Agenda 01/14/2025 Item #11B (Update on the status of Board-directed negotiations with Gargiulo Education Center, Inc. for property acquisition cost and the construction of a child education center)1/14/2025
Item # 11.B
ID# 2024-2354
Executive Summary
Recommendation to accept an update on the status of Board-directed negotiations with Gargiulo Education Center, Inc.,
for the purchase of Collier County-owned property located at 16140 and 16144 Performance Way, no longer needed for
an EMS station, including information on Gargiulo's consideration of grant funding for property acquisition costs and the
construction of a child education center.
OBJECTIVE: To inform the Board of County Commissioners (the “Board”) of the status of negotiations with Gargiulo
Education Center, Inc. (“Gargiulo”) for the purchase of Collier County-owned property at 16140 and 16144
Performance Way (the “Property”), including Gargiulo's efforts to secure grant funding for acquisition and construction
of a child education center.
CONSIDERATIONS: On November 12, 2024, under agenda item 11.D. (formerly 16.E.2), the Board directed staff to
negotiate with Gargiulo to purchase the Property. The Board specified that the purchase price should reimburse the
County’s acquisition costs and related expenditures. Additionally, the Board indicated it would consider offering
financing to Gargiulo. Real Property Management (“Real Property”) consulted with the County Attorney’s Office,
which confirmed that deferred payments are legally permissible. Furthermore, Gargiulo is exploring other funding
opportunities including grants that would assist in offsetting the purchase price and construction costs for the
educational center. However, the grants that Gargiulo is contemplating would not have funding available until October
2025, if awarded. As of this executive summary, Gargiulo's board of directors has met and is currently evaluating its
options regarding whether to proceed with a grant application or request a deferred payment. It is important to note that
if Gargiulo moves forward with a grant application and receives the funds, the funds may be restricted to the
construction of the child education center, and the North Collier Fire District may not use the facility as intended when
Gargiulo presented it to the Board. Discussions with the North Collier Fire District are currently underway.
Background and other Board approvals:
On September 11, 2007, agenda item 16E8, the Board approved the purchase of the property to house an EMS Facility.
The Property was acquired at a purchase price of $674,896.86. The property is no longer required for an EMS Station, as
EMS intends to co-locate operations at a nearby fire station on U.S. Highway 41, which North Collier Fire District will
construct.
On July 2024, agenda item 16F1, the Board considered letters of intent from Gargiulo and Up In Smoke, LLC,
proposing to purchase the Property and authorized the County Manager or designee to take any and all action necessary
to surplus the properties. The direction was followed, and two bids were received using the competitive process.
1. Up In Smoke, LLC, and sell for $1,310,000 cash, no contingencies. The proposed use is the development of a
storage facility.
2. Gargiulo Education Center, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity and sell for $674,900 with a $10,000
deposit. The proposed use is the development of a new facility to house an after-school program and a community
center to service at-risk latchkey and migrant students and poverty-level families in North Naples at no cost to the
families.
The item was moved to the regular agenda, and following the presentation, Gargiulo was selected. Gargiulo is expected
to decide how to proceed and notify staff of their intentions. Because federal funding prohibits certain actions, if
Gargiulo applies for federal grant funds, it cannot enter into a contract or pursue a zoning verification until the funding
award is granted. As a result, the Board's consideration of the agreement will be delayed. Alternatively, at any point,
until a contract is approved, the Board may choose to select Up in Smoke, LLC, a cash buyer.
FISCAL IMPACT: At this time there is no fiscal impact. A total of $875,000 in net commercial loan proceeds were
used to fund the purchase of the land and the associated costs, which include title insurance, environmental assessments
plus engineering fees for site development. This debt was later consolidated into a general government special
obligation bond in the amount of $522,188. Annual debt service payments are expected to be completed in fiscal year
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Item # 11.B
ID# 2024-2354
2034. As of FY 2024, the proportional loan outstanding is $340,269. Proceeds from the sale of the land will be deposited
within General Fund (0001) as funding from the General Fund (0001) and County-wide Capital Fund (3001) has
assisted the Emergency Management Services Impact Fee fund (3030) with the annual debt service payments for this
property. Currently, the out-of-pocket costs, including community association fees and surtax funding, listed as “other
costs” are:
Land Cost: $689,990.50
Interest: $312,867.28
Other Costs: $301,792,.58
TOTAL: $1,304,650.36
The total out-of-pocket costs, including the remaining loan balance, will be reimbursed accordingly through the property
sale proceeds.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: There is no growth management impact associated with this action.
