Commissioner Saunders Ex parte Items - Commissioner Burt L. Saunders
COLLIER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA
DECEMBER 12, 2023
ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS
9C This item requires that ex-parte disclosur be provided by Commission
members. Should a hearing be held on this item, all participants are
required to be sworn in. Recommendation to approve an Ordinance to
rezone 5.53± acres of property from the Estates (E) zoning district to a
commercial planned unit development (CPUD) zoning district for a project
to be known as 4050 13th Avenue Commercial Planned Unit Development
to allow development of up to 171,500 square feet of gross floor area of
self-storage and mini-warehouse (SIC 4225). The property is located
southwest of the intersection of 13th Avenue SW and Collier Boulevard,
north of Green Boulevard in Section 15, Township 49 South, Range 26
East, Collier County, Florida. [PL20210003321] (This is a companion to
item 9B)
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9E This item requires that all participants be sworn in, and Commission
members provide ex-parte disclosure. Recommendation to approve an
Ordinance amending Marco Shores Golf Course Community (Marco
Shores) Planned Unit Development (PUD), Ordinance Number 81-6, as
amended, to increase the maximum number of residential multi-family
dwelling units from 1,580 units to 1,670; adjust off-street parking
standards, and add an Airport Disclosure and Permitting Commitment; for
property located near the Marco Island Executive Airport, on the north
side of Mainsail Drive and 1.7 miles east of Collier Boulevard, in Section
26, Township 51 South, Range 26 East, Collier County, Florida.
[PL20220003791]
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Ex parte Items - Commissioner Burt L. Saunders
COLLIER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA
DECEMBER 12, 2023
CONSENT AGENDA
16A3 This item requires that Commission members provide ex-parte disclosure.
Should a hearing be held on this item, all participants are required to be
sworn in. Recommendation to approve for recording the final plat of
Anthem Parkway - Phase 5A (Application Number PL20220004186),
approval of the standard form Construction and Maintenance Agreement,
and approval of the performance security in the amount of $4,078,639.40.
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16Al2 This item requires that ex parte disclosure be provided by Commission
members. Should a hearing be held on this item, all participants are
required to be sworn in. Recommendation to approve for recording the
amended final plat of Winchester Phase 2 (Application Number
PL20230009406) approval of the standard form Construction and
Maintenance Agreement and approval of the performance security in the
amount of $182,292.55.
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16A17 This item requires that Commission members provide ex-parte disclosure.
Should a hearing be held on this item, all participants are required to be
sworn in. Recommendation to approve for recording the final plat of
SkySail - Phase Two (Application Number PL20220002180), approval of
the standard form Construction and Maintenance Agreement, and
approval of the performance security in the amount of $4,616,344.48.
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Ex parte Items - Commissioner Burt L. Saunders
COLLIER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA
DECEMBER 12, 2023
16A18 This item requires that Commission members provide ex-parte disclosure.
Should a hearing be held on this item, all participants are required to be
sworn in. Recommendation to approve for recording the minor final plat
Esplanade by the Islands - Phase 3 Replat, Application Number
PL20230013673.
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17E This item requires that Commission members provide ex-parte disclosure.
Should a hearing be held on this item, all participants are required to be
sworn in. Recommendation to adopt an Ordinance amending Ordinance
Number 90-028, the Monterey Planned Unit Development (PUD), to correct
a scrivener's error in Section 2.04.05 of the PUD Document relating to floor
area; and providing for an effective date. The subject 194.03 ± acre PUD is
located on the south side of Vanderbilt Beach Road and north of Orange
Blossom Drive approximately 900 feet east of Goodlette-Frank Road in
Section 2, Township 49 South, Range 25 East, in Collier County, Florida.
[PL202300016639]
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17G This item requires that Commission members provide ex-parte disclosure.
