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Agenda 01/27/2026 Item #16K 1 (Stipulated Final Judgment for the taking of Parcel 1296FEE required for the Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension Project No. 60249)1/27/2026 Item # 16.K.1 ID# 2026-140 Executive Summary Recommendation to approve a Stipulated Final Judgment in the amount of $75,000 plus $19,389 in statutory attorney and experts’ fees and costs for the taking of Parcel 1296FEE required for the Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension Project No. 60249. OBJECTIVE: To settle full compensation for the taking of Parcel 1296FEE required for the construction of the Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension Project No. 60249. CONSIDERATIONS: On July 9, 2024, the Board authorized, via Resolution No. 2024-135, the condemnation of Parcel 1296FEE for the construction of roadway, drainage and utility improvements required for the expansion and extension of Vanderbilt Beach Road from 16th Street NE to Everglades Blvd. The fee simple acquisition area consists of a strip taking along the rear, northerly boundary of the property and is approximately 0.41 acres in extent. The parent tract consists of a single-family home owned by Paulino F. Llanes, and contains 2.73 acres of gross land area, which has been reduced to 2.32 acres after the acquisition. An aerial photograph of the subject property is attached. The County’s appraiser estimated full compensation at $31,800 including severance damages. The property owner’s initial demand was $138,000 plus attorney’s fees and expert fees and costs. The parties participated in informal negotiations and reached an agreement. The attached Stipulated Final Judgment reflects a negotiated compensation amount of $75,000 plus $14,619 in statutory attorney’s fees, and $4,770 in expert fees and costs, for a total of $94,389. Staff recommends approval of this Stipulated Final Judgment since a better result is not anticipated at trial. Upon approval, the County Attorney’s Office will file the Joint Motion and Stipulated Final Judgment with the Circuit Court. This item is consistent with the Collier County strategic plan objective to design and maintain an effective transportation system to reduce traffic congestion and improve the mobility of our residents and visitors. FISCAL IMPACT: County is entitled to a credit of $31,800 for its good faith estimate of value. Funds for the balance of $62,759 which includes the Clerk’s $170.00 deposit fee, are available in the Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension Project Capital Fund, Project 60249. The primary funding source for the acquisition of right of way is through Road Impact Fee District Funds (3090, 3091, 3092, 3093, 3094, 3095) in the Vanderbilt Beach Road from 16th to Everglades Project (60249). Should impact fees not be sufficient, the secondary funding source will be Road Construction Gas Tax Fund (3083) and Transportation Capital Fund (3081). GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: There is no growth management impact associated with this action. LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This item is approved as to form and legality and requires majority vote for approval. – SAA RECOMMENDATION(S): To approve the attached Joint Motion and Stipulated Final Judgment and authorize the payment of funds as stated herein. PREPARED BY: Robert Bosch, Manager, Manager ROW Acquisition, Operations and Performance Management ATTACHMENTS: 1. Jt Mtn & Stip for FJ_Llanes 2. Aerial - Parcel 1296FEE Page 5146 of 5261 Page 5147 of 5261 Page 5148 of 5261 Page 5149 of 5261 Page 5150 of 5261 Page 5151 of 5261 Page 5152 of 5261 AERIAL – PARCEL 1296FEE (Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension Phase 2 Project No. 60249) / 12th Ave NE 10th Ave NE PARCEL 1296FEE Page 5153 of 5261 1/27/2026 Item # 16.K.2 ID# 2026-141 Executive Summary Recommendation to approve a Stipulated Final Judgment in the amount of $105,000 plus $27,139 in statutory attorney and experts’ fees and costs for the taking of Parcel 1361FEE required for the Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension Project No. 60249, and delegate authority to the County Manager or her designee to process payment of additional statutory attorney’s fees for supplemental proceedings, if any, as authorized by Ch. 73, Fla. Stat., but not to exceed $4,000. OBJECTIVE: To settle full compensation for the taking of Parcel 1361FEE required for the construction of the Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension Project No. 60249. CONSIDERATIONS: On July 9, 2024, the Board authorized, via Resolution No. 2024-135, the condemnation of Parcel 1361FEE for the construction of roadway, drainage and utility improvements required for the expansion and extension of Vanderbilt Beach Road from 16th Street NE to Everglades Blvd. The fee simple acquisition area consists of a strip taking along the rear, southerly boundary of the property and is approximately 0.17 acres in extent. The parent tract is improved with a single-family home and is owned by Yaneisi Cabrera