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Agenda 08/26/2025 Item # 2C (June 24 BCC Meeting Minutes) June 24, 2025 Page 1 TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Naples, Florida, June 24, 2025 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: Burt L. Saunders Chris Hall Rick LoCastro William L. McDaniel, Jr. Dan Kowal (Absent) ALSO PRESENT: Amy Patterson, County Manager Ed Finn, Deputy County Manager Jeffrey A. Klatzkow, County Attorney Crystal K. Kinzel, Clerk Troy Miller, Communications & Customer Relations June 24, 2025 Page 2 MS. PATTERSON: Chair, you have a live mic. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Good morning. Welcome to the County Commission meeting of June 24th, 2025. Before we begin with the invocation and the Pledge, Commissioner McDaniel has a comment he'd like to make. Commissioner McDaniel. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Thank you, sir. Good morning, everybody. I just -- I want to say, as we are praying this morning -- as you know we open every meeting with a prayer and the Pledge. I just -- I just want to add in two families for us to add into our daily prayers. Our Deputy County Manager, his family is suffering right now. There's a -- there's a very ill family member with our Deputy County Manager, and I'd like to add our Deputy County Manager and his family into the prayer. And our previous County Manager, Mr. Ochs, Leo Ochs, his daughter has been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer, a 42-year-old woman with two children, and I'd like, if you can -- as we're going along, we all pray a lot, we all pray, and add these folks into our prayers for blessings and peace. Thank you, sir. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Certainly. Well, we have Pastor Tim Reed with the Fairway Bible Church who's going to get us started with the Pledge, and following the -- I mean with the prayer, and following the prayer, we'll have the Pledge. That will be provided by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Good morning. Item #1A INVOCATION: PASTOR TIM REED - FAIRWAY BIBLE June 24, 2025 Page 3 CHURCH, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION - INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE GIVEN PASTOR REED: Good morning. Let's pray together. Heavenly Father, this morning we come before you at the start of a new day and recognize our need for you, God, our need to depend upon you for wisdom, for direction, for strength, for power. Lord, this morning, I pray for healing for our land. God, I pray that you would heal the divisions that exist among us. Father, I pray for a spirit of unity to pervade not only our county but, Father, our state and our country as well. Father, may we be united behind what is right and may we stand firm against tyranny and evil. And, Lord, this morning, I just ask that you would lead us and guide us by the power of your holy spirit. I pray for our council members this morning, Dear Father, that you would illuminate their minds, that you would give them wisdom beyond themselves as they make decisions that affect many, many lives. And, Lord, this morning, I pray for the families of those that are hurting, Father, for those family members from our Deputy County Manager and, Father, for the young lady that was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. Lord, we don't always understand your plan. We don't always understand your ways, but we know that you are a good God that loves us. And so we pray today for these individuals. We pray for your healing hand upon them. I pray for their family members, Dear God, that you would just wrap your arms of love and grace around them and give them peace. Father, I pray, too, for just a sense of love and unity among us, and, Father, in a land -- we live in a land where we can choose to be anything that we want to be. Father, I pray that we would choose to June 24, 2025 Page 4 be kind to one another and that we would show your love and that we would reflect the love of Jesus with everyone that we come in contact with today, and I pray these things in the name of your son, our savior, Jesus. Amen. (The Pledge of Allegiance was recited in unison.) CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Since we're providing a proclamation to the Daughters of the American Revolution, we're going to reserve their comments for that point in time. Generally we have -- whoever leads us in the Pledge, we give them an opportunity to tell us a little bit about themselves, but they'll have that opportunity in just a few minutes. Ms. Patterson. Item #2A APPROVAL OF TODAY'S REGULAR, CONSENT, AND SUMMARY AGENDA AS AMENDED (EX-PARTE DISCLOSURE PROVIDED BY COMMISSION MEMBERS FOR CONSENT AGENDA.) - MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL; SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HALL - APPROVED AND/OR ADOPTED MS. PATTERSON: Yes, sir. Agenda changes for June 24th, 2025. First we have add-on Item 16B5. This is a recommendation to approval a beach fill project on Vanderbilt Beach and to, one, authorize a purchase order in the amount of $165,212.50 for construction to Earth Tech Enterprises, Inc., under Agreement 21-7885, beach maintenance-related activities for an on-call urgent services beach fill project on Vanderbilt Beach and a purchase order for 49,500 to Stewart Mine -- Stewart Materials, LLC, under Agreement 21-7827, beach compatible sand supply, for the purchase June 24, 2025 Page 5 of beach quality sand, and, two, make a finding that this expenditure promotes tourism. This is being added to the agenda at staff's request. Next is add-on Item 16K7. This is a recommendation to reclassify Scott Spitzer to an at-large seat on the Infrastructure Surtax Citizen Oversight Committee. This add-on is at Commissioner LoCastro's request. Move Item 16A8 to 11B. This is a recommendation to hear a Land Development Code Amendment related to floating solar facilities at two regularly scheduled daytime hearings and to waive the nighttime hearing requirement. This item is being moved at Commissioner McDaniel's request. Finally, continue Item 16K4 to the July 8th, 2025, BCC meeting. This is a recommendation to provide direction to staff to advertise an ordinance to amend the Collier County Parking, Storage, and Use of Vehicle Control Ordinance codified in the Code of Laws and Ordinances to provide limitations on the parking and/or storing of commercial motor vehicles and commercial equipment in residential areas including the Estates zoning district. This move is at Commissioner McDaniel's request. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Ms. Patterson? MS. PATTERSON: Yes, sir. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: I apologize for interrupting. Commissioner Kowal, is he on the line, by any chance? MS. PATTERSON: No, sir. He is not attending today. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Okay. Fine. MS. PATTERSON: We have two agenda notes. 16K3 in the executive summary, No. 6, nonvoting seats, Edward "Ski" Olesky's name is misspelled, and second, Item 16K5, the executive summary should say the 2025/2026 school year instead of the 2024/2025 school year. The MOU is correct. June 24, 2025 Page 6 We do have court reporter breaks scheduled for 10:30 and 2:50, if necessary. And with that, County Attorney. MR. KLATZKOW: No changes. Thank you. MS. PATTERSON: Commissioners. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner Hall, any changes or any ex parte? COMMISSIONER HALL: No exchanges; no ex parte. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner McDaniel. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I have no changes either or ex parte. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner LoCastro. COMMISSIONER LoCASTRO: No changes; no ex parte. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: I have no changes and no ex parte as well. I do have a question, Commissioner McDaniel, on the continuation of the parking issue. Is there anything -- any particular reason to delay the advertising or -- COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Oh, yes, sir. I didn't ask for it for fun. This -- in all candor, this isn't ready for prime time. We have -- actually, I, along with senior staff, County Attorney, Code Enforcement, we have -- we have a meeting today at 4 o'clock, and we're going to go through the ramifications of this and some suggestions that I have. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. So this will come back on July 8th for the purpose of authorizing advertising. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Advertising, yes, sir. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: It ultimately will come before us during our second meeting probably in August or first meeting in September. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Plus/minus, yes, sir, depending on -- depending on how the meeting this afternoon goes June 24, 2025 Page 7 and how we get -- how we get through the balance of the language adjustments. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. I have no changes and no ex parte as well. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I do have one quick question, if I might. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Yes, sir. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And this is just on the correction on the MOU with the school district. Does this -- does this MOU allow us -- and I'm not pulling it for now. I just want to ask. Does this allow us to have a little bit of a say-so with regard to charter schools and private schools and things along those lines with their location and their impact? MS. PATTERSON: No, sir. This is a different MOU. This is related to the school resource officers. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Oh, okay. Fair enough. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. Then we need a motion to approve the agenda as amended. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: So moved. COMMISSIONER HALL: Second. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We have a motion and a second. All in favor, signify by saying aye. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. COMMISSIONER LoCASTRO: Aye. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Aye. COMMISSIONER HALL: Aye. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All opposed? (No response.) CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: That passes unanimously. June 24, 2025 Page 8 Item #2B MAY 27, 2025, BCC MINUTES - MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED BY COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL; SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LOCASTRO – APPROVED CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We'll move on to the agenda and minutes. The minutes for May 27, 2025, we need a motion for approval. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: So moved. COMMISSIONER LoCASTRO: Second. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We have a motion and second. All in favor, signify by saying aye. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. COMMISSIONER LoCASTRO: Aye. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Aye. COMMISSIONER HALL: Aye. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All opposed? (No response.) CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: That passes unanimously. Item #3A1 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS – 20 YEAR ATTENDEES – PRESENTED MS. PATTERSON: Commissioners, that brings us to awards and recognitions, and we have several today. We're going to start with our 20-year attendees for Item 3A1. First up we have Stephen Athey, Code Enforcement. Congratulations. June 24, 2025 Page 9 (Applause.) MS. PATTERSON: Next, 20 years, Barbara Shea, Pelican Bay Services. Congratulations. (Applause.) Item #3A2 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS – 25 YEAR ATTENDEES – PRESENTED MS. PATTERSON: Moving on to Item 3A2, this is our 25-year attendees. First up, Christie Betancourt, Community Redevelopment Area. (Applause.) COMMISSIONER LoCASTRO: Who's running the office? MS. BETANCOURT: We shut it down for a couple hours. COMMISSIONER LoCASTRO: Maria, you're going to Photoshop Commissioner McDaniel out, right? Put, like, a bear there or something. You know, the Everglades alligator. MS. PATTERSON: Our next 25-year attendee is Salma Nader Preston, Operations & Performance Management. Congratulations. (Applause.) MS. PATTERSON: Twenty-five years, Philip Snyderburn, Solid & Hazardous Waste Management. Congratulations. (Applause.) Item #3A3 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS – 30 YEAR ATTENDEES – PRESENTED June 24, 2025 Page 10 MS. PATTERSON: Moving on to Item 3A3, these are -- the 30-year attend, Carolann Adams, Library. Congratulations. (Applause.) COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: There's more coming. At least one. COMMISSIONER LoCASTRO: Carolann's going to have a presentation on the Dewey Decimal System. It's a 45-minute presentation with two intermissions, so everybody keep your seats. (Applause.) MS. PATTERSON: Commissioners, that brings us to Item 4, proclamations. Item 4A is a proclamation honoring America's 250th anniversary on July 4th, 2026, and recognition of the Daughters of the American Revolution monument donation. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Hang on. Commissioner McDaniel. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I just -- Christie, I just want to say out loud before your whole crowd leaves, thank you. We do these recognitions for employees all the time, and I have to say this, that Ms. Betancourt is the glue that holds Immokalee together. Your efforts, your actions, your care for our community is -- I can't say any more than thank you. (Applause.) COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate that. Carry on. Item #4A PROCLAMATION HONORING AMERICA'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY ON JULY 4, 2026, AND RECOGNITION OF DAR MONUMENT DONATION. TO BE ACCEPTED BY CANDICE SEBRING-KELLER, REPRESENTING THE NAPLES- June 24, 2025 Page 11 ON-THE-GULF CHAPTER OF THE DAR - MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER HALL; SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LOCASTRO – ADOPTED MS. PATTERSON: All right. Back to Item 4A. This is a proclamation honoring America's 250th anniversary on July 4th, 2026, and recognition of Daughters of the American Revolution monument donation. To be accepted by Candace Sebring-Keller representing the Naples on the Gulf Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Congratulations. (Applause.) THE PHOTOGRAPHER: Smile on one. Three, two, one, smile. COMMISSIONER HALL: I was smiling the whole time. MS. NIGHTLY: Dawn Nightly (phonetic). Good morning, everyone. I am Mrs. Dawn Nightly, Regent of Naples on the Gulf Chapter, National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. On behalf of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the DAR, I want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to the Collier County Board of Commissioners for the honor of receiving this proclamation which allows us to place a patriot marker here in Collier County. This is an important moment for us, as our chapter has been working hard to see this project come to fruition, and we are incredibly appreciative of your support. The DAR has launched a national initiative to commemorate the men and woman who supported the American Revolution. This project seeks to honor those who fought in the war and the countless patriots who contributed in many other ways, whether through providing supplies, offering shelter, or aiding in the resistance. Their sacrifices helped shape the freedoms we enjoy today. As we approach the 250th anniversary of the United States, this June 24, 2025 Page 12 marker becomes even more significant. This marker will serve as a lasting tribute to those patriots who may not have received the recognition they deserve but whose contributions were vital to the birth of our nation. It is a reminder to all of us of the courage, dedication, and unity that forged the foundation of the United States. By placing this marker, we also honor the spirit of community and civic engagement that continues to define our nation. It will stand as a testament to the generations who came before us and the continuing importance of preserving and sharing our history. We are grateful to the Board of Commissioners for this opportunity and look forward to the day we can gather with our community to dedicate this marker. It is not only a gesture of remembrance but also a call to future generations to appreciate and protect the freedoms we hold dear. Thank you again for your support and for helping us ensure that these patriots are never forgotten. Thank you. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Thank you. Ms. Patterson, do we have a location for that? MS. PATTERSON: No. We're evaluating the best location either here on campus or at one of our parks, and so we'll come back when we have a final location determined. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Okay. Would Freedom Park be a -- I mean, it seems that would be a great location for it. MS. PATTERSON: It would be. The other location we were thinking about was out by the flagpoles by the courthouse, which is another really nice location as well, so... CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Well, thank you. (Applause.) CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We need a motion to approve the proclamation. June 24, 2025 Page 13 COMMISSIONER HALL: So moved. COMMISSIONER LoCASTRO: Second. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We have a motion and second. All in favor, signify by saying aye. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. COMMISSIONER LoCASTRO: Aye. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Aye. COMMISSIONER HALL: Aye. