Estero Development ReportVolume 9, Number 7, Issued February 2010 February Opportunities for Citizen Participation
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Thursday, February 4th |
10 a.m. |
County Stakeholder Workshop regarding the DR/GR Comp Plan response from the State Department of Community Affairs (DCA) |
Board Chambers, 2nd Floor, Old County Court House, 2120 Main Street in downtown Ft. Myers |
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Tuesday, February 9th |
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First Estero Fire Rescue District Meeting For further information see http://esterofire.org/ |
Estero Fire Rescue
Headquarters… |
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Wednesday, February 10th |
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Estero Design Review Committee meeting. See the full agenda at http://esterofl.org/edrc/agenda.asp. |
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Friday, February 12thth |
9 a.m. |
Estero Council of Community Leaders (ECCL) Meeting…for the agenda see… http://esterofl.org/eccl/agenda.asp |
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Monday, February 15th |
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Estero Community Planning Panel. For the agenda see… http://esterofl.org/ecpp/ecpp_meetings.htm
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Friday, February 19th |
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Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Meeting…For the agenda see http://www.mpo-swfl.org/agendas.shtml |
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Index
Estero Community Website
The community groups sponsoring the site are:
Estero Community Planning Panel (ECPP)
Estero Civic Association (ECA)
Estero Design Review Committee (EDRC)
Estero Council of Community Leaders (ECCL)
State Review of Lee County DR/GR Comprehensive Plan Amendment Completed
On January 15th the Florida Department of Community Affairs (DCA) completed their review of the DR/GR Comprehensive Plan amendments and transmitted them to Lee County. You can review the State’s response at the following link… http://www.esterofl.org/EsteroLife/environment.htm
The DCA’s comments and recommendations were quite limited given the scope of the County’s proposed changes. They had only seven objections, most of which would strengthen, rather than weaken, the environmental protections included in the plan. In addition they recommend that the Edison Farms property not be the site of a rural residential neighborhood. They stated…”Use the TDR program to transfer development from properties along Corkscrew Road and the Edison Farms tract to more appropriate locations in the Mixed-Use Communities along State Road 82.”
Not only does DCA agree with the County’s plans to keep all limerock mining in the Alico Road corridor, they suggested that the process for expanding the Future Limerock Mine area be made more open to public input.
On Thursday, February 4th the County Community Development Department will conduct a stakeholders meeting to discuss some of the Land Development Code (LDC) changes proposed by the County's consultants and how they address some of DCA's objections.
On February 16th, after the regular Board meeting, the BOCC will receive a
presentation on the proposed LDC changes and staff recommendations regarding
DCA's objections followed by a Board discussion of these issues. The Board
probably will not take input at this meeting but everyone should be prepared in
case that changes.
On Wednesday, March 3rd and Thursday, March 4th the BOCC will hold a Hearing on
the Comp Plan changes that will later be considered for approval, including the
DR/GR changes. If the Hearing proceeds as before the DR/GR changes will be
scheduled last on the agenda since they are the most controversial plans. We
urge all concerned about the DR/GR to come and testify on Thursday, March 4th.
Your participation is important because the DR/GR landowners and miners and
their many specialists will surely be there.
The remaining timeline after final adoption of the Comp Plan changes are:
- Affected parties (presumably land owners and rock mining interests) will have 60 days after adoption to challenge the changes through a formal administrative hearing process.
- Depending on the initial success of the Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) program, there are likely to be legal challenges by some large landowners using the Bert Harris Private Property Rights Act.
There are several parts of
the DR/GR plan that require the County to adopt amendments to the Lee County
Land Development Code. These will include the
Background
On October 28th
the BOCC voted to transmit the proposed
DR/GR Comp Plan Amendments to the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) in
Tallahassee for their review. The amendment package approved by the Board
contains only a few changes to the recommendations of
The Future Limerock Mining
overlay included in the amendment was the most controversial and important
provision, and fortunately this map, that concentrates mining in the
This unanimous vote brings us one step closer to a master plan for the DR/GR which provides a balance to conflicting land uses in this rural area – providing adequate space and separation for rock mining, rural residential, agriculture, habitat, and water conservation uses.
We wouldn’t be where we are in this effort without the help of some key civic and conservation groups including the Estero Council of Community Leaders, the Conservancy of SW Florida, the National and Florida Wildlife Federations, the Corkscrew Rural Community, Audubon of Florida, the Brooks Concerned Citizens and the Responsible Growth Management Coalition.
