noW thrEE Days a WEEK Post CoMMEnts at on CaPE-Coral-DaIly-brEEzE.CoM Cape teams CAPE CORAL tangle Trafalgar tops Gulf Middle in Lee County Tournament BREEZE — SPORTS MID-WEEK EDItIon WEATHER:Partly cloudy • Tonight: Showers Late • Friday: Sunny — 2A cape-coral-daily-breeze.com Vol. 49, No. 33 Thursday, March 18, 2010 50 cents 12 submit applications to fill commission seat Richard Hoffman, a deputy sher- Preparedness for the ADA Governor to fill spot formerly held by Bob Janes iff with the Lee County Sheriffs Advisory Board of Southwest Office; and Carletha Griffin, the Florida; Nicholas Sacca, formerly By TIFFANY REPECKI Cape Coral and Pine Island. Gov. woman had applied for the owner of a consulting business. with Adecco Employment; [email protected] Charlie Crist plans to pick some- appointment. On Wednesday, seven new Charles Dauray, CEO and chair- One week after the death of one to fill the seat until the The applicants Tuesday applicants — five men and two man of College of Life Lee County Commissioner Bob November election, when voters included: Wayne Daltry, former women — came forward. Foundation; Chelsey M. Perry Janes, 12 people have submitted in Lee can elect a new commis- director of Smart Growth for Lee They included Lee County Sr., a retired Fort Myers resident; applications seeking an appoint- sioner to finish Janes term. His County; Bruce J. Scott, former School Board Member Robert Donna Loibl, a retired Matlacha ment to the vacant seat. term expires in 2012. state representative and Lee com- Chilmonik; Linda Carter, a resi- resident; and Gerald Finan, a sub- Janes died March 10 at age According to documents pro- missioner; John Manning, a for- dent of Lehigh Acres and execu- stitute teacher. 78. He represented District 1, vided by the governor’s office mer county commissioner and tive director for Emergency which includes Sanibel, Captiva, Tuesday, four men and one Cape Coral council member; CRA gives Village Square project financing nod By DREW WINCHESTER the planning and zoning board, [email protected] then for a final approval before You’re A tax increment rebate agree- city council. ment for the Village Square proj- Lee said, following that, it never too ect was finalized Tuesday, bring- would take 10 12 months before young ing the project, and developer construction would begin. He Robbie Lee, closer than ever to hopes the project will act as bea- putting shovels in the ground. con to other developers and busi- Five-month-old Lee will receive 70 percent ness owners, making them want to Logan Frazier cel- return rate in TIFF funds on the invest in Cape Coral’s downtown. ebrates his first first phase of the project the park- “I want other developers to St. Patrick’s Day ing garage and shopping aspects come downtown,” he said. “We Wednesday with once all taxes and fees were paid, have the chance to make down- his grandmother and the first phase is complete. town truly great.” Mary O’Neill at The project still has a few hur- Village Square is planned as a dles to clear before than can hap- mixed use facility with, propo- the Cape Coral nents say, the potential drawing Elks Lodge No. pen, but Lee said he he was happy things were finally getting close. power Cape Harbour, and the 2596. “It’s a huge step,” Lee said. newly opened Tarpon Point “It’s taken so long, been so frus- Marina, have given diners, shop- MICHAEL PISTELLA trating, and so expensive. We can pers, event go-ers and condo- finally put this behind us and hunters in recent years, only with- move along.” The project has to go before See CRA, page 9 South Cape group close to finalizing contract for its new vision plan By DREW WINCHESTER According to agreement, the Area businesses help residents, [email protected] plan calls for targeting and testing The Community Redevelop- urban design strategies, build out ment Agency is close to finalizing scenarios and conducting eco- the contract with Zyscovich nomic, retail, market and cultural guests celebrate St. Patrick’s Day Architects, the firm officials analysis, among others. hand-picked to design their 2030 Zyscovich is credited with By MEGHAN McCOY empty handed, so he figured he and cabbage dinners, sandwich- vision plan for the district. completely overhauling Miami [email protected] would host his own event with a es, shepherd’s pie and a number Though the contract has yet to Beach, acting as the designer, Various St. Patrick’s Day fes- vast assortment of Irish music at of deserts. be executed, the fee for Zysco- planner, and architect. tivals took place in Cape Coral the Elks Lodge. Heade said all the profits vich’s services will run His firm’s