Apr 27, 2026 Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Board

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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. WELCOME TO THE APRIL 27TH MEETING OF THE CITY OF NAPLES COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD. THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING AT THIS TIME. I'M GOING TO TURN IT

[1) SWEARING-IN OF NEW MEMBER]

THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A ROLL CALL. MEMBER. CHIEF HERE. MEMBER.

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[3) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

YEAH, JUST THE BOARD. JUST SO WE'LL DO FOUR AND TWO. OKAY. DO YOU WANT ME DOWN THERE OR. NO.

NO. COME ON. GO AHEAD. CAN WE STAND UP FROM BACK HERE? YES. OKAY. YOU WANT ME DOWN IN FRONT? I'M SORRY. YEAH.

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[5) PUBLIC COMMENT]

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MOTION TO APPROVE. THANK YOU. SECOND, ANY ANY CHANGES? CORRECTIONS. HEARING? NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU. MINUTES ARE APPROVED. OUR FIRST ITEM IS A APPROVAL OF THE.

[7.A) Presentation of the 1st Ave South, 12th Street South and 10th Street 60% Design Plans.]

FOLLOWING THAT, IN NOVEMBER OF 25, THE CRA APPROVED ADDITIONAL SERVICES FOR MORE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT TO GO DOWN FIRST AVENUE SOUTH WITH AN OUTFALL ON GOOD LOOK. AND THAT ADDRESSED SOME OF THE MULTI BASIN STUDY PROJECTS AS WELL. SO TODAY WE HAVE WITH US OUR CONSULTANTS MISTER DANIEL FLYNN AND DATING ALBERT ALBERTSON ALBERS AND OUR PROJECT MANAGER DANIEL ORENSTEIN. HE'S WITH HE'S THE CITY OF NAPLES CITY ENGINEER AND OUR PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE CRA PROJECT. SO THEY WILL GO THROUGH THE 60% DESIGN FOR YOU IN A PRESENTATION. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN RAISE THEM AT THAT TIME. FOLLOWING THEIR PRESENTATION, IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR RECOMMENDATIONS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO DELIVER THOSE TO THE CRA. SO IF IF YOU ALL ARE READY, WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE PRESENTATION OF THE 60% DESIGN. OKAY. GOOD MORNING. AND JUST TO INTRODUCE MYSELF REAL QUICK. DAN ORENSTEIN, CITY ENGINEER, STORMWATER MANAGER. SINCE THE TIME OF THE 30% PRESENTATION, SHRADY MANOR HAS BECOME PAPE DAWSON AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING HARD TO DEVELOP THE PLANS. ACCORDING TO THE INPUT FROM OUR COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. THE PLANS INCORPORATE THE FINDINGS OF FIELD INVESTIGATIONS AND INITIAL AGENCY COORDINATION. THE PLANS ALSO NOW INCLUDE MAJOR STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS STRUCTURAL DESIGN. SO NECESSARY TO BUILD NEXT TO THE NEW ENCORE BUILDING AT NAPLES SQUARE. TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A COMPLETE PRESENTATION OF THE WORK, PLEASE ALLOW ME TO TURN THIS OVER TO MR. DANIEL FLYNN WITH PAPE DAWSON. THANK YOU. ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU. DAN.

I THINK I'VE BEEN INTRODUCED A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT I'M DANIEL FLYNN, I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER WITH PAPE DAWSON, SO FORMERLY GRADY MINOR TO PRESENT TO YOU THE THE 60% PLAN UPDATE FOR THE FIRST AVENUE SOUTH, 12TH STREET SOUTH AND 10TH STREET STREETSCAPE DESIGN PROJECT.

IT'S QUITE A MOUTHFUL. I'LL TRY TO MAKE IT GO. JUST CLICK. HOW DO YOU MAKE THE PRESENTATION GO FORWARD? DO I JUST SAY NEXT SLIDE. IS THERE A CLICKER? OH, YOU'RE MISSING THE MOUSE. GET A MOUSE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHTY. SO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION WE'LL GIVE YOU A PROJECT RECAP. SO GO

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ANYTHING BEYOND THAT KIND OF DOESN'T WORK AS WELL AS FAR AS CALMING TRAFFIC. SO YOU CAN SEE WE DO HAVE THREE RAISED INTERSECTIONS, ONE AT THIRD AVENUE NORTH AND 10TH, FIRST AVENUE SOUTH, AND 10TH, AND THEN 12TH STREET AND FIRST AVENUE SOUTH. AND THEN YOU COULD SEE WITH THE BLUE ICONS ARE THE RAISED CROSSWALKS AND THE RAISED CROSSWALKS. THESE ARE ALL AT WHAT WE CALL UNCONTROLLED APPROACHES OR MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS. SO THIS DOES HELP PROVIDE A SAFE AREA FOR PEDESTRIANS TO CROSS WHILE ALSO TRAFFIC CALMING TRAFFIC.

AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO A FEW DESIGN UPDATES. SO WE DID PRESENT TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR THE FIRST AVENUE SOUTH AND 10TH STREET INTERSECTION DURING THE CONCEPTUAL PHASE. THE ORIGINAL DIRECTION WAS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A SINGLE LANE ROUNDABOUT. ONCE WE GOT INTO THE DESIGN, WE REALIZED THAT THE LIFT STATION ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THE HORIZONTAL GEOMETRY OF THE ROUNDABOUT. WE QUICKLY NOTIFIED STAFF MET ON SITE, AND IT WAS DETERMINED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A RAISED INTERSECTION TO NOT IMPACT THE LIFT STATION, WHICH WAS RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED. SO FOR THE 60% DESIGN PLANS THAT WERE SUBMITTED, WE DO HAVE A RAISED INTERSECTION. WE ALSO DID REVIEW A ALWAYS STOP CONDITION, REVIEWING CRASH DATA AND THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH THIS INTERSECTION, AND WE ARE PROPOSING TO KEEP THIS INTERSECTION AN EXISTING TWO WAY STOP CONTROLLED INTERSECTION, WHICH IS HOW IT EXISTS TODAY. SO ONCE WE REALIZED THE ROUNDABOUT DIDN'T WORK AT 10TH AND FIRST, WE SAT DOWN WITH STAFF AND REVIEWED DIFFERENT INTERSECTIONS WHERE WE MAY BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR A ROUNDABOUT AND IDENTIFIED 12TH STREET SOUTH AND FIRST AVENUE SOUTH. BUT WITH THIS INTERSECTION, WHEN WE LAID OUT THE THE ROUNDABOUT, WE WERE CONSTRAINED WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY AND REALIZED THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY TO FIT THIS IN. SO WE SAT DOWN WITH ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO TRY TO MAKE THIS WORK. ULTIMATELY, IT WAS NOT FEASIBLE. SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AGAIN

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SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING THROUGH. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO SAT DOWN WITH THE DESIGN DISTRICT. ONE TIME AFTER THE CONCEPT PHASE, WE WILL BE SITTING DOWN WITH THEM IN THE FUTURE JUST TO TALK THROUGH DIFFERENT IDEAS THEY HAVE. AFTER WE RECEIVE COMMENTS BACK FROM CITY STAFF TO WORK THROUGH, AS WE PROGRESS TO 90%, MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE CAN COORDINATE AND INCLUDE THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WE'RE INCLUDING IN THE PLANS. SO FROM A STORMWATER PERSPECTIVE, AGAIN, THE MULTI BASIN DRAINAGE PROJECT, WE DID COORDINATE WITH THE CITY'S CONSULTANT ON THIS. WHAT WE IDENTIFIED WAS THERE WAS IMPROVEMENTS SHOWN ON CENTRAL AVENUE. SO THIS IS WITHIN THE AREA D. AND WHEN WE IDENTIFIED THAT WITH CENTRAL AVENUE SOMEWHAT RECENTLY BEING RECONSTRUCTED IN THE PAST TEN YEARS, AND US FULLY RECONSTRUCTING FIRST AVENUE SOUTH, WE COORDINATED POTENTIALLY BRINGING THAT TRUNK LINE TO FIRST AVENUE SOUTH. WE ALL THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA.

