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Appreciation for a life in the circus. PAGE 1B THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2019

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Neighbors’ complaints about builders prompt discussion of rule enforcement. PAGE 3A File photo

Tracy Fanara models at last year’s event.

Same runway, new day

Operators Ace a plan to expand

The Longboat Key Garden Club’s Taste of the Keys and Fashion Show has been moved to 6 p.m. Jan. 23, a day earlier than previously planned. The event at the Harbourside Ballroom includes bites from local restaurants, a fashion show featuring clothes from Michael’s on the Boulevard and Men’s Warehouse and a raffle. Raffle prizes include four vacations packages, and tickets are $100. Event tickets are $65 and are going fast, but raffle winners don’t have to be present.

Long-running family businesses take on new look.

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Store manager Jimmy Stonecypher and owner Charles Savidge stand in the expanded space of Longboat Ace Hardware.

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Fire station fame

‘Marina Joe’ a red tide hero Twin Shores resident saw a problem with dead fish.

With a rake and idea, problem solved.

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Fire Rescue Chief Paul Dezzi with Deputy Chief Chris Krajic (top) and Lt. Daniel Heath (bottom).

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Mike Bergin nicknamed himself “Marina Joe” after taking on the duty of clearing Twin Shores of red tide fish kill.

At the end of December, Fire Rescue Chief Paul Dezzi named Lt. Daniel Heath the 2018 firefighter of the year.

Heath has been with the department since 2011 and was promoted to lieutenant last year. In addition to being on the safety committee, he also teaches hands-only CPR. Additionally, Dezzi named Deputy Chief Chris Krajic officer of the year. Krajic has been with the service since 1997. He oversees two stations and is in charge of the departments’ EMS and fire reporting systems, along with ordering medical equipment and supplies.

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With the property cleared, the next step is to grow grass to prevent erosion and blowing sand.

Colony plan faces key dates next week Court hearing and board hearing coming soon.

SUZANNE ELLIOTT STAFF WRITER

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huck Whittall, the owner of Unicorp National Developments Inc., faces several key dates in the next week in furtherance of his company’s plan to redevelop the site of the former Colony Beach & Tennis Resort into a proposed 166-room, 78-condominium St. Regis Hotel and Residences.

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Whittall and his legal team are scheduled to appear at 3 p.m. in Courtroom 6E of the Sarasota County Courthouse before Circuit Judge Hunter W. Carroll in connection with Unicorp’s bid to dissolve the Colony unit-owners’ condominium association. If ultimately successful in court, the door would open for the company to purchase remaining units and begin the process of applying for building permits.

In Unicorp’s court filing, the company contends the property is a “vast economic waste’’ and the “operation and performance

of The Colony as intended ... is now an impossibility, a fiction.’’

The complaint further states: “The Colony — plagued by decades of litigation, financial hardship and operational and physical obsolescence — has been deemed uninhabitable and unsafe, and the town of Longboat Key has ordered the demolition of nearly all buildings and improvements that comprise the property.’’

Since the document was filed in early 2018, the demolition of all the buildings has been completed. Several groups of unit owners have filed responses to Unicorp’s

complaint, seeking to dismiss the case.

“I expect the judge will rule in our favor on the 10th,” said Whittall, who currently owns 37 of the 237 units. Without the required 95% of Colony unit owners in support, the only way to dissolve the condominium association is through the courts.

If the judge rules in favor Unicorp, the lawsuit could proceed to trial, perhaps by summer.

The Colony’s condo association has unanimously endorsed Whittall’s plans, said Jay Yablon, Colony Condominium Association board president. Blake Fleetwood, one of the key opponents of the plan, resigned from the board in 2018 and sold two beachfront condos to Unicorp.

JAN. 12-15

With the buildings and facilities of the former Colony property demolished and debris removed — Unicorp met a town deadline of Dec. 20 — the next step is to stabilize the property. Hydroseeding of the land is scheduled to begin Jan. 12 and continue into early next week, with the goal of establishing grass to prevent erosion and blowing sand. A crane, which was involved in the demolition project, was removed in the past week.

The planting is key to a plan to hold the Kiwanis Club’s annual Lawn Party on the land March 9, honoring the late Murray “Murf” Klauber.

JAN. 15

Whittall is scheduled to appear again before the town’s Planning & Zoning Board in his attempt to gain permission to erect a temporary sales office on the property at

Chuck Whittall

1620 Gulf of Mexico Drive before building permits are issued.

This is Whittall’s second appearance before the board. In his first appearance, the proposal was unanimously recommended for denial. A subsequent appearance before the Town Commission resulted in a 4-3 vote against the project.

Whittall said marketing of the $1 million to $4 million units must start as soon as possible, to help finance the $600 million hotel and condo project. Central to that effort to presell about 60% of the units is an on-site $2 million, 3,000-square-foot modular sales office.

There, prospective buyers would get a look at a model kitchen and living area and the property’s beachfront view.

B.J. Bishop, chairwoman of the Planning & Zoning Board, said Whittall is now looking at what she describes as a global ordinance that acknowledges there are a number of large properties on the Key that will have to be redeveloped over time.

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Homes under construction on Buttonwood Drive.

BUILDINGUP

Longboat leaders to discuss rule enforcement after a spate of problems with homebuilding projects on the island.

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ecurring complaints in two neighborhoods over violations of rules governing construction have prompted town leaders to question how building codes can be better enforced.

Three times in December, Longboat Key Police were called to The Preserve at Longbeach site on Hibiscus Way and Longboat Drive South.

Complaints of clogged drains and other problems also have surfaced around a project at Buttonwood Drive and Gulf of Mexico Drive.

“The Planning, Zoning, and Building Department, Police Department, and the Town Attorney will be meeting to review our existing town codes and the Florida Building Code as it relates to enforcement of some of the recent construction-related violations and we will update the Commission on any recommended follow-up actions,” Town Manager Tom Harmer wrote in a Jan. 4 email to the commissioners.

At The Preserve, the site of the former Longboat Key Center for the Arts, police were first called the morning of Dec. 26 because of a neighbor’s complaint of trucks failing to use a construction entrance to dump dirt, but no violations were witnessed by officers. Less than two hours later, police were called for the same complaint. The town building inspector issued a stop-work order because of soil runoff and stormwater management problems at the site.

The construction manager was told to contact Longboat’s Planning, Zoning and Building Department before continuing the work.

The next morning, the town building official returned to the site where work had resumed and police were called again. Harmer said a site subcontractor also act-

SEE A PROBLEM? SPEAK UP There is no single-best way to alert town officials to a problem in your neighborhood.

Building code violations can be reported to the Longboat Key Planning, Zoning and Building Department. A good place to start is on the town website, longboatkey. org. A form can be filled out by visiting the Code Enforcement link on the town’s website. If you need immediate assistance, call Town Hall at 316-1999.

ed unprofessionally toward the residents at the project, but ultimately the site came into compliance and the stop-work order was lifted.

“We understand the frustration associated with neighboring construction and strive to be good neighbors,” Preserve developer John Shkor said. “This project will be a positive enhancement to the neighborhood, and there is a lot of excitement surrounding the various projects in the Village. Some neighbors have expressed their frustrations and others have been supportive. In the end, we believe the finished product will be well received.”

Work on the Buttonwood project, where two homes are under construction, was stopped several times last year for working after hours, causing damage to a neighbor’s property and affecting safety of residents and removing trees without permits, Planning, Zoning and Building Director Allen Parsons said.

“The site also had code enforcement actions related to site debris and overgrowth of grass that was subsequently addressed,” he said.

Michael Gautier, of Nokomis, is listed on town documents as the

Photos by Suzanne Elliott

Above: Dave Bishop, president of the Buttonwood Harbour homeowners association, stands in front of the two houses under construction.

Left: Grate on Buttonwood Drive where water is visible.

owner of the 500 and 550 Buttonwood Drive properties. Gautier did not respond to calls for comment.

New construction of singlefamily homes is a rarity in Longboat Key, where there is little vacant land. So why are these problems occurring at new residential projects?

Commissioner Ken Schneier thinks the problems at both projects stem from sloppy, early-stage contracting when the land was cleared and construction began.

“Insufficient care was given to prevent runoff and flooding before the ground was improved (in the case of Buttonwood) and

before storm sewers were completed (in the case of Hibiscus),” Schneier said.

“In both cases, complaints were made to Planning and Zoning, and stop-work orders were appropriately issued until silt screens and other protective measures could be installed,” he said. “The effect on neighbors was exacerbated during heavy storms like we had the week before Christmas. Neither contractor was cooperative at first, and many visits by town staff, and ultimately by police in the case of Hibiscus, were necessary to resolve the problems.”

Schneier said officials are frequently monitoring both projects.

“I believe both situations are now under control and being regularly monitored by the town,” Schneier said. “I believe that our codes have provisions to deal with contractor misbehavior that were applied on Buttonwood and Hibiscus and worked successfully, albeit after the town exerted some pressure. Having said that, these two problems created a good opportunity to review our codes to see if there is a way to achieve more timely compliance.”

But Dave Bishop, president of Buttonwood Harbour Homeowners Association, also thinks the street flooding that happens periodically on Buttonwood Drive after heavy rain also may be caused by clogged drainage pipes, and perhaps global warming. Buttonwood has flooded three times in the past three years, he said.

“Drains need to be jetted out to determine if there is a blockage,” said Bishop, who gestured toward a street drain by the construction site where water was clearly visible. He also said the drainage ditch behind some of the Buttonwood homes is not actively monitored.

Public Works Director Isaac Brownman said when there is a lot of rain, it takes longer for runoff to recede, especially at low elevations.

“This was part of the case in Buttonwood, though, a resident reported that parts of Buttonwood drained off at a faster pace than the entry way,” he said.

During the first part of 2019, the town is planning on hiring a vendor to clean out some of the pipes that go all the way out to the bayou to make sure there is no blockage downstream of the inlet, Brownman said.

“We are coordinating this maintenance activity to allow the lots and 500 and 550 Buttonwood to be more developed and stabilized so that we are not cleaning the pipes twice in case some silt made its way into the storm system from these sites,” he said.

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What happened this week in: 2008

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NEWS OF THE DAY The town in early January 2008 approved a $7,500 study designed to quantify the strength of cellphone signals on the north end of the island.

Cell antennas are located on some nine-story or taller buildings on the south end of the island, but because the north end has no such facilities, cell signals are known to suffer.

The study set out to examine signal strengths in quarter-mile increments from the Longboat

Nicholas Medina and Pedro Rios, maintenance workers at Sea Horse Beach Resort, install protective fabric to protect against predicted frigid overnight temperatures on the morning of Friday, Jan. 4, 2008.

A reading of 32 degrees was recorded.

Pass bridge to a point 4.5 miles south.

The move came after two months’ worth of commission discussion regarding what is perceived as weak cellphone reception on the Key’s northern shores.

