Backup Documents 06/14/2016 Item #10A Add On Item 10A
10A
June 14,2016
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Recommendation to consider a proposal from the Marco Island City Council to return County
Road 92A(Goodland Drive) to Collier County's jurisdiction and authorize the County Manager to
further explore this option with the Marco Island City Manager.(Commissioner Fiala)
OBJECTIVE: To explore options and authorize dialogue between the executive managers of Collier
County and the City of Marco Island in order to further refine a mutually acceptable agreement that will
provide safe access and egress to the Goodland residents.
CONSIDERATIONS: The ownership and responsibility for the maintenance of Goodland Drive was
transferred to the City in 2002 through an interlocal agreement recorded in OR book 3095 page 2878.As
part of that agreement,the County agreed to transfer$1,000,000 a year to the City for a period of 15 years
for the maintenance of Goodland Drive and other former County roadways maintained by the City. There
is a balance of$2,000,000 remaining in that obligation.
The condition of the road and the need for improvements have been a point of contention since the
transfer was made.The roadway has continued to degrade as water infiltrates the base layer and routinely
tops the asphalt layer. On December 2, 2014, the County and the City held a joint workshop to discuss
matters of common interest. The status of Goodland Drive was a principal topic during that workshop.
Since that workshop,a definitive funded improvement plan has not been developed.
The City Manager has recently inquired as to the status of the first of two $500,000 payments due to the
City for FY 2016. To date, the City has not identified sufficient funds to complete their share of this
project. On May 24, 2016,the Board approved Item 11C,which authorized the Chairman to send a letter
to the Marco Island City Council requesting that the City and the County develop a joint plan for the
improvement of Goodland Drive before releasing any more funding. On June 10, 2016, the City
responded to the County's proposal with a counter proposal which included transferring the road back to
the County and potentially forsaking the remaining funds due in the interlocal agreement. The letter
indicated that the City Council was "willing to come to the table to discuss renegotiating the current
interlocal agreement."
The offer to renegotiate this agreement should be accepted. That said,the County Manager and his staff
are best equipped to begin discussions with their counterparts in Marco Island in order to develop
potential options for both elected bodies to consider.
FISCAL IMPACT:None at this time
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: There is no growth management impact associated with this
item.
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This item has been approved as to form and legality and requires a
majority vote for Board approval.-JAK
RECOMMENDATION: Recommendation to consider a proposal from the Marco Island City Council
to return County Road 92A (Goodland Drive)to Collier County's jurisdiction and authorize the County
Manager to further explore this option with the Marco Island City Manager.
Prepared by: Commissioner Donna Fiala,District I,Chairman of the Board
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Board of Collier County Commissioners
Donna Fiala Georgia A.Hiller, Esq. Tom Henning Penny Taylor Tim Nance
District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5
May 25,2016
Chairman Bob Brown
City of Marco Island
50 Bald Eagle Drive
Marco Island, FL 34102
Dear Chairman Brown,
I would like to thank you and the entire City Council on behalf of the Collier County
Board of Commissioners and the residents of Goodland for moving forward with the solicitation
of an engineering firm to design the Goodland Drive improvements. Our Commission is
committed to budgeting our share of these improvements in FY 2017.
I would like to request on behalf of the entire Board of Commissioners, that we
cooperatively develop a joint project management plan and an updated interlocal agreement that
assures the residents of Goodland that we are mutually committed to improving their only form
of access and egress as soon as possible.To that end, we are respectfully requesting that you
endorse making these improvements a priority by directing the remaining interlocal payments
from the County into an escrow account specifically for this project. We will do the same with
our funds and also agree to aggressively pursue additional Federal and State funding
opportunities with the City.
It is our deepest desire that we collectively recognize that the citizens of Goodland are
deserving of our joint commitment to this project.
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Collier County Board of County Commissioners
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June 10, 2016
Chairman Donna Fiala
Collier County Board of County Commissioners
3299 Tamiami Trail East, Suite 303
Naples, Florida 34112-5746
Dear Chairman Fiala,
This in in response to your letter dated May 25, 2016. Following the discussion at a public
meeting on June 6, 2016, the Marco Island City Council is willing to come to the table to discuss
renegotiating the current Interlocal Agreement as suggested in your letter. However, in the
interim, we expect the terms of the current Interlocal Agreement to be honored by the County,
especially the outstanding$2 million due to the City.
Since 2001, the City of Marco Island has spent$52,293,774 on the former roads and assets that
were previously under the County's jurisdiction. That said, in the spirit of cooperation, several of
the City Councilors expressed a willingness to return CR92A to Collier County's jurisdiction and
responsibility in exchange for a City payment/contribution of$2 million to the County so that the
County can proceed to design and award a construction contract to reconstruct the road (CR92A)
at a higher elevation to make the road less susceptible to nature (global warming, rain events and
tidal impacts).
If the County wishes to timely address this matter, which both the City Council and the County
Commission agree is a priority for Goodland residents, we urge the County Commissioners to
come to understand that either the County must obtain grants or provide supplemental County
funding to contribute the difference between the City's proffered $2 million contribution and the
actual cost of an enhanced road reconstruction project. The new agreement can be triggered by
acceptance of the CR92A maintenance responsibility by the County and include a guarantee that
the City will make its proffered payment upon the County's acceptance of the CR92A
maintenance responsibility. Otherwise, the City will have no alternative but to proceed under the
original terms and conditions contained within the current Interlocal Agreement. Pursuant to that
agreement, we will repair the road in the manner we deem appropriate, assuming the City's
timely receipt of the agreed biannual contributions from the County.
Sincerely,
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Robert C. Brown, Chairman
Marco Island City Council
cc: City Council
City Manager Hernstadt
Collier County Commissioners
County Manager Ochs
50 Bald Eagle Drive, Marco island, }Florida 3'4115
(239) 389-5000 FAX (239) 389.4359
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