Smart Growth Lee

 

 

 

 

Memorandum

From

OFFICE OF THE COUNTY MANAGER

SMART GROWTH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

May 13, 2008

 

To:

Smart Growth Advisory Committee and

 

From:

 

Wayne Daltry, FACIP

 

Interested Citizens

 

Smart Growth Director

 

SUBJECT: Next Meeting, and assorted information

 

 

An agenda is attached for your next meeting, which will be Wednesday, May 21st, 6-8 pm, at the Lee County Administration Building, 2115 Second Street, 1st Floor meeting room.

 

The major part of the meeting will be to discuss “next steps” for Smart Growth.  We are at the heavy lifting stage, with the review of item by item, place by place becoming necessary to determine if our actions and investments are producing “Smart Growth.”  The first of these is the “complete street” review.  What is next?  Code review?  Zoning? 

 

Other topics will include an update on the Charter amendment for rural lands (language attached), progress on the DRGR, North Fort Myers, and Lehigh Planning efforts, and the McMansion M and P item.  The items on wetland/development and on wildlife connectivity were presented to the Board of County Commissioners at the last M and P meeting.

 

The submission to EPA was made for the Award of Overall Excellence.  Since the greater part of the application was oriented toward urban redevelopment, which we do not have much of a record on, the application instead may have served as a good audit of the effort. 

 

And I attach two photos from a 2005 trip to Williamsburg, in dedication to you all. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 See Agenda Below

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DRAFT AGENDA FOR MAY MEETING

       SMART GROWTH COMMITTEE

 

Time and Place: Wednesday, May 21st, 6-8 p.m., 1st Floor, Lee County Administration Building 2115 Second Street, Fort Myers Florida.

 

1.  Call to Order, Introductions, Review of Agenda

 

2.  Administrative Matters

A.  Minutes of March 19th, 2008.

 

Action Needed: Accept and Approve the minutes as amended by discussion of the members.

 

3.  Discussion

A.  Smart Growth, Next Steps.

 

4.  Task Progress

A.  Member Issues

B.  Complete Streets

C.  McMansion’s

D.  DRGR, Lehigh, North Fort Myers

E.  Intergovernmental Coordination

F.  EPA Application

 

5.  Public Comment

6.      Set next meeting (June 18th?); identify agenda items, and Adjourn.

 

Attachments

1.      Minutes