Agenda 08/22/2023 Item #16F 2 (Approve Collier County State Appropriations Project request to be part of the Board's State and Federal Legislative and Administrative Priorities for 2024)08/22/2023
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Recommendation to approve the proposed Collier County State Appropriations Project Requests to
be part of the Board’s State and Federal Legislative and Administrative Priorities for 2024.
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OBJECTIVE: To approve Collier County’s State Appropriations Project Requests that will be included
in the upcoming State and Federal Legislative and Administrative Priorities for 2024.
CONSIDERATION: Each year, prior to the Collier County Legislative Delegation Meeting and the
convening of the State Legislature in Regular Session, staff prepares a proposed list of State and Federal
Legislative and Administrative Priorities for the upcoming year for consideration and subsequent
endorsement by the Board of County Commissioners (Board).
This year, the Collier County Legislative Delegation is scheduled to conduct its public hearing for local
bills and local budget requests on Monday, September 11, 2023, at 9 a.m., in the Board of County
Commission Chambers. This is very early in the 2024 legislative cycle and necessitates review and
approval of the County’s State Appropriations Project Requests apart from the full State and Federal
Legislative and Administrative Priorities that typically are produced in the fall of each year in consultation
with our state and federal lobbying teams. Approval of the proposed project funding requests allows the
Chair to present these requests on behalf of the Board at the Legislative Delegation Meeting.
Project funding requests are produced by our departments based on project phase readiness, sufficient
local funding to apply with requested state funds toward that project phase, and the ability to utilize the
State appropriation during the fiscal year in which it was requested.
FISCAL IMPACT: This executive summary has no immediate fiscal impact.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: This executive summary has no immediate growth
management impact.
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This item has been reviewed by the County Attorney, raises no legal
issues and requires majority vote for approval. -JAK
RECOMMENDATION: That the Board of County Commissioners approve the proposed Collier County
Appropriations Project Requests that will be part of the Board’s State and Federal Legislative and
Administrative Priorities for 2024.
Prepared by:
John Mullins, Director of Communications, Government & Public Affairs
Bridget Corcoran, Legislative Affairs Coordinator
ATTACHMENT(S)
1. Appropriations Summary V3 (PDF)
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COLLIER COUNTY
Board of County Commissioners
Item Number: 16.F.2
Doc ID: 26316
Item Summary: Recommendation to approve the proposed Collier County State Appropriations Project Requests
to be part of the Board’s State and Federal Legislative and Administrative Priorities for 2024.
Meeting Date: 08/22/2023
Prepared by:
Title: Communications, Govt. & Public Affairs Director – County Manager's Office
Name: John Mullins
08/14/2023 1:32 PM
Submitted by:
Title: Communications, Govt. & Public Affairs Director – County Manager's Office
Name: John Mullins
08/14/2023 1:32 PM
Approved By:
Review:
Grants Erica Robinson Level 2 Grants Review Completed 08/14/2023 1:42 PM
Office of Management and Budget Debra Windsor Level 3 OMB Gatekeeper Review Completed 08/14/2023 2:33 PM
Grants Therese Stanley Additional Reviewer Completed 08/14/2023 3:57 PM
Office of Management and Budget Blanca Aquino Luque Additional Reviewer Completed 08/15/2023 8:26 AM
County Attorney's Office Jeffrey A. Klatzkow Level 3 County Attorney's Office Review Completed 08/15/2023 9:40 AM
County Manager's Office John Mullins Level 4 County Manager Review Completed 08/16/2023 10:26 AM
Board of County Commissioners Geoffrey Willig Meeting Pending 08/22/2023 9:00 AM
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State Appropriations Project Requests
State Veterans’ Nursing Home:
Supplemental Funding - Outpatient Services
In June, the Board approved the use of an
additional $10 million of Infrastructure Sales
Surtax funds to apply toward the construction
costs of providing facilities for outpatient services.
Though outpatient benefits are provided to
veterans, the construction of these facilities is not
provided for via the Veterans Administration
State Veterans Home Construction Grant Program
as part of a new construction project.
