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Commissioner HallEx Parte Items - Commissioner Chris Hall COLLIER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA October 14, 2025 BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS 8.A *** This item to be heard at 1:00 PM. *** This item requires that Board members provide ex-parte disclosure. Should a hearing be held on this item, all participants are required to be sworn in. Recommendation to approve a Resolution of the Board of Zoning Appeals of Collier County, Florida, granting a waiver from the minimum required separation of 500 feet between facilities with fuel pumps pursuant to Section 5.05.05.13 of the Land Development Code, for fuel pumps at a Costco Wholesale, with resulting separation of 132 feet from the property line of the existing 7-Eleven. The property is located in the Commercial Tract of the Hacienda Lakes Mixed Use Planned Unit Development (MPUD) located at the southeast corner of the intersection of Collier Boulevard and Rattlesnake Hammock Road in Section 23, Township 50 South, Range 26 East, Collier County, Florida, consisting of +/-25.86 acres of the +/-2,262 acre MPUD. (PL20240011790) (This Item is a companion to 9.A. PDI-PL20240011559) (2025-3533) ❑Meetings ®Correspondence ®e-mails ®Calls Ex Parte Items - Commissioner Chris Hall COLLIER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA October 14, 2025 ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS 9.A *** This item to be heard at 1:00 PM. *** This item requires that Board members provide ex-parte disclosure. Should a hearing be held on this item, all participants are required to be sworn in. Recommendation to approve an Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 11-41, as amended, the Hacienda Lakes Mixed -Use Planned Unit Development, to approve an insubstantial change to the PUD, to add deviations for relief from the Collier County Land Development Code relating to architectural glazing standards, building fagade massing, light fixture heights, loading spaces, landscape standards for interior vehicular use areas, and signage, and providing for an effective date. The subject parcel is in the Commercial Tract of the MPUD located at the southeast corner of the intersection of Collier Boulevard and Rattlesnake Hammock Road in Section 23, Township 50 South, Range 26 East, Collier County, Florida, consisting of +/- 25.86 acres of the +/-2,262 acre MPUD. (PL20240011559) (This Item is a companion to 8.A. ASW-PL20240011790) (2025-3540) ❑Meetings ®Correspondence ®e-mails ®Calls 9.13 This item requires that ex-parte disclosure be provided by Commission members. Should a hearing be held on this item, all participants are required to be sworn in. Recommendation to approve an Ordinance rezoning real property from Residential-Single-Family-3 (RSF-3) zoning district to a Residential Tourist (RT) zoning district within the Vanderbilt Beach Residential Tourist Overlay (VBRTO) zoning district for a project to be known as Paraiso Club. The subject 1.35± acre beachfront property is located along the Gulf of America on the west side of Gulf Shore Drive, just south of the intersection of Gulf Shore Drive and Bayview Avenue, in Section 29, Township 48 South, Range 25 East, Collier County, Florida. [PL20240007340] (This Item is a companion to 9.C., PL20240009700, Paraiso Club Conditional Use) (2025-2927) ®Meetings ®Correspondence ®e-mails ®Calls Ex Parte Items - Commissioner Chris Hall COLLIER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA October 14, 2025 9.0 This item requires that ex-parte disclosure be provided by Commission members. Should a hearing be held on this item, all participants are required to be sworn in. Recommendation to approve a Resolution for a Conditional Use to allow a Private Club within a Residential Tourist- Vanderbilt Beach Residential Tourist Overlay (RT-VBRTO) zoning district pursuant to Section 2.03.02.E.1.c.5 of the Collier County Land Development Code. The subject 1.35± acre beachfront property is located along the Gulf of America on the west side of Gulf Shore Drive, just south of the intersection of Gulf Shore Drive and Bayview Avenue, in Section 29, Township 48 South, Range 25 East, Collier County, Florida. [PL20240009700] (This Item is a companion to 9.B., PL20240007340, Paraiso Club Rezone) (2025-2922) ®Meetings ®Correspondence ®e-mails ®Calls CONSENT AGENDA SUMMARY AGENDA 17.13 This item requires that ex-parte disclosure be provided by Commission members. Should a hearing be held on this item, all participants are required to be sworn in. Recommendation to approve an Ordinance amending Ordinance Number 10-06, as amended, the Magnolia Pond Planned Unit Development (PUD), to increase the number of dwelling units from 231 to 550 with an Affordable Housing Agreement, to increase the maximum building heights, to add deviations, and to revise the Master Plan; and by providing an effective date. The subject property is located within the Collier Boulevard Interchange Innovation Zoning Overlay (CBIIZO) and partially within the Wellfield Risk Management Special Treatment Overlay Zones W-3 and W-4. The subject property, consisting of 47.05± acres, is located on the north side of Interstate I- 75,'/z mile west of Collier Boulevard (CR 951), and is bisected by Magnolia Pond Drive, in Section 34, Township 49 South, Range 26 East, Collier County, Florida. [PL20240010833] (2025-2917) ❑Meetings ®Correspondence ❑e-mails ®Calls 0' (IN THE td � (3ULF October 14, 2025 Chairman Burt Saunders Commissioner Chris Hall Commissioner Dan Kowal Commissioner William McDaniel Commissioner Rick Lo Castro Dear Chairman Saunders and Commissioners, CITY OF NAPLE S OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER 735 EIGHTH STREET SOUTH. NAPLES, FLORIDA 34102 (239) 213-1030 Re: BOCC Meeting of October 14, 2025, Agenda Item: Recommendation to consider directing the Zoning Director to sign a Florida Housing Finance Corporation "Local Government Verification that Development is Consistent with Zoning and Land Use Regulations" form in accordance with Florida Statutes 125.01055. "Gallery at Naples, LLC" I am writing on behalf of the Naples City Council, following direction provided to me late yesterday at the conclusion of a Council Workshop. While we are not expressing a position on the merits of the proposed 120-unit affordable housing development at 1465 Golden Gate Parkway (a 2.03-acre site), we do wish to reaffirm our support for the broader goal of increasing affordable housing in our community. However, we are deeply concerned that the established and valued process of community involvement, conducted through open and transparent public dialogue, appears at risk of being bypassed in this instance. This is especially troubling given the size, scope, and limited public awareness of the project, which is located directly adjacent to the City's borders. We have recently convened a meeting between City and County planning staff to promote greater information exchange and collaboration. Yet, the supporting documentation provided for this particular agenda item is notably limited. We are concerned that any action taken today could inadvertently hinder the City's ability to engage meaningfully in the project's development process moving forward. As you are aware, this project will require the City to provide critical services, including water, police, fire, and rescue support for approximately 120 families. Unfortunately, at this time, insufficient information is available on this project to assess the potential demands on these services or determine our capacity to meet them. Additionally, this is a unique lot configuration surrounded by distinctive and heavy traffic patterns. We are concerned about the traffic and access implications associated with this development, given the constraints of the proposed site. We currently lack the necessary data, given the limited information available on this project, to evaluate these impacts. Ethics above all else • Service to others before self • Quality in all that we do Page 1 of 2 Moreover, the City is in the midst of conducting a comprehensive and scientifically grounded traffic study, which has already highlighted significant strain along the Goodlette-Frank Road corridor, a situation that this project is likely to exacerbate. For these reasons, we respectfully request that, regardless of any action taken today, the Board of County Commissioners require the project's developer to provide the City and the broader community with a meaningful opportunity for input should the project proceed. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Gary L. Young City Manager 735 8th St. S — Naples, FL 34102 gyoung@naplesgov.com PHONE: 239-213-1030 Ethics above all else • Service to others before self • Quality in all that we do Page 2 of 2 Dear County Commissioner Hail, Q " _ ..T My name is Kim Cummings and I am a homeowner at Esplanade of Hacienda Lakes. I am begging you not to let the Costco build at the corner of Rattlesnake Hammock and Collier Blvd. We are not against Costco but that intersection is not the place for a big store of that caliber. If you have not been down here, please look at the amount of building that has been allowed to go on down here. The cars that use this road already and these new communities that have not been occupied yet are enough to contend with, and there are more to come. Costco says that they attract 4,500 shoppers per day, you have a hospital right next door. A hospital!!!! People needing to get therefor emergencies competing with people who are competing to get their roast chickens!! I hear the med flight helicopters landing at the helipad which will be in the flight path of the Costco. Do we honestly need another big gas station down here? This is all next to a hospital!!! People are trying to heal and you will be subjecting them to dust, noise, lights, perhaps blasting, please I am truly begging you to reconsider this plan. I heard on Wink news that building dust causes dementia, do we really need to add that to more people in Naples. How many Costco's are next door to a Hospital? I am begging for common sense and compassion. There are 5 nursing communities within steps that bring patients to Physician's Regional constantly. Should they have to compete with the congestion that you would be allowing there? People will go wherever the new Costco ends up. There is plenty of room going down the East Trail; run a -Cat bus route there and people will go. The Estates are screaming for gas stations and they have the land, suggest Costco go there. am surprised that the Fire station nearest this proposed land doesn't -have someth-ing-to say. People don't stop for -the -fire- >- trucks or ambulances down in Naples, they speed up, they run lights, it is like Indianapolis Speedway on Collier already and season hasn't started and all those homes haven't even started to be occupied. We have enough accidents down here! As a resident, with the trees being knocked down we have already been subjected to more noise pollution. If you could please put yourself in our situation as a homeowner, what we bought is changing constantly. People hear that Costco is coming and they walk away from our real estate. You wouldn't want that for your investment. PLEASE, Vote No to Costco at Rattlesnake Hammock and Collier Blvd. Thank you, KiCummings_ FT MYERS FL 339 2 OCT 2025 AM 4 l Ce L_x C', IF From: thomasr460(caaol.conn To: Rick LoCastro; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Chris Hall Subject: Fw: Costco gas station rezoning Date: Friday, July 18, 2025 11:11:47 AM 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. Board of Collier County Does this establish legal precedent in Florida? The article appeared on May 28th in news4jax. Tom Rath, 8458 Viale Circle, Naples, FI, Esplanade of Hacienda Lakes News Summary The Jacksonville City Council has voted 15-3 to deny a rezoning request from Costco for a proposed gas station at the St. Johns Town Center. This decision follows concerns about increased traffic congestion, reduced parking availability at the Costco location, and potential disruption of vehicle flow in the area. Despite initial recommendations for approval from city staff and the Planning Commission, community opposition played a significant role in the council's final vote. Jacksonville City Council Rejects Costco Gas Station Proposal Jacksonville's City Council voted decisively on May 27, 2025, to deny a rezoning request from Costco for a proposed gas station at the St. Johns Town Center. The vote concluded with members approving the decision by a 15-3 margin, thereby rejecting Ordinance 2025-0249, which sought to change the zoning from Planned Unit Development (PUD) to allow a gas station at the site located at 4901 Gate Parkway. The planned gas station was intended to occupy 1.29 acres on the northeast corner of Costco's existing parking lot, featuring 12 fuel pumps and 24 fueling stations, along with a fuel kiosk enclosure, curbing, and landscaped islands. This denial follows a recommendation from the Land Use and Zoning Committee, which voted 5-1 against the rezoning just a week prior to the council's decision. City Council President Randy White, Vice President Kevin Carrico, and many other council members opposed the rezoning request. In contrast, support came from members Ken Amaro, Tyrona Clark -Murray, and Jimmy Peluso. Notably, Michael Boylan was absent from the meeting due to a personal commitment. Concerns raised by the council members and community included anticipated increases in traffic congestion on surrounding streets, a significant 15% reduction in parking spaces at Costco, and the disruption of vehicle flow within the site. The allocation of parking spaces was particularly worrying, as the existing layout was already under scrutiny due to customer traffic patterns. Council member Lahnen, whose district encompasses the Town Center, voiced strong opposition, specifically highlighting the traffic issues that a gas station could exacerbate. Clark -Murray, one of the few members to support the rezoning, deemed the refusal to approve the request as lacking substantive evidence and cautioned of a potential legal challenge from Costco's representatives related to the decision. In addition to the council's deliberations, the city Planning and Development Department's staff had initially recommended approval of the proposal, provided that a comprehensive traffic circulation report was produced. Furthermore, the Planning Commission had previously backed the rezoning request, voting 6-0 in favor of it under the same condition of conducting a traffic report. The existing surrounding infrastructure includes nearby fuel stations operated by Wawa and Daily's, which contributed to discussions about whether an additional gas station would serve an important community need or simply add to existing traffic challenges. Notably, emergency services voiced concerns regarding how increased vehicle flow could impede their response times in the area, a critical element in council discussions. Costco has had a significant presence in Jacksonville since 2000, operating a 164,000-square-foot warehouse as the area's first Costco location, with two additional sites featuring their own gas stations. The proposed gas station, if approved, was intended to operate with varying hours during the week and weekends, typically from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays. The site has garnered significant neighborhood opposition, predominantly citing traffic and congestion concerns as primary reasons for the overwhelming disapproval from the council. With the vote now concluded, it remains unclear how Costco will respond to this setback, particularly given the potential implications for future development in the St. Johns Town Center area. Further negotiations may be necessary to address the expressed concerns and potentially reshape the proposal in a manner acceptable to both the city council and the local residents. From: thomasr460Ccbaol.com To: Rick LoCastro; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Chris Hall Subject: Fw: Costco gas station rezoning Date: Friday, July 18, 2025 11:11:47 AM 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. Board of Collier County Does this establish legal precedent in Florida? The article appeared on May 28th in news4jax. Tom Rath, 8458 Viale Circle, Naples, FI, Esplanade of Hacienda Lakes News Summary The Jacksonville City Council has voted 15-3 to deny a rezoning request from Costco for a proposed gas station at the St. Johns Town Center. This decision follows concerns about increased traffic congestion, reduced parking availability at the Costco location, and potential disruption of vehicle flow in the area. Despite initial recommendations for approval from city staff and the Planning Commission, community opposition played a significant role in the council's final vote. Jacksonville City Council Rejects Costco Gas Station Proposal Jacksonville's City Council voted decisively on May 27, 2025, to deny a rezoning request from Costco for a proposed gas station at the St. Johns Town Center. The vote concluded with members approving the decision by a 15-3 margin, thereby rejecting Ordinance 2025-0249, which sought to change the zoning from Planned Unit Development (PUD) to allow a gas station at the site located at 4901 Gate Parkway. The planned gas station was intended to occupy 1.29 acres on the northeast corner of Costco's existing parking lot, featuring 12 fuel pumps and 24 fueling stations, along with a fuel kiosk enclosure, curbing, and landscaped islands. This denial follows a recommendation from the Land Use and Zoning Committee, which voted 5-1 against the rezoning just a week prior to the council's decision. City Council President Randy White, Vice President Kevin Carrico, and many other council members opposed the rezoning request. In contrast, support came from members Ken Amaro, Tyrona Clark -Murray, and Jimmy Peluso. Notably, Michael Boylan was absent from the meeting due to a personal commitment. Concerns raised by the council members and community included anticipated increases in traffic congestion on surrounding streets, a significant 15% reduction in parking spaces at Costco, and the disruption of vehicle flow within the site. The allocation of parking spaces was particularly worrying, as the existing layout was already under scrutiny due to customer traffic patterns. Council member Lahnen, whose district encompasses the Town Center, voiced strong opposition, specifically highlighting the traffic issues that a gas station could exacerbate. Clark -Murray, one of the few members to support the rezoning, deemed the refusal to approve the request as lacking substantive evidence and cautioned of a potential legal challenge from Costco's representatives related to the decision. In addition to the council's deliberations, the city Planning and Development Department's staff had initially recommended approval of the proposal, provided that a comprehensive traffic circulation report was produced. Furthermore, the Planning Commission had previously backed the rezoning request, voting 6-0 in favor of it under the same condition of conducting a traffic report. The existing surrounding infrastructure includes nearby fuel stations operated by Wawa and Daily's, which contributed to discussions about whether an additional gas station would serve an important community need or simply add to existing traffic challenges. Notably, emergency services voiced concerns regarding how increased vehicle flow could impede their response times in the area, a critical element in council discussions. Costco has had a significant presence in Jacksonville since 2000, operating a 164,000-square-foot warehouse as the area's first Costco location, with two additional sites featuring their own gas stations. The proposed gas station, if approved, was intended to operate with varying hours during the week and weekends, typically from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays. The site has garnered significant neighborhood opposition, predominantly citing traffic and congestion concerns as primary reasons for the overwhelming disapproval from the council. With the vote now concluded, it remains unclear how Costco will respond to this setback, particularly given the potential implications for future development in the St. Johns Town Center area. Further negotiations may be necessary to address the expressed concerns and potentially reshape the proposal in a manner acceptable to both the city council and the local residents. From: Vicki Shores To: Chris Hall Subject: Costco at Rattlesnake Hammock & Collier Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2025 5:58:31 PM 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. Good afternoon, Please oppose. The argument that Costco is a member only gas station is ridiculous. Have you ever been to and compared the chaos and backed up cars at a Costco gas station to a 7-11 gas station or a RaceTrac or a WaWa? It's night and day. Costco gas stations are crowded and hazardous. In addition, Rattlesnake Hammock may be 4 lanes divided, but it will be the ONLY entrance and exit to this proposed development. 4500 or 4700 extra cars a day on this residential roadway is going to make getting around very dangerous for the drivers, walkers, cyclists in this area. In addition, that many additional cars will absolutely affect the hospital. Thank you Vicki Shores Resident Esplanade Hacienda Lakes Sent from my iPad From: Lynn Bowman To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Rick LoCastro Subject: Proposed Costco Plan for Rattlesnake and Collier Blvd Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2025 8:04:44 PM Attachments: Collier Countv Plannina Commission 2025.Daaes 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. Please see attachment below concerning the building a new Costco at the Collier and Rattlesnake location. Thank you for your time and effort concerning this matter. Lynn Bowman Sent from my iPad From: Mark Kreindel To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Rick LoCastro Subject: COSTCO Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2025 9:14:00 AM 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. I wanted to make our feelings known with regard to the proposed Costco at the corner of Rattlesnake Hammock Rd. and Collier Blvd. My wife and I are completely opposed to this for the following reasons: 1. Poor planning - ingress and egress from Rattlesnake Hammock Rd will create a nightmare for traffic 2. Per Costco's admission - they expect an additional 4500 cars/day. This is in addition to the additional traffic due to the new housing developments of Caymus and Seven Shores and the multiple apartments being completed on the same corner. At the very least this will increase traffic on Collier Blvd by 1000 cars/day. It can't work. 3. The increased traffic will result in delayed access for emergency vehicles to Physicians Regional Hospital which will be next door. This is a public safety concern. 4. The proposed housing development along Sabal Palm Rd will further increase traffic on Collier Blvd. 5. There are already 2 gas stations on that corner and Costco wants to add more. When is enough enough? 6. During season Collier Blvd cannot handle the traffic traversing it at the current time. To add additional traffic is unreasonable. 7. The traffic study done by Costco was done during off-season, so it looked better than it should have. 8. PUBLIC SAFETY IS AT RISK WITH THIS PROJECT. THERE ARE MULTIPLE BETTER LOCATIONS WITH BETTER ACCESS. 9. WE ARE NOT AGAINST COSTCO-WE ARE AGAINST COSTCO AT THIS LOCATION! Mark S. and Sharon Kreindel hrtdoc16()amai1.com Residents of Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes From: Mark Kreindel To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Rick LoCastro Subject: COSTCO Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2025 9:14:00 AM 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. I wanted to make our feelings known with regard to the proposed Costco at the corner of Rattlesnake Hammock Rd. and Collier Blvd. My wife and I are completely opposed to this for the following reasons: 1. Poor planning - ingress and egress from Rattlesnake Hammock Rd will create a nightmare for traffic 2. Per Costco's admission - they expect an additional 4500 cars/day. This is in addition to the additional traffic due to the new housing developments of Caymus and Seven Shores and the multiple apartments being completed on the same corner. At the very least this will increase traffic on Collier Blvd by 1000 cars/day. It can't work. 3. The increased traffic will result in delayed access for emergency vehicles to Physicians Regional Hospital which will be next door. This is a public safety concern. 4. The proposed housing development along Sabal Palm Rd will further increase traffic on Collier Blvd. 5. There are already 2 gas stations on that corner and Costco wants to add more. When is enough enough? 6. During season Collier Blvd cannot handle the traffic traversing it at the current time. To add additional traffic is unreasonable. 7. The traffic study done by Costco was done during off-season, so it looked better than it should have. 8. PUBLIC SAFETY IS AT RISK WITH THIS PROJECT. THERE ARE MULTIPLE BETTER LOCATIONS WITH BETTER ACCESS. 9. WE ARE NOT AGAINST COSTCO-WE ARE AGAINST COSTCO AT THIS LOCATION! Mark S. and Sharon Kreindel hrtdoc16()amai1.com Residents of Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes From: William Dunn To: Chris Hall Subject: NO to Costco Fuel pump waiver Date: Monday, July 14, 2025 8:13:18 PM 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. Commissioners, My wife and I are full time residents, taxpayers and voters living in Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes. I am writing to voice our STRENUOUS OBJECTION to the costco project proposed to our beautiful residential neighborhood. I understand the parcel on the corner was zoned residential but everything East of that parcel is primarily residential.I can't imagine when the parcel was zoned commercial it was not with the intention of a costco being forced into that location. While there are numerous issues which make this an extremely terrible idea, such as congestion, safety and environmental issues, I will focus on the congestion and gas pump issue. The Costco rep claims there will be 4500 cars per/day accessing the property, on just 2 entrance/exits located on a residential street just a short distance away from an extremely already busy intersection. NO Costco stores are located in a residential neighborhood. This does not take into account the vehicle traffic from Esplanade, Assure, Ecos, and the 2700 new apartment developments and senior care facilities that use Rattlesnake. The South side of Rattlesnake Hammock will be unusable for elderly, walkers and cyclists. There have already been fatal traffic accidents at that intersection. Allowing Costco to have 24+ gas pumps anywhere on the property is unacceptable, especially when they are located just inside the entrance adjacent to the sidewalk. Costco tries to spin the volume of vehicles by saying it is a members only gas station. But what they fail to mention is how many Costco members there are in the Naples area and non residents in season who are members who will be frequenting the gas station just for the cheap gas. They know how lucrative the gas will be that is why they want you all to break the existing code prohibiting the gas pumps within 500 feet. Please do not give in to corporate greed at the expense of the neighborhood residents. Please DO NOT allow the fuel pump waiver. Bill & Christine Dunn 8481 Sevilla Ct From: John P. Johannemann To: Chris Hall Subject: Costco Gas Station Variance Date: Monday, July 14, 2025 7:24:22 PM 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. Commissioner Hall We are writing to you express our opposition to the placement of the Costco store at the corner of Collier Blvd and Rattle Snake Hammock. This placement of such a facility, adding 4500 vehicles a day, (Costco's provided estimate) will have a negative effect on our neighborhood and our quality of life. We live close to the proposed location and the additional noise from nighttime deliveries, early morning dumpster pick up and extended hours from gas station are all negative to the residents and tax payers of the area. Then there is the safety concern for congestion and access to the hospital. Costco requires a variance from the gas station separation regulation to do what they want. There should be no variance issued for this project. If Costco wants to build in Naples they should live within the rules established by the county. The residents that live in the immediate area already are seeing thousands of new apartments and condos that will add negatively to the traffic, noise and safety all with a negative effect on the homeowners. The other projects all met the zoning and existing regulations so it is completely understandable that the property was developed, as it should be. Costco does not meet the current regulation and should not be allowed to have the variance to install the gas station. We respectfully request that you deny this variance and if Costco doesn't want to live by that ruling they can go to any other suitable location in East Naples. i.e. corner of Santa Barbara & Davis, Rt 41 and others. Thank You Jack & JoAnn Johannemann 8543 Palacio Terrace North Naples FL. 34114 860-235-2994 From: Dan Matthiesen To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Rick LoCastro Subject: Costco @ 951 & rattlesnake Date: Sunday, July 13, 2025 10:58:20 PM 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. All, I am writing to express my full support for the proposed Costco development at the intersection of 951 and Rattlesnake Hammock Road. As a resident of Tamarindo, located very close to the site, I believe this project will bring significant value to our community. While I've seen numerous social media posts —particularly from some senior citizens in the surrounding area —expressing concerns or opposition, I feel it's important to share a different perspective. In my view, responsible development is a natural part of any growing community. I also believe that when purchasing property, it's wise to consider the potential future use of nearby undeveloped land. Growth is inevitable, especially in desirable areas like ours. This Costco will provide convenience, jobs, and improved access to affordable goods for many residents, myself included. I strongly support this project and encourage the city to move forward. Let's build! Dan Matthiesen From: Jackie Rizzo To: Chris Hall Subject: Costco NO Date: Monday, July 14, 2025 1:05:04 AM 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. I am writing to you to express my concern about having Costco built at Rattlesnake and Collier BLVD. Unfortunately, someone thought it would be a good time to schedule a meeting during off season when many owners are out of state and will be not be able to attend this meeting to express their concerns, so I am expressing mine in writing. We were told by LoCastro that no meetings would occur during off season. We know better than to believe what he says. I am not against having a Costco in the East Naples area, but Costco couldn't have picked a worse place to build a new store. I have shopped in many Costco's throughout the country and none have been right next to a residential area. The Naples Blvd store and the Gulf Coast Costco stores are good examples of where Costco's are typically located. There is a multitude of reasons that this location is a undesirable place to have a Costco. I.An estimate of 4500 cars entering a street that was not designed to handle that capacity. 2. Additional traffic that will cause Collier to be more of a nightmare than it already is with the additional 5000+ doors that have recently been added between Rt 41 and I-75. 3. The Phys Reg hospital (which is next to the proposed Costco property) emergency response will surely be affected with the increased traffic. 2. The bright lights and noisy deliveries throughout the night will really impact the quality of life for several residential communities that border this proposed Costco. 3. Adding an unneeded gas station that is against code due to its proximity to the gas station already there, (that is, unless you approve it). We need three gas stations ? 4. Safety will be an issue. The only Costco entrance will be on Rattlesnake, making it a driving horror for the thousands of residents that live at the end of the dead end street. People are always driving on the wrong side of the road at the end of Rattlesnake ... imagine what will happen when Costco shoppers try to avoid the Collier light and try to find shortcuts. The first head-on fatal collision will be on you and your counterparts. I guarantee it will happen. PLEASE DO NOT APPROVE THIS LOCATION FOR A COSTCO. Sincerely Jacqueline Rizzo 8412 Viale Circle Naples From: Jose Torres To: Chris Hall Subject: Re: New Costco location proposal Date: Sunday, July 13, 2025 3:52:18 PM 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. My apologies, I meant that the amount of traffic at the Naples Blvd location is impressive. J. Torres On Sun, Jul 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM Jose Torres <dustoffl986Ugmail.com> wrote: Jose A. Torres 8584 Maggiore Ct., Naples, FL 34114 602-791-4269 dustoff19861agmail.com July 13, 2025 Commissioner Chris Hall Good afternoon Commissioner Hall: My name is Jose A. Torres and I live at the above written address. The reason I am communicating with you today is because of my concern for the planned new location for Costco at the corner of Collier Blvd. and Rattlesnake Hammock road. I want to assure you that I am not against progress and/or Costco. I am a Costco member myself and purchase many items from them. However it concerns me the large amount of traffic it will create for that corner. I don't know if you have visited the Costco located in north Naples at Naples Blvd., but it is impressive and that is a commercial not a residential zone. It is my belief that this would cause innumerable amount of traffic, accidents, and inconvenience not only for us residing so close to the plan, but also for those people attempting to access the nearby hospital. It has been also brought to my attention that several other locations not far from the planned have been suggested and would appear more appropriate. It is for these reasons and others that I plan to enumerate at the County Planning Commission meet this week that I humbly petition that you consider relocation of this proposed store to a more suitable place! Thank you in advance for your consideration! Regards, Jose A. Torres From: Jose Torres To: Chris Hall Subject: New Costco location proposal Date: Sunday, July 13, 2025 3:41:03 PM 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. Jose A. Torres 8584 Maggiore Ct., Naples, FL 34114 602-791-4269 dustoff1986na_gmail. com July 13, 2025 Commissioner Chris Hall Good afternoon Commissioner Hall: My name is Jose A. Torres and I live at the above written address. The reason I am communicating with you today is because of my concern for the planned new location for Costco at the corner of Collier Blvd. and Rattlesnake Hammock road. I want to assure you that I am not against progress and/or Costco. I am a Costco member myself and purchase many items from them. However it concerns me the large amount of traffic it will create for that corner. I don't know if you have visited the Costco located in north Naples at Naples Blvd., but it is impressive and that is a commercial not a residential zone. It is my belief that this would cause innumerable amount of traffic, accidents, and inconvenience not only for us residing so close to the plan, but also for those people attempting to access the nearby hospital. It has been also brought to my attention that several other locations not far from the planned have been suggested and would appear more appropriate. It is for these reasons and others that I plan to enumerate at the County Planning Commission meet this week that I humbly petition that you consider relocation of this proposed store to a more suitable place! Thank you in advance for your consideration! Regards, Jose A. Torres From: Robert Fitch To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Rick LoCastro Subject: Fwd: COSTCO UPDATE / UPCOMING JULY 17TH PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Date: Saturday, July 12, 2025 1:36:49 PM 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. Greetings Collier County Commissioners; fdcipolla(0,,gmai1.com, gailfitch(abverizon.net We live in the Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes Community, Naples 34114. Our community is very upset concerning the possible Costco acquisition and building construction of the property at the South East corner of Collier Blvd and Rattlesnake Hammock Rd. The impact on our community and RattlesnakeHammock Rd outside of our community would be significant, let alone the strong potential of our PROPERTY DEVALUATION. Having the entrances and exits into this business from Rattlesnake Hammock is extremely concerning from a traffic volume and safety consideration. The communities located on this dead end street mainly cater to retired, retirement assisted living , over 55, and now we even have apartment dwellers entering and exiting Rattlesnake Hammock Rd. There is also the entrance and exit into the new 7-Eleven gas and convenience store/car wash and other new shops that are opening up. Another issue which seems to be getting overlooked is the traffic increases caused by the newly created Carmen Dr. which now connects from Rattlesnake Hammock Rd to Hacienda Parkway which is just North of Rattlesnake. You say how does this matter ?? Well there are multiple communities located off of Hacienda Parkway. Sapphire Cove, Collier County EMS, Milano Lakes Apts and Florida Sports Park. Cars, trucks and emergency traffic that need to go south on Collier Blvd or West on Rattlesnake Hammock Rd have to exit their locations and go North on Collier Blvd then make a'U' turn to go South on Collier Blvd. Since the completion of the new Carmen Dr. connection road, this traffic comes South to Rattlesnake in order to take advantage of the traffic light at Collier and Rattlesnake. This has already added significant traffic to Rattlesnake from communities North of us. Look on google maps and you will see what I am speaking of. We don't want a Costco operation with truck traffic after hours of operation, traffic, parking lot lighting impacting our "dark skies", noise, and another major gas station on this corner. Please consider the ramifications of your decision to our community; by minimising the established code guidelines for Collier County; with respect to distances from other gasoline stations. The entire operation as proposed needs to be located at a more commercially available location; too which there are multiple available nearby. Such as; the SE corner of Santa Barbera and Davis Blvd. Which allows for meeting the distance requirements between gas stations, the ability to enter and leave the property via two major highways not a dead end street like Rattlesnake Hammock. Also a less congested route from I- 75 Exit 101. This area also offers less congestion for Collier Blvd, which if you have ever seen the traffic in off season on Collier Blvd. you would be amazed at how busy it is, let alone in season. Has Costco done any surveys of Collier Blvd to determine these traffic patterns for Collier County to get comparisons to other locations? This should be required before any decisions are made about the proposed location. My wife and I have been Costco members for 25 years, and we enjoy the benefits. But - "NIMBY" As a current Building Code Official both in FL and PA and a full time resident we object to allowing any variances to allow for Costco to build and operate on the proposed site. We truly hope your team will reconsider Costco's request for their store at this location. Gail and Bob Fitch, 8383 Palacio Ter. S. Naples FL 34114 From: Matthew Hinderman To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Rick LoCastro Subject: Costco at Hacienda Lakes Date: Friday, July 11, 2025 10:08:33 PM 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 County Commissioners, I just wanted to write you to express my deep disappointment with the apparent direction of this Costco project at Hacienda Lakes. Having attended the meeting put on by Costco previously, with none of you present, including our own Rick LoCastro, it is obvious that you do not care about the concerns of the residents located in the Hacienda Lakes community, including those in Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes and Azure, and the new high rise apartment housing projects that have been approved throughout the vicinity increasing the density immensely before the Costco was even introduced. I just saw the recommendation from the Collier County zoning division to approve the gas station variance, resulting in three gas stations out of four corners. I assume this requirement of 500 feet must have no ecological reasons, since the zoning division did not even speak to that point. What is the purpose of the 500 feet requirement? Is there no ecological aspects to that reasoning or is it just economics. And if economics, why give a variance? Was it consented to by the 7-11. I wonder if the 1970s are coming back. Since that is what the zoning division seems to contemplate. Are there queues of cars from the 7-11 and RaceTrac down the street. No, of course not, because this is not the 1970s. Will there be queues at the Costco, yes. It is admitted as such in the report, noting that the queues will be inside. The approval recommendation noting that "The Costco gas station is a members - only gas station, meaning that only Costco members can purchase fuel, whereas RaceTrac and 7-11 both can be used by the public. Consequently, since it's a members -only club, Costco's gas station may not generate as much traffic, as it will be the second Costco with a gas station in the county. In comparison to other public gas stations, the queueing of the traffic at Costco will remain internal to the subject property." is one of the most ridiculous statements that I have ever seen. Costco members come from everywhere to go to Costco, the traffic related to the Costco gas stations is going to be so much more than the other gas stations that they have to set up an internal queueing system. No other public gas station does this, as no other gas station is as busy as Costco due to the fact that Costco offers a discounted price undercutting every local gas station and causing everyone nearby to use the Costco. So to use this as justification, with such lawyer words used, like "may not", says to me, that this whole thing was a fait accompli this whole time, regardless of what our commissioner Rick LoCastro maintained. Have you all considered the additional traffic? The zoning division specifically mentions that the Costco will primarily be serviced by Rattlesnake Hammock, like that is a good thing. The only ways in and out will be on Rattlesnake Hammock that is a dead-end street with no outlets on the backside to get out and avoid the nightmare traffic that this Costco will bring. No outlets on Collier Blvd? Why is that, because Costco is too cheap to build a bridge over the waterways? What happens if there is an accident outside of the Costco on Rattlesnake Hammock, how do people get out? Who cares if people living behind Costco can get home or not, as long as you increase the tax base. Why is it not being built in a commercial area with other commercial properties like every Costco in America. Oh that's right, because this plot was zoned commercial. It was zoned commercial, but does not have to be a huge big box store, those should be included with other stores in a commercial strip, and not on their own in a residential community. I understand that you probably don't care, but just wanted to let you know that you are selling out everyone living on Rattlesnake Hammock beyond Collier. At least you could propose an outlet on the back side of Rattlesnake, that would allow us to get out of our homes without having to wait 20 minutes to get through Costco traffic and take 20 minutes to turn left from Collier onto Rattlesnake. Since you are approving the new building in Sabal Palm, you could require that, and for it to be paid for by Costco, to provide some relief to the residents that you have stranded. Thank you for your attention. Matt Hinderman a concerned resident of Esplanade From: Mike Haller To: Mike Haller Cc: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Rick LoCastro Subject: Re: Costco east Naples Date: Friday, July 11, 2025 8:12:55 PM Attachments: imaaeOxna 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. You are all a detriment to Collier county. Disgrace. Thanks for nothing on granting the variance. You won't stop until Collier county is paved over. See you on the 17th with hopefully many others. Yours truly, Mike Haller. ®❑ On Jun 30, 2025, at 6:49 AM, Mike Haller <WHITEHOUSE304@hotmail.com> wrote: All, Costco does not belong on the track of land off 951 and rattlesnake hammock. There are better places to put it with better access and no need for a variance. Why do you approve building in every vacant property? Don't you know it is cheaper to have open space than buildings? Less infrastructure. Also we know your game on "affordable housing ". Give me a break. Stop these developers. I suppose you know the nickname for Rick is LowCostco. We will remember all of you at election time and see you along with hundreds of others at the meeting. Mike Haller Neighbor to proposed Costco From: ioanne hastincgs To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill. mcdanieWbcolliercountyyov; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Rick LoCastro Subject: NO COSTCO AT RATTLESNAKE LOCATION Date: Thursday, July 10, 2025 9:25:43 AM 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. I am a resident at The Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes, and I am writing to all of you because clearly Rick LoCastro doesn't represent us!!! Hasn't there been enough accidents at this intersection? Haven't enough people been injured or killed at this very dangerous intersection???? do any of you care?????? Joanne Hastings 8155 Lucello Terr so Naples Get Outlook for 10S From: Mark Kreindel To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Rick LoCastro Subject: COSTCO Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2025 9:14:00 AM 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. I wanted to make our feelings known with regard to the proposed Costco at the corner of Rattlesnake Hammock Rd. and Collier Blvd. My wife and I are completely opposed to this for the following reasons: 1. Poor planning - ingress and egress from Rattlesnake Hammock Rd will create a nightmare for traffic 2. Per Costco's admission - they expect an additional 4500 cars/day. This is in addition to the additional traffic due to the new housing developments of Caymus and Seven Shores and the multiple apartments being completed on the same corner. At the very least this will increase traffic on Collier Blvd by 1000 cars/day. It can't work. 3. The increased traffic will result in delayed access for emergency vehicles to Physicians Regional Hospital which will be next door. This is a public safety concern. 4. The proposed housing development along Sabal Palm Rd will further increase traffic on Collier Blvd. 5. There are already 2 gas stations on that corner and Costco wants to add more. When is enough enough? 6. During season Collier Blvd cannot handle the traffic traversing it at the current time. To add additional traffic is unreasonable. 7. The traffic study done by Costco was done during off-season, so it looked better than it should have. 8. PUBLIC SAFETY IS AT RISK WITH THIS PROJECT. THERE ARE MULTIPLE BETTER LOCATIONS WITH BETTER ACCESS. 9. WE ARE NOT AGAINST COSTCO-WE ARE AGAINST COSTCO AT THIS LOCATION! Mark S. and Sharon Kreindel hrtdoc16()amai1.com Residents of Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes From: Donna Hill To: Chris Hall Subject: Letter to oppose Cotsco Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2025 12:43:41 PM Attachments: Donna Hill Opposes Cotsco.docx 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 Chris: I have attached a letter outlining the reasons why Costco should not be granted permission to build on the intersection of Rattlesnake & Collier. In short, if this goes through traffic will be unbearable and I will most likely move from Collier County. Sincerely, Donna L. Hill Esplanade Hacienda Lakes 8187 Lucello Terrace S. Naples, FL 34114 From: Camille DiPace To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Rick LoCastro Subject: Proposed Costco & gas station on SE Corner Collier & Rattlesnake Hammock -Please Vote No Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2025 4:07:52 PM Importance: High 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. Good Afternoon, I am a resident of Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes and wished to voice my opposition to the proposed construction of Costco on the South East corner of Collier & Rattlesnake Hammock Rd. When we attended the meeting with the Costco representatives our protests fell on deaf ears, which was truly disappointing. While I am not opposed to progress, I feel that the construction of this facility would be detrimental to all the residents in the community and surrounding communities (which there are now 7 more as there were when I purchased my home in 2019). The influx of traffic, noise and pollution or the possible damage to the water table, and the present wildlife alone should sway your votes to reject this proposed build. There are 2 established convenience stores with gas pumps already; RaceTrac/gas station on the South West corner of Collier and a 7-1 1/gas station on the North East corner of Collier, Esplanade is also a natural gas community; can you just imagine the result of an accident whereby there is any type of fire or crash within the confines of the gas pump area of this mega store? The overly increased traffic would certainly delay getting to the hospital and if it's a matter of life & death, minutes will count. We were advised back, in I believe 2021, by Mr. LoCastro that all the new communities & strip malls going up in our area would not adversely affect traffic; as a study had been completed and our roadways could handle all the additional personal & commercial traffic brought to the area. Costco wasn't in the picture then so where in this study does it say that another 4500 cars, 16 gas pumps and deliveries at all hours will not impact traffic, our roads, our communities, or the hospital and our quality of life? I believe that there are numerous other sites that can be utilized for Costco's purposes without invading what little green space we have left on that corner. When it came time to purchase our home in Florida I found the east coast overly developed and congested, I fell in love with this area which was so peaceful, beautiful and green space was still prevalent, you actually had to be careful driving due to the wild Life. I'm sad to say that this area is now on its way to becoming as overly developed and congested as the East Coast, and the wild life is also being impacted; there used to be a family of Bald eagles in our community, there were absolutely breathtaking, now because of all the additional construction they are no longer around. I understand there is an ordinance which prohibits more gas tanks (or gas pumps?) to be installed that close to one another, and only your vote in favor could override that ordinance. I'm pretty confident that if any of you lived in the area, you wouldn't be in favor of this construction either, so I respectfully request that you vote against this proposed project. Thank you for your time, Camille DiPace Resident Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes Naples, FL 34114 From: Mark Kreindel To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Rick LoCastro Subject: COSTCO Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2025 9:14:00 AM 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. I wanted to make our feelings known with regard to the proposed Costco at the corner of Rattlesnake Hammock Rd. and Collier Blvd. My wife and I are completely opposed to this for the following reasons: 1. Poor planning - ingress and egress from Rattlesnake Hammock Rd will create a nightmare for traffic 2. Per Costco's admission - they expect an additional 4500 cars/day. This is in addition to the additional traffic due to the new housing developments of Caymus and Seven Shores and the multiple apartments being completed on the same corner. At the very least this will increase traffic on Collier Blvd by 1000 cars/day. It can't work. 3. The increased traffic will result in delayed access for emergency vehicles to Physicians Regional Hospital which will be next door. This is a public safety concern. 4. The proposed housing development along Sabal Palm Rd will further increase traffic on Collier Blvd. 5. There are already 2 gas stations on that corner and Costco wants to add more. When is enough enough? 6. During season Collier Blvd cannot handle the traffic traversing it at the current time. To add additional traffic is unreasonable. 7. The traffic study done by Costco was done during off-season, so it looked better than it should have. 8. PUBLIC SAFETY IS AT RISK WITH THIS PROJECT. THERE ARE MULTIPLE BETTER LOCATIONS WITH BETTER ACCESS. 9. WE ARE NOT AGAINST COSTCO-WE ARE AGAINST COSTCO AT THIS LOCATION! Mark S. and Sharon Kreindel hrtdoc16()amai1.com Residents of Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes From: May Gould To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Rick LoCastro Subject: Costco Planning Rattlesnake and Collier Date: Monday, June 30, 2025 10:34:58 AM 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. I am writing to strongly oppose the position of this Costco on the con or of Rattlesnake and Collier for the following reasons: This is a large residential area with memory care, over 50's and retirement communities. Elderly people walk on this street every day for exercise, it simply is not safe and cannot handle this amount of traffic, highly dangerous with elderly people crossing the road all the time, we have already had numerous collisions and people injuries at this junction. Costco iust amended their hours to now open at 9.00am every day for executive members. Extended hours since this proposal. Emergency vehicles are on this road daily and nightly for close proximity to the hospital, which will now slow down their ability to get to urgent care in a timely manner. There are many places in this area that are available, why this one, we already have three gas stations on that corner. Please listen to the people opposing this, we have fought before as this area is overpopulated with all the new construction, construction on a new over 50 facility on Rattlesnake has not even started yet, but you have passed this as well. We feel like we do not have a voice but we are still going to strongly oppose this and believe the Collier County Planning Commission will see the drawbacks. Thank you for your time. Mary Gould, Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes. From: Diane Riashi To: Chris Hall Subject: Costco Date: Monday, June 30, 2025 9:04:14 AM 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. Mr Hall, Please drive to the site where Costco wants to locate their new store before you make any decisions on that location. I shop at Costco often, but that corner will be a traffic nightmare. Diane Riashi From: Mike Haller To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Rick LoCastro Subject: Costco east Naples Date: Monday, June 30, 2025 6:49:25 AM 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. All, Costco does not belong on the track of land off 951 and rattlesnake hammock. There are better places to put it with better access and no need for a variance. Why do you approve building in every vacant property? Don't you know it is cheaper to have open space than buildings? Less infrastructure. Also we know your game on "affordable housing ". Give me a break. Stop these developers. I suppose you know the nickname for Rick is LowCostco. We will remember all of you at election time and see you along with hundreds of others at the meeting. Mike Haller Neighbor to proposed Costco From: J. Khayat To: Chris Hall; Dan Kowal; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis Subject: Giant Costco Warehouse at Rattlesnake and Collier - not recommended Date: Saturday, April 12, 2025 12:06:33 AM 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 Collier County Commissioners, Hope my email finds you well. My wife and I are residents of the Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes, Naples Florida. We understand that Costco is proposing to develop and build a new giant store within residential neighborhoods, on the corner of Rattlesnake Road and Collier Blvd. We are very concerned and are against this proposal. We believe that building a giant Costco store with a gas station at this chosen location is very disruptive to our residential neighborhood. Also, keep in mind that there are 2 emergency facilities at this proposed location. There is a Hospital with ambulance vehicles that come and go, and there is the fire department, also with vehicles that respond to emergencies. So, considering the traffic nightmare that would result from placing a Costco, at this location, would be a huge interference with these emergency vehicles. Please note that we are not against building a Costco, but against the proposed location to build it. We believe that a better location would be further down the road at Collier Blvd. and Tamiami Rd. That is a commercial area and Costco would be better suited there, and convenient to the Marco Island residents as well. There are multiple factors to consider. We would sincerely hope that you, the Collier County Commissioners, would take the displeasure feedback from so many residents into consideration, and insist on Costco management to choose a different location. There are several other commercially suitable locations. Kindly note our feedback below. • There is a significant traffic impact to Hacienda Lakes residential neighborhoods, and the neighboring residents, and this corner is already congested, and many accidents have been reported there. • Selecting a location closer at the intersection of 41 and Collier Blvd has significant advantages. Not only is such a location more commercial, but it is also an ideal location to attract customers from Marco Island and the developments further Southeast of route 41. Besides that is already a commercial area, and Costco would perfectly fit there. • A giant Costco by the Physicians Regional Hospital and the fire department is not a good idea. There will most definitely be a traffic impact to emergency services. We implore you to please not approve the building of this giant store at Rattlesnake and Collier, rather push Costco to choose one of the several more commercial locations. Thank you for listening to our concerns and taking them into consideration. Best Regards, Joseph Khayat and Marianne Khayat From: Rosalie Brainard To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Rick LoCastro Subject: Costco Date: Sunday, June 29, 2025 3:13:57 PM 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 County Commissioners, We are writing this email letter as permanent residents of a home located in Hacienda Lakes, Azure Community. We want to express our strong opposition to the proposed Costco off of Rattlesnake Hammock Road. We feel the additional thousands of daily automobiles, tractor trailers and trucks will heavily overburden our nearby roads. The intersection of Collier and Rattlesnake Hammock already have created safety hazards with some pedestrian deaths and automobile accidents. The thousands of new, yet vacant, apartments will have many pedestrians crossing a very dangerous, busy intersection while walking to Costco. Can you imagine pedestrians trying to navigate that four way intersection in between an additional 4,500 cars (as stated by Costco) headed to Costco and the already very congested Collier Blvd and Rattlesnake Hammock Rd? In addition, please note that the EMT and fire station located on Hacienda Lakes Parkway must navigate that heavy congestion while transporting sick patients to Physicians Regional, or, trying to get to emergency calls! Minutes can make the difference between life or death. Is it right to put the needs of Costco before the lives of nearby residents needing emergency services, I.e., fire or EMT responses? Will the County be held responsible for creating this very dangerous, possibly life threatening situation by granting approval of this project? In addition, there are currently 32 gas pumps located in the two present gas stations on the corners of Collier and Rattlesnake Hammock. A third gas station is not needed in that location, and, could cause potential environmental hazards. Why would Commissioners approve this project for this particular congested location when there are so many other well suited spots located in this area? Note that the three Costcos near this area, are all located in big box store locations, not causing traffic, environmental and safety issues to nearby neighbors. Why would you even think of squeezing Costco near heavily populated residential areas , the hospital and extremely heavy trafficked intersection? We are long time members of Costco and would happily support them in a better suited, safe, non residential, less trafficked location. We urge you to vote no and respect the wishes of your voters. Thank you, Rosalie and Don Brainard 8909 Redonda Drive Naples, Florida Sent from my iPad From: John Mreczko To: Chris Hall Subject: Proposed Costco Date: Thursday, March 13, 2025 4:18:17 PM 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 Mr. Hall, I am writing to let you know of my opposition to the proposed Costco here at Hacienda Lakes. My wife and I moved in 2 1/2 years ago. Since that time, development of apartments, condominiums, assisted living and commercial has literally exploded in this area. I understand that people need a place to live. I also understand that increased tax revenue benefits Naples and the surrounding areas. My opposition to Costco at the proposed location is this: the proposed gas station is too close to the hospital and would be a potential danger. Second, the expected traffic from Costco and it's gas station would overwhelm the current roadways and cause massive traffic jams. Costco expects 4500 cars a day to use the gas station! A NO vote on this proposal would be a GOOD vote for the people that are here now, and the expected populace moving in. Costco has plenty of other options for property along Collier Blvd. and other sites in the area. Thank you. Sincerly, John Mreczko Jr. 9101 Montserrat Dr. Naples, FI. 34114 From: Paul Sciolino To: Chris Hall Subject: Proposed Costco Site at Rattlesnake and Collier Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2025 12:35:40 PM 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. Commissioner Hall; First of all, we would like to thank -you for your service to our country and our community. We reside in Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes and are asking you to oppose the construction of Costco at Collier Boulevard and Rattlesnake Hammock Road. We are going to reiterate the same traffic concerns as many in our community have expressed to your office. Currently there are approximately 1,000 single family homes located in Esplanade and Azure accessing the east end of Rattlesnake Hammock Road daily; Under construction are 2,000 apartments with direct access to the east end of Rattlesnake Hammock Road daily; An additional 700 single family homes at Caymas and Seven Shores will have indirect access to the east end of Rattlesnake Hammock Road via a newly constructed road at Azure; A proposed elementary school is designated for the site near the entrances of Esplanade and Azure with children and school bus traffic on the east end of Rattlesnake Hammock Road; Fire station emergency vehicles located on Hacienda Lakes access the east end of Rattlesnake Hammock Road which will be impeded by Costco's daily traffic; Per Costco's own admission, they will add an additional 4,500 vehicles daily egressing onto the east side of Rattlesnake Hammock Road; There are currently two gas stations at the Collier Boulevard and Rattlesnake Hammock Road intersection located within 300 feet of the proposed Costco gas station; and, It is also our opinion that home property values and corresponding Collier County tax levies will plummet upon the construction of Costco. We ask you to take our concerns into consideration when deciding the feasibility of locating Costco at the already congested intersection of Collier Boulevard and Rattlesnake Hammock Road. We thank -you in advance, for your consideration. Sincerely, Paul Sciolino and Lydia Hughes 8348 Promoso Court, Naples, FL [� Virus4ree.www.avast.com From: Roberta Scherzinaer To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Aixa Caoizzi Subject: Naples FL New Potential Costco Location Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 11:18:27 PM 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 Collier County Commissioners and Administrative Assistants, My husband and I are very satisfied Costco members. We frequent the current Naples FL location for many items. We welcome a 2nd location, however one that would not dramatically upset our current residential environment that is already a congestion nightmare. The proposed site for a 2nd Naples FL Costco location has caused GREAT concern by those who live in this area. There was a Costco meeting in this area on Feb 18 and over 250 residents attended to voice their concerns with Costco representatives. The media were also present. Yes, it was zoned commercial several years ago, however this is not a location to build a big box store now. Multiple smaller commercial properties would be more tolerable for this very congested area rather than 1 huge business that brings in 4500 cars per day in and out each direction. The new build would be in a very residential neighborhood as a stand alone business. Wouldn't Costco prefer to be next to other commercial properties like their other stores? Costco would be right next to Physicians Regional Hospital on Collier, a hospital that is critical for human well being and emergencies. The added traffic would interfere with emergency vehicles trying to get into the hospital. The only entrance to Costco would be on Rattlesnake Hammock Road where there are many residential properties. Many are apartment rentals and assisted living. This road then dead - ends a short distance away from Collier Blvd. The congestion at this road with Collier Blvd is currently overwhelmed with traffic. The idea of having truck deliveries at night is cause for great concern. The noise and the high light poles would be very intrusive in a residential area. There are already 2 gas stations at this intersection and Costco wants to add a gas station that is too close in proximity to the existing gas stations. The environmental concerns are cause for alarm. Plans for a school in close proximity to Costco are causing grave concerns. We respectfully request that you consider all of the resident's serious concerns and suggest to Costco that they please consider property near Collier Blvd and Tamiami Trail (Rt 41) where the land would be near other commercial properties and would be more advantageous to their bottom line. Respectfully, Roberta Scherzinger Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes From: thomasr460Ccbaol.com To: Rick LoCastro; Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel Subject: Costco"s commitment to the Hacienda Lakes store location. Date: Saturday, March 8, 2025 2:09:13 PM 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 Commissioners, thank you for the job you do for the citizens Collier County. You will be doing your due diligence on the Costco request for a new store location at the corner of Collier Boulevard and Rattlesnake Hammock road and I am sure you will be looking at all aspects of the situation. Costco keeps a head count of their sales in both the store and 12 gas pumps, ask them for it. All those cars will be entering on Rattlesnake Hammock road, and exiting, taking a U turn to go back to Collier Boulevard. Clogging traffic both ways. There is massive condo, house, apartment and commercial property building going on in this area besides a proposed school. I assume this will require a new traffic plan, who pays for it? Please take this problem in consideration in making your decision on Costco going forward with their plan. Thanks, Tom and Elaine Rath 8458 Viale Circle Naples, Florida 34114 From: To: William Dunn Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Aixa.CapizzaCa)colliercountyfl.gov; Bill McDaniel; William Dunn Subject: No Costco Date: Sunday, March 2, 2025 7:21:57 PM 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. Commissioner's My wife and I are full time residents, taxpayers and voters living in Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes. I am writing to you all to voice my Strenuous Objection to the insane Costco disaster waiting to happen. A community information meeting was held on 18 Feb. Unfortunately, as far as we know Commissioner LoCastro nor any of the other commissioners were present. Had you been in attendance, you would have witnessed first hand the lies, the condescending attitude and the total dismissing of the over 250 neighborhood residents' concerns and solutions by the Costco rep. You could have seen for yourselves the fact that he more than once implied that this terrible project was absolutely going to happen and the gas variance ( which violates current code) is a done deal.They have no plans to check out any other locations as they believe they already have this project agreed to by the powers that be. In an effort to keep this reasonably brief, I will only touch one one of the many issues for now. TRAFFIC CONGESTION and SAFETY. The Costo rep stated that there will be at least 4500 cars a day coming to this site. He conveniently omitted the fact that there will be more traffic related to the out parcels that will also be on the site. As you all know there @ 2700 new apartments being built, two major subdivision developments, a new strip mall, a possible grade school and a Fire Department Station that responds to life and death events, which creates a myriad of issues without Costo being shoehorned into the mix. Many of these residents will have multiple vehicles and will be using Collier Blvd and Rattlesnake Hammock road. It defies all logic and common sense that anyone could believe this is a doable location. Please do not put corporate greed over the concerns of the residents. We understand that this parcel was zoned commercial many, many,many years ago. I am sure when this parcel was zoned commercial it was not with a Costco in mind, especially one with no ingress and egress off a main artery, 24 gas pumps and anticipation of up to 70 cars all idling while waiting for gas. A lot has changed since this parcel was divided up. This area is now a densely populated residential area. RattleSnake Hammock Road was not designed to handle the huge increase in traffic that will endanger walkers, bike riders, elderly persons and children who use the sidewalk, bike path and walking path along Collier. There is no reason a project as expansive as Costco should be allowed to be built in a residential area. There are numerous other locations that would better serve the communities of East Naples and Marco Island. Thank You, Bill Dunn 8481 Sevilla Ct billyd87.wdggmai1.com From: Stephanie Moore To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Rick LoCastro Cc: Louise Jarvis; Sue Filson; Sarina Francis; Cristina Tiberia; Aixa Capizzi; Brian Zeederbero; William Kutner Subject: Costco planned Project Date: Sunday, March 2, 2025 5:46:40 PM 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. I am emailing all of you to bring to your attention our grave concerns over the proposed building of a Costco outlet and garage on Rattlesnake Hammock and Collier. It is my belief that Costco have absolutely no regard for how this will detrimentally affect residents living on Rattlesnake Hammock. 