Bayshore CRA 01-09-2025 - Draft
MINUTES OF THE COLLIER COUNTY
Bayshore Gateway Triangle Local Redevelopment Advisory Board
Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA)
Meeting
Naples Botanical Gardens
FGCU Buether Auditorium
4870 Bayshore Dive
Naples, Florida, January 9,2025
6:00PM
LET IT BE REMEMBERED, the Collier County Bayshore BGTCRA in and for the County of
Collier, having conducted business herein, met on this date at 6 PM in REGULAR SESSION at
4870 Bayshore Drive Naples, FL 34112
with the following members present:
Karen Beatty, Chairwoman
Maurice Gutierrez
Steve Rigsbee
Sam Saad, Jr
Al Schantzen
James Talano
Kristin Hood
Michael Sherman (Absent)
Sam Ssaad,Jr (Absent)
Also present:
John Dunnuck,CRA Director
Shirley Garcia,CRA/MSTU Manager
Tami Scott, CRA/MSTU Project Manager
Lisa Blackwood, Planning Manager, Growth Management
Chris Mason, Division Director, Community Planning and Resiliency
1. Meeting called to order
• Karen Beatty called to order 6pm
2. Roll Call
• Sam Saad and Mike Sherman were absent. A quorum was established.
3. Invocation & Pledge of Allegiance
4. Adoption to Agenda
▪ Items 4 & 5
▪ Nomination of Chair – motion passed.
▪ Nomination of Vice Chair – motion passed.
▪ Change of Agenda – Commissioner Cole conversation added to packet.
Motion passed to adopt the agenda.
5. Public to be heard (Non- Agenda Items)
▪ Milena Draco of Denver Street
▪ Stormwater concerns
▪ No activity on two construction projects – dormant.
▪ Heightened Homeless People concentration and activity.
▪ To prevent the prolonging of Non-Agenda Items, the 3-minute rule was invoked.
6. Consent Agenda
A) Financials- Project Update
▪ Growth Financials added, redirected, more funds into stormwater, Gateway
Triangle, Master Plan and Shadow Lawn Corridor.
▪ Motion made to accept plan, not approved
▪ Motion made to postpone until a new plan could be presented, motion passed.
7. Community and Staff Presentations
▪ MPL 2050 Long Range Transportation Presentation – Jacob’s Engineering, Sonal
Dodia and Shirely Garcia
▪ Mangrove Row – Randy Copper and Davidson Engineering. Request for Density
Bonus Points, motion passed.
▪ 360 Market – Additional parking for Jet Ski rental patrons.
▪ Power Wash – request for setback amendment from 10 feet to five feet.
▪ 28 LK Plaza – Request for Zoning Verification letter.
▪ Gulf Gate – Request for zoning letter.
▪ Parking Garage – JW Mariott.
▪ # 26, Roast Beef Place – “Donating” $250K to Collier Conservation to offset ¼
acre of environmentally sensitive land on their site.
▪ Justin’s Village – possible rezoning. Concerns expressed that if rezoning was
granted that property owners would be in a more favorable position to sell
property to developers. It was pointed out that the Village is a non-profit.
▪ Wastewater Report – Robert Holly. Discussed 306 & 308 Basins, defined
wastewater versus stormwater, increasing portable generator fleet to 156.
▪ Boardwalk Approval – Project calendar.
▪ Haldeman Creek - Dredging study.
▪ Crosswalk Study – Additional Crosswalks, and/or relocation of crosswalks on the
Shadow Lawn/Bayshore corridor
▪ Study started in 2018 it was paused in 2021 and it was reinitiated in 2022.
▪ Board Member 2025 Break – July and August.
8. Old Business
• None
9. New Business
• None
10. Advisory Board and General Communications
• Advisory Board vacancies.
11. Adjourned 9:08pm
Bayshore Beautification MSTU Advisory Committee - (Hybrid Virtual Zoom)
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Karen Beatty, Chairwoman
These minutes were approved by the Committee on ___________________________________,
as presented ___________________ or as amended __________________.
NOTE: Get the word out to the public to attend. Check on options for a public Zoom meeting.