Agenda 05/20/1999 W COLLIER COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA
THURSDAY, MAY 20, '1999
TOWNHALL MEETING
7:00 P.M.
GOLDEN GATE COMMUNITY CENTER
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TO THE BOARD AT THE BOARD MINUTES AND RECORDS DEPARTMENT.
1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
2. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION
A. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
1) Golden Gate area Master Plan update.
2) Governmental Utility Authority/Florida Cities Water Company update.
3) Housing Ownership Program.
4) 1-75 Interchange update.
B. PUBLIC WORKS
1) Report to the Board on the stares of ongoing work performed by the
Transportation Services Department in the Golden Gate area.
2) Landfill Issues Status Report.
3, PUBLIC COMMENT
4, ADJOURN - ~
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May 20, 1999
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INFORMATIONAL UPDATE REGARDING GOLDEN GATE AREA MASTER PLAN.
Objective: To inform the Board of County Commissioners of activities relative to the Golden Gate Area
Master Plan (GGAMP).
Considerations: The Golden Gate Area Master Plan is applicable to all of Golden Gate Estates, Golden
Gate City, and the Orangetree development (former North Golden Gate City). It was adopted February 5,
1991.
Several rezones to PUD, totaling 20.28 acres, have been approved in Golden Gate City within the Golden
Gate Parkway Professional Office Commercial District. This District limits uses primarily to professional
offices and mandates the use of central water and sewer facilities. However, Florida Cities Water Company
does not presently serve these properties, so it is incumbent upon project developers to extend water and
sewer lines to their property at their own expense. This is purportedly the reason that none of these PUDs
has commenced development.
One fezone, to C-3, has occurred in the Pine Ridge Road/CR-95 1 Neighborhood Center. That project, a
strip center on a 3 acre parcel, is presently under construction.
The buy-out of Southern Golden Gate Estates by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, to
become Picayune Strand State Forest, is reportedly proceeding at an accelerated rate since two lawsuit
settlements occurred several months ago.
Several amendments to the GGAMP, or to the FLUE affecting Golden Gate Estates properties, have been
approved in the past couple of years, as follows:
· A 2.3 acre parcel was added to the SE quadrant of the 1-75/Pine Ridge Road Activity Center to permit
medical offices only.
· The Pine Ridge Road Mixed Use Dismet was established on 12.79 acres on the north side of Pine Ridge
Road and adjacent to the west side of the 1-75/Pine Ridge Road Activity Center, to permit a maximum
of 35,000 s.f. of office related uses on 5 acres and certain conditional uses on the balance of the
property.
· The Randall Boulevard Commercial District at the intersection of Randall Blvd. and Immokalee Road,
which permits neighborhood commercial uses, was expanded by 2.38 acres.
· Most recently, the Santa Barbara Commercial Subdistrict was established to permit neighborhood
commercial uses on 11 acres located on the east side of Santa Barbara Blvd. in Golden Gate City.
Additionally, on October 28, 1997, the Board approved EAR-based amendments to the GGAMP. These
amendments are not in effect as the GGAMP was found not to be in compliance with State Statutes. The
EAR-based amendments included:
· Expansion of the Pine Ridge Roacl/CR-951 Neighborhood Center, on the west side of CR-951, from 10
acres to + 25 acres, and deleting the limitation that only half of the Neighborhood Center acreage could
be developed commercially.
· Deletion of the requirement that all properties in Southern Golden Gate Estates be subject to the Area of
Critical State Concern regulations; and, deletion of the requirement that, prior to obtaining building
permits, property owners notify the Florida Department of Environmental Protection of their intent to
develop their property so that FDEP would have the opportunity to make a purchase offer.
One amendment that was not adopted - in February of 1999 - was the proposed expansion of the Pine Ridge
Road/CR-951 Neighborhood Center to add 5 acres in the NE quadrant to become eligible for a conditional
use for an Adult Living Facility.
Based upon pre-application meetings held recently, there may be three or four amendments filed this cycle
pertaining to the GGAMP.
Staff recommendation:
That the Board accept this update.
Fiscal Impact: None.
Growth Management Impact: None.
Prepared By:
David Weeks, AICP DATE
Senior Planner
Reviewed By:
~ ~rbara A. Cacctii'one, AICP DATE
Comprehensive Planning Manager
Reviewed By:
DATE
Planning Services Director
Vincent A. Citero, M~~, AdminisWa~or DA~
Communi~ Development and Environmental Se~ices
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
UPDATE ON THE FLORIDA GOVERNMENT UTILITY AUTHORITY
ACQUISITION OF FLORIDA CITIES WATER COMPANY UTILITY SYSTEMS
THAT PROVIDE SERVICE TO GOLDEN GATE AREA.
