ADA City Council Meeting
Regular MeetingBonita Springs, FL · September 16, 2020
Agenda
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF BONITA SPRINGS
OFFICIAL AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
5:30 P.M.
BONITA SPRINGS FIRE CONTROL AND RESCUE DISTRICT
27701 BONITA GRANDE DRIVE
BONITA SPRINGS, FL 34135
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I. Call to order
II. Invocation
III. Pledge of Allegiance
IV. Roll call
V. Public comment on agenda items
VI. Consent Agenda: (Note: Items on the Consent Agenda will be considered as one unless a specific
item is removed by a Council Member for separate discussion.)
A. Approve Agreement between Lee County and the City of Bonita Springs for West Coast Inland
Navigation District (WCIND) grant funding to be used for marine law enforcement. (Greensheet
No. 20-09-278)
B. Approve a Special Event application for the weekly Local Roots LLC Farmer’s Market to be held
at the Promenade each Saturday morning from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (Greensheet No. 20-09-257)
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C. Approve a Resolution accepting the Selection Committee’s recommendations, and authorize staff
to begin negotiations with the selected firms for RFQ 20-07 Miscellaneous Survey Services for the
Voluntary Home Buyout Program. (Greensheet No. 20-09-276)
D. Approve a sub-recipient agreement between the City of Bonita Springs and Pegasus Engineering,
Inc., for Grant Writing and Support Services. (Greensheet No. 20-09-277)
E. Approve increase in Operating Reserves as of September 30, 2020 in accordance with the City’s
Financial Policy. (Greensheet No. 20-09-270)
F. Approval of an Interlocal Agreement between Lee County and the City of Bonita Springs under
the CARES Act for funding for eligible expenditures relating to COVID-19. (Greensheet No. 20-
09-284)
G. Approve the Parks and Recreation Agreement between the City of Bonita Springs and the Casa
Mexico Adult Soccer league for the 2020-2021 soccer season. (Greensheet No. 20-09-272)
• OPPORTUNITY FOR CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS
VII. Proclamations and Presentations:
VIII. Mayor and Council Member items:
A. Introduction by Dr. Michael Parsons of the Bonita Springs Water Steward. (Mayor Simmons;
Greensheet No. 20-09-282)
Short recess, if needed
IX. Second reading and public hearing of the following Ordinance:
A. An Ordinance of the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, amending Division 37, Subdivision II,
Temporary Uses and Subdivision III. Mobile Food Vendors of the Land Development Code
relating to mobile food vendors; providing for severability, conflicts, codification, scrivener’s
errors; and providing for an effective date. (Greensheet No. 20-09-279)
X. City Attorney’s items:
A. Approve Emergency Resolution suspending code enforcement fines under certain conditions for
the duration of the State of Emergency due to COVID-19. (Greensheet No. 20-09-280)
B. PERMISSION TO ADVERTISE: An Ordinance to amend the Land Development Code (LDC)
to create regulations to clarify the implementation of conventional single-family homes in Mobile
Home (MH-1 and MH-2) districts and two-family attached dwelling units in the Two Family
Conservation (TFC-2) Zoning District. If approved, the Ordinance will be scheduled on October
7, for its First Reading and Public Hearing, October 8, Local Planning Agency (Public Hearing),
and then October 21 for a Second Reading and Public Hearing. (Greensheet No. 20-09-271)
C. Approve Employment Agreement with City Manager. (Greensheet No. 20-09-281)
XI. City Manager’s items:
A. City’s COVID-19 update.
XII. Mayor and Council reports:
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XIII. Approval of Minutes: 07/15/20
XIV. Public comment:
XV. Adjournment.
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NEXT MEETING: 10/7/2020
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