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Fort Myers Beautification Committee sets award winners, reviews GO Bond projects and seeks budget support
Summary
The committee selected neighborhood and commercial award winners, discussed multiple GO Bond and neighborhood projects including Midtown Beach Complex and the Edison restaurant frontage, reviewed signage and irrigation needs, and approved two procedural motions (minutes and canceling the meeting).
The Fort Myers Beautification Committee selected award winners for neighborhood and commercial landscaping, reviewed a list of GO Bond and city-owned sites for possible enhancements, heard staff reports on irrigation and signage needs at several downtown sites, discussed code-enforcement and litter problems, and approved two procedural motions.
On awards, committee members selected 827 James Street as the Ward 1 residential winner (four committee members indicated support during the roll call) with Van Buren or River Drive noted as possible second choices. For Ward 2 the committee selected a property on Davis Street (recorded in the packet as "Davis Street" and verbally referenced as "3200 Willen Street" and "2770 Fountain" during discussion) as the top pick; committee members agreed to rank second choices for each ward. The committee also approved implementing a redesigned commercial award sign and discussed adding a QR code to promote public nominations.
City staff reviewed GO Bond and park projects…
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