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Immokalee Beautification MSTU Minutes 10/26/2022Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency IMMOKALEE CRA 24.A.3 Enclosure i the Place to Call Home! MINUTES Joint Meeting of the Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency Immokalee Local Redevelopment Advisory Board and the Immokalee MSTU Advisory Committee on October 26, 2022. The Advisory board members, staff, and public appeared virtually and in person. Hybrid Remote Public Meeting CareerSource 750 South 5th Street Immokalee, FL 34142 A. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order by David Turrubiartez Jr., MSTU Chair at 9:00 A.M. B. Pledge of Allegiance and Moment of Silence. Mr. David Turrubiartez Jr. led the Pledge of Allegiance and asked for a moment of silence. C. Roll Call and Announcement of a Quorum. Christie Betancourt opened roll call. A quorum was announced for the CRA board and the MSTU board. CRA Advisory Board Members Present in Person: Andrea Halman, Edward "Ski" Olesky, Estil Null, Mark Lemke, Michael "Mike" Facundo, Patricia "Anne" Goodnight, and Yvar Pierre. CRA Advisory Board Members Present via Zoom: Frank Nappo. CRA Advisory Board Members Absent/Excused: Jonathan Argueta. MSTU Advisory Committee Members Present: David Turrubiartez Jr., Andrea Halman, Bernardo Barnhart, Cherryle Thomas and Christina Guerrero. 00 MSTU Advisory Committee Members Present via Zoom: N No one on by zoom. N MSTU Advisory Committee Members Absent/Excused: N Norma Garcia. c T Others Present in Person: y Aristeo Alviar, Misty Smith, Fred N. Thomas Jr., Bill Grauel, Clara Herrera, Danielle Paez, Leonor, Lupita Vazquez Reyes, Ana Estrella, Carrie Williams, and Commissioner William "Bill" McDaniel. Others Present via Zoom: Marlene Dimas, Silvia Puente, Dottie Cook, Lincoln Price, Dan Rodriguez, Arol Buntzman, and v Armando Yzaguirre. m E Staff Present in Person: Debrah Forester, Christie Betancourt, Yvonne Blair, and Yuridia Zaragoza. D. Votine Privileges for Board Members via Zoom. Q One CRA board member was present via zoom. We may have an MSTU board member join by zoom. CRA Action: Ms. Andrea Halman made a motion to allow board members on zoom privileges. Mr. Ski Olesky seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. 7-0. Packet Pg. 777 Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency IMMOKALEE CRA 24.A.3 Enclosure i the Place to Call Home! MSTUAction: Ms. Andrea Halman made a motion to allow board members zoom privileges. Ms. Christina Guerrero seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. 5-0. E. Approval of Agenda. Staff presented the agenda to the boards for approval. Staff announced changes to the agenda. Remove item 1. 1. Naples Pathways Coalition. CRA Action Action: Mr. Mark Lemke made a motion to approve the agenda with added change to remove item L1. Naples Pathways Coalition. Mr. Estil Null seconded the motion and itpassed by unanimous vote. 8-0. MSTUAction Action: Ms. Christina Guerrero made a motion to approve the agenda with added change to remove item Ll. Naples Pathways Coalition. Mr. Bernardo Barnhart seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. 5-0. F. Approval of Consent Agenda 1. Minutes i. Joint CRA & MSTU Advisory Board Meeting for September 21, 2022 (Enclosure 1) 2. Budget Reports (Enclosure 2) 3. Code Enforcement Report (Enclosure 3) 4. Staff Reports i. Operations Manager Report (Enclosure 4) ii. Project Manager Report (Enclosure 5) iii. Project Observation Field Report (Enclosure 6) One correction on the September 21, 2022 minutes. Section F. Approval of Consent Agenda should read as follows for F.1.i. F. Approval of Consent Agenda 1. Minutes i. Joint CRA & MSTUAdvisory Board Meeting for September 21June 30, 2022 (Enclosure 1) CRA Action: Action: Mr. Estil Null made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda with one correction to item F.l.i. Mr. Mark Lemke seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. 8-0. MSTUAction: Action Ms. Christina Guerrero made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda with one correction to item F.l.i. Mr. Bernardo Barnhart seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. 5-0. N N W N 0 T �n m c v c m E Packet Pg. 778 Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency IMMOKALEE CRA 24.A.3 Enclosure i the Place to Call Home! G. Announcements. Public Comments speaker slips CRA Staff reiterated the public 3-minute speaker slip policy. The board will give more time if they feel it necessary. 