1 Congestion and traffic Costco have factored in only two exits and both are on Rattlesnake Hammock. With an estimated 1000 vehicles entering and exiting every hour during Costco opening hours plus the added drive through of the residents who will soon be occupying all the newly built apartments along this stretch of road it will cause an unacceptable amount of gridlocked traffic at all times of day along Rattlesnake Hammock. Through the night Costco plan a myriad of delivery vehicles. We have been informed that Costco is applying for a third exit via the adjacent hospital but this, even if allowed, will barely alleviate the problem. 2 There are already two operating garages, Seven Eleven abd Race Trac on the junction of Collier and Rattlesnake Hammock. We do not need a third. We have been informed that Costco would not consider building here unless they get a waiver from yourselves to include a garage. Their reasoning being that the Costco garage will be different because it is open to Costco card holders only.This is not an acceptable reason to have a third garage. 3 A school is planned to be built behind Rattlesnake and Collier to serve the community. This will further hamper safe traffic movement along Rattlesnake and Hammock if Costco is allowed to build here. 3 There are other less congested areas nearer to Marco Island if Costco's main concern is servicing Marco Island residents. 4 A planned Costco on Rattlesnake Hammock and Collier will result in the tearing down of all of the existing trees and foliage leaving unsightly views of a massive Costco complex, not to mention the damage to the natural wildlife and the environment. I hope ypu will take I to consideration our grave concerns Yours sincerely Stephanie Moore OBE and Brian Zeedergerg 8897 Redonda Drive, Azure, Naples. 33114. From: Peter Rand To: Chris Hall; Dan Kowal; burt.sanders(abcolliercountvfl.aov; Bill McDaniel; Rick LoCastro Cc: president(nbazurehoa.com; FDCipolla(abgmail.com Subject: Costco Zoning Date: Sunday, March 2, 2025 4:24:07 PM 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 Commissioners, As a former Zoning Board Member and quasi-judicial official for Lawrence Township, New Jersey, I am deeply aware of the significant responsibility entrusted to members of this Board. I would like to begin by expressing my sincere appreciation for your dedication and service. The decisions made by this Board have a lasting impact on the community, shaping its development in alignment with the needs and interests of its residents. Having carefully reviewed the available data and drawing upon my experience as a Zoning Official, I write to formally express my opposition to the proposed zoning approval for the Costco development at the intersection of Rattlesnake Hammock Road and Collier Boulevard (951). My opposition to this development arises from several critical concerns, foremost among them being the adverse effects on traffic congestion and public safety. The traffic studies conducted thus far do not fully account for the anticipated increase in vehicular ingress and egress once the existing residential and elderly care facilities are fully developed. Specifically, the Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes comprises 443 homes, while Azure at Hacienda Lakes consists of 419 homes. Additionally, it is my understanding that approximately 1,700 apartment units, along with an elderly care facility, are planned for this area. Even under a conservative estimate of one vehicle per residence, this would result in approximately 2,500 additional vehicles utilizing the 0.9-mile stretch of Rattlesnake Hammock Road east of Collier Boulevard. This figure does not include traffic generated by Seven Shores, as well as patrons of existing commercial establishments such as 7-Eleven and First Watch. I strongly encourage the Board to personally assess the intersection during peak traffic hours. Congestion routinely extends past Physicians Regional Medical Center, particularly for northbound traffic on Collier Boulevard approaching from Marco Island. The increased traffic burden resulting from the proposed Costco development will only exacerbate these existing issues, creating significant public safety concerns, particularly with respect to emergency response times for Physicians Regional Medical Center and Collier County EMS Station 25. Furthermore, while the Florida Sports Park's events may be periodic, they attract approximately 1,000 spectators during Swamp Buggy Racing Season, adding further strain to an already overburdened roadway infrastructure. In addition to traffic and safety concerns, the proposed development raises substantial environmental considerations. My father-in-law, who previously served as Regional Director of the Environmental Protection Agency for the Northeastern United States and as Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection for the State of New Jersey, was deeply committed to the preservation of wildlife and natural habitats. In alignment with these conservation principles, I have attached a photograph taken during the week of February 23, 2025, depicting a family of bears crossing a newly developed roadway off Rattlesnake Hammock Road. This serves as a clear indication of the potential displacement of wildlife due to ongoing development in the area. Given the significant concerns regarding public safety, traffic congestion, noise pollution, community character, and environmental impact, I respectfully urge the Board to deny the zoning request for the proposed Costco development. The residents of Hacienda Lakes and the surrounding communities rely on your leadership to ensure that development decisions serve the best interests of the public and maintain the integrity of the region. I appreciate your time and thoughtful consideration of this matter. Sincerely, Peter Rand From: johnsweenev224560Calamail. com To: Chris Hall Subject: Thank you! Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025 9:36:30 PM 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. Mr. Hall, My wife and I are homeowners in the Azure subdivision of Hacienda Lakes. I had drafted, but not yet sent, a letter to you and the other Commissioners asking that the proposed new Costco approvals come before the Commissioners rather than a hearing examiner. But before I could send it, you and the rest of the Commission have alreadydoneso! Thankyou! We did attend the "information" meeting with Costco last week, but to be honest, Costco was not very open, and they certainly gave a very different picture of the situation than what Rick LoCastro has described in his newsletter. The Costco attitude at the meeting gave the impression that they were required to hold the meeting, but they were not changing anything. If you wish to read our thoughts on the Costco situation, please continue below, otherwise, I thank you for your actions so far on this matter. Sincerely, John Sweeney Celeste Sweeney A. COSTCO TRAFFIC At the recent meeting where Costo did a Q&A for residents, the Costco representative said they expect about 4500 vehicles a day to enter and exit their facility. Most of those vehicles would have to enter and exit onto Rattlesnake Hammock. The Costco representative said that since Rattlesnake Hammock is a multi -lane divided highway, there should be no issue with the traffic. While Rattlesnake Hammock west of Collier is pretty much exactly that with 3 lanes in each direction and a 45mph speed limit, Rattlesnake Hammock east of Collier is a residential parkway that is a little less than a mile in length, 2 lanes in each direction, 40mph speed limit and dead ends in our subdivision. Clearly Rattlesnake Hammock is different east and west of Collier. There are no businesses east of Collier on Rattlesnake Hammock facing Rattlesnake Hammock. Several new apartment complexes, condos and Senior facilities are being constructed — all residential. With less than 900 homes in Azure and Esplanade, there are no current traffic concerns east of Collier on Rattlesnake Hammock. At the time of the meeting, Costco hours were 10am to 8pm. The Costco rep stated that a minimum of 4500 vehicles a day on Rattlesnake Hammock would mean an average of 560+ vehicles an hour, or 10 vehicles every minute. That is a huge increase in traffic for a residential parkway. Costco indicated that the volume of traffic would be so significant that they proposed a stoplight be constructed in the middle of the residential neighborhood on Rattlesnake Hammock to make sure their customers can exit. Costco has since decided to expand their gasoline sales hours, so the number of vehicles will likely increase. Rattlesnake Hammock east of Collier was not designed as a commercial road and is certainly not a "highway" as characterized by Costco. The best way for Costco to eliminate the traffic issues on Rattlesnake Hammock would be to add an entrance and exit on Collier. I realize this has its own issues, including disruption of the bike path, bridges over the canal, negotiations with the hospital, etc., but it makes so much more sense than feeding all the traffic into a residential neighborhood. I believe it is unusual to have a Costco store with a gas station and service bays built in the middle of a residential area. B. Fuel Station Currently the intersection of Collier and Rattlesnake Hammock has two fueling stations inexistence and both have access from Collier. Over the years, the County has developed many statutes, building codes, ordinances, etc. that allow our County to remain beautiful. The proposed Costco has indicated that they will apply for a variance to the fuel station distance rule. We see no reason why the County should grant this variance. The county rules have been established for good reasons and Costco should not receive any special treatment. They have options— move the fuel operation so it is further away or build a Costco without a fuel station. Without a fuel station, the traffic would be less and alleviate a lot of the traffic concerns listed above. From: Frank Cioolla To: Mark Marouiss Cc: Chris Hall; Louise Jarvis; Burt Saunders; Sue Filson; Dan Kowal; Sarina Francis; Bill McDaniel; Cristina Tiberia; Rick LoCastro; Aixa Caoizzi; President(&azurehoa.com Subject: Re: Costco @ Rattlesnake - questions to consider Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025 8:39:57 PM 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. Thank you, Mark. Great email with excellent points. There are other places to place this giant big box store. This is not the location. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 27, 2025, at 8:35 PM, Mark Marquiss <cougmanl7@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Commissioner's, I am writing to express my strong opposition to the proposed commercial zoning approval for the Costco development on Rattlesnake and Collier. In addition to concerns about increased traffic congestion and the impact on Local businesses, I am particularly concerned about the potential strain on emergency services, including fire safety and hospital access. Given the critical importance of timely emergency response, I urge the Commission to carefully consider the following: • How many fire emergency calls or ambulance responses occur per day in this area? What are the normal hours for emergency operations, and how will increased commercial traffic affect response times? • What is the current traffic flow for emergency calls today, and how much will the added congestion from Costco impact response times? • How many residents and visitors currently rely on quick access to the hospital? • Have considerations been made for the elderly care facilities within a two -block radius and their reliance on fast emergency services? The addition of a high -traffic commercial center could severely impact first responders' ability to navigate the area efficiently, potentially putting lives at risk and the county at fault. Public safety must remain a priority, and I urge the Commission to deny this zoning request in favor of responsible development that does not compromise emergency response capabilities. Thank you for your time and commitment to our community's well-being. I appreciate your thoughtful consideration of this matter and appreciate your dedication to making decisions that serve the best interests of local residents. I look forward to your response. Sincerely, Mark Marquiss From: Mark Marauiss To: Chris Hall; Louise Jarvis; Burt Saunders; Sue Filson; Dan Kowal; Sarina Francis; Bill McDaniel; Cristina Tiberia; Rick LoCastro; Aixa Caoizzi Cc: DresidentCalazurehoa.com; Frank Ciaolla Subject: Costco @ Rattlesnake - questions to consider Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025 8:35:12 PM 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's, I am writing to express my strong opposition to the proposed commercial zoning approval for the Costco development on Rattlesnake and Collier. In addition to concerns about increased traffic congestion and the impact on local businesses, I am particularly concerned about the potential strain on emergency services, including fire safety and hospital access. Given the critical importance of timely emergency response, I urge the Commission to carefully consider the following: • How many fire emergency calls or ambulance responses occur per day in this area? What are the normal hours for emergency operations, and how will increased commercial traffic affect response times? • What is the current traffic flow for emergency calls today, and how much will the added congestion from Costco impact response times? • How many residents and visitors currently rely on quick access to the hospital? • Have considerations been made for the elderly care facilities within a two -block radius and their reliance on fast emergency services? The addition of a high -traffic commercial center could severely impact first responders' ability to navigate the area efficiently, potentially putting lives at risk and the county at fault. Public safety must remain a priority, and I urge the Commission to deny this zoning request in favor of responsible development that does not compromise emergency response capabilities. Thank you for your time and commitment to our community's well-being. I appreciate your thoughtful consideration of this matter and appreciate your dedication to making decisions that serve the best interests of local residents. I look forward to your response. Sincerely, Mark Marquiss From: Tom Mathews To: Chris Hall Subject: Hacienda Lakes Costco Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025 4:54:36 PM 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. Hi Chris My name is Tom Mathews and I own a home in Hacienda Lakes I have been there for 5 years and previous to that I had a home in Lely. I strongly object to Costco building a warehouse on the corner of Rattlesnake and Collier. I understand that the property is zoned commercial but a warehouse operation with a gas station situated between a hospital and the residential neighborhood is a poor use for that lot it's just too close to the residents and the other gas stations. I am hoping you deny their requested variance Sincerely Tom Mathews 269-208-1083 8990 Redonda, Naples Sent from my Wad From: Scott Claus To: azureadmin@)kwpmc.com; Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Rick LoCastro; Ms. Shelley W Claus; Scott Claus Subject: Costco Zoning Concerns Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025 11:58:06 AM Importance: High 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 Collier County Commissioners, I want to thank you all for upgrading the Costco zoning approval to the Collier County Planning Commission rather than just going through the examiner. Special thanks to Commission LoCastro for pushing this agenda. My wife and I own property in Azure at Hacienda lakes (9183 Cayman Drive) and have very strong feelings about the current plans which were presented at the community meeting. As a note, we are Costco members and we would very much like to have one on the South Side of Naples, just not in the current proposed location under the current proposed plan. Our concerns arise primarily about the traffic flow of this site. With no entrance/exit to Collier Ave, all the Costco traffic will be pushed onto Rattlesnake Hammock. This particular road is about to be overrun with traffic from the in -process multi family developments in various stages of being constructed. We just don't see how this road will handle the additional 100's of vehicles daily with a Costco or the delivery semi's which will have to navigate Rattlesnake Hammock. One need only visit the current Costco to see the mess this invites to the one and only entrance to our subdivision (Azure at Hacienda Lakes). Please keep in mind busses and emergency vehicle will also only have access to this one entrance and what that means for the safety of the residents in this area. I would ask that you all please do everything in your power to adjust the traffic flow off Rattlesnake Hammock and onto Collier Ave or push Costco to a different more suitable location such as on Highway 41. This development just doesn't fit for what I assume was envisioned at Hacienda Lakes. Your vigilance on this matter is very much appreciated. Sincerely, Scott Claus sfcl@email.com 224-538-8995 From: Claudia To: Chris Hall Subject: Costco Project Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 11:32:27 AM 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. Good morning Commissioner Hall, This brief email is to let you know that we strongly oppose the Costco project at Collier and Rattle Snake Drives. This intersection is already being crowded with enormous apartment complexes. It is mostly a resident area and the space is not sufficient to accommodate such a big business with the activity that it attracts. Please oppose the development of this project as the resident of the area are not in agreement with it. Gratefully, Claudia Barua From: hudains ICcbcomcast.net To: Chris Hall Subject: Costco Dilemma Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 7:40:15 AM 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 County Commissioner, Adding another large store to the corner of 951 and Rattlesnake area will only promote a traffic nightmare and cause congestion on the roadways. Why in the world does anyone think this spot is the best place for this store? There's the hospital, present congestion plus many accidents already, and multi -level housing being completed that will add to an already concentrated traffic area. To me it appears we will have another "Immokalee Road Nightmare". Please reconsider this potential choice, and find an area that is more suitable on the East side of town, that will not hamper traffic, encourage accidents because of excessive traffic, and meet the needs of the residents. Sincerely, Sally Hudgins 8604 Maggiore Ct. Naples, FL 33412 From: Ron Blasia To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis Cc: rbmarketman(ftmail.com Subject: Costco - future location Rattlesnake ands Collier - Naples Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2025 4:01:57 PM Importance: High 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. I have been a Costco Executive Member since 2011 while living in California. The Costco I frequented was in an industrial area in Union City, close to where I worked. Driving in and out of it was easy due to the six lane access roads. However, the gasoline stations would get backed up with long lines of cars. I have been living in Esplanade Hacienda Lakes since 2020. Though I like Costco I am opposed to the current site as inappropriate due to the major traffic congestion that it will cause on Rattlesnake on both sides of Collier as well as Collier itself. Emergency fire, police and ambulance access will be affected as well as the existing residents. New homes and appartments now under construction will worsen the issue. I believe there is greater suitability farther south in the Collier/41 areas with better access while still capturing the same shopper population. Please take the above into consideration before approving this site. Regards, Ron Blasig From: Bob kasler To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Rick LoCastro Subject: Costco Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2025 2:31:45 PM 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. Good afternoon, My name is Robert Kasler. I am a Hacienda Lakes resident. At this time, I am opposed to the possibility of building a Costco facility at the corner of Rattlesnake and Collier. My opposition is based on the information provided by the Costco team and their vague response to several questions presented to them. I have concerns about several issues. My first concern is safety and certain traffic congestion. Their team stated that traffic studies had been conducted and at this point, didn't feel that it was a major concern. If they are basing this conclusion on a hypothetical study, they may want reconsider postponing any conclusions. I am not a traffic engineer, however driving this stretch of roadway every day and seeing the amount of building that is currently taking place directly on this road and adjacent areas, I can't help but be overly concerned about the accuracy of such a study. It seems to make sense to wait unit the area is more fully developed and then conduct an on - site evaluation to gain a true measure. My second concern is the request for a variance. The Costco team continually reiterated that the property was a suitable site for their facility. If that's true, why is there a need for a variance request? The answer was to include member -only gas station. I fail to see the logic in that response as it relates to the community. In fact, it sounds a bit callous and exclusive. I am a Costco member and appreciate the sometime lower price, however the savings doesn't factor in when I need gas. Using an alternative logic, I'm thankful that I can go to a station that will accept my business without required membership in the event I need gas. My second concern segues into a third. At the meeting, if I heard correctly and I believe I did, the Costco team was asked directly if they had considered other sites. Their response was EXTREMELY evasive and quite frankly sounded like No to me. Based on this tempered response and their presentation, it seems they have spent a considerable amount of time and resources to obtain build only at this site and are well into the process. There were several locations suggested by the audience which basically went unacknowledged by the Costco reps. Even though Costco held a community meeting, a one hour meeting without a microphone hardly seems adequate for such a huge issue that impacts many people. I think the shortness and the conditions under which the meeting was conducted contributed to and accounted for the frustration and anger some felt. Failure to give direct answers to direct questions at the very least, brings out the skepticism in most. I attended the meeting realizing that Costco was fulfilling an obligation and that the final decision and outcome rests with you, our duly elected representatives. It is the reason that I'm writing to you. I only ask that you keep an open mind, do due diligence, weigh the pros and cons, and do what you think is best for the community. Thank you. Bob Kasler From: LEAH BUTKOVICH To: Chris Hall Subject: Costco Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2025 12:04:50 PM 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. February 25, 2025 Good afternoon, I am a resident in Hacienda Lakes, Esplanade. I am also a member of Costco. I am hoping that you side with the residents in not allowing Costo to be built on the Rattlesnake/Collier intersection. You have heard our reasons, so I do not need to reexplain myself. Costco is not a bad thing, its just not a good thing in that location, on my corner in a residential area. I am sure you wouldn't want it to be built there if you resided in my community either. Regards, Leah and Greg Butkovich 8032 Calle Canovas Naples From: Diane Riashi To: Chris Hall Subject: Costco Date: Monday, June 30, 2025 9:04:14 AM 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. Mr Hall, Please drive to the site where Costco wants to locate their new store before you make any decisions on that location. I shop at Costco often, but that corner will be a traffic nightmare. Diane Riashi From: Timothy Broughton To: Rick LoCastro Cc: Tim Broughton; Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel Subject: New Costco - South Naples Date: Monday, February 24, 2025 7:49:24 PM 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. Commissioner LoCastro, I'm a Pro-Costco Resident (2nd Location Rattlesnake + Collier) I appreciate everything you're doing and I fully understand your statement on the new Costco. Thank You for the update. One of my concerns is that if it's not Costco then it's going to be something else on that corner. It's zoned commercial for a 160,000 square foot building (Costco or Sam's Club type store). The developer / owner isn't going to leave that land vacant. I firmly believe that the proposed site is going to be developed and a Costco on that site is a huge win for south Naples. 2nd concern is that SWFL is hurricane prone and having a Costco in south Naples is a huge benefit for the residents in this part of town - prior to and post hurricane. Everyone trying to run to the only Costco or Sam's Club in town is a challenge when a storm is named and heading our way. I plan to be at all future meetings to voice my opinion in favor for the new Costco. Respectfully, Tim Broughton Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes Resident On Feb 24, 2025, at 6:41 PM, Commissioner Rick LoCastro <rick.locastro@colliercountyfl.gov> wrote: View this email in your browser COMMISSIONER'S REPORT RICK LOCASTRO Collier County Commissioner District 1 98th Edition February 24, 2025 ia IF 1. COMMISSIONER'S UPDATE • Costco Update -- Costco Neighborhood Information Meeting • Caxambas Park / Marina Has Reopened! • Collier Blvd (951) Boat Launch Rebuild 2. OUT IN THE COMMUNITY • Collier County Veteran Expo • Historic "Bank Of Everglades" Restoration Groundbreaking • "Flags For Heroes" 3. COMMISSIONER'S SPOTLIGHT • FC Naples Season Kick -Off Event & Tickets For Game 1 DISTRICT 1 • East & South Naples • Goodland • Marco Island • Isles of Capri • US 41 East • Port of the Islands ... AND Everything In Between! COSTCO UPDATE— COSTCO NEIGHBORHOOD INFORMATION MEETING (NIM) I'm very aware of the well -attended citizen Costco Neighborhood Information Meeting (NIM) on Tuesday night (Feb 18th) -- but the misinformation continues by some. I appreciate the many emails I've received because it actually has allowed me to continue to correct the record from the many misinformed and discourteous notes I continue to get from some in the "No Costco" community. I'll try once again to provide all citizens the facts in this newsletter... rather than some of the inaccurate news that's floating around -- and some who continue to be confused about how things in the County actually get disapproved or approved... the process that must proceed per the law and building codes... and who actually votes on it. Let me continue to professionally separate some rumors from facts... just as I've replied to every email I've received from citizens (pro and con of Costco). FIRST -- I'm very aware of the well -attended citizen Neighborhood Information Meeting (NIM) last Tuesday night... but the misinformation continues by some. I say "citizen" meeting -- because elected officials don't attend NIMs (great to hear many citizens went). Although some accused me of skipping the meeting -- it's actually inappropriate for any elected official to attend a developer's NIM)... obviously most citizens didn't know that -- before they sent me insulting misinformed emails. It's a required meeting by Costco to hear from citizens... and for citizens to hear from Costco. If eventually this does come to Commissioners for a vote -- that's when the County will host our formal meeting in the County building which will also be fully open for public comments. The date is currently undetermined until Costco formally files their application for the project -- they haven't. Last Tuesday night's meeting was for citizens and Costco ONLY. All NIMs are required developer meetings with citizens -- not the County -- and not with any elected official. Yes, we did have two County staff members there to monitor the meeting to ensure it was held and to answer or redirect any minor questions -- but their role was NOT to make presentations... NOT to do Q&A... etc... it was Costco's required meeting to have with citizens as part of their mandatory steps before they can formally submit anything to the County. Those citizens who attended the one -hour NIM meeting -- hearing from the Costco leader who is charged with the responsibility by his corporate bosses "to bring Costco to East Naples" -- but as some citizens in our community keep forgetting... Costco can make all the "construction requests" they want -- and at whatever speed they want -- but once the County receives Costco's construction request -- it's the County building code and the law that sets the speed going forward... the timeline... and it's the County who actually DECIDES. For those who might not be aware -- Costco is "requesting" to build a store at the southeast corner of Rattlesnake Hammock Drive and Collier Boulevard on approximately 25-acres. There are plenty of citizens voicing opinions on BOTH sides of this possible project (even pro Costco residents from Hacienda Lakes) -- and we are listening to all. I have heard the varied views expressed by citizens -- "most" of them professional regardless of their stance. Anybody who says I don't care -- doesn't know me very well. I've been regularly informing citizens of the facts in these newsletters that have 80,000+ subscribers... and I personally reply to every email I receive. All five Commissioners represent every citizen (pro and con on anything)... as well as the law and County building code when it comes to what can and can't be built. If and when Costco ever applies for something... the County's formal and thorough analysis in a multitude of areas will then commence to arm County staff and all five Commissioners with the facts to determine if Costco's proposal fits properly (or doesn't fit) on that parcel. As of yet DQ Site Development Plan or request for any "variances" has been f r� applied for by Costco. I and County staff (as well as other agencies) share similar concerns and questions for this possible project. However, since Costco has yet to formally file any request -- no elected official at this point in the process can "kill or approve" anything -- no matter what some are demanding. Some citizens think this project is already a "done deal" -- once again -- INCORRECT. Costco may have given the impression at last Tuesday night's meeting they are "moving ahead quickly". They can move at the speed of light if they want -- but all they are moving on is submitting their "request to the County". Their artist renderings are their vision of what tbLU desire -- not what the County has approved. Once their submittal fro mally comes to County staff -- it will actually come to a screeching halt. The County staff then does their own final analysis (along with multiple other agencies). If and when it does come to Commissioners for a vote -- that is when the formal authority of the County begins as we assess the submitted proposal. As I've said from the beginning -- Commissioners have voted on NOTHING. Costco may sound as though they are in "their" final stages of submitting something to the County (and they might be) -- but that's NOT approval. Some citizens (and the "No Costco" leaders) are leaping over or ignoring quite a few of the formal steps for approval or disapproval. But be assured -- the County isn't skipping any steps. Legally we can't no matter how many citizens demand a certain outcome now. Costco doesn't get to decide they are building something -- the County, building codes, and the law does. If or when something is formally submitted by Costco to the County -- then it will be the County's turn to examine what is actually officially being requested... and to know for sure if it meets (or doesn't meet) the strict County requirements for any project. Also, an-y County led analysis of traffic, fire, safety, setbacks, roads, landscape, etc... will then commence. Costco may have mentioned they completed their own "personal" studies -- but if they submit a Site Development Plan -- that is actually when studies led by the Florida Department of Transportation, the County, and other official agencies would either confirm or dispute Costco's own "personal" analysis. Some citizens are speaking with loud voices for the County (and me) to "kill" the project (and some aren't) -- but we're not voting on anything now... and there is no legal option for any elected official to influence anything at this point. It's disappointing some have already also pre -determined what my personal position is on Costco... when I've voted on nothing. I've stated repeatedly -- I (or any other elected official) would be irresponsible to state any definitive position at this stage -- especially when nothing has been formally filed with the County. No elected official has the ability to influence or to "kill or support" any project at this point. In the end "if this project comes to Commissioners for consideration... it will take 4 of the 5 Commissioners to either vote against or for it. Some citizens seem to think "Commissioner Rick LoCastro" either needs to kill Costco now... or make sure it gets "disapproved". The fact is -- no one single Commissioner can kill or approve anything. If it comes to Commissioners for consideration -- all FIVE Commissioners will hear the presentation -- and all FIVE would vote on it. However, it is required to go through the full County vetting process -- FIRST. I'm not sure uninformed, rude, threatening, and insulting emails to an elected public servant is a best strategy to gain the attention of anyone to ensure a certain citizen point of view is clearly heard and understood. Merely demanding "We don't want Costco" -- actually isn't enough -- if or when anyone enters the Commissioners' chambers for this case to be heard. Certainly, if that is the main strategy designed by the leaders of the "No Costco" group... all will quickly find that won't serve them well. Much like it wasn't enough for the many people who didn't want Hacienda Lakes to be built. Many citizens who already lived here were adamant they didn't want trees cut down to make way for that large community and increased traffic. But (agree or disagree) that landowner met all of the County requirements... and I'm sure all who now enjoy living there are glad for it. Construction disapproval or approval follows strict laws and permitting codes -- just as when Hacienda Lakes followed this similar process. Citizens have to address the construction code and law... and factually and legally challenge the things they feel are of concern and what they believe is above and beyond what any variance should allow. All five Commissioners will do the same. The law will determine who and what is right. This i n' a popularity contest, a poll, a petition, or a counting of YES and NO emails... just as the building of Hacienda Lakes wasn't. It's disappointing I've received some emails that contain nothing more than demands, insults, and more misinformation. Some who say nothing more than "Just don't build it or we won't vote for you". Well, I value my integrity and my responsibility in this job a lot more than that. I wasn't elected to this position TWICE to "fish for citizen votes". I am however, glad to hear many are voters. A citizen should always vote for the candidate they think is most qualified for the position. I do get a bit dismayed however, when a citizen states if one certain vote doesn't go their way -- they are ready to kick a proven public servant to the curb. This Costco topic might be the main issue of many -- and it is one for me and the other four Commissioners as well -- but I work 1000 main issues regularly for the betterment of our entire community. I'm not in this position to break the process or the law... or to cave to certain citizens who are demanding something (pro or con)... so I can get elected. I have much more integrity than that. I have followed this project closely (as have the other four Commissioners)... and will continue to do so. I will also continue to keep citizens updated through this newsletter. As I've said to those who are actually listening -- I share many of the same concerns and have questions (as I do with all projects) -- but must wait for Costco's formal request to the County... as it continues to be ever -changing. Hopefully those who attended the Neighborhood Information Meeting gave Costco leaders some issues to think about -- that is the sole purpose of that required citizen meeting. I certainly do understand this issue f". The law, County building codes, property rights, safety, traffic counts, and a host of other things all will either support or deny Costco's request -- but it's too soon to tell. As I have outlined above -- NOTHING has been formally presented to the County by Costco -- so all those citizens who demand I somehow act prematurely because they either want it or don't want it at this point in the process -- is disappointing. Inappropriate and uninformed demands, insults, threats, and even some of the childish name-calling of me -- certainly doesn't reflect well on the "No Costco" community... a group trying to make the case to their elected officials that they have concerns about anything being improperly built. If some citizens who attended the NIM were duped by a Costco presenter for one -hour... who made it sound like they are putting shovels in the ground "tomorrow"... and any waivers or variances they might be requesting are "mere formalities" -- they haven't been reading my newsletters. I take the time to send these factual details because I can see many of those who attended the NIM paid more attention to a "paid Costco employee" sent to tell you what THEY want to do... instead of reading my newsletters and/or professionally reaching out to me. "PUT COSTCO SOMEWHERE ELSE?" As for some comments that say "Not in our backyard -- there are other better locations where a Costco store could be built"... unfortunately, the County is not a real estate agent. An applicant applies for permitting on a certain piece of land and we either approve or disapprove it (just as was done for Hacienda Lakes). If we disapprove -- they are welcome to search the County for another option if they desire. We can't "make them" build somewhere else -- as I've stated repeatedly in my many newsletters. I stand by every word I have ever written to give all citizens the facts. The process will move as the County directs... NOT how Costco dictates or what certain citizens "demand" -- just as it did for the Hacienda Lakes "request to build". Many citizens might be BEST served slowly reading this newsletter... rather than some of the off -base notes floating around insulting me... and misinformed about the County process of how a "construction request" actually works. "SO -- WHAT'S NEXT?" I will continue to keep citizens informed... and will ensure all know when the next meeting (always open to the public) will be. We don't yet know what level of County assessment or Board would next hear this proposed project -- because as I've stated to all... until we formally get the proposal from Costco -- depending on what they are actually asking for will determine which County assessment ap nel (or ap nels) hears it. Regardless, this would not come directly to all five Commissioners next. There are many details and interim steps the County staff must follow to properly examine and assess any construction "request". Once complete, the details of what Costco is actually requesting -- and the County staffs analysis -- will determine how the next steps would proceed -- and by whom. I will continue to professionally provide all citizens with the facts... and try my best to recalibrate the misinformation being spun by some. I thank all for being concerned citizens... I assure you I am as well. As a U.S. Air Force Academy graduate... and retired Air Force Colonel having served 24 years... I can assure you my integrity and thoroughness of my judgement are FULLY intact. There's a process for construction requests (just as there was to build Hacienda Lakes)... and regardless of the outcome -- the County staff and all five Commissioners are following it to the letter. .Rick RICK LOCASTRO Collier County Commissioner District 1 CAXAMBAS PARK/MARINA HAS REOPENED! As advertised -- it was a great Saturday morning (Feb 15th) at 7:00 AM! After being completely destroyed by Hurricane Ian in September 2022... one of the most picturesque locations to see a sunrise, launch a boat, or just sit and enjoy a cup of coffee... has been reopened! Caxambas Park & Marina was not "repaired" -- it was totally REBUILT. The marina store is open and stocked... bait, ice, refreshments... are all available. An entire rebuilt fuel system is also on the way... but will take time since the previous system was also totally destroyed in the storm. A huge THANK YOU to our County staff and contractors who worked around the clock to make it happen. Heroic efforts to maximize insurance, grants, and additional funds to save our Collier County taxpayers the bulk of the cost and to ensure this total rebuild was professionally and properly completed. It was a terrific reopening all around... my thanks as well to our Park Rangers, Parks & Recreation Staff, Marco Police, and others... who were out there with me in full force before the sun came up on reopening day to ensure a well -orchestrated opening -- it certainly was mission accomplished! Yes, we know we still have more fine tuning to do... and are also closely observing the difference in use of this location now that the City of Marco's zoning for "residential use ONLY" -- is being enforced... such as making any additional adjustments needed to the parking layout (continue to read below). wB 0 wB :0 ARE THE PARKING SPACES GOING TO BE CHANGED? We are very aware since the park reopened -- that the entire facility is to be used for residential use only (we must adhere to the City of Marco Island's current residential use ONLY zoning)... so -- we know the elongated trailer spaces which were used in abundance when commercial businesses were improperly operating out of Caxambas -- now are not needed in such large quantities. Previously, we only had a small handful of "single car parking spaces"... but we obviously know now those aren't enough. However, to legally and properly redesign and restripe the parking lot takes more engineering and permitting. We didn want to hold up the opening of the park for that (especially when we actually have to "see" it in action to know for sure exactly what is needed and how things have changed -- before we prematurely start redoing the parking lot)... so our guidance to our Park Rangers, County Staff, and even the contractor employees inside of the marina store... was to be very flexible and accommodating and allowing the maximum amount of cars to park utilizing ALL of the spaces to the best of our ability -- regardless of the space size. Having many of the "longer trailer spots" sit empty at times... while single cars pour into Caxambas... only to be told by staff to "keep circling the near empty lot until one of a handful of single car spots is available" -- was never the plan. We have been working on new signage identifying some of the longer spaces for "any -sized" vehicle... and we will continue to monitor use... especially during the busy weekends when more resident boat trailers use this marina. We appreciate citizen patience as we identify the right combination of trailer spots, single car parking spaces, and now a certain number of spaces for "any vehicle". Per City of Marco zoning and permitting -- the parking lot is as big as it's allowed to be. We are not allowed to tear down fences, infringe on burrowing owl protected areas, or decrease the green space. In the first weeks of reopening -- unfortunately not every Staff member got our direct guidance to be forward thinking and forward leaning... and citizen focused. We have made it clear to the staff on site to be flexible and allow the maximum use of this park and use all the parking spaces -- especially with all the time, effort, and funds we have put into rebuilding this park. We are currently looking at how the park is being used first... especially now in season -- before we do a knee jerk and improperly start repainting stripes in a way that might not be the most advantageous layout. WHEN WILL THERE BE FUEL? As most know, the underground fuel tanks were old -- and then severely compromised even more during Hurricane Ian. New State regulations and permitting are much more stringent to replace underground tanks... and the equipment and safety features required to do it would have not been possible while the many other work crews were rebuilding the park. To get the park/marina opened as quickly as possible -- we allowed the other contractors to finish their jobs. We are continuing the arduous process of securing all the correct permits, permissions, and safety sign -offs to start the new underground fuel tank project to restore fuel sales to Caxambas. Fuel ja coming... but we didn't want not having the project finished to hold off the parks reopening. Work should start soon and although some on social media have been saying fuel won't be available until the "end of this year"... that's not the most accurate estimate. If all goes well (barring any storms or contractor issues) -- we expect full fuel service much sooner. WHERE ARE THE FISH CLEANING TABLES? Those were obviously totally destroyed during Hurricane Ian. We did immediately replace them in the new rebuild... but were directed to remove them because under current and new code -- it mandates all fish table debris must drain into a closed sewer -- not just pour over into the open water. The previous tables fell under the old code... so they were merely freestanding tables as you see in many old marinas. But to replace them, we must now follow the new code. Our Parks and Recreation staff is actually working to see if we can get a waiver to replace what was previously there. Usually, any new State code guidance is for something "new -- that had never been there before". Often there is latitude when merely replacing what was there prior to the storm. We are hoping to have that answer soon -- but did not want to hold up the park's reopening because of it. Regardless of the final direction (and we want to ensure we comply with all environmental requirements)... if updated drainage is needed -- we will pursue it. As we know these tables were used frequently by boaters, people who went fishing, etc... we will replace them. 0 COLLIER BLVD (251) BOAT LAUNCH REBUILD: Just as our Caxambas Park/Marina could have benefited from significant repairs and upgrades over the years -- only to take a hard hit from Hurricane Ian (in September 2022) making it even worse -- the same can be said for the Boat Launch on Collier Blvd (across from the entrance to Isles of Capri). However, we were able to continue to keep this boat launch open after the storm -- but knew it must be next in line to get attention. This is another heavily used area to quickly launch all types of boats and watercraft -- but has not been in the best shape for many years... Hurricane Ian made the repair/rebuild much more critical. On February 18th (once we reopened Caxambas) -- the plan was always to close this boat launch on Collier Blvd... and keep the repairs and rebuild plans going to get our parks and marinas back up to standards... and make them even better. The new work will be extensive -- watch the video below to see how we have aggressively kicked off this multi- faceted job. Much like Caxambas, this area will receive all new/bigger/better seawalls, a new ramp, added floating docks (which were once in place -- but "disappeared" years ago), a repaved restriped parking lot... and we are working to move some funds around to add increased lighting to the parking lot for better visibility and safety. Several other new features will also be replaced, rebuilt, or upgraded. It's too soon to tell the exact reopen date (the contractor has 6 months) -- but is already well ahead of schedule... crews are working hard to "hopefully" shave "months" off that initial timeline. Some have asked -- however, bathroom facilities will nQ1 be added. Years ago there was a port-o-john sitting haphazardly in the parking lot. Those are only allowed for use for a temporary need or on construction times -- not as permanent restroom facilities... so we had to remove it. Taking up valuable space in the parking lot to build bathrooms for this small boat launch (or even park a more robust restroom trailer) is not the best use of the space. Not every boat launch has or gets private bathrooms... and the added expense to run the "plumbing" for a permanent restroom is not a priority -- at this time. WHY CAN'T ALL THE CONSTRUCTION BE DONE IN THE OFF-SEASON? Oftentimes when we secure grant money or funding from other sources it has a timetable for use. Added to that -- when we put out a bid to contractors and select the one we know is the BEST -- the contractor often sets the timetable based on their schedule, availability of equipment, materials, and crews. With many of our parks and marinas needing repairs (not to mention all the 12rivate storm, dock, and seawall damage that happened -- and is competing for these same contractors) -- when we secure funding and the LLcjht contractor for the work... it's full speed ahead. We don't want to run the risk of losing the funds... and especially losing a solid contractor who may not come back in the offseason. Also, many of these projects run longer than any season or offseason -- so we don't always have the luxury to strategically pick the start and end date. Yes, it's inconvenient during season when any citizen used facility is closed... but for the massive total rebuilds we are doing to bring these heavily used parks and marinas back up to standard and even beyond... sometimes you have to take 2 steps back -- to take 10 steps forward. IN CLICK BELOW TO SEE A FANTASTIC VIDEO OF THE COLLIER BLVD (951) BOAT LAUNCH WORK THAT HAS STARTED... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yoxkPQDbMA THANK YOU to local Marco Island citizen (and fellow Veteran) Tom Hornstein who shot this amazing video! COLLIER COUNTY VETERAN EXPO: It was great once again to attend the Collier County Veteran & Dependents Expo this past Saturday morning (Feb 22nd) hosted at the New Hope Ministries Church in East Naples. A gathering of 50+ vendors and service agencies to assist Veterans and their families. The event as always starts with a free "Hero's Welcome Breakfast"... followed by attendees visiting with organizations focused on Veterans services and assistance. This free annual event gives Veterans a chance to see what local Collier County organizations are out there to provide them help or guidance in a multitude of areas. As a retired Air Force Colonel myself — it was great to mix and mingle with my fellow Veterans... see many familiar faces... and also meet and greet those groups who had a table to advertise and assist. If you know a Veteran who needs any assistance... a great resource is our Collier County Veteran's Service Office located at 2671 Airport Road S (Court Plaza / Suite 202) or call 252-8387 (VETS). I'd also recommend calling "The Naples Vet Center" at (239) 403- 2377... they can help or point you in the right direction as well... visit: www.va.gov/naples- vet-center O O HISTORIC 'BANK OF EVERGLADES" RESTORATION GROUNDBREAKING: Honored to be one of the guest speakers at Friday (Feb 21st) afternoon's groundbreaking ceremony to restore the historic "Bank of Everglades" building. This 102 year -old structure has been one of the centerpieces of Everglades City since 1927... but has changed hands multiple times for various other uses until Hurricane Irma damage in 2017 permanently locked the doors. Thankfully, the good citizens of Everglades City didn't tear down this iconic structure. With the amazing help of Patty Huff (President of the Everglades Society for Historic Preservation) leading the charge with her Board members and volunteers fighting for grants and donations — it was an exciting time to put shovels in the ground and get the restoration kicked -off! Once completely restored — what was once a functioning bank... will now turn into the future home of the Everglades Area Visitor Center & Trail Town Headquarters... and a way for citizens and visitors to "go back in time" and see what this piece of Everglades City history once originally looked like. They've secured an amazing contractor (Classic Carpentry) who does incredible detailed work. Original wood is being removed and restored — this will be a total restoration rebuild. Although not in my District — Everglades City feels like a second home. I frequent their town often... know many of the people well... and was honored to be included in their ceremony this past Friday and given the chance to say a few words. I look forward to seeing the continued progress and returning when we can cut the ribbon and open the doors once again. Back in my District... we have a similar project in the early stages — restoring original fishing cottages in Goodland. Before I was elected, these cottages were continuing to rot and scheduled to be torn down. The people of Goodland brought this to my attention... we halted that... and then began the arduous work of trying to secure funds to restore these buildings. It can be a slow process... and some may feel it's just easier to tear down these one -of -a -kind historic structures... but I believe they are worth preserving. Once you tear something down — it's gone forever. The good news is we have secured hundreds of thousands of dollars from the State and other sources... and have started the process of locking in the right contractor to restore the buildings — and then turn that cottage area into a County walking park for people to see how "old Goodland" used to be. Leading this charge is Patricia Rutledge (Executive Director of our Marco Island Historical Society) and her amazing and dedicated team. With the help of the County — we will ensure we keep this project in District 1 moving forward! It was a great afternoon in Everglades City to be part of the group cheering on the Bank of Everglades restoration project... another great thing happening in Collier County! For more info visit: http://www.evergladessocietyforhistoricpreservation.org/... IJ "FLAGS FOR HEROES Another moving annual patriotic and meaningful ceremony was also held last week (Mon, Feb 17th) on Marco Island to honor our American flag, Veterans, and First Responder heroes. My Marco Island Noontime Rotary Club — led by Alan Sandlin and his wife Linda once again presented "Flags For Heroes" where citizens sponsored hundreds of flags (440 to be exact) for a hero they wanted to honor... anyone they consider a person who made a difference to our Nation... or in their own lives. A HUGE THANK YOU and salute to the multitudes of donors... to my VFW Post #7721 for expertly handling color guard duties... and to the pilots who flew over the ceremony in a missing man formation. Proceeds from the event will serve multiple critical community needs. u u FC NAPLES SEASON KICK-OFF EVENT & TICKETS TO GAME 1 (March 8th): It was an exciting Sunday afternoon (Feb 23rd) for Season Ticket Holders! A fantastic day at our Paradise Coast Sports Complex as our new professional soccer team FC Naples held a special event for season ticket holders to watch the team practice... see them scrimmage... meet the players... get autographs and photos... and the amazing opportunity to sign the "field tunnel walls" of the Sports Complex — leaving our mark as soccer history in Collier County is about to begin! A HUGE THANK YOU to all the dedicated fans who attended — we had a blast! Also, to our County and Sports Complex staff who have worked so hard to keep the stadium in top shape as they assist getting our new soccer team ready to go for their first season! The first game is Saturday, March 8th @ 7:00 PM vs. the Chattanooga Red Wolves of South Carolina. Tickets are still available and VERY AFFORDABLE! Get ready for FC Naples Soccer... it's already here... and the momentum is building! It was exciting to be on our field one again with our team! For more info on tickets & our team visit: www.fcnaples.com www.fcnaples.com/tickets u IMPORTANT NUMBERS The Collier County Information Center phone bank is open to answer a wide variety of public questions or concerns. Collier County Information Center: 3-1-1 or (239) 252-8444. Collier County Sheriff's Office non -emergency hotline (239) 252-9300. If you are faced with an immediate, life -threatening emergency, dial 9-1-1 Road Maintenance Flooding: (239) 252-8924 USEFUL COUNTY LINKS • Watch and/or Participate in BCC Meetinga • Report a Concern to Collier County 311 • ALERT Collier - Resident Alert System • Proclamations Guidelines & Requests • Collier Television V1 Create an account at alertcollier.com, and stay up-to-date with the latest information. ALERT COLLIER is our County's emergency notification system. Collier County will use AlertCollier to make sure you know about issues that may affect your safety. This system allows Collier County to contact thousands of residents in seconds, so you can find out about an emergency right away. You can choose to be contacted via voice call, text, or email. If you have trouble signing up, please see the step-by-step tutorial by clicking here U) Collier 311 has a NEW way to connect! You can now TEXT (239) 449-9994 with your first and last name and your request for service or information. A Customer Service Specialist will receive your message and either provide the requested information or route it to the appropriate staff for action. I frequently get emails from citizens talking about flooding, clogged sewer drains, limbs in the road, trash that hasn't been picked up, overgrown grass, panhandler complaints, speeders in roadways, power lines that have fallen, etc... I appreciate citizen feedback... but for those NON -EMERGENT issues -- sending me an e-mail is NOT the best or fastest way to report these issues to ensure immediate correction or ACTION. Collier 311 is actually your best and fastest way to access local government services... offering a direct connection to knowledgeable representatives who can assist you with information, problem reporting, questions, and feedback to improve services. It's your one -stop shop for all local government needs. Another key advantage of Collier 311 is its 24/7 availability. With four convenient contact methods -- Collier311.com, the Collier 311 app, calling 3-1-1 or (239) 252-4311 outside Collier County), or texting (239) 449-9994 -- it's easier than ever to access local government services. 1. 311 acts as a single point of access to Collier County Government 2. You can report ANY issue 24 HOURS A DAY 3. You don't have to know which Department or who to call 4. 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They will receive this newsletter directly to their inbox... we have 80,000+ citizens across all five Districts who already do! -Rick RICK LOCASTRO Collier County Commissioner, District 1 Current Board Member - Collier Coalition for Healthy Minds Current Board Member - Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council Current Board Member - Blue Zones Steering Committee 2024 Chairman - Tourist Development Council 2023 Chairman - Collier County Board of County Commissioners American Legion Post 404 Marco Island -- Active Member Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 7721 Golden Gate -- Active Member Rotary Club Noontime Marco Island -- Active Member Colonel, U.S. Air Force, Retired (1988-2012) U.S. Air Force Academy Graduate (1988) Aixa Capizzi MAA, MFCEP Executive Assistant, District 1 Aixa.Capizzi&CoIIierCountyFL.gov Office: (239) 252-8601 uu�uu This email was sent to tbrouahton66(cDaol.com why did I get this? unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences Rick LoCastro, Collier County Commissioner, District 1 • 3299 Tamiami Trail East, Suite 303 • Naples, FL 34112 - USA From: Rick LoCastro To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Aixa Caoizzi Cc: Michael Bosi; Jeff Klatzkow; Amy Patterson; Jaime Cook; James French; Trinity Scott Subject: FW: COSTCO Date: Monday, February 24, 2025 6:48:23 PM Attachments: imaoe002.ono ONE WAY COMMUNICATION To All -- See the mail below sent by one of my constituents in District 1 -- to ALL Commissioners. This Costco "request" is in District 1... and I am responding (and have been for many months) to all citizens with a cohesive County message. Please DO NOT respond to these citizens as it may confuse our message. Rest assured ALL EMAILS we are all receiving -- I am responding personally to every one of them. If you receive an email only to you (or get questions)... feel free to forward to me for my response... and/or let the citizen know you are doing so. Thank you! ...Rick RICK LOCASTRO Collier County Commissioner District 1 SIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER HERE! --- �-_ 'Mr- .4 T GOMM-COiM*yf. "POPAER a7STWCT 1 Rick. LoCastro&CollierCountyFL.gov 3299 Tamiami Trail E. Suite 303, Naples FL 34112 Office: (239) 252-8601 TU Fin www.RickLoCastro.com From: Cathy Brubaker <scottandcathy87@sbcglobal.net> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2025 6:15 PM To: Chris Hall <Chris.Hall@colIiercountyfl.gov>; Burt Saunders <Burt.Saunders@colliercountyfl.gov>; Dan Kowal<Dan.Kowal@colliercountyfl.gov>; Bill McDaniel <Bill.McDaniel @colliercountyfl.gov>; Sarina Francis <Sarina.Francis@colliercountyfl.gov>; Sue Filson <Sue.Filson @colliercountyfl.gov>; Louise Jarvis <Louise.Jarvis@colliercountyfl.gov>; Aixa Capizzi <Aixa.Capizzi@colliercountyfl.gov>; Rick LoCastro <Rick.LoCastro@colliercountyfl.gov> Subject: COSTCO Collier County Commissioners, A few questions regarding the "potential" COSTCO at Collier and Rattlesnake Hammock. Costco has stated that it wants to serve both East Naples and Marco Island. The big question is WHY THIS LOCATION? • Traffic - a significant increase in traffic North and South on an already burdened intersection. • New Residents - there are over 2700 new condos and apartments that are being constructed that will utilize the East end of Rattlesnake as the main road to these new communities. Most of these units are 2-bedroom units which could mean over 5,000 additional vehicles. This hasn't yet been felt but will be very significant to the road and intersection. Just North of this intersection are an additional 2 communities (Caymus and Seven Seas) which are less than 5% complete and the additional traffic yet to be felt on Collier. • Access (entrance and exit) on Rattlesnake - How is this going to work? Just look at how many entrances and exits it takes for COSTCO in North Naples and Fort Meyers ..... or any other city/state location. • Gas Station - Why is the County Commission willing to accept a variance for the County Distance Requirements for gas stations? Why are you willing to sacrifice your own requirement and the safety of the community? What is the motivation? It isn't because we need a gas station there as there are already 2. Why did RaceTrak and 7-Eleven have to abide by the requirement but not COSTCO? • Hospital access and Fire Department access - the additional burden of COSTCO traffic will impede the ability of emergency vehicles in a residential area. • Lighting Variance - Again, why are you willing to provide a variance and allow lighting that exceeds the height requirement of Hacienda Lakes zoning? • Future School - safety for the students and the additional traffic a school brings at drop off and pick up. Is that being considered? We are not anti-COSTCO, however, we do not understand the placement of this business when there are many other locations near other big box stores and near main intersections that could accommodate their needs. At the recent community meeting scheduled by COSTCO, the Collier Country Commissioners were not in attendance. The COSTCO rep essentially told us that this is a done deal. How can this be when we have never heard from the Commission? Who is representing the community and the concerns stated above? Scott & Catherine Brubaker 8292 Lucello Ter N 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. From: Catherine Fay To: Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Sarina Francis; Bill McDaniel; Dan Kowal; Burt Saunders; Chris Hall; Rick LoCastro Subject: Costco Date: Monday, February 24, 2025 6:32:38 PM 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. Hello Commissioners! We are writing to show our support for Costco coming to East Naples, HOWEVER, we ARE NOT in favor of the proposed site at Rattlesnake and Collier Blvd. We have NEVER seen a Costco in among a residential area. Ours is getting crowded with condos, apartments, retirement homes and building continues in Azure. The traffic jams this will create will be HORRIBLE! The traffic light on Rattlesnake going west currently lets 2 or 3 cars go on a green light. There are better sites available on 41 and Collier Blvd in East Naples. We would LOVE a Costco placed at the right spot. We urge you to REJECT the variance waivers Costco is seeking and REJECT approval of this site. Thank you. Catherine and Jon Fay 8367 Palacio Ter So. Naples, FL 34114 From: Cathy Brubaker To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Aixa Caoizzi; Rick LoCastro Subject: COSTCO Date: Monday, February 24, 2025 6:14:56 PM 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. Collier County Commissioners, A few questions regarding the "potential" COSTCO at Collier and Rattlesnake Hammock. Costco has stated that it wants to serve both East Naples and Marco Island. The big question is WHY THIS LOCATION? • Traffic - a significant increase in traffic North and South on an already burdened intersection. • New Residents - there are over 2700 new condos and apartments that are being constructed that will utilize the East end of Rattlesnake as the main road to these new communities. Most of these units are 2-bedroom units which could mean over 5,000 additional vehicles. This hasn't yet been felt but will be very significant to the road and intersection. Just North of this intersection are an additional 2 communities (Caymus and Seven Seas) which are less than 5% complete and the additional traffic yet to be felt on Collier. • Access (entrance and exit) on Rattlesnake - How is this going to work? Just look at how many entrances and exits it takes for COSTCO in North Naples and Fort Meyers ..... or any other city/state location. • Gas Station - Why is the County Commission willing to accept a variance for the County Distance Requirements for gas stations? Why are you willing to sacrifice your own requirement and the safety of the community? What is the motivation? It isn't because we need a gas station there as there are already 2. Why did RaceTrak and 7-Eleven have to abide by the requirement but not COSTCO? • Hospital access and Fire Department access - the additional burden of COSTCO traffic will impede the ability of emergency vehicles in a residential area. • Lighting Variance - Again, why are you willing to provide a variance and allow lighting that exceeds the height requirement of Hacienda Lakes zoning? • Future School - safety for the students and the additional traffic a school brings at drop off and pick up. Is that being considered? We are not anti-COSTCO, however, we do not understand the placement of this business when there are many other locations near other big box stores and near main intersections that could accommodate their needs. At the recent community meeting scheduled by COSTCO, the Collier Country Commissioners were not in attendance. The COSTCO rep essentially told us that this is a done deal. How can this be when we have never heard from the Commission? Who is representing the community and the concerns stated above? Scott & Catherine Brubaker 8292 Lucello Ter N From: mel mann To: Chris Hall Subject: PROPOSED NEW COSTCO STORE ............. Date: Monday, February 24, 2025 5:02:08 PM 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. I implore upon you to do everything in your power to disapprove the building of a big box store COSTCO on the corner of Collier BLVD and Rattlesnake. IT IS THE WRONG PLACE FOR THIS BUSINESS! The impact of the traffic flow would be disastrous for the safety of our neighborhood. If you personally lived in this neighborhood you would be against it yourself. Put yourself in our shoes when this enormous store might be shoved down our throats. I am voicing my opinion against the approval of yet another gas station on that corner, and I am against the approval of that monster store where it does not belong. The community would be better served if that store were located further south closer to Marco Island. I know that Collier County would love the huge real estate taxes, but a smaller strip shopping center is what should be there - not a COSTCO. Your attention to this matter is greatly appreciated. 