Membership fee hikes proposed for The Courts Cape Coral
Increases also proposed for trailer parking, pavilion rentals
Cape Coral City Council will consider sharp increases for membership rates at The Courts Cape Coral Wednesday.
The individual seasonal – Oct. 1-April 30 – membership is proposed to go from $125 to $200, and the individual monthly is proposed to go from $25 to $75. The household couple rate is proposed to go from $175 to $300 for the seasonal membership, and the proposed monthly would go from $35 to $100. The proposed household family would go from $250 for seasonal to $450, and the monthly would go from $50 to $125.
Amenities at the city-owned, privately managed complex include 32 pickleball courts and 12 tennis courts.
Other fees in the amended resolution related to city parks and facilities are the current standard rates.
Listed are yearly trailer parking passes at $75 annually, daily trailer parking at $15 per day, $150 for commercial use of Horton and Rosen Boat Ramps and $1,800 for commercial use of boat ramps annually.
Also listed are pavilion rentals, which range from $50 to $100 per rental.
Facility rentals at Four Freedoms are $47.50 per hour, and $40 for over four hours. The Art Center has various room rental options from $30 to $60 per hour.
None of these fees are proposed to change in the resolution to be considered Wednesday, city officials said.
Also up for discussion is a contract between the city, on behalf of the Cape Coral Police Department and the University of North Florida Training and Services Institute, Inc., to provide funding not to exceed $20,102.43 for on-street overtime operations to pedestrian and bicycle safety and drive behaviors.
The objective is “the Florida Department of Transportation, through a subgrant with University of North Florida will utilize law enforcement support to reinforce safe pedestrian, bicyclist, and driver behaviors in priority counties in Florida. The goal of this effort is to reduce traffic crashes resulting in serious and fatal injuries to pedestrians and bicyclists using high visibility education and enforcement details.”
Other items on the Council agenda include a resolution to award a bid to Newson Construction and Consulting, LLC, for the Andalusia Boulevard sidewalk construction for $499,860.10 with a 5% contingency amount of $24,993 and a resolution to approve the staffing and cost proposal with Kisinger Campo & Associates, Corp for professional engineering services for construction, engineering and inspection services for the installation of a traffic signal at the intersection of Tropicana Parkway and Santa Barbara Boulevard not to exceed $199,811.
The meeting will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 23, in City Council chambers, 1015 Cultural Park Blvd. The meeting is open to the public.
Editor’s Note: This story has been corrected. Council will consider new membership fees for The Courts Cape Coral at its Wednesday meeting. Other fees in the amended resolution related to city parks and facilities are the current standard rates. The Breeze regrets the error.
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