“The intent is to gather information and give you data,” said Town Manager Bruce St. Denis told commissioners. “We won’t be negotiating with carriers, but it will give us an idea of what needs to be done and how to correct the problem.”

FROM THE FILES OF COPS CORNER A man who was pulled over for driving south in the northbound lane of Gulf of Mexico Drive told an officer he wasn’t wearing his glasses at the time. He was given a warning and summons to appear in court.

When pulling away from the exchange with a police officer, passing motorists had to brake to avoid a collision. An immediate second traffic stop resulted in the officer submitting the driver for a driver’s license re-examination.

Marine unit participates in crash rescue Longboat Key Police Department’s marine unit took part in rescue operations Jan. 2 after a helicopter crash offshore Anna Maria Island.

Three men were aboard the helicopter, the pilot of which was taken to Blake Memorial Hospital in Bradenton with serious injuries.

Longboat Key Police Officer Josh Connors was on routine patrol that morning when he monitored radio traffic around 11:10 a.m. regarding the crash and was ultimately dispatched to assist the U.S. Coast Guard and other local law enforcement agencies in the Gulf of Mexico.

The helicopter was on a photography assignment of a high-performance boat about 2 miles off Holmes Beach. The crew of that boat rescued the pilot and two others aboard the Robinson R-44 helicopter and brought them ashore.

Connors was sent to the crash scene to search for debris, and located the submerged tail of the aircraft and other debris. Manatee County Sheriff’s Office teams located the bulk of the wreckage underwater nearby.

The Longboat Key marine unit was involved for about one hour and 53 minutes.

Deadline set for voting registration Feb. 11 is the last day Longboat Key residents can register to vote in the upcoming town elections.

A Town Commission seat is in play, and two ballot initiatives

also will require voter attention: a measure extending commission terms to three years, beginning in 2020; and a measure seeking permission to add residential density to a property at 5630 Gulf of Mexico Drive for the purpose of developing single-family housing.

Election day is March 12. Early voting runs from March 4.-9 In the November midterm elections, Longboat Key had some of the highest voter-turnout numbers in the area: 79% in Sarasota and 78.7% in Manatee.

To register or check the status of your voting registration, visit registertovoteflorida.gov in both Sarasota and Manatee counties.

CPR classes coming this month Longboat Key Fire Rescue will once again offer hands-only CPR training.

During the next three months, the department will host three workshops so residents can learn how and when to perform CPR. After the workshops, fire rescue staff will demonstrate how to use advanced life support medical equipment.

The workshops will be held at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Jan. 23, Feb. 22 and March 15 at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road.

Each session will last approximately one hour.

For information or to sign up for classes, call Fire Rescue Liaison Tina Adams at 316-1944 or tadams@longboatkey.org.

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SURVEY SAYS Town staff in 2018 conducted a survey of Longboat Key Tennis Center members to determine if pickleball would be acceptable to those who already play a racket sport there. Of the 168 people surveyed, 117 said they would be in favor of adding pickleball courts to the tennis center. Of that 117, 11 said they would only be in favor if no tennis courts were taken away.

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At Bayfront Park, alternative lines on existing tennis courts, along with roll-away nets open up the pickleball options. One dedicated court also serves pickleball players at Bayfront Park.

Town serves up $20,000 for pickleball feasibility study Private donations are part of proposal to build four courts, at a total cost of $200,000.

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ongboat Key commissioners have set aside $20,000 to fund a study that looks at the feasibility of building four pickleball courts adjacent to the Longboat Library and the Longboat

Key Public Tennis Center.

The study would look at whether the site could accommodate the courts, the cost and what else would need to be done to build the courts, Town Manager Tom Harmer said. There are three public pickleball courts at Bayfront Park, two of which are

based on alternatively lined tennis courts. They are in frequent use, prompting enthusiasts to seek additional public places to play.

“The study will help get things rolling,” Harmer said.

Pickleball is played on a smaller version of a tennis court and combines elements of tennis, pingpong and badminton. Players use a wooden or composite paddle to hit a perforated polymer ball over a net. In recent years, the sport, which can be played as singles or doubles, has gained popularity. The average age of a pickleball player is 65, according to the United States of America Pickleball Association.

“It combines two elements,” said Tom Diener, a pickleball enthusiast who plays at Bayfront Park several times a week. “You get physical activity, and it’s more social than tennis.”

It cost the town $50,000 to build one dedicated pickleball court as part of the renovated

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Bayfront Park, which opened in 2017, Harmer said. Based on that cost, he said the town estimates four courts would cost around $200,000.

Longboat plans to fund $100,000 of the cost, with private donations making up the remainder. It’s too soon in the process, officials said, to speculate on what happens if the pickleball community comes up short of the goal to finance construction of four courts. Fewer courts could be built.

Finances for the construction of the tennis center were similarly augmented with private donations.

Pledges so far total approximately $7,000, said Sara Cullen, Longboat’s Ambassador of United States of America Pickleball Association.

“Pickleball is coming in strong and here to stay,” said Cullen, who will begin accepting monetary donations once the project moves forward. “It’s a great sport for seniors and kids. We have more pickleball players at Bayfront than tennis players.”

Ideally, the town would like to begin construction of the courts sometime during the 2020 fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1, Harmer said.

Commissioner Jack Daly has tried the sport and said he finds it fun, challenging and easy to play.

He also supports the town’s plan to build more courts.

“I can see why the sport is popular,” he said. “This is a good first step to let us begin evaluating our options.”

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Red Kettle drive Longboat Ace Hardware expands into shop next door hits top spot again Ace will still sell many of the Quik-n-Easy products once the business spaces combine, owners say.

Kiwanis Club and other volunteers raised $19,508.47 at Publix on Longboat Key during the 2018 holiday season.

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The owners of Ace Hardware in Longboat Key are expanding into the adjacent Quik-n-Easy convenience store space, a move they say will give them room to add more inventory and more time to spend with family.

“We thought the island needed more hardware options,” said Charles Savidge, one of the owners who has owned the store for 30 years. “We’re also expanding the gift shop.”

The remodel, which should be completed during the first half of this month, will increase the store’s size from 5,000 square feet to 8,000 square feet. The Longboat Ace, at 4030 Gulf of Mexico Drive, carries more than 15,000 items and employs eight. No new jobs will be created by the expansion, Savidge said.

Even though the convenience store, opened by the Savidges eight years ago, is closed, Ace will still offer many of the same products, only on a smaller scale.

Items that will be sold include grab-and-go sandwiches, soft

It took 106 volunteers and about a month of volunteering, but the Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key came out on top.

For its annual mission to raise money for the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign, the Kiwanis Club reached out to various organizations on Longboat and asked for additional volunteers.

The positive response paid off.

When the final tallies were in, the Kiwanis Club had raised $19,508.47, making it the top

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Jimmy Stonecypher, store manager, and owner, Charles Savidge, stand in the store’s new space.

drinks, water, candy, food and other food items, as well as newspapers. And of course, coffee.

“No beer or cigarettes,” said Ginny Savidge, who ran the Quikn-Easy, which opened in February 2012, replacing a 7-Eleven.

The wall separating the businesses has been knocked out and extra shelving has been added.

The cash register, which sits by the store’s entrance, will be moved to the Quik-n-Easy space, which has been enlarged to an expanded checkout, display and food area.

The gift shop will be moved to where the cash register is now located. Ginny, Charles’ mother,

will oversee the operation of that side of the business. By closing the convenience store, Ginny will also have more time to spend with her grandson — and first grandchild — Greenleaf Bartlett, who was born Oct. 12.

“Everyone is going to call him Leaf, but I am going to call him Green Bean,” she said.

Ginny said the store will remain a United Parcel Service drop-off location. The store will also continue to sell children’s books.

The Savidges also own the Ace Hardware on Holmes Beach, a business the family bought 10 years ago.

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Publix location once again.

In 2017, the club raised $15,291.63 and in 2016, it raised $14,037.43. Both times, the club was the top location.

Ed Krepela, who organized the volunteering this year, said this 2018 total is the most ever raised for the club.

Krepela said a few factors went into the success of this year.

“I think that in spite of the antics in Washington and the crazy swinging in the stock market, folks feel good about the economy and are more upbeat,” he said.

In addition to the generous spirit Krepela said Longboat residents tend to have, this year, an anonymous donor agreed to match every $20 bill that was donated in Sarasota and Manatee counties.

To gather the 106-volunteer army, Krepela first reached out to his fellow Kiwanis members.

From there, he asked local groups, such as Christ Church, the Longboat Key Garden Club, Rotary Club and Democratic and Republican clubs.

Word traveled to Cortez, Krepela said. One day, he got a call from a Coast Guard member stationed in Cortez who asked if he could volunteer.

It’s those kinds of encounters that made this year a successful one, he said.

“The most important factor is that it was an all-out effort,” Krepela said.

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START and finish job With Gov. DeSantis’ commitment to the environment, now is the time for Gulf Coast counties and cities to finish the job a Longboat commissioner started 22 years ago.

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eb Bush, the first in a line of four consecutive Republican governors of Florida, was the hurricane and education governor. Bush guided the state through nine hurricanes during this eight-year reign and ushered in the start of positive changes to Florida’s public education system — tops among them the beginning of school choice options.

Charlie Crist was … well, we don’t know for what he’ll be remembered — the Republican governor who hugged Barack Obama and the Obama shovelready-jobs stimulus package?

For creating the state’s largest property insurance company (owned by taxpayers and with taxpayers at risk)? Perhaps he’ll be the luckiest governor in history, having escaped any hurricane hits during his four years.

Rick Scott was the jobs and economy governor. And the governor who did what he said he was going to do — create jobs and cut taxes and regulations.

And now, as of noon Tuesday, we have Ron DeSantis.

No one — only the Almighty — knows what his gubernatorial legacy will be. For that matter, few Floridians really have a clear idea of what three or five items will drive his attention. He told voters during the election campaign he wants to keep Florida’s economy on the Scott track. He said the conservative words of low taxes and low regulations.

As with every governor, there will be the inevitable unexpected — events that will dictate the course of much of his administration. Scott, of course, had no clue he would face two devastating hurricanes; or the terrorist shootings at the Orlando night club; the massacre at Parkland High School; a shooter at the

Fort Lauderdale International Airport; or a major bridge collapse in Miami-Dade.

But when you think back to DeSantis’ campaign for governor, the one issue that is most memorable and the one he repeated throughout was his commitment to the environment. Specifically, to clean up the algae spewing and spreading from Lake Okeechobee and to build, finally, the longsought reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee that would restore fresh water flowing from the lake to the Everglades.

DeSantis was quoted in the January edition of Florida Trend magazine: “I want the reservoir online as soon as possible.”

NO BETTER TIME

Every mayor, city and town commissioner, county commission chairman and county commissioner from Citrus County down to Collier should take note.

This is the time to unify and go all out. This is the moment to marshal a Gulf Coast coalition representing 3.8 million Floridians to fulfill the mission of an organization that was formed on Longboat Key 22 years ago: Solutions to Avoid Red Tide (START).

