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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Hilton: $24 million project Delray Beach-based Ocean Properties Ltd. seeks to close the resort for 16 to 18 months for a project that would add 85 tourism units.

Ocean Properties Ltd. submitted plans for a $24 million redevelopment-and-expansion plan for the Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort last week that could begin in the first or second quarter of 2014.

The Delray Beach-based company, which also owns the Resort at Longboat Key Club, Lido

Beach Resort and Lido Key Holiday Inn, submitted a site-plan application and request for 85 additional tourism units last week at Town Hall.

It’s the first resort redevelopment-and-expansion project proposed for the island since the former owners of the Key Club first submitted a resort project

application in 2008. A variation of that Key Club project was overturned on appeals three years later.

Ocean Properties will seek recommendation by Planning, Zoning and Building Department staff and approval from the Longboat Key Town Commission by the end of the year.

Read about Ocean Properties’ acquisition of the Chart House Restaurant for the Resort at Longboat Key / PAGE 3A If approved, the Hilton will become the first applicant to take advantage of a town-wide pool of 250 tourism units that

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Chef Jose Martinez and his wife, Victoria, with Chef Emeril Lagasse

+ Emeril Lagasse gets taste of Key Celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse kicked it up a notch when he stopped by Maison Blanche Monday, Sept. 9, to film for his television show, “Emeril’s Florida.” Chef Jose Martinez prepared a variety of dishes for Lagasse to try on the show.

“If I lived nearby, I’d eat here every night,” said the celebrity chef, after trying Martinez’s dishes.

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+ Anniversary is gold for couple Sean and Mary McGrath celebrated their 50th anniversary Aug. 10.

The couple’s family and friends made a book filled with photos, memories and well wishes in honor of their first half-century of matrimony.

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Longboat Key Public Works service worker Tony Porter places flags along Gulf of Mexico Drive Tuesday afternoon in preparation for the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Porter reported that he got frequent honks of appreciation from motorists.

SEEKING SIGNS

by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Colony judge seeks the real deal U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May gave Colony parties three more weeks to present a settlement that affected parties have signed, but he made it clear his patience is running thin.

Those anticipating good news and a settlement announcement in the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort saga left a Sept. 5 U.S. Bankruptcy Court Middle District of Florida hearing in Tampa disappointed.

But no one was more disap-

pointed than U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May. May reviewed a revised “Global Compromise and settlement” that three Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber-owned entities filed Aug. 26, for Colony parties.

But the settlement contained

no signatures and no dollar amounts. Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association attorneys and a bankruptcy trustee judge said that a signed deal is imminent but explained they needed at least another month to produce it.

“Vacations and people traveling are the only reasons the agreement isn’t signed,” said Association attorney Michael Markham. “We have made a lot of progress.”

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Hilton application Ocean Properties Ltd. submitted a siteplan application to Town Hall last week for a Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort renovation-and expansion project that states: “The Longboat Key hotel must be completely redeveloped and modernized to attract the affluent, upscale visitors that historically supported the local economy of Longboat Key. All of the existing buildings and facilities will be demolished, with the exception of the five-story hotel tower on the north side, which shall be refurbished with completely renovated guestrooms and rebuilt infrastructure. The resort will include a new five-story south tower to complement the existing north tower, providing a total of 187 guest rooms supported by an expansive, 165-seat restaurant offering gorgeous, second-story views of the beach and a beautifully redesigned pool area. In addition, 3,000 square feet of meeting space is integrated within the same building as the restaurant and other staff services to provide outstanding support for expanded business retreats and conferences. The revitalization will reposition the property as one of the most outstanding, destination beach resorts in Southwest Florida.” now allow the Hilton to seek a fifth floor and an additional 15 feet in height as part of its project through the site-plan process.

The changes were needed because town code previously didn’t allow Hilton officials to make such a request, because a judge has ruled the town’s ODP process can’t be used to approve such a project until the town makes sweeping code and Comprehensive Plan changes.

The change allows the Hilton and other T-6 zoning (six tourism units per acre) properties to request to redevelop through the site-plan process.

“This is simply another way to review a project while the town works through issues with its ODP process,” Meyer said.

The news frustrated May, who said Colony parties have 21 days to submit a signed settlement agreement to his office. Then, the parties will meet again Oct. 5 in his courtroom to review it.

“I want to see a deal,” May said.

“I’m looking for this to be wrapped up in a bow and sent to the unit owners for their approval.”

Markham noted the Association has yet to sign a development agreement with JHM Financial Group LLC, which has been given exclusive rights to broker a settlement among affected parties. Markham, though, said the development agreement, and the cash that comes with it to help rebuild the Colony, isn’t a requirement for the settlement to be signed.

May had doubts about the progress and called up Jordi Gusso, the attorney for bankruptcy trustee William Maloney.

“Is this real?” Judge May asked. “Is anything really going on here?”

Gusso confirmed an agreement is forthcoming.

“From our perspective, a settlement is the most likely way to pay creditors,” Gusso said. “Killing this case is premature.”

Klauber family attorney Charles Bartlett said he’s directly involved in the settlement process.

“I’ve seen it, and once it’s signed, it’s a resolution of all issues,” Bartlett said. “It would put to bed everything.”

Leading up to the hearing, Colony Lender LLC principal David Siegal said he was never contacted as part of the settlement, even though Colony Lender has a secured interest/claim for Colony Klauber-owned entities totaling $13,612,775.71. That amounts to more than three acres of recreational land in the middle of the 18-acre shuttered resort and an inter-

est in a recreational lease that’s still in the middle of a legal dispute.

Two weeks ago, Colony Lender made its case in a 12th Judicial Circuit courtroom for why it’s owed its money. On Sept. 4, a Sarasota judge entered a final judgment of $14,350,337.07 that Colony Lender is due.

Colony Lender attorney Michael Assaf urged May several times to lift the stay on Colony Lender’s foreclosure sale in Sarasota now that an amount due has been set.

“We’ve been down this road before, but we’re left hanging in the wind, and we are the only ones with any skin in this game,” Assaf said. “They (other parties) are trying to make a deal with our money and our property, and it isn’t fair.”

Assaf also said unit owners at the Colony must approve a settlement agreement by a 75% majority vote.

Colony Association President Jay Yablon, though, said that majority vote is not required for a settlement.

May was sympathetic to Colony Lender’s pleas. He lifted the stay that prevented a foreclosure sale. However, May’s order prevents a sale from being scheduled until Dec. 5, at the earliest.

When May asked Assaf if Colony Lender “would take a wheel barrow filled with $9 million in cash,” Assaf replied. “Schedule our foreclosure sale, Judge, and they will have time to make us a serious offer.”

Both Association and Colony attorneys agreed if an agreement can’t be reached with Colony Lender, the parties will agree to surrender the threeplus acres of property.

May, though, made it clear at the end of the hearing his patience has run out.

“Stop asking for any more time, because we’re just about done here,” he said.

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voters approved in 2008.

The Sept. 4 site-plan application calls for redeveloping the existing Hilton buildings and the 102 rooms that currently sit on the site while also acquiring 85 of the town’s additional tourism units for a new tower on the property.

The application states: “The Longboat Key hotel must be completely redeveloped and modernized to attract the affluent, upscale visitors that historically supported the local economy of Longboat Key.” (See sidebar for more application information.)

Planning, Zoning and Building Director Robin Meyer said town staff will meet with Hilton officials this week to review what has been submitted.

Ocean Properties Vice President Andy Berger told the Longboat Observer in January that to keep the Hilton flag flying on the property, renovations had to begin this summer.

But, Sarasota attorney John Patterson, who is representing the Hilton and its project, told the Longboat Observer in May that the earliest the Hilton could file an application for the project was in October, which puts the application’s submittal on track for a fall review and public-hearing process.

On Monday, Berger said that pending approval, the project could begin in the first or second quarter of 2014. The hotel will close for 16 to 18 months for construction. Currently, the hotel’s website is accepting reservations through April.

Town Manager Dave Bullock and town staff worked with Hilton project engineers as needed throughout the summer to help move the process along. The application, as submitted, doesn’t require any departures from town codes.

Earlier this year, the commission approved an ordinance that modifies the outline development process (ODP) that distributes the pool of 250 tourism units. And, in May, Planning and Zoning Board members reviewed code and Comprehensive Plan changes that

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‘a no-brainer’

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project redo

by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Key Club to purchase Chart House Mar Vista The owners of the Resort at Longboat Key Club have no immediate plans for the Chart House, but called the building’s acquisition ‘a strategic business decision.’ will try again with P&Z application Ocean Properties Ltd., owner of the Resort at Longboat Key Club, announced plans Monday to expand its club footprint on the southern tip of Longboat Key. Ocean Properties Vice President Andy Berger told the Longboat Observer Monday his company is under contract to purchase the Chart House restaurant building and adjoining plaza at 201 Gulf of Mexico Drive. The company will close on the property Oct. 8, for an undisclosed sum.

The Delray Beach-based company also owns the Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort, Lido Beach Resort and Lido Key Holiday Inn. “It’s a strategic business decision for us,” Berger said. “It’s a no-brainer. The land abuts our property, and it makes good business sense.”

The building and property’s last recorded sale was in August 2004, when the property’s current landlord, CORE/PMG Longboat LLC, purchased the property for $5.5 million. Besides the Chart House, Exit Art and Coldwell Banker Residential

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Real Estate reside in the adjoining plaza that sits behind New Pass. That plaza is called Chart House Shops.

Berger said the Chart House and the existing businesses have leases that the Key Club will honor. Berger was unaware of the timeframe for the leases Monday, but called them “lengthy.”