SO THAT'S HOW WE MOVED FORWARD WITH ADDING IT TO THIS PROJECT. THERE WERE A COUPLE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS IN THAT MULTI BASIN DRAINAGE ASSESSMENT PROJECT. THERE WAS IMPROVEMENT ALTERNATIVES WHICH WERE PROPOSED FOR PROJECTS TODAY, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH. AND THEN THEY ALSO REVIEWED THE LONG RANGE ALTERNATIVES, WHICH INCLUDED SEA LEVEL RISE OVER 70 YEARS. SO THAT WAS INCLUDING 20 YEARS TO GET THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE GROUND BASED ON THEIR THEIR MULTI BASIN ASSESSMENT AND THEN 50 YEARS OF DESIGN LIFE OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE. ONE THING I DO WANT TO NOTE. SO WITH THIS PROJECT, THEY DID IDENTIFY 272 INCH PIPES GOING DOWN GOODLETTE. AND THAT FUTURE LONG TERM ALTERNATIVE. THEY DID HAVE PUMP PUMP STATION AT THIS LOCATION. THAT WAS BECAUSE THE SEA LEVEL RISE WENT HIGHER THAN THE EXISTING ROADS TODAY. AND THIS IS A TIDALLY INFLUENCED AREA. SO A PUMP IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT. IT IS JUST THE TWIN 72 INCH PIPES WHICH WE'LL GET INTO FUTURE, ALONG WITH THE TRUNK LINE, SHIFTING IT FROM CENTRAL AVENUE TO FIRST AVENUE SOUTH FROM A BASIN IMPROVEMENT PERSPECTIVE. SO THE EXISTING CONDITION. SO EVERYTHING YOU SEE IN BLUE TODAY IS DRAINING.

AND THIS ALSO INCLUDES AN AREA WEST OF US 41 THAT GOES TO THE PUBLIC WORKS PUMP STATION THAT DISCHARGES TO THE GORDON RIVER. THE RED AREA IS THE NAPLES SQUARE AREA THAT CURRENTLY DRAINS TO THE EXISTING OUTFALL THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE IMPROVING WITH THIS PROJECT. SO THAT MIDDLE IMAGE SHOWS AFTER OUR PROJECT IS COMPLETE AND CONSTRUCTED, WE'RE RELIEVING SOME OF THE THE BASIN AREA THAT'S CURRENTLY GOING TO THE PUBLIC WORKS PUMP STATION BY APPROXIMATELY 18 ACRES. AND THEN WE'RE ADDING APPROXIMATELY 23 ACRES TO THE OUTFALL THAT IS CURRENTLY WHERE NAPLES PARK IS DISCHARGING TO. THE DISCREPANCY IN ACREAGES. I'LL GET INTO THE NEXT SLIDE, BUT THERE IS A DOUBLE BENEFIT WITH THIS PROJECT. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE TAKING MORE AND IMPROVING THE INFRASTRUCTURE WHERE WE ARE DISCHARGING TO, BUT WE'RE ALSO TAKING THINGS AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS PUMP STATION. AND THEN THE IMAGE ON THE FAR RIGHT.

SO THIS IS THE ULTIMATE ONCE ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN AREA D ARE CONSTRUCTED. AND I DO WANT TO NOTE THE FIFTH AVENUE NORTH PROJECT. IT IS BUDGETED UNDER THE CRA. SO THAT AREA IN GREEN WILL COME ONLINE ONCE THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH IS DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED. AND THEN THE OUTFALL ON THE FAR NORTH WITH THE LITTLE STAR THERE IS IMPROVED. SO FROM AN UNDERGROUND PERSPECTIVE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS. SO THAT

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AND ON PREVIOUS PROJECTS WE WORKED WITH THE CITY ON, WE DID ALLOW THE CONTRACTOR TO SHUT OFF BLOCK BY BLOCK, WHICH ALLOWED THEM TO EXPEDITE THE CONSTRUCTION A LITTLE BY NOT HAVING TO MAINTAIN TRAFFIC THROUGH THE WORK ZONE. SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD RECOMMEND WITH THIS PROJECT AS WELL. BUT YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW WOULD BE THE GULET OUTFALL. SO THIS IS THAT NEW OUTFALL. THIS IS ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD BE DRAINING TO THAT. THE RED WOULD BE THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE DRAINING TOWARDS THE PUBLIC WORKS PUMP STATION. AND THEN THE GREEN IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE GOING TO MANOR LAKE. SO THE PATH FORWARD. YEP. SO THE GREEN. SO THAT'S THE NORTHERN PORTION ON 10TH STREET THAT ALL FLOWS TO THE L SHAPED LAKE MANOR LAKE AND DISCHARGES THERE. SO THE PATH FORWARD AND THE ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE SO PERMITTING. SO THAT IS ONGOING.

WE'RE ANTICIPATING ONCE WE GET COMMENTS BACK FROM THE CITY ON THE 60% DESIGN SUBMITTAL, WE WILL BE SUBMITTING TO BOTH THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. WITHIN TWO WEEKS, WE HAD PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS WITH BOTH OF THEM WITH THE CORPS. THERE ARE SOME IMPACTS AT THE OUTFALL, SO THAT WILL BE A NATIONWIDE PERMIT IS WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING. WE WILL BE ALSO PERMITTING THROUGH FDEP FOR THE UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS

