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East of 951 Minutes 07/15/2025 (Draft) July 15th, 2025 1 MINUTES OF THE COLLIER COUNTY EAST OF 951 AD HOC ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING Naples, Florida, July 15th, 2025 LET IT BE REMEMBERED, the Collier County East of 951 Ad Hoc Advisory Committee in and for the County of Collier, having conducted business herein, met on this date at 6:00P.M. in REGULAR SESSION at UF/IFAS extension at 14700 Immokalee Rd, Naples, FL 34120 with the following members present: CHAIR: Mark Teaters, Sr. VICE CHAIR: Robert Raines Bruce Hamels Michael Ramsey Kimberly Ellis Aaron Zweifel (Alt) Douglas Rankin (Alt) ALSO PRESENT: Parker Klopf, Planner III, Staff Liaison July 15th, 2025 2 1. Pledge of Allegiance The meeting was called to order at 6:00pm and the Pledge of Allegiance was recited. 2. Roll Call A quorum was established with 5 regular Members present. The two alternate Members were also present. 3. Approval of the Minutes from Previous Meeting  Minutes from May 20th,2025 meeting. Scribner’s changes needed. Will review at next meeting. Ms. Ellis made a motion to review at next meeting. Mr. Ramsey second.  Minutes from June 18th,2025 meeting. Changes needed. Page 5- The committee supports these three position points and requests the staff to combine them into one point. Expand Wilson Blvd study to include little, north, south connections. 13th Street SW, 8th Street SE. Committee spoke about and voted on this issue. The minutes taken state point was not discussed.  Fire Hydrants- It would be cost prohibitive to install a hydrant system for all areas of Golden Gate Estates. However, it would be advantageous to develop a modified water tender system in Golden Gate Estates and all stakeholders would need to be involved in the process. We voted and agreed to a study being done for all option for Fire suppression. Item 4 page 4.  Page 7- 3rd from the bottom bullet point. Need to change “weapons” to “wetlands” Parker will make adjustments and then the committee will revisit at the next meeting for approval. 4. Open Discussion/Committee Recommendations  Landfill Commissioner McDaniel- Spot in the Everglades that is a prime location for landfill. Temporarily occupied by Alligator Alcatraz. Relocating/Moving landfill. Mr. Ramsey 1. What Land is available that Collier County owns? 2. Find businesses to partner with to reduce the amount of waste going into the landfill by filtering out recyclables. 3. Build Incinerator. Of all the options the incinerator is the best. Can we go to another county to use their incinerator? If we can’t go to another county or the distance is too far, we should build our own. 4. Mine the existing Immokalee landfill and line it. 5. Partner with or pay neighboring municipalities to take some of our waste. 6. Recommendation that Northeast water plant have a septic receiving area. Speaker- Immokalee Landfill is not an option. Currently unlined. Recycling Mr. Ramsey 1. Tires. Most important. Need to look into shredding and options for resale of the shreds. 2. Fluids- Diesel, gasoline, oil filters, power steering fluid, hydraulic fluid and grease. 3. Waste water plants- If the cake is being taken to the landfill- Incinerator option is best. 4. Waste Management- Needs area specifically for vegetative debris. July 15th, 2025 3 Parker- Confirmed that the expansion north of the existing location will handle all of the yard waste debris. Cell Reception  Support the implementation of additional cellular service providers to ensure better cell service for first responders and residents. County should maintain maps showing coverage in the study area.  Backup generators and fuel contracts requirement needs to be enforced.  Repeaters are being installed throughout the estates by cell providers. Mr. Ramsey reviewed 2 key points. 1. Golden Gate Master plan- has a recommendation to take properties on all four quadrants to have it approved at the Growth Management plan amendment level so that it is pre-approved for a tower. Doesn’t apply here because that is Golden Gate Estates specific. Ms. Ellis requested for Mr. Ramsey to submit the master plan to the committee so they can review it. Mr. Teaters advised it could be discussed when the committee discusses future land use 2. Retention detention ponds built with road expansions should be allowed to have a cell tower within them. Mr. Ramsey would like to make a recommendation that if they can design the retention detention ponds to accommodate a cell tower it could be revenue to the county here through franchises. Ms. Ellis brought up option of allowing private citizens to place a cell tower on their land. Required to have at least 2.25 acres and be located on an arterial roadway. Mr. Rankin- Reminded the committee that State and County officials do not have the authority to decide on cell tower locations for installation. Only cell phone providers have that authority. Referenced Telecom Act of 1996. Stormwater 1. First crew is up maintaining swales. We will have 2 crews that will be working to take care of swales. 