Tag: Lee County Board of Commissioners

Boca Grande residents, attorneys, speak to parking issue at Lee County meet

March 18, 2025
Staff Report
Breaking News, News

Gasparilla Island residents, as well as two attorneys, came out to the Tuesday morning Lee County Board of County Commissioners meeting to speak to a proposed parking discussion that was coming...

Lee County Commission Meeting

A regular Lee Board of County Commissioners meeting is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. next Tuesday, March 18. On the agenda is a rate increase for the Gasparilla Island Water Authority. There is no...

Lee Commissioner asks for island meetup on parking

Church land use attorney addresses Lee Commission During the regular Lee County Commissioners meeting on Tuesday morning, March 4, several members of the Boca Grande community, as well as an...

Landscaping donation on the agenda for Lee County on Tuesday

On the agenda for the March 4, 2025 Lee County Board of County Commissioners meeting is a donation for landscaping to Wheeler Road Community Park. The donation is from the Boca Grande Disaster...

Churches speak out on parking

Churches on Gilchrist have released statements in the wake of discussions about restrictions on island parking. Peter Soderberg, chair of the church council of Lighthouse United Methodist...

Parking issue rises again at Lee County

February 20, 2025
Anna Ridilla
Breaking News, News

Commissioner Kevin Ruane addressed the long-debated structured parking plan for Boca Grande during the regular Lee County Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 18. “On April 22 the...

Parking passes needed, for a sunset?

February 20, 2025
Garland Pollard
Editorial, News

Here we are, just four months after two massive hurricanes, and Lee County Commissioners have moved forward with some sort of unspecific parking restriction scheme in Boca Grande. They did it...

Board of County Commissioners raise Boca Grande parking restrictions

February 18, 2025
Garland Pollard
News

A surprise item appeared during today’s Lee County Board of County Commissioners meeting regarding the addition of public parking restrictions in Boca Grande and on Gilchrist Avenue. A...

Lee purchases conservation lands

February 13, 2025
Staff Report
News, Sports & Outdoors

The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to authorize staff to pursue the purchase of two parcels, including an 80.5-acre parcel in Bokeelia, for the Conservation 20/20 land acquisition...

Lee County discontinues adding fluoride to water

The Lee Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday voted to discontinue adding fluoride to Lee County Utilities drinking water. Lee County Utilities (LCU) is one of about 10 utility...