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GGELTC Minutes 03/18/2024M I N U T E S Golden Gate Estates Land Trust Committee Monday, March 18, 2024 - 5:30 p.m. Greater Naples Fire Rescue District – Command Area 14575 Collier Blvd Naples, FL 34119 Committee Members Chairman: Jeff Curl Vice-Chairman: Vacant Member: Sarah Huffman Member: Aaron Zwiefel - Absent Member: Vacant County Staff Jennifer A. Belpedio, Manager Roosevelt Leonard, Appraiser Jeremiah Westerfield, Property Acquisition Specialist II Greater Naples Fire Rescue District Interim Chief Chris Wolfe Deputy Chief Joshua Bauer Members of the Public Valerie Nowottnick Michael Ramsey Rae Ann Burton Jill Rosenfeld Note: Due to only 2 members being present, there was no quorum and no voting. 1. Call to order: Jeff called the meeting to order at 5:35p.m. 2. Approval of current agenda: Jeff asked if there were any questions, there were none. 3. Approval of the Meeting Minutes from February 21, 2023. 21.A.3 Packet Pg. 470 Attachment: Minutes - March 18, 2024 (28687 : Golden Gate Estate Land Trust Advisory Board - March 2024) 4. Old Business a. Welcome Aaron Zwiefel as new committee member – Aaron was not present. b. Jennifer introduced herself and other staff members and then presented old business information. Jennifer began with the sale of Folio #38840040001. She stated this was approved by the BCC for sale to the Public Utility Engineering Department on 04/11/2023. It was sold for $370,000 and there was a waiver of the reverter clause with this sale. Jill disputed that the sale did not follow the state statue on how government property is to be marketed and sold. Jennifer explained since this was county to county, this was a different program and those statutes do not apply. Jill respectfully disagreed. Michael asked about this property being used for test wells. Jennifer read the executive summary (ID #24768) for this sale. Jennifer also expressed future ideas for marketing and advertising GAC parcels possibly on the Clerk website and/or other similar mediums. c. Jennifer then moved to the Brush Truck purchase for the Greater Naples Fire Rescue District. At this point, Interim Chief Wolfe suggested the meeting move outside for everyone to see the Brush Truck. Everyone went outside to view the new truck and returned to the meeting table shortly after. d. Jennifer spoke about the EMS Station 74 apparatus. It has not yet been purchased or reimbursed. Jeff explained for this Fiscal Year budget there may need to be a budget change or amendment created to account for this or add this to the next year budget. 5. New Business a. Jeff welcomed Valerie Nowottnick as an applicant and asked her to share why she is interested in joining the GAC. Valerie shared that she is a resident of Golden Gate Estates and is interested in contributing to the GAC and its direction. Jennifer shared that since there is no quorum the GAC cannot vote on Valerie, however Real Property staff could recommend to the BCC that she be appointed. Jennifer was going to contact the CAO to verify the steps for this. b. Jeff reaffirmed with no quorum, there could be no vote on the Vice-Chairman position either. c. Jeff moved on to the GAC Land Holdings. Jennifer presented the staff documents as created. Including the updated map showing the available 17 parcels. Jennifer expressed at a future meeting the GAC could address the marketing and sale of these properties. Jennifer also proposed returning with appraisal reports for the parcels. Jeff addressed the particular lots being held by the school board and fire district. Jeff specifically requested we determine if the school board is going to buy these held lots or not. Jennifer explained Real Property would like to implement a marketing plan, website, social media, for transparency. Jennifer also mentioned promoting the trust fund status and applications. Jeff asked the public if they had any questions or comments. A member of the public, Michael, said the GGEACA (Golden Gate Estates Area Civic Association) has a proposed addendum to the Golden Gate Master 21.A.3 Packet Pg. 471 Attachment: Minutes - March 18, 2024 (28687 : Golden Gate Estate Land Trust Advisory Board - March 2024) Plan. Michael explained the issue of cell service/coverage in Golden Gate and how East of Everglades Dr there is no cell service. He was proposing GAC help installing cell towers every 5 miles on Everglades Dr for 5G service. Michael proposed other ideas and locations for cell towers. Michael also proposed using the GAC Funds for this project and possibly swapping GAC parcels or placing towers on these lots. Valerie mentioned the 5G service idea and how she lives 2 miles from a tower and has no service. Jeff asked her what network provider she used. Valerie mentioned both ATT and T-Mobile and, in her opinion, it may do more with throttling of service based on the owner subscription than proximity to towers. d. Jennifer presented the overview of GAC Financial documents as created by staff. Jennifer publicly thanked Real Property staff for their hard work – as well as Vera Ivanova and Vivian Rodriguez who were not present. Jennifer informed everyone that the staff is still working on final numbers, presented the graph, and presented the pie chart. Jeff confirmed/asked if the chart and numbers do or do not reflect the EMS yet. Jennifer confirmed the charts do not show the EMS purchase yet. Jeff asked about the funds from the Randall Curve sale. Sarah expressed this was a $4 million sale and they have previously asked about the location of the funds with no answer. Jennifer said she has been in contact with Chris Johnson (county employee – budget analyst) and he is looking into it. Jeff mentioned this sale was 3 years ago. Jennifer asked if Jeff was under the impression the GAC was going to get the full $3.8 million. Jeff said yes since this was a GAC Land Trust Parcel, they should get 100% of the funds from the sale. 6. Chair/Committee Comments a. Jeff asked Sarah if she had any comments. Sarah asked how long will the GAC be intact after the sale of the remaining 17 parcels. Jennifer expressed that there is no plan to disband and the GAC is important. Jeff expressed how as the GAC funds more projects the more they will need the Randall Curve funds. Jeff also said that once the parcels are sold and funds are gone the GAC will be disbanded. 7. Public Comments a. Jeff asked if the public had any comments or questions. Jill asked for copies of the GAC Financials and Land Holdings – Jennifer provided. Rae Ann Burton brought up her application to join the GAC. Rae Ann had applied, withdrew her application and then asked to reinstate the application. Rae Ann also shared other committees she belongs to. Jennifer said she would check with the CAO for the protocol. Rae Ann asked when the GAC meeting would be. Jeff said there is no set meeting but historically on a Monday at 5:30. 21.A.3 Packet Pg. 472 Attachment: Minutes - March 18, 2024 (28687 : Golden Gate Estate Land Trust Advisory Board - March 2024) 8. Staff Comments a. Jennifer mentioned the Sunshine Law and Public Record Law. Jennifer mentioned the available video covering the basics of the Sunshine Law and Public Record Law. Jeff requested to not watch the video, as he had seen it many times and perhaps the county could host a conference to show the video to multiple boards at once. Jennifer said should any member have questions about the Sunshine Law or Public Records Law, they could contact staff with questions or ask the CAO for help. Roosevelt and Jeremiah had no comments. 9. Next Meeting a. Jeff said the next meeting is TBD. Jeff suggested we have a sign in sheet for attendance of the public. Jeff also asked staff look into why Aaron did not attend. 10. Adjourn a. Jeff called more the meeting to adjourn at 6:36 pm. Acknowledged: ___________________________________________ Date: ___________________________ Jeff Curl, Chairman 21.A.3 Packet Pg. 473 Attachment: Minutes - March 18, 2024 (28687 : Golden Gate Estate Land Trust Advisory Board - March 2024)