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BCC Minutes 09/08/2016 B (Budget) BCC BUDGET MEETING MINUTES September 8, 2016 September 8, 2016 TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Naples, Florida, September 8, 2016 LET IT BE REMEMBERED, that the Board of County Commissioners, in and for the County of Collier, and also acting as the Board of Zoning Appeals and as the governing board(s) of such special districts as have been created according to law and having conducted business herein, met on this date at 5:05 p.m. in BUDGET SESSION in Building "F" of the Government Complex, East Naples, Florida, with the following members present: CHAIRMAN: Donna Fiala Tom Henning Georgia Hiller Tim Nance Penny Taylor ALSO PRESENT: Leo Ochs, County Manager Mark Isackson, Director of Corporate Financial Planning Jeffrey A. Klatzkow, County Attorney Troy Miller, Communications & Customer Relations Page 1 COLLIER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PELICAN BAY BUDGET AGENDA Thursday, September 8, 2016 5:05 PM NOTICE: ALL PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS MUST REGISTER PRIOR TO SPEAKING. ANY PERSON WHO DECIDES TO APPEAL A DECISION OF THIS BOARD WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDING PERTAINING THERETO, AND THEREFORE MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDING IS MADE, WHICH RECORD INCLUDES TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL IS TO BE BASED. ALL REGISTERED PUBLIC SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE (3) MINUTES UNLESS PERMISSION FOR ADDITIONAL TIME IS GRANTED BY THE CHAIRMAN. 1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 2. ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING—Pelican Bay Services Division Budget Hearing: A. Executive Summary —Fiscal Year 2017 Pelican Bay Services Division Budget B. Public Comment C. Resolution Approving the Special Assessment Roll and Levying the Special Assessment against the Benefited Properties within the Pelican Bay Municipal Service Taxing and Benefit Unit. 3. ADJOURN Page 1 September 8,2016 COLLIER COUNTY Board of County Commissioners Community Redevelopment Agency Board (CRAB) Airport Authority Ix r --�,{7�{r 1 �)1 AGENDA Board of County Commission Chambers Collier County Government Center 3299 Tamiami Trail East, 3rd Floor Naples, FL 34112 BUDGET SESSION September 8, 2016 5:05 PM Commissioner Donna Fiala, District 1 —BCC Chair Commissioner Tim Nance, District 5—BCC Vice-Chair; CRAB Chair Commissioner Georgia Hiller, District 2 — Community & Economic Develop. Chair Commissioner Tom Henning, District 3 —PSCC Representative Commissioner Penny Taylor, District 4— CRAB Vice-Chair; TDC Chair NOTICE: ALL PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS MUST REGISTER PRIOR TO SPEAKING. ANY PERSON WHO DECIDES TO APPEAL A DECISION OF THIS BOARD WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDING PERTAINING THERETO, AND THEREFORE MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDING IS MADE, WHICH RECORD INCLUDES TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL IS TO BE BASED. ALL REGISTEREDPEAKER S 5 WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE (3) MINUTES UNLESS THE TIME IS ADJUSTED BY THE CHAIRMAN. Page 1 September 8,2016 IF YOU ARE A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY WHO NEEDS ANY ACCOMMODATION IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCEEDING, YOU ARE ENTITLED, AT NO COST TO YOU, THE PROVISION OF CERTAIN ASSISTANCE. PLEASE CONTACT THE COLLIER COUNTY FACILITIES MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT LOCATED AT 3335 EAST TAMIAMI TRAIL, SUITE 1, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 34112-5356, (239) 252-8380; ASSISTED LISTENING DEVICES FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED ARE AVAILABLE IN THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' OFFICE. 1. ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING - BCC - Fiscal Year 2017 Tentative Budget A. Discussion of Tentative Millage Rates and Increases Over the Rolled Back Millage Rates B. Review and Discussion of Changes to the Tentative Budget C. Public Comments and Questions D. Announcement of Tentative Millage Rates and Percentage Changes in Property Tax Rates E. Resolution to Adopt the Tentative Millage Rates F. Resolution to Adopt the Amended Tentative Budget G. Announcement of Final Public Hearing as Follows: Final Public Hearing on the FY 2016-17 Collier County Budget Thursday, September 22, 2016 5:05 PM Collier County Government Center W. Harmon Turner Building (F) Third Floor, Boardroom Naples, Florida 2. ADJOURN Page 2 September 8,2016 September 8, 2016 CHAIRMAN FIALA: Will everyone please take their seats. Well, I guess they already have. So now that you're sitting, please stand and say the Pledge of Allegiance with me, please. Put your hands over your hearts. (The Pledge of Allegiance was recited in unison.) CHAIRMAN FIALA: And before I turn this over to Leo, I just want you-all to look around the room and see this artwork. The artwork is pretty darn beautiful, isn't it? This is by one of our local artists. Her name is Muffy Gill and -- well, anyway, I just want you to know. She's been here a very, very, very long time. Thank you. What's her middle name? Muffy Clark Gill, right? Good. And, with that, Leo, would you like to take over? MR. OCHS: Yes, ma'am. Good evening, Madam Chair and Commissioners. Welcome back from your summer break. You-all look rested and happy, and we'll try to keep that pattern going at least for the foreseeable future. Tonight we're here to begin the first of two statutorily required public hearings that will culminate in the