November 23, 2010
ATTENTION: Cape Coral Residents
Cape Coral City Council will be voting on a fertilizer ordinance on
Monday, November 29. The council meeting begins at 4:30 p.m. at council chambers, City Hall, 1015 Cultural Park Boulevard, Cape Coral 33990. Public input will be allowed during the hearing. As always, public input is important.
PURRE supporters and Cape Coral residents Capt. George Howell and Lynda Mastronardo will be speaking and can use your support as they propose a few changes to the ordinance that George discussed with PURRE Chairman Mike Valiquette.
We urge Cape Coral residents who can make it to attend the meeting. Even if you don’t speak in favor of the ordinance, your presence is important in influencing council members to pass this law.
Cape Coral is the only municipality without an ordinance to control fertilizer use. Consider these startling facts:
• Cape Coral is the second-largest city in Florida, and the most populous between Miami and Tampa, with 163,000 full-time residents; its build-out population will exceed 400,000 people – probably all fertilizing their lawns.
• Cape Coral has over 400 miles of waterways, including 156 miles of fresh water canals connecting dozens of lakes; 222 miles of walt water access canals; and 31 miles of shoreline providing access to the Gulf of Mexico. Guess where that fertilizer run off ends up?
If you can’t attend on Monday, consider emailing the Cape Coral City Council at council@capecoral.net and/or the council member for your district:
District 1, Marty McClain: mmcclain@capecoral.net
District 2, Peter Brandt: pbrandt@capecoral.net
District 3, William Deile: bdeile@capecoral.net
District 4, Chris Chulakes-Leetz: cleetz@capecoral.net
District 5, Erick Kuehn: ekuehn@capecoral.net
District 6, Kevin McGrail: kmcgrail@capecoral.net
District 7, Derric L. Donnell: ddonnell@capecoral.net
Thank you. PLEASE CONSIDER FORWARDING THIS MESSAGE TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND ACQUAINTANCES WHO LIVE IN CAPE CORAL!
We can make it happen.
