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Cape City Council to look at several options for ‘replacing’ Yellow Fever Creek Preserve acreage
By MEGHAN BRADBURY
news@breezenewspapers.com
Cape Coral City Council will discuss options to replace preservation land at Yellow Fever Creek the city plans to use for utility infrastructure. Wednesday’s presentation focuses on two basic options – buying land or earmarking properties the city already owns for preservation. Options that do not include a land pur-
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chase include converting property owned by the city to natural resources/preservation for future land use and zoning; establishing conservation easements on a city property via a land trust; establishing conservation easements on private land via a land trust or state agency, donation of land from private ownership already designated natural resources/preservation or donation of land from private ownership and converted to natural resources/preservation.
Options that include buying land include purchasing an existing conservation easement on a portion of property owned by a private owner; purchasing private land and converting its future land use and zoning to natural resources and preservation and purchasing private land with an existing/established conservation easement or natural resources, preservation designation. City Council in April voted to reduce the 200-acre park and preservation site off
Northwest Regional Library to close temporarily for repairs The Northwest Regional Library, 519 Chiquita Blvd., N., Cape Coral, will close temporarily for flooring replacement Monday, May 19. The building will reopen at noon Tuesday, May 27, following the Memorial Day holiday. Item due dates have been extended and library programs for the period have been canceled. An exterior book drop will be available 24/7 for those interested in returning items. Patrons are encouraged to check the library website, www.leelibrary.net, and social media for reopening information. The Lee County Library System has 13 branches to serve Lee County residents, including the Cape Coral Lee County Public Library at 921 S.W. 39th Terrace off Mohawk Parkway. For more information about other library locations, online access to e-books and streaming content, program information and other services, visit www.leelibrary. net or call 239-479-4636.
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the Del Prado extension by 14 acres for Utility Expansion Project infrastructure. The city plans to install water storage tanks, a water pumping station and related equipment to provide water and sewer to the northeastern portion of the city. Environmentalists and numerous members from the Village of Entrada community spoke at the April 2 meeting,
See CITY COUNCIL, page 4
CRA to discuss demolition grant, $1 million for street lights
By MEGHAN BRADBURY
news@breezenewspapers.com
CRA to consider development incentives for Slipaway Food Truck Park & Marina
By MEGHAN BRADBURY
news@breezenewspapers.com
Developer incentives for the Slipaway Food Truck Park & Marina are on today’s South Cape Community Redevelopment Agency meeting agenda. Cape Parkway LLC, owner of Slipaway, is requesting reimbursement of $250,000 for a Business Infrastructure, or BIG, grant and $2,618,525 in a tax increment financing request. Tax increment financing, or TIF, allows the CRA to fund or incentivize improvement projects by rebating all or some of the increased tax revenues generated back to the developer. A letter sent from Annette Barbaccia on May 7 to the city’s Economic Development Director on behalf of Cape Parkway LLC states they “are requesting a total of $2,868,525 in tax increment financing and business infrastructure grant support from the Community Redevelopment Agency for the proposed Slipaway project, consistent with our prior Tax Increment Financing and Business Infrastructure Grant requests submitted to your office.” The letter explains the challenges the project has had, which are consistent with other projects in the CRA. Those include “the lack of utilities to
the site, and coordination with the county regarding the redesign of the Cape Coral Bridge and roadway. These items have resulted in significant unexpected expenditures. The project site has hosted Red White and Boom since 2013 at no cost to the city and my clients have intentionally kept construction on a fast pace to ensure meeting this upcoming July event.” The owners paid the upfront cost of bringing the offsite lines to the property for sewer pipes and connections. “The principals have also had their consultants and engineers work directly with the city and county staff to ensure compatibility with the county’s proposed bridge and roadway design, which has resulted in design and construction changes and related costs to the project. This includes construction of a gravity wall and loss of land for a deacceleration lane,” the letter states. “They are requesting that these items be funded
See SLIPAWAY, page 4 One of the design concept graphics for Slipaway Food Truck Park & Marina. GRAPHIC PROVIDE
This week’s South Cape Redevelopment Agency agenda includes discussion for a private-owner demolition grant, $1 million for street lights and a first glance at next year’s proposed budget. Cape Coral City Council, sitting as the South Cape Redevelopment Agency Commission board, is expected to vote on a demolition grant to Nautilus Equity Group, LLC. The structure, at 4528 S.E. 15th Ave., is a vacant 4-unit building the property’s owner says is full of mold and asbestos. Nautilus Equity Group, LLC wants to demolish the structure with the anticipation of developing an apartment building. The funding amount, for which staff is recommending approval, is for a not-toexceed amount of $30,750. According to agenda documents, “the four-unit building is significantly deteriorated due to age and located in an AE8 flood zone. Any renovation would likely be subject to the FEMA 50% rule, severely limiting the extent of repairs that can be made before requiring full compliance with current floodplain regulations. Additionally, the structure has become vulnerable to unauthorized occupancy, particularly by homeless individuals, and contains mold and asbestos, posing serious environmental and safety risks.” In other business: n Today’s CRA agenda also includes proposed approval of a purchase order not to exceed $1,000,000 for the replacement of streetlights at the Community Redevelopment Agency. The approval would standardize streetlights in the CRA to minimize maintenance costs and to have
See CRA, page 2