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SO WE'LL BE PERMITTING THAT ONE OF THE MORE CHALLENGING PERMITS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO OBTAIN IS WITH COLLIER COUNTY, BECAUSE WE ARE INSTALLING A BOX CULVERT UNDERNEATH ONE OF THEIR MAIN ARTERIALS, WHICH IS GOOD. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE PRETTY HEAVY COORDINATION WITH THE COUNTY, AND THEN WE WILL BE PRESENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE TODAY TO THE CRA IN JUNE, WITH A 90% DESIGN SUBMITTAL ANTICIPATED FOR AUGUST 100% IN NOVEMBER. THE BID PACKAGE TO THE CITY WOULD GO JANUARY AND THEN CONSTRUCTION WOULD BEGIN IN 2027. SO WITH THAT, WE OPEN UP ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION. VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE. BUT THIS TIME WE WILL ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS FROM OUR BOARD MEMBERS. LET'S START DOWN HERE WITH OUR NEWEST MEMBER, MR. LEE. SO I NOTICED OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOME RECONFIGURATION OF ON STREET PARKING. IS THERE GOING TO BE A NET INCREASE OR DECREASE IN THE AVAILABLE PARKING? SO THIS WAS A COORDINATED PRETTY HEAVILY THROUGH THE CONCEPTUAL PHASE. SO FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT AREA, BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE PERPENDICULAR PARKING ON 10TH STREET AND IT'S BEING REMOVED TO PARALLEL PARKING, OVERALL, THERE IS A NET DECREASE OF 45 PARKING SPOTS. AND THAT'S BROKEN DOWN BY 12 SPOTS ON FIRST AVENUE SOUTH BECAUSE THERE IS SOME PERPENDICULAR PARKING THERE AS WELL. THERE'S 36 SPOTS ON 10TH STREET. AND THEN WE'RE ACTUALLY ADDING THREE SPOTS ON 12TH. BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE EAST PARKING GARAGE DID ADD 365 SPACES AND THEN A NEW PARKING AREA ON THIRD AVENUE NORTH ADDED 24. BUT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PROJECT, IT WOULD BE 45 SPACES BEING REMOVED. GO RIGHT AHEAD. SO LOOKING AT YOUR YOUR TIMELINE YOU HAVE HERE, ASSUMING THAT, YOU KNOW, SEPTEMBER 2026 DOESN'T HAPPEN WITH ALL YOUR PERMITS, WILL YOU STILL BE ABLE TO MEET THAT JANUARY 2027 BID PACKAGE SUBMITTAL DATE? YEAH. SO WE'RE WE'RE FAIRLY CONFIDENT WITH THE PERMITTING. WE'RE GOING IN WITH A GENERAL PERMIT FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE DISTRICT SIDE. AND THEN WITH IT BEING A NATIONWIDE WERE THE WETLANDS WERE IMPACTING IS 0.02 ACRES. THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE VERY WELL KNOWN TO THIS. ONCE YOU SUBMIT THE PERMITS, YOU YOU OPEN YOURSELF UP. SO IF THERE'S NOTHING FROM A FEDERAL LEVEL THAT GETS BROUGHT UP, WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN THAT SCHEDULE. BUT YEAH, UNFORESEEN THINGS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL COULD CERTAINLY THROW US A CURVE BALL. THANK YOU. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME LEE. IT'S A PERFECT MEETING FOR HIM TO BE AT, CONSIDERING HE'S A CIVIL ENGINEER. SO GLAD HE'S HERE AND DEFINITELY BRINGS SOME GREAT SOME GREAT INSIGHT TO TO THE BOARD. IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD GET A SET OF THE PLANS EMAILED TO US SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE AT SOME POINT TO JUST KIND OF PERUSE A LITTLE DEEPER IF WE WANTED TO. YEAH, I'LL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE A LINK TO THEM. THEY'RE LARGE PLANS, SO IT'S HARD TO DISTRIBUTE, BUT I'LL, I'LL MAKE THEM AVAILABLE THROUGH A LINK. OKAY, TERRIFIC.

AND IN THOSE PLANS, WAS THERE, WERE THERE PHOTO METRICS FOR THE SITE LIGHTING? THE LIGHTING PLANS DID NOT INCLUDE PHOTO METRICS AT THE 60% STAGE, BUT THEY WILL BE IN THE FUTURE.

THEY WILL BE OKAY. THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I'D LOVE TO SPECIFICALLY COME BACK TO US TO LOOK AT IS THE PHOTO METRICS AND MAKING SURE, YOU KNOW, LIGHTING IS JUST SO IMPORTANT FROM AN ESTHETIC AND A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE. SO IF WE COULD, IF WE COULD LOOK AT THAT, THAT'D BE TERRIFIC. LET'S SEE. THE SECTION FOR THE RAISED. SO THERE WAS GOING TO BE A ROUNDABOUT AT 10TH AND FIRST AND THEN 12TH AND FIRST, AND NOW IT'S A RAISED INTERSECTION.

DO YOU HAVE A SECTION ON THAT THAT YOU CAN SHOW US JUST SO WE CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LIKE, HOW RAISED IT IS OR HOW IT HOW IT KIND OF LOOKS AND FEELS. YEAH. SO THE, THE VERTICAL IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE SIX INCHES. AND SO AS YOU APPROACH THE INTERSECTION,

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ON THE CURB THERE. OH, THERE WE GO. THEY'D BE LIKE RIGHT AROUND HERE. OKAY, GREAT. ANY. LIKE LIGHTING ACTIVATION WITHIN ANY OF THE INTERSECTION, IMPROVEMENTS FOR PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS OR IN THE INTERSECTIONS? SO WE, WE ARE PROPOSING THE RAPID RECTANGULAR FLASHING BEACONS AT. THERE'S IMPROVEMENTS ON CENTRAL AVENUE AT 12TH STREET. SO THE FAR NORTH END OF 12TH, WE ARE IMPROVING THAT. WE'RE PROVIDING A REFUGE ISLAND WITHIN AREA FOR PEDESTRIANS TO CROSS AND AS WELL AS THE. THE NORTH SOUTH CROSSING CROSSING CENTRAL AVENUE. GOTCHA. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. AND ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS THE CRA AND CRA ADVISORY BOARDS HAD FOR A WHILE IS THE, THE ALLEY ACTIVATION PROJECT CAN I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A YOU SPEAK TO THAT OR ANITA SPEAKS KIND OF HOW IT ALL DOVETAILS IN WITH WITH THIS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS THE SORT OF THE NOT MAYBE NOT DELAY, BUT WAITING TO KIND OF SEE HOW THIS ALL LOOKS AND FEELS BEFORE THAT GETS MOVING FORWARD. YEAH. SO THE, THE DESIGN WALK PROJECT, THE PILOT PROJECT THAT'S LOCATED WEST OF 10TH BETWEEN FIRST AVENUE SOUTH AND CENTRAL AVENUE. THAT PROJECT WILL GO WITH THE FIRST AVENUE SOUTH IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE THERE IS A WATER LINE THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BETWEEN CENTRAL AND FIRST AVENUE SOUTH, THAT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY SEE THAT THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL HERE, BUT THAT THAT'S WHAT WHEN WHEN WE CONSTRUCT THAT FIRST AVENUE SOUTH, THAT LINE WILL BE PUT IN ON THAT WESTERN ALLEYWAY. AND THEN WE CAN, WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN WALK PROJECT AND AT WHAT DESIGN POINT DOES THAT HAPPEN? IS IT 60%, 90%, 100%? LIKE IT HAS TO BE 100% DESIGN. YOU THINK BEFORE THAT ALLEY ACTIVATION STARTS OR, OR BEFORE THE, I GUESS THE ACTUAL PROJECT MOVES FORWARD. SO THE DESIGN OF THAT THE PILOT PROJECT WAS ACCEPTED BY THE CRA BOARD. IT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED. SO WE HAVE BEEN ALIGNING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT PROJECT WITH THE FIRST AVENUE SOUTH PROJECT WITH THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONSTRUCTION. OKAY. I WAS THINKING THERE WOULD NEED TO BE A DESIGN. WELL, I'M SURE THERE'S SOME DESIGN THAT STILL NEEDED, BUT OKAY, THAT THAT MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU. AND THEN IS THERE ANY MAYBE IT'S MORE OF A CONTRACTOR QUESTION, BUT ON THE PHASED AREAS, DO YOU HAVE TIMELINES ON HOW LONG THOSE ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE TO TAKE FOR EACH OF THE PHASED AREAS BROKEN DOWN AT A PHASE LEVEL? WE DON'T AT THIS TIME.

YEAH. GREAT. THANK YOU. HI. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. VERY DETAILED. JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR ME. ONE, YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE SOME CHALLENGES WITH THE OUTFALL BY MANGROVE BAY. WHAT CHALLENGES WOULD THOSE BE? SO THOSE ARE PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE BOX CULVERT GOING IN. AND IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA, IF YOU JUST ON THE NORTHERN END, WE'LL START IN THE NORTH AND COME DOWN. THE GULFSHORE PLAYHOUSE IS SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER, AS WELL AS THERE IS AN EXISTING POWER LINE. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH FPL, WHICH ALL THAT UTILITY COORDINATION IS PART OF. AFTER THE 60% DESIGN PHASE. SO IT'S NOT A CHALLENGE WITH DISCHARGING INTO THE CANAL. IT'S A CHALLENGE WITH GETTING TO THE CANAL CONSTRUCTION. OKAY. YEAH. AS FAR AS GETTING TO THE CANAL,

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OKAY. THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT ON THE WEST SIDE PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS LOCATION.

