By: Maggie Cooper
Derek Felder is running for the Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District, Board of Commissioners Seat 4. Derek regularly attends the LAFCRD Board of Commissioners meetings and Fire District meetings. Derek’s motivation and main goal has always been to get Lehigh Acres the proper services that it needs and deserves. He wants the public informed with as much information as possible regarding things going on in the community. Derek is involved and informed in Lee County government offices and Lehigh Acres community organizations. Derek created ”Lehigh Acres Past, Present, and Future Community Projects and Events” Facebook group and “Lee County Civic Engagement Group” on the “Meet Up App” to inform and encourage more Lehigh Acres community involvement.
The Lehigh organizations that Derek is currently a member of are the Lehigh Acres Street Lighting MSTBU Committee, the Lehigh Acres Architectural, Planning and Zoning Review Board, the Lehigh Acres Community Council, the Unite Lehigh organization, the Lehigh Acres Rotary Club and the East Lee Wildlife Stewardship Group. Derek is also a member of the Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization Transportation Disadvantaged Local Coordinating Board and also the Lee County Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee.
Other meetings that Derek regularly attends, follows and shares information for are the Lehigh Acres Municipal Services Improvement District, Love Lehigh meetings, Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization Citizen Advisory Committee, FDOT meetings, Alva, Inc. meetings, North Olga Planning meetings, Bayshore Concerned Citizens meetings, Lee County Commissioner Board meetings, Lee County Commissioner Zoning meetings, Lee County Hearing Examiner meetings, Lee County School Board meetings, and Lee County Port Authority meetings.
If you have any questions for Derek, his email address is derekfelder87@gmail.com.