Rivas and Yoandy Alpizar, and contains 1.14 acres of gross land area, which has been reduced to 0.97 acres after the acquisition. An aerial photograph of the subject property is attached. The County’s appraiser estimated full compensation at $45,600 including severance damages. The property owner’s initial demand was $175,600 plus attorney’s fees and expert fees and costs. The parties participated in mediation and reached an agreement. The attached Stipulated Final Judgment reflects a negotiated compensation amount of $105,000 plus $19,602 in statutory attorney’s fees, and $7,537 in expert fees and costs, for a total of $132,139. Pursuant to Ch. 73, Fla. Stat., Respondent is entitled to additional attorney’s fees for supplemental proceedings, if any, including disbursement and apportionment proceedings. This Executive Summary authorizes the County Manager or her designee to process payment of additional statutory attorney’s fees for supplemental proceedings, if any, pursuant to Sections 73.091 and 73.092, Fla. Stat., but not to exceed $4,000. Staff recommends approval of this Stipulated Final Judgment since a better result is not anticipated at trial. Upon approval, the County Attorney’s Office will file the Joint Motion and Stipulated Final Judgment with the Circuit Court. This item is consistent with the Collier County strategic plan objective to design and maintain an effective transportation system to reduce traffic congestion and improve the mobility of our residents and visitors. FISCAL IMPACT: County is entitled to a credit of $45,600 for its good faith estimate of value. Funds for the balance of $86,709, which includes the Clerk’s $170.00 deposit fee, are available in the Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension Project Capital Fund, Project 60249. The primary funding source for the acquisition of right of way is through Road Impact Fee District Funds (3090, 3091, 3092, 3093, 3094, 3095) in the Vanderbilt Beach Road from 16th to Everglades Project (60249). Should impact fees not be sufficient, the secondary funding source will be Road Construction Gas Tax Fund (3083) and Transportation Capital Fund (3081). GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: There is no growth management impact associated with this action. LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This item is approved as to form and legality and requires majority vote for approval. – SAA RECOMMENDATION(S): To approve the attached Joint Motion and Stipulated Final Judgment and authorize the payment of funds as stated herein and delegate authority to the County Manager or her designee to process payment of additional statutory attorney’s fees for supplemental proceedings, if any, as authorized by Ch. 73, Fla. Stat., but not to exceed $4,000. PREPARED BY: Robert Bosch, Manager, Manager ROW Acquisition, Operations and Performance Management Page 5154 of 5261 1/27/2026 Item # 16.K.2 ID# 2026-141 ATTACHMENTS: 1. P1361FEE - Joint Motion for Stipulated Final Judgment(1) 2. Aerial - Parcel 1361FEE Page 5155 of 5261 [25-CA-237/1995321/1] IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL ACTION Collier County, Florida, a political Subdivision of the State of Florida, Plaintiff, Case No. 25-CA-237 vs. Parcel 1361FEE Christian Silver; Jasmine Calduch; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc; Sawgrass Construction Group LLC; Linda J. Craft; Yaneisi Cabrera Rivas; Yoandy Alpizar; Debashree Mukherjea; Financial Solutions Network, Inc; and Rob Stoneburner, Collier County Tax Collector, PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, Respondents. ______________________________________________/ JOINT MOTION FOR ENTRY OF A STIPULATED FINAL JUDGMENT AS TO PARCEL 1361FEE Petitioner, Collier County, Florida, together with Respondents, Yaneisi Cabrera Rivas and Yoandy Alpizar, by and through the undersigned counsel, hereby respectfully moves this Court for the entry of the foregoing Stipulated Final Judgment as to Parcel 1361FEE attached hereto as Exhibit “1”. _______________________________ COLLEEN M. GREENE, ESQ. Florida Bar No. 502650 SALLY A. ASHKAR, ESQ. Florida Bar No. 1007665 Collier County Attorney’s Office 3299 E. Tamiami Trail, Suite 800 Naples, FL 34112 Telephone: (239) 252-8400 COUNSEL FOR PETITIONER Colleen.Greene@collier.gov Sally.Ashkar@collier.gov Sheri.Malcolm@collier.gov /s/ JOHN M. LEROUX____ JOHN M. LEROUX, ESQ. Florida Bar No. 773166 LeRoux Law 13065 W. Linebaugh Ave., Ste 101 Tampa, FL 33626 Telephone: (727) 712-1137 COUNSEL FOR RESPONDENTS John@lerouxlaw.com Pleadings@lerouxlaw.com Sherrice@lerouxlaw.com Page 5156 of 5261 [25-CA-237/1995321/1] CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the Joint Motion for Stipulated Final Judgment was electronically filed with the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal on this _____ day of ________________ 2026. BY: _______________________________ SALLY A. ASHKAR, ESQ. Page 5157 of 5261 [25-CA-237/1995321/1] IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL ACTION Collier County, Florida, a political Subdivision of the State of Florida, Plaintiff, Case