The Board will start their meeting at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, conducting public information meetings for High 5, to be located in the Entertainment District north of Williams Road, and Shadow Wood Country Club’s proposed lifestyle center next to their clubhouse. The Board will then conduct public hearings for a medical office building and day care center on US41 south of the entrance to Breckenridge, a 3,567 square foot addition to the north side of the existing Walmart, and Home2 Suites hotel to be located in Coconut Point Mall. 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 also view the meeting here and provide public comment by utilizing the eComment Card on the Village website here. Comments need to be received by noon one day before the actual meeting and they will be distributed to the Board but will not be read at the meeting.

Council will start their meeting at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, addressing a resolution to reappoint 2 Planning, Zoning & Design Board members for one year. They will then authorize the Village Manager or designated staff to negotiate a final agreement with the 3 top ranked firms to serve as construction manager at risk for the Estero Sports Park.  The final agreement will later come back to Council for approval. There will be a second reading and public hearing for a zoning ordinance pertaining to Coconut Trace located on US 41, west of Lyden Drive and east of Marsh Landing. The meeting will conclude with a workshop on property acquisition. 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 need to be received by noon one day before the actual meeting;  they will be distributed to the Council but will not be read at the meeting.

Drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists are urged to use extra caution when traveling through the work zone. Crews will be transporting dirt as part of the pond construction east of Corkscrew Shores. Motorists should expect heavy truck traffic entering and leaving Corkscrew Road in that area. Motorists should expect intermittent daytime flagging for crews to perform earthwork close to the roadway. The contractor is placing embankment for the new road on both the north and south sides of Corkscrew Road.  Please be aware that trucks may be entering and leaving the roadway. Motorists should expect crews to be working on underground utilities near the intersection of Corkscrew Road and Alico Road. The contractor will be doing initial work for the traffic signal installation. Crews are installing water main from Wayside Lane to Alico Road. Crews are installing a force main on both sides of Corkscrew Road. Crews are installing erosion control and traffic control devices throughout the project. Crews may be working close to the roadway.  Motorists are asked to drive with caution.  Sidewalks may be closed in areas throughout the project as the contractor performs underground work. The work activities above are scheduled to occur, however unforeseen [Read More.]

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.