BCC Minutes 09/08/2020 RSeptember 8, 2020
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TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEETING OF THE
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Naples, Florida, September 8, 2020
LET IT BE REMEMBERED, that the Board of County
Commissioners, in and for the County of Collier, and also acting
as the Board of Zoning Appeals and as the governing board(s) of
such special districts as have been created according to law and
having conducted business herein, met on this date at 9:00 a.m., in
REGULAR SESSION in Building "F" of the Government Complex,
East Naples, Florida, with the following members present:
CHAIRMAN: Burt L. Saunders
Andy Solis
William L. McDaniel, Jr.
Donna Fiala
Penny Taylor
ALSO PRESENT:
Leo Ochs, County Manager
Nick Casalanguida, Deputy County Manager
Jeffrey A. Klatzkow, County Attorney
Crystal K. Kinzel, Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller
Troy Miller, Communications & Customer Relations
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COLLIER COUNTY
Board of County Commissioners
Community Redevelopment Agency Board (CRAB)
Airport Authority
AGENDA
Board of County Commission Chambers
Collier County Government Center
3299 Tamiami Trail East, 3rd Floor
Naples, FL 34112
September 08, 2020
9:00 AM
Commissioner Burt Saunders, District 3 – Chair
Commissioner Andy Solis, District 2 – Vice-Chair
Commissioner Donna Fiala, District 1; CRAB Co-Chair
Commissioner Penny Taylor, District 4
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.
REQUESTS TO PETITION 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.”
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
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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.
1. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
A. Invocation given by Reverend Beverly Duncan, Member of Naples United
Church of Christ
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 agenda.)
B. June 23, 2020 BCC Meeting Minutes
C. June 30, 2020 BCC Special COVID-19 Meeting Minutes
D. July 14, 2020 BCC Meeting Minutes
E. July 21, 2020 BCC Mask Ordinance Meeting Minutes
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3. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
A. EMPLOYEE
B. ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
C. RETIREES
D. EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
4. PROCLAMATIONS
5. PRESENTATIONS
6. PUBLIC PETITIONS
A. Public Petition request from Richard Yovanovich regarding Cirrus Pointe
PUD aka/Camden Landing PUD PL20190001364.
7. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON GENERAL TOPICS NOT ON THE CURRENT
OR FUTURE AGENDA
8. BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
9. ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS
10. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
11. COUNTY MANAGER'S REPORT
A. Recommendation to accept the COVID-19 Status Report and provide further
direction as appropriate. (Steve Carnell, Department Head, Public Services
Department) (All Districts)
B. Recommendation to approve a request from the Conservation Collier Land
Acquisition Committee to utilize General Fund monies for public education
about the Conservation Collier November 2020 Referendum in an amount
not to exceed $30,000. (Steve Carnell, Public Services Department Head)
(All Districts)
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C. Recommendation to award Invitation to Bid (“ITB”) No. 20-7718,
“Construction Services for Gator Canal Bridge Replacement (Bridge
Number 034843 (030160)),” to Thomas Marine Construction, Inc., in the
amount of $1,386,643.50 and authorize the Chairman to sign the attached
Agreement. (Project Number 66066) (Jay Ahmad, Director, Transportation
Engineering Division) (District 5)
D. Recommendation to approve Agreement No. 19-7639R for CEI Services for
Gator Canal Bridge Replacement, Project Number 66066 (Bridge Number
034843(030160))," to Hardesty & Hanover Construction Services, LLC, for
a not to exceed sum of $318,815.79, and authorize the Chairman to sign the
attached agreement. (Jay Ahmad, Director, Transportation Engineering)
(District 5)
E. Recommendation to approve Change Order No. 1 to Contract Number 16-
7010, “Design and Related Services for CR-846/Immokalee Road over
Gator Canal Bridge Replacement or Rehabilitation (Bridge Number
034843(030160)),” with T.Y. Lin International (Project No. 66066), to
increase the post-design services budget in the amount of $20,062 and
extend the length of the design contract by 549 days. (Jay Ahmad, Director,
Transportation Engineering Division) (District 5)
F. Recommendation to award Agreement No. 19-7637 to Johnson Engineering,
Inc., in the total amount of $1,393,105.06, for the “Golden Gate City
Transmission Water Main Improvements Design,” Project #70253, and
approve the necessary budget amendment. (George Yilmaz, Public Utilities
Department Head) (District 3)
G. Recommendation to award Invitation to Bid (“ITB”) No. 20-7763,
“NCWRF Effluent Filters Nos. 2 & 3 Equipment Replacement " (Project
Number 70148), to R2T, Inc., in the amount of $2,752,629, and authorize
the Chairman to sign the attached agreement. (George Yilmaz, Public
Utilities Department Head) (District 2)
12. COUNTY ATTORNEY'S REPORT
13. OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS
14. AIRPORT AUTHORITY AND/OR COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY
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A. AIRPORT
B. COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
1) Recommendation that the Board of County Commissioners, acting as
the Community Redevelopment Agency Board (CRA), approve the
fifth amendment to the Real Estate Purchase Agreement approved
April 26, 2016 between Real Estate Partners International, LLC
(Purchaser) and the CRA (Seller), regarding an extension to the
closing date and authorize any necessary budget amendments.
(District 4)
2) Recommendation that the Board of County Commissioners, acting as
the Community Redevelopment Agency Board (CRA) approve an
Amendment to Agreement for Sale and Purchase with Theresa
Ackerman to acquire Del’s Corner requesting an extension to the
closing date and include the option for Purchaser to waive
contingency terms. (District 4)
15. STAFF AND COMMISSION GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS
A. BCC Meeting Dates
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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) Recommendation to approve final acceptance of the potable water and
sewer facilities for Naples Church of Christ, PL20100001239, accept
the conveyance of a portion of the potable water and sewer facilities,
and to authorize the County Manager, or his designee, to release the
Utilities Performance Security (UPS) and Final Obligation Bond in
the total amount of $40,067.26 to the Project Engineer or the
Developer’s designated agent. (District 4)
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2) Recommendation to approve final acceptance and accept the
conveyance of the potable water and sewer utility facilities for
SERENO GROVE, PL20190000347 and to authorize the County
Manager, or his designee, to release the Final Obligation Bond in the
total amount of $4,000 to the Project Engineer or the Developer’s
designated agent. (District 2)
3) Recommendation to approve final acceptance of the potable water and
sewer facilities for WoodSpring Suites, PL20180000128, accept the
conveyance of a portion of the potable water and sewer facilities, and
authorize the County Manager, or his designee, to release the Utilities
Performance Security (UPS) and Final Obligation Bond in the total
amount of $12,892.83 to the Project Engineer or the Developer’s
designated agent. (District 5)
4) Recommendation to approve final acceptance and accept the
conveyance of the potable water and sewer utility facilities for Bent
Creek Preserve Phase 2A, PL20190000400 and to authorize the
County Manager, or his designee, to release the Final Obligation
Bond in the total amount of $4,000 to the Project Engineer or the
Developer’s designated agent. (District 5)
5) Recommendation to approve final acceptance of the potable water and
sewer utility facilities for Piper Medical Office Building,
PL20170004217, and authorize the County Manager, or his designee,
to release the Utilities Performance Security (UPS) and Final
Obligation Bond in the total amount of $7,644.90 to the Project
Engineer or the Developer’s designated agent. (District 2)
6) Recommendation to approve final acceptance of the potable water and
sewer facilities for 5960 Naples Blvd. (FKA GFS Marketplace),
PL20180001311, accept the conveyance of a portion of the potable
water and all of the sewer facilities, and authorize the County
Manager, or his designee, to release the Utilities Performance
Security (UPS) and Final Obligation Bond in the total amount of
$10,386.88 to the Project Engineer or the Developer’s designated
agent. (District 2)
7) Recommendation to approve final acceptance of the Jasmine Lake
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Fire Hydrant, PL20110002448, and to authorize the County Manager
or his designee to release a Utility Performance Security (UPS) in the
amount of $443.36 to the Project Engineer or the Developer’s
designated agent. (District 3)
8) Recommendation to approve final acceptance of the potable water and
sewer utility facilities for Kalea Bay Phase 2-6 - Phase 2 (Tower 2),
PL20200001063. (District 2)
9) Recommendation to approve final acceptance and accept the
conveyance of the potable water and sewer utility facilities for
Marquesa Isles of Naples - Phase 2, PL20180003277 and to authorize
the County Manager, or his designee, to release the Final Obligation
Bond in the amount of $4,000 to the Project Engineer or the
Developer’s designated agent. (District 3)
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 approve
for recording the final plat of Argo Livingston (Application Number
PL20200000146), approval of the standard form Construction and
Maintenance Agreement and approval of the amount of the
performance security. (District 2)
11) Recommendation to authorize the Clerk of Courts to release a
Performance Bond in the amount of $5,100, which was posted as a
development guaranty for an Early Work Authorization (EWA)
(PL20190001671) for work associated with Naples Heritage Tennis
Center. (District 3)
12) Recommendation to authorize the Clerk of Courts to release a
Performance Bond in the amount of $6,560, which was posted as a
development guaranty for an Early Work Authorization (EWA)
(PL20170002423) for work associated with Vincentian Village.
(District 1)
13) Recommendation to approve and authorize the Chairman to sign a
Collier County Landscape Maintenance Agreement (“Agreement”)
between Collier County and Naples Livingston, LLC, for developer
funded landscape and irrigation improvements within the intersection
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of Livingston Road and Radio Road public right-of-way. (District 4)
14) Recommendation to approve the submittal of a Beautification Grant
application to the Florida Department of Transportation for a project
in which Collier County will be reimbursed up to $100,000 for
median landscape and irrigation improvements on State Road 84,
Davis Boulevard from US-41 (Tamiami Trail) to Airport-Pulling
Road. (District 1, District 4)
15) Recommendation to approve the submittal of a Beautification Grant
application to the Florida Department of Transportation for a project
in which Collier County will be reimbursed up to $100,000 for
median landscape and irrigation improvements on State Road 84,
Davis Boulevard from Airport-Pulling Road to County Barn Road.
(District 1, District 4)
16) Recommendation to approve an agreement for the purchase of land
(Parcel POND3EB) required for construction of the Randall
Boulevard Project (Project #60065) in the estimated amount of
$126,320. (District 5)
17) Recommendation to approve a work order with APTIM
Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc. to provide professional support
services for the extension of the Bureau of Ocean and Energy
Management (BOEM) lease of the T1 Borrow Area sand source under
the current library services Contract #18-7432-CZ for time and
material not to exceed $16,128, authorize the Chairman to execute the
work order, and make a finding that this item promotes tourism.
(All Districts)
18) Recommendation to approve a FY21 reimbursement of $135,586 to
the City of Naples for pier maintenance repairs initiated in FY20 and
make a finding that this item promotes tourism. (All Districts)
19) Recommendation to authorize budget amendments for the
Transportation Engineering Division in the amount of $3,108,525.34
to allocate Surtax Funding associated with the ‘Surtax Various
Sidewalks’ projects: Carolina Avenue, Warren Street, Carlton Street
and Catts Street. (Project #60228) (District 1)
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20) Recommendation to approve the release of a code enforcement lien,
with an accrued value of $76,412.47 for payment of $612.47 in the
code enforcement action titled, Board of County Commissioners v.
Lisa Coleman and Robert Boscaglia, related to property located at
1090 15th St SW, Collier County, Florida. (District 5)
21) Recommendation to approve the release of two code enforcement
liens, with an accrued value of $220,454.65 for payment of $1,454.65
in the code enforcement action titled, Board of County
Commissioners v. U.S. Bank Trust NA, related to the property located
at 4265 20th Place SW, Collier County, Florida. (District 3)
22) Recommendation to authorize the Clerk of Courts to release a
Performance Bond in the amount of $32,200 which was posted as a
guaranty for Excavation Permit Number 60.112, PL20130002583 for
work associated with Sapphire Cove. (f.k.a. Estilo Acres) (District 1)
23) Recommendation to award an Agreement for Invitation to Bid
(“ITB”) No. 20-7729R, Cocohatchee/Palm Channel Maintenance
Dredging Project, a partnership project with the South Florida Water
Management District, to Arbor Tree and Land, Inc., in the amount of
$665,000 for the Cocohatchee/Palm Channel Maintenance Dredging.
(Project No. 33606) (District 2)
24) Recommendation to approve a Resolution memorializing the approval
of State Highway Lighting, Maintenance, and Compensation
Agreement Number ASH85, Financial Project No. 412574-1-78-02
with the Florida Department of Transportation on July 14, 2020.
(All Districts)
25) Recommendation to hear a Land Development Code Amendment at
two regularly scheduled daytime hearings and waive the nighttime
hearing requirement. (District 3)
26) Recommendation to approve and authorize the Chairman to sign a
State-Funded Grant Agreement with Florida Department of
Transportation (FDOT) in the amount of $6,428,100 for Design and
Construction for the widening of Airport Road from Vanderbilt Beach
Road to Immokalee Road; to execute a Resolution memorializing the
Board of County Commissioners (Board) action; and, to authorize the
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necessary budget amendments (Project #60190). (District 2)
27) Recommendation to approve the selection committee’s final ranking
of Construction Engineering and Inspection (“CEI”) firms and to
authorize staff to commence contract negotiations with top-ranked
firm Hardesty & Hanover Construction Services, LLC, for Request
for Professional Services (“RPS”) No. 20-7728, CEI Services for
Veterans Memorial Boulevard Extension - Phase I and Phase II
(Veterans Memorial Boulevard from Old 41 Road to the intersection
with Livingston Road), County Project Number 60198. (District 2)
28) Recommendation to approve the submittal of a Beautification Grant
application to the Florida Department of Transportation for a project
in which Collier County will be reimbursed, up to $100,000, for
median landscape and irrigation improvements on State Road 951,
Collier Boulevard from Judge S. S. Jolley Bridge to Capri Boulevard.
(District 1)
29) Recommendation to approve the submittal of a Beautification Grant
application to the Florida Department of Transportation for a project
in which Collier County will be reimbursed up to $100,000 for
median landscape and irrigation improvements on State Road 951,
Collier Boulevard from Capri Boulevard to Shell Island Road.
(District 1)
B. COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
1) Recommendation that the Board of County Commissioners, also
acting as the Community Redevelopment Agency Board, approve the
TIF Rebate Agreement with Development Partners International, LLC
regarding tax increment revenues generated from the redevelopment
of the mini-triangle property located in the Bayshore Gateway
Triangle Community Redevelopment Area. (District 4)
C. PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT
1) Recommendation to approve an Agreement for Sale and Purchase
with Mayra Hernandez, for 1.59 acres under the Conservation Collier
Land Acquisition Program at a cost not to exceed $23,750.
(All Districts)
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2) Recommendation to award Invitation to Bid No. 20-7764, "North
County Water Reclamation Facility (NCWRF) Aeration Basins 5 & 6
Diffuser System Replacement", to US Water Services Corporation, in
the amount of $610,915.05, and authorize the Chairman to sign the
attached agreement. (Project Number 70148) (District 2)
3) Recommendation to award a bid for the “North County Water
Reclamation Facility Belt Filter Press Underdrains Improvements
project,” to Quality Enterprises USA, Inc., in the amount of $265,340,
under Underground Utilities Contract No. 14-6213. (Project Number
70148) (District 2)
4) Recommendation to approve a Fiber Cable Easement between Collier
County and The District School Board of Collier County, Florida, at
no cost to the County. (District 1)
5) Recommendation to authorize an increase in funding for the
operational costs and term of the Sole Source Waiver and Master
Sales Agreement #18-7301-NS with Itron, Inc., for automated meter
reading services pertaining to the utility system acquired from the
Florida Government Utility Authority. (“FGUA”) (All Districts)
6) Recommendation to approve and authorize the Chairman to execute
the attached Agreement with Foodservice Packing Institute (FPI) for a
$50,000 grant to purchase a foam densifier and authorize the
necessary budget amendment in order to offer residents foam
recycling at Collier County Recycling Drop-off Centers.
(All Districts)
D. PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT
1) Recommendation to approve the execution of the 2019/2020 Federal
Highway Administration Flexible Funds Grant Award (Section 5307)
in the amount of $51,600 in the Transit Award Management System
for the purchase and installation of additional bus shelters and
authorize the necessary Budget Amendment. (All Districts)
2) Recommendation to approve the electronic submittal of an FY19/20
grant application for the Federal Highway Administration Flexible
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Funding in the amount of $250,000 for Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA) improvements to existing bus stops throughout Collier
County through the Federal Transit Award Management System.
(All Districts)
3) Recommendation to accept and authorize the Chairman to sign the
Small Matching Grant Agreement with the Florida Department of
State, Division of Historical Resources in the amount of $47,800 for
accessibility improvements associated with the Budd Tavern
Observation Car located at the Naples Depot Museum and authorize
the necessary Budget Amendments. (All Districts)
4) Recommendation to approve “after-the-fact” agreements and
attestation statements with the Area Agency on Aging for Southwest
Florida, Inc., Community Care for the Elderly, Alzheimer’s Disease
Initiative, and Home Care for the Elderly grant programs for Collier
County’s Services for Seniors Program and authorize a Budget
Amendment to ensure continuous funding for FY20/21. (All Districts)
5) Recommendation to approve an “After-the-Fact” amendment and
attestation statement with the Area Agency on Aging for Southwest
Florida, Inc., CARES Act funding under the Older American Act
grant program for the Collier County Services for Seniors to remove
contract language regarding Match and revise Attachment VII,
CARES Budget and Rate Summary. (All Districts)
6) Recommendation to approve an “After-the-Fact” amendment and
attestation statement with the Area Agency on Aging for Southwest
Florida, Inc., Older American Act grant program for the Collier
County Services for Seniors Program to decrease allocation to the
Families First Act COVID-19 C1 by $5,778.16 and COVID-19 C2 by
$45,514.82 and supporting Budget Amendments. (All Districts)
7) Recommendation to approve the electronic submission of six (6)
Community Development Block Grant-Mitigation Infrastructure
applications to the State Department of Economic Opportunity in the
amount of $25,003,253. (All Districts)
8) Recommendation to approve and authorize the chairman to sign three
(3) mortgage satisfactions for the State Housing Initiatives
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Partnership loan program in the amount of $36,425 and the associated
Budget Amendment. (All Districts)
9) Recommendation to authorize the County Attorney to advertise an
amendment to Ordinance 2013-27 to align the Ordinance with
approved 2020 legislative changes to Section 420.9076, Florida
Statutes outlined in HB1339 which changes the composition of the
Affordable Housing Advisory Committee and the frequency of its
reporting requirements. (All Districts)
10) Recommendation to approve one (1) Collier County Tourist
Development Council Grant Application for Beach Park Facilities for
Fiscal Year 2020 in the total amount of $123,000 for the Tigertail
Park Beach Restroom Addition project, authorize necessary budget
amendment, and to make the finding that the project expenditures
promote tourism. (District 1)
11) Recommendation to approve the Nancy Payton Preserve Final
Management Plan 10-year update under the Conservation Collier
Program. (District 5)
12) Recommendation to approve and authorize the Chairman to sign the
HOME grant-related Subordination Agreement between Collier
County, Community Housing Capital, Inc., and Oak Marsh, LLC, for
the Timber Ridge and Sanders Pine Developments. (District 5)
13) Recommendation to approve the State Housing Initiatives Partnership
(SHIP) Program Annual Reports and authorize the Chairman to sign
the Local Housing Incentives Certification to closeout Fiscal Year
2016/2017, and interim Fiscal Years 2017/2018, 2018/2019 and
2019/2020 to ensure compliance with program requirements.
(All Districts)
14) Recommendation to authorize the Chairman to sign a Memorandum
of Agreement with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission to allow youth hunts at Pepper Ranch Preserve in
November 2020, January 2021, and February 2021. (District 5)
15) Recommendation approve the after-the-fact electronic submittal of the
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) 2021-2024 application
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to the Corporation for National and Community Services (CNCS) in
the amount of $186,066 and allow the County Manager or his
designee to serve as the authorized representative for the grantor
electronic submission system, e-Grants, throughout the grant period.
(All Districts)
16) Recommendation for the Board to order that “Cover-Up, Collier!”
signage be placed through December 31, 2020, at designated locations
throughout Unincorporated Collier County by the Florida Department
of Health in Collier County. (All Districts)
E. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT
1) Recommendation to award Request for Professional Services (“RPS”)
No. 18-7432-TE, “Professional Services Library – Materials Testing
and Field Conditions Assessment Category,” to GFA International,
Inc., Forge Engineering, Inc., Ardaman & Associates, Inc., and ECS
Florida, LLC, and authorize the Chairman to sign the attached
agreements. (All Districts)
2) Recommendation to ratify Property, Casualty, Workers’
Compensation and Subrogation claim files settled and/or closed by
the Risk Management Division Director pursuant to Resolution 2004-
15 for the third quarter of FY20. (All Districts)
3) Recommendation to authorize the Procurement Services Director to
procure goods or services from vendors that have been awarded a
contract as a result of a competitive selection process by a federal,
state or municipal government, or any other governmental agency,
political subdivision, or government-related association or a
purchasing cooperative, provided that the originating entity utilized a
competitive process similar to Collier County’s, and authorize the
County Manager or designee to sign agreements associated with those
purchases. (All Districts)
4) Recommendation to award Request for Professional Services (“RPS”)
No. 18-7432-SM, “Professional Services Library - Survey and
Mapping Category,” to Johnson Engineering, Inc., Agnoli, Barber &
Brundage, Inc., Q. Grady Minor and Associates, P.A., Stantec
Consulting Service, Inc., RWA, Inc., Hole Montes, Inc., AIM
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Engineering & Surveying, Inc., CPH, Inc., Marco Surveying &
Mapping LLC, and Dagostino & Wood, Inc., and authorize the
Chairman to sign the attached agreements. (All Districts)
5) Recommendation to approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a
Florida Emergency Medical Services County Grant Application,
Request for Grant Funds Distribution, and associated Resolution in
the amount of $63,731. (All Districts)
6) Recommendation to recognize accrued interest for the period April 1,
2020 through June 30, 2020 earned by EMS County Grants and
appropriate funds for a total amount of $762.03. (All Districts)
7) Recommendation to approve the administrative reports prepared by
the Procurement Services Division for change orders and other
contractual modifications requiring Board approval. (All Districts)
8) Recommendation to approve the administrative report prepared by the
Procurement Services Division for disposal of property and
notification of revenue disbursement. (All Districts)
9) Recommendation to authorize expenditures from the Seminole Tribe
of Florida, Inc. d/b/a Seminole Petroleum, as a single source vendor,
for the purchase of gasoline and diesel fuel at its commercial refueling
site located at South Horseshoe Drive, in an amount not to exceed
$350,000 annually. (All Districts)
F. COUNTY MANAGER OPERATIONS
1) Board ratification of Summary, Consent and Emergency Agenda
Items approved by the County Manager during the Board's scheduled
recess. (In Absentia Meeting(s) dated July 28, 2020; August 11, 2020
and August 25, 2020) (All Districts)
July 28, 2020
a) Recommendation to amend Exhibit “A” to Resolution No.
2013-239, the list of Speed Limits on County Maintained
Roads, to re-establish the speed limit within the designated
sections of Golden Gate Boulevard and Everglades Boulevard.
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b) Recommendation that the Collier County Board of County
Commissioners (BCC), acting as the Community
Redevelopment Agency (CRA), to award Invitation to Bid
(“ITB”) No. 20-7751, Immokalee Sidewalks Phase II Project,
to Coastal Concrete Products LLC d/b/a Coastal Site
Development in the amount of $821,756.00 and authorize
necessary budget amendments.
c) Recommendation to approve the award of Invitation to Bid
#20-7746, “Golden Gate Senior Center Renovation” to
Waltbillig & Hood General Contractors, in the amount of
$103,344 and authorize the Chairman to sign the attached
Agreement.
d) Recommendation to approve a Second Amendment to License
Agreement with American Tower, L.P/, to reflect equipment
modifications to the communications tower at the Big
Corkscrew Island Fire and Rescue Station on Immokalee Road.
e) Recommendation to approve the selection committee’s ranking
and authorize staff to enter into contract negotiations with
Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., concerning Request for
Professional Services #20-7691RR, “Comprehensive
Operations Analysis Study” for the Collier Area Transit bus
system and operations; and if an agreement cannot be reached
with that firm, to continue negotiating with the remaining firms
in ranked order so that a proposed agreement can be brought
back for the Board of County Commissioners’ consideration at
a future meeting.
f) Recommendation to approve a First Amendment with Quest
Corporation of America, Inc., to oversee a COVID-19 media
campaign and related public assistance, and authorize the
Chairman to sign the attached amendment.
g) Recommendation to approve the administrative report prepared
by the Procurement Services Division for disposal of property
and notification of revenue disbursement.