2. Primary and tertiary waterway improvements. South Florida Water Management District is responsible. 3. Moving first two items under storm water to transportation. 3rd bullet point moved to Cell reception. Mr. Ramsey- Prior study done called North Golden Gates Estates Flow Study. Done 15 years ago. By putting in certain culverts on crossroads, that we could reconnect some of the original water flow from North to South. All the water in the estates comes from the houses and the road swells and goes to three primary plants. By reconnecting the North Golden Gates estates flow away it would divert some of the water out of the primaries into the nonfunctioning wetland system. We would have more volume available for the storage of storm water discharge. It would also restore the wetland system which would decrease wildfires in the dry season. Mr. Teaters requested a copy of the study to review. Committee made a recommendation to revisit the 2013 North Golden Gate Estates Flow Away Study. To develop a program to divert water from the canal system into underutilized wetlands flow aways and its possible impact to Winchester Head. Sheriff We are going to support the new training center to the east, the substations in the study area and the move of the rifle and pistol range. July 15th, 2025 4 Park and Recs Support for additional ball fields in Immokalee near Big Corkscrew Island. 40 Acre Parcel was originally approved to be a bus station. Mr. Ramsey- Made a recommendation for additional recreational opportunities. There are 4 canals adjacent to Randal and Golden Gate Boulevard that could become community canal parks. Mr. Rankin- All off Golden Gate Estate drainage easements are private property and right of way water ways. They belong to the owner of the land around the canal. The only thing the county has is the right to flow water over them. Mr. Teaters- Reminded board that if they are SFWMD owned canals you can’t access, can’t use as a launch ramp, no picnic tables or public seating. Committee made a recommendation for the county to study it for recreation purposes. Feasibility study to allow public parks and boat ramps along the canal system. Immokalee Everything that is on the agenda is good no changes. We will need to include the approval for the extension of the runway at the Immokalee Airport. Code Enforcement A. Increase the enforcement of residents living out of RV’s on properties. B. Increased enforcement of commercial activities on estate zoned lots. Will be studied in the Golden Gate Master Plan. There are potential new rules. Will be studied. The County Attorney will be present for a meeting with the public. Both items above will be discussed. Ordinance will be coming to this committee for review. Mr. Ramsey- Recommends not discussing or making recommendations in this meeting because it deals with zoning. Parker- Small Business rules- State Statute 559.955 Parking related to business activities of a home based business. Local government may regulate the parking or storage of heavy equipment at the business which is visible from the street or neighboring properties. Proposed ordinance states- We want increased enforcement of residents living out of RV’s on properties. Mr. Ramsey- 1. Code enforcement in general is not a direct issue for East of 951 Growth Management issues. 2. If we are going to deal with these two issues, we are going to have to bring in the public for a meeting. Mr. Teaters suggested tabling the issue for now and moving on. Schools Meeting guest- Mr. Bosi July 15th, 2025 5 Interlocal agreement has been allowed to expire. Mr. Teaters passed out a document with proposed amendments regarding Charter Schools applications.  Charter schools will have to follow the conditional use process for approval. They would not come in under the interlocal agreement. They would be required to have public meetings for approval.  If amendments passed- a Charter School application could be denied if it doesn’t pass conditional use slope. Parker will make adjustments and send it out to committee to review. 5. Public Comment – Up to 5 minutes per person unless adjusted by Chairman None 6. Adjournment There being no further business for the good of the County, the meeting was adjourned by order of the chair at 8:10PM. Collier County East of 951 Ad Hoc Advisory Committee _________________________________ Mark Teaters, Sr., Chair These minutes approved by the Committee on________________ as presented_______ or as amended ___________.