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Agenda 10/13/2020 Item # 2C (9/8/2020 Meeting Minutes)10/13/2020 COLLIER COUNTY Board of County Commissioners Item Number: 2.C Item Summary: September 8, 2020 - BCC Meeting Minutes Meeting Date: 10/13/2020 Prepared by: Title: Executive Secretary to County Manager – County Manager's Office Name: MaryJo Brock 09/25/2020 7:51 AM Submitted by: Title: County Manager – County Manager's Office Name: Leo E. Ochs 09/25/2020 7:51 AM Approved By: Review: County Manager's Office Nick Casalanguida County Manager Review Completed 10/03/2020 12:12 PM Board of County Commissioners MaryJo Brock Meeting Pending 10/13/2020 9:00 AM 2.C Packet Pg. 17 September 8, 2020 Page 1 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 September 8, 2020 Page 2 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. September 8, 2020 Page 3 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 September 8, 2020 Page 4 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 September 8, 2020 Page 5 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 September 8, 2020 Page 6 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. September 8, 2020 Page 7 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. September 8, 2020 Page 8 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 September 8, 2020 Page 9 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. September 8, 2020 Page 10 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 September 8, 2020 Page 11 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. September 8, 2020 Page 12 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 September 8, 2020 Page 13 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. September 8, 2020 Page 14 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 September 8, 2020 Page 15 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 September 8, 2020 Page 16 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 September 8, 2020 Page 17 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. September 8, 2020 Page 18 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 several 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 September 8, 2020 Page 19 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. September 8, 2020 Page 20 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 September 8, 2020 Page 21 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 September 8, 2020 Page 22 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 September 8, 2020 Page 23 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 in 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 September 8, 2020 Page 24 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 September 8, 2020 Page 25 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 September 8, 2020 Page 26 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 back into 41,000 in the month of August. You-all may remember that we stopped collecting fares in September 8, 2020 Page 27 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 September 8, 2020 Page 28 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 foster 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 September 8, 2020 Page 29 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. September 8, 2020 Page 30 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. September 8, 2020 Page 31 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 Conservation 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. September 8, 2020 Page 32 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 individuals 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, September 8, 2020 Page 33 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? September 8, 2020 Page 34 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. September 8, 2020 Page 35 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. September 8, 2020 Page 36 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 September 8, 2020 Page 37 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 September 8, 2020 Page 38 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. September 8, 2020 Page 39 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 September 8, 2020 Page 40 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.) September 8, 2020 Page 41 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 September 8, 2020 Page 42 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 to 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 September 8, 2020 Page 43 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, September 8, 2020 Page 44 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 far 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 September 8, 2020 Page 45 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. September 8, 2020 Page 46 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 September 8, 2020 Page 47 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 September 8, 2020 Page 48 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 the 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 September 8, 2020 Page 49 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 September 8, 2020 Page 50 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 September 8, 2020 Page 51 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 economic development efforts. Mr. Callahan can make the presentation or respond to -- CHAIRMAN SAUNDERS: And, Mr. Callahan, if you could September 8, 2020 Page 52 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 September 8, 2020 Page 53 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 more 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 September 8, 2020 Page 54 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. September 8, 2020 Page 55 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 September 8, 2020 Page 56 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 September 8, 2020 Page 57 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. September 8, 2020 Page 58 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 September 8, 2020 Page 59 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. September 8, 2020 Page 60 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. September 8, 2020 Page 61 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 September 8, 2020 Page 62 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 September 8, 2020 Page 63 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 September 8, 2020 Page 64 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 September 8, 2020 Page 65 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 floor. 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 September 8, 2020 Page 66 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 September 8, 2020 Page 67 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.) September 8, 2020 Page 68 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 September 8, 2020 Page 69 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 September 8, 2020 Page 70 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 September 8, 2020 Page 71 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 September 8, 2020 Page 72 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? September 8, 2020 Page 73 (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 September 8, 2020 Page 74 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? September 8, 2020 Page 75 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? September 8, 2020 Page 76 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 September 8, 2020 Page 77 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 September 8, 2020 Page 78 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 part 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 September 8, 2020 Page 79 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 September 8, 2020 Page 80 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. September 8, 2020 Page 81 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 September 8, 2020 Page 82 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. September 8, 2020 Page 83 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. September 8, 2020 Page 84 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 September 8, 2020 Page 85 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. September 8, 2020 Page 86 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. September 8, 2020 Page 87 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 September 8, 2020 Page 88 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 September 8, 2020 Page 89 of some controversy going on here. But usually it isn't. Now, in all my years, I think I've been chairman three times 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 September 8, 2020 Page 90 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. September 8, 2020 Page 91 ***** **** 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 September 8, 2020 Page 92 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) September 8, 2020 Page 93 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 September 8, 2020 Page 94 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 September 8, 2020 Page 95 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 September 8, 2020 Page 96 $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) September 8, 2020 Page 97 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 September 8, 2020 Page 98 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) September 8, 2020 Page 99 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 September 8, 2020 Page 100 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 September 8, 2020 Page 101 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 September 8, 2020 Page 102 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 September 8, 2020 Page 103 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 September 8, 2020 Page 104 “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 September 8, 2020 Page 105 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 September 8, 2020 Page 106 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 September 8, 2020 Page 107 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 September 8, 2020 Page 108 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) September 8, 2020 Page 109 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 September 8, 2020 Page 110 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 September 8, 2020 Page 111 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- September 8, 2020 Page 112 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 September 8, 2020 Page 113 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 September 8, 2020 Page 114 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 September 8, 2020 Page 115 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 September 8, 2020 Page 116 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 September 8, 2020 Page 117 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- September 8, 2020 Page 118 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 September 8, 2020 Page 119 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 September 8, 2020 Page 120 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 September 8, 2020 Page 121 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 September 8, 2020 Page 122 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 September 8, 2020 Page 123 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 September 8, 2020 Page 124 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) September 8, 2020 Page 125 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 September 8, 2020 Page 126 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 September 8, 2020 Page 127 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) September 8, 2020 Page 128 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 Page 129 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 ___________________________ These minutes approved by the Board on ______________________, as presented ______________ or as corrected _____________. TRANSCRIPT PREPARED ON BEHALF OF FORT MYERS COURT REPORTING BY TERRI LEWIS, FPR, COURT REPORTER AND NOTARY PUBLIC.