Resolution 2008-201
RESOLUTION 2008- 201
RESOLUTION OF THE COLLIER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
IN OPPOSITION TO THE LEASING OF THE ALLIGATOR ALLEY TOLL
FACILITY AND OBJECTING TO THE STATE'S LACK OF ADEQUATE
PUBLIC NOTICE AND INVOLVEMENT RELATED THERETO.
WHEREAS, The Florida Department of Transportation ("FDOT") issued a "Request for
Qualifications to Lease, Maintain, Operate and Receive Toll Revenues From Alligator Alley (I-
75), through a Concession Agreement (A Public Private Partnership)" on May 8, 2008 (the
"RFQ"); and
WHEREAS, the State of Florida has expressed an interest in seeking a private
concessionaire to operate the Alligator Alley Toll Facility for a period of between fifty (50) and
seventy-five (75) years; and
WHEREAS, toll transactions during fiscal year 2007 produced approximately $23.5
million dollars in revenue compared to approximately $6.1 million in costs of operating and
maintaining the Alligator Alley Toll Facility for that same period; and
WHEREAS, the Collier County Board of Commissioners has previously stated its
opposition to the State's efforts to lease the Alligator Alley Toll Facility and continues to oppose
any plan to lease the operation of the Toll Facility.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS FOR COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA THAT:
I. The Collier County Board of Commissioners opposes the leasing of the Alligator
Alley Toll Facility to a private concessionaire as initiated by the State's RFQ and
objects to the State's lack of adequate advance notice and local public involvement
and the State's failure to permit the Collier Metropolitan Planning Organization
Board and its sub committees an adequate opportunity to review and comment on the
potential lease of the Alligator Alley Toll Facility.
This Resolution PASSED and duly adopted by the Collier County Board of Commissioners
after majority vote on this 24th day of June, 2008.
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
CO:!.OUNTY FLORID.A
By. r)1--
Tom Henning, Chairman
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Scott R. Teach,
Deputy County Attorney