VIII. Review of the Charlotte County Vision Statement and Charlotte
County Goals, Objectives and Policies contained in the Community Plan
as Submitted to the Charlotte County Community Development
Department on October 11, 2004 (See Section VB)


  • Charlotte County Vision Statement and Charlotte County
    Goals, Objectives and Policies
    contained in the Boca Grande
    Community Plan as submitted to the Charlotte County Community
    Development Department on October 11, 2004.

  • Boca Grande Community Plan Summary of Comments on the
    Charlotte County Vision Statement and Charlotte County Goals,
    Objectives and Policies (see Note following next item).

  • Memorandum from Richard Browne, Assistant County Attorney,
    Charlotte County, to Marina Kuche, Charlotte County Community
    Development Department, regarding Charlotte County Policy 1.1.6
    (see following Note).

    Note: The Boca Grande Community Plan Summary of Comments and Memorandum
    (the 2 preceding items) were received by Dan Folke of Morris-Depew Associates,
    Inc. from Thomas A. Cookingham, Manager, Planning Services, Charlotte County
    Community Development Department, and e-mailed to Panel Members on
    August 5, 2005.

  • Letter dated September 26, 2005 from Bayne Stevenson, Panel
    Chairman, to Tom Cookingham confirming receipt on August 5,
    2005 by the Panel Members of the initial Charlotte County Comments.

  • Staff Report entitled "Panel to meet on Nov 16" appearing in the
    November 11, 2005 Edition of the Boca Beacon

  • News Story by Jacqueline Lance entitled "Community Panel back
    to work after summer break" appearing in the November 18, 2005
    Edition of the Boca Beacon

  • Letter dated November 21, 2005 from Martina Kuche, Charlotte County
    Community Development Department, to Bayne Stevenson, Panel Chairman.

  • Response Letter dated November 21, 2005 from Bayne Stevenson, Panel
    Chairman, to Martina Kuche, Charlotte County Community Development
    Department, together with Attachments.

  • E-Mail sent by Panel Member Ted Hoopes on November 28, 2005 to
    Martina Kuche in further response to her November 21, 2005 letter to
    Bayne Stevenson.

  • News Story by Jacqueline Lance entitled "Staffer 'perturbed' by panel's
    remarks" appearing in the December 2, 2005 Edition of the Boca Beacon.

  • Letter dated April 11, 2006 from Martina Kuche, AICP, Charlotte County
    Community Development Department to Morris-Depew Associates, Inc.
    accompanied by further detailed comments from Charlotte County Staff
    on the Charlotte County Vision Statement and Charlotte County Goals,
    Objectives and Policies (72 pages). These comments were reviewed
    in depth at the Panel meeting held on April 27, 2006.

  • Letter sent by Bayne Stevenson, Panel Chairman, to Tom Cookingham
    and Martina Kuche of the Charlotte County Community Development
    Department after the Panel meeting held on April 27, 2006. The letter
    is dated May 1, 2006.

  • News Story by Jacqueline Lance entitled "County pans fast food,
    boat ramp bans" appearing in the April 28, 2006 Edition of the
    Boca Beacon.

  • Letter dated April 28, 2006 from Mike Konefal, Charlotte County
    Community Development Department Director, to Bayne Stevenson,
    Panel Chairman, setting forth concerns about the cost and implementation
    feasibility of the significant Charlotte County commitments required
    by the proposed Charlotte County Policies and announcing a change
    in the Charlotte County Staff personnel assigned to the Boca Grande
    Community Plan.

  • Response Letter dated May 1, 2006 from Bayne Stevenson, Panel
    Chairman, to Mike Konefal, Charlotte County Community Development
    Department Director.

  • Handout distributed by Mike Konefal, Charlotte County Community
    Development Department Director, at the Panel Meeting held on May 2,
    2006 entitled "Selected Charlotte County Commitments as proposed
    within the Boca Grande Community Plan".

