Agenda 04/25/2017 Item # 2B04/25/2017
COLLIER COUNTY
Board of County Commissioners
Item Number: 2.B
Item Summary: March 28, 2017 - BCC/Regular Meeting Minutes
Meeting Date: 04/25/2017
Prepared by:
Title: Executive Secretary to County Manager – County Manager's Office
Name: MaryJo Brock
04/12/2017 12:59 PM
Submitted by:
Title: County Manager – County Manager's Office
Name: Leo E. Ochs
04/12/2017 12:59 PM
Approved By:
Review:
County Manager's Office MaryJo Brock County Manager Review Completed 04/13/2017 2:37 PM
Board of County Commissioners MaryJo Brock Meeting Pending 04/25/2017 9:00 AM
BCC
REGULAR
MEETING
MINUTES
March 28, 2017
March 28, 2017
TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEETING OF THE
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Naples, Florida,
March 28, 2017
LET IT BE REMEMBERED, that the Board of County
Commissioners, in and for the County of Collier, and als41141 g as the
Board of Zoning Appeals and as the governing boa f such special
districts as have been created according to law daving conducted
business herein, met on this date at 901 . • 4 REGULAR
SESSION in Building "F" of the G ftti,ent Complex, East Naples,
Florida, with the follow' u• •ers present:
Chairman: Penny Taylor
Andy Solis
Donna Fiala
William L. McDaniel, Jr.
Burt L. Saunders
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SENT:
o Ochs, County Managertv
Nick Casalanguida, Deputy County Manager
Jeffrey A. Klatzkow, County Attorney
Crystal Kinzel, Director of Finance and Accounting
Troy Miller, Television Operations Manager
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COLLIER COUNTY
Board of County Commissioners
Community Redevelopment Agency Board (CRAB)
Airport Authority
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AGENDA
Board of County Commission Chambers
Collier County Government Center
3299 Tamiami Trail East, 3rd Floor
Naples, FL 34112
March 28, 2017
9:00 AM
Commissioner Penny Taylor, District 4— BCC Chair
Commissioner Andy Solis, District 2 — BCC Vice-Chair
Commissioner Donna Fiala, District 1; CRAB Co-Chair
Commissioner Burt Saunders, District 3
Commissioner William L. McDaniel, Jr., District 5; CRAB Co-Chair
NOTICE: ALL PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS MUST
REGISTER PRIOR TO PRESENTATION OF THE AGENDA ITEM TO BE
ADDRESSED. ALL REGISTERED SPEAKERS WILL RECEIVE UP TO THREE
3) MINUTES UNLESS THE TIME IS ADJUSTED BY THE CHAIRMAN.
PUBLIC COMMENT ON GENERAL TOPICS NOT ON THE CURRENT OR
FUTURE AGENDA TO BE HEARD NO SOONER THAN 1:00 P.M., OR AT THE
CONCLUSION OF THE AGENDA; WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST.
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."
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PUBLIC PETITIONS ARE LIMITED TO THE PRESENTER, WITH A
MAXIMUM TIME OF TEN MINUTES.
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 PROCEEDINGS IS MADE, WHICH RECORD INCLUDES THE
TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL IS TO BE BASED.
COLLIER COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 2003-53 AS AMENDED BY
ORDINANCE 2004-05 AND 2007-24, 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.
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 DIVISION 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 FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
DIVISION.
LUNCH RECESS SCHEDULED FOR 12:00 NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
1. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
A. Invocation by Reverend Dr. Bob Scudieri, Member of Peace Lutheran
Church
2. AGENDA AND MINUTES
A. Approval of today's regular, consent and summary agenda as amended (ex
parte disclosure provided by commission members for consent and summary
agenda.)
B. February 24, 2017 - BCC/Housing Affordability Workshop
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C. February 28, 2017 - BCC/Regular Meeting Minutes
D. March 7, 2017 - BCC/City of Naples Joint Meeting
3. SERVICE AWARDS
A. EMPLOYEE
1) 20 YEAR ATTENDEES
a) Marilyn McKay, Library
2) 25 YEAR ATTENDEES
a) Ronney Cox, Library
3) 30 YEAR ATTENDEES
a) Tessie Sillery, Public Transit and Neighborhood Enhancement
B. ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
C. RETIREES
4. PROCLAMATIONS
A. Proclamation designating April 10, 2017, as Gopher Tortoise Day in Collier
County, in recognition of the importance of protecting gopher tortoises and
gopher tortoise habitat. To be accepted by representatives of the Friends of
Barefoot Beach: Denny Dolmage, Rebecca Edelbrock, Margaret Winn and
Ken Edelbrock and representatives of the Collier County Parks and
Recreation Division: Maura Kraus and Nancy Olson.
B. Proclamation designating March 30, 2017, as Liberty Day in Collier County,
in recognition of the mission of the 27-67 Constitution Project - to promote
knowledge and understanding of the United States Declaration of
Independence and the United States Constitution by delivering constitution
booklets to fifth graders in Collier County. To be accepted by
representatives of the 27-67 Constitution Project: Lois Bolin, Joseph
Cofield, Ron Kezeske, Virginia Bailey and April Hoover.
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5. PRESENTATIONS
A. Presentation of the 2017 "Against All Odds" award to Carlos Ruiz for
demonstrating fortitude, determination and perseverance to overcome great
challenges and enrich our community.
6. PUBLIC PETITIONS
A. Public Petition request from Mr. R.C. "Rick" Lussy regarding the Collier
County Property Appraiser.
Item #7 to be heard no sooner than 1:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
7. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON GENERAL TOPICS NOT ON THE CURRENT
OR FUTURE AGENDA
Item #8 and Item #9 to be heard no sooner than 1:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
8. BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
A. This item is being continued to the May 23, 2017 BCC meeting. This
item requires that all participants be sworn in and ex parte disclosure be
provided by Commission members. Recommendation to approve a
Resolution of the Board of Zoning Appeals of Collier County, Florida,
granting a waiver from the minimum required separation of 500 feet
between facilities with fuel pumps pursuant to Section 5.05.05.B of the Land
Development Code, for property located on the south side of U.S. 41
between Frederick Street and Palm Street in Section 11, Township 50 South,
Range 25 East, Collier County, Florida (ASW-PL20150002369) [This is a
companion to VAC-PL20150002788, Agenda Item #17A].
9. ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS
A. This item to be heard at 9:45 a.m. Recommendation to consider an
Ordinance amending Ordinance Number 04-41, as amended, the Collier
County Land Development Code, which includes the comprehensive land
regulations for the unincorporated area of Collier County, Florida, by
providing for: Section One, Recitals; Section Two, Findings of Fact; Section
Three, Adoption of Amendments to the Land Development Code, more
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specifically amending the following: Chapter Two - Zoning Districts and
Uses, including section 2.03.06 Planned Unit Development Districts, section
2.03.09 Open Space Zoning Districts, more specifically, to add uses to the
list of permitted and conditional uses in the Golf Course (GC) Zoning
District; Chapter Three - Resource Protection, including section 3.05.07
Preservation Standards; Chapter Five - Supplemental Standards, adding
section 5.05.15 Conversion of Golf Courses; Chapter Six - Infrastructure
Improvements and Adequate Public Facilities Requirements, including
section 6.05.01 Water Management Requirements, adding section 6.05.03
Stormwater Plans for Single-Family Dwelling Units, Two-Family Dwelling
Units, and Duplexes; Chapter Ten - Application, Review, and Decision-
Making Procedures, including section 10.03.06 Public Notice and Required
Hearings for Land Use Petitions; Section Four, Conflict and Severability;
Section Five, Inclusion in the Collier County Land Development Code; and
Section Six, Effective Date. (This is a companion to Agenda Items #16.A.3
and #16.A.15).
10. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER
11. COUNTY MANAGER'S REPORT
A. Recommendation to evaluate the financing plan associated with developing
a regional tournament caliber sports facility and to provide guidance on
future actions. (Mark Isackson, Corporate Financial and Management
Services Division Director)
B. Recommendation to approve initial funding in the amount of$1.8 million
plus a 10% contingency amount of$180,000 for conversion of multipurpose
natural turf fields to artificial turf, authorizes staff to issue a design work
order from the engineering continuing services contract, approves the TDC
Category "B" Tourism Promotion Fund (184) budget amendments in the
amount of$1.98 million, and makes a finding that this expenditure promotes
tourism. (Barry Williams, Parks and Recreation, Director)
C. Recommendation to award Invitation to Bid No. 17-7092 to DEC
Contracting Group, the lowest, qualified responsive bidder for the Eagle
Lakes Community Park Aquatic Center, in the amount of$9,230,657.63, and
authorize the Chairman to execute the contract. (Barry Williams, Parks and
Recreation Director)
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D. Recommendation to adopt three resolutions authorizing the condemnation of
those perpetual easement interests necessary for the construction of
roadway, drainage and utility improvements required for the expansion of
Golden Gate Boulevard from east of Everglades Boulevard to east of the
Faka Union Canal. (Project No. 60145). Estimated fiscal impact:
2,450,000. (Jay Ahmad, Transportation Engineering Division Director.)
E. Recommendation to adopt a resolution authorizing the acquisition by gift or
purchase of those perpetual easement interests necessary for the construction
of roadway, drainage and utility improvements required for the expansion of
Golden Gate Boulevard from east of Everglades Boulevard to east of the
Faka Union Canal. (Project No. 60145.) Estimated fiscal impact:
2,450,000. (Jay Ahmad, Transportation Engineering Division Director.)
12. COUNTY ATTORNEY'S REPORT
13. OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS
14. AIRPORT AUTHORITY AND/OR COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY
A. AIRPORT
B. COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
1) Recommendation to authorize the Bayshore Beautification MSTU to
proceed with the design and permitting of the Thomasson
Drive/Hamilton Harbor Streetscape Design Project provided for in
Exhibit "A" to promote safer traffic patterns for both vehicle and
pedestrian traffic by incorporating a roundabout into the design.
15. STAFF AND COMMISSION GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS
A. Future Workshop Schedule
16. CONSENT AGENDA - All matters listed under this item are considered to be
routine and action will be taken by one motion without separate discussion of
each item. If discussion is desired by a member of the Board, that item(s) will
be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered separately.
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A. GROWTH MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT
1) This item requires that ex parte disclosure be provided by
Commission members. Should a hearing be held on this item, all
participants are required to be sworn in. Recommendation to
approve for recording the final plat of Ranch at Orange Blossom
Phase 2A, (Application Number PL20150002151) approval of the
standard form Construction and Maintenance Agreement and approval
of the amount of the performance security. (This is a companion to
Agenda Item #17C, Vacation of Easements; both items must be
approved or both items denied).
2) Recommendation to award Agreement No. 15-6471 for Design
Services for Local Agency Program (LAP) funded projects to Johnson
Engineering, Inc. for "Engineering & Design Services for LAP
Funded Projects." (Growth Management Grant Fund 711).
3) Recommendation to approve a Resolution amending the Collier
County Growth Management Department/Planning and Regulation
Fee Schedule with an effective date of July 1, 2017, to include two
new fees for two new applications titled "Intent to Convert" and
Compatibility Design Review." The applications are in accordance
with Land Development Code Amendments within the 2016 Land
Development Code Amendment Cycle that establishes a new process
for the conversion of golf courses to a different land use. (This is a
companion item to Agenda Items #9.A and #16.A.15).
4) Recommendation to approve and execute a Local Agency Program
Agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation in which
Collier County would be reimbursed up to $232,984 for the design,
construction and construction engineering inspection (CEI) services
for the 49th Terrace SW sidewalk improvement project and to
authorize the necessary budget amendment (Project#33507) (FPN
435119-1-38/58/68- 01).
5) Recommendation to approve and execute a Local Agency Program
Agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation in which
Collier County would be reimbursed up to $395,556 for the design,
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construction and construction engineering inspection (CEI) services of
bike lanes on CR 862 (Vanderbilt Beach Road) and to authorize the
necessary budget amendment (Project #33503) (FPN 435118-1-
38/58/68-01).
6) Recommendation to approve and execute a Local Agency Program
Agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation in which
Collier County would be reimbursed up to $918,611 for the design,
construction and construction engineering inspection (CEI) services
for the Goodlette Frank Road and 111th Avenue North sidewalks and
to authorize the necessary budget amendment (Project #33506) (FPN
435117-1-38/58/68-01).
7) Recommendation to approve and execute a Local Agency Program
Agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation in which
Collier County would be reimbursed up to $734,057 for the design,
construction and construction engineering inspection (CEI) services
for sidewalks on Golden Gate Parkway and Santa Barbara Boulevard
and to authorize the necessary budget amendment (Project #33504),
FPN 435116-1-38/58/68).
8) Recommendation to approve and execute a Local Agency Program
Agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation in which
Collier County would be reimbursed up to $640,069 for the design,
construction and construction engineering inspection (CEI) services
for the Sunshine Boulevard from 17th Avenue SW to Green
Boulevard Sidewalk Project, and to authorize the necessary budget
amendment (Project#33505) (FPN 435030-1-38/58/68-01).
9) Recommendation to approve and execute a Local Agency Program
Agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation in which
Collier County would be reimbursed up to $334,874 for the design,
construction and construction engineering inspection (CEI) services
for the Golden Gate Sidewalks at Various Locations Project and to
authorize the necessary budget amendment (Project#33491) (FPN
434990-1-38/58/68-01).
10) This item requires that ex parte disclosure be provided by
Commission members. Should a hearing be held on this item, all
participants are required to be sworn in. Recommendation to
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approve for recording the final plat of Thrive at Naples, (Application
Number PL20160002147) approval of the standard form Construction
and Maintenance Agreement and approval of the amount of the
performance security.
11) Recommendation to approve an After-The-Fact U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block
Grant application submittal to fund the Immokalee Stormwater
Improvement Acquisition Project and the Peters Avenue Sidewalk and
Lighting Project totaling $420,444.
12) Recommendation to execute "Public Officer Conflict of Interest
Certifications" related to Agreement No. 15-6471 for Engineering &
Design Services for Local Agency Program (LAP) Funded Projects.
13) Recommendation to approve Change Order No. 1 to the Department
of Environmental Protection (DEP) Agreement No. LP 11030 between
the Collier County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) and the
State of Florida DEP to modify the name of the DEP's Grant
Manager.
14) Recommendation to approve Change Order No. 1 to the Department
of Environmental Protection (DEP), Agreement No. S0859 between
the Collier County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) and the
State of Florida DEP to modify the name of the DEP's Grant
Manager.
15) Recommendation to approve a Resolution amending Ordinance No.
2004-66, as amended, that created an administrative code for Collier
County, to amend Exhibit "B," Administrative Code for Land
Development, by amending Chapter Three, Quasi-Judicial Procedures
with a Public Hearing, more specifically to add section K,
Compatibility Design Review; amending Chapter Four,
Administrative Procedures, more specifically to add section M,
Stormwater Plan, and section N, Intent to Convert Application for
Golf Course Conversions; amending Chapter Eight, Public Notice,
more specifically to add section F, Stakeholder Outreach Meeting for
Golf Course Conversion (SOM); amending Chapter 12, Acronyms;
and amending Chapter 13, Glossary; and providing an effective date.
This is a companion to Agenda Items #9.A and #16.A.3)
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16) Recommendation to authorize a budget amendment in the amount of
3,283,000 from Fund (112) reserves and appropriating these dollars
within the following Fund (112) projects to continue implementation
of the median landscape capital program: Immokalee Road - Collier
Blvd to Wilson and Wilson to 43rd; Collier Blvd. - US 41 to Marino
Circle and Marino Circle to Davis and Golden Gate Blvd to
Immokalee Road; Santa Barbara - Davis Blvd. To Bridge No.
030206NB, 030205SB at I-75; and Santa Barbara Extension -
Rattlesnake to Davis Blvd.
17) Recommendation to approve the award of Request for Proposal No.
16-6663, "Roadway Contractors," to Preferred Materials, Inc., Ajax
Paving Industries of Florida, LLC, Bonness, Inc. and Wright
Construction Group.
B. COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
1) Recommendation for the Collier County Community Redevelopment
Agency and the Board of County Commissioners to review and accept
the Bayshore Gateway Triangle and Immokalee CRA's 2016 Annual
Reports, and publish public notice of the filing.
C. PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT
D. PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT
1) Recommendation to approve a donation of$2,219.92 to the
Conservation Collier Program as offsite preservation for Comcast
Data Facility (PL-20140002387) to satisfy the native vegetation
retention requirement.
2) Recommendation to authorize execution of the Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) 49 U.S.0 5307 FY16 grant award in the
amount of$2,743,559 through the Transit Award Management
System (TrAMS).
3) Recommendation to approve an hourly rate for Charter Service that
will allow Collier Area Transit to comply with the Federal Transit
Administration Charter guidelines.
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4) Recommendation to approve an after-the-fact Victims Advocacy
Organization grant application for a three-year Department of Justice
DOJ) Drug Court Discretionary Grant in the amount of$572,527.
5) Recommendation to award ITB #17-7053 Vending Machine Services,
to Complete Vending Inc., and authorize the Chair to execute the
attached Agreement.
6) Recommendation to approve an "after-the-fact" amendment,
attestation statement and budget amendment for the Older Americans
Act Program Title III from Area Agency on Aging for Southwest
Florida, Inc. to reflect the final FY16 grant funding amount. (Net
Fiscal Impact of$85,000.93 in program funds and local match
funding of$9,444.76).
7) Recommendation to acknowledge April 21, 2017, as Try Transit Day
and to authorize complimentary rides to all transit riders on that date.
8) Recommendation to approve four mortgage satisfactions for the State
Housing Initiatives Partnership loan program in the combined amount
of$46,740.
9) Recommendation to approve and authorize the Chairman to sign one
satisfaction of mortgage for a first time home buyer of an affordable
housing unit that has satisfied the terms of assistance for the Collier
County Neighborhood Stabilization Program and authorize a budget
amendment recognizing the program income.
10) Recommendation to approve an expenditure of Tourist Development
Tax Category "A" Beach Park Facility funds to Q. Grady Minor and
Associates, P.A., using Contract Number 13-6164, "Professional
Services for Engineers and Architects," for an engineering report for
drainage improvements at Barefoot Beach Park, for $4,590, and make
a finding that this expenditure promotes tourism.
11) Recommendation to approve an expenditure of Tourist Development
Tax for Category "A" Beach Park Facilities to Bridging Solutions,
LLC, using Contract Number 13-6164, "Professional Services for
Engineers and Architects", for a boardwalk inspection at Clam Pass
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Park, for$10,468, and make a finding that this expenditure promotes
tourism.
12) Recommendation to approve an expenditure of Tourist Development
Tax for Category "A" Beach Park Facilities funds to Bridging
Solutions, LLC under Contract Number 13-6164, "Professional
Services for Engineers and Architects", for a boardwalk inspection at
the Barefoot Beach Preserve Park for $13,040, and make a finding
that this expenditure promotes tourism.
13) Recommendation to approve an "after-the-fact" amendment to the
Nutrition Services Incentive Program, attestation statement and
budget amendment from Area Agency on Aging for Southwest
Florida, Inc. for the Services for Seniors Program (Net Fiscal Impact
3,744.65).
E. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT
1) Recommendation to approve the purchase of property insurance
effective April 1, 2017 in the estimated amount of$2,330,299, a
reduction of$77,500.
2) Recommendation to approve a Resolution in support of achieving the
status of Blue Zones employer from the Blue Zones Project of
Southwest Florida.
3) Recommendation to award Invitation to Bid #17-7087 "Re-Roof-
Collier County Museum Main Building" to Target Roofing & Sheet
Metal, Inc. in the amount of$114,208.00 and authorize the Chair to
execute the contract.
4) Recommendation to approve a Resolution authorizing the Chairperson
to execute Deed Certificates for the sale of burial plots at Lake
Trafford Memorial Gardens Cemetery during the 2017 calendar year,
on behalf of the Administrative Services Department.
5) Recommendation to award Invitation to Bid #17-7093 "Building 'F'
Roof Replacement" to Crowther Roofing & Sheet Metal FL, Inc. in
the amount of$360,400.
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6) Recommendation to approve the administrative report prepared by the
Procurement Services Division for disposal of property and
notification of items available for surplus.
7) Recommendation to approve the sale and disposal of surplus assets
per Resolution 2013-095 for the sale of Collier County Surplus
property on April 29, 2017; approve the addition of surplus items
received subsequent to the approval of this Agenda Item for sale in the
auction; ratify the Naples Airport special event agreement for the
event; and authorize the County Manager or designee to sign for the
transfer of vehicle titles.
8) Recommendation to approve the administrative reports prepared by
the Procurement Services Division for change orders and other items
as identified.
9) Recommendation to award RFP #16-6596 Safety, Security and
Access Infrastructure Programs and Equipment for Countywide use to
Johnson Controls, Inc. and Commercial Electrical Systems Company
and authorize the Chair to sign the necessary agreements.
10) Recommendation to recognize and appropriate carry forward to fund
the purchase of P25 Compliant Radios for Emergency Medical
Services in the amount of$460,000.
11) Recommendation to adopt a Resolution and approve a Lease
Agreement with Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart for use of County-
owned office space.
F. COUNTY MANAGER OPERATIONS
1) Recommendation to authorize the County Manager or his designee to
prepare and submit applications to renew service marks with the
United States Patent & Trademark Office and with State of Florida
Division of Corporations to preserve the County's advertising, logos,
phrases and slogans, and make a finding that this expenditure
promotes tourism.
G. AIRPORT AUTHORITY
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1) Recommendation to approve staff's ranking of aviation service
providers for vacant counter space at the Marco Island Executive
Airport and direct staff to pursue a Collier County Airport Authority
Standard Form Lease Agreement with Island Air Charters, Inc.
H. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
I. MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE
1) Miscellaneous Correspondence
J. OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS
1) Pursuant to the Board's Purchasing Ordinance 2013-69, as amended,
request that the Board approve and determine valid public purpose for
invoices payable and purchasing card transactions as of March 22,
2017.
2) To record in the minutes of the Board of County Commissioners, the
check number (or other payment method), amount, payee, and
purpose for which the referenced disbursements were drawn for the
periods between March 2 and March 15, 2017 pursuant to Florida
Statute 136.06.
K. COUNTY ATTORNEY
1) Recommendation to approve a Stipulated Final Judgment in the total
amount of$17,000 for the taking of Parcel 239RDUE required for the
Golden Gate Boulevard Project, Project No. 60040 (west of 16th St.
E. to 18th St. E.), in the pending case styled Collier County v. Octavio
M. Alfonso, et al., Case No. 15-CA-0230. (Fiscal Impact: $15,290)
2) Recommendation to approve a Stipulated Final Judgment in the total
amount of$7,000 for the taking of Parcel 347RDUE required for the
Golden Gate Blvd. Project No. 60145 (from 20th St. E. to east of
Everglades Blvd.), in the pending case styled Collier County v.
William J. Zavasky, Jr., et al., Case No. 16-CA-1272 (Fiscal Impact:
1,070).
3) Recommendation to approve a Stipulated Final Judgment in the total
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amount of$32,500 for the taking of Parcel 237RDUE required for the
Golden Gate Boulevard Project, Project No. 60040 (west of 16th St.
E. to 18th St. E.), in the pending case styled Collier County v. Octavio
M. Alfonso, et al., Case No. 15-CA-0230 (Fiscal Impact: $27,115).
4) Recommendation to appoint a member to the Bayshore Beautification
MSTU Advisory Committee.
5) Recommendation to appoint an alternate member on the Code
Enforcement Board.
6) Recommendation to reappoint one member to the Public Transit
Advisory Committee.
7) Recommendation to appoint members to the Pelican Bay Services
Division Board.
8) Recommendation that the Board of County Commissioners appoints
Edwin Fryer, representing Commission District 4, to the Collier
County Planning Commission.
9) Recommendation to approve a Mediated Settlement Agreement in the
amount of$98,000 as full compensation for the taking of Parcels
216RDUE, 218RDUE, and 22ORDUE in the pending case styled
Collier County v. Eva Baldrich, et al, Case No. 14-CA-2701, required
for the Golden Gate Boulevard Expansion Project, Project No. 60040.
Fiscal Impact: $87,470)
10) Recommendation that the Board of County Commissioners reviews
and approves the proposed 2-year extension to the Employment
Agreement for Mark Strain, Hearing Examiner.
11) Recommendation to approve and authorize the Chair to execute a
Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release in the amount of$10,000,
in the lawsuit styled Philip P. Jimenez v. Collier County (Case No.
16-CA- 1014), now pending in the Circuit Court of the Twentieth
Judicial Circuit in and for Collier County, Florida. (Premise liability
case involving a trip and fall injury, fiscal impact $10,000)
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17. SUMMARY AGENDA - This section is for advertised public hearings and
must meet the following criteria: 1) A recommendation for approval from
staff; 2) Unanimous recommendation for approval by the Collier County
Planning Commission or other authorizing agencies of all members present
and voting; 3) No written or oral objections to the item received by staff, the
Collier County Planning Commission, other authorizing agencies or the
Board, prior to the commencement of the BCC meeting on which the items
are scheduled to be heard; and 4) No individuals are registered to speak in
opposition to the item. For those items which are quasi-judicial in nature, all
participants must be sworn in.
A. This item is being continued to the May 23, 2017 BCC meeting. This
item requires that ex parte disclosure be provided by Commission members.
Should a hearing be held on this item, all participants are required to be
sworn in. Recommendation to approve Petition VAC-PL20150002788 to
disclaim, renounce and vacate the County and the public interest in an
unimproved 30-foot wide public right-of-way described as "Avenue B" and
a portion of an unimproved 30-foot wide public right-of-way described as
First Street," according to the COL-LEE-CO TERRACE subdivision plat,
as recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 32 of the Public Records of Collier County,
Florida. The subject property is located on the south side of U.S. 41 between
Frederick Street and Palm Street in Section 11, Township 50 South, Range
25 East, Collier County, Florida. (This is a companion to Agenda Item #8A)
B. Recommendation to adopt an amendment to Ordinance No. 2006-56, the
Rock Road Improvement Municipal Service Taxing Unit (MSTU), in order
to disband the three-person Rock Road Improvement MSTU Advisory
Committee
C. This item requires that ex parte disclosure be provided by Commission
members. Should a hearing be held on this item, all participants are
required to be sworn in. Recommendation to approve Petition VAC-
PL20160001099, to disclaim, renounce and vacate the County and the public
interest in the Lake Maintenance and Drainage Easement described in
Official Record Book 3989, Page 4175 and a portion of the Drainage
Easement as described in Official Record Book 4373, Page 3774 of the
public records of Collier County, Florida. The subject property is located
north of the intersection of Oil Well Road and Hawthorn Road, in Section
13, Township 48 South, Range 27 East, Collier County, Florida. (This is a
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companion to Agenda Item #16.A.1, Final Plat of Ranch at Orange Blossom
Phase 2A; both items must be approved or both items denied).
D. Recommendation to adopt a resolution approving amendments
appropriating carry forward, transfers and supplemental revenue) to the
Fiscal Year 2016-17 Adopted Budget.
18. ADJOURN
INQUIRIES CONCERNING CHANGES TO THE BOARD'S AGENDA SHOULD
BE MADE TO THE COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE AT 252-8383.
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March 28, 2017
MR. OCHS: Ladies and gentlemen, if you'd please take your
seats, if you have one.
Madam Chair, you have a live mike.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you very much. It's wonderful
to see so many people here this morning. Good morning, Collier
County. Good morning, everyone in the gallery. We're pleaseib
here.
And I think what we'll do now is -- excuse me. My sf are in
front of me. We'll have an invocation by Dr. Bob Scu e ' - Hello,
Doctor. And then I'moin g to ask Judge Janeice M s: fterwards tog
lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Item #1A
INVOCATION BY REVEREND 3 : SCUDIERI, MEMBER
OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH lir OCATION GIVEN
DR. SCUDIERI: P .- d -
Madam Chairman ' .145, Verse 8, the Lord is gracious and
full of compassion. Let s pray.
Lord God,have so much to thank you for today. Out of your
compassion, ha given us the beautiful land in which we live, the
incredible bir ' our air, the astounding fish in our waters, the
tortoises the = -44 ow our beaches as their homes. In all these we see
your, "# ' a iii compassion.
hank you for the gift of liberty with which, out of your
co 7 • . sion, you've blessed us, reflected in our courageous and wise
decl ration of independence. We thank you for the compassion you've
shown us in giving us those here today who have served so well for so
long: The brave Carlos Ruiz, the long-serving Marilyn McKay,
Ronney Cox, and Tessie Sillery. All are evidence of your unending
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compassion towards Collier County.
We ask you, Heavenly Father, to make us compassionate. We
observe in our fallen world the principle of the survival of the fittest.
Keep us from following that fallen principle in our relationship with
each other and help us to rise above it and to work with compassio
Guide this board in all they do for the work of the common go.$ ' , : 1
its citizens, especially for those without decent affordable he • . g. All
of us become more secure when the most needy among u met with
compassion.
Help us to reflect your compassion. Jesus pre. ' di blessed are
the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
III
We pray, God, make your compassion rea n o Tier County
through the actions of this board this day.
In your holy name we pray, am n.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Jus ,,- m.
JUDGE MARTIN: Thank o% adam Chair.
The Pledge of Allegiancarecited in unison.)
CHAIRMAN TAY unty Manager?
Item #2A
APPROVAL 14, NAY'S REGULAR, CONSENT AND
SUMM A 9 Y A NDA AS AMENDED (EX PARTE
DISCLOS Mho. 'ROVIDED BY COMMISSION MEMBERS FOR
CO '94,T • ND SUMMARY AGENDA) - APPROVED AND/OR
A,t ' -D W/CHANGES
0
MR. OCHS: Good morning, Madam Chair and Commissioners.
These are the proposed agenda changes for the Board of County
Commissioners' meeting of March 28th, 2017.
The first proposed change is to move Item 16E2 from the Consent
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Agenda to become Item 11F on the County Manager's Regular Agenda
this morning. That move is made at Commissioner McDaniel's
request.
