Agenda 05/18/2011
CltA Doard
Commissioncr
Jamcs N. Colella
Chair
Commissioner
Tomllenning
Commissioner
Donna Fiala
Commissioner
Fred W. Coyle
Commissioncr
Georgia Hiller
CRA AcJl'ison'lloard
Michael Faenndo
Chairman
Edward "Ski" Olesky
JctTrey Randall
Robert Halman
Ex.oflieio
Julio Estremera
Kitellell Snow
Floyd Crews
Ana Salazar
James Wall
Eva Deyo
Carrie Williams
Melissa Martinez
Daniel Rosario
Lt. Drew Lee
CRA Staff
Pcnny Phillippi
Exccutive Dircctor
239.252.2310
Bradley Muekel
CRA Project Managcr
239.252.5549
Christie Betancourt
CRA Administrative
Assistant
239.252.2313
Marie Capita
II3DC Manager
239.269.9629
Roscmary Dillon
IBDC Administrath'e
Assistant
239.269.9628
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Community RedevclolHnent A2CnCY Advisory Committee A2eJula
May 18,2011 - 8:30 A.M.
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Call to Order.
Roll Call and Announcement of a Quorum.
Introductions.
Announcements.
Adoption of Agenda.
Communications.
a. Public Notices
Consent Agenda.
a. Approval of Minutes.
i. CRA AdvisOlY Board April 20, 2011 (Enclosure 1)
b. Approval of Consultant Monthly Reports and Invoices
i. RW A, Inc.
I. April Monthly Activity Report and Invoice (Enclosure 2)
ii. Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc. (COM)
1. April 20 I 1 Activity Report and Invoice
(Enclosure 3)
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Fiala
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Henning
Coyle
Coletta
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Old Business.
a. Commercial Fa9ade Improvement Grant Program (Enclosure 4)
b. Immoka]ee Stonnwater Master Plan - Update.
i. Collier County Bid Process TimeJine (Enclosure 5)
ii. Project Budget Discussion (Enclosure 6)
c. Immokalee Transp0l1ation Improvements - Update
i. Lake Trafford Road and SR29 Intersection Improvements (Enclosure 7)
ii. County Swale Maintenance Schedule (Enclosme 8)
d. IBDC Manager Rep0l1 (Enclosure 9)
e. CRA Lease Agreement Package (Enclosure 10)
f. Immokalee Area Master Plan. - Update.
g. Immoka]ee MSTU Activity - Updates.
h. Street Lights on Westclox Street.
i. Marketing - Presentation: Steve Halt.
j. Code Enforcement H ighlights ~ Kitchell Snow
New Business.
Citizen Comments.
Next Meeting Date. Regular Meeting June 15,2011 at 8:30 A.M.
Adjournment.
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'" The next Advisory BoardlEZDA Board meeting will be held June 15,2011, at 8:30 A.M. at Southwest Florida
Works, 750 South 5th Street in Immokalee. All meetings will be publicly noticed in the W. Harmon Turner
Building (Building F), posted at the Imlllokalee Public LibralY and provided to the County Public Information
Department for distribution. Please contact Christie Betancourt, Administrative Assistant, at 239.252.2313 for
additional information. In accordance with the American with Disabilities Act, persons needing assistance to
participate in any of these proceedings should contact Christie Betancomt at least 4fiA~10dtfetre the meeting. The
public should be advised that members of the CRA Advisory Board are also members of other Boards and
Committees, including, but not limited to: EZDA and the Immokalee Fire com~on, ~ r~rd, matters
coming before the AdvisOlY Board may come before one or more of the referenceatJoard n 01 !trees from
time to time.
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Certification of Minutes Approval Form
Approved by:
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Michael "Mike" Facundo, Chairman
These Minutes for the April 20, 2011, CRA Advisory Board/EZDA Meeting were approved
by the eRA Advisory Board/EZDA on May 18, 2011 as presented.
* The next joint Advisory Board/EZDA/IMPVC meeting will be held June 15,2011 at 8:30A.M.
at the Southwest Florida Works located at 750 South 5th Street in Immokalee.
** There is no scheduled IMPVC meeting at this time. Further meetings will be held at 5:30
P.M. at Southwest Florida Works located at 750 South 5th Street in Immokalee and will be
appropriately noticed and announced in advance of such meetings.
