Limestone Trail Matter - Support of PL202000001...From:gailhanson@wi.rr.com
To:LoCastroRick; CapizziAixa; SolisAndy; GoodnerAngela; SaundersBurt; LykinsDave; TaylorPenny; GrecoSherry;
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Cc:Richard Graebner
Subject:Limestone Trail Matter - Support of PL20200000191; Heritage Bay PUD; February 9,2021 hearing
Date:Monday, February 1, 2021 7:55:53 PM
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Dear Collier County Officials,
My husband, Richard Graebner, and I built our home in The Quarry at 9236 Gypsum Way in July
2014. We recently changed our domicile from Wisconsin to Florida.
We have heard the discussions surrounding Limestone Trail from a close friend who is on the board
of The Quarry Home Owners Association. We are very much in support of the pending PUD
Amendment for the Heritage Bay PUD. We fully appreciate the thoughtful consideration by the
Planning commission that resulted in the 6-1 vote recommending approval of this amendment.
Limestone Trail is a privately owned and maintained road with the purpose of allowing residents of
the Quarry and Heritage Bay access to the Commercial Activity Center. The ability to install gates on
the privately owned Limestone Trail is consistent with the development of the Quarry and Heritage
Bay.
When we built our home in The Quarry, the development along Immokalee Road just west of The
Quarry had not occurred. In the past number of months, talk of making Limestone Trail a public
thoroughfare greatly concerns us. Our concerns center around the potential impact on the quality
of life in The Quarry by increased traffic on the private Limestone Trail particularly with the
installation of the traffic light just outside the current entrance to The Quarry front gate. As stated
above, Limestone Trail is a private road, developed and maintained by The Quarry. It is not part of
the County public road network. We fear that, if Limestone Trail were to remain open to public
access, increased traffic would cause higher costs for maintenance and liability exposure along with
safely concerns with increased volume of large commercial trucks using both Quarry Drive and
Limestone Trail. In the current configuration, these costs and potential liabilities would be borne by
The Quarry homeowners rather than by the residents/taxpayers of Collier County.
In light of these concerns, we believe it in everyone's best interest to allow The Quarry community to
install gates on Limestone Trail, its private road. This would serve to preserve the safety for the
residents of the community and allow for a controlled flow of local vehicles and limit commercial
traffic to the main roads of Immokalee and Collier Rd.
We appreciate your thoughtful consideration of the Amendment for the Heritage Bay PUD. We
hope you support this amendment and preserve the safety and continuity of our community.
Regards,
Gail L. Hanson
9236 Gypsum Way
Naples, FL 34120
414.915.0350 cell