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Jay Ahmad, the county’s director of Transportation Engineering and Construction Management, described the project as an upgrade from span-wire signal infrastructure to mast-arm signals and associated roadway work to increase capacity. He said the project will add dual left-turn lanes for westbound Vanderbilt Beach Road and construct turn islands designed to improve traffic flow and resilience during storms. \"This project will construct mass arms for all indications at the intersection,\" Ahmad said.

Ahmad and staff noted the improvements were timed to prepare for additional traffic expected after the Vanderbilt Beach Road extension opens. The project includes signal hardening to reduce outage vulnerability during hurricanes and an updated signal system to better synchronize traffic movements.

Commissioners moved and seconded the contract award; the motion passed unanimously. The board authorized the chair to sign the agreement for project number 60252.

The contract award authorizes construction to proceed subject to the standard contract terms, the approved owner’s allowance and any required pre-construction activities. Transportation staff said they will monitor the new signal behavior after installation and adjust synchronization as needed.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Collier County Board of County Commissioners - Regular Meeting (5-13-2025)","oneSentenceSummary","Collier County awarded a $6,050,000 contract plus a $400,000 owner's allowance to Quality Enterprises USA Inc. to upgrade the Vanderbilt Beach Road and Logan Boulevard intersection, including mass-arm signal hardware and roadway changes.","taxTitle","Collier County, Florida","taxId",12758,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6059955,"Commission approves reduced payment and release of code-enforcement lien for Mercantile Avenue property",258,2793000,3051000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3293384-7ec030097c209d8786ea08041193e97d&start=2793&end=3051","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3293384-7ec030097c209d8786ea08041193e97d/thumbnail_2793000.jpg","/articles/6059955/Collier-County/Florida/Commission-approves-reduced-payment-and-release-of-code-enforcement-lien-for-Mercantile-Avenue-property","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6059955-61500bf81e1df7ee919100f14123bb83/orig.mp4?Expires=1770761887&Signature=oHwrHUaqI4KDu3alQ1V1-0zoDxSdcL94izzMW94497cBLhGaNkgJx5Vie3M0s5fBIsnKnQw6F9BkHXigrNmFdDnVdayG4BUkc-88KjCm-wPw9~vL1tDzSpion1dOknVkVlHxyFgXOVMLr0Nptf-JLud8hZYrDnbKYzU5zxoOle6IY18cJz1i~s27WEaIl-DZdYsbO4LzM4URl2NiXDOZJkFHOl9ed8T0vFRvoRuExhgFkGQXHy9sNEYD0Js-dKTN4mug-0VGBnwOBVdnWYzll6FBCXD2OXSZCLkTBq03FOQdH5XuEyAtyJ7nGaB0gs72v8xXV5F59NrbMs37w7IhBg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Collier County Board of County Commissioners voted May 13 to accept a reduced payment and to record a release of a code-enforcement lien against Oaks Farms Inc. for property at 4176 Mercantile Avenue.

Jamie Cook, director of Development Review, told commissioners the case was \"very unique\" and that staff supported allowing the property owner to pay double the site-development-plan amendment application fee as an after-the-fact remedy. Cook said the standard SDPA fee is $2,500 and the owner had already paid one fee; staff recommended allowing the owner to pay the remaining $2,500 rather than insisting on the full lien amount.

The board then moved to accept the staff recommendation. A motion to accept the additional $2,500 payment was made and seconded; the chair called the vote and the motion \"passed unanimously.\" The County Attorney said staff would prepare a release of lien document to be recorded to clear title before the property's scheduled closing.

Commissioners who spoke said they had reviewed the case with staff and the owner’s representative and concluded the county should apply the normal permit-related fee under the circumstances. Commissioner McDaniel noted the case’s unique status and support for a fair outcome; Commissioner Kowal confirmed the county previously removed the conservation-easement requirement for industrial parcels developed after February 2011, which made this parcel an outlier.

Action taken was limited to accepting the reduced fee, authorizing staff to process a lien release and record the release; no additional penalties or policy changes were adopted at the May 13 meeting.","The county agreed May 13 to accept a reduced fee and record a release of a code-enforcement lien on property at 4176 Mercantile Avenue, after staff recommended treating the case as unique and allowing the owner to pay an after-the-fact double application fee.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6059960,"County officials report progress on VA nursing-home grant after Washington visits",180,4131000,4311000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3293384-7ec030097c209d8786ea08041193e97d&start=4131&end=4311","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3293384-7ec030097c209d8786ea08041193e97d/thumbnail_4131000.jpg","/articles/6059960/Collier-County/Florida/County-officials-report-progress-on-VA-nursing-home-grant-after-Washington-visits","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6059960-8cc723fcdae9674436e01883b0b6f898/orig.mp4?Expires=1770761887&Signature=EgsKgVL4~tJRt9hKKEeRcEhGNQbbJKg5tAThMeYLvYrJbFD75m~4glluoxDH162xFo9~bhhuLTyWKRNxr8WHVishqEp3h1SwaGFOWCFoDqDClEdmcoI6VLWVlEJa8BOl61BpdKQqaXl2Lgb325PtEfB1EPM0ikRftiG5od8hUbJirLFymbzgDAvRuA9I4J~738yS0pW4u~PbP6pXm8RxMXfBpIryWNKVucRRPF2LM~fo3Ec8jSi8aClpEVHwtx8Jox5IgCzjBqVdtX7FGwwuSCfTgXnkWdyO0ds0d6uaxnTYQ34VtoDmbpSlILpxgHV57Fbnw77NAjYehQWKiucqEw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","County officials and commissioners reported May 13 that a recent delegation to Washington, D.C., yielded positive signals for a Collier County veterans nursing home construction grant from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

John Mullins, the county’s director of communications, government and public affairs, told the commission the VA is currently operating under a continuing resolution that left the construction grant program with roughly $160 million in available funds this fiscal year. \"We're looking for $74,000,000 out of that pot,\" Mullins said, and he described Collier County as the only facility in the priority category for new construction (priority 1.3) in the current allocation.

