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Immokalee CRA Minutes 05/17/2023Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency IMMOKALEE CRA 24.A.3 Enclosure i The Place to Cal ! tome! MINUTES Meeting of the Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency Immokalee Local Redevelopment Advisory Board Meeting on May 17, 2023. The Advisory board members, staff, and public appeared virtually and in person. Hybrid Remote Public Meeting CareerSource 750 South 5t' Street Immokalee, FL 34142 A. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order by CRA Chair Patricia Anne Goodnight at 9:00 A.M. B. Pledge of Allegiance and Moment of Silence. Patricia Anne Goodnight 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. CRA Advisory Committee Members Present in Person: a Patricia Anne Goodnight, Jonathan Argueta, Mike Facundo, Andrea Halman, Mark Lemke, Estil Null, < Edward "Ski" Olesky, and Yvar Pierre (9:06 A.M.). c) CRA Advisory Committee Members Present via Zoom: d Frank Nappo. c CRA Advisory Committee Members Absent/Excused: E None. — Others Present in Person: Tauheedah Mateen, Andrew Bennett, Ahmed El, Jorge Perez, Gilberto Tabares, Danny Gonzalez, Laura N Tefft, Ken Gallander, Patrick Vanasse, Cristina Perez, Cristina Occeus, Tom Iandimarino, Misty Smith, M Tasheekia Harris, Yvonette Merat, and Victoria Peters. N Others Present via Zoom: Dottie Cook, Dr. Arol Buntzman, Lincoln Price, Lupita Vazquez Reyes, Marlene Dimas, Aristeo Alviar, Jonathan Martinez, Daisy Accevedo, Stephanie Kerr, and Sarah Harrington. c Staff Present in Person: Debrah Forester, Greg Oravec, Christie Betancourt, Yvonne Blair, and Yuridia Q Zaragoza. v D. VotingPrivileges rivileges for Board Members via Zoom. 4) One CRA board member was present via Zoom. CRA Action: Mr. Edward "Ski" Olesky made a motion to allow board member on zoom privileges. Q Mr. Estil Null seconded the motion, and it passed by unanimous vote. 7-0. E. Approval of Agenda. Staff presented the Agenda to the board for approval. Staff announced a change to the Agenda. Staff announced that an additional item was added to the Agenda under community presentations, Item I. 2. The Neighborhood Company will have an update for Land Development Code (LDC) regulations. Packet Pg. 541 Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency IMMOKALEE CRA 24.A.3 Enclosure i The Place to Cal ! tome! CRA Action: Mr. Edward "Ski" Olesky made a motion to approve the Agenda with the added item LZ The Neighborhood Company (TNQ. Ms. Andrea Halman seconded the motion, and it passed by unanimous vote. 8-0. F. Approval of Consent Agenda ^1. Minutes i. CRA Advisory Board Meeting for April 19, 2023 (Enclosure 1) 2. Budget Reports (Enclosure 2) 3. Code Enforcement Report (Enclosure 3) 4. Staff Reports i. Program Manager Report (Enclosure 4) ii. Project Manager Report (Enclosure 5) Ms. Andrea Halman asked a question about the meaning of gap sidewalks located in the minutes on page 4, last paragraph. Ms. Christie Betancourt informed Ms. Andrea Halman that the meaning of gap sidewalks are sidewalks that have a gap, and that area is missing a sidewalk. It could be for various reasons. No other comment was made. CRA Action: Mr. Mark Lemke made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. Ms. Andrea Halman seconded the motion, and it passed by unanimous vote. 8 -0. 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 CRA meeting and community event flyers for upcoming events. Other brief flyers were provided for Collier County Public School Learning Express, Immokalee Fair Housing Alliance Newsletter, Residential Hazardous Collection Event, and the Collier Metropolitan Planning Organization Newsletter. i. Letter of Support for Immokalee Water & Sewer District — Appropriation Request (Enclosure 6). a Staff provided a copy of the Enclosure 6, which is a copy of the Letter of Support for Immokalee Water & Sewer District. The letter is in support from the CRA for the appropriation funds that were awarded to the Immokalee Water and Sewer District (IWSD). Ms. Anne Goodnight added more information to this matter. She said that the state legislature has approved the funding for the IWSD but now the wait is on the governor. The state legislature did approve almost the total amount that was requested. All details are provided in this support letter. Packet Pg. 542 Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency IMMOKALEE CRA 24.A.3 Enclosure i The Place to Cal. ! iome ! Ms. Goodnight also provided information on the Immokalee Fire Control District. The amount funded is 6.5 million to build a new fire station on Carson Rd. Ms. Goodnight said there is talks about tearing