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Meeting
was opened by Rob Andrys. He
announced that the next board meeting would be on November 14 at
7:00 p.m.
at the
Alva
Museum
. The next town meeting
will be December 12 at
7:00 p.m.
at the Cafeteria. There
will be NO town hall meeting in November and no Board meeting in
December.
The
Riverwatch's
Annual
River
bike ride will be on November 17 starting at
8 a.m.
at the
Caloosahatchee
Park
. More information can be obtained at www.Caloosahatchee.org.
Maria
Pagan announced that Alva Clean-up Day would be on October 26.
Everyone should bring anything they want to throw away to the
Adopt a
Road sign
located past the Elementary School, with Starbowoaks on it.
She stated that Route 78 has become cleaner due to the Adopt a
Road program.
Minutes:
Jim English noted two errors in the minutes of the last
meeting. The date was
wrong; it should be Sept. 26. He
also questioned the date that the Plan was delivered to the Planning
Dept. Mary Murphy made the
motion to correct; Tom Colvin seconded; motion passed.
Treasurer's Report: No
report, but we have about $6,000.
Rob
introduced Vincent A. Cautero, who has been hired to help Alva, Inc.
through the next step of our plan, which will involve presenting it to
the Lee County Commissioners. (He
introduced himself; he is VP of Planning Services for Coastal
Engineering Consultants in
Naples
; we were given a copy of his resume.) We then have to apply for
funding for the overlay zones of the Plan. Lee
County
will look at the plan an make recommendations within the next several
months. We will then have a public hearing before the Lee Planning
agency. After that, the
plan will be submitted by recommendation of the Lee County
Commissioners to the state level.
It will take over a year to complete the process. Vince stated
that he is looking forward to working with our group. He
was asked how much money we are paying him and why is he doing this
much work. He will get
$1000 to present the community plan to the county and the Lee planning
agency and respond once to the state. This is the type of work he
enjoys doing although it is not a money maker for planners or their
firms. He would also like
to do more work in
Lee
County
. The next step after the community plan is to formulate the land
development code changes (rural village overlay).
This will require additional funding probably close to $20,000.
Paul O'Conner stated that grant money would be available from
the county for this work. Vince
would be happy to work to secure the grant money for us.
Rob explained that an overlay zone establishes a geographical
area and specifies parcels for different types of development in that
area. This provides a
uniform level of protection for these areas.
He said that it was like a house with all the foundation laid
and the studs and roof up but no walls or windows.
The overlay zone would put the skin on the house.
This is the next step for us.
Fundraising
Committee: The quilt project is going well.
Gay reported 103 tickets sold.
Continue to sell tickets. Lynda
showed caps that will have the Alva oak tree and
Alva
,
Florida
printed on them. They will
be for sale for over $10. So
far, this group has raised over $9000.
It has taken a lot of money to prepare the Alva Community Plan.
Since the Fun Day in the Park was such a success, it is planned
to have another one next year. So
far, 18 members are on this committee, and they meet the 1st Tues. of
each month, usually at the Alva Diner.
Mike
Pcolar and Joey Tiner from the Alva Fire Department were introduced to
answer questions regarding the millage tax for the department and
EMS
. Members brought out the
fact that the Fire Department has not publicly acknowledged how much
work and money Alva, Inc.has donated to them. They
promised to do better in this regard.
The main purpose of the increased millage is to obtain more
money in order to hire 3 more full-time firefighters, which they could
do if the millage were increased from 2 to 3. They have applied for
grants from FEMA in order to try to finance fire dept needs but these
moneys are often very difficult to get.
They have
obtained approval to have a paramedic on the fire truck in Alva and in
Pine
Island
. These people can only do
their own work; they are not allowed to help the firefighters with
their work. Some of the firefighters are cross trained and can do both
jobs.
Re the
December 12 meeting, it will be a Christmas party.
Everyone is to bring a dessert to share, a canned good or toy
to give to the Alva Angels (elementary school) for distribution to
seniors and children, and a gag white elephant gift to exchange.
Santa will be here. We
will have a 50/50 drawing.
Rob
listed the 2003 goals. This
includes the overlay zone plans; increase membership; continue to have
community activities; work with
Lee
County
to obtain grants through their new Parks staff member for U.S. Park
Service; park enhancements; historic committee's collection of
community photos. The
Honorary Mayor's race will kick off at the December 12 meeting with
everyone who wants to run signing up.
Then he/she will have only the month of January to campaign.
A new Chairman of the Historic Committee is needed; Bill Brewer
will be leaving the community for a new church.
Lynda announced that a newspaper about Alva news would be
started in January. Since
Rob Andrys is no longer chairman, a new chairman is needed for the
Planning Committee. The
Planning Committee will be the contact between ALVA and Vince.
Rt. 78:
Susan Brookman has formed a committee to work on making Rt. 78
a scenic highway. The
application process is extensive, but we
are now
able to begin. She has 5
people on the committee.
There
being no further business, meeting was adjourned.
Motion made by Lynda Kendrick; seconded by Gay Bennett.
Submitted by Jean W. Colvin
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