Chair Saunders and commissioners described a series of high-level meetings in Washington during which federal officials indicated Collier County ranks highly for funding. John Mullins said the VA prioritization placed remediation of existing facilities first, and new construction (the county’s category) later; Collier County was the top-ranked applicant in the new-construction group. \"So if you just take the 20,000,000, let's say, off the top of the hundred and $60,000,000 allocation, there should be around a hundred and $40,000,000 left by the time they get to 1.3,\" Mullins told the board.

Mullins said the county’s request seeks about $74 million, and that the county had already progressed design work so that, if the grant is approved, construction could begin quickly: \"...we may have a groundbreaking sometime early next year, possibly.\"

Commissioner Castro and others praised the county’s lobbying effort in Washington and noted unusually receptive meetings with senior federal staff, which they said increased optimism about the project’s prospects. Commissioners emphasized the delegation’s coordinated message and thanked staff for arranging broad access to federal officials during the trip.

No final federal award had been announced at the May 13 meeting; Mullins said an official notification from the VA could arrive in the third or fourth quarter of 2025. Commissioners directed staff to continue follow-up with federal partners and to move forward with design work pending final award decisions.

This briefing was informational; no binding county commitment or appropriations vote took place at the May 13 meeting.","Collier County delegation said federal meetings in Washington strengthened the county’s position for a Department of Veterans Affairs construction grant for a new veterans nursing home, and county officials reported they are ranked in the priority pool for new facility construction.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6059965,"County hears update on extended Florida legislative session and budget talks",521,592000,1113000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3293384-7ec030097c209d8786ea08041193e97d&start=592&end=1113","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3293384-7ec030097c209d8786ea08041193e97d/thumbnail_592000.jpg","/articles/6059965/Collier-County/Florida/County-hears-update-on-extended-Florida-legislative-session-and-budget-talks","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6059965-73d1c52da650da9e25e9e6cc3b78f879/orig.mp4?Expires=1770761887&Signature=Ub6WUNAyRJxP3PQQmV6x6GrmsdriOdR1mAl-qJSgJ4YSui15ZqRuX1vDGTPe416xkpy9zRJSBDb9c1qozqT85P-YNaWYYuGZh0foxROyWlRYs82IomIPguNR1XOnZP1uQHJgXUqdeDykdi23Byd1O~Gaqu31Qy4E3UhDqvZIfT76slHXNB2GEuBIeUqPgtbjKX-nxGotXUBKi1Fj4YguWn-p9kFpidGixUBl6ujYz0EoW59J5bTfLW59waCd2WXQ5yP4TFirxalnWAmRgxJl3~MSpeeNmhiESKDqPtN0b0OrsU19BoYjpgl9ZXuj5y5wPKO87kWgJmij4leXKR1ftQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","A county legislative coordinator and the county’s Tallahassee lobbyist briefed the Collier County Board of County Commissioners on May 13 about an extended 2025 Florida legislative session and its implications for county budget priorities.

Bridget Corcoran, the county’s legislative affairs coordinator, introduced the briefing; Lisa Hurley of SBM Partners, the county’s lobbyist in Tallahassee, described the state-level impasse. \"We are in a circumstance where, the house and the senate, have not been able to reach a deal on the budget yet, which has caused us to, extend session,\" Hurley said.

Hurley told commissioners the impasse stems from competing proposals among the governor, the House speaker and the Senate president. She summarized the three camps: a governor proposal that would cut roughly $2 billion from the prior year’s spending and would include one-time property tax rebates for homestead owners; a House proposal centered on a permanent sales tax reduction estimated at about $4.5–5 billion; and a Senate approach that proposed a limited sales tax cut for clothing and a study of property taxes over the summer.

\"The fact of the matter is, ad valorem taxation is a local government authority that's in the constitution,\" Hurley said, noting that property-tax changes typically require voter approval if they alter local authority.

Corcoran told commissioners that county appropriation requests and a veterans nursing home proviso remain unresolved while budget negotiations continue. Hurley said the House planned to vote the day of the meeting to extend session to June 30, but the Senate had not agreed to that extension.

Commissioners asked no substantive questions during the presentation. Chair Saunders thanked Hurley and noted the budget outcome will affect county finances: \"There will be substantial tax relief in this this year's budget. It will affect our budgets, and so, hopefully, our staff is keeping an eye on that,\" he said.

County staff later summarized a set of bills and policy changes of local interest that were still active or had recently failed, including SB 110 (rural communities), HB 575 (designation of Gulf of America), and several items affecting utilities, construction regulations and local government authorities. Corcoran advised commissioners the county should expect additional outreach from state offices this summer on property-tax study efforts and related proposals.

The briefing was informational; no formal board action on state legislation was recorded at the May 13 meeting. Commissioners and staff said they will continue tracking developments and report back as bills reach the governor for signature or veto.

Looking ahead, staff said county appropriation requests and pending priorities remain in play during the extended session and summer committee work, and they urged departments to monitor possible impacts to local revenue streams and program funding.","Collier County staff and a Tallahassee lobbyist told commissioners May 13 that House, Senate and the governor remained far apart on budget approach, prompting an extended session and uncertainty for county appropriation requests.","actionData","errors"]

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