Captiva Property Owners Blog

Mission

The Captiva Community Panel exists to serve Captiva by maintaining the historic pattern of development on this
barrier island. Such historical growth has consisted of unobtrusive, low-density residential use coupled with
limited commercial development and vehicular traffic. Sensitive to such common concerns, Captiva community
planning is to be maintained in consideration of an environment consisting of clean offshore waters,
diverse and healthy marine life and robust native vegetation.

2008 Draft Goals

1. Write land development code for existing policies and submit to Lee County for approval.

2. Construct safety lanes per design approved by a substantial majority of Captivans.

3. Develop plan and costs for underground electric and submit to property owners for approval.

4. Determine source and level of Captiva pollution into surrounding waters.

5. Increase and broaden community involvement in the work of the Captiva Panel.

6. Amend the Captiva Panel by-laws based on experience since the by-laws were adopted.

As the title above states, these are the draft goals of the Community Panel for 2008. This being the
Community Panel, we invite the Captiva cumminity to comment on these goals.

It’s Deja “Poo,” all over again

“Time and tide wait for no man,” says the old proverb. Without doubt, neither will wait for Sanibel and Captiva to come to grips with dangerous sewage in our waters.

We well recall this year’s repeated beach closings. And last year, visitors became ill from eating local shellfish. Once again, E-coli was found, waters and beaches were closed. At the time, Sanibel Mayor Mick Denham and other politicians protested the problem. Fingers were pointed, wheels were spun, and an allegedly “offending” package plants was purchased by the city. As is wont to happen, the tide turned, washing away the symptoms along with the resolve.

Time, if not the tides, will tell whether concrete steps will have been taken to address our underlying water quality predicament.

As to the meeting discussed in the December 22, Captiva Current article, re Sanibel/Captiva water quality cooperation: some of us had been informed that Sanibel had spare sewage capacity. We were quickly disabused of this notion on December 14 when Mayor Denham announced his earlier notions of sufficient capacity were wrong.

In essence, the meeting revealed that Sanibel is positively encouraging: that is, positively encouraging Captiva to help itself.

In addition to offering unspecified cooperation, the Mayor stressed that Captivans consider adopting voluntary measures regarding septic maintenance and inspections. Alas, the severity of the “e-coli” message seems to have gone out with the tide and we can expect to see little action about this until the next beach closure headline and consequent frantic political protestations. When that happens, and it WILL happen, we should expect zero recognition that today’s actions (or inactions) will have only represented a Pyrrhic victory.

How many beach closings or sick visitors will it take for our governments–both Lee County and Sanibel–to do more than just create an appearance of action? We all claim to recognize the obvious risks of poor water quality to health, economy, and quality of life. But, do we?

I’m tempted to say politicians too often choose to put their heads in the sand, but perhaps in this case, doing so is precluded by the fact that the sand may well have been polluted by gratuitous effluent.

Mike Mullins

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The Administrator

What is (or should be) the most important issue facing Captiva over the next five years?

The Captiva Community Panel established a subcommittee to look into the feasibility and desireability of creating a safety shoulder along Captiva Drive. The subcommittee is presently putting together a survey about the proposed safety shoulder. That survey will be coming to you by regular mail. YOU NEED TO RETURN YOUR RESPONSE CARD BY JUNE 1 TO BE SURE YOUR OPINION IS COUNTED!

Meanwhile, we invite all Captivans to share their opinions, contribute their views, and discuss the issue. You can do so by clicking on the “Comments” link below.

We expect everyone to behave civilly, and the Webmaster will not hesitate to intervene if the discussion degrades into personal insult or “flame wars” as they are known on the internet.

So what do YOU think about the prospect of a safety shoulder along Captiva Drive?