To the editor:

There is a chunk of money ($1.121 billion in grants from the Biden Administration) that Lee County will get to spend. There is a survey of citizens to provide input in how our leaders should best use that money. This should stop being a surprise I suppose, but the county Resilience Survey to record that citizen input is so hard to locate that I had to Google it via nbc-2.com to be able to take the survey.

The list of choices the survey offers for improvement suggestion do not include flood control, improved water quality except a vague “environment” box that can be ticked, nor does the obvious need for underground electricity, nor evacuation planning get a box in the survey.

I would urge others who take this survey to check the “other” box on the choice of how the funds should be distributed, so you can write in topics that might actually make Lee County more resilient. You do not have to restrict yourself to the dozen choices proffered, although you can. But it is not too late for your input.

If you have a special pet project you think would improve the city or Lee County, you can.

Mayor John Gunter and Lee County Commissioner Kevin Ruane can be contacted directly for input at jgunter@capecoral.gov, and for District 1 Commissioner Kevin Ruane at DIST1@leegov.com. They both sit on the committee for resilience.

Friday, May 26 at 10 am there is a two hour meeting scheduled at 2031 Jackson St, Fort Myers if you are able to go.

Ellen Starbird

Cape Coral