The next proposed change is to continue Item 16G1 to the A ril
11, 2017, board meeting, and that continuance is made at staffs
request. Commissioners, I have two notes related to your LDC tb
amendment item, Item 8 -- excuse me, 9A and the companio •' m,
which is your Administrative Code Amendments that im nt your
Land Development Code. That is 16A15.
iiii
s,
In both caseser theprevious discussion wit .r oard thep
amendments related to water management req ' m $ s and
stormwater plans are requested to be continued our next meeting,
April 11th, and we will hear the remainin_Ail endments as scheduled
today, and same with 16A5 with cort}es,m A Administrative Code
Amendments for those two eleme
We have a time-certain hearing 's morning, that is Item 9A, and
that will be heard at 9:45 a.m.
Reminders: Court ri•
4P- .
reaks are at 10:30 and 2:50 if
necessary.
Item 7, Public Corwent on general topics not on the current or
future agenda, w. be heard no sooner than 1 p.m. or at the conclusion
of the agenda is er occurs first.
Thos- are the changes that I have, Madam Chair.
CHA A , TAYLOR: Thank you very much. So at this point
I gu :j 1 11 go through --
4 OCHS: County Attorney, ma'am?
I AIRMAN TAYLOR: County Attorney?
MR. KLATZKOW: No changes, ma'am.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: No changes.
MR. OCHS: Thank you.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: So any ex parte to declare and any
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changes to the agenda. Commissioner McDaniel?
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: No ex parte.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: And no changes to the agenda?
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: None other than suggested.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Commissioner Fiala?
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Just checking. Under -- yes, :
11' ''
a
disclosure on the Summary Agenda, Item No. 17A, which is nue
B, First Street, Col-Lee-Co Terrace. I've had meetings, ,.14,0
correspondence, emails, and calls, and that's all I have
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you very mu
i,gpi'qCommissionerSolis?
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Nothing to di se.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Commissi r Saunders?
COMMISSIONER SAUNDE S:a o changes and nothing
to disclose as well.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I e o at; no changes, no disclosures.
So we'll move to approve the • as stated.
COMMISSIONER ifi. R o moved.
COMMISSIONER ANIEL: Second.
CHAIRMAN TAY ,O ' : All those in favor?
COMMISS i ER McDANIEL: Aye.
COMM 4, 0 ' R FIALA: Aye.
CHA ' TAYLOR: Aye.
COM ' bIONER SOLIS: Aye.
r(tA.SSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye.
RMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign.t o response.)i ,
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries unanimously.
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Proposed Agenda Changes
Board of County Commissioners Meeting
March 28,2017
Move Item 16E2 to Item 11F: Recommendation to approve a Resolution in support of achieving
the status of Blue Zones employer from the Blue Zones Project of Southwest Florida.
Commissioner McDaniel's request)
Continue Item 16G1 to the April 11,2017 BCC Meeting: Recommendation to approve staff's
ranking of aviation service providers for vacant counter space at the Marco Island Executive
Airport and direct staff to pursue a Collier County Airport Authority Standard Form Lease
Agreement with Island Air Charters,Inc. (Staff's request)
Note:
Item 9A: LDC amendments: Section 6.05.01 relating to Water Management Requirements and
Section 6.05.03 pertaining to Stormwater Plans are continued to the April 11th Board of County
Commissioners Board meeting. The remaining amendments will be heard on today's agenda.
Item 16A15: Administrative Code amendments: Section M,Stormwater Plan,of Chapter Four,
Administrative Procedures of the Administrative Code for Land Development is continued to the
April 11th Board of County Commissioners meeting. The remaining amendments will be heard on
today's agenda.
Time Certain Items:
Item 9A to be heard at 9:45 a.m.
4/7/2017 3 03 PM
March 28, 2017
Item #2B
BCC/HOUSING AFFORDABILITY WORKSHOP MINUTES
FROM FEBRUARY 24, 2017 — APPROVED
N,MR. OCHS: Madam Chair, Item 2B is a recommendatio i icb
approve the meeting minutes from the BCC Housing Afford. 1 'ty
Workshop on February 24, 2017.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Do I hear a motion to . e?
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: So moved. . 4
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Second.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those in fav
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye, ,
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Axe.zoCCE0
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Ay
COMMISSIONER SOLIS:
COMMISSIONER SA . 4b` ' S: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TA it ',posed, like sign.
No response.)
CHAIRMAN TAY 0' : It carries unanimously. Thank you.
Item # 2C
4°S"
BCC REG NIP 4' BOARD MEETING MINUTES FROM
FEB Pip. ' : 28, 2017 — APPROVED
R. OCHS: Item 2C is approval of the regular board meeting9mintesofFebruary28, 2017.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Motion to approve.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Second.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Motion on the floor and a second to
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approve. All those in favor?
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye. N,
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign.
No response.) 0
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries unanimously 14' : you.
Ilk
g
gItem # 2D
BCC/CITY OF NAPLES JOINT MEET Atot M TES FROM
MARCH 7, 2017 — APPROVED
gS'
MR. OCHS: Item 2D approv the minutes from the BCC/City
of Naples Joint Meeting held o ` , ch 7, 2017.
COMMISSIONER N Motion to approve.
CHAIRMAN TAYL ! ,: Do I hear a second?
COMMISSIONE I IS: Second.
CHAI ' A ; ' TAYLOR: Motion to approve by Commissioner
Fiala, second Nor-Amoyy ‘•mmissioner Solis.
All ose ,avor?
COM t-•IONER McDANIEL: Aye.
0;4r SSIONER FIALA: Aye.
L A IRMAN TAYLOR: Aye.
1 '•MMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye.i
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign.
No response.)
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries unanimously.
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MR. OCHS: Thank you.
Item # 3A1
EMPLOYEE SERVICE AWARD: 20 YEAR ATTENDEE —
PRESENTED
4
MR. OCHS: Commissioners, that takes us to Item 20 MI is
morning's agenda, Employee Service Awards. If you iiirlAiel be kind
enough to join us in front of the dais so we can rec.,_ Vour
employees. IP
IPCommissioners, we're pleased this morninl to se able to honor
three of our associates for their long-stand', , commitment and
dedication to county government.
AN
The first employee to be reco ii elebrating 20 years of
service with county government fro J ur Library Division, Marilyn
McKay. Marilyn?
Applause.)
CHAIRMAN TAYL ;.: Congratulations.
MR. OCHS: Get ip there.
MS. Mc I want everybody to make sure we have a library
card.
MR. OC • Congratulations.
A•pl .
r: .
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441
It- '
EM LOYEE SERVICE AWARD: 25 YEAR ATTENDEE —
PRESENTED
MR. OCHS: Celebrating 25 years of service also with our
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Library Division, Ronney Cox. Ronney?
Applause.)
MR. OCHS: Congratulations, Ronney.
Item #3A3
ex,\••
EMPLOYEE SERVICE AWARDS: 20 YEAR ATTENDE
PRESENTED
MR. OCHS: Commissioners, our final award; - e ,,morning
celebrating 30 years of service with County Gs nt •with our
Public Transit and Neighborhood Enhancement's ssie Sillery.
Tessie?
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Y9u U. ± ee how she decorates
her office.
MR. CASALANGUIDA: Coy fil'k' i, lations, Tess.
MS. SILLERY: Sorry. I' to do them all. One more time.
COMMISSIONERa EL: I've got a scratch in my eye.
CHAIRMAN TAYL : It was reallyhis nose. He just didn'tJ
want to say.
MR. OCH •cngratulations, Tess.
Applau .
40 ,„
CHA TAYLOR: All the friends here, come on up.
Come on OP.
LERY: My department.
to k MISSIONER FIALA: This is her department.
S. SILLERY: Thank you.
Applause.)
MS. SILLERY: She's a great photographer, and we love her, and
she is going to kill me later. Thank you so much. Thank you.
MR. OCHS: Thank you.
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Commissioners, that concludes our service awards. ThankY ou
very much.
Madam Chair, that moves us to Item 4 on the agenda;
Proclamations.
Cy4,\Item #4
PROCLAMATIONS — ONE MOTIONTAKEN TO APP ' j E THE
PROCLAMATIONS
r I
Item till A q
PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING AP r ' 1 , 2017, AS GOPHER
TORTOISE DAY IN COLLIER CQ • ' " iii RECOGNITION OF
THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTE ! <` -GOPHER TORTOISES
AND GOPHER TORTOISE HA : (III, . ACCEPTED BY
REPRESENTATIVES OF T .t;. 7 ENDS OF BAREFOOT
BEACH: DENNY DOL i4.0
OP '
BECCA EDELBROCK,
MARGARET WINN A N EDELBROCK AND
REPRESENTATIVESRF HE COLLIER COUNTY PARKS AND
RECREATION VISION: MAURA KRAUS AND NANCY
OLSON — ADA'T 1za
MR CIS Item 4A is a proclamation designating April 10,
2017 o d her Tortoise Day in Collier County in recognition of the
i ase . •e of protecting gopher tortoises and gopher tortoise habitat.
ccepted by representatives of the Friends of Barefoot Beach:
De y Dolmage, Rebecca Edelbrock, Margaret Winn, Ken Edelbrock;
and representatives of the Collier County Parks and Recreation
Division, Maura Kraus and Nancy Olson. If you'd please step forward
and receive your proclamation. Don't be shy; anybody that's here.1
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Applause.)
MR. DOLMAGE: Everyone coming for Gopher Tortoise Day?
COMMISSIONER FIALA: When is it?
MR. DOLMAGE: April 10th.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Okay. Where do we meet?
1\
MR. DOLMAGE: Barefoot Beach. Ai'b
COMMISSIONER FIALA: What time?
MR. DOLMAGE: 10:30.
At: ,...)
MR. OCHS: All right.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Good job. ould have
had him speak.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Might as wel e everybody where.
Item #4B Q,,,
PROCLAMATION DESIGNAT ARCH 30, 2017, AS
LIBERTY DAY IN COLLIE t b TY, IN RECOGNITION OF
THE MISSION OF TH .- i ONSTITUTION PROJECT - TO
PROMOTE KNOWLEDti4 AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE
UNITED STATES DELARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND
THE UNITED A TES CONSTITUTION BY DELIVERING
CONSTITU 4 :. a OKLETS TO FIFTH GRADERS IN
COLLIE ' C I . 110. TY. ACCEPTED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF
THE 27-6 IP STITUTION PROJECT: LOIS BOLIN, JOSEPH
COF SVD " ON KEZESKE, VIRGINIA BAILEY AND APRIL
H e ADOPTED
0
MR. OCHS: Item 4B is a proclamation designating March 30,
2017, as Liberty Day in Collier County in recognition of the mission of
the 27-67 Constitution Project to promote knowledge and
understanding of the United States Declaration of Independence and
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the United States Constitution by delivering Constitution booklets to
fifth graders in Collier County. To be accepted by representatives of
the 27-67 Constitution Project: Lois Bolin, Joseph Cofield, Ron
Kezeske, Virginia Bailey, and April Hoover. If you'd please step
forward and receive your proclamation.
Anyone here?
No response.)
MR. OCHS: Okay. Well, we'll accept that on their f,
Madam Chair; make sure they get it. Thank you.
Madam Chair, if we could get a motion to app a,°oday's
proclamations.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Motion to ap o e he
proclamations.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS:41,4c
f .
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All favor?
COMMISSIONER McDANIQfr Aye.
COMMISSIONER FIAL A - e.
CHAIRMAN TAY ' . ye.
COMMISSIONER AS: Aye.
COMMISSIONS A DERS: Aye.
CHAP A TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign.
No res. s e
CHA. ' TAYLOR: It carries unanimously.
MR Thank you very much.
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P ' ''' ENTATION OF THE 2017 "AGAINST ALL ODDS"
AWARD TO CARLOS RUIZ FOR DEMONSTRATING
FORTITUDE, DETERMINATION AND PERSEVERANCE TO
OVERCOME GREAT CHALLENGES AND ENRICH OUR
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COMMUNITY — PRESENTED
MR. OCHS: That moves us to Item 5A. This is a presentation of
the 2017 Against All Odds Award to Carlos Ruiz for demonstrating
fortitude, determination, and perseverance to overcome great
challenges and enrich our community.
L4st‘b
Madam Chair?
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you very much. It' is honor to
present this award to Mr. Ruiz. I think he would like t .bx e -.k.
MR. RUIZ: Yes, ma'am. tt;H
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: You, again, ha ajg t e bar in the
community. We're so lucky to have you here. e e so lucky that you
are here walking your walk and talking yo alk and setting an
example of what it means to -- again t 9iNa Would you please
come up to the podium and speak.
MR. RUIZ: Good morning et' ody.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR morning.
MR. RUIZ: I want . y thanking the Board of County
Commissioners for this a a . It's a very humbling experience for me.
I want to thank John M can and the veteran mentors for nominating
me. I want to th A a Judge Martin and her Veteran Treatment Court
staff and for . 4 e p that they provided me to get this far.
I wa t to my good friend and fellow veteran service rep
from Fort 1 , Danielle Brown, for being such a positive influence
in m 11)- a• a helping me get this job that I love so much, and I want
to e staff and career source organization to giving me a chance
toy -
f' veterans.
I just wanted to take a couple of minutes to say a few things. As
you know, my name's Carlos Ruiz. I was a paratrooper with the 82nd
Airborne Division, First Brigade Combat Team.
I enlisted when I was 17, and I was deployed to Afghanistan soon
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after for a year. My time in war consisted of riding in a gunner
position in the Hum V. I provided cover during supply runs and
security during improvised explosive device detonations.
In that war, I lost a lot of brothers and sisters. When I came
home, I didn't know I had PTSD, I just knew I had trouble sleepin• It
didn't take much time before I started to feel depressed. It too
less time for my commanding officers to put me on suicide
After being diagnosed with depression and anxiety, % put on
medication, and I became even more depressed. My , -4 igilance
never went away, so when I wouldgo out inpublic - + ve anxietyp
attacks. To cope with this, I began drinking fo-zi a onths up to the
point where I gave myself liver damage and I Tu °I Ind myself
always sick. lb
Reaching the end of my army c n . I arted using other
negative alternative ways to try an ith what I was going
through.
After a handful of trips to i . i VA, they diagnosed me with
PTSD, major depression, iii
1 , iety disorder. That's when I really
learned what PTSD was a ' ..t.
Out of the army an, back in Florida, I felt alone and confused and
like I was ridinedge. In 2014 I had a PTSD episode that ended up
with me bein car rated. After a while, I had ended up in Collier
County V-tera reatment Court.
At firlo as nervous and scared, I didn't know what to expect. I
was ita use arrest, on state probation, and was not allowed to
s p-° . • y son or his mom. All of this was very devastating for me.
rt of my treatment involved me attending group counseling.
Thi would be the first time I was able to see that I wasn't alone. There
were other vets who felt the same way I did.
While in treatment court, I signed up for school and earned my
associate's degree in computer programming. I'm currently working on
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a political science degree. My dream is to advocate for veterans who
need help.
After successfully completing veterans court, I was able to mentor
a veteran going through the program as well. This was a very
humbling and rewarding experience. I realized that there were mai .
veterans who could benefit from this type of help, so I made it P e
goal to help veterans any way I can.
I want to thank the State of Florida, the Department -onomic
Opportunity and Career Source Southwest Florida for at. ing me the
opportunity to pursue that life goal by hiring me as sabled
Veteran Outreach Program Specialist for Colli, o tYI feel
because of my background and life experience illPe is me in a unique
position to not only help veterans but to s 1,40 who are struggling
that it's possible to change your life for d -r.
I want to tell all the veterans I struggling that they're not
alone. You don't have to hide awa ltbi,m the world. There's help for
veterans out there like us.
My message to the ity is to be patient with us. It's very
difficult transitioningfro lita to civilian life. Theprices we payrYpY
aren't always seen by a wked eye because they're invisible wounds of
PTSD.
I can't s• . fo very veteran, but I know that most veterans who
end up in j.it b .use of PTSD don't do it under their own volition.
They need _ selp and support more than ever.
14.• h e to fight for and defend our country because of our love
a itment to the American people. Even though some of us
ge e. t in the realities of PTSD, our sense of service and duty never
goe ' away.
I believe veterans who go to jail because of their PTSD deserve a
second chance of life, and veterans who find themselves homeless and
alone deserve and have earned our help. And this can only be
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successfully done through the support of the community.
I have a college degree, a career that I love, I'm mentally healthy,
I'm the father I know my kids deserve and, as of February 28th, 2017,
I'm officially a first-time homeowner with a house in District 5, which
I believe is Mister -- Commissioner McDaniel's district.
I've heard this county be referred to in a lot of different w. S s
been called a tourist county, a retirement county, a healthcar-` . ty,
even a golfing county, but this is also a veteran county, a-' • ks goes
anywhere from Retired General Franks to the veteran ! 22r
community all the way down to the lower enlisted,Its myself
And one thing I'm certain of is that this county e e veteran
community.
I've managed to help veterans get job 've elped homeless
veterans find housing, but there is st'l 4 ork to be done, and I
look forward to working with the r", of the commissioner board
to accomplish this. Thank you.
Standing ovation/applau
CHAIRMAN TAY ' Ruiz, my colleagues and I would
like to come to the front a 1 0 e photographed with you, please.
COMMISSIONE1Mc P ANIEL: Yeah. We can go down there
for that one.
Are you 5 .,y • h a hug?
f4
MR ' U Yeah.
CH A liti ;A TAYLOR: So now we'd like everyone who's here
for lipW to come up, please.
A 21ause.)
1 AIRMAN TAYLOR: Ladies and gentlemen, the Against All
Od. s Award was created about a year and a half ago. This is our
second one. We take nominations every year, and we as a commission
review them and vote on what we feel is the one -- the winner, and I
think you would agree, this year was the winner.
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COMMISSIONER FIALA: Are we confined to only one a year?
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: One a year.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Okay.
Item #6A
NAN,
4,
PUBLIC PETITION REQUEST FROM MR. R.C. "RICK" . SY
REGARDING THE COLLIER COUNTY PROPERTY 141,' A SER
PRESENTED
P .
MR. OCHS: Madam Chair, that moves u eon yourigi
agenda this morning. This is public petitions. ' s a public petition
request from Mr. R.C. Rick Lussy regards he Collier County
Property Appraiser.0
MR. LUSSY: Thank you. A 4 to introduce myself I am
little person Rick Lussy, MAI, S ' A tit a mmercial/Industrial Property
Appraiser these 44 years. I do w any better. I just like
appraising property issue iii,
t fp ve fun doing it.
Born Republican, Grmate Finance, Real Estate, University of
Montana, employed out f t e University of Montana --
MR. OCH ir, I'm so sorry to interrupt you. The court
reporter's try' P _ o this. I know you have 10 minutes and you've a
lot you w. t to ty, but give her a chance to take --
MR t'tr Thank you. I can make seven minutes within the
10a s
4 OCHS: All right. Very good. I'm sorry for the interruption.
R. LUSSY: I worked for the Department of Revenue two and aits
half years, turned down the District Supervisor position with the
Montana Department of Revenue to work for the best northwest
commercial appraisal firm, Sheret (phonetic), Riley, and Vance, with
offices in Seattle; Anchorage, Alaska; San Jose, California.
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With 44 years' experience in 13 states, 15 Florida Counties, I
oppose Clerk Brock and the Property Appraiser Skinner as having
avoided public servants Florida Statute 838.014, 1, 4, 5 and 6.
By assisting in racketeering as an organized crime in collusion
with now retired Florida --
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Madam Chair, could I :.'
point of order, please. This is not a forum for accusations o final
activity or ethics violations.
MR. LUSSY: At all.ft/S.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: There is a e -
iii„ , or that. I'm
not going to sit here and listen to you talk abo leu I lic servants
the way you're talking.
MR. LUSSY: I concurrently recuse use f, Mr. "Sanders", and
Mr. Solis, and Commissioner McDaieN• fOoppose your comment,
and I'd just like you to hear me out, 'b . be so kind.
COMMISSIONER SAUND Madam Chair, I will not sit
here and listen to those types inr.ents. Now --
CHAIRMAN TAY Lussy, you're here to speak to us,
and if you want us to liste e you, I would suggest that you do not
accuse elected officials.
COMMISS ER SAUNDERS: Mr. Lussy has filed ethics
complaints al . st ryone, including myself
CO MI NER McDANIEL: Including myself.
MR I : : And I also --
0410 • SSIONER SAUNDERS: They're bogus and
u• ,/
f. •
T ed, and your comments are unwarranted.
tS MMISSIONER McDANIEL: Unsubstantiated.
MR. LUSSY: And I'm recusing yourself, Mr. "Sanders".
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: You don't get to recuse
anybody.
MR. LUSSY: It's the option and the direction of Ms. Taylor and
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Ms. Donna Fiala as to how they would like to proceed and handle this
meeting.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I think what we need to do is have
proper decorum. If-- I do feel the concerns that are expressed by my
colleagues are valid. I would respectfully ask you to speak what #\
would like to speak but not to place accusations or bring name
elected officials into this discussion, sir.
MR. LUSSY: Thank you.
Af 0
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Keep to the issue. Th. i. u.
THE COURT REPORTER: And please slow
MI!.
MR. LUSSY: I will slow down.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: And speak -- ye
MR. LUSSY: My legal sufficiency o : s back to October 22nd,
1981, for which a U.S. Montana Judge 4 through misprision of
felony, meaning a judge made a fraud that's apparent from
the record.111.7
So the foundation for my / ing here has been repeated, for
which Mr. "Sanders" has f . .
The documents are o ii y web page,
www.RickLussyproperVappraiser.org. It supports the case captions
that exclude Hai ••t (phonetic) the Banker in Anaconda, Montana,
legal malprac *c i s :0-41/12773, yet incorrectly includes him in the
Butte Mo tang curities Fraud, CV-78-67BU.
In sho the infallibility of the U.S. judge laterally that moves
all F to Justices and Judges to continue this repetition per se
So that's the foundation for which Mr. "Sanders" is
reg, which is not yet remedied. So it's a matter of correcting -- of44estaslishingthatasafoundationforlegalsufficiencyandgoingonas
far as requiring the Florida Statutes to be enforced.
So I'm going to run over my seven minutes, if you don't mind,
due to the interruptions of Commissioner "Sanders".
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MR. MILLER: I paused the clock.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: He has -- it was corrected, sir. You
have -- your additional minutes were added.
MR. LUSSY: Thank you for your courtesy, Ms. Penny Taylor.
The essence for Mr. "Sanders' and Mr. Solis' premise in this
legal sufficiency is based upon the b-a-r, bar, lawyer members i"
British accredited, registered, their foreign annulments. It's b v . = 'ury.
Bar lawyers are foreign agents unchanged since pre 1776 k '' ngland,
and also specialize in methods of express omissions, 1 ' : -rcent 1
concealment, and insider trading for which are anti = ;` ilures, which
is -- equates to the Florida Stat -- Florida Cano 2 ,14:4 for judge
infallibility, which is of note and for reflection,e rcement by this
County Commission, Ms. Donna Fiala an. nny Taylor.
Naples is America's No. 1 Haps Oa Time Magazine
March 27th, 2017, Page 2, No. 1, I b.:'' U.S. communities for five
well-being factors. The issue in ha it owns, Naples, as both public
servants Brock and Abrah -- S actions directly impact the new
more than $1 million fun e, year required to renourish its happy
beaches.
The issue is the 1. million illegal attorney fees for -- by -- paid
by Brock, whic ' from the consolidated cases 04-941 CA and
05-953CA a
4 M -I' O6CA, consolidated cases.
On to Mr g inner. Any beach renourishment requirement
funding fro'', - property tax base estimated by the Skinner issue with
over lit . budget refused per year in 26 prior Collier County tax
ro 2 een refused consistent with property tax valuations of all
ve , improvements per Florida Department of Revenue letter in
you possession to enforce Florida Statute 193.023(2) per witness of
the Higgenbottom (phonetic) property record card, missing house and
two barns for 26 years. Collaborating fact witness is Coral Gables
Miami Bank, my client.
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Property Appraiser Skinner's inclusion with Wilkinson, French of
Growth Management and Code Enforcement refusing --
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Sir --
MR. LUSSY: -- to enforce the rule of law, Florida Statute --
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Mr. Lussy, I would prefer and Iwo d
request that you refer to it as the Property Appraiser's Office --At-
MR. LUSSY: Okay.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: -- and the County Clerk's 49 VI e,
please, without naming specific elected officials. Thar
MR. LUSSY: Thank you. I will heed your a nd no longer
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you.
MR. LUSSY: The conclusion is that , sra bit hole, the
commissioner, Ms. Taylor and Ms. faialett oki sily get out of with a
pointblank job interview of both o r e c of Clerk and the Office of
the Property Appraiser to watch th = -destruction, as the offices'
holders are easily rattled, not s unable to use direct comparison
of appraisal vocabulary, ts and methods to appraise property
on the past 26 tax rolls.
I request you to to a ird-grade mentality and ask both the
offices of theseofficeholders on-the-job questions. Both are
illiterate to th. ffe and 90 percent clueless to the appraisal1.
vocabula me ods and techniques to impeach the officeholders.
Both hide IV a staff
s; these Commissioners, "Sanders", Solis and McDaniels
s*,: specific reasons of record.
fent as expert witness for the Passidomo firm for Mr. Solis, the
she anigans of Mr. McDaniel in his prior -- oh, I'll drop -- I retract
that. I retract that.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Do we have to listen to this?
This is ridiculous.
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MR. LUSSY: The remedy -- the remedy is to replace the
officeholders with their political opponents for which is discretionary
and requires your investigation. I thank respected Commissioners
Penny Taylor and Donna Fiala for their valuable time and public
service to prospectively recognize the self-recusal of the three
commissioners noted. I thank you for allowing this public ser, e
opportunity to explain fraud ongoing against the registered
voter/taxpayers through voter public voluntaries - 0
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Again, we're t about
gfraud -- again, we'retalking about fraud. We're not :to hear that in
IPthisforum.
MR. LUSSY: Well, it's the only place --
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: T -'s a State Attorney'sqp
Office. There's a Sheriffs Office. Ter e tiP my of places. If you're
going to allege fraud, go do it som ; ttie se.
MR. LUSSY: And --
COMMISSIONER SA S: This is not the forum for this.
MR. LUSSY: Tha a ommissioner "Sanders".
lio
And in this happy -- i 'les happy town with a pristine happy
beach, I am, Sincerely, Aick Lussy, MAI, SRA, a Certified Real Estate
Appraiser, 1564 'censed Florida Sales Agent, 531638, supposedly, to
be seven min e wi in the 10 minutes allowed.
CHA ' TAYLOR: Thank you. Thank you.
MR. Or : Madam Chair, with your indulgence and the Board's
indu . efore we move into our 9:45 time-certain, I'd like to hear
It-Our Bayshore CRA Chairperson, Maurice Gutierrez, is
he - k ` d if you had any questions on that one, it would be nice if we
could take that and allow him to get about his business.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Good.
Item #14B1
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AUTHORIZE THE BAYSHORE BEAUTIFICATION MSTU TO
PROCEED WITH THE DESIGN AND PERMITTING OF THE
THOMAS SON DRIVE/HAMILTON HARBOR STREETSCAPE
DESIGN PROJECT PROVIDED FOR IN EXHIBIT "A" TO
PROMOTE SAFER TRAFFIC PATTERNS FOR BOTH VEkI4:
AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC BY INCORPORATING 6.i..,
ROUNDABOUT INTO THE DESIGN — APPROVED
MR. OCHS: Item 14B 1 is a recommendation : orize the
Bayshore Beautification MSTU to proceed wit e‘f.sign and
permitting of the Thomasson Drive/Hamilton 1.-•"o r treetscape
Design Project provided for to promote sa ofis patterns from both
vehicle and pedestrian traffic by incorp i tOt roundabout into the
design.
And, Commissioners, as you we spoke about this
previously, and we were asked le Board to continue to work with
Mr. Ackerman, and Mic aO. old, I think, is here to provide some
positive information in tha Bard. Michelle.
MS. ARNOLD: yes. Good morning, Commissioners.
CHAP A ''TAYLOR: Good morning.
MR. A ' 01 L II For the record, Michelle Arnold, Public Transit
and Neigh•orh • • Enhancement Division Director.
Yes, w -re here at your meeting February 28th, and you asked
us to ith the Ackermans, and we did that, myself and the
E e Norm Trebilcock, and we had a very good meeting with
entative Alan Richardson on Friday morning. We went through
the clans, gave them some background, and we presented the proposal
for the roundabout. We also presented the -- an alternative, which Mr.
Ackerman was requesting with regard to the signal, and showed him
the restrictions that would be imposed on that particular property had
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that option been taken.
He brought to the Ackermans the revised plans that showed that
there was limited restrictions with the roundabout to his property and
presented that to them, and we received a favorable endorsement of
moving forward with the project from the Ackermans yesterday vi
email yesterday. So I'm bringing that to you.
I also wanted to mention that in our discussions with
Richardson, he made a request to install, as a part of the r- lb r.bout
project, a flagpole, and I thought that was a very good .. -stion that
we could easily add to the project and mention the t • And I know
that this board has previously identified that c. -r ° - ognizing it as
Del's Corner, and I thought maybe the plaque c* 10 serve as that
recognition in addition to the flagpole. So ' ou all are in favor of
that, we'll incorporate that as a part of t j9 t and move forward.
COMMISSIONER McDANI ,. moved.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Co sioner Saunders?
COMMISSIONER SA k, A' S: Madam Chair, I want to thank
staff for reachingSPoutto rman. He's been a very strong
supporter of this county fo 1.0 any, many years. And I felt at the very
beginning that this was pot going to be negative in terms of impact on
his property, but elt that it was worth spending a few weeks to just
make sure thu erstood that and was in agreement.
Madam if it's appropriate, I'll make a motion to approve the
project •of and with the recommendation from staff concerning
the le •nd --
RMAN TAYLOR: I'll second that.
MMISSIONER FIALA: Second.it
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Third.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: We'll second it.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Third, fourth, whichever I am.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: This is wonderful. I'm delighted. I'm
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delighted. Well done.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yes.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: And it speaks volumes, County
Manager, that you would allot the time and allow staff to do this. You
know, we're -- we are government, but we do work with people, an
we're acutely aware of how important you are to what we do, aifi j,,
is another example of it just going back for bites at the apple s, by
gosh, he's agreeing to it, and that's extraordinary. So welly 1 done.
