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BCC Minutes 09/09/2002 B (Pelican Bay MSTBU Budget)September 9, 2002 TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEETING OF THE COLLIER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PELICAN BAY SERVICES DIVISION BUDGET HEARING Naples, Florida, September 9, 2002 LET IT BE REMEMBERED, that the Board County Commissioners, in and for the County of Collier, having conducted business herein, met on this date at 6:00 p.m., in a SPECIAL SESSION at The Foundation Center, 8962 Hammock Oak Drive, Naples, Florida, with the following members present: CHAIRMAN: FRED COYLE JIM COLETTA DONNA FIALA JAMES CARTER ALSO PRESENT: Jim Mudd, Assistant County Manager Leo E. Ochs, Jr., Deputy Administrator Mike Smykowski, Budget Director David Weigel, County Attorney Jim Ward, Pelican Bay Services Division Page 1 COLLIER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PELICAN BAY SERVICES DIVISION BUDGET HEARING TO BE HELD AT THE FOUNDATION CENTER 8962 HAMMOCK OAK DRIVE NAPLES, FLORIDA AGENDA Monday, September 9, 2002 6:00 p.m. NOTICE: ALL PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK ON ANY AGENDA ITEM MUST REGISTER PRIOR TO SPEAKING. SPEAKERS MUST REGISTER WITH THE COUNTY MANAGER PRIOR TO THE PRESENTATION OF THE AGENDA ITEM TO BE ADDRESSED. COLLIER COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 99-22 REQUIRES THAT ALL LOBBYISTS SHALL, BEFORE ENGAGING IN ANY LOBBYING ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ADDRESSING THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS}, REGISTER WITH THE CLERK TO THE BOARD AT THE BOARD MINUTES AND RECORDS DEPARTMENT. REQUESTS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON SUBJECTS WHICH ARE NOT ON THIS AGENDA MUST BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING WITH EXPLANATION TO THE COUNTY MANAGER AT LEAST 13 DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE MEETING AND WILL BE HEARD UNDER "PUBLIC PETITIONS". ANY PERSON WHO DECIDES TO APPEAL A DECISION OF THIS BOARD 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. ALL REGISTERED PUBLIC SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO FIVE (5) MINUTES UNLESS PERMISSION FOR ADDITIONAL TIME IS GRANTED BY THE CHAIRMAN. 1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 2. ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING - BCC A. PRESENTATION OF FISCAL YEAR 2003 PELICAN BAY SERVICES DIVISION BUDGET. RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT ROLL AS THE FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL AND ADOPTING SAME AS THE NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR PURPOSES OF UTILIZING THE UNIFORM METHOD OF COLLECTION. 3. ADJOURN I September 9, 2002 September 9, 2002 COMMISSIONER COLETTA: Commissioner Carter will chair this meeting. COMMISSIONER CARTER: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Members of the Pelican Bay Advisory Board, MSTBU, residents, it is our pleasure to be here. County manager Jim Mudd is to my right, as is David Weigel, our County Attorney. Leo Ochs, our Deputy Administrator is straight out, raising his hand. Mike Smykowski, the Budget Director, is also with us. And we're all ready to begin the meeting. So if you would all please rise as we say the Pledge of Allegiance. Thereupon, (The Pledge was recited.) COMMISSIONER CARTER: All right. At this point in time, Mr. Mudd, I'll turn it over to you. I think you'll probably turn it over to Mr. Ward. MR. MUDD: Commissioner, Mr. Chairman, this is basically-- I always call this the Jim Ward show, so I think he's got it at the podium as he goes through that process and goes through the formalities of this particular meeting. Item #2A PRESENTATION OF FISCAL YEAR 2003 PELICAN BAY SERVICES DIVISION BUDGET MR. WARD: Thank you, Mr. Manager. For the record my name is Jim Ward. I'm with the Pelican Bay Services Division. The primary purpose of your meeting today is to consider the resolution before you which approves the preliminary assessment role for fiscal year 2003 for the Pelican Bay Services Division as the final role. It Page 2 September 9, 2002 authorizes the uniformed collection for the non-ad valorem assessment pieces of the Pelican Bay Services Division budget itself. Just briefly, let me go through with you the components of the Pelican Bay Services Division's budget and our proposed assessment rates for fiscal year 2003. And then I'll answer any questions that either the Commission or the audience may have with respect to either of those matters. First, the Pelican Bay Board has met on a number of occasions during the winter and the early parts of the summer of this year to consider its budget. And it is composed of essentially two primary parts: The first part is the operational aspects of the community, and the second is the capital aspects of this community. Our operating programs include the operation of maintenance of the divisions of water management programs, that's the lakes and swell areas within our community; our community beautification program, which includes all of the landscapes of the public road rights-of-way; and all of the parking areas and the foundations facilities within the community itself; it includes beach cleaning, street lights; and other sorted and sundry programs. We have our plan day restoration program, that's a part of our operating and capital programs during the year, and other capital elements, which at this point includes primarily the relandscaping of the boulevards within the community; and also it includes the capital expense for the US 41 relandscaping program, which I know you-all discussed at your recent workshop on the landscaping elements throughout Collier County. For fiscal year 2003 the proposed assessment rate is $293.22 per equivalent residential unit. One equivalent residential unit is essentially equal to one single-family or multi-family condominium unit, and then the commercial properties within Pelican Bay pay a multiple of that ERU rate. The equivalent residential unit rate for Page 3 September 9, 2002 fiscal year 2002 was $293.54 per unit. So it's slightly less than what it was in the prior year. For those portions of the divisions assessments which are based on the value of