  • Master Strike-through and Underline Document also distributed by Mike
    Konefal, Charlotte County Community Development Department
    Director, at the Panel Meeting held on May 2, 2006.

  • News Story by Jacqueline Lance entitled "Panel faces staff changes"
    appearing in the May 5, 2006 Edition of the Boca Beacon.

  • Typed version of a handwritten letter dated May 3, 2006 delivered
    personally on that date by Panel Member Ted Hoopes to Jeff Crimer,
    Charlotte County Community Development Department. The letter
    was accompanied by a strike-through/underlined version of the
    Charlotte County Vision Statement and Charlotte County Goals,
    Objectives and Policies prepared by Martina Kuche and included
    with the above mentioned April 11, 2006 letter marked to
    show changes approved by the Panel at its Panel Meeting held on
    April 27, 2006 as well as copies of most of the Charlotte County
    Staff comments delivered with the April 11, 2006 letter with
    accompanying notes. The documents accompanying the May 3,
    2006 letter have not been included on this website because they
    are not in electronic format but the documents are available for
    inspection.

  • Memo dated May 3, 2006 from Mark Spurgeon, Panel Member,
    to Jeff Crimer, Charlotte County Community Development Depart-
    ment, providing further comments on the Charlotte County Policies
    relating to Facilities and Services.

  • Document dated May 10, 2006 revised by the Charlotte County
    Community Development Department showing all changes to the
    Charlotte County Vision Statement and Charlotte County Goals, Objectives
    and Policies as originally submitted in the Boca Grande Community Plan
    made by Martina Kuche in her strike-through underlined version included
    with the April 11, 2006 letter and approved by the Panel at the Panel Meeting
    held on April 27, 2006. This document was reviewed by the Panel and
    Charlotte County representatives Konefal and Crimer at the Panel
    Meeting held on May 11, 2006.

  • Changes and Additions Proposed by Planning Consultant Tom Smith as
    suggested at the May 11, 2006 Panel Meeting.

  • May 23, 2006 E-mail to Panel members from Jeff Crimer, Charlotte County
    Community Development Department, accompanied by a document revised May 22,
    2006
    showing all changes to the Charlotte County Vision Statement and Charlotte County
    Goals, Objectives and Policies resulting from the Panel meeting held on May 11, 2006,
    including the changes and additions proposed by Planning Consultant Tom Smith, and
    including comments added by Jeff Crimer to briefly explain the changes. The comments
    are in yellow.

  • Chapter 3 - 5 of Article VII of the Charlotte County Land Development and
    Growth Management Regulations containing in one place or another substantially
    all the provisions of the Gasparilla Island Conservation District Act. The document
    was also e-mailed to the Panel Members with the aforementioned May 23, 2006
    e-mail from Jeff Crimer.

  • May 30, 2006 e-mail from Panel Member Ted Hoopes to Jeff Crimer, Charlotte County
    Community Development Department.

  • June 1, 2006 e-mail sent to Panel Members from Jeff Crimer, Charlotte County
    Community Development Department responding to the May 30, 2006 e-mail from
    Ted Hoopes and with the aformentioned document revised May 22, 2006 attached
    but with the addition of further comments from Charlotte County staff so as to insure
    that all comments from Charlotte County staff that Crimer does not think have been
    resolved are included. This is the same document as was sent by e-mail on May 23
    (the 4th document above) but with the additional comments. All comments are in
    yellow.

  • January 11, 2007 letter from Jeff Crimer, Charlotte County Community Development
    Department to the Boca Grande Community Planning Panel identifying what
    steps need to be taken to complete the Boca Grande Community Plan. These
    steps include conducting a Public Workshop on Boca Grande followed by
    public meetings with the Charlotte County Planning and Zoning Board and
    the Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners.

  • Memorandum sent to Panel Members on January 14, 2007 from Panel Member
    Alastair Campbell regarding boating and marine facilities, fast food and franchise
    businesses and rental and tour businesses.

