Yacht Club Phase Two Infrastructure
At a glance
Based on human-made captions; names, votes and numbers may be misspelled or garbled.
- What: Resolution 291-26 approves a guaranteed-maximum-price contract of roughly $34.5 to $35 million for Phase Two of the Yacht Club redevelopment: beach amenities, civil site and utility work, and fuel tanks.
- Where it stands: after the first vote failed 4-4, a motion to reschedule failed 3-5 and the resolution passed 5-3 on reconsideration on October 21, 2026; by the captions Jennifer Nelson-Lastra, Keith Long and Rachel Kaduk voted no.
- Next: staff will continue talks on an unsolicited public-private partnership for a hotel, garage and pool, which would replace only the vertical buildings.
Why staff pushed it
- The city owes the Boathouse concessionaire water, sewer, irrigation, roads and a fire line; the site has no fire line today, and permits cannot issue without fire flow.
- Staff said the contract includes allowances to upsize utilities for a possible hotel, so the work does not conflict with the partnership proposal, and that the 2023 design is the basis.
- The City Manager objected that questions should come before the meeting so staff can answer them; Kaduk replied that she asks on the record for residents.
Concerns
- Residents objected to a roughly $35 million consent item with no presentation, to unclear exclusions in the guaranteed maximum price, to line items (a public information officer monthly rate, safety training, permit fees and security and portable restroom costs one speaker said were overpriced), and to any hotel on the site. Many asked to defer to the new council.
- Kaduk asked what the beach closure would be, whether a lift station is included, and why site work is moving before the partnership terms are known. Laurie Lehmann repeated her view that the pool and clubhouse belong at the old golf course, which would avoid a roughly $38 million garage.
- Jennifer Nelson-Lastra first proposed pausing the work, then moved to reschedule; a Roberts Rules procedure then allowed Lehmann to move reconsideration after switching her vote.
Sources
- City Council video, October 21, 2026: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Gek3m_aGzns
- City Clerk agendas and videos: https://www.capecoral.gov/departments/city_clerk/agendas_videos.php
Discussion time
About 50 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).
| Meeting | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 - City Council | 50 |
Log
- 2026-10-21 - City Council — Pulled from consent; first vote failed 4-4, reschedule motion failed 3-5, then approved 5-3 on reconsideration after the recess.
- 2026-09-23 - Committee of the Whole — Staff said the CMB Marine proposal lines up better with the current phase-two civil site work than the other proposal; see Yacht Club Park Unsolicited Proposals.