Agenda 03/14/2023 Item #14B 1 (Complete the design and permitting of the pedestrian connection from Bayshore Dr. to Sugden Regional Park and facilitate future parking needs to seve the boardwalk users)14.B.1
03/14/2023
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Recommendation that the Board of County Commissioners (BCC), acting in its capacity as the
Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), approve the central boardwalk alignment, reject the
Southern Boardwalk Alignment, and direct staff to engage professional design services to design
and permit two parking areas to support the boardwalk connection from Bayshore Drive to Sugden
Regional Park within the Bayshore Gateway Triangle Community Redevelopment Area.
OBJECTIVE: To complete the design and permitting of the pedestrian connection from Bayshore Drive to Sugden
Regional Park and to facilitate future parking needs to serve the boardwalk users. The boardwalk is located on
CRA property located at 4265 and 4315 Bayshore Drive.
CONSIDERATIONS: On December 13, 2022, staff presented to the Board the 60% design plans developed by
Stantec Consulting Services, Inc., for the pedestrian connection from Bayshore Drive to Sugden Regional Park.
The Plans presented identified a central alignment. Following discussion, the Board directed staff to evaluate a
southern boardwalk alignment and review options to develop parking for the patrons using the boardwalk.
Stantec evaluated two alignments for the Pedestrian connections: Southern Boardwalk Alignment and Central
Boardwalk Alignment.
Southern Boardwalk Alignment provides an eight -foot pedestrian pathway for approximately 900 feet and a 12 to
15 ft wooden deck spanning the last 400 feet due to the proximity of the lake, the lake bank and soil conditions.
Due to the concerns of the residents along Jeepers Drive, a 10- foot landscape buffer is provided. A detailed
overview of the conditions and the conceptual design is provided in Exhibit A.
Estimated Cost - $2,558,000 plus an additional $322,000 for a concrete wall based on comments received from the
residents along Jeepers Drive. Total $2,880,000.
Note - County staff and the CRA Advisory Board are not recommending the Southern Boardwalk and is requesting
rejection of the completion. As such, this total is not included in the fiscal impact section.
Evaluation of the Southern Boardwalk Alignment:
Not consistent with the Cultural Arts Mixed Use Planned Unit Development (MUPD) Zoning Documents.
Additional permitting requirements to reduce the impacts along the water edge in the third section due to
wetland impacts.
Storm water treatment is limited to east west shallow swale.
Loss of direct pedestrian connection to the northern future development Tract A.
Eight -foot pedestrian connection for 900 feet provides limited public access. Multi -Use pathway is
typically 10 to 15 feet.
Privacy and safety concerns raised by the residents along Jeepers Drive may result in additional screening
to include concrete wall. There are 21 lots on each side of Jeepers Drive.
Residents of Jeepers raised concerns on reducing real estate values.
Future development opportunities for the southern Tract A maybe constrained by the development of the
pedestrian connection, due to privacy and safety concerns.
Central Boardwalk Alignment:
Provides a pedestrian pathway that ranges from 12 to 15 feet wide.
Estimated Cost - $2,730,000
Evaluation of the Central Boardwalk (Exhibit B) connection:
Consistent with the Cultural Arts Mixed Use Planned Unit Development (MUPD) Zoning Documents.
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Provides storm water treatment train benefits -capturing and retaining water along the corridor provides
upland areas adjacent to the lakes for wetland plantings and littoral plantings at the water's edge creating
some capacity for treatment.
Provides direct pedestrian access to both the northern and southern Tract A.
Provides a pedestrian pathway that ranges from 12 to 15 feet wide.
Capitalizes on existing nature and open space.
Better managed wetland impacts at distinct crossings.
Provides future pedestrian viewing areas if additional phases are constructed.
Less impacts to future development opportunities for southern Tract A.
BGTCRA Advisory Board and 94% of the comment cards received from the residents favor the central
Boardwalk location.
The Board requested two parking lot options were evaluated:
Northern Parking Lot (Exhibit C) - uses a portion of the northern Tract A while maintaining options for future
development. Estimated cost to provide 20 parking spaces with open stormwater is $415,000.
Estimated cost to design the parking facility - $62,250
Total cost anticipated - $477,250
Southern Parking Lot (Exhibit D) - located at the corner of Jeepers and Bayshore Drive
Estimated cost to provide approximately 17 parking spaces with open stormwater system - $450,000. Opportunity
to build another 10 spaces if an enclosed drainage system is constructed, increased cost estimated at $75,000
Estimate Cost to design the parking facility - $67,500
Total cost anticipated if all options taken - $592,500
The CRA has invested a total of $5,379,896 to purchase the property plus routine annual maintenance since 2006.
