The Cape Coral City Council will have a full agenda at its monthly workshop meeting Monday.

The council will discuss, among other things, its proposed state and federal agendas, where the board will identify key priorities for which the city can state its position in a consistent message and provide direction for those advocation for the city.

Among the initiatives for consideration will be maintaining local control or “Home Rule,” preserving and maintaining fiscal responsibility, seeking funding opportunities for significant initiatives and support collaboration with regional partners.

The proposed agenda supports legislation that promotes clean air, water and protects natural resources, with an emphasis on alleviating algal blooms, as well as growth management, sales of pets through mills, and the drug Tianeptine, a type of antidepressant some states have begun classifying as a controlled substance.

The city also is expected to make funding requests for the removal of the Chiquita Lock ($2 million), North Wellfield Expansion ($10 million), and the Caloosahatchee River Crossing Project ($4 million), among other things.

Councilmember John Carioscia said it may be difficult to have a discussion on this so close to an election that is anyone’s ballgame.

“I’m happy they broke ground on the reservoirs near Lake O. But we’re not going to know until after we find out who’s there what the priorities are going to be,” Carioscia said. “That said, who would be against having clean water?”

Council also will discuss fishing off the city bridges, which has been an issue for some time with the city council as neighbors call to complain about littering, noise, illegal parking and trespassing.

“We’ve had enough complaints to say something has to be done. We have individuals from out of town to use these bridges, and they are not safe to be used after sunset,” Carioscia said. “There is no easy access under these bridges, no lighting, and no railing to prevent someone from falling in. We’ve come to the conclusion where we have to protect those who can’t help themselves”

There is also an issue regarding the safety of those fishing, as a third of the city’s 123 bridge locations don’t have sidewalks or any physical barrier between vehicular traffic and anglers, and the signs posted at five select bridges have not been enforced.

The city’s presentation will also show that two-thirds of the bridges have no concerns, while 26 bridges have issues that are not correctible. Ten others can be corrected via a barrier.

Carioscia does not buy that 82 bridges are deemed safe, saying that few, if any, have sufficient lighting or guardrails. He said he would like to see a citywide ban on fishing underneath the bridges, with no fishing signs at every bridge.

“We need to do something before there’s liability. Once we put up the signs for no fishing, if someone goes under there and there’s an injury, the liability is on them,” Carioscia said.

In other business, the council will get quarterly reports on economic development, which will show activity showing permits issues for residential and non-residential development, and on the Parks GO Bond.

In the latter, a presentation will show many of the parks dedicated for sports, as well as Giuffrida and Horton parks, have been completed or under construction. The cost of them has come in at $1,447,492 from an actual budget of $1,635,000.

The final designs for Lake Kennedy Racquet Center, Festival Park and Yellow Fever Creek Nature Center are anticipated in early December, with the 30 percent plans for the Yacht Club expected later that month.

Final plans for Cultural, Gator Circle, Oasis Woods and Sands parks (which are at 90 percent completion) are set to be delivered by the end of the month. Lake Meade Park, at 60 percent, will have its 90 percent plan delivered in mid-December, while Crystal Lake and Tropicana parks, which are at 30 percent, will have the 60 percent plans delivered next month.

The council also will discuss seawall engineering design standards, which has come to the forefront as a result of the seawall failures that resulted from Hurricane Irma in 2017.

There is no voting at workshop, or “Committee of the Whole” meetings.

City Council meetings being at 4:30 p.m. and are held in Council Chambers at City Hall, 1015 Cultural Park Blvd.