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h) Recommendation to approve the administrative reports
prepared by the Procurement Services Division for change
orders and other contractual modifications requiring Board
approval.
i) Recommendation to approve an Agreement with Rural
Neighborhoods Inc. (“RNI”), providing for an up to one year
due diligence period, at no cost to the County, allowing RNI the
ability to explore the future provision of an essential services
housing component on a portion of the former Golden Gate
Golf Course property in coordination with the County and its
planning and engineering firm pertaining to the Board’s award
of Invitation to Negotiate (“ITN”) #20-7698.
j) Recommendation to approve the attached Change Order #5 to
Agreement No. 16-6561 “Design Services for Marco Executive
Airport Terminal,” with Atkins North America to extend the
schedule for Construction Engineering and Inspection (CEI)
Services for the Airside Improvements Two Hundred Twelve
(212) Days.
k) 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 July 2, 2020
and July 15, 2020 pursuant to Florida Statute 136.06.
l) Request that the Board approve and determine valid public
purpose for invoices payable and purchasing card transactions
as of July 22, 2020.
m) Recommendation to provide approval to designate the Sheriff
as the official applicant and point of contact for the U.S.
Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of
Justice Assistance Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance
Grant (JAG) FY ‘20 Local Standard grant. Authorize the
acceptance of the grant when awarded, approve associated
budget amendments and approve the Collier County Sheriff’s
Office to receive and expend 2020 JAG Standard grant funds.
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August 11, 2020
a) Recommendation to authorize the necessary budget
amendments to reallocate Transportation Engineering Division
project funds.
b) Recommendation to authorize the necessary budget
amendments to reallocate Growth Management
Department/Stormwater project funds.
c) Recommendation to approve an Utility Easement Agreement
with Olde Cypress Master Property Owners Association, Inc., a
Florida not-forprofit corporation, to accommodate the
installation of a 12 inch force main. The total cost for this
transaction will not to exceed $3,000.
d) Recommendation to authorize a Budget Amendment for the
Parks and Recreation Division in the amount of $293,382 to
plan and design the rejuvenation of Sun-N-Fun Lagoon Water
Park.
e) Recommendation to authorize payments in excess of $50,000
for annual cost reporting and consulting services for the
Medicaid Reimbursement Program (PEMT) for Collier County
EMS from Public Consulting Group Inc., a single-source
provider.
f) Recommendation to approve the administrative report prepared
by the Procurement Services Division for disposal of property
and notification of revenue disbursement.
g) Recommendation to approve the administrative reports
prepared by the Procurement Services Division for change
orders and other contractual modifications requiring Board
approval.
h) 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
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disbursements were drawn for the periods between July 16,
2020 and July 29, 2020 pursuant to Florida Statute 136.06.
i) Request that the Board approve and determine valid public
purpose for invoices payable and purchasing card transactions
as of August 5, 2020.
August 25, 2020
a) Recommendation to approve the ranking of professional
engineering consultants for Request for Professional Services
(“RPS”) No. 20-7713, "Engineering Design Services for Lake
Trafford Stormwater Improvements and Water Treatment
Facility,” and to authorize staff to begin contract negotiations
with the top-ranked firm, GHD Services, Inc. (Project Number
60143).
b) Recommendation to execute “Subordination of County Utility
Interests” (Subordination Agreements) to facilitate the Florida
Department of Transportation (FDOT) Interchange
Improvement Project at I-75 and SR-951.
c) Recommendation to approve a First Amendment to Lease
Agreement with South Florida Water Management District to
reflect the change in equipment locations on the County-owned
communications tower on County Barn Road.
d) Recommendation to approve the selection committee’s ranking
for Request for Professional Services (“RPS”) No. 20-7722,
“Design Build Services for NCWRF Headworks” (Project No.
70149), and authorize staff to begin contract negotiations with
the top-ranked firm, The Haskell Company, so that staff can
bring an agreement back to the Board at a subsequent meeting.
e) Recommendation to approve an Agreement for Stormwater
Management Land and Maintenance between Collier County
and the Naples Botanical Garden.
f) Recommendation to approve and authorize the Chairman to
sign the FY 17-20 Criminal Justice Mental Health Substance
Abuse Final Program Status Report and Final Financial Report.
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g) Recommendation to approve the administrative reports
prepared by the Procurement Services Division for change
orders and other contractual modifications requiring Board
approval.
h) Recommendation to approve clarifications to the Coronavirus
Relief Fund Programs.
i) Recommendation to approve the proposed Sixth Amendment to
a Sublease of Land Agreement with KPK to amend the rent
schedule.
j) 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 July 30,
2020 and August 12, 2020 pursuant to Florida Statute 136.06.
k) Request that the Board approve and determine valid public
purpose for invoices payable and purchasing card transactions
as of August 19, 2020.
l) Report to the Board regarding the investment of County funds
as of the quarter ended June 30, 2020.
2) Recommendation to approve Lease Consolidation and First
Amendment to Lease for the Naples Accelerator with Kraft Office
Center, LLC for dedicated office space for the program. (All Districts)
3) Recommendation to approve the attached Second Amendment to
Agreement No. 16-6571 with Tindale Oliver & Associates Inc.,
pertaining to the provision of professional Impact Fee Study services.
(All Districts)
4) Recommendation to authorize a Budget Amendment to continue
funding paramedic staffing at Fire Station 63 on Alligator Alley in the
amount of $8,000, approval of this action will allow the County to
true-up the local match contribution with Greater Naples Fire District
(GNFD) through FY20. (All Districts)
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5) Recommendation to authorize budget amendments appropriating
approximately $821,064,000 of unspent FY 2020 Capital project and
grant budgets into fiscal year 2021. (All Districts)
6) Recommendation to recognize Chase Harrison, Public Utilities Solid
Waste Recycling Specialist, as the July 2020 Employee of the Month.
The award has been presented to the recipient by staff members. (All
Districts)
7) Recommendation to approve a report covering two budget
amendments impacting reserves and moving funds in an amount up to
and including $25,000 and $50,000, respectively. (All Districts)
8) Recommendation to adopt a resolution approving amendments
(appropriating grants, donations, contributions or insurance proceeds)
to the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Adopted Budget. (All Districts)
9) Recommendation to approve and authorize the Chairman to sign the
Extension and Amendment of the Agreement with The Partnership for
Collier’s Future Economy, Inc. (“Partnership”) in continued support
of the established public-private partnership designed to advance the
County’s economic development efforts. (All Districts)
G. AIRPORT AUTHORITY
1) Recommendation to approve an after-the-fact acceptance of the
attached Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Grant Agreement in
the Amount of $297,900 for One Hundred Percent (100%) Funding
for the Design Phase of the Rehabilitation of Runway 15/33 at
Everglades Airpark, and authorize all necessary budget amendments.
(District 5)
2) Recommendation to close the Seaplane Base Project No. 33672 at
Everglades Airpark and terminate the Public Transportation Grant
Agreement Contract No. G1K34 with the Florida Department of
Transportation and authorize all necessary budget amendments.
(District 5)
3) Recommendation to approve an agreement pertaining to the award of
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Invitation to Bid (“ITB”) No. 20-7683, “Immokalee Regional Airport
Security Improvements” with DEC Contracting Group, Inc., in the
amount of $584,082.37, and authorize the Chairman to sign the
attached construction agreement. (District 5)
4) Recommendation to approve an after-the-fact acceptance of the
attached Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Grant Agreement in
the amount of $1,727,780 for construction of Taxiway C extension at
Immokalee Regional Airport and authorize all necessary budget
amendments. (District 5)
H. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
1) Proclamation designating September 21 - 25, 2020 as Economic
Development Week in Collier County. The proclamation will be
delivered to Sean Callahan, Executive Director of Corporate
Operations.
2) Proclamation designating September 2020 as Payroll Awareness
Month in Collier County. The proclamation will be hand delivered to
Crystal Kinzel, Collier County Clerk of the Circuit Court &
Comptroller.
3) Proclamation designating September 2020 as Hispanic Heritage
Month in Collier County. The proclamation will be presented to
Commissioner Solis for delivery to Hispanic Council Foundation of
Collier County, Inc., The Hispanic Vote, and Council of Hispanic
Business Professionals, Inc.
I. MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE
1) Miscellaneous Correspondence (All Districts)
J. OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS
1) Recommendation to approve the use of $500 from the Confiscated
Trust Funds to support the Florida Missing Children’s Day
Foundation. (All Districts)
2) To record in the minutes of the Board of County Commissioners, the
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check number (or other payment method), amount, payee, and
purpose for which the referenced disbursements were drawn for the
periods between August 13, 2020 and August 26, 2020 pursuant to
Florida Statute 136.06. (All Districts)
3) Request that the Board approve and determine valid public purpose
for invoices payable and purchasing card transactions as of September
2, 2020. (All Districts)
K. COUNTY ATTORNEY
1) Recommendation to approve a Joint Motion and Stipulated Final
Judgment in the amount of $10,000 for Parcel 180RDUE, plus
statutory attorney’s fees and costs in the amount of $2,805, in the
lawsuit captioned Collier County, Florida v. Christopher C.
Warburton, et al, Case No. 15-CA-335, required for the widening of
Golden Gate Boulevard, Project No. 60040. (All Districts)
2) Recommendation to approve the Second Amendment to Agreement
for Legal Services relating to the County’s Retention Agreement with
Bryant Miller & Olive, P.A., extending the expiration date to
December 13, 2023. (All Districts)
3) Recommendation to appoint Mr. Klaas as a member of the Collier
County Planning Commission, representing Commission District 5,
and that the Board waives the Planning Commission Ordinance
requirement that this applicant reside in District 5 to hold this seat.
(District 4, District 5)
4) Recommendation to appoint a member to the Contractors Licensing
Board. (All Districts)
5) Recommendation by the Collier County Housing Finance Authority
for approval of a resolution authorizing the Authority to issue revenue
bonds for the acquisition and rehabilitation of Goodlette Arms
Apartments, an affordable senior housing facility located at 950
Goodlette Road. (All Districts)
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17. SUMMARY AGENDA - This section is for advertised public hearings and
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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.
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A. 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 an Ordinance
amending Ordinance Number 2004-41, as amended, the Collier County
Land Development Code, which established the comprehensive zoning
regulations for the unincorporated area of Collier County, Florida, by
amending the appropriate zoning atlas map or maps by changing the zoning
classification of the herein described real property from the Residential
Single Family-4 (RSF-4) zoning district to a Residential Planned Unit
Development (RPUD) zoning district for a project known as Immokalee Fair
Housing Alliance Inc. RPUD. The project will allow up to 128 residential
dwelling units. The property is located at the northwest corner of Lake
Trafford Road and North 19th Street, Immokalee, in Section 32, Township
46 South, Range 29 East, Collier County, Florida, consisting of 9.52± acres;
and by providing an effective date. [PL20190000734] (District 5)
B. This item requires ex parte disclosure be provided by the Commission
members. Should a hearing be held on this item, all participants are
required to be sworn in. Recommendation to approve a Resolution of the
Board of Zoning Appeals of Collier County, Florida, relating to a variance
request from Section 5.05.09.G.2.a of the Land Development Code to
increase the allowable height of a communication tower from 185 feet to
195 feet in order to allow for construction of a new communication tower,
and a variance from Section 4.06.05.B.2 of the Land Development Code to
require only one chain-link fence around the perimeter of the
communication tower and the required landscaping on the outside of the
chain-link fence. The subject property, consisting of 7.02+/- acres, is located
on the west side of Collier Boulevard (C.R. 951), approximately 1,000 feet
south of Immokalee Road, in Section 27, Township 48 South, Range 26
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East, Collier County, Florida. [PL20180003229] (District 3)
C. Recommendation to approve by Ordinance an extension of the Transfer of
Development Rights Early Entry Bonus Growth Management Plan
Amendment to the Collier County Growth Management Plan, Ordinance 89-
05, as amended, and to transmit to the Florida Department of Economic
Opportunity. (Adoption Hearing) [PL20190002635/CPSP-2019-4]
(District 1, District 5)
D. Recommendation to adopt resolutions approving the preliminary assessment
rolls as the final assessment rolls, and adopting same as the non-ad valorem
assessment rolls for purposes of utilizing the uniform method of collection
pursuant to Section 197.3632, Florida Statutes, for Solid Waste Municipal
Service Benefit Units, Service District No. I and Service District No. II,
Special Assessment levied against certain residential properties within the
unincorporated area of Collier County, the City of Marco Island, and the
City of Everglades City, pursuant to Collier County Ordinance 2005-54, as
amended. Revenues are anticipated to be $29,346,982.26.
(All Districts)
E. Recommendation to adopt a resolution approving amendments
(appropriating carry forward, transfers and supplemental revenue) to the
Fiscal Year 2019-20 Adopted Budget. (All Districts)
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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CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Ladies and gentlemen, the
meeting of the Collier County Commission will please come to order.
We're pleased to have with us today the Reverend Beverly
Duncan, a member of Naples United Church of Christ. She's agreed
to come and help us set the tone for our meeting.
Welcome, and thank you for providing the invocation.
Item #1
INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE –
INVOCATION GIVEN
REVEREND DUNCAN: Thank you. Good morning, all.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Good morning.
REVEREND DUNCAN: Let us be together in a prayerful
spirit. There is a higher, wider presence in our world. Some have
named it God. By whatever name, it is a power that, though it is
beyond our vision, viscerally calls us out of ourselves, out of our
cemented opinions, and out of our well-worn ruts to nobler actions,
greater loving, and unrestricted compassion.
It is not something we put on and take off. It is a way of life
that we carry with us no matter where we are, what day it is, or what
decisions we need to make. And though all of this is true
and -- truth, these past months have not been easy. We all need a
blessing for perseverance and strength and continued wisdom.
Insofar as I can invoke that blessing for you, by the power
vested in me, I do so at this time.
Amen, Shalom, Sala.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Amen.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner Fiala, will you lead
us in the Pledge.
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COMMISSIONER FIALA: Thank you. I will.
Please place your hand over your heart and say with me...
(The Pledge of Allegiance was recited in unison.)
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Okay. We're on the approval of
today's regular, consent, and summary agenda as amended. Is
there -- are there any changes to the agenda, Mr. Ochs?
Item #2A
APPROVAL OF TODAY’S REGULAR, CONSENT AND
SUMMARY AGENDA AS AMENDED (EX PARTE
DISCLOSURE PROVIDED BY COMMISSION MEMBERS FOR
CONSENT AGENDA.) – COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL
REQUESTED ITEM #16K3 BE CONTINUED TO THE
SEPTEMBER 22ND BCC MEETING; COMMISSIONER
MCDANIEL MOVED ITEMS #16D11, #16F9 AND #16F2 TO THE
REGULAR AGENDA – APPROVED AND/OR ADOPTED
W/CHANGES
MR. OCHS: No, sir.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Uh-oh.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner McDaniel, do you
have any --
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yes. Yes, I do.
First off, 16K3, the appointment for the Planning Commission,
I'd like to continue that item for two weeks because of the way that
it's advertised.
I had a lot of communication with my community and
constituents, and I actually talked to Mark Strain yesterday. And,
Commissioner Taylor, you regularly talk about institutional
knowledge and that's -- you know, Mark not serving on our Planning
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Commission is a huge loss to our community. But he was here when
they amended the ordinance and dedicated one of those seats per each
one of the county commission districts. And the rationale was we
want somebody from District 5 sitting in that seat.
And so, with that, I've withdrawn Mr. Klaas. Certainly -- and,
by the way, just for the record, there wasn't one disparaging comment
with regard to Mr. Klaas personally. It just had to do with the place
that he, in fact, resides.
So I'm going to continue that item and then bring it forward at
our second meeting in September.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Okay. Do you have any ex parte
disclosure as well? We'll take care of that.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: If you don't mind going to
somebody -- I have a couple other things I'd like to speak about. I
wasn't prepared to go first. But I can if you give me two seconds. I
do have ex parte, by the way.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We can come back to you.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Okay. That would help me.
Okay.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: No changes to the agenda and
no ex parte.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. Commissioner Solis?
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: No changes. I believe I had a call
with Ms. Lefkow on 17A, but that's all.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner Fiala.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: No changes, no corrections. And
on 17A2 I have ex parte: Correspondence, and emails.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: I don't have any ex parte or any
changes as well, so now we'll go back to Commissioner McDaniel.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yes, I do have -- on 17A, I
do have correspondence and emails in regard to that, and then no
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others. And then also, on 16D14, I just wanted to let the folks know
out at the Pepper Ranch -- I'm volunteering my guide services for the
upcoming hunting seasons if somebody needs -- don't laugh. I'm a
good guide. So, if --
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: I didn't think they couldn't keep
you away.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Well, I'm just volunteering.
Last time I think I was a little delinquent in that volunteer. So I'm
doing it publicly, so...
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Okay. So we have --
COMMISSIONER FIALA: I couldn't understand what Penny
Taylor said. Would you say it again.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: I said I didn't think they could
keep him away, he's such an avid hunter.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yes.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. Then the only
recommended change is a continuance until the second meeting in
September of 16K3.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I've got one more.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Yes, sir.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: If you would care, I would
like to have a discussion on 16D11. That's the contribution from the
Nancy Payton Bird Sanctuary and to that MSTU. And I just would
like to know -- and, again, we're a little short because of the holiday.
And I didn't get this information from staff, but I wanted to make
sure that there was -- it was an equitable contribution for the amount
of -- as you know, Sage Road -- Sage Road, I think -- Blue
Sage -- Blue Sage Road. Blue Sage Road is the road that's
accessed -- used to access. It's a private road. We had an issue with
a cave-in into the canal and all, and the Nancy Payton Sanctuary is
contributing 2,000 to that MSTU, and I just wanted to ensure that that
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was a sufficient amount for the warrant of the traffic.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. So, Mr. Ochs, let's
move that to the regular agenda.
MR. OCHS: Yes, sir. That will become Item 11H.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Eleven, I'm sorry.
MR. OCHS: H as in Harold.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And then one other on 16F9.
I would like to see that be moved over and have a discussion with
regard to the Productivity Committee.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. So, Mr. Ochs, if you'll
give us that new number.
MR. OCHS: That item will become Item 11I.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And then on F2, I just want
to register I'm not in favor of the term of that lease for that facility. I
would like to see something different done in a shorter order, but I
just wanted to register my no vote on F2.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: So --
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Any other --
COMMISSIONER FIALA: -- did you want to pull that then?
Excuse me.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: We can if you wish. If you
would like to have a discussion about it. We've talked about this for
quite some time going all the way back into our discussion with
FGCU and such.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Let's move that to the regular
agenda, then. We can have a conversation about it then. So that
will be J, 11J?
MR. OCHS: That will become -- 16F2 will be 11J.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right.
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COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I have no further
adjustments, sir.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: With those adjustments and with
the continuance of 16K3, we need a motion to approve the agenda as
amended.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: So moved.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Second.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We have a motion and second.
Any discussion?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Seeing none, all in favor, signify
by saying aye.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Aye.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: That passes unanimously.
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Item #2B, #2C and #2D
BCC MEETING MINUTES FROM JUNE 23, 2020; BCC SPECIAL
COVID-19 MEETING MINUTES FROM JUNE 30, 2020; BCC
MEETING MINUTES FROM JULY 14, 2020; AND BCC MASK
ORDINANCE MEETING MINUTES FROM JULY 21, 2020 –
APPROVED AS PRESENTED
We have four sets of minutes: June 23, 2020; June 30; July 14;
and July 21. Are there any corrections or comments concerning any
of the minutes for those meetings?
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I'll make a -- can we
vote -- can we approve them all en masse?
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: That's what we're going to do.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I'd make that motion.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. We have a motion to
approve all of those minutes. Is there a second?
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yes, second.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Motion and second. All in favor,
signify by saying aye.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Aye.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: That passes unanimously.
Item #3D
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EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH – CHASE HARRISON, PUBLIC
UTILITIES – PRESENTED (SEE ITEM #16F6)
MR. OCHS: Mr. Chairman, as it's become our custom here this
year, as we've physically distanced in the boardroom, we do have an
Employee of the Month award that I'd liked to read, with the Board's
indulgence, at this point. And this is a recommendation -- this is
Item 16F6 on your summary -- excuse me -- consent agenda this
morning.
It's a recommendation to recognize Chase Harrison, Public
Utilities Solid Waste Recycling Specialist, as the July 2020
Employee of the Month.
Chase has set the bar for other solid waste operations team
members regarding customer service levels and valuing county
assets. Chase has worked closely with other employees to develop
standard operating procedures and efficient workflow practices that
are easy to follow, more practical, and applicable to their daily work.
Chase has implemented asset management tools for the
recycling centers, saving the county several thousands of dollars per
month in electronic recycling fees and recently was instrumental in
obtaining our first styrofoam recycling grant that will allow our
customers who have been requesting Styrofoam recycling services
for years to have a place to bring their Styrofoam.
He truly sets a leading example for others in the division, and
he's brought so much energy and drive to the solid waste operations.
It's for these reasons and many others that he's very deserving of this
recognition.
Commissioners, it's my honor to present Chase Harrison, Public
Utilities Solid Waste Recycling specialist, as your July 2020
Employee of the Month.
Congratulations, Chase.
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CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Thank you, Mr. Ochs.
Item # 4
PROCLAMATION – DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 21 – 25, 2020
AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK IN COLLIER COUNTY
(SEE ITEM #16H1)
PROCLAMATION – DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 2020 AS
PAYROLL AWARENESS MONTH IN COLLIER COUNTY (SEE
ITEM #16H2)
PROCLAMATION – DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 2020 AS
HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IN COLLIER COUNTY (SEE
ITEM #16H3
MR. OCHS: And that moves us, sir, to Item 4, your
proclamations. These are, again, appearing on your consent agenda
today as Proclamations 16H2, H3, and, H4. I'll go ahead and read
the titles.
16H2 is a proclamation designating September 21st through the
25th as economic development week in Collier County, and we'll
make sure that that gets to the appropriate recipients.
Item 16H2 is a proclamation designating September 2020 as
Payroll Awareness Month in Collier County, and we'll get that
proclamation to Ms. Kinzel and her staff who do a great job getting
our payroll managed and out on a timely basis. We appreciate that.
And, finally, Item 16H4 [sic] is a proclamation designating
September 2020 as Hispanic Heritage Month in Collier County.
That proclamation will route through Commissioner Solis for
delivery to the Hispanic Council Foundation of Collier County, the
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Hispanic Vote, and the Council of Hispanic Business Professionals.
So those are the proclamations and the groups that we're
honoring this morning, sir.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Thank you very much.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Just a minor correction, unless
my ears are deceiving me. I think it's 16H3, sir. I think you said
16H4. So that's the Hispanic Heritage Month, and that's just for the
record.
MR. OCHS: Okay. 16H4 is the --
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: No. It's 16H3, at least in my --
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We approved them, so we're okay
on that.
MR. OCHS: You're right. You're right, Commissioner.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: For recordkeeping.
MR. OCHS: It's H1, 2, 3, and not 2, 3, and 4.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. We'll move on to
public petitions.
Item #6A
A REQUEST FROM RICHARD YOVANOVICH REGARDING
PUBLIC PETITION FOR CIRRUS POINTE PUD AKA/CAMDEN
LANDING PUD PL20190001364 – MOTION TO BRING BACK
AS A REGULAR AGENDA ITEM – APPROVED
MR. OCHS: Yes, sir. Item 6A is a public petition request
from Richard Yovanovich regarding Cirrus Pointe PUD, also known
as the Camden Landing PUD.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: And, Mr. Yovanovich, I believe
you're limited to 10 minutes. Is that the --
MR. MILLER: Yes.
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MR. YOVANOVICH: Hopefully I won't need all that time.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. Thank you.
MR. YOVANOVICH: Good morning. For the record, Rich
Yovanovich. Thank you for allowing me to appear today on your
public petition portion of your agenda.
