Resolution 2010-028
RESOLUTION NO. 2010 - 26
A RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA DIRECTING THE COLLIER COUNTY
SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS TO PLACE A STRAW BALLOT
REFERENDUM CONCERNING A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
GOLDEN GATE AREA MASTER PLAN ON THE NOVEMBER 2, 2010,
BALLOT FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION.
WHEREAS, on January 19,2010, at a 2007/2008 Cycle of Growth Management Plan
Amendments (including a 2009 Petition) Transmittal Hearing, the Collier County Board of
County Commissioners voted to indefInitely continue Petition CP-2008-l and to place that
proposed amendment to the Golden Gate Area Master Plan, which seeks to create an Estates
Shopping Center Sub-district at the intersection of Wilson Boulevard and Golden Gate
Boulevard, on a straw ballot referendum to be voted upon by the adjacent residents of Golden
Gate Estates at the November 2, 2010, general election; and
WHEREAS, Section l25.0l(1)(y) of the Florida Statutes authorizes County
Commissioners to "place questions or propositions on the ballots at any primary election, general
election, or otherwise called special election, when agreed to by a majority vote of the total
membership of the legislative and governing body, so as to obtain an expression of elector
sentiment with respect to matters of substantial concern within the county;" and
WHEREAS, Collier County voter precinct numbers 551, 552, 554, 555, 590 and 591 are
located east of Collier Boulevard (CR 951) and adjacent to the proposed shopping center location
and encompass those residents that would be most directly impacted by the proposed
amendment; and
WHEREAS, the ballot language for said straw ballot referendum needs to be adopted and
transmitted to the Collier County Supervisor of Elections; and
WHEREAS, the Board finds that it is lawful and in the public interest to call for the straw
ballot referendum and direct the Collier County Supervisor of Elections to take appropriate
action with respect to this Resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
Section 1. The Supervisor of Elections is hereby directed to include within the ballot
for the November 2,2010, general election the following straw ballot referendum language:
Golden Gate Area Master Plan Amendment - Wilson Boulevard/Golden
Gate Boulevard Shopping Center
Should the Golden Gate Area Master Plan be amended to permit a :!:40 acre commercial
shopping center, consisting of up to 190,000 square feet of gross leasable floor area in single
story buildings located at the northwest quadrant of the intersection of Wilson Boulevard and
Golden Gate Boulevard, that may include outparcels, inline stores, drive-through shopping
services, and whose fIrst occupant must be a minimum 27,000 square foot supermarket?
Yes
No
Section 2. The Supervisor of Elections is hereby directed to include the above straw
ballot referendum language on the ballots of registered voters for the following precincts:
Voter Precinct Numbers: 551,552,554,555,590 and 591
A copy of the Collier County Precinct Map indicating the locations of those Precincts is attached
hereto.
Section 3. The Supervisor of Elections shall provide any and all notices required by
the Florida Election Code in connection with placing this straw ballot on the November 2,2010,
general election ballot.
Section 4. All costs related to placing the straw ballot referendum language on the
general ballot including but not limited to the cost of translating the ballot into Spanish shall be
borne by the Petitioner in CP-2008-l. .
Section 5. The Board of County Commissioners hereby directs the Clerk of Court to
deliver, or cause to be delivered, a certifIed copy of this Resolution to the Supervisor of Elections
upon adoption and execution of this Resolution.
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THIS~RESOLUTION ADOPTED after motion, second, and majority vote favoring
same, this V) th day of February, 2010.
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ATTEST:
DWIGHT E.BROCK, Clerk
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