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This item has been reviewed by the County Attorney, is approved as to form and
legality and requires majority vote for approval. -JAK
RECOMMENDATIONS: To accept an update on the status of Board directed negotiations with Gargiulo Education
Center, Inc., for the purchase of Collier County-owned property located at 16140 and 16144 Performance Way, no
longer needed for an EMS station, including information on Gargiulo's consideration of federal grant funding for
property acquisition costs and the construction of a child education.
PREPARED BY: Jennifer A. Belpedio Esq., Manager, Real Property Management, TMSD
ATTACHMENTS:
1. BCC Minutes 11_12_2024 R
2. Soliciation Responses
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TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEETING OF THE
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Naples, Florida, November 12, 2024
LET IT BE REMEMBERED that the Board of County
Commissioners, in and for the County of Collier, and also acting as
the Board of Zoning Appeals and as the governing board(s) of such
special districts as have been created according to law and having
conducted business herein, met on this date at 9:00 a.m., in
REGULAR SESSION in Building "F" of the Government Complex,
East Naples, Florida, with the following Board members present:
Chairman: Chris Hall
Rick LoCastro
Dan Kowal
William L. McDaniel, Jr. (via phone)
Burt L. Saunders
ALSO PRESENT:
Amy Patterson, County Manager
George Yilmaz, Public Utilities Administrator
Jeffrey A. Klatzkow, County Attorney
Crystal K. Kinzel, Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller
Troy Miller, Communications & Customer Relations
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COMMISSIONER KOWAL: Aye.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye.
CHAIRMAN HALL: Opposed?
No response.)
CHAIRMAN HALL: No one.
MS. PATTERSON: Very good. Thank you.
Item #11D
RECOMMENDATION TO ACCEPT THE HIGHEST BID OF
1,310,000 CASH WITH NO CONTINGENCIES FROM UP IN
SMOKE, LLC, PURSUANT TO SECTION 125.35, FLORIDA
STATUTES, FOR PROPERTY OWNED BY THE COUNTY
LOCATED AT 16140 AND 16144 PERFORMANCE WAY
PROPERTY”) AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY MANAGER
OR DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT FOR
PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD AT A FUTURE MEETING -
MOTION TO WORK OUT FAIR TERMS WITH GARGIULO
EDUCATION CENTER FOR COMMUNITY BENEFIT BY
COMMISSIONER HALL; SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
LOCASTRO – APPROVED
MS. PATTERSON: That brings us now to our Item 16E2, now
Item 11D. This is a recommendation to accept the highest bid of
1,310,000 cash with no contingencies from Up in Smoke, LLC,
pursuant to Section 125.35, Florida Statutes, for property owned by
the county located at 16140 and 16144 Performance Way and
authorize the County Manager or designee to negotiate a contract for
presentation to the Board at a future meeting.
This item is brought to the agenda -- to the regular agenda by
Commissioner Hall, and Ms. Trinity Scott is here to present and/or
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answer questions.
CHAIRMAN HALL: Before you go, Trinity, let me just tell
you why I brought this forward. Because, you know, we have the
property up there -- the county's had the property up there for years
on Performance Way, and we decided to sell it, so we put it out for
bid, and it's being used right now for an education center for the
children.
And the highest bid came back almost twice the amount of what
was proposed. And when that happened, you know, you think it's all
about the money, but it's not all about the money. And we have
great public benefit going on out there with the Gargiulo Education
Center, and so you can think, well, it's just -- it's all about amazing
public benefit. But it's not just about public benefit.
So I brought this forward so we could discuss it. And, you
know, a deal is when both sides walk away happy, and I wanted
to -- after Trinity presents, I'll make a few comments about what my
thoughts are. And I've had just a brief conversation with Mary and
Eloy this morning.
So, Trinity, go ahead.
MS. SCOTT: Thank you. Trinity Scott, Transportation
Management Services department head.
I know you're looking at me like "Why are you up here talking
about a real property item?" We have welcomed Real Property into
the Transportation Management Services fold, and today I'm joined
with Jennifer Belpedio, our real property manager.