All meetings will be publicly noticed in the W. Harmon Turner Building (Building F), posted at the Immokalee
Public Library and provided to the County Public Information Department for distribution. Please call Christie
Betancourt, Administrative Assistant, at 239-252-2313 for additional information. In accordance with the American
with Disabilities Act, persons needing assistance to participate in any of these proceedings should contact Christie
Betancourt, Administrative Assistant, at least 48 hours before the meeting. The public should be advised that
members of the Immokalee Master Plan and Visioning Committee and the CRA Advisory Board are also members
of the other Boards and Committees, including, but not limited to: EZDA, Immokalee Local Redevelopment
Advisory Board, Immokalee Fire Commission, and the Collier County Housing Authority; etc. In this regard,
matters coming before the IMPVC and the Advisory Board may come before one or more of the referenced Board
and Committees from time to time.
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April 20, 2011
A Call to Order. The meeting was called to order by Michael Facundo at 8:30 AM.
B. Roll Call and Announcement of a Quorum.
Advisory Committee/EZDA Members Present:
Mike Facundo, Ski Olesky, Jeffi'ey Randall, Kitchell Snow, Floyd Crews, James Wall, Eva Deyo,
Melissa Martinez, Robett Halman, Carrie Williams and Lt. Drew Lee.
AdvisOlY CommitteelEZDA Members Absent/Excused:
Julio Estremera, Daniel Rosario and Ana Salazar.
Action: A quorum was announced as being present.
Others Present: Please see sign in sheet attached.
Staff: Penny Phillippi, Bradley Muckel, Marie Capita, RosemalY Dillon, and Christie Betancomt.
C. Introductions.
Chairman Facundo introduced and welcomed County Commissioners Jim Coletta and Tom
Henning, the Collier County airpOlt Authority Director, Chris Cuny. Advisor)' Board members
and all persons seated at the tables introduced themselves.
D. Announcements.
a. Mr. Facundo announced that questions should not be directed to Commissioners as
advised by the County Attorney
B. Adoption of Agenda.
Action: Ms. Eva Deyo made a motion to approve the Agenda with the addition of all Item la,
Resolutions for Grant Applications, lv[r. Robert Halman seconded the motion and the Agenda was
approved by unanimous vote.
E. Communications.
a. The Communications Folder containing the Public Notices was passed around the room
for review.
F. Consent Agenda.
a. Approval of Minutes.
i. CRA AdvisolY Board March 16, 20 II (Enclosure 1)
b. Approval of Consultant Monthly Reports and Invoices
i. RWA, Inc.
] . March Monthly Activity RepOlt and Invoice (Enclosure 2)
ii. Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc. (CDM)
1. March 2011 Activity RepOlt and Invoice (Enclosure 3)
b. CRA Project Manager Report (Enclosure 4)
c. lBDC Manager Report (Enclosure 5)
Action: 1111'. Jeffery Randall made the molion to approve the Consent Agenda, the motion
was seconded by Mr. Ski Olesky and tlte Consent Agenda was approved by wwnimolls vote.
G. Old Business.
a. Immokalee Area Master Plan. - Public Workshop.
Bob Mulhere with Mulhere and Associates provided a brief histOlY of the lAMP up to this point in time
citing the three issues outstanding that required CRA Advisory Committee input.
He stated that the eepe unanimously recommended that the BCC Adopt the lAMP with all
proposed revisions to address the issues that were raised in the DCA ORC, with the following
two changes:
1. The CCPC did not support inclusion of the Density Blending provisions and there was a
motion to specifically recommended removal of these provisions.
These provisions were suggested by the owner of the majority of land in the Lake Trafford/Camp
Keais Strand System Overlay (LT/CKSSO). The EAC supported adoption of the Density
Blending Provisions at both the Transmittal and Adoption Hearings. The CCPC did not support
this policy at either Transmittal or Adoption. The BCC left the Density Blending provisions in
the Transmittal version that was sent to DCA (and DCA did not object to the policy). The BCC
asked that the consultant for the land owner provide additional data and analysis relating to any
potential impacts on the RLSA program. The consultant provided that additional data and
analysis to the CCPC, but the CPCC still did not support the policy. Staff supported the policy,
but agreed after transmittal, that additional data and analysis was required. The Consultant also
supported the policy once the additional data and analysis was provided. The EAC supported the
policy both at Transmittal and Adoption.
The BCC, at its Adoption hearing, will need to make a final determination on this matter as to
whether or not to include the Density Blending provisions in the lAMP. This issue relates to
item number 2 below, in that if the Density Blending is allowed, it gives the owner of the
majority of the land in the Overlay, an option to move the development rights from the highly
valuable urban wetland and flow way lands in the Overlay to adjacent but less sensitive lands in
the RLSA area.