On September 24th the Lee County Board of County Commissioners heard a presentation by staff followed by public testimony concerning major proposed changes in the Comprehensive Plan for the 83,000 acre Density Reduction/Groundwater Resource (DR/GR) area just east of I-75 in Estero. Over a dozen representatives of Estero civic and community associations and region-wide environmental and growth management groups testified in support of the staff recommendations. A copy of this coalition’s joint statement may be viewed at http://esterofl.org/new/DRGR%20Joint%20Position%20Statement%20for%20BCC%20Transmittal%209-17-09%20Full%20Version.pdf .
On May 20th
South Lee County Hospital Committee Update
On January 29th representatives of the Committee met with the Bonita Community Health Center (BCHC) Board to discuss how the owners of this facility would begin to implement a free-standing Emergency Department in the BCHC. About a week prior to the meeting Suzanne Bradach, Acting Executive Director of the Center, provided the Committee with a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two hospital systems, NCH and Lee Memorial, that contains their “plan that provides the framework for the development of a freestanding ER” in that facility. The plan provides the Hospital Committee with three members on a broad based Committee that would, over a period of about 6 months, perform the research needed to address all the questions that must be answered prior to obtaining approval of the project by the Boards of the two hospital systems. A copy of the plan may be viewed at the following link… http://www.esterofl.org/EsteroLife/healthcare/updates.htm .
The Hospital Committee is hopeful that the timetable proposed by the two Hospital Systems can be shortened so that it may be presented to the community prior to the end of the “season”.
On January 15 the Committee met with Kim Dickerson, the executive that manages the Lee County EMS system, to learn about their operations and how they interact with the Hospital systems while serving south Lee County. Mrs. Dickenson provided the Committee with detailed information about all the patients that have been transported by EMS to each area hospital during the last two years. This information should be very helpful as the above research is completed.
Committee History and Background
Early in October the Hospital Committee received a response from the Bonita Community Health Center (BCHC) inviting the leaders of the Committee to meet with the BCHC Board as had been requested by the Committee (see below). This discussion is now scheduled for the next BCHC Board meeting in late January 2010.
In the meantime the South Lee County Hospital Committee, which consist of about 40 volunteers… many with strong health care backgrounds, has begun to plan and implement a community awareness and support program to demonstrate its unwavering commitment to obtaining a 24/7 Freestanding ER for the area as soon as possible. Thus far 37 community organizations have endorsed the Committee’s efforts. The following are some of the prominent community organizations that have endorsed the Committee’s efforts: The Bonita Springs and Estero Fire Districts; the City of Bonita Springs; the ECCL; Senior and Retired Physicians Association of Lee County; three civic and community service organizations; eight businesses and 22 residential community boards.
Anyone who would like to participate, recruit other local organizations or make suggestions to the committee may do so by calling or emailing Co-chairman Don Eslick at 273-9493 or doneslick@comcast.net .
Earlier this year the prospects for a 24/7 Free-standing Emergency Department in the Bonita Community Health Center (BCHC) looked very bright. We were told that throughout the summer Lee Memorial and NCH, the co-owners of this facility, would discuss how this commitment could be implemented while retaining the existing shared ownership arrangement.
Unfortunately in late August the Hospital Committee learned that Lee Memorial and NCH had decided that their first priority had to be to work on making BCHC profitable and that the Emergency facility had to be placed on the “back burner”. Upon learning of this decision the leaders of the Hospital Committee decided to send a letter to the Chairmen of the two systems seeking a meeting with the BCHC Board to learn first hand what the intentions of the Board are regarding the south Lee County community being served by a 24/7 Freestanding ER in the BCHC.
Town Hall Meeting on Estero Governance
On January 25th about 500 Estero residents attended a Town Hall Meeting that examined the alternative governance options for Estero today and in the future. The event was sponsored by the Fountain Lakes Homeowners Association and moderated by Phil Lewis, editor of the Naples and Bonita Daily News.
The meeting began with ten minute presentations by Mike Maloney, Chairman of the Vote Estero group, the Honorable Ben Nelson, Mayor of the City of Bonita Springs and Don Eslick, Chairman of the Estero Council of Community Leaders (ECCL). The balance of the meeting was devoted to questions from the audience.
