December 2024 Meeting Agenda

GPICA Meeting will be ‘Open Mic’

Have community-wide concerns or questions? Let’s hear them!
Members of the Greater Pine Island Civic Association and other Island residents have the chance to take center stage during our December meeting as we open the floor for your input!

As the GPICA Board works to set its priorities for 2025, we want to hear from you: Are you worried about development? Concerned that houses damaged during Ian are becoming more dangerous in their current state of disrepair? What community issues do you think need to be addressed?

Please attend our meeting with your ideas and your questions to help our Board decide where to focus our efforts in 2025!

  • When: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3
  • Where: First Baptist Church of Pine Island, 5363 Ave. D, Bokeelia, 33922, located next to Pine Island Elementary School
  • Etc.: We will also livestream the meeting to our Facebook page. Just tune in at 6:30 and put your comments in the chat.

Other News of Interest
From The News-Press: A story about the increase in density at South Seas Plantation and the efforts local residents and groups are undertaking to fight the changes.

Why you should care: The increase in density comes after Lee County Commissioners voted to make changes to the Comprehensive Plan for the resort, resulting in an increase in building heights and almost triple the hotel capacity, despite agreements dating back to the 1970s capping density at the resort.  We worry about the implications for our own overlay on the Comprehensive Plan (commonly known here as the Pine Island Plan).
From the Florida Phoenix: A story from Craig Pittman about Cape Coral seeking more than $2 million in legal fees from the three fishermen who challenged the Chiquita Lock removal after the fishermen lost in court.

Why you should care: It’s an example of a government punishing a group of citizens for trying to get the government to follow the rules — in this case, rules designed to protect the environment. Not only does going after citizens this way stifle free speech, it also removes the last resort for redress that residents have when they believe their own governments are not following the law. What’s happening now is also the original reason the GPICA decided we could not participate by name in the lawsuit, even though our Board and Membership supported it financially.

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