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MARCH 14, 2011
A
Workshop Meeting
Board Management
and Planning Committee
was held on this date with the following Commissioners present:
The Chairman called the meeting to order at 2:30 p.m.
FGCU Vice President for Administrative Services and Finance Joe Shepard, Ph.D., on behalf of President Wilson
Bradshaw, provided an overview of FGCU’s plans and direction. Using a
slide presentation,
four (4) Lee County property sites owned by FGCU and outlined their long range planned uses, as well as overall
Consider adoption of septic system inspection and maintenance program to reduce pollutant
be given to areas of known high failure rate and within watersheds with established TMDLs.
OPTIONS:
1) Do nothing – nutrient and bacterial loading from failing septic systems will continue
unabated. No direct financial burden on homeowner.
and providing necessary treatment countywide. Financial burden on homeowner.
Conservatively covers all areas regardless of current water quality conditions.
County-wide, but focuses on areas of likely impairment. Shifts program costs to already
financially burdened neighborhoods.
Central sewer – preferred, but not available or cost effective in all circumstances.
RECOMMENDATION:
Proceed with phased implementation in known problem areas. Source control of pollutants is
much more efficient and cost effective than treating diffuse source in stormwater downstream.
Also removes potential health hazards of problematic septic systems.
Natural Resources Director Roland Ottolini addressed a question from Commissioner Judah on the legislative impetus
for recommending this program, and indicated he was seeking Board support for Lee County’s lobbyists to have the
appropriate language included in the current legislation. Assistant County Manager Holly Schwartz advised of action
PowerPoint presentation
(copy on file)
Environmental Administrator Jim Love responded to Board questions. Further discussion was held with CREW’s
(Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed) Environmental President and Florida On-Site Wastewater Association
representative Bob Himschoot on the Legislature’s pending bills on septic systems and the potential for an opt-out
clause for Counties. Mr. Ottolini indicated staff was seeking Board support to implement either a statewide program
if adopted or, if no program is adopted, allowing the County to conduct its own program. He and County Manager
Karen Hawes agreed to closely follow the legislative proceedings on this matter and bring additional information back
to the next Management and Planning meeting with a comprehensive inventory, and potential costs of a
geographically phased-in inspection program.
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Boulevard, and continuing east of Forum Boulevard and crossing State Road 82 where it
Needs Plan. However, the extension east of Forum Boulevard was not included in the MPO’s
2035 Financially Feasible Plan. That extension would have to cross the Orchid Isles property
purchased under the County’s Conservation 2020 program, as well as some conservation lands
recently purchased from the Heuthers and the headwaters of the Six Mile Cypress Slough.
Because some recent changes in cost estimates of projects to be undertaken by the City have
freed up some forecasted revenue, the City is now interested in adding the eastern extension of
reflected in the recent alignment work by a City consultant on the County’s Orchid Isles
property, which led to a wetland impact violation and for which a settlement is currently being
negotiated. When the Board authorized purchase of the Orchid Isles property in August, 2007, a
note was included on the blue sheet which read “Both Conservation land Acquisition and
(LDOT) have acknowledged that right-of-way may be needed from this property for the
to be a willing seller. Although the MPO staff has not yet done the necessary modeling to verity
the need for the extension from a future traffic standpoint, DOT staff questions its significance,
given the on-going six-laning of the two immediately parallel routes (SR 82 and Colonial
to the City for this project? If a majority of the Board is not willing, then that effectively kills the
OPTIONS:
Boulevard;
Forum Boulevard;
RECOMMENDATION:
Option 2.
Department of Transportation Planning Manager Dave Loveland reviewed a City-proposed Hanson Street Extension
in advance of an April Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) meeting. He outlined a request of the County for
completion, and indicated that Board consensus today on whether to sell some required Conservation lands through
Orchid Isles would be crucial to moving forward. He elaborated on
two handouts
consisting of a map showing the
proposed extension in relation to conservation lands, and a table provided by MPO staff with 2035 model traffic
volumes, with and without the requested extension. Mr. Loveland advised of a CLASAC recommendation that an
environmental impact study be done before the sale of any conservation lands, and Planning staff recommended
discussion with the City regarding de-annexing purchased conservation lands to avoid future City permitting
Commissioners Hall and Manning noted support of further dialogue and both left the meeting and were absent for the
remainder of the meeting. Commissioner Judah expressed opposition to adding a SR 82 intersection, and to selling
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Regular Board
meeting. During discussion, with input from Mr. Loveland, Chairman Mann re-stated the consensus reached that this
Board was not supportive of the City’s proposal to extend through Conservation 2020 lands or connect on SR 82; that
further Board action was not necessary, the City would be informed prior to the April MPO meeting.
The Chairman adjourned the meeting at 4:09 p.m.
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