\ ••"- 11I-,' ,.- A TEMPORARY BRIDGE MEANS -TEMPORARY DISRUPTION-•'• 2 SECTIONS, 56 PAGES VOLUME 14, NUMBER 2 island NOVEMBER 20,1986 REPORTER SANIBEL AND CAPTIVA, FLORIDA FIRST WITH THE NEWS 50 CENTS Best- in show Council okays "A Field of Red," a removal of uatercolor 1/IJ Anne 9 Ketttll (right), took the top portion, M the 'hazard pine tree anawl Sawbel Captiva Art Leaqw juried show Judging Councilman Bailey fears of entries u,as held it will lead to loss last Tuesday, in of Periwinkle canopy " prepara€ion*ofjke^ skc'dfo opening By Earl Hartman Sunday?* """> hh v "• af re Periwinkle Way's majestic old Australian pines in jeopardy of i on Ghapiti, - being razed? Lane 4ffi,pubhc ys " A Alice Kyllo, one of Sanibel's city council watchers, muted to the opening , called it "bad precedent" and cautioned that the ci- recevtioh, and to inewt ty would have "request after request to take the thf tnnvy entries on <• / trees down" if they allowed one private property display thwugh-Sun- - owner along Sanibel's main thoroughfare to take day, Dec 7 "from 1 to down a "hazard" Australian pine. Unwritten but strongly adherred to policy has TTJT" "~«^V"% r - "^w?" been to protect the towering pines which form a unique and majestic canopy over Sanibel's most A safer route for Cap- traveled and best-known road. tiva cyclists is not too ' Tuesday, however, council may have put a chink far down the road, as; in the protective shield surrounding the Periwinkle pfOffnh&:^: a Captiva pines. They approved, over Kyllo's warning that bike path continues. without the trees Periwinkle Way would "look like X any other main street," destruction of a giant pine at Merrill-Lynch Realty, presetting conditions for a development permit for its removal. No application for removal had been received, so approval, sought by Merrill-Lynch owner Jack Slagle, was in principal at the time. A commercial buffer to replace the tree would be among conditions normally assigned by the plann- ing commission, but included in Councilman Jerry Meunch's motion was waiver of this requirement. An unspecified amount of replacement planting in- stead, to be determined by the planning commis- sion, was stipulated in lieu of the normal buffer. Muench objected to an extensive commercial vegetation buffer as too costly. A number of Merrill-Lynch employees attested previously that the tree was a safety hazard enter- Cotterman.said, but a definite date has not been ing onto PeriwmkleNWay from the firm's driveway. set; •• •.-•;,' • ''.'.'• City Attorney DavibVLa Croix said the city's land Captiva bike path .: "Wewere all kind of looking for it to be on the development code was not straightforward regar- county agenda this week," Bates said after a CCA ding the buffering requirement .under such cirr plan may be ion meeting. "But the county has come up with more cumstances. .-v than one plan. It was a question of interpretation, La Croix said, "The trick is to build it with the traffic in the "especially since council has an unwritten policy to^ home stra season, in the weeks before Christmas and just protect the Periwinkle Way pines." . By Matt Perez after Christmas," Bates said. "If it gets delayed to "It's a bit of a gray matter, isn't it?" asked. February, it'll be a real problem. Mayor Fred Valtin. - bike path from Timmy's Nook to : Construction" crews, if they follow a plan describ- La Croix: "Yes." the new Post Office on Captiva has ed by Cotterman, would lay the five-foot wide bike Valtin: "Oh, my!" • -. - ~" A been proposed by Captiva Civic Association, path on the west side of the 20-foot wide Captiva Other owners along the the drive have sought to and it could be on the agenda at next week's county Drive. remove pines, City Manager Gary Price noted. commission meeting, CCA president George A. Tut- But along the bike path there could be a bed of "We know that the subject will come up again tle, Jr. said Tuesday. broken glass. Cotterman said Robert and again," Valtin said. "Quite apart that in a ma- Captiva Fire Chief John'; Bates is steering the pro- Riauschenberg, whose property is at a 90-degree jor storm we may lose most of those pines anyway, ject for the CCA, and Tuesday he implied the plan bend in the path near Laika Lane, has a dispute I think some policy needs to be established on a was rowing, not sailing, through county ad- with the county and has refused to let the right-of- replanting program that will, over the long run, ministrative channels. way in front of his house be used for the path. ( replace the Australian pines whether we lose them ^ "The path project