Joe --

This reply will be short and unfortunately not too sweet. I disagree with the pedantic tone of your comments but due to an unfortunate tragedy in my family I am leaving for Los Angeles as write this. I am particularly incensed that you have appointed yourself as the final arbiter of what is "perfectly natural" with regard to human behavior.  My perspective is that the noted behavior is neither perfect nor in the least natural, at least among the gentle persons with whom I prefer to associate. 

I will give you a point by point discussion when I return unless by then I have realized the pointlessness of continuing these observations.  Recall also that I have no horse in this race.  New slips will not improve the value of MY property, my boat is behind my home.

Did you not notice or care that I simply asked that cooler heads prevail and ask real experts (our local and plentiful realtors are our most accessable and free resource here) about the marginal additional value of new marina space in a housing development which prides itself on its water amenities???  I thought I made the point clearly that I personally would have bought a home inland if a slip had been available, or at least the waiting list shorter.  This, sir, is prima facie evidence of the incremental value to a home of additional marina space.  Admittedly this really only applies to non waterfront homes, but such properties are and will remain the preponderence of all OP lots. 

And no, this is not a midnight basketball court in an otherwise unoccupied lot, in a quiet community.   It is, in fact, an addition to an existing, and I presume, already approved amenity.  With regard to increased traffic, how can 54 slips contribute to the level of vehicular movement more that the incessant delivery of the free newspapers throughout EVERY street in the community??? Nowhere have I ever heard or read that the existence of convenient marina slips contribute to the general lowering of property values and frankly I find the notion more than a little preposterous! 

Unfortunately, you ARE right on one insurmountable point...there will probably never be enough slips to meet the demand of our residents.  That (it seems to me) is a really silly reason not to attempt to at least reduce the backlog somewhat.  But I am new to the kind of logic we appear to prefer here in the Pines...perhaps in time I can master this new way of solving problems.  Note well that your arguments are essentially that boat slips are the ONLY community amenity for which there appears to be more demand than supply. Therefore we should just not have any more???