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Cape City Council to consider putting utility infrastructure in Yellow Fever Creek preserve
By MEGHAN BRADBURY
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The city of Cape Coral may remove 14 acres from the Yellow Fever Creek Regional Park for an infrastructure project – water storage and water pumping station for the Utility Expansion Program. The ordinance to be considered Wednesday, 85-24, is city-initiated and
would reduce the size of the park area as designated by the Comprehensive Plan. The plan designates 200 acres as Yellow Fever Creek Regional Park. According to agenda documents, Public Works staff identified the project as crucial for the future development of the UEP. Another ordinance, 6-25, would amend the Future Land Use Map from Parks and
Recreation to Public Facilities land use for the water pumping and water storage facility at Yellow Fever Creek Regional Park. The proposal has been controversial with nearby property owners and environmentalists asking Cape Coral City Council to reject the change. Judy Mitchell, president of Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife, said the organization
News of Note ‘Pup’s Day Out’ this Sunday at Rusty’s Raw Bar
The Golden Retrievers Rescue of Southwest Florida will hold a “Pup’s Day Out” Sunday, March 9, from 1-4 p.m., at Rusty’s Raw Bar & Grill at 4631 S.E. 10th Place, Cape Coral. This family friendly and fur baby event is open to the public. The area for the event is gated and fenced with grass. There is an outside bar with plenty of seating. For the furry friend attendees, Rusty’s will have a doggy sprinkler and doggie pools. The event will feature vendors, a 50/50 raffle and Chinese auction. (Donations welcome.) Proceeds from the event will benefit the GRRSWF, a 501(c)(3) organization, to help cover the medical needs for the foster dogs and adopted dogs. The GRRSWF invites everyone to come out and paw-ty and to help the organization raise awareness for the rescue. For more information about the Golden Retrievers Rescue of Southwest Florida, please visit grrswf.org.
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Members and supporters of Protect Our Wetlands Cape Coral gathered along Rose Garden Road Saturday to protest the potential Redfish Pointe development and rezoning of the land.
Cape Coral residents once again made their voices heard when it comes to a potential development in the city. A protest march organized by Protect Our Wetlands Cape Coral took place last Saturday, as 150 individuals, including a Cape Coral council member, came out in opposition to Redfish Pointe. Protect Our Wetlands is a grass-roots organization made up of local residents. During the protest, organizers presented their case as to why the Redfish Pointe development south of Rotary Park would deplete wetlands and destroy a natural buffer against storms.
Additional water restrictions could be placed in northeast Cape
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Protect Our Wetlands group, others gather to protest Redfish Pointe
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See YELLOW FEVER CREEK, page 2
By MEGHAN BRADBURY
PHOTO PROVIDED BY RUTH HAGUE
By CJ HADDAD
understands that the utilities department has been told by many, since 2017, that Yellow Fever Creek was not the place to build this water tower/pumping station. She said city-owned land at Kismet Parkway and Del Prado Boulevard, which the city sees as potential commercial, is
“Our goal was to raise awareness as we are finally approaching this coming before the Planning and Zoning Board,” said one of the organizers of the march, Paul Bonasia. Of the turnout, Bonasia said, “I think there’s a really strong opposition to this proposed development, and I think we have the support of the residents, who came from all over Cape Coral. These are residents that would not only be immediately impacted by potential flooding and storm surge in the future, but people who enjoy Rotary Park. That park’s character will change dramatically if they build (the proposed access road).” Redfish Pointe, which sits just east of
See PROTEST, page 4
Cape Coral City Council will consider a joint proposal today to impose additional measures to reduce dropping water levels in the Mid-Hawthorn Aquifer. Resolution 75-25 calls for a multi-jurisdictional action plan among the South Florida Water Management District, the city and Lee County, for the northeast Cape Coral water shortage area. The aquifer is the source of well water for drinking and all other uses in that area of the community. If approved, it will implement regulations to require mandatory connection to the city’s irrigation water supply system when it becomes available to a property. According to the resolution, the plan would remain in effect until the MidHawthorn Aquifer recovers above the minimum developable limit of -83.01 feet, or the South Florida Water Management District determines the aquifer has recovered for a sufficient amount of time. The action plan also states that if the water levels decline to less than 10 feet above the minimum flows and minimum water levels for two consecutive weeks additional actions will take place. n The South Florida Water Management District will direct the county to limit new construction of Mid-Hawthorn wells within the water shortage area to just potable use. Users would be required to seek different water sources for irrigation purposes. n The county will limit new potable water wells and replacement wells within the water shortage area to the Mid-
See WATER RESTRICTIONS, page 2