Valerie Klosterman, a five-year resident and boater, said she hopes the plan will include ways to improve some of the shallow channels and waterways. Micki Gillespie, a 10-year resident and president of the Bonita Beach Improvement Association, took up Klosterman's suggestion and added that residents would be better served if the city were represented on the West Coast Inland Coastal Navigation District. That body funds dredging projects. LPA Chairman Larry Warner encouraged the group. This is the time to get your crazy ideas out.
Residents have two more opportunities to participate in the vision-setting sessions.
Sector 3 extends roughly east of Old 41 Road to the west side of Interstate 75 and stretches north of Rosemary Drive to the northern city limit. A public meeting to review all the information collected in the sector meetings will be held in the fall, said LaRue. E-mail this story to a friend. Format this story for printing. Send an electronic postcard to somebody you know.