DSAC Minutes 12/03/2025MINUTES OF THE COLLIER COUNTY
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING
Naples, Florida
December 3, 2025
LET IT BE REMEMBERED, the Collier County Development Services Advisory Committee
and Collier County, having conducted business herein, met on this date at 3:00 PM in
REGULAR SESSION at the Collier County Growth Management Community Department
Building, Conference Room #609/610, 2800 N. Horseshoe Dr., Naples, Florida, 34102 with the
following members present:
Chairman: William J. Varian
Vice Chairman: Blair Foley
Clay Brooker
Laura Spurgeon DeJohn
John English
Nicholas Kouloheras
Mark McLean
Chris Mitchell
Robert Mulhere
Jeremy Sterk
Jeffrey Curl - Excused
James Boughton - Excused
Marco Espinar - Excused
Norm Gentry - Excused
Hannah Roberts — AHAC (Non -voting) - Excused
Mario Valle (Excused)
ALSO PRESENT:
James French, Department Head, GMCD
Mike Bosi, Director —Zoning, GMCD
Christopher Mason, Director — Community Planning & Resiliency, GMCD
Cormac Giblin, Director —Housing Policy & Economic Development, GMCD
Jaime Cook, Director — Development Review Director, GMCD
Evelyn Trimino, Director — Operations & Regulatory Management Director, GMCD
Robert Moore, Manager — Designee for Building Review & Permitting Division, GMCD
Captain Michael Cruz — Collier County Fire Review (Excused)
Captain Bryan Horbal — North Collier Fire Review
Thomas Iandimarino, Director — Code Enforcement Director, GMCD
Claudia Vargas, Project Manager I — Public Utilities Engineering & Project Management, PUD
Matthew Thomas P.E., Manager — Transportation Planning, Transportation Engineering Division
Heather Cartwright-Yilmaz — Management Analyst / Staff Liaison, GMCD
Any person who decides to appeal a decision of This Board you will need a record of the
proceedings pertaining thereto, and therefore may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the
proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal
is to be based, neither Collier County nor This Board shall be responsible for providing this
record
1. CALL TO ORDER— Chairman
William Varian
Development Services Advisory Committee, Wednesday, December Yd, 2025, was called to
order at 3:00 P.M.
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Motion to approve- Blair Foley
Motion Seconded- Robert Mulhere
Motion Passed Unanimously
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. DSAC 11.5.25
Motion to approve- Blair Foley
Seconded- Chris Mitchell
Motion Passed Unanimously
4. PUBLIC SPEAKERS
None
5. STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS
a. Zoning Division — [Mike Bosi, Director]
• 73 New petitions
• Land use entitlement strong
b. Community Planning &Resiliency Division — [Christopher Mason, Director]
• No updates
c. Housing Policy &Economic Development Division — [Cormac Giblin, Director]
• Board approved 84 Affordable units. McDowell
• 112 Affordable units approved YTD
• 565 units in the pipeline
• Medical School approved. 170 million dollars. Will bring 325 jobs to Collier
County.
d. Development Review Division — [Jaime Cook, Director]
• Applications are in review for 2 vacant inspector positions.
e. Operations Support &Regulatory Management Division — [James French,
Department Head]
• Michael Stark no longer with Growth Management. Introduced Evelyn Trimino as
new Director for division
• Bert Miller- Rehired by the County and working under Evelyn
• Working with HR on a pay study to bring in line with increase in the cost of living
f. Building Review & Permitting Division — [Robert Moore, Manager]
• 555 New reviews. 475 Structural
• Implementing option for meetings for review with Planning staff effective 1/1/26
• Fees will be first hour $150.00, Additional half hour $75.00
g. Collier County Fire Review — [Michael Cruz, Captain]
• No updates- Excused
h. North Collier Fire Review — [Bryan Horbel, Captain]
• 35 new permits with 2-day turnaround for inspections.
• 48 planning inspections- 2-day turnaround.
• Completed 1,458 Inspections for the month of November.
i. Code Enforcement Division — [Thomas Iandimarino, Director]
• Code steady. No updates.
j. Public Utilities Department — [Claudia Vargas, Project Manager I]
• No updates.
k. Transportation Management Services, Transportation Engineering [Matthew
Thomas, Manager]
• Memorial Bridge Rehab- M&J Construction start date 2/2026.
• Immokalee North/Randall- Anticipated start date 12/8/2025. To be completed by
Summer 2026.
Vanderbuilt Sidewalks/Drainage improvements. Zep Construction- Summer 2026
16o Avenue SW widening project- Started in November 2025 with anticipated
completion in 4/2026
6. NEW BUSINESS
None
7. OLD BUSINESS
None
8. COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS
None
9. ADJOURN
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FUTURE MEETING DATES:
January 7`h,2026 3:OOPM
February 0,2026 3:OOPM
March 41h,2026 3:OOPM
There being no further business for the good of the County, the meeting was adjourned at
3:30PM
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COLLIER COUNTY
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE
William Varian, Chairman
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