2. The second issue also deals with the LT/CKSO. The Overlay was adopted several years
ago in the Coastal and Conservation Management Element of the GMP. Staff asked that while
preparing the lAMP, we include the Overlay in that document as well. We did that, and several
issues came up. The above discussed Density Blending being one issue, and the other centers on
the amount of preservation of Native Vegetation that should be required in the LT/CKSSO. The
CCME Policy directs one to the RFMU (Rural Fringe Mixed Use) preservation standards;
however, there are several different standards that apply to the various RFMU designated lands,
including Sending NRP A, Sending Non-NP A Neutral and Receiving. Since these lands contain
very high value wetlands, it would seem readily apparent that the highest preservation
requirement (Sending NRP A) makes sense. The additional concern that staff, the County
Attorney's Office, and the County consultants have relates to the degree to which the Policy may
be alleged to be a Take or partial Take, under federal and state laws. The Overlay covers land
that differs significantly from the RFMU lands in that the L T/CKSSO land is Urban. It allows
for up to 4 units per acre, and requiring 90 percent preservation would, in the opinion of staff,
not allow for use of the property as is currently allowed, even under a clustered design at 4 units
per acre. Therefore, staff recommended the 60 percent preservation requirement, not to exceed
45 percent of the site, as currently applies in Neutral lands.
The CCPC recommended adoption (with no specified amount of preserve) and coming back in
the 2012 GMP amendment cycle with a recommendation based upon further data collection and
analysis. Staff and the consultants support adoption of the 60 percent Neutral requirement, even
if that includes a requirement to further analyze the issue and if supported by the additional data
and analysis, coming back in the next (2012) GMP amendment cycle with any greater or more
specific preserve requirements.
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Action: Floyd Crews made a motion to follow Staff's recommendation to not require any
preservation standards and recommend that the issue be further studied in the next Comp Plan
Amendment Cycle. Carrie Williams seconded ht emotion and it passed by unanimous vote.
The third issue was Policy 6.17 pertaining to existing mobile home parks. Mr. Mulhere reviewed the
ramifications of the Policy and the sequential background of the review through the EAC, the CCPC and
the BCC. He further recommended that Policy 6.17 be struck, in its entirety which will put everything
back to where it was before we proposed to regulate mobile homes, mobile homes owners will deal with
issues under conditions as they currently exist under the existing Plan.
Public speakers were asked to speak and to limit their comments to 3 minutes each.
The first speaker was Randy Johns who submitted the professional opinion of Bob Mulhere into the
record. He further indicated that the removal of Policy 6.17 would not solve Jerry Blocker's or other
mobile home owner's issues. He continued to discuss the Jerry Blocker mobile home park issue. He then
distributed a package to enter into the record
The second speaker was Jerry Blocker who further discussed the issue on his trailer park. He further
indicated the removal of Policy 6.17 would infringe on property rights and offered support of tweaking
the Policy in question.
Jacqueline Hubbard then spoke to set the litigation record straight regarding the Blocker Trailer Park.
She reviewed the entire history ofthe litigation between Jerry Blocker and the Collier County.
Fred Thomas spoke about the history of redevelopment, blight and federal Relocation Act requirements.
He further discussed the pros and cons of industrial vs. residential zoning land values and the lack of
infrastructure in Immokalee. He recommend changes to the Policy 6.17 (b), ending the policy at "in all
Subdistricts."
Paul Midney stated that he felt the highest and best use of the land where the mobile home park in
question is Industrial to facilitate ease in industrial development.
Jerry Blocker was permitted to speak a second time, reviewing the items contained in the packet that was
earlier distributed to the CRA Advisory Board by Mr. Randy Johns. He stated the County is trying to put
him out of business. He suggested a line be added that will stop all litigation and proposed we sit down to
discuss options.
Action: Mr. Randall made a motion to remove the Policy 6.1.7 and references to Policy 6.1.7
throughout the lAMP, Ms. Williams seconded the motion and it passed with a vote of 10 to 0 with Mr.
Snow abstainingfrom the vote.
Ms. Williams then made a motion to recommend the lAMP to the BCC for approval with the
recommended changes, Mr. Randall seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote.
H. New Business.
a. Resolutions for Grant Applications - Brad Muckel reviewed the two resolutions needed
to recommend submittal of the CDBG and RBEG grants to the BCC for approval.
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I. Citizen Comments.
Verdier Clement stated that there is a need for more lighting at night in Immokalee as there are
areas where he feels unsafe.
Action: Ms. Williams made a motion to transmit a letter to the Immokalee MSTU Beautification
Committee with the citizen concern and request for more lighting. Mr. Snow seconded the motion and it
passed by unanimous vote.
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Next Meeting Date.
Regular Meeting May 18,2011 at 8:30 A.M.
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Adiournment.
The meeting adjourned at 9:50 AM.
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