The Cirrus Pointe PUD was originally adopted in 2005. It's at
the corner of Thomasson Drive and Bayshore Drive. It was
originally approved as an affordable housing density bonus project.
In approximately 2013, we came through with an amendment to
the PUD to convert it to a market-rate project. The original project
was marketed as an affordable housing project through your Collier
Housing Development Corporation. The Great Recession hit.
There were no presales for any of the affordable housing units.
The original developer of the property, Jim Fields, basically lost
the property in the Great Recession. Another entity bought the
property and pursued a market-rate project.
We had multiple meetings with the CRA Advisory Board as
well as the residents, and everybody was in support of converting to a
market-rate project.
We went to the Planning Commission in December of 2013.
We received unanimous recommendation of approval to go to a
market-rate project. I think we were even on the summary agenda to
get approved, and we were pulled. We were pulled based upon
some comments from the then Clerk of Courts claiming that there
was a loan made to the Collier Housing Development Corporation to
acquire the property back in, roughly, two thousand and, I want to
say, five or six, right around that time frame. And there was a
question of whether or not that grant money should be repaid prior to
any hearings on converting the project to a market -rate project.
The developer at the time had no issues with repaying the
grant -- the grant amount was $320,000 -- however didn't want to
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repay the grant and then be unsuccessful in his request to convert to a
market-rate project. The grant was made for an affordable housing
project. If the amendment wasn't authorized, he would then be
required to provide the affordable housing.
There was approximately a four-year stalemate between not
being able to have a hearing on that PUD amendment and, ultimately,
the petition was withdrawn because we couldn't get a hearing.
The property has, again, changed hands. Kevin King's entity
has purchased the property, has, again, initiated the process of
converting this to a market-rate project.
We've had several meetings with the CRA Advisory Board and
the residents, and I think the general consensus is that a market-rate
project is really what the people want to see happen on the corner of
this project -- or on this project.
The problem we're having is there was old action taken by the
prior board saying there will be no public hearings on this matter
until the grant proceeds are repaid.
Again, we're prepared to address the grant proceeds being repaid
as part of the PUD amendment process; however, like the prior
developer, it made no sense to repay those monies if you're going to
get denied and still have to do affordable housing.
So I've been directed to come to the Board and ask the Board to
go ahead and authorize the petitions to go through the normal public
petition process, which is to go to the Planning Commission and then
ultimately come to you-all for final consideration on the PUD
amendment.
And that's my request today is that you allow us to have our
hearing in front of the Planning Commission and, ultimately, the
Board of County Commissioners meeting, and we will address the
grant proceeds, obviously, as part of that process when we ultimately
get to the Board of County Commissioners.
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CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. Commissioner
McDaniel.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And I certainly don't have an
issue with him bringing it forward. I just don't want to get caught in
a position where we're authorizing going forward on some
presumption that there's an approval without going through the public
process.
MR. YOVANOVICH: We understand that we, ultimately, may
be unsuccessful in the PUD amendment, and then the current PUD
would stand.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: All right. Mr. Chair, do you
want a motion on that, sir?
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We have some more discussion.
Commissioner Fiala.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yeah, I was just going to make a
motion to approve.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Second.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. We have a motion and
a second.
What we're -- the motion, then, is to authorize the public hearing
process to proceed prior to the reimbursement of the $300,000
whatever the number was.
MR. YOVANOVICH: Right.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Which actually gives a real
chicken-and-egg problem. So, I appreciate you being one of the first
to bring us one of those.
So, we have a motion and a second.
Commissioner Solis.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Yeah, I just -- I had a comment,
and it is a chicken-and-the-egg problem, although it wasn't when the
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loan was made. I mean, I understand that this thing needs to move
forward. But I just want to reiterate, I think what Commissioner
McDaniel was saying, this is not we'll pay you back if we get our
zoning, right?
MR. YOVANOVICH: No, no.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Okay.
MR. YOVANOVICH: If I just can, real briefly, for the record.
The zoning was approved in 2005. There was nothing to do with
this loan or related to the original zoning. The actual grant wasn't
made until, like, 2006 or '7. So there never was a tie to the grant and
the original zoning.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Right, but there is now.
MR. YOVANOVICH: It's your call whether or not the grant is
ever repaid. But, no, we're not tying one to the other, but we
certainly shouldn't be required to repay a grant for affordable housing
if we're required to provide affordable housing.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: And you have had conversations
with the CRA folks concerning their particular desires on this?
MR. YOVANOVICH: On multiple occasions I've had, yes.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: And they prefer the market rate?
MR. YOVANOVICH: From, basically, day one. And, in fact,
this project predated the available extra units from the Botanical
Gardens site. Had those units been available in 2005, we would
have never done the affordable housing density program in the first
place.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. We have a motion and
a second. Any further discussion?
COMMISSIONER FIALA: I was going to say something --
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner Fiala.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: -- but I don't know that
that's -- now, after your comments, I think I could let it ride. But it
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did go before the Planning Commission when it changed to extremely
low affordable housing and the Planning Commission voted 7-0 to
deny because they said there's so much in that area already, they don't
feel that you could add still more to an area that's already
oversaturated.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Well -- and that was on the
low income --
COMMISSIONER FIALA: It was called extremely low
income.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Well -- and the density
bonuses that traveled along with that, so...
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. We have a motion and
second. Any further discussion?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Seeing none, all in favor, signify
by saying aye.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Aye.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: That passes unanimously.
MR. YOVANOVICH: Thank you.
Item #7
PUBLIC COMMENTS AND GENERAL TOPICS NOT ON THE
CURRENT OR FUTURE AGENDA
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MR. OCHS: Mr. Chairman, that takes us to Item 7 this
morning, public -- I'm sorry -- public comments on general topics not
on the current or future agenda.
MR. MILLER: Mr. Chairman, I have one registered speaker
who is a remote speaker. That speaker is Christopher Halaschak.
Christopher, are you with us, sir?
(No response.)
MR. MILLER: Christopher, are you with us, sir?
(No response.)
MR. MILLER: I know he's online. If you're not un-muted,
please unmute, Mr. Halaschak. This is our last call.
And I'm getting a message from my Zoom coordinator.
Mr. Christopher Halaschak?
(No response.)
MR. MILLER: And I'm getting a message from my zoom
coordinator. Mr. Christopher Halaschak?
(No response.)
MR. MILLER: We've unmuted him on our end and,
apparently, he is not able to unmute on his end; that is the only
registered speaker I have for this item.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. And if he comes
back --
MR. MILLER: I will monitor, yes.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: -- just let him know that we'll --
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: He's my neighbor, so -- so if
you -- let him know, he can always call me, too, and we can get him
in this afternoon maybe.
MR. MILLER: We'll keep trying to reach out to him and let
him know. We've un-muted him on our end, but he doesn't seem to
be un-muting on his end.
Thank you, sir. That's all I have for Item 7.
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CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Mr. Ochs.
Item #11A
ACCEPT THE COVID-19 STATUS REPORT AND PROVIDE
FURTHER DIRECTION AS APPROPRIATE – PRESENTED
MR. OCHS: Move on to Item 11, County Attorney's report.
Item 11A is a recommendation to accept the COVID-19
operation status report and provide further direction as appropriate.
Mr. Carnell will make a brief presentation.
MR. CARNELL: Good morning, Commissioners. Let me
take this morning -- and, Troy, as soon as we can get that up.
MR. MILLER: Yeah. It should be up. Give me just a
second, Steve.
MR. CARNELL: I want to talk briefly about the Labor Day
weekend and what happened operationally, and then I want to give
you some recap of what happened this summer in our various
operations' COVID-related response.
MR. MILLER: I'm going to get some IT support down here,
Steve. I'm not sure why that's not coming through.
MR. CARNELL: I'll talk slow. And I'll -- most of this you
can -- I can share with you without the benefit of the slides.
We'll start with the beaches. This weekend it was your typical
Labor Day weekend and Collier County beaches, and that's mostly a
good thing. We were crowded. We had seve ral closures of our
parks and boat ramps due to just natural fill-in, overflow capacity, but
very few incidents.
Saturday and Sunday were extremely busy from a beach
standpoint and from a boat ramp standpoint. With regard to the
beaches, we got tremendous assistance from the Collier County
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Sheriff's Office and the Marco Island PD to keep traffic moving in
and out of our beach sites but, again, got through it, from all we can
tell, clear.
The boat ramp, similar to the beaches, very busy; very, very
busy Saturday and Sunday. Pretty much all of the sites. All the
boat ramps closed at some point both days, for parts of both days.
And we did have one incident at the Cocohatchee River Park
marina, which I can't show that to you, but I'll tell you about it.
Somebody in a large truck ran into one of the ramps, and
thankfully it was after hours, and did some serious damage to it.
Knocked out a very foundational plank on the boardwalk, but
thankfully nobody harmed. We found it Monday morning. And it
resulted in one of the four decks being closed. The other three are
operational. You can still launch your boat there, but that was our
little highlight for the weekend at boat ramps.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Quick question.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner McDaniel.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yeah. Excuse me. I didn't
mean to say "yeah."
Do we have cameras at these facilities?
MR. CARNELL: We don't, but our neighbors possibly do, and
we're looking into that right now, sir, to see if we can get some video.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Since we're moving into the
budget processes here, maybe have a look into that just to assist us.
It's a new world. There's a lot of things that are happening. We
don't have people in places that we always have had in the past, and it
might be an additional step just for us to better protect our assets.
MR. CARNELL: Yes. I concur with you and we have been
upgrading and adding security where the budget can tolerate it and
afford it over the years, and so this one will probably move up the list
a little bit in terms of future action.
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COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Your cost of repair more than
offset the cost of security cameras and be able to have someone to
hold accountable, so...
MR. CARNELL: Yeah, yeah. And thank you, sir. We would
concur. And that item, as they say, is under investigation, and we
will attempt to find the perpetrator.
Let me move from there to summer camps.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Hang on just a second.
Commissioner Fiala.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Quick question. Did you have
people coming in from the other coast or from the north, or was it
just -- was it really crowded just with our own?
MR. CARNELL: I think mostly the latter; some of the former.
Now, Commissioner, we weren't checking license tags, but what we
found was it was not the kind of crowding that we had back in the
late spring, early summer.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Okay.
MR. CARNELL: And Broward and Dade County beaches
were open, so there really wasn't a reason to have an unusual
overflow beyond the usual holiday weekend jam that we have. But
that's a good question. I think we did fine with that.
Now, let me shift gears from there to talk about our summer
camp program. And, again, I wish you could see these data, but I
can tell you about them. You get the gist of it very quickly.
In a typical summer, we will have between 5- and 6,000
campers participating in one or more camps. And in the summer of
2020, we ended up with about 1,200. In other words, we had about
an 80 percent drop in participation in our camps. That was largely,
almost entirely, due to the COVID virus response.
We were functioning with lesser capacity at our parks. We had
11 sites open, but we had to limit capacity and space, for obvious
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reasons; to maintain social distancing.
We had a couple of programs we just couldn't run at all. We
weren't able to run our junior leader training program which normally
has 150 to 200 teenagers involved, and we weren't able to operate
that one at all but -- so I'm just kind of giving you the downside first.
We had a much lower participation rate this summer.
But there were -- there was some very positive feedback that we
received for this. We surveyed the parents at the end of the camp,
and we got 74 responses. And 64 of the 74 rated their experience
with their children as very satisfactory, and 10 said satisfactory. We
got no negative rating.
We got a mixture of comments, and I'm just going to give you
examples of several that we got. Several people lamented the loss of
field trips. That's a big component of the summer camp program,
and we weren't able to transport kids from site to side for
COVID-related reasons, again. Some of them had wished we could
have had longer hours. And if you remember, at the beginning of
the summer, I told you that we were going to operate with a shorter
window because of sanitation practices. The staff had to sanitize
after hours, and we had to shorten the hours to have more time to do
that. So that created some inconvenience, frankly, for some of our
families, and we understood that.
But we also had a couple folks who said they thought we should
have reduced the fees because we weren't offering as robust a
program, but then there were some other interesting comments. You
know, necessity is the mother of invention, and we had some
limitation in terms of what we could do with our programs, but one of
the most popular things was get the hose out and spray the kids.
That was -- that played extremely well this summer. And you would
have thought somebody had invented a new game or something. But
we got a lot -- I can't imagine how much positive feedback we got
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about that.
And then we -- there were other parents who said, you know, we
really like the smaller numbers in the camp for other reasons. They
got more attention. It was -- for some of our kids who have some
stimulus issues; it was a more calm setting, and a lot of parents
appreciated that.
And then I thought the most helpful comment, at least I think the
one you-all need to hear above all, someone said, a great job
considering the pandemic, and I felt my kids were safe.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Oh, wow.
MR. CARNELL: So I felt like we accomplished the primary
objective of keeping kids safe through the summer. We had some
positive tests among the staff at the beginning of the camp, but we
were able to isolate the staff very quickly. It resulted in having to
shut down one camp at North Collier Regional Park for two
weeks -- and then we also had to close the Immokalee Sports
Complex, which isn't actually a camp. It's just the regular summer
programming there -- because we had some employees test positive.
But, you know, that was June. And by the end of June it stabilized,
and we really had no incidences thereafter.
And each time we notified the parents, and they were very
supportive and understanding, and we took immediate actions to
protect the families and the children and were able to keep our camps
going despite having those early challenges.
And, again, I was very pleased that, I would say from the end of
June on, we had almost no positive tests and, really, things went very
smoothly the last two months of camp.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner Fiala, you have a
comment or a question?
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Just a fast question. Yes, I was
gone all summer. So did you have any camps out here in East
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Naples?
MR. CARNELL: We did, yes, yes.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Which park did that one?
MR. CARNELL: We were at Sugden and we were at East
Naples Community Park and at Eagle Lakes Donna Fiala Park.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, no kidding?
MR. CARNELL: Yeah, we -- yep. So we ran camps at all
those locations.
So, again, I commend our staff for just a terrific job. This was a
great deal of stress and challenge to operate these camps, and I think
it was very important that we operated them because, as you know,
other public and not-for-profit operations closed their summer camps,
and we were kind of out there by ourselves to a certain degree. But
a majority of parents were extremely grateful and we got very
positive feedback, as I said, on the survey data.
Moving on to the pools and fitness centers. I can just show you
a simple slide, or I'll tell you about my slide. Essentially, we
reopened in June with our pools and our fitness centers, and our
attendance was pretty flat at the beginning. The pools went up in
July. And then fitness centers -- and I think this is a reflection of the
community, maybe even the country in terms of people's
tentativeness. Our attendance at the fitness centers was very light in
June, a little bit higher in July, and then it got a big jump i n August.
We went from about 3,400 people in all of our sites in July to almost
5,000 in August.
So I'd like to think there's some confidence. We have, of
course, social distancing occurring in each facility. We've closed
down, like, every other apparatus, if you will, in each facility, created
space. We've got signage up.
Had a couple of complaints in the beginning, addressed them,
and things have been quiet since, in a good way. And I feel like
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people are regaining confidence in our fitness centers.
It will be interesting to see what the long-term trending
nationally and locally is with that, though, because I'm reading all
kinds of things that people aren't coming back to fitness centers ever
again kind of thing. We'll see.
All right. Then a couple other things. University of Florida
had directed in May to close all of the summer 4H camps statewide,
so that included us as well -- I'm sorry, in-person camps. So we
migrated to virtual 4H camp and had over 900 kids participate locally
online.
And we did have 400-plus participate in some in-person
training. This wasn't 4H. This was local programs. And then your
Extension staff also handled almost -- really, between March and
July, they've handled over 4,000 consultations from the public. This
is UF faculty locally answering questions; mostly by email, some by
Zoom, some in person. But they maintained a very vibrant and
interactive presence in the community, really, the entire time that
we've been in shutdown and subsequent thereafter.
Now, moving to your library operations. As of today, all 10
sites are reopened. Reopening is, at this point, a function of
available staff. We are short-staffed in the library right now. So
Vanderbilt branch and East Naples branch reopened today, and they
will be open Mondays through Wednesday until further notice, until
we can staff up and get adequate staff to run those facilities with their
full schedules.
The other sites right now have full schedules.
And then to kind of give you a summer perspective here. And
we did some -- the library director looked at our 2019 data for June,
July, August versus this June, July, August, and our circulation is
down -- June, July, and August dropped 46 percent from 2019, and
this was after library circulation was spiking -- I'm sorry. It was
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ramping up in the beginning of 2020.
Our door traffic dropped 60 percent this summer, which that's
not surprising. But on the upside, our online materials, our ebooks,
our online checkouts grew 31 percent this year versus last. And our
curbside pickup -- that's a new service that we started with COVID
where our patrons can request a book and then literally drive up, and
a staff member will bring it out to them, so they don't even have to
get out of their car.
We've transacted over 4,300 titles with curbside this summer.
That's just those three months, June, July, and August. I would
expect that curbside will remain a staple of the library until we get to
some post-pandemic presence, whenever that might be. We'll
reevaluate then and see what kind of demand there is and maybe
continue it permanently.
I think moreover, we really made a commitment to virtual
programming this summer with story time and events, arts and crafts
and other things, mostly geared to children and families, and we had
61,000 views on our website in June, July, and August. And we're
all -- the library director and I are smiling because -- you can't see my
smile. But we are smiling because this is probably something that's
going to live well past the pandemic, and it's something good that
will come out of the pandemic that I think people will appreciate.
So that's where we are with the library.
Our museums reopened in early June. The attendance has been
light but growing, particularly Marco Island and the Museum of the
Everglades, which are our busiest museums generally. Both of them
the traffic has picked up steadily through the summer.
The Robert's Ranch traffic has been very, very slow, and we're
going to take a look at that. We just did a survey outreach to our
museum customers, electronic survey, asking them about their
comfort in returning to on-site program now or in the future. Don't
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know the results of that yet. We're also bringing in a new manager
for the Everglades site, and he's going to be starting later this month.
So we're going to take a more aggressive look at all sites in
terms of what can we do to make people comfortable and reintroduce
the programming on site in the museums as the opportunity presents.
Collier Area Transit.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner McDaniel.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Before you jump, I would
like to -- I've been approached by several people in Immokalee who
are educating our population about growing vegetables and growing
their own food, and we have a lot of land at the Robert's Ranch. So
if that can be implemented into the programming over there, I can
help -- I can help you --
MR. CARNELL: By all means.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: -- with that.
MR. CARNELL: Thank you.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I'd like it to be explored. I
know we have to approve the programming and everything for the
museums, but I've had two different people in the last month talk to
me about whether or not we have available land at the county to
assist with this educational process, so...
MR. CARNELL: Okay. Well, thank you, sir. We will take
you up on that.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Absolutely.
MR. CARNELL: All right. Moving to Collier Area Transit.
That's the reason I'm wearing the mask. This is free advertising for
Michelle.
We had -- in June, fixed-route traffic was around 43,000 riders,
in July it went up to almost 47,000, then dipped b ack into 41,000 in
the month of August.
You-all may remember that we stopped collecting fares in
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March and then we recommenced collecting fares at the beginning of
August, and that's been well received.
Our paratransit traffic has been steady, around 4,800 people
riding each month. And by and large we're getting good feedback
about people feel comfortable on the buses. We've done a number of
things to try to protect people and separate them from the drivers and
each other. And that seems to be going reasonably well, but we're
going to continue to monitor that.
Services for seniors, you may remember back in March -- we
have four feed sites for our seniors where we provide two meals a
day, and we had to close them down in March, and we did reopen
them in June and have had over 9,800 meals served this summer.
Our heaviest use location is Goodlette Arms, about 4,000 this
summer; Golden Gate Senior Center, about 2,400; and 2,100 at
Immokalee, the Robert's Center; and then East Naples Community
Park, around 1,400 meals distributed this summer.
We've got people socially distanced and spread out. And we
are trying to serve fresh food again, which we weren't able to do that
when we were in shutdown mode. And people seem to appreciate
the improvement in the cuisine, and we're going to try to sustain that
and keep that going forward.
Quickly, our veterans services, we shifted in March to online
client appointments, and that has been very seamless. We've had
pretty much the same level of traffic as we had for in-person traffic
pre-virus, and we're getting good comments about it. People are
generally comfortable with it. And we were a little bit apprehensive
going in if our senior population would embrace that, but they have.
And then, lastly, Domestic Animal Services is ramping its
operation back up. We're not at full strength yet. But I did want
you to know that we have begun resuming the immediate pickup of
stray cats and kittens. You may remember we were delaying pickup
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of that for 24 hours per national guidance.
And then we've also begun responding to nonemergency
nuisance calls. We had limited ourselves to emergency calls. Now
we're responding back to the nonemergency calls as well.
We've resumed spay and neuter practices with our new
veterinarian, who's doing a great job for us, and we're also providing
micro-chipping services for animals again, and we've re -initiated
inspections for home-based businesses.
Rabies vaccinations and heartworm treatment and responsible
pet owner classes, and the DAS advisory board has started meeting
again as well.
So we're most of the way back to normal. Our biggest
challenge with DAS has been -- Sheriff Rambosk has been such a
hero to us for years. He's provided inmate labor to help keep the
kennels clean, which is a huge savings to taxpayers. He's not able to
do that. He pulled the inmates back in March. At the time we had
very -- we took our adoption population and distributed them to our
foster families in the community, which a tip of the hat to the f oster
families. We were able to distribute well in excess of 200 animals.
And that's really what kept us afloat is the good graces of our foster
families.
And the Sheriff is still not able to staff the facility. The DAS
director has found some temporary staff, so we're going to begin
cleaning the kennels again, which means we'll be able to support
more on-site animal population which should help us continue to
keep adoptions moving smoothly.
So that's it in a nutshell. Questions?
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. Let's see if there are
any questions. We do have some public comments. Do you want
to get to the public comment first and then -- all right. Let's go to
the public comment, then we'll see what comments we may have
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from the Commission.
MR. MILLER: Mr. Chair, real quick. Michael Halaschak, he
wanted to speak on the item that was continued to the next meeting,
so he's good.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Okay.
MR. MILLER: We have one registered remote speaker for this
item, and that is Monica Fish.
Monica, are you with us online?
(No response.)
MR. MILLER: Hello, Monica?
(No response.)
MR. MILLER: I will try one more time. Monica Fish, are you
with us?
(No response.)
MR. MILLER: Again, we show her online. She's un-muted
on our end, but we're not hearing anything from her. If I get
anything while you're having discussion, I'll let you know, sir.
Thank you.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: That's the only public comment?
MR. MILLER: For this item, yes.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Any comments from the
Commission?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: I've got just a quick one,
Mr. Carnell. I want to thank you for that very thorough report. I
was very concerned about how our programs would take place this
summer, and it sounds like, from what you've reported, that things
went very smoothly. That's to your credit and the credit of our
county staff in making all of the hard decisions and carrying out those
decisions. So, thank you very much for that. And thank your staff
for that.
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COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Great job.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. Anything else on this
item?
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: From all of us. Do you want
a motion on that acceptance?
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: I don't know that we need to do
that. I think we just -- it's just a report.
We'll move on to Item 11B.
Item #11B
THE CONSERVATION COLLIER LAND ACQUISITION
COMMITTEE TO UTILIZE GENERAL FUND MONIES FOR
PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT THE CONSERVATION COLLIER
NOVEMBER 2020 REFERENDUM IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $30,000 – APPROVED
MR. OCHS: Yes, sir. Thank you, Steve.
Item 11B is a recommendation to approve a request from the
Conservation Collier Land Acquisition Committee to utilize General
Fund monies for public education about the Conservation Collier
November 2020 referendum in an amount not to exceed $30,000.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Go ahead, Steve. You can kick
that off.
MR. CARNELL: Yeah. Your Conservation Collier Advisory
Committee has been meeting quarterly. And, as you know, the
referendum is two months away, less than two months. And the
chairman of the committee would like to speak to you today about
educating the public and possibly looking at some funding to do that.
So, with that, I'll ask Mr. Bill Poteet, chairman of the
Conservation Collier Advisory Committee, to come forward.
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CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Good morning.
MR. OCHS: Bill, do you mind using the other podium?
Thank you.
MR. POTEET: Good morning, Commissioners.
