Construction Briefs: April 2022 - County Commission, City of Naples/Marco Council Mtgs.

"CONSTRUCTION BRIEFS"

April 2022

SUMMARY: CONSTRUCTION-RELATED APPROVALS

MEETINGS MARCH 2022:

Collier County Commission

City of Napes Council

City of Marco Island Council

Welcome to the CBIA monthly "Construction Briefs" designed to give members a snapshot of construction-related development approvals, amendments, and resolutions relating to the building industry at our county commissioner and city council meetings. We hope you find this information helpful and please email any comments and/or suggestions to

CBIA at: info@cbia.net.

Collier County Board of Commissioner Meetings

BCC Meeting: 03/08/22

-Voted (unanimous) to increase staff at CC Growth Management. CBIA E.O., Amelia Vasquez, testified in support of the increase. The following positions were approved:

▪ Two (2) Building Inspectors (Plumbing)

▪ One (1) Building Inspector (Mechanical)

▪ One (1) Building Inspector (Electrical)

▪ One (1) Building Plans Reviewer (Plumbing)

▪ One (1) Senior Project Manager (Licensed)

▪ One (1) Senior Field Inspector

▪ One (1) Principal Planner

▪ One (1) Planner

-Voted (unanimous) to adopt an ordinance (Ordinance 2022-08) of LDC effective March 11, 2022 to:

Establish a Limited Density Bonus Pool Allocation for multifamily projects and mixed-use projects of 2 acres or less in the Bayshore Gateway Triangle redevelopment area.

Provide for public realm improvements when projects utilize the Density Bonus Pool.

-Voted (unanimous) to adopt a companion item, amending the Administrative Code for Land Development, Chapter 3 section E., Chapter 4 F., Chapter 6 N., and Chapter 12 to create the Limited Density Bonus Pool Allocation (LDBPA). (Resolution 2022-36 ).

Click Here - Ordinance 2022-08

Click Here - Resolution 2022-36

-Voted (unanimous) to adopt an amendment to Ordinance No. 2021-02, to reduce the quorum requirement at County Government Productivity Committee from six to four members.

BCC Meeting: 03/22/22

-Voted (unanimous) to accept the 2021 Annual Reports for the Bayshore Gateway Triangle and Immokalee Community Redevelopment Areas (CRA) and publish the reports on the appropriate websites.

Click Here - Bayshore CRA Website

Click Here - Immokalee CRA Website

UPCOMING BCC MEETINGS: 04/12 and 04/26/22

City of Naples Council Meetings

City Council Meeting: 03/02/22

-Voted (unanimous): Elected two members and one alternate to the City of Naples, Design Review Board.

Elected to a full 3-year term was Adriane Orion

(Principal Architect, Form & Light Architects).

Elected to the balance of a term(1 year) was David Driapsa

(Landscape Architect, semi-retired, self-employed).

Elected as an alternate was Michael Fausett

(EVP WJ Johnson & Associates).

-Voted (unanimous) in favor of eliminating density bonus and open space fee for bonus density in the D-Downtown zoning district and eliminating requirements for the use of open space to increase density in the D-Downtown zoning district.

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-Vote Passed 4 - 3 (Blankenship, Christman, Heitman, Perry vote in favor - Hutchison, McCabe, Petrinoff oppose) allowing a variance for total lot coverage project of 30% where a maximum of 25% is permitted. Additional requirement added that pavers must be permeable.