2. Communications Folder Staff reviewed the communications folder with the board and members of the public. The folder contained the public notice for this joint meeting and community event flyers for upcoming events. 3. Community Meetings (Enclosure 7) Staff provided a copy of Enclosure 7 which is a copy of the upcoming community meetings. Staff read the upcoming community meetings a provided a brief on purpose of each meeting. 4. Christmas Tree Lighting Event (Enclosure 8) Staff provided a copy of Enclosure 8 which is a copy of the Christmas Tree Lighting flyer. Staff provided a background on tree lighting event. Staff encouraged all present to attend. 5. Christmas Around the World Event (Enclosure 9) Staff provided a copy of Enclosure 9 which is a copy of the Christmas Around the World flyer. Staff announced that the theme for this meeting which is Christmas Around the World Celebrates "Immokalee My Home" - What's Your Memorable Moment? Staff encouraged all present to attend and participate in the parade. H. Other Agencies - 1. Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), Victoria Peters Ms. Victoria Peters provided FDOT updates. She said that they had two Discretionary Grant workshops planned in Bartow and in Fort Myers. They had to be cancelled due to Hurricane Ian. N These workshops were to help agencies apply for grants associated with infrastructure projects and N resiliency projects. They will be rescheduled, and she will let us know when the new dates are set. m She also mentioned that they are working on the new draft tentative work program for FY28. The program closes today. They will have a public hearing online and an in -person day that will be a webinar. Once those details are finalized, she will send out to CRA staff. It will most likely be the second Wednesday in December. v c m 2. Other Community Agencies Collier County Deputy County Manager, Dan Rodriguez Mr. Rodriguez introduced himself and said he is here to monitor the activities and see how the Q County Manager's office can help support the CRA in Immokalee so they can make their projects and programs a success. Packet Pg. 779 Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency IMMOKALEE CRA 24.A.3 Enclosure i the Place to Call Home! Collier County Office of Corporate Business Operations, Lincoln Price Mr. Lincoln Price introduced himself and announced that they recently appointed a new director of Economic Development and Housing his name is Jacob LaRow. I know it's been a while since we have been involved in the CRA process and we wanted to let the CRA and MSTU know we are going to be working more closely with the community on Economic Development and Housing as we were in previous times. He also mentioned plans for culinary connection day. An annual event to showcase members and associated members who have been working with the Immokalee Culinary Accelerator that are producing products and services that are marketable, and that showcase the Immokalee brand in a very positive way. Collier County Library, Silvia Puente, Branch Manager Ms. Puente provided updates for the Immokalee library and the new Homework Center. She said they have hired the employees for the homework Center. The training will be next week, and they should get the program up and running fairly soon. She asked that we reach out to all of our collaborative organizations so that we can make this program a success. I. Community Presentations No presentations. J. Old Business. 1. Contractor Maintenance Report i. A&M Property Maintenance a. Maintenance Report & Schedule (Enclosure 10) Staff provided Enclosure 10 which is A&M maintenance reports, incidental invoice, and upcoming schedule for work in the MSTU area. Mr. Armando Yzaguirre with A&M provided brief updates for the beautification area. He said hurricane Ian didn't do too much damage to the areas that he services. He was able to keep his maintenance work on schedule. He also announced that we have some damaged banner polls. He will coordinate with CRA staff to pick up the extra banner arms and install them next week. He also said that with November being right around the corner he wanted to know if the install of holiday decorations was going to be as usual to put them up week of Thanksgiving. After discussion it was agreed he would provide staff a quote to check the condition of decorations before they go up on the poles since there were some rough ones as they brought them down last year. Staff said that the Street light poles along SR 29 need to be re -energized. LCEC is working on it now. 4 Packet Pg. 780 Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency IMMOKALEE CRA 24.A.3 Enclosure i the Place to Call Home! Armando also mentioned