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Commissioners,
I would like to ask you to vote NO on the ONE NAPLES development at Vanderbilt Beach. I am not opposed to the development of this property, only the current design as presented by Stock
Development. Brian Stock is not a good neighbor. The Barefoot Pelican Condominium Association has sent you a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support this development and I contend
the vote of 62 yes, and 28 no, was a vote to accept over $547,000. (over $9,000. for each owner) from Vanderbilt Holdings (Stock Development) but not approval of the current designed
development. The words of Andy Solis that financial inducement 'is not unusual' have come true. A payment to the County for property or development improvements may be permissible;
however, I do not think a payment to a private organization should be acceptable and 'business as usual'. I plead with you to say NO to Barefoot Pelican and ONE NAPLES this development
is not acceptable. I also believe this current design is not acceptable to Collier County residents. Please consider your constituents and their desire to oppose this project based
on the one neighborhood meeting with approximately five people approving the project and over four hundred objecting. Also, please review the Save Vanderbilt Beach organization, and
their reporting investigation and comments.
The primary objections are density, traffic, and setbacks. The setback of ten feet along Vanderbilt Drive, Gulfshore Drive, and Southbay Drive is unacceptable and not to code. Specifically,
the ten foot setback on Southbay Drive is at street level, with approximately five feet of building extension is atrocious. I live in building one at Barefoot Pelican and the result
is a twenty foot wall in front of me. I am on the fourth floor and approximately 35 feet from ground level, the building next to me is 87 feet tall from ground level. The current
building code is 70 feet from ground level. A reasonable change would be a building 70 feet tall with 25 foot setback.
Therefore, I plead with you to reject this project and send it back to the Planning Board. I will lose my $9,000. but I am willing to donate $10,000. to any 'needing' organization
in Collier County if two of you Commissioners vote NO.
I am willing to commit my desire to maintain Vanderbilt Beach since I am a Florida resident. Attached is the view of a twenty foot wall (78 feet tall) in front of me as I read on my
walkway.
Ralph Cowie
271 Southbay Drive #142
248-914-8476