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The Ave Maria Civic Association

March 27, 2024

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Meetings 2024

January 17, 2024:
Transportation-Ongoing & Upcoming Projects Presentation(PPTX, 36MB)

Jay Ahmad, P.E., Director
Transportation Engineering & Construction Mgmt. Division(PPTX, 24MB)

Growth & Development Presentation
Michael Bosi, Division Director
Planning & Zoning

Meetings 2023

June 8, 2023

May 1, 2023

This Saturday, November 4, ESHP will host our annual Music Festival to raise funds for our historical society. It will be held at the Rod & Gun Club beginning at noon with an exciting group of musicians from around southwest Florida (see poster below). We will be celebrating Everglades City's and Collier County's Centennial!  Silent auction items included donated pieces of art by local artists, boat tours by local guides, fishing tackle and trips, and much more. Please come celebrate our 100th Anniversary with us!

On Friday, November 17, at 2:00 pm we will have our annual "Welcome-Back" talk with a presentation by our Bank of the Everglades Building architects Rick Gonzalez and Aleli de la Vega with REG architectural firm in West Palm Beach. This will be held in the lighthouse of Everglades Isles just over the bridge on the right as you enter Everglades City. There is no charge but we would like to know how many guests to expect so please email back to me if you're able to join us. We're very excited about sharing our vision with the community. Light refreshments will be served. 

Starting on August 7, there will be changes to the curbside collection schedule for the residents in Golden Gate City and some of the surrounding communities. These changes are being implemented to substantially minimize residential collections on Saturdays. Areas that will experience a change in collection days are shown below.

While the collection days will shift, there will be no reduction in curbside collection services. Residents will continue receiving the same excellent collection services – twice-a-week garbage collection and once-a-week recycling, bulk and yard waste collection.

To ensure a smooth transition, we will be providing detailed information and reminders through our website and social media channels as well as two informational postcard mailings to affected customers. As always, our customer service team will be available to answer any questions or concerns during this period and can be reached at 239-252-2380. The updated collection days map may be viewed at What Is My New Collection Day?

NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION INFORMATION

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TECO Gas Line:

• Location and Information on gas line installation
• Teco Powerpoint Presentation 2-19-20

Transportation Issues:

• 5.8.19 Randall Curve Meeting Results
• Randall Boulevard Corridor Study
• Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension Update:  2-13-19
• 11 bridge replacements 8-10-17
• 11 bridge replacements Power Point
• Collier County Transportation Engineering Division staff are starting design soon for constructing eleven new bridge replacements in rural Collier County shown on this map. If you travel the routes where any of these bridges are located, please provide your contact information (including email address) to Connie Deane at Connie.Deane@CollierCountyFL.gov so you may be contacted about upcoming public information meetings.  The first meeting will be held on November 13, 2017 from 5-7 p.m. at UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, 2685 SR 29 North, Immokalee, FL 34142

Transportation Planning has a page on the County's website, the quick link is:  http://colliercountyfl.gov/planningstudies  there are several studies in the accordion below the introduction.  Please direct the constituents to "Current – East of CR-951 Bridge Re-Evaluation Study" it is the 2nd accordion on the page.  Once clicked - it expands to contain information about the project.  The 10 bridges that are the subject of this 2020 Reevaluation Study are:

 Bridge #        Bridge Locations

1                     23rd St. SW (south of Golden Gate Blvd.)

4                     47th Ave. NE (between Immokalee Rd. & Everglades Blvd.)

5                     Wilson Blvd. N (south of 33rd Ave. NE)

6                     18th Ave. NE (between Wilson Ave. & 8th St. NE)

7                     18th Ave. NE (between 8th St. NE & 16th St. NE)

8                     North End of 13th St. NW (north of Golden Gate Blvd.)

9                     16th St. SE (south of Golden Gate Blvd.)

10                   Wilson Blvd. S (south of Golden Gate Blvd.)

11                   10th Ave. SE (between Everglades Blvd. & Desoto Blvd.)

12                   62nd Ave. NE (between Everglades Blvd. and 40thSt. NE)

 The full link is:  https://www.collier.gov/PlanningStudies

Utilities

July 2019 Northeast Service Area Utility Extension Project(PDF, 2MB)

February 7, 2025

Collier Area Transit (CAT) is hosting a Public Workshop in Immokalee on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. at the Immokalee Community Park (Large Conference Room) to discuss proposed transit improvements and gather input from transit riders on their needs.

