City Council Meeting
Regular MeetingBonita Springs, FL · August 7, 2024
Agenda
City Hall Council Chambers
9101 Bonita Beach Road SE
Bonita Springs, Florida 34135
City of Bonita Springs
City Council
Meeting Agenda
August 7, 2024
5:30 p.m.
If you intend to address the City Council, please submit a completed “Public Comment Slip” to the City Clerk
before the meeting commences. Blank comment slips are available on the table outside of Chambers.
To submit a written public comment in advance of the meeting, email your name, address, and comment to
citymeetings@cityofbonitasprings.org. Written public comment must be received by 12 noon, August 7, 2024.
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national origin, gender, age, disability, religion, income, or marital status. Under the Americans with Disabilities
Act, anyone who requires an ADA-qualified accommodation to participate in this proceeding should contact City
Clerk Mike Sheffield at (239) 949-6248 at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting. Such reasonable
accommodation will be provided at no cost to the requester.
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for ensuring that a verbatim record of the proceeding is made, which includes the testimony and evidence upon
which the appeal is to be based.
1. Call to Order
2. Invocation
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Roll Call
5. Mayor’s Welcome
6. Approval of the Agenda
7. Public Comment on Agenda Items
8. Consent Agenda Items:
A. Approve minutes from the City Council meeting held on July 17, 2024.
B. Confirm and ratify Resolutions extending the local Hurricane Ian State of Emergency.
(Green Sheet 24-08-109)
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C. Approve a request from Local Roots, LLC to host a weekly Flea Market to be held at the
Promenade each Saturday morning from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, Oct. 5, 2024 - May 25, 2025.
(Green Sheet 24-08-110)
D. Approve a Resolution to engage six (6) firms for the City’s Architecture & Engineering
Services for Hurricane Damages (RFQ 23-22) and authorize staff to enter into negotiations
with the firms selected. (Green Sheet 24-08-111)
E. Approve Change Order No. 3 for the Goodwin Street Pedestrian and Drainage Improvements
Project in the amount of $49,900. (Green Sheet 24-08-112)
F. Approve agreement with Florida Division of Emergency Management Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program for a neighborhood acquisition/demolition project. (Green Sheet 24-08-113)
G. Approve proposal from Ajax Paving Industies of Florida, LLC for asphalt repair work on
McLaughlin Blvd for the amount of $160,635.19. (Green Sheet 24-08-114)
H. Approve Supplemental Task Agreement for Grant Management Services with Pegasus
Engineering, LLC for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program - COVID funds for the acquisition
and demolition services project. (Green Sheet 24-08-115)
I. Authorize the Mayor to execute a one-year renewal of the contract for audit services with
Ashley, Brown & Smith, CPA’s, P.A. (Green Sheet 24-08-116)
J. Approve the proposal to develop conceptual design of Riverside Park Bandshell turf and
hardscape from RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture in the amount of $105,000.
(Green Sheet 24-08-123)
• Opportunity for City Council Comments on Consent Agenda
9. Mayor and Council Member Items:
A. Consider an appointment to the Art in Public Places Board – Council Member Fullick
(Green Sheet 24-08-122)
10. Presentations:
A. Presentation of audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023 by
Tony Smith, CPA, partner with the audit firm of Ashley, Brown & Smith, CPAs.
(Green Sheet 24-08-117)
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11. Public Hearings:
A. CONSIDER TRANSMITTAL TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE THE
FOLLOWING PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE BONITA SPRINGS
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PURSUANT TO CASE CPA20-74175-BOS, REVANA LAKES:
(1) AMEND THE CITY’S FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR APPROXIMATELY 204.5 +/-
ACRES OF LAND FROM THE DENSITY REDUCTION GROUNDWATER RESOURCE
(DRGR), WETLANDS, AND RESOURCE PROTECTION FUTURE LAND USE
CATEGORIES, TO THE URBAN FRINGE COMMUNITY DISTRICT AND RESOURCE
PROTECTION; (2) AMEND THE TEXT OF THE URBAN FRINGE COMMUNITY
DISTRICT. (Green Sheet 24-08-118)
B. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BONITA SPRINGS, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE
CITY OF BONITA SPRINGS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS ADOPTED BY
ORDINANCE NO. 02-16, AS AMENDED, ADOPTING THE STATE REQUIRED
AMENDMENTS BASED ON THE 2023 EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL REVIEW; SO
AS TO AMEND THE PREFACE, HOUSING ELEMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE
ELEMENT, INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION ELEMENT, PUBLIC
SCHOOLS FACILITIES ELEMENT, AND DEFINITIONS; TO REVISE AND UPDATE
THE EXISTING GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND POLICIES, AND DATA AND ANALYSIS.
(Green Sheet 24-08-119)
C. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BONITA SPRINGS, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE
CITY OF BONITA SPRINGS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS ADOPTED BY
ORDINANCE NO. 02-16, AS AMENDED; SO AS TO AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE
ELEMENT, TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT, HOUSING ELEMENT,
INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENT, COASTAL/CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT
ELEMENT, RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE ELEMENT, INTERGOVERNMENTAL
COORDINATION ELEMENT, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ELEMENT, AND PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION, MONITORING, UPDATING AND EVALUATION PROCEDURES
ELEMENT, PUBLIC SCHOOLS FACILITIES ELEMENT, AND DEFINITIONS; TO
REVISE AND UPDATE THE EXISTING GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND POLICIES, AND
DATA AND ANALYSIS. (Green Sheet 24-08-120)
12. City Attorney Items:
13. City Manager Items:
A. Fiscal Year 24-25 Budget Discussions. (Green Sheet 24-08-121)
B. Update on Hurricane Ian recovery.
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14. Mayor and Council Member Reports
15. Public Comment
16. Adjournment
The next regular City Council meeting will be held at 9:00 a.m., Wed., August 21, 2024
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