Council will start their meeting at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, reviewing the proposed Sports Park master plan. Once the plan is approved, it will be submitted to the South Florida Water Management District for review and approval of the storm water conveyance and ponding needs for the entire100 acre site. Other items on the agenda include a second reading of an ordinance regarding the Village seal and administrative code, and workshop items pertaining to the Planning,  Zoning & Design Board appointments and Estero-Fest. The full agenda is available here. Meetings are held in the Council Chambers, Village Hall, 9401 Corkscrew Palms Circle, near the entrance to the Estero Park. Residents may view the meeting here and provide public comment by utilizing the eComment Card on the Village website.  Comments must be received by noon one day.  

Residents will be able to dispose of household chemical waste safely and responsibly from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Wednesday, January 15.  Items will not be accepted either before or after that time period. Chemical waste categories include items that are ignitable, corrosive, explosive and/or reactive and toxic, such as leftover paints, cleaners, herbicides, pesticides, automotive fluids and pool chemicals.  Never dispose of these items in dumpsters, compactors or at curbside with household garbage or down a storm drain or in the soil.  See Lee County Solid Waste link for household chemical waste categories. Items which are not household chemical waste and can be set out with household garbage include: empty paint cans, empty automotive fluid containers, small engine equipment such as pressure washers, lawn mowers, weed eaters, small electronic parts such as routers, mice, keyboard, tires and small appliances. Estero Park is located at 9200 Corkscrew Palms Blvd. In addition, residential household chemical waste is accepted at the Topaz Court Solid Waste facility located at 6441 Topaz Court in Fort Myers, off Metro Parkway.  This facility is open 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. – 12 noon on the first [Read More.]

The Board will start their meeting at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, to conduct 3 public hearings. Genova Partners, LLC will be requesting approval of a development order to construct 11 townhomes and 20 single family (villa) units within the last phase of Genova located southeast of Corkscrew Road and Via Coconut Intersection. Estero Country Club is seeking to renovate one existing tennis court into 4 pickleball courts and add a new tennis court on the eastern portion of the club house located at 19501 Vintage Trace Circle. Pruitt Family Real Estate Holdings, LLC, is proposing to convert the existing 4,800 square foot vacant old post office building into a small office building located at 8111 Broadway Avenue East. The full agenda is available here. Meetings are held in the Council Chambers, Village Hall, 9401 Corkscrew Palms Circle, near the entrance to the Estero Community Park. Residents may view the meeting here and provide public comment by utilizing the eComment Card on the Village website here. Comments must be received by noon one day before the actual meeting and they will be distributed to the Council/Board but will not be read at the meeting.

Residents and property owners in the Mullock Creek Basin in south Lee County can view FEMA’s new draft preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) at an upcoming public open house set for Jan. 15. FEMA will host the open house at Lee County’s Administration East Building, 2201 Second St., Fort Myers, 33901, in the Green Room on the first floor. The drop-in style meeting does not include a formal presentation. Property owners and residents can attend 4 to 7 p.m. In general, the Mullock Creek Basin includes the area between Alico and Corkscrew roads to the north and south, respectively, and between U.S. 41 and Interstate 75 to the west and east. The basin includes portions of the Village of Estero and a sizeable part of San Carlos Park. The draft preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map changes are not related to recent past hurricanes Lee County has experienced, including Ian, Helene or Milton. The changes are the result of the federal RISK Map Study initiated by FEMA beginning in 2018. These maps show the potential extent and risks of flooding. At the open house, attendees can learn about their risk of flooding and ask questions about what the new [Read More.]

On January 11, a conversation will take place between Abigail Adams and Mercy Otis Warren. Abigail Adams was a woman way before her time.  Historians will call her one of the most extraordinary women in American history.  She fought for women’s education and rights, understood the time’s political climate, managed a farm, the household finances, and children most often by herself, and she did not favor slavery.  Perhaps her most endearing quality was the thousand plus letters she wrote to her husband, John Adams, which gives an eloquent and evocative description of her life and times. They serve as eyewitness accounts of the American Revolutionary War home front. This conversation will be held at 9:30 a.m., at Country Creek Country Club, 21180 Country Creek Drive.  Reserve your spot here. On January 25, the Society will offer a cozy conversation about Estero history led by local experts. This event is included in your membership, but please rsvp because space is limited. Future-members are welcome for just $15 or join online now. This conversation will take place at 1 p.m. at the Estero Historical Society Cottage 9285 Corkscrew Blvd.

Council will start their meeting at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, addressing a contract to obtain additional water monitoring data around Estero to better understand the water levels, water flows and water quality. There will be first readings of a zoning ordinance for Coconut Trace and an ordinance regarding the Village’s seal and administrative code. Workshop items include Corkscrew Road landscaping, public works update, community development 2025 work plan discussion and an FPL update. The full agenda is available here. Meetings are held in the Council Chambers, Village Hall, 9401 Corkscrew Palms Circle, near the entrance to the Estero Park. Residents may view the meeting here and provide public comment by utilizing the eComment Card on the Village website.  Comments must be received by noon one day