There has never been a better time.

Indeed, red tide is still on the minds of Floridians along the west coast. They’re still talking about last summer’s choking, smelly onslaught of red tide. And they’re still feeling and seeing the effects (buzzards swirling above pools of dead fish).

All of this created action and momentum. Mote Marine Laboratory last fall opened the Red Tide Institute, thanks to a $1 million charitable contribution from the Andrew and Judith Economos Charitable Founda-

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A commitment to fight red tide The following are excerpts from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ inaugural address: I take the helm of the ship of state as a Florida native, a veteran of our nation’s military, conscious of my own deficiencies, mindful of the great trust that has been placed in me and thankful for so many of you who have prayed for me.

Being charged with leading a

state with so much promise, all I can promise is the sweat off my brow, a full heart, my best judgment and the courage of my convictions.

I will not be a rudderless vessel in this endeavor; my compass will be the principles reflected in the constitutional oath I have just taken, and for which Americans have given their lives: that our rights are endowed by God, not government; that we

Freiwald and Landau are right.

Florida needs a red tide czar.

But before there is a czar, the entire southern Gulf Coast needs a strategy. It needs a strategy that will bring every county and

municipality’s leadership behind a unified voice that will convince the governor and Legislature of the importance of controlling, if not eradicating, red tide.

That effort should start with START — again.

Twenty-two years ago, in 1996, late Longboat Key Mayor James Patterson, a highly decorated Vietnam veteran, mobilized a group of concerned citizens in the wake of a horrible outbreak red tide to form a notfor-profit dedicated to finding “solutions to avoid red tide.”

Ever since, the organization has struggled to raise the funds and interest of policy makers to address this recurring problem.

Part of the challenge has been what always occurs: When red tide is bad, everyone complains.

When it goes away, they forget about it.

But with a new governor who, no doubt, is intent on making his mark, and a new governor who made a commitment to address the environment … and with Florida’s Senate president, Bill Galvano, hailing from a Ground Zero county for red tide, Manatee County, now is the time.

When START began 22 years ago, it began on Longboat Key. It seems fitting that in honor of Jim Patterson’s vision, Longboat Key Mayor George Spoll and the Town Commission should take the lead again. Appoint Tom Freiwald as the town’s Red Tide Czar and charge him with marshaling the support of every county and municipality on the Gulf Coast — by way of a letter signed by every elected commissioner — to persuade DeSantis and the Legislature to commit the state to finding Solutions to Avoid Red Tide.

Finish what Jim Patterson started.

the people loan power to government under the Constitution in order to protect our rights; that government’s role is not to run our lives for us but to provide what Lincoln called an “open field and fair chance for one’s industry, enterprise and intelligence …

Let’s promote a virtuous cycle whereby low taxes, a reasonable regulatory climate, a sensible legal system and a healthy environment attract jobs, business and investment …

An expanding economic base will yield more high-paying jobs for our citizens and is the best way to generate the revenue needed for public priorities like education, protecting our natural resources and infrastructure.

We know what works and what doesn’t. Let’s not veer off course.

Our economic potential will be jeopardized if we do not solve the problems afflicting our environment and water resources.

People want to come to Florida because of its natural beauty.

Tourism is not only a pillar of our state’s economy, it helps spread the tax burden to non-

Floridians, limiting taxes on our citizens. But this could be in jeopardy if we do not solve our pressing environmental problems. As the great philosopher Yogi Berra remarked: if people don’t want to come nobody is going to stop them.

For Florida, the quality of our water and environmental surroundings are foundational to our prosperity as a state — it doesn’t just drive tourism; it affects property values, anchors many local economies and is central to our quality of life.

The water is part and parcel of Florida’s DNA. Protecting it is the smart thing to do; it’s also the right thing to do.

I will lead the efforts to save our waterways. We will fight toxic blue-green algae, we will fight discharges from Lake Okeechobee, we will fight red tide, we will fight for our fishermen, we will fight for our beaches, we will fight to restore our Everglades and we will never ever quit, we won’t be cowed and we won’t let the foot draggers stand in our way.

We resolve to leave Florida to God better than we found it …

tion. That followed $2.2 million from the state to multiple research institutions for red tide studies and experiments.

But in spite of how substantial those sums are, they are simply seed money. Much more is needed to create what is also needed — a sustained effort, year after year, to control and mitigate red tide.

And it’s not just money that is required. In fact, two Longboat Key residents, Tom Freiwald and Lenny Landau, key members of the Longboat Key Revitalization Task Force, recommended in mid-December the state appoint a “red tide czar.”

“Who is in charge of controlling red tide? There is no red tide leader in the state of Florida,” Freiwald told attendees at a meeting of the Federation of Longboat Key Condominiums.

Those involved include a mix of state, local and federal agencies, as well as public and private organizations.

While we loathe the thought of creating another government bureaucracy, red tide is such a scourge that it warrants the same type of policing and proactive prevention and mitigation that the state devotes to the health of Florida’s parks, waterways and aquifers. After all, if the entire Gulf Coast becomes a choking river of red tide year after year, there will be no Gulf Coast.

There won’t be 3.8 million Floridians living on the coast, nor the tens of millions of visitors who fuel Florida’s economy.

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Ten bold predictions for Longboat in 2019 A lot is in the cards for Longboat this year. Here’s one swing at what some of them might be.

traffic circles or park-and-ride lots making deep differences.

And by the way, the recommendations from My Personal Barrier Island Traffic Study are in, and they won’t cost you a penny. n Be patient n Be nice n Allow extra time. n Look out the window when you’re stuck in traffic.

Creation of a central gathering place is happening not long after while we wait for fundraising and construction of the Arts, Cultural and Education Center on the site.

All of that isn’t a prediction, you might have noticed. So, the prediction? It will be a hit.

Can’t wait.

COYOTES WILL GET EVEN MORE ATTENTION

Without getting into an argument about climate change or sea-level rise, can we all agree that we’ve seen a lot of water across the roads, especially on the north end of the island?

Expect less of it as the town takes action against such events as blue-sky flooding that can happen when tides rise above normal, forcing saltwater up through the storm drain system and into roads.

It’s a known problem, and the town is working to fix it with backflow-preventing machinery in storm drains. It’s a complicated thing.

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t’s simply not a new year without a raft of predictions from people mostly unqualified to make them. With that in mind ...

Someone’s dog or cat will go missing. Something scary will happen on a sidewalk. Someone might do something drastic.

Yes, they’re neighbors the same way raccoons and peacocks and squirrels are. But a coyote (or coyotes) on the loose in an essentially residential neighborhood won’t really fit in.

So, against common wisdom and expert opinion, the best thing is to probably trap as many as possible and move them as far away as practical.

WE WILL STILL BE TALKING ABOUT TRAFFIC

YOU MIGHT SEE FIRETRUCKS IN UNEXPECTED PLACES

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OK, maybe, not so bold, huh?

But even after the Barrier Island Traffic Study is completed and recommendations implemented, we’re going to still see backups getting on and off the island. It’s inevitable when forcing seasonal crowds through a transportation funnel built for decades ago off-peak times.

As so many people have said so many times, Longboat Key doesn’t have a traffic problem.

The results of mainland traffic problems show up on the barrier islands, often in the form of bumper to bumper stretches from causeway to causeway, because of choke points elsewhere. Vastly smaller numbers of cars and trucks would make a dent, but that’s not going to happen.

And don’t count on water taxis, lengthened turn lanes,

To facilitate the demolition and rebuilding of the town’s south fire station, the town has enlisted the help of a real estate company to find a temporary home for the men and women and their gear. To keep response times relatively the same, the ersatz fire station will need to be fairly nearby.

Storefront? Now-empty former resort property? Condo?

A $26.5 million home listed for sale? (just kidding about the last one, there.)

Rest assured, help will be there when you call.

YARRRR, THAR MAY NOT BE A NEW PLACE TO EAT SOON

The former Pattigeorge’s building is long gone. The restaurant even more so.

But don’t expect to be sitting down to dinner at The Buccaneer

by the end of the year. More like 2020.

The Buccaneer is an homage to Herb Field’s The Buccaneer Inn, which opened in 1957 and closed in 2001 at the site of Grand Mariner condominium.

ST. REGIS WON’T BE JUST A CONCEPT

By the time we start wrapping gifts and ringing bells in front of Publix again, things will be hoppin’ at the site of Chuck Whittall’s proposed St. Regis Hotel and Residences.

A sales office will be up and running. Final construction plans will be set.

Momentum, if you can call it that, has come in a series of fits and starts since early 2018, when the Town Commission first approved the project. Once the judicial process to consolidate ownership begins, things will take shape rapidly.

ONE COUNTY WILL GAIN MOMENTUM

This might be the year Longboat Key’s One County initiative (see, we’ve already capitalized it) goes from pie-in-the-sky to heythis-might-actually-work.

Though it’s a complicated needle to thread, with tons of entanglements to, well, untangle, progress will be made.

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It’s a complicated thing to accomplish and would require legislative approval in Tallahassee. No one says it will be easy, and some compromises will have to be made. But don’t be surprised when this issue begins gaining some traction outside the town limits.

LET’S CALL IT CENTRAL PARK

Demolition of the former Amore restaurant is coming soon.

ALL OF THESE WILL COME TO PASS

When we reconvene in early 2020, we will marvel at the accuracy and boldness of these predictions, says my Magic 8-Ball.

Now, that’s a bold prediction.

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Town gives initial OK to redevelopment rules Final vote on package dealing with nonconforming structures is set for early February.

IT’S THE LAW One element of the nonconforming property issue passed Monday. Commissioners approved for the final time a voluntary registry of nonconforming properties. The idea behind the registry is to help property owners and the town in the event of a catastrophic event. The ordinance, which goes into effect immediately, asks owners of nonconforming properties to file documentation with the town with the address, description, zoning, and current use. It also asks what aspect of the property is not compliant. Longboat is not charging a fee for this service, but there could be a filing charge in Sarasota or Manatee counties. The document would end up being attached to the property’s county records.

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Owners of buildings erected before town leaders in 1984 made sweeping changes to residential density rules could see a path forward by early February on what redevelopment proposals might look like.

Town commissioners earlier this week gave their initial OK to a package of regulations governing land use, height, interior cubic footage and proximity to the Gulf of Mexico for those kinds of redevelopment plans.

The idea is to give property owners a means to remodel, or rebuild, as close to the town’s modern standards as possible while holding open the possibility that total compliance might not always be possible.

“Every site on the Key is different and has to be judged on its merits,” said Commissioner Jim Brown, who voted to approve the new rules along with commissioners Jack Daly, Irwin Pastor and Ken Schneier. Mayor George Spoll, Vice Mayor Ed Zunz, and Commissioner Randy Clair voted against the new rules.

