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Council approves removing 14.2 acres from Yellow Fever Creek preserve for water storage project after contentious public hearing
Summary
By 6–2 votes, the council amended the comprehensive plan and future land use map to allow about 14.2 acres of the Yellow Fever Creek Preserve to be used for a water storage and pumping facility; residents urged the city to find alternatives and seek stronger mitigation.
The City Council voted to amend the comprehensive plan and the future land use map to allow about 14.2 acres of Yellow Fever Creek Preserve to be used for a city water‑storage and pumping facility, measures staff said are needed to support utility expansion in the northeastern portion of Cape Coral.
Principal planner Chad Boyko told the council the change will remove approximately 14 acres from the park acreage recorded in multiple elements of the city comprehensive plan and permit a future rezoning and infrastructure project. He said the selected site is an upland portion of the preserve that staff and utilities identified as hydraulically favorable for meeting potable and irrigation peak demands.
Nut graf: The decisions — a city‑initiated text amendment and a companion future‑land‑use change — cleared the council…
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