In the past referendum elections, the Collier County
Commission has provided funds to educate the electorate on ballot
issues. In 2016, it was the one-cent sales tax. In 2006, it was the
transportation referendum funding -- transportation funding
referendum. In 2000, it was the TDC resort tax, and I even
remember a second -- a second Gordon River bridge initiative back in
the 1990s.
In the most recent election for the one-cent sales tax, the
Commission approved up to $100,000 to be used to educate the
public on facts. Today I'm asking for a similar request, however at a
much lower amount, for educating the electorate on the Conserv ation
Collier referendum. The monies will be used for the cost of
producing website and social media materials, hosting a public
meeting like you did in 2018, and general advertising of facts about
the Conservation Collier Program. This is not to be used for
political purposes.
Upon approval of this request, staff and the Outreach Committee
of Conservation Collier will put together a more detailed plan of how
to best utilize the funds to educate the public. Much of our effort
will be modeled after what the county did in 2018.
Now, it is important that the electorate understand not only the
ballot language but how Conservation Collier is set up; our
purchasing policies, our management accounting, and more.
Taxpayers will vote to tax themselves if they understand the value of
an investment. That is why education is so important.
My request is for up to $30,000 for educating the electorate on
the referendum language and the Conservation Collier Program.
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This request is supported by staff.
The need to educate the electorate in this upcoming election is
real. Too much bad information is being pumped out into our
community on a variety of issues, including Conservation Collier.
We have the opportunity to provide real facts about the program, but
I need your help to do so.
And, Commissioners, you should applaud yourselves. When
the beaches, parks, stores, movie theaters, restaurants and more were
closed for the COVID-19 pandemic, Conservation Collier was open
to the public. I personally spoke to numerous i ndividuals that
utilized our preserves during this period, and all were very grateful
that Conservation Collier was available to them, but even this
information was not well publicized.
Our preserves are truly a community asset. It would be a shame
if the voters were not fully informed on the facts when they go to
vote. Our preserves are being used. During the past year, there
were over 100,000 visits to the Gordon River Greenway. Our
preserves are an investment that are well spent.
I thank you for the opportunity to consider my request today.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. Any questions or
comments from the Commission? I don't see anybody's lights.
Commissioner Fiala.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yes. Just one, the usual one, and
that is, I know that we keep buying in the certain areas because we
want to get all that property bought, but we haven't been buying
much of anything, from what I understand, that's, like, open to the
public where people can see it in your neighborhoods or in your
communities where I think we really need to preserve green space
before it's all gone.
And so I would love to see you -- I mean, the other stuff is going
to be there because nobody's going to buy it anyway, and we can get,
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the ones way out in the hinterland, and that's a wonderful thing. But
I think we ought to catch something -- green space where we live
right now.
MR. POTEET: You bring up a very important fact.
Conservation Collier has spent a long -- a lot of time selecting lands
that are in the urban area or very close to the urban area, unlike state
and federal lands where -- are very, very far east, and most of those
properties are un-accessible to the general public. Conservation
Collier has a -- our policy is, basically, if we purchase the property,
we try to make it accessible to the community so they can use it for,
you know, passive recreational purposes, which is vastly different
from what the state and federal properties do. They have very
limited access.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. How is this money
going to be spent in terms of who's going to do the education?
Who's going to create the educational materials? I assume that that
will be in conjunction with our county staff. But what is your
perception as to how this would -- program would work?
MR. POTEET: We're going to try to use the current resources
that we have available, but there is going to be a cost involved in
doing that. Putting something on the Collier County website would
be important, but it costs money in order to update the website to do
that. You know, we plan to go back to the subcommittee that we
have, the Outreach Committee, which usually takes care of these
promotions like that, get their opinion on it, and then work with staff.
And it will be more staff driven than it will be the actual CCLAC
driven.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. Mr. Ochs, you're all set
to handle this --
MR. OCHS: Yes, sir.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: -- if we approve this?
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All right. Commissioner McDaniel, and then we do have some
public comment as well. Commissioner McDaniel.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I can wait till after that. Be
happy to.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right.
MR. MILLER: Mr. Chairman, I have one here in person,
Christina Hauser, and she will be followed online by Meredith Budd.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: And what -- public comment,
what is the time period we set? Is that three minutes?
MR. MILLER: Yes. Yes.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Good morning.
MS. HAUSER: Good morning, Commissioners. Thank you
for allowing me to address you on this matter.
It's very clear from the presentation that the money being
requested is sought for an intended purpose, that purpose being
bringing about the passage of this referendum. And the fact that
you're putting the matter to referendum, I would think, is to really get
the public's sincere input, but to try to sway them with
campaign -- excuse me -- called public education but really probably
more accurately called propaganda really undermines the purpose of
putting the matter to referendum in the first place. So, I'd urge you
to vote no.
And just to that point, I really think that it's a misuse of public
funds to purchase land. I don't think it's a proper function of
government, and I think it's always ill-advised to raise taxes. It's
certainly contrary to Republican values, and especially at this time
when people are struggling after the economic shutdown. I would
actually urge you to push off the referendum into the future.
Thank you.
MR. MILLER: Your next speaker is an online speaker;
Meredith Budd.
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Meredith, are you with us?
MS. BUDD: Yes. Can you hear me?
MR. MILLER: Yes, Meredith. You have three minutes.
MS. BUDD: Fantastic. Thank you so much.
Good morning, Commissioners. Meredith Budd, here on behalf
of the Florida Wildlife Federation. Thank you for the opportunity to
speak and to participate virtually today. I appreciate that a lot.
Collier residents absolutely value Conservation Collier
preserves. This is something that, as Bill mentioned in his
presentation, was seen highlighted during the height of the pandemic,
during our shutdown. Conservation Collier preserves remained open
and people enjoyed being able to go out, enjoy the outdoors on top of
the other benefits that this program provides, including water-quality
benefits, wildlife -- benefits to wildlife, and overall quality of life.
One of the biggest things, though, as you know, especially, that I
noticed, is people don't necessarily realize that the places that they're
enjoying, like the Gordon River Greenway, are actually a part of the
Conservation Collier Program.
So having funds to educate residents about the program with
purely factual information will be beneficial to the residents not only
in advance of the referendum but also to just ensure that residents
know about the great Conservation Collier preserves that their tax
dollars are going to and that the county has for them and that they can
access those benefits of, year-round, again, water quality, wildlife
preservation, quality of life.
As Bill mentioned, the county did authorize funds to educate
residents about the sales tax and, similarly, it would be useful and
helpful to do a similar educational initiative for Conservation Collier.
This is a referendum the county is putting on the ballot, and it's
critical that Collier residents, you know, have a right to understand
what they're voting for.
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Purely factual information. It is not propaganda. It is not a
political campaign. This is an educational request to purely share
the facts about this very successful and well-liked program where
people are accessing these amazing preserves really frequently.
Gordon River Greenway, Freedom Park, Otter Mound, Cocohatchee
Creek, these are places Collier County residents love. Let's let them
understand where they came from and how we can maintain and
continue this program.
So, we do truly thank you for considering this item, and it will
truly be well spent -- a well-spent investment. So, thank you so
much, again, for the time. Have a good day.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner Fiala.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yes. I just wanted to
mention -- thank you very much, Meredith. This also is protecting
our future water sources. As we buy this land, it takes it away from
development, and we're protecting our future water sources, and that's
extremely important.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner Taylor.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Yes. A question for staff, a
couple of things. How much did we agree to spend of taxpayers'
money to promote the sales tax referendum; 100,000?
MR. OCHS: You agreed to 100,000. I think your actual
expenditure was about half of that.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Okay. And then have we ever
in the past with the Conservation -- and maybe this is to Conservation
Collier folks, too. Have we ever expended General Fund money to
promote Conservation Collier referendums? I think there's been
two.
MR. POTEET: Two.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Two.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Mr. Poteet, do you know the
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answer to that?
MR. POTEET: No. The initial one, I'm sure you did not.
And the second one was just a clarification of whether or not we
wanted to do bonding or not do bonding.
It's -- so I don't think there was any dollars spent on that.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Okay. And that one was right
in 2006.
MR. POTEET: 2006, and it passed by 80 percent.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Eighty percent, yeah, okay.
All right.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner McDaniel.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yes. I'm not in favor of this
recommendation. I'm not against Conservation Collier, Meredith, if
you're watching. I'm certainly not opposed to conservation and all of
the good things that come from that.
I think there are more wise ways we can spend our taxpayers'
money. There's already a pact that's been formed that people can
and will be politicized -- this will be a politicized item, mark my
word.
Conservation Collier is not in dire straits right now. There's in
excess of 25, $26 million still in reserves for the perpetual
maintenance that goes on for the lands that we already own.
I have, in the past, said that there are other ways that we can
come up with additional funding to support Conservation Collier
going forward. And I think, Commissioner Saunders, you shared
with me that my -- what I thought was a nifty idea would be a really
good one if I had two other votes.
But on that rationale, a small portion of our electorate raises the
taxes on all. And I would like to remind my colleagues of this: Our
community is struggling. Our people are having a tough time. This
virus, the shutdown of businesses, the social unrest, we don't need to
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increase the burden on all of our population at this time.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Okay. Any other comments from
the Commission?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: I had, earlier in the summer, I
think probably the May/June time frame, questioned the logic of
going forward with a referendum this November because of what you
just said. And I spoke with all of the environmental groups and
other folks to kind of get their view, and there was a desire to move
forward with this. And so I'm going to support the request.
I think it's important to advise the public as to what this
program's all about. I suspect with the presidential election on the
ballot, that we'll probably have a huge percentage of Collier County
citizens voting, so I think we'll get a pretty accurate feeling as to what
people think about this.
So we need a motion to move forward with this or not.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: I make a motion to approve.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Second.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We have a motion and a second.
Any discussion on the motion?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Seeing none, I'll call for the vote.
All those in favor, signify by saying aye.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Aye.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All opposed?
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: It passes 4-1.
MR. POTEET: Thank you, Commissioners.
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Item #11C, #11D and #11E
AWARDING INVITATION TO BID (“ITB”) NO. 20-7718,
“CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR GATOR CANAL BRIDGE
REPLACEMENT (BRIDGE NUMBER 034843 (030160)),” TO
THOMAS MARINE CONSTRUCTION, INC., IN THE AMOUNT
OF $1,386,643.50 AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN
THE ATTACHED AGREEMENT – APPROVE
Item #11D
AGREEMENT NO. 19-7639R FOR CEI SERVICES FOR GATOR
CANAL BRIDGE REPLACEMENT, PROJECT NUMBER 66066
(BRIDGE NUMBER 034843(030160))," TO HARDESTY &
HANOVER CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, LLC, FOR A NOT TO
EXCEED SUM OF $318,815.79, AND AUTHORIZE THE
CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE ATTACHED AGREEMENT –
APPROVED
Item #11E
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE CHANGE ORDER NO. 1
TO CONTRACT NUMBER 16-7010, “DESIGN AND RELATED
SERVICES FOR CR-846/IMMOKALEE ROAD OVER GATOR
CANAL BRIDGE REPLACEMENT OR REHABILITATION
(BRIDGE NUMBER 034843(030160)),” WITH T.Y. LIN
INTERNATIONAL (PROJECT NO. 66066), TO INCREASE THE
POST-DESIGN SERVICES BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF
$20,062 AND EXTEND THE LENGTH OF THE DESIGN
CONTRACT BY 549 DAYS - APPROVED
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MR. OCHS: Mr. Chairman, the next three items are related to a
replacement of the Gator Canal Bridge. Item 11C is a
recommendation to award the construction contract for the bridge
replacement to Thomas Marine Construction, Incorporated in the
amount of $1,386,643.50, and to authorize the Chairman to sign the
agreement. That award is to the responsive lowest bidder among six
competitive bids.
MR. OCHS: Item 11D is a -- excuse me -- is an agreement
recommended for construction, engineering, and inspection services
related to the Gator Canal Bridge replacement project to Hardesty &
Hanover Construction Services in a not-to-exceed amount of
$318,815.79.
MR. OCHS: And Item 11E is a recommendation to approve
Change Order No. 1 to the design and related services contract for
this project with T.Y. Lin International, which would increase the
post-design services budget in the amount of $20,000 -- excuse
me -- $20,062, and to extend the length of the design contract by 549
days to correspond with the project completion.
Mr. Jay Ahmad, your director of Transportation Engineering, is
available to present all three or to respond to questions of the Board.
Whatever the pleasure of the Chair is.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner McDaniel.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I've already looked into this.
I'd like to make a motion for approval. Can we do them en masse?
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We can do all three at the same
time. So, you have a motion to approve the staff recommendation
on 11C, 11D, and 11E?
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Second.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We have a second. Any further
discussion? Any questions?
(No response.)
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CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Seeing none, all in favor, signify
by saying aye.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Aye.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: That passes unanimously for all
three of those.
MR. AHMAD: Thank you.
MR. OCHS: You owe me a beer, Jay.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: What about me?
MR. OCHS: You, too.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: A little betting behind the
scenes, right?
Item #11F
AWARDING AGREEMENT NO. 19-7637 TO JOHNSON
ENGINEERING, INC., IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF
$1,393,105.06, FOR THE “GOLDEN GATE CITY
TRANSMISSION WATER MAIN IMPROVEMENTS DESIGN,”
PROJECT #70253, AND APPROVE THE NECESSARY BUDGET
AMENDMENT – APPROVED
MR. OCHS: Commissioners, that moves us to Item 11F. This
is a recommendation to award an agreement to Johnson Engineering,
Incorporated, in the total amount of $1,393,105.06 for the Golden
Gate City transmission water main improvements design and to
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approve the necessary budget amendment.
Dr. Yilmaz is available to present or respond to questions from
the Board.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: I'd like to have a little bit of a
report and perhaps, not necessarily now, but at some point kind of a
summary of what has transpired since we acquired that utility system.
So, if you could give us a brief update on this particular item, and
then we'll discuss the more global issue.
DR. YILMAZ: Absolutely, Commissioner. For the record,
George Yilmaz, Collier County Public Utilities.
This is a great-news item, and it's a great example of how we
can take Board policy decision, move to execution as fast as we can.
As you will recall, our board approved integration of City of
Golden Gate water/sewer system to our Collier County Public
Utilities water/sewer system.
During that presentation, we had three priorities that Board
approved. One was public health. Convert all private wells t o our
potable public utility water supply.
Second was public safety. In the process, we would put as
many as possible, where needed, more frequently, fire hydrants that
will enhance our fire safety in that area. As commissioners might
recall, our barrier for the wildfires were 951 corridor, and we didn't
have as much protection in the City of Golden Gate. However,
through this process and through this project in front of you, we will
enhance, significantly, public safety from a fire protection and
prevention standpoint.
And No. 3 priority was environmental health, and that's
converting septic tanks starting from near water bodies and near canal
systems.
Timeline we presented at the time was 20-year program. First
five years we would plan, engineer, and provide appropriate funding
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to make it feasible to move about 40 percent of City of Golden Gate
that is currently on private shallow drinking-water wells near and
surrounded by septic tanks, and these are very dense areas.
So, first order of the business is get our customers there. That's
about 40 percent of City of Golden Gate customers on private wells
near septic tanks. Get them out of their private wells and move them
to our reliable, safe, potable water supply. In the process, provide
public-safety fire hydrants and thereafter, five years out, going into
10, 15 years, move to septic conversion.
Our goal is seek as much as we can alternative funding source
and minimize the ratepayers' impact in the process, getting some
grant funding, and we're diligently working with our information,
public affairs, and legislative affairs officers to move that process.
So, in summary, this is -- the four projects in front of you,
Project 1/2 is the north and west, and project 2/3, internal, which
creates two significant loops, positions us to provide service to that
40 percent remaining customers, drinking water from shallow waters.
Commissioners, that's about 30 feet plus/minus water wells near
septic tanks.
So, it's good news. It's great progress. And I think that this
kind of infrastructure investment will make the City of Golden Gate
golden, indeed.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Let me ask you one quick
question. You mentioned 40 percent.
DR. YILMAZ: Yes, sir.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Can you put a number on that?
Forty percent of -- I know the population in Golden Gate City is
somewhere around 25,000, I believe. So how many customers are
you talking about?
DR. YILMAZ: We're looking at 6,000 housing units being
currently on the potable water system. Since we have taken over,
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Commissioner, we have actually put additional customers on our
potable water system. So, the ratios I'm sharing with you already
enhanced low-hanging fruit. We went through and converted those
customers willing to be on our system, and there's a lot of willing
customers there.
Now, numbers are -- to be more specific to your question,
Commissioner, is about 6,000, 4,000 housing units currently .
However, seeing the projects and investment going there in terms of
other investment, multifamily, golf course, what might come from it,
we're positioned to provide potable water service as well as
wastewater service so that there is no bottleneck as fa r as water/sewer
infrastructure.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner Solis.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Well, I was going to ask that same
question. But did I hear you say that these shallow wells are 30-foot
wells?
DR. YILMAZ: Thirty plus/minus feet. That's upper Tamiami
water wells. And if they go further than 60 feet, then it gets
brackish. So, then our customers there on wells has to go with R/O
treatment, if not nano membrane, and I think our Commissioner
Saunders have an experience to get that kind of system being about
$15,000 more.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Thank you.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner McDaniel.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Great job.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And, Mr. Chairman, I'm not
by any stretch of the imagination telling you what to do, but I would
like to second your motion for approval on this. When we -- you led
the charge for the takeover of this utility. You saw the necessity, the
benefit for our community. You've established the Enterprise Zone,
I think -- Innovation Zone, whatever it is down along Golden Gate
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Parkway with the TIF, and this is -- and I think -- and the comment
that you made when we voted to take over this utility resonated with
me, and it was very similar to how I felt when we took over
Orangetree. It was probably one of the most important decisions
that our commission made for our entire community.
So, I'd like to second your --
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Well, I'll make that motion, and I
appreciate your second.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Absolutely.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: I will tell you that one of the
things that struck me about this particular utility when it was in
private hands was that the Golden Gate City area had some of the
highest water and sewer rates in the state, and they weren't getting
particularly good service.
And I believe, Mr. Yilmaz, you were able to take over that
system, really, without any cost to the county. And so I think that
was great work on our staff's part.
So, we have a motion and second. Is there any further
discussion?
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Just a --
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner Taylor.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: I don't want to discuss this, but
I'd like to respond to the fire hydrants, because I wanted -- anecdotal
conversation I had with my water committee up in Tallahassee with
the FAC water committee and bringing in the issue of fire hydrants.
But let's go and vote on this.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. We have a motion and
a second. All in favor, signify by saying aye.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Aye.
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COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Aye.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: That passes unanimously.
Commissioner Taylor.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: So at the guidance of
Dr. Yilmaz, I've had to submit some ideas for the consideration for
FAC, and one of the issues was fire hydrants and to make sure that
when you are going and you are improving, that you have the fire
hydrants. And one of my committee members said, oh, for Pete's
sake, we don't have money for that.
And I think it's a classic situation where you think of, you know,
oh, we need development, we need houses to come in, but they don't
prepare for the future. And the idea of 951 being the break line for
the fires in the east kind of flies in the face of what we experienced
maybe in 2017 where it jumped 951. So, I think -- I think it's so
very wise, and there's nothing like experience to underline what
needs to be done for the future. So, I really appreciate your guidance
in this. Thank you.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Thank you.
DR. YILMAZ: Thank you.
Item #11G
AWARDING INVITATION TO BID (“ITB”) NO. 20-7763,
“NCWRF EFFLUENT FILTERS NOS. 2 & 3 EQUIPMENT
REPLACEMENT " (PROJECT NUMBER 70148), TO R2T, INC.,
IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,752,629, AND AUTHORIZE THE
CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE ATTACHED AGREEMENT –
APPROVED
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CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We'll move on to 11G.
MR. OCHS: Yes, sir. This is a recommendation to award a
contract for replacement of Effluent Filters No. 2 and No. 3 at the
North County Water Reclamation Facility to R2T, Incorporated, in
the amount of $2,752,629, and authorize the Chairman to sign the
attached agreement.
Commissioners, this is the lowest of eight competitive
responsive bids on this project, and the final bid was 13 percent
below our engineer's estimate for the project.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. Any questions for
staff?
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Motion to approve.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Second.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We have a motion and a second.
Any discussion?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Seeing none, all in favor, signify
by saying aye.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Aye.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: That passes unanimously.
Thank you, Dr. Yilmaz.
DR. YILMAZ: Thank you.
Item #11H
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THE NANCY PAYTON PRESERVE FINAL MANAGEMENT
PLAN 10-YEAR UPDATE UNDER THE CONSERVATION
COLLIER PROGRAM - MOTION TO CONTINUE TO THE
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 BOARD MEETING AND BRING BACK
MORE ANALYSIS – APPROVED
MR. OCHS: Commissioners, that takes us to Item 11H, which
was previously Item 16D11 on your consent agenda. This is a
recommendation to approve the Nancy Payton Preserve Final
Management Plan 10-year update under the Conservation Collier
Program.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner McDaniel, I
believe that was your item.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yes. And the information
that I'm looking for is, was any kind of study done on the traffic that
was put upon Blue Sage Road? And as I shared with you, that's a
private road that travels along the main Golden Gate Canal, and we
access public property on a private road that's owned by people.
And I just want to make sure that there's an appropriate
contribution coming from the government facility in relationship to
the expenses associated with that MSTU. I know we've burdened
that MSTU with a fairly substantive expense, created it because of
the maintenance requisites that had to be done just to provide t he
access, and then are taxing the people that access their properties off
of this private road. And I just want to make sure that -- I didn't see
anything in the documentation that showed that that 2,000 was a
warranted expense based upon the traffic on that road.
MS. ARNOLD: For the record, Michelle Arnold, Public
Transit and Neighborhood Enhancement Division Director.
We didn't actually do a traffic count, but we did look at, you
know, the roadway impacts and the amount of improved properties
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along there. And there are quite a few unimproved private
properties. And we think that this is going to be contributing to, you
know, reducing the impacts on the private property owners because
there is traffic that is utilizing that road, as you noted, for this public
facility.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Right.
MS. ARNOLD: So, this is going to reduce that impact. And I
think what we did is look at the improved properties and compared
improved versus unimproved properties, and this was a fair-share
contribution for Conservation Collier.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Well, if I can, I'd like to
continue this for further discussion and analysis. Just the simple fact
that there aren't a lot of improved properties on it doesn't
really -- doesn't really register with me.
How much is the MSTU being charged for the maintenance
that's going on on Blue Sage right now? Do you remember what the
total amount of that cost was?
MS. ARNOLD: It's going to be roughly about $10,000
annually.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yes.
MS. ARNOLD: We've been out there three times, or the Road
Maintenance staff has been out there about three times already since
the establishment of the MSTU, and we're actually paying back
towards some of the costs for those improvements right now.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Right. And that's
where -- that's where I'm going with this. I've got an issue with
accessing a public property on a private road through other people's
property and us not contributing our fair share.
I've known about Blue Sage since I became the commissioner.
There's -- there is one of those improved property owners that called
me. I actually made a little joke with him, because he said his wife's
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Volvo has sat in the garage for two years because she couldn't get
through the ruts. And I said, well, you ought to be thanking us for
the wear and tear on your wife's car, and that was way back in '17.
So, I just want to -- I want to make sure that we are contributing
an equitable amount and not just picking a number. And I'm not
saying that you just picked a number, please. I just -- there was no
backup data that I could find that substantiated why we were
contributing to -- did I hear you say it was 10,000 a year?
MS. ARNOLD: Ten thousand this year, yeah.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: This year. The total amount
of the repairs, though, we've had to hit or contribute to Blue Sage
several times. Do you know what the total amount of those repairs
are?
MS. ARNOLD: About 30,000.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Okay. So all that
notwithstanding, I'd like a little more effort put into how we divided
up that appropriate expense.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Why don't we -- unless there's
some objection from the staff or the Commission, why don't we
continue that until the next meeting so you can get your information,
then we'll take a vote on it then.
Any objection to that, Mr. Ochs?
MR. OCHS: No, sir.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Is that okay with the Commission?
Then we'll have a motion -- do you have a motion?
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: To continue.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We have a motion. Is there a
second?
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Second.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We have a motion and second to
continue this to the next Commission meeting. All in favor, signify
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by saying aye.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Aye.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: That passes unanimously.
