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Council memorializes rowing-club plan but delays fence requirement after finance, aesthetics concerns
Summary
The Cape Coral City Council voted to memorialize prior Committee-of-the-Whole guidance for a rowing-club site, but several members pushed to re-examine a concrete-fence requirement — citing the club’s limited finances, uncertainty about the exact fenced perimeter and neighborhood visual impacts. Council agreed to revisit the fence language at a Committee of the Whole meeting.
The Cape Coral City Council voted April 1 to memorialize the Committee-of-the-Whole discussion about permitting the local rowing club to use space at Tropicana Park, but the meeting revealed deep disagreement over a proposed concrete perimeter fence and the size of the area the club may use.
Councilmember Lehman, who pulled Resolution 85-26 for discussion, said she was concerned the plan would move forward without the bridge project needed to relieve nearby traffic and that the fencing language was unclear. “I pulled it because I had to start the widening of Cape Coral Parkway without the bridge being underway,” she said, arguing timing could create traffic chaos.
Several council members took issue with a…
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