Smart Growth Lee

Memorandum

From

OFFICE OF THE COUNTY MANAGER

SMART GROWTH

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

 

November 8, 2006

 

To:

 

Smart Growth Committee and Interested Parties

 

From:

 

Wayne Daltry,

 

 

Smart Growth Director

 

           

                Re: Next Meeting, and Assorted Information

           

 

An agenda is attached for your next meeting, which will be Wednesday, November 15, 6-8 pm, at the Lee County Administration Building, 2115 Second Street, 1st Floor meeting room.

 

Since the last meeting: 

1.  The Local Planning Agency meeting on October 23rd.  The recommendations that were reviewed at our last meeting were forwarded to the Board of County Commissioners with minor word tweaking.

2.  The Corps of Engineers dropped the Lake Okeechobee operational schedule that was proposed to damage our estuaries even further.

3.  Part 2 of the DRGR study was undertaken, following up on the Groundwater Report, with a full review of all habitat/environmental information relevant to the DRGR.  The report is due by June 1st.  

 

Attached are the minutes for October’s meeting. Attached for your review is a draft of the Mixed Use/New Urbanism Proposed Policies for the Lee Plan.  Should a revised one being prepared by the Planning Department be finished before next Wednesday, I will forward it to you to replace this version.   Also attached is a draft set of mining policies that came out of the mining assessment.  Both of these will be reviewed by the LPA on November 27th.

 

A tentative work program for calendar year 2007 (tied to the County Commission/Manager Goals and Objectives) will be sent to you before the next meeting. 

 

           

 

 

 

 

 

DRAFT AGENDA FOR NOVEMBER MEETING

       SMART GROWTH COMMITTEE

 

Time and Place: Wednesday, November 15,  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 October 18, 2006.

 

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

 

3.  Reviews

 

A.  Smart Growth LPA Policies, Mixed Use/New Urbanism

B.  Draft Mining Land policies, regarding water resources

 

4.  Discussion

            A. 2007 Work Program

B. Oil, Transportation, and Urban Form, a review of the Parliamentary Subcommittee of Australia. (Report sent last month, copies distributed and available).  What does the changing nature of energy imply for urban form, particularly our urban form?

C.  Topics from Members

 

5.  Public Comment

 

6.  Set next meeting date (December 20?), identify agenda items, and Adjourn.