Board of County Commissioners - Regular Meeting

Tuesday, September 22, 2026Official site

About this meeting

Government Body
Board of County Commissioners
Meeting Type
Board Of County Commissioners
Location
Collier County, FL
Meeting Date
September 22, 2026

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Tuesday, September 22, 2026

19 items on the agenda.

Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance•Item 1

Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance

Invocation: Pastor David Wildman - Grow Church Estates ||| Pledge of Allegiance: Lawrence Casanova, US Navy, who served aboard the USS Hank (DD-702) from 1965 -1971

Agenda and Minutes•Item 2

Agenda and Minutes

Approval of today's Regular, Consent, and Summary agenda as amended (ex-parte disclosure provided by Commission members for Consent agenda.)

Awards and Recognitions•Item 3.A.1

20 Year Attendees

- David B. Laterneau- Building Plan Review & Inspection - Josie Terga- Facilities Management - Nellie Campbell- Parks & Recreation

Awards and Recognitions•Item 3.A.2

25 Year Attendees

- Gregory Dean Garcia- Transportation Engineering - Jhony Desinor- Utilities Finance Operations

Awards and Recognitions•Item 3.A.3

30 Year Attendees

- Mario L. Garcia- Wastewater

Awards and Recognitions•Item 3.A.4

35 Year Attendees

Proclamations•Item 4.A

Proclamation designating October 7, 2026, as a day of remembrance and recognition of the formation of the Solidarity With Israel Coalition. To be accepted by Richard Hoffman, Chairman, and Linda Blackman, President, Solidarity With Israel Coalition. (2026-2141)

Proclamations•Item 4.B

Proclamation designating October 2026 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Collier County. To be accepted by Nikki Audia, Director of Philanthropy & Community Engagement, Naples Cancer Advisors. (2026-2142)

Proclamations•Item 4.C

Proclamation designating September 19–27, 2026, as National Estuaries Week. To be accepted by T. J. Snopkowski, Executive Director, Friends of Rookery Bay. (2026-2845)

Presentations•Item 5

Presentations

Public Petitions•Item 6

Public Petitions

Public Comments•Item 7

Public Comments

On general topics not on the current or future agenda. Unless adjusted by the Chair, registered public speakers will receive three (3) minutes and time may not be ceded to another speaker. The Chair may limit the number of public speakers under this item to five (5) for any meeting. (Resolution 98-167)

Board of Zoning Appeals•Item 8

Board of Zoning Appeals

Advertised Public Hearings•Item 9.A

Recommendation to consider approval of an Ordinance of the Board of County Commissioners amending the Collier County Growth Management Plan to create the Fairways Inn Commercial Subdistrict to allow an expansion of the existing Fairways Inn by 30 suites to the north on a property described as Palm River Estates Unit 1 lots 397, 398, 405, and 406. The subject property is 2.63± acres and located on the north side of Piper Boulevard, West of Palm River Boulevard, in Section 23, Township 48 South, Range 25 East, Collier County, Florida. [PL20240000329] (This item is a companion to 9B) (2026-2298)

Advertised Public Hearings•Item 9.B

This item requires Commission members to provide ex-parte disclosure. Should a hearing be held on this item, all participants are required to be sworn in. Recommendation to approve an Ordinance rezoning real property from a Residential Single Family 3 (RSF-3) zoning district and Residential Tourist (RT) zoning district to a Commercial Planned Unit Development (CPUD) zoning district for the project to be known as the Fairways Inn Commercial Planned Unit Development (CPUD) to allow development of a hotel or motel with up to 76 rooms. The subject property, consisting of 2.63± acres, is located on the north side of Piper Boulevard, west of Palm River Boulevard in Section 23, Township 48 South, Range 25 East, Collier County, Florida. [PL20240000220] (This item is a companion to 9A) (2026-792)

Advertised Public Hearings•Item 9.C

This item requires Commission members to provide ex-parte disclosure. Should a hearing be held on this item, all participants are required to be sworn in. Recommendation to approve an Ordinance amending Ordinance 89-05, as amended, the Collier County Growth Management Plan to amend Ordinance 89-05, as amended, the Collier County Growth Management Plan, specifically amending the Future Land Use Element (FLUE) and Maps to change the land use designation from Agricultural/Rural Designation, Rural Fringe Mixed Use District-Sending Lands to Agricultural/Rural Designation, Agricultural/Rural Mixed Use District, 341 Sabal Palm Road Golf Course Subdistrict to allow an 18 hole golf course managed in accordance with the Best management practices of the Audubon International's Gold Signature Program and transient lodging facilities in the form of 10 member/guest golf cottages, and furthermore directing transmittal of the adoption amendment to The Florida Department of Commerce; Providing for Severability and Providing for an effective date. The subject property is 169.19± acres and located on the south side of Sabal Palm Road, approximately 1.4 miles east of Collier Boulevard in Section 25, Township 50 South, Range 26 East, Collier County, Florida.[PL20230016340] (This item is a companion to Item 9D) (2025-2891)

Advertised Public Hearings•Item 9.D

This item requires Commission members to provide ex-parte disclosure. Should a hearing be held on this item, all participants are required to be sworn in. Recommendation to approve an Ordinance amending Ordinance Number 2004-41, as amended, the Collier County Land Development Code, which established the comprehensive zoning regulations for the unincorporated area of Collier County, Florida, by amending the appropriate zoning atlas map or maps by changing the zoning classification of the herein described real property from a Rural Agricultural (A) zoning district within the Rural Fringe Mixed Use District Overlay-Sending areas and the natural resource protection overlay and partly in the special treatment overlay to a Community Facility Planned Unit Development (CFPUD) zoning district for the project to be known as the 341 Sabal Palm Road CFPUD to allow an 18 hole golf course managed in accordance with the best management practices of the Audubon International Signature Sanctuary Certification, Gold Level, and transient lodging facilities in the form of 10 member/guest golf cottage units; and by providing an effective date. The subject property, consisting of 169.19± acres, is located on the south side of Sabal Palm Road approximately 1.4 miles east of Collier Boulevard in Section 25, Township 50 South, Range 26 East, Collier County, Florida. [PL20230016342] (This item is a companion to Item 9C) (2026-2309)

Board of County Commissioners•Item 10

Board of County Commissioners

County Manager's Report•Item 11.A

*** This Item was continued from the May 26, 2026, BCC Meeting. *** Report to