No. 25-CA-237 vs. Parcel 1361FEE Christian Silver; Jasmine Calduch; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc; Sawgrass Construction Group LLC; Linda J. Craft; Yaneisi Cabrera Rivas; Yoandy Alpizar; Debashree Mukherjea; Financial Solutions Network, Inc; and Rob Stoneburner, Collier County Tax Collector, PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, Respondents. ______________________________________________/ STIPULATED FINAL JUDGMENT AS TO PARCEL 1361FEE THIS CAUSE, having come before this Court upon the Joint Motion made by Petitioner, Collier County, Florida, and Respondents, Yaneisi Cabrera Rivas and Yoandy Alpizar, by and through counsel, for the entry of a Stipulated Final Judgment as to Parcel 1361FEE for Project 60249, and it appearing to this Court that proper notice was given to the parties having any equity, lien, title, or other interest in or to the real property described therein, and the Court being otherwise fully advised in the premises thereof, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that: 1. Respondents, Yaneisi Cabrera Rivas and Yoandy Alpizar, shall recover from Petitioner, Collier County, Florida, the total sum of One Hundred Five Thousand Dollars and No/100 ($105,000.00), subject to apportionment, if any, for Parcel 1361FEE, as full payment for the property interest taken, including business damages, if any, in connection with said Parcel. 2. Respondents, Yaneisi Cabrera Rivas and Yoandy Alpizar, shall recover from Petitioner, Collier County, Florida, the total sum of Nineteen Thousand Six Hundred Two Dollars and No/100 ($19,602.00), for all attorney fees and attorney litigation costs in this case, Page 5158 of 5261 [25-CA-237/1995321/1] including fees related to monetary and non-monetary benefit. Supplemental attorney fees for apportionment issues, if any, are not to exceed $4,000.00. 3. Respondents, Yaneisi Cabrera Rivas and Yoandy Alpizar, shall recover from Petitioner, Collier County, Florida, the total sum of Seven Thousand Five Hundred Thirty- Seven Dollars and No/100 ($7,537.00), for all expert fees and costs, associated with the acquisition of Parcel 1361FEE, and no other expert fees or costs shall be paid in this matter. 4. Petitioner, Collier County, Florida, is entitled to a credit for the good faith estimate of value previously deposited in the amount of Forty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Dollars and No/100 ($45,600.00), as payment for the acquisition of Parcel 1361FEE, at which time title to said Parcel as described in Exhibit “A” vested in the name of Petitioner, Collier County, Florida. 5. Within thirty (30) days from the entry of this Order, Petitioner, Collier County, Florida, shall pay the sum of Eighty-Six Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Nine Dollars and No/100 ($86,539.00), representing the total sum due pursuant to the terms of this judgment for the acquisition of Parcel 1361FEE, by issuing a check payable to LeRoux Law Trust Account, and mailing it to John M. LeRoux, Esq., LeRoux Law, 13065 W. Linebaugh Ave., Ste 101, Tampa, FL 33626. The sums representing the payment of attorney’s fees and costs may be immediately disbursed from trust, with the balance (representing the additional compensation paid for Parcel 1361FEE) remaining in trust until further order of this court or stipulation of Respondents, Rivas, Alpizar, and Pennymac Loan Services, LLC. 6. Collier County's initial construction of the subject project shall substantially conform with the County's 90% construction plans, filed with the Court on March 25, 2025. The 90% construction plans provide for two travel lanes; however, the right-of-way footprint is sufficient to accommodate up to a six-lane road design. No additional compensation shall be due Page 5159 of 5261 [25-CA-237/1995321/1] to Respondent for the future widening of Vanderbilt Beach Road up to four-lanes or six-lanes, including related roadway improvements to Vanderbilt Beach Road. 7. This Order disposes of all claims arising out of the taking of Parcel 1361FEE that have or could have been asserted in this cause, with the exception of any apportionment issues. 8. A fee simple taking, being fully described in Exhibit “A” attached hereto and incorporated herein, which vested in Petitioner pursuant to the Stipulated Order of Taking dated April 29, 2025, and the deposit of money heretofore made, is approved, ratified, and confirmed. 9. The Notice of Lis Pendens filed in this cause and recorded in Official Record Book 6438, Page 3417 of the Public Records of Collier County, Florida be dismissed as to Parcel 1361FEE. 10. Respondent, Rob Stoneburner, Collier County Tax Collector, is dismissed from this action as to Parcel 1361FEE. 11. This Court reserves jurisdiction to enforce the terms of this Stipulated Final Judgment. 12. This Stipulated Final Judgment is to be recorded in the Official Records of Collier County, Florida. Page 5160 of 5261 [25-CA-237/1995321/1] Exhibit “A” Page 5161 of 5261 AERIAL – PARCEL 1361FEE (VANDERBILT BEACH RD EXT (PH 2) PROJECT NO. 60249 PARCEL 1361FEE / Page 5162 of 5261 Page 5163 of 5261