projects include throughout the day and night “I think it will be a big suc- from the festival will go towards $209,300, and is planned over an design and planning projects for Wednesday to help get residents cess,” he said about the first fes- various local charities. eight-month period. New Orleans, Fort Lauderdale, in the spirit of the Irish holiday. tival, which had already attract- “I think it’s great, David did a Divided into two separate Hollywood, Florida, and Cape Coral Elks Lodge mem- ed a couple hundred people really good job,” Elks member “tasks,” the vision plan includes Jacksonville. ber David Heade said this year’s shortly after the doors opened Tommy Geis said. “Data Collection and Synthesis” Bernard Zyscovich is the St. Patrick’s Day Fest was the Wednesday afternoon. He said the festival is a great as the first task, and then design- author of “Getting Real on first one the club has hosted. The fest featured an array of way to get a lot of people togeth- ing the “vision” as the second Urbanism”, and is considered one He said every year for the Irish beers on tap, Irish music er and hopefully attract new task. of the leading urban planners in past 20 years that he has lived in throughout the evening, dancers, members for the club. He said he “We are, in principle, in agree- the nation. Cape Coral, he has tried to seek a bounce house for children and was excited to see such a fantas- ment in phase one and two of their The CRA board plans on hold- out places that played Irish various games for adults. tic turnout. agreement,” said CRA Vice chair- ing a special meeting March 30 to music and continuously came up They also served corn beef man Jim Martin, who negotiated See ST. PATRICK, page 9A the agreements terms. See SOUTH CAPE, page 9 Reaction to council selection process mixed By DREW WINCHESTER “I think they enacted the ple appointing people with simi- [email protected] process fairly, but I’m sure a lot lar beliefs that’s the nature of the of people are going to question “I have no problem with people appoint- beast,” Miller said. “But was he When Erick Kuehn was cho- ing people with similar beliefs that’s the sen Monday to fill the District 5 the outcome,” said Terry Miller, the most qualified?” council seat, 16 other applicants who was selected as Marty nature of the beast. But was he the most Leading up to Monday’s were left disappointed their McClain’s choice for the seat. qualified?” appointment process, speculation names weren’t ultimately called Miller, a salesman for Sysco circulated that the selection had —Council hopeful Terry Miller by a majority vote. Foods, said he was happy he had already been made and the A few of those applicants felt the chance to share his vision and process was a mere formality. they got a fair shake in the selec- principals before council, though Some council members refut- tion process, and a few felt that he said Kuehn’s selection “raised 2011, but it all depends on him instead of making independ- ed those claims while others not only were they not served by some eyebrows”. Kuehn’s choices. If he simply ent choices, he might make a run hoped the rumors were not true. that same process, but so was the He said he might consider to falls in line with the four sitting for the seat. city. making a full run at the seat in council members who selected “I have no problem with peo- See REACTION, page 9 ATAGLANCE COMING EVENT NEWS OF NOTE WHAT’S INSIDE Southwest Florida Seafood Duplex fire in Cape causes Annie’s Mailbox......13A Horoscopes......13A Festival & Car Show set $100,000 damage; man hurt Education ..........7A Obituaries ..........2A Florida The Matlacha Mariners will be hosting A fire at a duplex at 229 S.E. Van Loon Lottery its Annual Southwest Florida Seafood remained under investigation Wednesday Classifieds ............1-4B Police Blotter ....2A Festival & Car Show, Saturday, March 27, evening. The fire caused $90,000 in dam- Comics ............11A Sports ........14-15A CASH 3: from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., at the German age to the structure and $10,000 in damage 1-7-7 / 5-4-6 to contents. Health ..................8A That’s Racing ......16A PLAY 4: American Social Club, 2101 S.W. Pine 5-7-4-2 / 9-6-7-4 Island Road, Cape Coral. At 12:24 p.m, Cape fire units respond- Crossword........11A Today in History....10A Fantasy 5 The festival will showcase a variety of ed to a fully-engulfed duplex structure fire. Dr. Donohue......10A TV Listings ..........13A 4-13-20-27-36 fresh seafood, live music and more than When units arrived, one, a male occupant Lotto 300 custom and classic cars.