“For the immediate future, we will be a landlord, and we’re OK with that,” Berger said.

Berger said it’s too soon to discuss future plans for the property.

“We have no immediate plans,” Berger said. “The timing was simply right to acquire the property and we took advantage of it.”

The building was built in 1988 and has 18,549 square feet of interior space with views of New Pass and the Gulf.

Former Longboat Key Club General Manager Michael Welly lamented for years that the Key Club lost opportunities on at least two separate occasions to acquire the property before Loeb Partner Realty Group LLC’s tenure.

In fact, the property at 201 Gulf of

Mexico Drive was always meant to be a part of the Key Club’s property when Arvida Corp. mapped out the area in the 1980s.

The Sarasota County Property Appraiser’s website lists the 130,680-square-foot piece of property as “Parcel C-2, Longboat Key Club Unit 4.”

However, the property has housed a Chart House restaurant and other businesses since 1989, when the building received its certificate of occupancy.

Coldwell Banker Longboat Key broker associate Roger Pettingell, who has an office at the location, called the site “a terrific one.”

Pettingell, who has witnessed and helped broker several real-estate deals on the property since Arvida acquired it, said he can glance out his window at any time of the day and spot a dolphin or a manatee.

“A former Arvida official once told me that the (Chart House) restaurant’s bar was going to be a great place to sit down, map out this area and do real-estate deals,” Pettingell said. “He was right.”

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Delray Beach-based Ocean Properties Ltd. will acquire the Chart House property at 201 Gulf of Mexico Drive in October.

BUSINESS PATTERNS

by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Survey shows business gains, retail loss The U.S. Census Business Patterns Survey shows that Longboat Key gained eight businesses between 2010 and 2011.

The data, released earlier in the summer, lists 224 Key establishments — defined by the Census Bureau as a single physical location at which business or services or industrial operations are performed — and 2,287 employees for the pay period that included March 12, 2011, an increase from the 2,129 employees on the payroll as of March 12, 2010.

The increase came despite the fact that the 2010 numbers included approximately 75 employees of the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort who lost their jobs later in the year when the resort closed.

The survey shows that the increase in businesses came primarily from servicebased business.

The loss of retail on the Key is part of a decade-long trend that many business owners attribute to a lack of tourist accommodations.

In 2001, the Key had 38 retailers; as of 2011, the number had dropped to 14.

The town will discuss the role of business on the island as part of an upcoming Urban Land Institute Study. One of the Longboat Key Town Commission-approved questions for discussion is: What should be the balance of residential, tourism and supportive commercial services to ensure Longboat Key’s status as a premier residential and visitor destination?

BUSINESS BREAKDOWN Number of establishments

Number of retail businesses

2007.................. 257 2008.................. 231 2009.................. 221 2010.................. 216 2011.................. 224

2007.................... 25 2008.................... 21 2009.................... 20 2010.................... 19 2011.................... 14

Type of establishment

Number of business employees 2007............... 2,633 2008............... 2,648 2009............... 2,415 2010............... 2,129 2011............... 2,287

2010 Accommodation/food services 22 Administrative/support/waste management/remediation services 8 Arts/entertainment/recreation 1 0 Auxiliaries Construction 3 Educational services 5 Finance and insurance 17 Forestry, fishing, hunting and agriculture support 0 Health care/social assistance 8 Industries not classified 1 Management of companies/enterprises 3 Manufacturing 2 Other services (except public administration) 39 Professional/scientific/technical services 36 Real estate/rental/leasing 43 Retail trade 19 Transportation and warehousing 2 Wholesale trade 7

2011 22 11 6 0 4 3 16 1 8 1 4 2 45 37 41 14 3 6

Planning and Zoning Board members will review a Mar Vista application next week that excludes patron use of the historic Jordan House.

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.

Or, in Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub owner Ed Chiles’ case, add a few more “tries” to that old adage.

Chiles has submitted yet another application —his fourth — that’s coming before the Planning and Zoning Board at 9 a.m. Sept. 17, at Town Hall. The application eliminates a controversial plan to restore the historic Rufus P. Jordan House.

Instead, Chiles is attempting to move forward with building a tree house and adding 11 seats to his restaurant. If approved, the restaurant’s seating would rise from 169 seats to 180 seats.

Also for the planning board’s review later this month is a plan to redesign the existing onsite parking to alleviate Longbeach Village residents’ parking congestion concerns. Residents say cars clog Broadway and other residential Village streets during season.

In June, Chiles initially asked the planning board to review the application without the Jordan House, but rescinded it after receiving complaints from residents who were away for the summer and couldn’t attend the public hearing.

Bradenton-based LTA Engineers sent a letter to Planning, Zoning and Building Director Robin Meyer dated June 11 that stated: “On behalf of our client, we feel it is necessary at this point to seek wise legal counsel in order to appropriately address the issues that have been brought to the town by concerned residents.”

Residents of the Village, though, are still concerned about the revised plan.

Thirty-three residents signed a June 10 letter to the Longboat Key Town Commission, Planning and Zoning Board and town officials opposing the expansion.

The letter states: “Please see firsthand the existing congestion and impact in peak season. The Village cannot tolerate the patrons the Mar Vista has at present — more is unreasonable.”

In May, residents packed Town Hall to oppose a plan that also called for adding a meeting room and a small deck in the historic Jordan House that could be used for private parties.

The old house is currently used for storage, and Chiles had plans to utilize it for patrons.

Village residents expressed concern that the restaurant’s total maximum occupancy capacity (either sitting or standing) could reach 331 total possible patrons if the meeting space were utilized.

Chiles, though, said the 331 number is one he would never have come close to exceeding. Chiles said he would never put more than 60 people in the meeting space, and if the restaurant were full in season, he had no intention of scheduling gatherings in the meeting room at the same time.

The controversy, though, prompted Chiles to rescind an application with the Jordan House’s use that the Town Commission approved on first reading May 6. Chiles also canceled the Fourth of July fireworks and the annual Fish Fry event.

He’s previously submitted three separate site-plan amendments and hopes this fourth amendment will be approved.

“We’ve heard the concerns of the residents,” Chiles said. “We’re ready to move forward.”

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 Town Commission Regular Workshop — 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16.  Planning and Zoning Board Regular Meeting — 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17.  Town Commission Special Budget Adoption Meeting — 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23.  Town Commission Regular Meeting — 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7.  Zoning Board of Adjustment Regular Meeting — 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 10.

All meetings take place at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, unless otherwise noted.

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Two of the vehicles will be SUVs, and one will be a patrol car. The vehicles will have a paint scheme similar to that of the police marine vehicle.

Marked police vehicles are replaced every two years, or about the time they reach 100,000 miles.

Police Chief Pete Cumming wrote in an email that he plans to order the second half of the department’s fleet in late October and expects delivery sometime in the late winter or early spring of 2013.

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Dr. Randall Wells, Mote Marine Laboratory senior scientist and program manager of the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program, is one of 39 nominees for the Indianapolis Prize, the world’s top award for animal conservation.

Other nominees include anthropologist Jane Goodall and conservation leader Carl Safina.

Wells began studying bottlenose dolphins as a highschool volunteer at Mote in 1970 and went on to receive his Ph.D. in biology from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1986.

As director of the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program, he oversees the longest-

running study of a wild dolphin population.

The program, which began in 1970, is a collaboration between the Chicago Zoological Society and Mote.

The pool of nominees will be narrowed down to six finalists who will be revealed in spring 2014. A winner will be announced mid-2014 and honored at the next Indianapolis Prize Gala, presented

by Cummins Inc. The winner will receive $250,000; the five other finalists will each receive $10,000.

+ P&Z prepares for long meeting next week The Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Board has more than just a Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub application to review at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17.

The planning board will also review changes to its telecommunications ordinance and controversial amendments to its boat and trailer ordinance.

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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Commission raises millage increase 10% For the first time since 2010, the town’s millage rate is increasing from 1.8872 mills to 2.0760 mills to pay for rising pension costs.

The Longboat Key Town Commission agreed on first reading and public hearing Sept. 3, to raise the town’s millage rate 10% in fiscal year 2013-14, up from 1.8872 mills to 2.0760 mills.

It’s the first time the commission has agreed to raise the property tax rate since September 2010, when the commission raised the tax rate 25.8%, from 1.5 mills to 1.8872 mills.

One mill is equal to $1 for every $1,000 of assessed valuation.

For a Longboat Key taxpayer with a $500,000 home, the annual property rate tax increase is $94.20 (see sidebar).

The decision covers all town expenditures this year and generates an additional $210,100 for the town’s General Fund. It also creates 95 days of operating revenue for Town Manager Dave Bullock to use in case of an emergency.

Commissioners agreed to raise the millage rate after Bullock explained rising pension costs called for an increase, either this year or the following fiscal year.

The state of Florida’s Division of Retirement is questioning the assumption rates for two pension plans the town is trying to close by the end of the month.

State officials believe an 8% rate of investment return for the firefighters’ pension plan and a 7.75% rate of return for the general employees’ pension plan is not attainable moving forward.

Because state officials are pushing for a 7% rate of return for both closed plans, Bullock decided to change his initial recommendation, which called for keeping the property tax rate flat.

Commissioners debated for more than an hour about the pros and cons of raising the millage rate between 4.6% and 13.2%.

Bullock had previously recommended a 4.6% millage rate increase that would cover the $400,000 increase in pension costs.

The commission also agreed to designate an additional $400,000 to the town’s pension reserve account to pay for the anticipated increase in pension costs. The millage increase agreed to on first reading pays for half of that cost, while the other half will be taken from the General Fund.

