Rowing Club, Dragon boats & city parks
Cape Council to discuss agreements for property use
Cape Coral City Council’s Wednesday workshop will continue discussion on the Cape Coral Rowing Club license agreement at Tropicana Park.
The discussion will continue as some council members want more discussion pertaining to required fencing at the city park around the area to be used by the club and its members.
The fence discussion stems from council’s Feb. 11 meeting after some members of the elected board questioned required fencing material, saying concrete would be too expensive.
The club, an educational nonprofit that incorporated on Sept. 28, 2007, has 13 adult members, 11 of whom are from Cape Coral.
The club also has 29 youth members, 22 of whom are from the Cape. The youth crew, according to agenda documents, has a standing partnership with Bishop Verot Catholic High School, as rowing is a sport offered at the school and counts towards the student’s state physical education requirements.
The use of a public park by another organization, the Cape Coral Dragon Boat Club, also will be discussed during the workshop.
The discussion will concern proposed storage at Crystal Lake Park.
According to the presentation to be made Wednesday, city staff has identified unassigned property west of the park, near the boat ramp, which would allow the club to launch into the canal system.
The long-boat dimension is 41 feet by 45 inches and the short boat dimensions is 31.5 feet by 45 inches. The presentation also states that the boats rest on pressure-treated landscape ties to raise them off the ground, and long sliders facilitate lifting the boat on its side and flipping it over on a sliding wheeled dolly.
Dragon boating is a paddling sport with a traditional team for men, women, and youths 13 and older in a low-impact exercise.
Over the past 20 years, the Cape Coral Dragon Boat Club has earned a reputation as one of the top dragon boat clubs in the United States in both the 50s and 60s senior divisions.
Council will also discuss the Lake Kennedy Center, which has been open since 1990.
The purposed of the discussion is to share the more than 100 programs offered for older residents.
“Senior” offerings include fitness and wellness, creativity and community through art, day trips, nutrition and engagement, and events and live entertainment.
The center also has youth programs – camps, classes, and enrichment programs as well as the Cape Coral mini-bus, which provided more than 10,000 one-way trips in fiscal year 2025.
Other agenda items include the utilities permitting Kaizen presentation and single-family residential standards/generators regulations.
The workshop will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday, April 8, in City Council chambers, 1015 Cultural Park Blvd.
The meeting is open to the public.
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