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As a resident of the Trieste at Bay Colony, I am writing you today to state my opposition to the One Naples Development as currently proposed.
The Trieste has 105 condominium units and has been in existence since 2001. Our building is located in Bay Colony within Pelican Bay. We are at the far north of Bay Colony bordering
Vanderbilt Beach Road just east of the Ritz Carlton.
The Trieste has been cited by the developer of One Naples as a comparable for the One Naples project because of our 20-story height. The focus on building height totally ignores many
other characteristics that make the comparison completely inappropriate. As stated in the October 30, 2020 letter you received from Pelican Bay Foundation, “Pelican Bay was created
years ago as a comprehensive, well-planned, mixed-use Planned Unit Development, and it is vastly different from the neighborhoods to our south, north, and east.” Specifically, in the
case of the Trieste, our parking garage is set back about 85 feet from Vanderbilt Beach Road and, sitting on a 4.73 acre lot, our density is about 22 units per acre. By comparison,
Naples One proposes a setback of only 15 feet from Vanderbilt Beach Road and a density that is about 50% higher than that of the Trieste.
Most important, the Trieste dimensions are similar to those of the rest of the buildings in Bay Colony. In contrast, One Naples dwarfs the surrounding buildings in their neighborhood.
The project is simply not compatible or consistent with the neighborhood by any reasonable criteria. When you also factor in the likely further overcrowding of Vanderbilt Beach, the
significant increase in traffic, the added safety and evacuation risks and other adverse factors, it is clear why several thousand Collier County residents fiercely oppose the project.
Finally, while I am not “ anti development” the precedent of allowing this type of zoning change can not be overstated. First there is the question as to whether such a zoning change
that benefits one developer so much at the expense of the rest of the neighborhood is even legal in Florida.
Finally, if One Naples is approved, what can stop the potential flood of similar requests by developers to build similar overcrowded facilities to the north up the Collier County coastline?
In summary, I respectfully request that you deny the One Naples proposal as submitted. Thank you for taking the time to consider my position.
Sincerely,
Edward Galante