Residents Don’t Want Additional Waterway Accesses

Marco City Council is exploring the creation of additional public small craft accesses within our inner waterways and canals where residents now enjoy a quiet, serene, and safe lifestyle that they paid a premium for. These additional accesses, that benefit unbridled commercial tourism, would change the complexion and nature of our canals and waterways destroying the manor of living that residents expect. More public access sites would entail costly land use, parking, lighting, traffic, signage, security etc. It would enhance garbage and noise issues. 

Residents would be paying for these accesses with their own tax dollars when few would utilize them. Residents enjoying their property would risk having to endure commercial outfitters bringing packs of kayakers, paddleboarders, tubers, pedal-boats and jet-skis.

Reference the Island city of Alameda in San Francisco Bay. Waterside residents living a life of tranquility are now being terrorized by thieves in small craft taking anything of value. Why would Marco residents utilize their tax dollars to risk their security? 

Why export the nightmare of commercial activities, that had gone unresolved at Caxambas, into our backyards?

Recall the ongoing costly, litigious rental issue where some residents felt the need to fight to protect their lifestyle. Now imagine risking the lifestyle of thousands. 

My small polling indicates that residents do not want any activity leading towards additional waterway or canal accesses and the tax dollars should go to addressing the deteriorating condition of our waterways.