BUT AS FAR AS THE DIRECT CHALLENGES. I'M NOT AWARE. WAS THERE ANY STUDIES DONE? YES.

WE'VE RUN HYDRAULIC MODELS. OH REALLY? FOR THIS AREA. OH, NICE. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S WHERE THE CHECK VALVE GOES. SO THE DRAINAGE CHECK VALVE WITH A BOX CULVERT IS DIFFICULT. AND SO THE THE CHECK VALVE IS ACTUALLY JUST UPSTREAM OF THE BOX CULVERT WHERE THE 72 INCH PIPE IS. YEAH. WHERE COULD I SEE THESE STUDIES, DAN. THERE'S THE MULTI BASIN BASIN FOR REPORT DONE BY KIMLEY-HORN. AND WE HAVE OUR TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM ALONG WITH THIS PROJECT. AND IT HAD THAT OUTFALL PIPE ALREADY ASSESSED. IT'S IN TERMS OF FLOWS. YEAH WE'VE BEEN ASSESSING THE FLOWS. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALSO I THINK IT WAS FIRST IN 10TH STREET. YOU SAID YOU HAD SOME SOME TROUBLE BECAUSE OF POWER LINES IN THE WAY. IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD JUST BURY THIS, OR ARE WE NOT THINKING ABOUT BURYING POWER WHEN WE'RE GOING TO REDO THIS, THIS STREET AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT ALL DUG UP ANYHOW? SO THE THE CHALLENGE WITH THE FIRST AND 10TH, I BELIEVE WITH THE ROUNDABOUT WAS A LIFT STATION, BUT WITH THE POWER LINES. AS WE REACH OUT TO FPL, THAT WILL BE PART OF THE COORDINATION. SO YOU ARE GOING TO TRY AND BURY THEM OR WE'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO BRING THAT UP TO THEIR ATTENTION. BUT I KNOW ON PREVIOUS PROJECTS WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, THE COST WILL BE BACK ON THE CITY TO UNDERGROUND THEM, WHICH COULD INCREASE THE COST SIGNIFICANTLY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THAT. VERY DETAILED NOT A CIVIL ENGINEER. SO I STAY THAT WHILE I ASK THESE QUESTIONS, LOOKING AT THE THE 60% PLAN STRUCTURE. 34 IS THAT CURRENTLY THERE OR IS THAT AS PART OF. I'M ON PAGE 19. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT THERE. BOTTOM LEFT. SO THERE'S AN EXISTING STRUCTURE THAT'S THERE RIGHT NOW. IT WILL BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE INFRASTRUCTURE GOING INTO IT. AND THAT'S WHERE THE 72 INCH PIPE IS RUNNING INTO THAT STRUCTURE AREA AND THEN GOING INTO THE BOX CULVERT. SO THE CHECK VALVE IS GOING TO BE KIND OF RIGHT IN THAT LOCATION. YEAH, JUST BEFORE THAT BOX. YEAH. AND SO THE BOX CULVERT THEN NOW ONCE AGAIN, NOT A CIVIL ENGINEER. DOES THAT BECOME IF IT'S RISING TIDE AND THE WATER IS GOING TO BE SITTING IN THAT BOX CULVERT. OKAY. CORRECT. OKAY, COOL. JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ON THAT. AND THEN THE CHECK VALVES GO BEFORE THAT. OKAY, INTERESTING. THE POWER LINES ON FIRST, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT. THEY'RE ON THE SOUTH OR THE NORTH SIDE. THEY'RE ON THE NORTH. OKAY.

THAT'S BETTER. SO WE COULD HAVE SHADE ON THE SOUTH SIDE. SHADE TREES ON THE SOUTH SIDE, CORRECT. YEAH. THERE THERE'S UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL. OKAY. THE GRAVITY MAINS BEING RECONSTRUCTED AS WELL AS THE THE WATER MAIN. BUT THE INTENT IS TO KEEP THAT GREEN SPACE OPEN WHERE WE CAN PUT CANOPY TREES. OKAY. AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE SHADE ALONG THE CORRIDOR AS WE GET TO THE 90% PLANS. OKAY, PERFECT. AND THEN CONSTRUCTION, I SEE HERE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S PLAYING IN THE 27. IS THE GOAL TO HAVE THAT DURING AN OFF SEASON? BECAUSE PHASING WISE, I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT GOOD LIT.

YOU'VE GOT AREAS HERE WITH THE PLAYHOUSE. IS THAT THE GOAL OR IS IT JUST WE KNOW THAT FAR AHEAD OF TIME YET. THAT'S GOING TO BE A CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY. UNDERSTOOD. AND AND THEN I MEAN, THIS IS THERE'S THAT NEW. SO THIS BOX CULVERTS GOT TO GO UNDERNEATH ALL THE EXISTING SIDEWALK. AND THAT WHOLE THING IS GETTING TORN UP AND ACROSS AND THEN ACROSS.

GOODLETTE TO. CORRECT. CORRECT. OKAY. I MEAN, A LOT OF. YEAH, THAT'S GOING TO BE CHALLENGING.

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OKAY. AND YOU WERE SAYING, I KEEP COMING BACK TO THIS. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU MODELED EVERYTHING. SO WHEN THAT BOX CULVERT FILLS UP FROM A BIG STORM, WHAT HAPPENS THEN? THE WATER JUST THAT'S WHEN IT STARTS TO COME. SO THE CHECK VALVE WILL STOP IT. OKAY. IT WON'T GO UPSTREAM OF THAT BOX THAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO. YEAH. AND THEN AS IT GOES DOWN, IF IT DOES STORM, WHEN TIDE'S COMING UP, THE CHECK VALVE OPENS. IT'S LIKE A DUCKBILL AND THE HEAD WILL PUSH IT OUT. BUT THAT'S ALL INCLUDED IN THE MODEL. YEAH. AND WHAT'S THE WHAT IS THE GOAL OF HAVING LIKE THAT BIG OF A STORM SYSTEM RIGHT THERE? IS THAT SO WHEN THE TIDE RISES, IT CAN TAKE IN SOME OF THE WATER OR IT COULD PUSH OUT FURTHER. SO THE SIZE OF THAT WAS BASED ON THE THE BASIN AREA ALL FLOWING TO THAT. YEAH. IT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH STORING WATER WHEN IT'S HIGH TIDE. IT'S MORE OF THE MODELING OF THE PIPE SIZES. AGAIN, WE HAVE ELEVATIONS ON THE ROAD. SO AT FIRST AND 12TH ELEVATIONS ARE AROUND THREE. YEAH. AND THEN THAT SOUTH SIDE OF 10TH ELEVATION IS THREE. SO THE PIPE SIZES GET BIGGER BECAUSE YOU YOU DON'T HAVE THAT ELEVATION DIFFERENCE AT A TIDAL OUTFALL THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR WATER TO GET OUT. SO THAT'S WHY THE INFRASTRUCTURE WAS SO LARGE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. VERY INFORMATIVE. SO LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE, SEEING THAT THE LEVEL OF THE STREET DOWN SOUTH OF FIRST GOES DOWN TO THREE FEET, IS THAT GOING TO BE SUSTAINABLE FOR THE FUTURE? LIKE LOOKING AT LIKE REALISTICALLY LOOKING AT THIS, WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS GOING TO BE, I MEAN, THIS IS LIKE A, AN ADEQUATE SOLUTION FOR THE TIME BEING. BUT AS TIDE LEVELS RISE AND WITH THAT SIX BY NINE CULVERT THAT YOU WERE MENTIONING, IT'S A 72 INCH PIPE FLOWING INTO THAT, IS THAT TRULY GOING TO BE ADEQUATE ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE WATER SUPPLY? BECAUSE IT IS A LOWER POINT. SO, I MEAN, MOST OF THE WATER IS GOING TO BE FLOWING THROUGH THERE. LIKE THAT'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF WATER. DO YOU FEEL LIKE WITHOUT A PUMP THAT'S GOING TO BE ADEQUATE? SO BASED ON THE MULTI BASIN ASSESSMENT, AGAIN, THEY LOOKED AT THAT FUTURE CONDITION WHICH WAS 70 YEARS OUT WHERE THEY INCLUDED THE PUMPS BECAUSE OF THE SEA LEVEL RISE. YOU KNOW, WE WE'VE MODELED THIS PRETTY EXTENSIVELY. WE ACTUALLY TOOK THE MODEL THAT WAS DONE WITH THE MULTI BASIN.