MS. ARNOLD: And we'll continue to coordinate .the
Ackermans through the construction project so he's,
I.
of what's
going on and the impact. So it's not stopping I s
VI! meeting.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Very good. We , hatever it is, that
plaque can't have bushes hiding it.
MR. OCHS: No way. Very good
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Soto figure that out somehow,
but well done.
MR. OCHS: And Miche y a great job on this,
Commissioners. We app t
CHAIRMAN TAYLC: Yeah. Well done, well done.
Applause.)
CHAI ' A b ' TAYLOR: All right. So we have a motion on the
floor and twoe on i .
CO MINER McDANIEL: Three, four seconds.
CHA 14: w- TAYLOR: Three seconds, okay. All right.
1 ; ose in favor?
16 k MISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye.
c0 MMISSIONER FIALA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign.
1
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No response.)
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries unanimously.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: That was just wonderful.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you.
MS. ARNOLD: Thank you. Great.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you very much. Mr. Ac 'tit
if you're watching, thank you.
MR. OCHS: Madam Chair, we have a few minutes 44 If you
don't mind, I think we could probably move forward ' m 11D
and then 11E perhaps, if that's okay with the Chair.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I think that's wonde
Item #11D
a
RESOLUTION 2017-63: (SEGM *ARCELS 405RDUE
THRU 428RDUE); RESOLUTIO E • 2 7-64: (SEGMENT 2:
PARCELS 429RDUE THRU PUE); RESOLUTION 2017-65:
SEGMENT 3: PARCE 44 4 ` DUE THRU 472RDUE): THREE
RESOLUTIONS AUTH* _ ING THE CONDEMNATION OF
THOSE PERPETUAL,A EMENT INTERESTS NECESSARY
FOR THE CON! ' RUCTION OF ROADWAY, DRAINAGE AND
UTILITY I '
a
O '•MENTS REQUIRED FOR THE EXPANSION
OF GOLDEN , EASTTEBOULEVARDFROM OF
EVERGL 1 t 6 6 BOULEVARD TO EAST OF THE FAKA UNION
CA I)OJECT NO. 60145) — ADOPTED
R. OCHS: 11D is a recommendation to adopt three resolutions
authorizing the condemnation of perpetual easement interests
necessary for the construction of roadway, drainage, and utility
improvements for the expansion of Golden Gate Boulevard from east
of Everglades Boulevard to east of the Faka Union Canal, and Jay
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Ahmad, your Transportation Engineering Division Director, will get a
couple of quick things on the record for you.
Jay?
MR. AHMAD: Good morning, Madam Chair, Commissioners.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Good morning.
MR. AHMAD: Jay Ahmad, your Director of Transportat.
Engineering, for the record.
I have a very brief presentation, and I'll go through iQ quickly
in the benefit of time.
Nick, if-- so we are here for three condemnati olutions for
the extension of Golden Gate Boulevard Proj e roj ect, as you
see on the visualizer, extends just east of Everg d s oulevard down
to just east of the Faka Union Canal, aper•4 ately 5,050 feet.
project's beenv.•.The need for the p sough the years. The
growth in Golden Gate Estates, th.-in the rural land west -- east
stewardship area down at the other and also to meet the Long
Range Transportation Plans th on the books through your MPO
Board.
Briefly, the project is ending the widening of the Golden Gate
Boulevard from two la s to four lanes; stormwater improvements
providing on-strbike lanes and new traffic signal at Everglades
Boulevard in ecti .
Hope 11u've gone thoroughly through the packet that you
have, and Ye i oked at the engineering reports attached which
cons -9 • e alignments that the court considers during the
d n of the judges for OT hearing, the order-of-taking hearingsVwarethealternativealignments, the costs of those alternative
alig ents and the public health, safety, welfare and the long-range
transportation and environmental permitting and impacts.
And I'm not going to go through -- these things were explained
very thoroughly through the item. Basically, we looked at a couple of
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alternatives. One is to center the improvements along either way or to
widen to the south mostly, because there is a city water main, raw
water main that is located there, and we know -- expensive to relocate;
the cost was a factor there.
So what we essentially decided on the alternative -- this is the
alternative that was not recommended, and this is the alternativ s
recommended; basically kept the city water main in its plac
istilwl
acquired more of the land on the south side. 0 1/4.)
And this kind of graphically shows the improvend land
taken. Most of it is on the south side, not on the no e. And that's
really my presentation.
Thank you for your time.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Motion i°:. .prove.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Is yo -
COMMISSIONER McDANI dn't hit my light. Nope,
nope, nope.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR:° y gosh. Okay. We have a
motion on the floor to ap.,
gP
o o I hear a second?
COMMISSIONER g, ,IS: Second.
CHAIRMAN TALO ' : Motion and a second. All those in
favor?
COMM 4, 0 R McDANIEL: Aye.
CO MI •NER FIALA: Aye.
CHA TAYLOR: Aye.
k , SSIONER SOLIS: Aye.
cHmto MISSIONER SAUNDERS.. Aye.
RMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign.
No response.)
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you very much. It carries
unanimously.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Bill, you were a little slow at
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the switch this morning.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I was. I was. Ms. Donna got
ahead of me.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: I was going to nudge you, but --
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Did we need a motion on b
of those or...
MR. OCHS: Yes, ma'am.
4k4
4,
40,yItem #11E
gik
RESOLUTION 2017-66: A RESOLUTION A . , ' ' ZING THE
ACQUISITION BY GIFT OR PURCHASE O ' 0 SE
PERPETUAL EASEMENT INTEREST E SSARY FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF ROADWA A ,AGE AND UTILITY
IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED N-rKE EXPANSION OF
GOLDEN GATE BOULEVARD ' EAST OF EVERGLADES
BOULEVARD TO EAST OF FAKA UNION CANAL.
PROJECT NO. 60145.) ,, , TED
MR. OCHS: If I cult , 11E, Jay, do we need something different
on the record forE? Let me just explain this one. This is a single
resolution auto 'zi the acquisition by gift or purchase of those
easements nec ry for the construction of that expansion of Golden
Gate Boul NX1 that Mr. Ahmad just showed you from east of
Ever s oulevard to east of the Fakaunion Canal.
nything you need?
1 •MMISSIONER McDANIEL: So moved, so moved.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Is there a second?
COMMISSIONER FIALA: You mean a motion?
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Second.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Motion to approve.
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COMMISSIONER FIALA: Second.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: We have a motion by Commissioner
McDaniel and a second by Commissioner Solis. He beat you.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Good.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Any other discussion?
No response.)
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Well done, Mr. Ahmad.
ii,%4
MR. AHMAD: Thank you very much.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those in favor?
MR. AHMAD: You have a good day.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye.",,,
COMMISSIONER SAUND ' e.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: This J pposed, like sign.
No response.)
e*Y":CHAIRMAN TA 4
a' NI0W carries unanimously.
MR. OCHS: Thank Jay.
CHAIRMAN TAY ,O : Thank you.
MR. OCH Okay.
CHAT ' • YLOR: I think we could -- well, you know
what, I'll t.ke t minute to say I was negligent at the last meeting. If
you notice eautiful artwork on the walls in the back -- first of all,
we o•' ' + 's' ay local artists -- and I've got to find it here.
ay, this is the artist -- and I got the piece of paper, and I
spII,oo quickly -- is a local artist, and her name is Susan Nardinee
phonetic) Pratt, and she has -- is a Naples resident, and for 19 years
she's specialized in faux painting, restorative techniques, and murals.
So we enjoy her work, and thank you very much for being here.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Really pretty.
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CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: And at this point our time-certain is
before us.
MR. OCHS: Yes, ma'am.
Item #9A
014,\
ORDINANCE 2017-10: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING -4414
ORDINANCE NUMBER 04-41, AS AMENDED, THE • LIER
COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHIC LUDES
THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND
REGULATION'" '
THE
UNINCORPORATED AREA OF COLLIER • FLORIDA,
16.
BY PROVIDING FOR: SECTION ONE, RE v - L ; SECTION
TWO, FINDINGS OF FACT; SECTION
AZ1 °
E, ADOPTION OF
No
AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND IE MENT CODE, MORE
SPECIFICALLY AMENDING TV LOWING: CHAPTER
TWO - ZONING DISTRICTS A„ SES, INCLUDING SECTION
2.03.06 PLANNED UNIT D a PMENT DISTRICTS,
SECTION 2.03.09 OPE i ' ZONING DISTRICTS, MORE
SPECIFICALLY, TO A r SES TO THE LIST OF PERMITTED
AND CONDITIONALS S IN THE GOLF COURSE (GC)
ZONING DIST T; CHAPTER THREE - RESOURCE
PROTECTIO UDING SECTION 3.05.07 PRESERVATION
STANDA ' D , HAPTER FIVE - SUPPLEMENTAL
STAND A 5 0.'», ADDING SECTION 5.05.15 CONVERSION OF
GO vie ' SES; CHAPTER SIX - INFRASTRUCTURE
I iiie EMENTS AND ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITIES
17.411 REMENTS, INCLUDING SECTION 6.05.01 WATER
MA AGEMENT REQUIREMENTS, ADDING SECTION 6.05.03
STORMWATER PLANS FOR SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING
UNITS, TWO-FAMILY DWELLING UNITS, AND DUPLEXES;
CHAPTER TEN - APPLICATION, REVIEW, AND DECISION-
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MAKING PROCEDURES, INCLUDING SECTION 10.03.06
PUBLIC NOTICE AND REQUIRED HEARINGS FOR LAND USE
PETITIONS; SECTION FOUR, CONFLICT AND
SEVERABILITY; SECTION FIVE, INCLUSION IN THE
COLLIER COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE; AND
SECTION SIX, EFFECTIVE DATE. (THIS IS A COMPAN I 444 0
AGENDA ITEMS #16.A.3 AND #16.A.15) -
RECOMMENDATION TO AMEND THE ADMINIST ' CIVE
CODE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE STAKEHOL I '
OUTREACH MEETINGS OCCUR BETWEEN BER 1ST
AND APRIL 1ST - ADOPTED
lik
MR. OCHS: That takes us to Item 9 A,
40 t is morning's agenda.
This is a recommendation to adopt a ori •amending your Land
Development Code to consider a li. ® 6 itted and conditional uses
in golf course zoning districts and 'tit ersion of golf courses. Ms.
Caroline Cilek will present.
CHAIRMAN TAY ' is is our second reading.
MR. OCHS: Yes, m
CHAIRMAN TAY ,0 : And it was carried unanimously at our
first hearing, anfirst hearing was 5:05 a couple weeks ago.
MR. OC $ ? s, ma'am.
CHA TAYLOR: Is that correct?
MR ` That's correct.
41 I 4 A N TAYLOR: And, Troy, how many speakers do we
h
R. MILLER: I have three registered speakers.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right. Very good. Thank you.
MS. CILEK: Good morning. Caroline Cilek with Collier
County's Growth Management Department, and I am here today to
present to you the golf course conversion amendment for its second
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reading. I'm happy to answer any questions about the proposed
language as well as answer any questions to the best of my ability
regarding the letter received from stakeholder input last week.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Well, I think we need to address that, if
you would.
cx,,AN,MS. CILEK: Sure.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you. The letter.
MS. CILEK: Okay. Would you like me to walk thr* some of
the key points that I think would clarify some of the p e 1
concerns?
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes. Thank yo euch.
MS. CILEK: Yeah. No problem.
Okay. So we received this letter fro ovanovich last
Thursday. And I'm going to highliglat e 49 he issues that I think
need clarification.
The first one is to address so N's introductory statements
regarding language in the ame• t.
I want to hit on first t c • my understanding that under Bert
Harris that a decision wou eed to be rendered by the Board before
that could be brouht to court. And so this is actually language in the
LDC, and so tha ncern would be at a later date regarding a rezoning
petition.
I wo ld a like to note that -- and, in honesty, Mr. Yovanovich
may not be . :`,„s e that we have actually created three administrative
code,-, o•. that outline details about the intent-to-convert process;
t stakeholder outreach meetings; and the compatibility design
re And these are very detailed, and I'd like to put them on the
ove ead for you to see.
This first one is the intent-to-convert application. It's really
important to understand that this is an administrative process. So this
is the first step in a golf course conversion. And here the applicant
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I
would follow the steps outlined as they would for any other
application. And at the very end of the process, they would receive an
approval letter from county staff, and they would take that forward to
the rezone or PUD or PUDA process. So what you see here is what
the applicant would need to do.
And this really gets to his concerns about vagueness and,
said, he may have not been aware that we have provided the - ' t e
Board for your review at the last meeting.
MR. KLATZKOW: And are these public knowl
MS. CILEK: Absolutely.Y
MR. KLATZKOW: How is that? q
MS. CILEK: The amendment -- or the ad In strative code
additions were on the consent agenda at th .st oard meeting.
MR. KLATZKOW: And will tie . 0 ed on the Internet for
the public?
MS. CILEK: Absolutely. Th e also posted for today's review
as well on the consent agenda.Qi
CHAIRMAN TAY it' ijhank you.
MS. CILEK: Yes.
Okay. One of theext things I wanted to bring light to was the
discussion of th eenway. I think it's really important to make sure
everyone is c th it is not a public greenway. It is land set aside
for green .ac , t it is not intended to be public. To that extent,
we've actu: ' -quired that the applicant put a covenant in the county
reco d'1, ting who has access to this so everyone is aware who
lotz
ble to use the greenway.
that developer, those patrons of that new residential
dev opment, for example, they would be identified in the restrictive
covenant, and they would be able to use the greenway. So I think that
is very important to make that clear.
One other thing to mention about the greenway is that the
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language is flexible in that in some instances a 100-foot greenway
buffer is not going to work, and so the applicant has the option to
propose an alternative design. And the criteria for that is simply to vet
it with the stakeholder groups and have the Board approve it, and that
is very flexible. They can propose pretty much anything that will rk
for their project. They just have to vet it and share it with you 1
then it would be approved by the Board, if that would work e
development project.
One of the other things I want to highlight is reg. a
stormwater. They provide a quote on "may" provi water
management. And, in actuality, we put this in e cause we
wanted to make sure that the developer could u i for stormwater. In
typical LDC writing, we don't use the wore, ay." We actually just
write the explicit requirements that t ey e. a meet. But we
included "may" to provide extra as that they would be able to
use the greenway area for stormwa 94 urposes. But -- it doesn't have
to be, but it can be.
All righty. Lookm•
ii,
P. of the comments regarding the open
p pspaceandhowmuchopen •.ce,really• it's important to note that for
all types of residential d9velopment, for example, there's a 60 percent
open space
requk
ent, so for PUDs and for straight rezone projects.
In here the gr wa 's 35 percent, and that 35 percent of the whole
project co id g. swards the 60 percent of the open space standard
requireme IN e LDC today. So we're further refining what we want
to se; 14 at open space, but it would still be under the umbrella of
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60percent requirement already there in the LDC today.
d, again, the alternative design is there for the greenway if that
nee i s to -- needs to be for the project.
One of the other mentions is regarding that there are no standards
as to what would satisfy the conceptual development plan. I just want
to bring to light that that is detailed in the administrative code sections
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very explicitly what they would need to provide, and so I think that
that would help Mr. Yovanovich understand what would be required.
One of the other notes was about the web-based visual survey.
And, again, we have explicit requirements that are outlined in the
administrative code for what staff would review to.
And just to sum up some ideas, you know, Mr. Yovanovi
made it clear that he feels the ordinance is intended to chill t ,
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development of golf course properties, however, it is my g and as
the primary author, the intent really is to engage stake s a s early in
the design process of a golf course conversion. Thi i ended to
recognize that land uses change over time. An o have put
together an administrative process ahead of the z ne to help facilitate
that to happen. This amendment is based R ots of research that we
conducted across the nation and in tie lorida and our goal is
really to make sure that the project I Vt forward to the Board for a
decision is compatible with the s iti ing development.
And those are the highh_ 8 t t I would like -- that I wanted to
share with you all.li
CHAIRMAN TAYLt,: Thankyou very much.
Commissioner Fiala?
COMMISS1 ER FIALA: Yeah. Just a few questions, please.
MS. CI ,r ` • 'a ° e.
CO MI .I NER FIALA: And that is, first of all, his letter
referred to , 'i -rty rights, but it doesn't -- oh, I'm so sorry. Thank
you, et
i':-tter referred to property rights, but I think you see a roomii. P .eople who have property rights as well. They've already
bou•ht and been paying taxes on their homes. And what prevails,
somebody who's buying into it, somebody who's trying to get rid of it,
or the people who are living there and bought with a certain 1
understanding that they were living on a golf course and never realized
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that other people might own it? You know, that never came to light
until just the past few years when that hit Riviera a few years back.
So I don't know -- you know, I don't know how you would handle
that, but I'm sure Jeff will figure out a way as well, but we need to
make sure that property rights for both sides are honored.
The second thing is, in -- I've got to put glasses on again.
stakeholder outreach meetings that it requires, I would love 1&4\g
added into that particular thing that they're not during the er, that
they're here when the people are here.g.Applause.)
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Thanks.q
And the third thing is, with the 75-foot to 0-foot-wide
greenway -- I was talking to someone yest 4,a , and I said, tell me
how long 100 feet is. Is it as long asp r , s . 'oom? Just about, they
said. Well, you know, that doesn't . ave much room for a
greenway or for privacy or anything there some way that we can
either require -- I don't know. a ed to maybe get other suggestions
from my board members l '1,r• sure that that 100 feet is enough to
protect the property owne , ho are now faced with a completely
different view than they" e enjoyed all of these years beyond them.
And then t s another one here that we're talking about land
use -- golf cozo ' g district, and they're saying it may be
developed in rent recreational use or through the conditional use
process.r s that going to take into consideration -- like, for
insta' f •mebody wants to build soccer fields, well, you know,
s s = „, 1 •layed at night. It's not played during the play. It's blazing
li_ , a lot of loudspeakers, a lot of fun, a lot of music. Nobody will
eve get any sleep at night, especially when it's backing up to
55-and-older communities. So we have to put something like that in as
well.
Applause.)
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COMMISSIONER FIALA: So those are really my comments.
Thank you.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Commissioner McDaniel?
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yes. Well, I also had a
question, Caroline. When I was reading this, I saw that it was
supposed to be at -- it was an average 100 feet, no less than 75 :t
and then there's a provision, if, in fact, the stakeholders are o .° with
it, that it can, in fact, be less than that 75 feet, is that wha said?
MS. CILEK: So the way that would work would
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Please, plea ase. Let me
get my answers. C
MS. CILEK: The way that it would be lest n 75 would be
through the alternative design, and so that Al,ul• be vetted with the
stakeholders --
COMMISSIONER McDANI rrect.
MS. CILEK: -- and subject t• °.rd approval.
COMMISSIONER McD at a eJk : That is what I heard you say,
and I wanted the folks th. , t ere to very well understand andNg
know what was, in fact, b-described, that it was not to be less --
ever less than 75 feet wOh an average 100, and if it were, then it was
vetted and appro ,. by the immediate impacted stakeholders.
MS. CI ouldn't go as far as to say approved, because
they don't av s proval, you know, but it would be vetted, and they
would be edgeable, and it would be transparent, and they would
be a sitia . 0o vide feedback to the Board, and the Board would provide
a. . . Y
I MMISSIONER McDANIEL: The Board provides that
prot'-ction. Okay.
And then the other comment that I wanted to make -- and this was
while we were having our first reading on this, I took my county
commissioner hat and switched it around to my real estate broker's hat,
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and I have already been in conversation with the Naples Area Board of
Realtors, just as a process. There's already a limitless amount of
disclosures that realtors have to do, but it's important that as we're
moving through these transactions, it's evident that land uses that are
currently what you see when you come to buy a home might not
always be that. b
And there are underlying property rights for the people tilest
actually own that particular golf course, as well as the pr• silt rights
for the folks that have, in fact, bought. And so we're a talking
about a disclosure process for the realtors just to vestigate,
further inform and let the clientele know as th- 'chasing just to
be aware that what you actually see out your bat; s oor may not
necessarily always be there.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Well do r t ,00
COMMISSIONER McDANIs, ma'am.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thai o important.
COMMISSIONER McD b . Yes, ma'am. And I'm going to
put County Commission Pia el ' , so here we go.
COMMISSIONER IS: I'm trying to find my button.
CHAIRMAN TAY ,O : Commissioner Solis, you don't need to
stand up.
COMM+RR SOLIS: There's a button in here somewhere.
I just don't kno here it is. And I would like to commend
Commissi.Ot cDaniel for that, because I think that's an issue that
com- A i lot of different contexts.
b ' MISSIONER McDANIEL: Sure.
çIOMMISSIONER SOLIS: You know, whether it's just
andundeveloped land that an owner might even be represented to them
when they're buying it that it would always be a preserve, but it's
owned by someone else, it's zoned agriculture, and it could be used for
something else in the future.
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I think that that's something that we really ought to look at that
would help at least -- hopefully if everyone reads their contracts, at
least they're on notice that, you know, there is the potential for
something that is next door to you to be used for something else.
So thank you for that. That's very important.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right. Thank you very mu,,,tti
more discussion?
No response.)
Atc 0
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right. Troy?
MR. MILLER: Madam Chair, we have three ,,,-• red speakers
for this item. Your first speaker is Walter Ro e will be
followed by William Cannon.
MR. ROWLAND: Good morning, C440 issioners. My name's
Walter Rowland. Thank you for the op! to to share my
comments on the proposed Land D ent Code.
I applaud the Commission's fetz..ght to establish a nearly
year-long moratorium on golf r conversions and directing the
Planning Commission an'4 • • develop a reasonable plan to
facilitate compatibility wi s esentn homeowners in event such ao
conversion is bein• con 'dered.
The Pland . Commission and staff has done outstanding work,
seeking input m - golf course owners' developers as well as
surroundi • re ntial communities throughout this long and detailed
process. llow
4_ ee strongly oppose the rezoning of golf courses, we
s Aili •eLand Development Code as presented by the Planning
p'ission.
Photo No. 1. Many communities surrounding and including golf
courses were built by a single developer marketed with premium
values and related taxes placed on lots with golf course views. Please I
note the significant amount of our association's 692 homes which are
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located on the golf course.
Photo No. 2. Many golf courses even include a deed restriction,
such as ours, on which the developer voluntarily placed those deed
restrictions mandating that they remain golf course in perpetuity.
Photo 3. The Land Development Code seeks to mitigate the
financial impact to adjacent homeowners on existing golf cour it
through the establishment of a 100-foot greenway. This pro.
owner is standing 100 foot from her property line. filb
Photo No. 4. Through the LDC, compatibility of.. . ed
development is achieved through community outre. -etings. This
communication is intended to minimize the po A .i o significant
reductions of property values by avoiding non- liant housing
which has been inset on the previous phot. .
Flooding throughout our commn' :iii ing from golf course
conversion is to be addressed thro isions contained in the
water management requirement of DC.
Photo No. 6. Lastly, our ation of 692 homes is very active,
over-55 community. The ntrance on the golf course is in a
a ewalks where there is significantverybusylocationwithougn
pedestrian and bicycle tiffic.
Photo No. . bviously, any conversion of the existing golfkocoursewouldvehighsignificanttrafficincrease.
Phot• No. In 2005, there was proposed a conversion of our
local golf c y <y - which included a possibility of 1,400 additional
hous , A development of this size could generate 16,800
v-, ps per day. We believe that the Land Development Code,
0'17 the required public outreach notices and subsequent meetings
see mg stakeholder input, will facilitate the addressing of traffic
concerns in order to determine if there is a way to achieve
compatibility.
My sincere appreciation for the opportunity to express support for
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the LDC as presented by the Planning Commission.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you very much.
Applause.)
MR. MILLER: Your next speaker -- your next speaker is
William Cannon. He will be followed by George Danz.
MR. CANNON: Good morning. I'm William Cannon. I
169 Fleur de lis Lane in Naples.
I would like to address a moment the letter that the ;if of
County Commissioners received from Attorney Yova _ _= •taking
issue with the proposed LDC amendments for golf „ conversion.
The attorney's letter references the Harris - . e d e Harris Act
five times in six pages. Attorney Yovanovich p s n out that the act
establishes broad protection for property o, ers who suffer economic
loss from governmental property re 1 ' d actions.
While I agree that it is appro s ` . se this Harris Act to defend
golf course owners' right to econo litpain, it is also appropriate to use
the same justification to protec •esidents' economic interest in the
affected golf course co Nil1 '
IP- .
We know from the - ork that Caroline and her staff did thatx,
Florida golf course co unity residences have a fair market value
premium of grethan 30 percent. Just applying this to my client,
Riviera Golf Is tend its 690 homes, leads me to project an
economic 0- to $40 million due to a rezone of the Riviera golf
course.
PAIZ. i amendments were developed to help protect my and my
n-economic interests while simultaneously allowing the golf
co, F ;
owner to proceed with reasonable economic development.44,4 ,
I'm strongly in favor of the LDC amendments and request that all
Board of Commissioner members vote in favor of the option.
Thank you.
Applause.)
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MR. MILLER: Madam Chair, your final speaker on this topic is
George Danz.
MR. DANZ: Madam Chair, Commissioners, my name is George
Danz. I'm president of Riviera Golf Estates Homeowners' Association.
I think at your March 14th meeting we had several presenters at
expressed the viewpoints of our residents in our community. A e
a lovely community. We support the land use amendments we're
not going to take up any more of your time, and we appr . your
consideration.
Thank you.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you veryti9&
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Applause.) Si '
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: So anyone = ,is viewing this meeting
ithroughthetelevisionoronline, plea a h - t we ave seatng
upstairs. And so I would like to as Its,4 I s attending, those who are
supporting this amendment and wh9 e have presented to you, would
you please stand.
Thank you very muit if you would sit down.
And those who oppo
COMMISSIONE Mc ANIEL: I was going to say, those who
are against it.
CHAP 'ea YLOR: Those who oppose this golf course
conversio s
MR They're all squatting down in the back there.
k , SSIONER McDANIEL: Yeah. I was going to say.
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a IRMAN TAYLOR: Ah. So I think it's two to hundreds. So
t , ` ou very, very much. Is there anything else? I guess we're
real to -- Commissioner Saunders?
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Madam Chair, I've been
involved in this kind of business for a long time, and it's rare that you
have the output from staff is so well done that I don't think we have
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gotten, maybe one letter in opposition to this, in addition to the letter
from the attorneys. So I just want to congratulate staff for -- what you
obviously did was very thorough, and you obviously spent a lot of time
with the communities that are involved. And it sounds like there's
almost unanimity from these communities to go forward with this\1
proposal, so...
A .A‘b
Applause.)
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right.
Af/4116)
COMMISSIONER FIALA: So I think Commis s' Solis and
then me.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes. Okay.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Thank you would echo
Commissioner Saunders; a job well done. lot of work went into it, a
lot of feedback from the community, T r . all well done.
I just wanted to check in with' I ty Attorney -- we've got a
legal opinion here from an attorne f6 own -- and just make sure -- I
understand that you can't prey- d one from suing anybody. But just
to make sure that the Col'!"
1 .rney feels comfortable with what's
being presented, and I th. e can move forward.
MR. KLATZKOW I am. And just as a note, should anybody
file suit under Barris, the Board will have the opportunity to
review that s ' nd termine whether or not there might be some
validity to the 1 'm and make an adjustment then. So it's not like this
is the end . : k • be-all.
ri(t,k i SSIONER SOLIS: We're not, okay. Thank you.
RMAN TAYLOR: Commissioner Fiala?
l '0 MMISSIONER FIALA: Yes. Thank you so much.
Caroline, I'm going to make a motion to -- by the way, three of
the golf courses are in my district, and this is -- these are my people.
Applause.)
COMMISSIONER FIALA: But I just wanted to make sure, as I
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make this motion, that a couple of these comments we can work into
this to make sure that these people have a fair chance of giving their
opinion and it -- being incorporated in this. Is that possible?
You know, just like about the -- you know, to limit, like, soccer
fields or something in there and -- let's see -- not in the summer, t
meetings. I just want to make sure that there -- every little pro
they can get is there.
MS. CILEK: Let me speak to that a little bit.
AC 0
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Okay.
MS. CILEK: With regards to the types of use, 'is something
that must be identified m the conceptual develt s e , l lan that is
vetted with the stakeholders. So they would se `at types of uses are
proposed and potentially where they're loc d on the conceptual
development plan. So I think that w u f.:••.4= se your concern in
making sure that everyone knows • ' 4 eing proposed.
And with regards to the meeti • the summer, two things: One
would be that if, you know, th- proposing all the meetings in the
summer, they are basica' dizing a not-so-good smiley face
when they get to the Boar
MR. KLATZKOW o, no, no, no. The issue is the entire
purpose of the p 'c meetings is to get the public there, all right. In a
lot of these c• e • es, the public are not there during the summer.
You' e t administrative code. You can put in theg
administra - ode a time frame that the public meetings must be
held
4 ILEK: We can?
R. KLATZKOW: I would suggest you do that.
MS. CILEK: Okay. We can make it during season.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Great. That would be great.
Applause.)
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: I think you --
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COMMISSIONER FIALA: Thank you.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: I think you would need to say
that -- instead of just saying "during season," like the first of November
through the first of April would be the public, and that should be a
sufficient window.
Applause.)
MS. CILEK: We can do that.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Thank you. Thank yo
Commissioner Saunders.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: And, Commission . :. , we're going
to let you definitely make the motion, but I wo -r- f you would
agree to hearing the comments of two of our co ea'_ues up here before
you make your motion.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Olt, vsii.dire.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: CoViOner McDaniel. Oh, my
gosh. Your light isn't on.
Commissioner Saunders?
COMMISSIONER EL: No. I've been down here
thinking about hitting the . on, but I haven't done it yet.
COMMISSIONS A DERS: I've already made my
comments. I jus , .ain, thank staff for this.
CHAI ' 4 YLOR: Commissioner Fiala?
u • E FI Then withtheMINERALA. T e t o small adjustments that
I've made, * . - e a motion to approve.
C EK: May I just clarify. I'm thinking there's one change
to A•to the administrative code stakeholder outreach meeting
se *o which would identify the meetings need to occur between the
mo hs of November and April.
MR. OCHS: Right.
MS. CILEK: The other would be addressed.
MR. KLATZKOW: You just bring that back on consent at the
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next meeting.