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Therefore, we do not accept responsibilityfor any errors or omissions that are present in this message, or any attachment, that have arisen as a result of e-mail transmission. From: Kathryn Buchwald To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis Subject: Proposed Costco at Rattlesnake -Hammond & Collier Blvd. Date: Monday, February 24, 2025 3:20:55 PM 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. As a resident of Hacienda Lakes Esplanade, I am vehemently opposed to a Costco at the above location. This is truly a residential area and cannot withstand the additional traffic expected from Costco members. We have not even seen the influx of vehicles from the numerous apartments being built. I am currently a Costco member & shop at the North Naples location. It's obvious another Costco is needed in this city, however a more suitable site would be in a "commercial area" with surrounding stores, not homes, possibly south of here at Collier Blvd & 41. Another concern is the distance (132 ft.) from the 7-Eleven gas station. Why would a variance (of 500 ft distance between gas stations) even be considered? Please consider not allowing this proposed site for Costco to go any further. Put yourself in the position of the Hacienda Lakes residents. Would you want a Costco in your backyard? Best Regards, Kathryn Buchwald Hacienda Lakes - Esplanade From: Ronald Russo To: Chris Hall Subject: Stop the rediculous Costco deal. We are prepared to start a $200 million dollar lawsuit against everyone involved in this horrible traffic bottleneck. Date: Monday, February 24, 2025 4:55:57 PM 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. Ron Russo From: Shala Block To: Chris Hall Subject: Fwd: Costco Rattlesnake and collier Date: Sunday, February 23, 2025 8:11:16 AM 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. I am concerned about the proposal for the Costco at rattlesnake and collier. Traffic is a big concern. Costco predicted 4500 cars daily going to get gas at the Costco. We have had enormous growth in new developments in our area not to mention the large communities of Caymus and Seven Seas a mile north of the intersection. The current site plan has both the entrance and exit to Costco on Rattlesnake Road. To make matters worse there are plans to build an elementary school on rattlesnake and we have a new assisted living facility. I worry how ambulances and fire trucks and emergency vehicles can maneuver with all this traffic and the big trucks that deliver supplies. I wonder how residents living at the dead end will be able to get out of their subdivisions with all the traffic flow. I worry about pedestrians and bike safety. We have already had two recent fatalities at this intersection. There are currently two gas stations on the corner. Under the current plan Costco would build a third gas station which would be 132 feet of the 7-eleven gas station. This is not permitted as per the current building code as gas stations must be a distance of 500 feet from each other. Costco is asking the county for a variance. Do we need another gas station and the environmental impact and danger it may present? Noise pollution is another factor. These are just some of my concerns. I personally would love a Costco in East Naples but this site is not the place it needs to be built. We are already seeing a big increase in traffic and the new developments have not been completed. Please listen to our concerns . Thank you Clem and Shala Block From: Donna Kase To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Aixa Caoizzi Subject: Costco update Date: Friday, February 21, 2025 1:01:02 PM 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. For your info .... Below is an email that I just sent to our Commissioner Rick Locastro. Hopefully you have been getting a lot of emails on this issue because residents that will be impacted by Costco at this location are furious and we're hoping your minds can be changed. On Fri, 21 Feb, 2025 at 12:53 PM, me <dmkase@centurylink.net> wrote: ITo: rick.locastro@colliercountyfl.gov You were indignant last week in emails to me about the residents and media treating Costco building on the corner of Collier and Rattlesnake a done deal when they haven't even purchased the land. And then the meeting took place and below are comments that were sent around my community after the meeting: It's clear Costco was required to hold this meeting. It did so, but made sure it was just an hour and without microphones. The non -answers were especially annoying, especially the 'it's zoned commercial' nonsense. It was also telling that our representative, Commissioner Rick LoCostco, as we are now calling him, was not at the meeting. I think we can all agree, whether you are for or against the proposed Costco, that despite what Commissioner LoCostco says, this project is moving along at a fairly quick pace. His emails to the contrary are designed to keep us calm while the work continues behind the scenes. Ask him first why he wasn't at the meeting? Where he stands on this project? Most importantly remind him that he works for us and his actions in the months ahead will be remembered should he run for re-election or seek higher office. This is what politicians fear the most. Your vote is your power. In a brief chat with Mr. Wester, the Costco representative after the meeting, he made it clear that Costco is moving full steam ahead. So who is lying ... you or Mr. Wester? Please take into consideration not only the traffic and safety of all who live on and off of Rattlesnake but also the fact that there is a fire/ems station that uses that road to get to emergencies and also the fact that in the renderings that we've seen, there are transmission poles that will be in the parking lot! Not to mention environmental issues which Mr. Wester seemed to ignore answering when a resident asked it at the meeting. There are other locations that would be more suitable .. how about 41 and Collier or the corner of Davis and SantaBarbara where all the old concrete was dumped? At least that has two different roads that could be used in and out of Costco. Donna Kase Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes From: Timothy ALONZI To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel Cc: Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Aixa Capizzi Subject: Costco Date: Friday, February 21, 2025 9:57:58 AM 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. Commissioners, I understand the property located at the SE corner of Collier Blvd and Rattlesnake Hammock being considered by Costco is zoned commercial and that it will and should contain commercial businesses. However, this location is inappropriate to shoehorn a warehouse store with 24 gas pumps and clue lanes to hold up to 70 vehicles with limited entry and exit access to only Rattlesnake Hammock is not intended to manage Costco's own estimate of 4500 vehicles daily). It is unreasonable to think that Rattlesnake Hammock can support the existing apartment, Senior living, additional surrounding residential, planned school traffic, etc. on top of a Costco and larger than usual gas station on a corner that already has two gas stations. The increased traffic will pose a clear danger and safety issue for residents. It is already common to regularly observe fire, police and ambulances stuck in blocked traffic around densely packed traffic in Naples. This problem should not be compounded by creating another bottleneck in residential areas in the area of Rattlesnake Hammock and Collier Blvd. I am not anti - Costco however believe there are more suitable locations for Costco that can more efficiently and SAFELY serve local residents and also manage the commercial traffic that it will create. A study of current Costco locations in the US and especially FL indicates that they are very rarely if ever located within a residential area such as what is being proposed at Collier Blvd and Rattlesnake Hammock. I would argue that community leaders advocated for these locations for the same reasons why many are against locating a Costco at Rattlesnake Hammock. There are several other commercial locations more suitable for a warehouse store and gas station of this size such as Collier Blvd and 41, Santa Barbara and Davis, etc. I urge you to please consider the following when considering approval of this location for a new Costco and associated gas station (if/when called upon to do so) and vote to NOT approve Costco at this location. • There are already two gas stations located at Collier Blvd and Rattlesnake Hammock • There is a 7 Eleven gas station roughly 130 feet from where Costco wants to put one and a Racetrack fuel station on an adjacent corner. The county's land development code requires a 500-foot separation between service stations, which is why a waiver is necessary. • Rationale proposed for a waiver including that Costco's fuel station is a member's only gas station and would be separated by a road is nonsensical and does not counter any of the concerns summarized here. • The county's land development code exists for a reason, there is no reasonable justification to grant a waiver given all of the risks. • Fire, Police and medical Emergency access and egress will be significantly restricted by the increased traffic on Rattlesnake Blvd and Collier Blvd. • Emergency access to Physicians Regional Hospital will also be restricted due to the increased traffic in the area. • Pedestrian safety is already highly at risk at this intersection and will become impassable not only at the intersection but also westbound along Rattlesnake Hammock East of Collier Blvd across the only proposed access to Costco. I understand building and development must continue in the area to support a growing community however it MUST be done in a mindful manner that promotes efficiency, peaceful coexistence, service to the community and safety to its residents. Please do not support the addition of Costco at Rattlesnake Hammock and Collier Blvd. Respectfully Tim Alonzi 8440 Rosa Ct. Naples From: Mike Haller To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Aixa Caoizzi Subject: COSTCO Gotta Go Date: Thursday, February 20, 2025 7:19:07 PM 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. I am a resident at hacienda Lakes and I am opposed to Costco going into the corner of RattleSnake and 951. The location will cause havoc on 951. The location should be moved to a non residential area around 41. I don't care if it is zoned commercial. Just wait for the complaints when it goes in. I surely will not vote for any officer that approves this monstrosity. Mr. LaCostco is certainly someone who I and my neighbors will not vote for in 2 years. We need someone to run against someone who is against the community. Thankyou. From: bencareCalaol.com To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Aixa Caoizzi Subject: New Costco store on Rattlesnake Hammock Road. Date: Friday, February 21, 2025 8:42:29 AM 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. As you are probably aware the residents on Rattlesnake Hammock Road, east of Collier Blvd, are very much opposed to the planned new Costco store in our neighborhood. Our biggest concern is traffic and noise. Costco says they expect 2,500 + customers a day. Imagine how much traffic that will bring to Rattlesnake Hammock! Add to that the planned elementary school on the same road. Traffic will become a nightmare!! At the recent meeting between homeowners and Costco, it became clear that Costco feels they will get the necessary approvals and are very close to actually proceed with the building of their new store. Apparently there is just one issue and that is the fact that their plans include a gas station which will be inside of 500 feet from an existing gas station. However in the meeting we learned that they could, if needed, revise their drawings and still be able to build on Rattlesnake Hammond. I urge you to oppose Costco's plan to build on Rattlesnake Hammond Rd. There is available land along 41 east of Collier, that would be much better suited for a big box store. Thanks for your consideration, hoping you will understand the concerns we have. Sincerely Michael Bentkjaer Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes From: Lanette Keller To: Rick LoCastro Cc: Burt Saunders; Chris Hall; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel Subject: Proposed Costco site Date: Thursday, February 20, 2025 3:16:37 PM 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. Mr. LoCastro, Thank you for your detailed email and taking the time to give me such vital information. I believe many of us are not objecting to having a Costco on the corner, but it's the fear of all the traffic of a commercial business, such as Costco, that creates huge volumes of traffic on a daily basis. Sitting next to the hospital, is not ideal location for commercial building that has that kind of traffic. Unless they, or someone, can show us that they have come up with a great plan on how to reduce the risk of accidents that my be caused by the huge increase in traffic in what will become an extremely busy intersection, and not making it impossible for residents to get out of our neighborhood and onto Rattlesnake hammock, a lot of unrest will continue. This location would be a great place for serenity Park, just like Naples Hospital has, where patients from Physicians Regional can remove themselves temporarily from the suffering that they may be going through. I realize greed takes over when it comes to money and profits. That was not the Naples my family moved us here for in the 60's. Again, I appreciate the detailed information that you shared with me and I will continue to watch the progress or lack there of, your updates, publications, etc. of this proposed location for Costco`s, as well. Lanette Keller 8272 Lucello Terrace North Sent from my Wad On Feb 20, 2025, at 11:07 AM, Lanette Keller <netk4ever@gmail.com> wrote: Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: Rick LoCastro <Rick. LoCastro@colliercountyfl. gov> Date: February 20, 2025 at 7:42:21 AM EST To: Lanette Keller <netk4ever@gmail.com> Subject: RE: Costco Proposal Lanette I appreciate your concerning email. Disappointing however, you are jumping to false and inaccurate conclusions about me... but read on. Your thoughts certainly have merit and I share the concern. Unfortunately -- the County is not a real estate agent. An applicant applies for permitting on a certain piece of land and we either approve or disapprove it. If we disapprove -- they are welcome to search the County for another option if they desire. We can't "make them" build somewhere else -- as I've stated repeatedly in my newsletter. There are plenty of citizens voicing opinions on both sides of this possible project -- and I am listening. However, let me continue to separate some rumors from facts. First, I'm very aware of the well -attended citizen Neighborhood Information Meeting (NIM) on Tuesday night... but the misinformation continues by some. I say "citizen" meeting -- because elected officials don't attend NIMs (glad to hear you attended it). Although some accused me of skipping the meeting -- it's actually inappropriate for any elected official to attend a developer's NIM --obviously most citizens didn know that. It's a required meeting by Costco to hear from citizens... and for citizens to hear from Costco. If eventually this does come to Commissioners for a vote -- that's when the County will host our formal meeting in the County building which will also be fully open for public comments. Tuesday night's meeting was for citizens and Costco ONLY. It's a required developer meeting with citizens -- not the County -- and not with any elected official. Yes, I have heard the varied views expressed by citizens concerning this topic. Anybody who says I don't care -- doesn't know me very well. I've been regularly informing citizens of the facts about Costco in my newsletter that has 80,000+ subscribers -- and I personally reply to every email I receive. Although as of yet no Site Development Plan or request for any "variances" has been formally applied for by Costco -- I and County staff (as well as other agencies) share similar concerns and questions for the possible project if they do move forward with their application. However, since Costco has yet to formally file their request -- no elected official at this point in the process can "kill or approve" anything. I represent all citizens (pro and con)... as well as the law when it comes to what can and can't be built. If and when Costco ever applies for something... the County's formal and thorough analysis in a multitude of areas will then commence to arm County staff and all five Commissioners with the facts to determine if Costco's proposal fits properly (or doesn't fit) on that parcel. Some citizens think this project is already a "done deal" -- incorrect. Costco may have given the impression at Tuesday night's meeting they are "moving ahead quickly". They can move at the speed of light if they want -- but their "request" will actually come to a screeching halt when it formally comes to the County. The County staff then does their own final analysis (along with multiple other agencies). If and when it does come to Commissioners for a vote -- that is when the formal authority of all five elected County Commissioners begins as we assess the submitted proposal. As I've said from the beginning, Commissioners have voted on NOTHING. Costco may sound as though they are in "their" final stages of submitting something to the County (and they might be) -- but that's NOT approval. Some citizens are leaping over quite a few of the formal steps for approval or disapproval -- but be assured... the County isn't skipping any steps. Legally we can't no matter how many citizens demand a certain outcome now. Costco doesn't get to decide they are building something -- the County does. I will continue to keep citizens updated through my newsletter. If or when something is formally submitted by Costco to the County -- then it will be the County's turn (and for all five Commissioners) to examine what is actually officially being requested... and to know for sure if it meets (or doesn't meet) the strict County requirements for any project. Also, any County led analysis of traffic, fire, safety, setbacks, roads, landscape, etc... will then commence. Costco may have mentioned thev completed their own personal studies -- but if they submit a Site Development Plan -- that is actually when studies led by the Florida Department of Transportation, the County, and other official agencies would either confirm or dispute Costco's own "personal" analysis. I know some citizens are speaking with loud voices for the County to "kill" the project (and some aren't) -- but we're not voting on anything now... and there is no legal option for any elected official to influence anything at this point. It's disappointing some have already also pre -determined what my personal position is on Costco... when I've voted on nothing. I've stated repeatedly -- I (or any other elected official) would be irresponsible to state any definitive position at this stage -- especially when nothing has been formally filed with the County. No elected official has the ability to influence or to "kill or support" any project at this point. In the end "if' this project comes to Commissioners for consideration... it will take 4 of the 5 Commissioners to either vote against or for it. I have followed this project closely... and will continue to do so. As I've said to those who are listening -- I share some concerns and have questions (as I do with all projects) -- but must wait for Costco's formal request to the County... as it continues to be ever -changing. Hopefully those who attended the Neighborhood Information Meeting gave Costco leaders some issues to think about -- that is the sole purpose of that required citizen meeting. Thank you for being a concerned citizen... I assure you I am as well. There's a process for construction requests -- just as there was to build Hacienda Lakes -- and regardless of the outcome -- we are following it to the letter. ...Rick RICK LOCASTRO Collier County Commissioner District 1 SIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER HERE! LOCASTROMMM r �d�wu�ssk0�l d 1 Rick. LoCastro&CollierCountyFL.gov 3299 Tamiami Trail E, Suite 303, Naples FL 34112 Office: (239) 252-8601 www.RickLoCastro.com If Lai -----Original Message ----- From: Lanette Keller <netk4ever@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2025 11:44 AM To: Rick LoCastro <Rick.LoCastro@colliercountyfl.gov> Subject: Costco Proposal Good morning, know you are getting a lot of support from Costco's, but you were not there last night to hear those concerns. To me and to many others, that is an indication of where your support lies. That being said, moving forward, as our representative I think you should help Costco`s explore other alternatives to sites, especially off the east trail. If they were to move out on 41, the businesses that have issues in off-season such as restaurants, the shopping plaza, where Marshalls and other stores are located, etc., the Costco would bring them added business all year around. As a long time resident in Naples as I grew up here and moved here with my family when there were only 12,000 residents, this is a traffic nightmare, waiting to happen, which will rest on the shoulders of our commissioners. Please do not grant the variance and explore alternative sites. Lanette Keller 8272 Lucello Terrace North Naples, FI 34114 Sent from my iPad From: Thomas Convery To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Aixa Caoizzi Subject: Costco at corner of Collier Blvd and Rattlesnake Hammock Rd Date: Thursday, February 20, 2025 1:57:04 PM 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. Hello All. > I am a resident in Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes(EHL) contacting you in regard's to the potential new Costco location. > I understand that the site was designated as commercial in 2011 but having the Costco entrance and exit to the site on Rattlesnake Hammock Road is not realistic because of the incremental traffic and safety concerns. The emergency vehicles located on Hacienda Lakes Parkway routinely use Rattlesnake Hammock road to cross over or head south on Collier Boulevard. The additional traffic will delay emergency responses and potentially result in the loss of lives. The incremental traffic on Collier Boulevard will also delay ambulances from reaching Physicians Regional Hospital. Another issue is that when the Swamp Buggy races are held the traffic is lined up on Collier Boulevard (north and south bound) and Rattlesnake Hammock Road waiting to enter the facility on Rattlesnake Road. Exiting EHL on race days often requires residents to head east on Rattlesnake Hammock Road towards Azure and a -turn to head west because of the traffic waiting to get to the racetrack. Adding thousands of cars daily will only exasperate the traffic problem. A detailed traffic study needs to be performed by the county factoring in emergency vehicle traffic as well as the Swamp Buggy races before anything is approved. > I am a Costco member and have never seen a Costco located in a residential area. There appear to be several more suitable locations in southeast Collier County for the new Costco. I wouldn't object to other commercial stores, including some restaurants and retail stores such as Kohl's, but would still request entrance and exits on Collier Boulevard. A Costco will result in too much traffic on Rattlesnake Hammock Road which won't be able to accommodate this much traffic. > I urge you to reject Costco's application to this site for the safety and well being of your constituents. I've sent a separate email to Mr. LoCastro. > Regards > Thomas Convery > 8285 Lucello Terr N > Naples, FL 34114 > Sent from my iPad From: Frank Cipolla To: Margie Torres Cc: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Aixa Capizzi Subject: Re: Proposal of new Costco location in East Naples Date: Thursday, February 20, 2025 12:09:54 PM 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. Well written. Polite and firm. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 20, 2025, at 11:24 AM, Margie Torres <marlene.seda@yahoo.com> wrote: Good morning, I would like to address my concern and the concern of the residents along Rattlesnake Road and Collier Blvd regarding having Costco come to that corner. I am not against Costco coming to East Naples, however trying to fit Costco into an area where there is going to be both the entrance and exit on a side road (Rattlesnake Hammock Road) is going to make for a congestion nightmare, this doesn't even account for the elementary school coming soon on the same road. At least with the Costco which is located on Pine Ridge Road there are a couple of different options to get in and out of Costco. The Pine Ridge Costco isn't surrounded by two huge apartment complexes on the same side road, two gated communities, and an upcoming elementary school sharing the same side road. Costco would be better served somewhere closer to Collier Blvd and East of 41. It would be closer to Marco island and give `life' to the other stores on 41 during the non -snowbird season. Even a Target store would use up less land footage at the corner of Collier Blvd, and Rattlesnake Hammock Road, and not create such a nightmare as a big box store like Costco with a gasoline station. Please check the county car accident history which have occurred on that corner. We have had many car accidents there just with the current traffic flow. Accidents are bound to increase with the much added traffic of a big box store at that corner. I encourage all of you to drive up to Collier Blvd, drive pass Physicians Regional Hospital, turn onto Rattlesnake Hammock Road, come back down Rattlesnake Hammock Road so you can assess the area for yourselves. I respectfully request that all options be reviewed closely, before accepting Costco to be placed on the corner of Collier Blvd and Rattlesnake Blvd. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Marlene (Margie)Torres 8544 Sevilla Court Naples, FL 34114-2819 Sent from my Whone You can't wait for life to stop being hard to be happy. From: Frank Cioolla To: Danielle Cote Cc: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; David Boothbv Subject: Re: C"Man Naples Commish -- you can steer better. Date: Thursday, February 20, 2025 11:48:14 AM 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. Excellent email and right on point. You got my email of this morning with all the commissioners email addresses correct? We should start emailing them as well cause eventually it will come before them. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 20, 2025, at 11:46 AM, Danielle Cote <danielle.cote@avalara.com> wrote: Naples Council Commissioners: In case you haven't kept up to date to the deafening objections to the Costco plan, I attach just two of the links from local news that followed. No one is arguing that they cannot build in the commercial space. As they made it perfectly clear they can do this without any interference by the Naples city counsel. OK— big store with big bucks and high-priced lawyers. Noted! However, we do have a right as citizens of Naples AND neighborhood residents to request the county to DECLINE their waiver for the fuel station. That is the action we are requesting by the council and the county. We don't want a county that bends the knee to corporate America. We live here. These people — and respectfully —you and they don't. During the NIM, when common-sense alternate ideas were raised in the NIM — like move it elsewhere on their site plan, eliminate altogether and just offer a smaller footprint store, or find a more suitable location that gives them ALL they want— all was outright dismissed and ignored. Additionally, for this council, I'd like to raise the many, many, many better suited locations for this Costco --- much more ideal than a sleepy neighborhood. A couple easy ones that come to mind... abandoned buildings and rundown lots along 41 which are ripe for this kind of project. Or the "crushed rock lot" that Rick LoCastro so often talks about at the corner of Santa Barbara / Davis. Or where most other Costco's build which is in a mass complex of which there are many at the corner of Collier and 41. Finally, I'll suggest this to the council as a REQUIREMENT of future NIM's. Not just "advertising" to the neighborhood which they complied with. But when you have 200-300 ppl attend, they should also be REQUIRED to have proper sound equipment— microphone, speakers, etc. No one could hear— and that's unfair to the community. They should be required to conduct a do -over! Epic point of failure on their part. One has to wonder if deliberate. They can't possibly be that ignorant about these meetings! I think you would find most residents would be in favor of a Costco without the fuel station as a smaller footprint commensurate with a neighborhood setting — not unlike a grocery store. But their position seemed rock solid and inflexible. I certainly hope the "county" staff that Costco team is working with is aware of the protocol, rules and requirements that considers the CITIZENS of the neighborhood and not the citizens of Corporate America. Naples County Commissioners—ya'all can do better than hide in a hole and let corporate America buy you off. I'm absolutely certain you could steer this project in the right way if you have the heart and courage to do so. https://www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com/article/residents-concerns-proposed- costco-location-naples/63835220 https://www.naptesnews.com/story/money/business/2025/02/19/neighbors-are- fighting-costco-planned-in-southeast-naples/79062593007/ Danielle Cote I Director, Corporate Events c: +1 (480) 2211522 e: danielle.cote@avalara.com *ee Hel 2 Avalara I Tax compliance done right From: Danielle Cote To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis Cc: fdcipolla(abgmail.com; David Boothbv Subject: C"Man Naples Commish -- you can steer better. Date: Thursday, February 20, 2025 11:46:03 AM 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. Naples Council Commissioners: In case you haven't kept up to date to the deafening objections to the Costco plan, I attach just two of the links from local news that followed. No one is arguing that they cannot build in the commercial space. As they made it perfectly clear they can do this without any interference by the Naples city counsel. OK— big store with big bucks and high-priced lawyers. Noted! However, we do have a right as citizens of Naples AND neighborhood residents to request the county to DECLINE their waiver for the fuel station. That is the action we are requesting by the council and the county. We don't want a county that bends the knee to corporate America. We live here. These people —and respectfully —you and they don't. During the NIM, when common-sense alternate ideas were raised in the NIM —like move it elsewhere on their site plan, eliminate altogether and just offer a smaller footprint store, or find a more suitable location that gives them ALL they want — all was outright dismissed and ignored. Additionally, for this council, I'd like to raise the many, many, many better suited locations for this Costco --- much more ideal than a sleepy neighborhood. A couple easy ones that come to mind... abandoned buildings and rundown lots along 41 which are ripe for this kind of project. Or the "crushed rock lot" that Rick LoCastro so often talks about at the corner of Santa Barbara / Davis. Or where most other Costco's build which is in amass complex of which there are many at the corner of Collier and 41. Finally, I'll suggest this to the council as a REQUIREMENT of future NIM's. Not just "advertising" to the neighborhood which they complied with. But when you have 200-300 ppl attend, they should also be REQUIRED to have proper sound equipment— microphone, speakers, etc. No one could hear— and that's unfair to the community. They should be required to conduct a do -over! Epic point of failure on their part. One has to wonder if deliberate. They can't possibly be that ignorant about these meetings! I think you would find most residents would be in favor of a Costco without the fuel station as a smaller footprint commensurate with a neighborhood setting —not unlike a grocery store. But their position seemed rock solid and inflexible. I certainly hope the "county" staff that Costco team is working with is aware of the protocol, rules and requirements that considers the CITIZENS of the neighborhood and not the citizens of Corporate America. Naples County Commissioners—ya'all can do better than hide in a hole and let corporate America buy you off. I'm absolutely certain you could steer this project in the right way if you have the heart and courage to do so. https://www.guLfcoastnewsnow.com/article/residents-concerns-proposed-costco-tocation- naples/63835220 https://www.naptesnews.com/story/money/business/2025/02/19/neighbors-are-fighting- costco-planned-in-southeast-naples/79062593007/ Danielle Cote I Director, Corporate Events c: +1 (480) 2211522 e: danielle.cote@avalara.com *�eed Hel v Avalara I Tax compliance done right From: Margie Torres To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Aixa Caoizzi Subject: Proposal of new Costco location in East Naples Date: Thursday, February 20, 2025 11:24:04 AM 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. Good morning, I would like to address my concern and the concern of the residents along Rattlesnake Road and Collier Blvd regarding having Costco come to that corner. I am not against Costco coming to East Naples, however trying to fit Costco into an area where there is going to be both the entrance and exit on a side road (Rattlesnake Hammock Road) is going to make for a congestion nightmare, this doesn't even account for the elementary school coming soon on the same road. At least with the Costco which is located on Pine Ridge Road there are a couple of different options to get in and out of Costco. The Pine Ridge Costco isn't surrounded by two huge apartment complexes on the same side road, two gated communities, and an upcoming elementary school sharing the same side road. Costco would be better served somewhere closer to Collier Blvd and East of 41. It would be closer to Marco island and give `life' to the other stores on 41 during the non -snowbird season. Even a Target store would use up less land footage at the corner of Collier Blvd, and Rattlesnake Hammock Road, and not create such a nightmare as a big box store like Costco with a gasoline station. Please check the county car accident history which have occurred on that corner. We have had many car accidents there just with the current traffic flow. Accidents are bound to increase with the much added traffic of a big box store at that corner. I encourage all of you to drive up to Collier Blvd, drive pass Physicians Regional Hospital, turn onto Rattlesnake Hammock Road, come back down Rattlesnake Hammock Road so you can assess the area for yourselves. I respectfully request that all options be reviewed closely, before accepting Costco to be placed on the corner of Collier Blvd and Rattlesnake Blvd. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Marlene (Margie)Torres 8544 Sevilla Court Naples, FL 34114-2819 Sent from my iPhone You can't wait for life to stop being hard to be happy. From: Elaine Rath To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Aixa.Caoizzi(c colliercountvfLaov Subject: Costco Date: Thursday, February 20, 2025 11:16:22 AM 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. Costco should not be built in a residential area. Naples other Costco is surrounded by other commercial enterprises. Smaller commercial businesses would be acceptable on the corner of Collier and Rattlesnake because they do not draw overwhelming amounts of traffic consistently the whole day. Beside the wrongful positioning of the gas station issue, the avalanche of traffic on Rattlesnake significantly increases the probability of accidents, not to mention impeding the route of emergency vehicles from the nearby fire station or threatening the safety of children at the proposed elementary school. This new Costco would be better suited south of the juncture of Collier and Route 41, near other big box stores like Walmart. Please have mercy on the tax paying, voting public! Elaine Rath 8458 Viale Circle Naples, F134114 From: Elaine Rath To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Aixa Caoizzi Subject: I asked this question at the Costco meeting on February lath. Date: Thursday, February 20, 2025 11:13:10 AM 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. "How many customers will this Costco service in a day" The answer was "4500 in and 4500 out". I believe this answer was evasive and referred to just the gas station, which will have 12 pumps. The store will have 850 parking spaces, if all filled, it will serve all these customers in about 5 hours, and they will be open for 16 hours a day. Costco takes a customer count each day, ask them how many potential cars will be leaving and entering on Rattlesnake Road. Add that to what is going on now and you will be amazed! We are all counting on the Commissioners to do the right thing. Thank you for doing a hard job, Thomas Rath 8458 Viale Circle Naples, Florida 34114 From: Mark Peters To: Chris Hall Subject: Fwd: Meeting with Costco Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2025 5:32:30 PM 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. Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: Mark Peters <mpisin@comcast.net> Date: February 19, 2025 at 3:47:01 PM EST To: tim.aten@naplespress.com Subject: Fwd: Meeting with Costco Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: Mark Peters <mpisin@comcast.net> Date: February 19, 2025 at 10:50:06 AM EST To: Rick.LoCastro@colliercountyfl.gov Subject: Meeting with Costco You were missed at the meeting with Costco. We would have loved to hear your view points. In youre elected position it is important for you to express an opinion so your constituents can feel we are moving in the right direction. Most of us (by that I would estimate 99%) have grave concerns for our safety. This project will overwhelm the area with traffic. We were shown no infrastructure changes on how the traffic will flow,as of now all traffic will exit towards a dead end street. With nowhere to go. And then there is concerned about the safety for the school children soon to be going to the new school. We then have the 4 outlots to address. Can you imagine chick-fil- A,McDonalds . This will create an unimaginable traffic bottleneck neck that lies right next to a hospital. This scenario is a very realistic concept that can cause severe restrictions for our first responders We've been told that we have to accept this idea because it has been zoned commercial (13years ago). What I can't understand is why you can't create a variance for a big box store. But you can't rezone this property that will efffect so many of your constituents so negatively. Your are on the record as stating we need to have Costco to buy the land and for the gas variance to be approved before we can make a rational choice. That is to late the deal will be done Please help to protect this community Respectfully Mark Peters Constituate From: Greg Koch To: Rick LoCastro; Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; William.McDaniel(abcolliercountvfl.aov Cc: Aixa Capizzi; Louise Jarvis; Sue Filson; Sarina Francis Subject: Could you Please Do Two Things for Me Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2025 1:16:43 PM 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. Please do two things for me: 1.) Go to Naples Blvd, park in front of Costco, and stand there for 5 minutes observing traffic and people (amount, type, directions, age, etc...) 2. Then go to Collier and Rattlesnake Roads, park your car, and stand at the intersection for 5 minutes imagining all the housing completed on the Notheast corner and a new Costco on the Southeast corner. Collier and Rattlesnake is already a mess. When all the housing is completed it will be even worse. Putting a Costco there would make it unbearable. Yes it is zoned commercial. Almost anything is better than a Costco and will cause less congestion. Your job as commisioners is to determine the best fit for our community. Please don't just tell then to do a traffic study, plant a few trees, and rubber stamp a proposal that makes no sense. We do not need a Costco there. We do not need another gas station there. We can not handle the traffic congestion there. How will the fire trucks ever get through? I think this is a fundamental Safety issue. I think it's early enough that you could have a positive impact. Soon it won't. Please put some commercial business there that makes sense for our community. Thank you, Greg Greg Kochendorfer From: thomasr460(caaol.conn To: Rick LoCastro; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Chris Hall Subject: Fw: Costco gas station rezoning Date: Friday, July 18, 2025 11:11:47 AM 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. Board of Collier County Does this establish legal precedent in Florida? The article appeared on May 28th in news4jax. Tom Rath, 8458 Viale Circle, Naples, FI, Esplanade of Hacienda Lakes News Summary The Jacksonville City Council has voted 15-3 to deny a rezoning request from Costco for a proposed gas station at the St. Johns Town Center. This decision follows concerns about increased traffic congestion, reduced parking availability at the Costco location, and potential disruption of vehicle flow in the area. Despite initial recommendations for approval from city staff and the Planning Commission, community opposition played a significant role in the council's final vote. Jacksonville City Council Rejects Costco Gas Station Proposal Jacksonville's City Council voted decisively on May 27, 2025, to deny a rezoning request from Costco for a proposed gas station at the St. Johns Town Center. The vote concluded with members approving the decision by a 15-3 margin, thereby rejecting Ordinance 2025-0249, which sought to change the zoning from Planned Unit Development (PUD) to allow a gas station at the site located at 4901 Gate Parkway. The planned gas station was intended to occupy 1.29 acres on the northeast corner of Costco's existing parking lot, featuring 12 fuel pumps and 24 fueling stations, along with a fuel kiosk enclosure, curbing, and landscaped islands. This denial follows a recommendation from the Land Use and Zoning Committee, which voted 5-1 against the rezoning just a week prior to the council's decision. City Council President Randy White, Vice President Kevin Carrico, and many other council members opposed the rezoning request. In contrast, support came from members Ken Amaro, Tyrona Clark -Murray, and Jimmy Peluso. Notably, Michael Boylan was absent from the meeting due to a personal commitment. Concerns raised by the council members and community included anticipated increases in traffic congestion on surrounding streets, a significant 15% reduction in parking spaces at Costco, and the disruption of vehicle flow within the site. The allocation of parking spaces was particularly worrying, as the existing layout was already under scrutiny due to customer traffic patterns. Council member Lahnen, whose district encompasses the Town Center, voiced strong opposition, specifically highlighting the traffic issues that a gas station could exacerbate. Clark -Murray, one of the few members to support the rezoning, deemed the refusal to approve the request as lacking substantive evidence and cautioned of a potential legal challenge from Costco's representatives related to the decision. In addition to the council's deliberations, the city Planning and Development Department's staff had initially recommended approval of the proposal, provided that a comprehensive traffic circulation report was produced. Furthermore, the Planning Commission had previously backed the rezoning request, voting 6-0 in favor of it under the same condition of conducting a traffic report. The existing surrounding infrastructure includes nearby fuel stations operated by Wawa and Daily's, which contributed to discussions about whether an additional gas station would serve an important community need or simply add to existing traffic challenges. Notably, emergency services voiced concerns regarding how increased vehicle flow could impede their response times in the area, a critical element in council discussions. Costco has had a significant presence in Jacksonville since 2000, operating a 164,000-square-foot warehouse as the area's first Costco location, with two additional sites featuring their own gas stations. The proposed gas station, if approved, was intended to operate with varying hours during the week and weekends, typically from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays. The site has garnered significant neighborhood opposition, predominantly citing traffic and congestion concerns as primary reasons for the overwhelming disapproval from the council. With the vote now concluded, it remains unclear how Costco will respond to this setback, particularly given the potential implications for future development in the St. Johns Town Center area. Further negotiations may be necessary to address the expressed concerns and potentially reshape the proposal in a manner acceptable to both the city council and the local residents. From: Lanette Keller To: Chris Hall Subject: Proposed Costco Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2025 11:58:18 AM 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. Good morning, I am sure you've heard the pros and cons of the proposed Costco's. They had a meeting last night and I wish there would've been some form of representative from the county commission there to hear the resident's concerns. However, none were in sight. That being said, moving forward, as our representative I think you should help Costco`s explore other alternatives to sites, especially off the east trail. If they were to move out on 41, the businesses that have issues in off-season such as restaurants, the shopping plaza, where Marshalls and other stores are located, etc., the Costco would bring them added business all year around. As a long time resident in Naples since 1966, this is going to be traffic nightmare which will rest on the shoulders of our commissioners. Please do not support the variance and explore alternative sites. Lanette Keller 8272 Lucello Terrace North Naples, Fl Sent from my iPad Louise Jarvis Subject: Zoom Meeting w/Commissioner Hall re: Paraiso Beach Club Location: Zoom Link Below Start: Wed 4/3/2024 10:00 AM End: Wed 4/3/2024 10:30 AM Recurrence: (none) Meeting Status: Accepted Organizer: Richard Yovanovich 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. Coleman, Yovanovich & Koester, P.A. is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: RDY Commissioner Hall Time: Apr 3, 2024 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/i/87470077375?pwd=5zZdmd5Pt8hrOVvu8SwkZ8HSBVuCkl.1 Meeting ID: 874 7007 7375 Passcode: 119734 One tap mobile +13052241968„87470077375#,,,,*119734# US 1 Louise Jarvis Subject: Zoom Call w/Commissioner Hall re: Paraiso Beach Club Location: Zoom Link below Start: Fri 7/21/2023 3:00 PM End: Fri 7/21/2023 4:00 PM Recurrence: (none) Meeting Status: Accepted Organizer: Richard Yovanovich 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. Coleman, Yovanovich & Koester, P.A. is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: RDY - Paraiso Time: Jul 21, 2023 03:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/i/85418280374?pwd=VC9nZDQrcGlNZ1kwYORmaUclVllpUT09 Meeting ID: 854 1828 0374 Passcode: 450373 One tap mobile +13052241968„85418280374#,,,,*450373# US +13092053325„85418280374#,,,,*450373# US 1 Louise Jarvis Subject: Meeting w/Commissioner Hall re: BCC AGENDA ITEMS Location: Rich to call Cell: 239-961-2986 Start: Fri 10/10/2025 8:00 AM End: Fri 10/10/2025 8:30 AM Recurrence: (none) Meeting Status: Accepted Organizer: Richard Yovanovich 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. From: Julie Arts To: Burt Saunders; Chris Hall; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel Subject: Costco vote Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 1:00:29 PM 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. -----Original Message ----- From: Julie Arts <jarts2213@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 8:04 AM To: Rick LoCastro <Rick.LoCastro@collier.gov> Subject: Talk to our team 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. I'm upset about the negative publicity regarding the Costco issue on Collier Boulevard. We live within 2 miles of the site, and understand it may increase traffic in the area, but still want to have the project proceed. This lot is zoned for business development and whether it's Costco or another company, there is bound to be additional traffic at this location. This is not a quiet residential area but an active intersection that should be used to add convenience to the entire area. Those "squeaky wheels" do not represent the majority opinion! Please consider this when making your decisions. Sent from my iPhone From: Geri Vicari To: Chris Hall Subject: Costco Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 12:41:53 PM 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. Please vote yes for Costco. We need it in East Naples! The local Publix will be so crowded by all the new residents pouring into our area. Costco is definitely needed here. Geri Vicari 7844 Ionio Court Naples Fl. 34114 Sent from my iPhone From: Kristin Harvey To: Chris Hall Subject: Stop Costco Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 11:10:56 AM 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 Chris, I am writing to encourage you to stop the approval of the Costco on Rattle Snake Hammock road. Please just look at what has happened to Airport which was once covered with trees and now looks like a road in Tampa. We do not need more development we need conservation. Thank you, Respectfully, C�,7nstin 006arrep From: Elizabeth Radi To: Chris Hall Subject: Costco Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 11:00:23 AM 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. Commissioner Hall, good morning. I am unable to attend the meeting today in person nor by Zoom so I am writing this email to you again in hopes that during this consideration today that we again look at the amount of traffic this is going to bring to Rattlesnake Hammock Rd. I have had the incredible pleasure of working with the seniors at EKOS Candenza, literally on a daily basis as a workforce and senior housing advocate. I know a -lot about their lives, and I definitely know a lot about their challenges. Some of them have transportation and some don't. So, they walk all the way down to the end of the road and catch the bus at the corner of Collier and Rattlesnake. Now Imagine adding 4500 people going in and out of an area every day and the challenges those individuals are going to face dodging traffic of that magnitude. Now add the 3-4 thousand seniors and workforce that are supposed to all be moving into the up-and-coming rental units that are on that street and corner. The infrastructure is not equipped for this Costco and its traffic. I understand that they have already approved, but adding gas pumps into an area is going to wreak havoc on that corner. The lines to the pumps, where are they supposed to start and end. Out on Rattlesnake!! Not only should they not get the consideration, but this whole idea needs to be rethought. People are going to end up getting hurt. I'm not arguing the fact that people want a Costco but it needs to be in an area that's geared more for high volume commercial development, like Collier and 41 area. Mark my words, the sweet, elderly veteran gentleman that was hit and killed by a car will not be the last, if this is allowed to proceed. Please take this into consideration when making your decisions today. Someone's life just might depend on it. Elizabeth Radi Collier County Tenants Union From: Elizabeth Radi To: Chris Hall Subject: Costco Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 10:58:54 AM 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. Commissioner LoCastro, good morning. I am unable to attend the meeting today in person nor by Zoom so I am writing this email to you again in hopes that during this consideration today that we again look at the amount of traffic this is going to bring to Rattlesnake Hammock Rd. I have had the incredible pleasure of working with the seniors at EKOS Candenza, literally on a daily basis as a workforce and senior housing advocate. I know a -lot about their lives, and I definitely know a lot about their challenges. Some of them have transportation and some don't. So, they walk all the way down to the end of the road and catch the bus at the corner of Collier and Rattlesnake. Now Imagine adding 4500 people going in and out of an area every day and the challenges those individuals are going to face dodging traffic of that magnitude. Now add the 3-4 thousand seniors and workforce that are supposed to all be moving into the up-and-coming rental units that are on that street and corner. The infrastructure is not equipped for this Costco and its traffic. I understand that they have already approved, but adding gas pumps into an area is going to wreak havoc on that corner. The lines to the pumps, where are they supposed to start and end. Out on Rattlesnake!! Not only should they not get the consideration, but this whole idea needs to be rethought. People are going to end up getting hurt. I'm not arguing the fact that people want a Costco but it needs to be in an area that's geared more for high volume commercial development, like Collier and 41 area. Mark my words, the sweet, elderly veteran gentleman that was hit and killed by a car will not be the last, if this is allowed to proceed. Please take this into consideration when making your decisions today. Someone's life just might depend on it. Elizabeth Radi Collier County Tenants Union From: K Barry To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Rick LoCastro Subject: Costco Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 10:10:08 AM 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. Good Morning, Thank you for representing the residents of Collier County and for being our commissioners! I'm sure it's not an easy job - including the fielding of a lot of complaints. My wife and I are residents in Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes (just east of the proposed Costco location). We attended both Collier County Planning Commission / Costco meetings and within a couple of minutes of the first meeting starting, residents in attendance got the sense that our goose was cooked. This was because of the tone of the commission members (primarily the chair, sadly) had a favorable bias towards Costco from the get -go. I won't provide any more details (you may have already heard from others) because I don't want this to be a gripe session and I'm sure each member is a good person and besides that - I believe they donate their time. But the meetings took a lot of steam out of the residents. I know many are not showing up today because they figure why bother - it's already a done deal. If the planning commission meetings hadn't taken the fire away from people, maybe the same turnout that was at the first meeting at the racetrack would show up today. But, I know as county commissioners, you are your own people and you don't rubber stamp everything from the planning commission. I hope this is one of those times. Why we are opposed: We fully understand that the area is zoned commercial. That's not the problem and in fact we would welcome a number of different stores, restaurants, services, etc. to that location. The real issue is that Costco is a monster that always builds their stores in a larger swath of commercial space - primarily other big boxes like Best Buy. This is certainly true of their north Naples location. This location however is surrounded by residences. Why would they want to do that? My understanding is that this is the only location in the country where they want to do this. Maybe that's not true, but plopping down in the middle of residences is certainly not the norm for any big box. The fact that this would be the only one in the country next to residences and a hospital probably is true. • Traffic is already crazy and will be getting crazier due to all of the apartments going up in the area as well as the new developments: Caymas and Seven Shores. Plus, Rattlesnake Hammock basically dead ends at the Azure community which only adds to the congestion and would be a nightmare if there was a sudden evacuation. Not only would Collier Blvd get a lot busier, but Rattlesnake Hammock, would all of its stoplights, would see a larger load of traffic between Collier Blvd and 41. It's already very dangerous to cross Collier Blvd as a pedestrian or bicyclist - even with the stoplights because of people running a red light and because of their rolling right hand turns. Many more cars would make this more hazardous. The city of Jacksonsville, Fl, earlier this year, denied Costco to build for this very reason: traffic backups. bft.ps://www.jaxdailyiecord.com/news/2025/may/28/jacksonville-ciiy-council- sa-ys-no-to-costco-on-rezoning-for- gas- station/ Any market study done by an applicant is going to skew in their favor and not be objective. This was the case with Costco's study. The Rattlesnake / Collier intersection does not need a third gas station. 7/11 is already a ghost town as it hardly has cars filing up with gas. I understand that there is no other intersection in the county where there are 3 gas stations on one intersection. There is absolutely no need for more gas stations in this area - and especially at that corner. When I lived in Maple Grove, MN, a prominent grocery store chain wanted to build in our city - which we welcomed because of the stores reputation and because there wasn't any grocery store very close to us. But the city turned down the application stating that we had enough grocery stores. Here, at the proposed Costco location, there is a Publix across the street, a Walmart just a few miles away in either direction and an Aldi to the south. So, like the gas stations, we are not lacking for grocery stores. • Not that long ago, there was a proposed hotel / conference center on Hwy 41, near downtown Naples. Neighbors basically said, "hey we know something commercial will go into that lot, that's not the problem, but this is just too big because of residences butting up behind it." The city agreed (or maybe it was the county). The hotel then came back with scaled down plans that I believe were recently approved. In summary, just because the area is zoned commercial, that doesn't mean its a good idea for just anything to go into the space - especially something that will add congestion, back up traffic and decrease safety. It's our hope you vote no today. Thank you for your time. Ken Barry 8358 Viale Circle Naples, FL 34114 763-639-7620 From: Lisa Zumstein To: Chris Hall Subject: Yes Costco Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 7:38:47 AM 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. Cisco Safe Unsubscribe It appears that you have subscribed to commercial messages from this sender. To stop receiving such messages from this sender, you can unsubscribe. Click here to unsubscribe. Please vote yes for the Costco on collier. All the best, Lisa Zumstein On Oct 13, 2025, at 8:27 AM, Commissioner Chris Hall <chris.hall@collier.gov> wrote: North Naples News and Collier County Updates View this email in your browser Hello Collier County, I am honored to represent and inform you as your District 2 Commissioner. I hope you find this newsletter interesting and informative. As we move from our summer agendas to the more busy seasonal agenda with land issues, I want to take a few minutes and explain some of the actions that we have taken this summer as well as explain a little of the budget process. If you get your information from social media or the newspaper or the news, it's likely you're not getting the whole picture. I feel that it's important for you as a constituent and taxpayer to have a full understanding of the decisions and information from the inside. As a reminder, please mark your calendar for Coffee With Commissioner Hall on Friday, October 24 from 10am-1lam. To register to attend in -person or for the Zoom call, see below for details. Seating is limited, so be sure to sign up soon. For more frequent updates, follow us on Facebook and Instagram. As always, you may email our office if you have any questions, concerns, or even good news to share. It's always great to hear from our constituents. 0 A W W W W Even though the final budget is approved in September, we actually begin the process in January and February. In February, we establish the budget policy, which tells staff the direction to take while creating their budgets for the coming year. Our budget policy was to allow for a 3% operational increase with a 5% increase for capital infrastructure. Then in July, we get the new property valuations from the tax appraiser, and set the maximum mileage rate to get a good idea of the upcoming revenue. With the valuations and budget policy the increase to the budget was $38M ($13M of the $38M was from new growth). The actual increase to the taxpayers was $25M. You hear the terms millage neutral and rollback being thrown around. Let me explain the difference. Millage neutral means that we are going to charge the same rate for the current year taxes as we did last year; that rate is 3.2449 mils, meaning you pay $3.24 per $1,000 of your assessed value. Rollback means we will charge whatever millage rate is required to collect the same amount of taxes as we did last year, so even if your assessment goes up, we adjust the millage to collect the same amount of taxes so that it's not an increase in actual dollars collected. With millage neutral, if your valuation goes up, so does your taxes. Commissioners do not determine property values, that is the tax appraiser's responsibility. Now, the rationale for my plan! For the last two years, we have gone to the rollback and fully funded our budget. We hired a third -party company (Resource X) to come in and examine our budgets, find excess spending, eliminate redundancy, and streamline us into efficiency. In this process, the first year and half, Resource X has focused on our ways to increase revenues through partnerships, fees and internal collaborations. The next phase is to concentrate on ways to cut costs, savings through efficiency and priority. Since we haven't gotten to phase 2 and allowed Resource X to establish its findings for the expenditure side, we needed to find a way to fully fund our our budget for one year until Resource X had time to act. So, I proposed to fully fund the budget at the Rollback rate and make up the $25M deficit by only charging .045 mils to the Conservation Collier fund and moving the difference in money to the general fund. ONLY for one year to allow Resource X time to deliver info to decrease our expenses. The law says that we, as commissioners, can charge UP TO .25mils for Conservation Collier yearly. It doesn't require us to charge the maximum amount, we can charge from zero-.25mils. Conservation Collier (CC) is a popular and important cause, voted in by the voters at over 70% in 2020 for the second time. I completely agree!! To conserve our lands for wildlife protection, waterways and provide public benefits is a noble cause, and because of that, CC has $121 M in the bank, $64M of that is set aside for perpetual (forever) maintenance. The interest alone on the $64M is sufficient for the maintenance required. This leaves $57M in the CC account for purchases. The program is well funded and robust. In fact, their real problem is not funding, it's their ability to spend it! My proposal would have left the $64M in the bank for maintenance and left $32M in the account for purchases. Here are some facts: 1. From FY04-FY13 (1st 10 yrs), the program spent $103.36M for 4,094 acres. 2. In the past 5 years, they have spent $33.5M for 2,310 acres (1,410 of those acres were purchased the day before our meeting, using $11.9M for Williams Ranch Reserve); a great purchase by the way! 3. 888,505 acres are already in preservation from State and Federal Lands. That is over 60% of the land in Collier County. 4. In all, CC has spent $136.86M for a total of 6,404 acres. This equates to only 0.7% increase of the overall conservation property. 5. Only half of all purchases have any public benefit. However, all of the purchased properties require maintenance (removing exotics, and invasive species that grow back continually) in perpetuity! The original intent of the Conservation Collier program was to buy property to protect from development, and have public use such as trails, exhibit parks, etc. As mentioned, only half of all of the purchases have any public benefit at all. Since the second referendum, a lot of purchases have been an acre here or an acre there full of wetlands and mainly used as an exit strategy for a landowner that has no real market for their property. I love the purchases of properties like the recent Williams Ranch property, not these little hodgepodge wetland lots that basically already are in conservation. In summary, you can clearly see the program is healthy financially but lacks willing sellers to purchase desired lands. I stand behind the will of the voters in full measure to support the program. Where I seem to differ, is in the management, stewardship and execution of the program. Again, the program has lots of money but is limited to willing sellers of quality conservation land. Any pause in full funding does not affect the program or limit it. It merely doesn't put more taxpayer money in an account that won't be used. So, it's not "Commissioner Hall looks to cut funding to hurt to the Conservation Collier program", as the news would only report, or "tinkering with CC", but a strategic, well thought out plan to fund our budget and steward well the money, WITHOUT raising taxes on the people. However, the Commissioners voted 3-2 to opt for Millage Neutral and not Rollback. While we don't always think or vote the same (thank goodness), I always respect the opinions and votes of my fellow Commissioners. Long, I know, but I wanted everyone to know "The rest of the story" w Video highlights from the 9/23/25 BCC meeting include: • Item 9C, 9D, 9E Domestic Animal Services (DAS), passed unanimously -- DAS restructure, Animal Control Ordinance, and Standards of Care • Item 10A, 10B Veterans Nursing Home, passed unanimously -- Veterans Nursing Home funding and Golden Gate Pkwy street entrance • Item 11A Conservation Collier, passed unanimously -- Resolution amendment addressing the Purchasing Policy for the Conservation Collier program • Item 11 B Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension -- Construction update regarding the Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension Project (East of Collier) • Item 11C Naples Stormwater, passed unanimously -- Grant Agreement for the City of Naples Stormwater Outfall Removal and Water Quality Project • Item 11 E Marco Island Beach, passed unanimously -- Financial request from the City of Marco Island to restore the beach sand berm of the Tigertail/Sand Dollar Island spit • Item 11 F Central Receiving Facility, passed unanimously -- Medicaid Central Receiving Facility Low Income Pool Program • Item 151131 NIMs -- an update regarding Neighborhood Information Meetings (NIMs), explaining the process, requirements, meeting, recordings, and key roles. Zoning staff are assigned to observe future NIM meetings and will bring copies for distribution to ensure the public is educated on the process. See the below NIM Process Image for details. u As you know, one of my favorite things about serving is meeting the people I work for. I enjoyed meeting Sheila. She was a County Commissioner in Olden Beach. We had lots to talk about. IN Join us for District 2 News and Updates while enjoying your Coffee with Commissioner Hall Friday, October 24, 10am-1lam (doors open/complimentary coffee at 9:30am) Headquarters Branch Library 2385 Orange Blossom Dr. Naples, FL 34109 In -person seating is limited! RSVP (in -person or via Zoom) today! You must register to attend in either format. We are happy to take your questions in advance! If you have a question you would like answered at our next Coffee, simply email your questions here. Responses (time permitting) will be given at our next Coffee. FDOT MEDIAN MODIFICATIONS FOR US 41 -- FDOT will conduct two Public Meetings for the proposed median modifications to improve safety and traffic operations along US 41 for the following locations: • US 41 and Gulf Park Drive • US 41 and Ridge Drive • US 41 just south of Banyan Road In -Person Meeting - Tuesday, October 21, 2025, from 5PM-7PM Courtyard by Marriott Naples, 3250 Tamiami Trail North, Naples, FL 34103 Virtual Public Meeting - Thursday, October 23, 2025, from 5PM-7PM Registration Link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldLr9-weBQZSHRxYoKob03Q Contact: You may contact the Project Manager, David Agacinski, by calling 239.225.1924 or emailing david.agacinski@dot.state.fl.us, at least seven (7) days prior to the meeting. 