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GGELTC Minutes 10/14/2024M I N U T E S Golden Gate Estates Land Trust Committee Monday, October 1435:30 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 Member: Valerie Nowottnick Member: Shirley Noya County Staff Jennifer A. Belpedio, Manager Roosevelt Leonard, Appraiser Iveta Willer, Operation Support Specialist II Greater Naples Fire Rescue District Chief Chris Wolfe Assistance Chief Forrest Campbell North Collier Fire Control and Rescue District Assistant Chief K istofer Thomas Emereency Medical Services Interim Chief Bruce Gastineau Deputy Chief of Operations Tony Camps Members of the Public Michael Ramsey Jill Rosenfeld 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 or revision to the agenda as presented, there were none. Jeff asked for a motion to approve the agenda as submitted. Sarah made a motion to approve the agenda as presented, Valerie seconded the motion. Jeff called the vote, and all were in favor to approve. 3. Approval of the Meeting Minutes from March 183 2024. Jeff as if there were any questions or revisions to the Minutes as presented, there were none. Jeff asked for the motion to approve. Sarah made a motion to approve the Minutes from March 18, 2024, as presented, Valerie seconded the motion. Jeff called the vote, and all were in favor to approve. 4. Old Business a. Jeff announced the reimbursement for Brush Truck to the Greater Naples Rescue District. b. Jennifer requested extension of deadline to purchase an ambulance, stretcher, and cardiac monitor for EMS Station 74. The deadline for this purchase under this contract was for a period not to exceed 2 years. Bruce requested to be extended at least for 2 years. They only received one quote and they need 3 quotes or show effort to get these additional quotes. Jennifer explained that two years extension is good to proceed and bring EMS back to provide status of the quotes and provide additional funding if needed. Jeff understands that cost of the ambulance changes with different specs and cosmetic changes adding the price of it. Valerie was asking about the turnaround time. Bruce answered it is 18 -24 months and that after securing the contract usually takes 12-24 months to build the ambulance. Jeff asked for a motion to approve the 3 years extension to purchase ambulance and Valerie made a motion to approve the 3 years extension and Sarah seconded the motion. Jeff called for the vote, and all were in favor. 5. New Business a. Jeff welcomed Valerie Nowottnick and Shirley Noya as new committee members and joining the GAC. b. Jeff announced that there was a Vice -Chairman position vacant and with quorum, they could vote on the Vice -Chairman position. There were multiple nomination Sarah and Valerie. After tallying the ayes and nays Jeff announced Sarah who has received most of the votes the Vice -Chairman. Jeff asks Sarah if she consent to the nomination. Sarah accepted. Jeff asked for a motion to approve. Valerie made a motion and Shirley seconded he motion to accept the result of the vote. c. Jeff moved onto the application for funding for replacement Water tender truck for Greater Naples Fire Rescue. Chief Wolfe was requesting replacement of Water Tender 71. The truck is old and regular maintenance is becoming very expensive. Chief Wolfe mentioned that the turnaround time is around 6 months. The water tender truck would be same as Tender 74 with minor modifications. Shirley asked about the Water tender 71 and the answer was retired, disposed. Sarah asked for a motion to approve the Water tender and Valerie made motion to approve the Water Tender and Jeff seconded the motion. Sarah called for the vote, and all were in favor. d. Jeff moved to the overview of GAC land holdings. Jennifer presented updated map showing the available 17 parcels. Jennifer presented to sell these properties to the public and sell it to the highest bidder to dispose these properties. She would like to implement to sell these properties via robust solicitation cle&website and social media. Collier County Public Schools were interested in GAC parcel. Jeff mentioned they will hold the property for CCPS, but they would like a CCPS representative to come to a future committee meeting to present property's plans, the timeline and construction. North Collier Fire Control and Rescue District were interested in parcel #5 Folio number 40120440005. Assistant Chief Thomas is pushing for better emergency services for the area, storage or cell tower. They are expecting the water and sewer to be there. Jeff expressed aesthetic impact on the community. The design should blend with the community. Jeff also had concerns about the nearby roads and the impact on traffic and maintenance. If constructing potential cell tower that could significantly improve service. The community could benefit from more reliable cell service. A member of the public Michael, explained the issue of the cell service in Golden Gate and East of Everglades there is no cell service. Michael proposed ideas and location for cell tower. He was requesting assistance since 2019 to use GAC land and funds for it. Jennifer mentioned that she is working on the cell tower project at Grange Tree area. This tower might be too far to serve the area that is needed to be covered. Sarah asked for a motion to approve the sale of this requested parcel to North Collier Fire Control & Rescue District and Valerie made motion to approve the sale of this parcel and Jeff seconded the motion. Sarah called for the vote, and all were in favor. e. Jennifer presented the overview of GAC Financial documents as created by staff. There were no comments. f. Jeff moved to weather monitoring. Chief Wolf presented. No action taken. 6. Chair/Committee Comments a. Jeff asked the Committee members if they have any comments? There were no comments from the Committee members 7. Public Comments a. Jeff asked if the public had any comments or questions. Jill asked about Randall Curve sale. Jeff said they should get 100% of the funds from the sale. This sale was set on side for Golden Gate Community. Jennifer said it is a BCC decision as to where to place the funds. 8. Staff Comments a. Jennifer mentioned the Sunshine Law and Public Record Law. 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. Jeff would like a video link, and materials sent to the members. Roosevelt and Iveta had no comments. 9. Next Meeting a. Jeff said the next meeting is TBD. 10. Adjourn a. Jeff called more the meeting to adjourn at 7:01 pm.