  • Portions of Chapters 68A-14 and 68A-19 of the Florida State Statutes pertaining to
    bird sanctuaries and critical wildlife areas as sent to the Panel on January 19, 2007 by
    Jeff Crimer, Charlotte County Community Development Department.

  • Material sent to the Panel by Jeff Crimer on January 19, 2007 regarding
    the Manasota and Sandpiper Key Advisory Committee.

  • Material sent to the Panel by Jeff Crimer on January 19, 2007 regarding
    the South Gulf Cove Advisory Committee.

  • Changes to the Charlotte County Vision Statement and Charlotte County Goals,
    Objectives and Policies suggested by the Panel's Planning Consultant Tom Smith
    as a result of the discussions at the Panel Meeting held on January 24, 2007.

  • February 1, 2007 e-mail sent to Panel Members from Jeff Crimer, Charlotte County
    Community Development Department, with the Charlotte County Vision Statement
    and Charlotte County Goals, Objectives and Policies as revised January 30, 2007

    attached. The document as revised January 30, 2007 incorporates the changes
    suggested by Planning Consultant Tom Smith and addresses outstanding Charlotte
    County staff comments. Comments are in yellow and green.

  • Comments dated February 4, 2007 of Panel Member Alastair Campbell on the
    Charlotte County Vision Statement and Charlotte County Goals, Objectives and
    Policies as revised January 30, 2007.

    Note: The January 30, 2007 revision and Alastair Campbell comments were reviewed with
    Charlotte County staff at a Panel Meeting held on February 16, 2007.

  • Changes to the Charlotte County Vision Statement and Charlotte County Goals,
    Objectives and Policies suggested by Community Planner Tom Smith on February 18,
    2007 to reflect the review at the Panel Meeting held on February 16, 2007.

  • E-mail sent February 20, 2007 from Panel Member Alastair Campbell to Panel
    Consultant Tom Smith regarding Objective 1.1. and Policy 1.1.1 and
    related response from Tom Smith to Alastair Campbell.

  • Charlotte County Vision Statement and Charlotte County Goals, Objectives and
    Policies
    (hereinafter referred to as the Community Plan for the Charlotte
    County portion of Boca Grande) as revised February 20, 2007 by Jeff Crimer,
    Charlotte County Community Development Department, after the Panel Meeting
    held on February 16, 2007. This text was forwarded to Charlotte County staff for
    final review and comment prior to a Panel Meeting scheduled for March 14,
    2007.

  • Text of e-mail dated February 25, 2007 from Panel Member Alastair Campbell
    to Jeff Crimer, Charlotte County Community Development Department, and Panel
    Consultant Tom Smith regarding the February 20, 2007 revision by Mr. Crimer
    with the text of a separate version of the Charlotte County provisions attached
    which reflects what the Panel agreed to at the Panel Meeting held on February
    16, 2007. Mr. Campbell's version shows changes to the Charlotte County Vision
    Statement and Charlotte County Goals, Objectives and Policies as compared
    to the text that was submitted to Charlotte County on October 11, 2004
    (see first bulleted item under Section VIII).

  • Text of February 26, 2007 e-mail from Panel Consultant Tom Smith to Panel
    Member Alastair Campbell regarding the February 20, 2007 revision by Jeff
    Crimer and Mr. Campbell's e-mail of February 25, 2007 (the two preceding
    bulleted items).

  • The Community Plan for the Charlotte County portion of Boca Grande
    as revised by Jeff Crimer, Charlotte County Community Development
    Department, on February 20, 2007 after the Panel Meeting held on April
    16,2007 (see the third bulleted item above) with comments of Charlotte
    County staff in yellow. This document was e-mailed to Panel Members and
    Panel Consultant Tom Smith by Jeff Crimer on March 13, 2007 prior to the
    Panel Meeting on March 14, 2007.

  • Text of the preceding bulleted item which shows in red the main differences
    between the preceding bulleted item and the version that the Panel agreed to at
    the Panel Meeting held on February 16, 2007 (see the second bulleted item above).
    This document was prepared and sent to Panel Members on March 13, 2007 by Panel
    Member Alastair Campbell prior to the Panel Meeting held on March 14, 2007 together
    with suggested Possible Clarifications for Policy 1.1.6 and Goal 2.

