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GrecoSherry
From: TaylorPenny
Sent: Monday,June 25, 2018 3:29 PM
To: TaylorPenny
Subject: Fwd: Information for June 12th BOCC meeting
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From: Grady Johnson<gradyi1972@aim.com>
Date:June 8, 2018 at 6:45:59 AM EDT
To: Burt.Saunders@CollierCountyFL.Gov,
Penny.Taylor@CollierCountyFL.Gov, Andy.Solis@CollierCountyFL.Gov,
Donna.Fiala@CollierCountyFL.Gov, BiII.McDaniel@colliercountyfl.gov
Subject: Information for June 12th BOCC meeting
Commissioners,
Burt L. Saunders
Penny Taylor
Andy Solis, Esq.
Donna Fiala
William L. McDaniel Jr.
I wanted to thank you for your 5/0 vote on May 22, 2018 to address the current zoning issue in Plantation
Island. I am looking forward to seeing this on your future agenda. However, since my appearance before
you an issue has arisen that has given me no choice but to bring this to your attention as our County
Commissioners.
On May 24, 2018 I received an unsolicited phone call from the Deputy Department Head for the Growth
Management Department Mr. Jamie French. During this call Mr. French made some statements to me
that I find to be highly concerning and offensive as to my INTENT. This is an overview of some of the
statements made;
• He wished I would have come to him first before I went to the BOCC
• If I along with the other property owners want this change we need to pay for it because we are
going to profit from it
• If the BOCC does approve this then he along with his buddies are going to come to Plantation
Island and buy property so they can make a profit too
• He is going to recommend against this change because he does not believe that it is fair for all
the other tax payers of Collier County to have to pay for it.
I find this to be disturbing given the fact that Chokoloskee, Everglades City, and Goodland, are zoned to
include custom home structures. Plantation Island seems to be the only coastal area that is required by
current zoning to build mobile or modular homes only.
In case you the commissioners have received misleading information as to my INTENT I would like to
clarify this so called red flag, as I did with Mr. French and Commissioner McDaniel. I have been a part of
the Plantation Island community since the purchase of my current residence in 2004 and became a
permanent resident in 2009. After the aftermath of hurricane IRMA I was given the opportunity by a
neighbor who knew I wished to build an elevated home that would be safer for me and my family. This
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neighbor sold me the property three doors down from my current residence for the site of my future 1 5
home.
I sincerely hope that the BOCC can move forward with this process so my family and others can move
forward with the safe and responsible rebuilding of our community.
Thank you,
Grady Johnson Jr.
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