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Estero Council of Community Leaders
Committees
 The ECCL serves the
residents of Estero as a voluntary, “grass roots” community organization
consisting of representatives appointed by the duly elected governing boards of
Estero’s many residential communities and civic organizations. The members
listen to the concerns of all Estero residents and provide a forum for each
residential community to obtain community-wide support for its concerns, in
return for your support of other community’s concerns. Then the ECCL presents
the consensus of its members’ opinions to the appropriate County and State
decision makers for action.
By becoming involved you
and the residents of your community will get your questions answered and
influence the future course of the Estero community. Plugging in now will
enhance the existing network of support and awareness. By helping our
communities, we help ESTERO.
Volunteer for a Committee
Committees
All ECCL members are required to join at least one Committee. The Chairman of
each committee must be a duly appointed member of the ECCL. However, membership
in any committee is open to any resident of Estero.
| Committee |
Purpose |
| Annexation Review Committee |
To employ legal counsel to research and advice the ECCL
and its members about the City of Bonita Springs annexation plans for
the south Estero area. |
| Arts Development |
To develop
community-wide support for institutions that will enhance the cultural
dimensions of Estero including but not limited to the performing arts,
music, graphic and sculptural arts. |
| Business Liaison |
To increase communication and coordination with Estero's
emerging business community. |
| Code Enforcement |
To create a system for eliminating unsightly signs,
vehicles for sale etc. along our commercial corridors. members of the
committee have learned what County Codes are enforceable, identify
enforceable violations and work with the County's Code enforcement staff
to remedy them as soon as possible. |
| Educational Liaison |
To increase communication and coordination with Estero's
educational institutions. |
| Emergency Medical Services |
To accelerate the availability of Emergency Medical
Services for Estero residents in a timelier manner.
Includes: Estero Fire Rescue |
| Environmental Liaison |
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| Finance & Development |
To manage the operational finances of the ECCL; raising
funds for community improvement projects and fundraising for projects
approved by the ECCL board. Includes the
Williams & River Ranch
Rd Landscaping
project. |
| Membership |
Assisted in the development of the ECCL's Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws and the legal structure of the organization,
its membership and committees. It continues these responsibilities as
new communities, organizations and issues emerge in Estero. |
| Post Office |
To work with the US Post Office and local property
owners to accelerate the location of a modern, full service Post Office
in Estero to replace our aging and inadequate facility. |
| Property and Casualty Insurance Task Force |
To influence the legislators and Governor Christ to take
aggressive and effective action prior to the regular legislative
session. |
| Public Relations |
To stimulate greater community awareness and volunteer
involvement from Estero's fast-growing residential population through
outreach programs designed to illustrate the important role residents
have played in shaping its history, its current development, its future
and its unique quality of life. Includes:
Village
with a Vision Presentation |
| Roadway Landscaping |
To ensure all of Estero's major roadways have landscaped
medians as they are constructed or widened. In order to achieve this
goal the Committee works closely with the Lee County Transportation
Department, its Advisory committee and local developers on each road
improvement. |
| Transition Advisory |
To provide advice to the residents of communities that
are approaching turnover of their community from the developer to the
residents. |
| Transportation |
To develop and implement solutions to traffic problems,
big and small, throughout Estero by working with the appropriate
transportation and planning officials and affected property owners and
developers. |
| Environmental, Flooding and Floways |
Coordinates efforts by all the communities and
developments along Halfway Creek to address flooding problems. Since
there are similar problems along other Estero floways and solutions to
one floways may affect the adjacent floways, the committee's mandate has
recently been expanded to cover all of Estero's floways. |
| Web Site |
To develop and maintain a web site for all of Estero's
civic organizations: the Estero Civic Association, the ECCL, the Estero
Community Planning Panel, and the Estero design Review Committee. The
committee continues to work with our webmaster to develop and maintain
the site www.esterofl.org. |
| Liaisons to Southwest Florida Institutions and
Organizations |
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FGCU
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Sam Levy |
| CREW |
Jack Meeker |
| Southwest Florida Regional Planning Commission |
Don Vilnius |
| Southwest Florida Expressway Authority |
Jack Meeker |
| South Florida Water Management District |
Bill Hillemeyer |
| Lee County Code Enforcement and County Sheriff |
Sam Levy & Dan
Dronkers |
| Metropolitan Planning Organization |
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| Lee County Smart Growth Committee |
Neal Noethlich |
| Florida Department of Transportation |
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