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Lee County commissioners approve termination of Fort Myers Beach shrimping lease to clear site for grant-funded rebuild
Summary
The board voted to terminate the uplands lease for the shrimping property at Fort Myers Beach to allow state-grant-funded reconstruction and new submerged-lands arrangements; the tenant's attorney warned termination could harm the local fishing fleet and said negotiation was preferable.
A majority of the Lee County Board of County Commissioners voted March 17 to terminate the uplands lease for the Fort Myers Beach shrimping property so the county can proceed with a reconstruction project funded in part by a $7.5 million state grant.
County staff and the county attorney told the board that the primary cause for termination was the tenant’s failure to maintain and secure the property following Hurricane Ian, and that terminating the existing uplands lease is a necessary step before the county can seek a new sovereign submerged‑lands lease required for dredging and phased use of the…
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