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Council approves variances, contracts, memorial funding and Trail Town application
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Summary
Bonita Springs City Council approved a waterfront setback variance, multiple consent items including Spring Creek spot dredging, a Wonder Gardens event-space contract, a Purple Heart memorial fundraising plan, Trail Town application authorization, amendments to advisory board rules, and two advisory committees to be sunset.
Bonita Springs City Council on an evening meeting voted to approve a series of items ranging from a zoning variance and public-works contracts to advisory-board rule changes and a community memorial fundraising plan.
The council unanimously approved a variance to the Land Development Code (section 4-1894(b)) for 27195 Bel Rio Drive to allow reduced water-body setbacks for a proposed single-family home. The zoning request was introduced by staff and supported by the zoning board; roll-call votes were recorded as 'Aye' from Council member Bogaz, Council member Carr, Mayor Gibson, Council member Quarry, Council member Fullick and Council member Fitzpatrick.
Council also approved the consent agenda, which included a resolution awarding the Spring Creek spot-dredging contract after public comments urged action to restore navigation and reduce silt at the mouth of Spring Creek. Two members of the public had urged dredging as a benefit to navigation, property values and watershed function.
A contract with Envirostruct to build an event-space patio at Wonder Gardens — a paver project with a budget of about $330,000 — was approved to allow that work to be completed in time for Wonder Gardens’ 90th-anniversary events. The council approved a Veterans Advisory Committee request to establish a fundraising account and sponsorship tiers (gold $5,000; silver $2,500) to underwrite a polished-granite Purple Heart memorial; the council directed staff to create the necessary separate accounting mechanism as was used for the prior veterans monument.
The council authorized staff to move forward with an application to the state program for the city to be designated a Trail Town (to be listed on trail maps such as the Blue Way Trails), after staff explained the city would identify existing pedestrian and bicycle facilities as part of the application.
On governance matters, the council approved requested amendments to the Advisory Board Administrative Code to allow administrative processing of advisory-member resignations, to add attendance requirements, and to add council as a recipient of advisory-committee minutes. Separately, council directed staff to begin the process to sunset the Bicycle Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee and the Streetlight Advisory Committee; that motion carried on roll call.
All formal roll-call votes in the meeting were recorded as unanimous 'Aye' for the items listed above.