Item #11I
CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE EXTENSION AND AMENDMENT
OF THE AGREEMENT WITH THE PARTNERSHIP FOR
COLLIER’S FUTURE ECONOMY, INC. (“PARTNERSHIP”) IN
CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE ESTABLISHED PUBLIC-
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP DESIGNED TO ADVANCE THE
COUNTY’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS – MOTION
TO EXTEND THE AGREEMENT FOR 30 DAYS - APPROVED;
MOTION TO SEND TO THE PRODUCTIVITY COMMITTEE
FOR REVIEW – APPROVED
MR. OCHS: We move to Item 11I, which was previously
Item 16F9 on the consent agenda. This is a recommendation to
approve and authorize the Chairman to sign the extension and
amendment of the agreement with the partnership for Collier's Future
Economy, Incorporated, in continued support of the established
public/private partnership designed to advance the county's econ omic
development efforts.
Mr. Callahan can make the presentation or respond to --
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: And, Mr. Callahan, if you could
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give us some of the details of the lease, proposed lease.
MR. OCHS: This one isn't a lease, sir. This is the service
agreement between the Board and the Chamber for
business -- existing business retention and expansion and some
marketing. Sean.
MR. CALLAHAN: Yes, sir. For the record, Sean Callahan,
executive director of Corporate Business Operations.
This contract is an extension of a contract we've had in place
with the Chamber of Commerce for the past seven years to conduct
business retention and expansion activities on behalf of the county.
And with that, I'd be prepared to --
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: I got a little confused on another
item.
MR. CALLAHAN: No problem.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Are there any questions on this
particular item? Commissioner McDaniel.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I asked that this be pulled,
and it's not --
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: This one?
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: This one. Yes. This was
on our consent agenda, and I asked that this be brought up for us to
have a discussion about.
Again, I'm not in opposition of. I read the agreement. There
are amendments to the actual agreement. And as you know, I'm
regularly about measurables and milestones when we're expending
taxpayer funds. And I see an adjustment coming into the actual
agreement with the Chamber. And I'm not suggesting -- and
Michael's sitting back there; my friend.
So, there's -- I'm not suggesting any -- any ill will or
inappropriate activity. I just -- I would like to have this item, before
it's moved forward, reviewed by a Productivity Committee to ensure
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that those measurables and milestones are actually what was
represented in the first place for entering into this agreement, and
then going forward, that we are wisely spending our taxpayers'
money.
And, again, it's a, relatively speaking, brief continuance of the
item until that can be brought forward and a little bit mo re
investigation was done.
I saw a shift in the backup data from those measurables and
milestones that were a part of the original document that I think,
Commissioner Saunders, you and I were amending those several
years ago when we were -- when we were making contributions to
the regional economic development community and to the old -- that
acronym which shall not be named in these chambers, Ms. Clerk.
She's not paying attention.
With that, I'd like to continue it and move it over to the
Productivity Committee for review.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Mr. Ochs, how long would that
process take? And does that create any problems?
MR. OCHS: What's the expiration date on this, Sean? Is it --
MR. CALLAHAN: The current Chamber contract runs through
September 30 of this year. So, through the end of the fiscal year.
We'd have to check when the next Productivity Committee meeting
is. If that would be before the 22nd, allow us to extend the contract.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Well, you'd have to get
information to the members. So, if they have a meeting in
September, I assume that they could probably review information
that's provided to them if it was done immediately, but that's not a
whole lot of notice. So, we're probably looking into October to get
that input.
MR. OCHS: If the Board would be willing to, you know,
maybe extend the agreement for 30 days while we call this session of
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the Productivity Committee; would that be acceptable, Commissioner
McDaniel?
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Totally acceptable to me --
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We have a
couple -- Commissioner Fiala.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: How much does it cost? I mean,
it doesn't say how much we invest in this at all. And it just said
"continued." And I don't know what they do or how they do it
or -- you know, how we got into that business.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: It's 100,000.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Okay.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And a portion of it is for a
full-time FTE, and a portion of it is for business retention visits, and a
portion of it is for --
MR. OCHS: Marketing.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: -- marketing, advertising, that
sort of thing. And those are adjustments and amendments that were
made to the original agreement that we amended several years ago.
And I just want another set of eyes looking at what was -- what we
previously agreed to. And, again, it's -- I would like to have another
set of eyes, and that's the reason for the request.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner Taylor.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: I think before we leave this
issue, I'd like either Michael or Mr. Callahan to come up -- you're
here. Let's talk about what this Chamber does. That -- I think it's a
quiet -- very quiet thing you do, but I think it's significant, and I think
this commission would be well -- be an advantage to this commission
to be well versed on what you actually do as the Chamber of
Commerce in partnership with Collier County.
MR. DALBY: Thank you, Commissioner. And for the record,
Michael Dalby, President and CEO of the Chamber.
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So, this contract has been an agreement, a partnership for, as you
said, the past seven years. The Chamber provides that economics
development component of reaching out to our existing business,
making sure that -- particularly targeting our primary employers,
those who are selling product or service outside the area, bringing
new dollars into the community; to be able to have a staff member,
full-time staff member who focuses in on those economic
components. Not just taking care of the economy that we have right
now but also doing the work to try to manage projects and support
projects of companies looking at coming into the area.
Again, we focus in on those primary employers with the idea of
trying to make sure that we have a strong and sustainable economy
here in Collier County.
How do we do that? And this is a reimbursable contract that we
have had. It's been very similar to the last four years that I have
been with the Chamber to provide a number of visits. We are
contracted to do, I believe, 50, but we do over 100 visits every year,
one-on-one visits with business owners and operators, again targeting
those primary employers to make sure that they are being able to do
their business, being able to find their talent that they need to be able
to keep the business going, being able to work with the county and
county offices to be able to continue on their operations and grow
their operations here.
We also provide that -- that service in terms of the marketing.
And if somebody comes in and asks questions about doing business
in Collier County, we are able to do that work as well.
Again, it's been in partnership. When you've had your Office of
Business and Economics Development, we've worked closely with
them. We continue to work closely with Sean and others on the
county staff to make sure -- Growth Management as well to make
sure that any business that's looking at doing business here in the
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county gets the services, the research, the information they need.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner Solis.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Just a quick question. And I'm
trying to refresh my memory as to the changes. Some of the changes
we had -- I mean, in some respects, we have scaled back or we
changed what the Chamber was doing for the county, right, a few
years ago?
MR. DALBY: So, the most recent changes here deal with just
kind of having the difference between the county's responsibility,
Chamber responsibility, one of them being the website. The
Chamber that used to oversee the -- has been overseeing the website
for economic development, Collier EDO, and that is going to the
county because of the county's partnership there with the same
marketing group that does your tourism marketing, which we think is
a great idea. And we intend to leverage off of that with a little bit of
a campaign dealing with remote worker attraction, because it fits well
with Collier County.
And then some of the work that we were doing in terms of
providing economic information, providing an economic briefing
each year, and doing some other work that just -- it just adjusted a
little bit because of not having an Office of Business and Economic
Development and now us taking on a little bit more of that
responsibility as well.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: And I would just -- and,
Commissioner Taylor, thanks for asking this question, because I've
been on several of these retention visits, and the information that the
Chamber gets from these visits are really important to making sure
that we're doing the things that will not only attract businesses but
keep the ones that we have here --
MR. DALBY: Correct.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: -- when there's, maybe, lower-cost
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land and overhead in other places.
So, this is a vital function that, if the Chamber wasn't doing it for
us, that we would have to undertake in-house. And so, I think
it's -- this is an indispensable part of what we're trying to do in terms
of economic development. So, thanks for everything you're doing.
MR. DALBY: Thank you.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner McDaniel.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yes. And while you're
there, Michael, when we amended the agreement back in '17 or '18, I
can't remember the year specifically, there were -- there were
timelines on the measurables and milestones. And it's not -- I can
ask you; were these timelines met and fulfilled ?
MR. DALBY: Yes, yes.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And I -- and, again, one of
the reasons that popped up for me was the amendment to the
agreement shifted these measurables and milestones. There was, I
couldn't see in the amendment specific timelines for the reporting of
that for the transparency, for the accountability which was -- and,
again, Commissioner Solis, I have -- there's no question on the value
of this. I just -- I had a thought that we would shift it over to the
Productivity Committee and review it and make sure that
those -- those timelines and measurables and milestones,
transparency is a way to ensure accountability, and I know the
Chamber has no issue with that. I just -- I didn't see those in the
amendment.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Just -- and I want to make sure I
understand your point, because Exhibit C, from what I'm looking at,
is a timeline.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Yeah.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Am I looking at --
MR. CALLAHAN: Commissioner, if I could just speak to that.
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The Chamber operates on a reimbursable contract, so they submit a
quarterly deliverables report that's then evaluated by our finance
section, produced to the Clerk's Office, which then is a payable on
that account. So, there's an evaluation quarterly to make sure that
the business retention visits, that those types of deliverables that are
within the contract are actually being met before we reimburse the
Chamber for their invoice on a quarterly basis.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner Taylor.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: One thing that is -- and I have
been -- as your economic liaison, I've been on these retention visits,
and it is absolutely the most important lifeline into our community,
because we do not have time, as individual commissioners, to reach
out to all these businesses.
And calls have come in, you know, they're thinking this, they're
thinking about that. There's always reporting back to me, as your
liaison, about it. It's boots on the ground. It lets the economic -- the
people that drive the economic part of our economy, not the tourists
but the business part of our economy. It's so important to have that
outreach. It's been invaluable, and I'm delighted to see that it's going
to go forward. I think it's -- what I'm saying, I guess, in a quick
moment or quick sentence is, it is money well spent.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: I have no issues with continuing
the agreement. We do have a request to continue this so it is
reviewed by the Productivity Committee. I suspect that would
probably take us through most of October, because you're going to
have to schedule a meeting. I would suggest, just as a way to
continue this, is extend this for one more quarter so that --
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And let me recant, if I may.
Again, I'm not looking to turn anybody upside down. I just want to
make sure that it's reviewed and we're following procedure. So,
if -- we can always -- we can always send this over for review even
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after we've approved -- approved it and then make amendments if it
is, in fact --
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: I'd rather. I think it's so
important. Right now, at this sensitive time in our economy, I think
that is critical to keep it up.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And rather than trying to do a
quarterly approval or any -- I'm okay with -- I'm okay with it.
Again -- so I would make a recommendation for approval.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We have a motion to approve.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Second.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: And we have a second.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: With the proviso that we
could send it over to review at the Productivity Committee. Or
would you like a separate motion?
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Let's do this. Do that as a
separate motion.
So, we have a motion and a second to approve the agreement
extension. Any discussion? Commissioner Fiala?
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Just a quick one: Do we ever get
a report -- I haven't seen one -- from the Chamber telling us what
they've discovered or what they've led to or anything at all?
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: And I think that would be my
responsibility when it comes to me, and I'd be glad to bring it back.
As we don't have an economic committee, but I am the liaison for the
economic development in Collier County, I would be more than
happy to bring it forward.
MR. DALBY: And each quarter we prepare a report that goes
out to all of your staffs, so --
(Simultaneous crosstalk.)
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. If you could make sure
that we all get copies of that.
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COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I know that I've seen it,
Commissioner Fiala. They actually segregate out the businesses for
the districts and share with me who they've visited in District 5, so...
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Well, I guess I missed District 1,
then.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. We will get the report.
MR. CALLAHAN: We'll make sure you get the report,
Commissioner.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We have a motion and a second.
Any further discussion on the motion?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All in favor, signify by saying aye.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Aye.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: That passes unanimously.
And, Commissioner McDaniel, you wanted to make a motion to
refer this to the Productivity Committee?
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: If I -- yes, please. Well said.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. We have a motion.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Second.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: And a second. All in favor,
signify by saying aye.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Aye.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye.
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CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: So that will be sent to the
Productivity Committee for their review and recommendations.
Item #11J
LEASE CONSOLIDATION AND FIRST AMENDMENT TO
LEASE FOR THE NAPLES ACCELERATOR WITH KRAFT
OFFICE CENTER, LLC FOR DEDICATED OFFICE SPACE FOR
THE PROGRAM – APPROVED
MR. OCHS: Thank you, Commissioners.
That takes us to Item 11J, which was previously Item 16F2 on
this morning's agenda. And this is a recommendation to approve the
lease -- first amendment to the lease for the Naples Accelerator with
Kraft Office Center, LLC, for dedicated office space for the program.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: This is where I was getting a little
confused on the item.
MR. OCHS: Yes, sir.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: So, I'd like some information
about the details of the lease.
MR. CALLAHAN: Yes, sir. Again, for the record, Sean
Callahan, executive director of Corporate Business Operations.
So, before you today is an extension of the lease at the Kraft
Center for the Naples Accelerator. It's a five-year option that was
included in the original terms of the lease. So, the lease that we
signed back in 2015 had the option to extend the lease for five years
at a 3 percent increase to the rate that we were paying for rent.
So that puts us in at 22.13 per square foot. Included in your
backup were several other current leases in the Kraft Center that
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we're leasing at a much higher rate, about 29 to $36. So, us picking
up that option to extend for five years per the lease gets us a much
discounted rate from what the current market rate at the Kraft Center
is.
So, that's what you have before you is a five-year extension. I
would include that we are activity seeking out county -owned spaces.
We see some near-horizon opportunities that we may be able to
collocate this operation on county space, which would obviously
come at no cost to us.
So, we wanted to extend the lease as we explore those. The
lease does have a 90-day termination clause. So, any time we are
interested, we can provide 90 days’ notice to the landlord at the Kraft
Center and terminate that lease, which would allow us to move in a
timely fashion.
There is a cost associated with relocating a lot of the leasehold
improvements that have been made to the accelerator. We got one
quote that had it at about $80,000 to break down, remove, and set
back up in another location. So, we'd like to avoid doing that
multiple times as we seek out a county-owned space. But with all of
the projects that are coming from the sales tax and some other
opportunities with county construction that's coming up, we'd
like -- we see it as a best fit to extend the lease currently at that
3 percent increase and then continue to seek and terminate when we
find a more suitable space for the accelerator.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner Fiala.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yeah. I have a problem with this
program. I've mentioned it before. I haven't seen any successes on
there, and we've gone on years and years, and we throw over a
million dollars every year, and I don't see any success. And I don't
know why we're going to push on to continue to have no success, but
spend a million or more dollars every year when we're not
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accomplishing anything.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Could you give us some
information on what we are spending on this particular program at
that location?
MR. CALLAHAN: Sure. So, the accelerator program as a
whole is about 900,000-plus dollars, but that's to operate two
different accelerators in both Immokalee and at the Naples
Accelerator. The Naples Accelerator itself is just south of 600,000.
I would take the Board back. We've -- and remind that last year
we actually terminated our contract with the operator of the facility
for the first few years and, at Board direction, pursued an agreement
with Florida Gulf Coast University, which was approved this year in
May.
Florida Gulf Coast actually started operating at the accelerator
on August 15th, so about three weeks ago. They currently have 24
participants in their program. We still have some other participants
that are utilizing the accelerator but not in that program, and we see
that as a new program that we've reset that we really hope to have
some success. It's in its infancy right now, but they've already
generated participation in the program and, as I said, they've been in
operation for about three weeks.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: But the FGCU does have quite a
few facilities around. Why are we renting this when they
have -- well, they have one right down here on Bayshore, and they
have another one downtown in the city, and then they've got their
own school.
I don't know why we're spending all this money when they've
already got schools, and then they have to move their people to
different locations.
MR. CALLAHAN: So, Florida Gulf Coast, the Renaissance
program that they're running downtown, as you referenced, they're
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actually seeking a new space for that. Down in Bayshore, they run
their water-quality program, which there's not really the capacity to
house an operation like this at the Naples Botanical Garden.
So, in conjunction with FGCU, we are seeking different spaces
out, and that's when I mentioned the opportunity to collocate with
some other. In the infrastructure sales tax, there's a workforce
training center that's yet to be constructed that could be a good
opportunity for collocation. Florida Gulf Coast, in seeking to
relocate some of the Renaissance programs and some other new
programs coming online, they'd prefer a location up in North Naples
closer to the FGCU campus, and there's just, unfortunately, not a
location that FGCU has here in Collier County right now to be able to
move this program to. But as I mentioned, we are pursuing that
aggressively and hope to be there as soon as possible.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: I hate to put you on the spot, but
one more question.
MR. CALLAHAN: Sure.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Could you brag, really, about
some success that you've had over the years coming out of that
facility?
MR. CALLAHAN: Well, I think the most recent success is
getting FGCU's School of Entrepreneurship, which is the top-ranked
program in Florida -- it's 29th in the overall country -- to actually
come in and operate the program, would be our most recent success.
And I think we're looking really forward to growing companies out of
that new program.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner McDaniel.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I'm going to brag for them,
and that has to do with the Immokalee Accelerator. You know, the
Naples Accelerator was always in question. But I actually spoke
with Trevor and Reshma, the salsa lady that we incubated in our
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Immokalee food accelerator. And I spoke with Trevor on Friday,
and they recently signed a contract with Mr. Oakes for Seed to Table
for a huge order for a specific kind of salsa and also an agreement
with Sysco as a distributor to be a provider of salsa for them. So
there's a brag for you as far as this entire process goes.
And I'm -- there again, I'm not sure if we're on the right path or
not. My issue with this subject was not the facility. It was the
comparison of rents that our staff went out and utilized for first-floor
retail facilities on U.S. 41 in high-traffic areas. This facility is not.
This facility is off the main road. It's on a second f loor. I didn't see
any comparison.
Commissioner Saunders, you could drive up and down Golden
Gate Parkway and innumerable vacancies that were -- that were not
explored or brought into this. So, my -- and we all know there's an
expense in moving. And I -- when we met on Friday, I talked to our
senior staff, and we know that we're doing the resource park in that
particular area, and that's one of the suggestions that this facility, in
fact, goes. And we don't want to waste money, but I just -- well, all I
would like to suggest is we shorten the term from a bequeath of five
years, because it becomes that -- to an extension of one year and then
have it reviewed to ensure that we're doing the best thing for our
taxpayers.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: There's a 90-day termination
provision for the convenience of the county. So, if we want to
terminate at any point, whether it's a five-year term or a 10-year term,
it doesn't really matter with the 90-day termination.
I'm going to support this. I have been somewhat in opposition
to this accelerator. And I've said repeatedly I'll give them one more
year, and this year really is the last year that I'll support this if there
aren't significant showings of success.
And so, we do have FGCU in here for the first time. I think
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that could make the big difference. So, I'm going to support this but
only for this one year.
So, Commissioner Solis.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: No other comments.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Can I ask you a question?
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner McDaniel.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: My suggestion was just a
renewal of the lease for 12 months, which puts a trigger on it for us to
actually be reviewing it and talking about it again. Are you
suggesting that we approve this with a five-year extension of the
lease and then -- and hold their feet to the fire? I'm not sure.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Yeah. We have a 90-day
termination in there. Typically you don't have a termination in a
lease for convenience. In this case we do. So, we really have a
90-day lease when you really get down to it.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Yeah.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: So, I don't think it makes any
difference whether we have a one-year or five-year with that
termination provision.
Commissioner Solis, are you --
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Well, it was -- actually, I thought
we got past this. But, I mean, what we're doing here is we're
exercising a five-year option that's already in the lease. We're
not -- right?
MR. CALLAHAN: That's correct.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: We're not renegotiating a lease. I
mean, there's a lease that's out there that has a five-year option.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: We can terminate.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: I mean, we can't just change the
terms of the lease without signing a new lease. I mean, if we -- we
have a 90-day option -- a 90-day termination period for whatever
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reason that we want. I just don't think that we can say it's a one -year
extension, because we have a signed document that's the agreement.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner Taylor.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Yeah. I'm just -- on that note, I
think we've got a trapdoor to get out of it. Ninety days is very good
in this economic situation we have. And if any time we need FGCU
to come in here and inspire the entrepreneurs, it's now. This is an
economy that is volatile. This is what we're facing. We don't know
what we're facing. And to keep that consistency and to keep the
energy behind what we do here is very important.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner McDaniel, did you
have something else?
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Well, my comment had to do
along the lines of what Commissioner Fiala said. There's a larger
looming expense associated with this entire program other than just
the rent for this particular space that we have. And I have, since I
became a commissioner, questioned the validity of EII and any
economic accelerators and the like.
I, like you, will share your one-year term, if you will, if we don't
see some real, live productivity coming from that organization. I
would -- I mean, we could cancel this lease right now and end the
program and not be out the expense for something that hasn't really
been all that productive for our community. I mean, it's a million
dollars that we're talking about here from an expense standpoint, a
year, so...
And I understand, Commissioner Solis, it's a renewal of a lease
and an option and an increase in rent and so on, but I've had questions
about the productivity of what this organization has done, so...
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. Any further
discussion?
(No response.)
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CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Then is there a motion?
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: So moved.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. We have a motion to
approve the five-year option.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Second.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We have a motion and a second.
Any discussion on the motion?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Seeing none, all in favor, signify
by saying aye.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Aye.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All opposed?
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: That passes 3-2, I believe.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I voted for it.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: You voted for it; I'm sorry.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I concur with you that, in
essence, it's a 90-day lease, and we're not going to -- I'm not,
personally, going to let it lie, so...
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. It passes 4-1.
MR. OCHS: Thank you, Commissioners.
We move now to --
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Let's -- I'll tell you what. We
need to take a break for our court reporter. Why don't we come
back -- do you want to come back at about 11:00? We'll take 18
minutes.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: My, my, my.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We'll finish up pretty quickly after
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that. So, we'll come back -- we'll be in recess until 11:00.
(A brief recess was had from 10:42 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.)
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Ladies and gentlemen, the County
Commission will please come back to order. If you would take your
seats.
MR. OCHS: Commissioners, we move now to Item 14 on the
agenda, 14B to be specific, Community Redevelopment Agency.
So, Mr. Chairman, I think it would be appropriate to turn the
gavel to the CRA chair at this time, who's walking right in behind
you.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner Fiala, the meeting
is turned over to you.
CHAIRMAN FIALA: Thank you very much.
Yes, will the CRA meeting please come to order. And --
Item #14B1
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, ACTING AS
THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
(CRA), APPROVE THE FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE REAL
ESTATE PURCHASE AGREEMENT APPROVED APRIL 26,
2016 BETWEEN REAL ESTATE PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL,
LLC (PURCHASER) AND THE CRA (SELLER), REGARDING
AN EXTENSION TO THE CLOSING DATE AND AUTHORIZE
ANY NECESSARY BUDGET AMENDMENTS – APPROVED
MR. OCHS: Madam Chairman, we have two items this
morning. The first is Item 14B1, and that is a recommendation that
the Board of County Commissioners, acting as the Community
Redevelopment Agency Board, approve the fifth amendment to the
real estate purchase agreement approved April 26th, 2016, between
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Real Estate Partners International, LLC, and the CRA regarding an
extension to the closing date of the agreement and authorize any
necessary budget amendments. And your CRA director, Deborah
Forester, will make the presentation.
MS. FORESTER: Good morning, Commissioners. For the
record, Deborah Forester, CRA director.
As you'll recall, in 2016 we entered into the purchase agreement
with RAPI, now referred to as Metropolitan Naples, and we've been
working through our due diligence.
Our current closing date is scheduled for September the 14th.
Our purchaser has requested that we extend that by 60 days, which
would take us to November the 13th. And in consideration for that
extension, they would be giving us a $25,000 extension fee, which is
nonrefundable, plus they would be depositing an additional
$2,118,000 into our escrow account. Both of those would be
deposited immediately after the approval of the extension.
The escrow account funds could be used for us to close on the
Del's Corner property or other uses as authorized by the Board.
And with that, staff is available to answer any questions, and our
purchaser is also here.
CHAIRMAN FIALA: Thank you very much. Chairman.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Thank you. On the
2.118 million that's going into escrow, does that become a
nonrefundable deposit --
MS. FORESTER: It will be.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: -- once it's deposited?
When you say "it will be," when will it be?
MS. FORESTER: Okay. Well, it is based on contingent
precedent to the closing. And if you -- I included an attachment in
the agenda packet which lists all those conditions out.