MS. CILEK: I can do that.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Great.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Could I ask the County
Attorney a question? We're on final approval. Can we not just am d
this would be the administrative code.
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MR. KLATZKOW: Yes.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: This would not btwjhe
ordinance. I'm sorry. All right. I'm with you.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: So we're okay?
ig'qMR. 00HS: Yes.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Good questio ough. Thank you.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: We have a 441 tion on the floor.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: c. ' 4 .
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: An y e a second from --
COMMISSIONER McDANI 'll second it for discussion.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR:
ZZ •
i issioner Saunders seconded.
COMMISSIONER k ` _ Ifi4 EL: Commissioner Saunders
1.
seconded.
CHAIRMAN TAY 0' : All right. So Commissioner
McDaniel?
COMM O R McDANIEL: And are you okay with the --
with staff de ' ion about the potential use changes being vetted with
the stakeho .- . and then ultimately bought back for us? Because I
have a• s about expressing any particular limitations for the land
u - I °` t changes as we come through in advance. I mean, right
n: ' ere is -- you specified soccer fields as being -- as an additional
limi cation, and I don't -- I would rather we not make any kind of
specificity in regard to the land use code that's been proposed to us. So
folks are here...
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Caroline said that they will handle
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that at the meeting.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: That's correct. And you're
okay with that?
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yeah.
MR. 00HS: Yeah.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Okay.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yeah, because we get peo•
coming out to those meetings as long as they're held at tlh er time
of year.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Good.
MS. CILEK: Understood.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. So we h. motion on the
floor and a second by Commissioner Sauni s• made -- motion made
by Commissioner Fiala. It's her distic
COMMISSIONER FIALA: ou.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: So ose in favor?
COMMISSIONER McD A. Aye.
yCOMMISSIONER Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYL ; : Aye.
COMMISSIONE IS: Aye.
COMMISS F + ER SAUNDERS: Aye.
CHAI ' :y- YLOR: ThoseSPIopposed, like sign.
Nor-spo -.)
CHA - TAYLOR: It carries unanimously, ladies and
gent 4140 r 1 's done.
lause.)
R. OCHS: Thank you.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Thank you very much.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I think what we'll do is give our
hard-working court reporter a break right now. Come back in 10
minutes.
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COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: At what time?
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Good. Thank you.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: 10:20.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: 10:20.
A brief recess was had.)
MR. OCHS: Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seat .tb
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: We have a quorum o' •.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: We have a quorum. That' as e
brownies in the back. I think it's Terri's brownies in t k. There
we go. All right. Okay. IP
ems.,
Item #11A
EVALUATE THE FINANCING PIA CIATED WITH
DEVELOPING A REGIONAL T A MENT CALIBER
SPORTS FACILITY AND TO P ' s P E GUIDANCE ON
FUTURE ACTIONS - MOTIO DIRECT STAFF TO
PROCEED IN GATHE ' % ( r DITIONAL INFORMATION,
IFAUTHORIZEA $50,000 ,4, PENDITURE FOR A CONSULTANT
AND RE-AFFIRM ANIN EREST IN INCREASING THE
TOURIST T • D HAVE STAFF LOOK AT THE SCALE OF
THE PROJE PROVED
MR. CP : Madam Chair, this takes us to Item 11A on this
mo a I-nda. This is a recommendation to evaluate the financing
sated with developing regionaltournament caliberortssp
w.ti
pIn g a p
a' o and to provide guidance to the staff on future actions.iiit
Mr. Mark Isackson, your Corporate Financial Management
Services Division Director, will make the presentation.
MR. ISACKSON: Thank you, County Manager Ochs.
Good morning, Chair Taylor, members of the Commission. Mark
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Isackson with the Office of Management and Budget.
We are continuing -- it's an ongoing discussion and debate on our
amateur sports complex. The Board had asked for some preliminary
funding options relative to the complex.
We had met with the TDC yesterday and made a similar
presentation to them. But I want to start by talking a little bit ak e
issuance of debt itself because at some point in time when t bers
are revised and massaged, you're going to have to probab
gli'
e debt
somewhere between 60 and $80 million, again,
e
depene _ pon what
the final numbers come out to be. And there's a pr W- at wego
through for doing that. IP
The Finance Committee, which I chair, wi b actively involved
in deliberating the pros and cons of variotr4 acing structures, and
those recommendations will be brouhg `fore you.
I'm also told by bond counsel.s ancial advisor that any
adjustments or changes that are ne it iry to the tourist development
tax ordinance needs to be in pl fore you're ready to go to market
on this type of an issue.
Now, the county haslf-imposed debt limit in their Growth
Management Plan. We',F one of the few counties that has such a
vehicle. It esse ' ly states that your bondable revenues over your
annual debt s ce n't exceed 13 percent. We're right now at about 7
percent. T at vides a cap of about $375 million in terms of debt
issuance. IP
40 '.0 have to think about the going-forward piece when you
ce debt issuance, and that's certainly something that the
i committee will look at, and that's kind of the nuances with
rega d to those deliberations that will happen at the Finance
Committee.
Now, that $375 million is general governmental in nature. It's not
enterprise debt. This policy pertains specifically to general
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governmental debt.
Now, you've got bridges, you've got roads, you've got other things
coming down the pipe which will be actively discussed by the Board.
So when you start talking about 60 or 80 million in the scheme of 375,
I just wanted to make sure the Board had a sense for our ability to
move forward with a debt issuance, and we're certainly comfo . At.
within the guidelines that we've set forth in the Debt Mana• - sz1 t
Plan.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Could I just ask a q estion.
CouldJoujust define for me the difference betwee r L.• rnmental andY
enterpri -- what is enterprise? IP
MR. ISACKSON: Enterprise debt, Co ss oner, is essentially
our public utilities side of the house.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Olay
MR. ISACKSON: Our genes. ental side, parks. We've
done a lot of general building debt it gard to that. We've got a lot of
SO debt we call special obliga ai i•nd debt. So that's the general
governmental side of the ws
COMMISSIONER Zi 'IS: Okay. Thank you.
CHAIRMAN TAY ,O ' : Mr. Isackson, another thing you said
that I was askin: estions, and I think right now -- because this is not
what I would 4, a i 'ick read, I think if we have questions, please, if
you're okay i ackson --
MR SON: Sure.
041,4 I i A N TAYLOR: -- we'll just interrupt you.
4 ISACKSON: No. That's fine.
t AIRMAN TAYLOR: You mentioned that the -- we have to
hav- the -- clearly how we're going to finance it in terms of the
ordinance in place before we go to market. What's our time frame?
MR. CASALANGUIDA: Ma'am, we explained to the TDC
yesterday that we would come back within 120 days with the
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comparative analysis and your TDC recommendations for the Board
before the summer recess. So the timing: You would review that and
make recommendations to staff to amend the ordinance and then come
back in the fall to do so if you needed.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Because I know Commissioner
Saunders was very forward in his concerns about the way the tb
ordinance is allocated right now. Do we wait for the TDC t q e the
recommendations and then more forward from there, or do it
simultaneously, or what's our time frame there?
MR. OCHS: Well, ma'am, you know, at your 'gand meeting
you sent us forward as a staff to go to the TDC hi. we did
yesterday --
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes. 41110
MR. OCHS: -- to ask them to e.va current allocation oftS,
the 4 percent and to bring you badecommendations, so that's
what we've done at this point.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: And those recommendations
should come to us by wh- . ` OU think?
MR. OCHS: Before r summer break. Theywanted to have a
workshop. I've asked J k to put that together in the next 30 days, if
possible, with thso they can have that prior to their next formal
meeting.
CHA TAYLOR: So if it comes to us before our summer
break, whePd 1, e deliberate this?
i, 0 HS: You can deal with it when it comes to you in the
s ou know, June. You meet all of June -- excuse me -- all of
Ju . d one meeting in July, so I think you'll have sufficient time.
An. , again, what you would be doing is amending your ordinance at
that point to provide for whatever allocation of tourist taxes you want
to make to the various funds that receive that money and/or deciding if
you want to add any additional half or full penny to the ordinance.
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CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay.
MR. OCHS: And that's a supermajority vote of the ty t e Board to
amend that ordinance.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Commissioner McDaniel?
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Let Commissioner Saunde o
first.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: No, no. Go ahead.34til
trying to --
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: You're thinking. c.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Yeah.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thinking this t z 4 • ugh.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Getting 1.se.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: 0 : .. And I just wanted to
talk about the -- because If twasinavor 4-01 g this action forward
at our last meeting. And I just -- IiN., o make a couple of points, if
I may, with regard to the agenda itiito, at we, in fact, passed.
It would be my preferenc- '.4a. e focus our energies on the
vetting of the increase in4 , , the allocation of that money, the
total amount of the bond i that is attainable by the increase in the
TDT before we ne otia with property owners -- we already pretty
much know whe he facilities, in fact, are going to be -- before we
spend $50,00 hi a consultant to ascertain the potential overall
expenses . sod with this process. We already know it's going top
range an from 60 to $100 million dollars depending on what
land, F t• ately get -- that we ultimately pick where it's going to be
lon, 4,,' d I would rather that we focus our energies preliminarily on
t . ,. 10r enue aspect of this before we go out and negotiate with property
owners and spend money on consultants in advance.
MR. OCHS: Madam Chair, with respect to that, I see it a little
differently. We have been fairly deep into negotiations all along, and I
think we've provided that transparency in the disclosure to the Board
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several times.
And Commissioner McDaniel is referring to the February 28th
meeting where we brought an item, and one of the elements of the staff
recommendation was to authorize negotiation with the owners to try to
get to a final and best price. I understand his concern and commen
I think the flip side of that discussion may be, you know, i
know exactly what our bottom line is, then you can tailor th- ';sunt
of increase in your TDT tax, if you're even inclined to do because
you'll know exactly or pretty closely what kind of exp r ou're
going to incur for the project.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Since a dressing me,
may I speak?
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes.
COMMISSIONER McDANIE : here is a rationale in
that regard that we wouldn't actual o with more detail, but I beg
to differ with regard to specific ne, . ions on pieces of real estate
and the expenses associated w'£. We've already got preliminary
plans. We've already ha. 4 - (Pee: ary meetings. And the suggestion
that I would give you as a .ought process was the inordinate amount
of time that was spent by, our staff on the professional baseball facility
negotiations and • on and so forth that got sent away.
And so thoy_ t process from my personal business
experienc wa would be -- my preference would be that we focus
our energi P+e revenue streams in advance. We've already done a
cons S ,1 , amount of work with regard to the negotiations for the
i properties -- that we focus our energies on the revenue side
o st. That's just --
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. Commissioner Saunders?
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Yeah. I guess a couple
questions, and these may require some input from the County
Attorney.
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I know that the statute sets out how these funds can be used,
which penny can be used for different things. I mean, I don't know
that we need to get into that kind of a discussion.
But I think the Board -- and today we perhaps should again
reaffirm this. I think the Board is committed to raising the 1 perce
If we're not committed to doing that, then there's no point in ha "
this discussion because it's the only way to finance this thin .
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: That was pretty ar more
eloquently put than I did.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Okay. SoAli,4t1IF you know, if
we move to continue the dialogue, I think thate !
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where we're increasing dollars for certain areas.
But I'm not so sure -- we have to certainly respect what the statute
allows in terms of the fourth and fifth pennies and --
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Well, the statute is -- you
know, money's fungible, so we're going to be raising the five penn
25 million, $28 million, and we'll have certain restrictions -- cc
buckets that we can put that money in. So I think we can ge here
I've suggested as a possibility. We may not call it the 25ip tt nt of the
fifth penny, but it would be some additional money in
qMR. ISACKSON: I understand that direction
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Again, ,, t ought. I don't
know how the commission would feel about th . t
r
think that that
would satisfy some concerns in the comm a.out beach
renourishment. I think that would h 1p v me concerns with the
tourist industry in accepting the in the tourist tax.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Co sioner Fiala?
COMMISSIONER FIAL s. I'm sorry that I missed the
beginning of this convers
At the TDC meeting , -sterday this was discussed heavily, and
there was some concern on e part of the TDC, the Tourist
Development C. . i cil, and they wanted some more facts, some more
figures, et cet; an'w so they asked to have a workshop, and they
asked to b- ab
tYI
put that workshop together pretty quickly, and --
which then replied they would do just that.
f ark Isackson made a statement, and this one was
p to-
in my opinion. Mark said, don't forget, if you vote this one
pe "n and you take -- and you bond it, that bond money comes
before anything else that you want to spend, and if the economy dips,
that bond money comes out -- regardless of whether it's beach
renourishment or a sports center or anything at all, that money comes
out first, and I think that really woke everybody up.
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And so that was a concern as well. So they wanted to have this
workshop. So I'm just laying that on the table to see how you feel once
you heard that.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I think it's fiscal responsibility. I don't
have a problem with it.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Absolutely. 4‘b
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Commissioner McDaniel?
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yes, ma'am. An it gard to
Commissioner Saunders' statement -- and if you all re
mir.
1 serve on
the Southwest Regional Planning Council as a repro: ive from our
board, and literally yesterday I went through a ' o a e elected
officials up and down the west coast of Florida a ave similar issues
to us. It's the same big pond out there, and al have similar beach
renourishment issues.
And I'm in the process, throu_ ';N. ouncil, of establishing a
consortium of elected officials up . 1 . i own the west coast of Florida
to discuss the pros and cons of ues that we all necessarily share
with regard to the necess. ' our beach renourishment. And,
ultimately, my hope is by ing from their shortcomings, that we
actually suffer from as wll, how we can collaborate and utilize our
asset basis for treater good in accomplishing that. So that's just
one little thin ith gard to beach renourishment that I'm working
on.
Num It. %o, I did get an email, I think, from Leo or somebody
gest- w` h regard to some of the preliminary comments that came
fr DC meeting and, you know, there was, basically, what is the
th regard to the facility, where are we looking at as far as the11
management, operations, and so on. Basic normal concerns that we've
all necessarily expressed.
We all like the idea of this amateur facility. It's just how are we
going to get there from here? And I think as we move through this
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process, it's going to be investigated by the TDC. I did listen in a little
bit yesterday while the TDC was talking. I didn't hear the profound
statement by Mr. Isackson, but I was pleased to have you repeat that.
And on that note, I think we as a board, we as a government, we
as a community, need to be having some conversations about
sustainability. Mr. Isackson's profound statement yesterday ha 1
with -- because with this facility comes rental, comes reven eS4d,
ultimately, comes maintenance, and if that revenue for ut. 4ti on were
to drop, then the maintenance is going to fall back onblic
treasury.
And I think we -- as we're moving forwar it is project -- I
would like to see us move forward with this pro c -- we need to recall
and have serious discussions about the sus 4 ability aspect of it. And
until we actually formally see what it's, tOgoing to be, that
sustenance is going to have to be dd -I ed at a later date.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Th. s; ou very much.
Mr. Isackson?
MR. ISACKSON _ ou, Chair Taylor.
Let me, if I can, put pretty informative chart here that will
talk to you about the -- your financing alternatives.
We modelecouple of different options: Two alternatives at 60
million over ` end years, and two alternatives at 80 million over
20 and 25 ear- A d you can see based on current market interest
rates the al IP e interest cost in this line item here. The maximum
ann t .ervice, and that gets to be important when you start
to coverage requirements, anywhere between 4 million and
ro b •6 million a year. And you can see the total debt service for
eac of these scenarios.
What's important on the bottom half is getting to this statement
that I made at the TDC meeting. When you issue debt -- and this will
be the first time that -- if the project goes through and the Board
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authorizes the issuance of debt under a strict TDT pledge, that
becomes the priority position with regard to the distribution of
proceeds.
Now, what we laid out here is what would happen under these
various scenarios regarding coverage. And coverage requirements,
essentially, what type of coverage do you have to pay your deb
service? That's essentially what it means.
And our financial advisors have indicated that with2,Ot TDT
pledge, most people will get a Double A rating if they N2.4 times
coverage.
Now, there's, you know, nuance, little gives there, but
you can see here that under a one-cent coverage u're not going to
get to that magical 2.4, but you will get to 'der a pledge of two
pennies. So that's the -- that's the sigjii44f that -- of those
particular lines. And the only reaso ng it up is to -- when we
start debating the issuance of debt Finance Committee, those are
the discussions that we will ha retty significant detail when it
comes to knowing what tll r amount that we're going to issue at
some point and also the co ,` age.
Now, we also indite• yesterday -- and we've had discussions
with our bond cel and financial advisor that there would not be
what we call . c un CB&A backstop to this. What we mean by
CB&A is ove G! :. the budget and appropriate.
We're oing to pledge -- we're not going to pledge. We're
going 10 4.ledge TDC tax -- TDT tax, but there's not going to be any
b. k om the county. You'll recall that -- I'll give you an
in• on. The CRA note has no backstop from the county. It's a
stri pledge of tax increment financing revenues. Here will be a strict
pledge of tourist development taxes with no backstop by the county.
That's, I think, a point we need to emphasize.
Now, there's been some discussion about the fifth penny. And --
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COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Can I ask one quick question?
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: With regard to the backstop, is
there a limitation on the rate associated with the lack of the backstop?
MR. ISACKSON: Yeah. The interest rate probably won't va
that much. I mean, we're a Double A Plus rating with our reve• E40,
bond debt. We're a Triple A rating by Standard & Poor's on r eneral
corporate rating. 1116
So it's not going to be that big of a deal, provided an get the
Double A. If you're down to Single A, I thinkyou'gto get some
interest rate discussions
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Okay.
MR. ISACKSON: As Commissione w unders had pointed out,
the fifth penny was discussed, and tier ' 0•le reasons why you
pursue the fifth penny. There's cecash flow issue. You need
to replace the debt service that you .- .ing to pay somewhere,
because that's going to get lost •Iti shuffle. It's going to get
earmarked to debt servic- IL.0 a'mebody -- somebody, some other
whether i ' marketing, arein takewethetsbeaks,museums,umue s,going to to e
a hit.
So the fifthy will allow you to, what I term, establish some
ordinance re. .bu ' n flexibility, and that's important.
Leo, ha this, about our third time we've been doing this?
MR ilii : Yes.
I` A CKSON: So, you know, we've had a little practice at
re'' ;' • ing the ordinance, so...
d e talked about the credit coverage. That's important. And we
also talked about, at the TDC, budget certainty. Let's talk about that a
little bit. Everybody's real comfortable right now, renourishment,
marketing, museums within the blanket of the tourist development tax.
There is some element of budget certainty with regard to that.
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If, for example, you don't do the fifth penny or you only do a
portion, let's say, of that fifth penny, now you have to introduce a
non-tourist development tax revenue source to help support marketing
or beach renourishment or museums. And once you do that, the likely
source is going to be your General Fund.
So now what happens? You get lost in the morass of tax ed.f,
the general appropriation process, and all of the competing ;• -sts
that are nipping at the tails of the General Fund: Transfer • i.pital,
our operational issues, things of that nature.
So you lose an element, I think, of budget cert ' hen you get
wrapped up in that big discussion about how g ra nds are
distributed.
So that's why we mention there are al
viov-
i atives, but those
alternatives have risk. And the ro r rpgewrapped up within
the TDC have a nice blanket aroun t ecause there is some
budget certainty there. They know :t the revenue sources are from
year to year, generally.
Commissioners, that'l ave right now. And I'll be happy to
answer any other question' s u have right now, and I look forward to
your guidance and direc 'on.
CHAP A .' TAYLOR: Do you think we need to make a
motion, or is me of a consensus? Or tell us -- tell us what you're
looking fopl -, County Manager.
MR We're looking for the Board to authorize the
reco Iri 4 ions that were made in the executive summary --
itA RMAN TAYLOR: Okay.
R. OCHS: -- and those are to develop a comparative
con eptual site development plan, schedules, cost analysis, and
financing plans for the site and bring that report back to the Board
within 120 days to negotiate with the owners of City Gate a final and
best price for the land in the non-monetary exchanges and to authorize
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an expenditure not to exceed 50,000 for additional consultant services
to help with the site development planning and some of the other
related elements of the project.
Now, Commissioner Saunders, I think, was suggesting to the
board -- and that would certainly be appreciated by the staff that t e
that there may be an expression of a commitment at this poi ib
entertain that fifth penny so at least we know generally the
revenues that we're working with here. The allocations timately
shake out over the next several months between the T
recommendations and the staff suggestions, and the r oard will
make those final decisions.
CHAIRIMIAN TAYLOR: Yeah. As long -- as long as the -- if
it's agreed with my colleagues here that I qt. ld support that as long as
the fifth penny -- agreeing to the fifth p:*, 0 , es not preclude looking
at the reallocation of those five pe i S
MR. OCHS: No, ma'am. Yo it ow, you have two related issues
here. You had a board directio . .ok at the allocation of the TDC
revenues as they exist to' . , A percent.
a
CHAIRMAN TAYL ' : Four pennies, uh-huh.
MR. OCHS: Andou also have this action, which is related,
which is the fina ' g options using tourist development taxes for the
sports compl . Sta is recommending and suggesting that you need
to add to t Losepennies to make this happen.
So th-*P elated but the reallocation will come back to you,
espe 4 1 1 ou indicate a willingness to move forward on the fifth
p _a 1 s w you'll have a reallocation recommendation of all five
pe + ;
x ,
and you'll deal with that over the next couple months.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: And I'll respectfully remind my board
that the reason that the people ever voted for this, and I think -- and
persuaded the commissioners -- and, Commissioner Fiala, it might
have been with you. The reason that people agreed to a bed tax -- it
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was before you. I think it was before you. You were elected in 2000.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: I was actually on the committee
from the outside working on that.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Because of the beaches. It was the
beaches.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Exactly right. els,H\
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: And we have to keep that in .
forefront. Okay.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Might I suggest we ome
speakers?
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: We've got a co ' a er comments
here.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Okay. IF . ' T
want to take a -- I
didn't want to have anybody take a Not'. it re we hear from our
speakers.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Co sioner Saunders?
COMMISSIONER SAS: Madam Chair, I'd like to hear
from the speakers, and I , l e to try to fashion a motion at that
point, if I could --
CHAIRMAN TAY ,O' : When --
COMMISS ER SAUNDERS: --just to capture a couple
things that I t w. ld be important.
CHA r. TAYLOR: Okay. Commissioner -- I'm going to --
Commissiellr cDaniel, I know you were there.
SSIONER McDANIEL: And I would, too, is wait till
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k• _ ' om our public speakers.
MMISSIONER SOLIS: I will as well.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Very good.
Let's hear from some speakers.
MR. MILLER: Madam Chair, we have five registered speakers.
Your first speaker is Mike Dunkle. He'll be followed by Kevin Van
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Duser.
MR. DUNKLE: Commissioners, thank you for your time.
My name is Mike Dunkle. I am the Asset Manager for the
Springhill Suites and Fairfield Inn Suites. I appreciate the time to be
able to speak.
And I wanted to let everyone know that we wanted to go •lib
record in regards to the fifth penny, that we are very support f this
effort. I encourage my fellow hoteliers, many that are her "'.o the
same.
This is an effort that helps diversify the econo r e in Naples.
It also benefits all hotels, urban and beach hot- make that
statement because our hotel has negotiated with s sits teams that have
played here before, and many of those tea to selected to stay at beach
hotels. So it is a market that does be oftL els.
I also wanted to share one ex :that I had with everyone. I
have the responsibility of five othe els that I asset manage here in
rye
the state of Florida. One of the tels in Stuart -- in Stuart. Several
months ago when I trave -,i I arrived in the evening time. I
noticed that in our great ro q breakfast area, there was a baseball
team; 9- and 10-year-ol and many coaches, and they proudly
displayed Napletheir jerseys.
And I ce ' 1 as aware of this effort, so I walked up to one of
the coache an aid, may I have an opportunity just to say hello to
your team . R's arents and players? And they granted me time to talk a
little
e them aware of what this effort was all about. And I can
tee , it met with great excitement, not only from parents andih
coa es, but also the players.
A specific comment that was made to me from the parents were
that it would be great to have a nice facility in Naples that we can be
very proud of, not that they're not proud of the current facilities that are
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already here, but it would be nice to be able to host these tournaments
here in Naples versus having to travel to Stuart or other cities.
And I thought that was very telling, and I appreciated their time in
sharing their feelings on that, and I encouraged them to get behind this
effort.
ex\Thank you so much for your time. v
kir
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Where did you fly in frila0 I know
you announced that yesterday.
MR. DUNKLE: Sure. I flew in from Dallas • day night
specifically to be here for the TDC meeting am u is •eeting today.VP
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Thank sub;,
Applause.)
MR. MILLER: Your next spealcen. Van Duser. He'll be
followed by Kyle Zech.
MR. VAN DUSER: Good m g. Thank you for your time
and all that you do and for giv. ,the opportunity to speak. I'm
actually here, I guess, on 4 . roi the kids.
I've been dealing wit •orts for 40 years. I was born and raised
in Miami. I have six br hers and four sisters. After we finished our
chores, we wereded to the park and, if not, we had more chores.
111 .
So we wante s • ma sure that we could get out of there and get out
of there as fast ,•ossible.
WhenWhenl,Pt w up in Miami, I started -- at age 17 I started working
with 1. aw the need for kids. I went to school, Liberty
U. . played football. Coach Kramer and I actually played
to r, then we ended up at American High School together in
Mia i. And when he left 20-something years ago to come over here, I
was -- I left the American High School also and went -- because being
at one high school, I couldn't reach enough of the kids. There are so
many kids with problems, so many kids with difficulties. And one of
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the number one things we can do to get them off the streets, out from
behind the Play Stations and onto the playing field, was with sports.
And so I started a program over here. I came over here and
worked at First Baptist Church Naples when they moved to the new
location, and I started -- in 2008 I started a program called the
Beacons. The number one reason I started it, there weren't enNib
fields. There weren't enough places for them to play.
And I started it in 2008, and when I resigned from F aptist
Naples in 2014, the reason I resigned was because we = lo big for
the property. And they have 90 acres. We covered . 1111,. .le property,
and there wasn't enough.
So the Beacons are still going on right no I Carted a whole new
program, Young Champion Sports, where i focus is to train young
champions for the future. We train tile, lthlete. It's
four-dimensional coaching: Heart, o ind, and strength. Sooner or
later the sport is over. The type of to + e they become is what's most
important.
During that process eGeve Quinn. Steve Quinn's sons were
involved in my program. ve Quinn in involved with FBU. I have
the privilege to run the witional championships for a football university
here for the last years, and I'll be running national championships
here.
We ent 12 teams to 24 teams last year, and now we're
going to halt teams coming this year. And I know that that's a
huge las f. the community and for the hotels and for -- it's a great
re,. . or money to come in and help pay for some of these things.
one of my -- one of the key things that I have always tried to
kee• in mind with working with the kids is that the number one thing
is keep the focus on the kids. All the fields and things that we use,
we've been using over the years, are heavily used. We go -- we get on
the high school -- I started a 501(c)3 because of the costs. It gets very
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expensive. So I started a 501(c)3 because we wanted to get on the
athletic fields, but I am now sharing it -- I was at Barron Collier last
night 7 on 7, four high schools involved with that.
Eventually -- what we did, we had to share the field with the
lacrosse teams. So if you look at what's going on right now -- is th --
oh, I've got one second -- with -- you've got somewhere betwe- rk!. I
and four football teams. You've got between two and six la °i e
teams. You've got two -- between two and six soccer tea' itti'`at are
using all these fields. So with my program what we h. do all the
time is try to find -- where can we find a small corn,-„L• 'ace to grow.
The last thing I'll say is when I started an. e 7 first Baptist
Church Naples, we went from 80 families to 1,' 0 amilies that were
involved. So the kids are there, there's jus 464 . ace for them to go and
be. 41111
So thank you for your time a - r 1 ng.
MR. MILLER: Your next s tet, is Kyle Zech. He'll be
followed by Liz Sanders.
MR. ZECH: Good P4 P"- • My name's Kyle Zech. I'm actually
born and raised in Naples, ate•rida, here and hard to believe that I was
one of those 9- and 10- ar-old kids that was traveling to these
tournaments in t e :other cities and other states.
I'm hon• '- to - here today. I was a two-time state champion at
Naples Hi'h f• • . seball and football and had the opportunity to play
Division 1 Ian at Stetson University, had an older brother that
play ( v ' on 1 baseball at Villanova, and a younger brother that
c
T: •lays Division 1 baseball at University of South Florida.
rowing up and being on these traveling teams, it was a hardship
on y parents. They spent roughly $10,000 a year just on travel to
other cities and other states on food, hotels, gas. And I think the
opportunity to have a sports complex like this in Naples and in this
community is going to benefit, one, our youth in the local community,
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the local business owners.
And, also, the amount of money that people are willing to spend
on sports is outrageous. I mean, knowing my parents, they were
middle class, and it is tough, but you're going to do what's best for your
kids. And they were willing to travel halfway across the state for to
play in these tournaments, and in the end it benefited myself be*
everyone knows sports teaches things that you can't learn in
classroom, such as hard work, such as accountability, an '- e things
then translate into your future in your career.
So I look at this opportunity as an investment
iiik. +
local
community and our future leaders of tomorro Ili s.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you.
MR. MILLER: Your next speaker is 410 . Sanders. She'll be
followed by Kenneth Coloma.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Ok . Sanders, you have to talk
slowly.
MS. SANDERS: Okay. ,j,:tk really slowly. I'm going to
decline speaking. I think 1 t it home. It's what it's all about. He's
born and raised here, and ' actually -- this is slow.
Anyway, Mike Dvkle and Coach V and Kyle, they said what I
have to say. So • you very much.
MR. MIiv R our next speaker is Kenneth Coloma. He will
be followed b rry Petit-Dor.
MR a MA: Good morning, Commissioners.
11 I i A N TAYLOR: Good morning.
4 COLOMA: My name is Kenneth Coloma. I'm a member of
tai: o f .1 community, a graduate of Naples High School, and a father,
and a local business owner.
Eight years ago I became involved in Naples Gators youth
football and cheerleading as a coach. Three years ago I took over as 1
president of the nonprofit organization. This nonprofit organization
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has been in our community since 1958, as a lot of you know.
After taking over, I became aware of the financial burden that our
local youth nonprofits are expected to pay and incur. Our program,
like many others, helps create a safe environment to keep the kids off
the streets, helps developing student athletes become fine commun
citizens.
