Three proposals to prioritize Cape Coral residents
To the editor:
The Breeze had three timely articles last week.
First, Higher Rental Fees for Vacation rentals is a must. Ms. Lastra who put together a hand picked a stake holder group of 11 Realtors and one individual, “Found it hard to swallow a $350 Vacation Rental Fee.” It should be at $500. The city manager, Mr. Ilczyszyn, told the group that it costs $411 per vacation rental unit when the cost of code, police, fire etc. is calculated. Some vacation rentals skip the current registration fee of $35. Councilmember Steinke is right, “fine them” if they don’t pay.
Commercial parking revamp in the works. Great work, Mayor. Are you tired of work trucks with ladders, commercial trucks with company names in swales, campers, etc. etc. The industrial park was designed to have these vehicles parked there, not at your house. Code enforcement was supposed to police these violations as well as the Cape Coral Police Department after hours.
None of this takes place. The police feel that they are too busy to tackle code and commercial parking after 6 pm. Code enforcement just ignores it.
A Mobility Fee is not needed. I campaigned on a Commercial Developer Fee which fell on deaf ears of the previous District 5 Council member who defeated me. The commercial developers need to pay an infrastructure fee/ unit of housing. Commercial developers bring more and more people from up North in apartments and homes. They leave us locals with the burden of school over crowing, shortage of teachers, shortage of medical personnel, and other professional entities.
Lou Navarra
Cape Coral