the current one down or buying a piece of property and then selling that piece of property to take care of what is received but the wait is on the state governor signature. If not signed by July 1, it becomes law. If signed, the state governor may veto. 3. Welcome Gregory J. "Greg" Oravec, CRA Director Before Mr. Gregory Oravec is introduced, Ms. Anne Goodnight had a few comments on the new CRA Director. She expressed that she was lucky enough to sit on the interviews, and how there were five applicants, but only two were interviewed. She said that both were good applicants but only one stood out to her. She recalled how the first thing he said was that he was a Florida boy, and how he attended the University of Miami. Ms. Goodnight expressed how that meant a lot since a couple of Immokalee kids have gone to play football for this University. She also said how he has a degree in many things that can be of help to the concerns for the Immokalee Area. She said the most notable thing about him was that a day before his interview, Mr. Oravec went out on that Sunday afternoon and took a drive around Immokalee and looked at the community. Ms. Goodnight reiterated that she was lucky that other selection committee members agreed with her, and how we are lucky that he accepted the job offer. She welcomed Mr. Oravec to Immokalee. Mr. Oravec said he looks forward to working with the team and thanked Ms. Anne Goodnight for the kind introductions. He said he goes by Greg and provided a brief background. Ms. Goodnight expressed that we are sorry to see Ms. Debrah Forester leave because she has been a blessing. She has been here since Ms. Goodnight was a County Commissioner, and how they110 have come a long way. Ms. Goodnight wished Ms. Debrah Forester well and said that she is always welcomed back. N Ms. Debrah Forester said that it has been a pleasure and she will miss everyone. She leaves a positive note and says that for the past week she has been with Mr. Greg Oravec, and how he is committed, full of energy, and has great ideas to move forward on the mission to improve the community. She looks forward to seeing everyone in the future and gives thanks to everyone. a 4. Public Meeting Calendar for Immokalee CRA v Staff informed board members that a couple years ago, Ms. Goodnight was a school crossing guard, so the CRA meetings start time changed to 9:00 A.M. to accommodate board members. Ms. Goodnight asked staff to bring this item to see if the board would like to revisit and change the 2- meeting start time for both the CRA and MSTU to 9:00 A.M. or 8:30 A.M. After much discussion, Q board members agreed to change start time to 8:30 A.M. CRA Action: Ms. Andrea Halman made a motion to change CRA Meeting start time to 8:30 A.M. Mr. Estil Null seconded the motion, and it passed by unanimous vote. 9-0. Packet Pg. 543 Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency IMMOKALEE CRA 24.A.3 Enclosure i The Place to Call Home! 5. 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 and provided a brief on purpose of each meeting. Staff said that the Collier County Parks and Advisory Board meeting was cancelled. Ms. Misty Smith commented on the Immokalee Water and Sewer District Meeting. She said the time scheduled has changed. The meetings will start at 3:30 P.M., if anyone is interested in attending, they must call to get meeting information. H. Other Agencies 1. Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), Victoria Peters Ms. Victoria Peters provided brief updates on FDOT. She informed community members and staff that she has a contact for the adopt a highway. She said she would provide information on an email to CRA staff, and that the contact person is Dolores Huff. Her cell phone number is 239-560-5211 and email is Dolores.Huff(c ),,dot. state.fl.us. She announced that SR 29 has an asset maintenance with a company named Webber. After training is completed, materials are given to help with the cleanup. Ms. Peters said that Webber offers MOT, which is the maintenance of traffic. She mentioned the Moving Florida Forward initiative. They have no confirmation on particular funds on Collier County. In the end of June, the governor will sign certain laws, and a list of projects will be presented. FDOT will be waiting on more information. Ms. Andrea Halman asked if a feasibility study will be done just like it has been done for Marco Island for a multi -use pathway. Ms. Victoria Peters provided brief details on a study they programmed a few years ago. She said it was done for SR951. She said it's in the works for SR29. She asked Ms. Andrea Halman to present her ideas during the Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) meeting