The CRA has attempted to sell the property several times, but no viable offers have materialized. In 2018, during
the Redevelopment Plan update, an assessment of the 17 acres was included in the scope of the work completed by
Tindale Oliver Design. Following an assessment of the site and gathering of public input, the report concluded the
following:
1. Park Connectivity is a key opportunity for development of the 17-acre site
2. Focus on non-residential uses, including an artistic/cultural uses or mixed -use developments
3. Explore opportunities for shared parking
This project is consistent with Goal 5.3.3 of the amended Community Redevelopment Plan: Ensure accessible,
activated, and well -maintained public spaces, parks and open space. One of the strategies to achieve this goal
includes increasing the number and quality of bicycle and pedestrian connections between the Bayshore Drive area
and Sugden Regional Park. Connections to parks, including any associated with the 17-acre site and Sugden
Regional Park, is included in the Short-term (1-5 year) Capital Projects identified in the Plan.
Community Input: At the August 17, 2022, joint meeting of the BGTCRA Advisory Board and the Bayshore
Beautification MSTU Advisory Board, the Advisory Boards reviewed the preliminary concept plans prepared by
Stantec Consulting Inc., that included a historic overview of the site, FLUCCS Mapping, PUD Review and Plan
confirmation, and general program site plan. The BGTCRA Advisory Board approved the conceptual design
concepts (8-0) and recommended the consultants continue to move forward to 60% design plans.
On December 6, 2022, the BGTCRA Advisory Board reviewed an update on the design plans and the Advisory
Board provided comments regarding types of material to assure longevity and low maintenance costs. The
consensus from the Advisory Board was to continue to move forward on the 60% design plans.
On January 21, 2023, an onsite neighborhood meeting was held. Comment cards were available for people to
complete requesting comments on the boardwalk/location and parking/location. Representatives from Windstar and
Moorhead Manor collected additional comment cards from their respective communities. Fifty-one people signed
in at the meeting, and staff estimated an additional 10 people were also in attendance. A total of 125 public
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comment cards were received, 117 in favor of the Central Boardwalk location, one comment for no path and seven
had no response. Regarding the parking location, 102 had no comment, three selected no parking, three suggested
parking at Del's Corner, nine selected either lot and eight selected the southern lot.
On January 11, 2023, the BGTCRA Advisory Board meeting, the Board voted unanimously to recommend the
Board select the Central Boardwalk location and to move forward on design services for the parking lots.
Note - the Southern Boardwalk was not included in the BGTCRA for continuing to proceed based on the list of
items above. This portion of the project was not recommended.
If the Central Boardwalk is completed, design and construction of the two parking lots with all additional options,
the estimated total project cost is $3,799,750. A future item will be brought back to the Board for approval once the
design of the two parking lots is completed which will provide the additional project construction costs.
FISCAL IMPACT: Estimated cost to complete the construction of the Central Boardwalk and the design of the
two parking lots is $2,859,750 (Southern Boardwalk is not included since it is not recommended by County Staff).
Funding in the amount of $9,707,271 is available within Bayshore CRA Capital Fund (787), of which
$2,627,935.70 is available in BSCRA 17 Acre Site Project 50208. Depending on actual contract costs for the
project and design budget amendments may be required to reallocate funding within the fund. There is sufficient
budget available in the overall CRA fund for the budget amendments, if needed.
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This item is approved as to form and legality, and it requires a majority vote for
Board approval.(HFAC)
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: The project is consistent with the BGTCRA Redevelopment Plan.
ADVISORY BOARD RECOMMENDATION: On January 11, 2023, the Advisory Board voted 8-0 to
recommend the Board approve the Central Boardwalk location and move forward on designing the two parking
lots.
RECOMMENDATION: Recommendation that the Board of County Commissioners (BCC), acting in its capacity
as the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), approve the central boardwalk alignment and direct staff to
engage professional design services to design and permit two parking areas to support the boardwalk connection
from Bayshore Drive to Sugden Regional Park within the Bayshore Gateway Triangle Community Redevelopment
Area.