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All opposed? (No response.) CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: That passes unanimously. MS. PATTERSON: Thank you, Commissioners. Item #7 PUBLIC COMMENTS ON GENERAL TOPICS NOT ON THE CURRENT OR FUTURE AGENDA MS. PATTERSON: That brings us to Item 7, public comments. MR. MILLER: Good morning. We have 10 registered speakers for public comments. I'd like to ask the speakers to queue up and use both podiums. Also, you have three minutes. You will hear one beep at 30 seconds to go. Our first speaker is Jerry Rutherford. He will be followed by Ken Keller. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: And just for the speakers that are coming up, we generally -- this is an opportunity for people to speak on subjects that are not on the agenda or not coming up on the next agenda or so. You may not get any response at all from the Commission. That doesn't mean we're not listening. It's just that we generally move forward with these fairly quickly. June 24, 2025 Page 14 So, Mr. Miller. MR. MILLER: Mr. Rutherford. MR. RUTHERFORD: Good morning, Commissioners. Thank you for this opportunity to speak. Twenty-five years ago, as chairman of the Christian Coalition at the time, we came to the commissioners and asked for our national motto "In God We Trust" to be put in the Collier County buildings. They enthusiastically endorsed it. Now, as a citizen of Collier County for more than 40 years, I'm coming and asking a similar favor. The 10 Commandments have been the basis of civil law in our west for over 2,000 years. Our founders established our laws on the basis of the 10 Commandments, and we would like your permission to place the 10 Commandments in the Collier County government buildings. Lemon versus Kurtzman has been overturned, so we believe that the desire of the general public is to reinstate what was a commonplace in our country for over 250 years. Both history and tradition tell us that the 10 Commandments were commonly posted in public places throughout our history. I would like to mention that the public school books at that time, the New England Primer, which was printed in 1690, and Noah Webster's Blue-Backed Speller, and the other was the math books; they all had the 10 Commandments in them. James Madison, our fourth president and the primary author of the Constitution, states that we have staked the whole future of American civilization not on the power of government; far from it. We have staked the future of our political institutions upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves according to the 10 Commandments of God. And I have numerous other quotes that I could give you, but I think that's sufficient. We would appreciate your consideration for this request. I'd like June 24, 2025 Page 15 to show you a sample. Now, this is not going to be the one probably you will want. This doesn't give the 10 Commandments in large enough for it to be seen, but this is similar to what we will be presenting to you. We need it in larger print, so I'm just asking to have this put in the Collier County government buildings. Thank you. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Thank you. Mr. Miller, my machine here is not working. MR. MILLER: I will take care of it, sir. Your next speaker is Victoria Redstall. She'll -- excuse me -- is Ken Keller and will be followed by Victoria Redstall. MR. KELLER: Thank you. I, too, am speaking on behalf of putting the 10 Commandments in the public buildings just like we did the national motto. Now, the common use of the Jeffersonian principle of separation of church and state, keeping -- has been turned on its head. Instead of keeping the government of the church as intended -- the government out of the church as intended in the Jeffersonian letter of response, the Danbury Baptist Church is now being used to block foundational Judeo-Christian principles out of not just government, but schools and public institutions, and here's what the First Amendments reads: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, et cetera. These principles are being systematically marginalized in our cultural, leaving want if we now must be protected from religion and our historical worldview. The Judeo-Christian principles in the Bible are demonstrably foundational to our system of governance, indeed to our culture in general, that they are assumed, whether you're a believer or not, simply to be true. The biblical world view on which our nation is June 24, 2025 Page 16 founded is systematically tightly woven and consistent in spite of how often misapplied by its inheritance. More importantly, they are a window into the very heart of God in whom we claim to trust in our national motto. The national motto, the Pledge of Allegiance, as well as numerous other founding documents, all mention God. The 10 Commandments are even etched into most of our historical government buildings in Washington, D.C., including the Supreme Court. The 10 Commandments have become, over time, therefore, less of a biblical expression of a particular religious denomination than a founding principle of our nation and, indeed, Western civilization itself. This is why it should be prominently posted beside our motto. Thank you. MR. MILLER: Your next speaker is Victoria Redstall. She'll be followed by Adrienne Redstall. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Now, for the members of the Commission, this display is not working at the moment, so if you do want to speak on anything, just let me know. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: (Indicating.) CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: That would work. MS. VICTORIA REDSTALL: Commissioners, I'd just like to share my experiences that I've had with the Naples wildlife conservancy. Going back three years with a perfectly healthy bluejay, one week after I took him there, he was dead. Same with a very healthy rabbit. Two years ago I took them there because everybody says it's a one-stop shop, the only place you can take a wounded or abandoned animal. Hence, when a newborn squirrel arrived in my feet, because God puts them in my feet, on September the 1st of last year, I didn't take it June 24, 2025 Page 17 to the Conservancy -- CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Let me interrupt for just a quick second, if you don't mind. MS. VICTORIA REDSTALL: Sorry. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Slow down just a little bit. I know the reporter is having a hard time catching everything, but quite frankly, we are as well, because you are going really fast, so -- MS. VICTORIA REDSTALL: Just didn't want to -- CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: You've got plenty of time. MS. VICTORIA REDSTALL: Thank you. Hence, when I had -- a newborn squirrel arrived at my feet on September the 1st of 2024, I didn't take it to the Conservancy, and I raised it on my own, in my bra, at the shops. Everywhere, he went with me -- I got him a cage -- until I set him free in the wild. I now see Lucky the Squirrel every day in the wild with his family. This might be petty to you, but it's not about the squirrel. It's not about the raccoons, which I'm getting to. This is a much bigger picture with the evilness of the Naples wildlife conservancy. I am very concerned with their lack of transparency and the accountability. On May 19th, I took abandoned newborn raccoons to the Conservancy reluctantly. I asked if they could please just call me when the time came for them to be released. The female vet checked them in, very rudely said to me, "They won't be released for at least 10 more weeks, as they are newborns. We don't have to call you. It's not in our policy." I said, "Well, could you just please call me so that I can show you where I found them?" On May 27th, that's eight days later, I left a message for the female chief programs officer to just please call me with an update on the raccoons and to confirm she will be calling me when they get released. I also said that at that time I had a donor recently come in June 24, 2025 Page 18 and give a huge amount of money in my name specifically for the welfare of the raccoons that I brought in. She told me that it is not their policy to call me, and I might only get a phone call if -- she said the word "if" they make it, to which I responded that I know very well that they will make it because I have living proof that they will, because I knew that I did keep one back. I didn't realize it was against the law, and I've learned from it, but I did keep one of those raccoons back. I kept a sibling. So I said to this woman, "If they don't make it, I will expose the Naples Conservancy for not taking care of their animals," which everyone has said for years, but I never had proof until now. She then checked me out on social media, realizing I did have that sibling, and he was getting bigger and stronger every day. She saw that I had a huge following on Facebook, and people were enjoying the growth of this baby raccoon. Everyone was made happy in my neighborhood, my friends, my family, social media. Even the day when his eyes opened the third week, I shared that on social media as his eyes opened and looked into the eyes of my mother and myself. Within three weeks, on June the 17th, I received a phone call from an officer from FWC calling me to surrender the one raccoon that I had raised since May 18th for one month and two days up until that point. He explained to me that three women had anonymously complained about me. One of them, I am told, is one of the women that work at the Naples Conservancy. The officer said it’s illegal to take a raccoon from the wild, which I didn't know, because they are rabies vectors. I have learned this now. It's illegal to rehab a wild animal without licensed rehab, but he asked me to surrender the raccoon to the Conservancy, which I did right away. I had documented the raccoon's weight, food intake, and June 24, 2025 Page 19 sleep patterns. He was in perfect shape when I surrendered him. Even slightly overweight. I arrived -- I was -- when I arrived at the Conservancy, I was handed a letter by the female chief programs officer stating that if I ever go there again, they will have me arrested for trespassing, yet I've only been there on four occasions, once to deliver a bluejay, which they killed a week later; twice to deliver a healthy rabbit, which they also killed; and three to deliver two baby raccoons which we have no idea where they are because there's no accountability right now until we find out where they are; and the fourth time was when I was told by FWC to surrender the one raccoon that I had started to raise, by the name of Rocky. What are they hiding? What are they so afraid of and threatened by me asking questions just for a welfare checkup or just for the phone call when they release them? Why won't they answer for the siblings that I gave them on day one on May 19th, where are they now? Where is Rocky now, the sibling that I raised for over a month and two days? Why is there no transparency at the Naples Conservancy? Why is there no accountability or answers as to where Rocky is now? They get millions of dollars in donations per year. This January they were given $25 million by Carol and John Walter. They were given another undisclosed millions by Richard Schulze Foundation to name but a few. There are numerous organizations, charities, and private people who donate. So why can they not just make a phone call to a resident here of Collier County who simply wants to be part of their release and who is concerned enough to drive and bring them in -- an injured or abandoned animal. The CEO earns over a quarter of a million a year -- June 24, 2025 Page 20 CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We're going to need to -- I'm sorry. We're going to need you to go ahead and wrap up. MS. VICTORIA REDSTALL: Okay. On top of this, the report FBC gave me was -- by the Conservancy, of Rocky, was very different. They had said he was emaciated when I surrendered him. A complete opposite. He was overweight when I took him in. I'm just requesting that this matter be put -- if you can't put it on the agenda, could you please send Code Enforcement to the Naples Conservancy so that they can account for those raccoons that I took in and also have complete transparency from this point on. Thank you for letting me go over my time. MR. MILLER: Your next speaker is Adrienne Redstall. She'll be followed by Tina Clark. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Good morning. MS. ADRIENNE REDSTALL: Good morning. Thank you. Very similar, it's about the raccoons. It was a terrible shock to be forced to surrender a baby animal that we had grown to love so much over the four weeks that we had him in our home. I have never been treated so badly, so cruelly in my life as I have been by the women at the Naples Conservancy. To have a woman survivor -- supervisor at the Conservancy hand my daughter a letter the moment we walked through the door stating that if she was to ever set foot on the Conservancy property again, she would be arrested for trespassing was horrifying to me as her mother. Even when my daughter pleaded with her to give her a phone call when the raccoons would be released -- I wanted to see that, too -- she smiled and said, "I will not be calling you, and I have instructed my staff to not call you." It was so unprofessional and wicked that there must be a change. Where are these darling raccoons now? And where is that very special Rocky that we raised for four weeks? I miss him terribly, and June 24, 2025 Page 21 so do my friends. I urge the commissioners today to please demand accountability for the three raccoons and for the Conservancy to be transparent from this point forward for all those who entrust the Conservancy to take care of the injured and abandoned wildlife. Thank you. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Thank you. MR. MILLER: Your next speaker is Tina Clark. She'll be followed by Kip Blackman. MS. CLARK: Good morning, Commissioner. Good morning, citizens. My name's T. Clark. I have been a rescuer pretty much all my wife with the ASPCA, our coalition here, Florida Stark. I love these organizations. I saw everything that's happened with this situation and saw the raccoon. He was in great condition. My problem with the situation is, one, I can't imagine why someone wouldn't want to educate all of us on how to -- CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: You need to direct your comments to us. MS. CLARK: Okay. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: And you need to stay on the microphone. MS. CLARK: Okay. I can't imagine why they wouldn't want them to be educated when it comes to wild animals. I don't have a lot of education. I would be happy to learn. The second is how we treat our senior citizens. When I was raised, it was to respect seniors, respect animals, respect pretty much everyone around you. So that really saddens me that they took an opportunity and changed it into something very ugly. I pray that Rocky's doing okay, and I hope that we get some June 24, 2025 Page 22 answers. I realize that because of the organization that it is, they may not be required to give us any, but something stinks here, and it's not Rocky raccoon. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. Thank you. MR. MILLER: Your next speaker is Kip Blackman. He'll be followed by Scott Schell. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Mr. Blackman. MR. MILLER: I'm having trouble reading your writing. Is it Blackman? MR. BLACKMAN: Yeah. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Mr. Miller? MR. MILLER: Yes. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: This is -- MR. MILLER: Yeah. I'll be right there, sir. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Oh, okay. Thank you. MR. BLACKMAN: Hey. Good morning. I'm Kip Blackman. I spoke with Commissioner Hall on the phone a few weeks ago. This is regarding Gulf Harbor Neighborhood off of Wiggins Pass Road in North Collier County being flooded with freshwater by Collier County and South Florida Water Management District. We have lots of proof, pictures, photos, videos, water samples. We brought it to their attention. I've been working with South Florida Water Management District and Collier County since last year all the way until December. We had a meeting over the phone. I can't get them to come in person, but we tried to give them just enough information to not annoy them but get them to come to the table and talk with us so that we could show them what we're talking about. Basically what's happening is our neighborhood never flooded before 2017. It just didn't. Even in the 2015 stormwater management plan for Collier County, our little neighborhood is not June 24, 2025 Page 23 listed as one of the repeat flooded areas. It's not on there. All the development that's happened out east, all that water now -- everybody has their retention ponds. They're allowed -- they have to store so much water. Any excess water now gets dumped into the Coco structure, which comes all the way down Immokalee Road, goes right in front of Palm River and that Coco 1 weir right there. That is operated by South Florida Water Management District. It's public. They have sensors. They have had the data. I've been on the database. I can match up every time our neighborhood has flooded with a certain flow rate right there. Just to give you an example, 500 cubic feet per second is a lot of times what we see coming out of that weir being dumped into the Cocohatchee River. Well, that equals 13 and a half million gallons per hour. And our neighborhood's about 40 acres. If you put a wall around it, 13 and a half gallons -- million gallons in one hour would put two and a half feet of water. The problem is is the river needs to be dredged. In 2017, there's an article on Naples Daily News. I think that was where it was. You could look it up. But there was the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, they did a study on the estuaries. The Cocohatchee River got a D minus. You guys also probably knew that and looked into it. So in 2020, you guys did a feasibility study for dredging 700 feet east of the bridge all the way to Wiggins Pass because it needs done. So the river is clogged. Most of that is because of all the water and sediment from the building that's going out east that's being dumped into the river. It needs to be dredged so that we have water flow. Also, it's very dangerous for our community, obviously, which is really the main reason that we're here. Since 2017 -- we didn't flood before that. I moved in in 2021. June 24, 2025 Page 24 We've flooded at least, I don't know, eight times. I've had anywhere from six inches, nine inches, 29 inches, 44 inches, and this is all after Ian. Ian, we had eight feet in the neighborhood. Obviously, Ian is an anomaly, but the other times the storm could be 200 miles -- it was still down by Cuba, Debby, and at a high tide of 2.5, we got flooded. It's a 2.5 tide right now, and it was yesterday. There's no water in our neighborhood anywhere because they're not releasing water. When they release the water through the weir at the wrong time, incoming tide or strong west wind... So really what I'd -- there's two things we want. We want the river dredged -- actually three. We want you guys to control the flow so that the water's not being pushed out while the tide's coming in, but really we just want to sit down so we can explain this in person to -- I've worked with Lisa Koehler, Trinity Scott, Marshal Miller. Those are just some of the names. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Thank you. MR. BLACKMAN: You're welcome. MR. MILLER: Your next speaker is Scott Schell. He'll be followed by Shelly Schell. MR. SCHELL: I'm going to pass on my time today. MR. MILLER: All right. Shelly Schell, and she will be followed by Sheryl Baron. MS. SCHELL: Good morning. I'm Shelly Schell, and I'm a resident of the Gulf Harbor neighborhood, and I'm here to support what Kip was saying. I have young children in the neighborhood, and we can't even get off buses or anything due to this flooding. And especially the significance of the D minus water quality in the Cocohatchee River, when that came to light and no one even cares, was shocking. So we really appreciate the in-person meetings and the opportunity to find a solution. June 24, 2025 Page 25 MR. MILLER: Your next speaker is Cheryl Baron, and she will be followed on Zoom by Denise Shanabarger. MS. BARON: Hi. Thank you for your time, guys. I know that we spoke with the commissioner as well, and we appreciate your time, but I'm here repeating everything that Kip said. And our canals need to be dredged. After any major storms or hurricanes, over the time, sediment has built up significantly, especially after recent storms. This has raised the canal bed, worsening flooding during high tides and heavy rains. Flooding in Gulf Harbor, our community has experienced repeated flooding, and there has been no infrastructure work done in 50 years to help migate -- migrate -- my gate up [sic]. We need targeted support and an official assessment of our situation. We are asking Collier County to consider a grant or dedicate a funding that can be allowanced because of the Cocohatchee River being used to be dredged, and also as our canals in the back. We also respectfully respect that the commissioner [sic], Trinity Scott, Lisa Koehler, and Marshal Miller visit Gulf Harbor in person with us to see firsthand the conditions we are experiencing. We love our community and want to see it protected and preserved. We believe a site visit will make it clear how serious and urgent this matter is. We also want you guys to know that it is very dangerous. I have kids where we've been stuck in our house and -- just to go to the bus stop. And it's not like, oh, we're just having flooding in our driveway. It's going into the homes. And it's -- for me, I'm very lucky because I have three levels, but there are people in my community who have one level. And that's what they have, and they can't afford to do anything else. And those are the people we're really fighting for because they need that. They need something to be done. June 24, 2025 Page 26 And they've lived here -- they're older people, and they've lived here for so long. They're like, I can't even afford to move. I can't afford to do anything, and they're one-level homes. Please, this is, like, so urgent. We really just want to meet with you guys. And if you guys have a solution, we're willing to hear it. We're willing to work with you guys. But we've just gotten the runaround in circles and circles and circles. So anything that you guys can do to help us, and if we could help you, we're here to help. I mean, we've spoken to Rick Scott; we've spoken to Byron Daniels [sic]. Like, we just need that help. So we'd appreciate if you guys can help us. Thank you. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Ms. Patterson, who on our staff would be the right person for folks to speak to? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Can I -- Mr. Chair, is the button working yet? CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: The button's working. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Okay. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Hang on just a second because I just asked a quick question here. MS. PATTERSON: Trinity Scott and Marshal Miller. Obviously, we will work with the Water Management District, as indicated, Ms. Koehler. But I have a decade of familiarity with this neighborhood as well, so I'm happy to sit down with the folks and chat about what's going on. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner McDaniel. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And just as a note, I had a communication with Byron Donald's office in February on the permitting that's been applied for years with the Corps of Engineers out by the bridge. So the circumstance is ongoing. I mean, there is action that's going. It's not happening certainly as quickly as June 24, 2025 Page 27 possible. But I do know that we're working through the permitting issues with the Corps of Engineers. And so communication is a must. Our County Manager probably knows as much as anybody with regard to that neighborhood. And I suggest, Commissioner Hall, that you make sure you communicate with our congressman as well just to -- just to assist with this. This isn't just your hood. This is -- this is a circumstance that's going on throughout our entire -- our coastal community with the -- with the tannins that have come in and silted in our waterway all the way across the board. MR. MILLER: Your final registered speaker for public comment is joining us on Zoom, Denise Shanabarger. Denise, you're being prompted to unmute yourself, if you'll do so at this time. Denise, I see you've unmuted. You have three minutes. Oh, hold on, Denise. I'm sorry. I need to change a setting on my end. We're not going to hear you otherwise. All right. Now, Denise, if you'd start again, please. MS. SHANABARGER: Hi. Good morning. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Good morning. MS. SHANABARGER: I hope everyone is doing well today. I would just like to discuss the fact, much like Kip had said, this has been going on since 2017. After Irma hit, we had about 13 inches in our neighborhood. Prior to that we had nothing. Our streets would flood but never would it come in through our homes. After Hurricane Ian, which was an anomaly, yes, we had eight feet in our homes. People that were in lower-lying homes lost everything, everything. Just one story. All their things, all their things were gone. Since then we have flooded eight times. Like Kip said, it's been anywhere from eight inches to 16 inches to four feet, and the majority June 24, 2025 Page 28 of this water is freshwater. We've checked it. It's not coming in from the gulf. We have tried to speak to many people, and we've gotten nowhere with the county. I do believe he is right; we need to have that river dredged. It is completely silted over with all the development and silt coming from the east. That needs to happen. And from what I've understood, that there is a permit out there, but it has not been approved, and if it is approved, it's another five, six years out before anything will be done, but yet the Perry Hotel had been built there, and just recently they dredged out to have docks. So I'm not quite sure how that occurred. But other than that, we do need to have water management, and South Florida Water Management is welcome to come into our neighborhood and see exactly what's going on when they release the water. And I please -- I beg you to help us because it's been going on way too long, and I really don't want to go underwater this season again. Thank you so much for your time. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Thank you. MR. MILLER: And that is our final speaker for Item 7. Item #9A REOLUTION 2025-128; RESOLUTION 2025-129: RESOLUTIONS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE COLLIER COUNTY GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN, TO CREATE THE GREENWAY-FRITCHEY RESIDENTIAL OVERLAY, TO ALLOW A MAXIMUM OF 1,299 SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS WITH June 24, 2025 Page 29 HOUSING THAT IS AFFORDABLE; AND ALLOW THE REDUCTION IN THE LITTORAL SHELF PLANTING REQUIREMENTS. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEASTERN INTERSECTION OF GREENWAY ROAD AND FRITCHEY ROAD, APPROXIMATELY A HALF MILE NORTH OF TAMIAMI TRAIL EAST (US 41), IN SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 51 SOUTH, RANGE 27 EAST, COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 227.09 ACRES. (TRANSMITTAL HEARING) [PL20220002063] - MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL: SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS – ADOPTED MS. PATTERSON: Commissioners, that brings us to Item 9, advertised hearings. Item 9A is a recommendation to approve resolutions of the Board of County Commissioners proposing amendments to the Collier County Growth Management Plan to create the Greenway-Fritchey residential overlay to allow a maximum of 1,299 single-family and multifamily residential units with housing that is affordable and allow the reduction in the littoral shelf planting requirements. The subject property is located at the northeastern intersection of Greenway Road and Fritchey Road, approximately a half mile north of Tamiami Trail East in Section 7, Township 51 South, Range 27 East, Collier County, Florida, consisting of approximately 227.09 acres. This is the transmittal hearing. And with that, Mr. Bosi or Mr. Yovanovich -- Mr. Yovanovich is here to begin the presentation. MR. YOVANOVICH: Good morning. For the record, Rich Yovanovich on behalf of the applicant, which is the Greenway-Fritchey Land, LLC, and Habitat for Humanity. With me today are a host of people that can answer any June 24, 2025 Page 30 questions you may have. David Torres with Greenway-Fritchey, Lisa Lefkow with Habitat, Mike -- I always mess his name up -- MS. LEFKOW: Solorzano. MR. YOVANOVICH: Thank you, Solorzano. You would think Yovanovich could get someone else's name right. Taylor Whitcomb, myself, Mr. Mulhere. Norman Trebilcock is our traffic consultant. Matthew DeFrancesco is our civil engineer. Jeremie Chastain works with Bob and is also one of the planners on this project. And I think -- Ms. Brosious is here with Passarella to answer any questions that may -- in regard to the environment. The property is along Greenway Road. It's approximately 227 acres, which is just north of U.S. 41. As the County Manager indicated, we're here for the first step in a multistep process to hopefully get a project approved on Greenway Road. Our request is to create a subdistrict to allow for the implementation of the Growth Management Plan provisions you-all adopted in 2023 to allow for affordable housing within the Rural Fringe Mixed-Use District. Our request is to allow for up to 5.72 units per acre on the 227 acres -- 20 percent of those units will be income restricted at the 80 percent and below income threshold -- and to address, you know, the littoral zone plantings for the project. Assuming we get transmitted, it would go to the state for review. Then it would come back to the Board of County Commissioners for the actual PUD rezone consideration. As I mentioned, we are consistent with your Growth Management Plan today with what we're requesting. We are consistent with your Land Development Code and affordable housing June 24, 2025 Page 31 density bonus matrix for what we're requesting. The problem is that the Land Development Code has not yet been amended to implement the Growth Management Plan provisions, and that's why we're here today for this Growth Management Plan amendment. I think you considered at your last meeting the implementation provisions for the Land Development Code. Had that been adopted, we probably could have withdrawn our request. But we're moving forward to hopefully keep the ball moving on this project. The property is in the Rural Fringe Mixed-Use District. This is where development is supposed to occur, in the Rural Fringe Mixed-Use District. It is consistent with, as I mentioned, the Growth Management Plan that was adopted a couple of years ago. We would qualify for a density bonus under your existing density bonus matrix for 6.2 units per acre. We're obviously asking for less than that as part of this process. And both your staff and the Planning Commission -- and the Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of our proposed transmittal to the state. At this point I don't -- we didn't -- since we didn't have to swear in, I don't know if we have any members of the public here. But we have a presentation on what the PUD will look like. We can move forward with that, or we can stop at this point and just consider the Growth Management Plan amendment. It's up to the Board how you would like us to proceed. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Let's see where we are with the Board, because as you said, this is simply a transmittal decision. MR. YOVANOVICH: Correct. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: It's not a decision on the merits. Commissioner McDaniel. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yeah. And I can wait till the end if you want to go through public comment -- CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Let's see if there's any public June 24, 2025 Page 32 comment. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: -- staff comment, and then I have -- I do have some comments, please. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We do have one registered public comment, Brad Cornell. MR. CORNELL: Good morning, Mr. Chair and Commissioners. I'm Brad Cornell. I'm here on behalf of Audubon Western Everglades and Audubon Florida. I want to flag in particular the proposal to reduce the littoral shelf planting from 30 percent to 10 percent. And the issue with this is that your stormwater ponds are really important for not only recharging aquifers but also making sure water quality is not violated. And when you have more littoral planting, you have cleaner water. It's really important and basic science that, you know, we practice at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. The research in Everglades restoration with stormwater treatment areas bear this out. We need to have littoral plantings to take up nutrients. Nutrients are what -- you know, like phosphorus and nitrogen from fertilizer -- because people plant grass all around these neighborhoods, and that's what causes algae blooms. And when you get algae blooms, everybody is unhappy. And so they put other things like copper sulfate and aluminum sulfate into the lake, which is poison, to try and control the algae blooms, and it's a vicious cycle. So the way to break that cycle is to make sure you've got littoral plantings. That was the whole idea in the Rural Fringe Mixed-Use District, to have 30 percent of the regulation level of the lake be in littoral plantings, and we stand by that. That should remain in there. We also have some concerns about the way TDR credits are required for the project. We don't want to be lessening the demand for TDR credits. We certainly acknowledge the need for affordable housing. June 24, 2025 Page 33 That's a good aspect of this project. We want to see that. We just don't want to harm the purpose of the TDR program, which is environmental protection, in the cause of affordable housing. We can have both, and that would be, let's not lessen the requirement for TDRs for the non-affordable housing. Thank you. MR. MILLER: That was our only speaker, sir. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner McDaniel. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yeah. Are we going to hear from staff, or do you just want to hear my comments, sir? CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: I guess we'll hear from staff. I thought -- I was thinking that we didn't need much of a presentation. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: We really don't, not for the transmittal. MR. BOSI: Mike Bosi, Planning and Zoning director. And as mentioned, this is the transmittal. This is just for the GMP. The comments related -- by Brad related to littoral shelf plantings, those are contained -- or those are a deviation within the PUD, so you will have that opportunity at adoption to hear those specifics. That's not contained within the -- within the proposed Growth Management Plan amendment. This is proposing 20 percent for affordable housing heard by the -- or heard by the Planning Commission recommendation of 6-0. We did have one speaker, Mr. Lopez, who lived in close proximity, was opposed to the product -- to the proposal related to -- traffic and water management were his primary concerns. As I mentioned, staff is recommending approval, and I will point out to the Board of County Commissioners, when the Rural Fringe Mixed-Use District plan was updated to increase the density for affordable housing or to allow for affordable housing within the Rural Fringe Mixed-Use District back in 2023 to 12.2, there's a June 24, 2025 Page 34 provision that says, if you're providing affordable housing, you shall not utilize TDRs. So you cannot impose TDRs upon a Growth Management Plan amendment or a proposal that is looking for -- unless you are looking for a deviation from the Growth Management Plan, which we don't traditionally authorize. So just to let you know that in the adopted -- the adopted FLUE, the provision for the Rural Fringe Mixed-Use District prohibits the use of TDRs when you have affordable housing, and that has -- that has a relationship to the provision of affordable housing, the need to minimize the cost associated with it. But any questions that you may have, staff would be able to -- we'll try to answer it. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner McDaniel. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Well, you hit on my number one issue with what's, in fact, transpiring here. First of all, I'd like to go ahead and move this forward and make the motion for transmittal. I'd like to make a motion for approval. And then if I get a second, then I'll finish up my comments. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. I'll second that to -- COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Okay. Thank you. Thou shalt not utilize TDRs for affordable housing. I expressed a concern about this when it was brought to us back to '23. It could well be why we haven't amended the LDC and things that we need to do in order for this to be a regular process. But I'm -- I am expressing concerns today with regard to the lack of the consumption of TDRs and the value of those TDRs. Those TDRs were offered up to folks that were designated as sending area in some theory of compensation for the lack of property rights that went away when the Rural Fringe Mixed-Use District was established. June 24, 2025 Page 35 And so I would like for us, at some particular stage, to have some discussion with regard to the availability of TDRs, how they can be utilized, and allow for a marketplace. And again, we get in a -- we get in a habit of everything all in for and on behalf of affordable housing. And no one argues that affordable housing is a needed requisite for our community, but on the same token, there is -- there is a need for the utilization of those TDRs just to maintain the value for that marketplace that was established for the folks that had property rights that were extinguished. My second issue is the littoral shelves. I want that -- I would like for that to be reviewed as well. Mr. Cornell's comments were apropos with regard to the water-quality circumstances that come from proper littoral shelves, proper plantings within littoral shelves. I've done enumerable amount of littoral shelves in my day, back in the day. So I'd like to have that reviewed. And a third suggestion that I would like to see prior to adoption is an -- I know there's some description about some portable power units being moved over to our EOC. That's all great. I would like to see an alternative power source at the clubhouse with this facility. One of the things that astounded me when I came into office in '17, and then Irma hit us, was lack of alternative power sources throughout our community, not just -- I think we had almost a thousand lift stations that had been turned over to the community by developers that didn't have alternative power sources, and we amended the Land Development Code with that requisite so that lift stations do, in fact, have alternative power sources. I was informed yesterday that we didn't amend with regard to clubhouses within new subdivisions. I'm not looking to impose any regulation on existing subdivisions. I think it's prudent for, June 24, 2025 Page 36 minimumly, all subdivisions to have at least a plug for an alternative power source. The rationale is -- the blessing that we have when a -- when a natural storm event transpires is federal, state, and local assistance, and if we have a local facility where we can bring supplies, it can act as a cooling station, and it has an alternative power source, that will better accommodate those who choose to not heed an evacuation issuance when our government, in fact, so does, but that's something that I would like to have addressed as well. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner LoCastro. COMMISSIONER LoCASTRO: Thank you, Chairman. I'm going to vote to approve the state transmittal, but I just -- I want Mr. Bosi to have the last word. And let me just set the table for a second. Let's slow our roll, okay? We're not picking wallpaper out, okay, for these units yet. The last time we were in this room and we voted for a state transmittal, all of our emails and all of social media blew up about the idiot commissioners that approved 500 houses to be built on top of an orange grove, which we did none of that, okay? So this is a state transmittal. I haven't seen the project yet in its entirety. We're not voting on what we're doing to the clubhouse or where the roads are going to be or if we think, you know, traffic -- this is just part of the legal process that allows it to go to the state, and then Mr. Bosi, I think, just -- especially from our meeting -- and you already touched on it, but I think it's important to conclude what this is and what it isn't. And a couple of the main points are by us voting on the state transmittal, we're not voting on -- at this point on construction. So we're not, you know, bringing in bulldozers tomorrow, to reiterate that the Planning Commission has heard this and what their findings were. And then as we discussed yesterday, the ability for increased June 24, 2025 Page 37 density. But this is under what the max could be, so, you know, that's another nuance. But if you would just tie up sort of all those little nuances, separate rumor from fact, so, you know, somebody doesn't, you know, get out ahead of their headlights as they did at the last commissioner meeting. It wasn't anybody in this room, but, you know, the front headlines were all about how we did this and we did that, and we didn't. So if you would wrap this up as to exactly what we are doing and then what the next steps would be and some of the nuances of what the Planning Commission approved and, as far as density, where it ranks as far as what they could have asked for and what they did ask for. I think those are important points. I'm obviously supporting the state transmittal, which is what this vote is all about. MR. BOSI: Absolutely, Commissioner. And I will reiterate -- again, Mike Bosi, Planning and Zoning director -- this is the transmittal hearing for the Growth Management Plan amendment. This is the high-level request for the -- for the additional density for the number of units for what's going to be set -- or allocated to income-restricted levels. When it comes back, after it -- after -- if you make a -- or if you approve this for a transmittal, this will go to the State of Florida. It will be disbursed to all the state agencies reviewing for areas of -- or areas of significant systems in terms of the state systems. They'll provide us any comments. We'll have -- the applicant and the county will have time to react to any additional concerns that are expressed by the State. After that, we will prepare a staff report that goes to the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission will have an adoption hearing in which they'll hear the PUD. But the focus will be June 24, 2025 Page 38 the PUD, the specifics of the actual "do" of the regulations within that PUD. They will hear that, make a recommendation to the Board, and then the GMP for the adoption and then the PUD for adoption will be brought at a public hearing for the Board of County Commissioners. The uniqueness about this, it only requires a simple majority to transmit, but for adoption it will require a supermajority. The Planning Commission did hear -- did hear the petition. It was a unanimous recommendation for approval for the Board of County Commissioners to transmit this to the State to bring it back for an adoption hearing later on. So for all those -- those steps, we'll be required, before a project -- the PUD couldn't even be approved at an adoption hearing. So this is simply to give the state an opportunity to review the contours of the Growth Management Plan amendment, and then it will be brought back at an adoption hearing in which there will be public notice, signs will be posted as well, and an opportunity for all of the public to provide commentary on the proposal and the specifics of the proposals that's within the PUD. COMMISSIONER LoCASTRO: Thank you, sir. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner Hall. COMMISSIONER HALL: Thank you, Chairman. Hey, Rich, can you come up? Yesterday in the office you did a really good job explaining to me the sending, receiving, the TDR process. I guess my question is, what would the TDRs look like if there was -- if there was TDRs and an affordable project? MR. YOVANOVICH: What -- COMMISSIONER HALL: And I want you to do that without your angle. MR. YOVANOVICH: Without my angle? June 24, 2025 Page 39 COMMISSIONER HALL: Without your angle. MR. YOVANOVICH: Well, I'll do the simple math. COMMISSIONER HALL: Because you did yesterday, and it was great. MR. YOVANOVICH: I will do the simple math, which is not my angle. Right now we have 229 acres. You divide that number by five, which I cannot do in my head. That, I think, is -- what is that? -- 45-ish base units. So under the current program, if -- COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: 45.8. MR. YOVANOVICH: So 46. I was close. COMMISSIONER HALL: You did good. MR. YOVANOVICH: So 46 units can be generated from this property today. Under the typical Rural Fringe Mixed-Use District project that does not include affordable housing, we could go to one unit per acre, and you get that difference. The 48 -- the 229 minus 48 is 181. You would have to buy 181 TDRs to get to the one unit per acre. So theoretically, if we had to buy TDRs and then do affordable housing, we would do 181 TDRs, so that would be 229. You take that from the 1,299, and the delta would be the bonus units. That's how the program would work if we were required to do both TDRs and do an affordable housing density bonus. That's the way the program works. That's not my angle. COMMISSIONER HALL: Thank you. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Mr. Yovanovich, in terms of the -- the only issue I had was the littoral plantings. So I think the requirement was 30 feet and -- MR. YOVANOVICH: Thirty percent. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Thirty percent, I'm sorry. And you're reducing it to half of that? June 24, 2025 Page 40 MR. YOVANOVICH: And just the -- and we can get into the details of this. I prefer to do it after I have a chance to talk to Mr. Cornell between now and the adoption hearing. But in the urban area, the requirement is 7 percent. Where we came up with a 30 percent requirement for littoral plantings in the Rural Fringe Mixed-Use District, I don't know. I'm being told from the different environmental consultants that 30 percent is not necessary. I'm happy to talk to Mr. Cornell hopefully between now and the adoption hearing to talk about those things, and we can bring all those experts up, if you want, at the adoption hearing to talk about the littoral zone plantings. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Most likely I'm going to want to hear from the experts whether in writing, in advance, or at the hearing. MR. YOVANOVICH: Absolutely. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: So we have a motion and a second. Commissioner McDaniel, you're lit up again. Do you have some other comments? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Just one quick comment with regard to that. The size, shape, and color of littorals is important, but it's even more important to utilize the proper plantings that extract the nutrients out of the water and then removal of those plants when they reach a sufficient size where they're no longer doing that. That's as -- almost more important than how many -- how many percentages you have on littorals, so... CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. We have a motion and a second. If there's no further discussion, all in favor, signify by saying aye. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. COMMISSIONER LoCASTRO: Aye. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Aye. June 24, 2025 Page 41 COMMISSIONER HALL: Aye. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All opposed? (No response.) CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: That passes unanimously. MR. YOVANOVICH: Thank you. Item #11A BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, AS THE EX OFFICIO GOVERNING BOARD OF THE COLLIER COUNTY WATER SEWER DISTRICT, APPROVE AMENDMENT NO. 10 TO AGREEMENT NO. 04-3673, WITH CAROLLO ENGINEERS, INC., FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR DESIGN OF THE NORTHEAST WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY AND WATER TREATMENT PLANT PROJECT, UPDATING AND FINALIZING THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, AND BID DOCUMENTS, AMENDING THE CONSULTANT’S RATES TO PROVIDE AN ADJUSTMENT BASED ON THE APPLICABLE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX INCREASE, APPROVING THE NECESSARY BUDGET AMENDMENT, AND AUTHORIZING THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE AMENDMENT FOR THE NET AMOUNT OF $11,682,939.17. (PROJECT NUMBER 70194) - MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL; SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LOCASTRO – APPROVED MS. PATTERSON: Commissioners, that brings us to Item 11A. 11A is a recommendation that the Board of County Commissioners, as the ex officio governing board of the Collier County Water/Sewer District, approve Amendment No. 10 to Agreement No. 04-3673 with Carollo Engineers, Inc., for professional engineering services for June 24, 2025 Page 42 design of the Northeast Water Reclamation Facility and Water Treatment Plant project, updating and finalizing the construction plans, specifications, and bid documents, amending the consultant's rates to provide an adjustment based on the applicable Consumer Price Index increase, approving the necessary budget amendment, and authorizing the Chairman to sign the amendment for the net amount of $11,682,939.17. Mr. Jim DeLony, your department head for Public Utilities is here to present. MR. DeLONY: Thank you, County Manager. Good morning. I'm Jim DeLony, your department head for Public Utilities. It is my pleasure to present this item to you. I'm accompanied today with Joe Bellone, the operations finance director from Public Utilities, and my good friend Matt McLean, who's our engineering project manager for Public Utilities. This amendment today is -- reflects -- slide, please -- reflects the effort we've made over a period of a long time. Those of you that might know where this is, this is located just east of the county fairgrounds, north of Palmetto Ridge High School and the Orange Blossom Ranch development. The northeast project represents, as I said earlier, over two decades of strategic planning, and I would like to briefly walk you through that -- those two decades of planning that brought us here today. Next slide, please. We began design services with Carollo Engineers in 2004. Selected them for their specialized experience in the water and wastewater infrastructure. In 2010, the project entered hibernation due to the recession, but we as a county acted deliberately. We structured that pause with the June 24, 2025 Page 43 Board of County Commissioners' approval to approve our investment that we had made to date -- to that date so that when the time came, we could move forward with final design. By 2015, we extended the agreement to ensure project continuity. Then in 2017, we reactivated the project for engineering services that supported new development in that region, particularly site planning for utility services, deep injection wells, and the compatibility with the regional park and the recycling center that are adjacent to that site. Next slide. Today we're at that critical juncture that we all envisioned 20 years ago, and that -- we have current population projections that tell us that now is the time to advance this program to final design to meet the service demands that we need in place by 2031. The timeline is driven by agreements that are already in place with five major developments in the northeast Collier County area: The Sky Sail Rivergrass, the Town of Big Cypress, Bellmar, and Brightshore. Amendment 10 ensures we will meet demand by finalizing the construction designs for a four-to-six-million-gallon-per-day water reclamation facility, a 10-million-gallon-per-day regional water treatment plant, and the supporting infrastructure for both. What's unique about this approach -- our design approach, that we're going to utilize modular technology which will allow us the flexibility to expand as needed in the future as we see demand increase. The design will take full advantage of the most current water and wastewater treatment technology and positions the District to meet evolving regulatory requirements. And as part of the -- inasmuch that we are a part of a regionally connected system, the northeast facilities increase the reliance and agility for the entire June 24, 2025 Page 44 district, meaning we can move flows west to east, east to west to make sure we can stay in compliance and meet demand. The two notable technologies that we planned for this design -- I'd like to cover those quickly. The nanofiltration and reverse osmosis for raw water treatment, which allows us to utilize -- fully utilize both brackish and freshwater for our plant and, secondly, in terms of the wastewater, we're going to have advanced water treatment in that we'll being using membrane reactors -- bioreactors that will ensure that we meet not only current but emerging requirements for the treatment and disposal of treated wastewater. Very important to stay ahead of that game, obviously. Next point -- next slide, rather. Thank you. So we see Amendment 10 as a continuation to provide the opportunity to leverage Carollo's national and local expertise. It's a very important fact that the key members of this design team are from our original design team, to include the CEO of Carollo, a firm of over 800 team members located in 42 offices across our country. He was our lead designer for wastewater treatment, and he will continue same. I met with him personally to ensure that he's going to stay on the team. I looked at the names of the people that were with us in 2010 and the people that will be a part of the design team for this ongoing effort. Same folks. No bait; no switch. We've got the continuity of effort at the expert level, and I'm very proud to say that we're able to do that because that will give us the best effort in terms of retaining what we've already paid for as well as leveraging their great knowledge. This will give us the reduced time and cost, and it will certainly create the right program that we will need not only now but in the future. With Amendment 10, the total cost is estimated at about $32 million. The county has spent approximately $10 million to date June 24, 2025 Page 45 on engineering efforts. The current rough order of magnitude, or ROM, for the construction costs for this phase is approximately $438 million. This project is projected to be awarded for construction sometime in 2028. It is very possible economic and market factors will cause this to be higher. A ROM is an initial estimate of the project costs which provides a general idea of the project's budget with the expected accuracy range of minus 25 to plus 75. So it's as good as we can make it at this stage of the game, but there's no guarantees given the dynamics of the market, particularly for these high-demand items that go into building one of these plants. Calculated is a percentage of the current ROM. The design fee is 7.4 percent. For a project of this complexity, we consider this to be fair, reasonable, and represents a best-value investment for the county. Design costs typically vary project to project based on the project's complexity. We went out -- I went out and visited Sarasota County's Bee Ridge water reclamation facility, which will be very similar to the one we'll build. Same technology. The design fee on that particular facility is 10.4 percent. So I think we have the right price, we've got the right firm, and we need to move forward. In closing, the strategic approach with the continuity for the -- with the continuity for the Northeast Water Reclamation Facility and Water Treatment Plant has sound physical stewardship and implements a forward-looking treatment solution. It has -- it will position us to meet the increasing demand in our northeast service area. It certainly will allow us to remain in compliance with current and emergency -- emerging regulatory and treatment requirements. Commissioners, the Board has supported this approach to June 24, 2025 Page 46 deliver the no seeds [sic] program for two decades through noncontractual amendments; therefore, I respectfully request your approval of this Amendment 10 so we may move forward with the final design and the construction plans. That concludes my briefing other than your questions. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Thank you, sir. Commissioner McDaniel. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yes. I'd like to make a motion for approval, and then I do have a comment if I do receive a second. COMMISSIONER LoCASTRO: Second. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Okay. Can I go first, sir? CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: You've got the floor. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Okay. I just want to say, I want to -- I want to just remind everybody, in one of Mr. DeLony's original slides, the reactivation of this project came in 2017, and that was no mistake. That's when -- that's when I came into office. And as you know, I am a huge advocate of especially life-sustaining critical infrastructure and the requisites for the people that we already have, let alone knowing that there's more coming. There was a shift back in the day where if we don't build it, they won't come. That hasn't worked out so well for us. It's past time for us to be moving forward with regard to the critical life-sustaining infrastructure that we have. When I -- when I first came into office in '17, the previous management shared with me we had storage tanks at one of our facilities we couldn't take off-line because we didn't have sufficient redundancy in the system to be able to do proper PM and so on. Commissioner Saunders, you and I were party to the acquisition of the wastewater/water facilities in Golden Gate City. Again, that was all part of the integration of this system that we direly need for June 24, 2025 Page 47 our community and the residents that we currently have let alone knowing that there are more coming. We have all been able to see the advent of the developments that are coming forward in the east, but with the -- with Mr. DeLony's statement of our capacities to be able to move east and west with regard to our flows, it's critical for us for our entire community, and I'm wholly in support of moving forward with this. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner Hall. COMMISSIONER HALL: Thank you, Chairman. This is my third year into this job, and I still get sticker shock. So when I saw this, I was immediately -- I was bothered by the price of it. I'm in full support of it. And I'm just making a comment. I'm just being transparent. I felt like we were behind the eight ball, that we didn't have much of a choice, that our hand might be being forced, and that, you know, with this top firm and with the people that we had previous history with, that we didn't really have any wiggle room or we didn't have any say-so with it; we kind of had to go forward with it. But in talking with Mr. DeLony yesterday, I really appreciate the confidence that you brought to me in the fact that we are not being taken advantage of. MR. DeLONY: No, sir, we're not. COMMISSIONER HALL: That due diligence has been made; that we are making the right decision regardless of the price. And I just wanted to say it publicly that I appreciated you building the confidence in me to where if I ever get backed into a corner and I feel like I'm being taken advantage of, bad things rise up in me. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: All of us. COMMISSIONER HALL: And I just -- Dot asked me -- she said, "How are you doing after yesterday's meeting?" And I said, "Well, I've been mad four times, and I've gotten over June 24, 2025 Page 48 it four times in the last hour." So I appreciate you. MR. DeLONY: Thank you, sir. Appreciate that. COMMISSIONER HALL: I appreciate the candor. I appreciate the honesty and the diligence that you did in moving forward with this. MR. DeLONY: Thank you, sir. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: And I'll echo all of those comments as well. I did appreciate the time that you spent going through this. I have a great deal of confidence that we're moving in the right direction. I've worked with a lot of your team members there over the years, and so I feel very good about moving forward with this even though it's a big number and, mostly likely, the number's going to get bigger. It's not going to get smaller. We have a motion and a second. If there are no registered speakers, then I'll call for the vote. All in favor, signify by saying aye. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. COMMISSIONER LoCASTRO: Aye. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Aye. COMMISSIONER HALL: Aye. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All opposed? (No response.) CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: That passes unanimously. Thank you. MR. DeLONY: Thank you, sir. MS. PATTERSON: Commissioners, that brings us to Item 11B, formerly 16A8. This is a recommendation to hear a Land Development Code amendment related to floating solar facilities at two regularly scheduled daytime hearings and to waive the nighttime hearing requirement. This item is moved to the regular agenda at Commissioner McDaniel's request. June 24, 2025 Page 49 Mr. Mike Bosi, your director of Planning and Zoning, is here to present or answer questions. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Before we get into that, it may be appropriate to take a quick break. I think we've probably only got about a half hour or so left in the meeting, but why don't we come back at 25 minutes to 11. That will give our reporter a bit of a break. We are in recess until 25 minutes to 11. (A recess was had from 10:22 a.m. to 10:35 a.m.) MS. PATTERSON: Chair, you have a live mic. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: I assume there's a large crowd of folks out in the hallway, if you'd tell them to come on in for the meeting. Ms. Patterson. Item #11B LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT RELATED TO FLOATING SOLAR FACILITIES AT TWO REGULARLY SCHEDULED DAYTIME HEARINGS AND TO WAIVE THE NIGHTTIME HEARING REQUIREMENT. (COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL’S REQUEST) - MOTION TO APPROVE WITH DIRECTION GIVEN BY COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL; SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LOCASTRO – APPROVED MS. PATTERSON: Yes, sir. Starting back on Item 11B, Mr. Bosi. MR. BOSI: Thank you, County Manager. Mike Bosi, Planning and Zoning director. The request was simply to waive the nighttime hearing and have the Board hear the proposal for a Land Development Code amendment for floating solar facilities be heard at two regular agenda June 24, 2025 Page 50 items. I think there may be some commentary or questions or some direction the Board wanted us to provide or some of the Board members would like to suggest to how we're going move to forward with these proposals. So I would open myself for any questions or any direction from the Board of County Commissioners. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner McDaniel, you had this pulled off the consent. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yes, I did. And I just -- I just wanted -- you know, what I envision is a modified or simple conditional-use process. I know that we're being ordered by the state to adjust our Land Development Code to accommodate these floating solar facilities. And my understanding of the language that came from the state to -- was something along the lines to use our best efforts to accommodate these uses. What are you pointing at? MR. BOSI: The highlighted area, No. 3, I think, is most pertinent to your direction. And what it says is they must be a permitted use within the appropriate land-use category in each Comprehensive Plan and land development regulations. So my -- and Mr. Klatzkow could help me out with this, but I would think that we would need to make these permitted within a zoning district and then all other zoning districts. If you'd like to make them conditional or prohibited, that would be the discretion or direction of the Board. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: So your interpretation is we pick one zoning district that they become allowed as. MR. BOSI: From reading 3, floating solar facilities shall be a permitted use in the appropriate land-use categories in each local government comprehensive plan, and each local government must amend its LDC regulations to promote the expanded use of June 24, 2025 Page 51 solar -- floating solar facilities. I would interpret that that we need to make that as a permitted use, but the County Attorney may have a different read on it. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Let's hear what the County Attorney has to say, if I can. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Yeah. I would say that if the legislation says, "In appropriate land-use categories," they're really looking to us to determine what those appropriate land-use categories are. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: That's kind of what I was thinking. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Unless there's some other guidance. And there may be some in the legislative history of that language. But, Mr. Klatzkow? MR. KLATZKOW: Well, if you make it a permitted use, you're keeping with the language of the statute; however, if you make it a conditional use, a conditional use is an activity that is permitted -- permitted in that center, but you get to place conditions. And the statute also has certain conditions we could probably put on it, including buffering. You know, could it be challenged if you do a conditional? Yeah. Would it be challenged if you do a conditional? Probably not. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Would it be challenged what? MR. KLATZKOW: It could be challenged under the language of the statute, but I don't think it would be challenged. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I understand. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: The language there where it says, "In the appropriate land-use categories" doesn't give us any guidance as to what those categories are, and my assumption would be that we make that determination. So for example, if we said it's permitted in commercial districts, June 24, 2025 Page 52 it's committed -- it's -- but it's not a -- it's not appropriate in a single-family development, for example, it seems to me that they're giving us that ability to determine what land-use classifications are appropriate for this to be a permitted use. MR. KLATZKOW: Yes, sir. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Well -- and my thought process was allowing for them as a conditional use allows us to identify the individuality of the different requests that come forward. We don't have a specific land-use category for a lake unless it's a mining operation. When I get done digging, I'd shut off my pumps, and I have a waterfront community. So designating a particular use as an allowable use would allow us to have -- have community input, which is imperative, and also take into account the differentiations of the individual requests, if they even come forward. I mean, with the advent of what's going on, who knows whether the solar power's going to be as all that as what everybody thought it was going to be. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner Hall. COMMISSIONER HALL: Thank you, Chairman. I tend to go along in thought process with Commissioner McDaniel where I would -- if we have to do something, I would like to do the least that we have to do and give us the choice to do what we want to do. So when I say, you know, a floating solar facility be permitted in an appropriate land-use category, I go the opposite direction. I go to agriculture instead of commercial district. So if we made it permitted in agriculture and then somebody wanted to ask for a conditional use in another area, we would have that choice. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Yeah, I agree. I think we have the ability to pick one or two land-use categories to say this is where it would be appropriate, and everywhere else it would have to be a June 24, 2025 Page 53 conditional use. We could still be challenged, but I agree with the County Attorney. I don't think there would be any challenge to that. But anyway, what is the request now, for us to waive -- MR. BOSI: The request is to waive the nighttime hearings -- CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Hearings. MR. BOSI: -- which is normally a customary approval from the Board of County Commissioners. You will just hear it at two of your regularly scheduled hearings. One thing I would like to clarify, and this is how it's proposed right now, just upon the -- when we went to our coordination with DSAC, DSAC's subcommittee, and then the Planning Commission, we were proposing as permitted by right in ag Estate, public use, and community facilities. So we would narrow it down to just rural agricultural as a use allowed. And then what I really wanted to have some feedback upon is if these were, say, a facility, say an industrial property wanted to have -- and it had a water management lake within that industrial property, if they wanted to have a solar facility developed as an accessory use there, would you still want that to be a conditional use, or would you find the accessory use within, say, an industrial zoning district as an allowable accessory use to the principal? And I know that's a little nuanced, but those are things that we will have to deal with as we're writing the code specifically. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner McDaniel. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yeah, not in the Estates. MR. BOSI: Okay. Yes. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Okay? MR. BOSI: Yes. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I'm -- community facilities, no. I don't mind anybody coming and asking. I -- and, Commissioner Hall, agriculture scares me as well. That's -- that June 24, 2025 Page 54 encompasses hundreds of thousands of acres in Collier County. I am a miner. I have a conditional use on an agriculturally zoned piece of property. And as I said, when I get done digging, I shut off the pumps, and what do I have? I have lakes. So you have the potential by right of these solar fields popping up in lakes throughout our community without anybody having anything to say about it. And so I'm in agreement with you with regard to restricting the allowable uses by right at all down to a minimum. And, you know, in my personal viewpoint, the public use probably is the most prohibitive that we, in fact, have, because we aren't going to do anything as a government that wouldn't necessarily be known to the community, and then -- and then allow for agricultural Estates. C-1 through 5 is fine as an ancillary use as long as it's a conditional use. I want to be able to have the conditions to protect the community. So I'm not in favor of agriculture at all. Of those defined uses, public use is the one that I can get the -- if we have to pick one, if that's the interpretation, that we have to pick one to allow it, then that's the one that I would pick. Because that, to me, is the government already. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. We're -- the only request now is to waive the nighttime hearings. And you're looking for some guidance. I would agree with Commissioner McDaniel. I want to protect the neighborhoods as well, and I think the -- and we'll have this debate when it comes back. Commissioner McDaniel is talking about public use areas for it to be permitted. I was talking in terms of some of the commercial districts where I think it would be appropriate. But I think we all agree -- well, I can't say we all agree. But I think that that's going to be the issue. I think that having these in the "E" Estates would be a mistake because with what's going on in the Estates right now, this is June 24, 2025 Page 55 just going to add to it, and we certainly don't want to do that. I don't know if you need any further clarification before we go forward with this. MR. BOSI: And as a summary, what I've heard was to move forward as a permitted use within the public and then all other requests, whether it be a principal use or an accessory use, would require a conditional use. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We'll have a -- COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Second. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: -- discussion as to whether or not at the time -- COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Did you make that as a motion? CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We'll have a discussion as to whether or not perhaps commercial would be appropriate as well or even the agricultural. But you understand that we want to limit -- MR. BOSI: Absolutely. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: -- where it's permitted. MR. BOSI: Staff has a complete understanding of what we're going to bring back to the Board of County Commissioners. And then whatever modifications that you make at the time is appropriate based upon that. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Any registered speakers? MR. MILLER: No. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Move for approval. COMMISSIONER LoCASTRO: Second. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We have a motion and a second to approve waiving the nighttime hearings. All in favor, signify by saying aye. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye. COMMISSIONER LoCASTRO: Aye. June 24, 2025 Page 56 CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Aye. COMMISSIONER HALL: Aye. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All opposed? (No response.) CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: That passes unanimously. MR. BOSI: Thank you. Item #15A PUBLIC COMMENTS ON GENERAL TOPICS NOT ON THE CURRENT OR FUTURE AGENDA BY INDIVIDUALS NOT ALREADY HEARD DURING PREVIOUS PUBLIC COMMENTS IN THIS MEETING MS. PATTERSON: Commissioners, that brings us to Item 15, staff and commission general communications. Item 15A is public comments on general topics not heard on the current or future agenda by individuals not already heard during previous public comments in this meeting. MR. MILLER: We have none. Item #15B STAFF PROJECT UPDATES MS. PATTERSON: Item 15B is staff project updates. We have none. Item #15C STAFF AND COMMISSION GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS June 24, 2025 Page 57 MS. PATTERSON: That brings us to Item 15C, staff and commission general communications. I'm going to hold my comments -- we do have Mr. Summers in the room as well -- until we move over to the commissioners to discuss the jetport. But other than that, just to mention that we do have a full meeting on July 8th, a number of topics coming forward. I've discussed this with you in our one-on-ones. So as it stands now, we've got a number of interesting things that we'll be discussing on July 8th. With that, County Attorney. MR. KLATZKOW: Nothing. Thank you. MS. PATTERSON: Commissioners. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. So we're not going to hear from Mr. Summers? MS. PATTERSON: We figured we would take your comments, and I know some of you have questions specifically about the jetport. So if we want to do -- once you've had a chance to talk about it -- CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Why don't we go ahead and hear the subject before we go to our comments. MS. PATTERSON: You want to go ahead and go straight to that? Yep. So just to get this started, we received notification from the State of Florida through FDEM over the weekend regarding a letter of interest regarding the jetport, so this is the landing strip out in the middle of the Everglades -- not to be confused with any of the county-owned. This is operated by the Miami-Dade Airport, their port authority -- for this property to be utilized for emergency purposes. As more information became available to us, there's a proposal now that -- between the federal government and the State of Florida to utilize the property for a temporary detention center. It's our June 24, 2025 Page 58 understanding that there are already resources being mobilized and moved onto the site to be able to assemble trailers as well as heavy-duty tent facilities to house detainees at that property. There is a proposal for the property to be purchased by the State of Florida. That was sent to -- I have a copy of that letter. That was sent to Miami-Dade County as well as Collier County. With that, I'm going to turn this over to Mr. Summers, who has a long history with this property but has been in communication with FDEM and others to bring you up to speed. MR. SUMMERS: Commissioners, good morning. For the record, Dan Summers, director of emergency management. Let me preface this: I have about eight quick talking points. They may or may not fall in a sequential order. But let me just start off to say this has been a very fluid set of circumstances, and I think you-all can appreciate that based on the current climate. Just a couple of things to share with you. First of all, the Miami jetport is referred to -- its airport abbreviation is TNT. So you will hear that TNT airport, Transitional and Training Airport, designator used as a matter of shorthand. I was generally aware that the Florida Division of Emergency Management back in February did a site visit at that location. We were not included in that discussion, but they did do a site visit for some advanced contingency planning back in February. We all caught the news reports from the State Attorney General's office, I think, about midweek of the -- of this proposed action. Other than that -- other than the initial news report, at least local Emergency Management, to my knowledge, was not notified, and I think local law enforcement both with Collier County Sheriff's Office as well as Miami-Dade Sheriff, they were just recently brought into the fold. I did speak with state FDEM Director Kevin Guthrie, and let me June 24, 2025 Page 59 make sure you understand how their approach is. Kevin Guthrie is certainly a busy man, because he has been supporting the Israeli evacuees coming into the state of Florida under the Governor's request, and then also his role is setting up the logistics for this base camp, if you want to call it that, where they're bringing in mobile trailers and heavy duty tents and other wraparound services for this detention facility. And I did see those resources inbound yesterday. I have not made a site inspection. I don't know that that's necessary at this point, but we're very familiar with the property. I understand from Kevin Guthrie that the direction is to have that site operational on or about July the 1st. And from there, let me clarify for your comfort a little bit about the jurisdictional authority. And I know about that jurisdictional authority because, as I ran Ochopee Fire Department for many, many years, we had agreements down there for service. But the property itself, all 28,000 acres, I believe, is contained within Collier County, but, by agreement, Miami-Dade port authority or airport authority is the owner/operator of that particular parcel. The -- basically the county has no jurisdictional authority on that site; however, our engagement there has been things like plane crashes and accidents, responding from Ochopee, et cetera. That airport facility, if you've not been on campus, there is really just the gigantic single runway. A little bit of cleared space, a couple mobile homes, a power line, and a couple of pole barns, and a lot of real estate is really all that's out there at that particular location. So there's very -- there's minimal infrastructure. I know Jack Wert and I looked that the site at one time for a possible airshow. The detention facility, the lead operator will be the Florida Department of Corrections. So you've got Florida Department of Corrections working with federal and state law enforcement agencies June 24, 2025 Page 60 for that detention. The FDEM role is related to the logistical support of that site. I did speak with Colonel Bloom last night and made sure that we were all on the same piece of music. He, in turn, has also been in touch with Miami-Dade Sheriff so that any further evaluation for any offsite consequences is being planned for. Again, the bulk of this, the state has said that they are going to take the responsibility for on-site emergency services, that includes fire and EMS. So we've been told there will be no taxing of our resources. But again, I think as these things kind of materialize and mature, if we run into a hiccup, we know that all the parties can gather around the table and work that out. The state has also indicated, as I mentioned, the fire and EMS services, and I'm going to re-talk with Miami-Dade EM today and make sure that they are also handling any backfill of any fire and EMS assets. If you've been out there, you know it's a long way from nowhere, and we're -- we would encourage them to look at air operations if needed for medical evacuation probably from Miami-Dade. That has more air assets. I'll maintain that open line of communications. As I mentioned, I spoke with Director Guthrie, mentioned that I felt like we were taking a little off guard without some more advanced notification, but I do understand he's been extremely busy with several operations as well as ongoing FEMA recovery. But the line of communications is there. There are no unmet needs, and there have been no taskings made to my office or to Collier County. As always, we'll have a -- maintain a full cooperation in support with our federal/state partners. We'll monitor any offsite concerns, and FDEM will be handling all the media inquiries. So, yes, it's within our confines. Owner/operator is Miami-Dade Jetport Authority, and lead operations is Florida Department of June 24, 2025 Page 61 Corrections with the federal and state partners. And I think they have also worked to improve some of their communication resources, wireless resources, cellular coverage. Historically it's been bad out there, but I believe that's been addressed. Other than that, I think the unified command approach is certainly in place. And again, we will support, and I will keep you updated with any other concerns. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: I have just a couple quick questions. You had indicated that the county has no jurisdiction out there at all. I just want to have confirmation from the County Attorney that we have no involvement in any of this. MR. SUMMERS: Yes, sir. We went back and looked at -- well, first of all, the agreements were kind of antique. That was done late '60s with a full transfer, and I believe it may have even been a bill of sale or a deed to that. I originally thought it was a lease. I misspoke a little bit about that property. The agreement that I had on file for Ochopee was really related to services, fire services and other support. But it's clear in my mind that we do not have jurisdiction over that property. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: The reason I ask that is we are going to get requests, have already gotten requests to weigh in in reference to this project. And I just want to make it clear from the public -- on the public record with -- from the County Attorney and with you that this board has -- and this county has no jurisdiction to deal with this issue. This is a state/federal issue and a Dade County issue. Is that correct, Mr. Klatzkow? MR. KLATZKOW: I believe that's correct, but I will double-check. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Okay. Because we will get those June 24, 2025 Page 62 questions. MR. KLATZKOW: Yes, sir. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: And then secondly, you're familiar with the location out there. MR. SUMMERS: Yes. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We've had many hurricanes since that site was designated as a training runway. What happens when we get a storm across there? Does that area just flood a lot, or is it just -- MR. SUMMERS: It is naturally low. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: It just seems like it's in the middle of the Everglades. MR. SUMMERS: And, frankly, Miami-Dade will close that airport frequently during severe weather because of the absence of resources on site. In terms of any contingency planning related to the detainees, that is a hot topic that I will cover with Miami-Dade Chair. It is my opinion -- and again, I love my colleagues, but this is their show, and the consequences of storm management will be theirs. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: The reason I asked that is, you know, they're putting tents out there, temporary facilities. We're in the middle of the hurricane season. We're going to get some. Everyone knows that. And I don't know if this is all of a sudden going to become our problem. You know, if there are thousands of people out there that have to come west because of a storm approaching from the east, does that become our problem? MR. SUMMERS: I'm going to address that. I don't want it to become our problem, let me just put it that way, as diplomatic as I can. And also, remember, too, not too far down the road, you've got the Krome federal facility, too. So I suspect that if there is a shelter of refuge, those detainees would be moved to the Krome location. June 24, 2025 Page 63 CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Well, if you could kind of tie that down a little bit because -- MR. SUMMERS: I will. Oh -- I mean, yes, sir, I will. That's high priority. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Okay. Commissioner LoCastro. COMMISSIONER LoCASTRO: Thank you, Chairman. I like what you said, Dan, because I agree. I think when it comes to -- you used the term "unified command," and I know we all take great pride in what I call cohesive messaging. I don't know about the other commissioners, but I actually got two formal requests for interviews from the New York Times and one just about an hour ago from USA Today. I would just make the suggestion that -- and it echoes what Commissioner Saunders was saying -- that any of those requests we get, I plan to send them to Ms. Patterson who will probably involve you and John Mullins. But I think, you know, any of us making statements -- I believe some of these requests might be coming to me -- or maybe they're coming to all of us. But two formal requests came to me because they might think it's in my district because I've got a big chunk of the Everglades. But I think it's a -- it would be a big mistake for any of us to sort of separately answer. Even if we're echoing what you're saying, I just think, you know, people are jumping on any type of -- reporters on any type of feedback. And like you said, this is a very fluid, evolving situation, and we weren't the main players. And I think these news outlets hearing it from county staff and people in your positions rather than us trying to pontificate on top of a soapbox or something is going to confuse messaging. Too many cooks in the kitchen. So that's what I plan to do with the two requests that I got. So I'm going to send those to you, Ms. Patterson. I'm going to CC -- well, I'll send it to the three of you because John Mullins, June 24, 2025 Page 64 obviously, is involved a lot of times -- all the time in our messaging to the media and press, and I, for one, I'm not going to make any kind of comment and confuse the situation. MR. SUMMERS: Thank you, Commissioner. And to be a little more candid than that, I did make that perfectly clear to Director Guthrie, and he said, "We absolutely will handle all the media inquiries." And my plan -- I've received several as well and withheld that, confirming Kevin Guthrie's point of contact. County Manager and I will formalize that protocol. I do think it's important to let -- it is a state-led mission, and they have worked out a real estate deal with Miami-Dade. And I would say, other than that we're Switzerland in this environment unless there's some other request. COMMISSIONER LoCASTRO: And in my forward, I don't plan to reply back to the reports to let them know what I'm doing because that then opens up this huge dialogue. Then they go, well, just a couple of quick questions, and it becomes, you know, sloppy. But I appreciate you taking this on and keeping us posted. I think Commissioner Saunders really brought up one of the main key points, that it might be a big chunk of empty land out there, and maybe somebody was salivating thinking they can do something with it. But sitting here in the middle of hurricane season, I sure would hate to see this plop in our lap that a thousand detainees that were sitting in tents now need food, shelter, transportation and all that. And it's also in the middle of an environmentally sensitive -- you know, environmentally impacted area. I realize they use it for touch and goes and whatnot, but -- that surrounding area. But I would expect, no question, Dan, you're the guy that's going to relay that to everyone. And I'm sure they've put some thought into that, but I don't -- like you always say, I don't want them to think that June 24, 2025 Page 65 we're a love boat when it comes to hurricanes; that we could be a lifeboat in time of emergency. But it could be a big ask if a Hurricane Ian or Irma or a Katrina came through here, and we had people out in the boondocks there in serious, you know, jeopardy, you know, due to the storm. MR. SUMMERS: And it does bother me, sir -- you're spot on -- because even in between the taxiways are quite low and quite wet. So again, the contractors are going to have their hands full with anything temporary on a good day, especially in the rainy season, and then secondly, those escalating consequences if we're looking at a storm threat. We'll get on it directly with our partners. COMMISSIONER LoCASTRO: Thank you, sir. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner McDaniel. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Thank you, Mr. Chair. Keep me in the loop. MR. SUMMERS: We will. COMMISSIONER LoCASTRO: It's your district. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: This is in my district. They sent an LOI to Commissioner LoCastro last week. I just learned about that yesterday. You were the Chair, that was the last record that they had, being the Chairman of the Board. And again, I'm not the beginning and the end, but just to -- I had no visibility on this whatsoever. I actually went to -- it was requested by a reporter -- I heard Congressman Byron Donalds on the radio. He wasn't aware of it and really thought it was a pipe dream of somebody, and now we're all learning that this isn't a pipe dream. Now, with regard to our concern -- and these are all valid concerns, but we all know -- we've all -- most of us have all experienced multiple hurricanes, and it depends on which way that dang thing's coming. If it's coming from the east, they're going to move to the west. If it's coming from the west, they're going to move June 24, 2025 Page 66 to the east. But nobody -- nobody even -- nobody even called and talked to me about the exposure for our community with regard to the utilization. And I know they don't have -- I wasn't -- I'm not looking for permission. I'm just looking for some information with regard to that. I spoke to the owner of the Hendry County prison, which is out at the end of Oil Well Road that has a wastewater/water treatment facility that's zoned as a prison that Governor Scott shut down back in his day. Nobody even communicated with him about the utilization of that facility. So communication's nine-tenths of the law, and I absolutely concur that we should stay out of the media with regard to this. Unified command is, in fact, the way to go. I'll direct my questions and comments over to the County Manager's Office as well. But minimumly, send us one-way communications. I just learned today that you knew of a site inspection that was going on out there in February of this year. MR. SUMMERS: That was passive information. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Not that you knew what they were doing. And I'm not throwing any rocks -- MR. SUMMERS: No, no. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: -- please. I'm frustrated because people look to us to kind of sort of know what's going on. And I already gave a report to a reporter with regard to the knowledge that I had at the time last week when this first bubbled up that this was -- wasn't even coming as a facility. I actually even stepped out and said there's -- this wasn't working. COMMISSIONER LoCASTRO: Never heard of it. MR. SUMMERS: Commissioner, I'm known for my candor, and I won't let you down. June 24, 2025 Page 67 The calls that I made on Saturday to FDEM, to my regional -- up my chain -- and staff was at Tampa -- was this, as of Saturday, was investigatory only. It went from investigatory to assets being deployed with my next follow-up call. I have to be careful about not biting the hand that feeds me, but I, too, am disappointed in the absence of a courtesy call on this. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I spoke with Kathleen Passi -- our senator this morning, and she -- and granted, she was traveling, so she was a little bit out of the loop, but she wasn't even made aware that it -- that this facility was coming, and I -- and that's my major frustration. It's -- you know, everybody's got an opinion with regard to the environmental sensitivity and the potential exposures and so ons and so forth. But the bottom line, communication's nine-tenths of the law. MR. SUMMERS: And let me -- I'll wrap up here and just say this -- COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Me, too. I'm done. MR. SUMMERS: -- we know -- we have a great deal of respect for the law enforcement sensitivity, but law enforcement sensitivity deals with the crisis component. The county deals with the consequence component. So we're the second ring around that operation, if you will. And again, I think we can handle it. Just a little disappointed that we didn't get quite the heads-up that we deserved and I needed to pass along to you. So we're caught up, and I'll -- I can assure you we will keep you informed. COMMISSIONER LoCASTRO: I'll just add, I got that letter of intent, what, a day or two ago, and I think five minutes after receiving it -- I just happened to be doing email at the time -- I read it and I knew that I wasn't the person who should get this, nor did I really know exactly what it was, so I sent it to Ms. Patterson and June 24, 2025 Page 68 Mr. Klatzkow, and then they were already starting to get feelers. But that's the last correspondence I got. And I would expect, Ms. Patterson, you replied -- I think you did reply back to that person saying Commissioner LoCastro isn't the guy that should get this. They should be dealing with you. So I think we corrected that misconnection, and then I assume then you or somebody is who informed Commissioner McDaniel because I couldn't, but I figured you would. MS. PATTERSON: Yes, sir. As this situation continued to evolve through our -- when we were in one-on-ones yesterday, we brought each of you the information we had at the time, which actually was -- started as basic in the morning, and by the afternoon we found out that they were actually mobilizing. So it was definitely a dynamic situation yesterday with our level of knowledge. We, like you, had heard some reports about some investigation but didn't -- you know, quickly realized that it was way beyond that. COMMISSIONER LoCASTRO: I would only add there is some confusion on social media. You know, I kind of monitor things a little bit just to -- sometimes you do hear some good things that you need to jump on. There are a few people that are confused, and they're confusing this with the Everglades airport. And so we just clarified that here. Because a lot of people don't know about this airstrip, and so there's been so much talk about the Everglades Airpark recently and what we might do, and it's being morphed in some -- and I'm not jumping on it and making the correction because then you're having a town hall meeting on Facebook. But I think the more we put out, we should clarify that because not a lot of people are aware of this location, and they're confusing it with the Everglades Airpark. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Somebody put out a map and point at where it is, I mean, and that will help clarify a lot of the June 24, 2025 Page 69 mis- and disinformation that's out there. MR. SUMMERS: And I think with Mr. Mullins' help, we'll make sure that we've got FDEM and Collier Sheriff's Office on the same page. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: I'm going to just wrap this issue up with there are a couple very important points for the public to fully understand. We've brought those out. The first one being this county has no authority, has no jurisdiction, has no say in what goes on at that airport. This is an issue coming out of Tallahassee, and we were not consulted in any way in terms of whether it's a good place for this type of facility. Not our issue. So when people ask us, "What can we do?" the answer is, obviously, "Contact, you know, the state government." We have no -- we have no say, and that's not going to change. Whether this is a good idea or bad idea, again, not for us to opine on. If I'm asked, I will give my opinion but only as an individual, not as, you know, someone representing the county and -- because we are going to be asked those types of questions. And I think that, you know, we just -- the public just needs to understand we have nothing to do with this. MR. SUMMERS: Correct. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. MR. SUMMERS: Thank you. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Anything else on that topic before we move on to the conclusion? (No response.) CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. MR. SUMMERS: Thank you, Commissioners. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Thank you. Then we'll go to our last item, which is County Commission communication. June 24, 2025 Page 70 Commissioner Hall, do you have anything for the good of the order here? COMMISSIONER HALL: Nothing for the good of the order other than if I'm ever, ever notified by fake news, it's crickets from me. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: That's probably why they keep calling me. They're getting crickets from everybody else. Commissioner McDaniel. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yes. Thank you, sir. I have two points. And I asked about these yesterday, but I just want to make them formal questions. We had some discussion about a tower at Ochopee and that fire station down there. I'd like to get an update on that soon as to how we're going, what we're doing, because that was a very contentious item. MS. PATTERSON: Yes, sir. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And maybe we can put one out at the jetport while they're moving facilities in. And then the other is there was a -- I had a request for a notice -- an expansion of the notice requirement for rezones, so we -- to include agriculture -- basically all lands. I think it's time for us to expand those bounds. We've been caught -- I have been caught a couple of times with a very limited amount of people knowing that a rezone request is coming, so I would like that to be addressed at a -- you don't have to do it now unless you're ready to say something about it. Mike, do you have -- Mr. Bosi. MR. BOSI: Mike Bosi, Planning and Zoning director. And I know this isn't customary for staff to -- the direction that we thought that we had heard from the Board was to increase the agricultural notification from a thousand feet to one mile. That doesn't -- it's not changing anything within the zoning districts within June 24, 2025 Page 71 the urbanized area. This was -- we understood it as strictly related to the agricultural areas. Are you asking for even larger notification for zoning districts beyond the Estates and ag to be one mile? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And that can be -- I want the ag done yesterday. MR. BOSI: Okay. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And then I'm not opposed to having a discussion by our board with regard to this, to elevate this because, there again, we've all ran into rezone requests and use changes and along those lines, and people aren't well informed depending on -- and it basically just boils down to how far we're -- our regulations are set up for a notice of a use -- a change of use. So minimumly, the ag -- including the agriculture will assist, and then we can have a -- maybe when we adopt that, we'll talk about the others. MR. BOSI: Thank you. COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Thank you, sir. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner McDaniel, do you have anything else to add? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: No, sir. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner LoCastro. COMMISSIONER LoCASTRO: Thank you, Chairman. I just wanted to say two quick things. I had added something on 16K10 [sic]. It was a recommendation to reclassify Scott's Spitzer as a -- to an at-large seat on the Infrastructure Surtax Citizen Oversight Committee, which I will tell you I personally know Scott. Very impressive individual. He served in elected office up north previously. And I just wanted to go on the record and just say he's -- he's been a very involved citizen June 24, 2025 Page 72 in my district, and I really appreciate his efforts and his ability to step forward and be part of anything to make the county better. He's been a great resource, and so we did a good thing today by elevating his at-large seat and putting him permanently on the Infrastructure Surtax Citizen Oversight Committee. Do you know Scott? COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Very well. I'm all for the move. COMMISSIONER LoCASTRO: I don't know if he'll hear this or anybody will hear it, but it's worthy of mention. And then, lastly, I just wanted to say -- I had said it before -- I was really impressed with what Paradise Coast Sports Complex did for Memorial Day. You know, as a veteran, it was very meaningful that they understood what Memorial Day was. They had a packed house. And a lot of efforts by Jamie French and his staff to, once again, make that facility spit shined showed. They've got an event -- a game on July 4th. Lots of other activities, and I'm sure we'll get the word out to everyone, and I hope to see a full crowd there to, you know, celebrate the 4th of July. But it will be a special evening at the sports complex, and I hope our local citizens come out and rally for an event that celebrates our nation's birth. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: I'm glad that you mentioned the Paradise Coast. On July 8th, at our next meeting, I am bringing back the issue of the sixth penny for providing some additional funds to finish off that park, so we'll have another presentation. But at that point I'm going to be asking the Board to make a decision. So if you have any questions or issues about that, we've got a couple weeks before it comes back. I'm sure there will be -- there will be some, so I wanted to give you some forewarning on that. Also, Ms. Patterson, it doesn't have to be July 8th, but perhaps June 24, 2025 Page 73 our first meeting in August, if July 8th is getting to be crowded, I would like an update on the Everglades airport, because we are still getting a lot of questions about that. MS. PATTERSON: Yep. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: And I know there's been a lot of work done on that. And I know Ms. Trinity has done a lot of stuff on that, and we have a lot of good news. So Ms. Scott has been working very hard on that, so... MS. PATTERSON: Yes, sir. Depending on how all these items pan out on July 8th, we can plan for July 8th or August 12th for an update. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: There's no -- there's no urgency in that, but I just want to get the word out to the public what's going on there. MS. PATTERSON: Yes, sir. CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Anything else? (No response.) CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: If not, we are adjourned. ******* ****Commissioner McDaniel moved, seconded by Commissioner Hall, and carried that the following items under the consent and summary agendas by approved and/or adopted**** Item #16A1 RECORDING THE PLAT OF TERRENO AT VALENCIA GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB – PHASE 4 (APPLICATION NUMBER PL20240001645), APPROVAL OF THE STANDARD FORM CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT, AND June 24, 2025 Page 74 APPROVAL OF THE PERFORMANCE SECURITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,920,187.06 - LOCATED IN SECTIONS 24 & 25, TOWNSHIP 48 SOUTH, RANGE 27 EAST Item #16A2 FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE SEWER UTILITY FACILITIES FOR NCH NORTH NAPLES MEDICAL PARK, PL20250001295 – FINAL INSPECTION BY STAFF FOUND THESE FACILITIES SATISFACTORY AND ACCEPTABLE ON APRIL 22, 2025 Item #16A3 FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE POTABLE WATER AND SEWER UTILITY FACILITIES AND ACCEPT THE CONVEYANCE OF THE POTABLE WATER AND SEWER UTILITY FACILITIES FOR CAYMAS PHASE II – PHASE 1A (PL20240010875) - FINAL INSPECTION FOUND THESE FACILITIES SATISFACTORY AND ACCEPTABLE BY STAFF ON MARCH 25, 2025 Item #16A4 THE CLERK OF COURTS TO RELEASE A PERFORMANCE BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,000,000, WHICH WAS POSTED AS A GUARANTY FOR EXCAVATION PERMIT NUMBER PL20210002363 FOR WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THE TERRENO AT VALENCIA GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB PHASE 1 - THE AS-BUILT LAKE CROSS-SECTION HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND INSPECTED ON MAY 8, 2025 Item #16A5 June 24, 2025 Page 75 WAIVE THE NIGHTTIME HEARING REQUIREMENT AND HEAR A LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT RELATED TO THE RURAL LANDS STEWARDSHIP AREA ZONING OVERLAY DISTRICT (RLSA DISTRICT) AT TWO REGULARLY SCHEDULED DAYTIME BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ MEETINGS AND APPROVE A REQUEST TO ADVERTISE THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT (PL20220003445) Item #16A6 CLERK OF COURTS TO RELEASE A PERFORMANCE BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $56,600, WHICH WAS POSTED AS A DEVELOPMENT GUARANTY FOR AN EARLY WORK AUTHORIZATION (EWA) FOR WORK ASSOCIATED WITH AVALON NORTH AT AVE MARIA – MODEL PARK (PL20240013711) - W/PULTE HOME COMPANY, LLC Item #16A7 STAFF TO ADVERTISE AND BRING BACK AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO ALLOW AN APPLICANT OF A LAND USE PETITION THAT REQUIRES A NEIGHBORHOOD INFORMATION MEETING (NIM) THE OPTION OF ADVERTISING THE NIM ON THE COUNTY CLERK'S (PL20250000524) Item #16A8 – Moved to Item #11B (Per Agenda Change Sheet) Item #16A9 June 24, 2025 Page 76 RECORDING THE PLAT OF SEVEN SHORES – PHASE 3 (APPLICATION NUMBER PL20240009867), APPROVAL OF THE STANDARD FORM CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT, AND APPROVAL OF THE PERFORMANCE SECURITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,797,624.86 - W/STIPULATIONS AS DETILED IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Item #16B1 RATIFY ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED CHANGE ORDER NO. 1 UNDER AGREEMENT NO. 24-8213, TO ADD THIRTY DAYS TO THE CONTRACT TIME AND ADD $150,510.00 OF FUNDS UTILIZING THE FY2025 CRITICAL BRIDGE REPAIRS PROGRAMS AND THE PROJECT ALLOWANCE FROM BRIDGE 034048 TO COMPLETE AND PAY FOR ADDITIONAL WORK ON THE RANDALL BOULEVARD AT GG MAIN CANAL BRIDGE PROJECT AS A RESULT OF A CAR CRASH, AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE ATTACHED CHANGE ORDER (PROJECT NO. 66066) - W/THOMAS MARINE CONSTRUCTION, INC. Item #16B2 AN AFTER-THE-FACT PAYMENT OF $103,572.26 TO HORSEPOWER ELECTRIC, INC., FOR