ADA City Council Meeting
Regular MeetingBonita Springs, FL · September 6, 2023
Agenda
City Council Chambers
9101 Bonita Beach Road
Bonita Springs, Florida 34135
CITY COUNCIL
MEETING AGENDA
September 6, 2023
5:30 p.m.
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1. Call to Order
2. Invocation
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Roll Call
5. Approval of Agenda
6. Mayor’s Welcome
7. Public Comment on Agenda Items
8. Zoning and Land Use Items:
A. (First Reading and Public Hearing) A ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
OF BONITA SPRINGS TO AMEND THE ESTERO BAY COMMERCIAL
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT/ RESIDENTIAL PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
(CPD/RPD) TO INCREASE THE RPD BOUNDARY BY 5.3 ± ACRES;
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REMOVE THE NORTHEASTERN PRESERVE CONSISTING OF 0.62±
ACRES AND INCREASE THE MANGROVE PRESERVE AREA FROM 3.51
ACRES TO 3.64 ACRES; REMOVE THE ALF/ILF/CCRC DEVELOPMENT
OPTION (OPTION 1); ADD TOWNHOMES AND TWO-FAMILY
ATTACHED HOMES TO THE SCHEDULE OF USES WITHIN THE RPD;
ADD RPD DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR TOWNHOMES AND
TWO-FAMILY ATTACHED HOMES; ADD A TRIP CONVERSION MATRIX
TO ALLOW THE MULTI-FAMILY UNITS TO BE CONVERTED TO OTHER
RESIDENTIAL TYPES WITH NO INCREASE TO PM PEAK HOUR TRIP
GENERATION; MODIFY DEVIATION 8 AND DEVIATION 13 TO
ADDRESS CHANGES IN BUILDING LAYOUT AND REMOVAL OF
PRESERVE ACREAGE; ADD SIX NEW DEVIATIONS; AND MODIFY THE
MASTER CONCEPT PLAN TO PROVIDE FOR THESE CHANGES; AND
PROVIDE FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. (Green Sheet No. 23-09-190)
9. Consent Agenda:
A. Approval of the August 16, 2023, Draft City Council Meeting Minutes
B. Confirm and ratify Resolutions Extending Local State of Emergency due to
Hurricane Ian. (Green Sheet No. 23-09-183)
C. Confirm and ratify Resolution No. 23-70 declaring a Local State of Emergency
due to Tropical Storm Idalia. (Green Sheet No. 23-09-197)
D. Approve Master Agreement with Portland State University and Task Order #1
which provides for the scoping, drafting, and adoption of the State-mandated
Comprehensive Plan Amendments, as determined by the City’s Evaluation and
Appraisal Review (E.A.R.), as well as the scoping of any optional Comprehensive
Plan amendments. (Green Sheet No. 23-09-185)
E. Approve amendment #2 extending the contract expiration date between the City
and Lee County Human and Veteran Services for the Community Development
Block Grant CARES Act (CDBG-CV) funds for the Food Insecurity Program.
(Green Sheet No. 23-09-188)
F. Approve Resolution accepting the Selection Committee’s recommendation to
engage Trimmers Holiday Décor, Inc. in the amount of $84,000 for the City’s
Holiday Lighting 2023 and 2024 Downtown Bonita Springs Riverside Park and
Surrounding Area (RFP 23-18) upon approval of all documentation. (Green Sheet
No. 23-09-181)
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G. Approve Resolution to accept the Selection Committee’s recommendation to
engage thirteen firms for the City’s Miscellaneous Roadway and Bridge Services
(CN 23-13). (Green Sheet No. 23-09-186)
H. Approve a Resolution to accept the Selection Committee’s recommendation to
engage two firms for the City’s Water Quality Sampling and Flow Measurement
Services (CN 23-17). (Green Sheet No. 23-09-187)
I. Approve purchase agreement to acquire vacant land for the Spring Creek Bonita
Springs Golf Course Stormwater Project. (Green Sheet No. 23-09-194)
J. Approve Resolution and Change Order No. 2 for FEMA Public Assistance Grant
Program Services related to Hurricane Ian reimbursement (Green Sheet No. 23-
09-195)
• Opportunity for City Council Comments on Consent Agenda
10. Mayor and Council Member Items:
A. Consider an application for appointment to the Special Events Committee. (Green
Sheet No. 23-09-182)
B. Consider two applications for appointment to the Art in Public Places Board.
(Green Sheet No. 23-09-189)
11. Public Hearing:
A. SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY OF BONITA SPRINGS FLORIDA, AMENDING THE BONITA
SPRINGS LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHAPTER 7- ENVIRONMENT,
NATURAL RESOURCES AND MARINE FACILITIES, STRUCTURES AND
EQUIPMENT, ARTICLE XII. - DOCK AND SHORELINE STRUCTURES;
AND CHAPTER 9- DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS OF LAW,
SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, SCRIVENER’S ERRORS, AND
MODIFICATIONS THAT MAY ARISE FROM CONSIDERATION AT
PUBLIC HEARING AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. (Green Sheet No. 23-09-
193)
B. SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE
OF INTERIM BORROWING NOT TO EXCEED $2,000,000 IN PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT OF A DEBT OBLIGATION TO FINANCE CONTINUING
GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS; PROVIDING FOR A COVENANT TO
BUDGET AND APPROPRIATE LEGALLY AVAILABLE NON-AD
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VALOREM REVENUES TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON
THE DEBT OBLIGATION; PROVIDING FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE
HOLDER OF SUCH NOTE; PROVIDING SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. (Green Sheet No. 23-09-192)
12. City Attorney’s Items:
A. Approve Settlement Implementation Agreement and thirteen (13) resolutions of
necessity for the acquisition and condemnation of parcels required for the Bonita
Grande drive extnesion to the City’s planned park facilities adjacent to the Larry
Kiker Preserve. (Green Sheet No. 23-09-191)
13. City Manager’s Items:
A. Consider a request from the Café of Life to construct a pavilion/gazebo structure
at Leitner Neighborhood Park. (Green Sheet No. 23-09-184)
B. Presentation and review of the July Financial Report (Green Sheet No. 23-09-196)
C. Update reagrding fiscal year 2023-2024 draft budget
D. Update regarding Hurricane Idalia and Hurricane Ian recovery
14. Mayor and Council Member Reports
15. Public Comment
16. Adjournment
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