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Coming soon. Week, of April 15-21,2004 SANIBEL&CAPTIVA, FLORIDA VOLUME 31, NUMBER 17 24 PAGES 75 CENTS City says "Thank you" to all the volunteers By Donna T. Schuman Sanibel has a more than 30 year tra- Staff writer dition of volunteerism. From the first task forces that helped form the city to . As a special "Thank You" for all their the committees of today, it is obvious work throughout the year, the city of that its volunteers play a major part in Sanibel honored its many volunteers the city's day to day functions. with'a luncheon April 8. "I don't think the city of Sanibel More than 120 city volunteers and could function without them," said employees packed the Sanibel Councilwoman Judy Workman. "It Community House where they put aside gives people an outlet to make a contri- the duties of their respective committees bution and this is an important contribu- and enjoyed lunch and dessert catered tion." by the Island Cow. Workman also pointed out that city "This city runs on volunteerism and staff also plays a major part in the city's this is just indicative of Sanibel," said volunteer programs and committees. Mayor Marty Harrity. "It's all about "It's a challenge for the city to orga- volunteers and a wonderful community of. people." See VOLUNTEERS page 2 Neither snow, nor sleet, nor power outage • • e Photo by Donna T. Schuman By jenny Burnham bought eight battery-powered spotlight/ City employees, Bruce Rogers and Rob Loflin, serve the city's volunteers at lunch. Staff Writer flashlights and set them in the mail sort- ing area in the rear of the facility and Neither an electrical fire, nor a five- around the counter area in the front. County's settlement offer on hour power outage, nor loss of phone "It made a nice atmosphere," said lirtes, could stay the couriers of the Ms. Reardon. Sanibel Post Office from their appoint- As the morning went on, employees causeway suit likely to be rejected ed rounds on Monday, April 12. smelled smoke, but could not identify By Donna T. Schuman and expenses later, according to a press .Employees worked by battery-pow- the source. "It could have come from Staff writer release issued by the county Tuesday. ered spotlight/flashlights to serve cus- anywhere," said Ms. Reardon. At 10 Under Florida law, a party defendant — tomers and sort mail in the dark. a.m. they discovered a tree tangled in The City of Sanibel may well reject a set- in this case Lee County — may submit an The power went out "at 8:30 a.m. power lines and smoldering at the side tlement offer proposed by Lee County offer of judgement no earlier than 90 days precisely," said Debbie Reardon, Post of the building. regarding the lawsuit filed over the replace- after the action has been commenced. If Lee Office Officer-in-Charge. "We called the Fire Department." Ms. ment of the Sanibel Causeway. County serves an offer, which is not accept- Accompanying the outage was a "loud Reardon said. "They watched if until Lee County Commissioners approved an ed by the city of Sanibel within 30 days, the crack," which employees could not the utilities people arrived. offer of $100,000 Tuesday to settle the law- county could be awarded reasonable costs immediately identify but subsequently In the meantime, it was business as suit filed against them in January over the which include investigative expenses and turned out to come from power equip- usual throughout the facility. county's decision to replace the 40-year-old attorney's fees if there is a judgement of no ment downed in a strong storm that The sorting area at the back of the drawbridge with a 70-foot fixed span liability. swept over the island. building has no windows and only one bridge. The county could also be compensated if When the power apparently was door, leading to the loading dock. "There has been no inclination from the the judgement obtained by the city of going to stay off, "we put a sign out say- Employees used their hand-held spot- city to accept the offer of judgement,"' said Sanibel is at least 25 percent less than the ing we were closed." But then, said Ms. lights to examine the mail "'then see City Attorney Ken Cuyler. "The settlement amount of the settlement oifer. Reardon, "since it's tax week, we felt offer is a common proceeding in civil dam- However, Cuyler is confident that the we needed to be open." See POST OFFICE page 2 age trials." city will obtain more than $100,000 in fees Employees went to Bailey's and The settlement offer is a legal strategy to during the course of the trial. allow the Lee County to collect legal costs Lee County Attorney David Owen