We have reviewed all of those conditions from a staff level and
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feel that the vast majority are completed. The only ones that are not
is a moratorium that the Board would have to put into place and prior
to closing so they could not build. So, basically, we feel that all the
conditions have been met, and it would be hard -- at this point in
time, if they didn't close, it would be defaulted upon as stated in the
agreement.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: So, again, just to be clear,
the $2.1 million that's going into escrow, we spend that -- the CRA
spends that to buy the Del's Corner, what happens if the Triangle deal
does not close for whatever reason? Do we then have to pay that
money back, the 2 million?
MS. FORESTER: No. It would be -- unless they defaulted on
the -- if they defaulted, we would get the money, and we would be
fine.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Okay. We have no reason
to think that we're going to default on the contract?
MS. FORESTER: Correct.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: I just want to make it clear
that -- because my concern about the Del's Corner acquisition was
simply that I didn't think the CRA could afford to have debt on the
Triangle property and also borrowing money and having debt on the
Del's property at the same time. So, this eliminates that. All right.
MS. FORESTER: Correct.
CHAIRMAN FIALA: Very good question. Yes,
Commissioner McDaniel.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yeah, good morning.
And I had asked that same question as well, Commissioner
Saunders. And we are -- the intent is once the money's
deposited -- as you well know, a nonrefundable deposit in escrow
doesn't mean that you just get the money if the buyer defaults.
There's litigation and such. But they've also allowed for the release
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of this money to come into the county coffers so we're not talking
about it in the event that they default.
Number 2, I'm certainly okay with the extension. I think it's a
very fair request. They're meeting the majority of the terms of the
agreement.
I have an issue with the agenda item and the extension of the
Del's purchase in conjunction with the extension of this purchase. I
would rather we vote on those separately. I don't want to have to -- I
don't want to have --
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: They're two separate items.
We're on 14B1.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Oh. Forgive me. I
misunderstood. So, there you go.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: I'm sorry. Madam Chair,
Penny Taylor's light is lit up.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Hi.
CHAIRMAN FIALA: Okay, fine.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Hi. Yes, thank you.
And it's my understanding in conversation with Mrs. Ackerman
that she is very -- content is probably the right word to use with this
extension.
CHAIRMAN FIALA: Say the word again.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: She's content. She's very much
in agreement with this extension. She's not fighting it saying, oh,
my gosh, you know, why are we delaying this. So, she has a lot of
confidence that this is going to go forward.
CHAIRMAN FIALA: Thank you.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: You're welcome.
CHAIRMAN FIALA: Mr. Solis, anything?
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: No.
CHAIRMAN FIALA: Okay, fine. Any further comments?
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(No response.)
CHAIRMAN FIALA: May I hear a motion?
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: So moved.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Second.
CHAIRMAN FIALA: And a second from Commissioner
McDaniel. Okay. I have a motion and a second. All in favor,
signify by saying aye.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye.
CHAIRMAN FIALA: Aye.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Aye.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye.
CHAIRMAN FIALA: Opposed, like sign.
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN FIALA: 5-0.
MR. OCHS: Thank you.
Item #14B2
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, ACTING AS
THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
(CRA) APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT FOR
SALE AND PURCHASE WITH THERESA ACKERMAN TO
ACQUIRE DEL’S CORNER REQUESTING AN EXTENSION TO
THE CLOSING DATE AND INCLUDE THE OPTION FOR
PURCHASER TO WAIVE CONTINGENCY TERMS –
APPROVED
MR. OCHS: Madam Chairman, that takes us to Item 14B2, and
this is a recommendation that the Board of County Commissioners,
acting as the Community Redevelopment Agency Board, approve an
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amendment to the agreement for sale and purchase with Theresa
Ackerman to acquire Del's Corner, requesting an extension to the
closing date, and include the option for purchaser to waive
contingency terms.
CHAIRMAN FIALA: Does everybody understand that, or
would you like Deborah Forester to go over that with us?
MR. OCHS: She has a very brief presentation, Commissioner,
if you'd allow.
CHAIRMAN FIALA: Okay.
MS. FORESTER: And, Commissioners, we're, again, asking
for the extension for 30 days. That is for us to continue our due
diligence. After that 30-day period, if necessary, our real properties
manager could extend that for an additional 30 days if we're not
completed with our due diligence. So that would take our closing up
to October 23rd. This, again, would waive the contingency so we
could close on this prior to closing on the mini-triangle.
CHAIRMAN FIALA: Any questions from Board members?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN FIALA: Then may I hear a motion?
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: I'll make a motion to
approve that.
CHAIRMAN FIALA: Okay. And a second?
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Second.
CHAIRMAN FIALA: And a second from Commissioner Solis.
Commissioner McDaniel, did you have a question?
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I do.
Well, a question/comment. I'm not in favor of this acquisition.
Has the CRA met?
MS. FORESTER: Yes, they have.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Have they voted on this
preemption and made recommendations to that?
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MS. FORESTER: Yes.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Because I hadn't seen that.
And when you -- when this was originally brought to us for our
approval, the CRA had not met yet. There was a polling of the
Board at some time to substantiate this acquisition. So I've
got -- I've got -- I don't think that this is a good expenditure for our
CRA, and I'm not in favor of any of this.
CHAIRMAN FIALA: Okay. I have a motion on the floor and
a second. Any further comments?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN FIALA: All in favor, signify by saying aye.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye.
CHAIRMAN FIALA: Aye.
COMMISSIONER SAUNDERS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Aye.
CHAIRMAN FIALA: Opposed, like sign.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye.
CHAIRMAN FIALA: That's a one. Okay, 4-1. Thank you
very much.
And now I will turn this meeting back over to Commissioner
Saunders.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Thank you. Mr. Ochs, we're on
Item 15.
Item #15
STAFF AND COMMISSION GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS
MR. OCHS: Yes, sir, staff and commission general
communications. I have nothing this morning for the Commission.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Mr. Klatzkow, anything?
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MR. KLATZKOW: Nothing, sir.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Any the -- Ms. Kinzel, do you
have anything?
MS. KINZEL: No, thank you, Commissioner.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. Commissioner
McDaniel, do you want us to start at your end, or shall we go --
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I'm ready this time.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: You're ready? Okay.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I'm ready.
A couple of things. I'm running into a little bit of issue in
Eastern Collier County. For those of you that don't know, there was
a substation built on Immokalee Road at the intersection of 47th and
Immokalee Road.
No permission is required by the utility departments. No
permitting is necessarily pulled, no notification to the community that
it's coming, and then they snatch those monster power poles that are
all along Immokalee Road all the way into town down 47th, a
residential neighborhood. Again, they had to pull a permit. It's all
done legally, and it's done within the county right-of-way, but no
notice was done.
We have intersection improvements that are requisite at 47th
and Immokalee. That's a T intersection. Staff's recommending
building a bridge on 47th clear over to Everglades Boulevard, which
is going to increase an enormous amount of traffic into that
intersection if that bridge is approved. I'm hoping we don't do the
bridge, by the way. But all that notwithstanding, I just would like to
put our staff and people on notice that if something like -- I mean,
because when I called -- when that construction started on 47th, I
called Nick, and he thought it was a school. And it wasn't -- and
then I called Dr. Patton, and it wasn't the school, and then we ended
up figuring out that it was FPL. And they, there again, just built it
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without -- we could have done a really nifty intersection
improvement, a roundabout on Immokalee and 47th just to help the
people that are back there now if we'd had, I think, a little
coordinated effort with the utility companies and were better
informed.
So, for the record, I would like to be informed -- I would like us
to be informed whenever there's a construction project coming on
from one of the utilities and/or the school, because they don't have to
ask permission. They just go do their thing. So, I mean --
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Is it too late to see if you can
backtrack and make a right out of that wrong?
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: No. The poles are up.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Oh, okay.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And, I mean, I drove by it
today, and they've got a really nice sight and sound barrier wall
eight feet high, and it's a block wall, and probably a safety feature as
well. But the deed's been done. And, you know, the folks on
47th -- no one was made aware. And not that I'm
afraid -- obviously, that I'm afraid of catching a lot of heat, but I'm
catching a lot of heat on something I didn't even know was, in fact,
coming. So, I just would like to ask that if it's at all possible.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner Fiala.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Thank you very much.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I'm not done yet. I have
more.
(Simultaneous crosstalk.)
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Nick has the name of a contact
person, and that person is high enough up where she can make that
difference. So, I'm sure Nick will help you to get ahold of her.
MR. CASALANGUIDA: Yes, sir. Charlotte Miller is our
contact, and we are in very close communication with her, so I'll get
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that message to her.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Well, they don't have to ask
permission. They don't have to do a public notice. They can go
into our county right-of-way and install utilities, necessarily, at will
as the need is requisite, but -- and we -- you know, I just want -- if we
could let people know that that stuff's coming as opposed to coming
home and having one of those 100-foot-high poles in your front yard.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: I think -- I think what we can
do -- obviously, FP&L's going to have construction projects all over
the county all the time, and it would be very difficult for staff to alert
you to all of those. But I think FP&L can certainly alert us to each
one of the -- so you're going to be working with the FP&L
representative.
MR. CASALANGUIDA: Yes, sir.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: The request is for advance notice
of any of their construction projects, and if you'll inform
Commissioner McDaniel and --
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Or any of us. They could
put those power poles down Logan. Any public right-of-way that
they decide to do. Alico up, you know, services a good p art of
Golden Gate City proper.
There's two different utility companies that are running power to
our community and, obviously, the majority of the growth is
happening in Eastern Collier County. But I just -- again,
it's -- Dr. Patton built a school site -- well, did the improvements for a
school site on Immokalee Road as well, and it took me quite some
time -- it's a nice pasture right now. It's just a field. But there's
going to be a school there, and it's not too awfully far from the
charter school that's built over at Wilson. So that's a note.
Thank you, by the way -- not that I need to thank you. But the
Health Department received their Mini Winnie, I think, last week. I
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got notice of that, so that's going to be a huge -- we call
it -- Stephanie, Director Vick and I, she calls it a Mini Winnie.
That's the mobile testing facility that the Health Department's going
to be utilizing to get around to some of our different areas of our
community to address the issue of testing for folks that can't
necessarily get to us and the facilities, and I just wanted to say thank
you. That's a nice thing.
Commissioner Taylor, you and I attended a really nifty -- a
water-quality, surface water-quality presentation in Bonita Springs,
and I would highly recommend that our staff look into that if we
haven't. You look into it as well.
And I'm all about maximizing the assets of our community.
Bonita built an anaerobic -- they call it a bioreactor, which sounds
like kind of nuclear, and that's not what it is. But it's an anaerobic
water-treatment facility, and they did it underneath a county -- or a
city parking lot in their redevelopment area of Bonita Springs, and
they've got four different methodologies of water-quality testing.
Commissioner Taylor was there briefly for a little bit. Ray
Sandelli from Lee County was there. And two of the City Council
people were there to see the presentation. And it's a -- it really is an
exciting -- to me it's an -- it's an exciting opportunity for our
community to enhance our -- because we all know we have issues
with transmission of stormwater into the surficial water tables and
nutrient loads and all of the things that come along with that. And
this is one of the most innovative systems that I've ever seen. And
they've got a little test going on right while they're doing it and seeing
positive results from the utilization.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Did you ever get to the site?
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Oh, yes, ma'am.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Okay.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yes, ma'am. I went and
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walked it.
And, actually, just so you know, they're looking for more money
right now, because one of the things they've learned with the system
is without a -- because with our good Lord sending rainwater, it's not
a constant flow of water in through the system, and they need that.
And if you don't have that, then this anaerobic aspect of the cleansing
gives off emissions. When it's drawing out the nitrates and nitrogen
from the water, the nutrients from the water, it gives off an odor.
But when there's continuous flow, the odor's not there. It just
disseminates and goes out through the atmosphere.
And so what they're going to do is pump out of the Imperial
River, and when the rainwater drops off and so they don't have that
continuous flow, they can pump out of the river, cleanse the water
that has a very high nutrient content in it in the first place and pump it
through the system and then -- and not have the emissions issue.
So it was -- and on top of all that, it's a parking lot. You know,
because Bonita's done an enormous amount to improve their
community, especially down in Old Bonita off of Old 41 with the
roundabouts, and their investment in that community's been amazing,
and just having an extra government -owned parking facility for those
businesses is an amazing thing, so...
And just the last, I did mention it briefly, but I do want to shout
out to our little salsa company. It's not going to be little too awful
longer. And it's also going to be a huge benefit from an economic
standpoint. Where did he go? Sean. I don't see him. From an
economic standpoint, as they're growing their business, that's the
salsa company that's done the contract with Sysco, they're going to
utilize our accelerator in Immokalee on a larger basis until they get to
a point where the production requisite that they come out and do their
own. So.
MR. OCHS: Exciting.
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COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Both ways. And that's all.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Thank you.
Commissioner Taylor.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Yes, thank you.
A couple of things. The CARES Act CVB Destination
Marketing Plan, you may remember that we talked about marketing
our destination to bring folks back here and that it can be covered
because, specifically, it's about COVID. It's in reaction to the
fleeing of visitors and actually residents that have come to our
community year after year and their great concern about coming
back.
And so, I believe we are going to be discussing this in a couple
of weeks. But as I know economically and talking to a lot of the
retail folks and as you -- I think I've spoken before that I've had a
great number of them on a couple of Zoom calls about what can we
do, how can we help, what are your ideas.
They have said again and again, it's speak with a unified voice.
Make sure the message is clear, succinct, and direct to whomever we
want to market to.
So, what has happened is a lot of the retail folks, Third Street,
Waterside, Fifth Avenue, even the Mercato, are already marketing,
and part of the plan is that there can be sharing back and forth. And
one of the things that --
(Power flicker.)
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Forget to pay the electrical
bill?
MR. OCHS: We're on backup power.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: God's speaking. That's really
interesting.
One of the -- one of the -- they've already gone to market
September 1st. I guess if you've talked to enough retail folks and
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restaurant folks, they're going to say we can never go through another
season like we've just gone through, or we're going to lose it. So
they're very anxious to get folks back here.
What we've done is -- or what they've done is we've created two
programs. One is going to go locally, and the other one will go
nationally, and the idea is to get it out to start reassuring folks that it's
safe to come here. It's called Collier Cares and the things that folks
are doing in order to make folks in other states feel safe about coming
to Florida, number one, but most importantly to Collier County.
Other communities are doing the same thing. We're up against
a deadline. I'd like to see if we've got, you know, a nod to go
forward with this. I believe the local campaign is 25,000, I think it
is. Oh, here. It's just come up. But the long term -- the outreach to
folks outside of our state in the Northeast, which is where we get a lot
of visitors from -- it's the Northeast, Midwest, that, I believe, is
75,000.
Again, this is CARES money. This is money that is
coming -- and it's not connected to the TDC. It is -- it's the same
firm that's using -- we're using the same firm, but this message says
Collier Cares, and these are the things we're doing and featuring
businesses that are implementing these strategies.
So, I just needed to see if we've got some tacit -- you know,
some head nods to go forward and to get it into market so they can
start getting -- getting the message out here. It will go until
December, and then it will not -- nothing after that. So, it's critical
that we hit the market now, September, October, November,
December, because in December we have to return -- if we don't
spend the money, then it needs to go back to the government. So
that's why we can't -- I was thinking that we could book the campaign
and run it through all next year. We can't. It ends in December, so
that's why it's critical to go forward right now.
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CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Is this a total of $100,000, or is
it -- because you mentioned 25,000 as part of it and 75,000. So are
you talking about 100,000 total, or was that 25- included in the 75-?
MR. OCHS: No, no. It's 100-.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: It's 100-.
MR. OCHS: It's 100-.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Okay. And, Mr. Ochs, in terms
of the CARES Act, we understand that that's a grant that has to be
spent by December 31st of this year. Any issues associated with
using those funds for this purpose? It sounds like there's no issue
there.
MR. OCHS: No. In fact, we know that it's an eligible
expense. We've already verified that.
The problem is a policy one. If the Commission will recall
when you originally authorized the staff to go out and move out that
CARES funding, at the time the commissioners said, we don't want
any of that money to go to government agencies until the end, till we
see how much money is left. And we've got a handful of applicants
that our other local -- municipal and other local government
organizations that have applied for some of that CARE funding. We
have not released it yet because of this prior policy, and we were
bringing an update to the Board at your next meeting on the whole
program.
What Commissioner Taylor is asking for, and we fully support,
is -- we were going to ask for that approval as part of that
presentation at your next meeting, but because of timing, we would
like to move out more quickly because of the timing of the marketing
campaign. And then if the Board for some reason doesn't approve it
on the 22nd, we'll take it out of General Fund or TDT funding. But
we really do think it's important to move forward now with that
campaign.
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CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner Solis.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Just so I'm up to speed. So this
is -- this is unrelated to the TDC, but I'm assuming that whatever the
campaign's going to be is going to be kind of coordinated?
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Oh, yes.
MR. OCHS: Yes. It's very integrated, as Commissioner said.
So, there's no disconnect at all between our --
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Okay.
MR. OCHS: -- tourism advertising and this economic
development campaign.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Yeah. There's some very -- I
think they're doing some very good advertising strategies --
MR. OCHS: Correct.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: -- the TDT staff is.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner McDaniel.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Yes. I'm not in favor of it
until after we get the report in two weeks. It's duplicative, in my
personal opinion.
I haven't reviewed the actual processes that we directed staff to
do to administer the CARES funding to make sure that our
community receives those funds first.
And a slight correction on what you said. If we don't -- the
total amount of the CARES funding is 67 million. About 17 million
of it came to us in a check. The balance is a reimbursable process,
so we don't have anything to give back. I think we're already over
that first $17 million allotment in what's been proposed. So
we're -- if we -- you're correct, if we don't use it, we lose it, but I
would rather have the full report on the 22nd before we move
forward. Again, I would like to ensure that our community is being
taken care of first before we -- I mean, we already have an enormous
amount of money in the TDC that's -- or the TDT tax that goes out
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for advertising what Collier County does, so...
MR. OCHS: Commissioners, if it's any comfort to you, I can
tell you that of all the applications we've received and processed and
verified so far, there's sufficient money within that $67 million
allotment. And you're right, the first 17- is upfront. The rest is
reimbursement. What I'm saying to you and the Board is that I don't
think this particular expenditure is going to result in any other
applicant who's qualified from receiving their CARES funding.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: And your recommendation is to
move forward with this?
MR. OCHS: Yes, sir.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: We generally don't make final
decisions on council -- Commission communications. That doesn't
mean we can't but, you know, we try to not do that. But when it's
timely, we certainly can. So, I will entertain a motion one way or
the other on this issue.
Commissioner Taylor?
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: I'd like to -- well, I'd like to
make a motion to move forward with this, understanding that a
decision could be made -- another decision could be made when we
hear the presentation in October the end of -- or the end of
September, but based on the criticalness of getting into the market
now to bring folks here.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. We have a motion. Is
there a second?
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yes, I'll second it.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Any discussion on the motion?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Seeing none, I'll call for the vote.
All in favor, signify by saying aye.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Aye.
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COMMISSIONER FIALA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Aye.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All opposed?
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Aye.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: That passes 4-1.
And let's -- on an item like this, let's try to put it on the regular
agenda, even if it's just an add-on at the beginning of the meeting, so
that there's public discussion and public debate. We should be very
reluctant to make these kind of decisions at this point. So going
forward, let's try to do that.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Okay. That's fine.
MR. OCHS: Yes, sir.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Point well taken.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner Taylor, anything
else?
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: No, I think that's it today.
Thank you.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Okay. Commissioner Solis.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Nothing from me.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Commissioner Fiala?
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Nothing from me either.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Okay. I have two things.
The first, we are moving along very quickly with the plans for
the Golden Gate Golf Course, and one of the things that we voted to
include in that project was a veterans nursing home. I need to get an
update on where the federal government is in terms of financing these
types of facilities. My understanding is that they were going to
authorize one or two more nursing homes in Florida. That may have
changed because of the pandemic, but the federal government wanted
to get out of the business of financing nursing homes.
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So there's an alternative type of facility, and I'd like for staff to
have our lobbyist look into this as well, and that is, they are funding
veterans daycare type facilities similar to the facilities that we have
for seniors to go to. This would be something for veterans. That
may be an alternative use of those funds and that property if we're not
able to move forward with the veterans nursing home.
So I'd like staff to work with our lobbyist, and let's get some
answers as to where we can go with that project.
The second thing -- and I need approval from the Commission.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Is that on a different subject?
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Yes. Oh, I'm sorry. Go ahead.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: Could you ask staff to give us
a report on that at our next meeting?
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: On the nursing home, sure.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: I'd like to see the site plan.
I'm very excited about what we're doing with that. I know there's
been some updates to the site plan, and we're still flipping a coin on
nine or 12 holes and with space and all that sort of thing. So I would
like a review --
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: I think there's some very positive
news on that front.
Mr. Casalanguida, would the next meeting be an opportune time
for an update for the Board?
MR. CASALANGUIDA: Yes, sir. We've given you a brief,
as the commissioner of the district. We're happy to kind of lay out
the strategy for the site.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. That would be great.
The second thing is I'd like to -- I've drafted an ordinance that
deals with the rotation of the chairmanship of the Commission.
Many communities, Lee County is an example of one, where they
just go by district number to determine who's going to be the next
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chairman. That will take some of the intrigue and, you know, who's
talking to who and that sort of thing out of the process and also that
way everybody gets to become chairman over a period of time.
So with the permission of the Board, I'd like to bring back an
ordinance to do that.
Commissioner Fiala.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yeah, just a question. Now, that
would -- it would start with District 1, then, right?
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: It would -- one of the issues that
Commissioner Taylor had raised when we discussed this early
was -- earlier on was that if we had a new commissioner coming in
and that commission district was up to be chairman, we would go to
the next number. So that will be taken care of in the proposed
ordinance.
Commissioner Taylor.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Yes. And just -- as I was here
in 2014 when the intrigue was involved and left in 2016, I think, it all
changed. And, you know, I think that intrigue is -- was a
very -- issue of personalities more than a standard procedure.
But I'm going to speak to my colleague, Commissioner Fiala, to
find out if you -- if this has been a problem in the past. Because I
know at one point it really was. It was very --
COMMISSIONER FIALA: You mean the chairmanship?
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Yeah, the jockeying back and
forth. Has it -- is that more common in your tenure of 20 years here
than not?
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Only when there was some
controversial things going on, and that was --
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: Can you use your microphone?
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Yes. It was a problem at one
point, and we kept one chairman on for three years running because
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of some controversy going on here. But usually it isn't. Now, in all
my years, I think I've been chairman three time s because a lot of
times there was, you know, little things passing by. Certainly each
district every year would be much easier because then everybody
knows who's coming in, and everybody's capable of running a
meeting. Let's face it, we've all done it. So I think it's -- I think it's
a nice way to do it.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: And, you know, part of the
problem with not having some order in this is that whenever a
chairman is selected, sometimes it just comes out of the blue,
somebody makes a motion to appoint somebody, then all of a sudden
that person is chairman. In theory, there's probably nothing wrong
with that, but it raises questions in the public of who's talking to who.
And any conversations between commissioners as to who's going to
be chairman would be a violation of the Sunshine Law. So this
would eliminate any kind of questions. Everybody will get an
opportunity to serve as chair. We won't have a situation where,
because three members become together on something, that there's a
chairman for three years in a row. I think it just makes things
simpler. So unless there's some objection --
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Well, there's just one caveat, I
would think, and that would be somebody coming into office, and,
you know, we elect the chairman in January and somebody takes
office for the first time in December, that's kind of hard for them to
take over as chairmanship. That would be happening -- of course,
you've solved it for this time but, I mean, there should be something
in this order so that, as the next few elections come along --
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: That would be part of the
ordinance is that -- we'll use District 1 as an example, because there's
going to be a new commissioner in District 1. If we started this
process in January of 2021, District 1 would theoretically be up. We
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would pass on District 1. We'd go to District 2 because there's a new
commissioner in District 1. So that will be taken care of in the
proposal.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: Okay.
COMMISSIONER McDANIEL: And just one other point. I
mean, all the other conditions of serving at the will of the Board
would remain; if we ended up with somebody that the Board wasn't
happy with, they could still be removed at the will of the Board. All
those things are going to stay the same, correct?
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: I think -- I think that would be the
case, yes. We'd still have to have the ability to remove a chairman
for some egregious activities or something of that nature.