Mayor Jim Brown and Commissioners Jack Duncan, Phill Younger and Pat Zunz approved the 10% millage rate increase.

Vice Mayor David Brenner

and Commissioner Terry Gans voted against the 10% millage increase.

Commissioner Lynn Larson couldn’t attend the meeting due to a family commitment.

Brenner wanted a higher millage increase and voted for a failed motion that would have set the maximum millage rate at 2.1372 mills for a 13.72% millage rate increase.

Gans, though, wanted a more conservative millage increase and urged the town to approve an 8.7% millage rate increase.

Duncan and Zunz agreed to the 10% millage increase compromise Younger offered, although they both would have rather seen a larger millage rate increase.

“Any millage increase just galls me, but, unfortunately, we’re in a situation where we have to do something,” Younger said.

Duncan said the town “has to err on the side of having additional funds when we know pension liabilities are something we have to face.”

The commission will approve the fiscal year 2013-14 budget and millage increase on second reading and public hearing at 5 p.m. Sept. 23, at Town Hall.

It’s ElEctrIc!

Impact of Millage Options on Home Values A 10% millage increase, if approved later this month on second reading and public hearing, will impact property taxes in the following ways: Home Value

FY 2013

FY 2014

$250,000

$485.90

$533

$47.10

$500,000

$971.80

$1,066.60

$94.20

$750,000

$1,457.70

$1,599

$141.30

$1 million

$1,943.60

$2,132

$188.40

Difference

MILLAGE RATES BY YEAR Fiscal Taxable Millage Tax Year Value Rate Revenue

2003

$4,028,202,211

2.0000

$7,782,385

2004

$4,618,875,625

1.8500

$8,166,762

2005

$5,014,504,388

1.5500

$7,468,162

2006

$5,695,624,611

1.4650

$8,031,529

2007

$6,555,048,538

1.4175

$8,953,270

2008

$6,606,809,366

1.4062

$8,970,156

2009

$5,954,878,099

1.5000

$8,639,024

2010

$5,350,393,405

1.4903

$7,697,326

2011

$4,868,600,933

1.8872

$8,863,270

2012

$4,647,670,792

1.8872

$8,499,099

2013

$4,582,642,068

1.8872

$8,379,912

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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Committee prepares for consultant’s visit to Key To create a wide range of consultant interviewees, the town is looking for younger Key residents and business owners to be able to provide their input on Key issues.

Visitors are coming to Longboat Key soon, and a group of Key residents are preparing for their visit.

A subcommittee of town officials and Key residents has been working all summer to formulate a list of questions that the Washington, D.C.,-based The Urban Land Institute (ULI) will use to find out what the town wants and where it’s headed in the next 20 years.

The Longboat Key Town Commission approved a $125,000 contract with ULI to help figure out what it wants to be and where it’s headed.

The subcommittee, meanwhile, has also been crafting a document of approximately 100 pages, dubbed the “ULI Briefing Book,” which explains the town’s history and acts as a guide map and a history book of the past and present for the consultant to use.

It includes information about how the Key got to where it is today and contains economic patterns over time, demographic changes and tourism patterns, among other carefully crafted indexed chapters.

“It’s about as neutral a guide that someone could read about the Key’s issues,” said Key resident and ULI subcommittee member Tom Freiwald. “The document we have come up with so far is interesting and might be able to be used for other purposes in the future. It’s an interesting read.”

The commission already approved a list of 10 questions the subcommittee crafted that will be used when the ULI meets with 100 residents and business owners Oct. 20 to Oct. 25 to discuss Key issues and obtain

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Per ULI recommendations, interviewees should include residents, members of the business community, representatives of public agencies and community groups, political leaders and others who can provide information and insight to the consultant panel.

The ULI subcommittee will next discuss the interview process at a meeting scheduled for 2 p.m. Sept. 19, at Town Hall.

The meetings and interviews in October will be held at the Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort.

Suggestions for those to be interviewed, especially suggestions of younger residents to create a good balance of interviewees, can be emailed to town planner Alaina Ray at aray@longboatkey.org.

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BIRD’S-EYE VIEW

by Robin Hartill | City Editor

SOS passes inspections; allegations unfounded City staffers reported after an investigation that none of the accusations against Save Our Seabirds appeared founded.

Since July, Save Our Seabirds has had five unannounced inspections, in addition to a mold inspection, after the Sarasota City Commission directed city staff to investigate allegations former volunteers and staffers leveled.

But the inspections didn’t yield any smoking guns.

“No issues have been noted in any of the inspection reports and testing, and none of the accusations have been founded,” said Mary Tucker, purchasing manager for the city of Sarasota, during the Sept. 3 commission meeting.

City staff had reported that the SOS facility, which is located on a city-owned parcel on City Island, was clean and free of rats and dead birds during a June 20 unannounced inspection.

But past volunteers and employees claimed otherwise during the July commission meeting. They told the commission that they had seen rats kill or maim birds, that the facility was inadequate and that black mold covered parts of the ceiling.

The allegations prompted the commission to ask city staff to investigate further and gather all reports about the facility from the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office from the past five years and also send code enforcement to inspect the property.

FWC made an unannounced inspec-

tion of the facility two days after the July meeting and determined the facility to be “in overall good condition with all pools clean, adequate perching and enclosures safe for the birds” and that the records and record-keeping system at the facility has “vastly improved” since a previous inspection conducted April 27, 2011.

The only discrepancy noted in the report was the need for additional shelter for some larger birds during heavy rains.

Fahey Pest Management found no active rodent activity on the property in July.

City staff also asked veterinarian Dr. Jack Landess to examine the birds and habitats. Landess wrote in a letter: “The animal care, expertise, attractiveness and future planning will make this one of Sarasotas (sic) star animal attractions to tourists, locals and students and therefore an asset to the community.”

SOS CEO David Pilston addressed the commission at last week’s meeting.

“We appreciate the scrutiny that we’ve been under for the past few months. We’re very proud with what we do; we take our work very seriously; we’re very proud of our staff,” he said.

Commissioner Suzanne Atwell had words of praise for the organization.

“You came here under some interesting situations, where people were accusing you of various sundry things,” she said.

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9/11: 2,977 + 4

Perhaps it’s good that Sept. 11, 2001, continues to evoke emotions of sadness, anger and a sickness in our stomachs.

We are not forgetting. Those who witnessed it never will.

That day will always be vivid. Just as Pearl Harbor is and was for the Greatest Generation. Indeed, while searching files in recent weeks, perhaps it was coincidence we came upon that week’s edition, yellowing with age, of the Longboat Observer. It’s as if it were today: We were in the final stages that morning of putting the paper to bed when the tragedy began to unfold. Although we are 1,200 miles away from the World Trade Center, that President George W. Bush was in our city that day brought the tragedy to our doorsteps. It was even more real.

This year’s 9/11 anniversary rekindles more than the loss of 2,977 innocent lives.

It brings even more anger and frustration: Four more Americans were added to the 9/11 death count, the victims of the Sept.

11, 2012, Benghazi, Libya, terrorist attack.

And here we are, still one year later, and the American people have yet to hear the truth about the lapses in leadership and judgment that allowed that attack and those four deaths to occur.

Here it is one year later, and the families of the four victims and the American people have yet to hear President Obama or Secretary Hillary Clinton — or anyone, for that matter — own up and take responsibility. Neither has lived by the code of ethics required of leaders: accept responsibility.

Neither has had the courage to face Americans and explain truthfully how and who made the conscious decision to lie to the American people that a video ignited the attack. Neither has faced the families or Americans to explain who made the decisions not to respond to Ambassador Christopher Stevens’ requests for more security prior to the attacks. And neither has faced Americans to explain who ultimately made the call not to attempt to reinforce and rescue the Americans under siege.

Sure, there are many Americans who believe the answers to these questions are just part of the foolish, partisan, political machniations of Washington. But here’s what those people should ask themselves: What if Christopher Stevens, Sean Smith, Ty Woods or Glen Doherty were your son or husband? You would want to know the truth. Each of them sacrificed his life for his country; these four heroes deserve to have the truth be told. Their families deserve it.

The American people deserve it.

“What does it matter now anyway?” snapped an indignant Hillary Clinton at a congressional hearing. Here’s why it mat-

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ters. Charles Woods, father of Ty Woods, said it succinctly last October in an interview with news anchor Megyn Kelly: “This has to do with honor, integrity and justice.”

Honor. Integrity. Justice.

Inviolable American values.

Read what Woods said of his son. And compare it to the actions of those whom Woods’ served at the highest levels of our government.

“My son was an American hero,” Woods told Kelly. “And he had the moral strength to do what was right, even if that would professionally cost him his job, even if it would potentially cost him his life.”

The moral strength. Morality above self.

“He was a hero who was willing to do whatever was necessary to respond to their cries for help. If, in fact, those people from the White House were as courageous and had the moral strength that my son, Ty, had, immediately, within minutes of when they found there was the first attack, they would have sent, they would have given permission, not denied permission for those C130s to have gone up there … ” … Do whatever was necessary to respond to their cries for help.

“I’m an attorney. This may not be the legal test of murder, but to me … those people who made the decision [not to send rescue forces] and who knew about this decision and lied about it are murderers of my son.

JUSTICE REMAINS UNSERVED AND STILL NO ONE HAS BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE The following Americans were killed in the terrorist attack Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya: • Chris Stevens, 52, the U.S. ambassador in Libya. His father described him as “not willing to be the kind of diplomat who would strut around in fortified compounds. He amazed and impressed the Libyans by walking the streets with the lightest of escorts, sitting in sidewalk cafes, chatting with passersby. There was a risk to being accessible. He knew it, and he accepted it.”

