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Growth Preparedness
Ensure Quality Development that fits Naples
- We cannot have a No Growth plan because Growth is inevitable. When we take a No Growth position, we do not prepare adequately for projects that happen without proper planning which creates acrimony and problems that could have been avoided. We have a fiscal responsibility to allow redevelopment which increases city revenue while maintaining tax rates.
- Simultaneously, we need to do a better job preparing for: (a) project impacts, neighbors, traffic, infrastructure needs (b) county growth in the North and East should result in an investment back into the City (the City pays 25% of County Property Taxes opening the discussion to a common plan) and (c) a city limit building height plan with the County should be created considering the difference between the City building limit height of 42’ and the County building height limit of 150’. A fifteen-story building has been approved near downtown at the intersection of Route 41 and Davis Boulevard.
Support Public Safety
Protection to Ensure a Safe Community
We need to continue to invest in our emergency preparedness and public safety capabilities: police, fire and medical first responders. Currently, the Police Department is down 13 officers (25% of their headcount) and they are questioning the competitiveness of their compensation, benefits and pension of a city of our size and revenue.