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ajm3s writes:

in response to naples_rocket:

couple of new chain restaurants , couple more traffic lanes, more tourist tax dollars to attract even more tourists, new restrooms for day trippers, more and more and EVEN MORE visitors. We should stop wasting hours and hours on +/- 10 bucks on a water bill, guns and develop some REAL goals and visions. Do we want to remain what Deltona envisioned or become yet another tourist trap with chain restaurants, parking garages, miniature golf, horse rides? Collier is already on the way to becoming yet another tourist trap, what should Marco do??

Collier Blvd will be a congested highway, it is the plan that has been envisioned by the county to handle the influx of tourists, snowbirds and folks who are coming south.

However, Marco Islanders, which include full time residents can make their voices heard. Just consider the density transfer ordinance that the city of Marco Island passed last year to encourage the development of hotels in the Midtown district. It was to serve as an initial foray into transferring waterfront commercial unused density credits to a land locked Midtown district in the heart of the city.

Now if you want my take, we are taking unused density that was to be used on the waterfront and transferred it to the center of town on Collier Blvd. Imagine, increasing density in the center of town on Collier Blvd.

In essence, Marco Island is encouraging more development in the heart of the city on the busiest street on this island.

Well I am not a sophisticated land planner or traffic analyst, but all I can say is good luck with making it a pedestrian friendly area.

See in my world, density has impact.

The 5 Councillors that voted for density transfer, of which three running for re-election were NOT successful!

I believe we are making an impact.

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