OBJECTIVE: To provide an update on the recent transfer of Florida Cities' water and
wastewater systems to Florida Governmental Utility Authority and provide information
regarding customer impacts pursuant to the transfer.
CONSIDERATIONS: On April 15, 1999, Florida Cities Water Company, a subsidiary
of AVATAR Holdings, Inc. transferred ownership of its water and wastewater treatment
facilities to the Florida Governmental Utility Authority (GUA). The GUA will continue
to provide service to approximately 2,800 water and 2,000 sewer customers in the Golden
Gate City area.
The service area boundaries are generally described as Green Boulevard to the north,
Golden Gate Canal to the south, Interstate 75 to the west, and County Road 951 to the
east.
The GUA was formed by a series of interlocal agreements executed by Brevard, Polk,
Hillsborough, Sarasota, Lee, and Collier Counties, enabling the GUA to purchase the
AVATAR water and wastewater systems located in each county.
On March 9, 1999, the Collier County Board of Commissioners approved its Interlocal
Agreement with the GUA preserving certain options for future acquisition of the Golden
Gate System while not assuming any obligations or becoming an active member of the
GUA. The agreement provides for Collier County to have administrative oversight
regarding any future water and/or sewer rate increases and requires GUA to remit
regulatory assessment fees to the County. Existing water and sewer rates will
remain in effect.
AVATAR's contract management subsidiary has agreed to provide operation,
maintenance, billing, and customer service for the Golden Gate System for a period of
one to five years.
The Golden Gate System will remain under the purview of the Utility and Franchise
Regulation Department and the Collier County Water & Wastewater Authority with
regard to quality of service, billing disputes, customer service matters, and rate
adjustments.
FISCAL IMPACT: Transfer of the utility to a governmental entity will eliminate the
payment of annual property taxes to Collier County in the amount of $144,000.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: None
RECOMMENDATION: Accept the Executive Summary as sufficient to serve as an
update regarding the recent transfer of the Golden Gate System to the GUA.
SUBMITTED BY: ~ Date:
D. E. "Bleu" Wallace, Director
Utility and Franchise Regulation
APPROVED BY: ~)~- ~ Date:
Vincent A. Cautero, AICP, Administrator,
Community Development and Environmental Services Division
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAMS IN COLLIER COUNTY
OBJECTIVE:
To promote and expand homeownership opportunities in Collier County.
CONSIDERATIONS:
1) The Collier County SHIP Down Payment and Closing Cost Assistance Program
-Assists low-income first-time homebuyers with an interest free loan from the
County of $2,500 for down payment assistance and an additional $2,500 for
repairs to the home.
2) The Collier County SHIP Impact Fee Waiver and Deferral Program
-Assists low-income first-time homebuyers by granting them a waiver of deferral
of Impact Fees associated with building a new house.
3) Availability of 3% Interest Rate Home Mortgages
-A bond issue by the Florida Housing Finance Corporation provides residents of
Collier County with low down payment, 30-year home mortgages at fixed interest
rates of either 3% for targeted areas, or 5.75% county~vide.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT:
None
RECOMMENDATION:
That Collier County continue to promote and assist in homeownership opportunities for
residents of Golden Gate.
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Vince/((. C6~tlt~ro, AICP, Administrator,
Community Development and Environmental Services
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
REPORT ON THE STATUS OF A NEW INTERCHANGE ON INTERSTATE 75
AT GOLDEN GATE PARKWAY.
Objective: To report to the Board of County Commissioners the status of a new
interchange on Interstate 75 at Golden Gate Parkway.
Considerations: A new interchange on Interstate 75 at Golden Gate Parkway has
been a feature of Collier County Long Range Transportation Plans for over ten years. It
was also one of two new interchanges between Hillsborough County and Collier County
for which further study was recommended in the 1-75 Master Plan study conducted by the
Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT).
The FDOT organizes its Five Year Work Program in Collier County based on an
Unfunded Priorities list adopted by the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) each
year. Based on recommendations from that process, the FDOT began an Interchange
Justification Report (I JR) for a new interchange at Golden Gate Parkway in 1997, the first
step in the project construction process. That report has been completed by a consultant to
the FDOT.
Since then, following recommendations from the Unfunded Priority Setting process, the
FDOT has scheduled in their Work Program the Preliminary Engineering, Right of Way
Acquisition, and Construction phases, the last scheduled to begin the State's fiscal year
2003/04, and estimated currently to require $12.7 million.
New interchanges on 1-75 require the approval of the Federal Highway Administration
(FHWA). Although Collier County has indicated their desire for a new interchange, and a
willingness to use funds in the FDOT Work Program to construct it, neither of these facts
affect FHWA approval. FHWA's sole concern is the preservation of acceptable level of
service for long distance trip makers on interstate facilities. An I JR has to demonstrate
that after all possible improvements have been made to adjacent interchanges, the
construction of the new one is still necessary to preserve acceptable level of service.