Key provisions approved Monday that will be revisited for a

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final vote on Feb. 4 include: n Land uses cannot change. A parcel zoned for a condominium must remain zoned for a condominium and cannot be remade into a commercial property.

n Cubic footage inside a building must remain the same, though floor plans can be revised. n The building’s footprint must remain the same. n Building height will not

exceed 65 feet, or about six floors above a ground-floor parking facility. n Buildings on the gulfside will never be less than 50 feet from the high-water, or erosioncontrol line unless the previous encroachment was less than 50 feet.

Town staffers and consultants have been rewriting development standards for years because doz-

ens of properties don’t conform to current regulations.

To limit growth, in 1984, the Town Commission down-zoned the island to six units per acre or less, leaving properties with higher density out of sync with contemporary rules. Some properties are just two or three units per acre over the modern limits.

Others are far beyond the sixunits rule.

Without a way to redevelop, property owners were stymied in planning updates to their buildings to include modern-day amenities such as higher ceilings, inunit laundry rooms and others. At issue, beyond higher population in a given area and the strain it puts on such things as roads and other infrastructure, is a longrunning reluctance on the part of residents and leaders to allow a “canyon-effect’’ of tall buildings to take hold along such thoroughfares as Gulf of Mexico Drive.

Years-long consideration of redevelopment plans for the Colony Beach & Tennis Club put the overall rework of zoning and building regulations on hold to avoid tangling the two issues.

Acknowledging that builders on an existing piece of land might not be able to conform to all of the newly designated rules, commissioners approved methods by which each project can be encouraged to work with the town on gaining approval.

“We want them to comply as best they can,” Daly said during the meeting that lasted more than three hours.

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New rules limiting the number and size of temporary signs went into effect Jan. 9, and the immediate effect will likely be seen in real estate offerings and in the Town Commission campaign.

The town adopted the rules during the summer in response to a 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that banned the regulation of signs based on content, Commissioner Ken Schneier said.

“After many tries, Longboat Key settled on an approach that reduced the number and size of all temporary signs,” Schneier said.

“A small exception was carved out for an extra sign on a property when it is actively for sale or rent, but the size of those real estate signs is still much smaller than we previously allowed.”

Two types of temporary signs with separate size requirements are now allowed on the Key. n One 1-square-foot sign can be on a property at any time for a period not to exceed six months. n One 3-square-foot sign will be allowed only when the property is being offered for sale, rent or lease, though because of the high court ruling, it doesn’t necessarily have to pertain to real estate. A 1-square-foot rider (think: SOLD or POOL HOME) can be attached to the sign. Also, temporary signs no longer require a permit.

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SIGN OF THE TIMES A temporary sign of up to 18 inches by 24 inches, no higher than 4 feet above the ground, would be allowed when a property is for sale, rent or lease. A survey of real estate signs on the island included signs ranging as large as 24-by26.5 inches, more than 4 square feet.

fully aware of the revised requirements,” Planning Director Allen Parsons said, explaining how the town will enforce the new law.

Yard signs promoting political candidates will have to meet the new rules. A 1-square-foot sign is smaller than sizes typically used for political promotion, immediately affecting Randy Langley and Mike Haycock, both of whom are running for the commission atlarge seat.

Langley said he’s ordering new signs in the new size, but not just because of the rule change.

“I have to,” he said. “The old ones said District 5.”

Roger Pettingell, a Realtor with Coldwell Banker in Longboat Key, said real estate signs have become less important in recent years.

“Many of our sellers live in places where signs are not allowed at all, including most condominium communities and single-family homes in Bay Isles.”

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Full-speed ahead for Mote Mote Marine Laboratory is moving aggressively in pursuit of a new aquarium.

Will it reach its ambitious goals for the new year?

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n early 2018, Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium announced its plans to relocate its aquarium to a new $130 million facility in Nathan Benderson Park.

Although Mote President and CEO Michael Crosby shared plans to break ground in 2019, there were still some key details to be sorted out. For one, Mote needed to raise money to pay for the building. For another, the County Commission hadn’t even formally discussed the prospect of allowing Mote to use the desired land in Benderson Park, located near University Parkway and Interstate 75.

About a year later, some of those issues have been addressed. The county and Mote have reached a preliminary agreement on the use of a 15-acre plot. Mote has secured more than $28 million in donations to build the aquarium.

But, as Mote remains hopeful construction will begin this year, there remains at least one step that Crosby said must be taken before the project can commence: a significant financial commitment from Sarasota County.

Crosby called the $20 million funding request a crucial part of Mote’s aquarium plans. What happens to the project if the county determines it can’t give Mote that money — even if the commission is willing to consider a lesser financial contribution?

“Doesn’t get done,” Crosby said.

Although Mote submitted a formal request to the county in May, the commission has yet to have a substantive discussion about the prospect of funding the project. Commissioners have publicly supported the project, but staff is still in the process of reviewing Mote’s business plan and the details of the funding request.

County staff has said any funding would likely come from the tourist development tax, levied on transient rental properties throughout the county. At a Dec. 14 board retreat, commissioners discussed the possibility of creating a new process for vetting funding requests like Mote’s.

“We’re not slowing down.”

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Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium is hopeful ground can be broken this year for its proposed $130 million project at Nathan Benderson Park.

Mote has asked for $20 million in county funding for the aquarium, a request county officials are still considering.

“Mote’s a great organization,” Commissioner Charles Hines said. “Will that aquarium put heads in beds? I don’t know; it might. … That needs to be part of our discussion, rather than, ‘I like that project, I think it’s good.’ ” Crosby was optimistic about the prospect of securing an agreement with the county, describing Mote’s discussions with county staff positively. He called the

aquarium project not only a significant economic driver, but also an opportunity to improve science education and outreach within the community.

“The case for support is so strong,” Crosby said. “Everybody wants to say yes. All we’ve got to do is sit down and put our heads together.”

Mote’s ambitions for the new year expand beyond finalizing

details of the aquarium project. Mote intends to turn its City Island campus, where the aquarium is currently based, into an expanded headquarters for its research arm. That means bringing on board more staff members to conduct that research work.

Mote’s growth strategies also apply to other campuses, such as its coral research facility in the Florida Keys, and initiatives, such as the recently founded Red Tide Institute.

“I suppose No. 1 on the to-do list for Mote in 2019 is to significantly grow our capabilities to have an even greater impact on addressing the grand challenges facing our marine and coastal ecosystems,” Crosby said.

With red tide a particularly pressing subject in Sarasota after the events of 2018, Crosby believes the Red Tide Institute will make tangible strides toward addressing the negative effects of the algal blooms.

“I fully expect at the end of a year, you’re going to see significant progress,” Crosby said. “I fully expect that within a period of three to five years, we will have available deployable technologies that can be used to battle red tide.”

From the new aquarium to red tide and beyond, Crosby and Mote are moving with an aggressive, ambitious attitude toward tackling the organization’s goals.

“We’re not slowing down,” Crosby said. “We’re doing more and more and more because the oceans demand it. The opportunities are there to have a much better impact in the community.”

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Mote now focusing on details Mote Marine will select a builder for its new aquarium early in 2019.

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While the $130 million Mote Science Education Aquarium planned at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota won’t be filling any giant tanks with water in 2019, the constant flow of progress should make some waves.

Dan Bebak, vice president of aquarium, education and outreach at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium, said 2019 will be huge in terms of design and permitting.

Bebak said the previous target of 2021 might be a little aggressive, but an opening late that year might be possible.

Here are some of Mote’s goals for 2019: SELECTING A BUILDER

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Dan Bebak, vice president of aquarium, education and outreach at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium, says 2019 will be a huge year for the new aquarium planned for Nathan Benderson Park in terms of planning and design.

will be talking to various firms that have experience in constructing major aquariums,” Bebak said.

Bebak said Mote won’t open the project to proposals since only a “limited number of firms”

Bebak said Mote is handling the schematic design phase and hopefully will complete that task in the first 90 days of 2019. That will allow Mote to proceed with presenting the permitting documents to Sarasota County.

“We’ve been working with the county for some time,” Bebak said.

“We don’t want to go through the whole design process without input from the county. We are keeping them well apprised.

We’re asking, ‘Does everything look OK?’” The permitting should be complete in the fourth quarter of 2019.

FINALIZING A SPECIES LIST

nationally have experience with such a project.

“It’s a lot of concrete that will be holding water ... 1.2 million gallons at 8.8 pounds per gallon,” he said. “That gets heavy. It’s specialty engineering.”

While it might seem early to finalize a species list, Bebak said it will be important to get that accomplished in 2019. Besides constructing the spaces correctly to be home to different species, Mote must build and prepare storylines for its interactive exhibits.

“The design team needs to be exact: ‘We are going to need this much wall space next to the man-

atees,’” he said.

If that wall is built to different specifications, all that work would be wasted, he said.

“We hope to use the least amount of fixed graphics as possible,” Bebak said. “We want it to be digital and be able to change quickly. Research and the world are changing so quickly, and we need to be able to adapt and change. How is this species affected by red tide?”

PERSONNEL NEEDS

Schultz & Williams of Philadelphia has been hired to help Mote with its personnel needs for the new aquarium. Bebak said the firm specializes in zoos and aquariums and will help with business planning.

“We are now open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and we are looking at a 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. model,” he said. “That requires additional people.”

Mote will transfer current staff members to the new aquarium, and it also will be handling administration and accounting in its current facility on City Island.

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A Public Hearing before the Planning and Zoning Board on proposed Ordinance All interested persons may appear and be heard with respect to proposed Ordinance All appear and be with to proposed Ordinance 2019-02 will bepersons held onmay January at 9:00 a.m., or soon thereafter All interested interested persons may appear15, and2019, be heard heard with respect respect to as proposed Ordinance as 2019-02.

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Red tide prompts tourism rethink

Last summer, Visit Sarasota County President and CEO Virginia Haley outlined an ambitious plan for tourism promotion in 2018-19 that sought to increase the number of visitors to the region by 5% over the previous year.

A month later, a red tide bloom began to wreak havoc on the region’s tourism industry.

“Obviously, we completely changed our strategy to one of red tide recovery, as opposed to going after new markets,” Haley said.

At the dawn of 2019, the extent of red tide’s effects on tourism are unclear. Tourist development tax collections were down more than 20% from August to October compared to the previous year. In

— Visit Sarasota County President and CEO Virginia Haley

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Visit Sarasota surveys, Haley said local businesses report business is looking better. But still, over the next three months, about 85% of respondents indicate their numbers appear to be declining relative to the first quarter of 2018.

Although the number of visi-

tors to the region hasn’t significantly dropped because of red tide, Haley said a concurrent increase in hotel rooms has caused a more notable decrease in lodging-related revenue.