when they call for projects. After much discussion with staff and board members on the concerns for bicyclist and the need for multi -use pathways, Ms. Victoria Peters said she would get with Shaun, who is engineer for FDOT, and see what can be done. 2. Other Community Agencies U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Tauheedah Mateen Ms. Tauheedah Mateen provided an update on the Immokalee Area. She said that the SBA physical deadline to return applications for physical property damages was not requested by the state for an extension, so SBA staff have been working with businesses to help them understand that there is second low interest loan that they can apply for. The name of this loan is the Working Capital Disaster Loan. Businesses are able to apply if they had to close their doors because of Hurricane Ian, any regular expense affected. The deadline is on June 29, 2023. Communication is key, she advised stay in contact with the case worker. She said that the SBA is working on the long-term recovery for any future storm disasters. They want to get ahead of the next storm and make sure the community is trained with SBA programs. 4 a Packet Pg. 544 Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency IMMOKALEE CRA 24.A.3 Enclosure i The Place to Call Home! They can offer workshops and webinars for topics like the Disaster Program, How to get certified to get government contracts?, and What does HUB Zone mean?. Information will be left with CRA staff which includes flyers with information on interest rate on Ian and Nicole. Culinary Accelerator in Economic Development & Housing Division, Ahmed El Mr. Ahmed El provided information on the Collier County Economic Development & Housing. He said that the Economic Development & Housing have been put together under Growth Management Division (GMD). He also notified everyone present that there is a new Director, Sarah Harrington. Internally there are no big developments. He spoke briefly on members. Code Enforcement Supervisor, Cristina Perez Ms. Cristina Perez provided information on the Immokalee clean up that will occur on June 10, 2023, at the corner of N 15t Main Street right next to the drive thru from 8 A.M. to 11 A.M. She said that there will be many helping hands and materials to help for this big cleanup. She also provided information on the new investigator in Immokalee. The new investigator started yesterday at the northeastern corner by the Eden Park area. Ms. Cristina Perez also provided information on the Immokalee Community Task Force Meeting. The date has changed for May. The Meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Ms. Perez ended by introducing the new Code Enforcement Director, Tom Iandimarino. Mr. Tom Iandimarino introduced himself and provided background information. Official Pro Players, Tasheekia Harris Ms. Tasheekia Harris provided information of the hosting on the official pro players leadership and field development football camp. The hosting will be held in Immokalee at Immokalee High School May 27, 2023, from 9 A.M. — 5 P.M. The purpose of this event is to help the young middle and high schoolers to lead, score and win on and off the field. She said that they are looking for community involvement and resources. She also said that they are looking for food vendor and t- shirts sponsor. If anyone is interested, she said they are more than welcome to speak with her. She thanks everyone for their time. Immokalee Eastern Chamber of Commerce, Danny Gonzalez Mr. Danny Gonzalez provided information on events that are coming up. The RCMA Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Lipman Farm Campus will be on May 25, 2023, at 10 A.M. Mr. Danny Gonzalez invited everyone to attend. He also provided information on the next Immokalee Eastern Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Meeting that will be on June 7, 2023, at 8 A.M. He informed everyone that there will be no July meeting for the Immokalee Eastern Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Danny Gonzalez also commented that Ms. Cristina Perez, has been a big help with the cleanup in Immokalee. He is seeing many great improvements. He said that the Immokalee Eastern Chamber of Commerce has been greatly involved and that they hope to continue to do so. Cultivate Abundance, Lupita Vazquez Reyes Ms. Lupita provided updates on the community garden nonprofit. She said that they are currently seeking 12 local area gardeners to add to the current 14 gardeners. 