President Passidomo has agreed to seek matching funding from the State for the construction of
additional square footage for this outpatient services facility. The President may also seek an additional
appropriation to supplement the County’s previous $30 million (to be used as the State’s construction
match for the skilled nursing portion of the facility) to ensure a 65/35 federal and state construction
funding ratio remains applicable to the projected cost of a new VA construction grant application.
The County and our lobbying contractors will work to garner support for appropriation requests to
advance the project and provide our area veterans with much-needed outpatient therapies and adult
day health care in addition to inpatient long-term care skilled nursing services and memory care.
Naples Park Public Utilities Renewal Project, 103rd & 104th Avenues - $4.5 million
This phase of the Naples Park Public Utilities
Renewal Program seeks to replace asbestos
cement water mains and clay gravity mains
and fire hydrants at the end of useful life,
construct a new wastewater pump station,
rehabilitate existing wastewater pump
stations, and install backflow prevention
devices and sewer cleanouts for 400 residents.
It will also construct a new stormwater
drainage system to improve water quality flow
to the Vanderbilt Lagoon tidal system, which is
connected to the Cocohatchee River, a
waterbody included in the list of “Special Waters” in the Florida Department of Environmental
Protection’s “Outstanding Florida Waters” water quality standards program.
State Request: $4,500,000 24.3%
Local Match: $14,000,000 75.7%
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Packet Pg. 754 Attachment: Appropriations Summary V3 (26316 : State Appropriations Project Requests Approval)
West Goodlette-Frank Stormwater Improvements - Phase 2 - $17.9 million
The West Goodlette-Frank Road Area Joint Stormwater
Sewer Project (WGF Joint Project) is a joint effort between
Collier County Stormwater Management and the City of
Naples Utilities Department to address historical problems
of street and neighborhood flooding along with septic tank
and drainfield problems. The project will provide for
approximately 1,200 septic conversions. Rehabilitation of 10
miles of stormwater system to improve flood protection
and water quality will be completed in comport with the
City of Naples’ sanitary sewers and waterline replacement.
Design, construction, and restoration costs are shared with
the City of Naples.
State Request: $17,980,143 70%
Local Match: $7,705,775 30%
Palm River Public Utility Renewal Project: Areas 3, 5 & 6 - $7.5 million
This phase of the Palm River Public
Utilities Renewal Program will
replace asbestos cement water
mains and clay gravity mains and fire
hydrants, construct a new
wastewater pump station,
rehabilitate existing wastewater
pump stations, and install backflow
prevention devices and sewer
cleanouts for 300 residents. This
phase will also construct a new
stormwater drainage system to
improve water quality flow to the
Cocohatchee River, waterbody
included in the list of “Special
Waters” in the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection’s
“Outstanding Florida Waters” water
quality standards program.
State Request: $7,525,000 25%
Local Match: $22,575,000 75%
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Packet Pg. 755 Attachment: Appropriations Summary V3 (26316 : State Appropriations Project Requests Approval)
Golden Gate Water Reclamation Facility - $35 million
This project will serve the Economic
Innovation Zone of Golden Gate City
and is the first phase to provide the
foundation for septic to sewer
conversions in Golden Gate City. This
project will consist of the construction
of a 4 MGD water reclamation facility
that allows for the future conversion
of septic to sewer for approximately
25,000 residents of Golden Gate City.
This would represent 80% of septic
parcels in the Collier County Sewer
District on lots that are less than one
acre. Golden Gate City is the major
source of freshwater to Naples Bay but also delivers significant loadings of potential pollutants. Naples
Bay abuts Rookery Bay, a DEP “Outstanding Florida Water” and exchanges waters with the Gulf of
Mexico via Gordon Pass.
State Request: $35,000,000 25%
Local Match: $105,000,000 75%
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Packet Pg. 756 Attachment: Appropriations Summary V3 (26316 : State Appropriations Project Requests Approval)