Board of County Commissioners Meeting (2026-05-12)

###### 1\. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance

###### 2\. Agenda and Minutes

A. BCC Minutes 04/14/2026

- [BCC Minutes 04-14-26 (Draft)](https://colliercofl.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1498/files/attachment/20775)

###### 3\. Awards and Recognitions

A. Employee

###### 4\. Proclamations

A. Proclamation designating May 3 - 9, 2026, as National Correctional Officers' Week. To be accepted by Sheriff Kevin Rambosk, Chief Chris Roberts, Captain Keith Harmon, Captain DaReese Canady, Director Katina Bouza, Correctional Officers, and Naples Jail Center staff.

- [Proclamation](https://colliercofl.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1498/files/report/9217)

B. Proclamation designating May 2026 as National Drug Court Month. To be accepted by Judge Janeice Martin, Presiding Judge, Collier County Drug Court.

- [Proclamation](https://colliercofl.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1498/files/report/9430)

C. Proclamation designating May 2026 as Jewish American Heritage Month. To be accepted by Nammie Ichilov, President and CEO, Jewish Federation of Greater Naples.

- [Proclamation](https://colliercofl.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1498/files/report/9433)

D. Proclamation designating May 16 - 22, 2026, as National Safe Boating Week. To be accepted by Richard Hurd, Division Staff Officer-Vessel Examination, FSO-Public Affairs & Finance.

- [Proclamation](https://colliercofl.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1498/files/report/8925)

E. Proclamation designating May 2026 as ALS Awareness Month.  To be accepted by Rose Gonzalez and Cathy Grassi.

- [Proclamation](https://colliercofl.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1498/files/report/8990)

F. Proclamation designating May 17 - 23, 2026, as Emergency Medical Services Week. To be accepted by Dr. James J. Augustine, Collier County Medical Director.

- [Proclamation](https://colliercofl.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1498/files/report/9393) - [Collier County EMS Week Proclamation](https://colliercofl.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1498/files/attachment/20835)

###### 5\. Presentations

###### 6\. Public Petitions

###### 7\. Public Comments

###### 8\. Board of Zoning Appeals

###### 9\. Advertised Public Hearings

###### 10\. Board of County Commissioners

A. **Add-on Item:**  Recommendation that the Board (1) certify the existence of a valid public emergency to expedite the clean-up of a Controlled Recognized Environmental Condition (CREC) identified on the site of the proposed State Veterans Nursing Home near the southwest corner of Collier Boulevard and Golden Gate Parkway by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, (2) authorize the County Manager to negotiate a scope of work and a cost to perform the environmental clean-up services, including any required engineering and environmental professional support necessary to oversee, document, certify, and close out the clean-up work, and enter into standard County Agreements with a qualified contractor and engineer subject to prior review and approval by the County Attorney, (3) authorize staff to thereafter immediately issue a Notice to Proceed to commence the clean-up services, (4) direct staff to bring the fully executed agreement to the Board for ratification at a future meeting, (5) to authorize any required budget amendments, and (6) to take any other actions necessary to eliminate the emergency.

- [Executive Summary](https://colliercofl.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1498/files/report/9608) - [USVA April 20 Correspondence](https://colliercofl.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1498/files/attachment/21311) - [FDEP April 14 Soil Remediation Approval](https://colliercofl.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1498/files/attachment/21312) - [USVA April 27 Correspondence](https://colliercofl.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1498/files/attachment/21313) - [County Manager Emergency SVNH](https://colliercofl.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1498/files/attachment/21314)

###### 11\. County Manager's Report

A. Recommendation that the Board of County Commissioners accept the “Landfill Optimization Analysis Summary” Memorandum recommendation to expand the Collier County Landfill to the East (Option I) in three phases and direct staff to acquire land as outlined in Option I.

- [Executive Summary](https://colliercofl.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1498/files/report/9268) - [Landfill Financial and Design Analysis Memorandum](https://colliercofl.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1498/files/attachment/20442) - [Collier County Landfill Long-Range Planning Update Presentation](https://colliercofl.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1498/files/attachment/20649)

B. \\*\\*\\* This Item Continued from the April 28, 2026, BCC Meeting. \*\*\*

Recommendation to provide a final ranking for the 166.63-acre Smits property, located south of Sabal Palm Rd., approximately 1.5 miles east of Collier Blvd., and to direct staff to pursue the property with funds from the Conservation Collier Land Acquisition Fund if ranked on the "A-List, as the property was ranked "C-List" by County staff and "A-List" by the Conservation Collier Land Acquisition Advisory Committee.

- [Executive Summary](https://colliercofl.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1498/files/report/9457) - [Smits - Initial Criteria Screening Report](https://colliercofl.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1498/files/attachment/21009) - [Smits Summary](https://colliercofl.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1498/files/attachment/21010) - [SabalPalmAList](https://colliercofl.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1498/files/attachment/21011)

###### 12\. County Attorney's Report

###### 13\. Other Constitutional Officers

###### 14\. Airport Authority and/or Community Redevelopment Agency

###### 15\. Staff and Commission General Communications

A. Public Comments on General Topics Not on the Current or Future Agenda by Individuals Not Already Heard During Previous Public Comments in this Meeting

B. Staff Project Updates

C. Staff and Commission General Communications