,
WHEREAS, With 65 Tzu Chi Foundation volunteers, as well as 15 volunteers from the Pickleball
For All group and 34 from the Freedom Waters Foundation, the Tzu Chi Foundation
held a day-long event at the Naples Botanical Garden’s FGCU Auditorium where they
distributed $380,600 USD in aid to 425 households in need due to the severe
suffering caused by Hurricane Ian in Collier County. The majority of the residents
receiving aid were from the River Park area in the City of Naples and East Naples
communities affected by the storm; and,
WHEREAS, These relief efforts provided by the Tzu Chi Foundation serve as a way for the
people of Taiwan to demonstrate their appreciation to the People and Government of
the United States of America for the support they provide to Taiwan during her
time of need; and,
WHEREAS, Recognizing the efforts of the Tzu Chi Foundation to help the citizens of Collier
County recover from the suffering caused by Hurricane Ian with our admiration and
appreciation for their steadfast friendship in the face of disaster.
NOW THEREFORE, The Tzu Chi Foundation from Florida continue their efforts to help our
suffering residents in Collier County, be it proclaimed by the Board of County
Commissioners of Collier County, Florida, that November 8, 2022 be designated as
TZU CHI FOUNDATION DAY IN COLLIER COUNTY
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 8th Day of November 2022.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
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BILL MCDANIEL, CHAIRMAN