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Yacht Club beach reopening Nov. 10

By meghan bradbury - | oct 26, 2023.

“No trespassing” and “beach closed” signs line Driftwood Parkway within the Cape Coral Yacht Club. Parking is open and available for the Boathouse, which is open. The city is hoping to re-open the beach next month. VALARIE HARRING

The Cape Coral Yacht Club beach will re-open next Friday.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have provided the city of Cape Coral with the regulatory permits required to reopen the Yacht Club Beach on Nov. 10, the city announced Tuesday.

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Yacht Club beach reopening may be near

The city of Cape Coral has received the OK to move forward with the beach nourishment at the Yacht Club.

Capital Improvements director Paul Clinghan said they are waiting on the Army Corps and DEP permits for the marine side of the park.

The Army Corps approved the addition of sand to the beach on Tuesday and the anticipates re-opening the Beach on Nov. 10.

“We did get approval for putting sand on the land side,” Clinghan said.

The hope is the demolition of the park’s structures will go out to bid in the next couple of weeks.

Kimley-Horn will present the Yacht Club master plan, with some concepts from the last retreat, on Nov. 8, he said.

City manager Michael Ilczyszyn said a recent development at the Yacht Club Is that is now encompasse land. The corner next to the pier where the jagged edge goes to the Boat House and then into a semi-circle has natural soil growing every year to fill in the keyway.

“Four months ago, an Army Corps reviewer stopped the project and said they saw on the TV that the Boat House was opening and creating soil and beach into the river,” Ilczyszyn said. “We had to get our surveyor involved.”

He said over the last two decades that area has been naturally growing.

“We now have a new line and more rounded and adjusted to the mean highwater land,” Ilczyszyn said, adding that they have gained land.

Because a reviewer at the federal level raised concern it halted the entire review of the rest of the project and as a result, the city got more land, he explained.

Clinghan said Kimley-Horn has scuba divers inspecting the pier piles this week and engineers are inspecting above the water. He said there will be a determination of the condition and what can be salvaged.

Mayor John Gunter said if the pier is in good condition, and if they can utilize the structure, he would like to see that happen. He said if there are any modifications needed, they can go back and apply for those later.

“May not be exactly what we want now. Let’s at least get a pier back there,” Gunter said.

Ilczyszyn said they are in appropriations asking the state to assist them with the redecking of the pier.

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The Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the US Army Corps of Engineers have provided the City of Cape Coral with the regulatory permits required to reopen the Yacht Club Beach on Nov. 10. In advance of the opening on Thursday, Nov. 9, Cape Coral Mayor John Gunter, District 1 Councilmember Bill Steinke, and City Manager Michael Ilczyszyn will discuss the reopening of the Yacht Club Community Park Beach area with the media, followed by a brief Q&A. 

• The existing bathrooms and two pavilions have been completely removed from the beach.
• Public Works and Parks has completed the Landside cleanup and raking of the beach using mechanical means.
• Public Works and Parks has completed the Waterside cleanup using manual means and dive teams. 
• The Florida DEP Emergency Field Authorization was approved for sand renourishment of the City beach property (Landside).
• The Federal permitting through the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is pending (Landside). (Critical path for the schedule)  
• Parks will purchase and apply sand to the beach per the permits within one month of receiving the Landside permit.
• Parks has a contract with a company that rents/leases temporary restrooms, which includes cleaning and maintenance. The restroom will be delivered and connected in the same time frame as the sand renourishment.
• Parks, Public Works, and Risk are coordinating the installation of signage for public use of the beach when it opens.
• After completion of Tasks #5, #6, #7, and #8, the temporary perimeter fence at the beach will be removed, and the beach can open.  
• The FLDEP permitting and USACE permitting for the Waterside sand renourishment is ongoing. The beach can open without the Waterside sand renourishment.

The public boat ramp remains closed to the community. FDEM and FWC are using the boat ramp for derelict vessel removal. Lee County is using the boat ramp to repair waterway navigation aids. These agencies will use the public boat ramp through Aug. 31, 2023. 

The Yacht Club Beach remains closed as the city prepares the beach for opening, which requires raking the landside beach, raking the waterside beach, and refurbishing the beach with new sand. State and/or Federal Permits are required to perform the beach work. The existing restrooms, two pavilions, and the playground will be removed. The city plans to have portable toilets on site for the beach opening, which is anticipated for Aug. 31, 2023, pending approval of the permits for beach cleanup and all other tasks are completed.

The Marina and all other Yacht Club Community Park amenities are closed. If Council approves it at the June 14 Council Meeting, the city plans to proceed with plans to deconstruct the Yacht Club Ball Room building while saving elements for reuse in the new facilities. The deconstruction work is anticipated to start in October. 

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Cape coral yacht club community park to close for construction.

Depending on the permitting process, the project is tentatively scheduled to begin on March 31, 2022, with construction expected to take 20-24 months to complete.

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CAPE CORAL, Fla. – The design of the updated Cape Coral Yacht Club Community Park is nearing 90% completion with the preconstruction and construction schedules taking shape.

See renderings of planned updates to the Yacht Club Community Park below:

Due to safety concerns, the entire Yacht Club Community Park will be closed to the public during construction. This includes the public beach, pier, boat ramps, tennis courts, community pool, Tony Rotino Center, and Godman Yacht Basin.

Parks staff has been working on relocation assistance for vessels docked in the marina, as well as alternative locations for meetings and programs to take place while the Yacht Club is closed for construction.

The Boathouse restaurant is the only facility scheduled to remain open during construction; however, patron access will be limited to designated walkways that are clear of active project areas, and onsite parking will be limited.

For more details, visit the Yacht Club project website at www.CCYachtClub.com . The website includes project updates, renderings, the approved concept plan, and tentative project timeline, and serves as a one-stop source where you can find accurate and timely information about the construction project.

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Marni Retzer, Mayor of Cape Coral, has issued this advisory: "Effective immediately, the Yacht Club beach is closed for swimming until we can follow up further with environmental agencies to ensure the safety of our residents and visitors. We will keep you posted with any updates."

The announcement comes after a week of social media exposure about the blue-green algae that has been floating through Cape Coral waterways. "We saw a lot of it floating around," said a boater. "A lot of it washed up on shore on beaches on the different islands we drove by."

At the Cape Coral Yacht club beach, water appeared dark brown. One beach goer described it looking like root beer. "It looks like root beer. Like we're paddling around in root beer all day," said Storm Jackson. "It's very disgusting actually."

The beach was empty, with the exception of a few beach goers who didn't know it was shut down for swimming. "We use to run to the water to make us feel better," said Amy Gaziano, who grew up in Cape Coral. "This is more brown than I've ever seen before."

For John Heim at the Southwest Florida Clean Water Movement, the announcement was needed earlier. "Obviously it's the right thing to do. Maybe a little too late in my opinion, I guess in this case too late is better than never."

He fears if Lake Okeechobee water keeps releasing into the Caloosahatchee, the problem is only going to get worse. "It certainly is a potential for a complete outbreak, very similar to what the east coast is experiencing," Heim said. "I'm not a betting man, but I would almost bet that this will bloom into just what they had over there in the east coast when it comes to the blue part of the green algae."

Heim and others at the SWFL Clean Water Movement want to see Lee County shut down more beaches that they say could be a threat to the public's health. He said the only ay to do that is to keep pressuring our local officials. "I think the public outcry had much to do with it. I think what we're seeing here is the people finally having their voices heard."

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