0 PASSING ALONG INFORMATION FOR AN UPCOMING NIM: The purpose and intent of this Neighborhood Information Meeting is to provide the public with notice of an impending zoning application and to foster communication between the applicant and the public. The expectation is that all attendees will conduct themselves in such a manner that their presence will not interfere with the orderly progress of the meeting. Date/Time: 10/21/2025 at 5:30 PM Location: Headquarters Library, Sugden Theatre Meeting Room (2385 Orange Blossom Dr, Naples, FL 34109) Topic: PL20250006588 (PUDA) Imperial Lakes (PUDA) Proposed amendment to modify the PUD to add single-family dwelling units and appropriate development standards. The amendment is also intended to correct a scrivener's error that did not remove the "ST" Overlay from the County zoning map. Request to amend Ordinance No. 82-081, as amended, the Imperial Lakes Planned Unit Development with Special Treatment (ST) Overlay Parcels 15C & 15D to increase the allowable dwelling units from 430 units to a maximum of 750 dwelling units and to remove the ST Overlay. The PUD is 78.28± acres located on the south side of Veterans Memorial Boulevard extension on the west side of Aubrey Rogers High School in Section 15, Township 48 South, Range 25 East, Collier County, Florida. [PL20250006588] For any questions you may have: • Developer Link with project documents, links, and NIM details: https://gradyminor.com/planning/ • Collier County Planners: Laura.DeJohnacollier.gov and Ray.Bellowsacollier.gov IN On October 6th, I took part in the "Rail to Trail" video project with "Live Wildly" to film an adventure that will help promote and communicate the importance of the BERT (Bonita Estero Rail Trail) Project. Today, Collier has 4 plots of conservation land near the rail corridor, all are bifurcated by the rail, creating a barrier for wildlife. The purchase of the BERT will join these lands into a contiguous conservation property as well as provide for the completion of Veterans Memorial Parkway, taking it to Tamiami Trail. I was able to share about how the Rail to Trail project will make a connection to the planned Paradise Coast Trail, connect miles of multi -use trails in Lee and Collier Counties, and ultimately, tie in to the Florida Gulf Coast trail from Tampa to Naples. It will help reduce traffic and provide a non -motorized method to commute, making SW Florida is a safe place to walk, run, and ride bikes. To help with the finances of the project, I have already requested that our Senator assist us with obtaining funding from Forever Florida (administered by FDEP) in the range of $15M-$20M for the BERT (Bonita Estero Rail Trail) Project. These funds will position us to make an offer to SGLR (Seminole Gulf Railway). For additional information, visit Friends of BERT. u E Dot and I had the pleasure of attending a wonderful ribbon cutting on October 9th for Pura Vida, the newest addition to Mercato, and the 41st location of this growing company. We enjoyed sampling their delicious food and coffee — all made with healthy, gluten -free ingredients and no seed oils. The owners, Omer and Jennifer Horev, were warm and welcoming, and it was truly a pleasure meeting them. Congratulations on an impressive opening! Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo is our Florida Surgeon General with a doctorate from Harvard. He understands the rights of the people and is making every effort to give them the medical freedom to make choices based on their own best interest. He is a key part of returning Florida to great constitutional values. It was so fun to finally meet him. As Commissioner, some of the most fulfilling things I get to do is to attend events that wish to raise money for their causes. One of these was with Sunlight Homes. Action for Life has recently joined forces with Sunlight Homes and held an amazing event. Sunlight's mission is to provide a faith -based long-term residential shelter and support system for "at -risk" pregnant women, single mothers and teens so they can break cycles of poverty, abuse, and homelessness. They offer safe shelter, nurturing environments, food, clothing, etc., especially during pregnancy and up through 8 weeks after birth in one program. They provide parenting education, life -skills training, counseling, mentoring, spiritual development, and education/job training. They also run a transitional housing program ("Transition to Hope") allowing mothers to receive support for up to 2 years as they work. On September 18 we met Faith Schwalback, founder of Beverly's Angels, a non-profit with a mission to lovingly provide much needed supplies to seniors and children. They serve the ALICE population (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed), comprised of individuals who work incredibly hard yet still struggle to make ends meet. Beverly's Angels is inspired by Faith's mothers' history of anonymously serving meals at Thanksgiving, delivering food to seniors in need, and making handmade items to bless others. They strive to empower individuals by providing assistance that fosters self-reliance, not dependency. They are very intentional in aiding the Sheriff's office as well as the community of Naples. One of their large upcoming projects is called, "Dear Santa", fulfilling Christmas wish lists for children. They have storerooms of pajamas, socks, clothing, toys and more, many of which will turn over at least 7X this Christmas season, as the volunteer "Santa Shoppers" fill the signature "Santa Bag" with wish list items. The volunteers are in turn blessed as well, as they enjoy the "packing parties." They only give NEW items..."because when love is wrapped in generosity and hope is handed over with open hands, we don't just give —we transform." Benny the bear is their mascot, headlining his own book and sharing his heart for compassion, community, and impact, For more information or to partner with Beverly's Angels, you may email Trisha at trisha a beverlysangels.org. Halloween Happenings At Collier County Parks & Recreation Collier County Parks & Recreation has a fun lineup of Halloween events waiting just for you! From haunted trails to candy houses, costume contests to doggie dress -ups, there's something for every age (and even for our furry friends).Click here for details. Fall Fest and More at PCSC There are lots of events through October 2025 including: • FC Naples home games • Soccer Youth Tournament • Rocktoberfest • Soccer River Plate Cup • Fall Fest • American Cancer Society Walk • and more! Collier Museums Collier Museums engage residents and visitors in appreciation and understanding of our communities' unique heritage and cultural development. View current and upcoming exhibits here. 0 ll Collier Park Events Full calendar of other events at Collier Parks & Rec. Fall Waterpark Hours Weekends / 10 am - 5 pm Visit www.napieswaterpark.com for more information. The Collier County Board of County Commissioners has announced that u 0 all adoption fees at Collier County Domestic Animal Services (DAS) will be waived, effective immediately, through October 31, 2025. This initiative aims to encourage community members to open their homes to a shelter pet and help alleviate the current animal population at the facility. Read more here. Hunting, Fishing, and Camping Sales Tax Holiday -- Consumers can purchase qualifying hunting, fishing, and camping supplies exempt from tax during the 2025 Hunting, Fishing, and Camping Sales Tax Holiday. Ends Wed, Dec 31.For more information, visit: www.floridarevenue.com/HuntFishCamp. WE ARE HIRING - Collier County jobs are posted each Friday. For a full list of job openings, click here. Meetings begin 9am on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month (Jan -Oct). In Nov/Dec they meet only the 2nd Tuesday of the month. All are encouraged to attend, either in -person or via Zoom. Viewing - watch Collier Television (CTV), either "Live" or via our Video -on - demand Archive. Collier Television also has a TV app on Roku, Apple and Firestick as well as the apple app store and google play for phones and tablets. Speaking - please register (prior to the meeting) in person or via Zoom, referencing the agenda item for which you wish to speak. To register via Zoom, watch for the news release, 6 days prior to each meeting for the link to register. Calendar/Agendas - can be found here, with the agendas being uploaded online 6 days prior to each meeting. Public Petitions - The form can be found here. For more information, please contact the County Manager's Office at 239-252-8383. u 1. Website - Collier311.com. 2. App - Google Play[ or the Aaa Store. 3. CALL 239-252-4311 4. TEXT 239-449-9994 with your first name, last name, and request. Report problems, ask questions, and receive feedback for your concerns. Once reported, you should get an automatic notification that the inquiry was made, and then updates as your concerns are investigated. Commissioner Chris Hall Commissioner, District 2 Chris. 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You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. u From: Holly Manheim To: Rick LoCastro; Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; william.mcdanielsCalcollier.aov Subject: Re: Gas station waiver does not need criteria #4 Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 4:46:25 AM 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. Should say the waiver does not MEET criteria # 1 .not need Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize; Conquer On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 4:38 AM, Holly Manheim <hollymanheim@yahoo.com> wrote: Hello, I sent you an email but not sure you received it because I deleted a draft and then couldn't find it in my sent folder. However, I hope you received my previous email. I never attended a board meeting and I know I can register to attend virtually which I have. I am nervous to attend the zoom and have my 3 minutes. If I can't attend, I will be watching the meeting tomorrow. Please consider the email I sent all of you, regarding the adverse affect this will cause the adjacent community where I live with 319 other units + 1 mine. Ekos Cadenza II and 1. I am in the bldg at the back, which was the first bldg Ekos Cadenza Il built and occupied in October 2024. Then they opened Ekos Cadenza I around 6 months later. Bryten Realty is the Real Estate management company and McDowell Housing is the building developer. There was no mention of any hearings about this to the residents of this community, which is ironic as we are the development that will be most directly affected adversely. Please do your due diligence and vote with integrity and for the residents of our community. Please reject this waiver as it does not meet the criteria #4. We deserve better. Thank you again. Holly Manheim Yahoo Mail: Search Organize, Conquer From: Holly Manheim To: Rick LoCastro; Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; william.mcdanielsCabcollier.aov Subject: Re: Gas station waiver does not meet criteria #4 Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 4:45:10 AM 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. Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize; Conquer On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 4:38 AM, Holly Manheim <hollymanheim@yahoo.com> wrote: Hello, I sent you an email but not sure you received it because I deleted a draft and then couldn't find it in my sent folder. However, I hope you received my previous email. I never attended a board meeting and I know I can register to attend virtually which I have. I am nervous to attend the zoom and have my 3 minutes. If I can't attend, I will be watching the meeting tomorrow. Please consider the email I sent all of you, regarding the adverse affect this will cause the adjacent community where I live with 319 other units + 1 mine. Ekos Cadenza II and I. I am in the bldg at the back, which was the first bldg Ekos Cadenza II built and occupied in October 2024. Then they opened Ekos Cadenza I around 6 months later. Bryten Realty is the Real Estate management company and McDowell Housing is the building developer. There was no mention of any hearings about this to the residents of this community, which is ironic as we are the development that will be most directly affected adversely. Please do your due diligence and vote with integrity and for the residents of our community. Please reject this waiver as it does not meet the criteria #4. We deserve better. Thank you again. Holly Manheim Yahoo Mail: Search Organize, Conquer From: Holly Manheim To: Rick LoCastro; Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; william.mcdanielsCalcollier.00v Subject: Gas station waiver does not need criteria #4 Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 4:38:30 AM 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. Hello, I sent you an email but not sure you received it because I deleted a draft and then couldn't find it in my sent folder. However, I hope you received my previous email. I never attended a board meeting and I know I can register to attend virtually which I have. I am nervous to attend the zoom and have my 3 minutes. If I can't attend, I will be watching the meeting tomorrow. Please consider the email I sent all of you, regarding the adverse affect this will cause the adjacent community where I live with 319 other units + 1 mine. Ekos Cadenza II and I. I am in the bldg at the back, which was the first bldg Ekos Cadenza II built and occupied in October 2024. Then they opened Ekos Cadenza I around 6 months later. Bryten Realty is the Real Estate management company and McDowell Housing is the building developer. There was no mention of any hearings about this to the residents of this community, which is ironic as we are the development that will be most directly affected adversely. Please do your due diligence and vote with integrity and for the residents of our community. Please reject this waiver as it does not meet the criteria #4. We deserve better. Thank you again. Holly Manheim Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer From: Gail Pecelunas To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal Subject: Proposed Costco at Collier & Rattlesnake Hammock Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 10:27:37 PM 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. I am hoping the new Costco is approved. We near more grocery/gas stations in the area. There are many new housing complexes and not enough stores for the future population. I live in Cedar Hammock Golf Community on Collier near Davis. Everyone I know is hoping this new Costco is approved and built soon. Please give this proposal your support! Thank you. Gail & Tom Pecelunas 3773 Buttonwood Way Naples FL 34112 847 274-2515 From: Holly Manheim To: Chris Hall Subject: Re: Costco gas waiver vote on October 14th Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 9:33:45 PM 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. My dad and I are residents of Ekos Cadenza II, located at 8455 Rattlesnake Hammock Rd. Unit 1120 in Naples, FL. We moved in on October 28, 2024, have just renewed our lease. Ekos Cadenza I and II were specifically constructed as affordable residential housing for seniors. The community is both age -restricted and income -restricted, catering to the needs of elderly residents who may require special care, attendants, or other forms of assistance. I live here with my 90 + dad. We have no car. Many people do have cars or they ride bicycles or walk.. So many use Cat- Connect as they have transportation needs for doctor's appointments, etc. They have medical conditions There have been ambulances here for residents who have fallen or have fallen ill. A Costco and a 3rd gas station together built basically right next to our community is a terrible idea and should be voted against.. I very strongly oppose this vote due to the need to ensure the health and safety of all Ekos Cadenza residents. Health and Safety First!!! Sincerely, Holly Manheim Jerome Manheim Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer From: Holly Manheim To: Chris Hall Subject: Re: Costco gas waiver - vote no Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 9:28:13 PM 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. Hello Chris, My dad and I are residents at Cadenza II, located at 8455 Rattlesnake Hammock Rd. Unit 1120 in Naples, FL. We moved in on October 28, 2024 and have just renewed our lease. Ekos Cadenza I and II were specifically constructed as affordable residential housing for seniors. The community is both age -restricted and income -restricted, catering to the needs of elderly residents who may require special care, attendants, or other forms of assistance. I live here with my 90 + dad. We have no car. Many people do have cars or they ride bicycles or walk.. So many use Cat- Connect as they have transportation needs for doctor's appointments, etc. They have medical conditions There have been ambulances here for residents who have fallen or have fallen ill. A Costco and a 3rd gas station together built basically right next to our community is a terrible idea and should be voted against.. I very strongly oppose this vote due to the need to ensure the health and safety of all Ekos Cadenza residents. Health and Safety First!!! Sincerely, Holly Manheim Jerome Manheim Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize. Conquer From: Pat Bednar To: Chris Hall Subject: Yes we want Costco here! Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 8:24:48 PM 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. I live in a complex off of Rattlesnake Hammock I very much Want Costco to be built on Collier Boulevard and rattlesnake we need this very much we don't want to be driving all the way up to Pine Ridge, causing more congestion. Let's spread out the wealth and spread out the Costco`s. Please vote yes tomorrow for Costco being built down here thank you Pat Bednar 239-331- 7343 From: Brad G To: John Alvarado; Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Rick LoCastro C Brad Wester Sub a Costco new location hacienda lakes Naples Florida Da e: Monday, October 13, 2025 7:15:03 PM 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. To whom it may concern, Unfortunately I have a prior engagement and can not attend tomorrow's meeting. I wanted to express a final time what a great idea this Costco location is for the residents of hacienda lakes and all of southern collier county. As a full time resident of esplanade hacienda lakes I see zero downfall of adding this location to the corner of rattlesnake hammock rd and collier blvd. Please remember this property was zoned for a project just like this decades ago. This added Costco also would bring safety and peace of mind to me and many other residents 1. It gives us an added opportunity to get provisions that are needed during a storm warning. 2. it adds 2 direct links through its parking lot out onto collier blvd in case of evacuation instead of just the two currently available. Costco brings more good paying jobs this county desperately needs. As seen in the link provided hUs://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/Costco-Salary-in-Naples,FL Costco also brings added equity to our homes as seen in the link provided hUs:Heconomics.ubc. ca/honours-students-poster/do-co stco-openings-increase-nearby- property-values-evidence-from-the-u-s-silas-kwok/ This Costco location is also an excellent rateable for the county coffers I understand the loud few neighbors in hacienda lakes being concerned about traffic but like the great Star Trek character Mr Spock once said the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one. We all as a county must share our roads with each other hacienda lakes included. The Costco opposition group is small and loud! Please see past the noise and realize what a great project this will be and how it will be a positive for decades into the future! Thank you for your time Bradley Gimbel Full time resident esplanade hacienda lakes 8283 Promoso ct Naples fl 34114 From: Mitchell Frank To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel Subject: Fwd: Proposed New Costco in East Naples Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 7:06:28 PM 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 Commissioners, Please see the email below which I sent to Commissioner LoCastro earlier today. I hope you will consider it when making your decision regarding the proposed new Costco in East Naples. Thank you. Mitch Frank 8083 Wilfredo Court Naples 34114 Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: Mitchell Frank <mitchfrankl222@aol.com> Date: October 13, 2025 at 12:54:25 PM EDT To: Rick.loCastro@colliercountyfl.gov Subject: Proposed New Costco in East Naples Dear Commissioner LoCastro, I live in Verona Walk and am writing to let you know that I wholeheartedly SUPPORT the proposed new Costco in East Naples. With all of the new development in the area, we sorely need additional supporting businesses, and the addition of the Costco would, in my opinion, greatly benefit those of us who live in this part of Naples. For us to get to the only Costco currently in Naples it takes us anywhere from 35-45 minutes depending on the time of year and the traffic volume, so having a Costco in East Naples would not only significantly cut down on our travel time, but would also save on fuel costs and emissions. It would also most probably reduce the traffic congestion in the Pine Ridge Road/Naples Boulevard area, since fewer people would be driving to get to the Costco located on Naples Boulevard. I certainly recognize and understand that there are many people who oppose the building of the new Costco, and that they have tended to be far more vocal than those who may support the project. Some of the most vocal opponents seem to be those who live in the Hacienda Lakes community, and to them, and to you, I would say this: it is my understanding that the land on which Costco is seeking to build had already been zoned for commercial use at the time Hacienda Lakes was built, so that anyone who purchased a home in Hacienda Lakes knew or should have known that there was a good chance that that land would be developed commercially. For them now to object to the Costco being built on that land is like the person who purchases a home near an airport and then complains about the noise. Be that as it may, I hope that when the Commission votes on the Costco project tomorrow, you will take into account that there are many people in the area who strongly favor that project, and that you will consider not only what may be good for the Hacienda Lakes community, but also what will be best for the East Naples area as a whole. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, Mitch Frank 8083 Wilfredo Court Naples Sent from my iPad From: Betsy Greenblatt To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel Subject: Proposal for Costco in East Naples Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 6:26:15 PM 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 Commissioners, I just wanted to send you all a note letting you know that I live in Verona Walk in East Naples and I strongly support the addition of the proposed Costco in East Naples. I know that there is a lot of vocal opposition to this project, but I want you to know that they do not speak for everyone in the area. I believe that it is really necessary, given the explosion of new residential communities in the area. We need more support services, and having a Costco here in East Naples would save me time and fuel. Please consider the voices that are not so loud in making your decision. Thank you. Elizabeth Greenblatt 8083 Wilfredo Ct. Naples, FL 34114 Sent from my iPad Sent from my iPad From: Louis Rana To: Chris Hall Subject: Costco Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 5:53:54 PM 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 Hall, I am not able to attend tomorrow's meeting on Costco but I wanted to express my full support for the project. I live on Marco Island and everyone I speak to looks forward to having a Costco closer to their homes. Thank you for all you do for us. Sincerely, Lou Rana From: Donald Merryfield To: Chris Hall Subject: Re: Oct 2025 - Board Meeting Highlights, October"s Coffee, Upcoming NIM, and more! Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 4:05:50 PM 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. I'm strongly opposed to the proposed Costco construction at Collier and Rattlesnake. We do not need three gas stations at one intersection. It will result in Terrible auto congestion in that area. Donald MERRYFIELD On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM Commissioner Chris Hall <chris.halln,collier.gov> wrote: North Naples News and Collier County Updates View this email in your browser Hello Collier County, I am honored to represent and inform you as your District 2 Commissioner. I hope you find this newsletter interesting and informative. As we move from our summer agendas to the more busy seasonal agenda with land issues, I want to take a few minutes and explain some of the actions that we have taken this summer as well as explain a little of the budget process. If you get your information from social media or the newspaper or the news, it's likely you're not getting the whole picture. I feel that it's important for you as a constituent and taxpayer to have a full understanding of the decisions and information from the inside. As a reminder, please mark your calendar for Coffee With Commissioner Hall on Friday, October 24 from 10am-1lam. To register to attend in -person or for the Zoom call, see below for details. Seating is limited, so be sure to sign up soon. For more frequent updates, follow us on Facebook and Instagram. As always, you may email our office if you have any questions, concerns, or even good news to share. It's always great to hear from our constituents. 0 0 0 0 Even though the final budget is approved in September, we actually begin the process in January and February. In February, we establish the budget policy, which tells staff the direction to take while creating their budgets for the coming year. Our budget policy was to allow for a 3% operational increase with a 5% increase for capital infrastructure. Then in July, we get the new property valuations from the tax appraiser, and set the maximum mileage rate to get a good idea of the upcoming revenue. With the valuations and budget policy the increase to the budget was $38M ($13M of the $38M was from new growth). The actual increase to the taxpayers was $25M. You hear the terms millage neutral and rollback being thrown around. Let me explain the difference. Millage neutral means that we are going to charge the same rate for the current year taxes as we did last year; that rate is 3.2449 mils, meaning you pay $3.24 per $1,000 of your assessed value. Rollback means we will charge whatever millage rate is required to collect the same amount of taxes as we did last year, so even if your assessment goes up, we adjust the millage to collect the same amount of taxes so that it's not an increase in actual dollars collected. With millage neutral, if your valuation goes up, so does your taxes Commissioners do not determine property values, that is the tax appraiser's responsibility. Now, the rationale for my plan! For the last two years, we have gone to the rollback and fully funded our budget. We hired a third -party company (Resource X) to come in and examine our budgets, find excess spending, eliminate redundancy, and streamline us into efficiency. In this process, the first year and half, Resource X has focused on our ways to increase revenues through partnerships, fees and internal collaborations. The next phase is to concentrate on ways to cut costs, savings through efficiency and priority. Since we haven't gotten to phase 2 and allowed Resource X to establish its findings for the expenditure side, we needed to find a way to fully fund our our budget for one year until Resource X had time to act. So, I proposed to fully fund the budget at the Rollback rate and make up the $25M deficit by only charging .045 mils to the Conservation Collier fund and moving the difference in money to the general fund. ONLY for one year to allow Resource X time to deliver info to decrease our expenses. The law says that we, as commissioners, can charge UP TO .25mils for Conservation Collier yearly. It doesn't require us to charge the maximum amount, we can charge from zero-.25mils. Conservation Collier (CC) is a popular and important cause, voted in by the voters at over 70% in 2020 for the second time. I completely agree!! To conserve our lands for wildlife protection, waterways and provide public benefits is a noble cause, and because of that, CC has $121 M in the bank, $64M of that is set aside for perpetual (forever) maintenance. The interest alone on the $64M is sufficient for the maintenance required. This leaves $57M in the CC account for purchases. The program is well funded and robust. In fact, their real problem is not funding, it's their ability to spend it! My proposal would have left the $64M in the bank for maintenance and left $32M in the account for purchases. Here are some facts: 1. From FY04-FY13 (1st 10 yrs), the program spent $103.36M for 4,094 acres. 2. In the past 5 years, they have spent $33.5M for 2,310 acres (1,410 of those acres were purchased the day before our meeting, using $11.9M for Williams Ranch Reserve); a great purchase by the way! 3. 888,505 acres are already in preservation from State and Federal Lands. That is over 60% of the land in Collier County. 4. In all, CC has spent $136.86M for a total of 6,404 acres. This equates to only 0.7% increase of the overall conservation property. 5. Only half of all purchases have any public benefit. However, all of the purchased properties require maintenance (removing exotics, and invasive species that grow back continually) in perpetuity! The original intent of the Conservation Collier program was to buy property to protect from development, and have public use such as trails, exhibit parks, etc. As mentioned, only half of all of the purchases have any public benefit at all. Since the second referendum, a lot of purchases have been an acre here or an acre there full of wetlands and mainly used as an exit strategy for a landowner that has no real market for their property. I love the purchases of properties like the recent Williams Ranch property, not these little hodgepodge wetland lots that basically already are in conservation. In summary, you can clearly see the program is healthy financially but lacks willing sellers to purchase desired lands. I stand behind the will of the voters in full measure to support the program. Where I seem to differ, is in the management, stewardship and execution of the program. Again, the program has lots of money but is limited to willing sellers of quality conservation land. Any pause in full funding does not affect the program or limit it. It merely doesn't put more taxpayer money in an account that won't be used. So, it's not "Commissioner Hall looks to cut funding to hurt to the Conservation Collier program", as the news would only report, or "tinkering with CC", but a strategic, well thought out plan to fund our budget and steward well the money, WITHOUT raising taxes on the people. However, the Commissioners voted 3-2 to opt for Millage Neutral and not Rollback. While we don't always think or vote the same (thank goodness), I always respect the opinions and votes of my fellow Commissioners. Long, I know, but I wanted everyone to know "The rest of the story"... Video highlights from the 9/23/25 BCC meeting include: • Item 9C, 9D, 9E Domestic Animal Services (DAS), passed unanimously -- DAS restructure, Animal Control Ordinance, and Standards of Care • Item 10A, 10B Veterans Nursing Home, passed unanimously -- Veterans Nursing Home funding and Golden Gate Pkwy street entrance • Item 11A Conservation Collier, passed unanimously -- Resolution amendment addressing the Purchasing Policy for the Conservation Collier program • Item 11B Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension -- Construction update regarding the Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension Project (East of Collier) • Item 11 C Naples Stormwater, passed unanimously -- Grant Agreement for the City of Naples Stormwater Outfall Removal and Water Quality Project • Item 11 E Marco Island Beach, passed unanimously -- Financial request from the City of Marco Island to restore the beach sand berm of the Tigertail/Sand Dollar Island spit • Item 11 F Central Receiving Facility[, passed unanimously -- Medicaid Central Receiving Facility Low Income Pool Program • Item 151131 NIMs -- an update regarding Neighborhood Information Meetings (NIMs), explaining the process, requirements, meeting, recordings, and key roles. Zoning staff are assigned to observe future NIM meetings and will bring copies for distribution to ensure the public is educated on the process. See the below NIM Process Image for details. J As you know, one of my favorite things about serving is meeting the people I work for. I enjoyed meeting Sheila. She was a County Commissioner in Olden Beach. We had lots to talk about. Join us for District 2 News and Updates while enjoying your Coffee with Commissioner Hall Friday, October 24, 10am-1lam (doors open/complimentary coffee at 9:30am) Headquarters Branch Library 2385 Orange Blossom Dr. Naples, FL 34109 In -person seating is limited! RSVP (in -person or via Zoom) today! You must register to attend in either format. We are happy to take your questions in advance! If you have a question you would like answered at our next Coffee, simply email your questions here. Responses (time permitting) will be given at our next Coffee. J FDOT MEDIAN MODIFICATIONS FOR US 41 -- FDOT will conduct two Public Meetings for the proposed median modifications to improve safety and traffic operations along US 41 for the following locations: • US 41 and Gulf Park Drive • US 41 and Ridge Drive • US 41 just south of Banyan Road In -Person Meeting - Tuesday, October 21, 2025, from 5PM-7PM Courtyard by Marriott Naples, 3250 Tamiami Trail North, Naples, FL 34103 Virtual Public Meeting - Thursday, October 23, 2025, from 5PM-7PM Registration Link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IdLr9-meBQZSHRxYoKob03Q Contact: You may contact the Project Manager, David Agacinski, by calling 239.225.1924 or emailing david.agacinski(2dot.state.fl.us, at least seven (7) days prior to the meeting. PASSING ALONG INFORMATION FOR AN UPCOMING NIM: The purpose and intent of this Neighborhood Information Meeting is to provide the public with notice of an impending zoning application and to foster communication between the applicant and the public. The expectation is that all attendees will conduct themselves in such a manner that their presence will not interfere with the orderly progress of the meeting. Date/Time: 10/21/2025 at 5:30 PM Location: Headquarters Library, Sugden Theatre Meeting Room (2385 Orange Blossom Dr, Naples, FL 34109) Topic: PL20250006588 (PUDA) Imperial Lakes (PUDA) Proposed amendment to modify the PUD to add single-family dwelling units and appropriate development standards. The amendment is also intended to correct a scrivener's error that did not remove the "ST" Overlay from the County zoning map. Request to amend Ordinance No. 82-081, as amended, the Imperial Lakes Planned Unit Development with Special Treatment (ST) Overlay Parcels 15C & 15D to increase the allowable dwelling units from 430 units to a maximum of 750 dwelling units and to remove the ST Overlay. The PUD is 78.28± acres located on the south side of Veterans Memorial Boulevard extension on the west side of Aubrey Rogers High School in Section 15, Township 48 South, Range 25 East, Collier County, Florida. (PL202500065881 For any questions you may have: • Developer Link with project documents, links, and NIM details: https://gradyminor.com/planning/ • Collier County Planners: Laura. DeJohn&collier.gov and Ray.Bellowsna collier.gov On October 6th, I took part in the "Rail to Trail" video project with "Live Wildly" to film an adventure that will help promote and communicate the importance of the BERT (Bonita Estero Rail Trail) Project. Today, Collier has 4 plots of conservation land near the rail corridor, all are bifurcated by the rail, creating a barrier for wildlife. The purchase of the BERT will join these lands into a contiguous conservation property as well as provide for the completion of Veterans Memorial Parkway, taking it to Tamiami Trail. I was able to share about how the Rail to Trail project will make a connection to the planned Paradise Coast Trail, connect miles of multi -use trails in Lee and Collier Counties, and ultimately, tie in to the Florida Gulf Coast trail from Tampa to Naples. It will help reduce traffic and provide a non -motorized method to commute, making SW Florida is a safe place to walk, run, and ride bikes. To help with the finances of the project, I have already requested that our Senator assist us with obtaining funding from Forever Florida (administered by FDEP) in the range of $15M-$20M for the BERT (Bonita Estero Rail Trail) Project. These funds will position us to make an offer to SGLR (Seminole Gulf Railway). For additional information, visit Friends of BERT. ❑® Dot and I had the pleasure of attending a wonderful ribbon cutting on October 9th for Pura Vida, the newest addition to Mercato, and the 41st location of this growing company. We enjoyed sampling their delicious food and coffee — all made with healthy, gluten -free ingredients and no seed oils. The owners, Omer and Jennifer Horev, were warm and welcoming, and it was truly a pleasure meeting them. Congratulations on an impressive opening! Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo is our Florida Surgeon General with a doctorate from Harvard. He understands the rights of the people and is making every effort to give them the medical freedom to make choices based on their own best interest. He is a key part of returning Florida to great constitutional values. It was so fun to finally meet him. From: Donna Hill To: Chris Hall Subject: I oppose the development of Cotsco on Rattlesnake and Collier Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 3:26:08 PM Attachments: Donna Hill O000ses Cotsco 10 13 2025.docx 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 Mr. Hall: Please see my letter opposing the Cotsco. Thank you, Donna L. Hill 8187 Lucello Terrace S Naples, FL 34114 Hacendia Lakes From: Michael Stanek To: Chris Hall Subject: Proposed Costco Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 2:10:35 PM 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. Commissioner Hall - I'm sending a short note to let you know of my and my wife's support of the proposed Costco at Collier Blvd and Rattlesnake Hammock Road. I can also share that, as president of the Twelve Oaks I Condominium Association in Lely Resort, I have had many of our residents voice their support for the proposal and have not heard anyone in our association express opposition to the proposal. (This has been my observation and is not supported by an official vote of any type). Best of luck in your final decision -making, and thank you for your tireless efforts on behalf of all Collier County residents, not just the vocal minority (on any issue). Regards, Michael & Carol Stanek 8200 Twelve Oaks Circle #414 Naples, FL 34113 440-532-9500 From: Jody Yu To: Burt Saunders; Rick LoCastro; Chris Hall; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel Subject: Costco Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 1:02:52 PM 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 Commissioners, I am asking that you deny the proposed Costco for the intersection of Collier Boulevard and Rattlesnake Hammock Road. I live approximately 1.3 miles west of the intersection, off Rattlesnake Hammock. The expected traffic volume generated by the amount of new development already completed near this intersection, in the process of being built, and either permitted to be built or waiting on permits or approval for land use changes, will worsen the already congested intersection. Additionally, the close proximity to the Physicians Regional Hospital could cause critical delays for those seeking emergency care and ambulances trying to get to the hospital. This intersection already has 32 gas pumps, 16 per gas station which are at diagonal corners providing easy access from all roads at that intersection. The Collier County Planning Commission's approval of the ASW, allowing a reduction of 368 feet, from the required minimum of 500 feet to just 132 feet, adding an additional 24 gas pumps to that intersection is not in the best interest of the community. With all the clear cutting and development already occurring at that intersection and the immediate vicinity, along with the proximity to the Picayune Strand State Forest, might it be an option for the county to purchase those acres and provide residents in this area with a park location similar to Sugden Regional Park? While I understand that property owners have a right to sell their land, you have a responsibility to all the people you represent. There are things you can and should do. You can choose to not allow Costco to build at that intersection. You can choose to slow the amount of development occurring to ensure the infrastructure is in place to handle it. You can choose to ensure the safety of Florida's state animal, the critically endangered Florida panther, which roams this area. If you haven't been over this way recently, I've attached a few pictures from this morning. Progress and growth are inevitable but please don't allow this area to become another version of North Naples with the traffic issues they are experiencing and are behind the ball in providing relief. Thank you for you time and consideration. Sincerely, Josephine Nyland Yu 6279 Shadowood Circle Naples, FL 34112 From: Michael Labeau To: Chris Hall Subject: Fw: Costco vote tomorrow Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 10:58:58 AM 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. Do the right thing. Tomorrow -PLEASE vote yes to approve the construction of a new Costco location WITH gasoline on its footprint today. A full time resident of Lely since 2007. We need this type of quality fit for purpose development Here. No threats —no venom —no legal action -no name calling just common sense for this already zoned commercial parcel that works for the majority of citizens. Thankyou Mike and Gloria LaBeau Sent from Yahoo Mail for Whone From: Patricia Broughton To: Chris Hall Subject: Costco Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 10:20:01 AM 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. We are in favor of having the Costco put up on Collier and Rattlesnake. We live in Hacienda Lakes and are looking forward to having a warehouse close by. Please vote to support this. Patricia Broughton 8239 Promoso Court Naples, GI. 34114 Sent from my iPhone From: Timothy Broughton To: Rick LoCastro; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Chris Hall; Bill McDaniel Subject: PLEASE APPROVE THE 2ND COSTCO Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 10:18:14 AM 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. The county needs this new store. Respectfully, Tim Sent from my iPhone From: Ellen Milotte To: Chris Hall Subject: COSTCO VOTE. Oct 14 Meeting. IMPORTANT! Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 9:11:36 AM 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. Mr Hall PLEASE VOTE IN FAVOR OF BUILDING COSTCO! THE TRAFIC ON NAPLES BLVD AND AREA IS OUT OF CONTROL DUE TO SO MANY RESIDENTS COMING FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST. IT IS OUT OF BALANCE AND WE NEED A BREAK IN THIS AREA. THANKS FOR THE CONSIDERATION. Ellen M Milotte Bridgewater Bay, N Naples 239 248 8548 Sent from my iPad From: Roaer Craycraft To: Chris Hall Subject: Re: Oct 2025 - Board Meeting Highlights, October"s Coffee, Upcoming NIM, and more! Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 8:50:32 AM 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. Cisco Safe Unsubscribe It appears that you have subscribed to commercial messages from this sender. To stop receiving such messages from this sender, you can unsubscribe. Click here to unsubscribe. Dear Commissioner Hall, Thank you for sending your newsletter. I found it very informative and appreciate you taking the time to send it. Although I'm not a resident of District 2, I find the workings of the commission to be very interesting. Regarding one of the more contentious issues facing the commission, the proposed Costco development, I wish the commission success in reaching a decision. I realize there is a lot of opposition, much of which is quite vocal, I fully support the proposed development. Collier County residents appreciate having a Costco in Naples, but it is overcrowded and the parking lot is a mess. A second Costco would be a welcome addition to the residents of east Collier county, including the Lely, Fiddler's Creek, and Marco Island residents. I would strongly encourage you and the other commissioners to vote in favor of the Costco at the upcoming meeting. I have also indicated to Rick my support, as I reside in his district. Thank you for your consideration. Roger Craycraft 859-948-7025 On Oct 13, 2025, at 8:32 AM, Commissioner Chris Hall <chris.hall@collier.gov> wrote: North Naples News and Collier County Updates View this email in your browser Hello Collier County, I am honored to represent and inform you as your District 2 Commissioner. I hope you find this newsletter interesting and informative. As we move from our summer agendas to the more busy seasonal agenda with land issues, I want to take a few minutes and explain some of the actions that we have taken this summer as well as explain a little of the budget process. If you get your information from social media or the newspaper or the news, it's likely you're not getting the whole picture. I feel that it's important for you as a constituent and taxpayer to have a full understanding of the decisions and information from the inside. As a reminder, please mark your calendar for Coffee With Commissioner Hall on Friday, October 24 from 10am-1lam. To register to attend in -person or for the Zoom call, see below for details. Seating is limited, so be sure to sign up soon. For more frequent updates, follow us on Facebook and Instagram. As always, you may email our office if you have any questions, concerns, or even good news to share. It's always great to hear from our constituents. 0 A W W W W Even though the final budget is approved in September, we actually begin the process in January and February. In February, we establish the budget policy, which tells staff the direction to take while creating their budgets for the coming year. Our budget policy was to allow for a 3% operational increase with a 5% increase for capital infrastructure. Then in July, we get the new property valuations from the tax appraiser, and set the maximum mileage rate to get a good idea of the upcoming revenue. With the valuations and budget policy the increase to the budget was $38M ($13M of the $38M was from new growth). The actual increase to the taxpayers was $25M. You hear the terms millage neutral and rollback being thrown around. Let me explain the difference. Millage neutral means that we are going to charge the same rate for the current year taxes as we did last year; that rate is 3.2449 mils, meaning you pay $3.24 per $1,000 of your assessed value. Rollback means we will charge whatever millage rate is required to collect the same amount of taxes as we did last year, so even if your assessment goes up, we adjust the millage to collect the same amount of taxes so that it's not an increase in actual dollars collected. With millage neutral, if your valuation goes up, so does your taxes. Commissioners do not determine property values, that is the tax appraiser's responsibility. Now, the rationale for my plan! For the last two years, we have gone to the rollback and fully funded our budget. We hired a third -party company (Resource X) to come in and examine our budgets, find excess spending, eliminate redundancy, and streamline us into efficiency. In this process, the first year and half, Resource X has focused on our ways to increase revenues through partnerships, fees and internal collaborations. The next phase is to concentrate on ways to cut costs, savings through efficiency and priority. Since we haven't gotten to phase 2 and allowed Resource X to establish its findings for the expenditure side, we needed to find a way to fully fund our our budget for one year until Resource X had time to act. So, I proposed to fully fund the budget at the Rollback rate and make up the $25M deficit by only charging .045 mils to the Conservation Collier fund and moving the difference in money to the general fund. ONLY for one year to allow Resource X time to deliver info to decrease our expenses. The law says that we, as commissioners, can charge UP TO .25mils for Conservation Collier yearly. It doesn't require us to charge the maximum amount, we can charge from zero-.25mils. Conservation Collier (CC) is a popular and important cause, voted in by the voters at over 70% in 2020 for the second time. I completely agree!! To conserve our lands for wildlife protection, waterways and provide public benefits is a noble cause, and because of that, CC has $121 M in the bank, $64M of that is set aside for perpetual (forever) maintenance. The interest alone on the $64M is sufficient for the maintenance required. This leaves $57M in the CC account for purchases. The program is well funded and robust. In fact, their real problem is not funding, it's their ability to spend it! My proposal would have left the $64M in the bank for maintenance and left $32M in the account for purchases. Here are some facts: 1. From FY04-FY13 (1st 10 yrs), the program spent $103.36M for 4,094 acres. 2. In the past 5 years, they have spent $33.5M for 2,310 acres (1,410 of those acres were purchased the day before our meeting, using $11.9M for Williams Ranch Reserve); a great purchase by the way! 3. 888,505 acres are already in preservation from State and Federal Lands. That is over 60% of the land in Collier County. 4. In all, CC has spent $136.86M for a total of 6,404 acres. This equates to only 0.7% increase of the overall conservation property. 5. Only half of all purchases have any public benefit. However, all of the purchased properties require maintenance (removing exotics, and invasive species that grow back continually) in perpetuity! The original intent of the Conservation Collier program was to buy property to protect from development, and have public use such as trails, exhibit parks, etc. As mentioned, only half of all of the purchases have any public benefit at all. Since the second referendum, a lot of purchases have been an acre here or an acre there full of wetlands and mainly used as an exit strategy for a landowner that has no real market for their property. I love the purchases of properties like the recent Williams Ranch property, not these little hodgepodge wetland lots that basically already are in conservation. In summary, you can clearly see the program is healthy financially but lacks willing sellers to purchase desired lands. I stand behind the will of the voters in full measure to support the program. Where I seem to differ, is in the management, stewardship and execution of the program. Again, the program has lots of money but is limited to willing sellers of quality conservation land. Any pause in full funding does not affect the program or limit it. It merely doesn't put more taxpayer money in an account that won't be used. So, it's not "Commissioner Hall looks to cut funding to hurt to the Conservation Collier program", as the news would only report, or "tinkering with CC", but a strategic, well thought out plan to fund our budget and steward well the money, WITHOUT raising taxes on the people. However, the Commissioners voted 3-2 to opt for Millage Neutral and not Rollback. While we don't always think or vote the same (thank goodness), I always respect the opinions and votes of my fellow Commissioners. Long, I know, but I wanted everyone to know "The rest of the story" w Video highlights from the 9/23/25 BCC meeting include: • Item 9C, 9D, 9E Domestic Animal Services (DAS), passed unanimously -- DAS restructure, Animal Control Ordinance, and Standards of Care • Item 10A, 10B Veterans Nursing Home, passed unanimously -- Veterans Nursing Home funding and Golden Gate Pkwy street entrance • Item 11A Conservation Collier, passed unanimously -- Resolution amendment addressing the Purchasing Policy for the Conservation Collier program • Item 11 B Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension -- Construction update regarding the Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension Project (East of Collier) • Item 11C Naples Stormwater, passed unanimously -- Grant Agreement for the City of Naples Stormwater Outfall Removal and Water Quality Project • Item 11 E Marco Island Beach, passed unanimously -- Financial request from the City of Marco Island to restore the beach sand berm of the Tigertail/Sand Dollar Island spit • Item 11 F Central Receiving Facility, passed unanimously -- Medicaid Central Receiving Facility Low Income Pool Program • Item 151131 NIMs -- an update regarding Neighborhood Information Meetings (NIMs), explaining the process, requirements, meeting, recordings, and key roles. Zoning staff are assigned to observe future NIM meetings and will bring copies for distribution to ensure the public is educated on the process. See the below NIM Process Image for details. u As you know, one of my favorite things about serving is meeting the people I work for. I enjoyed meeting Sheila. She was a County Commissioner in Olden Beach. We had lots to talk about. IN Join us for District 2 News and Updates while enjoying your Coffee with Commissioner Hall Friday, October 24, 10am-1lam (doors open/complimentary coffee at 9:30am) Headquarters Branch Library 2385 Orange Blossom Dr. Naples, FL 34109 In -person seating is limited! RSVP (in -person or via Zoom) today! You must register to attend in either format. We are happy to take your questions in advance! If you have a question you would like answered at our next Coffee, simply email your questions here. Responses (time permitting) will be given at our next Coffee. FDOT MEDIAN MODIFICATIONS FOR US 41 -- FDOT will conduct two Public Meetings for the proposed median modifications to improve safety and traffic operations along US 41 for the following locations: • US 41 and Gulf Park Drive • US 41 and Ridge Drive • US 41 just south of Banyan Road In -Person Meeting - Tuesday, October 21, 2025, from 5PM-7PM Courtyard by Marriott Naples, 3250 Tamiami Trail North, Naples, FL 34103 Virtual Public Meeting - Thursday, October 23, 2025, from 5PM-7PM Registration Link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldLr9-weBQZSHRxYoKob03Q Contact: You may contact the Project Manager, David Agacinski, by calling 239.225.1924 or emailing david.agacinski@dot.state.fl.us, at least seven (7) days prior to the meeting. 0 PASSING ALONG INFORMATION FOR AN UPCOMING NIM: The purpose and intent of this Neighborhood Information Meeting is to provide the public with notice of an impending zoning application and to foster communication between the applicant and the public. The expectation is that all attendees will conduct themselves in such a manner that their presence will not interfere with the orderly progress of the meeting. Date/Time: 10/21/2025 at 5:30 PM Location: Headquarters Library, Sugden Theatre Meeting Room (2385 Orange Blossom Dr, Naples, FL 34109) Topic: PL20250006588 (PUDA) Imperial Lakes (PUDA) Proposed amendment to modify the PUD to add single-family dwelling units and appropriate development standards. The amendment is also intended to correct a scrivener's error that did not remove the "ST" Overlay from the County zoning map. Request to amend Ordinance No. 82-081, as amended, the Imperial Lakes Planned Unit Development with Special Treatment (ST) Overlay Parcels 15C & 15D to increase the allowable dwelling units from 430 units to a maximum of 750 dwelling units and to remove the ST Overlay. The PUD is 78.28± acres located on the south side of Veterans Memorial Boulevard extension on the west side of Aubrey Rogers High School in Section 15, Township 48 South, Range 25 East, Collier County, Florida. [PL20250006588] For any questions you may have: • Developer Link with project documents, links, and NIM details: https://gradyminor.com/planning/ • Collier County Planners: Laura.DeJohnacollier.gov and Ray.Bellowsacollier.gov IN On October 6th, I took part in the "Rail to Trail" video project with "Live Wildly" to film an adventure that will help promote and communicate the importance of the BERT (Bonita Estero Rail Trail) Project. Today, Collier has 4 plots of conservation land near the rail corridor, all are bifurcated by the rail, creating a barrier for wildlife. The purchase of the BERT will join these lands into a contiguous conservation property as well as provide for the completion of Veterans Memorial Parkway, taking it to Tamiami Trail. I was able to share about how the Rail to Trail project will make a connection to the planned Paradise Coast Trail, connect miles of multi -use trails in Lee and Collier Counties, and ultimately, tie in to the Florida Gulf Coast trail from Tampa to Naples. It will help reduce traffic and provide a non -motorized method to commute, making SW Florida is a safe place to walk, run, and ride bikes. To help with the finances of the project, I have already requested that our Senator assist us with obtaining funding from Forever Florida (administered by FDEP) in the range of $15M-$20M for the BERT (Bonita Estero Rail Trail) Project. These funds will position us to make an offer to SGLR (Seminole Gulf Railway). For additional information, visit Friends of BERT. u E Dot and I had the pleasure of attending a wonderful ribbon cutting on October 9th for Pura Vida, the newest addition to Mercato, and the 41st location of this growing company. We enjoyed sampling their delicious food and coffee — all made with healthy, gluten -free ingredients and no seed oils. The owners, Omer and Jennifer Horev, were warm and welcoming, and it was truly a pleasure meeting them. Congratulations on an impressive opening! Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo is our Florida Surgeon General with a doctorate from Harvard. He understands the rights of the people and is making every effort to give them the medical freedom to make choices based on their own best interest. He is a key part of returning Florida to great constitutional values. It was so fun to finally meet him. As Commissioner, some of the most fulfilling things I get to do is to attend events that wish to raise money for their causes. One of these was with Sunlight Homes. Action for Life has recently joined forces with Sunlight Homes and held an amazing event. Sunlight's mission is to provide a faith -based long-term residential shelter and support system for "at -risk" pregnant women, single mothers and teens so they can break cycles of poverty, abuse, and homelessness. They offer safe shelter, nurturing environments, food, clothing, etc., especially during pregnancy and up through 8 weeks after birth in one program. They provide parenting education, life -skills training, counseling, mentoring, spiritual development, and education/job training. They also run a transitional housing program ("Transition to Hope") allowing mothers to receive support for up to 2 years as they work. On September 18 we met Faith Schwalback, founder of Beverly's Angels, a non-profit with a mission to lovingly provide much needed supplies to seniors and children. They serve the ALICE population (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed), comprised of individuals who work incredibly hard yet still struggle to make ends meet. Beverly's Angels is inspired by Faith's mothers' history of anonymously serving meals at Thanksgiving, delivering food to seniors in need, and making handmade items to bless others. They strive to empower individuals by providing assistance that fosters self-reliance, not dependency. They are very intentional in aiding the Sheriff's office as well as the community of Naples. One of their large upcoming projects is called, "Dear Santa", fulfilling Christmas wish lists for children. They have storerooms of pajamas, socks, clothing, toys and more, many of which will turn over at least 7X this Christmas season, as the volunteer "Santa Shoppers" fill the signature "Santa Bag" with wish list items. The volunteers are in turn blessed as well, as they enjoy the "packing parties." They only give NEW items..."because when love is wrapped in generosity and hope is handed over with open hands, we don't just give —we transform." Benny the bear is their mascot, headlining his own book and sharing his heart for compassion, community, and impact, For more information or to partner with Beverly's Angels, you may email Trisha at trisha a beverlysangels.org. Halloween Happenings At Collier County Parks & Recreation Collier County Parks & Recreation has a fun lineup of Halloween events waiting just for you! From haunted trails to candy houses, costume contests to doggie dress -ups, there's something for every age (and even for our furry friends).Click here for details. Fall Fest and More at PCSC There are lots of events through October 2025 including: • FC Naples home games • Soccer Youth Tournament • Rocktoberfest • Soccer River Plate Cup • Fall Fest • American Cancer Society Walk • and more! Collier Museums Collier Museums engage residents and visitors in appreciation and understanding of our communities' unique heritage and cultural development. View current and upcoming exhibits here. 0 ll Collier Park Events Full calendar of other events at Collier Parks & Rec. Fall Waterpark Hours Weekends / 10 am - 5 pm Visit www.napieswaterpark.com for more information. The Collier County Board of County Commissioners has announced that u 0 all adoption fees at Collier County Domestic Animal Services (DAS) will be waived, effective immediately, through October 31, 2025. This initiative aims to encourage community members to open their homes to a shelter pet and help alleviate the current animal population at the facility. Read more here. Hunting, Fishing, and Camping Sales Tax Holiday -- Consumers can purchase qualifying hunting, fishing, and camping supplies exempt from tax during the 2025 Hunting, Fishing, and Camping Sales Tax Holiday. Ends Wed, Dec 31.For more information, visit: www.floridarevenue.com/HuntFishCamp. WE ARE HIRING - Collier County jobs are posted each Friday. For a full list of job openings, click here. Meetings begin 9am on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month (Jan -Oct). In Nov/Dec they meet only the 2nd Tuesday of the month. All are encouraged to attend, either in -person or via Zoom. Viewing - watch Collier Television (CTV), either "Live" or via our Video -on - demand Archive. Collier Television also has a TV app on Roku, Apple and Firestick as well as the apple app store and google play for phones and tablets. Speaking - please register (prior to the meeting) in person or via Zoom, referencing the agenda item for which you wish to speak. To register via Zoom, watch for the news release, 6 days prior to each meeting for the link to register. Calendar/Agendas - can be found here, with the agendas being uploaded online 6 days prior to each meeting. Public Petitions - The form can be found here. For more information, please contact the County Manager's Office at 239-252-8383. u 1. Website - Collier311.com. 2. App - Google Play[ or the Aaa Store. 3. CALL 239-252-4311 4. TEXT 239-449-9994 with your first name, last name, and request. Report problems, ask questions, and receive feedback for your concerns. Once reported, you should get an automatic notification that the inquiry was made, and then updates as your concerns are investigated. Commissioner Chris Hall Commissioner, District 2 Chris. 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You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. u From: Donald Merryfield To: Chris Hall Subject: Re: Oct 2025 - Board Meeting Highlights, October"s Coffee, Upcoming NIM, and more! Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 4:05:50 PM 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. I'm strongly opposed to the proposed Costco construction at Collier and Rattlesnake. We do not need three gas stations at one intersection. It will result in Terrible auto congestion in that area. Donald MERRYFIELD On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM Commissioner Chris Hall <chris.halln,collier.gov> wrote: North Naples News and Collier County Updates View this email in your browser Hello Collier County, I am honored to represent and inform you as your District 2 Commissioner. I hope you find this newsletter interesting and informative. As we move from our summer agendas to the more busy seasonal agenda with land issues, I want to take a few minutes and explain some of the actions that we have taken this summer as well as explain a little of the budget process. If you get your information from social media or the newspaper or the news, it's likely you're not getting the whole picture. I feel that it's important for you as a constituent and taxpayer to have a full understanding of the decisions and information from the inside. As a reminder, please mark your calendar for Coffee With Commissioner Hall on Friday, October 24 from 10am-1lam. To register to attend in -person or for the Zoom call, see below for details. Seating is limited, so be sure to sign up soon. For more frequent updates, follow us on Facebook and Instagram. As always, you may email our office if you have any questions, concerns, or even good news to share. It's always great to hear from our constituents. 0 0 0 0 Even though the final budget is approved in September, we actually begin the process in January and February. In February, we establish the budget policy, which tells staff the direction to take while creating their budgets for the coming year. Our budget policy was to allow for a 3% operational increase with a 5% increase for capital infrastructure. Then in July, we get the new property valuations from the tax appraiser, and set the maximum mileage rate to get a good idea of the upcoming revenue. With the valuations and budget policy the increase to the budget was $38M ($13M of the $38M was from new growth). The actual increase to the taxpayers was $25M. You hear the terms millage neutral and rollback being thrown around. Let me explain the difference. Millage neutral means that we are going to charge the same rate for the current year taxes as we did last year; that rate is 3.2449 mils, meaning you pay $3.24 per $1,000 of your assessed value. Rollback means we will charge whatever millage rate is required to collect the same amount of taxes as we did last year, so even if your assessment goes up, we adjust the millage to collect the same amount of taxes so that it's not an increase in actual dollars collected. With millage neutral, if your valuation goes up, so does your taxes Commissioners do not determine property values, that is the tax appraiser's responsibility. Now, the rationale for my plan! For the last two years, we have gone to the rollback and fully funded our budget. We hired a third -party company (Resource X) to come in and examine our budgets, find excess spending, eliminate redundancy, and streamline us into efficiency. In this process, the first year and half, Resource X has focused on our ways to increase revenues through partnerships, fees and internal collaborations. The next phase is to concentrate on ways to cut costs, savings through efficiency and priority. Since we haven't gotten to phase 2 and allowed Resource X to establish its findings for the expenditure side, we needed to find a way to fully fund our our budget for one year until Resource X had time to act. So, I proposed to fully fund the budget at the Rollback rate and make up the $25M deficit by only charging .045 mils to the Conservation Collier fund and moving the difference in money to the general fund. ONLY for one year to allow Resource X time to deliver info to decrease our expenses. The law says that we, as commissioners, can charge UP TO .25mils for Conservation Collier yearly. It doesn't require us to charge the maximum amount, we can charge from zero-.25mils. Conservation Collier (CC) is a popular and important cause, voted in by the voters at over 70% in 2020 for the second time. I completely agree!! To conserve our lands for wildlife protection, waterways and provide public benefits is a noble cause, and because of that, CC has $121 M in the bank, $64M of that is set aside for perpetual (forever) maintenance. The interest alone on the $64M is sufficient for the maintenance required. This leaves $57M in the CC account for purchases. The program is well funded and robust. In fact, their real problem is not funding, it's their ability to spend it! My proposal would have left the $64M in the bank for maintenance and left $32M in the account for purchases. Here are some facts: 1. From FY04-FY13 (1st 10 yrs), the program spent $103.36M for 4,094 acres. 