Public Information Meeting

Hertz Arena sculpture

hertz arenaRepresentatives for Hertz Arena presented their plans for a 13.5-foot-tall stylized stainless-steel sculpture of an ice hockey player to be displayed on a raised pedestal 8 foot tall. The sculpture will be lighted at night.

The sides of the pedestal will be used to display plaques of some of the groups associated with the arena.

The sculpture is to be located at the Arena’s southeast corner in the outdoor plaza. This location is between the south and east main entry to the Arena which provides maximum visibility for visitors and vehicles traveling along I-75.  (Presentation)

No voting occurs during public information meetings.

Public Hearings

The Commons Club at the Brooks

Commons ClubRepresentative for The Commons Club presented their plans for a 5,000 square foot addition to the existing Health and Lifestyle Center building located on Coconut Road in The Brooks.

They described plans for expanding their existing group fitness room, workout area and massage rooms as well as rehabbing the locker rooms.  They are proposing to paint the building taupe with rust roof tiles.  They determined no additional parking is necessary to accommodate members.  Connectivity includes walkways around the building, adjacent buildings and along the roadway.

Eight live oaks will be removed and replaced with 20-foot live oaks placed away from the building but five other existing live oaks will be salvaged.  (Presentation)

The Board approved this application.

Via Coconut MPD

via coconut

Representatives for this property were requesting review of their Pattern Book.  They are in the process of requesting a rezoning to allow for 330 multi-family dwelling units, and a maximum of 59,600 square feet of commercial retail/office or medical office space with an option to convert 30,000 square feet of commercial space to 124 hotel rooms.

The applicant described this mixed-use development to include a 4.5-mile-long linear park with lush landscaping,  pocket park, public dog park, filter marshes and water features throughout, a waterfront restaurant, a resort-type pool, public pavilion and fishing pier over the lake and 330 luxury residential units.

The architecture is considered British West Indies with varying roof lines; the maximum height will be at 59 feet for elevator towers or decorative embellishments. The masonry buildings will be white accented with dark bronze, and include stone cladding, awnings, Bermuda shutters and large overhangs.

The road connection from the Estero Community Park to US 41 bisects this property so they’ve designed their main street with mixed-use buildings and commercial store fronts.

Landscaping includes palms, royal poinciana, Hong Kong orchid, red maples, green button trees, cypress and pine trees.

There will be three paver enhanced entrances to the development from Via Coconut Road.  The applicant will also be providing landscaping for the Via Coconut Road medians.

This property is located south of Corkscrew Road, west on Via Coconut Road across from Genova, and is in the Village Center (Presentation).

The Board voted to continue this item to a date uncertain due to concerns about the need for some color to break up the scale of the buildings, the brackets need to be more delicate, among other suggestions.

Residents may view the archived meeting by going to the Village website http://estero-fl.gov/council/watch-meetings-online/

The next Design Review Board meeting will be conducted at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, February 12, 2020.