WE COORDINATED WITH THEIR CONSULTANT. WE THEN BROUGHT IT INTO MORE OF A DESIGN PHASE BECAUSE THAT WAS MORE OF A CONCEPTUAL LEVEL. AND BASED ON THAT MODELING, IT IS. AND, AND THE 72 INCH THAT'S GOING INTO THE BOX CULVERT. SO THE BOX CULVERT IS EQUIVALENT TO 272 INCH PIPES. OKAY. SO, OKAY, IT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT I'VE SEEN THAT ACCUMULATES IN THAT AREA. AND EVEN SOUTH OF THERE, IT JUST BECOMES A LAKE ITSELF. SO I'M WONDERING, IS THAT GOING TO HELP ALLEVIATE ALL OF THAT ENTIRE AREA, OR IS THIS JUST GOING TO BE FOR THIS PARTICULAR ROAD? BECAUSE DOES IT ALL DRAIN INTO THIS? SO. THE IMPROVEMENTS YOU SEE IN YELLOW. SO ALL THAT WILL THE ROADWAY AND WHAT'S FLOWING TO THE ROADWAY WILL DRAIN THROUGH THE SYSTEM WE'RE PROPOSING. AND THE NEW OUTFALL. AND THERE'S NO POSSIBILITY OF ADDING PUMPS TO THESE DESIGNS AT ALL. THERE'S. NOT NONE AT THIS JUNCTURE. SO THESE THIS WILL BE A MAJOR STORMWATER IMPROVEMENT IN ITS OWN RIGHT TO HELP PREPARE US FOR FUTURE AND THE INTENSE STORMS OF THE FUTURE BEYOND 50 YEARS. AT SOME LEVEL, IT'S IT'S SOMETHING THAT FUTURE PEOPLE CAN ANTICIPATE AND ADAPT. BUT THIS WILL DEFINITELY PREPARE OUR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE FUTURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OKAY. GO RIGHT AHEAD. DO YOU HAVE A MODEL OR A MAP SHOWING KIND OF POST IMPROVEMENTS OF KIND OF WHAT THE THE GOAL IS OF WHAT IT OR MAYBE WHAT IT, HOW IT FLOODS NOW VERSUS HOW IT SHOULDN'T FLOOD ONCE IT'S ALL DONE, LIKE A INUNDATION MAP. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY PUT TOGETHER. AGAIN. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE JUST 1 OR 2 QUESTIONS. ONE, ONE OF THE

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GO AHEAD. SO IS THAT SIDEWALK? COLLIER COUNTY'S UNDER THE CULVERT. SO I BELIEVE I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE THE EASEMENT ITSELF. I KNOW, SO THERE'S A THERE'S A PARKS AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT WITHIN THAT 30 FOOT AREA. OKAY. BUT IF IT'S DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE CURB, WHICH I'D HAVE TO GO AND LOOK, IT'S MOST LIKELY WITHIN THEIR RIGHT OF WAY. OKAY. YEAH. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. I'M EXCITED THAT YOU ARE AT THE 60%. WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU FOR A WHILE. SO I'M VERY HAPPY THAT YOU'VE REACHED THAT STAGE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR 90% SUBMITTAL. AND GOOD LUCK WITH COLLIER COUNTY. AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO ASSIST, PLEASE LET US KNOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. THIS TIME WE HAVE NEW BUSINESS. WHICH IS BASICALLY

[8.A) Discussion of the draft FY 2027 CRA Capital Improvement Projects and Recommendations to the CRA Board.]

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AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE STORMWATER UTILITIES AND STREETS AND RIVER PARK EAST, THE MULTI BASIN PROJECT THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN DANIEL'S PRESENTATION OF FIFTH AVENUE NORTH. IF YOU'LL RECALL THE THE GREEN AREA IN HIS PRESENTATION OF THE THE BASINS THAT PROJECT FOR FIFTH AVENUE NORTH AND SIXTH AVENUE NORTH IN THE RIVER PARK WEST IS STILL UNDER. IN THIS AMENDED BUDGET FOR DESIGN AS WELL, THE. THE CRA ALSO PROVIDED THROUGH CONSENSUS DIRECTION TO STAFF TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY TO PROVIDE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AROUND CAMBIER PARK AND INSTALLING PLANTERS AND BOLLARDS AROUND CAMBIER PARK. AND SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT MOVING FORWARD THIS YEAR. SO WE'LL GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW OUR PROJECTS LOOK THEN AND WHAT THE CIP LOOKS LIKE FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. YOU CAN SEE

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MR. SCHUCHART ASKED ABOUT THE DESIGN PILOT PROJECT. AND AGAIN, THAT IS PROGRAMED TO START WITH THE FIRST AVENUE SOUTH PROJECT CONSTRUCTION. SO WE HAVE THAT IN THE BUDGET, AND THEN WE HAVE THE DESIGN, THE ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES FOR FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH AND SUGDEN PLAZA.

WE ARE NEGOTIATING THAT AGREEMENT AND THAT THAT GRANT SUBMITTAL FOR THAT. SO WE HAVE RETAINED THE THE FUNDING FOR THAT DESIGN WHILE WE'RE SEEKING THE GRANT FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION TO SUPPORT THAT AND FUTURE YEARS. AND THEN FINALLY, IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WE HAVE 250 000 PROGRAM FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS PROJECTS.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BRING BACK TO YOU TO DISCUSS WHAT PROJECTS WE HAVE REMAINING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS, AND THEN HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHAT PROJECT WILL GO FORWARD WITH NEXT YEAR. SO THIS IS WHAT, AGAIN, IN THE YELLOW, WHAT IS DEFINED IN THE DETAILS THAT WE JUST WENT FORWARD WITH FOR NEXT YEAR? SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE, AGAIN, OVER $22 MILLION BUDGETED FOR NEXT YEAR IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, WITH THE MAJORITY OF OUR PROJECTS BEING IN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE CRA IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS. SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. AT THIS TIME. I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW, WITH, I THINK THE DESIGN THAT THEY'RE COMING UP WITH IS FORWARD THINKING, AND I'M 100% IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT. BUT WHAT ARE WHAT IS I DON'T EXACTLY KNOW IF THE CRA IS IN CHARGE OF THIS, BUT FOR THE FUTURE BUILDING AND WHAT IS HAPPENING, LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, THEM HAVING TO REVISE THE TYPE OF. YOU KNOW, PIPES THAT THEY'RE USING BECAUSE THINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN BUILT OUT. AND I AND. ARE THERE PLANS IN PLACE TO LIKE HOLD SOME OF THE DEVELOPERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR, YOU KNOW, I GUESS UPGRADING THEIR AREAS AS WELL, WHAT THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING BECAUSE BY PUTTING MORE VOLUME INTO THE SYSTEM, I FEEL LIKE WE MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEM RESPONSIBLE FOR UPGRADING SOME OF THOSE INFRASTRUCTURES FOR THEIR IMMEDIATE NEEDS, YOU KNOW, AND AS A RESULT, THE CITY HAS TO WORK AROUND AND TRY AND FIND OTHER SOLUTIONS, YOU KNOW, TO, I GUESS, KEEP UP OR NOT DESTROY WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY BUILT. BUT I FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD BE THE OTHER WAY AROUND. I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE HOLDING THESE BIG