“Sadly, that’s where the red tide has hit Sarasota harder than oth-

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REORGANIZING ARTICLE II, THEREIN; DECISION MAKING APPEALS AND AMENDING RELATED SECTIONS RELATED SECTIONS THEREIN; REORGANIZING ARTICLE DECISION MAKING APPEALS AND AMENDING RELATED SECTIONS THEREIN; RELATEDAND SECTIONS THEREIN; REORGANIZING ARTICLE II,II, DECISION MAKING AND APPEALS AND AMENDING RELATED SECTIONS THEREIN; REORGANIZING ARTICLE III, DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCEDURES AND MAKING AND APPEALS AND AMENDING RELATED SECTIONS THEREIN; REORGANIZING ARTICLE III, DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCEDURES AND MAKING AND APPEALS AMENDING RELATED SECTIONS THEREIN; REORGANIZING ARTICLE III, DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCEDURES AND AMENDING RELATED SECTIONS THEREIN; REORGANIZING ARTICLE IV, REORGANIZING ARTICLE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCEDURES PROCEDURES AND REORGANIZING ARTICLE III, DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND AMENDING RELATED SECTIONS THEREIN; REORGANIZING ARTICLE IV, AMENDING RELATED SECTIONS THEREIN; REORGANIZING ARTICLE IV, ZONING DISTRICTS AND AMENDING RELATED SECTIONS THEREIN; AMENDING RELATED SECTIONS THEREIN; REORGANIZING ARTICLE AMENDING RELATED AND SECTIONS THEREIN; REORGANIZING ARTICLE IV,IV, ZONING DISTRICTS AMENDING RELATED SECTIONS THEREIN; THEREIN; ZONING DISTRICTS AND AMENDING RELATED SECTIONS REORGANIZING AND ESTABLISHING ARTICLE V, SUPPLEMENTAL ZONING AND AMENDING RELATED RELATED SECTIONS THEREIN; ZONING DISTRICTS DISTRICTS AMENDING SECTIONS THEREIN; REORGANIZING AND ARTICLE V, REORGANIZING STANDARDS AND ESTABLISHING ESTABLISHING ARTICLE RELATED V, SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPLEMENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND AMENDING SECTIONS REORGANIZING STANDARDS AND ESTABLISHING ARTICLE V,V, SUPPLEMENTAL REORGANIZING AND ESTABLISHING ARTICLE RELATED SUPPLEMENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND AMENDING SECTIONS SECTIONS DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND AMENDING AMENDING RELATED THEREIN; RESTATING AND THE TOURISM USE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND RELATED SECTIONS DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND AMENDING RELATED SECTIONS THEREIN; RESTATING AND CONSOLIDATING CONSOLIDATING THE TOWN’S TOWN’S TOURISM USE THEREIN; RESTATING AND CONSOLIDATING THE TOWN’S TOURISM USE RESTRICTION WITHIN ARTICLE V SUPPLEMENTAL DEVELOPMENT THEREIN; RESTATING RESTATING CONSOLIDATING THE THEREIN; AND CONSOLIDATING THE TOWN’S TOWN’STOURISM TOURISMUSE USE RESTRICTION WITHIN ARTICLE V SUPPLEMENTAL DEVELOPMENT RESTRICTION WITHIN ARTICLE V SUPPLEMENTAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS; REORGANIZING ESTABLISHING ARTICLE VI, RESTRICTION WITHIN WITHIN ARTICLE VV SUPPLEMENTAL DEVELOPMENT RESTRICTION ARTICLE AND SUPPLEMENTAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS; REORGANIZING AND ESTABLISHING ARTICLE VI, STANDARDS; AND EXISTING ESTABLISHING ARTICLE NONCONFORMITIES AND LAWFULLY USES AND AMENDING STANDARDS; REORGANIZING REORGANIZING AND ESTABLISHING ARTICLE VI,VI, STANDARDS; REORGANIZING AND EXISTING ESTABLISHING ARTICLE VI, NONCONFORMITIES AND LAWFULLY USES AND AMENDING NONCONFORMITIES AND LAWFULLY EXISTING USES AND AMENDING RELATED SECTIONS THEREIN; REORGANIZING AND ESTABLISHING NONCONFORMITIES AND LAWFULLY EXISTING AND AMENDING NONCONFORMITIES AND LAWFULLY EXISTING USES USES AND AMENDING RELATED SECTIONS THEREIN; REORGANIZING AND ESTABLISHING REORGANIZING AND AND ESTABLISHING RELATED SECTIONS THEREIN; ARTICLE VIOLATIONS, ENFORCEMENT AND AMENDING RELATEDVII, SECTIONS THEREIN; REORGANIZING AND RELATED SECTIONS THEREIN; REORGANIZING AND ESTABLISHING ESTABLISHING ARTICLE VII, VIOLATIONS, ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES PENALTIES AND AMENDING ARTICLE VII, VIOLATIONS, ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES AND AMENDING RELATED SECTIONS THEREIN; REORGANIZING AND ESTABLISHING ARTICLE VII, VIOLATIONS, ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES AND AMENDING ARTICLE VII,SECTIONS VIOLATIONS, ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES AND AMENDING RELATED THEREIN; REORGANIZING AND ESTABLISHING REORGANIZING AND ESTABLISHING RELATED SECTIONS THEREIN; RELATEDVIII, SECTIONS THEREIN;PROPORTIONATE REORGANIZING AND ARTICLE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM RELATED SECTIONS THEREIN; REORGANIZINGFAIR-SHARE AND ESTABLISHING ESTABLISHING ARTICLE VIII, TRANSPORTATION PROPORTIONATE FAIR-SHARE PROGRAM ARTICLE VIII, PROPORTIONATE FAIR-SHARE PROGRAM ARTICLE VIII, TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION PROPORTIONATE FAIR-SHARE PROGRAM AND AMENDING RELATED SECTIONS THEREIN; REORGANIZING AND ARTICLE VIII, TRANSPORTATION PROPORTIONATE PROGRAM AND AMENDING RELATED SECTIONS THEREIN;FAIR-SHARE REORGANIZING AND AND AMENDING RELATED SECTIONS THEREIN; REORGANIZING AND AND AMENDING RELATED SECTIONS THEREIN; REORGANIZING AND ESTABLISHING ARTICLE IX, SCHOOL CONCURRENCY PROPORTIONATEAND AMENDINGARTICLE RELATED SECTIONSCONCURRENCY THEREIN; REORGANIZING AND ESTABLISHING IX, SCHOOL PROPORTIONATEESTABLISHING ARTICLE SCHOOL CONCURRENCY PROPORTIONATEESTABLISHING ARTICLE IX, SCHOOL CONCURRENCY PROPORTIONATESHARE MITIGATION PROGRAM AND AMENDING RELATED SECTIONS ESTABLISHING ARTICLE IX, SCHOOL CONCURRENCY PROPORTIONATESHARE MITIGATION PROGRAM AND AMENDING RELATED SECTIONS SHARE PROGRAM AND AMENDING AMENDING RELATED SECTIONS SHARE MITIGATION MITIGATION PROGRAM AND RELATED SECTIONS THEREIN; REORGANIZING AND ESTABLISHING ARTICLE X, DEFINITIONS SHARE MITIGATION PROGRAM AND AMENDING RELATED SECTIONS THEREIN; REORGANIZING AND ESTABLISHING ARTICLE DEFINITIONS THEREIN; REORGANIZING AND ESTABLISHING ARTICLE X,X, THEREIN; REORGANIZING AND ESTABLISHING ARTICLE X,DEFINITIONS DEFINITIONS AND AMENDING RELATED SECTIONS THEREIN; REORGANIZING AND THEREIN; REORGANIZING AND ESTABLISHING ARTICLE X, DEFINITIONS AND AMENDING RELATED SECTIONS THEREIN; 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If you are hearing impaired, please call 941-316-8719. the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 286.26, Florida Statutes, persons needing a special accommodation to participate in this proceeding should contact needing a special accommodation to participate in this proceeding should contact the Town Clerk’s office at 941-316-1999 forty-eight (48) hours in advance of this BJ Bishop, Chair the Town Clerk’s office at 941-316-1999 forty-eight (48) hours in advance of this proceeding.

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TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING JANUARY 15, 2019 JANUARY 15, 2019 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING JANUARY 15, 2019 JANUARY 15, 2019 2019 JANUARY 15, Please Please take take notice notice that that the the following following public public hearing hearing will will be be held held on on January January 15, 15, 2019, 2019,

to about $700,000 that we’re devoting to marketing those new routes.”

Although red tide is a pressing issue, Haley isn’t just focused on short-term strategies. Last year, Visit Sarasota began a strategic planning process it undertakes every five years, examining the best methods for drawing visitors to the region. Haley said the strategic plan looks at opportunities for organizational efficiency within Visit Sarasota, but it also considers the larger fundamentals of tourism in the county.

The strategic plan is scheduled to go before the county’s Tourism Development Council on Jan. 21, and then to the County Commission in late February. Haley said topics covered will include the importance of beach maintenance, the role of arts and cultural amenities in tourism and the difference between attracting firsttime visitors and repeat travelers.

“There’s going to be a lot laid out, and then there’s going to be a lot to chew on,” Haley said.

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ers on the southwest coast,” Haley said. “We have so many more rooms to fill, yet we’re driving about the same number of visitors we had last year.”

Because of red tide, Haley said Visit Sarasota has focused on promotions in the areas in the Midwest and on the east coast from which it has traditionally drawn tourists. The tourism bureau is also working with Google and Google Maps to provide up-todate information and imagery of Sarasota, hoping to demonstrate the area has begun to recover from the effects of red tide.

Haley is hopeful that new flights at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport will help offset any losses related to red tide. With Allegiant set to add nine routes between February and April, Visit Sarasota has made significant investments in markets with direct service to SRQ. “Normally, we have $250,000 in our advertising budget to support new air service,” Haley said.

“Because of this tremendous increase in air service, we’re up

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DEC. 28

WAITING FOR WORK 9:21 a.m., 700 block of Linley Street Boat: A sailboat improperly moored at the Linley Street boat ramp drew the attention of a caller to police. An officer learned from the boat’s operator that a propeller malfunction prompted the unusual move, and that he was waiting for a mechanic to come. He said he would be on his way as soon as possible.

SICK? 11:16 p.m., 7000 block of Seabreeze Avenue Animal call: Police responded to a report of a possibly sick coyote. The officer sent to investigate could not find the animal.

WE’RE OK 1:21 p.m., off the Key Boating incident: Police were alerted to two kayakers in the Gulf of Mexico who appeared to be in distress. Contacted by the police marine unit, the kayakers said they were fine.

NO SIGN OF TROUBLE 2:54 p.m., 500 block of Ketch Lane Suspicious circumstance: A resident returning home from vacation out of town alerted police to a possible break in.

The resident showed an officer some insulation on the garage floor and evidence of an atticaccess panel being moved. With no other signs of a burglary, the officer reported severe weather and winds in the area likely shifted the plywood panel.

THE FOLKS ARE WAITING 10:30 p.m., 300 block of North Shore Road Suspicious vehicle: Police checking on a car illegally parked on North Shore Road encountered a 40-year-old man with his eyes closed in the drivers seat. With all checks on the vehicle coming back clean, the man was told he couldn’t stay there. He said he would head back to his parents’ home in Bradenton.