that a portion of the area on First Street may also have the same issue since he has no power to irrigation box at the Handy on First Street. Staff will look into it. 2. Advisory Board i. Board Vacancies Staff announced that the MSTU board currently has one vacancy. Applicants must be permanent residents within the MSTU or must own a business or commercial property in the MSTU or must represent a non-profit operating in the MSTU. 3. Florida Redevelopment Association (FRA) updates i. 2022 Conference October 12-14 Daytona Beach, FL. Staff and board members present at the conference provided board and members present their experience at the conference. Ms. Anne Goodnight also added that this was the most valuable conference that she has gone to in quite a while. She would hope some of the other board members would attend. This weas money well spent. Ms. Andrea Halman said she had been trying for years to other board members to attend. With this conference you are involved from the time you get up in the morning until the afternoon. Staff announced that this year they were presenters during the conference. They presented I Redevelopment After the Storm and spoke of about Collier County's experience with N Hurricane Irma. N N K. Citizens Comments. N 0 Cherryle Thomas commented on potholes on various roads in Immokalee. She also mentioned the power r outage on light poles in the community. a c Lupita Vazquez Reyes comment on park lights. She said they haven't had basketball court lights on since Hurricane Ian. She said her mother inquired about it and was told it was a matter of getter approval of funds. CRA Staff will reach out to park staff for an update. c d E Commissioner Bill McDaniel said it's not a matter of funds. It a matter of the left hand talking to the right hand. If it's a governmental issue, please dial 311 and file a report. That will keep a record of what's going on. He also provided a brief update on the County wide MSTU language for private roads. He will bring forward the draft language in January 2023. If it passes there will be a small tax increase with a millage rate at 1.0 that will provide a pot of money to develop private roads. They will also establish a committee of three which include EMS, Fire, and Sheriff to be the decision makers, and they'll do the worst first. Packet Pg. 781 Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency IMMOKALEE CRA 24.A.3 Enclosure i the Place to Call Home! Aristeo Alviar commented that the Collier County School board canceled the only planned meeting they had set for Immokalee. This meeting usually takes place in February. He wanted to know if they will come out to Immokalee this year at all. Staff will reach out to Collier County Public Schools. Commissioner McDaniel announced another good news item. Draft design of the reconstruction of government facility at the Collier County Clerk of Courts office. Redesign facility to relocate the CRA. That is in the works as well. Ms. Yvar Pierre with CareerSource SWFL said that CareerSource received a Dislocated Worker grant due to Hurricane Ian. The Dislocated Worker Program is designed to help career seekers access employment, education, training, and support services to succeed in the labor market and to match employers with the skilled workers they need to compete. Please refer and potential clients to the center. Commissioner McDaniel we have an enormous amount of resource in Collier County. The easiest way to get information is 311. He also provided brief on Hurricane debris removal for Collier County. L. Next Meeting The next meeting will be a Joint CRA and MSTU meeting to be held on November 16, 2022, at 9:00 A.M. at CareerSource SWFL. M. Adjournment. Meeting Adjourned @ 9:58 A.M. * Zoom Meeting chat is attached to the minutes for the record. 0 Packet Pg. 782 24.A.3 01:41:43 Yvonne Blair: Sorry, but I did not have the prior presentation. 01:53:05 Christie Betancourt: We can share all presentations. Please send a request. Packet Pg. 783 24.A.3 Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency IMMOKALEE CRA, i The Ploce to Call Horne I Certification of Minutes Approval Form Pr pared by: L. r J-- J2 ll. Christie Betancourt, Operations Manager Immokalee Community Redevelopment Agency Approved by: Patricia "Anne" `Goodnight, Chairman The Minutes for the October 26, 2022, CRA Advisory Board was approved by the CRA. Advisory Board on November 16, 2022, as presented. The next meeting will be a CRA Advisory Board meeting and will be held on December 1.4, 2022, at 9:00 A.M. at CareerSource SWFL. 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. 784