This is an important opportunity to provide feedback that will help shape CAT’s 10-Year Transit Development Plan. Your input is valuable in ensuring that our transit system meets the needs of our community.

Meeting Details:

Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Time: 5:30 p.m.

Location: Immokalee Community Park – Address: 321 North 1st Street, Immokalee, FL. 34142.

If you are unable to attend, you can submit written comments via email to rideCAT@collier.gov.

Click here for the flyer-English or Spanish. Kindly help spread the word by sharing this information with your neighbors, colleagues, and community members.

September 30, 2024

Immokalee Fire Control District Budget & Annual Report

August 27, 2024

The Agriculture and Labor Program, Inc. will be in Immokalee on Tuesday, September 10, from 1:30 pm to 6:30 pm.

The event will occur at the Guadalupe Center, 3655 Westclox Street, Immokalee, FL 34142.

If you have any questions, please contact The Agriculture and Labor Program, Inc. at (863) 956-3491

August 21, 2024

Immokalee Neighborhood Cleanup is scheduled for Saturday, September 7.
  
The Immokalee Task Force, along with Code Enforcement, Solid Waste, and the Sheriff's Office, have identified the New Market Rd. neighborhood as an area in need of assistance. The focus will be on addressing code violations and removing household hazardous waste, litter, and solid waste from the community.

Click below for the flyers:

New Market Flyer English

New Market Flyer Spanish

New Market Flyer Creole

July 12, 2024

The East of 951 Ad Hoc Advisory Committee meeting is being held on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at CareerSource SWFL, located at 750 South 5th Street, Immokalee, FL.

The Committee will have presentations on various local projects. The presenters include representatives from:

1. Immokalee CRA
2. Transportation
3. Airport Authority
4. Fire Department
5. Immokalee Sheriff's Office
6. Parks & Recreation

We look forward to your attendance and participation in this important meeting.

If you would like to participate remotely, please use the following Zoom link: https://bit.ly/071624AdHoc

To know more about the East of 951 Ad Hoc Advisory Committee please follow link below.

https://www.colliercountyfl.gov/government/advisory-boards-and-authorities/east-of-951-ad-hoc-advisory-committee

July 1, 2024

On June 19, 2024 the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), pursuant to 23 U.S.C. § 327 and a Memorandum of Understanding dated May 26, 2022 and executed by Federal Highway Administration and FDOT, granted Location and Design Concept Acceptance for the State Road (SR) 29 Immokalee Project Development and Environment (PD&E) Study. The project limits are from Oil Well Road to SR 82 in Collier County. The proposed improvements include widening the existing two-lane undivided sections of SR 29 to four lanes from Oil Well Road to south of Farm Worker Way and from north of Westclox Street/New Market Road W to SR 82, as well as add a four-lane segment on new alignment from north of Seminole Crossing Trail to north of Westclox Street/New Market Road W.  No improvements are proposed to existing SR 29 through the downtown area of Immokalee as part of this project.

All information about the project, including a copy of all final documents, is available on the project website at www.sr29collier.com. Please see attached digital flyer for this information in both English and Spanish.

This project is now eligible to move to the next phase of development

May 10, 2024

Please click here to find the FDOT presentation on SR 29 recently presented at the MPO Board Meeting on May 10, 2024. The project page links for item 10B | FDOT’s SR 29 Immokalee Project Development & Environmental Study Project Update, can be found below:

FDOT Project Page links:

417540-5 SR 29 from CR 846 E to North of New Market Road N (swflroads.com)

417540-6 SR 29 from South of New Market Road to SR 82 (swflroads.com)

January 24, 2024:

Conservation Collier staff plan to conduct a 100-acre prescribed burn at the Pepper Ranch Preserve located at 6315 Pepper Rd in Immokalee on Thursday, January 25, and possibly the following week if forecasted weather conditions remain the same and authorization is provided by the Florida Forest Service. This prescribed burn will be carried out with equipment and assistance from state and local agency partners of the South-Central Florida Prescribed Fire Working Group. The primary goal for this burn will be to achieve ecological and fuel reduction objectives to support the preserve’s fire dependent habitat and wildlife.

This prescribed burn is scheduled to take place between 9am and 6pm. Conservation Collier staff will be on-site monitoring and restoring the unit this week following the burn. Local dispatch centers will be notified the morning of the burn when authorization is granted by FFS. Preserve neighbors and stakeholders have been notified.

Conservation Collier Team
Phone: 239.252.2961
E-Mail: Conservationcollier@colliercountyfl.gov
Website: www.conservationcollier.com