FHWA has requested from FDOT further analyses on the improvements possible at the
Immokalee Road, Pine Ridge Road, and CR 951 interchanges. FHWA also wants
verification that all possible improvements to the local road network that could affect
interstate levels of service have been accounted for.
As of this date, FDOT does not have a timetable for the submission of the above
mentioned analyses. By the date of the Town Hall meeting they will, and FDOT
representatives will be available to answer any questions.
Fiscal Impact: None.
Growth Management Impact: None.
Recommendations: This is an information item.
Gavin Jones, P.E., Tra/spo~ation Pl~ing Manager
Reviewed by: ~p Date: ~/"/~j//~
, Planning Services Director
Vincent A. Cautero, AICP, Community Development & ~
' Environmental Services Administrator
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
REPORT TO THE BOARD ON THE STATUS OF ONGOING WORK
PERFORMED BY THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN THE
GOLDEN GATE AREA.
OBJECTIVE: To provide an overview of recent and ongoing work items performed by the
Transportation Services Department in the Golden Gate Area as a briefing to the Board of County
Commissioners for the May 20, 1999 Town Hall Meeting.
CONSIDERATIONS: The following major items of work have been recently completed or are
scheduled for completion this fiscal year:
1. This fiscal year's roadway paving overlay program is complete.
2. We have paved six of eight lime rock roads. The other two should be paved by the time the
meeting takes place (May 20, 1999).
3. We have been performing ongoing maintenance work at various locations within both Golden
Gate City and Golden Gate Estates.
4. The Twin Eagles developer has paved the balance of 33rd Avenue from Wilson Boulevard west
to the canal. There is still some clean-up work necessary and both the Transportation Services
Department and the Community Development Division are working with the developer to get the
work completed as permitted.
5. The Immokalee Road shoulder program is off to a good start. The segment from Wilson
Boulevard to CR 858 is complete. The next segment from CR 858 to Everglades Boulevard will
be started next fiscal year. This program will enhance the safety of the traveling public by
providing a wider roadway and improved signage and pavement markings.
FISCAL IMPACT: All normal maintenance activities are budgeted in Fund 101 and Fund 104
and Fund 106 as part of the annual budget process.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: None
RECOMMENDATION: That the Board accept the foregoing report.
PREPARED ~~ DATE:
Edward J. Ka t rtatioh Services Director
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TOWN HALL MEETING
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
LANDFILL ISSUES STATUS REPORT
OBJECTIVE: To summarize staff activities related to the landfill workshop conducted
on April 20, 1999.
CONSIDERATION: An evening workshop was conducted on April 20, 1999, as an
educational forum for the purpose of addressing solid waste management issues in Collier
County. The Board of County Commissioners were provided information on current
conditions at the Naples Landfill including details related to the odor problems at the site.
Consultant Camp Dresser and McKee Inc. also provided a comprehensive overview of all
current solid waste processing alternatives, their costs and operational issues.
At the conclusion of the workshop Board members made comments and asked for
additional information to be brought back in 60 days. The following provides the status
regarding Board comments and requests:
Future !andfill site "L".
At their regular meeting of April 27, 1999, the Board voted not to continue the acquisition
project and directed the County Attorney to dismiss the pending court action seeking to
gain access to the property.
Odor problems at the Landfill.
Leachate Collection System repairs related to the odor problem at the landfill were
discussed at the landfill workshop. An Executive Summary on this item will be brought to
the Board on May 25th requesting authorization to commence the repair work.
Early closure of Phases I and II of landfill cell 6 were discussed at the workshop.
An Executive Summary on this item will be brought to the Board on May 25th requesting
authorization to commence the closure project.
A fan system to prevent odor migration from the active area of the landfill was discussed
at the workshop. An Executive Summary on this item will be brought to the Board on
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May 25th requesting tho t to purchase the fan system.
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Provide information on additional capacity at the current landfill.
Additional calculations for reconfiguring the landfill beyond current permit limitations
have been completed. A computer generated visual simulation of the reconfigured
landfill site is being prepared. This simulation model will iljustrate what would be seen if
an individual were to drive along 1-75 and CP,951 near the landfill. The simulation will be
be available for presentation at the June 22, 1999 Board meeting.
Provide information on the possibility of partnering with Lee County in their
incineration operation.
A preliminary meeting has been held with Lee County Staff to discuss Lee/Collier
cooperation on incineration.
A joint venture would be technically feasible for a number of years at the current Lee
County site.
FISCAL IMPACT: N/A
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: N/A
RECOMMENDATION: N/A
SUBMITTED BY: .. Date:
David W. F(ussell, Director, Solid
Waste Management Department
APPROVED BY: ~'~ k~~/..nt/d/,,~;,, Date: 277,z~/'4//P,P~
Ed llschner, Public Works/(aministrator