Prepared by: Debrah Forester, CRA Director
ATTACHMENT(S)
17.7 Acres Aerial Map (PDF)
2. BGTCRA Boundaries Location Site Map (PDF)
3. Exhibit A 022323 (PDF)
4. Exhibit B Central Boardwalk (PDF)
5. Exhibit C North Parking Lot (PDF)
6. Exhibit D South Parking Lot (PDF)
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COLLIER COUNTY
Board of County Commissioners
Item Number: 14.B.1
Doc ID: 24731
Item Summary: Recommendation that the Board of County Commissioners (BCC), acting in its capacity as the
Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), approve the central boardwalk alignment, reject the Southern
Boardwalk Alignment, and direct staff to engage professional design services to design and permit two parking
areas to support the boardwalk connection from Bayshore Drive to Sugden Regional Park within the Bayshore
Gateway Triangle Community Redevelopment Area. (Debrah Forester)
Meeting Date: 03/14/2023
Prepared by:
Title: CRA Division Director — Corporate Business Operations
Name: Debrah Forester
02/ 17/2023 5:18 PM
Submitted by:
Title: CRA Division Director — Corporate Business Operations
Name: Debrah Forester
02/17/2023 5:18 PM
Approved By:
Review:
Corporate Business Operations
Corporate Business Operations
County Attorney's Office
Office of Management and Budget
Jennifer Reynolds Stage 1 Review
Debrah Forester Director - CRAs
Heidi Ashton-Cicko Level 2 Attorney of Record Review
Debra Windsor Level 3 OMB Gatekeeper Review
County Attorney's Office Jeffrey A. Klatzkow Level 3 County Attorney's Office Review
Office of Management and Budget Christopher Johnson Additional Reviewer
Corporate Compliance and Continuous Improvement Megan Gaillard
County Manager's Office Dan Rodriguez Level 4 County Manager Review
Board of County Commissioners Geoffrey Willig Meeting Pending
Completed 02/21/2023 10:55 AM
Completed 02/21/2023 11:18 AM
Completed 02/22/2023 10:01 AM
Completed 02/22/2023 10:04 AM
Completed 02/22/2023 10:31 AM
Completed 02/22/2023 12:42 PM
Additional Reviewer Completed
03/06/2023 2:57 PM
Completed 03/07/2023 2:55 PM
03/14/2023 9:00 AM
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Exhibit A - Evaluation
Evaluation of the Southern Boardwalk Alignment (Exhibit A) divides the pedestrian connection into
three segments:
Section A - Former Kelly Court Right of Way (ROW)- Sixty feet wide extending from Bayshore Drive
approximately 500 feet to Tract A. The ROW was abandoned in 1970 and became part of the property that
the CRA purchased in 2006. The analysis assumed this Section would be developed as road access into
Tract A for future development or public amenities. Within the proposed 60 ft ROW, a proposed cross
section would include up to two 12 ft travel lanes, two foot of curb and gutter on each side, two 10 ft
landscape buffer on each side, a 1Oft public utility easement that dimensionally shares landscape easement
area of sod, and an eight -foot pedestrian walkway. Eight -foot width is the maximum width identified based
on the other roadway elements.
Section B spans approximately 400 feet in length and 32-foot easement.* Within the 32-foot easement, the
10-foot south buffer is continued due to the adjacent residential properties along Jeepers Drive and to buffer
for future development on southern Tract A. Stormwater treatment would be incorporated in a swale leaving
room for an eight -foot pedestrian pathway.
Section C — spanning approximately 500 feet along the water's edge, this section remaining within the 32-
foot easement would require a wooden deck due to the proximity of the lake, the lake bank and soil
conditions. The width of the wooden boardwalk could range from 12 to 15 feet. The 10-foot landscape
buffer would be maintained on the southern parcel boundary due to the residential properties on Jeepers.
Evaluation of the Southern Boardwalk Alignment:
Not consistent with the MUPD Zoning Documents.
Additional permitting requirements to reduce the impacts along the water edge in the third section due to
wetland impacts.
Storm water treatment is limited to east west shallow swale.
Loss of direct pedestrian connection to the northern future development Tract A.
Eight -foot pedestrian connection for 900 feet provides limited public access. Multi -Use pathway is typically
10 to 15 feet.
Privacy and safety concerns raised by the residents along Jeepers Drive may result in additional screening
to include concrete wall. There are 21 lots on each side of Jeepers Drive.
Residents of Jeepers raised concerns on reducing real estate values.
Future development opportunities for the southern Tract A maybe constrained by the development of the
pedestrian connection, similar to the concerns raised by the residents of Jeepers Drive.
Cost of the Southern Boardwalk as proposed above is estimated at $2,558,000 plus an additional $322,000
for a concrete wall based on comments received from the residents along Jeepers Drive.
*In 2016, the CRA prepared a 32 ft access easement running along the southern property boundary to
assure some pedestrian access would be maintained in the event the property was sold. The easement was
not recorded.
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