As Commissioner Hall and Ms. Patterson discussed, we are
talking about 16140 and 16144 Performance Way. It is just under an
acre of property for the two parcels combined.
The county purchased this parcel -- these two parcels back in
September of 2007. It was intended for an EMS facility. The
purchase price of the property was just about $675,000; however, the
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county secured a loan for $875,000 to cover the associated fees and
additional engineering costs. The county has paid interest on that
debt since the acquisition, and the outstanding loan is $340,000.
EMS now plans to operate from a nearby fire station, so the
property is no longer necessary for an EMS use. In February of this
year, Gargiulo Education Center, a non-profit, expressed interest in
buying the property to build a center for at-risk children and families
in North Naples. And in May of 2024 we also received an offer
from Up in Smoke, a private foundation, to develop a storage facility
on the site.
In July, the Board directed the County Manager to begin a
competitive process for bidding to allow all interested parties a
chance to bid on the property. We advertised those bids, they were
posted online, and they were opened on September 9th.
We received two bids, one bid from Up in Smoke for
1,310,000 cash with no contingencies, and the proposed use is for
the development of a storage facility.
We also received a second bid from Gargiulo Education Center
for $674,900 with a $10,000 deposit, and their proposed use is for
developing a new facility to house an after-school program and
community center to service at-risk latchkey and migrant students
and poverty-level families in North Naples with no cost to the
families. A partnership with North Collier Fire District for the use
of the building is also mentioned in the letter.
Staff's recommendation is to sell the property to Up in Smoke
for $1.3 million, which is in excess of the amount of money that we
have encumbered in the property currently; however, should the
Board decide not to move forward with staff's recommendation, they
could accept the Gargiulo Education Center offer, or the Board could
also reject both bids and allow the property to remain in the county's
surplus holdings.
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CHAIRMAN HALL: Is that it?
MS. SCOTT: That's it.
CHAIRMAN HALL: So -- and my thoughts about this thing, I
would like to continue with the Gargiulo Education Center in that
piece of property, and I would like to see if we could structure it in
some kind of a way -- instead of -- you know, there's a balance here
in the difference of the bids. We have $875,000, the county's
exposure, in a loan, that we've got it down to 300-and-something
thousand.
So I would propose selling the property for a million dollars to
them with the $700,000 of cash down and taking payments on the
remaining balance until they get it paid off, and I've asked them if
they had the cash flow to do that and if it would be comfortable, and I
think that the county would come out, and I think that the education
center would come out, and the kids would come out, and so I just
wanted to open that up for discussion.
COMMISSIONER LoCASTRO: Did they agree to that, or
you're just proposing it?
CHAIRMAN HALL: They're here to talk. And I would like
to hear your thoughts on that, Mary, if you would step up, please.
MS. ASTA: First off, thank you so much for allowing me to
speak today and pulling this very important item.
So a million dollars is out of our budget; however, we will make
it work. Our board president is here. I'm putting it on her. So, yes,
we do have the money to begin the process.
CHAIRMAN HALL: I'm not stuck on a million. I just kind of
threw that out there.
MS. ASTA: Okay, good.
CHAIRMAN HALL: But I didn't know what the figures were
until Trinity just told us about our loan.
You know, the terms -- we can work on the terms to make it
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comfortable. So it's not just about the money, but I really
do -- would like to pursue the public benefit of the education center.
MS. ASTA: Well, I appreciate that, and I'd like to tell you a
little bit about the benefits and the investments that we've made in
our children.
One of our graduates, which we helped get -- he was with us
since kindergarten, that we helped him get scholarship because he
wanted to be a music teacher, and he is a music teacher. And he was
up for a nomination for a Golden Apple Award. That's the products
of the kids that we're putting out.
I have another student that's here right now, a former student,
who leads our director of entrepreneur apprenticeship program while
she's going to school. She has given -- this itself, being here, is an
incredible experience and education, and this is the type of education
that we provide our children and expect them to become successful
professionals and adults.
CHAIRMAN HALL: Okay. We are all lit up.
So, Commissioner Saunders.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
A question for Mr. Klatzkow. I want to make sure that
however we proceed on this that we're not doing something that
would be in violation of Florida Statutes. We have a requirement to
do a competitive selection when we have property that is surplus.
Once we get bids, are we required under that statute or any statutes to
accept the highest bidder?