5 a Packet Pg. 545 Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency IMMOKALEE CRA 24.A.3 Enclosure i The Place to Call Home! She provided an example of a current gardener who has allowed the group to use a 30 x 90 area in the residential area to produce 250 pounds of food which averages 68 servings. She encourages those who are interested to join. Collier County Economic Development & Housing Division, Lincoln Price Mr. Lincoln Price provided information on the new Economic Development & Housing Division Director, Sarah Harrington. He said that she is not new to Immokalee, so she has some knowledge. She has been operating with the Immokalee Eastern Chamber of Commerce in networking and she is eager to be in Immokalee. Mr. Price updated everyone that the division is monitoring the Qualified Opportunity Zone program and they currently have one interest from a large player. They are still looking for others who are interested. Mr. Price also said that they are monitoring a number of affordable housing projects. He encouraged people to contact them if they have any concerns or questions. He provided information on the 10 culinary accelerator members at the airport facility, he encouraged the community members to continue to support this facility. He said he would like to encourage those in the business community to look at their flood insurance policy and encouraged them to do their elevation certificate. Those who need this policy, they can ask the Growth Management Division (GMD) to help get the flood insurance. I. Community Presentations 1. Collier County Airport Authority, Andrew Bennett, Executive Manager Mr. Andrew Bennett provided an overview of what has been done in regard to projects, what they are currently working on, and what will happen in the future. He followed up with an update as to who is currently using the airport and what the utilization is at the airport. Mr. Bennett said that over the last couple of years, the airport has undertaken some significant projects and most of them were funded through Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) or FDOT funds. Staff provided a current google earth aerial map of the Immokalee Airport which Mr. Bennett used to show all the projects. He announced that 8 million was spent on infrastructure projects over the last two years. Projects Completed: In 2021, the Authority completed Taxiway Charlie extension project (east side), which includes transportation, airfield signaling and control equipment. The project cost $2.4 million (FAA Funds). In 2022, the Authority completed the rehabilitation of Immokalee's secondary runway (18-36) project, which includes new asphalt, blast pad, medium intensity LED lighting, Runway End Identifier Lights, Precision Approach Path Indicator lights, signage, wind indicators, and lighting vault upgrades. The project cost $5.8 million (FDOT funded project at 80%). a Packet Pg. 546 Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency IMMOKALEE CRA 24.A.3 Enclosure i The Place to Call Home! Project in progress: In 2022, a private company, Global Flight Training Solutions started construction on a new flight training facility. The company is building three IOK sq/ft corporate commercial hangars at that airport. Project in the future: The Florida Army National Guard Readiness Center Project is a new construction project being proposed at the airport. This project will include a General -Purpose Training Bay (GPTB), all utility services, information systems, roads, walkways, curbs, gutters, storm drainage, parking areas, and site improvements. Physical security measures for anti -terrorism and force protection will be incorporated into the design to include maximum feasible standoff distances. Energy conservation measures will also be incorporated into design where feasible. Estimated project $20 million. Global Flight Training Solutions said they also plan on bringing in maintenance facilities and a jet charter service in the future. Collier Mosquito Control District has started the design process on their 10-acre development which encompasses: two (2) aircraft hangars — 25.2K sq/ft each, administration facility — 37K sq/ft, maintenance building — 25K sq/ft, and a storage facility — 6k sq/ft. A brief Q & A session was held between staff, board, and public. 