The Redfish Pointe development proposal is still under review in Cape Coral, with the property owners expecting a revised staff report from the city within the next week or so and a Planning and Zoning Commission hearing sometime in the next two months, according to representatives for the project.
The proposal, which seeks to change the land use designation for about 110 acres of land south of Rotary Park from “Preservation” to “Mixed-Use,” has sparked years of debate over flooding concerns, traffic, environmental impacts and storm vulnerability. City staff previously recommended a denial of the request last March, but the application, now with additional information, is back under review.
At the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission meeting Wednesday, Jan. 7, residents again urged the city to reject the proposal. “I just feel like this whole Redfish Pointe [project] is trying to stuff a pig in a baby buggy, and it just is going to make the community worse,” resident Sarah Pavek told the board.
Project team says plan remains largely unchanged
Annette Barbaccia of Miloff Aubuchon Realty Group, representing the Zemel family, confirmed in an email that the property owners have supplied the city with additional information, including a hydrodynamic modeling and flooding assessment by Coastal Protection Engineering…