All right. Well, I'll have something -- I'm working with the
County Attorney on that. I'll have something for you to look at at
the next meeting, and perhaps we can advertise that ordinance for
approval during our second meeting in October. That will give
everybody plenty of time to make changes to it.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: So it's, essentially, just codifying
what we've -- we've discussed this before and --
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: That's correct.
COMMISSIONER SOLIS: Okay. I'd support that.
CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: All right. I have no other things
to discuss.
I want to thank our staff again. Our meetings this summer have
gone very well. There won't be a unanimous agreement with that,
but I think, in general, things have gone very well. So I want to
thank our staff for --
MR. OCHS: You're welcome.
COMMISSIONER FIALA: -- all your hard work. And we'll
be adjourned.
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*****
**** Commissioner Taylor moved, seconded by Commissioner Solis
and carried that the following items under the Consent and Summary
Agendas be approved and/or adopted ****
Item #16A1
FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE POTABLE WATER AND
SEWER FACILITIES FOR NAPLES CHURCH OF CHRIST,
PL20100001239, ACCEPT THE CONVEYANCE OF A PORTION
OF THE POTABLE WATER AND SEWER FACILITIES, AND TO
AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE,
TO RELEASE THE UTILITIES PERFORMANCE SECURITY
(UPS) AND FINAL OBLIGATION BOND IN THE TOTAL
AMOUNT OF $40,067.26 TO THE PROJECT ENGINEER OR THE
DEVELOPER’S DESIGNATED AGENT. (DISTRICT 4)
Item #16A2
FINAL ACCEPTANCE AND ACCEPT THE CONVEYANCE OF
THE POTABLE WATER AND SEWER UTILITY FACILITIES
FOR SERENO GROVE, PL20190000347 AND TO AUTHORIZE
THE COUNTY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO RELEASE
THE FINAL OBLIGATION BOND IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF
$4,000 TO THE PROJECT ENGINEER OR THE DEVELOPER’S
DESIGNATED AGENT. (DISTRICT 2)
Item #16A3
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FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE POTABLE WATER AND
SEWER FACILITIES FOR WOODSPRING SUITES,
PL20180000128, ACCEPT THE CONVEYANCE OF A PORTION
OF THE POTABLE WATER AND SEWER FACILITIES, AND
AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE,
TO RELEASE THE UTILITIES PERFORMANCE SECURITY
(UPS) AND FINAL OBLIGATION BOND IN THE TOTAL
AMOUNT OF $12,892.83 TO THE PROJECT ENGINEER OR THE
DEVELOPER’S DESIGNATED AGENT. (DISTRICT 5)
Item #16A4
FINAL ACCEPTANCE AND ACCEPT THE CONVEYANCE OF
THE POTABLE WATER AND SEWER UTILITY FACILITIES
FOR BENT CREEK PRESERVE PHASE 2A, PL20190000400
AND TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY MANAGER, OR HIS
DESIGNEE, TO RELEASE THE FINAL OBLIGATION BOND IN
THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $4,000 TO THE PROJECT
ENGINEER OR THE DEVELOPER’S DESIGNATED AGENT.
(DISTRICT 5)
Item #16A5
FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE POTABLE WATER AND
SEWER UTILITY FACILITIES FOR PIPER MEDICAL OFFICE
BUILDING, PL20170004217, AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY
MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO RELEASE THE UTILITIES
PERFORMANCE SECURITY (UPS) AND FINAL OBLIGATION
BOND IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $7,644.90 TO THE
PROJECT ENGINEER OR THE DEVELOPER’S DESIGNATED
AGENT. (DISTRICT 2)
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Item #16A6
FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE POTABLE WATER AND
SEWER FACILITIES FOR 5960 NAPLES BLVD (F/K/A GFS
MARKETPLACE), PL20180001311, ACCEPT THE
CONVEYANCE OF A PORTION OF THE POTABLE WATER
AND ALL OF THE SEWER FACILITIES, AND AUTHORIZE
THE COUNTY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO RELEASE
THE UTILITIES PERFORMANCE SECURITY (UPS) AND
FINAL OBLIGATION BOND IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF
$10,386.88 TO THE PROJECT ENGINEER OR THE
DEVELOPER’S DESIGNATED AGENT. (DISTRICT 2)
Item #16A7
FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE JASMINE LAKE FIRE
HYDRANT, PL20110002448, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE
COUNTY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO RELEASE A
UTILITY PERFORMANCE SECURITY (UPS) IN THE AMOUNT
OF $443.36 TO THE PROJECT ENGINEER OR THE
DEVELOPER’S DESIGNATED AGENT. (DISTRICT 3)
Item #16A8
FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE POTABLE WATER AND
SEWER UTILITY FACILITIES FOR KALEA BAY PHASE 2-6 -
PHASE 2 (TOWER 2), PL20200001063. (DISTRICT 2)
Item #16A9
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FINAL ACCEPTANCE AND ACCEPT THE CONVEYANCE OF
THE POTABLE WATER AND SEWER UTILITY FACILITIES
FOR MARQUESA ISLES OF NAPLES - PHASE 2,
PL20180003277 AND TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY
MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO RELEASE THE FINAL
OBLIGATION BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,000 TO THE
PROJECT ENGINEER OR THE DEVELOPER’S DESIGNATED
AGENT. (DISTRICT 3)
Item #16A10
RECORDING THE FINAL PLAT OF ARGO LIVINGSTON
(APPLICATION NUMBER PL20200000146), APPROVAL OF
THE STANDARD FORM CONSTRUCTION AND
MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT AND APPROVAL OF THE
AMOUNT OF THE PERFORMANCE SECURITY. (DISTRICT 2)
Item #16A11
AUTHORIZE THE CLERK OF COURTS TO RELEASE A
PERFORMANCE BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,100, WHICH
WAS POSTED AS A DEVELOPMENT GUARANTY FOR AN
EARLY WORK AUTHORIZATION (EWA) (PL20190001671)
FOR WORK ASSOCIATED WITH NAPLES HERITAGE TENNIS
CENTER. (DISTRICT 3)
Item #16A12
AUTHORIZE THE CLERK OF COURTS TO RELEASE A
PERFORMANCE BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,560, WHICH
WAS POSTED AS A DEVELOPMENT GUARANTY FOR AN
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EARLY WORK AUTHORIZATION (EWA) (PL20170002423)
FOR WORK ASSOCIATED WITH VINCENTIAN VILLAGE.
(DISTRICT 1)
Item #16A13
AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN A COLLIER COUNTY
LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT (“AGREEMENT”)
BETWEEN COLLIER COUNTY AND NAPLES LIVINGSTON,
LLC, FOR DEVELOPER FUNDED LANDSCAPE AND
IRRIGATION IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE INTERSECTION
OF LIVINGSTON ROAD AND RADIO ROAD PUBLIC RIGHT-
OF-WAY. (DISTRICT 4)
Item #16A14
RESOLUTION 2020-137A: SUBMITTAL OF A
BEAUTIFICATION GRANT APPLICATION TO THE FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR A PROJECT IN
WHICH COLLIER COUNTY WILL BE REIMBURSED UP TO
$100,000 FOR MEDIAN LANDSCAPE AND IRRIGATION
IMPROVEMENTS ON STATE ROAD 84, DAVIS BOULEVARD
FROM US-41 (TAMIAMI TRAIL) TO AIRPORT-PULLING
ROAD. (DISTRICT 1, DISTRICT 4)
Item #16A15
RESOLUTION 2020-137B: SUBMITTAL OF A
BEAUTIFICATION GRANT APPLICATION TO THE FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR A PROJECT IN
WHICH COLLIER COUNTY WILL BE REIMBURSED UP TO
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$100,000 FOR MEDIAN LANDSCAPE AND IRRIGATION
IMPROVEMENTS ON STATE ROAD 84, DAVIS BOULEVARD
FROM AIRPORT-PULLING ROAD TO COUNTY BARN ROAD.
(DISTRICT 1, DISTRICT 4)
Item #16A16
AN AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF LAND (PARCEL
POND3EB) REQUIRED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE
RANDALL BOULEVARD PROJECT (PROJECT 60065) IN THE
ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $126,320. (DISTRICT 5)
Item #16A17
WORK ORDER WITH APTIM ENVIRONMENTAL &
INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL
SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE BUREAU
OF OCEAN AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT (BOEM) LEASE OF
THE T1 BORROW AREA SAND SOURCE UNDER THE
CURRENT LIBRARY SERVICES CONTRACT 18-7432-CZ FOR
TIME AND MATERIAL NOT TO EXCEED $16,128,
AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE WORK
ORDER, AND MAKE A FINDING THAT THIS ITEM
PROMOTES TOURISM. (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16A18
A FY21 REIMBURSEMENT OF $135,586 TO THE CITY OF
NAPLES FOR PIER MAINTENANCE REPAIRS INITIATED IN
FY20 AND MAKE A FINDING THAT THIS ITEM PROMOTES
TOURISM. (ALL DISTRICTS)
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Item #16A19
BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION
ENGINEERING DIVISION IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,108,525.34
TO ALLOCATE SURTAX FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH THE
‘SURTAX VARIOUS SIDEWALKS’ PROJECTS: CAROLINA
AVENUE, WARREN STREET, CARLTON STREET AND CATTS
STREET (PROJECT 60228). (DISTRICT 1)
Item #16A20
THE RELEASE OF A CODE ENFORCEMENT LIEN, WITH AN
ACCRUED VALUE OF $76,412.47 FOR PAYMENT OF $612.47
IN THE CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTION TITLED, BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS V. LISA COLEMAN AND
ROBERT BOSCAGLIA, RELATED TO PROPERTY LOCATED
AT 1090 15TH ST SW, COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA.
(DISTRICT 5)
Item #16A21
THE RELEASE OF TWO CODE ENFORCEMENT LIENS, WITH
AN ACCRUED VALUE OF $220,454.65 FOR PAYMENT OF
$1,454.65 IN THE CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTION TITLED,
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS V. U.S. BANK TRUST
NA, RELATED TO THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4265 20TH
PLACE SW, COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA. (DISTRICT 3)
Item #16A22
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THE CLERK OF COURTS TO RELEASE A PERFORMANCE
BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $32,200 WHICH WAS POSTED AS
A GUARANTY FOR EXCAVATION PERMIT NUMBER 60.112,
PL20130002583 FOR WORK ASSOCIATED WITH SAPPHIRE
COVE (F.K.A. ESTILO ACRES). (DISTRICT 1)
Item #16A23
AN AGREEMENT FOR INVITATION TO BID (“ITB”) NO. 20-
7729R, COCOHATCHEE/PALM CHANNEL MAINTENANCE
DREDGING PROJECT, A PARTNERSHIP PROJECT WITH THE
SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, TO
ARBOR TREE AND LAND, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF
$665,000 FOR THE COCOHATCHEE/PALM CHANNEL
MAINTENANCE DREDGING. (PROJECT 33606) (DISTRICT 2)
Item #16A24
RESOLUTION 2020-138: MEMORIALIZING THE APPROVAL
OF STATE HIGHWAY LIGHTING, MAINTENANCE, AND
COMPENSATION AGREEMENT NUMBER ASH85, FINANCIAL
PROJECT NO. 412574-1-78-02 WITH THE FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ON JULY 14, 2020.
(ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16A25
HEAR A LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT AT
TWO REGULARLY SCHEDULED DAYTIME HEARINGS AND
WAIVE THE NIGHTTIME HEARING REQUIREMENT.
(DISTRICT 3)
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Item #16A26
RESOLUTION 2020-139: AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO
SIGN A STATE-FUNDED GRANT AGREEMENT WITH
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (FDOT) IN
THE AMOUNT OF $6,428,100 FOR DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION FOR THE WIDENING OF AIRPORT ROAD
FROM VANDERBILT BEACH ROAD TO IMMOKALEE ROAD;
TO EXECUTE A RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING THE BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (BOARD) ACTION; AND, TO
AUTHORIZE THE NECESSARY BUDGET AMENDMENTS
(PROJECT 60190). (DISTRICT 2)
Item #16A27
THE SELECTION COMMITTEE’S FINAL RANKING OF
CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND INSPECTION (“CEI”)
FIRMS AND TO AUTHORIZE STAFF TO COMMENCE
CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH TOP-RANKED FIRM
HARDESTY & HANOVER CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, LLC,
FOR REQUEST FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (“RPS”) NO.
20-7728, CEI SERVICES FOR VETERANS MEMORIAL
BOULEVARD EXTENSION - PHASE I AND PHASE II
(VETERANS MEMORIAL BOULEVARD FROM OLD 41 ROAD
TO THE INTERSECTION WITH LIVINGSTON ROAD),
COUNTY PROJECT NUMBER 60198. (DISTRICT 2)
Item #16A28
RESOLUTION 2020-139A: SUBMITTAL OF A
BEAUTIFICATION GRANT APPLICATION TO THE FLORIDA
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR A PROJECT IN
WHICH COLLIER COUNTY WILL BE REIMBURSED, UP TO
$100,000, FOR MEDIAN LANDSCAPE AND IRRIGATION
IMPROVEMENTS ON STATE ROAD 951, COLLIER
BOULEVARD FROM JUDGE S. S. JOLLEY BRIDGE TO CAPRI
BOULEVARD. (DISTRICT 1)
Item #16A29
RESOLUTION 2020-139B: SUBMITTAL OF A
BEAUTIFICATION GRANT APPLICATION TO THE FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR A PROJECT IN
WHICH COLLIER COUNTY WILL BE REIMBURSED UP TO
$100,000 FOR MEDIAN LANDSCAPE AND IRRIGATION
IMPROVEMENTS ON STATE ROAD 951, COLLIER
BOULEVARD FROM CAPRI BOULEVARD TO SHELL ISLAND
ROAD. (DISTRICT 1)
Item #16B1
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, ALSO ACTING
AS THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD,
APPROVE THE TIF REBATE AGREEMENT WITH
DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, LLC
REGARDING TAX INCREMENT REVENUES GENERATED
FROM THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE MINI-TRIANGLE
PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE BAYSHORE GATEWAY
TRIANGLE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA.
(DISTRICT 4)
Item #16C1
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AN AGREEMENT FOR SALE AND PURCHASE WITH MAYRA
HERNANDEZ, FOR 1.59 ACRES UNDER THE CONSERVATION
COLLIER LAND ACQUISITION PROGRAM AT A COST NOT
TO EXCEED $23,750. (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16C2
AWARD INVITATION TO BID NO. 20-7764, "NORTH COUNTY
WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY (NCWRF) AERATION
BASINS 5 & 6 DIFFUSER SYSTEM REPLACEMENT", TO US
WATER SERVICES CORPORATION, IN THE AMOUNT OF
$610,915.05, AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE
ATTACHED AGREEMENT (PROJECT NUMBER 70148).
(DISTRICT 2)
Item #16C3
AWARD A BID FOR THE “NORTH COUNTY WATER
RECLAMATION FACILITY BELT FILTER PRESS
UNDERDRAINS IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT,” TO QUALITY
ENTERPRISES USA, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF $265,340,
UNDER UNDERGROUND UTILITIES CONTRACT NO. 14-6213
(PROJECT NUMBER 70148). (DISTRICT 2)
Item #16C4
A FIBER CABLE EASEMENT BETWEEN COLLIER COUNTY
AND THE DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD OF COLLIER COUNTY,
FLORIDA, AT NO COST TO THE COUNTY. (DISTRICT 1)
Item #16C5
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AUTHORIZE AN INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR THE
OPERATIONAL COSTS AND TERM OF THE SOLE SOURCE
WAIVER AND MASTER SALES AGREEMENT # 18-7301-NS
WITH ITRON, INC., FOR AUTOMATED METER READING
SERVICES PERTAINING TO THE UTILITY SYSTEM
ACQUIRED FROM THE FLORIDA GOVERNMENT UTILITY
AUTHORITY (“FGUA”). (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16C6
AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE ATTACHED
AGREEMENT WITH FOODSERVICE PACKING INSTITUTE
(FPI) FOR A $50,000 GRANT TO PURCHASE A FOAM
DENSIFIER AND AUTHORIZE THE NECESSARY BUDGET
AMENDMENT IN ORDER TO OFFER RESIDENTS FOAM
RECYCLING AT COLLIER COUNTY RECYCLING DROP-OFF
CENTERS. (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16D1
THE EXECUTION OF THE 2019/2020 FEDERAL HIGHWAY
ADMINISTRATION FLEXIBLE FUNDS GRANT AWARD
(SECTION 5307) IN THE AMOUNT OF $51,600 IN THE
TRANSIT AWARD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE
PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF ADDITIONAL BUS
SHELTERS AND AUTHORIZE THE NECESSARY BUDGET
AMENDMENT. (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16D2
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ELECTRONIC SUBMITTAL OF AN FY19/20 GRANT
APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
FLEXIBLE FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $250,000 FOR
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA)
IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING BUS STOPS THROUGHOUT
COLLIER COUNTY THROUGH THE FEDERAL TRANSIT
AWARD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16D3
ACCEPT AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE
SMALL MATCHING GRANT AGREEMENT WITH FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, DIVISION OF HISTORICAL
RESOURCES IN THE AMOUNT OF $47,800 FOR
ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
BUDD TAVERN OBSERVATION CAR LOCATED AT THE
NAPLES DEPOT MUSEUM AND AUTHORIZE THE
NECESSARY BUDGET AMENDMENTS. (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16D4
“AFTER-THE-FACT” AGREEMENTS AND ATTESTATION
STATEMENTS WITH THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING FOR
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, INC., COMMUNITY CARE FOR THE
ELDERLY, ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE INITIATIVE, AND HOME
CARE FOR THE ELDERLY GRANT PROGRAMS FOR COLLIER
COUNTY’S SERVICES FOR SENIORS PROGRAM AND
AUTHORIZE A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO ENSURE
CONTINUOUS FUNDING FOR FY20/21. (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16D5
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“AFTER-THE-FACT” AMENDMENT AND ATTESTATION
STATEMENT WITH THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING FOR
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, INC., CARES ACT FUNDING UNDER
THE OLDER AMERICAN ACT GRANT PROGRAM FOR
COLLIER COUNTY SERVICES FOR SENIORS TO REMOVE
CONTRACT LANGUAGE REGARDING MATCH AND REVISE
ATTACHMENT VII, CARES BUDGET AND RATE SUMMARY.
(ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16D6
AN “AFTER-THE-FACT” AMENDMENT AND ATTESTATION
STATEMENT WITH THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING FOR
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, INC., OLDER AMERICAN ACT
GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE COLLIER COUNTY SERVICES
FOR SENIORS PROGRAM TO DECREASE ALLOCATION TO
THE FAMILIES FIRST ACT COVID-19 C1 BY $5,778.16 AND
COVID-19 C2 BY $45,514.82 AND SUPPORTING BUDGET
AMENDMENTS. (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16D7
ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF SIX (6) COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT-MITIGATION
INFRASTRUCTURE APPLICATIONS TO THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN THE
AMOUNT OF $25,003,253. (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16D8
THREE (3) MORTGAGE SATISFACTIONS FOR THE STATE
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HOUSING INITIATIVES PARTNERSHIP LOAN PROGRAM IN
THE AMOUNT OF $36,425 AND THE ASSOCIATED BUDGET
AMENDMENT. (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16D9
COUNTY ATTORNEY TO ADVERTISE AN AMENDMENT TO
ORDINANCE 2013-27 TO ALIGN THE ORDINANCE WITH
APPROVED 2020 LEGISLATIVE CHANGES TO SECTION
420.9076, FLORIDA STATUTES OUTLINED IN HB1339 WHICH
CHANGES THE COMPOSITION OF THE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE FREQUENCY
OF ITS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16D10
ONE (1) COLLIER COUNTY TOURIST DEVELOPMENT
COUNCIL GRANT APPLICATION FOR BEACH PARK
FACILITIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 IN THE TOTAL
AMOUNT OF $123,000 FOR THE TIGERTAIL PARK BEACH
RESTROOM ADDITION PROJECT, AUTHORIZE NECESSARY
BUDGET AMENDMENT, AND TO MAKE THE FINDING THAT
THE PROJECT EXPENDITURES PROMOTE TOURISM.
(DISTRICT 1)
Item #16D11 – Moved to Item #11H (Per Commissioner McDaniel
during Agenda Changes)
Item #16D12
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CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE HOME GRANT-RELATED
SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN COLLIER
COUNTY, COMMUNITY HOUSING CAPITAL, INC., AND OAK
MARSH, LLC, FOR THE TIMBER RIDGE AND SANDERS PINE
DEVELOPMENTS. (DISTRICT 5)
Item #16D13
STATE HOUSING INITIATIVES PARTNERSHIP (SHIP)
PROGRAM ANNUAL REPORTS AND AUTHORIZE THE
CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE LOCAL HOUSING INCENTIVES
CERTIFICATION TO CLOSEOUT FISCAL YEAR 2016/2017,
AND INTERIM FISCAL YEARS 2017/2018, 2018/2019 AND
2019/2020 TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH PROGRAM
REQUIREMENTS. (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16D14
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE FLORIDA FISH
AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION TO ALLOW
YOUTH HUNTS AT PEPPER RANCH PRESERVE IN
NOVEMBER 2020, JANUARY 2021, AND FEBRUARY 2021.
(DISTRICT 5)
Item #16D15
AFTER-THE-FACT ELECTRONIC SUBMITTAL OF THE
RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM (RSVP) 2021-
2024 APPLICATION TO THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL
AND COMMUNITY SERVICES (CNCS) IN THE AMOUNT OF
$186,066 AND ALLOW THE COUNTY MANAGER OR HIS
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DESIGNEE TO SERVE AS THE AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE GRANTOR ELECTRONIC
SUBMISSION SYSTEM, EGRANTS, THROUGHOUT THE
GRANT PERIOD. (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16D16
FOR THE BOARD TO ORDER THAT “COVER-UP, COLLIER!”
SIGNAGE BE PLACED THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2020, AT
DESIGNATED LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT
UNINCORPORATED COLLIER COUNTY BY THE FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN COLLIER COUNTY. (ALL
DISTRICTS)
Item #16E1
AWARD REQUEST FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (“RPS”)
NO. 18-7432-TE, “PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIBRARY –
MATERIALS TESTING AND FIELD CONDITIONS
ASSESSMENT CATEGORY,” TO GFA INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
FORGE ENGINEERING, INC., ARDAMAN & ASSOCIATES,
INC., AND ECS FLORIDA, LLC, AND AUTHORIZE THE
CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE ATTACHED AGREEMENTS. (ALL
DISTRICTS)
Item #16E2
RATIFY PROPERTY, CASUALTY, WORKERS’
COMPENSATION AND SUBROGATION CLAIM FILES
SETTLED AND/OR CLOSED BY THE RISK MANAGEMENT
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DIVISION DIRECTOR PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION 2004-15
FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF FY20. (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16E3
AUTHORIZE THE PROCUREMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR TO
PROCURE GOODS OR SERVICES FROM VENDORS THAT
HAVE BEEN AWARDED A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF A
COMPETITIVE SELECTION PROCESS BY A FEDERAL, STATE
OR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, OR ANY OTHER
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY, POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, OR
GOVERNMENT-RELATED ASSOCIATION OR A
PURCHASING COOPERATIVE, PROVIDED THAT THE
ORIGINATING ENTITY UTILIZED A COMPETITIVE PROCESS
SIMILAR TO COLLIER COUNTY’S, AND AUTHORIZE THE
COUNTY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO SIGN AGREEMENTS
ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE PURCHASES. (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16E4
AWARD REQUEST FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (“RPS”)
NO. 18-7432-SM, “PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIBRARY -
SURVEY AND MAPPING CATEGORY,” TO JOHNSON
ENGINEERING, INC., AGNOLI, BARBER & BRUNDAGE, INC.,
Q. GRADY MINOR AND ASSOCIATES, P.A., STANTEC
CONSULTING SERVICE, INC., RWA, INC., HOLE MONTES,
INC., AIM ENGINEERING & SURVEYING, INC., CPH, INC.,
MARCO SURVEYING & MAPPING LLC, AND DAGOSTINO &
WOOD, INC., AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN
THE ATTACHED AGREEMENTS. (ALL DISTRICTS)
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Item #16E5
RESOLUTION 2020-140: THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE A
FLORIDA EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES COUNTY
GRANT APPLICATION, REQUEST FOR GRANT FUNDS
DISTRIBUTION, AND ASSOCIATED RESOLUTION IN THE
AMOUNT OF $63,731. (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16E6
RECOGNIZE ACCRUED INTEREST FOR THE PERIOD APRIL
1, 2020 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2020 EARNED BY EMS COUNTY
GRANTS AND APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR A TOTAL
AMOUNT OF $762.03. (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16E7
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS PREPARED BY THE
PROCUREMENT SERVICES DIVISION FOR CHANGE ORDERS
AND OTHER CONTRACTUAL MODIFICATIONS REQUIRING
BOARD APPROVAL. (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16E8
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT PREPARED BY THE
PROCUREMENT SERVICES DIVISION FOR DISPOSAL OF
PROPERTY AND NOTIFICATION OF REVENUE
DISBURSEMENT. (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16E9
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EXPENDITURES FROM THE SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA,
INC. D/B/A SEMINOLE PETROLEUM, AS A SINGLE SOURCE
VENDOR, FOR THE PURCHASE OF GASOLINE AND DIESEL
FUEL AT ITS COMMERCIAL REFUELING SITE LOCATED AT
SOUTH HORSESHOE DRIVE, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $350,000 ANNUALLY. (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16F1
BOARD RATIFICATION OF SUMMARY, CONSENT AND
EMERGENCY AGENDA ITEMS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY
MANAGER DURING THE BOARD'S SCHEDULED RECESS. (IN
ABSENTIA MEETING(S) DATED JULY 28, 2020; AUGUST 11,
2020 AND AUGUST 25, 2020)
JULY 28, 2020
A. RESOLUTION 2020-141: RECOMMENDATION
TO AMEND EXHIBIT “A” TO RESOLUTION NO.