declined comment on the issue. The suit, filed by the City of Sanibel. INDEX Situsa in CUB iillfii f BBSS Emus Iff claims Lee County failed to maintain the bridges and by doing so, violated the inter- • LETTERS ...pas;e 6 Sanibel Bicycle A profile of how it April 17 is local agreement between the two entities. • PERMITS &Du"i* page 8 Clubs helps city works Earth Day On Sept. 16. the County Commissioners approved the construction of a fixed span • DATELINE ....page 10 bridge to replace the existing drawbridge. • GARDENING ....page 14 The Bike Club has long Jenny Burnham takes a trip SC'CF does it asain with a Reasons such as changing interest ratef, helped the citv with bike to the drawbridge for a first- schedule of fascinating smoother traffic flow, and overall project ....paoe . paths and other items. hand look at the works. nature studies. costs were given for the decision. • TVUSIINGS ....page 16 The city's suit also calls for the rehabili- • 01311UAR1LS. page 18 tation of the drawbridge. - See page 4 The settlement will be brought before • SroRib ....page 19 — See page 3 — See page 23 and voted on by the City Council at its next • CLASSIHLDS page 20 meeting on April 20. GI\REN LAND ^. J • Design • Installation • Maintenance * Tree Work .-pu\.i ltd. 2 54 472 li70 * i7 28 YEARS BEAUTIFYING SANIBEL & CAPTIVA 1... > 2 • Week of April 15-21, 2004 • ISLAND REPORTER GITY • COUNTY • STATE VOLUNTEERS THER ESS.* From page 1 By Donna T. Schuman water supply and irrigation use there- In other business the Sanibel Staff writer of, waste water, solid waste and Planning Commission... storm drains. Suggested Time Allocation August 10, 2004 — Discussion on • adopted a resolution amending the for Sanibel Plan Evaluation transportation. Land Development Code to allow a and Appraisal Report... August 24, 2004 — Discussion on planned unit development at the recreation town center, police, fire, Wulfert Point Property. The resolu- • April 27, 2004 — Staff review and tion would allow the Sanctuary Golf discussion on state, regional and library, school and Lee County Electric Coop. Club to expand its clubhouse area local policy changes, economic and add a beauty salon and spa area assumptions and coordination with September 28, 2004 — Discussion to the facility. surrounding areas. on Capital Improvements reflecting • May 11, 2004 — Discussion on land Sanibel, housing for low and moder- use, commercial redevelopment and ate incomes and land use changes. retaining resident commercial ser- October 12, 2004 — Discussion on vices. intergovernmental cooperation, inter- Photo by^ Donna T. Schuman • May 25, 2004 — Discussion on local agreements and near island In one of his first actions as mayor of Hurricane Safety, the Causeway and development. Sanibel, Mayor Marty Harrity greeted bridges. October 26, 2004 — Discussion on the city's volunteers at the luncheon last • June 8, 2004 — Discussion on natur- land use, neighborhood and commu- Thursday. al, scientific and economic resources, nity compatibility for single family nize that ongoing effort," Workman beach management, non-conforming dwellings. said. "There is a certain amount of staff densities, redevelopment in coastal November 9, 2004 — Review draft effort that goes into it, but I think if you zone areas and resort housing sector of the report. way the benefits and the disadvantages, redevelopment. November 23, 2004 — Review com- you come way out on top on the bene- • June 22, 2004 — Discussion on con- pleted plan. fits side." servation, ground water, historic December 14, 2004 — Review and preservation and scenic preservation. vote on completed plan. *«*/nst • July 27, 2004 — Discussion on December 28, 2004 — Loose ends? human support systems, potable When you feed an alligator you are training it to approach humans and arc POST OFFICE creating a life threatening situation... From page 1 spondence and used old formulas and open? especially for our children. Feeding hard copy charts to price packages. "Customers walked on in," said Ms. They issued handwritten cash receipts Reardon. "People were very under- alligators is a criminal act punishable by where it goes," and sort it into contain- to customers. standing." ers and cubbyholes. Since they couldn't print postage Power was restored at 1:30 p.m. fines aiuVor imprisonment. At the end of the day, they reported amount labels, "we put stamps on Phone service had not been restored by "a headache from reading without everything," Ms. Reardon said, smiling. 4:30 p.m. City of Sanibel Ordinance 75-29 enough light." "I was the designated stamp licker." 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