THE "SIGNAL HARDENING AT AIRPORT RD & POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL" PROJECT - UNDER CONTRACT #23-8119 Item #16B3 June 24, 2025 Page 77 COLLIER AREA TRANSIT (CAT) PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AGENCY SAFETY PLAN (PTASP) UPDATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FINAL RULE 49 C.F.R. PART 673 REQUIREMENTS - APPROVED ON MAY 8, 2025 Item #16B4 STAFF TO BEGIN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES, INC., RELATED TO RPS NO. 24-8310, DESIGN SERVICES FOR “FOUR-POINT ROUNDABOUT IMMOKALEE ROAD AT CAMP KEAIS ROAD” SO THAT A PROPOSED AGREEMENT CAN BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION AT A FUTURE MEETING Item #16B5 - Added BEACH FILL PROJECT ON VANDERBILT BEACH AND TO (1) AUTHORIZE A PURCHASE ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $165,212.50 FOR CONSTRUCTION TO EARTH TECH ENTERPRISES, INC. UNDER AGREEMENT #21-7885 “BEACH MAINTENANCE RELATED ACTIVITIES” FOR AN ON-CALL URGENT SERVICES BEACH FILL PROJECT ON VANDERBILT BEACH AND A PURCHASE ORDER FOR $49,500 TO STEWART MATERIALS, LLC UNDER AGREEMENT #21-7827 “BEACH COMPATIBLE SAND SUPPLY” FOR THE PURCHASE OF BEACH QUALITY SAND, AND (2) MAKE A FINDING THAT THIS EXPENDITURE PROMOTES TOURISM (PROJECT #90066) Item #16C1 June 24, 2025 Page 78 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, AS THE EX OFFICIO GOVERNING BOARD OF THE COLLIER COUNTY WATER- SEWER DISTRICT, AWARD INVITATION TO BID NO. 25-8338 TO POWERSERVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., FOR THE SCRWTP ELECTRICAL RELIABILITY PHASE IIA PROJECT, IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,765,400, AUTHORIZE AN OWNER’S ALLOWANCE OF $100,000, APPROVE THE NECESSARY BUDGET AMENDMENT, AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE ATTACHED AGREEMENT (PROJECT NO. 70069) - THIS PROCESS HAS A PERMITTED CAPACITY OF 12 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY OF POTABLE WATER Item #16C2 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, AS THE EX OFFICIO GOVERNING BOARD OF THE COLLIER COUNTY WATER- SEWER DISTRICT, AWARD INVITATION TO BID NO. 25-8339 TO POWERSERVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., FOR THE SCRWTP ELECTRICAL RELIABILITY PHASE IIB PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,935,000, AUTHORIZE AN OWNER’S ALLOWANCE OF $100,000, AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE ATTACHED AGREEMENT (PROJECT NO. 70069) - THIS PROCESS HAS A PERMITTED CAPACITY OF 12 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY OF POTABLE WATER Item #16C3 AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO AGREEMENT NO. 22-8000 WITH LHOIST NORTH AMERICA OF ALABAMA, LLC, FOR QUICKLIME SUPPLY FOR THE COLLIER COUNTY WATER- June 24, 2025 Page 79 SEWER DISTRICT, TO INCREASE THE FEE SCHEDULE PRICES, AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE ATTACHED AMENDMENT - THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO ALLOWED FOR AN INCREASE OF $83.51 PER TON INCREASE IN UNIT PRICE APPROVED AT THE JULY 23, 2024 BCC MEETING; THE THIRD AMENDMENT AGREEMENT WILL INCREASE BY $14.68 PER EFFECTIVE JULY 12, 2025 THROUGH JULY 11, 2026 Item #16C4 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, AS THE EX OFFICIO GOVERNING BOARD OF THE COLLIER COUNTY WATER- SEWER DISTRICT, APPROVE CHANGE ORDER NO. 1 TO AGREEMENT NO. 20-7722-NS, WITH AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC., FOR THE NCWRF HEADWORKS FACILITY PROJECT, ADDING 349 DAYS TO TASKS 1 THROUGH 6, REALLOCATING $272,893 FROM DESIGN AND PROCUREMENT TASKS TO CONSTRUCTION RELATED SERVICES TASKS, AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE ATTACHED CHANGE ORDER (PROJECT NO. 70149) - AS DETAILED IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Item #16C5 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, AS THE EX OFFICIO GOVERNING BOARD OF THE COLLIER COUNTY WATER- SEWER DISTRICT, RATIFY ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED CHANGE ORDER NO. 4 TO AGREEMENT NO. 23-8116, WITH POOLE & KENT COMPANY OF FLORIDA, FOR THE NCWRF PRETREATMENT FACILITY PROJECT, ADDING SEVENTEEN June 24, 2025 Page 80 DAYS TO THE CONTRACT TIME, APPROVING THE USE OF $302,321.39 OF THE OWNER’S ALLOWANCE, AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE ATTACHED CHANGE ORDER (PROJECT NO. 70149) - AS DETAILED IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Item #16D1 A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO RECOGNIZE INTEREST EARNED, IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,300.74, FOR DECEMBER 2024 THROUGH MARCH 2025 ON ADVANCED LIBRARY FUNDING RECEIVED FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO SUPPORT LIBRARY SERVICES FOR THE USE OF COLLIER COUNTY RESIDENTS (PUBLIC SERVICE MATCH FUND 1840) Item #16D2 THE FY24-25 STATE AID TO LIBRARIES GRANT FUNDING, IN THE AMOUNT OF $129,213 AND AUTHORIZE THE NECESSARY BUDGET AMENDMENT (PUBLIC SERVICE GRANT FUND (1839) PROJECT #33943) - FOR THE AFTER- THE-FACT APPLICATION AWARDED ON MAY 8, 2025 Item #16D3 THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN COLLIER COUNTY AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE DIVISION OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE HISTORIC COTTAGES AT MAR-GOOD HARBOR PARK TO EXTEND THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE June 24, 2025 Page 81 TO DECEMBER 31, 2025 (PUBLIC SERVICE GRANT FUND 1839 AND PUBLIC SERVICE MATCH FUND 1840) Item #16D4 BUDGET AMENDMENTS TO REFLECT THE ESTIMATED FUNDING FOR FY25-26 COMMUNITY CARE FOR THE ELDERLY, ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE INITIATIVE, AND HOME CARE FOR THE ELDERLY PROGRAMS, IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,518,822; $17,786 IN ESTIMATED CO-PAYMENT CONTRIBUTIONS, AND THE ESTIMATED CASH MATCH OF $20,000 (FISCAL IMPACT $2,556,608, HUMAN SERVICES GRANT FUND 1837) Item #16D5 BUDGET AMENDMENT TO REFLECT THE ESTIMATED FUNDING FOR THE FY 25-26 EMERGENCY HOME ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $110,453.60 (FISCAL IMPACT $110,453.60, HUMAN SERVICES GRANT FUND 1837) – THE FUNDING WILL RESIDE WITHIN THE HUMAN SERVICES GRANT FUND FOR PROJECT #33867 WITH NO MATCH REQUIRED FOR THIS GRANT PROGRAM Item #16D6 RESOLUTION 2025-123: A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN THE LOCAL PROVIDER PARTICIPATION FUND FOR THE DIRECTED PAYMENT PROGRAM AND GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, WHICH WILL BE SOLELY FUNDED BY June 24, 2025 Page 82 ASSESSMENTS ON COLLIER COUNTY HOSPITAL-OWNED PROPERTY OR PROPERTY USED AS A HOSPITAL IN AN AMOUNT OF 1.74% OF NET INPATIENT REVENUE AND 2.81% OF NET OUTPATIENT REVENUE Item #16D7 FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE SUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN COLLIER COUNTY AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC., D/B/A HELP, TO AMEND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AGREEMENT #PS24-02 TO INCREASE THE PROJECT BUDGET BY $12,326.92, REVISE GRANT LANGUAGE, AND UPDATE COUNTY CONTACT INFORMATION (HOUSING GRANT FUND 1835) - AS DETAILED IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Item #16D8 SECOND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AMENDMENT BETWEEN COLLIER COUNTY AND BAKER SENIOR CENTER INC., (#PS24-04) TO INCREASE THE PROJECT BUDGET BY $27,499.97, REVISE GRANT LANGUAGE, AND UPDATE EXHIBITS REQUIRED (HOUSING GRANT FUND 1835, PROJECT #33915) - WITH CHANGES AS DETILED IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Item #16E1 AWARD INVITATION TO BID (“ITB”) NO. 24-8301 “MEDIUM DUTY TOWING & TRANSPORT SERVICES” TO PROMPT WRECKER SERVICE AND SALES, INC., D/B/A PROMPT June 24, 2025 Page 83 TOWING SERVICE ("PROMPT TOWING SERVICE") AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIR TO SIGN THE ATTACHED AGREEMENT - FOR TOWING AND TRANSPORTS OF COUNTY VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT Item #16E2 AWARD INVITATION TO BID (“ITB”) NO. 24-8302, “HEAVY DUTY TOWING & TRANSPORT SERVICES,” TO PROMPT WRECKER SERVICE AND SALES, INC., D/B/A PROMPT TOWING SERVICE ("PROMPT TOWING SERVICE") AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIR TO SIGN THE ATTACHED AGREEMENT - FOR TOWING AND TRANSPORTS OF COUNTY VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT Item #16E3 AWARD INVITATION TO BID NO. 24-8305, “AUTOMOTIVE & EQUIPMENT BATTERIES,” TO BATTERY USA, INC., FOR THE PURCHASE OF AUTOMOTIVE AND EQUIPMENT BATTERIES TO SUPPORT COUNTY OPERATIONS AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIR TO SIGN THE ATTACHED AGREEMENT - FOR A THREE-YEAR PERIOD WITH TWO 1-YEAR RENEWALS Item #16F1 TWO BUDGET AMENDMENTS. THE FIRST REALLOCATES $1,036,561.90 FROM RESERVES IN FUND EMS (4050) TO EMS CAPITAL FUND (4055) TO SUPPORT THE PURCHASE OF MEDICAL STRETCHERS. THE SECOND TRANSFERS FUNDS REMAINING IN PROJECT #31455 (FUND 4055) IN THE June 24, 2025 Page 84 AMOUNT OF $622,168.45 TO PROJECT #50236 TO ALIGN WITH CURRENT EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES CAPITAL NEEDS - FOR CAPITAL NEED THAT INCLUDE REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT THAT’S REACHED LIFE EXPECTANCY Item #16F2 A FINAL PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $115,155.74 UNDER AGREEMENT NO. 21-7833 WITH COMPASS CONSTRUCTION, INC., WHICH REFLECTS THE COUNTY’S WITHHOLDING OF $39,390, AND FIND THIS EXPENDITURE HAS A VALID PUBLIC PURPOSE TO CLOSE OUT THE “GOLDEN GATE COMMUNITY PARK ACTIVITY POOL RECONSTRUCTION AND RESTROOM ALTERATION” PROJECT. (PROJECT NO. 80405) - AS DETAILED IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Item #16F3 CHANGE ORDER NO. 20 REALLOCATING $50,000 FROM THE BUILDING PERMIT FEES AND $34,785.76 FROM P&P BONDS, AND RATIFY ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL OF NINETY DAYS TO THE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION AND ALLOWING FOR THE UTILIZATION OF $98,350.34 OF THE CONTINGENCY FUNDING FOR PURCHASE ORDER NO. 4500229878, UNDER AGREEMENT NO. 21-7883-ST WITH O-A- K/FLORIDA, INC., D/B/A OWEN-AMES-KIMBALL COMPANY, FOR THE MAIN CAMPUS UPGRADES, AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIR TO SIGN THE ATTACHED CHANGE ORDER. (PROJECT NO. 50214) - ADDING 90-DAYS TO THE CONTRACT AND UTILIZING A PROTION OF THE CONTINGENCY ALLOWING June 24, 2025 Page 85 FOR THE REALLOCATION FROM THE BUILDING PERMIT FEES FOR THE MAIN CAMPUS UPGRADES Item #16F4 ISSUANCE OF A PURCHASE ORDER FOR A QUOTATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $425,700 UNDER MULTI-CONTRACTOR AWARD AGREEMENT NO. 19-7525 TO CAPITAL CONTRACTORS, LLC FOR THE RESTORATION OF HISTORIC STRUCTURES AT THE IMMOKALEE PIONEER MUSEUM AT ROBERTS RANCH, PLUS AN OWNER’S ALLOWANCE OF $49,644.21 THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PURCHASE ORDER. (PROJECT NO. 50516) - THE REPAIRS INCLUDE THE WELL, HORSE BARN, SMOKEHOUSE, PUMP HOUSE, PRIVY, MAID’S HOUSE, SUMMER KITCHEN, HORSE RAMP, HIDE HOUSE, GARAGE, BAPTIST CHURCH/VISITOR’S CENTER AND THE CANE GRINDER THAT WILL ADDRESS ELEMENTS SUCH AS ROOFING, WOOD COMPONENTS, STRUCTURAL FRAMING, FLOORING, HARDWARD, DUCTWORK AND FINISHES TO PRESERVE AND RESTORE THE FACILITIES Item #16F5 RATIFY ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED CHANGE ORDER NO. 1 UNDER AGREEMENT NO. 20-7817, “CEI SERVICES FOR PELICAN BAY SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS,” TO JOHNSON ENGINEERING, INC., ADDING $49,906 FOR ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SERVICES AND 365 ADDITIONAL CONTRACT DAYS DURING THE EXTENDED PHASE 2 CONSTRUCTION PERIOD, APPROVE THE NECESSARY BUDGET AMENDMENT, AND AUTHORIZE THE June 24, 2025 Page 86 CHAIR TO SIGN THE ATTACHED CHANGE ORDER (PROJECT #50212) - FOR CONTRACT INSPECTION AND OVERSIGHT SERVICES DURING THE EXTENDED SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION PROJECT Item #16F6 THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO RADIO TOWER LEASE AGREEMENT #787-C WITH CROWN CASTLE GT COMPANY LLC, AUTHORIZING COLLIER COUNTY TO CONTINUE THE OPERATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT INSTALLED AT 1899 TRADE CENTER WAY, NAPLES, FLORIDA 34109 - EXTENDING THE LEASE TO MAY 31, 2035 Item #16F7 A FIFTH AMENDMENT TO RADIO TOWER LEASE AGREEMENT 787-B WITH CROWN CASTLE GT COMPANY LLC, AUTHORIZING COLLIER COUNTY TO CONTINUE THE OPERATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT AT 15571 TAMIAMI TRAIL EAST, NAPLES, FL 34114 - EXTENDING THE LEASE TO MAY 31, 2035 Item #16F8 RESOLUTION 2025-124: A RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENTS (APPROPRIATING GRANTS, DONATIONS, CONTRIBUTIONS, OR INSURANCE PROCEEDS) TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024-25 ADOPTED BUDGET (THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS IN THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION HAVE June 24, 2025 Page 87 BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VIA SEPARATE EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES) Item #16I1 MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE FOR JUNE 24, 2025 June 24, 2025 Page 88 Item #16J1 TO RECORD IN THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, THE CHECK NUMBER (OR OTHER PAYMENT METHOD), AMOUNT, PAYEE, AND PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE REFERENCED DISBURSEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $79,623,508.15 WERE DRAWN FOR THE PERIODS BETWEEN MAY 29, 2025, AND JUNE 11, 2025, PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTE 136.06 Item #16J2 THE BOARD APPROVE AND DETERMINE VALID PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR INVOICES PAYABLE AND PURCHASING CARD TRANSACTIONS AS OF JUNE 18, 2025 Item #16J3 BUDGET AMENDMENT RECOGNIZING $2,249,600 IN REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES IN THE SHERIFF'S FY2025 GENERAL FUND BUDGET - FOR MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES TRUNED BACK TO THE BOARD AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE FISCAL YEAR Item #16K1 COUNTY ATTORNEY TO FILE A LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF COLLIER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGAINST ALL WIRED COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND ANY OTHER RESPONSIBLE PARTIES FOR $101,238.04 IN DAMAGES CAUSED TO ELEVEN 6-INCH WASTEWATER June 24, 2025 Page 89 LATERAL PIPELINES LOCATED AT OR NEAR 91ST AVENUE N., 92ND AVENUE N., 93RD AVENUE N. AND 6TH STREET N. Item #16K2 RESOLUTION 2025-125: REAPPOINTING TODD ALLEN AND STEPHEN JARON TO THE CONTRACTORS LICENSING BOARD – BOTH WITH TERMS EXPIRING ON JUNE 30, 2028 Item #16K3 RESOLUTION 2025-126: THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, SITTING AS THE COLLIER COUNTY COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, ADOPTS STAFF’S RECOMMENDATION OF APPOINTMENTS TO THE INITIAL MEMBERSHIP AND TERMS FOR THE NEWLY FORMED IMMOKALEE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT BOARD AND DIRECTS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AND PROCESS A RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING THESE APPOINTMENTS - APPOINTING LUPITA VASQUEZ REYES AND MICHAEL FUCUNDO (2 RESIDENTIAL SEATS); BERNARDO BARNHART AND PAUL THEIN (2 BUSINESS/COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS SEATS); MARK LEMKE (NON-PROFIT SEAT); OSCAR LUGO (MSTU REPRESENTATIVE SEAT); JIMMY NIEVES, YVAR PIERRE AND PATRICIA “ANNE” GOODNIGHT (3 AT-LARGE SEATS); ESTIL NULL AND EDWARD “SKI” OLESKY (2 NON-VOTING SEATS) Item #16K4 – Continued to the July 8, 2025, BCC Meeting (Per Agenda Change Sheet) June 24, 2025 Page 90 STAFF TO ADVERTISE AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE COLLIER COUNTY PARKING, STORAGE AND USE OF VEHICLE CONTROL ORDINANCE CODIFIED IN THE CODE OF LAWS AND ORDINANCES TO PROVIDE LIMITATIONS ON THE PARKING AND/OR STORING OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES AND COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS INCLUDING THE ESTATES ZONING DISTRICT - NOT LIMITING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT PARKED OR STORED IN A GARAGE OR FULLY ENCLOSED STRUCTURE Item #16K5 THE CHAIR TO SIGN A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) WITH THE DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD OF COLLIER COUNTY AND THE COLLIER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE CONCERNING SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS WITHIN COLLIER COUNTY SCHOOLS - THIS MOU IS FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR Item #16K6 REPORT TO BOARD ON ISSUES RAISED BY MR. DAN SCHMIDT DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE BOARD’S JUNE 10, 2025, MEETING Item #16K7 – Added Item RECLASSIFYING SCOTT SPITZER TO AN AT-LARGE SEAT ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE SURTAX CITIZEN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE – WITH TERM EXPIRING ON JANUARY 12, 2026 June 24, 2025 Page 91 Item #17A - Continued to the August 12, 2025, BCC Meeting (Per Agenda Index) RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COLLIER COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO IMPLEMENT HOUSING INITIATIVES IN THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN RELATING TO HOUSING THAT IS AFFORDABLE. [PL20210001291] (SECOND OF TWO HEARINGS) Item #17B RESOLUTION 2025-127: A RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENTS (APPROPRIATING CARRY FORWARD, TRANSFERS, AND SUPPLEMENTAL REVENUE) TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024-25 ADOPTED BUDGET. (THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS IN THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VIA SEPARATE EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES.) June 24, 2025 Page 92 There being no further business for the good of the County, the meeting was adjourned by order of the Chair at 11:15 a.m. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS/EX OFFICIO GOVERNING BOARD(S) OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS UNDER ITS CONTROL ___________________________________ BURT SAUNDERS, CHAIRMAN ATTEST CRYSTAL K. KINZEL, CLERK These minutes approved by the Board on ____________, as presented ______________ or as corrected _____________. TRANSCRIPT PREPARED ON BEHALF OF FORT MYERS COURT REPORTING BY TERRI L. LEWIS, REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL COURT REPORTER, FPR-C, AND NOTARY PUBLIC.