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September 12, 2023 Meeting Minutes Item 6a - Attachment 1
BAYSHORE/GATEWAY TRIANGLE LOCAL REDEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES
OF THE SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 MEETING
The meeting of the Bayshore/Gateway Triangle Local Redevelopment Advisory Board was
called to order by Chairwoman, Karen Beatty at 6:00 p.m.
I. Roll Call: Advisory Board Members Present: Karen Beatty, Maurice Gutierrez,
Al Schantzen, Kristin Hood, Kathi Kilburn, Sam Saad, Jr., and Steve Rigsbee.
Mike Sherman was approved to attend virtually. James Talano had an excused
absence.
CRA Staff Present: Greg Oravec, CRA Director, and Shirley Garcia, Program
Manager.
IL Pledge of Allegiance: Led by Karen Beatty.
III. Adoption of Agenda: Motion made by Kathy Kilburn; second by, Al Schantzen
approved unanimously.
IV. Public Comment: Mr. Jim Longwell who lives on South Bayshore Drive near
the new development by Minto, noted a few concerns: The deterioration of south
Bayshore Drive by the circle/Botanical Gardens and feels the damage is caused
by the two developments at the end of the road. The developer should be
accountable for the damage to the road. The southbound lane has gotten so bad
that the people are now switching over into the northbound lane to miss all the
damage on the road. The second concern is the speeding from the roundabout
down to the south at night. Go directly to the metrics code enforcement; the
developer needs to go to their insurance company; they have to pay for it and fix
it. That's the law. Speed bumps; traffic calming thousands of dump trucks
hauling fill starting at 4:30 AM. The dump trucks hauling fill is almost done. But
they're building new houses, so you have concrete trucks, trailers, deliveries of
drywall and other materials. Mr. Oravec discussed some options he will bring the
the local advisory board and he would like to facilitate, brainstorm, and provide
guidance based on experience. What are the seven items for seven years on the
collective bucket list of this advisory board? Bayshore does not stop at 41. It
goes all the way down on Shadowlawn. Bayshore is your main street, and that
road should be reconstructed to the standard that you see fit. Action items and a
to-do list: Follow up with Code, Division of Growth Management Department
(GMD); the building division of GMD; chronicle potholes; get the right people
in the right places; Assign Shirley as our safe, clean and green team — have her in
the community and bring her passion to bear on enhancing quality of life.
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If we can get the builders to pay for it. Push comes to shove, and we have the
option of fixing it through road maintenance it will be fixed.
Approval of Consent Agenda:
a. Al Schantzen made a motion to approve the consent items with the
amendment of Holly Ave Project status to be consistent with the previous
months, second by Kristin Hood, approved unanimously.
Community / Business — Presentations:
a. Collier County Sheriffs Office: Cpl Erida Caudhill provided some of the
stats for the BGTCRA areas, she noted the public comment about speeding,
the construction trucks driving too fast during the day and will monitor it. Ms.
Garcia asked if she could get the night patrol to do the same on south Bayshore
since there was a complaint about speeding at night. She noted it for the night
patrols and will ask them to do additional speed checks.
b. Development Report: Laura DeJohn asked if anyone had any questions about
the development report and provided the list of projects.
Old Rusiness:
a. Del's/Cinematheque update: Mr. Oravec provided copies of his executive
summary that will be followed from now on and he wanted to get any
comments from the board before he submits it formally to the BCC. The
consensus from the board was to move forward with the Directors
recommendation as summarized.
New Business:
a. Draft Residential Grant Program: Ms. Garcia presented a draft grant
application that was requested at the last meeting. There were changes
requested by Al Schantzen that staff will make. Ms. Garcia had asked if
there were any additional changes the board or the public wanted to make.
Kris LeClair had one comment about the length of time on the lien, she
expressed 15 years was too long. Steve Rigsbee agreed and also wanted to
request that staff get the County Attorney's Office to draft an exemption
for board members so they could apply for the emergency grant since it is
an income -based grant with the verbiage to assist for emergency situations.
All the Board members agreed there should be an exemption requested on
any qualifying board member who needs to apply and is eligible. Staff will
work on the request to the County Attorney's Office and bring back their
comment. Mr. Oravec noted that there should be a cost associated with the
applications to have some skin in it.
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IX. Staff report:
a. Update from the CRA Director: Mr. Oravec expressed the need to hold
a strategic planning workshop and asked for some availability on a
Saturday sometime in October, there was a consensus from the board that
they could attend. After discussing some dates everyone decided on
October 28th, 10-4pm at the Botanical Garden and Ms. Garcia will work
with Ms. Hood to get the room or another available room in the Gardens.
X. Other Agency's:
a. Collier County Code Enforcement: John Johnson, Senior Code
Investigator attended to answer any questions on the case report or any
other code -related questions. Ms. Hood inquired about living under the
bridge by US41 over the bridge. Mr. Johnson wasn't aware but after
looking at the area determined it was within the City of Naples Code
Enforcement Jurisdiction. Maurice Gutierrez asked about the issues at
Cypress and Becca Ave because some neighboring properties had asked
him. Mr. Johnson provided the update on the property located at Cypress
and Becca Ave. He made the owner remove the electricity and water from
the motor home and was told no one was living in it but he suspects a
complaint will come in again in the future, he is fixing the broken fence
and his next steps will be removing the floating concrete slabs.
XI. Communications and Correspondence: The following items were presented
for the Committee's awareness.
a. The Coastal Cleanup: Ms. Garcia asked if anyone would like to attend
on the 10h, they will meet at the CRA parking lot in the morning to hand
out supplies and shirts.
b. Ascent Article: The article was attached for anyone interested.
c. Del Ackerman Article: The article was attached for anyone interested.
d. Another Cultural Thread coming to Naples: The article was attached
for anyone interested.
XII. Public Comments: Ann Benoist had asked about the land south of Holly Ave
which is in a trust, if it has been sold and will be developed. The CRA staff
will research and email her their findings.
XIII. Staff Comments:
XIV. Advisory Board General Communications:
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XV. Next Meeting Date:
a. October 3, 2023 @ 6 pm at the Botanical Garden FGCU Buehler• Auditorium
b. October 28, 2023 @ IOam-4pra Botanical Garden TBD
XVI. Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 9:20 p.m.
Chairwoman, Karen Beatt
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