adoption of your Fiscal Year 2017 Budget. With that, I'll turn it to Mr. Isackson, and he'll take you through the agenda this evening, Madam Chair. MR. ISACKSON: Good evening, Commissioners. For the record, Mark Isackson. The first topic on your agenda this evening is the Pelican Bay Services Division public hearing, and I'll ask Mr. Dorrill to come up and provide an overview of the executive summary, and then we'll proceed on to public comment. Item #2A (On the Pelican Bay Services Division Budget Agenda) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FISCAL YEAR 2017 PELICAN BAY SERVICES DIVISION BUDGET Page 2 it September 8, 2016 MR. DORRILL: Good evening, everyone. And, again, we welcome you back from your recess. Your ordinance requires a special time-certain public hearing as part of the adoption of this particular budget. You are aware of the fact that the Operating and Maintenance Fund is based on a non-ad valorem special assessment and, as such, the statute for that is different from the ad valorem statute that deals with the TRIM notice and requirements. You may recall right before your recess we had a discussion concerning that. The budget this particular year -- and I'll give you kind of an overview. You work-shopped this just prior to your budget. The budget does, in percentage terms, reflect a 10 percent increase and for the second year in a row. There are two particular reasons. I'll just make you aware of those right up front. We have kind of a cumbersome labor model at Pelican Bay Services. The primary labor component is at the groundskeeper level, which is a very competitive level to be in. And a number of years ago the division adopted a strategy that we would have a core group of county employees with their associated high labor and benefit costs, and then they are supplemented by contracted day labor which meets its purpose and keeps our cost low but, as a result, has a fairly high turnover rate, and we're using the county's low-bid day-labor contract provider, but the point is that it works. Your current board -- and the board at this point is fully constituted. It consists of 11 members; two from the commercial interest in the community and nine from residential, or residents. I'm pleased that three of them are here this evening. You have never met these individuals before, and so if you don't mind I'll just -- I'll ask them to quickly stand. They may have registered to speak. They may waive their time. Our board chair is here, Ken Dawson. Our budget chair, Scott Page 3 September 8, 2016 Streckenbein, is here. MR. STRECKENBEIN: Good evening. MR. DORRILL: And I'll tell you that he is a retired school superintendent who spent a lifetime in local government and is now retired, but he's your budget chair. And then Mike Shepherd is our newest member, and Mike has a successful private-sector and engineer background, and he is your cost-reduction committee chair. And this board has worked very hard over the course of the spring and the summer and, in fact, will be having a special meeting in November to go over about a half a million dollars worth of cost-reduction strategies that have been gleaned from this particular budget. And I can tell you they may adopt some and they may postpone some and they may think that some are a little overreaching. The second important thing I want to tell you is, in the last two years the principal reasons that the budget has increased: One is to accumulate cash to pay for the beach renourishment on that portion of the beach that does not meet your criteria to receive tourist taxes. And so we're raising $200,000 a year as a capital -- a future capital reserve to have cash in hand at the time that the beach needs re-nourished; and then, two, for this particular year there is a strong desire on the part of the community and the board, who voted 9-1 to recommend this budget to you for adoption, they want to add a new crew, and this particular crew, again, will be a contracted day-labor crew without benefits. But there is a desire that as the community approaches 30-years in age that the landscape maintenance is not what they would wish that it were, and so this includes a new day-labor groundskeeper crew and some associated operating capital expenses to support that. Overall, the assessment this year is $518.71 for operations and maintenance, and then there's an associated $72.87 capital assessment Page 4 September 8, 2016 for a combined assessment of right at $590. And in this particular year, the total number of assessable units in the community, or the equivalent, is $7,615 (sic) and a fraction of a unit based on the commercial equivalency that we have. The recommendation for you, consistent with your current ordinance, is to adopt the resolution establishing both the preliminary and the final assessment role and approving the budget for purposes of transmitting it to the Tax Collector. Welcome back. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Thank you. Commissioners, do you have any questions or any concerns? (No response.) CHAIRWOMAN FIALA: Do we have any speakers? Item #2B (On the Pelican Bay Services Division Budget Agenda) PUBLIC COMMENT MR. MILLER: Yes, ma'am. I have three registered speakers for this item. Ken Dawson. He will be followed by Scott Streckenbein, and he will be followed by Mike Shepherd. MR. DAWSON: Thank you. Hope you-all had a great summer. Glad to see you back. Just a short basic situation here: I was -- I was given an email from a local representative of Pelican Bay stating that we were operating in an inefficient (sic) to inadequately in addressing the aging infrastructure to meet the beautification and the safety needs of our community. I can tell you that the deferred maintenance that's occurred over so many years of keeping the budget balanced, it's very difficult, obviously -- and you-all know this -- that you can't do the same thing Page 5 September 8, 2016 you did seven years ago on the amount of money that you have. So what we did in order to try to make everyone understand that we're working very, very hard to make Pelican Bay the community that it is, bring it up to date and at the same time explore the possibilities of saving money. So I had created the Cost Savings Strategies Committee, and the three committee members who were tasked for this did a wonderful job. We're actually down to figuring out how much money we can save on uniforms. It's just -- so it's been a lot of work and, as Mr. Dorrill said, we are going to meet in November. And this is a copy of our little book here that we put together. And I would appreciate that we move forward with this. Thank you very much. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Thank you, sir. MR. MILLER: Your next speaker is Scott Streckenbein. He'll be followed by Mike Shepherd. MR. STRECKENBEIN: Good evening, Commissioners. I don't have a whole lot to add to what Mr. Dorrill put out there. There was a statement of 7,640-some dollars. It's units. Just so those of you -- I saw a couple eyes -- a little correcting him on that, but just a slip of the tongue. We take this job very seriously. I got involved with the Pelican Bay Services Division about four years ago when we had the closing of the pass, and some of you are on the board now, and we know what that was all about, and it seemed like there was nothing that could be done. We weren't going to be able to do anything. Well, a lesion of people on both sides of Clam Pass, I want to say that, started digging a symbolic trench to let the tides in and out. From that, some commissioners got involved, all of you collectively, and we got an emergency dredging in unspeakable quickness. It just was Page 6 September 8, 2016 incredible. Someone said to me, why don't you run for the board. I just retired. I had been in front of boards for 30-some years as an educator, but I felt I needed to do something with this community, and I got involved, and I started seeing what we had, the monumental task that we were given to keep that place as pristine and as beautiful and as forward-thinking as it deserves. One of the things that you get -- I know how you feel where you sit. You always hear the naysayers. You always hear that. They always come out. But you need to look -- and we all do this. What is that percentage (sic) and who do they represent? We did a very unofficial canvassing this past week asking staff how many phone calls have we received of people who are concerned, or upset, I should say, about our budget. That answer was zero. There were no calls. Most of our residents, they don't live here, but they want to be here. So when we have our meetings -- we've had at least five budget committee meetings open to the public and almost served as workshops, and those people that were concerned, they spoke. We are selected by our community. We are appointed by you. We are your stewards. We are doing what we need to do and then give it to you with our recommendations. And I would be recommending to you that you take our recommendation in a 9-1 vote -- there was one member that was absent -- and continue the support for the Services Division. Thank you. MR. MILLER: Your final speaker on this item is Mike Shepherd. MR. SHEPHERD: I respectfully waive my opportunity. Thank you. MR. MILLER: He waives his time. Page 7 September 8, 2016 CHAIRMAN FIALA: Thank you. Thank you so much. Item #2C (On the Pelican Bay Services Division Budget Agenda) RESOLUTION 2016-161: APPROVING THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLL AND LEVYING THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AGAINST BENEFITED PROPERTIES WITHIN THE PELICAN BAY MUNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING AND BENEFIT UNIT — ADOPTED MR. DORRILL: Thank you again. And the staff recommendation, again, would be to authorize the chairman to approve and execute the associated resolution to establish the roll. And if I misspoke, I apologize. The combined assessment for maintenance and capital is $590.58. The total number of assessable units is 7,615 units for the flat assessment that is levied in Pelican Bay. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Thank you. Commissioner Hiller? COMMISSIONER HILLER: So moved. COMMISSIONER HENNING: Second. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Okay. I have a motion and a second. Any conversation on this? (No response.) CHAIRWOMAN FIALA: All in favor, signify saying aye. COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER NANCE: Aye. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Aye. COMMISSIONER HILLER: Aye. COMMISSIONER HENNING: Aye. CHAIRMAN FIALA: And opposed, like sign. (No response.) Page 8 September 8, 2016 CHAIRMAN FIALA: Thank you. MR. DORRILL: Thank you. CHAIRMAN FIALA: 5-0. Item #1 (On the Board of County Commissioners Budget Agenda) ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING — BCC FISCAL YEAR 2017 TENTATIVE BUDGET MR. ISACKSON: Commissioners, that takes us to our Collier County first public budget hearing. And tonight, as I have done in previous years, we have a fairly rigid set of items to cover, and as I normally do, I script those comments to make sure that they're on the record when we submit our final truth-in-millage packet to the Department of Revenue. And if you'll indulge me, let me make a few opening remarks, if I might, and then we'll proceed through the agenda as identified in your packet. Commissioners, welcome to the first of two public hearings on the Collier County Government Fiscal Year 2017 Budget which begins October 1, 2016, and runs through September 30, 2017. The public hearings in September must follow a specific format pursuant to truth-in-millage guidelines. Your agenda contains the specific sequence of agenda items to be covered. Pursuant to statute, this hearing was advertised as part of the TRIM notice mailed to all Collier County property owners. The final budget hearing in two weeks from tonight, or the 22nd of September -- this hearing will be noticed as part of the statutory advertising requirement contained in the truth-in-millage statutes. The notice in the proposed tax increase ad will appear in the Naples Daily News April 19th, 2016. This ad is necessary since the county's Page 9 September 8, 2016 tentatively adopted aggregate millage rate is greater than the current year aggregate rolled-back rate. Final tax rate and budget decisions will be made at this final hearing on September 22nd. Agenda and speaker slips are available in the hallway. Anyone interested in addressing the Board at this time regarding the county budget must complete a speaker slip. Following some introductory remarks regarding tax rates and changes to the tentative budget released in mid July, there will be an opportunity under Agenda Item 1C for public comment, and speakers will be called by name. The TRIM notice mailed to all property owners indicated that close of business September 12, 2016, was the deadline for property owners to contact the Property Appraiser and file a petition for market-value adjustment with the Value Adjustment Board. Item #1A (On the Board of County Commissioners Budget Agenda) DISCUSSION OF TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATES AND INCREASES OVER THE ROLLED BACK MILLAGE RATES — PRESENTED Commissioners, Item 1 A on your agenda is a discussion of the tentative millage rates and increases over the rolled-back millage rates. Let me just say that the rolled-back rate is the -- is the percentage increase in the rolled-back rate that is needed to fund the budget and, two, the reasons ad valorem tax revenues above the rolled-back rate as is calculated on the State's DR 420 forms are being increased. These are the first substantive issues that need to be discussed at this particular hearing. Rolled-back rate is defined as that tax rate necessary to generate prior year tax revenues, and this tax rate is calculated not including taxable values associated with new construction, additions, deletions, Page 10 September 8, 2016 and rehabilitative improvements. The board-adopted budget guidance for FY2017 included a millage-neutral position, the same tax rate as last year and, for that matter, since 2010 for the General Fund. For the Unincorporated Area General Fund, the millage rate was reset to the FY2007 rate of .8069, pursuant to Board guidance, with the additional marginal ad valorem dollars above millage-neutral operating levy devoted to restarting the median landscape capital program. Levies for the General Fund and Unincorporated Area General Fund together represent over 96 percent of the total aggregate taxes levied across all Collier County taxing authorities for FY2017. The FY2017 Tentative General Fund and Unincorporated Area General Fund budgets as presented are based upon board-adopted budget policy. Both the General Fund and the Unincorporated Area General Fund tax rates are higher than the rolled-back rate. Collier County taxable value has increased over the past five fiscal years, and the increase for 2017 is 10.06 percent and 10.19 percent within the General Fund and the Unincorporated Area General Fund respectively. Within an increasing taxable value environment under millage-neutral policy guidance, the rolled-back rate will be lower than millage neutral. This event occurs in FY2017. Collier County recorded its highest countywide taxable value in FY2008 at $82.5 billion. While taxable value has recovered nicely over the past five fiscal years, the tax base still remains some $5.4 billion below the FY2008 high. Recovery of tax dollars lost during the economic recession by levying millage neutral within an increasing taxable-value environment has generated necessary General Fund dollars to continue -- to fund continued backlog, general governmental asset, and infrastructure replacement and maintenance while continuing to maintain the county's distinctive service levels enjoyed by residents and visitors. Page 11 September 8, 2016 Each year tax policy is visited by sitting boards, and budget decisions are crafted around the enacted Board guidance. Commissioners, if you refer yourself to Exhibit 1A on Page 1, millage rates for each Collier County taxing authority have been established pursuant to budget guidance, and the roster of tax rates adopted by the Board on July 12, 2016, represent the maximum property tax rates that can be levied in FY2017. The Pelican Bay Municipal Service Taxing and Benefit Unit millage rate is .8 -- .0857 per $1,000 of taxable value, and the Fiddler's Creek MSTU has proposed a millage rate of 1.5000 per $1,000 of taxable value. Based upon these respective dependent district DR420 maximum millage forms, all dependent district millage rates are not approved unanimously. It is recommended that these rates be voted on separately under Agenda Item 1 E, as both require a two-thirds vote of the Board. The cumulative aggregate rolled-back rate for all Collier County taxing authorities, exclusive of debt service, totals 3.8884 per $1,000 of taxable value. The proposed aggregate tax rate for all Collier County taxing authorities exclusive of debt service totals 4.1968 per $1,000 of taxable value. This represents an increase of 7.93 percent over the aggregate rolled-back rate and necessitates a notice of proposed tax increase ad for TRIM purposes and not simply a budget summary ad. Final tax rates will be adopted by the Board on September 22nd, 2016. Commissioners, I'll stop there and ask if there's any questions under Agenda Item 1A. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Commissioner Henning? COMMISSIONER HENNING: Yeah. The Isles of Capri Fire and Rescue, what's going to happen to that budget the upcoming Page 12 September 8, 2016 following year; is that going to be wiped out? MR. ISACKSON: 2018; Fiscal Year 2018, sir. There will not be a levy -- COMMISSIONER HENNING: Okay. MR. ISACKSON: -- for that district nor will there be a levy for the Fiddler's Creek district. Fiscal Year 2018. COMMISSIONER HENNING: Eighteen? MR. ISACKSON: Yes. COMMISSIONER HENNING: Thanks. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Okay. Any other questions, Commissioners? (No response.) CHAIRMAN FIALA: Okay. Item #1B (On the Board of County Commissioners Budget Agenda) REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF CHANGES TO THE TENTATIVE BUDGET MR. ISACKSON: Commissioners, moving to Item 1B, there's a review and discussion of changes to the tentative budget. I have a couple remarks there. For tonight's hearing, changes from the FY2017 July Tentative Budget, as noted within Exhibit 1B, pertain to receipt of the Tax Collector's budget, adjustments to the impact fee trust funds reflecting revenue actually received above the level forecast in July; other routine revenue or expense adjustments as part of normal operations based upon more accurate accounting system entries; and changes discussed by the Board at the June budget workshop, including providing an additional $50,000 to the Legal Aid Society budget to offset increased expenses associated with domestic violence and family law case loads. Page 13 September 8, 2016 These budgetary changes are found within Exhibit 1B on Pages 3 through 21. A summary of these actions are described within Exhibit 1B on Pages 1 and 2. The total gross budget changes amount to $25.65 million of which 20.48 million is the customary submittal of the Tax Collector's budget to the Department of Revenue on August 1. The remaining 5.17 million consists primarily of the receipt of impact fee revenue above forecast as previously mentioned. According to the Tax Collector, Statement of Commissions and Expenditures, the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget, the total is 20,484,000 and is offset by a service commission or charges. The Tax Collector is a fee-based operation, and this year's Tax Collector budget represents an increase of 6.55 percent from 2016. Turn-back from the Tax Collector as well as constitutional officers is significant each year and represents excess commissions over actual expenses to run the operations. Year ending turn-back by the Tax Collector to the General Fund for the past two fiscal years, FY2014 and 2015, has totaled $5,181,693 and $5,773,088 respectively. Turn-back from all constitutional officers to the General Fund over the same periods totaled $7,332,128, and $7,029,138 respectively. There are no proposed changes to the maximum millage rate set by the Board on July 12, 2016. And, Commissioners, before we go to public comment and questions, I'll ask if the Board has any questions under agenda Item 1B, please. CHAIRMAN FIALA: I do. Nobody else has a light on, but I do. I was wondering, I know we've talked about replacing -- not replacing but adding a helicopter to our EMS service. And I had met -- they had a big open house to look at all the helicopters and how small they are inside and how difficult it is even for somebody kneeling next to the stretcher to try and insert some of the things that they must do. Page 14 September 8, 2016 And I was just wondering, do we have that on the books? MR. ISACKSON: Commissioner, in '17 you will have $6 million set aside for the purchase of a new helicopter. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Great. MR. ISACKSON: Now, that may not be quite enough, but we'll see when bids go out and we start speccing it and things of that nature. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Oh, that's just great. Thank you very much. Commissioner Hiller? COMMISSIONER HILLER: Have you looked at the option of leasing it instead of purchasing it? MR. OCHS: Yes, ma'am. That's one of the options that we'll be looking at when we go out. COMMISSIONER HILLER: All right. So you're going to consider a lease -- MR. OCHS: Correct. COMMISSIONER HILLER: -- in the alternative? Thanks. MR. OCHS: Correct. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Any other questions from commissioners? Commissioner Taylor? COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: I was interested in the drainage issue in different neighborhoods. We seem to be having that at our forefront given our rainy summer. Is this the section that I need to address whether additional funding could come to perhaps one neighborhood rather than another, or what would you suggest? MR. ISACKSON: Well, I'd certainly put your comments on the record. COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Okay. MR. ISACKSON: And if there's a question I can answer, I'd be happy to, or one of the folks from Growth Management. COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Okay. The neighborhood in Page 15 September 8, 2016 question is probably one of the oldest and most historic neighborhoods in the county. It's Poinciana Village. And the county has done a yeoman's work with it. It's -- what the design was, it works, but there's so much more needed there, and it is a very vital and vibrant neighborhood. And I think they have asked for special consideration given the fact that they are one of the oldest ones. And when you get in Poinciana Village, you definitely go down off the road. So it's a question of, would there be a possibility rather than -- and it is a middle-class neighborhood. It is not a neighborhood that necessarily, in this way, could afford an additional cost to their taxes. Is there any consideration for this, or how do we address this? MR. OCHS: I'll let Mark address the funding question, but I'm going to ask Dave Wilkinson to come up and refresh the Board's memory. I think we discussed the planning scenario that's underway just before you went on your break and how we want to look at this as a holistic system, make sure that we've got the outfalls ready to accept any upgrades to the system. So, David, why don't you give the Board an update again on where we are with the stormwater program. MR. WILKISON: Good afternoon. Welcome back. My name is David Wilkison. I'm the head of the Growth Management Department. And, you know, as we discussed during the budget hearing, we were talking about a couple things that we were going to be doing this fall. Number one, we're going to be talking to you at the second meeting in September about the feasibility study that we're doing for a stormwater utility, which would fund both capital and operation and maintenance projects. And I know, Commissioner Taylor, that we had talked earlier, I believe, in the summer about Poinciana Village, and the project that we Page 16 September 8, 2016 did there was very successful. COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Very successful. MR. WILKISON: And we plan on continuing the swale maintenance that we had started in there on a program that's -- you know, each year our road maintenance division budgets a certain amount of swale maintenance, and it's not just Poinciana Village. There are many, many other communities such as Pine Ridge; there's Golden Gate City; many other communities that have swale-type drainage systems, just like Country Club of Naples that you're very familiar with. And so we budget to do a certain miles of swale maintenance every summer -- I mean, excuse me, every year in the fall when it's dry. So we're going to be talking to you about stormwater utility in September, the feasibility of it, and then look for your direction to move forward for the Phase 2 of doing that and we -- you know, like I said, we've got many communities that we have active swale maintenance in here in the county. COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Okay. Thank you. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Could I just -- you know, that's interesting because I know a lot of places all over are flooding but, in particular, Poinciana Village kind of reminds me of Louisiana -- I mean New Orleans. It's, like, in a bowl. And so that's -- you know, it's good that you're moving forward on that. COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Well -- but what's so, so wonderful is the work that the county did. And when -- you saw, when we started this, about the neighbors saying I don't think this is going to work, and then they actually did a survey, and it's working. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Good. COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: And it's amazing to me that -- and the county and these residents came together. And when you have Page 17 September 8, 2016 water two inches from your doorstep, it's a frightening thing. And we've had so much rain. And that swale system in that part of Poinciana Village is working. CHAIRMAN FIALA: So you just wanted to extend it to the rest of the village? COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Yeah. They just -- I think they just want to make sure that there's money allocated to keep the good work going because it's working. MR. WILKISON: Yes, there is. COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Okay. Thank you. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Thank you. Commissioner Henning? COMMISSIONER HENNING: I pass. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Okay. Item #1C (On the Board of County Commissioners Budget Agenda) PUBLIC COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS MR. ISACKSON: Madam Chairman, that brings you to Agenda Item 1 C, which is your public comment. MR. MILLER: Madam Chair, I have two registered speakers for public comment. First up is Brad Estes. He will be followed by Patty Talet (phonetic). MR. ESTES: Good evening, Commissioners. I'm Brad Estes. I'm the secretary of the Poinciana Civic Association. And we are here regarding swale maintenance and restoration of our drainage system to its original design. I think what I would have said has been said, and I appreciate Commissioner Taylor's support and look forward to moving forward on this because we are very fearful -- and you look at all the other areas that are having flooding. Page 18 September 8, 2016 We are very fearful that we'll have home flooding if some of these events occur in our area because of lack of maintenance. Our system does not have the capacity it was designed to have. And inches matter. As Commissioner Taylor pointed out, inches matter. If it's one inch on the foundation or four inches, it's a matter of not flooding and flooding. So thank you very much. Appreciate it. COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Thank