  • E-mail sent by Panel Member Alastair Campbell on March 15, 2007 after
    the Panel Meeting held on March 14, 2007 to Panel Consultant Tom Smith
    and Jeff Crimer, Charlotte County Community Development, and related
    attachment. The attachment is the text of the Community Plan for the Charlotte
    County portion of Boca Grande as agreed to by the Panel at the March 14, 2007 Panel
    Meeting (including the Possible Clarifications referred to in the preceding bulleted item).
    All comments of Charlotte County staff marked in yellow on the document reviewed
    at the March 14, 2007 Panel Meeting (see the second bulleted item above) are deleted
    except the comments on items Panel Consultant Tom Smith agreed to discuss with
    Charlotte County staff. Panel Consultant Tom Smith subsequently met with Charlotte
    County staff on April 16, 2007.

  • E-mail sent by Panel Consultant Tom Smith on April 2, 2007 to Panel Members
    and Jeff Crimer, Charlotte County Community Development Department,
    with suggested changes to Policies 1.1.7, 1.1.9, 1.2.5 and 3.2.2.

  • Text of the Community Plan for the Charlotte County portion of Boca Grande,
    including Tom Smith's suggested changes to Policies 1.1.7, 1.1.9, 1.2.5, and 3.2.2
    (see the preceding bulleted item) e-mailed by Panel Member Alastair Campbell to Jeff
    Crimer, Charlotte County Community Development, and Panel Consultant Tom
    Smith on April 20, 2007. This document was the latest version of the Community
    Plan for the Charlotte County portion of Boca Grande at the time of a Public Workshop
    held on May 1, 2007 (see the next bulleted item).

  • Post Card Notice mailed on or about April 18, 2007 by Jeff Crimer, Charlotte
    County Community Development Department, to Boca Grande Property Owners
    (Charlotte and Lee Counties) with respect to a Public Workshop to be held on May 1,
    2007.

  • Executive Summary , dated April 25, 2007, of the Community Plan for the
    Charlotte County portion of Boca Grande as prepared by Panel Member
    Alastair Campbell and Panel Consultant Tom Smith for the Charlotte
    County Community Development Department.

  • Changes to the Community Plan for the Charlotte County portion of
    Boca Grande
    suggested by Panel Consultant Tom Smith after meeting
    with members of the Charlotte County staff on April 16, 2007. These suggested
    changes were e-mailed to Panel Members and Jeff Crimer, Charlotte County
    Community Development Department, on May 1, 2007 prior to the Public
    Workshop held on that date and were discussed at the Public Workshop.

  • Text of the latest version of the Community Plan for the Charlotte County
    portion of Boca Grande at the time of the Public Workshop held on May 1,
    2007(see the fourth bulleted item above) with provisions objected to by
    Charlotte County staff marked in yellow. The document was delivered to
    Panel Members by Jeff Crimer, Charlotte County Community Development
    Department, at the Public Workshop held on May 1, 2007 and was discussed
    at the Public Workshop.

  • E-mail sent by Panel Member Alastair Campbell on May 2, 2007 to
    Panel Consultant Tom Smith with respect to the relationship between
    the Gasparilla Island Water Association and Charlotte County Utilities
    with an attachment containing suggested changes to Policies 1.2.1, 1.2.2,
    1.2.4, 4.1.1 and 7.1.3.

  • E-mail and related attachment sent by Panel Member Alastair Campbell
    to Jeff Crimer, Charlotte County Community Development Department,
    on May 3, 2007. The attachment is the same document as was delivered
    to Panel Members by Jeff Crimer at the Public Workshop (see the second
    preceding item) but includes (1) the changes suggested by Alastair Campbell
    in the preceding bulleted item, (2) the changes suggested by Community
    Planner Tom Smith in the third preceding bulleted item (as modified by
    Alastair Campbell) and (3) changes agreed to by the Panel at the Public
    Workshop.

