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GGEACA COMMUNITY PRIORTIES:
1.Transportation
a) Randall and Immokalee intersection
b) Golden Gate Blvd, 18th to Everglades
c) Safety bridges:
-16th St. NE at Cypress Canal
-47th Ave NE at Golden Gate
Main Canal
d) Safety Bridge on 10th Ave SE at
Faka Union Canal
e) Randall and Immokalee intersection
f) 4 lane construction of Randall Blvd
g) Ingress/egress to the Estates South
of White Blvd
h) Bridge to Frangipani on 8th St. SE
2. Economic Development/Jobs
3. Watershed Management Issues/Flooding
4. Wildfire prevention/ response measures
5. EMS
6. Modify LDC in regards to Charter Schools
COLLIER MOSQUITO CONTROL :
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2019 GOLDEN GATE
MASTER PLAN
UPDATE. CLICK ON THE BUTTON AND SCROLL DOWN TO GOLDEN GATE AREA MASTER PLAN
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BCC EMAIL ADDRESSES
Chris.hall@colliercountyfl.gov
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Bill.McDaniel@colliercountyfl.gov
Developments on the borders of GG Estates in the RLSA & RFMUD
#1 Rivergrass SRA,
#2 Bellmar SRA
#3 Longwater SRA
* SKY SAIL aka HYDE PARK aka
WINCHESTER LAKES
* Immokalee Rd Rural Villages (RFMUD)
Understanding the TDR program in Collier County Government, Naples, Florida
CHAPTER 1. DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS
TDR is the acronym for TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS.
Development Rights originate from Property, or Property Rights. Property Rights are a fundamental belief of the Founding Fathers built into the US Constitution. “Property” is the basis for every “right” we have and enjoy now in the United States. The right to acquire, enjoy and dispose of property is protected by the Constitution’s Fifth Amendment’s “Due Process.....
Commissioner McDaniels once again proves he cares more about helping developers than the residents of District 5 and especially people living in Golden Gate Estates.
At the 14 July 2020 BCC meeting on item 9.A. Ventana Pointe GMP Amendment, Commissioner McDaniel’s made the recommendation that the Developers of Ventana Pointe in the Rural Fringe Mixed Used District (RFMUD) should be allowed to transfer property to the badly managed Conservation Collier program. View the meeting at this link: 50min 30 sec into the meeting.
HOW DID THOSE 125 FOOT TALL, 30 FOOT WIDE TRANSMISSION POWER POLES GET IN FRONT OF MY ESTATES HOME? JUST SHOCKING!
What the Heck are “Franchise Fees?” Annual Rent Payments
PICAYUNE STRAND STATE FOREST (PSSF) – WESTERN PROTECTIVE LEVEE – WATER QUALITY STUDY
VIRTUAL MEETING TODAY
10.20.20 @ 3PM. CLICK
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Below is a must read Article from the Naples Daily News by Judith M. Hushon and Lynn S. Martin - Guest columnists to the Naples Daily News.
This is another example of how Commissioner McDaniel's support of Developers in the RLSA will put more profit money in their pockets - after taking it out of yours.......
"Eastern Collier developers must heed policy, pay for infrastructure"
GGEACA meets
the 3rd Wed. of
each month.
WHEN: Wednesday,
TIME: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
WHERE: Fire Station #71,
behind the GG Blvd Library
Golden Gate Estates Area Civic Association is a private 501(c)4 not for profit Corporation. GGEACA is not a government organization. We have the right to approve or disapprove membership as a private corporation, and participation in our meetings.
Below is an article in www.GulfshoreBusiness.com Magazine published April 21, 2021 about the apparent conflicts of interest Commissioner Bill McDaniel has in representing or not representing all the residents of District 5 in Collier County.
Go to www.Gulfshorebusiness.com and read the entire article.
Could We Do Better?
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The questions comes down to "do you have to own land at the time of a vote to have a conflict of interest?"
County Attorney Klatzkow left this issue open. "Believe" is attorney code for "maybe, maybe not."
Perhaps Commissioner Penny Taylor could request that the newly formed 2020 Naples Ethics Commission could look at this issue as their first case, or
Maybe Collier County Government should have an Ethics Commission............
CLICK HERE FOR INFO
ON NAPLES ETHICS COMMISSION
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Collier County Commissioner’s Business Deals Spark Questions of Conflict
by Brett Blackledge, Gulfshore Business Magazine
bjblack35@gmail.com
April 21, 2021
Editor’s Note: This article was produced in partnership with The Florida Center for Government Accountability, a nonprofit legal and journalism program advocating public access to local government.