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AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING. THE. FOR THE FUTURE PLANNING IS THERE. I SEE THAT FOR THE 2728 BUDGET, THERE'S THE 22 MILLION ON FOR. AND THE 5 MILLION FOR RIVER PARK WEST AND EAST. IS THERE NO DESIGN A BUDGET FOR THAT OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? IS THAT ALREADY IN DESIGN? SO THE DESIGN IS IS THIS YEAR. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT PROJECT, YOU SEE THE 2 MILLION FOR STREETS AND STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS. AGAIN, THE THE CRA WILL FUND STREET IMPROVEMENTS, BEAUTIFICATION IMPROVEMENTS, STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS, AND THEN THE THE CITY IS OUR PARTNER IN IMPROVING UTILITIES AND STORMWATER WHEN NEEDED. SO THOSE ARE PARTNERSHIPS. SO THE THE DESIGN FOR THOSE PROJECTS ARE IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. AND THAT WAS A REPRIORITIZATION OF DIRECTION FROM THE CRA BOARD IN MARCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU. THE ADDITIONAL 1.1 FOR FIFTH AVE SOUTH. THAT'S BASED ON RESPONSES FROM OUR RFP.

YES. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. YES. AND IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY, WE'RE BASICALLY EARMARKING 18.5 FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS WHEREVER THEY MAY LAND, LANDSCAPING, LIGHTING, STORMWATER, WHEREVER THEY CAN HELP, THE CRA IS GOING TO BE PUTTING UP THAT JUST AS THEY WOULD FOR RIVER PARK EAST AND WEST. YES. SO SO THE 18.5, THAT NUMBER WAS BASED ON A CONCEPTUAL COST ESTIMATE THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US LAST YEAR TO TRY TO GIVE US SOME SENSE OF MAGNITUDE FOR OUR BUDGETING PROCESSES FOR THE CRA. SO AS THE DESIGN PROGRESSES AND TIME CONTINUES, WE CAN ANTICIPATE THOSE COSTS MAY CHANGE. SO AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE THAT BUDGET OF OVER 18 MILLION FOR STORMWATER AND STREET IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT PROJECT.

THE UTILITIES WILL BE PAID BY THE UTILITY DEPARTMENT. UTILITY FEES. THANK YOU. JUST A QUICK QUESTION. AS FAR AS THE I SEE 750 FOR THE ANTHONY PARK IMPROVEMENTS ON THE PLAYGROUND.

IF. HAS THE 750 ALREADY BEEN. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? HAVE WE HAVE WE LOOKED AT THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND SAID, IT'S 750 OR ARE WE JUST LIKE PUTTING THAT. 750 THERE SO THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH TO GET THE EQUIPMENT? OR DO WE KNOW THAT IT'S 750? THAT'S A BUDGET ALLOCATION, AN APPROPRIATION. AND THEN WHEN THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMES BACK WITH PROPOSALS FOR THAT, THE, THE, THE FEES WILL BE REVEALED THEN MORE ACCURATE. OKAY. NOW LET'S SAY IT COMES IN AT 500. DOES THE 250 REMAIN IN THAT PARK OR DOES IT GO BACK INTO THE KITTY? IT GOES BACK INTO OUR OVERALL FUND. AND THAT WOULD BE THE SAME WITH THE BOLLARDS ON. WHAT IS IT? CAMBIAR THAT'S 500. I WAS JUST ON MY PHONE LOOKING A BALL. YOU'RE THE MOST EXPENSIVE STAINLESS ONE I COULD FIND WAS 250 BUCKS. HOW MANY BOLLARDS DO WE NEED? DO WE KNOW HOW MANY IS REQUIRED? NO. AGAIN THAT'S AN APPROPRIATION. AND AS THAT PROJECT IS DESIGNED, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA ON THE COST OF THAT. SO IT'S JUST A ROUGH SWING THEN IS THE 500 TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE COVERED. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THIS. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF GOOD

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AND THAT IS SUBJECT ALWAYS TO CHANGE BASED ON THE MILLAGE RATES AND ANY OTHER CHANGES THAT MAY COME FROM THE STATE DEALING WITH AD VALOREM TAXES. SO IN THE IN THE PAST YEAR, WE GENERATED APPROXIMATELY $11,000 IN AD VALOREM, ABOUT 11 MILLION. YES. I'M SORRY, 11 MILLION. AND WE'RE IN TROUBLE. 11 MILLION. AND ABOUT 70% OF THAT IS FROM COLLIER COUNTY THAT MAINTAIN OR REMAINS WITHIN THE CRA. AND ABOUT 30% OF THAT IS FROM THE CITY TAXES THAT ARE RETAINED WITHIN THE CRA. SO WE'RE GENERATING IN REVENUES ABOUT 11000. WE SPEND ABOUT 3 MILLION IN OPERATING COSTS EACH YEAR FOR THE CRA. SO THAT LEAVES US ABOUT 7 MILLION TO BUDGET EACH YEAR FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS. WHEN WE DO NOT SPEND THE AMOUNT, WE REALLOCATE THAT WE HAVE TO DO THREE THINGS. WE EITHER HAVE TO REALLOCATE THAT THAT FUND THAT WE DIDN'T SPEND TO ANOTHER PROJECT. WE HAVE TO GIVE IT BACK TO THE TAXING AUTHORITY, OR WE HAVE TO PAY DOWN DEBT.

AND WE HAVE BEEN REALLOCATING IT TO OUR PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD AS HOW WE'VE BEEN APPROACHING IT THIS YEAR. SO WE ARE REALLOCATING THE FUNDS THAT WERE UNSPENT THIS YEAR TO NEXT YEAR. OKAY. IS THERE A WAY TO ADD THAT TO ANY TO OUR CAPITAL? I MEAN, JUST SO WE AGAIN, CAN HAVE THAT AS A REFERENCE POINT, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOME DISCLAIMERS AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S THINGS THAT COULD GO WITH IT. I JUST JUST BE HELPFUL TO SEE OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT THAT WOULD BE, IF POSSIBLE. AND WHAT WAS THE AMOUNT OF THE GRANT POTENTIAL FOR THE FIFTH AVENUE, THE GRANTS ARE ALLOCATED UP TO 20 MILLION PER PROJECT. I THINK IT'S OVER 1 BILLION THAT THEY SET ASIDE FOR THESE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION PROJECTS. IS THERE ANY OTHER GRANTS WE CAN SUBMIT BESIDES THAT ONE? SO WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING INTO THAT. WE LOOKED INTO ANOTHER GRANT CALLED THE BRICK GRANT. THAT'S ALSO A FEDERAL GRANT. BUT YOU NEED TO HAVE A STATE PARTNERSHIP THAT GOES THROUGH THE STATE TO DO THAT. AND AT THIS TIME, THEY HAD ELIMINATED THAT, THAT PROGRAM, BUT THEN THEY BROUGHT IT BACK. SO THE STATE HAS DECIDED THAT THEY WOULD ONLY INVITE BACK THOSE PROJECTS THAT THEY HAD ALREADY VETTED FOR LAST YEAR TO SUBMIT AGAIN THIS YEAR. SO WE DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THIS YEAR TO SUBMIT FOR THE BRICK, BUT WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION GRANT. AND SO LOOKING FOR GRANTS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALWAYS INTERESTED IN TRYING TO TO FIND STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS FOR. AND DOES THE CITY HAVE A FULL TIME GRANT PROCURING PERSON, OR IS IT JUST DOES IT FALL TO EACH INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT? IT'S GENERALLY BY EACH DEPARTMENT. YES. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON HIS THE GRANT. IS THAT CBGD OR WHAT? WHAT IS THE GRANT? IS THAT SOMETHING DIFFERENT? YEAH. SO THE CDBG GRANT IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THAT THAT IS A GRANT THAT IS ADMINISTERED BY COLLIER COUNTY. AND THAT IS ALSO A GRANT THAT WE APPLY FOR. AND IN FACT, TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT, THAT'S IN THE ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT. BUT WITH THIS QUESTION, IT'S A GOOD TIME TO ANSWER THAT RIGHT NOW. SO WHEN YOU SEE THE PROJECT NUMBER HERE 26 C 13,