Should a hearing be held on this item, all participants are required to be
sworn in. Recommendation to approve Petition VAC-PL20230013952, to
disclaim, renounce and vacate the County and the public interest in a
portion of the north 10-foot drainage easement located on Lot 36, and a
portion of the south 10-foot drainage easement located on Lot 37, Collier
County Production Park, Phase 1-B, as recorded in Plat Book 15, Pages 7
and 8 of the public records of Collier County, Florida, located in Section 29,
Township 48 South, Range 25 East, Collier County, Florida and to accept
Petitioner's grant of a drainage easement to replace the va
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From:CEREMUGA, GARY
To:Rick LoCastro; Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill.McDanie@colliercountyfl.gov
Cc:Aixa Capizzi; Louise Jarvis; Sue Filson; Sarina Francis; Cristina Tiberia
Subject:UPDATE... Marco Shores PUD Amendment and Mainsail Drive Rezone
Date:Wednesday, December 6, 2023 9:51:07 PM
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Our Collier County Commissioners, With the December 12 Zoning Hearing fast approaching, we
want to bring you up to date on our efforts to mitigate the impact of a request to rezone and amend
our Marco Shores PUD. This request to add another 90 apartment homes brings with it the
potential of 180 more cars traveling up and down our quiet dead end street. Mainsail Drive has
been very inviting and popular over the years for “on road” walkers, joggers and bike riders. It’s our
Marco Shores lifestyle. Our narrow sidewalks are not conducive to this much activity. It’s hard to
ignore the substantial increase in traffic from the new 100 apartments racing up and down our curvy
winding one mile roadway. We are concerned about our SAFETY. By Collier County’s own admission
“the benefits of median strip landscaping have been directly related to traffic calming”.
We are appealing to the Collier County Land Development Code: 1.05.01 - Purpose and
Intent
B. In order to foster and preserve public health, safety, comfort and welfare, and to aid in
the harmonious, orderly, and progressive development of the unincorporated areas of
Collier County, it is the intent of this LDC that the development process in Collier County be
efficient, in terms of time and expense, effective, in terms of addressing the natural resource
and public facility implications of proposed development, and equitable, in terms of
consistency with established regulations and procedures, respect for the rights of property
owners, and consideration of the interests of the citizens of Collier County.
The Collier County Staff Report dated 08/23/2023 recommends approval. The Collier County
Planning Commission voted on October 5, 2023 to approve WITH the following amendment, “The
petitioner, Marco Shores residents, as well as the Airport Authority and the County come to an
agreement for the Mainsail Drive median”. Our hope is that all aforementioned parties have some
“skin” in the game. Our Marco Shores community realizes the “traffic calming” benefit of median
landscaping and offer to establish a MSTU for future maintenance.
As requested by Commissioner LoCastro, Trinity Scott, Department Head Transportation and The
Planning Commission, we have opened a dialogue with the applicant/petitioner. We have had a
couple of meetings that have generated an offer from the developer. That offer falls
way below what is needed to complete this project and mitigate the impact to the
550 homes of Marco Shores (excluding Hammock Bay). We are leaning on the developer
to shoulder the initial cost of this project. After all it’s HIS petition to not just rezone this property
but to ALSO amend our PUD. We’re not asking for much. Estimates are less than 2 months of rental
income from the proposed 90 apartments. We liken our request to an “enhanced buffer” to calm
the increased traffic and strongly feel this is in proportion to the impact on our residents.
We appreciate your consideration for our quest to benefit all of Mainsail Drive…
Sincerely,
Mark Wagner David Wuellner Larry Slater Gary Ceremuga Mark Andrews Heidi
McIntyre Michael Lee Patricia Taylor Kerry Vanderslice Ethel Quin
President Vice President President President President
President President President President Vice President
Tropic Schooner Tropic Schooner Fairways I Fairways Commons Fairways II Mainsail
I Mainsail II Mainsail III Mainsail IV Mainsail II
From:Burt Saunders
To:"Dave Wuellner"
Subject:RE: Marco Shores PUD Change and Rezoning
Date:Wednesday, November 8, 2023 3:18:00 PM
Mr. Wuellner,
This will acknowledge receipt of your email regarding the proposed Marco Shores
PUD Change and Rezoning. Thank you for taking the time to voice your views. I will
take your comments into consideration when this issue comes before the Board of
County Commissioners.