• Sean Smith, 34, U.S. Air Force veteran who rose to staff sergeant; he joined the state department in 2003 and was an information management officer in Benghazi.

• Ty Woods, 41, a Navy Seal for more than 20 years and Bronze Star recipient; since 2010 he protected American diplomatic personnel in dangerous posts from Central America to the Middle East.

• Glen Doherty, 42, a Navy Seal in Iraq and Afghanistan; one of his missions was responding to the bombing of the USS Cole. He was working for a private-security company hired by the State Department to guard the U.S. ambassador to Libya.

“That is a very strong statement for me to make, but for their benefit, they need to clear their conscience. They need to stand up, and they need to change the direction of their lives. I want to say right now, you know who you are. I totally forgive you, but I hope years from now, you change the direction of your life.”

From the rubble of Sept. 11, 2001, we have lived for 12 years knowing Islamic extremists want to eliminate us and our way of life. Yes, we go complacent now and then, but we know from every day’s news they are not going away and that we need a strong, proactive defense — the warriors in our military and first responders who volunteer to protect and defend us.

What we’ve also learned, in the tragic aftermath of Sept. 11, 2012, for our nation to survive and defeat terrorism, we need leaders who are the epitome of honor, integrity and justice.

DEDICATED TO ONE MISSION: ‘AMERICA WILL NEVER FALL AGAIN’ Editor’s note: The following is this week’s weekly message from Marine Col. Matthew St. Clair, commanding officer of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard the USS Kearsarge in the Middle East.

WEEK OF SEPT. 9 — This week marks the anniversary of an important moment in history for the world, our nation and for the fine warriors at sea today with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit and the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group.

Only a small number of senior officers and staff non-commissioned officers aboard the ships stood the watch on that Tuesday morning 12 years ago, meaning that the overwhelming majority of the Marines and Sailors I’m surrounded by answered the sound of the guns and volunteered to go into harm’s way, fully knowing the battle in which they were about to enter may be their first and last.

That is both humbling and an awe-inspiring reminder of the patriotism our fine nation produces.

Sept. 11 goes beyond a terrorist attack or a massive loss of life. America was shaken to its very foundation by unspeakable acts of cowardly violence perpetrated

USS Kearsarge by al-Qaeda. But, standing on the same foundation that has supported America at her toughest moments was a new generation of Americans ready to help her rise again. They have come from locations far and wide, from across this great union, and with backgrounds just as diverse.

The men and women you see today devote every second, every breath, away from family and friends to ensure one thing: that America will never fall again.

The 26th MEU holds a special place in

Operation Enduring Freedom as one of the first military units to go into Afghanistan after 9/11, and that fact is not lost on the Marines and sailors aboard; it is in our legacy.

Around this time, there is talk about the “price” for freedom; tragically, I know all too well that price does not qualify the sacrifices made by men and women in defense of this country. Those precious lives fallen in the ultimate sacrifice over the last 12 years of war are so much more than that: They are fathers, mothers, husbands, wives, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters. They are loved ones.

But they did not fall on the battlefield in vain; America owes her continued existence to every single one of those war fighters and those who carry on their legacy.

On this Sept. 11, please take time to not only remember those who were lost in the attacks in Pennsylvania, the Pentagon and New York City, but also remember those who have sacrificed everything, and in turn gained the eternal gratitude of our nation.

Out here at sea, we will remember as well, and remain always faithful to them and America. Semper Fi.

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ULI group needs wider representation This observer is anxiously watching developments in the next act of the town’s body politic, reinvigorating and continuing on its crusade to radically change the Longboat Key that lured us into living on this paradise of an island for the autumns of our lives.

The Urban Land Institute is coming, the ULI is coming. This is the highly reputed organization that has been engaged to direct, magically, the future of our island.

The following are the names of the honored members of our community who will constitute the ULI task force, whose duties will be to shepherd the ULI representatives around our island and host them at various functions: George Symanski, Jack Duncan, Larry Grossman, Patricia Zunz, Tom Freiwald, Walter Hackett and Robin D. Meyer.

Please note that the list primarily contains the usual suspects who are avowed proponents of density increase and of radically changing the character of our island.

Three of them are now or former members of our now de-fanged and emasculated Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Board. The P&Z members hold office at the discretion of the Town Commission and constitute its farm team.

If you do not recognize the name of the one real newcomer, Freiwald, he was recently quoted in the Longboat Observer saying he wants to “live on a resort island, not a retirement island.”

Nonetheless, the jury is stacked, as it were.

Because this adventure is being funded with ad valorem taxes, it is my opinion there should be repre-

sentation by the almost 50% of our taxpayers who are against change but want to keep our community the same — merely enhanced.

I am not volunteering! Count me out! I have already served on the same P&Z board with the aforesaid now or former members. They calculatedly joined the other members in refraining from ever seconding any motion made by me during my tenure of service. They were participants in this not-so-secret cabal, even in situations in which I was the only member with specific knowledge of and professional accreditation for the subject under consideration.

I must reiterate a famous expression, which, like me, also came out of Boston: Taxation without representation is tyranny.

After all, it is our money being spent.

Bradford Saivetz is a retired engineer and planner and resident of Longboat Key.

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Dear Editor: Recently our Town Commission and town manager have done a responsible job of “stopping the bleeding” from our underfunded employee pension plans by freezing them. However, they have not yet addressed a solution to the current $28 million unfunded pension/taxpayer liability. It is important to note that nearly 50% of that liability was not market-driven, but created by previous commissions’ policy and benefit-increase decisions like the one our most recent commission made Aug. 14.

Curiously, and without regard to the above financial crisis and previous commission decisions’ impact, they went ahead and approved a new pension DROP and early-retirement plan for eight town general employees. That same benefit, as approved in August, was not granted to our firefighters in recent contract negotiations.

We have an excellent town staff, and they are compensated well above the market rate for comparable jobs. The employees also have a generous 401(k) plan. So, why?

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Our thanks to Vice Mayor David Brenner and Commissioners Lynn Larson and Phill Younger for trying to put fiscal responsibility and taxpayers first. These commissioners bring rationality to a completely broken pension system. Only a rational retirement system based on historical reality, not lollipops and roses projections, can benefit both employees and taxpayers.

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the good news // CAT DEPOT

by Nick Friedman | Staff Writer

As a shelter, we never know what’s going to happen from day to day. To see people from the community working together to help fund our projects is rewarding.

— SHELLEY THAYER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CAT DEPOT

SHELLEY THAYER

Executive director // Cat Depot SINCE 2009

In the height of an especially busy and long-lasting kitten season, Cat Depot Executive Director Shelly Thayer was recently faced with nearly 150 orphaned kittens that needed to be bottle-fed by hand.

The process is both expensive and time consuming, because it requires volunteers to work in shifts throughout the night to feed the kittens with a special formula.

This kind of problem would normally be a financially daunting task for the non-profit animal shelter, which relies on donations and volunteers. But, after posting Cat Depot’s specific needs to the Gulf Coast Com-

munity Foundation’s crowd-funding website, GulfCoastGives.org, the $450 project to provide baby formula and weaning food was funded within one day.

“That project was overwhelming,” says Thayer. “And the fact that it was funded in less than 24 hours had us all cheering. It always feels good to see that email come through, saying the project has been fully funded. It’s joyous.”

The project provided food for 140 kittens, and Thayer says they will continue to use the food as they receive more kittens. There’s never a shortage of cats that need help, she says.

Since GulfCoastGives.org was established in 2011, Cat Depot has been one if its more prolific beneficiaries; it has used the site to fund a total of 18 projects of various sizes and costs.

“It’s been a great advantage to us,” says Thayer. “Fundraising takes time, and this is something that’s simple for us to put together. Everyone in a shelter environment is so busy caring for animals, so having an easy resource to use is a huge benefit. It’s a quick way to get the word out that we need help and for the community to come forward and assist us.”

Thayer says one of the main advantages of the program is that it’s well suited for the hard-to-predict nature of the organization. She says that unexpected projects often arise without warning and need to be funded quickly to meet the animals’ needs.

“Since we have been working with Gulf Coast Gives, they have filled that void we often have when we look at a project and wonder if we can do this with our budget,” says Thayer. “This opens the window for new donors to look at what our project is, and if they agree with it, they have the opportunity to help us. It takes us through our year and helps us with our projects as they come along. As a shelter, we never know what’s going to happen from day to day.”

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6:13 p.m. — 500 block of Bay Isles Parkway. Public Service. A woman backed into a car parked behind her in the Publix parking lot. The other vehicle was slightly damaged.

12:14 a.m. — 500 block of Harbor Cove Circle. Public Service. A woman, who appeared intoxicated, walked to her community’s guardhouse to ask for help after a cab had dropped her off at home, then she turned around and started walking home. She told police everything was fine. Police accompanied her back to her residence.

Flashing report 10:31 p.m. — 600 block of Ranger Lane.

Public Service. A flashing security light at a home was bothering the residents who live behind the house. Dispatch was unable to contact the home’s owner.

Aug. 29 Just toss it 7:50 a.m. — 6700 block of GMD. Suspicious Circumstance. A condo maintenance man found flyers from a real-estate company seeking owners who wished to sell their units. Police contacted one of the company’s agents, who said her assistant probably placed the flyers on the units.

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7:50 a.m. — 3800 block of GMD. Public Service. A woman reported that her truck was taken from its parking spot. Police found the vehicle in the area and told the owner, who believes her guests might have used it the night before.

