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The Lee Board of County Commissioners announced the schedule for public meetings at which the community can provide input on the redistricting process and launched a website landing page to provide data, maps, information and transparency throughout the process.
Florida law requires each county to examine the need to redistrict every 10 years following the U.S. Census. Members of the Lee BoCC are elected by voters countywide, but are seated according to five districts in which they reside.
Four public meetings, including three public hearings, are planned as part of the redistricting process as part of regularly scheduled meetings of the Board of County Commissioners. Meetings begin at 9:30 a.m. at the Old Lee County Courthouse, 2120 Main St., Fort Myers, FL 33922:
Tuesday, Oct. 5 – Public hearing to review preliminary map options
Tuesday, Nov. 2 – Public hearing to review map options
Tuesday, Nov. 16 – Public hearing to adopt new map
Tuesday, Dec. 7 – Item on the Lee Board of County Commissioners agenda to certify for transmission to the Florida Secretary of State
The new landing page can be found at www.leegov.com/countymanager/redistricting. Residents also are encouraged to sign up for Lee County’s newsletter by visiting www.leegov.com and clicking on the envelope icon. Recipients receive meeting notices with agenda links and other information. Following Lee County Government on Facebook also provides updates.
The goal of redistricting is to readjust the population between commission districts so that no commission district includes substantially more individual residents than the others. If commission district boundary adjustments are needed, Lee County can make such changes during an odd-numbered year. Given the late release of U.S. Census data this year, the normal 10-month process will be condensed to about four months.
Two vehicles racing on NE Pine Island Road caused a single-vehicle crash this weekend that resulted in the driver losing his arm. Major Crash Investigators responded to the scene to conduct the investigation.
Not actual vehicle, for visual purposes only
The synopsis of the crash:
DATE: September 11, 2021 at approximately 7:20 pm at 1100 NE Pine Island Road.
VEHICLE 1: 2016 blue Ford Mustang, Florida tag, driven by Ariel Gonzalez Rodon, H/M, 5-6-75, of Cape Coral. Rodon suffered life-threatening injuries, including one arm amputation.
PASSENGER: Rafael Perez Martinez, H/M, 9-16-88, of Cape Coral. Martinez suffered minor injuries in the traffic crash.
VEHICLE 2: Unknown year dark-colored Ford Mustang.
According to witnesses, Vehicle 1 was in the right lane of Pine Island Road, facing West, at the intersection of Del Prado Boulevard. Vehicle 2 was in the left lane directly next to Vehicle 1. Both vehicles were traveling West on NE Pine Island Road racing each other. Witnesses report that both vehicles were going in excess of 100 mph.
At the intersection of NE 10th Place, a vehicle traveled South across the intersection and Vehicle 1 swerved left to avoid it. While doing so at the high rate of speed, Vehicle 1 lost control, veered back right, and traveled off the North edge of the roadway. Vehicle 1 traveled 170 feet through the ditch and then exited out the other side where it became airborne. Vehicle 1 traveled 37 feet airborne and then began to roll violently for 185 feet before coming to rest on all four wheels.
A witness and an off-duty CCPD officer applied a tourniquet to one arm of the driver of Vehicle 1. Both occupants were trauma alerted by ambulance to Lee Memorial Hospital due to injuries.
At Lee Memorial Hospital, the driver of Vehicle 1 was rushed into emergency surgery where one arm was amputated. The driver of Vehicle 1 is listed in critical but stable condition. The driver of Vehicle 2 suffered minor injuries in the traffic crash.
It is unknown if alcohol/drugs are involved in this traffic crash. The next of kin has been notified.
This case is pending further investigation and potential criminal charges.
A new emergency room/urgent care clinic is being built at the southwest corner of Pine Island Road and SW Third Place in Cape Coral.
The same group that owns Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Punta Gorda is developing it.
Hal Arkin, a commercial real estate broker with RE/MAX, needed more than a decade to acquire the different parcels. He sold the 12.7 acres for $7.3 million in December 2019.
There will be a 10,850 square-foot freestanding emergency room with 11 examining rooms, Arkin said. The clinic will have about 40 employees, and PHM Group is managing construction, he said.
Realtors, title companies and lot owners should be keenly aware of a current common scam involving illegally and fraudulently selling lots away from unknowing owners.
The Cape Coral Police Department has received numerous complaints of title fraud occurring or being attempted. The scam has shown that suspects are compromising the identities of the legitimate landowners and attempting to sell real property in Cape Coral. These reports have primarily affected victims living out of the country, but have also affected landowners living domestically. These scammers are providing fraudulent documents as identification to impersonate legitimate owners.
Many of the complaints have been related to vacant, unimproved lots located in various sections of the City.
Throughout the numerous investigations, our detectives have been able to develop similar trends in each of the listings and subsequent closing transactions.
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Here are some things Cape Coral Police Detectives recommend realtors and title companies look out for when being contacted to sell properties:
The scammers want a valuation of the property and express a desire for a quick sale and closing
The scammers are asking realtors to list the property below market value
The scammers are only communicating via text messaging or email, and are typically “unavailable” by telephone
The scammers are usually unable to answer questions related to the property, such as assessments paid, seawall, or other improvements.
Scammers may say they live in one country and have documents “notarized” from another country; the scammers may give wire instructions to an account in a third country different from the previous two
Check the documents the seller provides for authenticity
Foreign-based notarization should include Apostle to help verify legitimacy of identification
Try to contact the real owners utilizing information from the previous purchase
Verify IP addresses used to electronically sign documents (examples: DocuSign, DotLoop, or other similar products) and see if the IP address matches the location of the seller
If you have any questions or believe that you may have been scammed, please email our Financial Crimes Unit at ccpdfraud@capecoral.gov.
