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Strongly oppose due to negative impact on character of neighbor- hood and dangerously increased traffic on currently congested roads. It's quite challenging and often dangerous to take a left hand turn onto Shoreline Drive when driving south on CR -19 at rush hours, as it is (no left arrow going this direction). I can't imagine how it would be with additional traffic that would be added by this de- velopment. In addition, this structure would tower over existing homes and be detrimental to the preserved wetlands. I'm very much against this. This will have a major impact on traffic, wildlife and not fit the small footprint of Navarre. We already have major traffic prob- lems on 19. This must not happen! This is a terrible idea and will permanently and negatively dam- age the neighborhoods. Traffic on 19 is already a huge problem during morning and evening rush hour. I don't know how it can accommodate 100 more cars. I worry about the wildlife in the marsh and we should seek to preserve our shrinking wild areas! Navarre traffic already far exceeds capacity. The dense rush hour traffic makes it difficult and dangerous to turn onto County Road 19 or County Road 15 from any Navarre side streets. During evening rush hour, traffic on County Road 19 regularly backs up past the Narrows Bridge. And the intersection of County Road 19 and County Road 15 is already notorious among commuters for being unsafe, awkward, and even frightening. As noted above, a guiding CMP principle regarding future urban devel- opment states: Urban Planning Policy 5 — Urban developments will be limited to the extent that they can be adequately served by the existing or planned public facilities and services. New development will not be permitted to exceed the existing or planned capacity of local roads, utili- ties, parks, police and fire protection.1z (Emphasis added.) The CMP also addressed the County Road 15 traffic problem specifically: 12 CMP page 2-18.