GPICA welcomes national estuary program speaker
By PAULETTE LeBLANC - | Mar 10, 2021
New board elected officers for 2021 were announced at the March 2 meeting of the Greater Pine Island Civic Association, as well as ongoing discussions from the survey intended to prioritize issues for islanders.
The officers are Helen Fox, president; Nadine Slimak, vice president; Scott Wilkinson, recording secretary; and Mike Sweeney, treasurer.
“My aim as president is to work with the community on issues that you all have identified as most important to Greater Pine Island residents,” said Fox.
According to survey responses, the most important issues are water quality, traffic, over-development and road and waterway safety. These survey results, said Fox, were sent to Lee County Commissioner Kevin Ruane in an effort to partner with him on tackling some of the issues.
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Roskamp Institute executive director addresses GPICA
By PAULETTE LeBLANC - | Feb 10, 2021
The Greater Pine Island Civic Association held its monthly meeting on Feb. 2, where Mike Mullan, executive director of the Roskamp Institute, gave a presentation on a red tide project being conducted by the non-profit organization.
According to Mullan, who is a molecular biologist, the institute has been working on diseases of the brain and central nervous system for decades. Within the duration of Mullan’s work, he was part of a team that originally discovered the genetic causes of Alzheimer’s disease. The institute, he said, established in Sarasota in 2003, is composed of a group of scientists, MDs and PhDs as well as a neurology clinic, serving approximately 6,000 people. The group is funded on a competitive basis by grants and contracts from the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense and the Veterans Administration as well as some private donors.
Expert weighs in on proposed Doppler tower
By PAULETTE LeBLANC - | Jan 27, 2021
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Being a senior forecaster for the National Weather Service has given Mike Rapsik a birds-eye view of weather radar towers, just like the 110-foot tower being proposed on Pine Island.
“I was working the radar when Charley came ashore and I was working the radar when Irma clobbered the Keys,” said Rapsik.
He explained that at the top of the tower there is a dome and within the dome is a parabolic dish with an antenna in the center. The radar rapidly and continuously transmits a pulse and then listens for an echo. The radar beam, he said, is not unlike a pencil. The energy being emitted from the beam however, does not simply stay within the beam.
Expert’s opinion appreciated concerning GPICA’s Doppler radar tower discussion
By Staff | Jan 27, 2021
To the editor:
In response to the article, “Topics discussed at the Greater Pine Island Civic Association,” Jan. 13, I was glad to read that someone with experience, a retired meteorologist, spoke out against the 110-foot Doppler radar tower WINK News wants to construct on our island. One of the things that concerns me, they are seeking a variance request due to our height restrictions. The tower would exceed Lee County’s 90-foot and Pine Island’s 45-foot height restrictions. Those restrictions were put in place for a reason and one of them was, the residents of Pine Island wanted to keep new construction in character with our island. This would only open the door for more height variances, “with who knows what else.” It is ugly and would be an eyesore to all who are forced to look at it.
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