2. In the past 5 years, they have spent $33.5M for 2,310 acres (1,410 of those acres were purchased the day before our meeting, using $11.9M for Williams Ranch Reserve); a great purchase by the way! 3. 888,505 acres are already in preservation from State and Federal Lands. That is over 60% of the land in Collier County. 4. In all, CC has spent $136.86M for a total of 6,404 acres. This equates to only 0.7% increase of the overall conservation property. 5. Only half of all purchases have any public benefit. However, all of the purchased properties require maintenance (removing exotics, and invasive species that grow back continually) in perpetuity! The original intent of the Conservation Collier program was to buy property to protect from development, and have public use such as trails, exhibit parks, etc. As mentioned, only half of all of the purchases have any public benefit at all. Since the second referendum, a lot of purchases have been an acre here or an acre there full of wetlands and mainly used as an exit strategy for a landowner that has no real market for their property. I love the purchases of properties like the recent Williams Ranch property, not these little hodgepodge wetland lots that basically already are in conservation. In summary, you can clearly see the program is healthy financially but lacks willing sellers to purchase desired lands. I stand behind the will of the voters in full measure to support the program. Where I seem to differ, is in the management, stewardship and execution of the program. Again, the program has lots of money but is limited to willing sellers of quality conservation land. Any pause in full funding does not affect the program or limit it. It merely doesn't put more taxpayer money in an account that won't be used. So, it's not "Commissioner Hall looks to cut funding to hurt to the Conservation Collier program", as the news would only report, or "tinkering with CC", but a strategic, well thought out plan to fund our budget and steward well the money, WITHOUT raising taxes on the people. However, the Commissioners voted 3-2 to opt for Millage Neutral and not Rollback. While we don't always think or vote the same (thank goodness), I always respect the opinions and votes of my fellow Commissioners. Long, I know, but I wanted everyone to know "The rest of the story"... Video highlights from the 9/23/25 BCC meeting include: • Item 9C, 9D, 9E Domestic Animal Services (DAS), passed unanimously -- DAS restructure, Animal Control Ordinance, and Standards of Care • Item 10A, 10B Veterans Nursing Home, passed unanimously -- Veterans Nursing Home funding and Golden Gate Pkwy street entrance • Item 11A Conservation Collier, passed unanimously -- Resolution amendment addressing the Purchasing Policy for the Conservation Collier program • Item 11B Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension -- Construction update regarding the Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension Project (East of Collier) • Item 11 C Naples Stormwater, passed unanimously -- Grant Agreement for the City of Naples Stormwater Outfall Removal and Water Quality Project • Item 11 E Marco Island Beach, passed unanimously -- Financial request from the City of Marco Island to restore the beach sand berm of the Tigertail/Sand Dollar Island spit • Item 11 F Central Receiving Facility[, passed unanimously -- Medicaid Central Receiving Facility Low Income Pool Program • Item 151131 NIMs -- an update regarding Neighborhood Information Meetings (NIMs), explaining the process, requirements, meeting, recordings, and key roles. Zoning staff are assigned to observe future NIM meetings and will bring copies for distribution to ensure the public is educated on the process. See the below NIM Process Image for details. J As you know, one of my favorite things about serving is meeting the people I work for. I enjoyed meeting Sheila. She was a County Commissioner in Olden Beach. We had lots to talk about. Join us for District 2 News and Updates while enjoying your Coffee with Commissioner Hall Friday, October 24, 10am-1lam (doors open/complimentary coffee at 9:30am) Headquarters Branch Library 2385 Orange Blossom Dr. Naples, FL 34109 In -person seating is limited! RSVP (in -person or via Zoom) today! You must register to attend in either format. We are happy to take your questions in advance! If you have a question you would like answered at our next Coffee, simply email your questions here. Responses (time permitting) will be given at our next Coffee. J FDOT MEDIAN MODIFICATIONS FOR US 41 -- FDOT will conduct two Public Meetings for the proposed median modifications to improve safety and traffic operations along US 41 for the following locations: • US 41 and Gulf Park Drive • US 41 and Ridge Drive • US 41 just south of Banyan Road In -Person Meeting - Tuesday, October 21, 2025, from 5PM-7PM Courtyard by Marriott Naples, 3250 Tamiami Trail North, Naples, FL 34103 Virtual Public Meeting - Thursday, October 23, 2025, from 5PM-7PM Registration Link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IdLr9-meBQZSHRxYoKob03Q Contact: You may contact the Project Manager, David Agacinski, by calling 239.225.1924 or emailing david.agacinski(2dot.state.fl.us, at least seven (7) days prior to the meeting. PASSING ALONG INFORMATION FOR AN UPCOMING NIM: The purpose and intent of this Neighborhood Information Meeting is to provide the public with notice of an impending zoning application and to foster communication between the applicant and the public. The expectation is that all attendees will conduct themselves in such a manner that their presence will not interfere with the orderly progress of the meeting. Date/Time: 10/21/2025 at 5:30 PM Location: Headquarters Library, Sugden Theatre Meeting Room (2385 Orange Blossom Dr, Naples, FL 34109) Topic: PL20250006588 (PUDA) Imperial Lakes (PUDA) Proposed amendment to modify the PUD to add single-family dwelling units and appropriate development standards. The amendment is also intended to correct a scrivener's error that did not remove the "ST" Overlay from the County zoning map. Request to amend Ordinance No. 82-081, as amended, the Imperial Lakes Planned Unit Development with Special Treatment (ST) Overlay Parcels 15C & 15D to increase the allowable dwelling units from 430 units to a maximum of 750 dwelling units and to remove the ST Overlay. The PUD is 78.28± acres located on the south side of Veterans Memorial Boulevard extension on the west side of Aubrey Rogers High School in Section 15, Township 48 South, Range 25 East, Collier County, Florida. (PL202500065881 For any questions you may have: • Developer Link with project documents, links, and NIM details: https://gradyminor.com/planning/ • Collier County Planners: Laura. DeJohn&collier.gov and Ray.Bellowsna collier.gov On October 6th, I took part in the "Rail to Trail" video project with "Live Wildly" to film an adventure that will help promote and communicate the importance of the BERT (Bonita Estero Rail Trail) Project. Today, Collier has 4 plots of conservation land near the rail corridor, all are bifurcated by the rail, creating a barrier for wildlife. The purchase of the BERT will join these lands into a contiguous conservation property as well as provide for the completion of Veterans Memorial Parkway, taking it to Tamiami Trail. I was able to share about how the Rail to Trail project will make a connection to the planned Paradise Coast Trail, connect miles of multi -use trails in Lee and Collier Counties, and ultimately, tie in to the Florida Gulf Coast trail from Tampa to Naples. It will help reduce traffic and provide a non -motorized method to commute, making SW Florida is a safe place to walk, run, and ride bikes. To help with the finances of the project, I have already requested that our Senator assist us with obtaining funding from Forever Florida (administered by FDEP) in the range of $15M-$20M for the BERT (Bonita Estero Rail Trail) Project. These funds will position us to make an offer to SGLR (Seminole Gulf Railway). For additional information, visit Friends of BERT. ❑® Dot and I had the pleasure of attending a wonderful ribbon cutting on October 9th for Pura Vida, the newest addition to Mercato, and the 41st location of this growing company. We enjoyed sampling their delicious food and coffee — all made with healthy, gluten -free ingredients and no seed oils. The owners, Omer and Jennifer Horev, were warm and welcoming, and it was truly a pleasure meeting them. Congratulations on an impressive opening! Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo is our Florida Surgeon General with a doctorate from Harvard. He understands the rights of the people and is making every effort to give them the medical freedom to make choices based on their own best interest. He is a key part of returning Florida to great constitutional values. It was so fun to finally meet him. From: Michael Labeau To: Louise Jarvis Subject: Costco on Collier vote Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 8:34:32 AM 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. At the 1:00 meeting today PLEASE VOTE YES TO APPROVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEE COSTCO WITH THE GASOLINE SITE IN THE FOOTPRINT. We need this extension of services in an already zoned commercial parcel. Mike and Gloria LaBeau—year round residents of Naples since 2007. Thankyou Sent from Yahoo Mail for Whone From: Dennis Bevan To: Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Rick LoCastro; Chris Hall Subject: New Costco Date: Sunday, October 12, 2025 5:09:36 PM 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. Nancy and I have lived in Lely Resort for 20 years. The changes in our area have been amazing over this time. We have truly enjoyed the growth in East Naples and Collier County. We strongly support the new Costco location at Rattlesnake Hammock and Collier Boulevard. We believe this store will truly add value to our area and will be a welcome addition. We are asking you to vote to approve the new Costco location at next week's meeting. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Dennis and Nancy Bevan 8882 Shenendoah Circle Naples, FL 34113 239-272-2538 Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone From: Dennis Bevan To: Chris Hall Subject: New Costco Date: Sunday, October 12, 2025 5:02:12 PM 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. Nancy and I have lived in Lely Resort for 20 years. The changes in our area have been amazing over this time. We have truly enjoyed the growth in East Naples and Collier County. We strongly support the new Costco location at Rattlesnake Hammock and Collier Boulevard. We believe this store will truly add value to our area and will be a welcome addition. We are asking you to vote to approve the new Costco location at next week's meeting. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Dennis and Nancy Bevan 8882 Shenendoah Circle Naples, FL 34113 239-272-2538 Sent from Yahoo Mail for Whone From: Corinne Duaaan To: Chris Hall Subject: Costco Date: Sunday, October 12, 2025 2:23:35 PM 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 Hall As an East Naples resident, I feel very strongly that the Costco store on 951 should be approved. I think it will be a great asset to our community. I live in the Isles of Collier Preserve community and I know the majority of our residents share my view. Please vote in favor of this project. Thank you for you consideration. Corinne Duggan 7101 Dominica Drive Naples 34113 From: Philip Gallet To: Chris Hall Cc: Ray Bellows Subject: Please Deny Costco Request for Waiver and Petition Date: Saturday, October 11, 2025 5:47:39 PM 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 Hall, We are full-time, year-round residents of the Hacienda Lakes PUD, and we are writing to strongly urge you to deny Costco Wholesale's request for a waiver from the required 500-foot minimum separation for 12 gasoline pumps, which could accommodate up to 24 vehicles at a time. Granting this waiver would create a detrimental and adverse impact on adjacent residential areas. Additionally, we oppose approval of the related application that would bring an estimated 4,500 additional vehicles per day into the area —not via Collier Boulevard, but through Rattlesnake Hammock Road, which directly serves a densely populated residential community. Our home is located in Sapphire Cove, a neighborhood of 75 homes situated just north of the proposed site and west of the Swamp Buggy property. Many residents, including ourselves, access our homes from Rattlesnake via Carmen Drive —a narrow, residential road directly adjacent to the Swamp Buggy site. At the most recent Planning Commission meeting, it was suggested that Costco's fuel tractor -trailers might use Carmen Drive to loop back to Collier Boulevard, rather than making a U-turn on Rattlesnake in front of existing residential developments, including senior housing. Has your Transportation Division evaluated whether these trucks can safely and effectively navigate Carmen Drive —its tight turns, narrow width, and proximity to a fire station, homes just 20 feet away, and a potential future school? We would also like to raise a concern regarding the proposed 820 parking spaces, some of which fall within the FPL easement, which is designated for the future Collier - to -Polk Regional Trail. Has this conflict been reviewed? We respectfully request that you prioritize the safety, character, and livability of our residential area in your decision -making. Thank you. Sincerely, Philip & Mari Gallet Residents of Sapphire Cove 3667 Sapphire Cove Circle From: Brad Wester To: Chris Hall Subject: Re: PDI and ASW Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 8:19:18 PM 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. Thankyou. From: Chris Hall <Chris.Hall@collier.gov> Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM To: Brad Wester <BWester@drivermcafee.com> Subject: Re: PDI and ASW Thank you Brad for the email. So far, as presented, I'm in support of the project. I look forward to the public hearing. Blessings, Chris Sent from my iPhone On Oct 7, 2025, at 3:38 PM, Brad Wester <BWester@drivermcafee.com> wrote: 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. Commissioner Hall: My name is Brad Wester, and I represent Costco Wholesale for the requested PDI and ASW matters that will be before you at the BCC hearing on October 14. The PDI is an Insubstantial PUD Change request for certain development standards. The ASW is a gas facility distance waiver request based on proximity to the existing 7-Eleven across Rattlesnake Hammock Road. The requests are not to rezone the property, but mainly for orientation and layout. The proposed Costco Wholesale store and gas -facility are allowed by right in the PUD. I will lead and present the items in a presentation to the BCC. Our team of experts will be there as well to discuss specifics and answer questions as needed. I'm available to discuss this matter if needed for any questions, concerns, or clarifications on anything prior to the hearing. As you know, there has been a lot of concern from residents in the area, and many in the same PUD, which is a mixed -use PUD that includes both commercial and residential uses. In addition to the PUD (circa 2011), commercial uses have been planned for this specific property since the inception of the GMP in 1989, as an Activity Center. I'm available to discuss and will attempt to reach you by phone as well. In the meantime, you can reach me via this email or by phone as well at 904.294.3768. Respectfully, Brad Brad C. Wester Vice President, Land Use Driver McAfee Hawthorne & Diebenow, PLLC. One Independent Drive, Suite 1200 Jacksonville, Florida 32202 904.294.3768 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. From: Brad Wester To: Chris Hall Subject: PDI and ASW Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 3:38:38 PM 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. Commissioner Hall: My name is Brad Wester, and I represent Costco Wholesale for the requested PDI and ASW matters that will be before you at the BCC hearing on October 14. The PDI is an Insubstantial PUD Change request for certain development standards. The ASW is a gas facility distance waiver request based on proximity to the existing 7-Eleven across Rattlesnake Hammock Road. The requests are not to rezone the property, but mainly for orientation and layout. The proposed Costco Wholesale store and gas -facility are allowed by right in the PUD. I will lead and present the items in a presentation to the BCC. Our team of experts will be there as well to discuss specifics and answer questions as needed. I'm available to discuss this matter if needed for any questions, concerns, or clarifications on anything prior to the hearing. As you know, there has been a lot of concern from residents in the area, and many in the same PUD, which is a mixed -use PUD that includes both commercial and residential uses. In addition to the PUD (circa 2011), commercial uses have been planned for this specific property since the inception of the GMP in 1989, as an Activity Center. I'm available to discuss and will attempt to reach you by phone as well. In the meantime, you can reach me via this email or by phone as well at 904.294.3768. Respectfully, Brad Brad C. Wester Vice President, Land Use Driver McAfee Hawthorne & Diebenow, PLLC. One Independent Drive, Suite 1200 Jacksonville, Florida 32202 904.294.3768 From: Lanette Keller To: Burt Saunders Cc: Rick LoCastro; Chris Hall; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel Subject: Re: Naples Growth Date: Monday, October 6, 2025 11:23:18 AM 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. Sorry, gentlemen... I apologize. The meeting is scheduled for October 14. Lanette Keller Sent from my iPad > On Oct 6, 2025, at 11:19 AM, Lanette Keller <netk4ever@gmail.com> wrote: > Good morning, Mr Saunders, > As Chairman, I'm addressing this email to you, Mr. Saunders, but I'm sending a copy of this email to all the commissioners as well. > I would like to give you a little information of my background, although this email is not about me, it's to let you know of my personal knowledge of Naples. > My uncle moved here in the mid 50s, becoming one of the most successful Naples architects. His name was Walter Keller. He convinced my dad, his brother, Chuck, to move here in 1966 to this wonderful place I have called home since that date. Growing up in Naples I have seen all the changes take place and weathered many storms. > I also worked at the courthouse in Collier County for 39 years for an elected official as a state employee. I'm totally aware of the commitment it takes, dedication, honor, challenges, and demands on being an elected official. It has its rewards, but it also has it downfalls. So I thank each and every one of you for your service. I have seen the success of the commissioners over many years and how they handle growth, traffic concerns and the expansion of our infrastructure. I commend you for a job well done. > As a long time, resident, I'm concerned with all the brick and mortar that is going up in Collier County. Flood zones have been forced to change because of the growth. Many homes that did not have to worry about flooding in the past, now many of them do as flood zones continue to change. I realize we can't stop growth, and as I have said to others, if I lived up north, I would want to move here too. I am requesting you review each large brick and mortar major project that comes before you in the future carefully as, again, it will affect so many aspects of this beautiful city I call home. With the volume of brick and mortar growing daily, and minimizing the green space, this is going to cause more severe flooding in our area when we are hit with another major storm. Maybe part of the solution could be encouraged these developers to put more green space in these large projects. > I am currently living in Hacienda Lakes, behind the proposed Costco`s. I am not against Costco`s being out in East Naples as I like Costco`s and I'll continue to shop there. However, putting Costco`s on the corner of Rattlesnake Hammock Road and 951 concerns me because we have all these gas tanks, unnecessarily so, in one corner. My understanding is the variance does not permit that so an exception would have to be made. Why? What's the necessity? Won't this hurt the two establishments that are already there? As I stated earlier, you've done a great job on the infrastructure, but adding a business that is going to add volumes of traffic on this corner, creates many concern about the safety of many people that they have packed in this little corner. As you are aware, they've added many apartment buildings, low-cost apartment building, assisted living, and soon to be added, a nursing home all on the corner of Rattlesnake and 951. I realize there will be a commercial project on that corner, but why does it have to be one with gas tanks and huge volumes of traffic? Why does it have to be a Members Only project, as it should benefit all those living on that corner and not require membership only such as Costco`s. > I would be happy to attend the October 18 meeting if that would be beneficial and if you have more questions for me. However, I know there will be many speakers, and you will have a busy day of hearing witnesses so I thought it best that I send my concerns in writing. > Please reach out to me if you have any further questions or comments. > Lanette Keller > 8272 Lucello Terrace North > Naples, F134114 > Ph: 239-290-4325 > Sent from my iPad From: Lanette Keller To: Burt Saunders Cc: Rick LoCastro; Chris Hall; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel Subject: Naples Growth Date: Monday, October 6, 2025 11:19:13 AM 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. Good morning, Mr Saunders, As Chairman, I'm addressing this email to you, Mr. Saunders, but I'm sending a copy of this email to all the commissioners as well. I would like to give you a little information of my background, although this email is not about me, it's to let you know of my personal knowledge of Naples. My uncle moved here in the mid 50s, becoming one of the most successful Naples architects. His name was Walter Keller. He convinced my dad, his brother, Chuck, to move here in 1966 to this wonderful place I have called home since that date. Growing up in Naples I have seen all the changes take place and weathered many storms. I also worked at the courthouse in Collier County for 39 years for an elected official as a state employee. I'm totally aware of the commitment it takes, dedication, honor, challenges, and demands on being an elected official. It has its rewards, but it also has it downfalls. So I thank each and every one of you for your service. I have seen the success of the commissioners over many years and how they handle growth, traffic concerns and the expansion of our infrastructure. I commend you for a job well done. As a long time, resident, I'm concerned with all the brick and mortar that is going up in Collier County. Flood zones have been forced to change because of the growth. Many homes that did not have to worry about flooding in the past, now many of them do as flood zones continue to change. I realize we can't stop growth, and as I have said to others, if I lived up north, I would want to move here too. I am requesting you review each large brick and mortar major project that comes before you in the future carefully as, again, it will affect so many aspects of this beautiful city I call home. With the volume of brick and mortar growing daily, and minimizing the green space, this is going to cause more severe flooding in our area when we are hit with another major storm. Maybe part of the solution could be encouraged these developers to put more green space in these large projects. I am currently living in Hacienda Lakes, behind the proposed Costco`s. I am not against Costco`s being out in East Naples as I like Costco`s and I'll continue to shop there. However, putting Costco`s on the corner of Rattlesnake Hammock Road and 951 concerns me because we have all these gas tanks, unnecessarily so, in one corner. My understanding is the variance does not permit that so an exception would have to be made. Why? What's the necessity? Won't this hurt the two establishments that are already there? As I stated earlier, you've done a great job on the infrastructure, but adding a business that is going to add volumes of traffic on this corner, creates many concern about the safety of many people that they have packed in this little corner. As you are aware, they've added many apartment buildings, low-cost apartment building, assisted living, and soon to be added, a nursing home all on the corner of Rattlesnake and 951. I realize there will be a commercial project on that corner, but why does it have to be one with gas tanks and huge volumes of traffic? Why does it have to be a Members Only project, as it should benefit all those living on that corner and not require membership only such as Costco`s. I would be happy to attend the October 18 meeting if that would be beneficial and if you have more questions for me. However, I know there will be many speakers, and you will have a busy day of hearing witnesses so I thought it best that I send my concerns in writing. Please reach out to me if you have any further questions or comments. Lanette Keller 8272 Lucello Terrace North Naples, F134114 Ph: 239-290-4325 Sent from my Wad From: Pat Bednar To: Bill McDaniel; Dan Kowal; Chris Hall Cc: patalanbednar(nbgmail.com Subject: Approve Costco please Date: Saturday, October 4, 2025 7:37:48 PM 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. Please approve the new Costco to be built on Collier Boulevard. All my friends and I play Mahjong and Bridge together. Want to see that built. It would be much easier for us to drive there than to Pine Ridge with all that traffic. We are all in our 80s and very much want to see this project approved and built. We live just off of Rattlesnake and we know there will be more traffic there, but we still want the Costco project approved.. Thank you, Pat Bednar and friends 3535 Royal Wood Blvd. Naples, Fl. 34112 Sent from my iPhone From: johnsweenev224560Calamail. corn To: Chris Hall Subject: October 14th Board Meeting Date: Friday, October 3, 2025 9:21:34 PM 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 Mr. Hall, Most Naples residents, including myself, would enjoy having a second Costco in Naples, especially in the southeast area of Naples. However, the current location planned for the Costco has some real issues and I would Like to point out the following: 1. The general area for the proposed Costco is residential with many new residential buildings going up every month and more planned. There are no Costco stores in Florida that have ever been built in residential areas. This would be a first and will potentially create unusually significant traffic issues for a residential area. We all understand the Land for the Costco is zoned commercial, but building a typical neighborhood strip mall is very different from a Costco that is open until midnight. 2. The Costco representative has often referred to Rattlesnake Hammock as a multi -lane divided highway. That statement is true for Rattlesnake Hammock west of Collier Blvd., but east of Collier, the number of lanes is reduced to 4 instead of 6 and the speed limit drops. That was done because east of Collier is residential and no businesses face Rattlesnake Hammock. Funneling Costco traffic to a residential road seems illogical and inefficient. Costco would be better off having their entrance and exit on Collier Blvd. Doing that would significantly reduce congestion on Rattlesnake Hammock. 3. If the Costco is approved by the County, I assume the County has set aside money and planning to make major renovations to the intersection of Rattlesnake Hammock and Collier. Additional turn lanes are going to be required in all directions, plus additional traffic lights. 4. The planning commission apparently accepted the study from Costco justifying a 3rd gas station on the corner and thus allowing Costco a huge variance from County rules. Not sure why the County has a rule separating gas stations when it is so easy to get a variance. Any study presented by the petitioner should be reviewed very carefully. My request to each of the Commissioners is to please come and spend a few minutes at the intersection of Collier and Rattlesnake Hammock during a weekday. Please do not cast your vote without visiting the site, unless you have done so already. Thankyou. Sincerely John Sweeney Naples From: Lynn Ronnebaum To: Chris Hall Subject: FW: Costco vote Date: Sunday, September 28, 2025 9:04:30 PM Attachments: imaoe002.Dna image003.Dna image004.Dna image005.Dna imaae006.Dng 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. Just wanted you to please read this. Thank you, Lynn Ronnebaum CRH Account Manager 1-913-284-2180 LRonnebaum@ritchiebros.com RITCHIE BROS". an RS Global company From: Rick LoCastro <Rick.LoCastro@colIier.gov> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2025 7:16 AM To: Lynn Ronnebaum <Ironnebaum@ritchiebros.com> Subject: RE: Costco vote Lynn I appreciate your email and your position on Costco. We all have received plenty of opinions on BOTH sides of this "proposal"... but when we hear "nobody" wants Costco -- we know that statement does nQA represent all citizens. However, it still remains to be seen if Costco is approved. The 7-member Planning Commission who heard the case over two different long meetings all voted on a "recommendation" of approval. However, the actual vote and approval rests with the five County Commissioners... and we will all hear the case for the first time on October 14th. It's already been vetted by County staff, quite a few agencies, and the 7-member Planning Commission... all by my direction. Although this case might be controversial to some -- the decisions of approval or disapproval are few in number... and by normal County procedure this could have gone to the one -member Hearing Examiner for his immediate decision. On my motion however, I put it through the most intense County vetting system so in the end if the project is approved or not... nobody can say we didn't peel back a full analysis to the maximum with multiple levels of County staff and Boards to examine all of the issues involved for such a project... and with plenty of public comment. Whether citizens want Costco or not -- the five County Commissioners are entrusted with the legal and final decision for it -- deciding if Costco can actually develop this property and meet all of the requirements associated with it. At our County Commissioner meeting on October 14th -- everything of concern will be looked at with a very strong microscope to ensure we have covered all the bases. Oftentimes I might personally "desire" something else if I was king for a day and could "make" a certain developer or business come to a certain tract of land -- but that's not how it works. When anybody (developer or private citizen) eyes a piece of property -- they have the legal right to explore the possibility of construction. No County Commissioner has the legal authority or right to prematurely shoot it down just because some citizens don't want it. We must follow a strict vetting process -- and we are. On October 14th, when the five -member County Commissioners hear the entire presentation -- we will make a final ruling, and Costco will either be allowed to move forward or not. "If we agree with all of the recommendations for approval... I can assure everyone it will come with many required changes to roads, stoplights, ingress and egress, etc... to make room for added traffic -- the same way all those things were adjusted for the many communities that have been built in Collier County over the years. Many citizens raise traffic as a major concern... definitely always a valid point -- but anything that gets built increases traffic. All those questions will be presented and asked and answered during the upcoming October 14th Board of County Commissioner meeting where we will analyze the entire proposal. I look forward to the presentations to hear all the details. I sincerely thank you for your input... and for being an involved and concerned citizen. Sending your email to ALL FIVE County Commissioners would contribute to them all hearing we have many citizens who are also supportive of Costco. ...Rick RICK LOCASTRO Collier County Commissioner District 1 SIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER HERE ! Rick. LoCastro(&CoIIier.gov 3299 Tamiami Trail E. Suite 303, Naples FL 34112 Office: (239) 252-8601 www.RickLoCastro.com f UIR From: Lynn Ronnebaum <Ironnebaum(@ritchiebros.com> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2025 7:46 PM To: Rick LoCastro <Rick.LoCastro(@collier.gov> Subject: Costco vote Just wanted to add my two cents on the Costco vote. Putting a business in anywhere is always going to make someone unhappy. However the overall benefit is much greater than the few complaining. Having this Costco in south Naples will save a tremendous amount of traffic from traveling several miles up into Naples. I'm sure you have been to a Costco and have seen how busy they are. A lot of those people are traveling up from South Naples and Marco adding to the traffic in between. I know the majority of the people on Marco Island like myself are ecstatic about having a Costco much closer! If the people in the proposed area are so worried about the extra traffic they should look to all the apartment/condos going up in the area. It would be much better for all the new people coming in that want to go to Costco to have a Costco closer and not travel so far. We are all holding our breath and hoping that this can happen for the good of our entire growing community. Thank you, Lynn Ronnebaum CRH Account Manager 1-913-284-2180 LRonnebaum(@ritchiebros.com rb RITCHIE BROS: an R8 Global company This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. This message and any attached files may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this information may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. Please notify the sender, by electronic mail or telephone, of any unintended recipients and delete the original message and attached files without making any copies. 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. From: Patricia McCabe To: Chris Hall Subject: Costco Date: Saturday, September 27, 2025 2:33:03 PM 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, I support the new Costco. I live just off Rattlesnake. Pat McCabe 133 Doral Cir, Naples, FL 34113 From: susancv To: Rick LoCastro; Chris Hall; Bill McDaniel; Dan Kowal; Burt Saunders Subject: Proposed Costco Date: Friday, September 26, 2025 8:22:38 AM 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. Gentlemen, I am in writing to you concerning the proposed Costco project. I have lived in Lely Resort for over 15 years and seen our sleepy area grow tremendously with new homes. What hasn't caught up is a variety of commercial projects. We have many strip shopping centers with pizza restaurants, nail salons, fast food and dentists. A Costco would be a welcome addition! I live near Rattlesnake Hammock Rd and understand the impact it would make on traffic. That lot has always been zoned for commercial, so traffic has always been a given. Please don't let one community dictate this project, there are many more in the area that support Costco. I encourage you to vote YES for the proposed Costco! Respectfully Susan Vicedomini From: Jose Torres To: Chris Hall Subject: New Costco location Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2025 8:56:42 AM 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. Good morning Commissioner: I hope this note finds you well. My name is Jose Torres. As you may presume, this note relates to the proposed location of the Costco store in the corner of Collier Blvd., and Rattlesnake Hammock road. First allow me to say that I am not against Costco. I am a member myself. I just question the rationale, insistence and wisdom of putting such a gigantic store in that corner. There are other locations that have been identified that have better access by larger roads, not far from the current proposed location, that would be more appropriate for such a size store. While I have been told that there has been at least one traffic study, I was also told that such study was performed during the low season. Likewise, I don't think that the people conducting such studies will be affected by the traffic if Costco were to succeed in locating the store at that corner. As I mentioned before, I am a Costco member and visit the store at Naples Blvd., between Pine Ridge and Airport Pulling roads, which are two major thoroughfares in Naples, and traffic is chaotic regardless of the season. I am also very much aware that if Costco doesn't go in that corner other businesses will. I am fine with that. It is just that I don't believe it is proper to build such a store there, particularly when they have to get a rule waiver to install twenty something gas pumps in that location That brings me to the main topic of this missive. SAFETY! ! ! During the Planning Commission meeting I stood up and talked for a short period of time regarding this. If you watch the video you will see me speaking about my experience as a U.S. Army medical evacuation pilot. I brought up the improbable possibility of a person having a medical issue, striking a pump, causing a fire large enough that could provoke an evacuation of the hospital next door and how difficult such retreat would be. Yes, it is improbable, but not impossible. Furthermore, I spoke about the difficulty for emergency vehicles to reach such site with a multitude of vehicles attempting to escape. This was discarded by the Costco representative during his rebuttal. To be truthful, his response to my comments felt like I was being mocked and I am not a sensitive person! He indicated how I, being a retired airline Captain and a former medevac pilot, should understand the concepts of redundancy and training. I do, and much better than he does. Redundancy and training are used to diminish, not eliminate, risk and to improve the outcome of an improbable incident! Now allow me to bring to you another issue regarding safety. While in the meeting it was brought to our attention that the fueling trucks will be arriving at Costco, then leaving and making a U-turn on Rattlesnake Hammock road. That by itself I would call tricky at best and dangerous at worst. With drivers distracted by cell phones and other matters not related to the task of driving, as we all have been witnesses to, all it takes is for someone to collide with one of those trucks and redundancy and training will be rendered useless. I am not trying to be a doom and gloom person, but, while these scenarios may appear farfetched, remote and/or improbable as some may think, they are not impossible. Like I said in the meeting. There is a trendy phrase being used these days any time a tragedy occurs... "Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims' families." And like I also mentioned in the meeting, that does not do anything for the victims and/or their families. Improbable scenarios? Maybe. Impossible? No! You want to make such a scenario impossible, the only way is to deny Costco the permit to build at that location. Sincerely, Jose A. Torres 8584 Maggiore Ct., Naples, FL 34114 (602)791-4269 dustoffl986 e,gmail.com From: Timothy Broughton To: Rick LoCastro; Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel Cc: Tim Broughton Subject: Please Approve the New Costco Location - Rattlesnake Hammock + Collier Blvd. Date: Monday, September 22, 2025 4:19:52 PM 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. Collier County Commissioner's, PLEASE APPROVE THE NEW COSTCO - We need additional shopping like this in south and east Naples. One point I would like to make is that if it's not Costco then it's going to be something else on that corner. It's zoned commercial for a 180,000 square foot building. The developer / owner isn't going to leave that land vacant. I firmly believe that the proposed site is going to be developed and a Costco on that site is a huge win for south + east Naples. Also a BIG concern is that SWFL is hurricane prone and having a Costco in south + east Naples is a huge benefit for the residents in this part of town, prior to and post hurricane. Everyone trying to run to the only Costco in north Naples is a challenge when a storm is named and heading our way. And during season the Costco in north Naples is way overcrowded. There are many residents that I know including my family that live near the site of the proposed Costco and with your approval we all look forward to the New Costco at Rattlesnake Hammock + Collier Blvd. Respectfully, Tim Broughton Resident of Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes From: mehdi habibi To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis Subject: Costco proposed location Date: Friday, September 19, 2025 3:54:45 PM 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. Hello All I am puzzled as to why Costco is adamant to build their new warehouse store on the corner of Rattlesnake and Collier? The land at the corner of Davis and Santa Barbara, if available, would be the ideal location for new Costco, easier access from either direction as compared to Rattlesnake and Collier. This question was brought up by a member of Costco Opposing Group at this week's county hearing . I am wondering if Collier County is offering the sweetheart deal to Costco to build their new warehouse attached to Physician Regional Hospital? if that is the case shouldn't all that be disclosed to the public? Mehdi Habibi Residence of Hacienda Lake Neighborhood From: Trish Richardson To: Chris Hall Subject: Thank you Date: Thursday, September 18, 2025 6:40:06 PM 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 Mr. Hall, Thank you for approving the Costco in our area of town. We are so tired of driving 25 mins to the closest Costco and greatly appreciate all your hard work. Trish Richardson Residents of Queens Park C.239.289.1298 Sent from my iPhone From: Debbie Noble To: Chris Hall Subject: Costco Date: Saturday, September 13, 2025 3:01:13 PM 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. Vote No. Gas stations on 3 corners is unacceptable... pumps too close. Traffic in season will be a fiasco ... Costco took their traffic study in the off season. We are a dead end street. Please vote no. Debbie noble8444 Rosa ct Naples F134114 Sent from my iPhone From: Elizabeth Radi To: Chris Hall Subject: Costco Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 11:00:23 AM 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. Commissioner Hall, good morning. I am unable to attend the meeting today in person nor by Zoom so I am writing this email to you again in hopes that during this consideration today that we again look at the amount of traffic this is going to bring to Rattlesnake Hammock Rd. I have had the incredible pleasure of working with the seniors at EKOS Candenza, literally on a daily basis as a workforce and senior housing advocate. I know a -lot about their lives, and I definitely know a lot about their challenges. Some of them have transportation and some don't. So, they walk all the way down to the end of the road and catch the bus at the corner of Collier and Rattlesnake. Now Imagine adding 4500 people going in and out of an area every day and the challenges those individuals are going to face dodging traffic of that magnitude. Now add the 3-4 thousand seniors and workforce that are supposed to all be moving into the up-and-coming rental units that are on that street and corner. The infrastructure is not equipped for this Costco and its traffic. I understand that they have already approved, but adding gas pumps into an area is going to wreak havoc on that corner. The lines to the pumps, where are they supposed to start and end. Out on Rattlesnake!! Not only should they not get the consideration, but this whole idea needs to be rethought. People are going to end up getting hurt. I'm not arguing the fact that people want a Costco but it needs to be in an area that's geared more for high volume commercial development, like Collier and 41 area. Mark my words, the sweet, elderlyveteran gentleman that was hit and killed by a car will not be the last, if this is allowed to proceed. Please take this into consideration when making your decisions today. Someone's life just might depend on it. Elizabeth Radi Collier County Tenants Union From: Elizabeth Radi To: Chris Hall Subject: Costco Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 10:58:54 AM 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. Commissioner LoCastro, good morning. I am unable to attend the meeting today in person nor by Zoom so I am writing this email to you again in hopes that during this consideration today that we again look at the amount of traffic this is going to bring to Rattlesnake Hammock Rd. I have had the incredible pleasure of working with the seniors at EKOS Candenza, literally on a daily basis as a workforce and senior housing advocate. I know a -lot about their lives, and I definitely know a lot about their challenges. Some of them have transportation and some don't. So, they walk all the way down to the end of the road and catch the bus at the corner of Collier and Rattlesnake. Now Imagine adding 4500 people going in and out of an area every day and the challenges those individuals are going to face dodging traffic of that magnitude. Now add the 3-4 thousand seniors and workforce that are supposed to all be moving into the up-and-coming rental units that are on that street and corner. The infrastructure is not equipped for this Costco and its traffic. I understand that they have already approved, but adding gas pumps into an area is going to wreak havoc on that corner. The lines to the pumps, where are they supposed to start and end. Out on Rattlesnake!! Not only should they not get the consideration, but this whole idea needs to be rethought. People are going to end up getting hurt. I'm not arguing the fact that people want a Costco but it needs to be in an area that's geared more for high volume commercial development, like Collier and 41 area. Mark my words, the sweet, elderlyveteran gentleman that was hit and killed by a car will not be the last, if this is allowed to proceed. Please take this into consideration when making your decisions today. Someone's life just might depend on it. Elizabeth Radi Collier County Tenants Union From: Louis Rana To: Chris Hall Subject: Costco Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 5:53:54 PM 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 Hall, I am not able to attend tomorrow's meeting on Costco but I wanted to express my full support for the project. I live on Marco Island and everyone I speak to looks forward to having a Costco closer to their homes. Thank you for all you do for us. Sincerely, Lou Rana From: Geri Vicari To: Chris Hall Subject: Costco Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 12:41:53 PM 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. Please vote yes for Costco. We need it in East Naples! The local Publix will be so crowded by all the new residents pouring into our area. Costco is definitely needed here. Geri Vicari 7844 Ionio Court Naples Fl. 34114 Sent from my iPhone From: Brad G To: John Alvarado; Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Rick LoCastro Cc: Brad Wester Subject: Costco new location hacienda lakes Naples Florida Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 7:15:03 PM 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. To whom it may concern, Unfortunately I have a prior engagement and can not attend tomorrow's meeting. I wanted to express a final time what a great idea this Costco location is for the residents of hacienda lakes and all of southern collier county. As a full time resident of esplanade hacienda lakes I see zero downfall of adding this location to the corner of rattlesnake hammock rd and collier blvd. Please remember this property was zoned for a project just like this decades ago. This added Costco also would bring safety and peace of mind to me and many other residents 1. It gives us an added opportunity to get provisions that are needed during a storm warning. 2. it adds 2 direct links through its parking lot out onto collier blvd in case of evacuation instead of just the two currently available. Costco brings more good paying jobs this county desperately needs. As seen in the link provided hops://www.zil2recruiter. com/Salaries/Costeo-Salary-in-NQles,FL Costco also brings added equity to our homes as seen in the link provided hops://economics.ubc. ca/honours-students-poster/do-costco-openings-increase-nearby- property-values-evidence-from-the-u-s-silas-kwok/ This Costco location is also an excellent rateable for the county coffers I understand the loud few neighbors in hacienda lakes being concerned about traffic but like the great Star Trek character Mr Spock once said the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one. We all as a county must share our roads with each other hacienda lakes included. The Costco opposition group is small and loud! Please see past the noise and realize what a great project this will be and how it will be a positive for decades into the future! Thank you for your time Bradley Gimbel Full time resident esplanade hacienda lakes 8283 Promoso ct Naples fl 34114 From: Julie Arts To: Burt Saunders; Chris Hall; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel Subject: Costco vote Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 1:00:29 PM 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. -----Original Message ----- From: Julie Arts <jarts2213@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 8:04 AM To: Rick LoCastro <Rick.LoCastro@collier.gov> Subject: Talk to our team 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. I'm upset about the negative publicity regarding the Costco issue on Collier Boulevard. We live within 2 miles of the site, and understand it may increase traffic in the area, but still want to have the project proceed. This lot is zoned for business development and whether it's Costco or another company, there is bound to be additional traffic at this location. This is not a quiet residential area but an active intersection that should be used to add convenience to the entire area. Those "squeaky wheels" do not represent the majority opinion! Please consider this when making your decisions. Sent from my iPhone From: Ellen Milotte To: Chris Hall Subject: COSTCO VOTE. Oct 14 Meeting. IMPORTANT! Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 9:11:36 AM 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. Mr Hall PLEASE VOTE IN FAVOR OF BUILDING COSTCO! THE TRAFIC ON NAPLES BLVD AND AREA IS OUT OF CONTROL DUE TO SO MANY RESIDENTS COMING FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST. IT IS OUT OF BALANCE AND WE NEED A BREAK IN THIS AREA. THANKS FOR THE CONSIDERATION. Ellen M Milotte Bridgewater Bay, N Naples 239 248 8548 Sent from my iPad From: K Barry To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel; Sarina Francis; Sue Filson; Louise Jarvis; Rick LoCastro Subject: Costco Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 10:10:08 AM 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. Good Morning, Thank you for representing the residents of Collier County and for being our commissioners! I'm sure it's not an easy job - including the fielding of a lot of complaints. My wife and I are residents in Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes (just east of the proposed Costco location). We attended both Collier County Planning Commission / Costco meetings and within a couple of minutes of the first meeting starting, residents in attendance got the sense that our goose was cooked. This was because of the tone of the commission members (primarily the chair, sadly) had a favorable bias towards Costco from the get -go. I won't provide any more details (you may have already heard from others) because I don't want this to be a gripe session and I'm sure each member is a good person and besides that - I believe they donate their time. But the meetings took a lot of steam out of the residents. I know many are not showing up today because they figure why bother - it's already a done deal. If the planning commission meetings hadn't taken the fire away from people, maybe the same turnout that was at the first meeting at the racetrack would show up today. But, I know as county commissioners, you are your own people and you don't rubber stamp everything from the planning commission. I hope this is one of those times. Why we are opposed: We fully understand that the area is zoned commercial. That's not the problem and in fact we would welcome a number of different stores, restaurants, services, etc. to that location. The real issue is that Costco is a monster that always builds their stores in a larger swath of commercial space - primarily other big boxes like Best Buy. This is certainly true of their north Naples location. This location however is surrounded by residences. Why would they want to do that? My understanding is that this is the only location in the country where they want to do this. Maybe that's not true, but plopping down in the middle of residences is certainly not the norm for any big box. The fact that this would be the only one in the country next to residences and a hospital probably is true. • Traffic is already crazy and will be getting crazier due to all of the apartments going up in the area as well as the new developments: Caymas and Seven Shores. Plus, Rattlesnake Hammock basically dead ends at the Azure community which only adds to the congestion and would be a nightmare if there was a sudden evacuation. Not only would Collier Blvd get a lot busier, but Rattlesnake Hammock, would all of its stoplights, would see a larger load of traffic between Collier Blvd and 41. It's already very dangerous to cross Collier Blvd as a pedestrian or bicyclist - even with the stoplights because of people running a red light and because of their rolling right hand turns. Many more cars would make this more hazardous. The city of Jacksonsville, Fl, earlier this year, denied Costco to build for this very reason: traffic backups. his://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/news/2025/may/28/Jacksonville-city-council- says-no-to-costco-on-rezoning-for-gas-station/ Any market study done by an applicant is going to skew in their favor and not be objective. This was the case with Costco's study. The Rattlesnake / Collier intersection does not need a third gas station. 7/11 is already a ghost town as it hardly has cars filing up with gas. I understand that there is no other intersection in the county where there are 3 gas stations on one intersection. There is absolutely no need for more gas stations in this area - and especially at that corner. When I lived in Maple Grove, MN, a prominent grocery store chain wanted to build in our city - which we welcomed because of the stores reputation and because there wasn't any grocery store very close to us. But the city turned down the application stating that we had enough grocery stores. Here, at the proposed Costco location, there is a Publix across the street, a Walmart just a few miles away in either direction and an Aldi to the south. So, like the gas stations, we are not lacking for grocery stores. • Not that long ago, there was a proposed hotel / conference center on Hwy 41, near downtown Naples. Neighbors basically said, "hey we know something commercial will go into that lot, that's not the problem, but this is just too big because of residences butting up behind it." The city agreed (or maybe it was the county). The hotel then came back with scaled down plans that I believe were recently approved. In summary, just because the area is zoned commercial, that doesn't mean its a good idea for just anything to go into the space - especially something that will add congestion, back up traffic and decrease safety. It's our hope you vote no today. Thank you for your time. Ken Barry 8358 Viale Circle Naples, FL 34114 763-639-7620 From: Jody Yu To: Burt Saunders; Rick LoCastro; Chris Hall; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel Subject: Costco Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 1:02:52 PM 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 Commissioners, I am asking that you deny the proposed Costco for the intersection of Collier Boulevard and Rattlesnake Hammock Road. I live approximately 1.3 miles west of the intersection, off Rattlesnake Hammock. The expected traffic volume generated by the amount of new development already completed near this intersection, in the process of being built, and either permitted to be built or waiting on permits or approval for land use changes, will worsen the already congested intersection. Additionally, the close proximity to the Physicians Regional Hospital could cause critical delays for those seeking emergency care and ambulances trying to get to the hospital. This intersection already has 32 gas pumps, 16 per gas station which are at diagonal corners providing easy access from all roads at that intersection. The Collier County Planning Commission's approval of the ASW, allowing a reduction of 368 feet, from the required minimum of 500 feet to just 132 feet, adding an additional 24 gas pumps to that intersection is not in the best interest of the community. With all the clear cutting and development already occurring at that intersection and the immediate vicinity, along with the proximity to the Picayune Strand State Forest, might it be an option for the county to purchase those acres and provide residents in this area with a park location similar to Sugden Regional Park? While I understand that property owners have a right to sell their land, you have a responsibility to all the people you represent. There are things you can and should do. You can choose to not allow Costco to build at that intersection. You can choose to slow the amount of development occurring to ensure the infrastructure is in place to handle it. You can choose to ensure the safety of Florida's state animal, the critically endangered Florida panther, which roams this area. If you haven't been over this way recently, I've attached a few pictures from this morning. Progress and growth are inevitable but please don't allow this area to become another version of North Naples with the traffic issues they are experiencing and are behind the ball in providing relief. Thank you for you time and consideration. Sincerely, Josephine Nyland Yu 6279 Shadowood Circle Naples, FL 34112 From: Patricia Broughton To: Chris Hall Subject: Costco Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 10:20:01 AM 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. We are in favor of having the Costco put up on Collier and Rattlesnake. We live in Hacienda Lakes and are looking forward to having a warehouse close by. Please vote to support this. Patricia Broughton 8239 Promoso Court Naples, GI. 34114 Sent from my iPhone From: Michael Labeau To: Chris Hall Subject: Fw: Costco vote tomorrow Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 10:58:58 AM 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. Do the right thing. Tomorrow -PLEASE vote yes to approve the construction of a new Costco location WITH gasoline on its footprint today. A full time resident of Lely since 2007. We need this type of quality fit for purpose development Here. No threats —no venom —no legal action -no name calling just common sense for this already zoned commercial parcel that works for the majority of citizens. Thankyou Mike and Gloria LaBeau Sent from Yahoo Mail for Whone From: Holly Manheim To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; William. McDaniels(cbcollier.aov; Dan Kowal Subject: Fw: Does not meet 4th criteria for waiver Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 3:53:29 AM 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. I am forwarding same email to all board members. Thank you. Holly Manheim Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Holly Manheim" <hollymanheim@yahoo.com> To: "Rick.LoCastro@Collier.gov" <Rick.LoCastro@Collier.gov> Sent: Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 3:38 AM Subject: Re: Does not meet 4th criteria for waiver Sincerely, Holly Manheim Jerome Manheim Residents of Ekos Cadenza II 8455 Rattlesnake Hammock Rd Unit 1120 Naples, FL 34114 Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize; Conquer On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 3:34 AM, Holly Manheim <hollymanheim@yahoo.com> wrote: I live at the adjacent property that will be detrimentally affected, which is Ekos Cadenza II at 8455 Rattlesnake Hammock Rd - There are two 5 story buildings here that comprise of Ekos Cadenza I and II and 320 units. The only entry and exit is Rattlesnake Hammock Rd off of Collier Blvd. These were completed in the last year and are specifically for senior affordable housing. Costco and Costco gas station is going to disrupt this community, making it unsafe and congested. When I first moved in here, one of my neighbors got hit by a car and killed crossing Collier Blvd. to go shopping. Believe me the traffic going in and out of our community cannot take any more. Cat - Connect comes here everyday to help our residents get to their appointments. Rideshare drivers deliver groceries. USPS, UPS FEDEX, and Amazon deliver to our bldg. Ambulances, medical transportation come down this one road to our community. There is only a little road to turn into to get to our bldg. It wasn't even on the gps when we moved here. We had to direct everyone here. If you have cars, trucks, minivans, all vehicles and gas tanks coming through our adjacent community it will cause much havoc. Please don't approve this. It is a big mistake. One member of the planning commission voted against this on September 18th, 2025 meeting. I went back to watch it. He voted against it because of the fact that it will adversely affect the people who live here. The residents of Ekos Cadenza 1 and Ekos Cadenza 2 which are the adjacent properties. Please have staff show you how the gas tankers are going to get to the gas station. They can't answer the question. I watched the meeting. There is only 1 road. Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer From: Louise Jarvis To: Chris Hall Subject: FW: Letters of Support - Paraiso Club Rezone (PL20240007340) and Paraiso Club Conditional Use (PL20240009700) Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 9:38:46 AM Attachments: image001.pna imaae002.p_na image003.pna imaae004.pna Letters of Support - Paraiso Club Rezone & Paraiso Conditional Use (PL20240007340 & PL20240009700).pdf Please see the attached Paraiso Club letters of support. From: Stephanie Karol <skarol@bowman.com> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2025 9:32 AM To: Louise Jarvis <Louise.Jarvis@collier.gov> Cc: Ellen Summers <esummers@bowman.com> Subject: Letters of Support - Paraiso Club Rezone (PL20240007340) and Paraiso Club Conditional Use (P L20240009700) 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 Louise: On behalf of Robert J. Mulhere, FAICP, Ellen Summers, AICP and Richard D. Yovanovich, Esquire: Please forward to Commissioner Hall the attached latest Letters of Support for our companion items, Paraiso Club Rezone and Paraiso Club Conditional Use, going before the BCC tomorrow, October 14th. These are Agenda Items 9b and 9c. Thank you for assistance, STEPHANIE KAROL Senior Project Coordinator I BOWMAN 950 Encore Way, Suite 200, Naples, FL 34110 D:239-254-2018 1 0:239-254-2000 skaroICEDbowman.com I bowman.com 13F)2)® 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. From: Mitchell Frank To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel Subject: Fwd: Proposed New Costco in East Naples Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 7:06:28 PM 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 Commissioners, Please see the email below which I sent to Commissioner LoCastro earlier today. I hope you will consider it when making your decision regarding the proposed new Costco in East Naples. Thank you. Mitch Frank 8083 Wilfredo Court Naples 34114 Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: Mitchell Frank <mitchfrankl222@aol.com> Date: October 13, 2025 at 12:54:25 PM EDT To: Rick.loCastro@colliercountyfl.gov Subject: Proposed New Costco in East Naples Dear Commissioner LoCastro, I live in Verona Walk and am writing to let you know that I wholeheartedly SUPPORT the proposed new Costco in East Naples. With all of the new development in the area, we sorely need additional supporting businesses, and the addition of the Costco would, in my opinion, greatly benefit those of us who live in this part of Naples. For us to get to the only Costco currently in Naples it takes us anywhere from 35-45 minutes depending on the time of year and the traffic volume, so having a Costco in East Naples would not only significantly cut down on our travel time, but would also save on fuel costs and emissions. It would also most probably reduce the traffic congestion in the Pine Ridge Road/Naples Boulevard area, since fewer people would be driving to get to the Costco located on Naples Boulevard. I certainly recognize and understand that there are many people who oppose the building of the new Costco, and that they have tended to be far more vocal than those who may support the project. Some of the most vocal opponents seem to be those who live in the Hacienda Lakes community, and to them, and to you, I would say this: it is my understanding that the land on which Costco is seeking to build had already been zoned for commercial use at the time Hacienda Lakes was built, so that anyone who purchased a home in Hacienda Lakes knew or should have known that there was a good chance that that land would be developed commercially. For them now to object to the Costco being built on that land is like the person who purchases a home near an airport and then complains about the noise. Be that as it may, I hope that when the Commission votes on the Costco project tomorrow, you will take into account that there are many people in the area who strongly favor that project, and that you will consider not only what may be good for the Hacienda Lakes community, but also what will be best for the East Naples area as a whole. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, Mitch Frank 8083 Wilfredo Court Naples Sent from my iPad From: Holly Manheim To: Rick LoCastro; Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; william.mcdaniels(acollier.gov Subject: Gas station waiver does not need criteria #4 Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 4:38:30 AM 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. Hello, I sent you an email but not sure you received it because I deleted a draft and then couldn't find it in my sent folder. However, I hope you received my previous email. I never attended a board meeting and I know I can register to attend virtually which I have. I am nervous to attend the zoom and have my 3 minutes. If I can't attend, I will be watching the meeting tomorrow. Please consider the email I sent all of you, regarding the adverse affect this will cause the adjacent community where I live with 319 other units + I mine. Ekos Cadenza II and I. I am in the bldg at the back, which was the first bldg Ekos Cadenza II built and occupied in October 2024. Then they opened Ekos Cadenza I around 6 months later. Bryten Realty is the Real Estate management company and McDowell Housing is the building developer. There was no mention of any hearings about this to the residents of this community, which is ironic as we are the development that will be most directly affected adversely. Please do your due diligence and vote with integrity and for the residents of our community. Please reject this waiver as it does not meet the criteria #4. We deserve better. Thank you again. Holly Manheim Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize. Conquer From: Donna Hill To: Chris Hall Subject: I oppose the development of Cotsco on Rattlesnake and Collier Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 3:26:08 PM Attachments: Donna Hill Opposes Cotsco 10 13 2025.docx 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 Mr. Hall: Please see my letter opposing the Cotsco. Thank you, Donna L. Hill 8187 Lucello Terrace S Naples, FL 34114 Hacendia Lakes From: Betsy Greenblatt To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Bill McDaniel Subject: Proposal for Costco in East Naples Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 6:26:15 PM 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 Commissioners, I just wanted to send you all a note letting you know that I live in Verona Walk in East Naples and I strongly support the addition of the proposed Costco in East Naples. I know that there is a lot of vocal opposition to this project, but I want you to know that they do not speak for everyone in the area. I believe that it is really necessary, given the explosion of new residential communities in the area. We need more support services, and having a Costco here in East Naples would save me time and fuel. Please consider the voices that are not so loud in making your decision. Thank you. Elizabeth Greenblatt 8083 Wilfredo Ct. Naples, FL 34114 Sent from my iPad Sent from my iPad From: Michael Stanek To: Chris Hall Subject: Proposed Costco Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 2:10:35 PM 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. Commissioner Hall - I'm sending a short note to let you know of my and my wife's support of the proposed Costco at Collier Blvd and Rattlesnake Hammock Road. I can also share that, as president of the Twelve Oaks I Condominium Association in Lely Resort, I have had many of our residents voice their support for the proposal and have not heard anyone in our association express opposition to the proposal. (This has been my observation and is not supported by an official vote of any type). Best of luck in your fmal decision -making, and thank you for your tireless efforts on behalf of all Collier County residents, not just the vocal minority (on any issue). Regards, Michael & Carol Stanek 8200 Twelve Oaks Circle #414 Naples, FL 34113 440-532-9500 From: Gail Pecelunas To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal Subject: Proposed Costco at Collier & Rattlesnake Hammock Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 10:27:37 PM 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. I am hoping the new Costco is approved. We near more grocery/gas stations in the area. There are many new housing complexes and not enough stores for the future population. I live in Cedar Hammock Golf Community on Collier near Davis. Everyone I know is hoping this new Costco is approved and built soon. Please give this proposal your support! Thank you. Gail & Tom Pecelunas 3773 Buttonwood Way Naples FL 34112 847 274-2515 From: Holly Manheim To: Chris Hall Subject: Re: Costco gas waiver - vote no Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 9:28:13 PM 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. Hello Chris, My dad and I are residents at Cadenza Il, located at 8455 Rattlesnake Hammock Rd. Unit 1120 in Naples, FL. We moved in on October 28, 2024 and have just renewed our lease. Ekos Cadenza I and II were specifically constructed as affordable residential housing for seniors. The community is both age -restricted and income -restricted, catering to the needs of elderly residents who may require special care, attendants, or other forms of assistance. I live here with my 90 + dad. We have no car. Many people do have cars or they ride bicycles or walk.. So many use Cat- Connect as they have transportation needs for doctor's appointments, etc. They have medical conditions There have been ambulances here for residents who have fallen or have fallen ill. A Costco and a 3rd gas station together built basically right next to our community is a terrible idea and should be voted against.. I very strongly oppose this vote due to the need to ensure the health and safety of all Ekos Cadenza residents. Health and Safety First! ! ! Sincerely, Holly Manheim Jerome Manheim Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize. Conquer From: Holly Manheim To: Chris Hall Subject: Re: Costco gas waiver vote on October 14th Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 9:33:45 PM 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. My dad and I are residents of Ekos Cadenza II, located at 8455 Rattlesnake Hammock Rd. Unit 1120 in Naples, FL. We moved in on October 28, 2024, have just renewed our lease. Ekos Cadenza I and II were specifically constructed as affordable residential housing for seniors. The community is both age -restricted and income -restricted, catering to the needs of elderly residents who may require special care, attendants, or other forms of assistance. I live here with my 90 + dad. We have no car. Many people do have cars or they ride bicycles or walk.. So many use Cat- Connect as they have transportation needs for doctor's appointments, etc. They have medical conditions There have been ambulances here for residents who have fallen or have fallen ill. A Costco and a 3rd gas station together built basically right next to our community is a terrible idea and should be voted against.. I very strongly oppose this vote due to the need to ensure the health and safety of all Ekos Cadenza residents. Health and Safety First! ! ! Sincerely, Holly Manheim Jerome Manheim Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer From: Holly Manheim To: Rick LoCastro; Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; william.mcdanielsCacollier.gov Subject: Re: Gas station waiver does not meet criteria #4 Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 4:45:10 AM 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. Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize Conquer On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 4:38 AM, Holly Manheim <hollymanheirn yahoo.com> wrote: Hello, I sent you an email but not sure you received it because I deleted a draft and then couldn't find it in my sent folder. However, I hope you received my previous email. I never attended a board meeting and I know I can register to attend virtually which I have. I am nervous to attend the zoom and have my 3 minutes. If I can't attend, I will be watching the meeting tomorrow. Please consider the email I sent all of you, regarding the adverse affect this will cause the adjacent community where I live with 319 other units + 1 mine. Ekos Cadenza II and I. I am in the bldg at the back, which was the first bldg Ekos Cadenza II built and occupied in October 2024. Then they opened Ekos Cadenza I around 6 months later. Bryten Realty is the Real Estate management company and McDowell Housing is the building developer. There was no mention of any hearings about this to the residents of this community, which is ironic as we are the development that will be most directly affected adversely. Please do your due diligence and vote with integrity and for the residents of our community. Please reject this waiver as it does not meet the criteria #4. We deserve better. Thank you again. Holly Manheim Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer From: Holly Manheim To: Rick LoCastro; Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; william.mcdanielsCacollier.gov Subject: Re: Gas station waiver does not need criteria #4 Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 4:46:25 AM 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. Should say the waiver does not MEET criteria #1 .not need Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 4:38 AM, Holly Manheim <hollymanheirn yahoo.com> wrote: Hello, I sent you an email but not sure you received it because I deleted a draft and then couldn't find it in my sent folder. However, I hope you received my previous email. I never attended a board meeting and I know I can register to attend virtually which I have. I am nervous to attend the zoom and have my 3 minutes. If I can't attend, I will be watching the meeting tomorrow. Please consider the email I sent all of you, regarding the adverse affect this will cause the adjacent community where I live with 319 other units + 1 mine. Ekos Cadenza II and I. I am in the bldg at the back, which was the first bldg Ekos Cadenza II built and occupied in October 2024. Then they opened Ekos Cadenza I around 6 months later. Bryten Realty is the Real Estate management company and McDowell Housing is the building developer. There was no mention of any hearings about this to the residents of this community, which is ironic as we are the development that will be most directly affected adversely. Please do your due diligence and vote with integrity and for the residents of our community. Please reject this waiver as it does not meet the criteria #4. We deserve better. Thank you again. Holly Manheim Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer From: kvooel1560()amai1.com To: Chris Hall Subject: RE: Oct 2025 - Board Meeting Highlights, October"s Coffee, Upcoming NIM, and more! Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 8:48:59 AM 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. Cisco Safe Unsubscribe It appears that you have subscribed to commercial messages from this sender. To stop receiving such messages from this sender, you can unsubscribe. Click here to unsubscribe. I hope you approve the proposed new Costco. I am not in your district but in Burts. Everyone that comes into this crowed Naples wants no new things built but unfortunately, we are way pass that. Where I live in rural Jersey, we still have no traffic lights in our township. When we worked with our farmers and landowners to save land, we did it and it will never be developed which does not seem to happen down here. So bottom line is this, since we have let so many developments in just build the Costco and tell those that are against do not come to the one over by us which I am sure most of the ones against do anyway. From: Commissioner Chris Hall <Chris.hall @colIier.gov> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2025 8:26 AM To: kvogell560@gmail.com Subject: Oct 2025 - Board Meeting Highlights, October's Coffee, Upcoming NIM, and more! North Naples News and Collier County Updates View this email in your browser Hello Collier County, I am honored to represent and inform you as your District 2 Commissioner. I hope you find this newsletter interesting and informative. As we move from our summer agendas to the more busy seasonal agenda with land issues, I want to take a few minutes and explain some of the actions that we have taken this summer as well as explain a little of the budget process. If you get your information from social media or the newspaper or the news, it's likely you're not getting the whole picture. I feel that it's important for you as a constituent and taxpayer to have a full understanding of the decisions and information from the inside. As a reminder, please mark your calendar for Coffee With Commissioner Hall on Friday, October 24 from 10am-1lam. To register to attend in -person or for the Zoom call, see below for details. Seating is limited, so be sure to sign up soon. For more frequent updates, follow us on Facebook and Instagram. As always, you may email our office if you have any questions, concerns, or even good news to share. It's always great to hear from our constituents. 0 Even though the final budget is approved in September, we actually begin the process in January and February. In February, we establish the budget policy, which tells staff the direction to take while creating their budgets for the coming year. Our budget policy was to allow for a 3% operational increase with a 5% increase for capital infrastructure. Then in July, we get the new property valuations from the tax appraiser, and set the maximum mileage rate to get a good idea of the upcoming revenue. With the valuations and budget policy the increase to the budget was $38M ($13M of the $38M was from new growth). The actual increase to the taxpayers was $25M. You hear the terms millage neutral and rollback being thrown around. Let me explain the difference. Millage neutral means that we are going to charge the same rate for the current year taxes as we did last year; that rate is 3.2449 mils, meaning you pay $3.24 per $1,000 of your assessed value. Rollback means we will charge whatever millage rate is required to collect the same amount of taxes as we did last year, so even if your assessment goes up, we adjust the millage to collect the same amount of taxes so that it's not an increase in actual dollars collected. With millage neutral, if your valuation goes up, so does your taxes. Commissioners do not determine property values, that is the tax appraiser's responsibility. Now, the rationale for my plan! For the last two years, we have gone to the rollback and fully funded our budget. We hired a third -party company (Resource X) to come in and examine our budgets, find excess spending, eliminate redundancy, and streamline us into efficiency. In this process, the first year and half, Resource X has focused on our ways to increase revenues through partnerships, fees and internal collaborations. The next phase is to concentrate on ways to cut costs, savings through efficiency and priority. Since we haven't gotten to phase 2 and allowed Resource X to establish its findings for the expenditure side, we needed to find a way to fully fund our our budget for one year until Resource X had time to act. So, I proposed to fully fund the budget at the Rollback rate and make up the $25M deficit by only charging .045 mils to the Conservation Collier fund and moving the difference in money to the general fund. ONLY for one year to allow Resource X time to deliver info to decrease our expenses. The law says that we, as commissioners, can charge UP TO .25mils for Conservation Collier yearly. It doesn't require us to charge the maximum amount, we can charge from zero-.25mils. Conservation Collier (CC) is a popular and important cause, voted in by the voters at over 70% in 2020 for the second time. I completely agree!! To conserve our lands for wildlife protection, waterways and provide public benefits is a noble cause, and because of that, CC has $121 M in the bank, $64M of that is set aside for perpetual (forever) maintenance. The interest alone on the $64M is sufficient for the maintenance required. This leaves $57M in the CC account for purchases. The program is well funded and robust. In fact, their real problem is not funding, it's their ability to spend it! My proposal would have left the $64M in the bank for maintenance and left $32M in the account for purchases. Here are some facts: 1. From FY04-FY13 (1st 10 yrs), the program spent $103.36M for 4,094 acres. 2. In the past 5 years, they have spent $33.5M for 2,310 acres (1,410 of those acres were purchased the day before our meeting, using $11.9M for Williams Ranch Reserve); a great purchase by the way! 3. 888,505 acres are already in preservation from State and Federal Lands. That is over 60% of the land in Collier County. 4. In all, CC has spent $136.86M for a total of 6,404 acres. This equates to only 0.7% increase of the overall conservation property. 5. Only half of all purchases have any public benefit. However, all of the purchased properties require maintenance (removing exotics, and invasive species that grow back continually) in perpetuity! The original intent of the Conservation Collier program was to buy property to protect from development, and have public use such as trails, exhibit parks, etc. As mentioned, only half of all of the purchases have any public benefit at all. Since the second referendum, a lot of purchases have been an acre here or an acre there full of wetlands and mainly used as an exit strategy for a landowner that has no real market for their property. I love the purchases of properties like the recent Williams Ranch property, not these little hodgepodge wetland lots that basically already are in conservation. In summary, you can clearly see the program is healthy financially but lacks willing sellers to purchase desired lands. I stand behind the will of the voters in full measure to support the program. Where I seem to differ, is in the management, stewardship and execution of the program. Again, the program has lots of money but is limited to willing sellers of quality conservation land. Any pause in full funding does not affect the program or limit it. It merely doesn't put more taxpayer money in an account that won't be used. So, it's not "Commissioner Hall looks to cut funding to hurt to the Conservation Collier program", as the news would only report, or "tinkering with CC", but a strategic, well thought out plan to fund our budget and steward well the money, WITHOUT raising taxes on the people. However, the Commissioners voted 3-2 to opt for Millage Neutral and not Rollback. While we don't always think or vote the same (thank goodness), I always respect the opinions and votes of my fellow Commissioners. Long, I know, but I wanted everyone to know "The rest of the story" ®❑ Video highlights from the 9/23/25 BCC meeting include: • Item 9C, 9D, 9E Domestic Animal Services (DAS), passed unanimously -- DAS restructure, Animal Control Ordinance, and Standards of Care • Item 10A, 10B Veterans Nursing Home, passed unanimously -- Veterans Nursing Home funding and Golden Gate Pkwy street entrance • Item 11A Conservation Collier, passed unanimously -- Resolution amendment addressing the Purchasing Policy for the Conservation Collier program • Item 11 B Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension -- Construction update regarding the Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension Project (East of Collier) • Item 11 C Naples Stormwater, passed unanimously -- Grant Agreement for the City of Naples Stormwater Outfall Removal and Water Quality Project • Item 11 E Marco Island Beach, passed unanimously -- Financial request from the City of Marco Island to restore the beach sand berm of the Tigertail/Sand Dollar Island spit • Item 11 F Central Receiving Facility[, passed unanimously -- Medicaid Central Receiving Facility Low Income Pool Program • Item 15B1 NIMs -- an update regarding Neighborhood Information Meetings (NIMs), explaining the process, requirements, meeting, recordings, and key roles. Zoning staff are assigned to observe future NIM meetings and will bring copies for distribution to ensure the public is educated on the process. See the below NIM Process Image for details. As you know, one of my favorite things about serving is meeting the people I work for. I enjoyed meeting Sheila. She was a County Commissioner in Olden Beach. We had lots to talk about. ®❑ Join us for District 2 News and Updates while enjoying your Coffee with Commissioner Hall Friday, October 24, 10am-1lam (doors open/complimentary coffee at 9:30am) Headquarters Branch Library 2385 Orange Blossom Dr. Naples, FL 34109 In -person seating is limited! RSVP (in -person or via Zoom) today! You must register to attend in either format. We are happy to take your questions in advance! If you have a question you would like answered at our next Coffee, simply email your questions here. Responses (time permitting) will be given at our next Coffee. FDOT MEDIAN MODIFICATIONS FOR US 41 -- FDOT will conduct two Public Meetings for the proposed median modifications to improve safety and traffic operations along US 41 for the following locations: • US 41 and Gulf Park Drive • US 41 and Ridge Drive • US 41 just south of Banyan Road In -Person Meeting - Tuesday, October 21, 2025, from 5PM-7PM Courtyard by Marriott Naples, 3250 Tamiami Trail North, Naples, FL 34103 Virtual Public Meeting - Thursday, October 23, 2025, from 5PM-7PM Registration Link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IdLr9jeBQZSHRxYoKob03Q Contact: You may contact the Project Manager, David Agacinski, by calling 239.225.1924 or emailing david.agacinski odot.state.fl.us, at least seven (7) days prior to the meeting. PASSING ALONG INFORMATION FOR AN UPCOMING NIM: The purpose and intent of this Neighborhood Information Meeting is to provide the public with notice of an impending zoning application and to foster communication between the applicant and the public. The expectation is that all attendees will conduct themselves in such a manner that their presence will not interfere with the orderly progress of the meeting. Date/Time: 10/21/2025 at 5:30 PM Location: Headquarters Library, Sugden Theatre Meeting Room (2385 Orange Blossom Dr, Naples, FL 34109) Topic: PL20250006588 (PUDA) Imperial Lakes (PUDA) Proposed amendment to modify the PUD to add single-family dwelling units and appropriate development standards. The amendment is also intended to correct a scrivener's error that did not remove the "ST" Overlay from the County zoning map. Request to amend Ordinance No. 82-081, as amended, the Imperial Lakes Planned Unit Development with Special Treatment (ST) Overlay Parcels 15C & 15D to increase the allowable dwelling units from 430 units to a maximum of 750 dwelling units and to remove the ST Overlay. The PUD is 78.28± acres located on the south side of Veterans Memorial Boulevard extension on the west side of Aubrey Rogers High School in Section 15, Township 48 South, Range 25 East, Collier County, Florida. [PL20250006588] For any questions you may have: • Developer Link with project documents, links, and NIM details: https://gradyminor.com/planning/ • Collier County Planners: Laura. DeJohn&collier.gov and Ray.Bellows&collier.gov ®❑ On October 6th, I took part in the "Rail to Trail" video project with "Live Wildly" to film an adventure that will help promote and communicate the importance of the BERT (Bonita Estero Rail Trail) Project. Today, Collier has 4 plots of conservation land near the rail corridor, all are bifurcated by the rail, creating a barrier for wildlife. The purchase of the BERT will join these lands into a contiguous conservation property as well as provide for the completion of Veterans Memorial Parkway, taking it to Tamiami Trail. I was able to share about how the Rail to Trail project will make a connection to the planned Paradise Coast Trail, connect miles of multi -use trails in Lee and Collier Counties, and ultimately, tie in to the Florida Gulf Coast trail from Tampa to Naples. It will help reduce traffic and provide a non -motorized method to commute, making SW Florida is a safe place to walk, run, and ride bikes. To help with the finances of the project, I have already requested that our Senator assist us with obtaining funding from Forever Florida (administered by FDEP) in the range of $15M-$20M for the BERT (Bonita Estero Rail Trail) Project. These funds will position us to make an offer to SGLR (Seminole Gulf Railway). For additional information, visit Friends of BERT. Dot and I had the pleasure of attending a wonderful ribbon cutting on October 9th for Pura Vida, the newest addition to Mercato, and the 41 st location of this growing company. We enjoyed sampling their delicious food and coffee — all made with healthy, gluten -free ingredients and no seed oils. The owners, Omer and Jennifer Horev, were warm and welcoming, and it was truly a pleasure meeting them. Congratulations on an impressive opening! Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo is our Florida Surgeon General with a doctorate from Harvard. He understands the rights of the people and is making every effort to give them the medical freedom to make choices based on their own best interest. He is a key part of returning Florida to great constitutional values. It was so fun to finally meet him. As Commissioner, some of the most fulfilling things I get to do is to attend events that wish to raise money for their causes. One of these was with Sunlight Homes. Action for Life has recently joined forces with Sunlight Homes and held an amazing event. Sunlight's mission is to provide a faith -based long-term residential shelter and support system for "at -risk" pregnant women, single mothers and teens so they can break cycles of poverty, abuse, and homelessness. They offer safe shelter, nurturing environments, food, clothing, etc., especially during pregnancy and up through 8 weeks after birth in one program. They provide parenting education, life -skills training, counseling, mentoring, spiritual development, and education/job training. They also run a transitional housing program ("Transition to Hope") allowing mothers to receive support for up to 2 years as they work. On September 18 we met Faith Schwalback, founder of Beverly's Angels, a non-profit with a mission to lovingly provide much needed supplies to seniors and children. They serve the ALICE population (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed), comprised of individuals who work incredibly hard yet still struggle to make ends meet. Beverly's Angels is inspired by Faith's mothers' history of anonymously serving meals at Thanksgiving, delivering food to seniors in need, and making handmade items to bless others. They strive to empower individuals by providing assistance that fosters self-reliance, not dependency. They are very intentional in aiding the Sheriff's office as well as the community of Naples. One of their large upcoming projects is called, "Dear Santa", fulfilling Christmas wish lists for children. They have storerooms of pajamas, socks, clothing, toys and more, many of which will turn over at least 7X this Christmas season, as the volunteer "Santa Shoppers" fill the signature "Santa Bag" with wish list items. The volunteers are in turn blessed as well, as they enjoy the "packing parties." They only give NEW items..."because when love is wrapped in generosity and hope is handed over with open hands, we don't just give —we transform." Benny the bear is their mascot, headlining his own book and sharing his heart for compassion, community, and impact, For more information or to partner with Beverly's Angels, you may email Trisha at trisha&beverlysangels.org. Halloween Happenings At Collier County 0 Parks & Recreation Collier County Parks & Recreation has a fun lineup of Halloween events waiting just for you! From haunted trails to candy houses, costume contests to doggie dress -ups, there's something for every age (and even for our furry friends).Click here for details. Fall Fest and More at PCSC There are lots of events through October 2025 including: • FC Naples home games Ell Q • Soccer Youth Tournament • Rocktoberfest • Soccer River Plate Cup • Fall Fest • American Cancer Society Walk • and more! Collier Museums Collier Museums engage residents and visitors in appreciation and understanding of our communities' unique heritage and cultural development. View current and upcoming exhibits here. Collier Park Events Full calendar of other events at Collier Parks & Rec. Fall Waterpark Hours 0 Weekends / 10 am - 5 pm Visit www.napieswaterpark.com for more information. The Collier County Board of County Commissioners has announced that all adoption fees at Collier County Domestic Animal Services (DAS) will be waived, effective immediately, 8; through October 31, 2025. This initiative aims to encourage community members to open their homes to a shelter pet and help alleviate the current animal population at the facility. Read more here. Hunting, Fishing, and Camping Sales Tax Holiday -- Consumers can purchase qualifying hunting, fishing, and camping supplies exempt from tax during the 2025 Hunting, Fishing, and Camping Sales Tax Holiday. Ends Wed, Dec 31.For more information, visit: www.floridarevenue.com/HuntFishCamp. WE ARE HIRING - Collier County jobs are posted each Friday. For a full list of job openings, click here. 0 Meetings begin 9am on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month (Jan -Oct). In Nov/Dec they meet only the 2nd Tuesday of the month. All are encouraged to attend, either in -person or via Zoom. Viewing - watch Collier Television (CTV), either "Live" or via our Video -on - demand Archive. Collier Television also has a TV app on Roku, Apple and Firestick as well as the apple app store and google play for phones and tablets. Speaking - please register (prior to the meeting) in person or via Zoom, referencing the agenda item for which you wish to speak. To register via Zoom, watch for the news release, 6 days prior to each meeting for the link to register. Calendar/Agendas - can be found here, with the agendas being uploaded online 6 days prior to each meeting. Public Petitions - The form can be found here. For more information, please contact the County Manager's Office at 239-252-8383. N1 1. Website - Collier311.com. 2. 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Our mailing address is: Chris Hall, Collier County Commissioner for District 2 3299 Tamiami Trail East Suite 303 Naples, FI 34112 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list From: Roger Craycraft To: Chris Hall Subject: Re: Oct 2025 - Board Meeting Highlights, October"s Coffee, Upcoming NIM, and more! Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 8:50:32 AM 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. Cisco Safe Unsubscribe It appears that you have subscribed to commercial messages from this sender. To stop receiving such messages from this sender, you can unsubscribe. Click here to unsubscribe. Dear Commissioner Hall, Thank you for sending your newsletter. I found it very informative and appreciate you taking the time to send it. Although I'm not a resident of District 2,1 find the workings of the commission to be very interesting. Regarding one of the more contentious issues facing the commission, the proposed Costco development, I wish the commission success in reaching a decision. I realize there is a lot of opposition, much of which is quite vocal, I fully support the proposed development. Collier County residents appreciate having a Costco in Naples, but it is overcrowded and the parking lot is a mess. A second Costco would be a welcome addition to the residents of east Collier county, including the Lely, Fiddler's Creek, and Marco Island residents. I would strongly encourage you and the other commissioners to vote in favor of the Costco at the upcoming meeting. I have also indicated to Rick my support, as I reside in his district. Thank you for your consideration. Roger Craycraft 859-948-7025 On Oct 13, 2025, at 8:32 AM, Commissioner Chris Hall <chris.hall@collier.gov> wrote: North Naples News and Collier County Updates View this email in your browser ®❑ Hello Collier County, I am honored to represent and inform you as your District 2 Commissioner. I hope you find this newsletter interesting and informative. As we move from our summer agendas to the more busy seasonal agenda with land issues, I want to take a few minutes and explain some of the actions that we have taken this summer as well as explain a little of the budget process. If you get your information from social media or the newspaper or the news, it's likely you're not getting the whole picture. I feel that it's important for you as a constituent and taxpayer to have a full understanding of the decisions and information from the inside. As a reminder, please mark your calendar for Coffee With Commissioner Hall on Friday, October 24 from 10am-1lam. To register to attend in -person or for the Zoom call, see below for details. Seating is limited, so be sure to sign up soon. For more frequent updates, follow us on Facebook and Instagram. As always, you may email our office if you have any questions, concerns, or even good news to share. It's always great to hear from our constituents. 0 0 Even though the final budget is approved in September, we actually begin the process in January and February. In February, we establish the budget policy, which tells staff the direction to take while creating their budgets for the coming year. Our budget policy was to allow for a 3% operational increase with a 5% increase for capital infrastructure. Then in July, we get the new property valuations from the tax appraiser, and set the maximum mileage rate to get a good idea of the upcoming revenue. With the valuations and budget policy the increase to the budget was $38M ($13M of the $38M was from new growth). The actual increase to the taxpayers was $25M. You hear the terms millage neutral and rollback being thrown around. Let me explain the difference. Millage neutral means that we are going to charge the same rate for the current year taxes as we did last year; that rate is 3.2449 mils, meaning you pay $3.24 per $1,000 of your assessed value. Rollback means we will charge whatever millage rate is required to collect the same amount of taxes as we did last year, so even if your assessment goes up, we adjust the millage to collect the same amount of taxes so that it's not an increase in actual dollars collected. With millage neutral, if your valuation goes up, so does your taxes. Commissioners do not determine property values, that is the tax appraiser's responsibility. Now, the rationale for my plan! For the last two years, we have gone to the rollback and fully funded our budget. We hired a third -party company (Resource X) to come in and examine our budgets, find excess spending, eliminate redundancy, and streamline us into efficiency. In this process, the first year and half, Resource X has focused on our ways to increase revenues through partnerships, fees and internal collaborations. The next phase is to concentrate on ways to cut costs, savings through efficiency and priority. Since we haven't gotten to phase 2 and allowed Resource X to establish its findings for the expenditure side, we needed to find a way to fully fund our our budget for one year until Resource X had time to act. So, I proposed to fully fund the budget at the Rollback rate and make up the $25M deficit by only charging .045 mils to the Conservation Collier fund and moving the difference in money to the general fund. ONLY for one year to allow Resource X time to deliver info to decrease our expenses. The law says that we, as commissioners, can charge UP TO .25mils for Conservation Collier yearly. It doesn't require us to charge the maximum amount, we can charge from zero-.25mils. Conservation Collier (CC) is a popular and important cause, voted in by the voters at over 70% in 2020 for the second time. I completely agree!! To conserve our lands for wildlife protection, waterways and provide public benefits is a noble cause, and because of that, CC has $121 M in the bank, $64M of that is set aside for perpetual (forever) maintenance. The interest alone on the $64M is sufficient for the maintenance required. This leaves $57M in the CC account for purchases. The program is well funded and robust. In fact, their real problem is not funding, it's their ability to spend it! My proposal would have left the $64M in the bank for maintenance and left $32M in the account for purchases. Here are some facts: 1. From FY04-FY13 (1st 10 yrs), the program spent $103.36M for 4,094 acres. 2. In the past 5 years, they have spent $33.5M for 2,310 acres (1,410 of those acres were purchased the day before our meeting, using $11.9M for Williams Ranch Reserve); a great purchase by the way! 3. 888,505 acres are already in preservation from State and Federal Lands. That is over 60% of the land in Collier County. 4. In all, CC has spent $136.86M for a total of 6,404 acres. This equates to only 0.7% increase of the overall conservation property. 5. Only half of all purchases have any public benefit. However, all of the purchased properties require maintenance (removing exotics, and invasive species that grow back continually) in perpetuity! The original intent of the Conservation Collier program was to buy property to protect from development, and have public use such as trails, exhibit parks, etc. As mentioned, only half of all of the purchases have any public benefit at all. Since the second referendum, a lot of purchases have been an acre here or an acre there full of wetlands and mainly used as an exit strategy for a landowner that has no real market for their property. I love the purchases of properties like the recent Williams Ranch property, not these little hodgepodge wetland lots that basically already are in conservation. In summary, you can clearly see the program is healthy financially but lacks willing sellers to purchase desired lands. I stand behind the will of the voters in full measure to support the program. Where I seem to differ, is in the management, stewardship and execution of the program. Again, the program has lots of money but is limited to willing sellers of quality conservation land. Any pause in full funding does not affect the program or limit it. It merely doesn't put more taxpayer money in an account that won't be used. So, it's not "Commissioner Hall looks to cut funding to hurt to the Conservation Collier program", as the news would only report, or "tinkering with CC", but a strategic, well thought out plan to fund our budget and steward well the money, WITHOUT raising taxes on the people. However, the Commissioners voted 3-2 to opt for Millage Neutral and not Rollback. While we don't always think or vote the same (thank goodness), I always respect the opinions and votes of my fellow Commissioners. Long, I know, but I wanted everyone to know "The rest of the story" ®❑ Video highlights from the 9/23/25 BCC meeting include: • Item 9C, 913, 9E Domestic Animal Services (DAS), passed unanimously -- DAS restructure, Animal Control Ordinance, and Standards of Care • Item 10A, 10B Veterans Nursing Home, passed unanimously -- Veterans Nursing Home funding and Golden Gate Pkwy street entrance • Item 11A Conservation Collier, passed unanimously -- Resolution amendment addressing the Purchasing Policy for the Conservation Collier program • Item 11 B Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension -- Construction update regarding the Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension Project (East of Collier) • Item 11 C Naples Stormwater, passed unanimously -- Grant Agreement for the City of Naples Stormwater Outfall Removal and Water Quality Project • Item 11 E Marco Island Beach, passed unanimously -- Financial request from the City of Marco Island to restore the beach sand berm of the Tigertail/Sand Dollar Island spit • Item 11 F Central Receiving Facility, passed unanimously -- Medicaid Central Receiving Facility Low Income Pool Program • Item 151131 NIMs -- an update regarding Neighborhood Information Meetings (NIMs), explaining the process, requirements, meeting, recordings, and key roles. Zoning staff are assigned to observe future NIM meetings and will bring copies for distribution to ensure the public is educated on the process. See the below NIM Process Image for details. H As you know, one of my favorite things about serving is meeting the people I work for. I enjoyed meeting Sheila. She was a County Commissioner in Olden Beach. We had lots to talk about. Join us for District 2 News and Updates while enjoying your Coffee with Commissioner Hall Friday, October 24, 10am-1lam (doors open/complimentary coffee at 9:30am) Headquarters Branch Library 2385 Orange Blossom Dr. Naples, FL 34109 In -person seating is limited! RSVP (in -person or via Zoom) today! You must register to attend in either format. C We are happy to take your questions in advance! If you have a question you would like answered at our next Coffee, simply email your questions here. Responses (time permitting) will be given at our next Coffee. FDOT MEDIAN MODIFICATIONS FOR US 41 -- FDOT will conduct two Public Meetings for the proposed median modifications to improve safety and traffic operations along US 41 for the following locations: • US 41 and Gulf Park Drive • US 41 and Ridge Drive • US 41 just south of Banyan Road In -Person Meeting - Tuesday, October 21, 2025, from 5PM-7PM Courtyard by Marriott Naples, 3250 Tamiami Trail North, Naples, FL 34103 Virtual Public Meeting - Thursday, October 23, 2025, from 5PM-7PM Registration Link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IdLr9-ieBQZSHRxYoKob03Q Contact: You may contact the Project Manager, David Agacinski, by calling 239.225.1924 or emailing david.agacinski@dot.state.fl.us, at least seven (7) days prior to the meeting. ®❑ PASSING ALONG INFORMATION FOR AN UPCOMING NIM: The purpose and intent of this Neighborhood Information Meeting is to provide the public with notice of an impending zoning application and to foster communication between the applicant and the public. The expectation is that all attendees will conduct themselves in such a manner that their presence will not interfere with the orderly progress of the meeting. Date/Time: 10/21/2025 at 5:30 PM Location: Headquarters Library, Sugden Theatre Meeting Room (2385 Orange Blossom Dr, Naples, FL 34109) Topic: PL20250006588 (PUDA) Imperial Lakes (PUDA) Proposed amendment to modify the PUD to add single-family dwelling units and appropriate development standards. The amendment is also intended to correct a scrivener's error that did not remove the "ST" Overlay from the County zoning map. Request to amend Ordinance No. 82-081, as amended, the Imperial Lakes Planned Unit Development with Special Treatment (ST) Overlay Parcels 15C & 15D to increase the allowable dwelling units from 430 units to a maximum of 750 dwelling units and to remove the ST Overlay. The PUD is 78.28± acres located on the south side of Veterans Memorial Boulevard extension on the west side of Aubrey Rogers High School in Section 15, Township 48 South, Range 25 East, Collier County, Florida. [PL202500065881 For any questions you may have: • Developer Link with project documents, links, and NIM details: https://gradyminor.com/planning/ • Collier County Planners: Laura.DeJohn&collier.gov and Ray.Bellows&collier.gov 0 On October 6th, I took part in the "Rail to Trail" video project with "Live Wildly" to film an adventure that will help promote and communicate the importance of the BERT (Bonita Estero Rail Trail) Project. Today, Collier has 4 plots of conservation land near the rail corridor, all are bifurcated by the rail, creating a barrier for wildlife. The purchase of the BERT will join these lands into a contiguous conservation property as well as provide for the completion of Veterans Memorial Parkway, taking it to Tamiami Trail. I was able to share about how the Rail to Trail project will make a connection to the planned Paradise Coast Trail, connect miles of multi -use trails in Lee and Collier Counties, and ultimately, tie in to the Florida Gulf Coast trail from Tampa to Naples. It will help reduce traffic and provide a non -motorized method to commute, making SW Florida is a safe place to walk, run, and ride bikes. To help with the finances of the project, I have already requested that our Senator assist us with obtaining funding from Forever Florida (administered by FDEP) in the range of $15M-$20M for the BERT (Bonita Estero Rail Trail) Project. These funds will position us to make an offer to SGLR (Seminole Gulf Railway). For additional information, visit Friends of BERT. u N Dot and I had the pleasure of attending a wonderful ribbon cutting on October 9th for Pura Vida, the newest addition to Mercato, and the 41st location of this growing company. We enjoyed sampling their delicious food and coffee — all made with healthy, gluten -free ingredients and no seed oils. The owners, Omer and Jennifer Horev, were warm and welcoming, and it was truly a pleasure meeting them. Congratulations on an impressive opening! ®❑ Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo is our Florida Surgeon General with a doctorate from Harvard. He understands the rights of the people and is making every effort to give them the medical freedom to make choices based on their own best interest. He is a key part of returning Florida to great constitutional values. It was so fun to finally meet him. As Commissioner, some of the most fulfilling things I get to do is to attend events that wish to raise money for their causes. One of these was with Sunlight Homes. Action for Life has recently joined forces with Sunlight Homes and held an amazing event. Sunlight's mission is to provide a faith -based long-term residential shelter and support system for "at -risk" pregnant women, single mothers and teens so they can break cycles of poverty, abuse, and homelessness. They offer safe shelter, nurturing environments, food, clothing, etc., especially during pregnancy and up through 8 weeks after birth in one program. They provide parenting education, life -skills training, counseling, mentoring, spiritual development, and education/job training. They also run a transitional housing program ("Transition to Hope") allowing mothers to receive support for up to 2 years as they work. I On September 18 we met Faith Schwalback, founder of Beverly's Angels, a non-profit with a mission to lovingly provide much needed supplies to seniors and children. They serve the ALICE population (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed), comprised of individuals who work incredibly hard yet still struggle to make ends meet. Beverly's Angels is inspired by Faith's mothers' history of anonymously serving meals at Thanksgiving, delivering food to seniors in need, and making handmade items to bless others. They strive to empower individuals by providing assistance that fosters self-reliance, not dependency. They are very intentional in aiding the Sheriff's office as well as the community of Naples. One of their large upcoming projects is called, "Dear Santa", fulfilling Christmas wish lists for children. They have storerooms of pajamas, socks, clothing, toys and more, many of which will turn over at least 7X this Christmas season, as the volunteer "Santa Shoppers" fill the signature "Santa Bag" with wish list items. The volunteers are in turn blessed as well, as they enjoy the "packing parties." They only give NEW items..."because when love is wrapped in generosity and hope is handed over with open hands, we don't just give —we transform." Benny the bear is their mascot, headlining his own book and sharing his heart for compassion, community, and impact, For more information or to partner with Beverly's Angels, you may email Trisha at trisha&beverlysangels.org. Halloween Happenings At Collier County Parks & Recreation Collier County Parks & Recreation has a fun lineup of Halloween events waiting just for you! From haunted trails to candy houses, costume contests to doggie dress -ups, there's something for every age (and even for our furry friends).Click here for details. Fall Fest and More at PCSC There are lots of events throuah October 2025 including: • FC Naples home games • Soccer Youth Tournament • Rocktoberfest • Soccer River Plate Cup • Fall Fest • American Cancer Society Walk • and more! Collier Museums Collier Museums engage residents and visitors in appreciation and understanding of our communities' unique heritage and cultural development. View current and upcoming exhibits here. 0 Collier Park Events Full calendar of other events at Collier Parks & Rec. Fall Waterpark Hours Weekends / 10 am - 5 pm Visit www.napleswaterpark.com for 0 more information. The Collier County Board of County Commissioners has announced that 0 11) all adoption fees at Collier County Domestic Animal Services (DAS) will be waived, effective immediately, through October 31, 2025. This initiative aims to encourage community members to open their homes to a shelter pet and help alleviate the current animal population at the facility. Read more here. Hunting, Fishing, and Camping Sales Tax Holiday -- Consumers can purchase qualifying hunting, fishing, and camping supplies exempt from tax during the 2025 Hunting, Fishing, and Camping Sales Tax Holiday. Ends Wed, Dec 31.For more information, visit: www.floridarevenue.com/HuntFishCamp. WE ARE HIRING - Collier County jobs are posted each Friday. For a full list of job openings, click here. 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You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. S From: Kristin Harvev To: Chris Hall Subject: Stop costco Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 11:10:56 AM 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 Chris, I am writing to encourage you to stop the approval of the Costco on Rattle Snake Hammock road. Please just look at what has happened to Airport which was once covered with trees and now looks like a road in Tampa. We do not need more development we need conservation. Thank you, Respectfully, C knstin CCaey From: Lisa Zumstein To: Chris Hall Subject: Yes Costco Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 7:38:47 AM 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. Cisco Safe Unsubscribe It appears that you have subscribed to commercial messages from this sender. To stop receiving such messages from this sender, you can unsubscribe. Click here to unsubscribe. Please vote yes for the Costco on collier. All the best, Lisa Zumstein On Oct 13, 2025, at 8:27 AM, Commissioner Chris Hall <chris.hall@collier.gov> wrote: North Naples News and Collier County Updates View this email in your browser Hello Collier County, I am honored to represent and inform you as your District 2 Commissioner. I hope you find this newsletter interesting and informative. As we move from our summer agendas to the more busy seasonal agenda with land issues, I want to take a few minutes and explain some of the actions that we have taken this summer as well as explain a little of the budget process. If you get your information from social media or the newspaper or the news, it's likely you're not getting the whole picture. I feel that it's important for you as a constituent and taxpayer to have a full understanding of the decisions and information from the inside. As a reminder, please mark your calendar for Coffee With Commissioner Hall on Friday, October 24 from 10am-1lam. To register to attend in -person or for the Zoom call, see below for details. Seating is limited, so be sure to sign up soon. For more frequent updates, follow us on Facebook and Instagram. As always, you may email our office if you have any questions, concerns, or even good news to share. It's always great to hear from our constituents. 0 0 Even though the final budget is approved in September, we actually begin the process in January and February. In February, we establish the budget policy, which tells staff the direction to take while creating their budgets for the coming year. Our budget policy was to allow for a 3% operational increase with a 5% increase for capital infrastructure. Then in July, we get the new property valuations from the tax appraiser, and set the maximum mileage rate to get a good idea of the upcoming revenue. With the valuations and budget policy the increase to the budget was $38M ($13M of the $38M was from new growth). The actual increase to the taxpayers was $25M. You hear the terms millage neutral and rollback being thrown around. Let me explain the difference. Millage neutral means that we are going to charge the same rate for the current year taxes as we did last year; that rate is 3.2449 mils, meaning you pay $3.24 per $1,000 of your assessed value. Rollback means we will charge whatever millage rate is required to collect the same amount of taxes as we did last year, so even if your assessment goes up, we adjust the millage to collect the same amount of taxes so that it's not an increase in actual dollars collected. With millage neutral, if your valuation goes up, so does your taxes. Commissioners do not determine property values, that is the tax appraiser's responsibility. Now, the rationale for my plan! For the last two years, we have gone to the rollback and fully funded our budget. We hired a third -party company (Resource X) to come in and examine our budgets, find excess spending, eliminate redundancy, and streamline us into efficiency. In this process, the first year and half, Resource X has focused on our ways to increase revenues through partnerships, fees and internal collaborations. The next phase is to concentrate on ways to cut costs, savings through efficiency and priority. Since we haven't gotten to phase 2 and allowed Resource X to establish its findings for the expenditure side, we needed to find a way to fully fund our our budget for one year until Resource X had time to act. So, I proposed to fully fund the budget at the Rollback rate and make up the $25M deficit by only charging .045 mils to the Conservation Collier fund and moving the difference in money to the general fund. ONLY for one year to allow Resource X time to deliver info to decrease our expenses. The law says that we, as commissioners, can charge UP TO .25mils for Conservation Collier yearly. It doesn't require us to charge the maximum amount, we can charge from zero-.25mils. Conservation Collier (CC) is a popular and important cause, voted in by the voters at over 70% in 2020 for the second time. I completely agree!! To conserve our lands for wildlife protection, waterways and provide public benefits is a noble cause, and because of that, CC has $121 M in the bank, $64M of that is set aside for perpetual (forever) maintenance. The interest alone on the $64M is sufficient for the maintenance required. This leaves $57M in the CC account for purchases. The program is well funded and robust. In fact, their real problem is not funding, it's their ability to spend it! My proposal would have left the $64M in the bank for maintenance and left $32M in the account for purchases. Here are some facts: 1. From FY04-FY13 (1st 10 yrs), the program spent $103.36M for 4,094 acres. 2. In the past 5 years, they have spent $33.5M for 2,310 acres (1,410 of those acres were purchased the day before our meeting, using $11.9M for Williams Ranch Reserve); a great purchase by the way! 3. 888,505 acres are already in preservation from State and Federal Lands. That is over 60% of the land in Collier County. 4. In all, CC has spent $136.86M for a total of 6,404 acres. This equates to only 0.7% increase of the overall conservation property. 5. Only half of all purchases have any public benefit. However, all of the purchased properties require maintenance (removing exotics, and invasive species that grow back continually) in perpetuity! The original intent of the Conservation Collier program was to buy property to protect from development, and have public use such as trails, exhibit parks, etc. As mentioned, only half of all of the purchases have any public benefit at all. Since the second referendum, a lot of purchases have been an acre here or an acre there full of wetlands and mainly used as an exit strategy for a landowner that has no real market for their property. I love the purchases of properties like the recent Williams Ranch property, not these little hodgepodge wetland lots that basically already are in conservation. In summary, you can clearly see the program is healthy financially but lacks willing sellers to purchase desired lands. I stand behind the will of the voters in full measure to support the program. Where I seem to differ, is in the management, stewardship and execution of the program. Again, the program has lots of money but is limited to willing sellers of quality conservation land. Any pause in full funding does not affect the program or limit it. It merely doesn't put more taxpayer money in an account that won't be used. So, it's not "Commissioner Hall looks to cut funding to hurt to the Conservation Collier program", as the news would only report, or "tinkering with CC", but a strategic, well thought out plan to fund our budget and steward well the money, WITHOUT raising taxes on the people. However, the Commissioners voted 3-2 to opt for Millage Neutral and not Rollback. While we don't always think or vote the same (thank goodness), I always respect the opinions and votes of my fellow Commissioners. Long, I know, but I wanted everyone to know "The rest of the story" ®❑ Video highlights from the 9/23/25 BCC meeting include: • Item 9C, 913, 9E Domestic Animal Services (DAS), passed unanimously -- DAS restructure, Animal Control Ordinance, and Standards of Care • Item 10A, 10B Veterans Nursing Home, passed unanimously -- Veterans Nursing Home funding and Golden Gate Pkwy street entrance • Item 11A Conservation Collier, passed unanimously -- Resolution amendment addressing the Purchasing Policy for the Conservation Collier program • Item 11 B Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension -- Construction update regarding the Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension Project (East of Collier) • Item 11 C Naples Stormwater, passed unanimously -- Grant Agreement for the City of Naples Stormwater Outfall Removal and Water Quality Project • Item 11 E Marco Island Beach, passed unanimously -- Financial request from the City of Marco Island to restore the beach sand berm of the Tigertail/Sand Dollar Island spit • Item 11 F Central Receiving Facility, passed unanimously -- Medicaid Central Receiving Facility Low Income Pool Program • Item 151131 NIMs -- an update regarding Neighborhood Information Meetings (NIMs), explaining the process, requirements, meeting, recordings, and key roles. Zoning staff are assigned to observe future NIM meetings and will bring copies for distribution to ensure the public is educated on the process. See the below NIM Process Image for details. H As you know, one of my favorite things about serving is meeting the people I work for. I enjoyed meeting Sheila. She was a County Commissioner in Olden Beach. We had lots to talk about. Join us for District 2 News and Updates while enjoying your Coffee with Commissioner Hall Friday, October 24, 10am-1lam (doors open/complimentary coffee at 9:30am) Headquarters Branch Library 2385 Orange Blossom Dr. Naples, FL 34109 In -person seating is limited! RSVP (in -person or via Zoom) today! You must register to attend in either format. C We are happy to take your questions in advance! If you have a question you would like answered at our next Coffee, simply email your questions here. Responses (time permitting) will be given at our next Coffee. FDOT MEDIAN MODIFICATIONS FOR US 41 -- FDOT will conduct two Public Meetings for the proposed median modifications to improve safety and traffic operations along US 41 for the following locations: • US 41 and Gulf Park Drive • US 41 and Ridge Drive • US 41 just south of Banyan Road In -Person Meeting - Tuesday, October 21, 2025, from 5PM-7PM Courtyard by Marriott Naples, 3250 Tamiami Trail North, Naples, FL 34103 Virtual Public Meeting - Thursday, October 23, 2025, from 5PM-7PM Registration Link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IdLr9-ieBQZSHRxYoKob03Q Contact: You may contact the Project Manager, David Agacinski, by calling 239.225.1924 or emailing david.agacinski@dot.state.fl.us, at least seven (7) days prior to the meeting. ®❑ PASSING ALONG INFORMATION FOR AN UPCOMING NIM: The purpose and intent of this Neighborhood Information Meeting is to provide the public with notice of an impending zoning application and to foster communication between the applicant and the public. The expectation is that all attendees will conduct themselves in such a manner that their presence will not interfere with the orderly progress of the meeting. Date/Time: 10/21/2025 at 5:30 PM Location: Headquarters Library, Sugden Theatre Meeting Room (2385 Orange Blossom Dr, Naples, FL 34109) Topic: PL20250006588 (PUDA) Imperial Lakes (PUDA) Proposed amendment to modify the PUD to add single-family dwelling units and appropriate development standards. The amendment is also intended to correct a scrivener's error that did not remove the "ST" Overlay from the County zoning map. Request to amend Ordinance No. 82-081, as amended, the Imperial Lakes Planned Unit Development with Special Treatment (ST) Overlay Parcels 15C & 15D to increase the allowable dwelling units from 430 units to a maximum of 750 dwelling units and to remove the ST Overlay. The PUD is 78.28± acres located on the south side of Veterans Memorial Boulevard extension on the west side of Aubrey Rogers High School in Section 15, Township 48 South, Range 25 East, Collier County, Florida. [PL202500065881 For any questions you may have: • Developer Link with project documents, links, and NIM details: https://gradyminor.com/planning/ • Collier County Planners: Laura.DeJohn&collier.gov and Ray.Bellows&collier.gov 0 On October 6th, I took part in the "Rail to Trail" video project with "Live Wildly" to film an adventure that will help promote and communicate the importance of the BERT (Bonita Estero Rail Trail) Project. Today, Collier has 4 plots of conservation land near the rail corridor, all are bifurcated by the rail, creating a barrier for wildlife. The purchase of the BERT will join these lands into a contiguous conservation property as well as provide for the completion of Veterans Memorial Parkway, taking it to Tamiami Trail. I was able to share about how the Rail to Trail project will make a connection to the planned Paradise Coast Trail, connect miles of multi -use trails in Lee and Collier Counties, and ultimately, tie in to the Florida Gulf Coast trail from Tampa to Naples. It will help reduce traffic and provide a non -motorized method to commute, making SW Florida is a safe place to walk, run, and ride bikes. To help with the finances of the project, I have already requested that our Senator assist us with obtaining funding from Forever Florida (administered by FDEP) in the range of $15M-$20M for the BERT (Bonita Estero Rail Trail) Project. These funds will position us to make an offer to SGLR (Seminole Gulf Railway). For additional information, visit Friends of BERT. u N Dot and I had the pleasure of attending a wonderful ribbon cutting on October 9th for Pura Vida, the newest addition to Mercato, and the 41st location of this growing company. We enjoyed sampling their delicious food and coffee — all made with healthy, gluten -free ingredients and no seed oils. The owners, Omer and Jennifer Horev, were warm and welcoming, and it was truly a pleasure meeting them. Congratulations on an impressive opening! ®❑ Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo is our Florida Surgeon General with a doctorate from Harvard. He understands the rights of the people and is making every effort to give them the medical freedom to make choices based on their own best interest. He is a key part of returning Florida to great constitutional values. It was so fun to finally meet him. As Commissioner, some of the most fulfilling things I get to do is to attend events that wish to raise money for their causes. One of these was with Sunlight Homes. Action for Life has recently joined forces with Sunlight Homes and held an amazing event. Sunlight's mission is to provide a faith -based long-term residential shelter and support system for "at -risk" pregnant women, single mothers and teens so they can break cycles of poverty, abuse, and homelessness. They offer safe shelter, nurturing environments, food, clothing, etc., especially during pregnancy and up through 8 weeks after birth in one program. They provide parenting education, life -skills training, counseling, mentoring, spiritual development, and education/job training. They also run a transitional housing program ("Transition to Hope") allowing mothers to receive support for up to 2 years as they work. I On September 18 we met Faith Schwalback, founder of Beverly's Angels, a non-profit with a mission to lovingly provide much needed supplies to seniors and children. They serve the ALICE population (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed), comprised of individuals who work incredibly hard yet still struggle to make ends meet. Beverly's Angels is inspired by Faith's mothers' history of anonymously serving meals at Thanksgiving, delivering food to seniors in need, and making handmade items to bless others. They strive to empower individuals by providing assistance that fosters self-reliance, not dependency. They are very intentional in aiding the Sheriff's office as well as the community of Naples. One of their large upcoming projects is called, "Dear Santa", fulfilling Christmas wish lists for children. They have storerooms of pajamas, socks, clothing, toys and more, many of which will turn over at least 7X this Christmas season, as the volunteer "Santa Shoppers" fill the signature "Santa Bag" with wish list items. The volunteers are in turn blessed as well, as they enjoy the "packing parties." They only give NEW items..."because when love is wrapped in generosity and hope is handed over with open hands, we don't just give —we transform." Benny the bear is their mascot, headlining his own book and sharing his heart for compassion, community, and impact, For more information or to partner with Beverly's Angels, you may email Trisha at trisha&beverlysangels.org. Halloween Happenings At Collier County Parks & Recreation Collier County Parks & Recreation has a fun lineup of Halloween events waiting just for you! From haunted trails to candy houses, costume contests to doggie dress -ups, there's something for every age (and even for our furry friends).Click here for details. Fall Fest and More at PCSC There are lots of events throuah October 2025 including: • FC Naples home games • Soccer Youth Tournament • Rocktoberfest • Soccer River Plate Cup • Fall Fest • American Cancer Society Walk • and more! Collier Museums Collier Museums engage residents and visitors in appreciation and understanding of our communities' unique heritage and cultural development. View current and upcoming exhibits here. 0 Collier Park Events Full calendar of other events at Collier Parks & Rec. Fall Waterpark Hours Weekends / 10 am - 5 pm Visit www.napleswaterpark.com for 0 more information. The Collier County Board of County Commissioners has announced that 0 11) all adoption fees at Collier County Domestic Animal Services (DAS) will be waived, effective immediately, through October 31, 2025. This initiative aims to encourage community members to open their homes to a shelter pet and help alleviate the current animal population at the facility. Read more here. Hunting, Fishing, and Camping Sales Tax Holiday -- Consumers can purchase qualifying hunting, fishing, and camping supplies exempt from tax during the 2025 Hunting, Fishing, and Camping Sales Tax Holiday. Ends Wed, Dec 31.For more information, visit: www.floridarevenue.com/HuntFishCamp. WE ARE HIRING - Collier County jobs are posted each Friday. For a full list of job openings, click here. 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You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. S From: Pat Bednar To: Chris Hall Subject: Yes we want Costco here! Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 8:24:48 PM 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. I live in a complex off of Rattlesnake Hammock I very much Want Costco to be built on Collier Boulevard and rattlesnake we need this very much we don't want to be driving all the way up to Pine Ridge, causing more congestion. Let's spread out the wealth and spread out the Costco`s. Please vote yes tomorrow for Costco being built down here thank you Pat Bednar 239-331- 7343 From: Timothy Broughton To: Rick LoCastro; Burt Saunders; Dan Kowal; Chris Hall; Bill McDaniel Subject: PLEASE APPROVE THE 2ND COSTCO Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 10:18:14 AM 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. The county needs this new store. Respectfully, Tim Sent from my Whone Louise Jarvis Subject: Zoom Meeting w/Commissioner Hall re: Paraiso Beach Club Location: Zoom Link Below Start: Wed 4/3/2024 10:00 AM End: Wed 4/3/2024 10:30 AM Recurrence: (none) Meeting Status: Accepted Organizer: Richard Yovanovich 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. Coleman, Yovanovich & Koester, P.A. is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. 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PHILIP WISLER 676 1101h Avenue, Naples FL 34108 1 610-574-2613 1 wislerpw@gmail.co [,��[�'�modp-lo SEP 15 2025 COLLIER COUNTY BOARD CHUM COMMISSIONERS September 8, 2025 Commissioner Hall Collier County Commissioner, District 2 The Collier County Board of County Commissioners 3299 Tamiami Trail East Suite 303 Naples, FL 34112 Dear Commissioner Hall: I have reviewed materials concerning the application for conditional use and rezoning necessary to permit construction and operation of the Paraiso Club (the "Club") compiled by the Collier County Planning Commission (the "CCPC"). While I am sure there are specific notices required when the public must be, by law, alerted to significant permitted use changes like the Club, I for one was unaware of the Club. Like many others folks, I did not learn about the Club until publication of the Naples Daily News article describing CCPC's approval of the Club. I pay close attention to a variety of news sources, including commissioner newsletters, but knew nothing about this project. I think it is time to revisit the process used to undertake public notice. It seems to be broken. In any event, having gone through CCPC's materials, I noted, among other things, that no letters of objection were included so I am providing this letter in advance of your meeting on October 14th. Despite having a sense of fait accompli and powerlessness in this matter, I feel it is important to let you know why I object to the Club. I am sure the beach use proposed by the Club is in direct violation of Collier County Code of Ordinances. Certainly, the proposed use of the beach by the Club violates provisions of Chapter 146, Article IV. - Vanderbilt Beach Customary Use. The Club will, at a minimum, violate Sections 146-94, 146-96, and 146-97 which cover "Right to Recreate", "Obstruction of Vanderbilt Beach", and "Posting of Beach" respectively. Once constructed, historical users (local residents/taxpayers and tourists) of Public Access #4 will no longer be able to use the dry sand in front (seaward)of the Club as envisioned and protected by Section 146-94. That 1 area will have been overtaken by "Beach chairs, Umbrellas, Cabanas, extended to the edge of the water" (See # 13, CCPC Exhibit A - Conditions of Approval, Paraiso Club Conditional Use PI-20240009700). The placement of all of the Club's beach paraphernalia will clearly be conscious, deliberate, and largely permanent (except for when removed for beach grooming or beach replenishment paid for by public tax dollars or performed by Collier County resources ... which of course is outrageous). These assets of the Club, which cannot be used by the public, clearly constitute a barrier or restraint as envisioned by Section 146-96 (no obstruction) and are the most effective sign, marker, or warning the Club could erect to make it clear that this area is private, a violation of Section 146-97 (no posting). I believe the observations above are inescapable conclusions. Our finite beach resources and access to them by an one with a notion to use them are so precious that you need to be held accountable to the oath "to well and faithfully perform the duties of their office". These duties include upholding and defending the County's code of laws and ordinances. The Ordinances of Chapter 146 need to be upheld and defended by you. I am asking that you vote "no" to the Club and prevent its discriminatory/illegal use of this public space. Sincerely, Oj4j.