We pay City taxes — but for over 50 years we've maintained our own roads and funded our own drainage. So it's fair to ask: is the City holding up its end? Either it helps pay for our infrastructure, or we study returning to unincorporated Lee County.
Signing supports a formal study. It does not, by itself, remove us from the city.
Only 15% of San Carlos Estates voters — not 15% of all Bonita Springs. Getting enough signatures legally requires the City to study the feasibility of deannexing San Carlos Estates — and how city funds have been spent inside our district. This is our neighborhood's decision, and it's within reach.
Our petition forces one thing: a feasibility study of deannexing San Carlos Estates, and of how city funds are spent inside our district. Whichever way it points, our neighborhood comes out ahead.
The study shows what we already pay for ourselves — and Bonita Springs finally helps fund our roads and infrastructure through cost-sharing, grants, or an interlocal agreement. We stay, with a fairer deal.
The study supports leaving, and San Carlos Estates rejoins unincorporated Lee County — keeping our own district, roads, drainage, and self-governance.
Either outcome is a win for San Carlos Estates. The point is simply to get the facts — and let them guide a fairer future for our neighborhood.
It only forces a deannexation feasibility study under Florida law (§171.051).
Addresses follow ZIP codes, not city limits.
SCEWCD was formed before the city was even incorporated. It remains unchanged.
The whole petition is right there — we'll walk you through it, one field at a time.
What you're signing: step one under §171.051(2) — a petition that proposes contraction and forces the City to run a feasibility study and decide within six months.
Who can sign: registered voters who live in San Carlos Estates. We check every address against the district.
What it is not: signing does NOT remove San Carlos Estates from the city. Any actual change requires the City Council and a separate public vote.