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Line in the sand 2:56 p.m. — 5800 block of GMD. Civil Disturbance. A man complained that people from the resort next door were trespassing on his property. Two unit owners said they were below the high-water line and weren’t in violation. Police decided to seek clarification from the town attorney.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Please take notice that the Town of Longboat Key will hold a public hearing on the following Ordinance to adopt proposed amendments to the Longboat Key Comprehensive Plan:

Please take notice that the Town of Longboat Key will hold a public hearing on the following Ordinance to ORDINANCE 2013-26 adopt amendments OF to theTHE Longboat Key Comprehensive Plan: ANproposed ORDINANCE TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY, FLORIDA, ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO POLICIES 1.1.10 AND 1.6.4 OF THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE TOWN’S COMPREHENSIVE ORDINANCE 2013-26 PLAN; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECANTIVE ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY, FLORIDA, ADOPTING DATE.

AMENDMENTS TO POLICIES 1.1.10 AND 1.6.4 OF THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT OF A Public Hearing before the Planning and Zoning Board on the proTHE TOWN’S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR posal will be held on September 17, 2013, at 9:00 a.m., or as soon ANthereafter EFFECTIVEasDATE. may be heard, at the Town Commission Chambers, Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key, Florida. All interested per

may appear and be heard with respect to the proposed amendA sons Public Hearing before the Planning and Zoning Board on the proposal will be held on September 17, ment. Copies of the proposed amendment and related material may 2013, 9:00 a.m.,atorthe as soon thereafter as may be & heard, at the Town Commission Chambers, Town be at viewed Planning, Zoning Building Department, 501 Bay Isles 8:30 5:00 p.m. weekdays.

Questions Hall, 501 Road, Bay Isles between Road, Longboat Key,a.m.

Florida.and All interested persons may appear and be heard with maytobe to the Planning, & Building at be respect the directed proposed amendment.

Copies of theZoning proposed amendment and Department related material may 316-1966. The proposed amendment will affect property within the viewed at the Planning, Zoning & Building Department, 501 Bay Isles Road, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 corporate boundaries of the Town of Longboat Key as shown on the p.m. weekdays.

Questionsatmaythe be directed to theofPlanning, Zoning & Building Department at 316-1966. map appearing bottom this advertisement.

No verbatim record a certified court reporter madeboundaries of these proceedings.

The proposedbyamendment will affect property within theiscorporate of the Town of Longboat anyappearing personat the who may to appeal any decision inKeyAccordingly, as shown on the map bottom of thisseek advertisement.

No verbatim record by a certified volving the matters noticed herein will be responsible for making a court reporter is made of these proceedings. Accordingly, any person who may seek to appeal any verbatim record of the testimony and evidence at these proceedings decision matters noticedis herein be responsible for making286.0105, a verbatim record of the uponinvolving whichthe any appeal to bewillbased (see Section Florida Statutes.).

In accordance with theupon Americans with Disabilities testimony and evidence at these proceedings which any appeal is to be based Act (see and Section Section 286.26, Florida Statutes, a special accom286.0105, Florida Statutes.).

In accordance with thepersons Americans needing with Disabilities Act and Section 286.26, modation to participate in this proceeding should contact the Town Florida Statutes, persons needing a special accommodation to participate in this proceeding should Clerk’s office at 941-316-1999 forty-eight (48) hours in advance of this contact the Town Clerk’ s officeare at 941-316-1999 forty-eight (48) hours incall advance of this proceeding. If proceeding.

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10:31 a.m. — 3300 block of GMD. Reckless Driver. A female turned into a resort parking lot without using her turn signal, which caused a bicyclist to brake abruptly.

The bicyclist brought photos of the vehicle to police, but police didn’t think the driver’s act was intentional.

10:11 p.m. — 700 block of Russell Street. Animal. A woman called police because she wanted to make sure that a dog that had been barking for two hours in its owner’s yard was OK. The dog appeared to be in good condition and licked the officer’s hand. The owner came outside and took the dog indoors.

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+ Plymouth Harbor resident nets 98th birthday Plymouth Harbor resident George Heitler spent his 98th birthday at one of his favorite places: a tennis court at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center.

Born Sept. 3, 1915, Heitler took up tennis at 12 but had to give it up during the Great Depression. He took up the sport again when he was 45 and has been netting victories — and birthdays — ever since.

Heitler got his birthday wish a few weeks early when his family paid him a visit in August: That’s when he got four generations of his family together on the tennis court.

Casa del Mar General Manager Mark Meador

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+ Meador celebrates 28 years at Casa del Mar Mark Meador showed up for his first day of work Casa del Mar Sept. 4, 1985, in the aftermath of Hurricane Elena.

Twenty-eight years later, he’s still on the job — now as the resort’s general manager. Casa del Mar staff reminded him of the occasion last Wednesday and presented him with a gift that no doubt tasted almost as sweet as 28 years of success on the job: a box of Twinkies.

+ Holiday Inn: Thanks for the memories Longboat Key firefighter/paramedic Tom Batchelor read the “Closing Time” story about the 10 years since the Holiday Inn closed in last week’s Longboat Observer and was reminded of fond memories.

He attended the hotel liquidation sale a decade ago and bought some TVs. But the best things in life are free: At the sale, Batchelor noticed the sign for the Coral Reef West, where many receptions and events were held, and asked staff if he could keep it as a memory.

Today, Batchelor has the sign mounted in his garage and looks at it frequently, remembering the many good times he had there.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

by Robin Hartill | City Editor

9/11: a day of remembrance

The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks hit close to home on Longboat Key, where President George W. Bush began that fateful day.

+ Flags offer tribute to lives lost

In 2002, Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce President Gail Loefgren proposed lining Gulf of Mexico Drive with nearly 3,000 flags in memory of each life lost

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Former President George W. Bush, center, with Katie Moulton and Murf Klauber, stayed at the Colony Sept. 10, 2001. According to Moulton, White House staff chose the Colony for the presidential visit because they knew from visiting with Gore that the property was easy to secure. in the attacks.

Since then, the flags have been placed every year on the anniversary of the at-

tacks. To watch a video of Sept. 11 tributes that occur locally, visit www.yourobserver.com.

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Tony Porter was one of an eight-member crew of Longboat Key Public Works Department staffers placing flags along Gulf of Mexico Drive in September 2006.

All Angels by the Sea

TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD SEPTEMBER 17, HEARING 2013 NOTICE OF PUBLIC

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All are welcome. Please join us in worship!

Please take notice that the Town of Longboat proposes to adopt SEPTEMBER 17, Key 2013 Website: the following ordinance: www.AllAngelsLBK.org Please take notice that the Town of Longboat Key proposes to adopt the following ORDINANCE 2013-18 ordinance: AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COMMISSION OF THE TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 57, RIGHTS-OFORDINANCE 2013-18 WAY USE, SECTION 57.06(E), EXEMPTIONS, OF THEOF TOWN AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COMMISSION THECODE TOWN OF OF ORDINANCES; AMENDING CHAPTER 158, ZONING CODE, SECLONGBOAT KEY, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 57, RIGHTS-OF-WAY TION 158.006, DEFINITIONS, SECTION 158.097(W), APPLICATION USE, SECTION 57.06(E), EXEMPTIONS, OF THE TOWN CODE OF FOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL, SECTION 158.125 SCHEDULE OF USE ORDINANCES; AMENDING CHAPTER 158, ZONING CODE, SECTION REGULATIONS, SECTION 158.157(F), MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT, 158.006, DEFINITIONS, SECTION 158.097(W), APPLICATION FOR SITE SECTION 158.200, PERSONAL WIRELESS SERVICE FACILITIES; AND PLAN APPROVAL, SECTION158.201, 158.125PERSONAL SCHEDULE OF USE SERVICE REGULATIONS, ADDING NEW SECTION WIRELESS SECTION 158.157(F), MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT, SECTION FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS; PROVIDING FOR SEVER-158.200, PERSONAL FACILITIES; AND ADDINGIN NEW SECTION ABILITY; WIRELESS PROVIDING SERVICE FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES CON158.201, PERSONALPROVIDING WIRELESS SERVICE FACILITIES FLICT HEREWITH; FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. DEVELOPMENT

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After Bush learned about the attacks during his visit to the elementary school, he briefly addressed the students, teachers, parents and journalists present before his motorcade whisked him away to Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport to leave on Air Force One. Meanwhile, many Secret Service agents and members of the press corps remained at the Colony as they made arrangements to return to Washington, D.C.

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A teenage boy played “The Star-Spangled Banner” on the side of Gulf of Mexico Drive as President George W. Bush’s motorcade traveled down the road into the Colony LONGBOAT Beach & Tennis Resort.

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10, 2001. The president waved to the crowd on GMD, bottled water in hand. He was staying at the Colony and had plans to visit Emma Booker Elementary School in Sarasota.

He enjoyed dinner with his brother, then Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, and several prominent local Republicans, along with an early jog the next morning on Longboat Key’s beach. As he left the Key after a 14-hour stay, he didn’t know that his presidency — and the world — were about to change.

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An InterfAIth thereafter as may be heard, at the Town Commission Chambers, Town CommunIty ChurCh Preacher: The Rev. Marilyn Johnson Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key, Florida.

All interested perA Public Hearing before the Planning and Zoning Board on the proposal will be held on founded In 1956 Sermon: “From Christ to Krishna and Back Again” sons may bea.m., heard respect to theasproposed amendSeptember 17,appear 2013, atand 9:00 or with as soon thereafter may be heard, at the Town ment. Copies of theTown proposed amendment related material Visitors Welcome Commission Chambers, Hall, 501 Bay Islesand Road, Longboat Key,may Florida. All be viewed at may the Planning, & Building Department, 501 Bay 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive • Longboat Key, Florida 34228 interested persons appear andZoning be heard with respect to the proposed amendment.

