2020 Meeting Agendas, Minutes, Videos & Transcripts
Meeting Agendas, Minutes, Videos and Transcripts Agendas are posted at Village Hall and online the week prior to meetings. Minutes, video and transcripts are posted as they are available, usually within a business day. You may also contact the Executive Assistant at sacco@estero-fl.gov. For information on attending meetings, click here. Archives of Agendas, Minutes, Videos and Transcripts 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 If you are having trouble with linked attachments, please check that you have the latest versions of the OS and browsers installed. Older iOS [Read More.]
Lee County solid waste operations adjusted for Memorial Day
All garbage, recycling and yard waste collections in the Village of Estero will take place one day after the regularly scheduled collection day for the entire week beginning May 27. This means that if your regular collection day is Monday, the collection truck will pick up that material on Tuesday. Tuesday’s regularly scheduled pickups will occur on Wednesday and so on, the rest of the week through Saturday. This schedule is in effect through Saturday, June 1. Regular collection schedules resume on Monday, June 3. Lee County Solid Waste facilities and offices are closed on Monday, May 27, in observance [Read More.]
Lee County Utilities ends free chlorine flush
Lee County Utilities on Tuesday, May 21, will end the free chlorine flush, which will involve converting its disinfection process from a free chlorine residual back to chloramines as the primary disinfectant. The free chlorine flush, which began May 1, is a routine measure common among water utilities that use chloramines as a primary disinfectant. Anyone who uses a kidney dialysis machine at home should contact an equipment supplier so the proper filtering equipment may be installed. Tropical fish or aquatic animal owners should contact a local tropical fish store for appropriate pretreatment of water before adding it to tanks. [Read More.]
Council to receive updates on Estero on the River, Parks, Recreation & Open Space and the Village website on Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Council will start their meeting at 9:30 a.m., May 15, to determine how to address the vacancies on the Design Review Board and approve liaison assignments. The meeting will be followed by a workshop for updates on the Estero on the River, Parks, Recreation & Open Space and the Village website. Council meetings are held at the Village Hall at 9401 Corkscrew Palms Circle, adjacent to the entrance to the Estero Community Park.
Argo Corkscrew Crossing, Batos to apply for County Commission seat and Estero Parkway landscape among items reviewed by Council on May 1, 2019
Proclamation Mayor Bill Ribble read a proclamation for Kim Poinsett and members of Girl Scout Troop 245. It stated, in part, that in celebration of those girls who are graduating to the next Girl Scout program level, Girl Scouts from Estero will hold their annual bridging ceremony at Koreshan State Park on May 12, which has been designated Girl Scout Bridging Day in Estero. (Proclamation) Public Hearing Council voted to approve the settlement agreement between the Village of Estero and Argo Corkscrew Crossing. This property consists of 395 acres on Corkscrew Road. As part of the settlement agreement, Council will [Read More.]
Lee County Utilities customers may notice a temporary change in taste, odor and color of their water starting May 1, 2019
Lee County Utilities will be temporarily converting its disinfectant process from chloramines to free chlorine residual from May 1 through May 21. This is a routine measure common among water utilities that use chloramines as a primary disinfectant. Anyone who uses a kidney dialysis machine at home should contact his or her equipment supplier so the proper filtering equipment can be installed in advance. Tropical fish or aquatic animal owners should contact a local tropical fish store for appropriate pre-treatment of water before adding water to tanks. Customers may notice a temporary change in the taste, odor and color of [Read More.]
Settlement Agreement between the Village of Estero and Argo Corkscrew Crossing on the agenda for Council on Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Council will conduct a public hearing for a settlement agreement between the Village of Estero and Argo Corkscrew Crossing at their meeting at 9:30 a.m., May 1. In addition, Council will consider whether to participate in the Urban County Cooperation Agreement and to appeal the Estero Town Center (Aldi) development order. Following the meeting there will be a workshop for an update of the Estero Parkway landscape project. Council meetings are held at the Village Hall at 9401 Corkscrew Palms Circle, adjacent to the entrance to the Estero Community Park.
Aldi grocery store approved following a joint meeting of the Planning & Zoning Board and Design Review Board on April 24, 2019
The Planning & Zoning Board and Design Review Board conducted a joint meeting for a presentation of the proposed Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan. A consultant for the project reviewed the fact that there had been a number of ways for the community to participate in the planning process. Over 1,000 comments were made online, there were focus groups with a mix of people representing the chamber of commerce, business, the park, etc., and two public workshops were conducted. Connectivity and safety were determined as key to an implementable plan. The two safest routes would be the utility corridor going [Read More.]
FGCU, Estero River and mining in the DRGR were among topics covered by Council in their meeting on April 24, 2019
Presentation Dr. Sandra Kauanui, Florida Gulf Coast University’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, announced they are conducting a fundraising effort in order to build a new Center on campus to support this important program. The Center is currently housed off-campus in the Emergent Technologies Institute. They have been given a commitment of $4 million to be matched by the community. There are only three such Centers such as this in the country. One of the examples of this program is there are currently 75 student-run businesses in the area generating over $2 million in revenue. These students are not leaving [Read More.]
Shadow Wood Community Association presented maintenance carts to Three Oaks Schools as part of Estero’s Education Initiative
Pictured left to right: Three Oaks Elementary School Assistant Principal Tami Le Master, Shadow Wood Country Club Grounds Manager George Pittman Jr., Principal Jodi Moorhead, Shadow Wood Country Club Equipment Manager Yamil Codero-Soto, Three Oaks Elementary School Building Supervisor Jack Duffee and Lee County School District Vice Chair and District 3 member Chris Patricca. The Shadow Wood Community Association recently presented a maintenance cart to Three Oaks Middle School and to Three Oaks Elementary School as part of Estero’s Education Initiative. The carts will be used by the Maintenance Department at each school for moving supplies around their [Read More.]