Letter Completed!

Since I will not be able to attend any of the hearings regarding the land use proposal, I wrote a letter to express my concerns. I chose to take a different approach and avoid the obvious concerns/complaints......by that I mean I did not discuss ...congestion adjacent to our property resulting from these additional units, which are damages suffered alike by all property owners similarly situated. This would just be a increased traffic condition consistent with all urban living. I did not discuss flooding or other water issues....I did not discuss increased crime, noise or other nuisance issues or visual intrusions on peace and privacy mainly because I would not be able to substantiate those claims. I also did not discuss home value depreciation....basically because I am not a real estate agent. All of these concerns, I feel, would have been or could be shot down with the simplest of rebuttals. Instead I spoke of the environmental value of what those wetlands represent and it's importance to society. The number of birds is increasing, more wildlife now inhabit the area, and the vegetation is recovering. It’s becoming more natural, purer, and more pleasant. Clean air. Clean water. Too many people take these for granted and what most of us don't realize is that without wetlands, we wouldn't have either. I think you understand the path I chose to take.....be creative. Speak to what means the most to you....

URGENT!!!!

I'm assuming many of you have already received a letter from the City of Cape Coral regarding a request for a Future Land Use brought forth by Brandenburg Properties of Florida. If you have not received the aforementioned letter I will attach a copy of it to this post. The land in question is east of the Island Cove Complex or behind buildings 2,4,6,8 and 10.  Brandenburg Properties is requesting a zoning change from single family homes to multi family units thereby allowing them to construct 700 residential units. This proposal can be read in depth at www.capecoral.net/publichearing under LU13-003. Although it's lengthy reading, it would be in your best interest to look it over and make your own opinion as to whether it's a good idea or bad. As previously posted there have been several other proposals over the years to develop the land in question, fortunately none have come to fruition. There is a owners only meeting scheduled for April 30th @ 7p.m. regarding this matter ....unfortunately I will not be able to attend so if any of you are in attendance please post any information. Just FYI I will be writing a letter to express my displeasure (for lack of a better term) regarding this proposal. I will post updates and opinions over the next few days.

Great Video!

Looks like our property value just went UP^^^^^^^http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KEH1gY_SQg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

"Paradise Preserve"

We can only hope this isn't back on the table...http://www.landadvisors.com/pdf/FLLE30600-99264.pdf

Reason For Concern?

Has anyone received a letter from the City of Cape Coral regarding a public hearing to discuss Future Land use? I'm hoping they're not discussing the area across from our complex but if so this should be of major concern. If anybody has any further information regarding this could you please keep us posted.

Broken Gate??

Please tell us this isn't true.....is the gate broken again??  If so, how long has it been broke and has it been repaired yet? I don't know about the rest of you but I'm about at my wits end with this gate situation already. There has to be a better solution then these bandaid repairs we continue to make especially considering that gate is the main source of security at the front entrance. Rumor has it we've hired a new company to service the main entrance and apparently they've recommended some major changes. Attached is a photo of the proposed NEW gate...

According to the new company our old gate remotes should still work. 

What's Been Going On!!

So, has anything exciting happened in the month we've been absent???  I see there was an Annual Meeting held on April 4th and since we were unable to attend we logged on to the Island Cove website to review the minutes. WHAT!!! We have a new President?? Oh, these minutes are from October 4, 2012....maybe there's something in the News Letter section......here it is...no, this is from Sept, 2012....WOW! and to think we thought WE had some catching up to do after only a month. Anyway now that that's off our chest, give us some good news!!!! Any announcements....weddings, graduations, pregnancies...wait, you're all too old for those. How about anniversaries, birthdays...etc. Keep us posted!!!   

HAPPY EASTER!!!!

Happy Easter!!! May you all have a wonderful day!

We're Back!!!!

By popular demand we've been asked to resurrect the blog....so here we are.