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Questions Copies of the proposed amendment andand related may be viewed at the Planning, Telephone: 383-6491 • web: www.longboatislandchapel.org may be directed to the Planning, Zoning & Building Department Zoning & Building Department, 501 Bay Isles Road, between 8:30 a.m. andat5:00 p.m.

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Questions may be directed to the Planning, & Building at Lord’s Warehouse corporate boundaries of the Town of Longboat Key as shown on the 316-1966. The proposed amendment will affect property within the corporate boundaries map appearing at the of this advertisement. of the Town of Longboat Keybottom as shown on the map appearingNo at verbatim the bottom of this record by a certified court reporter is made of these proceedings. advertisement. No verbatim record by a certified court reporter is made of these Accordingly, any person who may to appeal any any decision in- involving proceedings.

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Tourist development tax collections The latest tourist-development tax figures show that Longboat Key kept pace with last year’s collections and in July even exceeded July 2012.

Even on a Thursday afternoon in the slow month of September, shoppers and diners filled up St. Armands Circle.

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Summer surge Hotels and business owners aren’t experiencing the summer slump that was once synonymous with the month of September.

Casa del Mar General Manager Mark Meador remembers the days when he would see just six or seven cars in the resort’s parking lot during Labor Day weekend.

September has historically been the most sluggish of the already slow months of summer.

Children have already headed back to school, and the temperatures are still scorching, keeping away the first flock of snowbirds. Many visitors hesitate to make reservations for September because it’s the peak of hurricane season.

But, in recent summers — this one included — tourists have continued to trickle onto the Key. The 102-unit Casa del Mar was 88% occupied during Labor Day weekend.

Two months earlier, it was almost entirely booked for the Fourth of July weekend.

“It’s gonna be a challenge to top this year,” Meador said. “We haven’t had a slow week yet this summer.”

Karen Rangel, regional director of sales at Ocean Properties Ltd., which owns the Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort,

Resort at Longboat Key Club, Lido Beach Resort and Holiday Inn Lido Beach, said that stays and rates were up for all four resorts this summer but declined to provide specific numbers.

After a strong June and July, August remained unexpectedly strong, according to Rangel.

“Typically, we see August numbers fall off in the third week, typically before people’s kids go back to school, but it’s just now started to drop off a little,” she said. “All four of our beachfront properties saw strong leisure-driven occupancies through the third week of August.”

Stays were even up at the Hilton, which wasn’t accepting reservations past May 1 earlier this year because of plans to temporarily close to redevelop the resort, which Ocean Properties later put on hold.

That resulted in less convention and wedding business, which is typically booked six months or more in advance, according to Rangel. However, the Hilton benefited from the fact that many leisure guests booked within a short window of just four or five days in advance.

Evidence of the season’s strength can

be seen in numbers other than hotel occupancies and tourist-development tax collections.

Revenues at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center were up by 18% for June through August, while lesson/clinic revenue was up 15% compared to the same period in 2012.

“We had a lot of people this summer, including our regular people who are here year-round to people from other countries,” said Kay Thayer, manager of the Tennis Center.

Public turtle-nest excavations have drawn as many as 400 people to a single event this summer.

Veteran Longboat Key Turtle Watch volunteer Cyndi Seamon estimates that three-quarters of the people who attend are tourists and, in many cases, are guests of residents.

Longboat Key and Sarasota are popular destinations for international guests during the summer.

“Folks from the UK and Scandinavians often come to take advantage of

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Longboat Key has fewer restaurants on the menu during the month of September.

See a breakdown of Key restaurants vacation and renovation schedules. PAGE 16A

Manatee County

May 2012 Longboat Key...............$90,198.74 Countywide................$565,600.55 June 2012 Longboat Key...............$98,250.66 Countywide................$739,234.44 July 2012 Longboat Key...............$92,091.63 Countywide................$650,734.34 May 2013 Longboat Key...............$81,563.41 Countywide................$612,529.48 June 2013 Longboat Key...............$90,009.16 Countywide................$797,116.80 July 2013 Longboat Key.............$134,052.03 Countywide................$756,920.12

Sarasota County

May 2012 Longboat Key.............$120,640.36 Countywide.....................$901,381 June 2012 Longboat Key.............$118,163.74 Countywide..................$1,065,642 July 2012 Longboat Key.............$108,958.32 Countywide.............$1,057,551.44 May 2013 Longboat Key.............$119,386.46 Countywide................$982,842.54 June 2013 Longboat Key.............$107,036.16 Countywide.............$1,131,853.18 July 2013 Longboat Key.............$132,466.75 Countywide.............$1,195,640.71

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TOURISM / FROM PAGE 15A their extended vacation and often come to stay for two or three weeks,” said Sandra Rios, director of communications at the Resort at the Longboat Key Club.

In addition to the European visitors who typically flock to local beaches, South American tourists are beginning to discover the area, according to Rangel.

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• Ciao Italia, 5370 Gulf of Mexico Drive, closed for summer Sept. 2 and will reopen Monday, Sept. 23.

• Dry Dock Grill, 412 Gulf of Mexico Drive, closed Aug. 19, for renovations and is scheduled to reopen in early October.

Owner Eric Hammersand is working to enclose the area directly above the restaurant’s existing roof that’s used to cover a portion of its outdoor dining area and construct and enclose a walkway that will lead from a new elevator.

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That market can fluctuate widely with the weather — and, despite heavy rains, there haven’t been any named storms to threaten the area this summer, which is important to those guests who often keep their eyes on the weather forecast and book reservations just a few days in advance.

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• For the next six weeks, Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant, 800 Broadway, will be open for summer hours of 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Thursday through Sunday and closed Monday through Wednesday.

• Maison Blanche, 2605 Gulf of Mexico Drive, took a two-month hiatus earlier this summer but reopened Aug. 9.

• Also open to the public for business are Bayou Tavern, 6814 Gulf of Mexico Drive; Blue Dolphin Café, 5370 Gulf of Mexico Drive; Chart House Restaurant, 201 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Suite 12; Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort Latitudes Café, 4711 Gulf of Mexico Drive; Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub, 760 Broadway; and Pattigeorges, 4120 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

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By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

Bay Isles home sells for $1,855,700 The following residential real-estate transactions took place between Aug. 26 and Aug. 30.

A home in Bay Isles tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. William and Christine Chocallo, of Longboat Key, sold their home at 1660 Harbor Sound Drive to Noreen Ackerman, trustee, of Warren, R.I., for $1,855,700. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 5,100 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.95 million in 2008.

um at 1485 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Jeffrey and Claudia Shavelson, of East Meadow, N.Y., for $525,000. Built in 1981, it has two bedrooms, three baths and 1,569 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $244,000 in 1989.

Seaplace

Mary Bimba, trustee, of Foster City, Calif., sold the Unit G5-207-A condominium at 1965 Gulf of Mexico Drive to William and Christine Nusbaum, of Washington, D.C., for $300,000. Built in 1977, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,257 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $77,500 in 1977.

Longboat Key Bayfront

John and Cathy Vinson, of Longboat Key, sold their home at 5930 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Charles and Sandra Dale, of Longboat Key, for $955,000. Built in 1988, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 3,170 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1 million in 2004.

LIDO KEY

Lido Surf and Sand

360 North

Clark and Glenda Barlow, of Tampa, sold their Unit 5 condominium at 280 North Shore Road to Robert Bunting and Mary Reynolds, of Longboat Key, for $750,000.

Built in 1982, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,834 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $810,000 in 2000.

Fairway Bay

Charles Shepard and Lynn Shepard, trustees, of Sycamore, Ill., sold their Unit 304 condominium at 1906 Harbourside Drive to Matthew Burkmier, of Longboat Key, for $700,000. Built in 1982, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,097 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $850,000 in 2005.

Carole Strong, of Longboat Key, sold her

Robin Hartill

Unit 5 at 360 at 280 North Shore Road has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,834 square feet of living area. It sold for $750,000.

Unit 113 condominium at 1930 Harbourside Drive to Philip and Phyllis Lieberman, of North Caldwell, N.J., for $675,000.

Built in 1982, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,905 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $645,000 in 2009.

the Unit 3-E condominium at 2525 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Melissa Schwartz, of Cincinnati, for $611,000. Built in 1972, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,491 square feet of living area.

Islands West

Joseph and Mary DiGirolamo, of Somerset, N.J., sold their Unit 303 condomini-

Robert Smith, trustee, of Houston, sold

Stuart Strong, Sybil Pearson, Carolyn Tyson and Nancy Dunn, of Greenville, S.C., sold their Unit 816 condominium at 1104 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Roger and Brenda Dillman, of Middletown, Ohio, for $650,000. Built in 1976, it has two bedrooms, three baths and 2,324 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $165,000 in 1977.

Lido Regency

Stanley and Joan Reisman sold their Unit 6-C condominium at 1700 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Mark Imperiale, of Lakewood Ranch, for $320,000. Built in 1968, it has one bedroom, one-and-a-half baths and 1,059 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $140,000 in 1998.