The Gators consistently scholarship over 30 of our partici nts on
an annual basis. The cost of leasing fields, practice, gam has
increased significantly in the past three years.
Speaking on behalf of myself, the Gators, and . ether youth
programs in Southwest Florida, and our gove ' • i .re , the
Southwest Florida Youth Football League, we Tv-a
financial strain on these fees -- on those fe- excuse me.
Not only the Gators, but many th tsport organizations are
finding it hard to find fields to pla or practice. Leagues are
tNi,
paying over $1,000 a day to rent hit,. hool fields and accommodate
their needs. As a nonprofit, th sts and insurance costs are
weighing heavily becaus Wieed to increase their participation
fees.
The need for the s its facility has become a necessity for our
programs throus ' • t Collier County and all of Southwest Florida.
Whether it beo' tb : lacrosse, or any other sport, we are becoming
limited on s.a nd usage. Naples is a great location for a sports
complex. IP
40, •°° w, Orlando may have conventions, theme parks, and
o e f:st attractions, but Naples will be known as a sports paradise
co1
FBU is a constant supporter of our local youth programs as well
as bringing in many tourists from throughout the country to Southwest
Florida. The complex will only increase this, events like the Youth
National championship, 7 on 7 tournaments, and other tournaments
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1thatfulfilltheneedsofthefacilities.
As a community member and the president of the Naples Gators,
I can't be more excited for my children to have the opportunities
coming to them as a result of this new sports complex.
Thank you very much for your time.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you.
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Applause.)
MR. MILLER: Madam Chair, your last speaker is
Petit-Dor.
MR. PETIT-DOR: Thank you. My name is . 'etit-Dor. I'm
the president and founder of Wealth Leaders L.119, hmg. And I
know I see a lot of the athletes of youth in Imm a ee, a lot of them
here in Naples, and when I get a chance to k to them, a lot of them
are encouraged that, you know, whoa ye 6 • i _ sports or when you're
out and you're competing, you get . 1 - to position yourself to do
something great that you see the mtayi o eople doing on TV.
Many a times for those k' I ecially in Immokalee, they have
to travel all the way to M. ies•e able to get a chance to be on a big
stage, and we believe havi e sports complex here in the Naples
area even benefits the c ildren in Immokalee and the small area where
their high schoo the only place that they have to play a sports game,
and to bring . 6 p like this would be very beneficial to them, too,
to have th.t ex b -p ence of a big stage so that they can pursue and go on
to bigger s _ m college, bigger stages, even becoming professionals
in th n hat they might be training for, and so many of them train
fro y ood all the way to adulthood and never see a chance to get
a •, • ag e.
And I think it would be great in their lives to be able to be a part
of that and you guys make a great movement in moving forward and
bringing this to these children, bringing this to these hardworking
families who, so many times, have to travel very far in order for their
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children that they work so hard for, the families that they work so hard
for, to see something like this, let alone win, but just alone just to see
it.
And it's awesome to know that Naples is positioning themselves
to bring something like this to us, bring something like this home
because we need it, and we don't want to keep traveling so far ws r .
able to smile and bring trophies back to Naples, bring trophi- z I ck to
Collier County. We want to be able to host it here and w. fib m here.
So thank you.
Applause.) S'CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you.
Commissioner Solis?
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: A couplings. One, my son
actually played with Kyle's younger, rr of d so traveling around IVt,know playing baseball -- and LizN, usband was the coach, too,
as well on a couple different sports
You know, I think -- I juA,fat to make sure that as we're
looking at this as a touris ViiVsports tourism revenue source and all
that, that we don't lose sig of the local kids.
CHAIRMAN TAV_,0 : That's right.
COMMISSER SOLIS: I know when I was in the Little
League baseb are you know, none of-- at least none of the teams
that my so s 1 on played at North Collier Regional Park, and we
always wo d why. I mean, I understand there's reasons for it.
just -- I want to make sure that if we move forward with a
b.:, ex like this that it is as available to the local teams as it is to
to 4 •. ent teams. I think it's a great idea. It would alleviate the
bur en. Also, a lot of families that -- having traveled around Florida, it
is expensive; it's very expensive.
Secondly, I just want to make sure that what we're talking about
today is it's directing staff to come back with comparative plans on the
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different alternatives that we discussed, not -- we're still talking about
the three different options that we had talked about before.
MR. CASALANGUIDA: That's right.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Okay. Because maybe I
misunderstood that we were just looking at one of the options, butI,want to make sure about that.
e.,
iNc4.And then as far as the fifth penny, I would like to mayb
understand a little more about -- let me back up.
I'm concerned about this looming $120 million b.aa, •of capital
improvements that we keep referring to. And I wa lik; . ake sure that
whatever we do, we're not necessarily pledgin_: • 7s,s, the county's
funds, general funds, to pay back these bonds, bye: se I thought that
was a little -- what Mark said and what Co 1 issioner Fiala said was a
little different, and I want to make suretet derstood that well.
MR. ISACKSON: All right. . two issues here. One is
i„
what Commissioner Fiala was refe ' _'to and what I was referring to
yesterday with the TDC is one-•introduce a bond issue that's paid
for strictly from a tourist 0meat tax pledge, that that becomes
the primary purpose for th -distribution.
COMMISSIONS I IS: That's it.
MR. ISACON: In other words, it's buried within there, and it
takes a priori i osi n when it comes to the payment of debt. That's
always a p ion •osition whether it's TDT or any other debt that we
issue. Tha'0*. • ays first and foremost.
at you're referring to, Commissioner, I think, is this
no n- backstop, and there's a reason why we don't do that, and it's
ey
r..r.
the reason that you just mentioned. We've got a lot of other
thins that we're dealing with.
So if for some reason -- we don't like to use the D word in terms
of default. But if for some reason there is a dip in the market,
whatever the case might be, that's what we were talking about
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yesterday, I'm not swooping in with general governmental revenues as
a bailout.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Okay. That's all I had. Thank you
for clarifying that.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Commissioner Saunders? meq.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Madam Chair, I wasg _ •°e
make a motion, if it's --
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Commissioner McDaniel
el•0
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: -- in the event Nio one has
any objection to that.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Commissioner I . ,i ie . Okay.
Pleasego ahead.
VN.,
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: If i.ht just make one quick
comment, and this is just -- this is, alai I; •• ' if rsonal belief with
regard to the chronological order, .°• . :1/ Se your motion's going to
necessarily take care of this. lb,
We don't go out and shop 'ernes until we know what we're
prequalified for, and that' ionale from seeking the funding
source in advance, at whic oint then we can go forth with the efforts
and expenditures to ana ze and get to where we need to be with
regard to the loci •ns and the potentials of the site. That was --
COMM 0 ' R SAUNDERS: Let's talk about that for just a
second, becaus think we're going to put staff on a rather short
timeframe four months -- three to four months, they're going
to co it I . to us. If they don't have the additional support with the
jg6,0 t • thorization to hire some consultants, I don't think we're
go 1, . o be able to get information that we need.
And so part of my motion's going to be to include that $50,000
expenditure to authorize that. I hope you can support it with the
understanding that if we're going to get an answer fairly soon, staffs
going to need that additional support to get us the information we need.
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COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Can I say, it rubs me the wrong
way, but I'm -- I will acquiesce to your knowledge and experience.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Well -- and --
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: I'll take the blame for it.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: This raises a good issue. The 5 0
for the design is -- we also need to know what we want to do,
And that relates to how much it's going to cost as well, right? r) there
is somewhat of a chicken-and-the-egg problem, but I gue" . 'ye got
to pick one.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: We already and I don't
mean to interrupt. But I mean, we've already s iminary site
plans, we've already seen preliminary layouts o th locations, at least
on the City Gate and the 305, we haven't 1 ed at the golf course
10
facility yet, necessarily. I haven't sein t ,.I ith regard to that.
We already have an estimates s b expense with regard to this
facility as to what it could be depe qt, _ on what the land costs, in fact,
end up being. But we -- negot'. for the purchase of a piece of land
before you're qualified w. "'• . s to your finances just -- and I
understand this is gove and it's not how we do things outside the
door, but I just -- to me hronologically, we have the cart in front of
the horse if we'ring that, so...
MR. OC dam Chair?
CHAT ' TAYLOR: Yes, of course.
MR. CP » : If the Deputy Manager could speak a little bit to that
cons (01 gagement.
a IRMAN TAYLOR: Yes.
itR. CASALANGUIDA: Sure. The first comment
Co issioner McDaniel made as far as the Braves analysis, it was
100,000 feet. It was not very detailed. There were, I would call them,
caricatures. We didn't invest a lot of time and engineering in that.
In the second round we presented you, we just looked at acreage
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to make sure that the acreage made sense, you know, for what we were
looking at and get rough ideas.
I would recommend you move forward with this next phase only
because of the timing. If you're going to be looking at trying to
understand the financing, as Commissioner Saunders pointed out,
quarter penny to beaches and three-quarters there, the feasibili
directing an ordinance change and -- or the amount, I thinkA6144eed to
know a little bit deeper.
So from 50,000 feet to 25,000 gets you those thr r 1 erent
versions with some better information so you could -z .1T.- a more
informed decision, and that would my recomm- e .a'11to you. It also
YIPhasanimpactonCollier305, because we're goi . o se coming
forward with a rezoning of that and the pl. Aloing for 305 with the road.
And without knowing a little bit of dais • ` v", ce, it's going to affect
the planning of that as well, too.
COMMISSIONER McDANI And if I might clarify, then, a
portion of that is going to be a. P.
tl .
sis of the expenses associated
with the rezone of a piec 1P. / that we're goingto do anyway,erty Yom' Y,
and that's just -- I mean, e ally we're going to rezone that piece of
i.
property to something. Co a portion of that expense, then, is allocated
over there for thnalysis to give us a truer cost as to what we're
staring at for uti ation of that?
MR. A ANGUIDA: Yes, sir.
COMIfeA-,• ONER McDANIEL: I'm happier.
tk MISSIONER McDANIEL: I wasn't going to vote against
it,e way. It just isn't working.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Sometimes in life things come together,
and you can't silo them. And I would say that this sports content and
all the parts of the government and what we do are being touched.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Right.
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CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Beach renourishment, our parks, our
children, our future, diversifying our economy,jobs. It's all under this
extraordinary time we live in, and it's important, I think, to bring it all
in. So I really appreciate the comments.
Commissioner Saunders?
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: All right. Well, let me
make a motion that will have a couple parts to it.
The first part is to direct staff to proceed to provide • enation
concerning the amateur sports complex and to authori
expenditure of the requested $50,000 to move the • • along.
As part of the motion to reaffirm our will' e o increase the
tourist tax, recognizing that the only way to finc this project is
through tourist taxes. There is no other m anism.
And, number three, to see about r- c he scale of the project
so that we don't have to dedicate o `_-one percent, the fifth -- the
entire fifth cent to debt service, be st - that will give us a cushion to
put more money into beach re0 ent. It will also give us a
cushion if there's a slight 0 in the tourist industry so that we
don't have to take away fr. A other funds as opposed to just
committing the entire 1 yercent.
Again, not obligation on our part, but just direction to staff to
take a look atsc of the project recognizing the potential for
reducing tied ervice to a point where it doesn't take up the entire
fifth pennylP
SSIONER McDANIEL: And I'll second that for
cl'
Ilt, , • .AIRMAN TAYLOR: I was fine until you talked about the
red ction. I guess because I've lived the Hunden report, and they've
come, and if we build it, they will come, and we need -- the Hunden
folks were brought in here because of two things: We were
conceptualizing a sports area facility, but we needed -- we need extra
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fields for our kids, and we didn't know how this would come together.
And they came -- the Tourist Development Council paid for the
consultant. Mr. Wert was very involved in it. And what they said was,
you know, if you're going to build something, you need to build it so
that you can attract. And there's a lot of other communities that ar
a
doing the same thing, so you've got to build it right. It doesn't •
you have to build, you know, the Taj Mahal, but you have to-to tebkd it
right.
At 0
And that $60 million figure was an approximate r : ht forward
by Hunden. It was always my understanding, Mr. nguida, that
once we pick the spot, figure out the financing, u en e and work
comes to figure out exactly how much this is goy _ to cost based on
our needs, and this would all be based on • ,
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needs.
The consultant's study actually li• IN Ey of what we do need.
And I can tell you, we don't need - °` it • not need -- it's amazing.
The priorityis baseball, is baseball is community. That's thetY
number one. Football is there t s not as high as baseball.
So in that study -- it' y read. It's not a little read, but it's a
very easy read, really wel I-ten. And if you haven't read it, I would
encourage you to do it b cause it basically give us a blueprint not to --
not a -- it gives f blueprint, but it doesn't require us to follow it
exactly, but it d • alks about the way to approach this.
So w-'re ng about diversifying our economy in this
discussion, is huge unto itself, and we just need the facilities to
do it
9 •
on't think I can support -- if you could modify the end of
yo otion somehow to not say cut it down, but if you could rephrase
it so ehow.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Well, let me talk about the
motion for a minute, because what I said was for staff to take a look at
the scale of the project so that, perhaps, we don't have to spend the
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entire one penny for debt service. And I indicated that that would not
be anything binding on us. That would just be giving staff some
direction.
The information that's been provided by staff says that we need to
have 4 to $6 million for -- I'm assuming this would be for debt se. ' e.
It says 4 to $6 million of program tourist development tax dist • u
to satisfy debt service payments.
I'd like to see us closer to the 4 million than to the 6 i n,
because if we're at the 6 million, you know, and there' . a a blem, then
we're going to be dipping into all of the other touris - opment uses
to make that debt service.
If we're closer to the 4 million, remember e percent will raise
5.2 to $5.4 million. That gives us a cushio 46 out it's not an obligation
on our part. If Hunden comes back n ape, there's no way to
do this, you have to do this with 5 lion in debt service, then
we'd have an opportunity.
I'd like to have staff look .; from the perspective of let's be
frugal, let's be -- let's bui e need to build, but if we can, you
know, be conscious of do .: rns in the economy and what that could
mean for other uses of tpurist tax, I think that would be a prudent
approach.
So that'spu ose of the motion. But it wouldn't obligate us to
a lower n be t would just be direction to staff to see if we can do
it at that lo umber.
fill,,t 1 A N TAYLOR: But it's my understanding that we need
t y ,I mis -- did I misinterpret what you said, Mr. Isackson? We
ne aa o pennies, 2.39 pennies; is that correct?iiti
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: No.
MR. OCHS: No.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I'm sorry.
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MR. ISACKSON: Ma'am, what we're talking about is a nuance
in regard to our debt service coverage.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Right.
MR. ISACKSON: That's all that relates to.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay.
MR. ISACKSON: You're going to be -- you're going to b tb
considering this within the confines -- if you raise a fifth pe ou're
going to be considering this within the confines of five cF. d
when we pledge something, when we write something,ii....714bond
document and we pledge revenues, we're going to ,.decide what
ISwe're going to do. We're going to -- a pledge .. n can -- all a
pledge means is that you're pledging a revenue = ice to pay debt
service. That's all that's required to do.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay
MR. OCHS: Madam Chair, :perspective and the staff
perspective, we're comfortable wit at Commissioner Saunders has
laid out as a motion. We thi n work with that effectively
without compromising, y No i . , the scope or the quality of the
program.
There's phasing opportunities; there's other things. So for what
it's worth to the . .rd, we're comfortable with moving under that
direction, an. @ on .elieve that that compromises the facility as the
consultant has - ommended at this juncture.
CHA IA , A N TAYLOR: Okay.
r k ,
r SSIONER SOLIS: And that's one of the things that I
w. _1 __ to mention was that one of the alternatives was, you know,
p . <. E'_ the project, part of it on the City Gate property, part of it on4
the 05 property, and maybe taking advantage of the phasing for, you
know, the revenue stream. So that's all I wanted to say. Your turn.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Madam Chair gets upset with
me if I start talking without hitting my button.
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There are a lot of moving parts. There are a lot of dynamics with
regard to the financing, with regard to the location, with regard to the
phasing. There are other entities that we haven't even talked about yet
here that are interested in participating with this program for the
benefit of our community, for the benefit of our kids.
So I think Commissioner Saunders' motion, with me not b .INd ,t.
happy about spending the 50,000 right now, does what wen t to
do.
Our CFO, Mr. Isackson, made a comment about „„Seing
flexibility, and I think that's something that our bony r • sel -- when
our Finance Committee comes through, with te _, endations,
Commissioner Saunders, they'll have enough c s rvativism (sic) built
into the borrowing process to not obligate out past the revenue
sources. There are historic data that cods 6,1 g with these tax
increases and so on and so forth th• I i A we've covered what we
need to do in order to move this •r forward.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: i. We have a motion on the floor.
Any other discussion?
No response.)
CHAIRMAN TAV_,0 : And there's a second. I don't remember
who the second s .
COMM .to, 0 ` R McDANIEL: It was me.
CHA TAYLOR: Commissioner McDaniel.
COMA ' .LONER SAUNDERS: Madam Chair --
NI A d A N TAYLOR: Yes.
ir k, MISSIONER SAUNDERS: -- before we call the vote,
ru 11W s an up-and-coming sport, so plug that into the dialogue.
MR. OCHS: It's in the program, sir.
MR. CASALANGUIDA: It's in the program.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Okay.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: It's part of multi-use fields, sir.
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MR. OCHS: We're looking for a captain of the county team, sir,
if you're interested.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: You're got one right here.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Are we building tennis courts out
there?
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Exactly. ex.,\
MR. CASALANGUIDA: Pickleball.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yeah, pickleball courts. KV
MR. OCHS: All right.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right. So there' _ 1 ion on the
floor and a second. All those in favor? IP
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye..
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: A .
COMMISSIONER SAUND % Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: ' I e opposed, like sign.
No response.) III Vtad
CHAIRMAN TAYL O t: It carries unanimously. Thank you.
MR. OCHS: Than) you, Commissioners.
COMMISSR FIALA: Can I say, speaking of sports, I hope
everybody ge ve the East Naples Community Park to see that
shade stru ture.oa. It is amazing what we're doing over there.
Thank you
1, se.)
t_r , ..: 1B
INITIAL FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $1.8 MILLION PLUS
A 10% CONTINGENCY AMOUNT OF $180,000 FOR
CONVERSION OF MULTIPURPOSE NATURAL TURF FIELDS
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TO ARTIFICIAL TURF, AUTHORIZES STAFF TO ISSUE A
DESIGN WORK ORDER FROM THE ENGINEERING
CONTINUING SERVICES CONTRACT, APPROVES THE TDC
CATEGORY "B" TOURISM PROMOTION FUND (184) BUDGET
AMENDMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $1.98 MILLION, ANN,MAKES A FINDING THAT THIS EXPENDITURE PROM
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TOURISM — APPROVED
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MR. OCHS: Commissioners, that moves us to It B. This is
a recommendation to approve initial funding in the t of$1.8
million plus a 10 percent contingency for the c e n of natural turf
fields to artificial turf at the North Regional Co nity Park.
Mr. Williams will make a presentatio
MR. WILLIAMS: Madam Chir, 441 ssioners --
MR. OCHS: Or answer ques
COMMISSIONER SAUND % °Does anybody have any
problem with this?
fpCOMMISSIONERI _. EL: I'll move for approval.
MMI I RCOSSONE DERS. Second.
CHAIRMAN TA O' : All those in favor?
MR. WILL S: Madam Chair?
MR. OC $ : ld on.
MR. ILS
F ' :
I have a registered speaker.
CHA I,. N TAYLOR: We do have a registered speaker. Are
they • • '4 try to talk us out of it?
MILLER: Phil Brougham.
R. BROUGHAM: I would never think of doing that.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Oh, we need to hear from you, sir.
MR. BROUGHAM: Good morning. Thank you for letting me
come up here again.
Certainly, no.
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CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Would you just identify --
MR. BROUGHAM: I'm Phil Brougham.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: And you are chairman?
MR. BROUGHAM: Are vice chair of the Parks and Recreation i
Advisory Board.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Very important.
MR. BROUGHAM: And I'm enthusiastically in favor at
you have before you on this item.
But just a few words here. We've been talking, a li.11 e heard
many of you mention this morning about capacity ..1.1. " - need for
more fields and a sports complex, which I also i , and I also
heard mention this morning of let's not lose sig ` Iothat elephant in the
room which is called backlog of maintena 1.
And when we're thinking about b , sports complex, if it's
approved, it's going to be three or f, . 've years from now. The
artificial turf proposal here was mi It. • out of the Hunden study,
endorsed at a raucous meetin• • But anyway, it's going to buy
some time because this s o .yP• plex, as it comes into being, is going
to be out there in the futur .
a
The artificial turf woposal -- and I hope you're going to approve it
will start to bs time. It will increase the capacity dramatically at
North Collier " • io 1 Park. And I think that's the direction that we10,
need to co tin • go is to focus on maximizing the capacity in our
current .ar ctures.
lose sight of all the investment we've made and the
p.
M •: o increase capacity through astute maintenance and planning
o •o_ do we increase the maintenance and the capacity of our
exis mg infrastructure before we build additional needs to take care of
that into the future? Because each of those new fields is going to
require maintenance.
And let's use a little foresight and history to temper the exact
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plans when we get to that sports complex. Do we put artificial turf on
that? Do we do natural turf, et cetera? Because when you get down to
it, it's all about ongoing maintenance.
And I'll put in another plug: Let's get a dedicated some new
source of funds to ensure that we maintain our parks' infrastructure d
not have to rely on the General Fund on a continuing basis.
4ts*
But I'm in favor.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you. Thank you.
c9CommissionerMcDaniel?
MR. BROUGHAM: I might as well stand ba ere, because
I'm up for the next one.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yeah. Ata w en I rolled down
here to my notes on this from when I was sio iewing our agenda, I --
and it has to do with our Parks and lec fiA ybe the advisory
committee as well. N''
One of the things -- and if it's it.,dy being done, somebody
please share, Mr. Williams. A 'ese adventures, all of these things
that we're doing for our c o r P , there are revenue sources,
ancillary dollars that flow • our community. Are we doing any kind
of survey with the visit s? ecause I know North Collier does a lot of
out-of-town touents for a lot of different venues. Are we doing
any kind of a e find out where the folks are coming from,
where the 're s ing at, what their extended -- you know, amount of
stay that th 4 & w , in fact, having, to allow us to add back some
mea Va e ;' ` ilestones to be able to make these equitable decisions
t doing?
ean, it's nice that we're doing this for the benefit of our
co unity, but I'm looking for milestones and measureables that I can
look at that are tangibles. Are we doing that yet?
MR. WILLIAMS: Yes, sir. We work closely with the County
Manager's Office. There's a quality assurance, quality control
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mechanism in place for all county services, including Parks and Rec,
and that is a metric that we follow in terms of who's using our parks
system and what their experience has been, where we can improve
things. So it is definitely a part of our process, yes, sir.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I'd like to see that at some r1 • e
of the game.
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MR. WILLIAMS: Sure.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: As we're going t oft these
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processes with these --just some of historical data fro aii , ghly used
facility like we have at North Collier. They may h- MIP ith some of
the other decisions that we have to make goin.
a'
yd.
MR. WILLIAMS: Yes, sir.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you
Okay. So there's a motion. Th re ion, isn't there?
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COMMISSIONER McDANI pre is.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Antib,econd. All those in favor?
COMMISSIONER McD iL: Aye.
COMMISSIONER Pi rad Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYL : Aye.
COMMISSIONE IS: Aye.
COMMISS.ER SAUNDERS: Aye.
CHAP `YLOR: Those opposed, like sign.
No r-spo .)
CH A A N TAYLOR: It carries unanimously.
0 'HS: Commissioners, Item 11C is a recommendation to
AIRMAN TAYLOR: I'm sorry. And I know this is maybe401"
out o f line, but we do have some folks that have been sitting here for
quite a bit of time regarding the Consent Agenda item that was moved
to the regular. I wondered if we could hear that. Would that be
possible? Are we in agreement here?
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COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Sure.
MR. OCHS: Certainly.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Totally fine with that.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right, good.
Item #11F
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RESOLUTION 2017-67: A RESOLUTION IN SUPPO ' F
ACHIEVING THE STATUS OF BLUE ZONES E
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FROM THE BLUE ZONES PROJECT OF SOUT w,« ST
FLORIDA — ADOPTED IP
MR. OCHS: Okay. So that moves u , It m 11F, which was
previously Item 16E2 on your consetit vsk, 4 This is a
recommendation to approve a reso iN,V support of achieving the
status of a Blue Zone employer fro it. e Blue Zone project of
Southwest Florida.
This item was mover . issioner McDaniel's request, and
Ms. Price has a brief prese :tion on this subject.
COMMISSIONS Mc I ANIEL: If she can figure out which
button to push.
MS. P ' u'd think -- I'm in charge of IT. You'd think I'd
know how to u computer, but not necessarily.
Good 1r, • ing. Len Price, Administrative Services Department
Heal record, and I'm here today to talk to you a little bit about
B work site.
e were directed by the Board a couple of meetings ago to
4,
revi-w what the City of Naples and Cities of Bonita Springs had done
regarding resolutions towards moving towards the Blue Zones and
then to create one for Collier County.
Before I go too much further, I just wanted to give you a brief
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highlight of what Blue Zones even are so that I'm sure that everybody
here is speaking from the same knowledge pool that I am.
Blue Zones are regions that were identified throughout the world
where people are living to a hundred years old and higher and doing so
with far lower incidence of things like heart disease, diabetes, cant
and obesity.
And so studies were done to determine what do these a ave
in common? They had identified five of them, one of the m !- g in
the United States, Loma Linda, California. And what - N ound is
ilk
that in these areas people were moving naturally as f the
environment a lot, not necessarily going to the a fy '41d pumping iron
1
and running marathons, but just walking and m l i g naturally, that
they had a sense of purpose, something mmeaningful to them than
work, but they really understood why t there and what
purpose they were supposed to be - , ' .
They were able to downshift . • elieve stress through some
specific means, whether it be • meditation or some other force.
They followed the 80 per t • F -. That's where you stop eating before
you'
relip
full and wait foryo •ell to catch upto your brain.Y
COMMISSIONS A DERS: Yeah. We have to try that
sometime.
COMM 4 O ' R SOLIS: Can we talk about that?
CO MI •NER McDANIEL: I'm not thinking that's such a --
if that's eat e project, we have an issue.
P hi CE: I hear you.
II}" '_ also found that they had a plant slant, that they ate higher
co trations of foods that were grown than other processed foods
and eats and the like. They drank wine after five. This doesn't mean
you save it all up for Friday and have 14 glasses, but what they found
is that the people in these areas traditionally drank one or two glasses
of wine in the evenings. They had a good social network and a good
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support system. They belonged to faith-based communities, and they
put their loved ones first. These were the things that they had in
common.
And so the Blue Zone project kind of builds on that. And there's
six sectors that they've identified.
Community, which is where you build -- you build safety,'
your transportation with walkability and bikeability. You h. . •od
policies and tobacco policies. There's the work site, rest. % s,
schools, grocery stores, and a personal pledge that are ta,rt of that
ro ram.p g a I
In the City of Naples and the Cities of Bo went towards
the community piece of it. When I looked at th , i was a pretty big
undertaking. Considering everything else .i's going on in this
county, I certainly -- it certainly was 't ,IL g in my purview, in
my talent pool for me to try to and .4 .nd I didn't think that the
county was really ready to start mo _ in that direction with
everything else that was goin • , ia t the worksite piece really fell
into what we do. We've ince 2002, we have had a great
wellness program.
And in lookin: thr gh where we are, what I found is that I think
we're pretty clos The qualifications to get us there would be that at
least 25 perce f o fr people would take a personal pledge towards
enrolling i wa ' g programs and workshops and volunteerism, which
I believe fae than 25 percent of our folks do now.
404 nd to earn 72 of 109 points, and they come from these six
ar A
a
i, -t u'll note that one of them is not wine after five but instead it's
in-‘1..-,v `s of leadership, purpose, habitat, engagement, policies and
well-being solutions.
So where are we now? I believe that our program gets us already
there. I've done a self-assessment and our team has done a
self-assessment. We think we're at about 78 out of 109 points.
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If you support this, then we'll submit our program and have the
Blue Zone Committee take a look at it and see if they agree or not.
Our intent is only to make any changes that we planned to make
anyway and to follow any programming that we planned to do anay.
So there's no real change from our plan. This would really be
opportunity for recognition through the Blue Zone project of w
we've believed in and you've supported over the last 12 to 1 rs.
And so with that, I will take any questions.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Any questions? Yes.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Since I'm t that brought
it up, I do. And I really appreciate you taking - ti to explain that.
rte .
And I wanted folks to know I'm not against the e one initiative. I
just wanted to have a few points clarified f an educational
standpoint as much as much anything.
I did have a couple of pointe s ,u.i ns with regard to the
expense -- I've been led to believe kit, e -- we already have a
wellness program existent her flier County with our staff and
that this Blue Zones wor ' ject will do nothing but enhance the
wellness program that we ady, in fact, have here at Collier County;
is that correct?
MS. PRIC . hat is correct.
COMM O R McDANIEL: And expenses associated with
the Blue Zone •' iative, there are none. We're basically just utilizing it
as an enha V -nt for what we already have, and that the Blue Zone
proje-4D.6e in fact, provide us with additional data and analysis and
st information with regard to how our community -- from an
e ,: • er's perspective, how our employees are performing under the
heal wellness that we already have.
MS. PRICE: Correct.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: That's it?
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: That's the main questions. I
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did have one question of Ms. Logan, if I could ask her to come up.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Why don't we -- do we have speakers?
MR. MILLER: Yes, ma'am.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: How many?
MR. MILLER: We have seven registered public speakers. \
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Can we wait or do we --
liP4-
i
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yeah, sure. And she
answer my questions before I get her.
At 0
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay.
MR. MILLER: Your first speaker is Steven B if I'm saying
that right. He has been ceded additional time ;LI bç,Joseph Doyle,
who I see, and Ms. Sandra Doyle, who I see. `x 11 ave a total of
nine minutes. And he will be followed by : 1 :arnett
1.
MR. BRACCI: Thank you very tit y name is Steve Bracci,
and I'm here today as a private citi
I -- back in 1999 I had a co mg lead in the Naples triathlon
heading into the swim portion .11 is my nemesis, only to be swum 1
down by Jack Burton, a 1 -' s. - resident, for an 11-second defeat. I
came in second place.
