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Clarification: I am not sure if there will be any such letters of support from Vanderbilt Palms or Barefoot Pelican in support of One Naples as stated in my earlier email. That is pure
speculation.
Steve Valdivia
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From: Steve Valdivia <stevonmfl@gmail.com <mailto:stevonmfl@gmail.com> >
Date: Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: Vanderbilt neighborhood
To: LoCastroRick <Rick.LoCastro@colliercountyfl.gov <mailto:Rick.LoCastro@colliercountyfl.gov> >
I am pleasantly surprised that your response was somewhat personalized. My wife worked for a Commissioner (they call them Supervisors) in Los Angeles County and I served as a consultant
for many years.
We saw parts of Southern Cal go from a beautiful open and friendly place to an overcrowded and polluted nightmare. The reason we chose Vanderbilt in Collier is that we saw the chance
(and hope) to experience a smarter path to future development in a fairly pristine region - sort of what LA's coastline used to resemble. There we experienced how developers turned
a wonderful region into a high-rise millionaire's ghetto such that people (those who can) have been escaping for some time now. Values are starting to show the damage.
Yes, the Vanderbilt Beach area needs to be developed. But somewhere between Stock's plan and doing nothing has to be a better way for the good of the region...as this crucial decision
goes, so goes Collier County.
I have a suggestion:
Reduce the footprint. That is, ask Stock to build a taller, matching third tower overlooking the Bay (and some ocean) where Bldg's 3 and 4 are now proposed, and in the process open up
some real green space for the area (and per code) and breathing room between them and the only two existing condo properties. The One Naples perimeter would thus be reduced and there
would be peace in the valley. One Naples would consist of three towers instead of two on a smaller footprint which is what everyone wants to see: less sprawl and concrete and more green
space.
Such a combined third tower means Barefoot Pelican and Vanderbilt Palms would not be relegated to the shadows and would enjoy some separation. As it now stands, we will be dwarfed with
many negative consequences as you have heard about.
FYI, Stock will soon be presenting to the Commissioners letters of support from Vanderbilt Palms and Barefoot Pelican but not because we welcome the monstrosity but as a matter of self-defence.
The process would be less adversarial if this idea were pursued. A third tower would seem to be aesthetically pleasing as opposed to walls everywhere you turn...and near a shrinking
public beach, yet.
Please consider this suggestion. We sent the idea to our Commissioner Solis a few weeks ago. It might just be an option we can all live with.
Steve Valdivia
Bernice Valdivia
Vanderbilt Beach
On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 4:04 PM LoCastroRick <Rick.LoCastro@colliercountyfl.gov <mailto:Rick.LoCastro@colliercountyfl.gov> > wrote:
Mr. Valdivia
Thank you for your email… and your kind words.
I'm very aware of the One Naples project and have spent considerable time speaking with parties on both sides. I've had many discussions with Buzz Victor and his staff who represent
the "Save Vanderbilt Beach" initiative and he and I recently had another Zoom video phone meeting.
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 on both sides before making any decision.
…Rick
RICK LOCASTRO
Collier County Commissioner
District 1
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Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2021 8:59 AM
To: LoCastroRick <Rick.LoCastro@colliercountyfl.gov <mailto:Rick.LoCastro@colliercountyfl.gov> >
Subject: Vanderbilt neighborhood
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Dear Commissioner LoCastro:
We live here and am deeply concerned for the future of the area. The overcrowdedness, the water and air quality but most of all, WHAT IT IS TURNING INTO.
As one of your constituents, I must tell you how impressed I have been by your first month on the Board. Your attention to detail is quite remarkable. Picking up on matters as seemingly
small as the cost of golf carts is just terrific. Keep it up!
But I am not writing you today to simply rave about your service. I am writing to express my concern about years, decades really, of County Commissioners putting developers ahead of
neighborhoods. Your predecessor was the perfect example. It is true that Stock Development was good to District 1. Stock is a good developer, generally recognizing the relationship
between what is good for the community with his need to make a profit. But your predecessor idolized him, and whatever he wanted she granted.
Because I generally think highly of Stock, I am astonished by what he is trying to do in District 2 at Vanderbilt Beach. I know it’s far from where I live, but I sure wouldn’t want
such a project in my neighborhood. Voting against Stock’s request for an amendment to the Growth Management Plan will send him back to the drawing board. Perhaps he can come up with
a plan that is more suited to the location.
You, as the “newbie,” have the chance to deliver a message that goes Far beyond Vanderbilt Beach. A vote to deny would deliver a message that you are for all the residents of the County
and that you stand against the “Miamification” of all neighborhoods in all Districts.
Thanks for your consideration, and keep up the good work.
Sincerely,
Steven Valdivia & Bernice Valdivia
260 Southbay Dr #212
Naples Fl 34108
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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,
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