2. The Neighborhood Company (TNC) N Staff provided updates on status. They have finalized evaluations on the overlay and development patterns. They are currently having one-on-one meetings with local stakeholders. They want the community to know that they have openings in case anyone would like to provide more information. In They are on track, after these meetings are completed, they will work on what is called a white r to paper report. They will have a workshop end in the end of June or in July. They will provide more information as they proceed. After this workshop, staff said they will work on LDC draft with staff and county staff. Adoption process will be after the LDC draft is completed. They would like to Q acknowledge Debrah and they look forward to working with Greg. v Old Business. c 1. CRA Budget Priorities E Staff provided updates on what occurred in the MSTU Meeting. Staff said it was recommended to 5 program a project for Lake Trafford. This project is currently being funded with the Neighborhood Q Fund. The left -over funds will be moved to Capital Fund 786 under the Main Street or Lake Trafford fund. K. New Business No new business. Packet Pg. 547 Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency IMMOKALEE CRA 24.A.3 Enclosure i The Place to Cal ! tome! L. Citizen Comments Ms. Lupita Vazquez Reyes commented if a lighting study will be done around the Immokalee Community Park or any large foot traffic areas near the Immokalee High School. Ms. Christie Betancourt informed Ms. Lupita Vazquez Reyes that the TIGER grant project is working on installing lighting within some of those areas. M. Next Meeting Date The next meeting will be a Joint CRA and MSTU meeting to be held on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at 8:30 A.M. at CareerSource SWFL. N. Adjournment Meeting adjourned at 10:57 A.M. * Zoom Meeting chat is attached to the minutes for the record. Packet Pg. 548 24.A.3 Zoom Chat May 17, 2023 CRA Meeting 00:25:46 Lupita Vazquez Reyes: There is feedback online. Echoing 00:26:32 Lupita Vazquez Reyes: Goodmorning, Lupita Vazquez Reyes, with Cultivate Abundance, NGO and resident, Immokalee. 00:26:42 debrah.forester@colliercountyfl.gov: Please mute your lines if you aren't speaking. thank you 00:26:42 Teo Alviar: Good Morning! 00:39:16 Lupita Vazquez Reyes: 8:30am sounds reasonable, especially if there is still hybrid availability 00:48:59 lincoln price: Good morning everyone, my name is Sarah Harrington Please let me know if I can be of assistance. My email is: sarah.harrington@colliercountyfl.gov 00:50:17 Lupita Vazquez Reyes: Can someone type in what those dates are, current speaker mentioned? 00:51:47 Yuridia Zaragoza: June 10 for the Cleanup. It will be from 8 A.M to 11 A.M. 00:52:23 Teo Alviar: Is Sarah Harrington the one that was addressing the SBA topic? 00:54:20 lincoln price: Sarah Harrington is the new interim Division Director for Economic Development & Housing with Collier County 00:54:33 Teo Alviar: Got it, Thanks! 00:54:59 lincoln price: My pleasure! Hope you have a nice day. 00:56:15 Dr. Arol Buntzman: OPP is a great organization with great programs. 00:58:27 Yuridia Zaragoza: Tauheedah Mateen was addressing the SBA topic 01:00:53 Teo Alviar: Thanks Yuri! 01:01:49 Yuridia Zaragoza: No Problem 01:05:18 Lupita Vazquez Reyes: If you would like to connect yourself or others in the Immokalee or neighboring communities with gardening project, growing, collecting, or sharing, please connect on www.cultivateabundance.org, or directly at lvazquez@cultivateabundance.org, 239-839-7392 cell. 01:06:02 lincoln price: Thank you, Ahmed and Lincoln. Very excited for the opportunity to work together with the Immokalee CRA. 01:06:25 lincoln price: Reacted to "Thank you, Ahmed and..." with Eh 01:06:33 lincoln price: Reacted to "If you would like to..." with & 01:20:46 Lupita Vazquez Reyes: Can we get this gentleman's contact information posted on the chat, please? 01:29:14 Christie Betancourt: Andrew Bennett, Airport Manager - Andrew.Bennett@colliercountyfl.gov 01:30:39 debrah.forester@colliercountyfl.gov: Andrew.bennett@colliercountyfl.gov 01:50:06 Lupita Vazquez Reyes: Dolores Huff, Adopt a Highway, dolores.huff@dot.state.fl.us 01:51:25 Stephanie Kerr: Stephanie Kerr, Cancer Alliance Network, stephanie@cancerallianceofnaples.org 02:08:56 Dr. Arol Buntzman: I apologize but I have to jump on another call. Dr Arol I Buntzmn Packet Pg. 549 24.A.3 02:17:53 Teo Alviar: Great Question Frank! Packet Pg. 550 24.A.3 Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency IMMOKALEE CRA i The Place to Call Home ! Certification of Minutes Approval Form Prepared by: Christie Betancourt, Program Manager Immokalee Community Redevelopment Agency Approved by: -�� Patricia Anne Goodnight, Chairman The Minutes for the May 17, 2023, CRA. Advisory Board was approved by the CRA Advisory Board on .tune 21, 2023, as presented. The next meeting will be a CRA Advisory Board meeting and will be held on September 27, 2023, at 8:30 A.M. at CareerSource SWFL. All meetings will be publicly noticed in the W. Harmon Turner Building (Building F), posted at the lmmokalee 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. 551