DEC. 29

FLOATING (AWAY) DOCK 10:59 a.m., off the Key Boating incident: Police in the department’s marine patrol boat towed a small, floating dock out of the boating channel and tied it securely to a seawall near the Dry Dock Restaurant.

No markings were found, and the Department of Public Works was notified.

LOST AND FOUND 3:32 p.m., Bayfront Park Found property: Police found an unattended backpack containing about $12 in belongings.

The Minnie Mouse-styled backpack contained toys, a small amount of perfume, tissues, a heart-shaped lock and key and some candy. No children were nearby. The backpack was taken to the police department for safe keeping.

NO DRINKING, EH? 4:12 p.m., 2000 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Suspicious person: Police advised a group of eight Canadian tourists that alcohol was not permitted on Longboat Key

beaches. They were playing cornhole and drinking alcohol at the time. After learning about the town’s rules, the group left the beach and apologized.

DEC. 30

MAYBE A LITTLE TOO QUICK 10:51 a.m., 1000 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Traffic violation: Police pulled over a red Audi after seeing it cross the centerline, prompting another driver to brake. The Audi driver, who had pulled out from side street, said he might have done so too quickly and crossed the line. He was issued a verbal warning.

DISAPPEARING DOG 1 p.m., 400 block of Longboat Club Road Animal on the beach: Police received a report of a dog on the beach and spoke to the security guard at the Sanctuary, who said he did not call. Officers checked the beach, with no sign of a dog. They spoke to several nearby residents, who said they didn’t see a dog on the beach.

DEC. 28

JAN. 1

YOU’VE BEEN WARNED 12:36 p.m., 3000 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Traffic: A driver was issued a written warning after an officer saw her car fail to stop for a pedestrian in a crosswalk. The officer reported the pedestrian had just activated the flashing lights and the driver had ample time to stop. The New York driver said she was unaware she was required to stop. A few minutes later, another driver, this one from Michigan, was similarly warned.

DEC. 31

REVERSE IMAGE 12:16 p.m., 500 block of Bay Isles Parkway Traffic accident: A driver was cited for improper backing in connecting with a parking lot collision. The cited driver told police he was backing his vehicle when it hit the other vehicle. Damage was consistent with the driver’s description.

THIRD TIME 11:08 a.m., 500 block of Broadway Street Vandalism: A resident called police to report damage intentionally done to her mailbox — for the third time. Tire tracks were present near the mailbox but there were no witnesses to the incident.

NOT-SO-HAPPY NEW YEAR 6:43 p.m., 1000 block of Longboat Club Road Fireworks: Police spoke to a man about some New Year’s Day fireworks and the fire danger they presented. The fireworks had stopped about 10 minutes before the officer’s arrival. The man was given a verbal warning.

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CUTTING EDGE 6:48 p.m., 5300 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Lost property: A man came to police headquarters to report a missing $200 pocket knife. The man told police he had been eating at a restaurant with friends the day before and set his pocket knife on the table. After leaving, he realized he had forgotten the knife and returned to the restaurant, where the manager told him his employees wouldn’t take something that didn’t belong to them from a table. An officer who checked on the report at the restaurant was told no one there knew anything about the missing knife.

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TRIBUTES Michael Joseph Kerrigan 1979-2018

“He could not have been prouder of the young man he was raising.

A piece of Mike will always live in Ryan as he journeys further into this world.”

He is survived by his wife, Kathryn Kerrigan, their son, Ryan Stahler, both of North Port, his parents Chuck and Sally Kerrigan, his brother and sister-in-law Dan and Heather Kerrigan and their son Charlie, all of Pittsburgh, and his brotherin-law and sister-in-law John and Danielle Stahler and their daughter Kyleigh, of Bradenton. Mike was predeceased by his father-in-law and mother-in-law John and Deborah Stahler. He is survived by his aunts, uncles and cousins who dearly miss him, Frank Long of Tampa, Pam and Tom Maccani (Sam, Logan) of Shoreview, Minn., Bill and Beth Purcell, (Cassidy, Tyler) of Greenville, S.C. He entered this world eight weeks early, on June 16, 1979, weighing just 4 pounds 7 ½ ounces. He had a fighting spirit from the beginning and was able to go home after just two weeks in the NICU. Based on the difficulty that his parents had in getting him to eat as a child, it was a shock when he chose to go to culinary school and become a chef. When he was in elementary school, he disliked sandwiches, so for lunches, he would take bunless hot dogs in a thermos, along with raw vegetables that he bagged individually himself. He took the cheese off of his pizza and tore his hamburger bun down to match the burger, but he would eat sushi like it was going out of style. He also kept his parents on their toes, for he was an injury prone boy, with a yearly trip to the ER for some injury due to sports or his “misjudgments” while playing. He

greatly enjoyed his annual vacations with his family to Arizona as a child where he loved spending his days in the pool. He was always very active as a child and enjoyed playing most sports, especially basketball and street hockey with his friends. He was a huge fan of all Pittsburgh’s sports teams. Whether it was for the Steelers, the Penguins or the Pirates, he “bled black and gold.”

“Mike and Kathy constantly told each other how much they loved each other. There is no doubt that they knew how the other felt.”

A large portion of Mike’s childhood was spent learning karate at his father’s school and traveling for competition. He traveled all over the United States and to Panama to compete in both team and individual competitions, in which he won a number of gold medals. He earned his black belt when he was just 13 and his second-degree black belt when he was 17. He credited the discipline he learned from karate with helping to shape who he was as a man. He believed it taught him great respect for other people and cultures. This created his will to never give up. It also allowed him to have a close

playing video games or helping Ryan with his football snaps in the front yard, they enjoyed their quality time together. He could not have been prouder of the young man he was raising. A piece of Mike will always live in Ryan as he journeys further into this world.

Mike was an amazing man with a heart of gold. He would do anything he could to help a friend and provided continual love and support to his family. He was a kind and gentle soul who touched the hearts of all those who knew him. His quick wit and his sense of humor will be terribly missed by so many. There are no words to express the sorrow of such a wonderful life cut too short. May you rest in peace, Mike. You will forever be in our hearts.

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“He credited the discipline he learned from karate with helping to shape who he was as a man. He believed it taught him great respect for other people and cultures. This also gave him his will to never give up. It also allowed him to have a close relationship with his father, which meant the world to him.”

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relationship with his father, which meant the world to him.

While working at his first job he developed a love for the chaos of the kitchen, so he was off to culinary school. He never missed a day of class and he went on to have a stellar career as a chef. He worked his way up until he became an executive chef in 2009, thriving in his roles in the kitchen and influencing many along the way. He helped to shape several of his employees over the years and enjoyed sharing his knowledge with those around him.

Mike first came to Florida for his culinary school internship at the Longboat Key Club in Sarasota. After a brief period back in Pittsburgh, Mike moved back to the Sarasota area to pursue his culinary career. In early 2010 he met Kathy, but he had already arranged to transfer to Buffalo, N.Y., to be closer to his family. After two whirlwind weeks, they were so madly in love that Kathy chose to move with Ryan to Buffalo to be with Mike and start their family. The two years they spent in Buffalo were both difficult and amazing and they solidified their family unit.

In 2012, they moved back to Florida and remained there since. The love Mike and Kathy shared will continue to support their family as they move forward.

Mike and Kathy constantly told each other how much they loved each other. There is no doubt that they knew how the other felt. Often times they would discuss how lucky they were to have such an amazing relationship. Forever they will remain soul mates and best friends.

Mike was an amazing father to Ryan, the most amazing part being that it was completely by choice. Ryan called Mike dad all on his own. He provided Ryan with the safe, secure environment he needed to grow up in this world. Whether it was helping him with his math homework,

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TRIBUTES Gerald Dane “Spyder” Broussard 1939-2019

Wanda Virginia Mosier Simons (Wendi)

Spyder Broussard, loving husband and father, left his family and friends on New Year’s Day 2019. Spyder was born in Kaplan, Louisiana in 1939, a Cajun through and through.

Wanda Virginia Mosier Simons (Wendi) died Friday, December 21, 2018 at Manatee Memorial Hospital.

She was known for her beauty and intelligence and for being the best wife, daughter, mother, sister and friend.

“He loved spending time with his family and friends and most notably, his grandson Jackson.”

Spyder will rest at Sarasota National Cemetery. We plan to ring in each New Year going forward in his memory, thinking of him sitting on his bar stool smiling.

Those who knew Spyder, know he will appreciate it. Cheers!

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Wendi was one of Jehovah’s Christian Witnesses and loved talking to others about God’s Kingdom whether in person, on the phone or by letter writing. She enjoyed working for over 30 years at the Longboat Observer in advertising.

Wendi is survived by Husband, Paul; Brother, Daniel Mosier and Wife, Priscilla of Oxford, PA.; Sister, Cindi Mooneyham and Husband, Kenneth of Sumter, S.C., two Nephews, Chad Mooneyham of Longmeadow, N.H., and Justin Mooneyham of Sumter, S.C. Wendi was preceded in death by her son, Derek Simons and her Nephew, Sam Mosier. Arrangements will be private.

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He served our nation in the United States Air Force 1958 to 1962. In 1973, Spyder married his wife Frances in London, England. Together, they traveled the world making friends at each port in which they lived. They remain the love of each other’s life forever. The majority of his professional career was spent in Houston Texas where he ultimately led FMC SOFEC’s international sales team. Upon retirement in 2003, Spyder and Frances moved to Sarasota, FL to enjoy the weather creating a new social life with family, and friends, old and new.

Spyder’s interests spanned the gamut, from quiet days fishing in the Caribbean to racing around in many a sleek, fast, red sports car. He loved spending time with his family and friends and most notably, his grandson Jackson. Spyder’s legacy includes his wife Frances, sons Dane and Shane, and their spouses Marit and Misty, and grandchildren.

Two intimate friend and family memorials will be held to celebrate his life, one in Sarasota at their home and one in Houston, Texas. In lieu of flowers, please make a generous donation to Cypress Christian School in honor of his grandson, Jackson Lee Broussard.

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Twin Shores resident keeps red tide fish kill at bay Mike Bergin, nicknamed ‘Marina Joe,’ took it upon himself to keep Twin Shores clear of fish kill during red tide.

KATIE JOHNS COMMUNITY EDITOR

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Mike Bergin nicknamed himself “Marina Joe” after taking on the duty of clearing Twin Shores of red tide fish kill.

down, I pushed them (dead fish) all in the middle of the canal, and they went out the gap in the middle, so they went back out with the tide,” Bergin said.

The fish would come back in with the next change in tide, so

the Twin Shores association put a yellow boom in the water to help with that. And not only did the association get a boom, they asked Bergin if he wanted to be in charge of the marina at all times.

He declined the broader offer

A RHYMING TRIBUTE A tribute to our own Mike Bergin by Dr. James Boltz We live in a place that is enjoyed by all Twin Shores the name, where people stand tall All are welcome to our salty shores Open arms we share, but we lock our doors.

