City Council Regular Meeting

[Type here] City Hall Council Chambers 9101 Bonita Beach Road SE Bonita Springs, Florida 34135 City of Bonita Springs City Council Meeting Agenda January 15, 2025 9:00 a.m. If you intend to address the City Council, please submit a completed “Public Comment Slip” to the City Clerk. Blank comment slips are available on the table outside of Council Chambers. To submit a written public comment in advance of the meeting, email your name, address, and comment to citymeetings@cityofbonitasprings.org. Written public comments must be received by 2:00 p.m., Jan. 14, 2025. The City of Bonita Springs is committed to equal opportunity and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, 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. Any person who may seek to appeal a decision made by the City Council on any matter at this meeting is responsible 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. Public Comment on Agenda Items 6. Ceremonial Presentations: A. Introduction of Caily Martin, Director of Operations, Bonita Springs Assistance Office. (Council Member Fullick, Green Sheet 25-01-007) 7. Consent Agenda Items: A. Approve minutes from the City Council Meeting held on December 18, 2024. B. Confirm and ratify Resolutions extending the local State of Emergency due to Hurricane Ian. (Green Sheet 25-01-001) City Council Meeting Agenda – January 15, 2025 Page 2 of 3 C. Confirm and ratify Resolutions extending the local State of Emergency due to Hurricane Helene. (Green Sheet 25-01-002) D. Confirm and ratify Resolutions extending the local State of Emergency due to Hurricane Milton. (Green Sheet 25-01-003) E. Approve a Resolution appointing a chairperson to each of the City’s advisory boards and committees. (Green Sheet 25-01-004) F. Approve a Resolution for a Budget Amendment to carry over prior year unspent capital budget amounts into fiscal year 2024-2025. (Green Sheet 25-01-005) G. Approve a Resolution awarding Demolition Services Contractor RFB 24-16 to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder, HONC Destruction, Inc., at the unit prices included within their bid submittal. (Green Sheet 25-01-010) H. Approve a Resolution to engage four (4) firms on a continuing services basis for the City’s Independent Peer Review Services (RFQ 24-15) and authorize staff to enter into negotiations with the firms selected. (Green Sheet 25-01-016) • Opportunity for City Council Comments on Consent Agenda 8. Public Hearings: A. (FIRST READING) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BONITA SPRINGS, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE BONITA SPRINGS CITY CODE, CHAPTER 10 – BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS, AND CHAPTER 24 – FLOOD HAZARD REDUCTION, TO CLARIFY AND UPDATE DEFINITIONS AND REGULATIONS AS NECESSARY TO REMAIN IN THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM AS APPLIED TO EXISTING BUILDINGS SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREAS; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS OF LAW, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION AND SCRIVENER’S ERRORS, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. (Green Sheet 25-01-014) 9. Mayor and Council Member Items: A. Appoint a Member to the Technology Advisory Board. (Council Member Corrie, Green Sheet 25-01-006) B. Update on the Bonita Springs Elementary School Renovation Project. (Council Member Fullick, Green Sheet 25-01-011) C. Discussion regarding a draft local House Bill regarding San Carlos Estates Water Control District. (Council Member Bogacz, Green Sheet 25-01-015) 10. City Attorney Items: City Council Meeting Agenda – January 15, 2025 Page 3 of 3 11. City Manager Items: A. Presentation of the November Financial Report. (Greensheet 25-01-013) B. Discussion and direction to staff regarding a request from the Trust for Public Lands for the City to participate in a grant application to the U.S. Department of Transportation for RAISE Funds for Seminole Gulf Railway property acquisition for the Bonita Estero Rail Trail (BERT) project. (Greensheet 25-01-012) C. Update on recovery – Hurricanes Ian, Helene, and Milton 1. Update from Community Development regarding Hurricane permit fee waivers, and presentation of the monthly activity report for December. (Green Sheet 25-01-008) 2. Discuss the Florida Department of Commerce’s Local Government Emergency Bridge Loan option to extend interest-free period for 8 years, and provide direction to staff. (Green Sheet 25-01-009) 12. Mayor and Council Member Reports 13. Public Comment 14. Adjournment