Heritage Bay PUD (PUDA); February 9, 2021 hearingFrom:David Teeger
To:McDanielBill; FilsonSue
Cc:GundlachNancy
Subject:Heritage Bay PUD (PUDA); February 9, 2021 hearing
Date:Sunday, January 31, 2021 12:16:30 PM
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Dear Sir/Madam
Re The Quarry/Heritage Bay - Limestone Trail usage
My wife and I purchased our first home in The Quarry in 2008 on Ironstone Terrace as it was
the most beautiful development we visited at that time. Also we very much liked the location
being halfway between downtown Naples and the airport in Fort Myers.
We did the “Quarry Shuffle” in 2013 by moving to another home in The Quarry, as so many
others have done, and currently live at 9220 Ores Circle, Naples, FL, 34120. We decided to do
this after Pulte took over the development and made The Quarry their showcase development
in Florida due to its natural and created beauty and its proximity to developing and planned
restaurants, stores, and commercial life.
It appears that our community is one in which once you live there you just don’t want to live
anywhere else.
It has come to my attention that the city now wishes to change the dynamic and peaceful usage
of The Quarry by having Limestone Trail, a private road owed and maintained by and used by
both The Quarry and Heritage Bay residents, to become a public thoroughfare. This is because
the city would be allowing it to become a thoroughfare for any and all vehicles wishing to
leave the commercial area to travel both east and south. The easiest way for the public is just
to travel east on Limestone Trail and proceed either east or south at Immokalee at the new
traffic light to be installed at Quarry Drive.
So how does this negatively impact us in the Quarry?
1. There is a noise factor of the trucks and cars which will now be travelling within our
property on the inside of the berm and tree/bush line which shields us from Immokalee traffic
noise. This would be significant and would not only negatively affect those who own homes
that overlook the 17th hole of our golf course, but will also become a distraction for the
golfers who are playing the 17th hole which is right there.
2. This distraction will negatively affect the value of our golf membership for it will detract
from the beauty and quiet usage of our course in an area where golf course memberships are
extremely competitive.
3. The homes which formerly looked over the 17th hole will lose value dramatically as their
view which was once a peaceful serene one will now become a thoroughfare for trucks and
cars at all hours of the day and night. That degradation in value will affect all of the homes in
The Quarry.
4. Exiting The Quarry will become a major problem as the intersection will be filled with
public vehicles from Limestone Trail waiting for the green light at Quarry Drive.
5. The Quarry residents will be forced to bear the costs to maintain both the road and the exit
from the Quarry, which has decorative paving, as it will now be used by much higher volumes
of traffic and trucks of all sizes and weights.
6. The Quarry residents will now also have to maintain the road sides due to public littering
and pulled over vehicles which have damaged our pristine grass.
Never have I heard of a private road being allowed to become a public thoroughfare before,
hence the well worn signs “Trespasses will be prosecuted”.
I therefore respectfully request that you allow both The Quarry and Heritage Bay to do what is
necessary to stop Limestone Trail from becoming a public thoroughfare.
Yours sincerely
David Teeger
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David Teeger
dteeger77@gmail.com