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Protecting Southwest Floridas unique natural environment and quality of lifenow and forever. CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA Facebook.com/ConservancySWF 1495 Smith Preserve Way Twitter.com/ConservancySWFL Naples, FL 34102 239.262.0304
Protecting Southwest Florida’s unique natural environment and quality of life…now and forever. Facebook.com/ConservancySWF Twitter.com/ConservancySWFL 1495 Smith Preserve Way Naples, FL 34102 239.262.0304 www.conservancy.org
“Looking forward to the Future of Southwest Florida from an Environmental Perspective” Or “How to eat your fish cake and have it too!”
May 2016
Conservancy of Southwest Florida is a grassroots organization dedicated to protecting the water, land and wildlife in our five-county region.
Founded in 1964
The Conservancy is dedicated to protecting Southwest Florida’s natural
donations stay in the five-county area.
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WATER, LAND, WILDLIFE, FUTURE
Policy & Advocacy Science & Research Wildlife Rehabilitation Environmental Education & Nature Center
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Florida population now over 20 million 3rd most populous state 2015 Data Reveals FL added more than 1000 new residents per day (That’s 365,703 people last year!)
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In 2010, the State estimated that if all development allowed in local land use plans was built, our population would be 92 million! We do not want to look like this!
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Growth will continue, and Florida has a tremendous amount of entitled future development It isn’t about stopping development, it’s about directing growth appropriately
Naples 10th fastest growing area in nation Cape Coral/Ft. Myers ranked 6th
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2010 Collier permanent population – 338,000 Seasonal residents and visitors bumped population over 410,000 951 considered to be urban boundary today Where are these additional people going to live?
Sources: http://www.colliergov.net/index.aspx?page=262 & collier Interactive Growth Model Report 2008
This is the urban area This could be the new urban boundary
Build Out Population – Over 1 million
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Area Build Out Population Coastal Urban 507,600 Golden Gate Estates 80,000 Immokalee 59,000 RFMUD 35,000 RLSA 329,800* Other Areas East of 951 58,000 Total
1,069,400
Source: Collier Interactive Growth Model Executive Summary 2008, except at asterisk, where population was increased based on 2008 WilsonMiller Memo identifying capacity for 43,300 acres
per 5 for remaining available lands, times 2.38 persons per household, which is the Collier avg.
Landowners’ Conceptual Road Build Out Plan
These are some of the new
to accommodate this amount of development Our cost estimate for this road network was over $2 billion Who will pay for this?
Conservancy Vision Landowner Vision
Florida Realtors study determined when water quality and clarity was good, Lee County’s aggregate property values between 2010-2013 increased by an estimated $541 million.
Which waterfront view would you pay more for?
Polluted water has a Ripple Effect
Conservancy supports passage of Legacy Florida
“A code word for whatever the user of this term wants to achieve.”
“It is clearly superior to the alternative: ‘dumb growth.’”
First things first…….What is “Smart Growth”?
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A large part of SWFL contains sensitive natural resources Our environment requires more protective measures that other areas:
listed species habitat Avoiding impacts should always be the first step
cost for water/sewer infrastructure and 33% more in road costs
walkable communities
looking for “age in place”
Poorly planned development is costly, and that cost will be the burden of the taxpayers
“In Houston, a person walking is someone on his way to his car.”
Focus should be on:
Development east of urban boundary should be focused adjacent to, or in close proximity of, the urban area
they will be affected by sea level rise, but how much they will be affected and in what ways including the degree to which it will continue, how rapidly change will occur, what type of changes will occur, and what the long-term effects of these changes will be.”
» Jim Beever, Regional Planning Council
NAPLES AT +6 FEET SEA LEVEL RISE. 2094-2120
Image courtesy of Dr. Harold Wanless, University of Miami
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