has been! in the works for about There are from three to five property owners to this circumstance or a mass death due to storm. the past two years," Bates said. But the plan for neighboring Rauschenberg whose land is encroach- ed upon by the 30-foot county right-of-way, Bates Seeking concensus among councilmen for the first an island bike path on Captiva has been the subject step to what may become a new policy, Valtin poll- of discussion, and some organization, for at least said. He did not know specifically the names of eight years, he added. those property owners. ed his peers. ' • j. ' Funding for the 3,000-foot path could come from One of them, however, is Eugene Vogler, who Councilman Francis Bailey, adamant from the the Sanibel Causeway Surplus Fund if an applica- said Tuesday that he did not know details of the start in his opposition, said the pines "give. tion for these funds pass the commission, Ronald E. bike path plan. "I take a sort of dim view of that Periwinkle Way something that grows and (that) Cotterman. said. Cotterman is the bicycles and to start with," he said: "We have enough problems other communties don't have, and that we're facilities coordinator for. the county Department of with that curve as it is." Vogler also said he had radically losing." Transportation and Engineering. returned recently from vacation and hadn't had a He feared others would seek the same approach The low bid for construction came from Ajax Pay- chance to review the CCA plans at Captiva to removing trees on their property that Slagle had. ing Industries Inc. at about $56,000, Cotterman Memorial Library. ; - Policy is not to replant with new pine trees but to said. Previously, the project had been delayed The plan Cotterman described would have a break preserve those that exist, he stressed. because no construction firm could be found to slide at Rauschenberg's property, then continue on Cap- The vote was 3-1 with Bailey against.H under, the $60,000 maximum bid set by county pur- tiva Drive to the Post Office across.from South chasing officials. • .,T • please see PATH, 12A I The project probably will begin in mid-January 2A D NOVEMBER 20, 1986 D ISLAND REPORTER H3TflQq3fl 0MAJ8I D 386r ,0S H3SM3VOM D AS ISLAND REPORTER D NOVEMBER 20,1986 • 3A Pre-1930 The committee the island eye toys sought would like the loan of A big any toys made prior' check for for museum to 1930, to be includ- exhibit ed in the exhibit. Any BIG Arts City hall toys loaned would be Dunes general .wins in Holiday Sanibel Historical -• reviewed by the ex- manager Al Rosen Deadlines for the Preservation Commit- hibit committee and (right) and Dunes Tallahassee notice issue of Dec. 4 — tee will hold an open all those accepted Sanibel Jass assistant The offices of the advertising, classified house for island would be placed in Judy Martin (left) City hall is tops!. residents' Dec. 13, locked display cases, In ceremonies Tues- Island Reporter will arid editorial — will, present BIG Arts be closed Thursday, remain unscathed. from 10 a.m. to 4 said Rose Rogers, one treasurer Chris Nagot day evening at p.m. at the museum," of the volunteers. Florida's capitol in Nov. 27 for The Island Reporter. (center) with a check Thanksgiving, to will be available on Dunlop Street, next Anyone with a,toy for $7,500 for BIG Tallahassee, Louise to city hall. Johnson, retiring as allow our staff an op- the newsstands for or toys which might Arts from the pro- Sanibel mayor, ac- portunity to indulge Thanksgiving, but our The museum will be be appropriate may ceeds of this October's cepted a 1986 Gover- in the festivities (and subscribers will decorated for call the museum Sanibel Jazz. nor's Design Award feasts) of the day. We receive that issue one Christmas in a tradi- Thursday or Saturday for the city hall will be open for day late. .since the tional island fashion from 10 a.m. to 4 building, competing business Friday, Nov. post office also take and will include a doll p.m. at 472-4648; or among 23 other en- 28 at 9 a.m. the holiday off.D house and a country call Anne Marsh at trants in the public store. •• 472-5629.D facility-administrative • category. The Governor's Marsh takes up kettle Design Awards Pro- It's magic! gram seeks to Around the World D THE WOR Clay Marsh, the man who moved to Sanibel thxee recognize excellence Travel owner Marika AVELJNC. years ago and saw a need, will set up his Salvation in planning, design Luthringer presents LUTHXINC Army kettle for Christmas Dec. 1 for its third and development Erin (left) and season in front of Bailey's General Store.