  • Article by Marcy Shortuse, Editor of the Gasparilla Gazette, prepared
    after the Public Workshop held on May 1, 2007 entitled "Charlotte Plan
    still undetermined after Tuesday Meeting."

  • E-mail, dated May 12, 2007 from Panel Consultant Tom Smith to Panel
    Members with respect to a meeting on May 9, 2007 with Jeff Crimer
    and Mike Konefal, Charlotte County Community Development Director.

  • Changes to the Community Plan for the Charlotte County portion
    of Boca Grande resulting from the meeting on May 9, 2007 between
    Panel Consultant Tom Smith and Jeff Crimer and Mike Konefal, Charlotte
    County Community Development Director.

  • E-mail, sent May 14, 207 by Panel Member Alastair Campbell to
    the Panel Members, Planning Consultant Tom Smith and Jeff Crimer,
    Charlotte County Community Development Department, with respect
    to the May 9, 2007 meeting referred to in the two preceding bulleted
    items, and related attachment. The attachment is the complete text of the
    Community Plan for the Charlotte County portion of Boca Grande
    incorporating the changes resulting from the May 9, 2007 meeting.
    Yellow highlighting is retained only for Policies 1.2.6, 2.1.2 and 4.1.9,
    the text of which remains unresolved.

  • E-mail sent by Community Planner Tom Smith to Panel Member
    Alastair Campbell on May 31, 2007 with respect to proposed changes
    to Policies 1.2.6, 2.1.2 and 4.1.9 and a proposed change to Policy 7.1.2
    and related attachment. The attachment shows the proposed changes.

  • E-mail sent by Community Planner Tom Smith to Panel Member
    Alastair Campbell on June 9, 2007 with respect to changes to
    Policies 2.1.2 and 4.1.9 and the addition of a sentence at the end
    of Policy 4.1.1 resulting from a meeting with Mike Konefal and
    Jeff Crimer on June 8, 2007 and related attachment. The attachment
    shows the changes resulting from the meeting.

  • Response e-mail to the preceding item sent by Panel Member Alastair
    Campbell to Community Planner Tom Smith on May 31, 2007 and
    related attachment. The attachment shows revisions by Alastair to
    Tom Smith's suggested changes to Policies 1.2.6, 2.1.2 and 4.1.9.
    Tom Smith approved Alastair's revisions and forwarded them to
    Mike Konefal and Jeff Crimer.

  • E-mails between Panel Member Alastair Campbell and Panel Consultant
    Tom Smith on June 9, 2007 with respect to a change in the sentence
    added to Policy 4.1.1 referred to in the preceding item.

  • E-mail sent by Panel Member Alastair Campbell to Panel Members,
    Planning Consultant Tom Smith and Jeff Crimer on June 10,
    2007 and related attachment. The attachment renumbers
    Policies as necessary and shows the Community Plan for the
    Charlotte County portion of Boca Grande with all changes
    resulting from Planning Consultant Tom Smith's discussions
    with Mike Konefal and Jeff Crimer over the period May 9
    through June 8, 2007 marked in red. Policies 2.1.2 and 4.1.9
    frequently referred to above were renumbered Policies 2.1.1
    and 4.1.8.The attachment was submitted to the Boca Grande
    Community Planning Panel for approval at its meeting on June 12.

  • Text of the Community Plan for the Charlotte County portion
    of Boca Grande as approved by the Boca Grande Community
    Planning Panel at its meeting held on June 12, 2007. The text
    shows in red the same changes as shown in the preceding item
    plus additional changes to Policies 2.1.3, 2.1.4 (formerly 2.1.5) and
    3.1.1.

  • A clean copy without changes identified of the text of the Community
    Plan for the Charlotte County portion of Boca Grande as approved
    by the Boca Grande Community Planning Panel on June 12, 2007 (the
    preceding item).

