Cape Coral City Council has a full schedule Wednesday with three meetings: A Council action meeting, a Council workshop and a Community Redevelopment Agency meeting at which Council will sit as the CRA commission.

Action meeting

• Bimini Square

The agenda for the 4:30 p.m. Council meeting includes resolutions related to the $40 million-plus Bimini Square project.

The first resolution, 373-24 , would award Honc Destruction, Inc. a $1,617,853 contract, with a 10% controlled contingency of $1,61,785, for a total project cost of up to $1,779,638.30.

This project entails 43 improved and unimproved parcels — approximately 18.73 acres to become part of the opportunity the city is creating for the new development adjacent to Bimini Square, as well as the downtown entertainment district that is along Southeast 47th Terrace.

The city purchased the parcels for $40,089,504 with the sale recorded in September.

Council also is expected to vote Wednesday on adding another set of parcels to the project.

Resolution 392-24 would approve a contract to purchase 4823 Triton Court East — lots seven, eight and nine, block 83, Cape Coral unit 5 — which is in the CRA Bimini Basin District. The purchase price is $940,000. The property includes a three-lot site improved with a five-unit apartment complex.

• Vacation of plats, easements & rights-of-way and the city’s Tree Fund

Ordinance 79-24 would change a section of the land development code dealing with vacations of plats, easements and rights-of-way. The ordinance would make three changes: Technical requirements for surveys and legal descriptions; require applicants to attend a pre-application meeting; and require property owners making certain applications for vacations to provide a one-time payment into a tree fund.

According to city documents to be presented Wednesday, “the methodology for calculating the owner payment to the fund is specified in the ordinance to provide consistency and predictability regarding the amount of the contribution. The justification for such contributions is based on the premise that the city has a duty to ensure that public interest is realized for city assets that are relinquished for private use. In lieu of a payment to the tree fund, at the discretion of the city, the owner may construct on-or off-site improvements that equals or exceeds the value of the tree fund payment.”

There are also public hearings to be held:

• ordinance 70-24: truck and vehicle parking to rectify the “inconsistency that treats owners of residential buildings different with respect to commercial parking standards based solely on the zoning of the site.”

• ordinance 83-24: ground lease and purchase agreement between the city and the Cape Coral Animal Shelter.

Workshop:

Cape Coral City Council’s 9 a.m. workshop has two items on the agenda, fiscal year 2025 federal and state legislative platforms and commercial structure resilience grants.

The City Council is seeking legislative support for these legislative matters – infrastructure investment and planning; transportation investment; homeowner and flood insurance regulation; environmental sustainability; Home Rule and short-term rentals.

The requests include State Road 78/Pine Island widening; a Cape Coral 1-75 interchange/exit; septic-to-sewer conversation project; Northeast Reservoir Regional Water Supply Project; an inclusion playground at Jaycee Park; emergency operations center expansion and SWFMD rule change to allow floodproofing options for commercial properties in SFHA.

The presentation for the grant includes such topics as wind, flooding, storm surge, power outage, and fire. The goal is to “strengthen our businesses; keep our local economy going after a disaster.”

CRA

The South Cape Community Redevelopment Agency’s meeting will follow and discuss commercial structure resilience grants, expansion of the Breaking Barriers to Business Grant Initiative Program to include improvements to meet fire code and Cape Coral Parkway decorative lighting update.

All three meetings will be held Wednesday, Dec. 4, in City Council Chambers, 1015 Cultural Park Boulevard. The meetings are open to the public.