you. MR. MILLER: Your final registered speaker is Patty Teulet. I'm never going to say this right. MS. TEULET: Hello, Commissioners and everyone. My name is Patty Teulet. I've been a volunteer at the Domestic Animal Services for the past five years. I'm here to bring awareness to the needs of the county animal shelter. My comments are given with the utmost respect and solely in support of Darcy Andrade, the DAS director, who has done an outstanding job of making DAS more efficient, productive, organized, well-promoted and, most of all, she shows a sincere compassion for all and any animals that come into the shelter. At one of the DAS Q&A meetings with the DAS staff and the public, we learned that 15 years ago when the DAS -- when the Davis shelter was built, dogs and cats were euthanized at a much higher rate than they are now. With the influx of people moving to Naples and the fact that DAS does not, thankfully, euthanize for space, the buildings, in my opinion, have outgrown their purpose, add to that the high temperatures in all the buildings housing the dogs and cats. The county is now testing an air-conditioning unit in the adoption building, which is a major improvement; however, there are other buildings where there are large dogs doubled up in the back kennels, there are sick dogs in another Page 19 September 8, 2016 building suffering from skin infections and medical problems all with the extreme hot temperatures, adding to a longer recovery. A shocking actuality is the 200 or so stray cats housed in yet another building all with extreme heat. As I understand it, the county is looking into or discussing how to resolve the lack of cool air in these buildings filled to capacity most of the time. But another concern is the insufficient space. Unlike many shelters, we can only show a certain number of cats and dogs even though there are many available for adoption in the back buildings. I would like to ask the Board -- do I stop? CHAIRMAN FIALA: Go ahead. MS. TEULET: Oh. I would like to ask the Board for their consideration in moving ahead on a solution to cooling all DAS buildings for the health and welfare of these animals. One notion was to possibly reconstruct the facilities to better handle and accommodate the animals. The number of animals coming into the county shelter is not going to decline in the near future unless, of course, the county would initiate some requirements for a spay/neuter ordinance. Part of DAS' mission statement is to work toward ending the community problem of pet overpopulation. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Thank you. I think we're about done now. Do you have much more? MS. TEULET: One line; two lines. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Go ahead. MS. TEULET: I don't know if the commissioners take tours of the county facilities, but I would suggest taking one at DAS. You will definitely see the many necessities at the shelter which cannot be covered here today. Thank you for your time and consideration. MR. MILLER: That's all the registered speakers I have tonight. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Thank you very much. Page 20 September 8, 2016 Item #1D (On the Board of County Commissioners Budget Agenda) ANNOUNCEMENT OF TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATES AND PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN PROPERTY TAX RATES — READ INTO THE RECORD MR. ISACKSON: Madam Chairman, that brings us to Item 1D, which is most certainly my favorite part of the agenda where I have to sit here and read these, the actual millage rate, proposed, the rolled-back rate, and the change from the rolled-back rate. And I'll just begin. Commissioners, the General Fund proposed millage rate is 3.5645; the rolled-back millage rate, 3.3368. That's a percent change of 6.82 percent. Water Pollution Control: Proposed millage rate, .0293; the rolled-back millage rate, .0274. That's a percent change of 6.93 percent. The Unincorporated Area General Fund: The proposed millage rate is .8069; the rolled-back millage rate, .6721. That's a percent change from the rolled-back rate of 20.06 percent. Golden Gate Community Center: The proposed millage rate, .1862; the rolled-back millage rate, .1728. That's a percent change from the rolled-back rate of 7.75 percent. Victoria Park Drainage: Proposed millage rate, .0365; the rolled-back millage rate, .0365. That's no change from the rolled-back rate. Naples Park Drainage: Proposed millage rate, .0066; the rolled-back millage rate, .0066. No change from the rolled-back rate. The Vanderbilt Beach MSTU: The proposed millage rate, .5000; the rolled-back millage rate, .4613. Percent change from the Page 21 September 8, 2016 rolled-back rate, 8.39 percent. The Isle of Capri MSTU: The proposed millage rate, 2.0000; the rolled-back millage rate, 1.8765. Percent change from the rolled-back rate, 6.58 percent. The Fiddler's Creek MSTU: Proposed millage rate, 1.5000; the rolled-back millage rate, 1.4123. Percent change from the rolled-back rate, 6.21 percent. The Ochopee Fire Control MSTU: Proposed millage rate, 4.5000; the rolled-back millage rate, 4.3602. Percent change from the rolled-back rate, 3.21 percent. Collier County Fire: Proposed millage rate, 2.0000; the rolled-back millage rate, 1.9802. Percent change from the rolled-back rate, 1 percent. The Goodland/Horrs Island Fire MSTU: Proposed millage rate, 1.2760; the rolled-back millage rate, 1.2063. The percent change from the rolled-back rate, 5.78 percent. Sabal Palm Road MSTU: Proposed millage rate, .0912; the rolled-back millage rate, .0912. No change from the rolled-back rate. The Golden Gate