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SO THAT WILL OFFSET THE COSTS THAT WE HAD BUDGETED FOR THAT PROJECT. I I'M INTERESTED IN THAT C, THAT C, B, G, D OR WHATEVER IT WAS, BECAUSE I HAD A MEETING WITH THE MAYOR AND SHE HAD TOLD ME THE LAST TIME RIVER PARK EAST WAS ACTUALLY DREDGED, IT WAS DREDGED ALL THROUGH THAT FUNDING, THROUGH THAT, THOSE INITIALS WE JUST SAID, AND I WONDERED, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD MAYBE ASK THE CRA TO LOOK INTO TO SEE IF MAYBE WE COULD GET THOSE CANALS DREDGED AGAIN THROUGH THAT? I THINK THAT QUESTION HAS BEEN ANSWERED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE ADMINISTRATION THAT DREDGING OF THOSE CANALS IS NOT UNDER THE CRA. OH, THAT'S UNDER THE CITY. YEAH. OKAY. BUT WOULD THAT BE THE SAME IF YOU GOT THE FUNDING? I'M SORRY, WITH THE FUNDING, WOULDN'T THAT MAKE IT THROUGH THE WOULDN'T THAT MAKE IT IN THE CRA. NO IT WOULD. IT'S AGAIN, YOUR YOUR FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE WITHIN THE CRA IS ALSO AVAILABLE. YOU'RE NOT JUST THE CRA. YOU'RE ALSO A CITY. RIGHT. SO SO THERE ARE SOME RESPONSIBILITIES THAT ARE ON THE CITY. THERE ARE SOME RESPONSIBILITIES THAT ARE ON THE CRA. THE POINT THAT IS, IS MOST IMPORTANT ABOUT THE CRA PROJECTS IS IT HAS TO BE IN THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN. OTHERWISE YOU CANNOT EXPEND CRA FUNDS ON THOSE PROJECTS. ALL RIGHT. I'M DONE BEATING MY HEAD ON THAT BRICK. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE 18.5 MILLION FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS. YOU KNOW, SAY THEY START GOING THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND THAT NUMBER STARTS GROWING WITH MORE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY NEED TO DO TO GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. IS THAT 18.5 GOING TO CHANGE AT ALL BASED ON, SAY, THE 90% PLANS, OR IS THAT 18.5 PRETTY MUCH A CAP? LIKE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO OVER THAT AMOUNT. SO IF IF WE COME BACK WITH WITH A BUDGET THAT IS GREATER THAN THAT FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT, THAT'S WHEN WE WILL TALK WITH OUR CITY MANAGER ABOUT HOW WE COVERED THOSE ADDITIONAL COSTS, WHETHER WE REPRIORITIZE AGAIN WITH THE CRA OR WE LOOK AT ADDITIONAL CITY FUNDING OR WE LOOK AT FINANCING. SO THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITIES TO TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO FUND A PROJECT. AND WE WOULD LOOK AT ALL THOSE THOSE MECHANISMS. IF IT COMES BACK GREATER THAN THAT FOR THE CRA PORTION. YEAH, GREAT. KIND OF A FOLLOW UP QUESTION. THE 18.5 IS THAT PURELY HARD CONSTRUCTION COSTS OR IS THAT INCLUDE SOFT COSTS SUCH AS PERMITTING IMPACT FEES, DESIGN FEES, KIND OF INCLUDES ALL OF THAT? YES. WELL, SOMETIMES THE THE PERMITTING FEES WERE PAID OUT OF THE CRA ADMINISTRATION FUNDS AS WELL.

BUT THOSE THOSE WOULD INCLUDE ALL THE HARD COSTS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANITA. SO ON OUR BUDGET RIGHT HERE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT HERE, THE AMENDED BUDGET FOR 2020 526. THIS IS WHAT WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED. CORRECT. THAT IS WHAT WAS DIRECTED WORKING ON NOW. SO RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS 2627 RIGHT BUDGET. THE WHAT WHAT WE SHOW IN THE AMENDED BUDGET IS WHAT THE DIRECTION WAS FROM THE CRA BOARD IN MARCH. SO WHEN WE BRING BACK THE PRELIMINARY CIP, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALWAYS INCLUDE ANY CRA BOARD DIRECTION THAT THE STAFF HAS RECEIVED. OKAY. SO. FOR OUR RECOMMENDATION PART. ON HERE, WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN PROJECTS. 2526 THERE'S NO NUMBER IN HERE, BUT I THOUGHT WE HAD A NUMBER SO THAT, IF YOU'LL RECALL, WE HAD THAT IN THERE. AND THEN WE IDENTIFIED THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF RIVER PARK EAST AND RIVER PARK WEST, AND WE DEFINED THOSE PROJECTS AS STORMWATER STREETS AND UTILITIES. OKAY. SO SO WHEN IT BECOMES IDENTIFIED, THEN WE, WE TRY TO IDENTIFY THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO WHEN IT'S JUST IDENTIFIED AS A NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS, PROJECTS, IT MEANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK BACK

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I'M IN FAVOR OF APPROVING IT AS A. JUST TWO OTHER QUESTIONS. THE HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, DOES THAT HAVE ITS OWN LINE ITEM OR IS THAT IN IN THE OPERATIONAL BUDGETS? IT'S IN THE OPERATING. OKAY. YES. NOT SURE IF IT MATTERS, BUT JUST FROM A PUBLIC PERCEPTION STANDPOINT, SINCE WE END UP, I FEEL LIKE WE LOOK AT THIS DOCUMENT MORE THAN ANYTHING. IT MAY BE GOOD TO HAVE IT ON THERE JUST TO SHOW THAT THAT'S PART OF OUR ONGOING, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING. AND BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST MAYBE FROM A PUBLIC PERCEPTION STANDPOINT, AND THEN IN OUR IN THE PRESENTATION FOR THE STORMWATER, I THOUGHT I HAD SEEN A NUMBER THAT WAS IN EXCESS OF THE 18.5. SHOULD WE RECOMMEND A NUMBER HIGHER THAN THE. 18.5 BEING THAT THE THE ENGINEER HAD SOMETHING HIGHER.

