Immokalee CRA Agenda 01/15/2025
Joint Meeting of the Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency
Immokalee Local Redevelopment Advisory Board and the Immokalee Beautification
MSTU Advisory Committee.
AGENDA
Hybrid Remote Public Meeting
(*Please see details below)
Immokalee CRA
750 South 5th Street
CareerSource SWFL
Immokalee, FL 34142
239.867.0025
January 15, 2025 – 8:30 A.M.
A. Call to Order
B. Pledge of Allegiance and Prayer
C. Roll Call and Announcement of a Quorum
D. Voting Privileges for Board Members via Zoom (CRA & MSTU Action Item)
E. Approval of Agenda (CRA & MSTU Action Item)
F. Approval of Consent Agenda (CRA & MSTU Action Item)
1. Minutes
i. Joint CRA & MSTU Advisory Board Meeting for December 11, 2024 (Enclosure 1)
2. Budget Reports (Enclosure 2)
3. Code Enforcement Report (Enclosure 3)
4. Staff Reports
i. Assistant Director Report (Enclosure 4)
ii. Project Manager Report (Enclosure 5)
iii. Project Manager Field Observation Report (Enclosure 6)
iv. Community Meetings (Enclosure 7)
G. Announcements
1. Public Comment speaker slips
2. Communications Folder
H. Other Agencies
1. FDOT updates
2. Other Community Agencies
I. Community Presentations (CRA Action Item)
1. Land Development Code Updates – The Neighborhood Company (Enclosure 8)
J. Old Business
1. Advisory Board update ((Enclosure 9) (CRA & MSTU Action Item)
2. Nomination for Chair and Vice Chair (CRA & MSTU Action Item)
3. Contactor Maintenance Reports
i. A&M Property Maintenance Report & Schedule (Enclosure 10)
4. Brief Staff project update
i. Immokalee Sidewalk Phase III – Eustis Ave. and W. Delaware Ave. (Enclosure 11)
ii. First Street Corridor Safety Project update (Enclosure 12)
5. 2050 Long Range Transportation Plan – Immokalee Roadway Needs (Enclosure 13)
CRA Board
Commissioner
William McDaniel Jr.
Co-Chair
District 5
Commissioner
Dan Kowal
Co-Chair
District 4
Commissioner
Burt L. Saunders
District 3
Commissioner
Chris Hall
District 2
Commissioner
Rick LoCastro
District 1
CRA Advisory
Board
Mark Lemke
Chairman
Anne Goodnight
Vice-Chair
Mike Facundo
Andrea Halman
Estil Null
Edward “Ski” Olesky
Yvar Pierre
Lupita Vazquez Reyes
Paul Thein
MSTU Advisory
Committee
Andrea Halman
Chairman
Bernardo Barnhart
Vice- Chair
Cherryle Thomas
David Turrubiartez Jr.
Jimmy Nieves
CRA Staff
John Dunnuck
Executive Director
Facilities & CRA
Christie Betancourt
CRA Assistant Director
Yvonne Blair
CRA Project Manager
Yuridia Zaragoza
CRA Operations
Support Specialist I
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K. New Business
L. Citizen Comments
M. Next Meeting Date
The CRA Board will be meeting on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at 8:30 A.M. at
Careersource SWFL.
The MSTU Board will be meeting on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at 8:30 A.M. at
Careersource SWFL.
N. Adjournment
* Hybrid Remote Public Meeting
Some Advisory Board members and staff may be appearing remotely, with staff present in person. The public may
attend either virtually or in person.
If you would like to provide public comment, participate, and/or attend the meeting, please contact Yuridia Zaragoza
via email at Yuridia.Zaragoza@colliercountyfl.gov by January 14, 2025, at 4:00 P.M.
You may attend the meeting in person on January 15, 2025, at the CareerSource SWFL Conference Room, 750
South 5th Street, Immokalee, FL 34142.
The public is reminded that the CDC and Department of Health recommend social distancing and avoiding public
gatherings when possible.
All meetings will be publicly noticed in the W. Harmon Turner Building (Building F), posted at the Immokalee
Public Library, and provided to the County Public Information Department for distribution. Please contact Yuridia
Zaragoza at 239.867.0025 for additional information. In accordance with the American with Disabilities Act,
persons needing assistance to participate in any of these proceedings should contact Christie Betancourt at least 48
hours before the meeting. The public should be advised that members of the CRA/MSTU Advisory Committee are
also members of other Boards and Committees, including, but not limited to: the Immokalee Fire Commission. In
this regard, matters coming before the Advisory Committee/Board may come before one or more of the referenced
Board and Committees from time to time.
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