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LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKER

3524 Fair Oaks Ln #A3970247 $895,000 Michael Yawitz

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-587-8091

1800 Benjamin Franklin Dr # B308 #A3977399 $849,000 David Simon

Lido Key 941-388-4447 248-342-3551

4028 Casey Key Rd #A3983567 $799,000 Christina Ashley

4600 Bay Shore Rd #A3983290 $699,000 Nancie Kalin

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-928-8833

4311 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 101 #A3958082 $599,000 Sandi Layfield

Longboat Key 941-383-5502 941-914-2807

1100 Benjamin Franklin Dr # 412 #A3983820 $584,900 Barbara Najmy

Nokomis/North Venice 941-388-4447 941-388-4447

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-383-7591

250 Sands Point Rd # 5401 #A3921919 $699,000 Gail Wittig

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-228-1985

475 E Royal Flamingo Dr #A3983861 $1,790,000 John August

6821 Hughes St #A3982781 $575,000 Dana Westmark

Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-356-5091

1485 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # A401 #A3980645 $554,000 Christina Landry

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-320-9795

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-376-4498

888 Blvd Of The Arts # 406 #A3981731 $529,000 Audrey Singer

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-383-7591

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4485 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 503 #A3979554 $519,000 Steve Magner

531 Yardarm Ln #A3980172 $1,699,000 Maureen Horn

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-376-8559

578 Bayview Dr #A3978163 $515,000 Bobbi Banan

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-356-2659

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-539-3384

1000 Longboat Club Rd # 603 #A3968910 $499,500 Catherine De’Ath

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-350-9799

210 Sands Point Rd # 2502 #A3983990 $469,000 Ian Addy Pa

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-961-8850

448 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # A106 #A3968129 $410,000 Sylvia Zimmerman

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-350-5022

8160 Nice Way #A3983599 $399,900 Anna Kaminski

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-374-3200

2039 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 204 #A3972416 $360,000 Tom Delaney

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-387-3990

1930 Harbourside Dr # 124 #A3982406 $359,900 Saint Cacchiotti

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-809-0787

769 John Ringling Blvd # 36 #A3974912 $349,900 Michelle Ann Wilde

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-544-3813

615 Dream Island Rd # 306 #A3969421 $349,000 Barbara Dumbaugh

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-350-3743

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BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Aug. 30 through Sept. 3, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive) Address

590 Wedge Lane

Beach Harbor Club Condo Association

$147,000

5393 GMD

Alteration

Robert Lichtenstein

$70,200

651 Penfield St.

Alteration

Debra Gilbert

$55,000

511 Forest Way

Alteration

Nancy Goodman

$50,000

870 Jungle Queen Way

Alteration

Bryan Barnard

1135 GMD

Alteration

Frederick Bitter

$24,265.76

575 Sanctuary Drive

Kitchen alteration

Robert Hendler

$21,000

$37,286

3580 Fair Oaks Lane

Boat lift alteration

Douglas Barber

$16,373

571 Chipping Lane

Alteration

Ronald Gricius, trustee

$12,400

7065 GMD

Hurricane shutters

Carolyn Pol

$3,850

616 Buttonwood Drive

Windows

Dennis Montero

$1,906

5055 GMD

Alteration

David Kaufman

$1,800

5950 GMD

Boat lift and dock

Concetta Bellino

$247.20

300 Firehouse Lane

Fire sprinkler replacement

Martin Allen

7868 Kavanagh Ct #A3982020 $249,000 Peggy Mock

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-256-6543

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-356-3584

1350 Main St # 1702 Sarasota #A3950341 $6,000-$7,500/month, 30 day min 941-552-4200 Lisa Gullick 941-321-6973

2525 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 8B Longboat Key #A3969835 $4,000-$4,500/month, 90 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

The Ritz-Carlton Beach Residences # 809 #A3981649 $2,795,000 Michael Moulton

Lido Key 941-383-7591 941-928-3559

$150

3804 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 302 #A3981712 $274,900 Stephen Harris

523 Sutton Pl # 523 #A3941718 $219,000 Bruce & Jenine Meyer

1281 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 1104 #A3963869 $1,995,000 Hannerle Moore

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-387-7300

3532 Mistletoe Ln #A3981859 $1,795,000 Marcia Salkin

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-376-6121

572 Gunwale Ln #A3980750 $1,499,000 Jenifer Schwell

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-780-0968

146 S Washington Dr #A3977458 $1,495,000 Carol Cohen Pa

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-356-3829

3347 Sabal Cove Way #A3976159 $1,350,000 Nora Johnson & Denise Mattmuller

Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-809-1700

3827 Tangier Ter #A3978650 $1,325,000 Leonard Giarrano

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-724-0690

3030 Grand Bay Blvd # 333 #A3957486 $1,299,000 Sandi Layfield

Longboat Key 941-383-5502 941-914-2807

210 Sands Point Rd # 2702 #A3978290 $995,000 Ian Addy Pa

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-961-8850

618 Bayview Dr #A3982183 $899,000 Eileen Burke

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-266-8949

3010 Grand Bay Blvd # 415 #A3983643 $899,000 Julie Klick

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-780-6001

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-780-2352

Longboat Key 941-383-5502 941-266-8303

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6750 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 148 #A3978064 $300,000 Tammy Mast

RE N TA L

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-383-9253

RE N TA L

3320 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 104-C #A3977957 $249,900 Doris Bushman

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-545-0899

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Permit Applicant Amount New single family home Deborah Cook, trustee $699,076

3800 GMD Alteration

4400 Exeter Dr # 202 #A3983983 $305,000 Sharon Freeman

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4325 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 406 Longboat Key #A3965624 $3,500-$5,500/month, 30 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

VA C AT I O N R E N TA L S 373 Benjamin Franklin Dr #A3971800 $3,000,000 Stephanie Church

Mid Longboat 383.5502 • South Longboat 383.7591 • St. Armands 388.4447 Main Street 951.6660 • Palmer Ranch 966.8000 • Siesta Key 349.3444

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EAST MEETS WEST

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by Yaryna Klimchak | Staff Writer

Jimmy Seaton and Jim Seaton, Longboat Limousine/Suncoast Sedans, Yvonne Schloss, Sunglass Express Optical and Longboat Key Chamber president, and Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Gail Loefgren

Barbara Wheatley and Sean Murphy, of Icepodz, Gail Shane, of Investments in Sarasota, and Heather Hackett, of Be Me Books

Business organizations join forces for exhibition More than 500 business people explored booths and mingled Wednesday, Sept. 4, at the East Meets West Regional Business Expo, at the Sarasota Municipal Auditorium.

The Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance, the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce and the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce joined forces to organize the fifth annual event, which featured 73 exhibition booths.

Kevin Daly, NuBarter, and Annette Gueli, Pro-Motion Notions

Stephanie Dubsky, of Stephanie Dubsky Photography

Sara McKee and Joe Anziano, of Advantage Print & Design

Heather Kasten and Brittany Lamont, of the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce

Photos by Yaryna Klimchak and Heather Merriman

Bud Martini and Peter Brady, of Big Jim

Pat, Tom and Spencer Hanly

Hanly & Associates Realty

MICHAEL

MOULTON Certified Residential Specialist

Michael Saunders & Company Licensed Real Estate Broker

( 941 ) 388-2331

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for over 20 years SANDERLING ON SIESTA - Rare over one acre 200’ gulf front estate, private gated community. A3981404 $5,500,000

BAY ISLES - Spectacular 2011 built 4BR home, a must-see for its extraordinary beauty & design details. A3969494 $3,550,000

RITZ BEACH RESIDENCES - Elegantly designed 3BR 3,300sf condo, large terrace. A3981649 $2,795,000

COuNTRY CLuB SHORES - Remodeled canal front 4BR residence on an oversize lot. A3975981 $1,695,000

WATER CLuB - Coveted southern exposure 3,000sf furnished residence w/city view. A3919693 $2,495,000

ST. ARMANDS TOWERS - Sophisticated furnished 3BR plus den Penthouse. A3953612 $1,545,000

COUNTRY CLUB SHORES 4/4.5. DEEP WATER CANAL

$1,345,000

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OBSERVER WEATHER

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TemperatureS

Record Temperatures High

Low

High

Low

Tuesday, Sept. 3

89

77

95 (1962)

65 (1984)

Wednesday, Sept. 4

92

73

97 (1948)

64 (1947)

Thursday, Sept. 5

93

76

96 (1923)

69 (1960)

Friday, Sept. 6

91

73

96 (1923)

66 (1927)

Saturday, Sept. 7

90

73

98 (1970)

61 (1960)

Sunday, Sept. 8

90

73

96 (1991)

65 (1960)

Monday, Sept. 9

93

76

95 (1948)

65 (1997)

Average Gulf water temperature: 89

MOON PHASES Sept. 12 First Sept. 19 Full Sept. 26 Last Oct. 4 New

Sunrise / sunset

Sunrise

Sunset

Thursday, Sept. 12

7:14a

7:39p

Friday, Sept. 13

7:15a

7:38p

Saturday, Sept. 14

7:15a

7:37p

Sunday, Sept. 15

7:16a

7:36p

Monday, Sept. 16

7:16a

7:35p

Tuesday, Sept. 17

7:17a

7:34p

Wednesday, Sept. 18

7:17a

7:32p

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5 Uttered 9 Apple spray no more 13 Josh or rib 18 Shamrock home 19 Slim and muscular 20 Words before “date” or “world record” 21 Great enthusiasm 22 Impersonate 24 “... but ye have made it ___ of thieves!”

25 Children’s string game 27 Horror film goop 28 King’s quarters 30 Sound return?

31 Fond du ___, Wis. 32 Smelled to high heaven 34 “___ for All Seasons” 35 Red Army leader 36 Yellow Muppet 37 What to do “in the name of love” 39 Things may be written under it 42 Light switch position 45 Road-sign word 47 SoHo loft output 48 Not attained 52 Like table sugar 54 Burns slightly 57 Member of a very large union 58 Appear at intervals 59 New Orleans footballer 61 Oratorical skill 63 Asia’s direction, on many maps 64 Hangs attractively on 66 Spiny, blueflowered plant

RUB-A-SUB-SUB by Carl Cranby 67 Move over slopes using poles 68 Stand-in at the plate 72 ___ carte 74 Tariff 77 Arctic and Atlantic 78 Seize suddenly 79 Like one with little will power?