  • Revised language for Policy 4.1.8 as approved by the Boca Grande
    Community Planning Panel at a Panel Meeting held on June 19, 2007. This
    language was fowarded to Jeff Crimer, Charlotte County Community Development
    Department for inclusion in the Community Plan to be submitted to the Charlotte
    County Planning and Zoning Board.

  • Post Card Notice mailed by Jeff Crimer, Charlotte County Community
    Development Department, to Boca Grande Property Owners (Charlotte and
    Lee Counties) with respect to meetings of the Charlotte County Planning and
    Zoning Board on July 9, 2007 and the Charlotte County Board of County
    Commissioners on July 17, 2007 to consider the Community Plan for the Charlotte
    County portion of Boca Grande.

  • Article published June 21, 2007 in the Englewood Edition of the Sarasota Herald-
    Tribune with respect to the resignation of Mike Konefal as Charlotte County
    Community Developmemt Director.

  • Memorandum, dated, June 21, 2007, from Jeff Crimer to the Charlotte County
    Planning and Zoning Board and the Charlotte County Board of County
    Commissioners with respect to the Community Plan for the Charlotte
    County portion of Boca Grande. The Community Plan for the Charlotte
    County portion of Boca Grande as approved by the Boca Grande
    Community Planning Panel on June 12, 2007 is attached to the Memorandum,
    except that Policy 4.1.8 (as revised at the June 19, 2007 Panel Meeting) is
    omitted. The Memorandum lists 12 major highlights that represent commitments
    from Charlotte County to the Boca Grande Community

  • Cape Haze Cumulative Traffic Analysis, dated June 28, 2007, prepared for the
    Boca Grande Community Planning Panel by TR Transportation Consultants,
    Inc. This Analysis was delivered to Panel Members, Planning Consultant Tom
    Smith and Jeff Crimer, Charlotte County Community Development Department,
    by e-mail by Panel Chairman Bayne Stevenson on July 5, 2007.

  • Appendix to the Cape Haze Cumulative Traffic Analsis. This Appendix was also
    delivered to Panel Members, Planning Consultant Tom Smith and Jeff Crimer,
    Charlotte County Community Development Department, by e-mail by Panel
    Chairman Bayne Stevenson on July 5, 2007.

  • E-mail from Planning Consultant Tom Smith to Panel Member Ted Hoopes
    and Jeff Crimer, Charlotte County Community Development Department,
    with respect to the changes to the Community Plan for the Charlotte County
    portion of Boca Grande made at the meeting of the Charlotte County Planning
    and Zoning Board on July 9,2007. A change was made to Policy 2.1.4 and
    it was agreed that Policy 4.1.8 as revised at the Panel Meeting held on
    June 19, 2007 would be reinserted subject to the approval of Chief
    DiDio of Charlotte County Fire/EMS.

  • News Story by Mika Beckstead entitled "Community plan clears hurdle"
    prepared after the meeting of the Charlotte County Planning and Zoning
    Board on July 9, 2007 and appearing in the Boca Beacon Edition of July
    13, 2007.

  • Pages from Minutes of the meeting of the Charlotte County Planning and
    Zoning Board held on July 9, 2007.

  • Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners Agenda Item Summary
    for the submission of the Community Plan for the Charlotte County portion
    of Boca Grande to the Board of County Commissioners for acceptance at a
    meeting on July 17, 2007. This Agenda Item Summary was forwarded
    to the Commissioners prior to the meeting of the Planning and Zoning
    Board on July 9, 2007 and does not include the changes approved at
    that meeting.

  • Pages from Minutes of the meeting of the Charlotte County Board of
    County Commissioners on July 17, 2007 at which the Community Plan
    for the Charlotte County portion of Boca Grande was accepted by a
    vote of 4-1, Chairman Loftus opposing.

  • The text of the Community Plan for the Charlotte County portion
    of Boca Grande as accepted by the Charlotte County Board of County
    Commissioners on July 17, 2007. The text can also be accessed by
    clicking on the appropriate link at the top of the Home Page of this
    website.

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