Enclosure 1 MINUTES Meeting of the Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Committee, December 21, 2016. Immokalee Regional Airport 165 Airpark Blvd., Immokalee, FL 34142 239-657-9003 A. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order by Dr. Frank Nappo, CRA Chair at 8:40 AM. B. Roll Call and Announcement of a Quorum. Advisory Committee Members Present: Ski Olesky, Andrea Halman, Yvar Pierre, Paul Anderson, and Dr. Frank Nappo Advisory Committee Members Absent/Excused: Cindy Lozano and Estil Null Others Present: Kristi Bartlett, Danny Gonzalez, Anita Jenkins, Michele Mosca, Lincoln Price, Carrie Williams, Elly McKuen, Karla Llanos, Barry Williams, Greg Westgate, Mario Menendez, Joe Pelletier, William Combs, Justin Lobb, Andrew Bennett, Brandon Reed, Thomas Hester, Stephen J. Fletcher, Joseph Mucha, Jonas Mervilus and Bill McDaniel. Staff: Christie Betancourt, Michelle Arnold, James Sainvilus and Terry Rosalez. C. Introductions. Chairman Dr. Frank Nappo introduced himself and welcomed all to the meeting. All other board members introduced themselves to the members of the public. D. Approval of Agenda. Christie Betancourt presented agenda to the board for approval. Agenda was approved with changes. Agenda items H.i. ATV Park & Adventureland Presentation should be H.2. and existing agenda item H.2 should be H.3 Immokalee Area Master Plan. Action: Mr. Ski Olesky made a motion for the CRA to approve the Agenda with changes to agenda to correct a typo under item H. New Business. The ATV Adventureland Presentation was renumbered as Item H.2. and the Immokalee Area Master Plan was a renumbered as Item H.3. Ms Andrea Halman seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote.5-0. E. Approval of Minutes 1. November 16, 2016 CRA Advisory Committee Meeting (Enclosure 1) Christie Betancourt presented minutes to the board for approval. Minutes were approved as presented. Action: Mr. Paul Anderson made a motion to approve the minutes for the November 16, 2016 CRA Advisory Committee Meeting as presented. The motion was seconded by Ms. Andrea Halman and the minutes were approved by unanimous vote. 5-0. F. Announcements. 1. Communications Folder Staff reviewed the communications folder with the board and members of the public. Christie welcomed the new board members (Yvar Pierre and Chief Paul Anderson) and mentioned that there is still one vacancy on the board. 1
2 Enclosure 1 2. Meetings and Public Comment speaker slips CRA staff reiterated the public 3 minute speaker slip policy. The board will give more time if they feel it necessary. Christie stated that it was decided to do the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of every meeting moving forward. The prayer or moment of silence is still up for discussion for the board to decide. This will be added on to the agenda for the next meeting. Dr. Frank Nappo expressed that they should invite a different member of the clergy in Immokalee to each meeting. 3. Newly appointed members Staff announced the newly appointed members to be Yvar Pierre and Chief Paul Anderson. Justin Lobb, the Airport Manager with the Airport Authority, thanked Stephen J. Fletcher for allowing the CRA to have the public meeting in his hangar. He provided the following updates regarding the airport. He introduced the new Airport Supervisor, Andrew Bennett, who has been with them for the past 6 months and oversees the day to day operations. Mr. Lobb informed the group that the AWAS Weather observation system, it was installed and is expected to be certified by the FAA after the New Year and will be made available on the internet. It will be the official weather reporting station for Immokalee. He provided update on the Rehab design for the Texway Bravo, located in the outfield, which will help to redesign original pavement from WWII. The airport is also looking to rehab runway 1836, from its original pavement. Mr. Lobb announced that that they will be kicking-off the Airport Master Planning process at the beginning of the year. An FAA grant was awarded for this effort and consultants will be hired to begin with information gathering of data and the public will be invited to be involved in different capacities. The reports will be made available online for public comment and the process will also involve a workshop, probably with the CRA. G. CRA Manager Report - Christie reported on Enclosure 2: 1. 3 rd Annual Tree Lighting Event We had a successful Tree Lighting event on December 1 st put together with the CRA, MSTU and Parks and Recreation. We would not have been able to decorate the plaza without the help of the Immokalee Seminole Casino, Parks and Recreation staff, CRA/MSTU staff, along with Michelle Arnold. Dr. Nappo stated that Santa will be moved next year underneath the trellis where the kids can walk through and sit on his lap. 2. First Street Plaza First Street plaza maintenance is currently being billed as a three way split between Parks and Recreation, CRA and the MSTU. The MSTU and CRA pay $10,000 each per year for the maintenance of the plaza to Parks and Recreations department. Exhibit 1 shows what was agreed upon in 2015 for Parks and Recreation to maintain. Exhibit 2 is draft maintenance report that lists maintenance services being done at the plaza. CRA Staff will meet with parks maintenance staff to review draft report a have them provide input and edits. Andrea asked if we could invite someone from the Park to come to the meeting. Christie responded that Annie usually comes to the meetings but she is on vacation. Exhibit 3 is backup documentation that is provided by Parks and Recreation when quarterly invoices are submitted for payment.