Mr. Maloney spoke about the advantages of incorporation as summarized by a draft feasibility study that Vote Estero developed in 2007. Mayor Nelson spoke about the City of Bonita Springs incorporation process and the difficulties associated with starting a new municipality. Don Eslick spoke about the ECCL’s experience with Bonita Spring’s 2005 attempt to annex a large section of south Estero and the ECCL’s attempt to reach a compromise with the City over the duration of the “ two mile buffer” that Bonita Springs continues to defend,
Mr. Maloney argued the Estero has a very large tax base that would allow a “City of Estero” to provide equal or greater services at lower tax rates than Estero taxpayers now pay to Lee County for these services. Mr. Eslick questioned the significance of this argument inasmuch as only about 6% of our tax bill is used to pay for municipal services.
Mayor Nelson indicated that the two mile buffer, a provision in Florida law that does not allow new municipalities to include land within two miles of the border of an existing municipality unless waived by the legislature, would not last forever. He stressed the importance of the two communities working together on issues of regional interest as has been the case for the last 4 years.
Mr. Eslick indicated that the ECCL has long taken the position that everyone in Estero, whether they live in the two mile buffer area south of Williams Road or not, should have the right to determine how they should be governed, including incorporation. Finally he stressed that the Board of County Commissioners have always been responsive to the needs of the Estero community and so long as that continues there is no good reason to incorporate.
A member of the audience asked the moderator to poll the audience about their desire to incorporate as a City of Estero. About twice as many participants raised their hands in opposition to incorporation as those who favored it.
Fire District Merger Study Update
On January 26th the three Fire District Boards, Bonita Springs, Estero and San Carlos Park, met jointly to hear a final presentation by their Fire District Consolidation consultant and to map the way forward. The consultant recommended that the three districts consolidate in the immediate future. Since such a consolidation would require legislative action the consensus of the Boards seemed to be to proceed but at a more deliberate speed. They asked the three Fire Chiefs to continue to do the research necessary to fill information gaps that the consultant had failed to answer. Once the Chiefs have developed that information the three Boards will meet again to adopt a plan of action.
Background
On March 18, 2009 Harold Cohen and Jack O’Neal of Tridata Division of the Systems Planning Corporation met with the ten person committee of community leaders selected by the Fire District Board for continuing input. Mr. Cohen briefed the committee on the consultant’s goals for the study and the progress they have made to date.
Even if no merger or consolidation is recommended or implemented the consultant’s will be providing each district with a five year plan for their district.
They reported that all three districts have more talent than most districts that they have studied. In addition the performance of the Estero Fire District is well above average with better and improving response times. They have concluded that the three districts could feasibly operate an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system for the area while the independent districts could not do so.
They indicated that there are opportunities for improved service and/or cost savings in the following areas:
- Fire Prevention
- Public Education
- Training
- Use of Information Technology
The improvements or cost savings are the result of:
- Increased expertise and specialization
- Greater independence from State and Federal authority
- Increased service per man hour
- Increased capacity due to increase in the scale of operations
During February the districts’ consultants continued their study of the three systems and will be reporting their progress to the three districts and each of their advisory committees in the middle of March. In this way the community can have some input on the conduct of the study.
On January 22nd three representatives of Tridata Division of the Systems Planning Corporation met with the ten person committee of community leaders selected by the Fire District Board for continuing input. The Fire District has posted the names of the committee members on the District’s website… http://esterofire.org/ . Among the groups represented on the committee are: the ECPP, the ECCL, the Brooks Concerned Citizens and the Estero Chamber of Commerce.
On January 13th the Estero Fire District held a Town Hall Meeting to discuss the Fire District Consolidation Study of the merger prospects of the Bonita Springs, Estero and San Carlos Park Fire Districts. The meeting opened with a presentation by Fire Chief Scott Vanderbrook outlining the procedures that the Districts’ consultant will follow and the opportunities for public input throughout the course of the study. This presentation was followed by a question and answer period for the 20 or so Estero community residents in attendance. The Estero Fire District was the only district involved in the Consolidation Study to sponsor this kind of community briefing.
