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DSAC Minutes 02/04/2026 (Draft) 1 MINUTES OF THE COLLIER COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING Naples, Florida February 4, 2026 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 James Boughton- Clay Brooker- Excused Jeffrey Curl- Excused Laura Spurgeon DeJohn John English Marco Espinar- Excused Norm Gentry- Excused Nicholas Kouloheras- Excused Mark McLean Chris Mitchell Robert Mulher Hannah Roberts – AHAC (Non-voting)-Excused Jeremy Stark- Excused Mario Valle The following County staff were in attendance James French, Department Head, GMCD Mike Bosi, Director – Zoning, GMCD Christopher Mason – Community Planning & Resiliency, GMCD - EXCUSED Jaime Cook, Director, Development Review, GMCD Evelyn Trimino, Director, Operations & Regulatory Management, GMCD Robert Moore, Manager, GMCD 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, GMCD Claudia Carmenate, Project Manager I, Public Utilities Engineering & Project Management, PUD Matt Thomas, P.E., Manager, Transportation Services, Transportation Engineering Division Heather Cartwright-Yilmaz, Management Analyst / Staff Liaison, GMCD 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 Service Advisory Committee, Wednesday, February 4, 2026, was called to order at 3:00 PM. 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Motion to approve- James Boughton Motion Seconded- Robert Mulhere Motion passed unanimously 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. DSAC: 12/03/25 Motion to approve-Robert Mulhere Motion Seconded- Motion passed unanimously B. DSAC-LDR 12/16/25 Pushed to next meeting C. DSAC 01/07/2026 Motion to approve- James Boughton Motion seconded- Blair Foley Motion passed unanimously 4. PUBLIC SPEAKERS None 5. STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS a. Zoning Division – [Mike Bosi, Director]  3 months out- 12 petitions over the course of 6 meetings  Planning commission- Through April 6 petitions going forward  Hex- 19 over the next 3 months. b. Community Planning & Resiliency Division – [Christopher Mason, Director]  Conducted a CAV with State Flood plain management office and FEMA  Evaluates administration and enforcement of flood plain regulations 3  Performed each year with Elevation Certificates- over 1,000 submitted annually. c. Housing Policy & Economic Development – [Cormac Giblin, Director]  Heather Roberts- AHAC member can no longer attend DSAC meetings.  At the last meeting AHAC committee appointed Gary Haines to attend going forward. Pending BOCC approval at their next meeting. d. Development Review Division – [Jaime Cook, Director, Development Review, GMCD]  No Changes in Development review. e. Operations Support & Regulatory Management Division – [Evelyn Trevino, Director]  Vendor procured for Pay Study. PO was issued and it has been moved forward to the vendor. They have 90 days to provide their report.  172 permits in routing. Up to February 3rd.  379 Intake. Up to February 2nd.  January 2026- 883 walk ins main building. Immokalee-72, Everglades City-62, Heritage Bay- 37.  Cityview updated to automatically deny permit applications without payment after 14 days.  Cityview updated 120 impact fee calculations after recent increases.  Current vacancies- 20 total. William Varian- Is there a possibility of getting updates on how many permits are in the review queue Evelyn Trevino- Rob will be providing this information today. Mario Valle- Can we get the median or average number of days that a residential/commercial permit is taking to go through the system. Evelyn Trevino- I can work with Rob and get this for you going forward f. Building Review and Permitting Division- [Robert Moore, Manager] GMCD Designee for Building Review & Permitting Division, GMCD  Residential- 256 though 2/17/26. 2 1/2 weeks through review.  Structural- 345 through 2/12/26  Plumbing- 81 through 2/17/26  Electrical- 10 total. 2 days review  Mechanical- 29 total  Residential- 2-3 weeks for review. Corrections need to be addressed within 5 days. 4 Mario Valle- How can we shrink that time Robert Moore- Staffing. 14 Positions are open, 5 in plan review structural, 4 inspectors Mark McLean- Is there a way that if a specific reviewer requests a correction that it can be submitted directly back to the plan reviewer who asked for it, instead of it going all the way back through the process again Robert Moore- Cityview doesn’t allow anything to be uploaded or changed while it is under review Mark McLean- Who do we talk to that can change this Robert Moore- Jason Badge. William Varian- What is the timeline for final typing. Does it fall under the State Guidelines for 30 days or is it additional Robert Moore- I can get that information. g. Collier County Fire Review – [Michael Cruz, Captain]  Excused- No updates h. North Collier Fire Review – [Bryan Horbel, Captain]  January 2026-1470 New construction inspections. 4 day turn around  472 Permits came in  3 day turn around for 53 planning permits.  Looking for 2 more inspectors. Hoping for internal candidates i. Code Enforcement Division – [Thomas Iandimarino, Director]  Increase in Code complaints with Animal Control regarding AG use Zones. William Varian- FPL Lights on poles. Does Code Enforcement have any control over the brightness and where it shines. Thomas Iandimarino- Only if the light is working. Location and direction could be more Building Department/Zoning. j. Public Utilities Department – [Claudia Carmenate, Project Manager]  No updates Mario Valle- Can you provide at our next meeting where you are with the Septic conversions to wastewater in Golden Gate City. Claudia Carmenate – Yes, I can bring an update. k. Transportation Management Services- [Matt Thomas, P.E. Manager]  Everglades Blvd Shoulder widening- Contract awarded to General Asphalt will take 1 year to complete, starting next month.  Vanderbilt Beach Extension- Phase 1 88% completed. Completion early Summer 2026  Citygate Intersection improvements- Phase 1 of Collier Blvd Widening. Completion early January 2027  Eden Park Sidewalks- 79% completed. Completion anticipated for May 2026. 5 6. NEW BUSINESS a. PL20250014625- Comparable Use Industrial- LDCA Eric Johnson, LDC Planning Manager  Board Directed Land Development Code Amendment  Modifies LDC Section 02.03.04 Industrial Zoning District  Adds Comparable use provision in the Industrial Zone similar to the commercial district  LDR Subcommittee recommended approval, but they want to extend it into the Rural Agricultural zoning district. Robert Mulhere- I don’t think we can do that now. We suggested if DSAC agreed we could look at it under the Rural AG district as well. We agree with this amendment and suggest that staff look it in the Rural zones as well. Motion to Approve- Robert Mulhere Motion Seconded- Blair Foley Motion passed unanimously Robert Mulhere- Motion to ask staff in our capacity as DSAC to look at whether or not its appropriate for the Rural AG Motion Seconded- Blair Foley Motion passed unanimously 7. OLD BUSINESS None 8. COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS None 9. ADJOURN Future Meeting dates March 4th,2026 3:00PM April 1st,2026 3:00PM May 6th,2026 3:00 PM There being no further business for the good of the County, the meeting was adjourned at 3:45PM. 6 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 _______.