Enclosure 1 Exhibit 4 is what the CRA pays additionally to the $10,000 which includes a monthly light and water bill. CRA staff will be meeting with Parks & Recreation maintenance staff on January 4 th to discuss ongoing preventative maintenance of the plaza. 3. Commercial Façade Grant Lozano s Restaurant has until April 26 th to submit for reimbursement of funds. If the recipient needs more time we need to know so we can go before the Board of County Commissioner and request an extension. Mr. Danny Gonzalez, Manager of Lozano s Restaurant said that hopefully after the New Year the restaurant should be completed. He thanked the CRA for the opportunity of receiving the grant. 4. Economic Development We have two new businesses coming in, the business formally known as McCrory s, is finally going to develop it will be Fiesta #8. The owners are S&O Grocery Inc. they have a nice design, they have some storm water issues but they are working on them. The other business being developed is St. Matthew s House, they are completely demolishing the old building and rebuilding a new thrift store. 5. Florida Heartland Regional Area of Opportunity Christie has been attending the monthly meetings either by conference or in person. The next meeting will be in January and she will bring updates to the board. 6. 2016 Annual Report We will be presenting a report either in March or April, so we will begin working on a draft to bring to the board in January or February. H. New Business 1. CRA Nomination The board made a motion to nominate the Chair and will wait until next meeting to nominate the Vice-Chair. Action: Ski Olesky nominated Dr. Frank Nappo as the Chair for the CRA Advisory Board Committee. The nomination was seconded by Ms. Andrea Halman and the nomination. A vote was taken and Dr. Nappo was elected Chair. 5-0. 2. ATV Park & Adventure land Presentation, Parks & Recreation Director Barry Williams (Enclosure 3a & 3b) Barry Williams introduced himself and the ATV Ad Hoc Committee members present. The committee has been appointed to look for land to develop the ATV Park. In 2003 South Florida Water Management coordinated with the Board of County Commissioners to purchase land (Picayune State Forest) that was used by many for recreational use and what came out of that deal. South Florida Water Management had a very important task, it was to restore the Everglades. A part of the commitment made was to provide an area for ATV users to have. South Florida Water Management has had difficulties in finding a location for the ATV Park and consequently offered the county $3 million dollars to the county to find a location. The County was challenged with finding a location which is difficult because a significant amount of the County is designated preservation and conservation leaving very little developable land available. Mr. Williams told the group that the search for available property included looking at land the county owned land which brought them to the Airport property. There s about 300 acres that s unused on the airport 3
Enclosure 1 property. A consultant was hired to look at the land to determine whether there were any environmental issues. No restrictions were found on the land and it is already zoned for recreational which would allow the ATV use. After some discussion between Board members, Park staff, Airport staff, and Ad Hoc Committee members it was recommended that the final recommendation would be brought back to the CRA. Please see attached power point presentation showing the sample plan for additional information. 3. Immokalee Area Master Plan i. Draft IAMP (Immokalee Area Master Plan) (Enclosure 4a) Anita Jenkins with Community Planning section of Growth Management department said that herself and Kris VanLegan are the two staff members that are working through all of the master plans east of 951 there are four including Immokalee. She said she asked CRA staff to provide the board with the last version of the Immokalee draft Master Plan that was presented to the BCC but was not adopted. Because there may be new members on the CRA board that may not have been involved in the process as well as the public, they wanted everyone to have the latest document for everyone s review. They would like to have a review of the document at the next meeting. Ms. Jenkins invited the group to email her if there were any questions. They plan on meeting with the MSTU and CRA and also doing public workshops in the evenings to receive feedback. Ms. Jenkins also mentioned as a matter of history that the last time the master plan was presented to the board they also did a referendum and 61% of the Immokalee population did support the master plan as it was presented. ii. FLUM (Future Land Use Map) (Enclosure 4b) Staff provided copies of map to all board members and attendees. I. CRA Old Business. 