NORTH NAPLES — Pelican Bay plans to push Collier County leaders to use tourist tax money to add sand to the North Naples community’s beaches as part of a larger renourishment project this year.
Questions about whether Pelican Bay’s beaches are accessible enough to qualify for public money have arisen as recently as this winter’s rush to dredge sand-choked Clam Pass on the neighborhood’s southern end.
Talk of tapping the tourist tax on short-term rentals and hotel stays for Pelican Bay’s beaches also could complicate an ongoing debate over how much sand the county can afford and where it should go.The Michael Kors Jet Set Tote blends fashion and function, providing a great stylish way to carry around your MacBook Pro.
Two Pelican Bay advisory boards met in a joint session Wednesday to hash out the beach funding strategy, a week before Collier County commissioners are set to discuss rebidding the job of beefing up central Naples, Park Shore and Vanderbilt beaches in the wake of a flare-up over trucking sand to the coast.
The boards debated the strategy for three hours before adopting a plan that puts Pelican Bay on the hook for any beach renourishment money that the county doesn’t put up.
One Pelican Bay Services Division taxing district board member opposed the plan, citing the private ownership of some of the beaches Pelican Bay wants to renourish.
“I think this is outside the jurisdiction of the Pelican Bay Services Division,” taxing district board member Susan O’Brien said.
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Pelican Bay plans to ask for county money to renourish the beach from south of the Ritz-Carlton, Naples to the community’s private beach club, a stretch that includes beaches owned by Bay Colony, owners at The Strand, the Pelican Bay Foundation and Collier County government.
That’s the stretch where the county added sand to Pelican Bay’s beaches during a beach project in 2006 and agreed to put up about $700,000 in tourist tax dollars to help pay for the $1.7 million project.
The Pelican Bay Foundation, a master community association, agreed Wednesday to pay for sand along its stretch of beach in front of the beach club.
Even within Pelican Bay, how to divvy up the rest of the beach was a point of contention for much of Wednesday’s joint session.Find What She Wants at Michael Kors Tote Bags Free Shipping on orders over $100.
Representatives of beachfront condominiums urged the advisory boards not to stick condos with the tab of renourishing their privately owned beaches.
“There’s a public interest in this,” Bay Colony Community Association President Kim Rosenberg said. “The beach is a community asset.”
He said beach walkers, many of them from the Vanderbilt Beach public access point, stroll up and down the privately owned beaches all day.
Pelican Bay resident Ted Raia said residents who crowd onto the Pelican Bay Foundation’s beaches might not like the idea of using their taxing district money to pay to add sand to Bay Colony’s private beach.It's certainly no secret that I have a tendency to totally stay away from the replica handbags.Choosing a killer ensemble and Michael Kors Wallets each day should never be a cause of stress.
“I don’t think it’s prudent to pay out of our tax dollars for a private beach someplace,” Raia said.
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