2013-239, THE LIST OF SPEED LIMITS ON
COUNTY MAINTAINED ROADFS, TO RE-
ESTABLISH THE SPEED LIMIT WITHIN THE
DESIGNATED SECTIONS OF GOLDEN GATE
BOULEVARD AND EVERGALDES
BOULEVARD. (DISTRICT 5)
B. RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (BCC), ACTING AS
THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
(CRA), TO AWARD INVITATION TO BID (“ITB”)
NO. 20-7751, IMMOKALEE SIDEWALKS PHASE
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II PROJECT, TO COASTAL CONCRETE
PRODUCTS, LLC. D/B/A COASTAL SITE
DEVELOPMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF
$821,756.00 AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN
TO EXECUTE THE ATTACHED AGREEMENT
AND AUTHORIZE NECESSARY BUDGET
AMENDMENTS. (ALL DISTRICTS)
C. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE
AWARD OF INVITATION TO BID #20-7746,
“GOLDEN GATE SENIOR CENTER
RENOVATION” TO WALTBILLIG & HOOD
GENERAL CONTRACTORS, IN THE AMOUNT
OF $103,344 AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN
TO SIGN THE ATTACHED AGREEMENT.
(DISTRICT 3)
D. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE A SECOND
AMENDMENT TO LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH
AMERICAN TOWER, L.P., TO REFLECT
EQUIPMENT MODIFICATIONS TO THE
COMMUNICATIONS TOWER AT THE BIG
CORKSCREW ISLAND FIRE AND RESCUE
STATION ON IMMOKALEE ROAD. (DISTRICT 5)
E. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE
SELECTION COMMITTEE’S RANKING AND
AUTHORIZE STAFF TO ENTER INTO
CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH KIMLEY-
HORN AND ASSOCIATES, INC., CONCERNING
REQUEST FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES #20-
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7691RR, “COMPREHENSIVE OPERATIONS
ANALYSIS STUDY” FOR THE COLLIER AREA
TRANSIT BUS SYSTEM AND OPERATIONS;
AND IF AN AGREEMENT CANNOT BE
REACHED WITH THAT FIRM, TO CONTINUE
NEGOTIATING WITH THE REMAINING FIRMS
IN RANKED ORDER SO THAT A PROPOSED
AGREEMENT CAN BE BROUGHT BACK FOR
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER’S
CONSIDERATION AT A FUTURE MEETING.
(ALL DISTRICTS)
F. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE A FIRST
AMENDMENT WITH QUEST CORPORATION OF
AMERICA, INC., TO OVERSEE A COVID-19
MEDIA CAMPAIGN AND RELATED PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE AND AUTHORIZE THE
CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE ATTACHED
AMENDMENT. (ALL DISTRICTS)
G. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT PREPARED BY THE
PROCUREMENT SERVICES DIVISION FOR
DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY AND NOTIFICATION
OF REVENUE DISBURSEMENT. (ALL
DISTRICTS)
H. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS PREPARED BY
THE PROCUREMENT SERVICES DIVISION FOR
CHANGE ORDERS AND OTHER
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CONTRACTUAL MODIFICATIONS REQUIRING
BOARD APPROVAL. (ALL DISTRICTS)
I. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE AN
AGREEMENT WITH RURAL NEIGHBORHOODS
INC. (“RNI”), PROVIDING FOR AN UP TO ONE
YEAR DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD, AT NO COST
TO THE COUNTY, ALLOWING RNI THE
ABILITY TO EXPLORE THE FUTURE
PROVISION OF AN ESSENTIAL SERVICES
HOUSING COMPONENT ON A PORTION OF THE
FORMER GOLDEN GATE GOLF COURSE
PROPERTY IN COORDINATION WITH THE
COUNTY AND ITS PLANNING AND
ENGINEERING FIRM PERTAINING TO THE
BOARD’S AWARD OF INVITATION TO
NEGOTIATE (“ITN”) #20-7698. (ALL DISTRICTS)
J. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE
ATTACHED CVHANGE ORDER #5 TO
AGREEMENT NO. 16-6561 “DESIGN SERVICES
FOR MARCO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT
TERMINAL,” WITH ATKINS NORTH AMERICA
TO EXTEND THE SCHEDULE FOR
CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND
INSPECTION (CEI) SERVICES FOR THE AIRSIDE
IMPROVEMENTS TWO HUNDRED TWELVE
(212) DAYS. (DISTRICT 1)
K. TO RECORD IN THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, THE CHECK
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NUMBER (OR OTHER PAYMENT METHOD),
AMOUNT, PAYEE AND PURPOSE FOR WHICH
THE REFERENCED DISBURSEMENTS WERE
DRAWN FOR THE PERIODS BETWEEN JULY 2,
2020 AND JULY 15, 2020 PURSUANT TO
FLORIDA STATUTE 136.06. (ALL DISTRICTS)
L. REQUEST THAT THE BOARD APPROVE AND
DETERMIONE VALID PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR
INVOICES PAYABLE AND PURCHASING CARD
TRANSACTIONS AS OF JULY 22, 2020. (ALL
DISTRICTS)
M. RECOMMENDATION TO PROVIDE APPROVAL
TO DESIGNATE THE SHERIFF AS THE
OFFICIAL APPLICANT AND POINT OF
CONTACT FOR THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS,
BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE EDWARD
BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE
GRANT (JAG) FY ’20 LOCAL STANDARD
GRANT. AUTHORIZE THE ACCEPTANCE OF
THE GRANT WHEN AWARDED, APPROVE
ASSOCIATED BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND
APPROVE THE COLLIER COUNTY SHERIFF’S
OFFICE TO RECEIVE AND EXPEND 2020 JAG
STANDARD GRANT FUNDS. (ALL DISTRICTS)
AUGUST 11, 2020
A. RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE THE
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NECESSARY BUDGET AMENDMENTS TO
REALLOCATE TRANSPORTATION
ENGINEERING DIVISION PROJECT FUNDS.
(DISTRICT 3)
B. RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE THE
NECESSARY BUDGET AMENDMENTS TO
REALLOCATE GROWTH MANAGEMENT
DEPARTMENT/STORMWATER PROJECT
FUNDS. (ALL DISTRICTS)
C. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE A UTILITY
EASEMENT AGREEMENT WITH OLDE
CYPRESS MASTER PROPERTY OWNERS
ASSOCIATION, INC., A FLORIDA NOT-FOR-
PROFIT CORPORATION, TO ACCOMMODATE
THE INSTALLATION OF A 12-INCH FORCE
MAIN. THE TOTAL COST FOR THIS
TRANSACTION WILL NOT EXCEED $3,000.
(DISTRICT 3)
D. RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE A
BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE PARKS AND
RECREATION DIVISION IN THE AMOUNT OF
$293,382 TO PLAN AND DESIGN THE
REJUVENATION OF SUN-N-FUN LAGOON
WATER PARK. (DISTRICT 2)
E. RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE
PAYMENTS IN EXCESS OF $50,000 FOR
ANNUAL COST REPORTING AND CONSULTING
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SERVICES FOR THE MEDICAID
REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM (PEMT) FOR
COLLIER COUNTY EMS FROM PUBLIC
CONSULTING GROUP INC., A SINGLE-SOURCE
PROVIDER. (ALL DISTRICTS)
F. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT PREPARED BY THE
PROCUREMENT SERVICES DIVISION FOR
DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY AND NOTIFICATION
OF REVENUE DISBURSEMENT.
(ALL DISTRICTS)
G. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS PREPARED BY
THE PROCUREMENT SERVICES DIVISION FOR
CHANGE ORDERS AND OTHER
CONTRACTUAL MODIFICATIONS REQUIRING
BOARD APPROVAL. (ALL DISTRICTS)
H. 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 JULY 16,
2020 AND JULY 29, 2020 PURSUANT TO
FLORIDA STATUTE 136.06. (ALL DISTRICTS)
I. REQUEST THAT THE BOARD APPROVE AND
DETERMINE VALID PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR
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INVOICES PAYABLE AND PURCHASING CARD
TRANSACTIONS AS OS AUGUST 5, 2020.
(ALL DISTRICTS)
AUGUST 25, 2020
A. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE
RANKING OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING
CONSULTANTS FOR REQUEST FOR
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (“RPS”) NO. 20-7713,
“ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES FOR LAKE
TRAFFORD STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS
AND WATER TREATMENT FACILITY,” AND TO
AUTHORIZE STAFF TO BEGIN CONTRACT
NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE TOP-RANKED
FIRM, GHD SERVICES, INC. (PROJECT NUMBER
60143) (DISTRICT 5)
B. RECOMMENDATION TO EXECUTE
“SUBORDINATION OF COUNTY UTILITY
INTERESTS” (SUBORDINATION AGREEMENTS)
TO FACILITATE THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION (FDOT) INTERCHANGE
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AT I-75 AND SR-951.
(DISTRICT 3)
C. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE A FIRST
AMENDMENT TO LEASE AGREEMENT WITH
SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT
DISTRICT TO REFLECT THE CHANGE IN
EQUIPMENT LOCATIONS ON THE COUNTY-
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OWNED COMMUNICATIONS TOWER ON
COUNTY BARN ROAD. (DISTRICT 1)
D. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE
SELECTION COMMITTEE’S RANKING FOR
REQUEST FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
(“RPS”) NO. 7722, “DESIGN BUILD SERVICES
FOR NCWRF HEADWORKS” (PROJECT NO.
70149), AND AUTHORIZE STAFF TO BEGIN
CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE TOP-
RANKED FIRM, THE HASKELL COMPANY, SO
THAT STAFF CAN BRING AN AGREEMENT
BACK TO THE BOARD AT A SUBSEQUENT
MEETING. (ALL DISTRICTS)
E. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE AN
AGREEMENT FOR STORMWATER
MANAGEMENT LAND AND MAINTENANCE
BETWEEN COLLIER COUNTY AND THE
NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN. (DISTRICT 4)
F. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE AND
AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE
FY17-20 CRIMINAL JUSTICE MENTAL HEALTH
SUBSTANCE ABUSE FINAL PROGRAM STATUS
REPORT AND FINAL FINANCIAL REPORT. (ALL
DISTRICTS)
G. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS PREPARED BY
THE PROCUREMENT SERVICES DIVISION FOR
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CHANGE ORDERS AND OTHER
CONTRACTUAL MODIFICATIONS REQUIRING
BOARD APPROVAL. (ALL DISTRICTS)
H. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE
CLARIFICATIONS TO THE CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF FUND PROGRAMS. (ALL DISTRICTS)
I. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE
PROPOSED SIXTH AMENDMENT TO A
SUBLEASE OF LAND AGREEMENT WITH KPK
TO AMEND THE RENT SCHEDULE.
(DISTRICT 5)
J. 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 JULY 30,
2020 AND AUGUST 12, 2020 PURSUANT TO
FLORIDA STATUTE 136.06. (ALL DISTRICTS)
K. REQUEST THAT THE BOARD APPROVE AND
DETERMINE VALID PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR
INVOICES PAYABLE AND PURCHASING CARD
TRANSACTIONS AS OF AUGUST 19, 2020. (ALL
DISTRICTS)
L. REPORT TO THE BOARD REGARDING THE
INVESTMENT OF COUNTY FUNDS AS OF THE
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QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2020. (ALL
DISTRICTS)
Item #16F2 – Moved to Item #11J (Per Commissioner McDaniel
during Agenda Changes)
Item #16F3
SECOND AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT NO. 16-6571 WITH
TINDALE OLIVER & ASSOCIATES INC., PERTAINING TO
THE PROVISION OF PROFESSIONAL IMPACT FEE STUDY
SERVICES. (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16F4
BUDGET AMENDMENT TO CONTINUE FUNDING
PARAMEDIC STAFFING AT FIRE STATION 63 ON
ALLIGATOR ALLEY IN THE AMOUNT OF $8,000, APPROVAL
OF THIS ACTION WILL ALLOW THE COUNTY TO TRUE-UP
THE LOCAL MATCH CONTRIBUTION WITH GREATER
NAPLES FIRE DISTRICT (GNFD) THROUGH FY20. (ALL
DISTRICTS)
Item #16F5
BUDGET AMENDMENTS APPROPRIATING
APPROXIMATELY $821,064,000 OF UNSPENT FY 2020
CAPITAL PROJECT AND GRANT BUDGETS INTO FISCAL
YEAR 2021. (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16F6
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RECOGNIZE CHASE HARRISON, PUBLIC UTILITIES SOLID
WASTE RECYCLING SPECIALIST, AS THE JULY 2020
EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. THE AWARD HAS BEEN
PRESENTED TO THE RECIPIENT BY STAFF MEMBERS. (ALL
DISTRICTS) (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16F7
A REPORT COVERING TWO BUDGET AMENDMENTS
IMPACTING RESERVES AND MOVING FUNDS IN AN
AMOUNT UP TO AND INCLUDING $25,000 AND $50,000,
RESPECTIVELY. (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16F8
RESOLUTION 2020-142: A RESOLUTION APPROVING
AMENDMENTS (APPROPRIATING GRANTS, DONATIONS,
CONTRIBUTIONS OR INSURANCE PROCEEDS) TO THE
FISCAL YEAR 2019-20 ADOPTED BUDGET. (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16F9 – Moved to Item #11I (Per Commissioner McDaniel
during Agenda Changes)
Item #16G1
AN AFTER-THE-FACT ACCEPTANCE OF THE ATTACHED
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) GRANT
AGREEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $297,900 FOR ONE
HUNDRED PERCENT (100%) FUNDING FOR THE DESIGN
PHASE OF THE REHABILITATION OF RUNWAY 15/33 AT
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EVERGLADES AIRPARK, AND AUTHORIZE ALL
NECESSARY BUDGET AMENDMENTS. (DISTRICT 5)
Item #16G2
CLOSE THE SEAPLANE BASE PROJECT NO. 33672 AT
EVERGLADES AIRPARK AND TERMINATE THE PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION GRANT AGREEMENT CONTRACT NO.
G1K34 WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND AUTHORIZE ALL NECESSARY
BUDGET AMENDMENTS. (DISTRICT 5)
Item #16G3
AN AGREEMENT PERTAINING TO THE AWARD OF
INVITATION TO BID (“ITB”) NO. 20-7683, “IMMOKALEE
REGIONAL AIRPORT SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS” WITH
DEC CONTRACTING GROUP, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF
$584,082.37, AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE
ATTACHED CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT. (DISTRICT 5)
Item #16G4
AFTER-THE-FACT ACCEPTANCE OF THE ATTACHED
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) GRANT
AGREEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,727,780 FOR
CONSTRUCTION OF TAXIWAY C EXTENSION AT
IMMOKALEE REGIONAL AIRPORT AND AUTHORIZE ALL
NECESSARY BUDGET AMENDMENTS. (DISTRICT 5)
Item #16H1
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PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 21 - 25, 2020
AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK IN COLLIER
COUNTY. THE PROCLAMATION WILL BE DELIVERED TO
SEAN CALLAHAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE
OPERATIONS
Item #16H2
PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 2020 AS
PAYROLL AWARENESS MONTH IN COLLIER COUNTY. THE
PROCLAMATION WILL BE HAND DELIVERED TO CRYSTAL
KINZEL, COLLIER COUNTY CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
& COMPTROLLER
Item #16H3
PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 2020 AS
HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IN COLLIER COUNTY. THE
PROCLAMATION WILL BE PRESENTED TO COMMISSIONER
SOLIS FOR DELIVERY TO HISPANIC COUNCIL
FOUNDATION OF COLLIER COUNTY, INC., THE HISPANIC
VOTE, AND COUNCIL OF HISPANIC BUSINESS
PROFESSIONALS, INC.
Item #16I1
MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16J1
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THE USE OF $500 FROM THE CONFISCATED TRUST FUNDS
TO SUPPORT THE FLORIDA MISSING CHILDREN’S DAY
FOUNDATION. (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16J2
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 AUGUST 13, 2020 AND
AUGUST 26, 2020 PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTE 136.06.
(ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16J3
REQUEST THAT THE BOARD APPROVE AND DETERMINE
VALID PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR INVOICES PAYABLE AND
PURCHASING CARD TRANSACTIONS AS OF SEPTEMBER 2,
2020. (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16K1
A JOINT MOTION AND STIPULATED FINAL JUDGMENT IN
THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 FOR PARCEL 180RDUE, PLUS
STATUTORY ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS IN THE
AMOUNT OF $2,805, IN THE LAWSUIT CAPTIONED COLLIER
COUNTY, FLORIDA V. CHRISTOPHER C. WARBURTON, ET
AL, CASE NO. 15-CA-335, REQUIRED FOR THE WIDENING OF
GOLDEN GATE BOULEVARD, PROJECT NO. 60040. (ALL
DISTRICTS)
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Item #16K2
THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT FOR LEGAL
SERVICES RELATING TO THE COUNTY’S RETENTION
AGREEMENT WITH BRYANT MILLER & OLIVE, P.A.,
EXTENDING THE EXPIRATION DATE TO DECEMBER 13,
2023. (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16K3 – Continued to the September 22, 2020 BCC Meeting
(Per Commissioner McDaniel During Agenda Changes)
RECOMMENDATION TO APPOINT A MEMBER TO THE
COLLIER COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION,
REPRESENTING COMMISSION DISTRICT 5, AND THAT THE
BOARD WAIVES THE PLANNING COMMISSION ORDINANCE
REQUIREMENT THAT THIS APPLICANT RESIDE IN
DISTRICT 5 TO HOLD THIS SEAT. (DISTRICT 4, DISTRICT 5)
Item #16K4
RESOLUTION 2020-143: APPOINTING JOSEPH MICHAEL
COLEMAN TO THE CONTRACTORS LICENSING BOARD.
(ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #16K5
RESOLUTION 2020-144: AUTHORIZING THE HOUSING
FINANANCE THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE REVENUE BONDS
FOR THE ACQUISITION AND REHABILITATION OF
GOODLETTE ARMS APARTMENTS, AN AFFORDABLE
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SENIOR HOUSING FACILITY LOCATED AT 950 GOODLETTE
ROAD. (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #17A
ORDINANCE 2020-23: AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER
2004-41, AS AMENDED, THE COLLIER COUNTY LAND
DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE
COMPREHENSIVE ZONING REGULATIONS FOR THE
UNINCORPORATED AREA OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA,
BY AMENDING THE APPROPRIATE ZONING ATLAS MAP OR
MAPS BY CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF
THE HEREIN DESCRIBED REAL PROPERTY FROM THE
RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY-4 (RSF-4) ZONING DISTRICT
TO A RESIDENTIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (RPUD)
ZONING DISTRICT FOR A PROJECT KNOWN AS
IMMOKALEE FAIR HOUSING ALLIANCE INC. RPUD. THE
PROJECT WILL ALLOW UP TO 128 RESIDENTIAL DWELLING
UNITS. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST
CORNER OF LAKE TRAFFORD ROAD AND NORTH 19TH
STREET, IMMOKALEE, IN SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 46
SOUTH, RANGE 29 EAST, COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA,
CONSISTING OF 9.52± ACRES; AND BY PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE. [PL20190000734] (DISTRICT 5)
Item #17B
RESOLUTION 2020-145: A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF
ZONING APPEALS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA,
RELATING TO A VARIANCE REQUEST FROM SECTION
5.05.09.G.2.A OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO
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INCREASE THE ALLOWABLE HEIGHT OF A
COMMUNICATION TOWER FROM 185 FEET TO 195 FEET IN
ORDER TO ALLOW FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW
COMMUNICATION TOWER, AND A VARIANCE FROM
SECTION 4.06.05.B.2 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE
TO REQUIRE ONLY ONE CHAIN-LINK FENCE AROUND THE
PERIMETER OF THE COMMUNICATION TOWER AND THE
REQUIRED LANDSCAPING ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE
CHAIN-LINK FENCE. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY,
CONSISTING OF 7.02+/- ACRES, IS LOCATED ON THE WEST
SIDE OF COLLIER BOULEVARD (C.R. 951),
APPROXIMATELY 1,000 FEET SOUTH OF IMMOKALEE
ROAD, IN SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 48 SOUTH, RANGE 26
EAST, COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA. [PL20180003229]
(DISTRICT 3)
Item #17C
ORDINANCE 2020-24: ORDINANCE AN EXTENSION OF THE
TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS EARLY ENTRY
BONUS GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN AMENDMENT TO
THE COLLIER COUNTY GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN,
ORDINANCE 89-05, AS AMENDED, AND TO TRANSMIT TO
THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
(ADOPTION HEARING) [PL20190002635/CPSP-2019-4].
(DISTRICT 1, DISTRICT 5)
Item #17D
RESOLUTION 2020-146 (DISTRICT 1) & 2020-147 (DISTRICT II)
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APPROVING PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT ROLLS AS THE
FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLLS, AND ADOPTING SAME AS THE
NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT ROLLS FOR PURPOSES
OF UTILIZING THE UNIFORM METHOD OF COLLECTION
PURSUANT TO SECTION 197.3632, FLORIDA STATUTES, FOR
SOLID WASTE MUNICIPAL SERVICE BENEFIT UNITS,
SERVICE DISTRICT NO. I AND SERVICE DISTRICT NO. II,
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT LEVIED AGAINST CERTAIN
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES WITHIN THE
UNINCORPORATED AREA OF COLLIER COUNTY, THE CITY
OF MARCO ISLAND, AND THE CITY OF EVERGLADES CITY,
PURSUANT TO COLLIER COUNTY ORDINANCE 2005-54, AS
AMENDED. REVENUES ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE
$29,346,982.26 (ALL DISTRICTS)
Item #17E
RESOLUTION 2020-148: RESOLUTION APPROVING
AMENDMENTS (APPROPRIATING CARRY FORWARD,
TRANSFERS AND SUPPLEMENTAL REVENUE) TO THE
FISCAL YEAR 2019-20 ADOPTED BUDGET. (ALL DISTRICTS)
*****
September 8, 2020
There being no further business for the good of the County, the
meeting was adjourned by order of the Chair at 11 :35 a.m.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS/EX
OFFICIO GOVERNING BOARD(S) OF
SPECIAL DISTRICTS UNDER ITS CONTROL
BURT SAUNDERS, CHAIRMAN
ATTEST
CRYSTAL K. KINZEL, CLERK
Attest as t -Chaffei.tcyLt,t<X__
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signatureaty.
These minutes approved by the Board on 65c,-4c6-00-r- l 3 7o ,
as presented or as corrected
TRANSCRIPT PREPARED ON BEHALF OF FORT MYERS
COURT REPORTING BY TERRI LEWIS, FPR, COURT
REPORTER AND NOTARY PUBLIC.
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