1. CRA 2017 Calendar (Enclosure 5) Staff reviewed calendar with board. Board and staff discussed ways to let the public know about the CRA meetings. Suggestions were made to put notice on Facebook and announce at other community meetings. 2. Operational Plan update i. Gantt Chart template (Enclosure 6) The chart presented was an example for the board to see. The board in a consensus agreed to use the form. This format will be used to by plugging in the dates for future projects. 3. Promise Zone i. Letter of Support - Regional Brownfield s assessment application (Enclosure 7) The Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council is requesting the CRA provide a letter of support. The letter is for a Brownfield s assessment of the three areas in the Promise Zone. It is needed for a grant they are applying for. Ski Olesky wanted to know what exactly it is that they are applying for. 4
Enclosure 1 Christie responded that believes it is for a grant to assess the three Promise Zone areas (Hendry, Glades and Immokalee) for Brownfield s. The details will be given when the assessments are completed. Action: Mr. Paul Anderson made a motion to approve the letter requested by the Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council. The motion was seconded by Ski Olesky and the letter was approved by unanimous vote. 5-0. 4. Immokalee Stormwater Michele Mosca advised the Committee that the county bought land in Arrowhead for construction of a pond for water quality. Additionally, they hired an engineering company to do some modeling to keep moving forward with the Immokalee Stormwater Master Plan. 5. MSTU Project Manager Report (Enclosure 8) James reported on: Banners and Holiday Decorations: We are in the process of creating a new pattern for the decorations and the banners for next year. Trimmers: James reported that Trimmers will be removing lighted garland and will also be removing and storing the tree this year. Immokalee Sidewalk Improvements: CDBG Grant was awarded for sidewalks in the amount of $475,000. The areas where the proposed sidewalks are 9 th Street, a segment on 5 th Street, from Carver to Bethune School, West Eustis to 5 th Street. Staff intends to cover as much as possible with this grant and apply for more funding to complete the remaining sidewalk. Once design is completed there will be a better chance of getting more grants. 2017 Operational Workshop: A draft was created for the members to use to rank goals for the MSTU. Lighting Report: The pole knock down on 6 th and Main Street, was removed to the storage area and was sectioned off with caution tape. Project Manager is processing a claim through Risk Management. Need to get an estimate for repairs on pole, brick pavers, plants, and bench. Trash Cans: Joe Mucha and Ms. Andrea Halman made comments about Staff inquiring about Progressive Waste not picking up the trash along Main Street and 1 st Street. Staff contacted Progressive about the concerns and they got a response stating that the truck had broken down. After staff contacted Waste Management representative for the County and a complaint was filed the trash was picked up the next day. Landscape Architect: The MSTU committee is going through the process of evaluation all firms to determine the firm they would like to enter into contract for to provide services to the MSTU for the current and upcoming years. The Committee would like all interested Landscape Architects to submit a proposal with the cost to provide monthly services. 6. Budget (Enclosure 9a, 9b, & 9c) Christie reviewed and explained fund 186 of the budget, and James did the same for funds 162 and 111. 7. Code Enforcement 5
Enclosure 1 Joe Mucha and Karla Llanos reported that the flea markets are looking good. He also review the issue with the pallets and advised the Committee that the Land Development Code views the pallets as an accessory use. The business may be required to obtain a Site Development Plan (SDP) for outside storage. Currently there is no SDP on that property. Discussions are being made with Chris Scott the Zoning manager for the development review area to see what the process is to bring it up to code. Board and staff discussed concerns on the pallets, Family Dollar brush and litter on area next to McDonald. Ms. Andrea Halman asked what happened with the Adopt-A-Road program. Christie responded that it is in place, but that the CRA or MSTU cannot adopt one because we are an advisory board to the county. A business or an organization can. Danny said they did all the paperwork and he doesn t know what happened after that. Christie said all paperwork should have been processed and she will follow-up. Dr. Nappo said that Adopt-A-Road program will be put on the agenda for next month. Joe Mucha announced that there will be a community clean-up at Sanders Pine Saturday, January 14, 2017 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. 