Realmark's Marina Village:  

Realmark's Marina Village:   The Board of County Commissioners have transmitted the Comprehensive Plan Amendment being sought by Realmark to the Florida Department of Community Affairs. 

This amendment would allow 220 foot tall buildings around the marina, itself. The conceptual plan shows: a hotel at 16 stories; 2 condos at 14 stories; and two drive in/out boat storage buildings at 11 stories, along with a standard fork lift accessible boat storage building behind Keel Club, plus other retail & commercial space.  

Assuming that DCA approves the amendment, the BoCC will adopt the amendment sometime in January or February

Realmark Looses Zoning Request:  Realmark lost their bid to rezone the 1.33 acres across from Bldgs 1 & 5. The vote was 3/2  Id say that was a victory for us. Tom Loredo. Alex Wirszyla & ken Shelly spoke against the rezoning. Saskia Acken Decided not to speak but was also there for support. Thanks, I think this was a big victory for Commodore Club. I don't think having a Commercial Parking lot across the street would have been good for our life style or the value of our condos

Tropical Storm Fay:  9:15 AM. Right now the storm is going over Immokalee with winds of 60 MPH. We have had a lot of rain since about 2:00 AM but so far we have not had any damage and have not lost power. There are a lot of tornadoes around, but not here. We are expecting a storm surge of about 4 to 5 feet this afternoon when the winds come from on shore.

Realmark Seeks Zoning Change

By Ken Shelly - Commodore Club President

On Wednesday, July 23^rd. there was a hearing in front of the Lee County Hearing Examiner in Downtown Ft. Myers on the rezoning request by Realmark to convert 1.33 acres across from Commodore Club and next to Admiralty Village from RM-2 and RM-19 to “CP” (Commercial Parking). RM-2 and RM-10 are zoned for residential construction only.

The hearing Examiner was Richard Gescheidt. Bryan Kelner (Lee County Planner) who recommended the zoning change. Craig Dearden, Mathew Uhle attorney, and a representative from an engineering firm represented Realmark. There were about 25 people in attendance at the meeting from the community, all of whom were opposed to the zoning change. We homeowners from Burnt Store Marina were allowed to voice our opinion only after Realmark and Lee County had presented and discussed their positions.

 Realmark’s lawyer stated that the property was "historically a parking area" and presented a picture when all of the construction trucks were parked on the property. Our comments about increased noise and traffic, increased dust and dirt, use of our privately funded roads, and the destruction of the “Gated Community” concept were not allowed.

The rezoning meeting did not go well yesterday. It seemed that Lee County and Realmark were holding all the cards and they allowed us to talk for a small section of the meeting. Ken and Ann Shelly, Saskia Acken, Alex Wirszyla, John Vanderslice and Tom Loredo made comments. Next we will be able to speak in front of the Board of County Commissioners in about 2 months.

Realmark presented as evidence their 2008 plans for the Marina Village Development. Take a look at it. 

We have scheduled an Emergency Board Meeting for July 22 at 7:00 PM at the Clubhouse to discuss issues, presentations and funding related to the upcoming Wednesday Rezoning Meeting.

Realmark wants to rezone 1.33 acres in front of Commodore Club from RM-2 and RM-10 to "Commercial Parking" "CP'. The hearing is set for July 23 at 1:00 PM in Ft Myers. See links in front page

There will be a Rezoning meeting in downtown Fort Myers, on July 23 at 1:00 PM on Realmark's request to rezone the former WCI sales office from RM-10 to CP (Commercial Parking)

Commodore Club website available to all unit owners.

We have received 6 Bids to Install Fire alarms in our Buildings. Decision to be made within the next 2 weeks. Prices range between $31,440 and $9,740 per building, but the cheaper bid does not meet all of the requirements.