During the later months of 2008 Tridata gathered much information about the three districts. During their January visit they met with each district to meet the key officials, discuss information gaps and to view firsthand the districts and the properties contained therein. During the next couple of months Tridata will developing agency evaluations on each of the three districts. They will return to the area then for meetings with the districts and the citizens committee to determine the critical issues and to assess the consensus process. For more information on this important issue please visit the fire district web site (see address above).
During August, 2008 each of the three Fire District Board’s approved the contract with System Planning Corporation, Tridata Division. The study is expected to be completed in about six months, or about mid-2009.
On June 17, 2008 the three Fire District Boards, Bonita Springs, Estero and San Carlos Park, voted to approve a contract with System Planning Corporation, Tridata Division to evaluate the merger of the three districts. During July each of the three Fire District Boards voted to approve funding their share of the cost of this consulting contract. Each district will pay $40,162.
BOCC Limits “Big Box” Project in Midtowne Estero Development
On January 4th, 2010, the BOCC reviewed the zoning for the Midtowne Estero development for the fourth time and voted to limit the maximum size of any commercial building in the development to 100,000 square feet. In addition the Board approved a total of 300,000 square feet of commercial divided into 80,000 square feet of office space and 220,000 square feet of retail. Midtowne Estero is located on a 48.2 acre site on the southwest corner of Corkscrew Road and Three Oaks Parkway.
These revisions may require an amendment to the site plan for the property. If the developer decides to make such a change, the Estero Community Planning Panel (ECCP) will not have a formal opportunity to comment to ensure that plan is consistent with the Corkscrew Road Overlay, per DCD Director, Mary Gibbs.
In any event, the Estero Design Review Committee (EDRC) will have an opportunity to review and make recommendations for improving the appearance of each project within the development when the plans for each site are completed.
Background
In 2007 with extensive community support this property was zoned for 90,000 square feet of commercial and 234 housing units but without the bonus density that the develop had sought. Later they sought to rezone the property so that they could build 92 multi-family housing units, 280,000 square feet of commercial retail and 20,000 square feet of general office space, with no single building exceeding 100,000 square feet.
After the Board rejected this request “without prejudice” in September 2008 and the Special Magistrate’s Compromise proposal on March 24th, 2009, the developer filed a Petition for Certiorari in the local Circuit Court. On November 19th the judge in the case issued an order finding in favor of the developer and quashing the Board’s resolution denying the developer’s zoning request and the Special Master’s recommendation, and remanded the case back to the Board for further proceedings. Judge Jay Rosman consistently found the county’s basis for rejecting the zoning application deficient and that our testimony, whether it related to increased traffic safety or compatibility with surrounding existing or planned development, was not “fact based” and therefore did not constitute “competent, substantial evidence”.
Judge Rosman’s decision in this case “quashed” the last two decisions of the Board where they rejected the “Big Box” zoning (9/15/2007) and rejected the special magistrate’s recommended compromise (3/24/2008). As a result the Board was faced with a decision to “either approve the rezoning application, or deny the application with sufficient analysis and reasoning to support its decision, with or without holding further hearings”.
Since learning about this hearing we contacted some professional planners to learn more about the process and our alternatives. They found some provisions of the County’s Land Development Code that apparently had not been considered by staff and the Hearing Examiner. We presented arguments to county staff for their review and consideration but ultimately could not obtain their support. We have also tried several times to contact the developer to discuss the matter with them, but they never responded.
On March 24th, 2009, representatives of the Estero Community including both the Estero Community Planning Panel (ECPP) and the Estero Council of Community Leaders (ECCL) asked the Lee County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) to reject the Special Master’s recommendation and reduce the amount of commercial space that he had recommended from about 200,000 to something closer to the 90,000 square feet that the present zoning allowed.
The primary concern of all the Estero residents who
testified on the development is the traffic safety problems that the
configuration of the site would have on the already dangerous intersection of
http://esterofl.org/Issues/MidTowne%20Traffic%20Out%20Only%20Final%203-18-09.pdf .
The Joint ECPP/ECCL position statement on the development can be viewed at
http://esterofl.org/Issues/POSITION%20PAPER%20%203-18-09.pdf .
The BOCC was persuaded by these arguments and unanimously rejected the Special Master’s recommendations. To challenge the BOCC’s earlier decision to reject a “Big Box” on this site, the developer was forced to file a lawsuit in circuit court.