MR. KLATZKOW: You are not required, no.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: We are totally free to
negotiate a lower price?
MR. KLATZKOW: This is a qualified non-profit corporation,
is my understanding. So if that's true, there's no issue. I would ask
that it be brought back, however, rather than just doing it from here.
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COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Right. You'd have to check
into that and make sure that we're not doing something that would be
illegal in terms of the -- this issue.
And then the second question that I would ask is, how do we
ensure that this remains as a not-for-profit into the long-term future?
And I'm not sure how we do that. I'm sure there's a way that the
County Attorney can come up with something. But, for example, if
there was a decision by the not-for-profit to ultimately sell the
property for 1.3 million, or whatever it would be worth at that time,
that would be bit of an embarrassment.
So I know that's not anybody's intent. I'm just -- there are some
folks that would do that. I'm not saying you guys would at all.
That's -- I just want to make sure we're not doing anything that is
putting the county at risk or is improper under Florida law.
MR. KLATZKOW: We've done similar provisions in the past
reserving the right to take the property back if they change the use.
We've done that in the past. Since there's money involved here,
there would have to be some sort of proration, but we've done that
before.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Okay. As long as we can
protect the county's interest in the long-term future with this
property -- because it is a substantially discounted sales price, and I
just want to make sure we're -- you know, five years from now we
don't read in the newspaper that it was sold for $2 million.
CHAIRMAN HALL: One of the things that made me
comfortable is they've been doing this for 23 years, so that's -- it's not
like we started a year and a half ago, and we may not work.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Right.
MS. SCOTT: And if I could just make a clarification, because
one thing I did not include in my presentation was our in-house
appraisal was approximately $991,000, give or take some change.
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We paid 675,000, give or take, for the property. Our commercial
note was 875,000, and that includes engineering fees and
environmental assessments that were done at the time.
CHAIRMAN HALL: Commissioner LoCastro.
COMMISSIONER LoCASTRO: Thank you, Chairman.
The numbers as they are on the screen right now I wasn't
comfortable with, because one of the things you have to remember is
the county actually doesn't own this piece of property; taxpayers do.
So if we sold it to you for 674,000, we're basically giving up the
difference with the other bid and subsidizing, you know, your
organization.
Nobody here questions the value of your organization. So it's
not about that. And also, it's not just -- you know, it's easy to say,
well, then it's all about the money. Well, you know, when taxpayers
beat us up for their taxes going up one cent or going down two cents,
it does matter. And so we're here to protect the taxpayer interest.
So to have my strong support, which you do have, it has to be
close to something that Commissioner Hall just, you know,
suggested. So if you-all need to go back and make sure that, you
know, one million-ish and any of the other small pieces or
whatnot -- because then what it does do is it allows us to recoup the
taxpayer money for what we've invested in the property. Selling it
to you for 674- doesn't do that, and so it has to be somewhere in the
middle. And it sounds like the proposal that he's made takes all my
concerns away because of the value of what this land provides the
community and what you-all do.
So if you can come to some sort of, you know, agreement that's
very close to what he proposed, it has my full support.
But I want to just go on record and say a lot of times when
people say, "Oh, the county own this, and the county owns that," the
county doesn't own anything. The taxpayers own this piece of land,
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and if we sold it at a significant discount well below what we would
get to even recoup our investment, that's not something that I could
support.
But it sounds like we have something that's fair, and it's
equitable and makes the most sense. So if you can come to some
sort of agreement or if you already have, then this would have my full
support.
CHAIRMAN HALL: Commissioner McDaniel?
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yes, Mr. Chairman.
First of all, I want to thank you for bringing this. In my notes, I
had a question mark on this transaction, and I can't -- I can't thank
you enough for bringing it forward and having this discussion.
I completely agree with my colleagues with regard to the
securitization. And I hope Terri's writing this down, I agree with the
County Attorney that we bring this back next month with a review of
the finalization of the transaction and work something out that's fair
and keep these folks in this facility.
CHAIRMAN HALL: Great.
Commissioner Kowal.
COMMISSIONER KOWAL: Thank you, Chairman.
Yeah. I just want to express my feelings also that, you know,
we are the safeguard of the public and the public's money, and, you
know, the people of Collier County own this property. And, you
know, I'm not in the business of making profit on flipping properties.
