The city of Cape Coral may use cameras crack down on speeders within school zones.

Cape Coral City Council will conduct a public hearing Wednesday to consider a contract with RedSpeed Florida, LLC for speed detection camera systems.

Resolution, 214-24 would allow the city to piggyback a the City of Plantation contract for a turnkey solution for speed photo enforcement. The cameras would be installed at several intersections, school zone areas, or guard crossings once a site analysis is completed.

The contract calls for an initial term of five years with the option to extend one additional five-year period.

Funding would garnered through violation notices.

According to the agreement, fines would allocated as follows:

• $39 will be retained by the city

• $60 must be retained by the county, or municipality and must be used to administer speed detection systems in school zones and other public safety initiatives

• $5 must be retained by the county, or municipality for the School Crossing Guard Recruitment and Retention Program

In other Council business:

• Introduction of a second amendment to the lease agreement between the city, and Pro Parks for Sun Splash with a public hearing date set for Sept. 18.

According to the presentation, Pro Parks intends to spend $3 million on a wave pool and $1 million on a new entrance. The operations vendor for the city-owned facility is preparing to construct the wave pool and new entrance for next season and is pursuing financing.

According to the lease, there is a “buyout” clause triggered in the 10th year of the lease agreement. This clause provides the city with the right to buy out the remaining years of the agreement upon a required notice and payment of $1 million “buyout” fee.

Pro Parks is requesting the buyout provision be moved to year 20. This would reduce the city’s buyout from $1 million to $500,000.

If moved to year 20, Pro Parks agreeds to:

• invest an additional $2 million in capital projects at Sun Splash, to be completed by end of 2029

• modify the annual minimum rent structure beginning in year five.

So far in the first year, Pro Parks has added 30 cabanas, expanded Pirates Cove, repaired the Lazy River, and installed new lockers, signs, upgraded administration offices, boardwalk decks, fencing and security and sound systems.

In the second year, they upgraded roofs from asphalt to metal, repaired restaurant, and pavilion, added additional cabanas and completed other upgrades and repairs and began design and engineering for the new wave pool.

In the third year, they refurbished water slides, upgraded the waterslide towards and all pools.

The meeting will be held at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4, in City Council chambers, 1015 Cultural Park Blvd. The meeting is open to the public.