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Re_ Vanderbilt neighborhood (267)EXTERNAL EMAIL: This email is from an external source. Confirm this is a trusted sender and use extreme caution when opening attachments or clicking links. Rick, Thank you for your response. I was a commercial real estate broker up North, before we moved to Naples. I'm not against improving that corner, but the proposed development is ridiculous. Usually when a developer wants to do this, they make an offer contingent upon obtaining their necessary permits. In this case they simply bought the land without being concerned about permits. Maybe they thought they could run roughshot right over the commissioners. Thank you for your consideration. John Hogan On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 1:20 PM LoCastroRick <Rick.LoCastro@colliercountyfl.gov <mailto:Rick.LoCastro@colliercountyfl.gov> > wrote: Mr. & Mrs. Hogan Thank you for your email. I'm very aware of the One Naples project and have spent considerable time speaking with parties on both sides. I've had several discussions with Buzz Victor and his staff who represent the "Save Vanderbilt Beach" initiative and last week he and I had another Zoom video phone meeting. I also voted to have the venue moved to a larger location… but that vote lost 3-2. Thank you for your viewpoint and for being an engaged citizen… I assure you I will continue to do the deepest dive into the details before making any decision. …Rick RICK LOCASTRO Collier County Commissioner District 1 Rick.LoCastro@CollierCountyFL.gov <mailto:Rick.loCastro@colliercountyfl.gov> 3299 Tamiami Trl E, Suite 303, Naples FL 34112 Office: (239) 252-2791 <tel:(239)%20252-2791> Mobile: (239) 777-2452 <tel:(239)%20777-2452> Assistant: (239) 252-8601 <tel:(239)%20252-8601> From: John & Nancy Hogan <info@savevanderbiltbeach.com <mailto:info@savevanderbiltbeach.com> > Sent: Friday, January 1, 2021 8:29 AM To: LoCastroRick <Rick.LoCastro@colliercountyfl.gov <mailto:Rick.LoCastro@colliercountyfl.gov> > Subject: Vanderbilt neighborhood EXTERNAL 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 Commissioner LoCastro: I am writing today in my continued opposition to the One Naples project as proposed. I understand that, at a recent special meeting of the Commissioners, a decision was made to hold the March 1st hearing at the Commissioners’ chamber in the County office building. Because of the COVID-19 virus, and the social distancing it requires, this venue is not conducive to the very large turnout by all those who have an opinion about One Naples, pro or con. I hope that you and your fellow Commissioners will reconsider. Better locations might include St John the Evangelist Church, North Collier County Regional Park, a Collier County School auditorium, or even the Phil at Artis. Thank you for your consideration. John & Nancy Hogan 10951 Gulf Shore Dr #202 Naples, Fl. 34108__________________________ Dear Commissioner LoCastro, I am writing you today to express my opposition to the Stock Development One Naples as it is currently proposed. I was encouraged by the action of the Planning Commission and their inability to recommend approval not only of the current Stock plan, but of a watered-down version that reduced the outrageous tower heights by almost 25%, and extremely diminished setbacks. They did their job, protecting the community. Now it’s your turn. Planning Commissioner Frye said it best when he asked the other Commissioners how they could ignore the outpouring of sentiment from the community. These are your constituents, your voters. Isn’t it your responsibility to listen to those who will live with this atrocity for decades to come and to vehemently deny the developer the right to build it? If hundreds of emails exhorting you to deny the project are not enough, if more than eighty people who signed up to speak against the project at the Planning Commission are not enough, if the 1,100 members of Save Vanderbilt Beach, forty percent of whom have contributed almost $100,000 to engage experts and fight the development are not enough, what exactly will be enough to persuade you to do the right thing? Please, when it comes before you, vote to deny the project as it is currently proposed. In hopes of a more reasonable project, I am respectfully, __________________________ ________________________________ Under Florida Law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by telephone or in writing. hese are your constituents, your voters. Isn’t it your responsibility to listen to those who will live with this atrocity for decades to come and to vehemently deny the developer the right to build it? If hundreds of emails exhorting you to deny the project are not enough, if more than eighty people who signed up to speak against the project at the Planning Commission are not enough, if the 1,100 members of Save Vanderbilt Beach, forty percent of whom have contributed almost $100,000 to engage experts and fight the development are not enough, what exactly will be enough to persuade you to do the right thing? Please, when it comes before you, vote to deny the project as it is currently proposed. In hopes of a more reasonable project, I am respectfully, __________________________ ________________________________ Under Florida Law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by telephone or in writing.