Parkway Beautification MSTU: Proposed millage rate, .3692; the rolled-back millage rate, .3692. No change from the rolled-back rate. The Lely Golf Estates Beautification MSTU: The proposed millage rate, 2.0000; the rolled-back millage rate, 1.8463. Percent change from the rolled-back rate, 8.32 percent. The Hawksridge Stormwater Pumping MSTU: Proposed millage rate, .0417; the rolled-back millage rate, .0417. No change from the rolled-back rate. Radio Road Beautification: Proposed millage rate, .1000; the rolled-back millage rate, .2742. That is a 63.53 percent decrease from the rolled-back rate. Forest Lakes Roadway & Drainage MSTU: Proposed millage Page 22 September 8, 2016 rate, 1.1438; the rolled-back millage rate, 1.1017. That is a 3.82 percent increase over the rolled-back rate. The Immokalee Beautification MSTU: Proposed millage rate, 1.0000; the rolled-back millage rate, .9894. That is a 1.07 percent increase over the rolled-back rate. Bayshore Avalon Beautification MSTU: Proposed millage rate, 2.3604; the rolled-back millage rate, 2.2925. Percent change from the rolled-back rate, 2.96 percent. The Haldeman Creak Dredging MSTU: Proposed millage rate, .7348; the rolled-back millage rate, .6887. The percent change from the rolled-back rate, 6.69 percent. The Rock Road MSTU: The proposed millage rate, 3.0000; the rolled-back millage rate, 2.9133. Percent change from the rolled-back rate, 2.98 percent. The Radio Road East MSTU: There is no proposed millage rate. The rolled-back rate is .3078; a 100 percent change from -- negative change from the rolled-back rate. The Forest Lakes Debt Service MSTU: Proposed millage rate, 2.8562; the rolled-back millage rate, 2.5892. The percent change from the rolled-back rate, 10.31 percent. Radio Road East Debt Service: No proposed millage rate. The rolled-back rate, .1570. A 100 percent negative change from the rolled-back rate. Collier County Lighting: Proposed millage rate, .1750; the rolled-back millage rate, .1750. There's no change from the rolled-back rate. Pelican Bay MSTU: Proposed millage rate, .0857; the rolled-back millage rate, .0795. Percent change from the rolled-back rate, 7.80 percent. Finally, Commissioners, the aggregate proposed millage rate, 4.1968, and the aggregate rolled-back rate, 3.8884. Percent change Page 23 September 8, 2016 from the rolled-back rate is 7.93 percent. Commissioners, Item 1F -- COMMISSIONER HENNING: Move to approve. MR. ISACKSON: Excuse me, 1E, Commissioners, is a resolution to adopt the tentative millage rates. Item #1E (On the Board of County Commissioners Budget Agenda) RESOLUTION 2016-162: ADOPTING THE TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATES — ADOPTED COMMISSIONER HENNING: Move to approve. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Okay. I have a motion to approve. COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Second. CHAIRMAN FIALA: And a second. Any discussion? (No response.) CHAIRWOMAN FIALA: All in favor, signify by saying aye. COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER NANCE: Aye. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Aye. COMMISSIONER HILLER: (No verbal response.) COMMISSIONER HENNING: Aye. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Opposed, like sign. (No response.) CHAIRMAN FIALA: Very good. Item #1F (On the Board of County Commissioners Budget Agenda) RESOLUTION 2016-163: ADOPTING THE AMENDED TENTATIVE BUDGET — ADOPTED Page 24 September 8, 2016 MR. ISACKSON: Commissioners, Item 1F is a resolution to adopt the amended Tentative Budget. COMMISSIONER HENNING: Move to approve the amended Tentative Budget -- COMMISSIONER NANCE: Second. COMMISSIONER HENNING: -- resolution. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Motion and second. Any communication on that one? (No response.) CHAIRMAN FIALA: All in favor, signify by saying aye. COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Aye. COMMISSIONER NANCE: Aye. CHAIRWOMAN FIALA: Aye. COMMISSIONER HILLER: Aye. COMMISSIONER HENNING: (No verbal response.) CHAIRWOMAN FIALA: And opposed, like sign. (No response.) CHAIRWOMAN FIALA: Okay. It passes 5-0. Item #1G (On the Board of County Commissioners Budget Agenda) ANNOUNCEMENT OF FINAL PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING MR. ISACKSON: Finally, Commissioners, the announcement of the final public hearing is as follows: The final public hearing on the Fiscal Year 2016/17 Collier County Budget will be Thursday, September 22nd, 2016, at 5:05 p.m., Collier County Government Center, the W. Harmon Turner Building F, Third Floor, Naples, Florida. Commissioners, that is all I have at this point. CHAIRMAN FIALA: Very good. Thank you, everyone. Page 25 September 8, 2016 Thanks for all your hard work. It sounds so easy to all of us sitting up here, putting that budget together, because you just read them off like that. Man, I know you've been working on it for months and months. So thanks for a good job, staff. Thank you. MR. OCHS: You're very welcome. CHAIRMAN FIALA: And with that, meeting is adjourned. Page 26 September 8, 2016 ***** There being no further business for the good of the County, the meeting was adjourned by order of the Chair at 5:47 p.m. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS/EX OFFICIO GOVERNING BOARD(S) OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS UNDER ITS CONTROL DONNA IALA, CHAIRMAN ATTES'T(:� r, .. DWLGBT ` OCK, CLERK i s 101 Attest'asfa signature off. These minutes approved by the Board on ;2.tio presented or as corrected TRANSCRIPT PREPARED ON BEHALF OF U.S. LEGAL SUPPORT, INC., BY TERRI LEWIS, COURT REPORTER AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Page 27