I mean, that's not what your government's supposed to do, but at the
same time, we have to safeguard what we have invested in these
properties because we don't want to short the citizens that own these
properties.
So, yeah, I think -- and I think what we're talking about up here
is kind of out of the boundaries of what we can do today, from what I
understand, is one of the decisions we can make, but it would have to
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come back to us. And if this organization's serious about it, they'd
have to come back seriously with what numbers will work for the
county for the citizens of Collier County to make this work. But if
that happens, I'll be in total support of it, so...
CHAIRMAN HALL: We have some public comment, but
before, I'm going to make a motion -- I'm going to make a motion
that we direct staff to get with -- to get with the Gargiulo Education
Center, work out the terms of the deal to bring it back, something that
they can live with, something that we can live it, and it's going to be
somewhere close to that 991- figure.
COMMISSIONER LoCASTRO: Second. Oh, I'm sorry.
CHAIRMAN HALL: And then we'll deal with that when we
have the final term, something that they're comfortable with and that
we can live with. We can take a good look at that.
So Commissioner LoCastro has seconded it, and before we vote,
we'll take the public comment.
MR. MILLER: Mr. Chair, Mary Asta had registered to speak.
Did you have any more to say?
MS. ASTA: No. I'd like to turn it over --
MR. MILLER: Yeah. Eloy Ricardo had registered, and he has
three additional minutes from Ashley Pimental.
MR. RICARDO: Good morning, Commissioners.
Before I begin, first, thank you for bringing this up. North
Collier Fire Rescue's interest is where the Gargiulo Education Center
is. They, for years, have been part of our community, coming to our
fire stations, we work on programs with them, and that's how my
connection was with them.
But before I start, I want to thank the County Manager's Office
because how this happened was because of our communication and
our great relationship working together. There's an EMS station that
you're not building anymore. You no longer need it because you're
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housed with me in the station that I'm building down the street.
That's the savings the county did just because of us communicating
so we're not building stations one mile apart.
The property came into surplus -- well, the property came
available because there was no EMS station, and Mary was looking
for property. So I'm the one that told her, "Hey, go talk to the
county, because they may not" -- so I brought -- blame me for
bringing a buyer to the county to be able to see if they could purchase
the property to keep that organization in there.
My partnership with them will come in after they become the
owner. I am committed -- because we need storage. We gave
up -- you know, everybody -- industrial area, but we need storage,
community rooms. So we're trying to work with them as soon as
they become the possible owner so that will allow to be able. But
let's remember that the efficiencies between the County Manager's
Office and the fire district is what led to this property being -- there's
a station that you're not building because I'm building the station for
the North Collier Fire Rescue.
CHAIRMAN HALL: Thank you, Mr. Ricardo.
MR. RICARDO: Thank you very much, Commissioners.
MR. MILLER: And that's our only speaker, sir.
CHAIRMAN HALL: All right. So the motion's made to
direct staff to come back with some --
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: There's a gentleman in the
audience that's --
CHAIRMAN HALL: Is he registered?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE SPEAKER: I'd like to speak.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: No.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE SPEAKER: I represent Up in Smoke.
CHAIRMAN HALL: Are you registered to speak, sir?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE SPEAKER: No.
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MR. MILLER: I don't have a slip from him, sir, no.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE SPEAKER: I don't know the
procedure here, so I'm sorry.
CHAIRMAN HALL: All right. No worries.
We've got a motion made to direct staff to come back with some
terms just that they can live with, and it's seconded -- the motion was
seconded. So all in favor, say aye.
COMMISSIONER LoCASTRO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN HALL: Aye.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER KOWAL: Aye.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye.
CHAIRMAN HALL: Opposed?
No response.)
CHAIRMAN HALL: All right. So moved. We'll see you
back at maybe the December meeting.
MS. SCOTT: Thank you.
MS. PATTERSON: Commissioners, I think we can squeeze in
almost Item 10A before we go to our 10 o'clock time-certain, if it
pleases the Chair. This is your item.
CHAIRMAN HALL: Yes.
