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DSAC Minutes 12/03/2026 (Draft) Page 1 MINUTES OF THE COLLIER COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING Naples, Florida December 3, 2025 LET IT BE REMEMBERED, the Collier County Development Services Advisory Committee and Collier County, having conducted business herein, met on this date at 3:00 PM in REGULAR SESSION at the Collier County Growth Management Community Department Building, Conference Room #609/610, 2800 N. Horseshoe Dr., Naples, Florida, 34102 with the following members present: Chairman: William J. Varian Vice Chairman: Blair Foley Clay Brooker Laura Spurgeon DeJohn John English Nicholas Kouloheras Mark McLean Chris Mitchell Robert Mulhere Jeremy Sterk Jeffrey Curl - Excused James Boughton - Excused Marco Espinar - Excused Norm Gentry - Excused Hannah Roberts – AHAC (Non-voting) - Excused Mario Valle - Excused ALSO PRESENT: James French, Department Head, GMCD Mike Bosi, Director – Zoning, GMCD Christopher Mason, Director – Community Planning & Resiliency, GMCD Cormac Giblin, Director – Housing Policy & Economic Development, GMCD Jaime Cook, Director – Development Review Director, GMCD Evelyn Trimino, Director – Operations & Regulatory Management Director, GMCD Robert Moore, Manager – Designee for Building Review & Permitting Division, GMCD Captain Michael Cruz – Collier County Fire Review - Excused Captain Bryan Horbal – North Collier Fire Review Thomas Iandimarino, Director – Code Enforcement Director, GMCD Claudia Vargas, Project Manager I – Public Utilities Engineering & Project Management, PUD Matthew Thomas P.E., Manager – Transportation Planning, Transportation Engineering Division Heather Cartwright-Yilmaz – Management Analyst / Staff Liaison, GMCD Page 2 Any person who decides to appeal a decision of This Board you will need a record of the proceedings pertaining thereto, and therefore may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based, neither Collier County nor This Board shall be responsible for providing this record. 1. CALL TO ORDER– Chairman William Varian Development Services Advisory Committee, Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025, was called to order at 3:00 P.M. 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Motion to approve- Blair Foley Motion Seconded- Robert Mulhere Motion Passed Unanimously 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. DSAC 11.5.25 Motion to approve- Blair Foley Motion Seconded- Chris Mitchell Motion Passed Unanimously 4. PUBLIC SPEAKERS None 5. STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS a. Zoning Division – [Mike Bosi, Director] • 73 New petitions • Land use entitlement strong b. Community Planning & Resiliency Division – [Christopher Mason, Director] • No updates c. Housing Policy & Economic Development Division – [Cormac Giblin, Director] • Board approved 84 Affordable units. McDowell • 112 Affordable units approved YTD • 565 units in the pipeline • Medical School approved. 170 million dollars. Will bring 325 jobs to Collier County. d. Development Review Division – [Jaime Cook, Director] • Applications are in review for 2 vacant inspector positions. e. Operations Support & Regulatory Management Division – [James French, Department Head] Page 3 • Michael Stark no longer with Growth Management. Introduced Evelyn Trimino as new Director for division • Bert Miller- Rehired by the County and working under Evelyn • Working with HR on a pay study to bring in line with increase in the cost of living f. Building Review & Permitting Division – [Robert Moore, Manager] • 555 New reviews. 475 Structural • Implementing option for meetings for review with Planning staff effective 1/1/26 • Fees will be first hour $150.00, Additional half hour $75.00 g. Collier County Fire Review – [Michael Cruz, Captain] • No updates - Excused h. North Collier Fire Review – [Bryan Horbel, Captain] • 35 new permits with 2-day turnaround for inspections. • 48 planning inspections- 2-day turnaround. • Completed 1,458 Inspections for the month of November. i. Code Enforcement Division – [Thomas Iandimarino, Director] • Code steady. No updates. j. Public Utilities Department – [Claudia Vargas, Project Manager I] • No updates. k. Transportation Management Services, Transportation Engineering [Matthew Thomas, Manager] • Memorial Bridge Rehab- M&J Construction start date 2/2026. • Immokalee North/Randall- Anticipated start date 12/8/2025. To be completed by Summer 2026. • Vanderbuilt Sidewalks/Drainage improvements. Zep Construction- Summer 2026 • 16th Avenue SW widening project- Started in November 2025 with anticipated completion in 4/2026 6. NEW BUSINESS None 7. OLD BUSINESS None 8. COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS None 9. ADJOURN Page 4 FUTURE MEETING DATES: January 7th,2026 3:00PM February 4th,2026 3:00PM March 4th,2026 3:00PM There being no further business for the good of the County, the meeting was adjourned at 3:30PM Page 5 COLLIER COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE _________________________________________ William Varian, Chairman These minutes were approved by the Committee/Chairman on ___________________, (check one) as submitted _______ or as amended _______.