-e Lj.;A� jzum� 0 To: Collier County Board of Commissioners SEP 8 COLLRCNOO2NI0V As On June 24, 2025, Governor DeSantis signed Senate Bill 1622 into law, restoring authority to local governments to preserve and defend the customary use of Florida's beaches. The Governor made clear that public access is a priority. Yet the approval of the Paraiso Club would have the opposite effect, permanently blocking residents and visitors from recreational use of this section of Vanderbilt Beach. Furthermore, Collier County Ordinance Chapter 146, Section 146-94 explicitly protects the public's right to recreate on Vanderbilt Beach, including walking, jogging, sunbathing, fishing, and other activities, extending from the waterline to within fifteen feet of private property. Approving this private club conflicts directly with this ordinance. Allowing privatization would: Strip the public of rights guaranteed under existing county law. Undermine the intent of SB 1622 and the Governor's stated commitment to public beach access. Force taxpayers to fund beach renourishment and maintenance for an area from which they are excluded. Set a dangerous precedent for further privatization of Collier County's beaches. For these reasons, I urge you to vote NO on the approval of the Paraiso Club and uphold both the letter and spirit of Collier County law and Florida state law protecting public beach access. Respectfully, Jane Buboltz Collier County Resident Jane28b@comcast.net 1� M � 0 v cr From: Susan Zehnder To: Burt Saunders; Jeff Klatzkow; Chris Hall; Rick LoCastro; Bill McDaniel; Dan Kowal Subject: Request to Reconsider Vote on Paraiso Beach Club Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 12:53:25 PM 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 Chairman Saunders, I respectfully urge you to reconsider your vote to approve the Paraiso Beach Club project until clear language is added requiring the petitioner to fully comply with Collier County's Vanderbilt Beach Customary Use Ordinance 2018-31. During the hearing, you asked County Attorney Klatzkow, "I'm assuming that this petition is subject to that Ordinance?" He responded, "I would assume that too, but like suspenders with the belt, if Mr. Yovanovich agrees to that condition, I would put it in there." Instead of confirming compliance with the Ordinance, Mr. Yovanovich proposed a 15-foot setback, which overrides key provisions of Ordinance 2018-31. Why was his request granted without first reviewing the Ordinance itself? Allowing this exception sets a concerning precedent. Other commercial property owners along Vanderbilt Beach can now seek similar privileges, effectively undermining the Ordinance designed to protect public access to the beach. From the Ordinance: Ordinance 2018-31 Section Three: Definitions As utilized herein, Vanderbilt Beach shall mean the entire beach commencing at the southern terminus of Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park thence running southerly past Vanderbilt Beach Road until FDEP Monument R-31.5. Vanderbilt Beach shall include not only that part of the beach seaward of the mean high water line, but shall also include the dry sandy area adjacent to the mean high water line up to the vegetative line. Full text of Ordinance: Collier County Vanderbilt Beach Customary Use Ordinance 2018-31 https://app.collierclerk.com/LFBMR/DocView.as id=164632&dbid=0&repo=BMRPROD&cr=1 Please ensure that the Paraiso Beach Club is held to full compliance with County Ordinance 2018-31. Respectfully, -Susan Zehnder 547 Roma Court Naples, FL 34110 From: Susan Zehnder To: Burt Saunders; Jeff Klatzkow; Chris Hall; Rick LoCastro; Bill McDaniel; Dan Kowal Subject: Request to Reconsider Vote on Paraiso Beach Club Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 12:53:25 PM 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 Chairman Saunders, I respectfully urge you to reconsider your vote to approve the Paraiso Beach Club project until clear language is added requiring the petitioner to fully comply with Collier County's Vanderbilt Beach Customary Use Ordinance 2018-31. During the hearing, you asked County Attorney Klatzkow, "I'm assuming that this petition is subject to that Ordinance?" He responded, "I would assume that too, but like suspenders with the belt, if Mr. Yovanovich agrees to that condition, I would put it in there." Instead of confirming compliance with the Ordinance, Mr. Yovanovich proposed a 15-foot setback, which overrides key provisions of Ordinance 2018-31. Why was his request granted without first reviewing the Ordinance itself? Allowing this exception sets a concerning precedent. Other commercial property owners along Vanderbilt Beach can now seek similar privileges, effectively undermining the Ordinance designed to protect public access to the beach. From the Ordinance: Ordinance 2018-31 Section Three: Definitions As utilized herein, Vanderbilt Beach shall mean the entire beach commencing at the southern terminus of Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park thence running southerly past Vanderbilt Beach Road until FDEP Monument R-31.5. Vanderbilt Beach shall include not only that part of the beach seaward of the mean high water line, but shall also include the dry sandy area adjacent to the mean high water line up to the vegetative line. Full text of Ordinance: Collier County Vanderbilt Beach Customary Use Ordinance 2018-31 https://app.collierclerk.com/LFBMR/DocView.as id=164632&dbid=0&repo=BMRPROD&cr=1 Please ensure that the Paraiso Beach Club is held to full compliance with County Ordinance 2018-31. Respectfully, -Susan Zehnder 547 Roma Court Naples, FL 34110 From: James D Hanrahan To: Chris Hell Subject: RE: Paraiso Beach Club & Bike Racks Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 8:12:20 AM Attachments: CountvLoao-FullColor cf20c066-62b8-4dee-9cd8-348c Facebook e9eb6669-df41-4336-bb8f-985294ccfce3.on X-Twitter 326538ef-b28c-48e6-92b7-12d7123121e3.ona Youtube 28f985e4-58dc-454e-86d0-6fc565e116af.ona 311ImnforSianature 258fc9be-17bd-4399-9609-d6fdc325a72e.ona Good Morning, I'd Like to provide an additional update following my conversation with Eric Short, Superintendent of Maintenance. Currently, bike racks are installed at Access Points 3 and 7, as well as at the Vanderbilt Access and Bluebill locations. Eric met with the Vanderbilt Beach Beautification MSTU and shared the following update: "Kurt and I met with Judi Sizensky of the Vanderbilt Beach Beautification MSTU. With Judi's support, we plan to replace the bike racks at the Bluebill Restrooms and install a larger rack at Access Point 7. As the MSTU advances future pathway projects, we will also explore opportunities to add additional bike racks within the County Right -of -Way near other access points. This is a valuable collaborative effort, and we look forward to continuing our partnership." Please Let me know if you have any questions orwould like further details. James Hanrahan Division Director— Parks & Recreation Parks & Recreation Office:239-252-4067 North Collier Regional Park 15000 Livingston Rd. Naples, Florida 34109 JamesD.Hanrahanacollier.aov My email address has changed. Effective immediately, please update your contact list to use this new address: JamesD.Hanrahan&collier.gov From: Chris Hall <Chris.Hall@collier.gov> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2025 8:58 AM To: James D Hanrahan <JamesD.Hanrahan@collier.gov> Subject: Re: Paraiso Beach Club & Bike Racks Awesome, thank you sir Sent from my iPhone On Oct 13, 2025, at 8:20 AM, James D Hanrahan <JamesD.Hanrahan(a@C011ler.go > wrote: Z Collier County 0@810M Good Morning, Eric Short, Superintendent of Maintenance,spoke with Ms. Zehnder last week to discuss this matter. He and his team have completed an assessment of the access points to identify appropriate locations for reinstalling bike racks. The racks will be ordered shortly, and installation will proceed upon delivery. I will keep you informed as updates become available. James Hanrahan Division Director— Parks & Recreation Parks & Recreation Office:239-252-4067 North Collier Regional Park 15000 Livingston Rd. Naples, Florida 34109 JamesD.Hanrahan(2collier.gov <CountyLogo-Ful IColor_cf2Oc066-62 b8-4dee- 9cd8-348c361f90ad.Dna> <Facebook e9eb6669-df41-4336-bb8f- 985294ccfce3.Dna> <Instagram_a70eea31-eb4d-42bf-a250- 9e199e3e671f.Dna> My email address has changed. Effective immediately, please update your contact list to use this new address: JamesD.Hanrahan&collier.gov From: Chris Hall <Chris.HallPcollier.eov> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2025 2:19 PM To: James D Hanrahan <JamesD.Han rahan(@collier.Eov> Subject: Fwd: Paraiso Beach Club & Bike Racks Please see request below. Chris Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Susan Zehnder <susanzehnder(@gmail.com> Date: October 10, 2025 at 2:16:20 PM EDT To: Chris Hall <Chris.Hall(@collier.eov> Subject: Paraiso Beach Club & Bike Racks <X-Twitter_ 326538ef-b28c-48e6-92 b 7- 12d7123121e3.gna> <Youtube 28f985e4-58dc-454e-86d0- 6fc565e 116af. ona> <3111 conforSig n ature_258fc9 be-17bd-4399- 9609-d6fd c325a72e. ona> 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 Hall, I hope you are doing well and enjoying cycling in this cooler weather. As an avid cyclist, you understand the importance of bike racks. When I am out for a ride and want to stop for a break, it is frustrating when there is no secure place to lock up my bike. I then have to abandon my plan to stop and move on to a new location. This is the situation at five of the seven Vanderbilt Beach Access Walkways. Most Of the bike racks and beach access signs for the seven beach access walkways were lost during Hurricane Ian. While new beach access signs have been installed at the seven walkways, only two of the seven walkways currently have bike racks. This represents a significant reduction in public amenities for cyclists compared to pre -Ian conditions, resulting in a loss of beach access for cyclists. We should be encouraging people to bike to the beach, yet without bike racks at all of the beach access walkways, there's no suitable place for cyclists to secure their bikes. Obviously, it's not appropriate to lock a bike to a fence that's on private property, but is it ok to lock a bike to a county sign, such as a speed limit or parking sign? Bringing a bike onto the beach is not a great option. That's why adding bike racks is such a practical, affordable way to make our beaches more accessible for everyone. Please restore this lost amenity for the local residents of Vanderbilt Beach and Naples Park and implement a plan to install a high capacity bike rack at each of the seven beach access walkways. This will help reduce crowding at the main Vanderbilt Beach Road entry point by spreading out density from Vanderbilt Beach Road to Delnor Wiggins Park. This brings me to the proposed Paraiso Beach Club. Please include as a condition for approval for the Paraiso Beach Club, that the applicant must install a public bike rack at the corner of their property adjacent to Beach Access # 4. Ideally, it should be of similar size to the bike rack at Beach Access #7 - able to accommodate 10 bikes. Perhaps the Paraiso Beach Club would like to sponsor the installation of all seven bike racks and put a "Donated by the Paraiso Beach Club" sign on all the bike racks? Thank you for your consideration, have a great weekend Sincerely, -Susan Susan Zehnder S47 Roma Court Naples FL 34110 ATTACHMENTS: New bike rack suggestions, List of Beach Access & Bike Racks Pre -Hurricane Ian 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. From: Brad Er k To: Chris Hall Subject: When are we going to stop? Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 7:13:01 AM 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. Commissioner - Please vote no on the Paraiso Club project. The area is dense enough. brad erck From: Louise Jarvis To: Chris Hall Subject: FW: Letters of Support - Paraiso Club Rezone (PL20240007340) and Paraiso Club Conditional Use (PL20240009700) Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 9:38:46 AM Attachments: image001.pnno imaae002.Dna image003.p_na imaae004.Dna Letters of Support - Paraiso Club Rezone & Paraiso Conditional Use (PL20240007340 & PL20240009700).pdf Please see the attached Paraiso Club letters of support. From: Stephanie Karol <skarol@bowman.com> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2025 9:32 AM To: Louise Jarvis <Louise.Jarvis@collier.gov> Cc: Ellen Summers <esummers@bowman.com> Subject: Letters of Support - Paraiso Club Rezone (PL20240007340) and Paraiso Club Conditional Use (P L20240009700) 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 Louise: On behalf of Robert J. Mulhere, FAICP, Ellen Summers, AICP and Richard D. Yovanovich, Esquire: Please forward to Commissioner Hall the attached latest Letters of Support for our companion items, Paraiso Club Rezone and Paraiso Club Conditional Use, going before the BCC tomorrow, October 14th. These are Agenda Items 9b and 9c. Thank you for assistance, STEPHANIE KAROL Senior Project Coordinator I BOWMAN 950 Encore Way, Suite 200, Naples, FL 34110 D:239-254-2018 1 0:239-254-2000 skarol(@bowman.com I bowman.com Q91Elm 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. From: lames D Hanrahan To: Chris Hall Cc: Eric Short Subject: RE: Paraiso Beach Club & Bike Racks Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 8:20:34 AM Attachments: CountvL000-FullColor cf20cO66-62b8-1 Instaaram a70eea3l-eb4d-42bf-a250-9el99e3e671f.i)na X-Twitter 326538ef-b28c-48e6-92b7-12d712312le3.ono Youtube 28f985e4-58dc-454e-86d0-6fc565ell6af.ono 311IconforSionature 258fc9be-17bd-4399-9609-d6fdc325a72e.ong Good Morning, Eric Short, Superintendent of Maintenance,spoke with Ms. Zehnder last week to discuss this matter. He and his team have completed an assessment of the access points to identify appropriate locations for reinstalling bike racks. The racks will be ordered shortly, and installation will proceed upon delivery. I will keep you informed as updates become available. James Hanrahan Division Director — Parks & Recreation Parks & Recreation Office:239-252-4067 North Collier Regional Park 15000 Livingston Rd. Naples, Florida 34109 JamesD.HanrahanQcollier.gov My email address has changed. Effective immediately, please update your contact list to use this new address: JamesD.Hanrahan&collier.gov From: Chris Hall <Chris.Hall@collier.gov> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2025 2:19 PM To: James D Hanrahan <JamesD.Hanrahan@collier.gov> Subject: Fwd: Paraiso Beach Club & Bike Racks Please see request below. Chris Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Susan Zehnder <susanzehnderna gmail.com> Date: October 10, 2025 at 2:16:20 PM EDT To: Chris Hall <Chris.Hall( collier.gov> Subject: Paraiso Beach Club & Bike Racks z Collier County 0@8COM 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 Hall, I hope you are doing well and enjoying cycling in this cooler weather. As an avid cyclist, you understand the importance of bike racks. When I am out for a ride and want to stop for a break, it is frustrating when there is no secure place to lock up my bike. I then have to abandon my plan to stop and move on to a new location. This is the situation at five of the seven Vanderbilt Beach Access Walkways. Most of the bike racks and beach access signs for the seven beach access walkways were lost during Hurricane Ian. While new beach access signs have been installed at the seven walkways, only two of the seven walkways currently have bike racks. This represents a significant reduction in public amenities for cyclists compared to pre - Ian conditions, resulting in a loss of beach access for cyclists. We should be encouraging people to bike to the beach, yet without bike racks at all of the beach access walkways, there's no suitable place for cyclists to secure their bikes. Obviously, it's not appropriate to lock a bike to a fence that's on private property, but is it ok to lock a bike to a county sign, such as a speed limit or parking sign? Bringing a bike onto the beach is not a great option. That's why adding bike racks is such a practical, affordable way to make our beaches more accessible for everyone. Please restore this lost amenity for the local residents of Vanderbilt Beach and Naples Park and implement a plan to install a high capacity bike rack at each of the seven beach access walkways. This will help reduce crowding at the main Vanderbilt Beach Road entry point by spreading out density from Vanderbilt Beach Road to Delnor Wiggins Park. This brings me to the proposed Paraiso Beach Club. Please include as a condition for approval for the Paraiso Beach Club, that the applicant must install a public bike rack at the corner of their property adjacent to Beach Access # 4. Ideally, it should be of similar size to the bike rack at Beach Access #7 - able to accommodate 10 bikes. Perhaps the Paraiso Beach Club would like to sponsor the installation of all seven bike racks and put a "Donated by the Paraiso Beach Club" sign on all the bike racks? Thank you for your consideration, have a great weekend. Sincerely, -Susan Susan Zehnder 547 Roma Court Naples FL34110 ATTACHMENTS: New bike rack suggestions, List of Beach Access & Bike Racks Pre -Hurricane Ian 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. From: Marsha O To: Chris Hall Subject: Paraiso Club condition use document ---requested additional item Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 7:39:31 AM Attachments: Attachment C-Conditions of Approval-Paraiso Club CU (5-2-2025).pdf Ordinance 2018-31.odf 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 Hall Thank you for our correspondence on this item to date. I now provide specific language that should address my concern about the following item in their document. to 1 : Beach chairs, umbrellas, cabanas, and similar devices supplied by the club shall only be used on the beach in front of the club, defined as beach area enclosed by the north and south property lines of the club, attended to the ed e o the water ill you please re uirethe ollowin additional ite : to 1 : Theclub shall operate consistently withOrdinance201 1: Section anderbilt Beach shall include not only that part o the beach seaward o the can hi h water line, but shal I also i ncl ude the dry sandy area ad acent to the can hi h water I i ne up to the ve etative line and Section 5: xcept as provided below, the public shall havethe ri htto recreate alon all o anderbilt Beach Recreation shall includewalkin , o in , sunbathin with or without a beach u brella, picnickin , ishin , buildin sandcastles, and other si ilar recreational beach activities Without explicitly including this as an item of the Conditions of Use Document, either as a separate Item or as an addition to Item 13, it will appear to the club that the County is granting permission for the club to disregard Ordinance 2018-31, the Collier County Vanderbilt Beach Customary Use Ordinance, and restrict access by the public to this region of Vanderbilt Beach. Verbal or gentleman's aureement otherwise is insufficient for this or anv other situation being defined by legal ordinance. Unfortunately this will likely provide precedent for further restrictions to Vanderbilt Beach and negate the good efforts of the County to preserve Vanderbilt Beach for County residents and the tourists it wishes to attract. Will you please require this addition to the applicant's Attachment C-Conditions for Approval Conditional Use Paraiso Club to ensure protection of Vanderbilt Beach for residents and the tourism industry as this body has so firmly committed to do? Thank you. Sincerely, Marsha Oenick 705 99th Ave N 34108 315-694-0546 nal2lesmarsha9(d il.com From: Marsha O To: Chris Hall Subject: Re: Paraiso Club condition use document ---inconsistent with the Beach ordinance Date: Friday, October 10, 2025 5:24:29 PM 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, The beach ordinance says public access is to the vegetation line not the high water mark which is closer to the water. From the ordinance: " Vanderbilt Beach shall include not only that part of the beach seaward of the mean high water line, but shall also include the dry sandy area adjacent to the mean high water line up to the vegetative line. ". If I were the club I would argue that agreement of their conditions document gives them control of the beach to the water's edge. Regardless of what we hope they mean. Their language is pretty clear!. "Item 13: Beach chairs, umbrellas, cabanas, and similar devices supplied by the club shall only be used on the beach in front of the club, defined as beach area enclosed by the north and south property lines of the club, extended to the edge of the water. " I implore you to require this be changed. Thank you, Marsha Oenick On Fri, Oct 10, 2025, 5:10 PM Chris Hall <Chris.Hall&collier.gov> wrote: Marsha, They won't control water to median high water line. Thx for the observation. Blessings, Chris Sent from my Whone On Oct 10, 2025, at 3:58 PM, Marsha O <naplesmarsha9&umail.com> wrote: 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, When I read the conditions for approval proposed by the project, item 13 suggests they request to operate in a way defined to be unlawful in Ordinance 2018-31. They plan to have beach chairs etc down to the edge of the water. This will restrict public use of the beach inconsistent the ordinance which defines Vanderbilt Beach: " Vanderbilt Beach shall include not only that part of the beach seaward of the mean high water line, but shall also include the dry sandy area adjacent to the mean high water line up to the vegetative line.". Please require the applicant's conditions for approval document to be consistent with this ordinance and this definition. Thank you. Sincerely, Marsha Oenick 705 99th Ave N 34108 315-694-0546 naplesmarsha9&gmail. comcom<mailto: naplesmarsha9(c�r�, email. comcom> <Attachment C-Conditions of Approval-Paraiso Club CU (5-2-2025).pdf> <Ordinance 2018-31.pdf> 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. From: Marsha 0 To: Chris Hall Subject: Paraiso Club condition use document ---inconsistent with the Beach ordinance Date: Friday, October 10, 2025 3:58:39 PM Attachments: Attachment C-Conditions of Approval-Paraiso Club CU (5-2-2025).pdf Ordinance 2018-31.odf 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, When I read the conditions for approval proposed by the project, item 13 suggests they request to operate in a way defined to be unlawful in Ordinance 2018-31. They plan to have beach chairs etc down to the edge of the water. This will restrict public use of the beach inconsistent the ordinance which defines Vanderbilt Beach: " Vanderbilt Beach shall include not only that part of the beach seaward of the mean high water line, but shall also include the dry sandy area adjacent to the mean high water line up to the vegetative line.". Please require the applicant's conditions for approval document to be consistent with this ordinance and this definition. Thank you. Sincerely, Marsha Oenick 705 99th Ave N 34108 315-694-0546 napl e smarsha9 & gmail. com From: lames D Hanrahan To: Chris Hall Cc: Eric Short Subject: RE: Paraiso Beach Club & Bike Racks Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 8:20:34 AM Attachments: CountvL000-FullColor cf20cO66-62b8-1 Instaaram a70eea3l-eb4d-42bf-a250-9el99e3e671f.i)na X-Twitter 326538ef-b28c-48e6-92b7-12d712312le3.ono Youtube 28f985e4-58dc-454e-86d0-6fc565ell6af.ono 311IconforSionature 258fc9be-17bd-4399-9609-d6fdc325a72e.ong Good Morning, Eric Short, Superintendent of Maintenance,spoke with Ms. Zehnder last week to discuss this matter. He and his team have completed an assessment of the access points to identify appropriate locations for reinstalling bike racks. The racks will be ordered shortly, and installation will proceed upon delivery. I will keep you informed as updates become available. James Hanrahan Division Director — Parks & Recreation Parks & Recreation Office:239-252-4067 North Collier Regional Park 15000 Livingston Rd. Naples, Florida 34109 JamesD.HanrahanQcollier.gov My email address has changed. Effective immediately, please update your contact list to use this new address: JamesD.Hanrahan&collier.gov From: Chris Hall <Chris.Hall@collier.gov> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2025 2:19 PM To: James D Hanrahan <JamesD.Hanrahan@collier.gov> Subject: Fwd: Paraiso Beach Club & Bike Racks Please see request below. Chris Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Susan Zehnder <susanzehnderna gmail.com> Date: October 10, 2025 at 2:16:20 PM EDT To: Chris Hall <Chris.Hall( collier.gov> Subject: Paraiso Beach Club & Bike Racks z Collier County 0@8COM 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 Hall, I hope you are doing well and enjoying cycling in this cooler weather. As an avid cyclist, you understand the importance of bike racks. When I am out for a ride and want to stop for a break, it is frustrating when there is no secure place to lock up my bike. I then have to abandon my plan to stop and move on to a new location. This is the situation at five of the seven Vanderbilt Beach Access Walkways. Most of the bike racks and beach access signs for the seven beach access walkways were lost during Hurricane Ian. While new beach access signs have been installed at the seven walkways, only two of the seven walkways currently have bike racks. This represents a significant reduction in public amenities for cyclists compared to pre - Ian conditions, resulting in a loss of beach access for cyclists. We should be encouraging people to bike to the beach, yet without bike racks at all of the beach access walkways, there's no suitable place for cyclists to secure their bikes. Obviously, it's not appropriate to lock a bike to a fence that's on private property, but is it ok to lock a bike to a county sign, such as a speed limit or parking sign? Bringing a bike onto the beach is not a great option. That's why adding bike racks is such a practical, affordable way to make our beaches more accessible for everyone. Please restore this lost amenity for the local residents of Vanderbilt Beach and Naples Park and implement a plan to install a high capacity bike rack at each of the seven beach access walkways. This will help reduce crowding at the main Vanderbilt Beach Road entry point by spreading out density from Vanderbilt Beach Road to Delnor Wiggins Park. This brings me to the proposed Paraiso Beach Club. Please include as a condition for approval for the Paraiso Beach Club, that the applicant must install a public bike rack at the corner of their property adjacent to Beach Access # 4. Ideally, it should be of similar size to the bike rack at Beach Access #7 - able to accommodate 10 bikes. Perhaps the Paraiso Beach Club would like to sponsor the installation of all seven bike racks and put a "Donated by the Paraiso Beach Club" sign on all the bike racks? Thank you for your consideration, have a great weekend. Sincerely, -Susan Susan Zehnder 547 Roma Court Naples FL34110 ATTACHMENTS: New bike rack suggestions, List of Beach Access & Bike Racks Pre -Hurricane Ian 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. From: Susan Zehnder To: Chris Hall Subject: Paraiso Beach Club & Bike Racks Date: Friday, October 10, 2025 2:16:20 PM Attachments: New Bike Rack location by Beach Access location number - Google Docs.pdf LIST OF VANDERBILT BEACH PUBLIC WALKWAYS AND BIKE RACKS - G000le Docs.Ddf 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 Hall, I hope you are doing well and enjoying cycling in this cooler weather. As an avid cyclist, you understand the importance of bike racks. When I am out for a ride and want to stop for a break, it is frustrating when there is no secure place to lock up my bike. I then have to abandon my plan to stop and move on to a new location. This is the situation at five of the seven Vanderbilt Beach Access Walkways. Most of the bike racks and beach access signs for the seven beach access walkways were lost during Hurricane Ian. While new beach access signs have been installed at the seven walkways, only two of the seven walkways currently have bike racks. This represents a significant reduction in public amenities for cyclists compared to pre -Ian conditions, resulting in a loss of beach access for cyclists. We should be encouraging people to bike to the beach, yet without bike racks at all of the beach access walkways, there's no suitable place for cyclists to secure their bikes. Obviously, it's not appropriate to lock a bike to a fence that's on private property, but is it ok to lock a bike to a county sign, such as a speed limit or parking sign? Bringing a bike onto the beach is not a great option. That's why adding bike racks is such a practical, affordable way to make our beaches more accessible for everyone. Please restore this lost amenity for the local residents of Vanderbilt Beach and Naples Park and implement a plan to install a high capacity bike rack at each of the seven beach access walkways. This will help reduce crowding at the main Vanderbilt Beach Road entry point by spreading out density from Vanderbilt Beach Road to Delnor Wiggins Park. This brings me to the proposed Paraiso Beach Club. Please include as a condition for approval for the Paraiso Beach Club, that the applicant must install a public bike rack at the corner of their property adjacent to Beach Access # 4. Ideally, it should be of similar size to the bike rack at Beach Access #7 - able to accommodate 10 bikes. Perhaps the Paraiso Beach Club would like to sponsor the installation of all seven bike racks and put a "Donated by the Paraiso Beach Club" sign on all the bike racks? Thank you for your consideration, have a great weekend. Sincerely, -Susan Susan Zehnder 547 Roma Court Naples FL 34110 ATTACHMENTS: New bike rack suggestions, List of Beach Access & Bike Racks Pre -Hurricane Ian From: Mike Norton To: Louise Jarvis Cc: Chris Hall; dot(nbchrishallnaples.com; David Tingley Subject: Re: Canceled: Commissioner Hall mtg Mike Norton re Paraiso Club Date: Friday, October 10, 2025 8:21:58 AM 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. Hi Louise. Thank you so much for your help throughout the process. Please do not hesitate to reach out If you have any questions or need any additional information from us. Hope you have a wonderful weekend! Best Regards Michael Norton ADVISOR / CO-FOUNDER PARAISO BEACH CLUB 0:12810 Tamiami Trail N. Naples, FL 34110 C: +1 703 282 3311 W: paraisoclubusa.com gAIJ, On Fri, Oct 10, 2025, 8:13 AM Louise Jarvis <Louise.Jarvisn.collier.gov> wrote: Contact Info: Mike Norton 703-282-3311 Directions to Government Office: Be sure to allow time to park, walk to the building, and pass through security. The Board of County Commissioners offices are located in the Government Complex at 3299 Tamiami Trail East, Suite 303, at the corner of Airport and Tamiami Trail East. HERE is a link to a map of the complex (we are in the Admin Building F). For most, it's best to use Parking Garage #2; there are handicapped spaces near Human Resources, Building B. You'll pass through a metal detector at the entrance to the Building F. Take an immediate right to the elevators and go to the 3rd floor. Take a right off the elevators and our office is at the end of the hall. Please let the receptionist know you are here for a meeting with Commissioner Hall. 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. From: RReaan Trittler To: Chris Hall Subject: Paraiso Club of Naples Date: Monday, October 6, 2025 1:40:03 PM Attachments: Outlook-imaae009. D. Dna 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 Hall, I own a home at 746 101 st Ave. N. in Naples Park. One of the challenges I've been running into recently is renting it when I'm away. I typically travel one to two weeks a month, and in the past, I had no problem renting the house, especially after all the improvements I've made. This year, even after lowering the price significantly, long-time renters have chosen not to return. The reason they give is that the beach and parking situation has become too difficult. People rent in Naples Park to go to the beach. If I were able to offer renters access to the Paraiso Beach Club, I have no doubt my property would be rented consistently. There is clearly a demand. Pelican Bay is a great example. Even the smallest condos there are always in high demand because of their beach clubs. Although I would prefer not to sell, I have put my property on the market. With better beach access I wouldn't sell. You can see the rental history and my sales Listing online showing my attempt to rent and now sell. It saddens me. I've also seen some of the negative comments circulating online, and I couldn't disagree more. I've walked that stretch of beach countless times. From Wiggins down to LA Playa, it's practically deserted. Nobody is taking chairs and coolers all the way to that spot. Personally, I prefer being on a beach where there are other people around. Right now, that only really happens during the week, because weekends on the public beaches are so overcrowded they're unbearable. The loud music and smoke is horrible. The beach club would be a major improvement for me and others. It would bring life to a section of sand that's never used, while at the same time easing the pressure on already overcrowded public beaches. To me, that's great for everyone in the Vanderbilt Beach area. I have no idea why people fight things that really are for the greater good. In Naples park, people make up reasons to oppose things. It is sad / disappointing. I urge you to please approve the project. it would be a real asset to this community. Sincerely, Regan Trittler DWCWRTR LLC Managing Member I 'god �01� MOHR P A R T N E R S Regan M. Trittler Sr. CCIM SIOR I Managing Partner Mobile 314 359 1877 1 Direct 314 854 1325 Mohr Partners, Inc. 231 S. Bemiston Avenue, Suite 800 St. Louis, MO 63105 mohrpartners.com This message and its contents are confidential. If you received this message in error, do not use or rely upon it. Instead, please inform the sender and then delete it. Thank you. From: Louise Jarvis To: Chris Hall Subject: FW: Meeting Request: BCC AGENDA ITEMS Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2025 3:59:17 PM Attachments: image001.png Please seethe below meeting request for Monday, Oct 13tn Thanks, Louise From: Dianna Quintanilla <DQuintanilla@cyklawfirm.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 1, 2025 3:48 PM To: Louise Jarvis <Louise.Jarvis@collier.gov> Subject: Meeting Request: BCC AGENDA ITEMS 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. Good afternoon, Rich would like to meet with the Commissioner regarding the upcoming 10/14 BCC agenda items: Horse Trials and Paraiso Club. 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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. From: Alan Cantwell To: Chris Hall Subject: Re: Strong Opposition — Paraiso Beach Club (PL20240007340 / PL20240009700) Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2025 9:07:45 AM Attachments: imageOO2.png 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. Thanks Chris Could you help me understand the planning approval process Wink news reported this, mentioning final approval at the next meeting. A new private beach club, the Paraiso Beach Club, has been proposed in North Naples. Last week, the Collier County Planning Commission unanimously voted in favor of zoning and land use petitions for the project. Alan Cantwell +44 7973 209292 Please excuse spelling sent from iPhone On 23 Sep 2025, at 08:41, Chris Hall <Chris. Hall@collier. gov> wrote: Couldn't have said it better. From: Alan Cantwell <Alan@acantwell.com> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2025 3:44 PM To: Chris Hall <Chris.Hall@collier.gov> Subject: Fwd: Strong Opposition — Paraiso Beach Club (PL20240007340 / P L20240009700) 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. Hi Chris Your colleague Rick LoCastro suggested I direct my comment to you as this plot falls within your jurisdiction . I think Rick may have addressed my points but would be interested in your views. Ala n Alan Cantwell +44 7973 209292 Please excuse spelling sent from iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Alan Cantwell <AlanCcbacantwell.com> Date: 22 September 2025 at 15:40:22 GMT-4 To: Rick LoCastro <Rick.LoCastro(@collier.gov> Cc: Amy Patterson <Amy.Patterson(a)collier.gov>, Jeff Klatzkow <Jeff. Klatzkow(@coIli er.gov> Subject: Re: Strong Opposition - Paraiso Beach Club (PL20240007340/PL20240009700) Many thanks Rick, I will reach out to Chris Hall. Alan Alan Cantwell +44 7973 209292 Please excuse spelling sent from iPhone On 22 Sep 2025, at 15:17, Rick LoCastro <Rick.LoCastro@collier.gov> wrote: /_1Fii1 You have bad information. When you state: '7 understand the planning has already been unanimously approved and the next meeting is more of a formality." -- THAT'S FAKE NEWS. This "request" has not met ANY major County formal consideration committees -- and has not been considered or unanimously approved by ANYONE -- certainly not our County Commissioners... and "if' this comes to Commissioners for a vote (which it has yet to do)... it's certainly not a mere "formality". You'll actually want to speak with Commissioner Chris Hall who has this parcel of land in his District. ...Rick RICK LOCASTRO Collier County Commissioner District 1 SIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER HERE! <image001.jpg> Rick. LoCastroa-Col lier.gov 3299 Tamiami Trail E. Suite 303, Naples FL 34112 Office: (239) 252-8601 www.RickLoCastro.com <image002.png> <image003.jpg> <1mage004.jpg> From: Alan Cantwell <Alan(@acantwell.com> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2025 2:17 PM To: Rick LoCastro <Rick.LoCastro(@collier.gov> Cc: Amy Patterson <Amv.Patterson l@collier.gov>; Jeff Klatzkow <Jeff.Klatzkow(@collier.gov> Subject: Re: Strong Opposition — Paraiso Beach Club (PL20240007340 / PL20240009700) 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. Hi Rick Many thanks, I live in the UK but will try and attend the meeting. I understand the planning has already been unanimously approved and the next meeting is more of a formality. Not sure if anyone has visited the site to understand the logistics of running a busy private club from that Location. Traffic is already an issue and with a private club that has zero parking but plans a shuttle service it simply isn't practical. If I was paying thousands of dollars a year I am dropping off my friends and family at the club and going to park anywhere I can. At least with La Playa they have a car park and valet, unless they can come up with some solution this has disaster written all over it for the county and local residents. The fact they plan to place chair beds on the beach in front of the club for members only surely is illegal, it's a public beach. Since the last hurricanes the beach to the right of this proposal is nearly gone, forcing everyone that lives here to use that space. We don't need any more private clubs, there is enough. The revenue brought in for the county will certainly be very similar to two individual houses. Ala n Alan Cantwell +44 7973 209292 Please excuse spelling sent from iPhone On 22 Sep 2025, at 13:42, Rick LoCastro <Rick.LoCastro(0collier.gov> wrote: Alan You email was received by me. However, there is no "entering it into the record"... unless someone actually attends the meeting and speaks at the podium referencing your letter. Doesn't mean your comments aren't heard and valid to the five Commissioners who hear the case... they are -- but your email letter is at least in my consideration -- used for reference and to document your view. ...Rick RICK LOCASTRO Collier County Commissioner District 1 SIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER HERE! <image001.jpg> Rick. LoCastro(&Collier.gov 3299 Tamiami Trail E. Suite 303, Naples FL 34112 Office: (239) 252-8601 www.RickLoCastro.com <image002.png> <image003.jpg> <image004.jpg> From: Alan Cantwell <Alan(@acantwell.com> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2025 11:41 PM To: GMD Zoning Front Desk <GMDZoningFrontDesk(@collier.gov>; Bill McDaniel <Bill.McDaniel Pcollier.gov>; Dan Kowal <Dan.Kowal(@collier.gov>; Burt Saunders <Burt.Saunders(@collier.gov>; Chris Hall <Chris.Hal I(@collier.go >, Rick LoCastro <Rick.LoCastro(@collier.gov> Subject: Re: Strong Opposition — Paraiso Beach Club (PL20240007340 / PL20240009700) 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. "Please confirm that my comments are entered into the official record for the Oct. 14, 2025 BCC hearing on PL20240007340 and PL20240009700." Regards Alan Cantwell UK +44 7973 209292 US +1 239 580 8903 From: Alan Cantwell Sent: 21 September 2025 23:35 To: Front. Desk(@colliercountyfl.gov <Front. DeskPcolliercountyfl.gov>; Bill. McDanielPcolliercountyfl.gov <Bill.McDaniel(@colliercountyfl.gov>; Dan. Kowa Wcolliercountyfl.gov <Dan. Kowa I(@colliercount)lfl.gov>, Burt.Saunders(@colliercountyfl.gov <Burt.Saunders@ coIIiercountyfI.gov>; Chris. Hall PcoIIiercountyfI.gov <Chris. Hal IPcolliercountyfl.gov>; Rick. LoCastro(d)coIIiercountyfI.gov <Rick.LoCastroPcoIIiercountyfI.gov> Subject: Strong Opposition — Paraiso Beach Club (PL20240007340 / PL20240009700) Dear Members of the Collier County Board of County Commissioners and Planning & Zoning Staff: I write to express my unequivocal opposition to the Paraiso Beach Club proposed on Gulf Shore Drive (case files PL20240007340 and PL20240009700). I urge you to deny both the rezoning and the conditional use. Neighborhood character: The proposal is fundamentally incompatible with the established Vanderbilt / North Naples beach residential fabric. A private members -only club privileges exclusivity over community integration and degrades open coastal vistas. Environmental/coastal impacts: This is a fragile shoreline. Added activity, Lighting, service traffic, and hardscape will intensify erosion risk, stormwater runoff, dune disturbance, and habitat disruption. Traffic/safety/parking: Gulf Shore Drive already faces seasonal congestion. Club traffic (members, staff, deliveries, valet/shuttles) will worsen safety for residents, cyclists, and pedestrians, and push overflow parking pressures into nearby streets. Public access & equity: Granting private club entitlements diminishes broad public enjoyment of coastal resources and sets a troubling precedent of privatizing the beachfront. Zoning integrity & precedent: Approving these petitions would undermine the comprehensive plan and invite similar speculative conversions on sensitive coastline. For these reasons, I respectfully askyou to deny PL20240007340 and PL20240009700. Respectfully, Alan Cantwell 260 Channel Drive Naples, FL 34108 alanCcbacantwell.com 239-580-8903 Regards LItL1iwlxloalbl:io%i'Iil:i 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. <image001.jpg> <image002.png> <image003.jpg> <image004.jpg> From: Alan Cantwell To: Chris Hall Subject: Fwd: Strong Opposition — Paraiso Beach Club (PL20240007340 / 131-20240009700) Date: Monday, September 22, 2025 3:43:50 PM Attachments: imaae002.ona 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. Hi Chris Your colleague Rick LoCastro suggested I direct my comment to you as this plot falls within your jurisdiction . I think Rick may have addressed my points but would be interested in your views. Alan Alan Cantwell +44 7973 209292 Please excuse spelling sent from iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Alan Cantwell <Alan@acantwell.com> Date: 22 September 2025 at 15:40:22 GMT-4 To: Rick LoCastro <Rick.LoCastro@collier.gov> Cc: Amy Patterson <Amy.Patterson@collier.gov>, Jeff Klatzkow <Jeff.Klatzkow@collier.gov> Subject: Re: Strong Opposition — Paraiso Beach Club (PL20240007340 / PL20240009700) Many thanks Rick, I will reach out to Chris Hall. Alan Alan Cantwell +44 7973 209292 Please excuse spelling sent from iPhone On 22 Sep 2025, at 15:17, Rick LoCastro <Rick.LoCastro@collier.gov> wrote: Alan You have bad information. When you state: '7 understand the planning has already been unanimously approved and the next meeting is more of a formality." -- THAT'S FAKE NEWS. This "request" has not met ANY major County formal consideration committees -- and has not been considered or unanimously approved by ANYONE -- certainly not our County Commissioners... and "if' this comes to Commissioners for a vote (which it has yet to do)... it's certainly not, a mere "formality". You'll actually want to speak with Commissioner Chris Hall who has this parcel of land in his District. ...Rick RICK LOCASTRO Collier County Commissioner District 1 SIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER HERE! R I C M VLOCASTRO C1&F C 4)Mk;'[% A --�- . Rick. LoCastro(&Collier.gov 3299 Tamiami Trail E. Suite303, Naples FL 34112 Office: (��252-8601-8601 www.RickLoCastro.com u(s][10 From: Alan Cantwell <Alan@acantwell.com> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2025 2:17 PM To: Rick LoCastro <Rick.LoCastro@collier.gov> Cc: Amy Patterson <Amy.Patterson @collier.gov>; Jeff Klatzkow <Jeff. Klatzkow@ col I ier.gov> Subject: Re: Strong Opposition — Paraiso Beach Club (PL20240007340 / P L20240009700) 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. Many thanks, I live in the UK but will try and attend the meeting. I understand the planning has already been unanimously approved and the next meeting is more of a formality. Not sure if anyone has visited the site to understand the logistics of running a busy private club from that location. Traffic is already an issue and with a private club that has zero parking but plans a shuttle service it simply isn't practical. If I was paying thousands of dollars a year I am dropping off my friends and family at the club and going to park anywhere I can. At least with La Playa they have a car park and valet, unless they can come up with some solution this has disaster written all over it for the county and local residents. The fact they plan to place chair beds on the beach in front of the club for members only surely is illegal, it's a public beach. Since the last hurricanes the beach to the right of this proposal is nearly gone, forcing everyone that lives here to use that space. We don't need any more private clubs, there is enough. The revenue brought in for the county will certainly be very similar to two individual houses. Alan Alan Cantwell +44 7973 209292 Please excuse spelling sent from Phone On 22 Sep 2025, at 13:42, Rick LoCastro <Rick.LoCastro(0collier.gov> wrote: Alan You email was received by me. However, there is no "entering it into the record"... unless someone actually attends the meeting and speaks at the podium referencing your letter. Doesn't mean your comments aren't heard and valid to the five Commissioners who hear the case... they are -- but your email letter is at least in my consideration -- used for reference and to document your view. ...Rick RICK LOCASTRO Collier County Commissioner District 1 SIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER HERE! <image001.jpg> Rick.LoCastro(@Collier.gov 3299 Tamiami Trail E. Suite 303, Naples FL 34112 Office: (239) 252-8601 www.RickLoCastro.com <image002.png> <image003.jpg> <image004.jpg> From: Alan Cantwell <Alanl@acantwell.com> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2025 11:41 PM To: GMD Zoning Front Desk <GMDZoningFrontDesk(@collier.gov>, Bill McDaniel <Bill.McDaniel(@collier.gov>; Dan Kowal <Dan.Kowa I(@colller.gov>; Burt Saunders <Burt.Saunders(@collier.gov>; Chris Hall <Chris.Hal I(@collier.gov>; Rick LoCastro <Rick.LoCastro(@col lier.gov> Subject: Re: Strong Opposition — Paraiso Beach Club (PL20240007340 / PL20240009700) 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. "Please confirm that my comments are entered into the official record for the Oct. 14, 2025 BCC hearing on PL20240007340 and PL20240009700." Regards Alan Cantwell UK +44 7973 209292 US +1 239 580 8903 From: Alan Cantwell Sent: 21 September 2025 23:35 To: Front. DeskPcolliercountyfl.gov <Front. Desk(@colliercountyfl.gov>; Bill. McDaniel( a�colliercountyfl.gov <Bill.McDaniel(@colliercountyfl.gov>; Dan. Kowa 1(@colliercountyfl.gov <Dan. Kowa I(@colliercount)lfl.gov>; Burt.Saunders(@colliercountyfl.g_ov <Burt.Saunders(@col liercountyfl.gov>; Chris.HallPcolliercountyfl.gov <Chris. Hal I(@colliercountyfl.gov>; Rick.LoCastro(@colliercountyfl.gov <Rick. LoCastro(@colliercountyfl.gov> Subject: Strong Opposition — Paraiso Beach Club (PL20240007340 / PL20240009700) Dear Members of the Collier County Board of County Commissioners and Planning & Zoning Staff: I write to express my unequivocal opposition to the Paraiso Beach Club proposed on Gulf Shore Drive (case files PL20240007340 and PL20240009700). I urge you to deny both the rezoning and the conditional use. Neighborhood character: The proposal is fundamentally incompatible with the established Vanderbilt/ North Naples beach residential fabric. A private members -only club privileges exclusivity over community integration and degrades open coastal vistas. Environmental/coastal impacts: This is a fragile shoreline. Added activity, lighting, service traffic, and hardscape will intensify erosion risk, stormwater runoff, dune disturbance, and habitat disruption. Traffic/safety/parking: Gulf Shore Drive already faces seasonal congestion. Club traffic (members, staff, deliveries, valet/shuttles) will worsen safety for residents, cyclists, and pedestrians, and push overflow parking pressures into nearby streets. Public access & equity: Granting private club entitlements diminishes broad public enjoyment of coastal resources and sets a troubling precedent of privatizing the beachfront. Zoning integrity & precedent: Approving these petitions would undermine the comprehensive plan and invite similar speculative conversions on sensitive coastline. For these reasons, I respectfully ask you to deny PL20240007340 and PL20240009700. Respectfully, Alan Cantwell 260 Channel Drive Naples, FL 34108 alanCc-bacantwell.com 239-580-8903 Regards US +1 239 580 8903 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. <image001.jpg> <image002.png> <image003.jpg> <image004.jpg> From: GMD Zoning Front Desk To: Alan Cantwell; Bill McDaniel; Dan Kowal; Burt Saunders; Chris Hall; Rick LoCastro Subject: RE: Strong Opposition — Paraiso Beach Club (PL20240007340 / PL20240009700) Date: Monday, September 22, 2025 8:22:28 AM Attachments: image001.Dng image002.Dno image003.Dno imaae004.Dna imaae005.Dno imaae006.Dna Good morning. The Zoning Front Desk is not the correct point of contact for this request. Our recommendation is for you to reach out to the Zoning Planning Manager, Ray Bellows, so that he can advise as to what the required procedure is. Ray can be reached at Ray. Bellows(a)collier.gov. Respectfully, Zoning Front Desk it Collier County Qffloom Information contained in this email is subject to verification by the Zoning Manager and/or Planning Director; if this information is being used as a basis for the purchase or lease of a property, it is recommended that a Zoning Verification Letter be requested for an official response from Zoning Services to be submitted to the GMD Public Portal. The Zoning Verification Letter application can be found here: hffps://www.colleercounbdl.aov/home/showl2ublosheddocument/I 07252/638598251497270000 From: Alan Cantwell <Alan@acantwell.com> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2025 11:41 PM To: GMD Zoning Front Desk<GMDZoningFrontDesk@col lier.gov>; Bill McDaniel <Bill.McDaniel @collier.gov>; Dan Kowal <Dan.Kowal@collier.gov>; Burt Saunders <Burt.Saunders@collier.gov>; Chris Hall <Chris.Hall@collier.gov>; Rick LoCastro <Rick.LoCastro@col t ier.gov> Subject: Re: Strong Opposition — Paraiso Beach Club (PL20240007340 / PL20240009700) 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. "Please confirm that my comments are entered into the official record for the Oct. 14, 2025 BCC hearing on PL20240007340 and PL20240009700." Regards Alan Cantwell UK +44 7973 209292 US +1 239 580 8903 From: Alan Cantwell Sent: 21 September 2025 23:35 To: Front. Desk(ED col l le rcou ntvfl.gov <Front. Desk(@ co l l lercou ntvfl.go >; Bill.MCDanl el(@colhercountyfl,goy <Bill.McDaniel(a)colliercountyfl.gov>; Dan. Kowal(a)colliercountyfl.eov <Dan. Kowal(a)colliercount)lfl.eov>; Burt.SaundersPcolliercountvfl.gov <Burt.SaundersPcolliercountvfl.gov>; Chris. Hall(@colliercountyfl.gov <Chris.Hall (@co1IIercountyfI.goy>; Rick.LoCastro(@colliercountyfl.gov<Rick.LoCastro(@colliercountyfl.gov> Subject: Strong Opposition — Paraiso Beach Club (PL20240007340 / PL20240009700) Dear Members of the Collier County Board of County Commissioners and Planning & Zoning Staff: I write to express my unequivocal opposition to the Paraiso Beach Club proposed on Gulf Shore Drive (case files PL20240007340 and PL20240009700). I urge you to deny both the rezoning and the conditional use. Neighborhood character: The proposal is fundamentally incompatible with the established Vanderbilt / North Naples beach residential fabric. A private members -only club privileges exclusivity over community integration and degrades open coastal vistas. Environmental/coastal impacts: This is a fragile shoreline. Added activity, lighting, service traffic, and hardscape will intensify erosion risk, stormwater runoff, dune disturbance, and habitat disruption. Traffic/safety/parking: Gulf Shore Drive already faces seasonal congestion. Club traffic (members, staff, deliveries, valet/shuttles) will worsen safety for residents, cyclists, and pedestrians, and push overflow parking pressures into nearby streets. Public access & equity: Granting private club entitlements diminishes broad public enjoyment of coastal resources and sets a troubling precedent of privatizing the beachfront. Zoning integrity & precedent: Approving these petitions would undermine the comprehensive plan and invite similar speculative conversions on sensitive coastline. For these reasons, I respectfully ask you to deny PL20240007340 and PL20240009700. Respectfully, Alan Cantwell 260 Channel Drive Naples, FL 34108 alan(a)acantwell.com 239-580-8903 Regards US +1 239 580 8903 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. From: GMD Zoning Front Desk To: Alan Cantwell; Bill McDaniel; Dan Kowal; Burt Saunders; Chris Hall; Rick LoCastro Subject: RE: Strong Opposition — Paraiso Beach Club (PL20240007340 / PL20240009700) Date: Monday, September 22, 2025 8:22:28 AM Attachments: image001.Dng image002.Dno image003.Dno imaae004.Dna imaae005.Dno imaae006.Dna Good morning. The Zoning Front Desk is not the correct point of contact for this request. Our recommendation is for you to reach out to the Zoning Planning Manager, Ray Bellows, so that he can advise as to what the required procedure is. Ray can be reached at Ray. Bellows(a)collier.gov. Respectfully, Zoning Front Desk it Collier County Qffloom Information contained in this email is subject to verification by the Zoning Manager and/or Planning Director; if this information is being used as a basis for the purchase or lease of a property, it is recommended that a Zoning Verification Letter be requested for an official response from Zoning Services to be submitted to the GMD Public Portal. The Zoning Verification Letter application can be found here: hffps://www.colleercounbdl.aov/home/showl2ublosheddocument/I 07252/638598251497270000 From: Alan Cantwell <Alan@acantwell.com> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2025 11:41 PM To: GMD Zoning Front Desk<GMDZoningFrontDesk@col lier.gov>; Bill McDaniel <Bill.McDaniel @collier.gov>; Dan Kowal <Dan.Kowal@collier.gov>; Burt Saunders <Burt.Saunders@collier.gov>; Chris Hall <Chris.Hall@collier.gov>; Rick LoCastro <Rick.LoCastro@col t ier.gov> Subject: Re: Strong Opposition — Paraiso Beach Club (PL20240007340 / PL20240009700) 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. "Please confirm that my comments are entered into the official record for the Oct. 14, 2025 BCC hearing on PL20240007340 and PL20240009700." Regards Alan Cantwell UK +44 7973 209292 US +1 239 580 8903 From: Alan Cantwell Sent: 21 September 2025 23:35 To: Front. Desk(ED col l le rcou ntvfl.gov <Front. Desk(@ co l l lercou ntvfl.go >; Bill.MCDanl el(@colhercountyfl,goy <Bill.McDaniel(a)colliercountyfl.gov>; Dan. Kowal(a)colliercountyfl.eov <Dan. Kowal(a)colliercount)lfl.eov>; Burt.SaundersPcolliercountvfl.gov <Burt.SaundersPcolliercountvfl.gov>; Chris. Hall(@colliercountyfl.gov <Chris.Hall (@co1IIercountyfI.goy>; Rick.LoCastro(@colliercountyfl.gov<Rick.LoCastro(@colliercountyfl.gov> Subject: Strong Opposition — Paraiso Beach Club (PL20240007340 / PL20240009700) Dear Members of the Collier County Board of County Commissioners and Planning & Zoning Staff: I write to express my unequivocal opposition to the Paraiso Beach Club proposed on Gulf Shore Drive (case files PL20240007340 and PL20240009700). I urge you to deny both the rezoning and the conditional use. Neighborhood character: The proposal is fundamentally incompatible with the established Vanderbilt / North Naples beach residential fabric. A private members -only club privileges exclusivity over community integration and degrades open coastal vistas. Environmental/coastal impacts: This is a fragile shoreline. Added activity, lighting, service traffic, and hardscape will intensify erosion risk, stormwater runoff, dune disturbance, and habitat disruption. Traffic/safety/parking: Gulf Shore Drive already faces seasonal congestion. Club traffic (members, staff, deliveries, valet/shuttles) will worsen safety for residents, cyclists, and pedestrians, and push overflow parking pressures into nearby streets. Public access & equity: Granting private club entitlements diminishes broad public enjoyment of coastal resources and sets a troubling precedent of privatizing the beachfront. Zoning integrity & precedent: Approving these petitions would undermine the comprehensive plan and invite similar speculative conversions on sensitive coastline. For these reasons, I respectfully ask you to deny PL20240007340 and PL20240009700. Respectfully, Alan Cantwell 260 Channel Drive Naples, FL 34108 alan(a)acantwell.com 239-580-8903 Regards US +1 239 580 8903 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. From: Alan Cantwell To: GMD Zonina Front Desk; Bill McDaniel; Dan Kowal; Burt Saunders; Chris Hall; Rick LoCastro Subject: Strong Opposition — Paraiso Beach Club (PL20240007340 / PL20240009700) Date: Sunday, September 21, 2025 11:35:23 PM 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 Members of the Collier County Board of County Commissioners and Planning & Zoning Staff: I write to express my unequivocal opposition to the Paraiso Beach Club proposed on Gulf Shore Drive (case files PL20240007340 and PL20240009700). I urge you to deny both the rezoning and the conditional use. Neighborhood character: The proposal is fundamentally incompatible with the established Vanderbilt / North Naples beach residential fabric. A private members -only club privileges exclusivity over community integration and degrades open coastal vistas. Environmental/coastal impacts: This is a fragile shoreline. Added activity, lighting, service traffic, and hardscape will intensify erosion risk, stormwater runoff, dune disturbance, and habitat disruption. Traffic/safety/parking: Gulf Shore Drive already faces seasonal congestion. Club traffic (members, staff, deliveries, valet/shuttles) will worsen safety for residents, cyclists, and pedestrians, and push overflow parking pressures into nearby streets. Public access & equity: Granting private club entitlements diminishes broad public enjoyment of coastal resources and sets a troubling precedent of privatizing the beachfront. Zoning integrity & precedent: Approving these petitions would undermine the comprehensive plan and invite similar speculative conversions on sensitive coastline. For these reasons, I respectfully askyou to deny PL20240007340 and PL20240009700. Respectfully, Alan Cantwell 260 Channel Drive Naples, FL 34108 alan@acantwell.com 239-580-8903 Regards ML�iilci-sl*fel:ia.Ielt3 From: Jane To: Chris Hall Cc: Rick LoCastro Subject: Vanderbilt Beach rezoning Date: Monday, September 15, 2025 2:43:43 PM 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. Hello Commissioner Hall, Thank you for providing the update below. I'm glad to see that you are committed to "keep the values, the character, and the virtues that got me elected in the first place. I will listen to you, the people. I will do the things that are right, even when popular, and even when not. I will keep establishing common sense when it comes to growth, and most of all, I will do my best to represent you." Your statement says that you will represent your constituents. Do you feel that you have acted in the best interest of your constituents by approving the Paraiso Club to be built on two vacant lots just south of Public Access # 4 on Gulf Shore Drive on Vanderbilt Beach? This company is so confident that you were going to approve this, they already have a website where you can purchase a membership to the club. It does not sound like you are representing all your constituents. It actually appears that you are only representing a very few elite constituents. You did bring up that Vanderbilt Beach will be getting beach renourishment in 2025. It is the taxpayers that shoulder the financial burden of this beach for renourishment, yet this private club would directly benefit, NOT the taxpayers. The Paraiso Club would exclude taxpayers from touching their dry sand. This does not sound like what we, the constituents, have in mind when we fund beach renourishment. Governor DeSantis signed into law on June 24, 2025, SB 1622 which, in part, returned to local government the power to preserve, protect, defend public, usual and customary use of the beaches. It sounds to me that the Collier County Board of County Commissioners is about to do the exact opposite by allowing a private club on these two lots. Who are you serving? Who is benefiting other than a few elite club members? You say that you will do things that are right for your constituents, even when that is not popular. Seems to me that is not the case. These two lots were zoned for residential homes. The Collier County Code of Law and Ordinances, Chapter 146 -94, will be violated with your name stamped on it. As someone who regularly enjoys Vanderbilt Beach, I am asking you to make the right decision to retain these properties as individual residences, instead of as a bastion for a few of the privileged. Jane Buboltz Jane28b@comcast.net Palm River resident since 1988, Naples, Florida On Sep 11, 2025, at 4:49 PM, Commissioner Chris Hall <Chris.Hall&colliercountyfl.gov> wrote: North Naples News and Collier County Updates View this email in your browser u Hello Collier County, Welcome to my Commissioner District 2 newsletter. While I usually talk about the weather, or about the season, or I talk about snowbirds coming or going ... I don't want to talk about any of that today. I want to talk about making Collier County the best place to live, work and play. As your commissioner, I will keep the values, the character, and the virtues that got me elected in the first place. I will listen to you the people. I will do the things that are right even when popular and even when not. I will keep establishing common sense when it comes to growth, and most of all, I will do my best to represent you. So, hope you find this newsletter, informative, and genuine. We are working hard for you. Today, more than ever, we will never forget. I love our country and especially our state and county. Please feel free to follow us on Facebook and Instagram for more frequent updates. As always, you may email our office if you have any questions, concerns, or even good news to share. It's always great to hear from our constituents. u x M x x M ILr Remembering 9/11 El Frank Silecchia — The Discovery Frank was a construction worker and volunteer at Ground Zero. On September 13, 2001, just two days after the attacks, he spotted the steel beams shaped like a cross standing upright in the wreckage. He later said: "I was overwhelmed with emotion. It was as if God's hand was on my shoulder." Frank would often lead other workers to the site to pray. For him, it was proof that hope could be found even in devastation. Veterans Park Lighting Project Thanks from Stonebridge Country Club What the Veterans Park Lighting Project has meant to Stonebridge County Club (contribution from Kathy Taylor): As a full time resident of Stonebridge Country Club (SBCC) since 2005, the baseball field lights at Veterans Community Park (VCP) have been a problem. In 2016, Collier County developed their own Lighting Guidelines/Standards which state, "Lighting designs should minimize trespassipollution and impact on neighboring properties." However, these guidelines were not considered for VCP. The SBCC resident frustrations continued, while many emails sent and meetings were attended with various heads of the park and even a former Commissioner, but to no avail. Finally, in 202Z I reached out to the newly elected Commissioner Hall. He was more than attentive to our issue and he began to monitor all of my continuing efforts to get these lights replaced. As Chairman of the Board in 2023, those involved in Parks & Recreation as well as Facilities were instructed by Commissioner Hall to begin the process and research necessary to bring this project to a budgetary discussion. In 2024, the money was budgeted and the project was scheduled for the summer of 2025. We are more than convinced that, without Commissioner Hall's involvement, we would still be battling to get this project underway. Instead, as I write this, the new lights are installed and will greatly improve our ability to enjoy our own backyard. So, along with the entire Stonebridge community, we are sending a huge thank you to Commissioner Hall and all the other County employees for hearing our pleas and completing the VCP lighting project. Veterans Community Park "Before" and "After" pictures, which now show an emphasis toward the downward -directed lighting. Pelican Bay Community Park Tennis and Pickleball Update, Around 60 days until Substantial Completion -- As of early September, we are thrilled to announce the project is moving along nicely as we continue to work through the rainy season. The eight hydro grid tennis courts are just about complete with some minor lighting work underway. The twenty pickleball courts have been completed with the installation of the nets to occur closer to opening. The outdoor pavilion is well underway with the parking lot beginning its site preparations as well. More updates can be found on the facility website, which will be online shortly. For more detailed information, check out Pelican Bay's Facebook page. Click here to watch Community Center & Racquets Director, Maury Bozman, explain the details that will improve your match play and programming updates as we get closer to the facility's soft opening. Collier County Station 76, located at 790 Logan Blvd N, is making changes for a Safe Haven Baby Box installation. All demolition and rough electrical work is complete, inspected and passed. The Baby Box was on site and as of September 2nd, being installed into the wall. We are actively finalizing the alarm system that will monitor the unit, with the camera, strobe and all associated hardware being installed over the coming days. We will then call for final inspections and move onto finishes, touch up paint, stucco etc. While that is happening, we will work with the Safe Haven team to conduct the seven (7) days of consecutive testing to ensure proper functionality. This Safe Haven Baby Box will provide a great option to allow for the anonymous surrender of an infant, offering both compassion and hope. 0 a a] Over the past 5 months, Collier county Parks have made notable accomplishments to Barefoot Beach including: • Restoration of the natural pathways from all parking lots to the public beach • Installation of rope fencing to protect dune plantings and delineate public access points • Exterior restoration of the restroom and concession building With engineering and permitting now in place, a contractor has been selected to carry out the remaining repairs to the restroom/concession building. This phase of work, is in progress and includes: • Replacement of electrical and plumbing systems • Installation of a new ADA-accessible ramp from the parking lot to the building • Addition of new outdoor showers We anticipate this work will allow for the reopening of the facility by the end of the calendar year. In parallel, we have initiated the solicitation process for a concessionaire and are working toward having concession services in place as we begin phased access to Parking Lot 1. Currently, Parking Lots 2 and 3 remain open to the public, along with their corresponding beach access points. Looking ahead, the next phase of improvements, scheduled for 2026, will include: 1. Installation of new Mobi-mats on two of the beach access pathways 2. Restoration of the parking lots and entrance road 3. Upgrades to the entry gate area and site signage 4. Installation of additional outdoor showers In just four days, 4,500 tons of sand were placed on a section of Vanderbilt Beach between Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) reference monuments R-28 and R-29 (approximately 500 feet north of Vanderbilt Beach Road) to allow access for emergency vehicles. The Board of County Commissioners approved the approximately $215,000 Vanderbilt Beach Urgent Sand Fill Project at their June 24 meeting. Contractor Earth Tech Enterprises, Inc. quickly mobilized equipment and completed the work ahead of schedule. Trucks hauling sand from Stewart Mine in Immokalee delivered material to the Vanderbilt Beach Road cul-de-sac. This required closing the cul-de-sac to public access and rerouting pedestrian beach traffic south of the project area. Crews installed fencing to separate the work zone, while the remainder of the beach stayed open for public use during the short-term renourishment effort. The County prioritized completing the project before the July 4th holiday weekend so residents and visitors could enjoy the newly renourished section of beach. Additional precautions were taken to protect sea turtle nests. County staff and consultant crews worked diligently to ensure the safety of beachgoers, wildlife, and workers throughout the project. During the summer and fall of 2024, Hurricanes Debby, Helene, and Milton caused extensive erosion along much of Collier County's shoreline. Post -storm monitoring reports recommended renourishment projects at Vanderbilt, Pelican Bay, and Naples beaches to address significant sand losses. Design work for all three projects is currently underway. Renourishment of Vanderbilt and Pelican Bay beaches is scheduled for fall 2025, with the Naples Beach renourishment planned for fall 2026. It's always fun meeting people out in the public, and this week I met Mr. Lytle. I got to hear his story of serving in the military. I just wanted to honor him and tell him thank you for coming up and introducing himself to me. Batteries Do Not Belong in the Trash or Recycling Cart All kinds of batteries — can spark fires in collections trucks and landfills, putting workers and the environment at risk. CJ Never place batteries in garbage or recycling carts. 