I have finished fou Ironman triathlons, I have twice qualified for
the Hawaii Iro ' . s, as has my wife, who's competed four times, and
in 2000 we w en :ged in Hawaii at the Ironman triathlon. I have
two healt ki We are a very active, healthy family.
I hav • agenda in this matter other than that I do not like the
miss , e;I of a for-profit corporation and its identified local
he:• CH, attempting to gain influence over our society by virtue
o ` enetration into our government agencies.
Today's proposed approval of Collier County as a Blue Zones
employer is sympathetic of the approach that the Blue Zones project
has taken over the past two years as it attempts to gain social influence
over Collier County's society by way of its so-called community-wide
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initiatives and partnerships with our local government agencies.
Once again, similar to their efforts with the Collier County School
District, we are putting the cart before the horse without any broader
discussion about the Blue Zones project and its principles and the
Southwest Florida Blue Zones blueprint that was negotiated, signe
and approved behind closed doors outside of public view in Ju Y lib
2015 to the exclusion of the public.
This included Commissioner Penny Taylor, who wls It of that
Blue Zones Steering Committee. Ms. Taylor was Inst $ by the
Blue Zones Project Manager in June of 2015 that s to conceal
that blueprint document. She was told that thi ue : nt document
shall not be public record or shared until after s . d the others
approve it in July of 2015. That's how thiOp..current -- this is how
Blue Zones came into Southwest Floari• ! . '1"V
Now, the resolution in front o and states, quote, the Board
desires to support the principles of -; glue Zones project and to
achieve the designation of theyer -- Blue Zones employer as a
natural next step in prom , _ -lness among its employees, and yet
there is not a single shred • •ackup information in today's agenda item
describing what the Blup Zones project is, what the nine principles
really mean, an. q y or how the county should be interested in
implementin;se • e principles. Furthermore, the blueprint that
Ms. Taylo sit • is not part of today's backup documentation.
I here ke a public records request for the agenda item, the
min 9 .no the backup document when the Board took the natural
fis ' - ot the next step, but the first step of discussing when, why,
or , it should be part of the Blue Zones project. If I'm not mistaken,
suc records don't exist.
Here the company -- the county's jumping straight to Stage 2,
becoming a Blue Zones employer and, thereby, involuntarily
subjecting its thousand employees to the Blue Zone project's
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principles. Whether they say so or not, that's what they're doing. And
even more, the resolution in the executive summary, in essence, argue
that the county already does these things, these best practices and,
therefore, it does not need to do anything new and it supposedly won't
cost the county anything, so you should just join up. This is the sa
playbook they used with the Collier County School District.i'b
But the corollary question is this: If we are doing fine . :; r own
as a county, why should the county place some private fo Ile it
trademark Blue Zones label on our county and its em s? Whose
interest does that serve, theirs or ours?
I have an article here from the Daily Mail 'an English
newspaper from March of 20 -- March 7, 2017.Ales, Florida, is
named the happiest and healthiest city in A rica while a town in
Arkansas comes in dead last. It goes o 0 Naples has the highest
number of residents thriving in coRwell-being, so on and so
forth. lb
Then it says, never mindod weather, beach proximity, or
affluence of the county, sql- . lop, Naples top market could be
attributed to the 2015 faun ' •f the Blue Zones project. Really? Isn't
that a bit insulting tow the people, who have worked organically
over the last dec :. - upon decade to be a healthy, happy community?
Was it really , - :1 'Zones project that made us become happy?
And ouv•w what else? In 2015, according to their own poll,
we were a IP: . 'No. 2 and have since become No. 1. Well, No. 1,
does' li .t definition make us an organically created Blue Zones
c•.-ra Why should we have government intervention in that
pr.
And secondly, just like this article talks about, Arkansas coming
in dead last, why did Blue Zones choose to start in wealthy Naples,
Mr. McDaniel, as opposed to the impoverished Immokalee area, who
you represent? Wouldn't the marginal increase have been so much
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greater out there?
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And, by the way, Mr. Bracci, I
represent the whole county. I was elected by the folks in District 5.
MR. BRACCI: Understood, Mr. McDaniel. And I was just
making that point because of geography, but thank you.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yes, sir.
MR. BRACCI: NCH has contracted -- we should unde , ,
that. They've contracted with Health Ways to obtain the - qb sive
Blue Zones project platform in Southwest Florida. D. this strike
you as odd? If Blue Zones is simply a philanthropic • oach todii
becoming a healthier community, why does N o; exclusive
rights?
About 18 months ago the News Pres 4ported that Lee Memorial
tried to be -- to get involved in the Blue •,‘ s4.roj ect, and they were
told, no, you have to go to NCH. t participate in this
philanthropic approach unless the It. ove it.
Now, in Collier County, e county's endorsement of the 1
NCH-controlled Blue Zo 6 P.ect leave our other large hospital,
Physicians Regional, on t •utside looking in? After all, NCHYg
controls the right.
Is there soing more going on here that NCH and Blue Zones
are not tellin ld it be that NCH needs this Blue Zones project
to someho d ly or indirectly financially improve its own bottom
line and nes • achieve a certain amount of control over our society
and • 1, •v? ance in order to qualify for that benefit?
specifically, is it a prerequisite for NCH to qualify for
A * re subsidies from the federal government, and its -- and NCH's
financial investment in the Blue Zones project is really just a way for
them achieving their own larger financial returns? And, if so, is the
county getting played here?
As a corollary, is the county now being asked to participate to
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really serve the interest of NCH and the for-profit Blue Zones
company rather than the county's interest?
Commissioner McDaniel, you were a successful businessman.
Mr. Solis and Mr. Saunders, you are both successful and experienced
attorneys. If you or your client was considering entering into a
partnership with a private company that was telling you that the
an exclusive franchise right, what would be the first thing y e s ; •?
You would ask them to see that contract so that you can ftt tand
what obligations and rights are in that agreement, wha r fit does it
derive -- does it give the franchisor, what benefits i g to give
your partner, in this case, NCH, and what benel or r e en does it put
on you as the county -- put on you as a business a .
You guys are now sitting as commiss4 ers taking on the county's
business. Why would you not give tia . . • A 'ua1 dignity in this
situation? You are, in essence, asktN, participating in this project
by becoming a Blue Zones emplo
Incidentally, the term "Bl j
es employer" is trademarked to
Blue Zones, LLC. Woul l a i , as you sit here as the countyNip
commissioners, ask those vvequestions? These guys, NCH and Blue
Zones, have run around is county now for two years, and nobody,
not anybody, noe newspaper, not any government agency has said
to Allen Wei d H, what's in it for you, directly or indirectly,
and what's in i Blue Zones indirectly or directly.
Blue :to* , nationally, has 1,700 employees. What are they
doinL 1041 . e money? They're a for-profit company. There's
s•
4010,,• : more going on here, and nobody is asking the questions.
e are putting the cart before the horse jumping in and becoming
a B1e Zones employer without understanding from Allen Weiss and
NCH what's really going on. I think there's some questions that need
to be asked as responsible commissioners.
Thank you.
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MR. MILLER: Your next speaker is Bill Barnett, and he will be
followed by Deb Logan.
MAYOR BARNETT: Good morning.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Good morning, Mayor.
MAYOR BARNETT: Madam Chair, Commissioners, Mada
Clerk. I'll take a deep breath.
I will tell you, talking about government intervention, era, et
cetera, et cetera, which I just heard for the last nine minu d about
NCH, the City of Naples is proud to be a Blue Zones ite. My
involvement has been for about twoy ears. That's a hat it took us
to get that accreditation.
Ask any one of the city employees that pa . a e that go on the
daily walks, that practice what Blue Zones_.all about; and I adopted it
or adapted it myself, but it's about healt i p es and healthy living.
And talking about government, I d. '\ that there's anybody in the
City of Naples looked at it from thig arks and comments that I just
heard.
Blue Zones, it is pro le most nonpolitical resolution that
I've ever seen, okay. Ther- • - no politics that I know of And if
anybody would know, I ro'ably would, in the Blue Zone concept. It's
about healthy c es and healthy living. I support it, our city supports
it, and our res += is pport it.
So th.t's : 'm going to say today. Thank you so much.
MR R: Your next speaker is Deb
AcIrk s` SSIONER McDANIEL: Can I ask a question of the
AIRMAN TAYLOR: Sure, you can.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Mr. Mayor,just a quick
question. How long have you been involved with the Blue Zones
project in the city?
MAYOR BARNETT: About two years.
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COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And have you seen additional
expenses associated to the wellness program that the City -- or the
Naples employees, in fact, have?
MAYOR BARNETT: No, sir.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Have you seen any mandat
from the Blue Zone project being put upon your employees? A tb
MAYOR BARNETT: Absolutely not. 4144
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Thank you, sir.144)
MR. MILLER: Your next speaker is Deb Logan i + ' 1 be
followed by Allen Weiss. Illi
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: You need to gi n o our --
MS. LOGAN: Good morning. Thank yo much for this
opportunity. Ilb
I wanted to reiterate a couple thin! .. , you to Len for
explaining the project. But we are q mmunities throughout the
United States; nine states. And as ilito said, you know, our goal -- it's a
community-wide well-being ''+e to help make the healthy choice
an easy choice.
And it is 100 percent ded by NCH, so there are no tax dollars,
no government funds in lved in the project at all. So when a
worksite gets in ved -- and we work with people, individuals
throughout thity. We work with places, places meaning
work sites as ' e talking about today, schools, homeowners'
association . ' -based organizations, groceries, and restaurants.
w en we work with a worksite, there is not a cost that needs
to • , 4 ed. Work sites or any of the sectors that we work with get
a ' •4 .ooklet of best practices. They are evidence-based best4.
pra ' ices that -- that's one of the benefits of the project is we have a
national team at Health Ways. Actually under 100 people work in
Blue Zones projects throughout the country, not as many as was stated.
But we have a team that continuously researches best practices for
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moving well-being, lowering healthcare costs, increasing productivity
for employees, and increasing well-being for employees, plus we have
a local team of nine colleagues that help support that as well. So
there's no cost needed when a workplace gets involved in a project.
And I believe, Mr. McDaniel, that you had some questions t --
I don't want to use up all my time on that.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Well, you can use u s-. r
time, because when I get to talk, you get to go over. y
MS. LOGAN: Okay. All right. Super.
And I would just say, you know, why not get i. $•a
d ed in the
project? Again, we heard that, you know, they . .i . not be a need for
it, but it's true, Karen Eastman and her team un =r . Walker have
done a fantastic job with your well-being ..$4 our wellness programs
over the years. sie
Like other leaders in the co r 3 Arthrex, NCH, the City of
Naples, London Bay Homes, there' ny work sites that are doing
great wellness work, but whyszcNyou get a free resource that has
IP
additional benefits, inclu e %t we call Well-being 5 -- it's an
I.
analysis. It's kind of an assessment of well-being for yourYg
employees.
And we givto companies free. We help analyze that data so
we can see w w -being is moving and where it's not and what
practices eed e implemented to increase that. So, perhaps, why
not join tha =•rt when it's free?
k.d. on, you're looked at as a leader in this community. So I
t afklii, .z by leading the way you help other businesses that maybe
doNT en have a wellness coordinator consider doing this.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I do have a couple of questions,
if I may.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes. Go ahead.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Is there a reason why there are
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there are no other hospital facilities in support or utilizing the Blue
Zone initiatives?
MS. LOGAN: You know, with our project, anybody can get
involved. Our service area is all of Collier County, Bonita, and Estero.
So it's a "we" project. It's really about everybody doing a little bit d
we make a difference for generations to come.
So Physicians Regional, any physician, any provider c
involved in this project.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Okay. And th- s the scoring
system, when I was reading through the informatioas here,
what happens if we as a worksite project don't 1 or get all of the
attainable points? What happens? Is there --
MS. LOGAN: Sure. If at any pointc worksite would choose
cnottoimplementenoughpointstob • gnized, it's not a
problem. You know, there isn't a b. N,. _oes off and alerts the
community that -- something abou .° county. It's just that, you
know, you were working towa 't. You probably benefited, anything
you added to your works'f A' . 'here's no penalty, let me put it that
way, for not --
COMMISSIONS Mc P ANIEL: I think when Leo supplied me
with the checkli the points that we already do, we're somewhere
around 59, a s ith e "will dos" on that side of it, it will take us uptointo78to9. r4 s that was one of the questions that I had was just
what ha•p=itt . we don't make the point system, and is there a deduct
or p '114 o something else, so...
LOGAN: No, no penalties at all. It only benefits.
Ni •MMISSIONER McDANIEL: Thank you.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Could I ask a question?
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Of course.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Okay. Thank you. Thanks for being
here, Deb. It's good to see you again.
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MS. LOGAN: Thank you. My pleasure.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: So one of the things that I think has
happened with the Blue Zone also is regardless of companies that join
or whatever, just John Q. Public all of a sudden is realizing maybe they
ought to be living a healthier lifestyle. They don't have to work at
county or the hospital or anything. How would they get involy. g':
MS. LOGAN: Right. Individuals can get involved by ng to
one of our presentations. We have Live Longer Better pr ations,
which is kind of one-on-one how do you live longer b;,- Two, theyiik
can get involved with volunteering with the project#
Mi
e many
thins we do in the community.tY.
They can get involved in a purposeworks e find that
purpose workshops are really helpful for p v.-•le's well-being. Many
times in life we kind of lose that pu o e we lose a spouse or
our kids go off to college or whate , y be -- we retire is a big
time, and so purpose workshops ar, . reat way to start, you know,
getting involved that way. Q'
The other way, they .io'
oo1 eAmpion the project. If they have a
faith-based or anization, ao eowners' association, a club of some
kgind that wants to impl ent best practices to improve well-being, be
part of the greatood to make a difference, all they have to do is
contact us, a t ,, e'l elp them get involved.
CO MI ` •NER FIALA: It doesn't cost them anything to go to
a worksho•
L S GAN: No cost. Everything we do is free in the
C. , I
eit MMISSIONER FIALA: Thank you.
MS. LOGAN: Thank you.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right.
MS. LOGAN: Thank you. Thank you very much.
MR. MILLER: Your next speaker is Allen Weiss. He'll be
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followed by Bree Fung.
DR. WEISS: Good morning. I'm Allen Weiss, president and
CEO of the NCH Healthcare System.
Thank you, Commissioners, for what you do for our community.
And I'd also like to thank Mr. Bracci for sharing the publicity that
we're getting internationally as being the healthiest and happie
community in the nation for the second year in a row.
What wasn't mentioned, I'd like to add, is that we al i . e the
longest life expectancy in the nation. And the Kiplin•;jai,/er has
designated this area as the best place to retire in the in their
most recent publication. So we've gotten thos- cs7lies.
One correction, though, NCH is a 501(c)3'. -'re a not-for-profit
organization that's been here for 61 years, 1 our mission is to help
p ppeople live longer, happ ier and
healthid
So I asked our board about t 's,alf, three years now -- the
board looks just like folks here in t om -- would you like to spend
the night in the hospital? Andidi,he same question. Does anybody
here want to spend the niiialie hospital? We could have a
one-night, two-day stay, y ow, pick your own diagnostic tests, got
to include whatever. So ou get the picture.
So our boa k' tlad the same response you all did: Let's try and
keep peoplethyhat is our mission.
So, a o, i rder to do our mission -- and our board tells me, a
14-membe VII - d tells me, take -- provide quality care, take care of
eve tz a•. make a modest profit.
e all read about what's happening in Washington, and last
w / as a pivotal week in terms of healthcare and so on. Healthcare
exp-nses are going up. The government and Medicare in this area, our
healthcare system, gets 59 percent of our revenue from Medicare, so
it's the biggest -- Medicaid is 9 percent. People who are -- self-pay are
about 9 percent; the rest are commercial.
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All the commercial and everyone else is following Medicare in
terms of paying for a capitated-type system. So for a hip replacement
right now or a knee replacement, we literally get one sum of money for
the whole operation, for the anesthesiologist, for the surgeon, for the
postoperative care, for the home care.
ga\As we get more and more into this, in an effort to control we
healthcare costs, we'll get a capitated rate. So right now, acre e
nation, the country's spending a little less than $10 000rypg p; tt son per
year. So we'll get $10,000 for 320,000 people or 340,t ople here
in Collier County, whatever the number is, multipl and if we
can keep those people healthier, we can do o ss ,which is
helping people live longer, happier, healthier li s
If we were a for-profit company, we uld •e taking the money
and putting it to other investors. But re. want to invest In the
county, be efficient and be smart, . I s really the motivation
behind this project, which is the sa 44 otivation of other healthcare
systems and insurers througho ation.
Happy to have any •,. . s.
No response.)
CHAIRMAN TAY ,O : Thank you very much.
COMMISS i ER McDANIEL: Thank you very much.
MR. MI 4., R our next speaker is Bree Fung. She'll be
followed b Al . Starkey. 1
COM) - •IONER McDANIEL: She's been very patiently
sift' A ` h •ack of the room.
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4FUNG: Hi. Good morning. Again, my name is Bree Fung,
an t appen to be the worksite lead for the Blue Zones project.
And, again, everyone did such a wonderful job of explaining the
project a bit more, but I wanted to share that we do have currently 14
Blue Zones works sites approved, and that includes the Florida
Department of Health, Wyndemere Country Club, the Shelter for
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Abused Women and Children, Artis Naples, Moorings Park, the City
of Naples, of course, FineMark Bank, and examples of Naples
Botanical Garden, and also Arthrex of Naples.
So, again, I'm here to confirm that there's absolutely no additional
charge for a worksite to get involved, and they get to select from a
option of best practices where they really choose what would b,. 3i
for the worksite and culture.
I'm very happy -- I know Karen. I know she's very y0
respected. Collier County's certainly well respected f• " 'r wellness
programs that they have and continue to do. So I w aii .e extremely
honored to have you as part of the -- as part of ' e ones project
and really, by working together, we have an op re nity of really
working stronger to improve the well-bein f our employees and our
community. 0
So thank you for your time. max. Ny
MR. MILLER: Your finals . 4 r on this item is Adria Starkey.
MS. STARKEY: Thank 11. I'm Adria Starkey. I've lived in
Collier County for 30 ye. I m also the president of FineMark
Bank. As she mentioned, ° • -Mark is a Blue Zone -- I like to say were
a Blue Zone certified organization.
This was re ' brought to me -- brought to my attention, of
course, from Iiir , d t then I reached out. We have 21 employees in
Collier Co ty .. , as a group, they took this on with a great passion.
And I have: 1 you, it has built tremendous morale. It's been
won. 4.4 . i e take on -- all of us as a team take on many of the
t - _. t • Blue Zone brings forward, from a plant slant diet. Even
a 'tgt members will now talk about plant slant diets, and there's just
not 'ng bad about what Blue Zone is doing. When we started this
project, we served cookies to our clients, and I was the first to say,
okay.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And we miss the cookies.
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MS. STARKEY: No. We still have the cookies. Blue Zone does
not take away anything. They give you alternatives. So in addition to
our cookies, we have lovely nuts and fruit that we can also give to our
clients. Most of them still want the cookies, but they take the nuts as
well. So I think they like any free food.
But besides that, this has just been a great project all the
around, and I would highly recommend for your employee • s e,
well-being -- we have done so many positive things. An gliki o,
looked at the list and said, how are we going to get all things
done? And within a four-montheriod we had acct ` hed morep
than the necessary tasks to be qualified with o ec7 ary points. So I
highly recommend that the county take this on. s or the good of all
and a great way to represent all the good t is in Collier County.
Thank you.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Co. t' nager, I do have a question.
So if-- no, County Manager. So i fft. •ass this resolution, does that
mean we get cookies?
MR. CASALANGU;,, A brownies.
COMMISSIONER IS: Nuts.
COMMISSIONS FI : A: Or do we have to go to Adria's?
CHAP A TAYLOR: Yes, yes. Len says yes.
MS. P ' n make that happen. Cookies with nuts, fruit.
CHA to TAYLOR: All right. Any other discussion or --
COM` - • ONER McDANIEL: Just on the outside, I would
like ,49)4 1-4° he board for indulging me for allowing to bring this
fo. . • There's a lot of consternation about governmental creep and
orM ational creep and things along those lines, and I basically
wan ed to bring this off the consent agenda and have this discussion so
that there could be a further education as to why and what we're doing
here as leaders in the community.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. I'd like to entertain a motion.
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COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: I'll make that motion to
approve.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Do I hear a second?
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I'll second it.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Second. N,COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Third it. 4ib
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: We'll give it to Commission
McDaniel.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Yeah.
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CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right. All those or, say aye.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Ayre.
COMMISSIONER SAUND ' N--!*.CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thspposed, like sign.
No response.)
CHAIRMAN TAY carries unanimously. Thank you.
MS. PRICE: Thank Nr
Item #11C
AWARD TION TO BID NO. 17-7092 TO DEC
CONTRA G GROUP, THE LOWEST, QUALIFIED
RES .0 E BIDDER FOR THE EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY
P, " z $VATIC CENTER, IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,230,657.63,
A D A UTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE
CO I TRACT — APPROVED
MR. OCHS: Commissioners, that moves us back to Item 11C,
and this is a recommendation to award an invitation to bid to Deck
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Contracting Group, the lowest qualified responsive bidder, for the
Eagle Lakes Community Park Aquatics Center in the amount of
9,230,657.63; authorize the Chairman to execute the contracts and
also to approve all necessary budget amendments.
Mr. Williams can make a presentation or respond to question
the Board at the pleasure of the Board.
risCOMMISSIONER
FIALA: I make a motion to approv .
MR. WILLIAMS: Yes, ma'am. 146.1
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Second for pu ,,,,. of
discussion.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, do we h a ea er on this?
MR. MILLER: Yes, ma'am.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, I'm ••
MR. MILLER: You have one reg would you like the
speaker now? P\
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: (N + ead.)
MR. MILLER: Phil Brow . x
COMMISSIONER I EL: We know what he's going to
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say.
MR. BROUG ood morning again, and I'm Phil
Brougham, andk‘ ,,,the vice chair of the Parks and Recreation
Advisory Co tte
I'm j st h - to pass out some congratulations, assuming this is
going to b-.'. r oved to, number one, the process and the people
invo e process that have brought this proposal for the Eagle
c
c • unity pool forward over all these years.L
pproximately one year ago to the day, Parks and Recreation
came before the Board of County Commissioners with a change order
request to a design consultant to the tune of$104,000, and that change
resulted from various reviews before the Parks and Recreation
Advisory Board and citizens that live in East Naples, et cetera, to
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modify what was then, I think, a 60 percent design of the original pool
concept.
The revisions cost us money to the tune of$104,000 and saved in
construction costs around $500,000, as I recall.
I want to personally congratulate Murdo Smith, who is also a\
member of the advisory board, for working hand in glove on h
time with the design consultants and Margaret Bishop from P. - ities
Management to facilitate the design that we now have pe. ,,
construction.
If we -- if, geez. When we complete this pool ' ' ally going to
be a magnet for drawing people from the East
is.
1 ommunity to
the park. We've struggled a little bit with gettin e attendance, but
when that pool goes in -- and if you haven' . •oked at the design of this
pool, please do so, because it's goin to a l. for this county, if not
for Lee County. j
It will be a magnet. It will dr.% eople from all quarters of East
Naples to that park, and then s` hat we need to do. We need to
complete a master plan f. l ie s r and expand that community center,
and then we're done except sr maintenance. Thank you very much.
And please approve thi Thanks.
MR. OCH adam Chair?
CHAP 4
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YLOR: Yes.
MR OC , Again, just to reiterate, the one reference that's not
in your wri xecutive summary but needs to be added to the staff
reco rl d s ion is to approve the necessary budget amendments to
al • . e ••e funds in the right project account. Thank you.
AIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: I'd love to just give a brief
background how we came to this point in time.
You know, we'd been wanting something for the kids in East
Naples, too. My biggest thing about getting kids into a park, which we
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haven't done successfully as far as the community center goes -- my
biggest thing is get them off the streets; get them into a healthy,
wholesome environment, and that's so important. And so we feel that
this pool will help.
Look, you know, we've got them in other parts of the county d
that's a wonderful thing. Although our initial design, as I say, . ,,
large bathtub, and I was not real happy with that, 12 inches l ter in
it is a nice, large bathtub, and that was going to be the po 1 got.
I said, how could people swim in there? Well, th t. Well,
then how come it's called a pool when you can't sw' et me just
say, fast forward. I had a town hall meeting w' a. t 00 people
there, I would say, right? And one of the major ' gs we learned, the
school, Lely Resort -- I mean, Lely High , •of came in, and they said
they have to transport all their swim le. r . it. other places, to j
Golden Gate is where they transpot x-
But they said they would reall a to have a place for their
swim team to practice. Their s eam has been outstanding, by the
way. And that was one t li. •
And then a lady in -- .rtI -lderly lady in the audience said, well, we
would like to have a plae to exercise, too. There's a lot of mobile
home -- 55-and- er mobile home parks in there, and she said, we'd
like to have e rcis lasses and a place to congregate and so forth.
So th- .la egan to change into something that would really be a
great park :tkm not only to the elderly, not only to the swim teams, but
also q s. And so what you see is a lot of work by a lot of
p- ging it around to be a good design.
A d I want to thank everybody who's been involved with this to
ma e it what it will become now.
So, anyway, thank you with that. That's, of course, why I made a
motion to approve.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: And do we have a second?
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COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Oh, yeah. I already seconded
it. I already have my light up.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: My light's on.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. Is that for your second, ora
you going to talk us out of it?
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: It's -- no, I'm not go = ) talk
us out of it. I have something I'd like to say, Madam Ch.# I may.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I would likust as a point
of discussion -- because it's been raised here s a es today.
We've talked about a lot of heated subjects alon t e way, the
150-some-odd million dollars in latent ma'4 -nance and capital
in f ct is t, the 80- to a $100expensethatourcommunity,a
million recreational sports facility -' ng about.
It's important for our -- for ou litt, i my residents to understand
these projects come from indiv.,q-evenue sources throughout our
community. The parks c eito ` a ion monies come from impact fee
revenue. I know there's a f folks that are discontented with the
fact -- I've received a lopof emails from folks that live in Eastern
Collier County; can you be spending $100 million on an amateur
recreational f. ty en we haven't even got our park built at Big
Corkscrew Rel • al? And so on.
And I 1 s ;' tened to Commissioner Fiala talk regularly about the
lack '1) imming pool facilities for the park in East Naples. And I
t 'o portant that folks understand that the revenue sources come
fr.fr•Nir fferent areas. The recreational facility we've been talking about
this orning at length comes from TDT tax. In fact, if we go through
that process and a bonding instrument -- now, the maintenance of that
facility, which is what I talked about from a sustainability, will have to
come from ad valorem as well.
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The construction of our parks are on a priority basis with regard
to the expenditure of our impact fee funds. And I want to assure the
folks in Eastern Collier County that our Big Corkscrew Regional Park
is queued up. We let the contract for the design and engineering and
architecture, I believe, in January, $3.6 million. That project is mo •
as quickly as is physically possible through the process and set ft
funding next year and construction in the latter part, early p. z
18/'19 -- or excuse me -- '19/'20 is when it should be -- t lib ility
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should be, in fact, open.
So I just -- I wanted to share that, because not ody
understands the interworkings and hidden mec o our
government systems and the funding sources as o here these projects
are necessarily in the priority line. Our co f ‘ unity has suffered for --
as we all have, but has suffered for cwit, OP ime with the economic
downturn. N'
I know our revenue streams b A% the early 2000s from an
impact fee standpoint were up A • • of 100 -- in excess of$100 million
on an annual basis and h. 4._
d n as low as down in the 20- and $30
million range, and current e're riding at about 40-. And that has a
direct impact on where d when and what we can do with the
construction of ti e needed facilities, the construction of the
swimming poi. ore park in East Naples as well.
So th.t w: • e comment, Madam Chair, that I wanted to make.
It's just -- 01:., -en getting a lot of information flowing at me, and I
wan t • share with folks that everything in our community is, in
f..1 4 o rtant. It's a matter of our prioritization as we're moving
t P. the processes as to what gets done and what doesn't.loh.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you.
We have a motion on the floor and a second. All those in favor?
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye.
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CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign.
No response.)
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries unanimously. Thank y•
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much.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And I didn't talkcQ of it,
did I?
COMMISSIONER FIALA: You just talk. ,,,4g.
Item #15
STAFF AND COMMISSION GENE ' ‘v.=,
t ,+ '
ICATIONS
AIN
MR. OCHS: Commissioners, takes us to Item 15 on this
morning's agenda: Staff and c e sion general communications.
Commissioners, I ju to let you see that we've locked
down the date for the join eting with the Marco Island City
Council. You see that '11 be on May 1 lth at 9 a.m., and then
afternoon, as the : •and had previously authorized, we'll have the
updated -- orwo , shop update on the eastern county master
planning i •itia s that are going on.
And 11'. , .ve your CRA/BCC workshop on April 4th, again, 9
a.m. :_ n e afternoon. That will allow those of you that are heading
u • .F hassee for the FAC legislative day the next day to get there
o hopefully.4414
COMMISSIONER FIALA: How many of us are going up there?
MR. OCHS: I think we've got three or four at this point, yeah.
Four, I think.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: We're all heading up there Tuesday,
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eh? Uh-huh.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Which means it's going to be a quick --
the workshop. You're driving, right?
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Well, I'm staying -- yeah, I'm
driving up with the County Attorney, and we'll leave on -- we sta r
the entire thing and go to all of their -- you know, all of their
theworkshops, and then make arrangements for us to meet ' all ofY
the different legislators so we get to talk with each one. 11 be
there for everything.
I think we leave about noon on Friday, right, J
MR. KLATZKOW: Yes, ma'am.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Okay, thank u. 1
MR. OCHS: Commissioners, the on +either thing I had just to 1
raise briefly with you is a matter of po •i the agenda. The prior
board had determined that they wa eMy.%A, et the public hearing items
for no-sooner-than times in the aft;_ °.n of the meetings, and as we
work through these agendas ev o weeks, many times we don't
have an agenda that take 0 e afternoon.