From time to time there is this awful “smell” many dead fish the story they tell One man is strong with net by his side Those fish are caught, but they’re never fried Red tide does its deed, as the summer ends We are all a gas as we welcome friends From the North they come, one and all Many parties planned, as we have a ball Tales are told of the times of old When the dead fish could not even be sold Some eat meat, some eat crow But there’s no one like our “Marina Joe”

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When Mike and Nicki Bergin moved to Longboat Key in 2017, Nicki took a keen interest in the daily tidal changes.

Mike Bergin made fun of her at first.

Now, though, the ins and outs of the tides are essential to his latest endeavor.

When the persistent red tide bloom hit Longboat Key at the end of July, the Bergins were affected, like most of their neighbors with the smell, respiratory irritation and mats of dead sea life.

The Bergins live at Twin Shores, with their backyard overlooking Sarasota Bay just a few feet away.

The regular sight of dolphins jumping, manatees grazing and birds diving was gone — replaced with something worse every time the tide rolled in.

“It was more the sight,” Mike Bergin said. “The marina was just full of dead fish, and it was just unpleasant for us because this is our yard, so I just thought, ‘We’ve got to do something about it.’”

He got a rake and went to work.

“When the tide started to go

but pledged to continue clearing the marina of dead fish and email an update to the association board every day. He also gave himself a new name that caught on in the Twin Shores community – “Marina Joe.” He doesn’t know how he came up with it, but it’s stuck, and he signs every email regarding red tide as “Marina Joe.” It’s also what his neighbors call him now.

Before moving to Longboat Key, the Bergins spent 22 years in Connecticut, where they never had to face red tide, so this was a learning experience.

And since this bout was especially bad, Bergin knew the town would be busy cleaning canals all over the island.

“I don’t know what it was,” he said. “I just thought when the town of Longboat Key has its hands full, I’ll see what I can do.”

That mentality is something the Bergins keep in mind daily.

Taking care of the environment is a bit of a hobby.

They cycle to St. Armands nearly every day and have baskets on their bikes that allow them to pick up trash along the way and dispose of it properly.

When people noticed Bergin was cleaning the canal, they began leaving rakes at his door.

They also were concerned he would get sick, but he’s fine.

“They know Marina Joe now,” he said of his neighbors.

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WATERFRONT PROPERTIES ROGER SOLD $106 MILLION OF PROPERTY IN 2018

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The contemporary design and secluded location of this direct bayfront residence creates an ideal, move-in ready environment. Surrounded by tropical, Florida-sourced vegetation and located at the end of a private cul-de-sac, every aspect of this elevated home was completely renovated. Beautiful features include exterior Cemplank siding, durable IPE wood decks, plus an upgraded interior featuring Brazilian cherry wood flooring, Andersen impact windows and sliders encased in solid wood, Cypress ceilings and much more.

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Enjoy the ease of maintenance-free living at this 4BR Queens Harbour residence. Offering peaceful lake views and overlooking the rolling greens of the Harbourside golf course, this charming 3,545 SF residence is ready for you to move right in. NEW furnishings included! www.3545FairOaksLane.com $979,000

Renovated, inside and out, this 3BR, waterfront home in Country Club Shores is move-in ready. Walls of floor-toceiling glass and 13’ ceilings create a light and bright atmosphere in each room. Relax the day away on the 1,200 SF protected lanai. www.512HornblowerLane.com $899,000

This charming 2BR residence at Beachplace offers sunny beach views and is immediately ready for you! The light and bright interior features an open concept, oversized diagonal tile flooring throughout, updated bathrooms with granite countertops, plus a newer kitchen.

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BRAND NEW windows and sliders throughout this top-floor residence. Enjoy an extended terrace, with walls of glass sliders in the living room and master suite. www.Beachplace6602.com $659,000

1075 Gulf of Mexico Drive #101 Light and open, 2BR walk-down is waiting for you to rent, renovate or enjoy. You will adore this lovely beachfront community, offering charmingly sunny views. www.Beachplace7101.com $650,000

BIRD KEY 675 Mourning Dove Drive direct-bay Bird Key home. This 6BR residence was built by Murray Homes in 2011 and offers 100’ of beautiful bay frontage.

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Offering nearly 130’ of water frontage, plus deep-water dock and lift. Walk to famed St. Armands Circle! www.236TremontLane.com $3,495,000

100 Sands Point Road #115

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Begin your dream home or a renovation project at this water16416 Baycross Drive - The Lake Club front site. This 3BR/3BA is perfectly placed and ready for you.

This one-of-a-kind 5BR estate is situated on nearly 21/2 acres. www.570YardarmLane.com $899,000 A private, amenity-rich family lifestyle boasts spectacular amenities including its own golf course, tennis and basketball 1055 Bogey Lane - Country Club Shores courts, car museum, billiards room and more.

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Into the Ring Four acts will be inducted into the Circus Ring of Fame on St. Armands Circle.

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The Hernandez Troupe was best known for its springboard act.

CARLA WALLENDA

KATIE JOHNS COMMUNITY EDITOR

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hey’ve walked the tightrope and balanced atop a human pyramid to applause and appreciation from circus fans around the world.

Now it’s time to be honored with induction into the Circus Ring of Fame.

On Jan. 13, four acts will be added to the popular attraction on St. Armands Circle. This year’s inductees: The Hernandez Troupe, Ron Morris, Carla Wallenda and The Rodos Troupe and Palace Duo.

WANT TO GO? Induction ceremonies for the Circus Ring of Fame begin at 1:15 p.m. Jan. 13 in St. Armands Circle.

On Jan. 12, the inductees or representatives will participate in a panel and meet-and-greet at Showfolks of Sarasota, 5204 N. Lockwood Ridge Road. The free public event will feature a circus memorabilia flea market and breakfast. The doors will open at 9 a.m. and the panel discussion will begin at 10 a.m.

Carla Wallenda, 81, daughter of the late Karl Wallenda, was part of 27 acts throughout her career.

Her main act was the high-wire, where she topped a seven-person pyramid.

Eventually, that act ended and it was time for her to find something new. It took her a year to persuade her father to let her have her own act – 110 feet in the air on a sway pole.

Wallenda said all she ever wanted to do was perform. At the age of 10, she started walking around the circus asking performers if she could practice with them.

Wallenda’s most recent performance was on Steve Harvey’s “Little Big Shots: Forever Young,” where she performed her sway pole act. She said, though, that she wants to do at least one more performance.

As the years have gone on, she’s made small adjustments to her sway pole act, which she called her favorite.

“The sway pole, just you know is a thrill when I’m up there,” she said. “It gets harder and harder to climb up that high, but I slowed down. I don’t go as fast as I used

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to, so we just play faster music and they (the audience) can’t tell.”

Wallenda calls her time with the circus the happiest of her life. She also said the industry allows for its performers to see the world, which is something she’s appreciated more through the eyes of her grandchildren, and she enjoyed working alongside her family.

“That’s what I like about the show business,” she said. “It’s so good to children.”

THE HERNANDEZ TROUPE The Hernandez Troupe was a family affair.

Manuel and Lisa Hernandez met while performing with another troupe, and after, they settled in Sarasota and formed their own act.

When their oldest son, Randy, turned 9, he started rehearsing with his parents.

Eventually, their act grew from three people to nine as the family expanded.

“Those were the best years of my life was when I was standing in the ring and surrounded by my family,” Lisa Hernandez said. “It was very rewarding and exhilarating to me because we always had such a good time doing it. We had a fun act.”

Their best-known act was on a springboard, but the Hernandez siblings did other acts throughout their career, such as juggling.

During their circus tenure, the family presented various circus acts while traveling the U.S. and beyond. They performed with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from 1988 to 1992. The troupe was often referred to as “those bouncing, twisting titans of the teeterboard.”

Although the family no longer performs, they teach, direct, produce and write. The youngest of the siblings recently completed his first book, “Circle Legends.”

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RON MORRIS Ron Morris was an adventurer.

Morris’ wife, Arlene Morris, said show business is a risky one, and it’s hard to know if a show would make it through a season.

But that didn’t stop her husband from being involved in the business.

“I think he enjoyed the creative end of it, the business end of it and also the people, who were great adventures on their own,” Arlene Morris said.

In 1971, the Morrises came to Sarasota so Ron Morris could write a biography on high-wire legend Karl Wallenda. From there, the pair started traveling with different circuses running concessions, which he started in as a young man in Toronto. He met a circus family and invested with them and ran their concessions.

Arlene Morris said her husband had a creative eye for art and used that while creating material for various shows. After traveling with the circus, the Morrises settled in Sarasota.

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Ron Morris established Sarasota Spotlight Graphics.

Graphics, which has been an industry leader in circus posters, programs and ticket printing. After 30 years, Morris sold the business and retired.

When he wasn’t running the business, he also produced circuses and was a past president of Showfolks of Sarasota and a former Circus Ring of Fame board member.

In a YouTube clip, the Rodos Troupe members elegantly and precisely flip their bodies in sync across the stage during a performance on “Hollywood Palace,” a TV variety show that ran throughout the 1960s.

Among those are Rosie and Hans Rode, who also formed the Palace Duo. In 1960, the group came to America. Shortly after, Rosie’s mother wrote a permission slip allowing her to date, and in 1961, Hans and Rosie were married.

The troupe did acrobatics and tumbling while the Palace Duo was an aerial cradle act. The groups practiced every day for a few hours except when they were traveling.

Throughout their tenure, the groups made television, stage and circus appearances, including time with the Ringling Bros.

“There’s nothing better than working with the family,” Rosie Rode said.

In 1972, they retired and opened the Old Heidelberg Castle at the corner of Fruitville Road and U.S. 301, which they operated until 1995. Not only was it a restaurant that served Bavarian-style food, but it also featured music, dancing and acrobats.

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92 Y AT TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL Doors open at 7 p.m. at Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road.

The prerecorded program “An Evening with Thomas Friedman: Thank You for Being Late” will begin at 7:30 p.m. The event is free to members, $10 for nonmembers in advance or $15 at the door. Call 383-3428 for reservations.

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92 Y AT TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL The doors will open at 7 p.m. at Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road. At 7:30 p.m., the prerecorded program featuring “Howard Jacobson and James Shapiro discussing Shakespeare and Jews.” The event is free to members, $10 for nonmembers in advance and $15 at the door.

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POETRY FESTIVAL Takes places from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at the Longboat Key Education Center, 5370 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Enjoy poetry readings and live music at this first-time event.

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All Angels hosts Epiphany concert Tim O’Connor sings Broadway songs and others for the crowd.

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About 100 members gathered at the church for a concert and later, a “Twelfth Night Feast.”

The concert featured readings from “The Fourth Wiseman” by Henry Van Dyke and music and singing by Tim O’Connor, who performed Broadway songs from shows such as “Oklahoma” and “South Pacific.”

Following the concert, attendees moved to the fellowship hall for hors d’oeuvres where they also sang “The Twelve Days of Christmas.”