Previous to this activity, on September 15, 2008, the BOCC voted unanimously to deny, without prejudice, Ascot Development’s application to rezone the Midtowne Estero development. The “without prejudice” language permitted the developer to immediately initiate an effort to have a Special Magistrate resolve the dispute between the County and the Developer.
This rezoning application would have dramatically changed the zoning on the property by:
- Increasing the amount of commercial on the property from 90,000 square feet to about 300,000 square feet including a 140,000 “Big Box” store, and
- Reducing the number of housing units from 234 to 92 units.
In the fall of 2008 the developer filed the necessary appeal in a timely manner so that it could trigger the Special Master dispute resolution process contesting the BOCC’s rejection of their rezoning effort. Inasmuch as the developer and the community had not reached an agreement when the dispute resolution process reached a decision point, the developer introduced a proposal that exceeded the 90,000 square feet of commercial development that had been the basis of all the discussions with the community. The community had an opportunity to provide input but was not a party to the dispute. As a result all negotiations were between county staff and the developer.
The Consent Recommendation
On February, 20th, 2009, Special Magistrate Simon Harrison issued his Consent Recommendation. That recommendation would have permitted the developer to construct 179,999 square feet of retail commercial and 20,000 square feet for office use along with 92 residential units. Thus the community’s and the BOCC’s objection to an increase from 90,000 square feet of commercial to 300,000 square feet including a big box, would be adjusted to 200,000 square feet of commercial or about 2/3rds of what the developer was originally seeking and more than double the original zoning if the Special Magistrate’s recommendation were accepted by the BOCC on March 24th, 2009.
The Special Magistrate’s recommendations required the developer to provide some improvements to the River Ranch entrance to the property but did not address the concerns of the community about traffic circulation around the intersection of Corkscrew Road and Three Oaks Parkway, in spite of the added 110,000 square feet of commercial and the exclusively right-out exits on both of these roads. In addition it did not require the developer to pay for any additional traffic signals on Three Oaks Parkway.
The Special Magistrate also provided the authority for the developer to construct three drive-through outparcels, only one of which could be a fast food enterprise. He further recommended a maximum of two fast food restaurants in the complex. Drive throughs along Corkscrew Road require a deviation from the overlay zoning provisions in Estero-specific section of the LDC because of the community’s effort to have all the buildings constructed up close to the Corkscrew Road.
Earlier
In late September 2008 the developer (Ascot) met with representatives of the ECCL, many of whom had testified against the Big Box, to propose an amendment to the existing zoning that would retain the existing 90,000 square feet of commercial and 234 housing units. The suggestion would change the 9-acre commercial parcel from a single parcel into several outlots wrapping around the Three Oaks/Corkscrew corner.
On October 3, 2008,
representatives of ECCL and the Brooks Concerned Citizens (BCC) joined Ascot in
a meeting with Lee County zoning staff. The purpose of the meeting was to
determine if county staff would consider making this change “administratively”.
Administrative approval of the change would permit the developer to
rezone the property without the change’s being reviewed by a Hearing Examiner
and final approval by the BOCC, thus saving the developer considerable time and
money.
In addition representatives
of the Estero Fire Rescue Department sought a commitment from
The Lee County Long Range Transportation Plan (The 2035 Plan)
On January 27th members of ECCL and several environmental and growth management groups met with Don Scott, Executive Director of the Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), and their 2035 Plan consultant. The purpose of the meeting was to learn about the MPO’s community demographic and commercial development baseline estimation process and the transportation needs assessment projection process for each 5 year period between now and 2035. Five years ago the system then in use did not anticipate the tremendous growth that the Estero community would experience in the just completed decade.
As a result of the meeting the MPO will provide the ECCL and its allies with detailed information on each of the census tracks within the Estero community for review by the members of all Estero planning bodies in order to further validate the estimation process.
The ECCL and its colleagues hope and expect that this effort will assist the Estero community to gain inclusion of its key transportation needs in the 2035 Plan and exclusion of those unneeded local projects that are now in the 2030 Plan.
The 2035 Plan must be approved by the MPO by late 2010 so that it can be forwarded to FDOT and the Federal Highway Administration for their approval by year end.
US 41 Widening Plans
On January 20th
representatives of many of the Estero communities located along
US 41 between Corkscrew
Road and San Carlos Park met with Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)
staff to discuss the recently completed plans for six-laning this road segment.