And, you know, I no lly note it by exception every meeting on
the change sheet. I can ntnue to do that. I'm just asking if there's
any interest on t a x•
E : oard in having me potentially remove those
designated ti fo ose public hearing items and just not create a
designate.tim . st allow those to come, you know, naturally on the
agenda
w , spoke to the County Attorney about it at one point. You
I r ause it creates some expectations sometimes on the
ap, nt's part, and then we're scrambling around calling as many
peop e as we can if we think we're going to have an early conclusion to
the meeting.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Commissioner Fiala? She's -- I'm going
to turn to you, because, you know, you've lived under it in many ways.
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COMMISSIONER FIALA: I think that when we know that it's
an item that will draw a large audience, we would probably want to put
it in the afternoon after we dispense with a lot of other things on our
agenda. If we find it's a short subject, you know, like the swimming
pool, for instance, that was simple and sweet then, you know, we c ld
put it in the morning. So in other words, that would be, then, l o
you --
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Discretion.0
COMMISSIONER FIALA: -- and the Chairma ou know,
planning where it would be, because we get the wo 4 •,- enough
anyway, I would believe, for everybody to be
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I just ha a question, if I may.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes.
COMMISSIONER McDANIE : Manager, are you
talking about eliminating the time- - . ~'tterns at all.
MR. OCHS: No. Sir, what I' ilt ggesting is that on Items 8 and
9 on your agenda, every time e this little note that the items will
not -- will be heard no so•4.: li a n, in this case, for Item 8, 1:30, and
the same with No. 9. I'm jet saying, if I take that off the index and, as
Commissioner Fiala me tioned, work with the Chair to -- if there's a
need for time-ce 'n on a public hearing item, we'll set that, you know,
well in advan , u e don't have to necessarily wait till 1:30 every
time or m.ke a to on the change sheet that we're going to move at a
different ti
IA. , SSIONER SAUNDERS: Yeah. That makes sense. It
g' and the Chairman flexibility to set times, if necessary.
MMISSIONER McDANIEL: Sure. And we're still affording
the ime-certainty aspect for folks that do want to come and all, so...
MR. OCHS: Yeah, absolutely. Whenever I get a request for
time-certain, I just consult with the Chair on the Wednesday afternoon
before we set the agenda that Wednesday night to go to public.
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COMMISSIONER SOLIS: That's fine with me.
MR. OCHS: Okay. The other one related to that is your public
comments on general topics. We've had that, as you can see, under
Item 7 there to be heard no sooner than 1 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
That one's always a little trickier. The boards have -- they couldn't
decide if they wanted to take that early in the morning or at the -% i i
the meeting, and they kind of compromised and said, we'll t . right
after lunch.
That one -- I don't know ifanouhave feeling :and onYYng
whether you want to just leave that the way it is. A can continue
to deal with that by exception on the changes
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I see no reason 1 avmg it there, do
you?
COMMISSIONER McDANIE ,:
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Let'iNreat them both equally.
MR. OCHS: That's fine.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: ve it.
MR. OCHS: And t 1 just take that in the order that it
comes on the agenda?
CHAIRMAN TAY ,O : Yep.
MR. OCH • Very good. Thank you. That's all I had, Madam
Chair.
CHA ' TAYLOR: Unless, of course, we change our mind.
MR Of course. You're the Chair.
is,
SSIONER FIALA: A little levity there?
MISSIONER McDANIEL: Lots of it.
R. KLATZKOW: Nothing, ma'am.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Nothing?
MR. MILLER: Nothing for me, thank you.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Ms. Kinzel?
MS. KINZEL: No, thank you.
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CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Commissioner McDaniel?
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yes. And if I quit talking so
much, maybe we would get done a little quicker, as Commissioner
Fiala reminds me.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: No. I was saying gently.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I know. You were genib
saying, you need to be quiet.
And speaking of agendas and that sort of-- I got a r +' t from
somebody, and it had to do with the discussion we ha. orning.
r
Do we -- do we as a board want to have a look at L i . .dopting an
ordinance for sensitive land use requests to be ' certain time
frame of the year, similar to what we did with t lks on the golf
course request? Yes? No? Maybe?
MR. CASALANGUIDA: I th' Offs already looking at
that, sir.
COMMISSIONER McDANIbNh, the staffs already looking
at that.
MR. CASALANGU A s part of one of the LDC
amendments that Commis er Fiala brought upthat for all NIMs or
Neighborhood Informat' n eetings, where the public would be
involved to be r-,3 - ed out --
COMM 4,, 0 R McDANIEL: Yeah. I'm talking about board 1
meetings her. s e actual item is coming before us. That's what I'm
talking abo : ou know, we designated that they weren't going to be
able j : ,public hearing on it except for between November and
A'= nk, was what Commissioner Saunders specified, if I'm not
m a -n. And I just wanted to know if that's something we wanted to
talk about because they're -- you know, we do have a large population
that only visits -- or that is only here in the wintertime and leaves in the
summer and maybe couldn't participate on an off-season public
hearing.
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CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Perhaps we should hear from our two
land use attorneys about the expense entailed in doing something like
that.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Well -- and it has priority rights
as well, because, I mean, can we set that kind of a -- you know, it c 1d
be a burden on the sector that's looking for the change, and tha '
issue with me as well.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: I mean, it would really our
ability to handle any kind of land use applications, bec there's
always some, you know, preserve issue somewher ed in
anything. We'd only be able to take care of th w n the season.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Right.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: I think tlWould be an
extraordinary burden to put on Landow
COMMISSIONER SAUND ' ould agree. And I think the
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golf course thing is really a unique mstance.
COMMISSIONER McD,i Got it. I'm in. And I was
asked, so I'm asking, and ,,. fi , -- we have asked.
I do have one happy v t at -- not one happy. I have many
happies, but I was honosed to be the ribbon cutter at the Publix. And
after our adven for taking on the utility, the Publix in Eastern
Collier Coun :t R dall and Immokalee is now opening, and I'm
actually g-ttin• 1 . of of compliments.
COM ` . IONER SAUNDERS: Did you consume any
beve • t •r Food that cost more than $4?
KLATZKOW: Say no.
MMISSIONER McDANIEL: Nor did I receive any gifts.it
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Wait a minute. But if you go to a
function, you can consume more, because there's a per diem. Oh, yes.
It's in there. Anyway. Is that it?
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yes, ma'am. That's all.
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CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes. Commissioner Fiala.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yes. On our subject on the Racetrac
gas station, I'm sorry I didn't say anything earlier. I thought we would
discuss that to accept that they wanted to postpone it or --
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: We did.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: -- continue it, and what I wa A ' _•
do was, as long as it's continued to May -- but I have to hav ' --
well, everybody knows I have to have my knee replaced And
I've been putting it off until after May 11th because I f:we have to
meet with Marco Island. First I was going to do it t , of May, but
now I'm going to after May 11th.
But now I'm going to have this knee surge n. I'm not going to
be here, and I don't want to do that. I don' %ant this thing --
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: You ia
COMMISSIONER FIALA: as we can --
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yo % call in.
COMMISSIONER FIAL A What I want to do is I want to
continue it till October w I I the people are back. What do you
say about that?
CHAIRMAN TAY ,O : I don't -- I don't --
COMMISS R SAUNDERS: Jeffs sort of frowning there a
little bit.
MR. A
1 _ KOW: No. I'm just -- I mean, it's been the applicant
that's aske a e last couple of continuances that's put us in this
posit
MISSIONER SAUNDERS: Do they need four -- they need
a aj ority vote?
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: They do.
MR. KLATZKOW: No.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: No, okay.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: But, I mean --
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COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Don't they need a
supermaj ority?
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: It's not a zone change. It's just
a --
MR. KLATZKOW: It's not a zoning change.
ex\MR. OCHS: It's distance waiver, yeah.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Oh, it's a distance waft*.. I
gotcha.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: So it could end up a ote if I'm
not here.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Well, we'd wa - b again, you
could call in.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yeah, b 4 don't see why we can't
just continue it until October, I mean a , :0it's been held up this
long. And then the people that mit t k -re -- or might be gone in the
summer will be back for this. Ilit
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR:„.;", I've heard -- I have had a couple
residents suggest that.
COMMISSIONER 4, A: Oh,oodOh, good.g
CHAIRMAN TA O : I guess what we could do is just ask
staff to contact t... andowner or the attorney to see, to --
COMM 4,, 0 R FIALA: Well, they're going to say no. Why
don't we j st m. . a decision here?
COM ' •IONER SAUNDERS: I think that might be
prob 4 ) is I ecause they're not here, and we're making a decision that
a k -it application without any notice. I'm not sure if that's a
ge I ay to go or not.14
MR. KLATZKOW: They've asked for the continuance. I mean,
you know, Commissioner Fiala is asking, okay, if they're going to
continue it, I've got a problem with that continuance, and she's asking
for --
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COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: If you don't have a problem
with that...
MR. KLATZKOW: Listen, all of my years in practicing
litigation, I mean, I've had a judge say, well, if you can't do it then
you've got to wait six months. It has been commonplace for me.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: I have no problem wit'; hbo
being continued till October as long as the County Attorney
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: I would just make a su •d- , on that
maybe we try the voluntary avenue first, and then if th # a refusal to
continue it to October, then we can notice that and have it on
an agenda and we can make a decision. I thi .w .t u d be fair.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: And do it quicka our next meeting.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Yeah, at su r next meeting.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Cn Sithlt4J tone? If they refuse,
then we --
MR. KLATZKOW: The ap9 doesn't set the timing when
something comes to the Board s something the County Manager
works out with the Chair. is the applicant who's saying that,
gee, golly, willickers, I'm t 'al so we've got to kick this over again
that's led us to this .red'ament. So I don't have a concern if, because
Commissioner F'. . can't be here, and this has been an important issue
to her, to movi to ctober. I mean, the applicant's created the issue.
CO MI NER SOLIS: Sure, sure. You know, you don't
have a lot 0,0t , etings after May anyway; you just don't.
1 I :i A N TAYLOR: Three.
MISSIONER SAUNDERS: Well, why don't we just go
ah d I nd direct the County Attorney to, as Commissioner Fiala said,
con act the applicant and indicate that we'll do this in October because
of her --
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: -- surgery.
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COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yeah.
MR. KLATZKOW: That's fine.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right. Good.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I like that, too.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Okay, good. Thank you.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Is that it?
4.Cb
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yeah, that's it for me.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. Commissioner So . 4116
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: I've got something I' ti - to bring
up that -- we saw the effects of it today with Carlos 1 'his morning,
and that's just one aspect of what we're doing i o ' r ounty with
regard to mental-health issues.
The last few months I've spent meet wit -- I met with Judge
Martin, I've met with the folks at the D , i rence Center, I've met
with the Sheriffs Department to t o ,,, erstand and have a big
picture of what all is involved in, to ow, mental health and how we
deal with mental-health issues_' Tier County.
And one of the thin• 1 . 'as surprised me is how much
lir
interaction between all of - stakeholders, so to speak, in that area.
There is -- that I certain didn't understand. You know, the David
Lawrence Cented NOMI, working with the Sheriffs Department.
It goes to ho uc - how often we use our jail, as Commissioner
McDaniel as 1 e ght up several times, as a mental-health facility. I
think even . ' uiz mentioned that he ended up there when it really
was ' .vim sly, a criminal issue. It was a mental-health issue.
one of the things that was helpful to me was to understand
hof
y ey are really working together and that we, as a county -- you
kno' , we do support the David Lawrence Center in some respect and,
in some minor way, some of the other organizations. I think that the
Board would benefit from a workshop to have everyone come together
and explain how all this is working or not working in Collier County.
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How could we be more fiscally responsible in how we deal with these
things?
I mean, obviously, I don't think there's any argument that using
our jail as a mental-health facility is less expensive than dealing with
mental-health issues in another way, as a mental-health issue.
So I would like to propose to have at least a half-day wor '
t.
if
not a -- no, a half-day workshop to bring all the parties toget
understand where we can do better, because one of the th 14 hat also
surprised me is although all of these entities are comi ore us or
other governmental agencies asking for funding an. s, I think
they all have a consensus as to where we need . adifference,
which is surprising to me that, you know -- beds they all do their
own kind of a thing, but there's some cons us, I think, that we could
do better without necessarily spendiqgney, just doing better
in certain areas.
And I would like to have an o pnity to have them come and
present that so that we as a bo. ecause I don't know that a board's
ever had that kind of a pry an. It's usually the David Lawrence
forfunding, : - else asks for funding, and there's noCenteraskss . body g,
I don't think we've ben presented the 10,000-foot view of what
we're doing or no a oing.
So I wo ,o ik- 4 e Board to entertain scheduling a workshop to
at least un a ers
a.: a as, you know, the leaders of the county what we're
doing or n s'd .'' g, what we could do better.
741 S SIONER McDANIEL: And I'd like to really, if I could,
h-4 •' •
b ork with the -- on the agenda for that as well just so we
ha - +me pointed items. You know, I was -- I was actually appointed
to s-rve on the Public Safety Commission with the Sheriff and the
folks from the judicial system as well, and funding sources -- and you
know there's an architect that's talking around -- that's coming around
and talking to us about the enhancements to the jail and the requisites
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thereof, and I'd like to help with that workshop if I can.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Certainly, as long as that doesn't
create an issue with --
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I think there's a Sunshine issue.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: If there's a Sunshine. I mean,
obviously --
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Developing an agen our
workshop?
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: I mean, you can -- I ak, you can
certainlyput thins on the -- request things be on t -- • ® - 9gqda, right? I,
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yeah. lir
e
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: I mean, that'shtt we're talking
about.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEI : ,rough the County
Manager to do it. I wasn't -- 4y\ouCOMMISSIONERFIALA: trying -- are you
mentioning, like, extra fundin fferent agencies who work with
mental-health issues?iii
COMMISSIONER moi._IS: Maybe and maybe not. Maybe it's
just changing how we'rvfundimg things or maybe using the money that
we have in a beway in a different place. I mean, for example,
there's also t .1 vete s' court, but there's also the drug court. Is
everybody faro ' .r with the drug court?
COM a IONER FIALA: Yes. I've been there.
rict,b,,SSIONER SOLIS: I mean, it's making a huge
d' There was an item on our consent agenda for an
apt .tion for a grant for the drug court. You know, things like that, Iilo
th' if we had a comprehensive understanding of all of the moving
pieces that -- our work in that area, that we could make sure that we're
doing the best we can and the most that we can out of what we have.
That's really my idea.
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COMMISSIONER FIALA: I think that's so admirable; really, I
do.
One of the things we need to be careful of, though, is I would
guess that most every not-for-profit agency will contend that their
agency also deals with mental health in one way or another, and I't
care who it is, you know, whether it be low income, whether it .
veterans, whether it be children's agencies, whether it be ShN or
Abused Women, whether it be homeless, all of a sudden E getting
into a whole field of mental health, and then all of a s : - - everybody
wants to come to the taxpayers to fund their agenc
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: And I am no, • . ting that.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Okay.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: But you' v '_ t that it's a big thing,
and I think it's incumbent upon us tose- e # ole picture. And I'm
not suggesting that we're going to '
A -
ry -- that we should fund
every nonprofit. I think the only o at we provide any funding for,
because we have to by statute, David Lawrence Center.
So I'm not suggesti I m suggesting that we need to look at
we need to understand t - lig picture to make sure that whatever 1
we're doing or whatever ea•ership we're providing to the community
in that regard is - best that it can be.
COMM
r
0 IR McDANIEL: I like it.
CO MI ,•NER SOLIS: That's my suggestion.
CHA N TAYLOR: Thank you.
th,SSIONER SOLIS: So can we -- we can --
4 OCHS: Right now your next available date is your June
w b op date. I can work towards that date with all of you if you'd440).
like.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: That's, like, the first Tuesday in
June?
MR. OCHS: First Tuesday in June.
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COMMISSIONER FIALA: I should be back by then.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It's a quieter time.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: They put me in a rehab place.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: They get you up and walking around,
I think.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Right away. ex\
If
1
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yeah. See, I'm allergic to .
medication, so I have to go to a -- the Arlington. Oh, ho 4t.ble that
will be.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Okay. Well tha ThankY you
for the time, Madam Chair.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: You're welcom
All right. Commissioner Saunders
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS:"..Of ick items. There was
an interesting article in the Naples . News dealing with some
property that was pieced together b ft _entleman named Bob Gore,
who passed away recently, to e . nature preserve. The
Conversation Collier Co took a look at this property back in, I
think, 2007, and it was no ommended for acquisition.
I'd like to have stag just get this to the committee. Maybe they
could take anoook at it. It sounded interesting, and maybe things
have change no , that's fine. But I just thought it was worth
getting th.t to committee to explore that. And I'll give the County
Manager t 1)". 'cle with the --
0 HS: Yeah. I have it, sir. Thank you.
l ' MISSIONER SAUNDERS: Oh, do you? Okay.
Jnd the second thing is, I did meet with Senator Passidomo last
wee concerning Senate Bill 1158. She agreed to pull that bill. That
will not be pursued during this session.
She would like to have conversations concerning how to, perhaps,
fix this -- that issue for next year, but for this year it's a dead issue.
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COMMISSIONER FIALA: Thank you for doing that.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Certainly. And House Bill 17,
which is an equally curious bill in terms of what it does to --
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Curious.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: -- local home rule authors
that bill -- I did talk to the leadership over in the Senate, and th o
appetite in the Senate to even consider that. That bill has no 40144,
companion. That bill will die as well. So those two issues gone for
the session. And I just want to thank Kathleen Passid• • •r listening
and taking some positive steps in that direction.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Absol --
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right. I've j
111"
t .6of a couple of
things. The -- it is my understanding that ; 0 ban for fracking is stalled
in the House, the concept of moving.it 0. And the leadership in
the House have said that they don't t to get out of committee, it's
my understanding. And, Commiss Saunders, if I'm using the
right terminology -- or not the ., erminology --
COMMISSIONER 4 P) RS: Yeah. I'm going to be up there
this evening, and I'll snoo• " •und a little bit and find out what's
happening over in the Hoouse side. The Senate really is moving that
statewide ban al So I think -- you know, my understanding is that
there's some e m behind that, but I'll check and let the manager
know.
CHA IA
a ; TAYLOR: I believe there is momentum in the
Sena 1., . t ere's not in the House. In fact, they're trying to derail it by
n• . • . g it to go forward to a vote.
r •
I guess within the House itself And I -- I mean, we certainly
can ait for Commissioner Saunders' report, but I would like to see if
there's any interest in this commission sending a letter. You would --
you know, it would be from you -- I would be the Chair signing it --
just urging the leadership to allow this fracking issue to be discussed
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and either voted up or voted down in the House.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: I certainly have no problem
with the letter.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: What?
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Nobody will pay any atten ' n
to it over in the House, but we can certainly send it.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: You know, I don't knotrQfknot- nobody
pays attention to it, I don't know if you want to or not u know,
you can.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yeah.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Sure.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: We are gro d zero for fracking, this
county is.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: s e are.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Anit ave kind of sidestepped it this
term. And, you know, again, i ' m not advocating that we go and,
you know, support the ba . want to have the ability to have the
House to be able to hear it.
COMMISSIONE A DERS: If you could -- if the
Commission agr; to have you draft the letter, if you'll have -- if
you'll draft it - 4 ha - the staff send it to me via email, and I'll give
you my -- y s onal email, not on my state email, because I won't
have acces V. at -- then I'll print it and hand deliver it to the folks
that 1 -It o .ee it.
itA IRMAN TAYLOR: Oh, that's wonderful.
I •MMISSIONER FIALA: Will -- County Attorney, will
Co issioner Saunders be able to, then, communicate to us by
one-way communication what his findings were in Tallahassee?
MR. KLATZKOW: Sure.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Okay, good.
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CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Good. That will help us.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: So do you agree?
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yeah.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Jeff, you have my persona-
email?4seib
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Can you -- you have to tel hat on
the microphone.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Put that right record.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: And your home a"
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: And your addr d your home
address and your bank -- where you bank.
MR. KLATZKOW: Bsaunders@gm com, right?
COMMISSIONER SAUNDER,SS: eMr. Solis' cell phone
number, if you'd like to have that a. veS„N
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Co aft sioner McDaniel, we didn't
hear from you.
COMMISSIONER _ t k EL: Yes, you did.
CHAIRMAN TAYL :k : Yes?
COMMISSIONS Mc P ANIEL: Yes, ma'am. I was first.
CHAP A :k' TAYLOR: Oh, good.
All right 4g. n A aril the 11th there's wonderful news that our own
Dr. Savare e rise has received the grant from NOAA.
COW*/ - •IONER McDANIEL: Oh, outstanding.
A Id A N TAYLOR: Dr. Peter Shang, who's the University
o ;
ti will be the lead. Dr. Savarese is kind of boots on the
gr% ' . And I think it would be an opportunity, if my Commission
agr-es, to bring him here on the afternoon at 1 o'clock on April the
11th and then to hear from our hardworking Coastal Advisory
Committee who have a concept for beach resiliency. So if that's an
agreement, we'll do that on the 11th.
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COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Sure.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. We have an outstanding former
employee that Commissioner Fiala knows a lot about because she was
sitting up here, and that's Norm Feder. And right now there's a
vacancy on the Florida Transportation Committee for a representa e
and Collier County -- and Nick can speak much more eloquent
this than I can. But there's -- we've never had a Collier Cou ,'
representative up there.
MR. CASALANGUIDA: Sure. The Florida Tr. I . ation
Commission, right now, is seatedredominantl fr s on the EastpY
Coast along the I-4 corridor.
They review all the district work plans tha o e through, and
they make a recommendation for approval% the governor's office. So
getting someone from Southwest Floi it Transportation
Commission to kind of lobby and .NVommendations that, you
know, our fair share and projects Alto T ane in Southwest Florida as
well, too, is a great opportuni Norman, coming with a planning
degree and background a P
IP
ing for the state, I think he'd be a440
great addition to that co ion.
COMMISSIONS Mc DANIEL: Will he do it?
CHAI ' A k',TAYLOR: Yes.
MR. C • 74, A ,GUIDA: He's very interested.
CO
MIS
0 NER McDANIEL: Outstanding.
CHA ;4 * N TAYLOR: So, again, there has to be a letter of
reco r ist s ion, and if you are okay -- and I think Nick will work
w'
MMISSIONER FIALA: Absolutely, absolutely. And he'll
hav something to say with the allocation of dollars. We're usually --
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Uh-huh.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: -- the least of the recipients, to put it
plainly.
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MR. CASALANGUIDA: Yeah. We've done well in the last two
years, and things are getting better, so -- but he will have a say going
forward in all the work programs, and he can keep an eye on what's
going on.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: That's just great.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: I wonder if we couldn't ask o n
the community to help him with letters of recommendation. ld
that be --
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yes, leadership -- yes, utely, but --
COMMISSIONER FIALA: That's a good ide .
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Congressma a t ose kind of
people, yeah.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yeah. Ittu d be nice to have one
of our own.
MR. OCHS: You have the preof the chamber here. I'm
sure he can rally the --
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: i . And so, finally, he doesn't know
going avid Wilkison to come up, please.I'm oin to do this, but I' "
COMMISSIONER A: His face is already getting red.
CHAIRMAN TAV_,0 : We can't help the fact that he's a
graduate from t niversity of Florida, of course.
COMM Se 0 R SAUNDERS: Well, you're welcome, even
though yo are niversity of Florida graduate.
CHA , " _;A N TAYLOR: I just -- I just -- and I think I speak for
eve : e, but I haven't talked to them, so I'm going to let them
c• just want to thank you. It's been such a pleasure getting to
ou and to working with you, and there's no doubt in my mind
wh you were hired, because you're so good at what you do. And
you've touched this community in so many ways, really, because
you're right there at Growth Management, and you touch everybody.
And from executives to the public, you've just -- you've got that --
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you just did it so well. And you're so competent, and I wish you great,
great luck and great good fortune going forward. Thank you.
MR. WILKISON: Well, thank you. For the record, David
Wilkison, your Growth Management Department head for, I think
four more days.
I just wanted to say thank you for the opportunity you gav
and thank you for the courtesy that you extended to me.
It was a great honor and privilege to lead the Growt
Management Department, and I can tell you my succe ill inherit
a department that is filled with some really talented ssional, and
hard-working people. And I feel really good a ,t7 t leaving.
And, you know, I lived in Collier County Yo g time. I think I
came to Immokalee when I was two years f + and lived or worked in
Collier County for many, many year ,
ti
X01 that it's in great hands,
and I know that you'll find an able • or.
And, once again, I thank your + e opportunity. I'd like to thank
the County Manager and the D County Manager also and all the
other folks in the county P •eing great to me. It was a great
honor. Thank you.
COMMISSIONE IS: Well -- and I would just add that I
think the change r- the relationship, I think, between the business
community a es-partment has changed fundamentally, and it's a
large part •eca s of the way you've led it. So thank you again for
everythingF ou did.
IRMAN TAYLOR: So that's all I have. And if there's
no 1 I more, I think -- thank you very much, Terri. It's 12:40.
Ap. eciate your sticking with us, and we are adjourned.
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Commissioner McDaniel moved, seconded by Commissioner
Solis and carried unanimously that the following items under the
Consent and Summary Agendas be approved and/or adopted ****
Item #16A1
RECORDING THE FINAL PLAT OF THE RANCH A j A NGE
BLOSSOM PHASE 2A, (APPLICATION NO. PL20a\.;a 2151)
APPROVAL OF THE STANDARD FORM CONS , CTION
AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT AN ® O AL OF THE
AMOUNT OF THE PERFORMANCE SECU THIS IS A
COMPANION TO AGENDA ITEM #17 (V A CATION OF
EASEMENTS) AND BOTH ITEM E APPROVED OR
3.BOTH ITEMS WILL BE DENIE r TIPULATIONS
Item #16A2 Q1
AWARDING AGREEM 15-6471 FOR DESIGN SERVICES
FOR LOCAL AGENC P ' OGRAM (LAP) FUNDED PROJECTS
TO JOHNSON GINEERING, INC. FOR "ENGINEERING &
DESIGN SE r, C FOR LAP FUNDED PROJECTS." GROWTH
MANAG M ,.GRANT FUND 711 — STAFF AND JOHNSON
ENGINEEto,INC., NEGOTIATED THE CONSULTANT'S
PER, lop L HOURLY RATES (SCHEDULE B), SUBJECT TO
B ik APPROVAL, FOR ENGINEERING & DESIGN
CES FOR TWELVE (12) FDOT LAP PROJECTS LISTED
IN F HIBIT D OF THE CONTRACT
Item #16A3
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RESOLUTION 2017-43: AMENDING THE COLLIER COUNTY
GROWTH MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT/PLANNING AND
REGULATION FEE SCHEDULE WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE
OF JULY 1, 2017, TO INCLUDE TWO NEW FEES FOR TWO
NEW APPLICATIONS TITLED "INTENT TO CONVERT" A'N„,COMPATIBILITY DESIGN REVIEW." THE APPLICATI
ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAND DEVELOPMEN DE
AMENDMENTS WITHIN THE 2016 LAND DEVEL 0 'NT
CODE AMENDMENT CYCLE THAT ESTABLIS ZS A NEW
PROCESS FOR THE CONVERSION OF GOLF (0! SES TO A
DIFFERENT LAND USE. (THIS IS A COM4 4TEM TO
AGENDA ITEMS #9A AND #16A15)
Item #16A4
RESOLUTION 2017-44: AUTH 0 =` G THE CHAIRMAN TO
EXECUTE A LOCAL AGE ROGRAM AGREEMENT WITH
44,
THE FLORIDA DEPA ' + OF TRANSPORTATION IN
WHICH COLLIER CO 1 Y WOULD BE REIMBURSED UP TO
232,984 FOR THE DVASI N, CONSTRUCTION AND
CONSTRUCTIP ENGINEERING INSPECTION (CEI)
SERVICES F'49TH TERRACE SW SIDEWALK
IMPROV M PROJECT AND TO AUTHORIZE THE
NECESSIVUDGET AMENDMENT (PROJECT #33507), FPN
NO. 4} 1 1-38/58/68-01
t 6A5
RESOLUTION 2017-45: AUTHORIZING THE CHAIRMAN TO
EXECUTE A LOCAL AGENCY PROGRAM AGREEMENT WITH
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN WHICH
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COLLIER COUNTY WOULD BE REIMBURSED UP TO $395,556
FOR THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION
ENGINEERING INSPECTION (CEI) SERVICES OF BIKE LANES
ON CR 862 (VANDERBILT BEACH ROAD) AND AUTHORIZE
THE NECESSARY BUDGET AMENDMENT (PROJECT #33
FPN NO. 435118-1-38/58/68-01
Item #16A6 0446,
4
c„
RESOLUTION 2017-46: AUTHORIZING THEaril' AN TO
EXECUTE A LOCAL AGENCY PROGRA 7 ENT WITH
THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANS 70`y ATION IN
WHICH COLLIER COUNTY WOULD r7140 ' IMBURSED UP TO
918,611 FOR THE DESIGN, CONS fii. ON AND
CONSTRUCTION ENGINES ' 1 ' . 'ECTION (CEI)
SERVICES FOR THE GOODLE' RANK ROAD AND 111TH
AVENUE NORTH SIDEW A F ND TO AUTHORIZE THE
NECESSARY BUDGED MENT (PROJECT #33506) FPN
NO. 435117-1-38/58/68-s :
Item #16A7 Sy
RESOLU IO 017-47: AUTHORIZING THE CHAIRMAN TO
EXECUT OP ° ()CAL AGENCY PROGRAM AGREEMENT WITH
THE I • ' ' ID A DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN
W s IL OLLIER COUNTY WOULD BE REIMBURSED UP TO
A x57 FOR THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND
L
CO STRUCTION ENGINEERING INSPECTION (CEI)
SERVICES FOR SIDEWALKS ON GOLDEN GATE PARKWAY
AND SANTA BARBARA BOULEVARD AND TO AUTHORIZE
THE NECESSARY BUDGET AMENDMENT (PROJECT #33504),
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FPN NO. 435116-1-38/58/68
Item #16A8
RESOLUTION 2017-48: AUTHORIZING THE CHAIRMAN
EXECUTE A LOCAL AGENCY PROGRAM AGREEMEN H
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN . H
COLLIER COUNTY WOULD BE REIMBURSED UP640,069
FOR THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND CON 4,
4" 1 CTION
ENGINEERING INSPECTION (CEI) SERVICE THE
SUNSHINE BOULEVARD FROM 17TH A ilk, ' S TO
GREEN BOULEVARD SIDEWALK PROJE t ,A D TO
AUTHORIZE THE NECESSARY BUD 46 T A MENDMENT
FPN NO. 4PROJECT #33505)3504,308 _ 6810
Item #16A9
RESOLUTION 2017-49• RIZING THE CHAIRMAN TO4110j
EXECUTE A LOCAL A CY PROGRAM AGREEMENT WITH
THE FLORIDA DEPAATMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN
WHICH COLL 1c' COUNTY WOULD BE REIMBURSED UP TO
334,874 FO 4 Hs•ESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND
CONSTR C X41 ENGINEERING INSPECTION (CEI)
SERVICE Z THE GOLDEN GATE SIDEWALKS AT
V A '
aej OCATIONS PROJECT AND TO AUTHORIZE THE
N* A ' Y BUDGET AMENDMENT (PROJECT #33491), FPN
4990-1-38/58/68-01
Item #16A10
RECORDING THE FINAL PLAT OF THRIVE AT NAPLES,
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APPLICATION NO PL20160002147), APPROVAL OF THE
STANDARD FORM CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE
AGREEMENT AND APPROVAL OF THE AMOUNT OF THE
PERFORMANCE SECURITY — A PROJECT WITHIN THE
BRYNWOOD CPUD
Item #16A 11
RESOLUTION 2017-50: AUTHORIZING THE CO ITY
AND HUMAN SERVICES TO SUBMIT A U.S.RTMENT
OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPM •ITY
DEVELOPMENT AN AFTER-THE-FACT C LOCK
GRANT APPLICATION IN THE AMO 44T OF $260,000, TO
FUND THE IMMOKALEE STO re IMPROVEMENT
ACQUISITION PROJECT — IFA D TRANSPORTATION
PLANNING WILL ADMINISTE E APPLICATION PROCESS
AND REVIEW AND MONI HE PROGRAM;
RESOLUTION 2017-51 •e
J1
0 RIZING THE COMMUNITY
AND HUMAN SERVICEk 0 SUBMIT A U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF HOUSING AND USB A N DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
DEVELOPME FTER-THE-FACT CDBG BLOCK GRANT
APPLICATI 04 HE AMOUNT OF $160,444, TO FUND
THE PET R' 4 VENUE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT AND
LIGHTIN ' 7 Ea•JECT — IF AWARDED THE STORMWATER
MA i4t4 _ _ ENT SECTION WILL MONITOR THE PROGRAM
t 6Al2
PUBLIC OFFICER CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
CERTIFICATIONS" RELATED TO AGREEMENT #15-6471
WITH JOHNSON ENGINEERING, INC., FOR ENGINEERING &
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DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE FOLLLOWING TWELVE (12)
LOCAL AGENCY PROGRAM FUNDED PROJECTS - PROJECT
NOS. 4175405 - SR 29 FROM CR 846 (AIRPORT ROAD) TO N.
