The Board of County Commissioners will now review the recommendation of the Hearing Examiner and make a final decision on the South Seas Rezoning Application during a public hearing on August 6 (not on August 20) in the Commissioners Meeting Room at 2120 Main Street in Fort Myers. The hearing notice can be read here.
Although only the 52 witnesses who testified before the Hearing Examiner will be permitted to address the County Commissioners for up to three minutes, everyone can attend to show their support of the speakers and their opposition to the rezoning application. Witnesses can prepare written statements which they can read. The Captiva Civic Association (CCA) and its attorneys will oppose the rezoning and point out the many legal and factual errors in the Hearing Examiner’s recommendation of the South Seas application. Some of those errors were outlined in the last Legal Update, which can be reviewed again here.