DRAFT AGENDA FOR APRIL MEETING

SMART GROWTH COMMITTEE

 

 

Time and Place:

        Wednesday, May 21, 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 April 16, 2003  (Attached)

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

 

3. Actions and Recommendations Section

 

    A. Land Use Issues to Recommendations (Attached)

 

        The workshop recommendations of February 28th has been reworked into categories tied to the issues, which the committee reviewed and amended in April.  The list has a few tabled items, which need to be reviewed before the preliminary recommendations are approved.

 

        Action Needed: Review, amend, and/or approve the tabled items and the overall recommendations.     Suggestions: Determine whether issues without recommendations need to remain on the “issue list.”  Upon approval of the preliminary recommendations, staff will review current County plans and rules to determine if these are covered to some degree, and will provide a review of progress on the ones currently included.

 

B.  Water and Environmental Quality Issues to Recommendations (Attached)

 

        Action Needed: Review, and amend preliminary recommendations for action.  Attached are the raw recommendation list and the recommendations reformatted into discrete statements.  This list was distributed to the Committee for information in the April Packet.

 

C.  Community Character Issues to Recommendations.  (Attached)

 

        A summary of April 4th workshop was distributed at the April meeting, as was the draft preliminary recommendation list and the list reformatted into discrete statements.  The list will be reviewed at the June Smart Growth Committee.

 


4.  Other Business

   

    A.     Preliminary Action Plan: These were the items reviewed by the BoCC at its workshop of May 5th.  (Attached)

 

    B.  Preliminary Outreach Strategy:

        1.  Develop a Speaking Engagement List

        2.  Review Recommendations with each Community Planning Organization.  (A staff report will need to be developed for each community, describing potential impact of recommendations)

        3.  Meet with each appropriate County advisory body and staff.  (A Committee chairman will be needed for these; staff will work with appropriate committee staffer on meeting date and agenda.  The primary purpose will be to discuss potential impact of recommendations with each committee.)

4.  Meet with appropriate non-county public agency.  (A Committee chairman or a County Policy Board member –or both– will be needed for these.)

 

    C.  Homework Assignment–EPA’s 100 Policies for Smart Growth.  (Reduced to 81) (Attached)

 

    D.  Other business and notices

 

5.  Public Comment

 

6.  Set next meeting date and adjourn.