our property, which includes our security program, that is the 365 day, 7 day a week program we have with the Sheriffs Office, and operation and maintenance of our street lighting program, we have an estimated millage rate at this point of .2013 mills, which equates to roughly $101 for a home valued at $500,000 here in Pelican Bay. Just to put this in prospective as to what homeowners pay in Pelican Bay, if you live in a half a million dollar home, last year you paid roughly $392 per year for all of the services provided by Pelican Bay Services, and for fiscal year 2003 you'll pay roughly $437. So it's slightly up from what it was in the prior year. The Board has gone through -- our Board has gone through the budget and have adopted this budget and have unanimously recommended it for consideration by the Board of County Commissioners. This is a public hearing for consideration of this budget and the resolution. All of the notices required by statute have been sent by first-class mail to all of the affected property owners. We have not received any comments with respect to that budget as they relate to the propriety or advisement of entering into the assessments themselves. So with that, that's the conclusion of my presentation, Mr. Chairman. We'll be glad to answer any questions from the Board or the public. COMMISSIONER CARTER: Commissioners, did you have any questions on the budget, proposed budget? Members of the audience, do we have any signed up to speak? MR. MUDD: I don't have any speakers slips in front of me. If anyone wishes to speak, please go to the podium and do so. Page 4 September 9, 2002 Seeing no movement, Mr. Chairman, I don't think we have any speakers. Item #2B RESOLUTION 2002-344 CONFIRMING THE PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT ROLL AS THE FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL AND ADOPTING SAME AS THE NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR PURPOSES OF UTILIZING THE UNIFORM METHOD OF COLLECTION- ADOPTED COMMISSIONER CARTER: Thank you. If there are no questions or no speakers, there are no questions of the members of the Board of County Commissioners, then I make a motion that the Board of County Commissioners adopt the resolution approving the special assessment role and leaving the special assessment -- levying the special assessment against the benefitted properties of the Pelican Bay Municipal Service Taxing and Benefit Unit. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Second. COMMISSIONER COLETTA: I have a second by Commissioner Fiala. Any discussion? Any questions? Hearing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. COMMISSIONER CARTER: Aye. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye. COMMISSIONER COLETTA: Aye. COMMISSIONER COYLE: Opposed by the same sign. Motion carries. Thank you, Commissioners. It's been a wonderful meeting. Does anybody have any comments or questions? We have a question by the chairman of the MSTBU, Mr. Lou Vlasho. Page 5 September 9, 2002 MR. VLASHO: No question; just a comment. I thought it might be appropriate to do two things here, first of all, to thank the Commissioners for approving the 41 median maintenance that you're going to officially do here in another week or so. We appreciate that. And the MSTBU and the residents of Pelican Bay are going to see that gets done. But more importantly I thought it might be appropriate personally on behalf of the MSTBU Advisory Board, the Pelican Bay Services, and the residents of Pelican Bay to thank Jim Carter for the outstanding job that he's done. And we appreciate all the time and effort you've put into your job, Jim. Thank you. COMMISSIONER COLETTA: Here, here. COMMISSIONER CARTER: Well, I can tell you Commissioners it's a great community to represent, and it's been my pleasure to serve for four years. And we will just move forward. And I'm sure that this MSTBU and the residents here will continue to work with the new commissioners from District Two and with this Board for the benefit of all of Collier County. Another quick announcement I think is good news to the community is that the street lighting on US 41, the section that's vacant, it's my understanding the Department of-- Florida Department of Transportation has the funds available, and we're working out with our own Transportation Department to get them transferred to us in Collier so that we can do the work versus waiting for FDOT. If we wait for FDOT, it's 18 months. And if we get them, we can move forward in a much shorter time on it. So that's one of the closing accomplishments that I can proudly look at and say I think we're going to finally get 41 done. Okay. If there's no further business in front of this commission, then-- MR. WARD: Commissioner, just one other comment for you. The two ordinances you just recently adopted no longer requires Page 6 September 9, 2002 these meetings to be held in Pelican Bay. I assume next year as part of the resolutions you'll considering either holding that here or down at the County Commission. We'll be running that through our Advisory Board and then run it through you, but I'm sure you would rather do it downtown next year. COMMISSIONER CARTER: I think everyone would welcome that. Nothing further in front of this Commission, I say we adjourn. COMMISSIONER FIALA: Second. Thereupon, (The proceedings were concluded at 6:10 p.m.) There being no further business for the good of the County, the meeting was adjourned by order of the Chair- Time: 6:10 p.m. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS/EX OFFICIO GOVERNING BOARD(S) OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS UNDER ITS CONTROL JAlaPS N. OLETYA, CHAIRMAN Page 7 ~TTEST~ I~WIG~T'.~. BROCK, CLERK Attest as':to' Chatmafl's signature These minutes were approved by the Board on /o/,~,&,o~, , as presented corrected . September 9, 2002 or as STATE OF FLORIDA) COUNTY OF COLLIER) I, Lori L. Hagedom, Certified Court Reporter, do hereby certify that the foregoing proceedings were taken before me at the date and place as stated in the caption is a tree record of my Stenograph notes taken at said proceedings. Dated this 22nd day of September, 2002. Lori L. Hagedom, CCR Certified Court Reporter 20th Judicial Circuit Page 8