SO WHAT YOU SEE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN HIGHER FROM THAT WOULD BE THE UTILITIES PORTION. SO THIS

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I'M IN FAVOR OF APPROVING IT AS IS. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO DOUBLE BACK ON WHAT CHRIS HAD SAID HERE. I THINK IT UNDERSTOOD THIS AS A CIP AND IT DOESN'T SHOW OUR OPERATING. BUT THIS IS A PUBLIC DOCUMENT THAT GOES OUT AND PEOPLE READ THE AGENDAS. IT'D BE NICE TO EVEN JUST. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE ON THE BOTTOM SAY, YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY IN OPERATING COSTS, THAT IS A PROJECT THAT WE'VE TAKEN ON, RIGHT? THAT IS TOTALLY A PROJECT. AND MAYBE THERE ARE SOME OF THE COMMUNITY POLICING AND OTHER STUFF IS IN THERE AS WELL. BUT I THINK IT'S GOOD TO RECOGNIZE THAT BECAUSE IT STARTED AS A PROJECT THAT HAS MOVED INTO ITS LINE ITEM IN OUR BUDGET NOW 100%. SO THAT'S A GOOD SUCCESS FOR US. SPEAKING OF THE FOUR PROJECTS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED, THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE'VE WORKED ON FOR A WHILE, EVEN SINCE BEFORE I WAS HERE. SO THE STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS ALONG FIRST, 12TH AND 10TH, THAT'S GREAT TO HAVE IN THERE, THE NAPLES DESIGN DISTRICT IMPROVEMENTS. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT BEFORE WE EVEN GOT ON THIS BOARD. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THAT FUNDED THE THE FIFTH AVE SOUTH THAT BEEN SUCKED IN. THAT WAS A TOP PRIORITY FOR YEARS NOW TO SEE THAT ON HERE AND ALLOCATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS FOR DESIGN, I THINK IS GREAT. AND THEN THIS PAST YEAR, WE TALKED ABOUT LOOKING AT THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS AND ALLOCATING MONEY TOWARDS THEM SOMEHOW. AND THAT'S IN THERE TOO. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, THE FOUR PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AT LENGTH AND WE'VE AFFECTED, AND THEY'RE IN THERE. SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS BUDGET. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, I DEFINITELY CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE FOCUSED ON COMPLETING THE PROJECTS, AND THAT'S BEEN A PRIORITY FOR THE BOARD, I FEEL IS AND AGAIN, WITH THE PERCEPTION AGAIN, THE PUBLIC AND I HEAR IT, SOMETIMES THEY THINK THAT NOTHING'S GETTING DONE. AND I'M LIKE, NO, IT'S EVERY DAY SOMETHING'S GETTING DONE. AND IT'S JUST THAT PERCEPTION. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS WHERE YOU WANT TO SEE IT. PERHAPS A SUGGESTION WOULD BE, IN ADDITION TO PUTTING UP THESE REPORTS, MAYBE ALSO ADDING THOSE OPERATING BUDGETS TO WHAT THE PUBLIC CAN SEE AT THIS TIME, BECAUSE THEY DO. WHEN YOU JUST SEE THIS, I THINK THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS ALL THAT'S HAPPENING, OR THEY'RE MAYBE NOT SEEING THE ENTIRE SCOPE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GETTING DONE BY THE CRA. AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE MISCONCEPTIONS COME IN. BUT DEFINITELY, I THINK FOCUSING IT MORE LIKE THIS GIVES IT SO MUCH MORE POWER TO ACTUALLY COMPLETING THE PROJECTS AND GETTING THEM DONE. AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT YEAR BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS, YOU KNOW, JUST GREAT STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO THANK YOU. AND I APPROVE THIS BUDGET AS IT IS. SO, MADAM CHAIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU GOT ANOTHER QUESTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2627 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

BEFORE WE DO THAT, I HAVE A QUESTION. NO PROBLEM. SORRY. OKAY. LET ME BRING IT UP ABOUT OUR OUR IMPROVEMENT PLAN. IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD JUST PUT THAT UNDER THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PART? BECAUSE THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT IT IS. WHAT, WHAT THIS REFLECTS IS MORE OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. SO THE, THE HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS A IS A PROGRAM PROGRAM. YES. SO IT IS IN OUR OPERATING BUDGET. AND YOU WILL SEE THAT NEXT AT YOUR NEXT JUNE MEETING. OKAY. YOU'LL YOU'LL SEE THE FULL WE'LL PRESENT THE FULL BUDGET TO YOU AT THAT THAT TIME. OKAY. AND IT WOULD REFLECT ANY CHANGES OR ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU WOULD

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OKAY. WELL, THEY THE BUDGET WORK OR THE, THE OPERATING BUDGET, WILL THEY GIVE US AN UPDATE A LITTLE MORE IN DEPTH ON THE HOME IMPROVEMENT PLAN AS WELL? SO WE COULD HAVE THAT AS WE MAKE KIND OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND DECISIONS. YEAH, GREAT. OKAY. SO. I GUESS THAT'S IT. SO I WILL GO OVER TO OUR ENTERTAINING MOTION. YES, I ENTERTAIN THE MOTION OR I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AS PRESENTED. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. DO WE WANT TO TAKE A IS THERE ANY ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS. SO MAY WE GET A VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSITION HEARING? NONE. WE WILL MOVE IT FORWARD AS AS RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CRA FOR APPROVAL. MADAM CHAIR, ANOTHER COMMENT PLEASE ON THIS. YES, I KNOW WE CLOSED IT. WELL, I KIND OF TECHNICALLY, BUT YOU CAN GO AHEAD. WELL IT'S I SHOULD SAY IT HAS NO EFFECT ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. OKAY. NO EFFECT ON ON THE VOTE. SO NO EFFECT ON THE VOTE. IT DOES HAVE TO DO WITH SOMETHING CHRIS SAID ABOUT SEEING KIND OF LIKE A PROFIT AND LOSS, BECAUSE YOU DID MENTION IT. THAT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE AT OUR FOLLOWING MEETING IF WE COULD, BECAUSE 7 MILLION, I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE MAKEUP'S COMING BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURES IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS. IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SHORTAGE, WE WOULD WANT TO KNOW IT WOULD AFFECT. RIGHT. AND SO WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM TO, TO FUND THE LARGER PROJECTS IS IN CARRY FORWARD. SO WHERE YOU ONCE HAD BUDGETED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDS IN FIRST, 10TH AND 12TH THIS YEAR, WE CARRY THAT FORWARD. SO YOU'LL HAVE APPROXIMATELY 24.8 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, RIGHT? SO THAT GOING FORWARD, WHEN IT WHEN IT'S NOT SPENT, IT CARRIES FORWARD TO ANOTHER SPECIFIC PROJECT OR TO PAY DOWN DEBT OR TO RETURN. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT? OKAY.

[9.A) CRA Administrator's Report April 2026.]

[10) PUBLIC COMMENT]

[11) COMMUNICATIONS FROM CRAAB CHAIR, MEMBERS AND STAFF]

AND IF MR. DAVIDSON, IF YOU'D JUST LIKE TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO TELL THE BOARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND, OTHER BOARDS YOU'VE SERVED ON AND YOUR PROFESSION, I THINK THAT THEY WOULD APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL. SO I'M A CIVIL ENGINEER, BORN AND RAISED IN NAPLES, ACTUALLY BORN RIGHT DOWN THE STREET AT NAPLES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL. SO AGAIN, SEEING PLANS AND STUFF IS WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING. SO IT'S COOL TO SEE THAT TIED INTO THIS BOARD.

I PREVIOUSLY JUST GOT DONE SERVING ON THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD. SO IT'S, IT'S NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE LESS CONTENTIOUS. SO IT'S A NICE CHANGE OF PACE, BUT I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO AGAIN, BEING ON HERE AND ON THIS BOARD AND GETTING INVOLVED IN A LOT OF THESE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, WHICH ARE ARE CRITICAL TO THE CITY. SO. THANK

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MADAM ATTORNEY, ANY COMMENTS FROM YOU? I DO NOT THANK YOU. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU ALL VERY

[12) ADJOURN]

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. OKAY. ME

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.