8. Office of Business & Economic Development Lincoln Price reported that they worked with Parks and Recreation to bring the ATV presentation to the meeting today. He said that they are prepared to go over a more thorough presentation of the ATV Park. The OBED office basically looks at a lot of research and development and incentives applications, they work with zoning, building permits as liaisons to help resolve issues and get the applications as well as with the CRA. The main thing they want to do in 2017 is to ensure all the plans that Immokalee wants to look at are done. They plan on getting involved in the Immokalee Master Plan process as well to provide. Jace Kentner wants all at the CRA to know he will be making more of a presence in 2017. The main focus is that Immokalee participate in the development plan. There will be many outside investors to the area, but Immokalee needs to be a part of the development of Immokalee. He also said that the Mexican Consulate will be coming to visit Immokalee. They are interested in doing business here in Immokalee. They have mobile consulate that will come here either in March or November. They will help people with immigration issues they have a consulate I.D. that can be used for business purposes or regular residence until they get their driver s license. The smaller businesses are encouraged to be a part of the accelerator, (who is run by Dr. Goodman). There are plans to expand the accelerator to Immokalee, the main thing it does is help start-ups walk through the basic elements of business. There is a website that has been added and it s encouraged that businesses go there for any assistance with fast track permitting process. Kristi Bartlett wanted to reiterate that the fast track is specifically for economic development only. If there are companies that want to come to Immokalee, the Chamber will be happy to meet with them to see if it would apply. She also said that the Chamber has purchased some database that is called Esri that the CRA could use. Kristi said that the chambers new Economic website should go live in March. 6
Enclosure 1 Steve Fletcher introduced himself and gave a brief background on himself and his flying business. He has done crop dusting and fire fighting. He said he fights fires all over the United States. He also said they also spray the groves. 9. Other Agencies Danny Gonzalez with the Immokalee Chamber announced that the next Chamber meeting will be January 4 th at 8:30 a.m. at Lozano s and the Celebration of Immokalee festival will be held at Robert s Ranch on March 25 th & 26 th. Ski Olesky brought up the event at the airport that is scheduled for the same day. J. Citizen Comments. Commissioner Bill McDaniel introduced himself and announced that his Executive Coordinator is Sue Filson. He said that he is in the process of updated his website for District 5. He will be adding a section for community information. He will be in Immokalee on Wednesdays by appointment at the Immokalee Clerk of Courts Satellite office. He said that his office is taking complaints through AIMS which means Active Information Management System. The complaint will go to County Manager s office and then to the proper department. He said that he will be having a meeting with Economic Development dept. to develop the new impact fees structure; this will be on the BCC Agenda on January 10 th. Commissioner McDaniel asked that the CRA add two items to the next CRA agenda, to put a freeze on the ad-valorem taxation instead of them having an increase of their ad valorem taxes on their properties if they use façade funds. Lastly he would like to have our own land development code here in Immokalee. CRA Chair, Dr Frank Nappo mentioned to Commissioner McDaniel the $30,000 repayment of funds from the Immokalee Business Development Center. He would like to meet and discuss further. K. Next Meeting Date. CRA Meeting January 18, 2017 @ 8:30 a.m. L. Adjournment. Meeting Adjourned @11:22 a.m. 7
Enclosure 1 backup ATV Park Immokalee Airport C O L L I E R C O U N T Y P A R K S A N D R E C R E A T I O N D I V I S I O N
Overview 2003 SFWMD Commitment 2011 SFWMD/BOCC Settlement Agreement--$3M County efforts to secure land unsuccessful Look at lands County owns 2016 Board direction to explore feasibility of Airport Site
Existing Site
Wetland Areas
Gopher Tortoise
Secondary Panther Zone
Pros and Cons Advantages Disadvantages Unused land of Airport Economic Impact Regional attraction Promise Zone potential Rural area and nature of the recreational activity Zoned to allow for recreational use Permitting costs Liability of sport
Next Steps Complete concept plan Approach US Fish and Wildlife Service for true costs for Panther Mitigation Units Approach Board for direction Establish Agreement with Airport/FAA