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City of Marco Island Florida 51 Bald Eagle Drive Marco Island, Florida cityofmarcoisland.com Meeting Minutes - Final Tuesday, May 9, 2017 6:00 PM SPECIAL CALLED WORKSHOP Community Meeting Room City Council Chair: Larry Honig City Council: Joe Batte, Bob Brown, Jared Grifoni, Howard Reed, Victor Rios and Charlette Roman Interim City Manager: Guillermo Polanco City Clerk: Laura Litzan City Attorney: Alan Gabriel City Council Meeting Minutes - Final May 9, 2017 1. Call to Order Chair Honig called the meeting to order at 6:00 P.M. 2. Roll Call Present: 6- Councilor Batte, Councilor Brown, Vice-Chair Grifoni, Councilor Reed, Councilor Roman and Chair Honig Excused: 1- Councilor Rios Absent: 0 3. Business ID 17-1631 Workshop to Discuss Matters on the Joint County/City Agenda Chair Honig explained the purpose of the workshop today is to discuss the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (COPCN) aspect of the upcoming workshop Thursday with the Collier County Commissioners. The joint workshop agenda includes three (3) topics; COPCN, Goodland Road, and parking. The goals for tonights meeting are; find an agreement on an approach with the Commissioners, fully discuss all aspects to the extent you wish to discuss them in a rationale environment reducing the hyperbole, and give Vice-Chair Grifoni additional arguments and points of view to fully represent Marco Island. Key elements discussed regarding the COPCN: *impasse between the County and the City - County believes Marco Island doesn't need its own COPCN *County wants to apply countywide standards to EMS - City believes we should set our own standards *Council Members may not be in agreement with each other *County EMS Chief Tabatha Butcher opposes Marco Island applying for the COPCN *Chief Butcher disagrees with the methodology, numbers, and conclusions in our consultant's report *County Commissioners will accept Chief Butcher's conclusions and not Marco Island's consultant's report *no demonstrated need for Marco Island to have more ambulance services, per Chief Butcher *conflicting information regarding Marco Island's consultants report and Chief Butcher's analysis Marco Island Fire Chief Mike Murphy gave a summary presentation on the COPCN, provided clarification on the application process and answered Council's questions and concerns. (THE MEETING WENT INTO RECESS AT 7:41 P.M. IT IS NOTED FOR THE RECORD THE SAME COUNCILORS WERE PRESENT WHEN THE MEETING RECONVENED AT 7:50 P.M.) 4. Public Comment Mr. Bill McMullan, 201 South Collier Boulevard, believes there is nothing more important than the health, welfare and lives of Marco Island residents. Due to the confusion on the County's agenda, he commented many citizens are under the impression that Council is negotiating lives for a road. He questioned if the County is doing what is best for Marco Island and urged Council to listen to Fire Chief Mike Murphy and file the COPCN. Mr. Ben Farnsworth, 1206 Edington Place, noted the County wants to keep Emergency Medical Services (EMS) under their control and the transport fees to continue. Council's job is to protect the people of Marco Island. He is requesting Council send a message to the County by starting the application process for the COPCN. He advised Council to walk in strength, which is power and to move quickly. City of Marco Island Florida Page 1 City Council Meeting Minutes - Final May 9, 2017 Mr. Ron Myers, 474 Pepperwood Court, disclosed he was the immediate past Chair of the Emergency Medical Authority (EMA), the citizens group that will review the COPCN application but is not representing them. He advised Council, they have a ten page ordinance they must follow. He recommended Council get organized and look at all the components. He has high respect for home rule and you need to work with each other. Chair Honig asked Mr. Myers his advise in how to get organized. Mr. Myers replied by saying Council has the necessary information included in their packet under the ten (10) page ordinance. They need to get stats down, get projections down and prove the need. He closed by saying the application has to be filed. Mr. Jerry Swiacki, 667 Thrust Court, commended Fire Chief Mike Murphy on his excellent presentation on the COPCN. He said you have to apply for the COPCN in order to find the answers. He believes the County offered the second ambulance because they want control and the revenue. He urged Council to support and represent the citizens of Marco Island by applying for the COPCN. Mr. Peter Guerin, 1445 Leland Way, reminded Council Marco Island became a City because we did not want the County telling us what to do. He suggested Council continue to control our own destiny and move forward by filing for the COPCN. Mr. Kenneth Honecker, 632 Dorando Court, gave the timeline for the COPCN and is in favor of submitting the application for the COPCN. He reminded Councilors they need to keep their campaign promise of supporting the COPCN and urged Council to apply for the COPCN tonight. Mr. Jim Curran, 580 Club Marco Circle, asked Council if they understood what the people want. He said the people of Marco Island want safety, security, and Council's support of the COPCN. Mr. Bill Flasche,1085 Bald Eagle Drive, doesn't understand what the discussion is all about. He believes we should ask the County to staff their ambulance on Marco Island all year long, not just in season. He said the County is growing and the County will have to incur costs for that growth. Marco Island should have their own COPCN and re-deploy those ambulances elsewhere in the County where needed. ID 17-1631 Workshop to Discuss Matters on the Joint County/City Agenda Following a lengthy discussion, it was determined to have Vice-Chair Grifoni present the COPCN to the Board of County Commissioners in a three (3) prong approach; prepare to file the COPCN application, work with the County for the second ambulance but include staffing from the County; and work on changing state law. 5. Adjourn There being no further business to come before City Council, the meeting adjourned at 9:02 P.M. ________________________________________ Larry Honig, Council Chairman ATTEST: _________________________________________ Laura Litzan, City Clerk PREPARED BY: _________________________________________ Lisa Smith, Recording Specialist City of Marco Island Florida Page 2