Item #10A
RESOLUTION 2024-224: THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, ADOPT
THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE BOARD’S
STRONG SUPPORT FOR LEGISLATION MANDATING THE
USE OF HANDS-FREE DEVICES WHILE DRIVING, AND
URGES THE FLORIDA STATE LEGISLATURE TO PASS SUCH
LEGISLATION TO ENHANCE ROAD SAFETY AND PROTECT
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SOLICITATION RESPONSES
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3335 TamiamiTrail East, Suite 101
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a Communlty Center to servlceat-flsk, latchkey, and mi86nt rtudents a.ld poverty-levelt milies In North llaples at no cost to the familks.ln addition,
the use of the building is for our planned partnership with the North Collier Fire Oistriat whiah adds much needed community safety and eduaational
components.
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ptovi&d in exchenge tor ths cotlttib)fioh, outElN * is 16-5116212. CH5216O - A COPY OF fHE OFFICIAL REAISTRATION AND FINANCIAL
INFORMAIION MAY BE OBTAINEO FROM THE D'Y'SOIV OF COruSUMER SERY'CES BY CAL'I^./G TOLL.FREE (@O-13U7352) WITHIN THE STAIE.
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SEALED PROPOSAL PERFORMANCE WAY
Real Property ManaSement
3335 TamiamiTrailEast, Suite 101
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Dear lveta willer,
Formalnotice is hereby given to the Board ot County Commissioners ot Collier Colnty, florua
("Countl/), SEALED PROPOSAL from the Gar8iulo Eduaation Center lnc. in collaboration with Nonh Coilier fire District, in submittinS an offer to purchase
two va.ant parcels located at 16140 and 16144 Performance way (Folios 14288000402 and 64288000389, res pe ctively) collectively known as th€
"Prop€rty.'The p,operties a.e pu.chased toSether. The proposalis for both, totaling the amount of5674,990.
The intention of 501(.)3, GarSiulo Education Center, lnc (GEC)intendsto purchase the land to build a new fa.ilityto house an after-s.hool proSram and
a Community Centerto seryice atrisk. latchkey. and mi8rdnt students and poverty-level fa m ilies in North Naples at no cort to the fanilieJ. ln addition,
th€ use ofthe buildinS isforour planned pannership with the Ionh Collier Fire District which adds much needed comm unity safety and educational
components.
SELLERT Collier County
PURCHASE PRICE OFFER: 674,9OO
lNlllAt DEPOSIT: S10,000
Eest Regards,
August 30, 2024
Gsrgiulo Education Centcr
1414 Rail Hesd Blvd
Naplcs, FL 34 I I 0
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www.Pargiuloed,orq
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The Gergiulo Eclucelbn Centet. lnc. is a a'ol(c)(3) oqdnization and .lonations erc lex4duclible to lhe fullest exEnt albwe<t by law ivo ,@ds o/ setubes wore
ptovidecl in exchange lu this coolibution, outElN 1i316-5116212. CH52160 -A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL RE6ISTRATION AND FINANC|AL
INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL.FREE (8OO43'7352) WTHIN THE STATE
REG/SIR A I/Ol, OOES
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IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL. OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE S7ATE
THANKS TO OUR SUPPORIING PARINERS
1414 Rail Head Blvd.
Naples, FL 34110
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Gorgiulo Ed rter
1414 Rail r{ead Boulevard
Naples, Florida 34 j.,0
Attn: lveta Wilter
Reat Property Management
3335 Tamiami Trait East, Suite .101
Naptes, FL 341 12
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SEALED PROPOSAL PERFORMANCE WAY
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Real Property Management
3335 Tamiami Trail East, Suite 101
Naples FL 34112
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Board of County Commissioners of Cottier County, Ftorida
Attn: lveta witter
Reat Property Management
3335 Tamiami Trait East, Suite 101
Naptes, FL 341 12
Ptease consider this letter as the offer to acquire 16140 and 16144 Performance Way in Cottier
County.
My offer is $1,310,000 in cash with no contingencies.
I propose to acquire the property in the name of my nonprofit charitabte foundation, Up in Smoke
LLC.
I can atso acquire the property personatty if the County so chooses.
The intended eventuaI use for the property is the same as the other users on Performance Waywhich
is a storage facitity that witt not measurabty impact traffic on adjacent Otd 41 .
Cottier County's standard Purchase and Sates Agreement is acceptabte and wit[ be executed within
30 days lt my or my Foundation's offer is accepted. We have the resources to ctose the transaction
wett hin the 120 days specified.
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29090 l..larcetto
Naples, FL 341 10
206 321 8801
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