Construction of this improvement is expected to begin this fall. Most of the
participants were satisfied with FDOT’s plans. If there are any communities that
still have questions regarding how they will be affected by this plan they
should contact Don Eslick at doneslick@comcast.net
Background
On August 18th the BOCC approved the sale of 3.1 acres of the former Boomer property (southwest corner of US 41 and Broadway), now owned by the County, to FDOT for the installation of a detention pond necessary for water run-off from the expanded US 41. Acquiring this pond has held up construction of the widening of US 41 between Corkscrew Road and San Carlos Park for almost two years. Completion of this transaction will permit US 41 widening to start as soon as funding becomes available.
On August 21st the Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) approved an amendment to the 2010-2014 Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) that provides for a $1.3 million Cape Coral intersection improvement ahead of the $26 million needed to widen US 41 from Corkscrew Road to San Carlos Boulevard starting in the fall of 2010. FDOT officials have informed us that they expect the contract for the widening of this segment of US 41 to be bid one year from now, in August 2010.
Once the widening of US 41 gets underway Wal-Mart is authorized by its zoning to commence construction of its store on the northeast corner of Estero Parkway and US 41.
Estero’s Housing Permits Continue Slow Pace
During December 8 single family homes and 6 duplex units with a building value of $2.2 million were permitted in Estero. This continued slowdown in construction of new homes should help reduce the inventory of unsold new homes constructed in Estero during 2005 when 2,833 units were permitted.
Housing units permitted during 2009 are slightly less than 2008 and far lower than all other year during the 10 years that the County has tracked Estero permits. The number of housing units permitted in Estero remains at rock bottom. The County permit information used in this report may be found at http://www.lee-county.com/dcd/Reports/EsteroReports.htm
The following table shows how 2009 compares with the prior nine years:
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Year |
Annual Total Housing Units |
Building Value of Units |
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Percentage of Single Family Units |
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2000 |
2088 |
$291,811,402 |
$139,756 |
41% |
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2001 |
2104 |
325,403,253 |
154,659 |
47 |
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2002 |
1500 |
278,888,919 |
185,926 |
51 |
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2003 |
1425 |
231,712,400 |
162,605 |
47 |
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2004 |
1646 |
365,109,794 |
221,816 |
60 |
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2005 |
2833 |
627,683,225 |
221,561 |
46 |
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2006 |
1310 |
343,633,334 |
262,316 |
39 |
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2007 |
432 |
123,231,025 |
285,257 |
38 |
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2008 |
167 |
56,356,637 |
337,465 |
81 |
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2009 |
164 |
48,775,436 |
297,411 |
76 |
Not only are the 2009 total housing units far below all prior years, they equal only 11% of the quantity during 2002, the season immediately following the tragedy of 9/11/2001.
On the other hand the average building value, excluding the land beneath it, continues higher than all years but 2008 and about 2.1 times (113% above) the average in 2000. Some of this increase is due to the increase in the single family share of the permitted units.
Permitted Commercial Building
During 2009 Estero building permits of all types continued at a very slow pace. The value of commercial buildings permitted in Estero during this year totaled almost $9.8 million.
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Year |
Annual Total |
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2000 |
$77,250,835 |
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2001 |
44,116,526 |
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2002 |
23,135,139 |
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2003 |
23,234,725 |
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2004 |
60,859,820 |
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2005 |
111,037,977 |
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2006 |
184,709.240 |
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2007 |
157,614,045 |
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2008 |
39,261,677 |
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2009 |
9,752,556 |
As the above table indicates Estero’s commercial development started to expand rapidly in 2004 and peaked in 2006 with a total of $184.7 million. (All figures are exclusive of the underlying land). Nonetheless, 2007 was Estero’s second highest commercial development year, far ahead of the third place year, 2005, with $111 million. Commercial development in Estero almost came to a stop this year, down 75% from last year (2008) and well below all other years on record.
During 2009 the major projects that contributed to the commercial permitting total are:
$2,894,000 in the Coconut Point Town Center;
$1,270,000 for improvements to the Lee County Corkscrew Road Well field
$1,240,550 for Miramar Outlets expansion
$1,000,000 for a new bank in the Coconut Trace Center
$619,000 for Villages of Country Creek Water Storage System
$104,800 for Estero Park Commons
REMINDER: The building values understate the cost of each residence or commercial building because it excludes the value of the underlying land.
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