When William McDaniel ran for Collier County Commission in 2016, he campaigned on his business experience in real estate and as founder of an excavation company. He won the election, despite a history of business problems, including unpaid tax liens, property foreclosures and personal liability for multimillion-dollar business loans.
After taking office, McDaniel’s fortunes changed. He helped set up the sale of his business property to a developer planning a rural village in north-central Collier. The deal erased his obligation to pay $42.7 million owed on two defaulted loans and gave the development crucial access to Immokalee Rd.
Some Collier County residents have questioned McDaniel’s interests in the transaction. The deal allowed Palm Beach County developer Jeff Greene to buy McDaniel’s former excavating company’s land for the Immokalee Road Rural Village plan. New details about the deal and how McDaniel benefitted have renewed those concerns.
McDaniel had a business relationship with Greene before the sale, recommended him as a buyer for his land during the foreclosure negotiations and insisted that his personal responsibility for the
defaulted business loans be erased as part of the deal to quickly sell the Collier land, according to court records and interviews.
In March, McDaniel voted with his fellow commissioners to start the approval process for the Immokalee Road Rural Village project. Commissioners in the coming months will consider changing the county’s growth plan and rezoning the property in the environmentally sensitive rural area for the new homes and businesses promised by Greene.
Critics of the plan argue McDaniel’s connection to the land deal serves at the very least as an example of how some commissioners are too cozy with developers. At worst, McDaniel’s case serves as an example of a commissioner personally benefiting from a development project, some residents argue.
“There’s a huge issue here of quid pro quo,” said Michael Ramsey, president of the Golden Gate Estates Area Civic Association, which represents the community just south of the planned development.
“They both have interests,” Ramsey said of the developer and McDaniel. “He does have a conflict of interest.”
READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE....
MCDANIEL DIRT ROAD TAX. Became so expensive got SHELVED. The dirt road tax proposed by McDaniel has been continued 3 times now due to fairness and legal issues. This is McDaniel’s “PELOSI MOMENT” where he said in the BCC meeting that they should approve the tax, and figure out how much to charge the residents later. This was approved by the BCC in December 2023. Reason: A MSTU has to be created before 01.01.25 at 1.0 mill levy. Since this not TAXPAYER collected monies, it can be used on private property. Estimated cost to improve 76 miles of unpaved roads with limerock = $800,000. Amount to be collect from 1 mill yearly = $38,000; will take 21 years to repay.
NEXT MEETING: 03.19.25
E OF 951 ADVISORY MEETINGS:
6.00PM HERITAGE BAY CENTER
15450 Collier Blvd
03.18.25
04.15.25
05.20.25
06.17.25
GGEACA WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1978. GGEACA HAS THE EXPERTS AND THE HISTORICAL, POLITICAL AND PRACTICAL KNOWLDEGE OF WHAT IT IS LIKE...... TO LIVE IN THE RURAL GOLDEN GATE ESTATES..
Do you know the difference between rural and urban estates?
If you don't join us.
At the next GGEACA meeting 03.19.25 we will be discussing the related issues of:
THE AMAZINGN RESCUE of the Mama Bear on the GGEACA sign on GG Blvd
A Cell Tower Plan to improve coverage in the Rural Estates.
Update on the Rental Housing issue in the Urban Estates:
-There has been an unexpected change in INTERPETATIONS.
There has been an unexpected change in INTERPETATIONS.Short Term Rentals in the Rural Estates… Warning Will Robinson!!!
Guess what surprise from Shy Wolf has for the Rural Estates.Discussion of a Community Garden for the Rural EstatesLehigh Acres has been notified they are in danger of OVERPUMPING the water from their aquifer.
-This is also a warning to the Rural Estates
This is also a warning to the Rural EstatesIf you live in the Rural Estates...Do you understand the importance of the Golden Gate Estates Master Plan?
If you don't join us.
The update on Collier Co Government rules and regulations that effect you will begin in 6 months in 2025.
03.18.25 TOPICS:
ARE WE WITHDRAWING TO MUCH WATER OUT OF THE GROUND IN RURAL GOLDEN GATE ESTATES; IT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED LEHIGH ACRES IS ON THE PATH TO DAMAGE THEIR AQUIFER. PRESENTATION BY THE SFWMD.
IF YOU LIVE IN THE RURAL ESTATES...WHERE DOES THE WATER IN YOU WELL COME FROM?
The SFWMD will be presenting a their findings on this issue on 03.18.25