Please be advised that you can attend the Board meeting to make your comments
part of the public record. All persons wishing to speak on Agenda items must register
prior to presentation of the Agenda item to be addressed and will receive up to 3
minutes to speak.
I greatly appreciate the opportunity to represent you on the Collier County
Commission. Thank you for helping to make Collier County a great place to live, work
and play.
Burt Saunders
District 3 Commissioner
Burt.Saunders@colliercountyfl.gov
3299 Tamiami Trail East, Suite #303
Naples, FL 34112
P: (239) 252-8603
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From: Dave Wuellner <dwuellner@frontier.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2023 2:15 PM
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Burt Saunders <Burt.Saunders@colliercountyfl.gov>; Dan Kowal <Dan.Kowal@colliercountyfl.gov>;
Bill McDaniel <Bill.McDaniel@colliercountyfl.gov>; Mark Wagner <wagscape@aol.com>; GARY
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Subject: Marco Shores PUD Change and Rezoning
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Dear Collier County Commissioners:
I wanted to contact the members of the Board of County Commissioners in advance of the hearing coming up on
December 12th for the PUD changes and rezoning request by the developers of Mainsail Apartments. As you may
already be aware, representatives from Mainsail I, II, II, and IV, Fairways I and II, and Tropic Schooner have all
come together to collectively ask you to help us reach a fair resolution to this issue.
Before I begin, I want you to understand that none of us are "NIMBY's". We are not opposed to this development -
we understand how things work in Florida, and I think we all pretty much knew this development would happen,
one way or the other.
What we ARE opposed to, however, is for this developer to be given carte blanche to change our PUD by increasing
density, and to rezone this land, all the while being given that "gift" for free. As a former Planning Commissioner
and City Councilman from Minnesota, I understand PUD's, and their value to communities. In exchange for higher
densities, smaller lots, shorter setbacks, etc., the community has the ability to get something for that - a quid pro
quo for deviations from development standards. That is exactly the case here - we want this PUD completed by
landscaping the median from Hammock Bay all the way to the airport.
For those of you who aren't familiar with this PUD, the developers of Hammock Bay's Borghese Drive condos,
WCI, was required to landscape this same median in exchange for their being allowed to build three-story condo
buildings years ago. That landscaping never materialized because WCI went bankrupt after the condo project was
completed. In those days, the developer was not required to put up a bond for the agreed-upon work. So here we are
years later still wondering when Collier County will recognize the need for a safer roadway for the many walkers
and bicyclists who use this road.
The other aspect of this project has to do with the cost of the property itself. The developer paid $2.1 million for the
land to build phase 1 which is comprised of 100 units. That project certainly panned out financially for the developer
even at that acquisition cost. The land for phase 2, on the other hand, was acquired for $762,000 from Marco Island.
Marco Island initially expected to get over $2 million for that land, but it did not have density credits. Consequently
it sold for a fraction of that amount. When the BOCC gavel strikes upon approval of this project, that land value will
immediately shoot up to over $2 million.
Given that this project entails a PUD master plan change in density, a zoning change, an increase of a couple
hundred cars, and a $1.3 million equity boost, we don't feel that a $350,000 to $400,000 investment in landscaping
would be an unreasonable trade-off.
We are in the process of completing our design estimates for this project, and we will get that to you prior to the
hearing. We would appreciate your support in finally getting Mainsail Drive the needed attention, the safety buffer,
the landscape, and the welcoming look from your community gateway - the Marco Island Executive Airport.
Sincerely,
David Wuellner
Vice President - Tropic Schooner Condominium Association
1528 Mainsail Dr. Unit 2
Naples, FL 34114
(317) 416-0193