7 Instead, drop them off for free disposal at a Collier County Recycling Drop - Off Center. Just pull up — no need to get out of the car! ❑I Find your nearest drop-off location: colliercountyfl.gov/dispose. ❑ Help spread the word! Ever wonder what happens After the Curb Video - this video is a short (-3 min) video that tells the lifecycle of materials after they are placed at the curb and includes information for Collier County's solid waste and recycling programs. These services and programs are what ranked Collier County 2nd in the state for recycling and contribute to the shared goal to Preserve our Paradise! Also, view the ReUse guide that provides customers with options for a variety of materials to be recycled or reused, leaving "throwing it out" as a last resort. In 2013, the Public Utilities Department started a multi -year program to replace potable water and wastewater pipes that have reached the end of their useful lives. In 2017, the Growth Management Department combined efforts to form the Public Utilities Renewal (PUR) program which included stormwater improvements. The Collier County Board of County Commissioners has approved the following projects as of August 2025: • 91st and 92nd Avenues North: Water main replacement completed 11/14/14. • 93rd and 94th Avenues North: Water main replacement completed 1 /23/ 15. • 97th Avenue North (700 Block): Water and sewer main replacement completed 2/22/15. • 107th Avenue North Public Utilities Renewal (PUR): Water and sewer replacement and wastewater force main installation, combined with stormwater improvements from Vanderbilt Drive to 8th Street. Completed 5/ 16/2018. • 110th Avenue North PUR: Water and sewer replacement combined with stormwater improvements from Vanderbilt Drive to U.S. 41. Completed 5/ 16/2018. • 95th Avenue North PUR: Water and sewer replacement combined with stormwater improvements from Vanderbilt Drive to U.S. 41. Completed 1/13/2020. • 96th Avenue North PUR: Water and sewer replacement combined with stormwater improvements from Vanderbilt Drive to U.S. 41. Completed 4/1/2021. • 108th and 109th Avenues North PUR: Water and sewer replacement combined with stormwater improvements from Vanderbilt Drive to U.S. 41. Completed 10/26/2022. • 105th and 106th Avenues North PUR: Water and sewer replacement combined with stormwater improvements from Vanderbilt Drive to U.S. 41. Completed 5/28/2024. • 98th and 99th Avenues North PUR: Water and sewer replacement combined with stormwater improvements from Vanderbilt Drive to U.S. 41. Substantially completed August 2025. The following projects are targeted for Board approval for design in the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2026 (Oct -Dec 2025): • 91st Avenue North PUR: Sewer replacement combined with stormwater improvements from Vanderbilt Drive to U.S. 41. The following projects are targeted for Board approval for construction in the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2026 (Jan -March 2026): • 103rd and 104th Avenues North PUR: Water and Sewer replacement combined with stormwater improvements from Vanderbilt Drive to U.S. 41. As funding is available, similar improvements are planned to continue throughout the Naples Park area (e.g., remaining segments of 97th Ave N and 107th Ave N and streets 100th Ave N, 101st Ave N, and 102nd Ave N); however, a more detailed sequence has not yet been defined or approved. For information, please go to https://www.collierpur.com/ or contact 239-451- 0280. Watch my recent interview with the •erty Sentinel Report. 7 Thanks to Our Public Utilities Summer Interns a From left: Keagan Hallock, Mechanical Engineering; Joseph Graziano, Natural Resource Management; Ava Zehnder, Civil Engineering; and Autumn Hurst, Environmental Engineering This summer, you may have seen some of our interns in your neighborhood. The Public Utilities Engineering and Project Management Division welcomed four talented interns, actively engaged in high -impact projects. In the field, they participated in local activities such as repaving at Naples Park and pipe installations at Palm River as well as tours of water treatment plants, recycling centers, and landfill facilities. We are proud of the contributions made by these and all of our other 2025 interns, grateful for their hard work and dedication, and excited to see where their promising futures lead. M Collier Park Events Full calendar of other events at Collier Parks & Rec. Fall Waterpark Hours Weekends / 10 am - 5 pm Visit www.napieswaterpark.com for more information. FC Naples Home Games Through October 2025, FC Naples has several home games, fun for the whole family. Learn more about Naples' own soccer team and purchase tickets. View the Paradise Coast full calendar of events. The Collier County Board of County Commissioners has announced that all adoption fees at Collier County Domestic Animal Services (DAS) will be waived, effective immediately, through October 1, 2025. Read more here. Hunting, Fishing, and Camping Sales Tax Holiday (aka 2nd Amendment Sales Tax Holiday) -- Consumers can purchase qualifying hunting, fishing, and camping supplies exempt from tax during the 2025 Hunting, Fishing, and Camping Sales Tax Holiday. Passed by the Florida Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the sales tax holiday begins Monday, September 8 and extends through Wednesday, December 31. Visit www.floridarevenue.com/HuntFishCamp. *NEW* Collier.gov Website: Collier County Government is pleased to announce the launch of its redesigned website and new, U ®❑ easy -to -remember web address: www.Collier.gov, debuting the week of September 15, 2025. Click here for more details. Hurricane Season Links: • Sign-up for Alert Collier • Report to Collier 311 • Collier County Emergency Management WE ARE HIRING - Collier County jobs are posted each Friday. For a full list of job openings, click here. a Meetings - The Board of County Commissioners (BCC) holds meetings at 9am on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month (Jan -Oct). In Nov/Dec they meet only the 2nd Tuesday of the month. All are encouraged to attend, either in - person or via Zoom. Viewing - Please note that you can watch Collier Television (CTV), either "Live" or via our Video -on -demand Archive. 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Our mailing address is: Chris Hall, Collier County Commissioner for District 2 3299 Tamiami Trail East Suite 303 Naples, FI 34112 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. From: Phil Wisler To: Chris Hall Subject: Paraiso Club on Vandebilt Beach Date: Monday, September 8, 2025 6:11:25 PM Attachments: Letter to County Commissioner Hall 090825.odf 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 Hall, Please find a letter I have drafted to our Collier County Commissioners. A hard copy will follow by regular mail. I am hoping you will consider the points expressed in this letter prior to your October 14th meeting. Regards, Phil Wisler From: Louise Jarvis To: Chris Hall Subject: Fw: Proposed Private Club Development - Gulfshore Drive Date: Sunday, August 31, 2025 7:03:39 PM Reasoning for his request is in this long thread below From: Phil Wisler<wislerpw@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2025 11:08 AM To: Diane Lynch <Diane.Lynch@colliercountyfl.gov> Cc: Louise Jarvis <Lou ise.Ja rvis@colliercountyfl.gov>; Renald Paul <Renald.Paul @colt iercountyfl.gov> Subject: Re: Proposed Private Club Development - Gulfshore Drive 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. Ms Lynch, Good morning and trust you had a good holiday weekend Quite a bit of detail in your note below. Not really sure how the mere mortal can navigate the byzantine constructs we have developed to govern things like real property development without the aid of county staff, lawyers and consultants. Perhaps that is somehow one of the objectives of our current system. Anyway, I do have two new questions as follows: (1) If the County Commissioners enact a new Collier County Customary Use Ordinance like the Collier County Customary Use Ordinance 2018-31 (approved by a 4 to 1 vote in 2018, superseded by HB 631 (2018) itself superseded by Senate Bill 1622 signed into law in June 2025 ("SB 1622"), can I sit on the dry sand immediately outside the proposed private club's 15' Type B Buffer (note: the Conceptual Site Plan seems to identify two 15' Type B Buffer areas, one with a pool in it and one simply open area east of the area labeled "Beach Dune") Qr seaward of the area labeled Beach Dune on the conceptual site plan submitted by the developer without fear of being asked to move? (2) should the County Commissioners enact a new Collier County Customary Use Ordinance (presumably identical to the Collier County Customary Use Ordinance 2018-31) after the County Commissioners have already approved the conditional use proposed by the private club's developer, will the ordinance provisions not be applicable to the project since the private club was approved before the ordinance? Any brief responses to these two pretty specific questions would be much appreciated. Regards, Phil Wisler 676 110th Ave Naples FL 34108 610 574 2613 cell Sent from my iPhone On Aug 29, 2025, at 3:26 PM, Diane Lynch <Diane.Lynch(@colliercount fv I.eov> wrote: Mr. Wisler, You requested information concerning the project, how you interpret the information that was provided is based on your own views and opinions. It is not staffs role to influence policy. Staff is required to follow and enforce Board of County Commission approved directives and/or policies. Staff is tasked with reviewing applications to ensure they meet all required County or State Land Development, Environmental, or Building Codes. Staff provides their analysis for the Planning Commissioners and Board of County Commissioners to consider. The application is then presented to the Planning Commissioners and Board of County Commissioners, who vote on the request. No matter who develops this property, whether a private home or a business, both would have the same property boundaries. Rezoning the property did not change that. Rezoning the property to a tourist district, which already exists to the south, was to allow the club to be able to develop the property. A private homeowner could make the same request you're anticipating the club will make concerning where you normally sit, or they may not. I truthfully have no idea who the club owner or developer is or what fees the club will be charged. This would be a business decision that is not required as part of the application. The County does not have the authority to interfere in how a private legal business runs their business. Who, if, or how other properties may be developed is up to the current property owner. It is their decision who they sell their property to. Private property rights allow a property owner to develop their property, as long as the property complies with all of the requirements noted above. This is not a political statement, the Constitution protects property rights through the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. If you disagree with a Board decision or policy or would like to express your opinion on a topic, the public can contact their Commissioner, which you have done, and you may sign up to speak at a Board meeting. All Board meetings are advertised and open to the public, this is same for Planning Commission meetings, which are held the Board of County Commissioner's Meeting Room, located on the Third Floor of the Administration Building at the Collier County Government Center, 3299 Tamiami Trail East. Board of County Commissioners I Collier County, FL Collier County Planning Commission (CCPCL Collier County, FL I wish you well Diane Diane Lynch Management Analyst II Operations & Regulatory Management Office:239-252-4283 2800 N Horseshoe Drive Naples, Florida 34104 Diane, Lynch &coiliercountyfl.aov From: Phil Wisler <wislerow(apgmail.com> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2025 10:34 AM To: Diane Lynch <Diane.Lynch(a colliercount fv I.eov> Subject: Re: Proposed Private Club Development - Gulfshore Drive <CountyLogo-FullColor 948165c4-9665-41b4- 9162-fbb16abff557.ona> <Facebook_0522f546-5e75A698-95f9- f15590a3defe.ona> <Instagram a8da4774-4b5b-4ad1-8d23- 20e69b3b605d.ona> <X-Twitter_8d678efc-bd 14-44ce-97cf- 7fbab1003b00.ona> <Youtube_0078f7f1-7789-4afd-a015- 50689fe 1 f99b. ona> <3111conforSignature_655c7bb5-b2bb-49a0- 9737-5ae8a4da3ba6.ona> 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 Ms Lynch, Thank you for taking the time to continue our dialogue and for the information you have provided. There is no doubt in my mind that you are very good at what you do and the County is lucky to have you. In your professional capacity you are constrained by what is. Code sections, legal interpretations/precedents, chapters and versus. Please know that I am aware of this and the limitations this fact places on your ability influence policy or policy decisions. That said, please do not mix politics with common sense. I knew when I started this query that I would loose but forged ahead anyway in the hope that principles matter. I am aware of course that the world is not always fair. What I do know is that there was a place I sat on the beach for 15 years and once this project is approved and built I will no longer be able to sit there (unless I move my chair around to stay on wet sand). In 15 years of using Vanderbilt Beach along public access areas 4, 5, 6, and 7, I have never been asked to move along by any condo management or private home owner. Only Moraya Bay has a history of this behavior. The fact that the easement providing for public access #4 will remain only misdirects. The locals are loosing a place we sat, we will continue to pay for its maintenance, and unless we reside in one of Mr. Soave's (or some other wealthy/connected developer's) private communities, submit an application with $45k, are lucky enough to get invited to join, and then pay $6k a year, we will never sit on that sand again. Note: The process and dollar amounts are from the Floridian Club's website. We are clearly having something taken away and are only protected as far as the preservation of an easement we can use to walk up and look at what we lost. This will no doubt be the case as the couple of remaining single floor homes further north are demolished and converted to private clubs. Had conditional use approval not been granted or if this project is not approved by the County Commissioners in October, two big houses will be built. Beach use will stay the way it is and the intensity of beach use would not change materially serving both communities that have historically used the area (humans and wildlife). Tell me I'm wrong and I'll believe you Have a great weekend and again thank you for your willingness to correspond with me. I am sorry for adding something to what I am sure is a full plate that you maintain. Regards (and nothing more from me on this), Phil 610 574 2613 Sent from my !Phone On Aug 27, 2025, at 6:55 PM, Diane Lynch <Diane.Lynch t7a colliercount fv I.eov> wrote: Mr. Wisler, I confirmed with staff that the 10-foot public walkway depicted on the site plan is in the same location as it is now and is labeled as Access 4. The house that was there has been demolished, but the site plan reserves the 10-foot public easement for beach access and does not depict any other type of usage or removal of the easement. There was no "taking" of public use space. The public area of the beach remains, and the existing easement, which is required for beach access, will also remain in place. As our population exceeds 275,000, Section 2 of the attached SIB 1622 would not apply; only the repeal of Section 163.035 would be applicable. <image001 .png> The property was previously zoned as Residential-Single-Family-3 (RSF-3) Per LDC2.03.02 E.1.c.5 Private Clubs are an allowable use in the Residential Tourist -Vanderbilt Beach Residential Tourist Overlay (RT- VBRTO) zoning district, but not in the Residential-Single-Family-3 (RSF-3) zoning district. The requested rezone will extend the abutting Residential Tourist -Vanderbilt Beach Residential Tourist Overlay to the south. LDC2.03.02 E.1 Residential Tourist District (RT). The purpose and intent of the residential tourist district (RT) is to provide lands for tourist accommodations and support facilities, and multiple family uses. The RT district corresponds with and implements the urban mixed -use district and the activity center district in the urban designated area on the future land use map of the Collier County GMP. While this will be a membership -only private beach club, there is no indication that having a membership equates to ownership in the club. Had the property been developed as a residential single-family home, nothing more than a building permit would have been required. Neither the Planning Commission nor the BCC reviews building permits, and no public meetings or public notification would have been required. The property boundaries would have been the same as those for the club, and the 10-foot public easement would have remained. The Land Development Code requires 30-foot front yard, 17.5-foot side yard, and 30-foot rear yard building setbacks for the proposed beach club. These are greater than or similar, as compared to what was previously on the property. The applicant included the following Traffic Management Strategies as part of the project: -No On -site Parking for Members. -Member Shuttle Service. -Staff Transportation Service. -Limited Vendor Site Visits. -Promote Bicycling and Walking to the Facility The proposed uses ofthe property are indicated in the graphic below. The Club will be responsible for maintaining the portion of the beach within the green, open -space landscaped area in the graphic below. This appears to be the area designated for their lounges. The County will continue to maintain the beach and sand dune area adjacent to the club's open -space, landscaped area. <image010.png> The items are scheduled to be heard at the Board of Collier County Commissioners (BCC) Meeting on October 14, 2025. The meeting packet and Public Notice will be published on the Calendar of Events, link is below, beginning on Thursday, October 9th Calendar of Events I Collier County, FL You may sign up to speak at the October 14, 2025, meeting either in person or remotely. Included in the Public Notice will be a link to the meeting items that will allow you to sign up as a remote speaker. Individuals who wish to participate in person must complete and submit a speaker form prior to the discussion on the item. Individuals who wish to participate remotely must complete and submit the online speaker registration form before the meeting begins. The BCC Meeting takes place at: Board of County Commissioners Chambers, Third Floor, Collier County Government Center 3299 Tamiami Trail E Naples FL 34112 Diane Lynch Management Analyst II Operations & Regulatory Management Office:239-252-4283 2800 N Horseshoe Drive Naples, Florida 34104 Diane, Lynch&colliercountyf1.aov <CountyLoao-Full Color 948165c4-9665-4lb4- 9162-fbb16abff557.ona> <Facebook_0522f546-5e75-4698-95f9- f15590a3defe.ona> <I nstag ram_a8da4774-4b5b-4ad 1-8d23- 20e69b3b605d.ona> <X-Twitter_8d678efc-bd 14-44ce-97cf- 7fbab1003b00.ana> <Youtube_0078f7f1-7789-4afd-a015- 50689fe 1 f99b. ona> <3111conforSignature_655c7bb5-b2bb-49a0- 9737-5ae8a4da3ba6.ona> From: Phil Wisler <wislerpw(@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 6:45 AM To: Diane Lynch<Diane,Lynch(@colliercountvfLeov>; Louise Jarvis <Louise.Jarvis(d)colliercountyfl.gov> Subject: Re: Proposed Private Club Development - Gulfshore Drive 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. Good morning, Thank you for the detailed response. If I am reading the information you provided correctly, you have not addressed my concerns. Rather, you have confirmed my fears. I am not sure how the members of the Collier County Planning Commission (the "CCPC") could have arrived at the conclusion that: 1) approval of the Conditional Use will not adversely affect the public interest and will not adversely affect other property or uses in the same district or neighborhood I suspect none of them ever used public access point #4 regularly to enjoy the beach and the Gulf. Before the Club, we (not just my wife and I but many regular folks) would use public access #4 walk left, and enjoy peaceful days on the Gulf (no patrons blasting music, fisherman violating no fishing areas (as in Delnor Wiggins), no tents and large beach encampments ... just peace). After the Club, the ability of beach patrons with a long history of doing this exact thing will be gone forever. Replaced by, sorry, this area and chairs are reserved for Beach Club patrons (just like at Moraya Bay, LaPlaya, etc). The public interest of many existing beach patrons will surely be adversely affected. To this, the only possible retort of the CCPC can be well the little people can just use public access point #4 and walk to the right from now on. Rather, the members of the CCPC were informed of the "taking" of formerly public use space this decision will surely result in and instead conclude that the wealthy can just use the Vanderbilt Beach parking garage or bike in like everyone else (or buy a unit at Moraya Bay or book a suite at LaPlaya which have already taken their pieces of Vanderbilt Beach). Just as good would have been to simply let the lot owner do what all the other adjacent lot owners have done and build a big house. No harm no foul there. To add insult to injury, I will now have the knowledge that after the club pulls its reserved loungers and tables back, the very spot where I once enjoyed many many days will be groomed or replenished with resources funded by my own tax dollars. One way you can actually be responsive to my concerns is to tell me it is not too late. Perhaps direct me to a link where I can file a formal grievance or appeal to some County or State resource. That would truly be helpful. Regards, Phil Wisler 676 110th Ave Naples FL 34108 610 574 2613 Sent from my !Phone On Aug 26, 2025, at 8:01 PM, Diane Lynch <Diane. Lynch l@colliercountvfl.eov> wrote: Good afternoon, Hi, yes, Louise included me in the email. My name is Diane Lynch: I am a Management Analyst II with the Collier County Growth Community Development Department (GMCD). At the August 21, 2025, Collier County Planning Commission Meeting, which I coordinate, there were companion items for a Conditional Use approval to allow for a Private Club in the Residential Tourist (RT) Zoning District, and a companion rezone from the Residential-Single-Family-3 (RSF-3) zoning district to a Residential Tourist -Vanderbilt Beach Residential Tourist Overlay (RT-VBRTO) zoning district. The zoning being amended does not, in turn, make the beach private property. The beach club is "private" and will be by membership only. Before any Conditional Use recommendation can be offered to the Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA), the Collier County Planning Commission (CCPC) must make findings that: 1) approval of the Conditional Use will not adversely affect the public interest and will not adversely affect other property or uses in the same district or neighborhood Under Florida law, any sand on a beach below the high tide water mark is public. Many homeowners own the sand down to the average high-water line, although some counties have passed local ordinances over the decades that allow the public to use otherwise private beaches for sunbathing, fishing, and walking, provided they have historically had access for these purposes. Similar to County rights -of -way, the property owner is responsible for regular maintenance, including keeping the pipe under the driveway clear and in good condition, as well as mowing the grass, since this is where utility pipes and fiber lines are located. Below is a link to a recent news story that may be of interest. https://apnews.com/article/florida-back-street-boys-beach-access- e69a2a7321 d4f22c926aeb7795bcOfe6 I think this is what you may be referring to when you noted 2018 by §163.035. "In 2018, then -Gov. Rick Scott signed an executive order addressing confusion over a new Florida law, clarifying that it doesn't make public beaches private. The law that took effect on July 1, 2018, clarified the process local governments must follow to allow public access to otherwise privately owned beaches. It doesn't change beach ownership, though it did void a beach access ordinance passed in Walton County in the western Panhandle. Gov. Scott said in the order, "Because Floridians and our visitors deserve to have access to our world -class beaches, and property owners deserve to have their property rights respected, it is critical that there be no room for confusion regarding access to public beaches in Florida." Gov. Scott had directed the state Department of Environmental Protection to establish a website where the public can report any issues with accessing public beaches. The agency must review the complaints and issue a report to the Legislature on its findings. The DEP also served as a liaison between the public and local governments regarding the implementation of the new law. Gov. Scott urged any other government agencies not to pass ordinances to restrict access to public beaches. He urged state attorneys "to take appropriate actions to ensure that the ability of the public to access Florida's public beaches in accordance with longstanding Florida law is preserved and is not infringed." The 2018 Florida law that stemmed from a Walton County ordinance blocked any local government from passing ordinances dealing with public beach access until affected homeowners were notified, a public hearing was held, and a court had determined whether a private beach was historically open to the public." On June 24, 2025, Governor Ron DeSantis approved Senate Bill 1622, which restored control back to local authorities, and signed it into law in Santa Rosa Beach, a beach town in Walton County. Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Legislation to Protect Local Beach Access and Expedite Coastal Restoration I Executive Office of the Governor Senate Bill 1622 (2025) - The Florida Senate In Part.... "CS/SB 1622 protects public beach access and streamlines beach restoration in Gulf Coast counties," said Governor Ron DeSantis. "I was happy to be in Santa Rosa Beach to sign this legislation —it is a win for recreation, for tourism, and for future generations." Under SB 1622, counties and cities can once again adopt ordinances recognizing recreational customary use, such as walking, fishing, and swimming, without havingto obtain costlyjudicial declarations on a parcel -by -parcel basis. The bill repeals a 2018 law that limited the ability of local governments to uphold long-standing public beach access traditions." Specific to The Paraiso Club, I've attached the Conditional Use, Conditions for Approval that are included in the Resolution Item 13 reads: 13. Beach chairs, umbrellas, cabanas, and similar devices supplied by the club shall only be used on the beach in front of the club, defined as beach area enclosed by the north and south property lines of the club Below is a site map, which shows a 10-foot Public Walkway Easement on the North side of the property. <image002.png> I've included the link below to the August 21, 2025, Planning Commission Meeting Packet where you may view the materials for the Paraiso Club. The items are 9 C and 9D or they start on page 618 of the meeting packet. EfteadweleIYH'urd4ffff2-Q_= hope this addresses your concerns but if you have any additional questions, my contact information is below. Regards, Diane Lynch, CSM, CPM Management Analyst II Diane.lynch(c)colliercountyfl.aov <image003.png> Phone - 239-252-4283 Diane Lynch Management Analyst II Operations & Regulatory Management Office:239-252-4283 2800 N Horseshoe Drive Naples, Florida 34104 Diane. Lynchacolliercountyfl.aov <image004.png> <image005.png> <image006.png> <image007.png> <image008.png> <image009.png> From: Phil Wisler <wislerpw@)gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 202510:00 AM To: Diane Lynch <Diane. ynch(U)colliercountvfL.gov> Cc: Louise Jarvis <Louise.Jarvis(c�coLLiercountvfL.gov> Subject: Proposed Private Club Development - Gulfshore Drive 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. Good morning Diane. I understand that Louise Jarvis copied you on some recent correspondence I have had with the Office of County Commissioner Chris Hall. I consider it a blessing to have the ability to vet my concerns with our elected officials and county staff. Thank you for what you do in service to the community and everyone in it. I admit that I do not have the benefit of a long history with the legal analysis and debates that have no doubt focused on the beaches in our county (and Likely Florida and for that matter all states with ocean or gulf coastal areas). I do have 15 years of direct experience with the customary use of Vanderbilt Beach. My primary concern with the proposed private beach club is that it will result in a formal and probably legally binding privatization of a public asset. I caLL Vanderbilt Beach a public asset because 1) it is maintained with tax dollars, and 2) under Florida Constitution Article X, Section 11, dry sand definition, it states: By default, the public does not have a legal right to access or use the dry sand unless: 1. There is a public easement or dedicated access point, Of course there are several dedicated public access points to Vanderbilt Beach, including one immediately adjacent to the site for the proposed club. While I appreciate (and despise at the same time) the loophole created in 2018 by §163.0351 can't seem to read this statute in such a way that it permits the use of public funds to maintain private property. Unless I am missing something, which is entirely possible, the cost of sand grooming and beach replenishment should be born by the owner of the private property. Confronted with this real and probably legally enforceable position, I suspect Vanderbilt Beach owners with Gulf frontage would acquiesce to public use without any need for government to go to court to affirm customary use of private beach areas. Where I come out on this is that logically, Gulfside property owners should not have it both ways regarding the beach. Either it is private, and the masses can sit in the water if they wish, or, they get pristine raked and replenished beach front for the low price of access. Please help me understand or help those who don't understand these points. Thankyou. Phil p.s. in Delaware, which permits private beaches, each ocean front community must fund its own beach maintenance and the cost is born by homeowners. No state funding, no national funding, no Core of Engineers support (but strict regulation by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control). I realize this is another state, but it demonstrates that a state government can be fair and rational in some things. Sent from my iPhone 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. <SB 1622.pdf> From: Louise Jarvis To: Chris Hall Subject: FW: Vanderbilt Customary Use Ordinance Date: Sunday, August 31, 2025 7:02:33 PM Forwarding the below email request. Thanks, Louise -----Original Message ----- From: Phil Wisler <wislerpw@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2025 10:52 PM To: Louise Jarvis <Louise.Jarvis@colliercountyfl.gov> Subject: Vanderbilt Customary Use Ordinance 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 Hall, I am writing to encourage you and your colleagues to commence, as quickly as possible, a legislative/legal process to adopt a new Customary Use Ordinance for Vanderbilt Beach. Collier County Customary Use Ordinance 2018-31 probably contains all the necessary wording. The County Commissioners should postpone any votes to approve pending conditional use permits/projects currently under consideration until the historical and current actual usual and customary public use of Vanderbilt Beach is officially protected under a new ordinance. In this way, public access to areas currently under consideration for, say, a private beach club can be assured. Please let me know what I can do to help raise awareness of how critically important this step is to protecting public access to this important Gulf amenity. Thank you for your time and consideration. Phil Wisler 676 110th Ave Naples FL 34108 610 574 2613 (cell) Sent from my iPhone 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. From: Louise Jarvis To: Chris Hall Subject: FW: Proposed Private Club on Gulfshore Drive Date: Monday, August 25, 2025 1:22:25 PM Please see the below concern and let me know how/if you would like me to respond. Thanks, Louise -----Original Message ----- From: Phil Wisler <wislerpw@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2025 10:21 AM To: Louise Jarvis <Louise.Jarvis@colliercountyfl.gov> Subject: Proposed Private Club on Gulfshore Drive 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. Good morning. Hard to believe summer is almost over. Our thoughts are turning to quiet beach days along the Gulf while the folks up north don their gloves and jackets. When I read about the proposed private club development on Gulf Shore Drive, I got shivers up my spine. As a 15 year resident of Naples Park, my wife and I have truly come to value our beach access. We typically bike to the public county walk-on entrance #4 next to the proposed site for the private club. As I reflect on the many wonderful, peaceful, days we have spent there with family and guests, I consider the contrast in the beach vibe currently enjoyed by taxpayers and what is to come. The picture I see if our county commissioners approve this project is formed, to a large extent, by the existing Gulf beach frontage at the Moraya Bay Beach Tower development (or La Playa for that matter). One can use the adjacent public county maintained beach access entrance but cannot go left and immediately sit on the beach in that area. This portion of Vanderbilt Beach is covered by (mostly empty) Moraya Bay beach chairs which are not available to the general public. I wonder if this is because the Gulf frontage at Moraya Bay is somehow private and exclusive to that development. Then I say that can't be because taxpayer funded county resources groom the sand there and all along Vandrbilt Beach. I am sure we would never use public funds to provide benefits to private developments (yes, sarcasm is intended here). If two homes are constructed on the subject lots, the intensity of beach use and the potential for beach area discrimination will be greatly reduced. Were houses to be constructed on the subject lots, it is likely that they may limit some sight -lines for some neighbors who knew or should have known that that very outcome was likely when they built or purchased their homes so no harm there, Where the harm enters the picture is when wealth displaces/disrupts/diminishes public funded beach amenities and the working class/retiree taxpayer's access to them. Vote for this project and that is exactly what you are voting for. Please consider these points as you carefully deliberate on this proposed project. Regards, Phil Wisler 676 110th Ave. Naples FL 34108 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. From: Marsha O To: Chris Hall Subject: Paraiso Club condition use document ---inconsistent with the Beach ordinance Date: Friday, October 10, 2025 3:58:39 PM Attachments: Attachment C-Conditions of Approval-Paraiso Club CU (5-2-2025).ndf Ordinance 2018-31.odf 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, When I read the conditions for approval proposed by the project, item 13 suggests they request to operate in a way defined to be unlawful in Ordinance 2018-31. They plan to have beach chairs etc down to the edge of the water. This will restrict public use of the beach inconsistent the ordinance which defines Vanderbilt Beach: " Vanderbilt Beach shall include not only that part of the beach seaward of the mean high water line, but shall also include the dry sandy area adjacent to the mean high water line up to the vegetative line.". Please require the applicant's conditions for approval document to be consistent with this ordinance and this definition. Thank you. Sincerely, Marsha Oenick 705 99th Ave N 34108 315-694-0546 naple smarsha9 g gmail. comcom From: Marsha O To: Chris Hall Subject: Paraiso Club condition use document ---requested additional item Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 7:39:31 AM Attachments: Attachment C-Conditions of Approval-Paraiso Club CU (5-2-2025).odf Ordinance 2018-31.odf 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 Hall Thank you for our correspondence on this item to date. I now provide specific language that should address my concern about the following item in their document. "Item 13: Beach chairs, umbrellas, cabanas, and similar devices supplied by the club shall only be used on the beach in front of the club, defined as beach area enclosed by the north and south property lines of the club, extended to the edge of the water. Will you please require the following additional item: "Item 18: The club shall operate consistently with Ordinance 2018-31: Section 3: "Vanderbilt Beach shall include not only that part of the beach seaward of the mean high water line, but shall also include the dry sandy area adjacent to the mean high water fine up to the vegetative line." and Section 5: " Except as provided below, the public shall have the right to recreate along all of Vanderbilt Beach. Recreation shall include walking, jogging, sunbathing with or without a beach umbrella, picnicking, fishing, building sandcastles, and other similar recreational beach activities." Without explicitly including this as an item of the Conditions of Use Document, either as a separate Item or as an addition to Item 13, it will appear to the club that the County is granting permission for the club to disregard Ordinance 2018-31, the Collier County Vanderbilt Beach Customary Use Ordinance, and restrict access by the public to this region of Vanderbilt Beach. Verbal or Lrentleman's afreement otherwise is insufficient for this or anv other situation being defined by legal ordinance. Unfortunately this will likely provide precedent for further restrictions to Vanderbilt Beach and negate the good efforts of the County to preserve Vanderbilt Beach for County residents and the tourists it wishes to attract. Will you please require this addition to the applicant's Attachment C-Conditions for Approval Conditional Use Paraiso Club to ensure protection of Vanderbilt Beach for residents and the tourism industry as this body has so firmly committed to do? Thank you. Sincerely, Marsha Oenick 705 99th Ave N 34108 315-694-0546 naplesmarsha9Ca�,gmailxom From: Susan Zehnder To: Chris Hall Subject: Re: Paraiso Beach Club & Bike Racks Date: Friday, October 10, 2025 2:25:23 PM 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. Amazing! Thank you so much! -Susan On Fri, Oct 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM Chris Hall <Chris.Hall(&,collier.gov> wrote: Hi Susan, I've sent the request to Parks and Rec. I'd like to be where we were before the storms. Also, I will ask the petitioner on Tuesday to install one. Good idea and thanks for bringing awareness to the racks. Blessings, Chris Sent from my iPhone On Oct 10, 2025, at 2:16 PM, Susan Zehnder <susanzehnderggmail.com> wrote: 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 Hall, I hope you are doing well and enjoying cycling in this cooler weather. As an avid cyclist, you understand the importance of bike racks. When I am out for a ride and want to stop for a break, it is frustrating when there is no secure place to lock up my bike. I then have to abandon my plan to stop and move on to a new location. This is the situation at five of the seven Vanderbilt Beach Access Walkways. Most of the bike racks and beach access signs for the seven beach access walkways were lost during Hurricane Ian. While new beach access signs have been installed at the seven walkways, only two of the seven walkways currently have bike racks. This represents a significant reduction in public amenities for cyclists compared to pre -Ian conditions, resulting in a loss of beach access for cyclists. We should be encouraging people to bike to the beach, yet without bike racks at all of the beach access walkways, there's no suitable place for cyclists to secure their bikes. Obviously, it's not appropriate to lock a bike to a fence that's on private property, but is it ok to lock a bike to a county sign, such as a speed limit or parking sign? Bringing a bike onto the beach is not a great option. That's why adding bike racks is such a practical, affordable way to make our beaches more accessible for everyone. Please restore this lost amenity for the local residents of Vanderbilt Beach and Naples Park and implement a plan to install a high capacity bike rack at each of the seven beach access walkways. This will help reduce crowding at the main Vanderbilt Beach Road entry point by spreading out density from Vanderbilt Beach Road to Delnor Wiggins Park. This brings me to the proposed Paraiso Beach Club. Please include as a condition for approval for the Paraiso Beach Club, that the applicant must install a public bike rack at the corner of their property adjacent to Beach Access # 4. Ideally, it should be of similar size to the bike rack at Beach Access #7 - able to accommodate 10 bikes. Perhaps the Paraiso Beach Club would like to sponsor the installation of all seven bike racks and put a "Donated by the Paraiso Beach Club" sign on all the bike racks? Thank you for your consideration, have a great weekend. Sincerely, -Susan Susan Zehnder 547 Roma Court Naples FL 34110 ATTACHMENTS: New bike rack suggestions, List of Beach Access & Bike Racks Pre - Hurricane Ian <New Bike Rack location by Beach Access location number_ - Google Docs.pdf> <LIST OF VANDERBILT BEACH PUBLIC WALKWAYS AND BIKE RACKS - Google Docs.pH> 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. From: James D Hanrahan To: Chris Hall Subject: RE: Paraiso Beach Club & Bike Racks Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 8:12:20 AM Attachments: CountvLoao-FullColor cr20c066-62b8-4dee-9cd8-348c361f90ad.ono Facebook e9eb6669-df41-4336-bb8f-985294cctce3.ona Instaoram a70eea3l-eb4d-42bf-a250-9e199e3e671f.onci X-Twitter 326538ef-b28c-48e6-92b7-12d7123121e3.ona Youtube 28f985e4-58dc-454e-86d0-6fc565e116af.ona 311IconforSionature 258fc9be-17bd-4399-9609-d6fdc325a72e.ona Good Morning, I'd like to provide an additional update following my conversation with Eric Short, Superintendent of Maintenance. Currently, bike racks are installed at Access Points 3 and 7, as well as at the Vanderbilt Access and BLuebilL locations. Eric met with the Vanderbilt Beach Beautification MSTU and shared the following update: "Kurt and I met with Judi Sizensky of the Vanderbilt Beach Beautification MSTU. With Judi's support, we plan to replace the bike racks at the Bluebill Restrooms and install a Larger rack at Access Point 7. As the MSTU advances future pathway projects, we will also explore opportunities to add additional bike racks within the County Right -of -Way near other access points. This is a valuable collaborative effort, and we look forward to continuing our partnership." Please let me know if you have any questions or would like further details. James Hanrahan Division Director— Parks & Recreation Parks & Recreation Office:239-252-4067 North Collier Regional Park 15000 Livingston Rd. Naples, Florida 34109 JamesD.HanrahanCcollier.gov My email address has changed. Effective immediately, please update your contact list to use this new address: JamesD.Hanrahan&collier.gov From: Chris Hall <Chris.Hall@collier.gov> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2025 8:58 AM To: James D Hanrahan <JamesD.Hanrahan@collier.gov> Subject: Re: Paraiso Beach Club & Bike Racks Awesome, thank you sir Sent from my iPhone On Oct 13, 2025, at 8:20 AM, James D Hanrahan <JamesD.HanrahanPcollier.gov> wrote: Z Collier County DMOMM Good Morning, Eric Short, Superintendent of Maintenance,spoke with Ms. Zehnder last week to discuss this matter. He and his team have completed an assessment of the access points to identify appropriate locations for reinstalling bike racks. The racks will be ordered shortly, and installation will proceed upon delivery. I will keep you informed as updates become available. James Hanrahan Division Director — Parks & Recreation Parks & Recreation Office:239-252-4067 North Collier Regional Park 15000 Livingston Rd. Naples, Florida 34109 JamesD.Hanrahan a&collier.gov <CountyLogo-FullColor cf20c066-62b8-4dee- 9cd8-348c361f90ad.ona> <Facebook e9eb6669-df41-4336-bb8f- 985294ccfce3.Dna> <I nstagram_a70eea31-eb4d-42bf-a250- 9e199e3e671f.Dna> My email address has changed. Effective immediately, please update your contact list to use this new address: JamesD.Hanrahan(2collier.gov From: Chris Hall <Chris.Hall(@collier.gov> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2025 2:19 PM To: James D Hanrahan <JamesD.Hanrahan(@collier.gov> Subject: Fwd: Paraiso Beach Club & Bike Racks Please see request below. Chris Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Susan Zehnder <susanzehnder(cagmail.com> Date: October 10, 2025 at 2:16:20 PM EDT To: Chris Hall <Chris.Hall @collier.g_ov> Subject: Paraiso Beach Club & Bike Racks <X-Twitte r_326538ef-b28c-48e6-92 b7- 120123121e3.12_na> <Yo u to be_28f985e4-58d c-454e-86d 0- 6fc565e 116af. ona> <3111 conforS ignatu re_258fc9be-17bd-4399- 9609-d6fdc325a72e. ona> 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 Hall, I hope you are doing well and enjoying cycling in this cooler weather. As an avid cyclist, you understand the importance of bike racks. When I am out for a ride and want to stop for a break, it is frustrating when there is no secure place to lock up my bike. I then have to abandon my plan to stop and move on to a new location. This is the situation at five of the seven Vanderbilt Beach Access Walkways. Most Of the bike racks and beach access signs for the seven beach access walkways were lost during Hurricane Ian. While new beach access signs have been installed at the seven walkways, only two of the seven walkways currently have bike racks. This represents a significant reduction in public amenities for cyclists compared to pre -Ian conditions, resulting in a loss of beach access for cyclists. We should be encouraging people to bike to the beach, yet without bike racks at all of the beach access walkways, there's no suitable place for cyclists to secure their bikes. Obviously, it's not appropriate to lock a bike to a fence that's on private property, but is it ok to lock a bike to a county sign, such as a speed limit or parking sign? Bringing a bike onto the beach is not a great option. That's why adding bike racks is such a practical, affordable way to make our beaches more accessible for everyone. Please restore this lost amenity for the local residents of Vanderbilt Beach and Naples Park and implement a plan to install a high capacity bike rack at each of the seven beach access walkways. This will help reduce crowding at the main Vanderbilt Beach Road entry point by spreading out density from Vanderbilt Beach Road to Delnor Wiggins Park. This brings me to the proposed Paraiso Beach Club. Please include as a condition for approval for the Paraiso Beach Club, that the applicant must install a public bike rack at the corner of their property adjacent to Beach Access # 4. Ideally, it should be of similar size to the bike rack at Beach Access #7 - able to accommodate 10 bikes. Perhaps the Paraiso Beach Club would like to sponsor the installation of all seven bike racks and put a "Donated by the Paraiso Beach Club" sign on all the bike racks? Thank you for your consideration, have a great weekend Sincerely, -Susan Susan Zehnder 547 Roma Court Naples FL 34110 ATTACHMENTS: New bike rack suggestions, List of Beach Access & Bike Racks Pre -Hurricane Ian 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. From: Marsha 0 To: Chris Hall Subject: Re: Paraiso Club condition use document ---inconsistent with the Beach ordinance Date: Friday, October 10, 2025 5:24:29 PM 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, The beach ordinance says public access is to the vegetation line not the high water mark which is closer to the water. From the ordinance: " Vanderbilt Beach shall include not only that part of the beach seaward of the mean high water line, but shall also include the dry sandy area adjacent to the mean high water line up to the vegetative line. ". If I were the club I would argue that agreement of their conditions document gives them control of the beach to the water's edge. Regardless of what we hope they mean. Their language is pretty clear!. "Item 13: Beach chairs, umbrellas, cabanas, and similar devices supplied by the club shall only be used on the beach in front of the club, defined as beach area enclosed by the north and south property lines of the club, extended to the edge of the water. " I implore you to require this be changed. Thank you, Marsha Oenick On Fri, Oct 10, 2025, 5:10 PM Chris Hall <Chris.Hall&collier.gov> wrote: Marsha, They won't control water to median high water line. Thx for the observation. Blessings, Chris Sent from my iPhone On Oct 10, 2025, at 3:58 PM, Marsha O <nna12lesmarsha9Ugmail.com> wrote: 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, When I read the conditions for approval proposed by the project, item 13 suggests they request to operate in a way defined to be unlawful in Ordinance 2018-31. They plan to have beach chairs etc down to the edge of the water. This will restrict public use of the beach inconsistent the ordinance which defines Vanderbilt Beach: " Vanderbilt Beach shall include not only that part of the beach seaward of the mean high water line, but shall also include the dry sandy area adjacent to the mean high water line up to the vegetative line.". Please require the applicant's conditions for approval document to be consistent with this ordinance and this definition. Thank you. Sincerely, Marsha Oenick 705 99th Ave N 34108 315-694-0546 naplesmarsha9naa.email. com<mailto:naplesmarsha9gumail. com> <Attachment C-Conditions of Approval-Paraiso Club CU (5-2-2025).pdf> <Ordinance 2018-31.pdf> 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. From: Susan Zehnder To: Burt Saunders; Jeff Klatzkow; Chris Hall; Rick LoCastro; Bill McDaniel; Dan Kowal Subject: Request to Reconsider Vote on Paraiso Beach Club Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 12:53:25 PM 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 Chairman Saunders, I respectfully urge you to reconsider your vote to approve the Paraiso Beach Club project until clear language is added requiring the petitioner to fully comply with Collier County's Vanderbilt Beach Customary Use Ordinance 2018-31. During the hearing, you asked County Attorney Klatzkow, "I'm assuming that this petition is subject to that Ordinance?" He responded, "I would assume that too, but like suspenders with the belt, if Mr. Yovanovich agrees to that condition, I would put it in there." Instead of confirming compliance with the Ordinance, Mr. Yovanovich proposed a 15-foot setback, which overrides key provisions of Ordinance 2018-31. Why was his request granted without first reviewing the Ordinance itself? Allowing this exception sets a concerning precedent. Other commercial property owners along Vanderbilt Beach can now seek similar privileges, effectively undermining the Ordinance designed to protect public access to the beach. From the Ordinance: Ordinance 2018-31 Section Three: Definitions As utilized herein, Vanderbilt Beach shall mean the entire beach commencing at the southern terminus of Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park thence running southerly past Vanderbilt Beach Road until FDEP Monument R-31.5. Vanderbilt Beach shall include not only that part of the beach seaward of the mean high water line, but shall also include the dry sandy area adjacent to the mean high water line up to the vegetative line. Full text of Ordinance: Collier County Vanderbilt Beach Customary Use Ordinance 2018-31 https://app.collierclerk.com/LFBMR/DocView.aspx? id=164632&dbid=0&repo=BMRPROD&cr=1 Please ensure that the Paraiso Beach Club is held to full compliance with County Ordinance 2018-31. Respectfully, -Susan Zehnder 547 Roma Court Naples, FL 34110 From: Brad Erck To: Chris Hall Subject: When are we going to stop? Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 7:13:01 AM 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. Commissioner - Please vote no on the Paraiso Club project. The area is dense enough. brad erck Louise Jarvis Subject: Meeting w/Commissioner Hall re: BCC AGENDA ITEMS Location: Rich to call Cell: 239-961-2986 Start: Fri 10/10/2025 8:00 AM End: Fri 10/10/2025 8:30 AM Recurrence: (none) Meeting Status: Accepted Organizer: Richard Yovanovich 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. From: Holly Manheim To: Chris Hall; Burt Saunders; William.McDaniels(a5)collier.00v; Dan Kowal Subject: Fw: Does not meet 4th criteria for waiver Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 3:53:29 AM 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. I am forwarding same email to all board members. Thank you. Holly Manheim Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Holly Manheim" <hollymanheim@yahoo.com> To: "Rick.LoCastro@ColIier.gov" <Rick.LoCastro@ColIier.gov> Sent: Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 3:38 AM Subject: Re: Does not meet 4th criteria for waiver Sincerely, Holly Manheim Jerome Manheim Residents of Ekos Cadenza II 8455 Rattlesnake Hammock Rd Unit 1120 Naples, FL 34114 Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conduer On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 3:34 AM, Holly Manheim <hollymanheim@yahoo.com> wrote: I live at the adjacent property that will be detrimentally affected, which is Ekos Cadenza II at 8455 Rattlesnake Hammock Rd - There are two 5 story buildings here that comprise of Ekos Cadenza I and II and 320 units. The only entry and exit is Rattlesnake Hammock Rd off of Collier Blvd. These were completed in the last year and are specifically for senior affordable housing. Costco and Costco gas station is going to disrupt this community, making it unsafe and congested. When I first moved in here, one of my neighbors got hit by a car and killed crossing Collier Blvd. to go shopping. Believe me the traffic going in and out of our community cannot take any more. Cat - Connect comes here everyday to help our residents get to their appointments. Rideshare drivers deliver groceries. LISPS, UPS FEDEX, and Amazon deliver to our bldg. Ambulances, medical transportation come down this one road to our community. There is only a little road to turn into to get to our bldg. It wasn't even on the gps when we moved here. We had to direct everyone here. If you have cars, trucks, minivans, all vehicles and gas tanks coming through our adjacent community it will cause much havoc. Please don't approve this. It is a big mistake. One member of the planning commission voted against this on September 18th, 2025 meeting. I went back to watch it. He voted against it because of the fact that it will adversely affect the people who live here. The residents of Ekos Cadenza 1 and Ekos Cadenza 2 which are the adjacent properties. Please have staff show you how the gas tankers are going to get to the gas station. They can't answer the question. I watched the meeting. There is only 1 road. Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize. Conquer PHILIP WISLER 676 110Avenue, Naples FL 34108 1610-574-2613 I wislerpw@gmail.co September 8, 2025 Commissioner Hall Collier County Commissioner, District 2 The Collier County Board of County Commissioners 3299 Tamiami Trail East Suite 303 Naples, FL 34112 Dear Commissioner Hali: �MDd�10 SEP 15 2025 COLIIERCWIM GOAROOf COUNTYCOMMISSIONERS I have reviewed materials concerning the application for conditional use and rezoning necessary to permit construction and operation of the Paraiso Club (the "Club") compiled by the Collier County Planning Commission (the "CCPC"). While I am sure there are specific notices required when the public must be, by law, alerted to significant permitted use changes like the Club, I for one was unaware of the Club. Like many others folks, I did not learn about the Club until publication of the Naples Daily News article describing CCPC's approval of the Club. I pay close attention to a variety of news sources, including commissioner newsletters, but knew nothing about this project. I think it is time to revisit the process used to undertake public notice. It seems to be broken. In any event, having gone through CCPC's materials, I noted, among other things, that no letters of objection were included so I am providing this letter in advance of your meeting on October 14t". Despite having a sense of fait accompli and powerlessness in this matter, I feel it is important to let you know why I object to the Club. I am sure the beach use proposed by the Club is in direct violation of Collier County Code of Ordinances. Certainly, the proposed use of the beach by the Club violates provisions of Chapter 146, Article IV. - Vanderbilt Beach Customary Use. The Club will, at a minimum, violate Sections 146-94, 146-96, and 146-97 which cover "Right to Recreate", "Obstruction of Vanderbilt Beach", and "Posting of Beach" respectively. Once constructed, historical users (local residents/taxpayers and tourists) of Public Access #4 will no longer be able to use the dry sand in front (seaward)of the Club as envisioned and protected by Section 146-94. That 1 area will have been overtaken by "Beach chairs, Umbrellas, Cabanas, ..... extended to the edge of the water" (See # 13, CCPC Exhibit A - Conditions of Approval, Paraiso Club Conditional Use PL20240009700). The placement of all of the Club's beach paraphernalia will clearly be conscious, deliberate, and largely permanent (except for when removed for beach grooming or beach replenishment paid for by public tax dollars or performed by Collier County resources ... which of course is outrageous). These assets of the Club, which cannot be used by the public, clearly constitute a barrier or restraint as envisioned by Section 146-96 (no obstruction) and are the most effective sign, marker, or warning the Club could erect to make it clear that this area is private, a violation of Section 146-97 (no posting). I believe the observations above are inescapable conclusions. Our finite beach resources and access to them by an one with a notion to use them are so precious that you need to be held accountable to the oath "to well and faithfully perform the duties of their office". These duties include upholding and defending the County's code of laws and ordinances. The Ordinances of Chapter 146 need to be upheld and defended by you. I am asking that you vote "no" to the Club and prevent its discriminatory/illegal use of this public space. Sincerely, 0 P 0 To: Collier County Board of Commissioners SEP 18 2025 COLLIER cwjy BOARD U Cum colt611SSI0NERS As a resident of Collier County, I strongly oppose the proposed approval of the Paraiso Club on Vanderbilt Beach, which would privatize a stretch of dry sand historically open for public use. On June 24, 2025, Governor DeSantis signed Senate Bill 1622 into law, restoring authority to local governments to preserve and defend the customary use of Florida's beaches. The Governor made clear that public access is a priority. Yet the approval of the Paraiso Club would have the opposite effect, permanently blocking residents and visitors from recreational use of this section of Vanderbilt Beach. Furthermore, Collier County Ordinance Chapter 146, Section 146-94 explicitly protects the public's right to recreate on Vanderbilt Beach, including walking, jogging, sunbathing, fishing, and other activities, extending from the waterline to within fifteen feet of private property. Approving this private club conflicts directly with this ordinance. Allowing privatization would: Strip the public of rights guaranteed under existing county law. Undermine the intent of SB 1622 and the Governor's stated commitment to public beach access. Force taxpayers to fund beach renourishment and maintenance for an area from which they are excluded. Set a dangerous precedent for further privatization of Collier County's beaches. For these reasons, I urge you to vote NO on the approval of the Paraiso Club and uphold both the letter and spirit of Collier County law and Florida state law protecting public beach access. Respectfully, Jane Buboltz Collier County Resident ,Jane28b @ comcast. net Louise Jarvis Subject: Meeting w/Commissioner Hall re: BCC AGENDA ITEMS Location: Rich to call Cell: 239-961-2986 Start: Fri 10/10/2025 8:00 AM End: Fri 10/10/2025 8:30 AM Recurrence: (none) Meeting Status: Accepted Organizer: Richard Yovanovich 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. :43 at tjj 11 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2025 I NAPLESNEWS.COM PART OF THE USA TODAY NETWORK 1 • • 1 ' • • / ' • • ' • , • ' / �0 �Lw ies, counties say statute usurps home rule John Kennedy Capital Bureau I USA TODAY NETWORK - FLORIDA Calling a new state law the "largest incursion into local home rule authority" in Florida s modern history, 23 cities and two counties have sued to overturn a measure which helps many developers by prohibiting local govern- ments from enacting stricter planning requirements. The lawsuit against state officials was filed Sept. 29 in Leon County to stop the provisions of SB 180, which was approved on the final day of the 2025 session. The counties suing are Mana- tee and Orange. The almost two -dozen ces include Deltona, Delray Beach, Destin, Alachua, Stuart, Naples, Palm Beach, Jupiter and Fort Lauderdale. Since signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in June, the law has blocked local governments from enacting anything considered "restrictive or burdensome" to their comprehensive plans or land development codes. The law empowers development companies and even private citizens to sue local governments for changes to planning laws imposed since August See HOME RULE, Page 11A Home rule Continued from Page 1A 2024. It also keeps any stricter planning provision off the books until at least October 2027. Jamie Cole, a Fort Lauderdale'attorney represent- ing those governments suing, says the law has a host of constitutional flaws. But a central problem, accord- ing to the lawsuit, is that it runs roughshod over the home rule powers of cities and counties, as outlined in Florida's 1968 constitution. The law is "freezing all local land development reg- ulations and comprehensive plans in place on August 112024," according to the suit. Under the law, the state has overturned Orange County's new 25-year comprehensive plan and threatened building moratoriums approved in Delto- na, Edgewater and Treasure Island. A transportation plan set for Osceola County faces a possible challenge and Manatee County delayed the reinstatement of wetlands protections fearing it could violate the developer -friendly standard, offi- cials said. Smaller -scale changes including a halt on new gas stations in Tallahassee may be troubled. Polk County earlier dropped a proposed ordinance restricting roosters on some properties out of fear it might run afoul of the law. Windermere has paused action on a new tree ordi- nance, Lake Park has shelved an historic district plan, and Naples, Jupiter and Stuart have received notices they're being sued over various actions. The law was portrayed by supporters as designed to improve state and local emergency response fol- lowing hurricanes and floods. Instead, critics say it mostly helps developers fight restrictions on growth. Florida's largest builders lobbied for the law State records show that some of Florida's largest m builders lobbied lawmakers in support of SB 180. Aong them: On Top of The World Communities, the Kolter Group, North Lake Communities, Highland Homes and Associated Builders & Contractors. "Some of the local governments have also had to NAPLES! yam" • �°� �. _ . Developers have been given the upper hand in fights with cities and counties over growth because of a new law that prohibits "burdensome and st rerictive" planning laws. GREG LOVETT/PALM BEACH POST In pause moving forward with planning and zoning reg- ulations that have been years in development even if those regulations are unrelated to emergencies or re- building after emergencies, amounting to a waste of the public funds," the lawsuit said. With the new law prohibiting anything "restrictive or burdensome," developers gain assurance that they'll be able to keep building. There's little fear that housing density could be reduced, or flood plains de- clared of limits for construction. The bill targeted Florida counties listed in last year's federal disaster declarations for the three hur- ricanes that hit the state: Debby, Helene and Milton. But since every Florida county was included in at least one of those 2024 designations, the new restric- tions apply statewide. A sponsor of the measure, Sen. Nick DiCeglie, R- dian Rocks Beach, ridiculed moves by local govern- ments to discourage development after storms: "We want local governments to ensure that they're allow- ing homeowners and businesses to rebuild," he said in May on the Senate floor. John Kennedy is a reporter in the USA TODAYNet- work's Florida Capital Bureau. He can be reached at jk mnedy2@gannett.com, or on X at @JKennedyRe- port. PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Magnolia Pond PUDA Planned Unit Development Amendment PUDA, Petition No. PL20240010833 CCPC0 August 21st, 2025 OR 9 a.m. BCC. October 14th, 2025 - 9 a.m. Collier County Government Center William H. Turner Building, Third Floor 3299 Tamiami Trail, East Naples, FL 34112 Nancy Gundlach, Planner III: 239=252=2484 THIS property is currently in litigation, and has been for nearly 5 years due to fraudlent actions committed by Trustees who are named in Case# 2:25-CU-342 SPC hpm.Refilings were due to the deaths of two of the Trustees. I , Garrett F.X. Beyrent have owned 88% of this property since 1985 and placed it in our revocable Family Trust with my Ex Wife Teryl Brzeski and her new husband Pawel Brzeski and two of my children who collectively own the balance of 22%.In 2005,as the family broker, was offered 15 and 17 million dollars for the Magnolia Pond PUD and eventually in 2005, 20 million dollars from Toll Brothers. My Trustee partners,refused to sell the Magnolia Pond PUD citing the 18 months they needed to investigate their purchase. It has always been 18 months or more as the standard in Collier County to process the necessary studies as my family, including the Defendants , have been in the real estate development business in Naples and Lee County as well,since 1971.The Defendants also had been selling off other trust assets and even creating new companies by changing the names of other family trust properties. Five years ago, during the Covid outbreak, Defendant Teryl Brzeski and her husband sold our Magnolia Pond PUD to Habitat for Humanity for $7, 950,00 and kept all the money siting the poor real estate market. Plaintiff, Beyrent had been undergoing facial surgery and was unaware of this sale. The Defendants had been selling off properties and keeping all the profits. Since 1989 Plaintiff Beyrent has been living off the annual $28,000 income he receives from his Social Security and Army combat benefit s.Plaintiff Beyrent requests that the Court freeze the assets of the Defendants and investigate the suspicious sale of our Bonita Springs mining operation which the Defendants changed the name and ownership of to and sold for $87. 000,000,without Plaintiffs knowledge or consent. ROOM i W + r J S �• ` Y . ��.r.r,�.r are+r�.�r��a��r�wts<ar�ar�� ,• __� '::'� 13We iZ l D au r%.S r�d l(.. I �l G.F.X. 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