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Agenda 08/26/2025 Item #16B 9 (Conveyance of a Utility Easeemnt to LCEC at the Immokalee Regional Airport)8/26/2025 Item # 16.B.9 ID# 2025-2718 Executive Summary Recommendation to convey a utility easement to Lee County Electric Cooperative, Inc., at the Immokalee Regional Airport to provide electric service to a long-term tenant’s commercial aircraft hangars. OBJECTIVE: To convey a utility easement to Lee County Electric Cooperative, Inc. (LCEC) at the Immokalee Regional Airport to provide electric service to a long-term tenant’s commercial aircraft hangars. CONSIDERATIONS: LCEC has requested a utility easement for the installation of electric lines and infrastructure, including, but not limited to, wires; cables; conduits; roads; trails and equipment associated therewith; and attachments and appurtenant equipment for fiber optic telecommunications and television purposes. The easement area encompasses 10,895 square feet, as shown and legally described in Exhibit “A” attached to the Utility Easement document. Conveyance of the easement will allow for infrastructure in compliance with the current County standards while meeting demand, improving reliability, protecting public safety, and providing environmental protection. Staff accordingly recommend that the Board of County Commissioners approve the conveyance of the attached Utility Easement. This item is consistent with the Collier County Strategic Plan objectives to plan and build public infrastructure and facilities to effectively, efficiently, and sustainably meet the needs of our community and to develop and utilize partnerships to ensure that government facilities meet public expectations. FISCAL IMPACT: There are no costs associated with this item as LCEC will record the easement. GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: This item is consistent with Section B: Intermodal & Multimodal Transportation, Subsection 2: Aviation of the Transportation Element of the Growth Management Plan. LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This item has been approved as to form and legality and requires a majority vote for Board approval. - SAA RECOMMENDATIONS: That the Board of Collier County Commissioners, acting as the Collier County Airport Authority: 1. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the attached Utility Easement to be granted to Lee County Electric Cooperative, Inc. (LCEC); 2. Authorize the County Manager, or her designee, to record the Utility Easement in the public records of Collier County, Florida; 3. Authorize the County Manager or her designee to take the necessary measures to ensure the County’s performance in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Utility Easement. PREPARED BY: Prepared By Ronald Thomas, Property Acquisition Specialist I, Right of Way Acquisition, Operations and Performance Management Division. ATTACHMENTS: 1. Aerial - Parcel 560CONV 2. Utility Easement - CAO Page 3250 of 4682 AERIAL – PARCEL 560CONV LEE COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC UTILITY EASEMENT / Utility Easement location – 560CONV Page 3251 of 4682 Page 3252 of 4682 Page 3253 of 4682 Page 3254 of 4682 Page 3255 of 4682 8/26/2025 Item # 16.D ID# 2025-2447 Executive Summary Public Services Department (Consent) OBJECTIVE: CONSIDERATIONS: FISCAL IMPACT: GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: RECOMMENDATIONS: PREPARED BY: ATTACHMENTS: None Page 3256 of 4682