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Since last spring, the Paradise Center has operated from Temple Beth Israel at 567 Bay Isles Road, just past the post office on Longboat Key. Among the highlights planned for January: n A reprise of the popular Exercise Preview Day, which is planned for 10 a.m. Jan. 10. Yoga, tai chi, Pilates and Zumba will be demonstrated. n Nutrition and Weight Loss for Seniors takes place from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Jan. 18 and Jan. 25.

Instructor Mika Knapp will hold a discussion of healthy eating and proper nutrition. The two-week program will continue as a weekly, participant-led support group for those trying to lose weight in 2019. n Make Friends with your Smartphone, planned for 10:30 a.m. to noon Jan. 30, will delve into the basics of texting, emailing and managing photos on a modern smartphone.

The Paradise Center asks for RSVP to all its activities. Call 941383-6493 or email to maryannbrady@theparadisecenter.org.

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The 62nd annual For the Love of Orchids show brought people from around the area and beyond over the weekend to the Sarasota Municipal Auditorium This year, hundreds of orchids were for sale, and three of the orchid societies from around the area — Venice, Englewood and Sarasota — all

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L O N G B OAT K E Y 1241 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 402 Michael Moulton 941-928-3559 A4421764 $2,925,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 1001 Longboat Club Road Ian Addy, PA 941-961-8850 A4414365 $2,100,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 524 Spinnaker Lane Julia McClung 941-356-6499 A4215922 $1,899,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 6031 Emerald Harbor Drive John August 941-320-9795 A4415052 $1,740,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 3488 Mistletoe Lane Maureen Horn 941-539-3384 A4421788 $1,695,000

S I E S TA K E Y 5150 Jungle Plum Road Timothy P. Field, P.A. 941-350-0332 A4202141 $1,595,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 687 Jungle Queen Way Sherri Mills 941-350-7112 A4212705 $1,490,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 511 Harbor Gate Way Ian Addy, PA 941-961-8850 A4414563 $1,425,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 3201 Bayou Sound Ryan Heers 941-726-1703 A4402941 $1,350,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 210 Sands Point Road 2003 Thomas Cinquegrano 941-284-5049 A4421539 $1,299,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 1241 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 105 Ian Addy, PA 941-961-8850 A4410076 $1,295,000

S A R A S O TA 3544 Trebor Lane Sylvia Zimmerman 941-350-5022 A4176477 $1,195,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 1465 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 504 Jenifer Schwell 941-780-0968 A4415739 $1,098,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 210 Sands Point Road 2701 Rudy Dudon 941-234-3991 A4421464 $1,075,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 230 Sands Point Road 3102 Thomas Cinquegrano 941-284-5049 A4206670 $1,050,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 660 Marbury Ln Jodene Moneuse 941-302-4913 A4415911 $950,000

S A R A S O TA 888 Blvd Of The Arts PH1903 Diane Otis Stirling 941-320-4261 A4421540 $925,000

S A R A S O TA 1800 Benjamin Franklin Drive A503 Harvey & Ethel Lovelace 941-586-7390 A4420249 $889,000

OSPREY 790 Lytham Circle Jonathan Fox 941-544-6649 A4416419 $879,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 2425 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 3E Mel & Jan Goldsmith 941-356-6673 A4410035 $799,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 2120 Harbourside Drive 612 Mark Huber 941-356-2435 A4409211 $659,900

S A R A S O TA 1750 Benjamin Franklin Drive 9F Judy Wright 941-232-8041 A4407225 $649,900

S A R A S O TA 2110 Benjamin Franklin Drive 501SEA Jaya Brossard 941-914-8414 A4404593 $598,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 1445 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 203 Bruce Meyer 941-266-8152 A4213451 $575,000

S A R A S O TA 101 S Gulfstream Avenue 10E Klaus Lang 941-320-1223 A4411807 $470,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 448 Gulf Of Mexico Drive A304 Stacy Hanan 941-266-0529 A4416404 $449,000

S A R A S O TA 101 S Gulfstream Avenue 8D Dana Westmark 941-356-5091 A4416328 $425,000

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condominium in Grand Bay tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Elk Investments Inc. sold the Unit PH1101 condominium at 3060 Grand Bay Blvd. to K&D Properties Inc. for $3 million. Built in 1994, it has four bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths and 4,074 square feet of living area.

SANCTUARY AT LONGBOAT KEY CLUB

Jeffrey Singer, trustee, of Ladue, Mo., sold the Unit C-308 condominium at 535 Sanctuary Drive to Kevin McNamara, trustee, of Keene, N.H., for $1.8 million. Built in 1990, it has two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,375 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $830,000 in 1997.

SEASCAPE

William Frontera, of Indian Shores, sold his Unit 101 condominium at 5135 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Walter Barkey and Linda Barkey, trustees, of Fenton, Mich., for $1.1 million. Built in 1985, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,984 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $510,000 in 1999.

QUEENS HARBOUR

Ronda Manasse, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the home at 3537 Fair Oaks Lane to Nicholas and Rebecca Cazana, of Longboat Key, for $1 million. Built in 1995, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,772 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $675,000 in 2000.

ST. ARMANDS TOWERS NORTH

William and Bernice Shannon, of S. Bend, Ind., sold their Unit PH-3 condominium at 1 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Todd Gieger, of Hanover, N.J., for $900,000. Built in 1968, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,389 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $16,500 in 1971.

GRAND BAY

Ronald Alford, of Worthington, Ohio, sold his Unit 285 condominium at 3040 Grand Bay Blvd. to Edward Webber, trustee, of Longboat Key, for $875,000.

Built in 1996, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,143 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $925,000 in 2009.

LONGBOAT HARBOUR TOWERS

THE BEACHES OF LONGBOAT KEY-SOUTH

Loraine Brickman, trustee, sold the Unit 705 condominium at 775 Longboat Club Road to Jimmy and Teresa Davis, of Rogersville, Mo., for $760,000. Built in 1984, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,602 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $815,000 in 2015.

BEACHPLACE II

Ina Lee Ramer, trustee, of Los Angeles, sold the Unit 602 condominium at 1105 Gulf of Mexico Drive to John and Heather Garner, of New Albany, Ohio, for $640,000. Built in 1981, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,392 square feet of living area.

LIDO BEACH CLUB

Darren and Lori Magda, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 303 condominium at 1212 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Magdi and Androniki Sayegh, of Williamsville, N.Y., for $618,000. Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,421 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $334,00 in 2012.

FAIRWAY BAY

Judith Marquis and Keith Nelson, of Longboat Key, sold their Unit 417 condominium at 2020 Harbourside Drive to William and Linda Nichols, of Sarasota, for $580,000. Built in 1984, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,442 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $490,000 in 2015.

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Built in 1994, Unit PH1101 has 4,074 square feet of living area.

England, sold their Unit 404 condominium at 1485 Gulf of Mexico Drive to William and Maura Nannery, of Canton, Mass., for $500,000. Built in 1981, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,366 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $285,000 in 1998.

LIDO SURF AND SAND

Donald and Jacqueline McJunkin, of Evergreen, Colo., sold their Unit 505 condominium at 1100 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Alfonso and Theow Lau, of Sarasota, for $382,000. Built in 1976,

it has one bedroom, one-and-ahalf baths and 918 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $360,000 in 2014.

LONGBOAT HARBOUR NORTH

Robert Zoller, of Sarasota, sold his Unit 305 condominium at 4960 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Richard and Carla Rudicel, of Kokomo, Ind., for $365,000.

Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,096 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $285,000 in 2014.

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Debbie Dreyer, trustee, sold the Unit 819 condominium at 819 Bayport Way to Irving and Sorley Rosenthal, of Longboat Key, for $550,000. Built in 1981, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,456 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $190,000 in 1996.

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FIRST LONGBOAT HARBOR

Donald and Suzanne Schwing, trustee, of Onekama, Mich., sold the Unit 106 condominium at 4320 Falmouth Drive to Jeffrey and Joyce Hecklau, of Flemington, N.J., for $505,000. Built in 1969, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,092 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $218,000 in 2000.

L O N G B OAT K E Y 845 Longboat Club Road A4179926 $26,500,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 1241 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 402 A4421764 $2,925,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 431 N Shore Road A4418579 $1,595,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 3040 Grand Bay Boulevard 252 A4402747 $949,000

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Marie-Luise Marx, trustee, of New Albany, Ohio, and Michael Marx, of Longboat Key, sold the Unit 701 condominium at 4401 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Charles Carey and Sallie Carey, trustees, of New Albany, Ohio, for $800,000. Built in 1972, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,314 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $460,000 in 2013.

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THE ULTIMATE VIEW OF THE GULF! Beautifully designed 3BR/3BA condo in small intimate 11 unit building, 1/2 mile north of Publix.

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Antiques/Collectibles PURCHASING EAMES, Knoll, Danish, Dunbar, Evans, Laverne, Nakashima, Parzinger furniture, glass, pottery and designer clothing. Tommy McDonnell, 772-643-3209.

Autos For Sale

WE BUY cars. top $$ paid for your vehicles.

Call Hawley Motors, 941-923-3421.

Boat Slips For Rent/Sale LBK MOORINGS: 45/ft. slip. Seasonal or annual lease available. Private owner. No wait list. Deep water direct to Bay. Pump-Out. Laundry, water, electric, wi-fi, cable available. Dedicated parking space at the dock included. Larry, 941-713-8443.

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A HOME FOR YOUR BOAT 450 Gulf Of Mexico Drive #B107 $489,000.

First floor. 3BR/2BA Great location. Bring the boat or kayak.

Very private entry. Pool.

A. Andre Spalvins Realtor 941-313-2206

4-PIECE COASTAL Wooden Bedroom Set Perfect for rental property or spare bedroom. Set includes: Headboard (Queen), Framed Mirror, Chest of drawers, Tall bureau. PRICE $275 OBO (703)627-2326.

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Homes For Sale

ESTATE SALE Saturday - Jan. 12 - 9a.m.-3p.m.

530 72nd Street - Anna Maria Island

Bird Key Bayfront: 4+BED/4.5BATH, 3/CARGAR, Coveted Downtown Views. $5,350,000 Pre-Listing

All coastal furnishings & accessories: pr. leather electric recliners, leather sofa, dinette set with 6 chairs, cherry round table, with 6 chairs & Lazy Susan; Stressless recliner, 2 sets of bar chairs, pr. of étagère’s, marble top wine table, 5 pairs of lamps, king bed set, pr. of very good trundle beds, LG washer & dryer, patio set, Blu-ray player, tropical armoire, floor lamps, nice area rugs, coffee table, DVD & VCR player, Penn & other rods & reels, lures, deck chairs, 4 stools, mermaid, nice tools, shelves, 2 bikes, lots of accessories, a lot of linens & nice kitchenware

Longboat Key House: on Canal, 3BED-3BATH, 2/CARGAR, Dock/Lift, Beach - $599,900

Pix: www.estatesales.net Sale by Julie McClure

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