81 Become eaten away 82 Clergy’s counterpart 83 Banished to Elba. e.g.

84 All-too-agreeable fellows 86 Deep-dish dishes 89 Legendary McQueen 90 Emergency help provider 91 Willow for wickerwork 92 Half of a figureeight 93 Theater backup 98 Aloha garlands 100 Eyelid inflammation 103 Molson’s offering 104 Cow-horned Egyptian goddess 105 Cigarette lighter 108 “YOU ___ HERE” (mall map marking) 109 Sealed court document 110 The drink of the gods 113 Scouting bunch 115 Thinner solvent 118 Game like lotto 119 One of five faculties 120 Hot coal 121 New Year’s and Christmas, for two 122 Colorful bearded flower

123 124 125 126 127

Physical location Sudden outpouring Gets a glimpse of To be, to Brutus Check a bar code

dOwn

1 Emeralds and diamonds, e.g.

2 Nutmeg coverings 3 Word at the express checkout aisle 4 Hostile attitude 5 Give this for that 6 Classic Verdi opera 7 See 18-Across 8 Live wire, so to speak 9 On the rise 10 Holstein hangout 11 Trying person?

12 Rogue 13 Poi source 14 Big Band or Christian, e.g.

15 Make confused 16 Like some calculators 17 Put up 23 Mythical horseman 26 Confucius’ dynasty 29 Panthers QB Newton 33 German chancellor Helmut 36 Determined to do 38 Vegetable on a vine 40 Centimeter-gramsecond unit of work 41 Needing to be aired out, as a basement 42 Baddies in many bedtime stories 43 Most off-the-wall 44 Certain document copy 46 Torcher’s misdeed 49 Bread spread that’s not butter 50 Deprives of color and strength 51 Private eye, for short 53 Squirrel’s snack 54 Hyperbolic function

55 56 60 62 64 65 69 70 71 73 75 76 78 79 80 81 82 85 87 88 91 94 95 96 97 99 100 101 102 106

109 111 112 114 116 117

Near the beach Surface luster Circle portion Barks up the wrong tree Church projection Like a space cadet Something a computer user may click Title role for Keanu Asian weight units Immeasurable chasm Sneak peek, informally ___ days (yore) Practical joke That guy’s Close-lipped Vacuum or void Rodeo ropes “Mamma Mia!” song Need a sawbones “Things aren’t as bad as they ___” Shellfish offerings at a bar Mend, as socks Privileged ones Put to a purpose Moore of Our Gang comedies Mention more than once Eats more than one’s fill Ranking suit, in bridge ___ Buena, Calif.

Like megaphones and party hats107 Lily plant with showy leaves “The stockings ___ hung ...”

Spanish cordial “Titanic” female lead Round hammerhead Animal kept for companionship Born, in bridal bios

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Items Under $200 For Sale

Jewelry

Condos/Apts. For Rent

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals

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I BUY GOLD, SILVER COINS AND ESTATE JEWELRY. I live locally and have a great reputation in the business community. I am happy to give you a free, no obligation appraisal. If you choose to sell, I will pay you a minimum of %70 for your gold and maybe more. Mike, The Island Guy, 941-730-8803.

HOUSESITTING, CHRISTIAN couple, early 60’s, no tobacco or alcohol, annual. 918-407-8824 or 918-406-7302.

2BR/2BA LONGBOAT Key (LBK) condo on the bay with ocean/bay views. 2 Balconies, modern and renovated with brand new kitchen. Building has pool, tennis court and private beach access.

1/4 Mile from grocery store and LBK shopping center. Available January-April 2014. $4500 a month for 4 months. One month minimum.

Contact: Shira Sternberg, 802-733-3076 shira.sternberg@gmail.com

BENCH: WHITE, outdoor, 5/ft., decorative, from Hayneedle, new condition. $99. 941-383-4576.

Help Wanted

COUCH: $75. Desk: $40. Chair: $35. Dinning table $50. 383 2373.

CAREGIVER FOR Longboat lady: 12-hours, Friday, Saturday, other days as needed. Experience in healthy cooking, personal care, wheelchair transport. Seeking patient, intelligent individual, college degree preferred, pet friendly, flexible.

Clean driving record, no smoking, references. $14+/hour. (941)780-5490 or avanga42@aol.com

GIFT CARD: Cafe L'Europe Restaurant on St. Armand's Circle $40 gift card for $30.

941/896-7902.

Autos Wanted WE BUY CARS. TOP $$ PAID FOR YOUR VEHICLES. Call Hawley Motors, 941-923-3421.

Boat Slips For Rent/Sale BOAT SLIP FOR RENT, up to 25’. High, dry, indoor marina. Excellent boating location. By the month or yearly. Private owner, 941-371-1866.

LBK MOORINGS: 73ft. Boat Slip $149,000. Easy in and out, unobstructed bay view, water, cable, wireless included. Owner Financing. Other slips available 45ft. to 194ft. Bettie R. Perry, Broker/Owner.

Associated Realty LBK. 941-961-0372

SLIP RENTAL- LBK Moorings. By Owner.

M18, premier slip, 58 ft. $600 month.

941-316-9372

Boats Boats are selling very well. We’re out of boats again. Please visit: www.Islandboatsales.net Buy-Sell-Consign Call Dave, (owner) 941-228-3489.

ChitwoodCharters.com Cruise or Fish Hyatt Sarasota Docks 32’/53’ Yachts - 2hrs./2 months 941-383-5232

Furnishings BEAUTIFUL GLASS top table (84"X48"), two stone pedestals and six excellent upholstered chairs. A bargain at $1150.

941-918-1938 PERSIAN AND Tribal carpets from our personal collection acquired over a 20 year period while living abroad. Room size carpets, runners, and smaller carpets. Photographs by E-mail. Carpets can be seen by appointment in Longboat Key. Cash only. E-mail: waa1204@gmail.com or vcabahrain@gmail.com

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales FLEA MARKET. Sarasota Municipal Auditorium.

Saturday, September 14, 10a.m.-5p.m. & Sunday, September 15, 10a.m.-4p.m. For info: 954-4165.

General Merchandise THRIFT SHOP: Longboat Island Chapel, 6140 Gulf of Mexico Dr. Open Wednesdays & Saturdays, 9a.m.-1p.m. Volunteers welcome! 941-383-6491.

Merchandise Wanted CASH FOR Old Military Items. Swords, uniforms, insignia & old guns. Call 941-416-3280.

SENIOR LOOKING to purchase precious metals, time pieces, coins, jewelry and antiques. Please call Marc, 941-321-0707.

Storage STORAGE FACILITY Boat/ RV/ Trailer. Secure facility, low monthly rentals, Clark Rd area.

941-809-3660, 941-809-3662.

CARPENTER, EXPERIENCED, own tools and transportation. Exterior/interior work, clean cut.

Own Ins. preferable. Paul @ 941-238-8033.

Positions Wanted HOUSEHOLD MANAGER/PRIVATE CHEF. Eight years of experience. Master's Degree.

Intelligent, reliable, responsible and experienced. lmbinteriordesign.com for resume.

Email lmbrei@gmail.com.

Condos/Apts. For Rent ALINARI CONDO, 2 bedroom, 2 bath, unfurnished, 12th floor pool view, no smoking, no pets, theatre, billiard room, garage, walk to shops and cultural venues in downtown Sarasota. Annual lease, $1550 per month. E-mail: rentalwtd@gmail.com or phone: 845-797-2261.

BEACHPlACE, lBk. Casual beachfront living in 2BR/2BA, balcony condo. Olympic pool, health club, tennis courts. Available June through December, $2000/mo. Also available January through March, $5000/mo. Call for info. Contact Elizabeth/NYC. 212-570-2950.

LBK: TIFFANY Plaza Beachfront Condos, 1st floor, 2BR/2BA, W/D in units, walk out to beach.

Furnished, heated pool, covered parking. 1 mo. min. 941-383-3338.

LONGBOAT KEY - FAIRWAY BAY - Two level townhouse available January-April. 2 master bedrooms, 2 ½ baths, two month minimum, no pets. Beautifully furnished. Pool, tennis and exercise room, private beach access. Call 303.440.7009 or 720.440.1779.

NEWLY REMODELED, 2BR/2BA Windward Bay condo with great bay view. Available 11/1513 to 1/31/14. $2,800 per mo. incls. wi-fi, HDTV & util.

Washer/dryer. Also avail. 5/1/14 to 10/31/14.

2 Pools, tennis, fitness room & clubhouse. Call Bob 860-705-0111.

SPANISH MAIN: Annual Rental or Lease Purchase.

2BR/2BA with inside laundry. Completely renovated including new kitchen and granite. $1500/mo. 865.603.3126.

A BEACHPLACE LBK Condo. Beachfront, 2BR/2BA. Elegantly furnished, internet access, heated pool, covered parking, exercise room.

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This recently upgraded boater’s dream with deep-water dockage and multiple boat lifts is a flourish of custom details and designer finishes. The owners have just completed extensive updates including a revamped layout, brand new kitchen with professionalgrade appliances, new commercially-installed flooring through the first level and an updated dressing area in the master suite comprising the entire second floor of the main home. The guest cottage is a secluded retreat for overnight guests. With its own entrance, living room, spacious bedroom, hideaway kitchenette, sitting room and lanai, your guests will never want to leave. Also includes an air-conditioned four-car garage with plenty of space to store your boat.

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