The Negative Impact of One Naples on Beach Access for the Public at Vanderbilt Beach and Clam Pass ParkEXTERNAL EMAIL: This email is from an external source. Confirm this is a trusted sender and use extreme caution when opening attachments or clicking links.
Dear Commissioners:
The approval of One Naples will have a highly deleterious effect on beach access for the inland population of Collier County. Consider 172 units occupied by the very rich immediately
across from Vanderbilt Beach. During peak weeks, such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, Presidents Birthdays, those residents and their family guests could add as many as 500 - 800
people to the crowd at Vanderbilt Beach. Next door, the expansion of the Ritz will convert 100 rooms to suites and add 24 new suites, creating the potential for another 200 beachgoers.
All these people will get to the beach before inland residents from Naples Park, Pelican Marsh, the Quarry, Golden Gate, Immokolee, etc., effectively displacing the working and middle
class of Collier County. Is this a consequence you are prepared to address in the future?
It's also worth noting that the recently proposed Clam Pass garage, at I believe an estimated cost of $8 million, would have added about 200 parking spaces and hence provided access
to about 1000 more residents. So by approving One Naples you would create the need to spend $8 million just to recover the lost beach capacity. Such an expansion was opposed by environmentalists,
numerous Pelican Bay neighborhoods and businesses, and Park Shore residents, but the Pelican Bay Board, whose approval is necessary, was willing to give the proposal a fair hearing
given the importance of beach access for the general public in Collier County. Please know that as a current Director of the Pelican Bay Foundation and speaking solely for myself,
I would find it difficult to support a garage in Clam Pass Park as the answer to a self inflicted beach capacity shortage created solely by your approval of One Naples. I would also
do my best to convince my fellow Directors to adopt a similar view.
Please, as you consider One Naples, remember the inland population of Collier County, and respect their need for beach access rather than the interests of a private developer seeking
excessive gains at the expense of all concerned.
Kim Rosenberg
8665 Bay Colony Dr. Apt 1603
Naples, FL 34108