OF NEW MARKET ROAD N; 4175407 - SR 29 FROM FIRST
STREET TO NINTH STREET; 433175 - SR 82 (IMMOKALE
ROAD) AT CR 850 (CORKSCREW ROAD); 433176 - PIN tb
RIDGE ROAD AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS; 433177 - C '
GOLDEN GATE) AT LIVINGSTON; 434990 - GOL
V
ATE
VARIOUS LOCATIONS SIDEWALK; 435029 - U 411 ROM CRaki
846 (111TH AVENUE) TO N. OF 91ST AVENU 030 -
SUNSHINE BOULEVARD FROM 17TH A 4I1 S TO
GREEN BOULEVARD; 435116 - GOLDEN A' COLLECTOR
SIDEWALKS VARIOUS LOCATIONS. 51" 7 - NORTH
NAPLES SIDEWALKS AT VARI U A• TIONS; 435118 -
CR 862 (VANDERBILT BEACH A FROM CR 901 TO GULF
PAVILION DRIVE; 435119 - 49 %or RRACE SW FROM 20TH
PLACE SW TO 19TH PLAC
Item #16A13 Nity
CHANGE ORD, NO. 1 WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRON T A PROTECTION (DEP) AGREEMENT NO.
Nir
LP 11030 :E EN THE COLLIER COUNTY BOARD OF
COUNTY *Pio a, MISSIONERS (BCC) AND THE STATE OF
FLO ' EP TO MODIFY THE NAME OF THE DEP'S
G ' ANAGER - UPDATING THE GRANT MANAGERS
IV, FOR PHASE II OF A PROJECT FOR CONSTRUCTION
OF HE NAPLES PARK AREA/BASIN INFRASTRUCTURE
OPTIMIZATION FOR STORMWATER, WATER AND
WASTEWATER, INCLUDING IMPROVEMENTS ALONG 95TH
AVE N. AND 96TH AVE N.
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Item #16A14
CHANGE ORDER NO. 1 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (DEP) AGREEMENT N.
NO. 50859, BETWEEN THE COLLIER COUNTY BOARD
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (BOARD) AND THE ST . F
a
FLORIDA DEP TO MODIFY THE NAME OF THE D ', `
GRANT MANAGER — UPDATING THE GRANTAGERS
NAME FOR PHASE I OF A PROJECT FOR CO ' ' CTION OF
THE NAPLES PARK AREA/BASIN INFRA.,, ' RE
OPTIMIZATION FOR STORMWATER, WA1- ND
WASTEWATER, INCLUDING IMPRO M 'NTS ALONG
110TH AVE N. AND 107TH AVE . 95TH AVE N. ANDS.
96TH AVE N.b.*'
Item #16A15— Additional inf on provided (Per Agenda Change
Sheet) 40 Va„)
RESOLUTION 2017-5: AXIENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2004-66,
AS AMENDED,rt HAT CREATED AN ADMINISTRATIVE
CODE FOR i0L ''R COUNTY, TO AMEND EXHIBIT "B,"
ADMINI T ' ' 1 VE CODE FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT, BY
AMEND APTER THREE, QUASI-JUDICIAL
PRO )U ' S WITH A PUBLIC HEARING, MORE
S 'ALLY TO ADD SECTION K, COMPATIBILITY
ID :Ti N REVIEW; AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR,
AD INISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, MORE SPECIFICALLY TO
ADD SECTION M, STORMWATER PLAN, AND SECTION N,
INTENT TO CONVERT APPLICATION FOR GOLF COURSE
CONVERSIONS; AMENDING CHAPTER EIGHT, PUBLIC
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NOTICE, MORE SPECIFICALLY TO ADD SECTION F,
STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH MEETING FOR GOLF COURSE
CONVERSION (SOM); AMENDING CHAPTER 12,
ACRONYMS; AND AMENDING CHAPTER 13, GLOSSARY.
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. (THIS IS A
COMPANION TO AGENDA ITEMS #9A AND #16A3) - T.'
IMPLEMENT NEW PROCESSES ESTABLISHED BY T . ' 016
LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE (LDC) AMENDMEN 4%
a_
CLE
c„Item #16A16
A BUDGET AMENDMENT IN THE AMO 0 $3,283,000
FROM FUND (112) RESERVES AND k'Re PRIATING THESE
DOLLARS WITHIN THE FOLLOW 144,
W
1'
4, D (112) PROJECTS
TO CONTINUE IMPLEMENTA G 2 THE MEDIAN
LANDSCAPE CAPITAL PROG ' i IMMOKALEE ROAD -
COLLIER BLVD TO WILSO JA D WILSON TO 43RD,
COLLIER BLVD. - US Aloo IP ARINO CIRCLE AND MARINO
CIRCLE TO DAVIS AN iv OLDEN GATE BLVD TO
IMMOKALEE ROAD• A TA BARBARA - DAVIS BLVD. TO
BRIDGE NO. 0 06NB, 030205SB AT I-75; AND THE SANTA
BARBARAiall EION - RATTLESNAKE TO DAVIS BLVD
v.
Item #16A IP
1111
A , ' w" OF RFP #16-6663, "ROADWAY CONTRACTORS,"
I PREFERRED MATERIALS, INC., AJAX PAVING
IN D STRIES OF FLORIDA, LLC, BONNESS, INC. AND
WRIGHT CONSTRUCTION GROUP - FOR AS-NEEDED ROAD,
INTERSECTION, TURN LANE, SIDEWALK, PATHWAY,
DRAINAGE AND ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE
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IMPROVEMENTS FOR MULTIPLE COUNTY DIVISIONS
Item #16B1
COLLIER COUNTY COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIO
REVIEW AND ACCEPT THE BAYSHORE GATEWAY 414
TRIANGLE AND IMMOKALEE CRA'S 2016 ANNU A 0
REPORTS, AND PUBLISH PUBLIC NOTICE OF ILING
Item #16D1
A DONATION OF $2,219.92 TO THE CV S RVATION
COLLIER PROGRAM AS OFFSITE t.d 01 VATION FOR THE
COMCAST DATA FACILITY ( '.4 .1002387) TO SATISFY A
NATIVE VEGETATION RETEREQUIREMENT — THE
DONOR, CABLE HOLDCO IS REQUESTING AN
INSUBSTANTIAL CH I THE ORIGINAL SDP (00-95)
TO ADD A NEW DATA - NTER SHED ON A 1. 14-ACRE
PARCEL WITHIN TH4V R RAL AREA
Item #16D2 .: .--(."S 1
EXECUTI c4 ?3 F THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
FT A -0 5307 FY 16 GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT
O ,. '' . ,559 THROUGH THE TRANSIT AWARD
GEMENT SYSTEM (TRAMS) — AS DETAILED IN THE
EX 'CUTIVE SUMMARY
Item #16D3
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RESOLUTION 2017-53: ESTABLISHING AN HOURLY RATE
FOR CHARTER SERVICE THAT WILL ALLOW COLLIER
AREA TRANSIT TO COMPLY WITH THE FEDERAL TRANSIT
ADMINISTRATION CHARTER GUIDELINES — A RATE THAT
WILL BE REVIEWED AND ADJUSTED ANNUALLY IN
COORDINATION WITH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEME
BUDGET
Item #16D4 S9
AFTER-THE-FACT VICTIMS ADVOCAC S DIAA ZATION
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ) DRUG eodi
DISCRETIONARY GRANT APPLICAT . N THE AMOUNT
OF $572,527 — A GRANT DISPER R A 3-YEAR PERIOD
OF TIME THAT INVOLVES A 18 YEARS AND OLDER,
WHO MIRROR ARRESTEE PO 'OVATION DEMOGRAPHICS,
HAVE BEEN CHARGED W ON-VIOLENT DRUG
RELATED FELONY 0 S), ARE SUBSTANCE
DEPENDENT AND A ' T RISK OF FAILING LESS
INTENSIVE REHABI IT A TION PROGRAMS
Item #16D5 $S"
7-7053 VENDING MACHINE SERVICES, TOAWARDIP.
CO 4114 T " VENDING INC. — TO PROVIDE, INSTALL, AND
O_ - • E VENDING MACHINES AT COUNTY FACILITIES
F,ARKS — COMPLETE VENDING INC. OFFERS THE
HIS EST COMMISSION, IS A LOCAL COMPANY AND IS
CURRENTLY UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY
Item #16D6
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AN "AFTER-THE-FACT" AMENDMENT, ATTESTATION
STATEMENT AND BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE OLDER
AMERICANS ACT PROGRAM TITLE III FROM AREA
AGENCY ON AGING FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, INC.
REFLECT FINAL FY 16 GRANT FUNDING. (NET FISCA
IMPACT: $85,000.93 IN PROGRAM FUNDS AND LOCv ,.
MATCH FUNDS OF $9,444.76) — AMENDMENT NO c •
CONTRACT #OAA 203.16
Item #16D7
ACKNOWLEDGING APRIL 21, 2017, A "T Y TRANSIT DAY"
AND OFFERING COMPLIMENTAS ON THAT DAY
Item #16D8
FOUR MORTGAGE S TIONS FOR THE STATE
HOUSING INITIATIVE.' 1' A ' TNERSHIP LOAN PROGRAM IN
THE COMBINED Amp T OF $46,740 — REPAYMENTS ARE
CONSIDERED ."1 OGRAM INCOME AND MAY BE REUSED
FOR ELIGIB 4 S ACTIVITIES
Item #16D'
110
Af ACTION OF MORTGAGE FOR A FIRST TIME HOME
OF AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT THAT HAS
SA ' SFIED THE TERMS OF ASSISTANCE FOR THE COLLIER
COUNTY NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PROGRAM AND
AUTHORIZE A BUDGET AMENDMENT RECOGNIZING THE
PROGRAM INCOME — FOR PROPERTY AT 2224 50TH
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TERRACE SW RECOGNIZING $38,610.00 IN INCOME
Item #16D10
EXPENDINNG $4,590, IN TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAX
CATEGORY "A" BEACH PARK FACILITY FUNDS USINCk'
CONTRACT #13-6164, WITH Q. GRADY MINOR AND 4:6"-
ASSOCIATES, P.A., FOR "PROFESSIONAL SERVIC mtlp,O
ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS" — TO PROVID
ENGINEERING REPORT FOR DRAINAGE IMP ' MENTS
BEACH NORTH AC E ' A G LOTATTHEBAREFOOTC
Item #16D11
46
EXPENDITURE OF TOURIST D ENT TAX FUNDS
FOR CATEGORY "A" BEACH P . FACILITIES USING
lop
CONTRACT #13-6164, "PRO , `t. ONAL SERVICES FOR
ENGINEERS AND ARC • S" IN THE AMOUNT OF
10,468, WITH BRID liti GLUTTONS, LLC, FOR A
BOARDWALK INSPECT k 0 N AT CLAM PASS PARK AND
FINDING THE i PEICITURE PROMOTES TOURISM —
TO INSPECT 6 :OARDWALK DECK AND HANDRAIL
SYSTEMA ' AM PASS PARK
Item • D
11,
114._ ENDITURE OF TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAX
F 0 S FOR CATEGORY "A" BEACH PARK FACILITIES
USING CONTRACT #13-6164, "PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
FOR ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS" IN THE AMOUNT OF
13,040, WITH BRIDGING SOLUTIONS, LLC FOR A
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BOARDWALK INSPECTION AT BAREFOOT BEACH
PRESERVE PARK AND FINDING THIS EXPENDITURE
PROMOTES TOURISM - TO INSPECT THE BOARDWALK
AND THE BATHHOUSE STRUCTURE AT THE PRESERVE
Item #16D13
AN "AFTER-THE-FACT" AMENDMENT TO THE ITION
SERVICES INCENTIVE PROGRAM, ATTESTAT
STATEMENT AND BUDGET AMENDMENT F ' %It% IAREA41.
AGENCY ON AGING FOR SOUTHWEST A, INC. FOR
THE SERVICES FOR SENIORS PROGRA
IIPP`
FISCAL
IMPACT $3,744.65) - AMENDMENT # 469 ONTRACT NO.
NSIP 203.16
tb,N. 'Item #16E1
THE PURCHASE OF Pz' '` Y INSURANCE EFFECTIVE
APRIL 1, 2017 IN THE
4, IMATED AMOUNT OF $2,330,299,
A REDUCTION OF $7,5 - AS DETAILED IN THE
EXECUTIVE S , MARY
Item #16E -ved to Item #11F (Per Agenda Change Sheet)
Item lit 3
4DING INVITATION TO BID #17-7087 "RE-
RO 6 FING COLLIER COUNTY'S MUSEUM MAIN BUILDING"
TO TARGET ROOFING & SHEET METAL, INC. IN THE
AMOUNT OF $114,208 AND AUTHORIZING THE CHAIR TO
EXECUTE THE CONTRACT - TO REPLACE THE ROOF AT
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THE COUNTY MUSEUM'S MAIN BUILDING
Item #16E4
RESOLUTION 2017-54: AUTHORIZING THE CHAIRPERS
TO EXECUTE DEED CERTIFICATES FOR THE SALE 0
BURIAL PLOTS AT LAKE TRAFFORD MEMORIAL G A "\0 ENS
CEMETERY DURING THE 2017 CALENDAR YEAlkBEHALFOFADMINISTRATIVESERVICES
Item #16E5
AWARDING INVITATION TO BID #1 4.09 "BUILDING 'F'
ROOF REPLACEMENT" TO CROW ' -"0 ' OOFING & SHEET
METAL FL, INC. IN THE AMO 360,400 — CROWTHER
HAS SUCCESSFULLY PERFO ' '414 I THE MAJORITY OF
COUNTY ROOF REPLACE S OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS
AND HAS PERFORMS 4,
F' ' . IRS AND WORK ON THIS
PARTICULAR ROOF
Item #16E6 S,1
AN ADM I TIVE REPORT PREPARED BY
PROCU ' iii T SERVICES FOR DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY
AN P 4Sli T1 ICATION OF ITEMS AVAILABLE FOR SURPLUS
Itl 6E7
THE SALE AND DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS ASSETS PER
RESOLUTION 2013-095 FOR THE SALE OF COLLIER COUNTY
SURPLUS PROPERTY ON APRIL 29, 2017; APPROVE THE
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ADDITION OF SURPLUS ITEMS RECEIVED SUBSEQUENT TO
THE APPROVAL OF THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR SALE IN THE
AUCTION; RATIFY THE NAPLES AIRPORT SPECIAL EVENT
AGREEMENT FOR THE EVENT; AND AUTHORIZE THE
COUNTY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO SIGN FOR THE \
TRANSFER OF VEHICLE TITLES
A / .41b
47414
Item #16E8
Ar ....)
Nkr 1
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS PREPARED BY,. bv141 UREMENT
SERVICES FOR CHANGE ORDERS AND I EMS AS
IDENTIFIED - THE NET TOTAL WAS $56. 1 . 10 FOR FOUR
4) CHANGES TO CONTRACTS AND T MES WAS ADDED
Item #16E9
AWARD RFP #16-6596, SAF :bq SECURITY AND ACCESS
INFRASTRUCTURE P t S AND EQUIPMENT FORI
COUNTYWIDE USE T• 4 •HNSON CONTROLS, INC. AND TO
COMMERCIAL ELECv R CAL SYSTEMS COMPANY AND
AUTHORIZE T CHAIR TO SIGN THE NECESSARY
AGREEME AL A
y` i ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS PREPARED
Iv
BY THE bRO. ,REMENT SERVICES DIVISION FOR CHANGE
ORDERS OTHER ITEMS AS IDENTIFIED - TO
MA Flip. Io AND SUPPORT THE COUNTY'S SAFETY,
S , ` Y AND ACCESS THAT INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT
i ED TO, BURGLAR/INTRUSION SYSTEMS, AIR1
QU • LITY MONITORING SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT, X-
RAY MACHINES AND MAGNETOMETERS, MASS
NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS, AND POWER MONITORING
DEVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS TO PROTECT
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COUNTY VISITORS, EMPLOYEES AND ASSETS
Item #16E10
RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE CARRY FORWARD TO
FUND THE PURCHASE OF P25 COMPLIANT RADIOS Fo 'ap
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE AMOUN
460,000 — TO PURCHASE P25 COMPLIANT RADI t 116
REPLACING EQUIPMENT THAT HASMENTTHib •LETE
Item #16E11
RESOLUTION 2017-55: A LEASE AG ' 44 M NT WITH
CONGRESSMAN MARIO DIAZ- • OR USE OF
COUNTY-OWNED OFFICE SP A N, OCATED WITHIN THE
GOLDEN GATE SERVICE CEN ' AT 4715 GOLDEN GATE
PARKWAY
Item #16F1 S'"
AUTHORIZIN HE COUNTY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE
TO PREPA ' N UBMIT APPLICATIONS TO RENEW
SERVICE A '__ S WITH THE UNITED STATES PATENT &
TRADEM * , OFFICE AND STATE OF FLORIDA DIVISION
OF A TIONS TO PRESERVE COUNTY ADVERTISING,
L• iii 1 'HRASES AND SLOGANS, AND MAKE A FINDING
XPENDITURE PROMOTES TOURISM — RENEWS THE
FE 1 RAL SERVICE MARK PROTECTION FOR 10-YEARS
AND A COST OF $400.00 PER DECLARATION AND RENEWAL
APPLICATION
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Item #16G1 - Continued to the April 11, 2017 BCC Meeting (Per
Agenda Change Sheet)
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RANKING OF
AVIATION SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR VACANT COUNT
SPACE AT MARCO ISLAND EXECUTIVE AIRPORT AN F 6
DIRECT STAFF TO PURSUE A COLLIER COUNTY A r:•,. RT
AUTHORITY STANDARD FORM LEASE AGREEM WITH
ISLAND AIR CHARTERS, INC.
Item #16I1
MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDEN
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE
March 28, 2017
1. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS TO FILE FOR RECORD WITH ACTION AS DIRECTED:
A. DISTRICTS:
1) Ave Maria Stewardship Community District:
FY16/17 Regular Meeting Schedule
2) Cedar Hammock Community Development District:
Meeting Agenda 11/14/2016; Meeting Agenda 12/05/2016 (Continued from
the 11/14/2016 Meeting)
Meeting Minutes 11/14/2016; Meeting Minutes 12/05/2016 (Continued from
the 11/14/2016 Meeting)
3) Heritage Bay Community Development District:
Meeting Agenda 10/06/2016; Meeting Agenda 11/01/2016
Meeting Minutes 10/06/2016; Meeting Minutes 11/01/2016
4) Quarry Community Development District:
FY16/17 Regular Meeting Schedule
5) Verona Walk Community Development District:
FY16/17 Regular Meeting Schedule
6) Winding Cypress Community Development District:
FY16/17 Regular Meeting Schedule
B. OTHER:
I) Annual Code Enforcement Notice
2) Housing Authority:
Housing Authority's Public Meeting Schedule; Public Facilities Report;
Copy of FY16 Audit
3) Karen Drive Stormwater Improvements:
Legal Notice ITB #17-7067
March 28, 2017
Item #16J1
PURSUANT TO THE BOARD'S PURCHASING ORDINANCE
2013-69, AS AMENDED, REQUEST THAT THE BOARD
APPROVE AND DETERMINE VALID PUBLIC PURPOSE FN,
INVOICES PAYABLE AND PURCHASING CARD 4b'
TRANSACTIONS AS OF MARCH 22, 2017
Item #16J2 S?
RECORDING IN THE MINUTES OF THE F COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS, THE CHECK NUMBE ' I ' •THER
PAYMENT METHOD), AMOUNT, PA 440F, A ND PURPOSE FOR
WHICH THE REFERENCED DIS U"1 NTS WERE DRAWN
FOR THE PERIODS BETWEEN ''p 2 AND MARCH 15,
2017 PURSUANT TO FLORIDA ciik A TUTE 136.06.
Item #16K1
AV '‘5\1"
A STIPULATED FINi6A, ZDGMENT IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT
OF $17,000 FO HE TAKING OF PARCEL 239RDUE
REQUIRED 4 • 3LDEN GATE BOULEVARD PROJECT NO.
60040 (W S 16TH ST. E. TO 18TH ST. E.), IN A PENDING
CASE ST 4COLLIER COUNTY V. OCTAVIO M ALFONSO,
ET E NO. 15-CA-0230 (FISCAL IMPACT: $15,290)
ft916K2
A STIPULATED FINAL JUDGMENT IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT
OF $7,000 FOR THE TAKING OF PARCEL 347RDUE
REQUIRED FOR THE GOLDEN GATE BLVD. PROJECT NO.
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60145 (FROM 20TH ST. E. TO EAST OF EVERGLADES BLVD.),
IN A PENDING CASE STYLED COLLIER COUNTY V. WILLIAM
J. ZAVASKY, JR., ET AL., CASE NO. 16-CA-1272 (FISCAL
IMPACT: $1,070)
Item #16K3 44(
4\
AS TIPULATED FINAL JUDGMENT IN THE TOT A 44 OUNT
OF $32,500 FOR THE TAKING OF PARCEL 237 ' WI'
REQUIRED FOR GOLDEN GATE BOULEV • ' 4-477' I JECT NO.
60040 (WEST OF 16TH ST. E. TO 18TH STyip '! PENDING
CASE STYLED COLLIER COUNTY V OCT A I . ALFONSO,
ET AL., CASE NO. 15-CA-0230. (FISC •,4 M 'ACT: $27,115)
Item #16K4 S' 1
RESOLUTION 2017-56: APPING SHEILA K. DIMARCO
MSTU DISTRICT 4 'X14 ) TO THE BAYSHORE
BEAUTIFICATION MS A 1 VISORY COMMITTEE TO FILL
THE REMAINDER O A ERM EXPIRING MARCH 3, 2020
Item #16K5
u
RESOLU 2017-57: APPOINTING ALTERNATE
HE ' 10 I 6 ORTEGA (DISTRICT 5 BUSINESS OWNER) TO
Tirjakj a DE ENFORCEMENT BOARD FOR A 3-YEAR TERM
E IV ING FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Item #16K6
RESOLUTION 2017-58: REAPPOINTING CHRISTOPHER G.
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GAVRELIS (LARGE EMPLOYER REPRESENTATIVE) TO THE
PUBLIC TRANSIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO A 3-YEAR
TERM EXPIRING MARCH 22, 2020
Item #16K7
4204,0\
RESOLUTION 2017-59: REAPPOINTING JOSEPH CHI • `', L,
KENNETH DAWSON, THOMAS F. CRAVENS, SCOL
STRECKENBEIN AND DAVID C. NORDHOFF T w = T E
PELICAN BAY SERVICES DIVISION BOARD RMS
EXPIRING MARCH 31, 2021
Item #16K8
ANNIOP
RESOLUTION 2017-60: APPOI CfrEDWIN FRYER
DISTRICT 4 REPRESENTATI 14)0 THE COLLIER COUNTY
PLANNING COMMISSION b LL A VACANT SEAT
EXPIRING OCTOBER .4.71 I
Item #16K9
A MEDIAT E LEMENT AGREEMENT IN THE AMOUNT
OF $98,010 AULL COMPENSATION FOR THE TAKING OF
PARCEL V, ` DUE, 218RDUE, AND 220RDUE IN THE
PEN Fki ASE STYLED COLLIER COUNTY V EVA
B dja..ga H, ET AL, CASE NO. 14-CA-2701, REQUIRED FOR
EN GATE BOULEVARD EXPANSION PROJECT NO.
600A 0. (FISCAL IMPACT: $87,470)
Item #16K10
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A PROPOSED 2-YEAR EXTENSION TO THE EMPLOYMENT Ii
AGREEMENT FOR MARK STRAIN, HEARING EXAMINER —
EXTENDING THE AGREEMENT TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
UNDER THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE
ORIGINAL AGREEMENT
Item #16K11
444.
4(
A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL 'ASE IN
THE AMOUNT OF $10,000, IN THE LAWSUIT -111' ED PHILIP
P. JIMENEZ V COLLIER COUNTY (CASE . ` , ; 1014), NOW
PENDING IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF T r ENTIETH
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR CO 4` E ' COUNTY,
FLORIDA. (PREMISE LIABILITY C i4
I
tO, OLVING A TRIP
AND FALL INJURY, FISCAL II\S,10,000)
Item #17A Qi
III
THIS ITEM IS BEING Otk,TINUED TO THE MAY 23, 2017 BCC
MEETING. PETITIOIVAC-PL20150002788 TO DISCLAIM,
RENOUNCE A 1 VACATE THE COUNTY AND PUBLIC
INTEREST 1., A 4 IMPROVED 30-FOOT WIDE PUBLIC
RIGHT-O - DESCRIBED AS "AVENUE B" AND A
PORTIO *N UNIMPROVED 30-FOOT WIDE PUBLIC
RIG r 41,01 F AY DESCRIBED AS "FIRST STREET,"
A 1 DING TO THE COL-LEE-CO TERRACE SUBDIVISION
AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 1, PAGE 32 OF THElit
PU LIC RECORDS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA. THE
SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF
U.S. 41 BETWEEN FREDERICK STREET AND PALM STREET
IN SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 50 SOUTH, RANGE 25 EAST,
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COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA. (COMPANION TO ITEM #8A)
Item #17B
ORDINANCE 2017-09: AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 200
THE ROCK ROAD IMPROVEMENT MUNICIPAL SERVI
TAXING UNIT (MSTU), TO DISBAND THE 3-PERSO - CK
ROAD IMPROVEMENT MSTU ADVISORY COMM E
Item #17C q
PL ' 1 6 001099 TORESOLUTION2017-61 : PETITION VAC
DISCLAIM, RENOUNCE AND VACAC I TY AND
PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE LA
n,.
NANCE AND
DRAINAGE EASEMENT DESC " OFFICIAL RECORD
BOOK 3989, PAGE 4175 AND Ait.'' TION OF THE DRAINAGE
EASEMENT AS DESCRIBEB I FFICIAL RECORD BOOK
4373, PAGE 3774 OFT s' IC RECORDS OF COLLIER
COUNTY, FLORIDA. T ' SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED
NORTH OF THE INT S CTION OF OIL WELL ROAD AND
HAWTHORN '. A B , IN SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 48 SOUTH,
RANGE 27 •T, ' I LLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA. (THIS IS A
COMPA IO I AGENDA ITEM #16A1 (FINAL PLAT OF
RANCH Ai y' A NGE BLOSSOM PHASE 2A) AND BOTH
ITE A 44.4 T BE APPROVED OR DENIED
t 7D
RESOLUTION 2017-62: APPROVING AMENDMENTS
APPROPRIATING CARRY FORWARD, TRANSFERS AND
SUPPLEMENTAL REVENUE) TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2016-17
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ADOPTED BUDGET
There being no further business for the good of the County, the
meeting was adjourned by order of the Chair at 12:40 p.m.
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMI ERS
BOARD OF ZONING APPE
OFFICIO GOVERNING _111 A 111( OF
SPECIAL DISTRICTS TS CONTROL
PENNY TAY . ; 'S.AIRMAN
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ATTEST ii
DWIGHT E. BROCK, C '
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These min pproved by the Board on
as pr; 0 or as corrected
T SCRIPT PREPARED ON BEHALF OF U.S. LEGAL
SUPPORT, INC., BY TERRI LEWIS, COURT REPORTER AND
NOTARY PUBLIC.
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