Longboat Observer 3.10.22

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Jamie Anderson is saying calcu-later to the town of Longboat Key. After eight years as an accountant with the town, she’s hanging up the spreadsheets.

There was a party in Town Hall in Anderson’s honor to mark her last day on Feb. 17, with beachy cupcakes, a sailboat cake to send her into the sunset and streamers covering her desk.

Her coworkers wrapped yellow “Do Not Cross” tape around her office chair to help her kick the working habit. Now that Anderson is retired, she’s heading for a beach of a different kind: back to the coast of California via road trip.

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Safety in the balance Cyclists, police work to make smoother ride. PAGE 3

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Howard Tessler said the bike lane has improved a lot in the past few years.

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On the road to retirement After 52 years, the Longboat Key Club will have to muddle ahead without Sam Barlow.

The irrigation technician (pictured above right, with John Reilly, left) hung up his working hat March 3.

Dozens of employees came by the Harbourside golf course maintenance station for lunch and to wish Barlow well. A road sign for Barlow Boulevard stood in one corner, and Barlow sported a crown with a Longboat Key Club golf ball in it. Barlow started at the club in 1970 doing mowing and turf care. He eventually became an irrigation technician.

“I did everything at one time or another,” Barlow said.

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Commissioners reject latest home-buffering plan Proposal sought to address disparity between taller new homes and lower, pre-1975 homes.

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Above: On Buttonwood Drive, the first home inside Buttonwood Harbour is at grade, while 500 and 550 Buttonwood Drive are taller. Below: In Country Club Shores, an at-grade home next to a taller, above-flood home under construction

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n many cases, Longboat Key’s residential redevelopment scene is a case of “out with the old and in with the new.”

Or, often more precisely when it comes to single-family homes in a town surrounded by water, “out with the old and up with the new” – as in, building higher than their neighbors to satisfy both modern buyer expectations and the floodresiliency standards of federal and local authorities.

In 2020 and the first half of 2021, 36 single-family homes were permitted for construction in town — 24 of them as replacement structures.

Often, the new homes replaced structures around for decades but still in neighborhoods with plenty of homes built to pre-1975 standards. That’s when homes began to be required to be built above floodrisk levels.

On streets in Country Club Shores around Longbeach Village and General Harris Street, to name a few, the up and down of roof lines is obvious.

A ranch home built at street level stands next to a single-living-level home with the front door one flight up. Across the street is a modern two-living-level home with a fourcar garage underneath, its roof peak as high as 40 feet above street level.

Town rules allow homes 30 feet tall, but that height starts at FEMA flood levels, not street levels, as a means of protection against storm surge or other floodwaters. The town also requires a few feet of elevation, too, so some homes could stand up to 45 feet from street to roof peak.

Privacy concerns and so-called daylight plane considerations have been part of town discussions since

2019, when a pair of homes began construction near but not inside Buttonwood Harbour.

Twenty meetings split between the Town Commission and the Planning and Zoning Board never reached a consensus on solving the issue thought to be created by the trend.

That number rose to 21 on Monday as commissioners rejected 7-0 a new proposal to build in enough buffering between such structures to ensure privacy without sacrificing potential water views, infringing on property rights and discouraging redevelopment to safer and less-costly-toinsure flood standards. Town staff had recommended approval.

They also questioned whether it was a solution without a real problem, considering the only objections in recent memory were to two homes built in 2020 and 2021 just outside of the Buttonwood Harbour development (and its stricter homeowners’ association regulations).

“It’s had a lot of consideration behind this topic, and it is a challenging one,” said Alan Parsons, Longboat Key’s director of planning, zoning and building.

The latest proposal, forwarded from the Planning and Zoning Board in January, envisioned the option of a fence built to maximum allowable height or a 10-foot-wide maturevegetation barrier between ­­existing one-story homes and all new singlefamily homes or home renovation sites when a second story was added.

“I’ll go back to the fact that this whole discussion three years ago started with a somewhat anomalous situation where you had an HOA that was used to having certain rules in place, a property abutting a nonHOA property … there aren’t many cases where that shows up,” Mayor Ken Schneier said. “The only place that we have ever restricted or controlled buffering like this is where commercial property abuts a singlefamily residential zone or a multifamily property abuts a single-family residential zone.”

Schneier said that at the pace of redevelopment on the island, it

CATCHING UP TO HOME ELEVATIONS Town standards allow singlefamily homes up to 30 feet high, as measured not from the street level but from the applicable town and FEMA base flood elevations. The differences in flood-insurance premiums make clear the potential for flood disaster. n 4 feet below base flood elevation: $9,500 n At base flood elevation: $1,410 n Three feet above base flood elevation: $427 Source: Town of Longboat Key

might not be too long until most of the grade-level homes are remade into homes with modern elevation standards, rendering the buffering measures moot.

“I was sort of struggling with what is the problem we’re trying to solve,” Commissioner Maureen Merrigan said.

Commissioner BJ Bishop said her at-grade home is next door to another at-grade home with trees and plants that have grown for 40 years, some standing 50 feet high. She said that in many neighborhoods, similar buffers between properties exist as well.

“Perhaps what we need to be doing is encouraging those buffers remain in place when redevelopment happens, that we’re not just scraping clear a lot when somebody comes in to build,” she said.

Commissioner Penny Gold said burdening the builders of new homes with creating extensive buffers from mature vegetation might prompt many to select the fences option, potentially creating a streetview that might not match expectations.

“I’m afraid it’s going wind up looking like Queens,” she said.

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RIDING INTO THE FUTURE Thanks to a liaison program with the Longboat Key Bicycle Association, updates are being put in place.

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n the midst of annual tourist season, traffic everywhere is heavy — even for those on two wheels. There is a large population of serious cyclists on Longboat Key, and in tandem with the police department, they’re trying to make both Gulf of Mexico Drive and the sidewalks safer.

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There’s now a bike liaison in the police department. Sgt. Rick Hankins, who is taking the lead on the department’s accreditation process, is the main contact, but sergeants such as Dave Cooper work with the cyclists, too. The police department approached the Longboat Key Bicycle Association when the accreditation program began, seeking input and to work together.

“We’re doing a bike safety and pedestrian program, and we’re just kicking it off,” Hankins said. “It’s agencywide, not just myself. ... It really takes the whole agency to make this successful.”

Hankins is taking note of the most common bike and pedestrian issues and increasing education on them.

In several calls for service, he said, they’ve had reports of stolen bikes, which he wants to combat with a robust bike-registration system.

Citizens come to the police department to register their bike’s serial number into a national database, so if stolen bikes are recovered, it’s easy to find their owner. Another big issue is reiterating that cyclists under 16 must always wear a helmet, and it’s encouraged that all cyclists do. Finally, Hankins wants to make sure everyone knows that lights are mandated between sunrise and sunset — a white one visible at 500 feet on the front and a red one visible at 600 feet on the back. About 10% of bike fatalities come from not being properly visible, he said.

“We have had several cyclists hit by motorists, so we really want to promote a safety program … and that includes pedestrian regulations with crosswalks, traffic control signals, stopping, standing and parking,” Hankins said.

Essentially, Hankins is beefing up a program that’s already been in place for the police department. Part of making it successful was getting in touch with the Longboat Key Bicycle Association, a strong group of cyclists who mainly ride along Gulf of Mexico Drive. Hankins has asked for their feedback in writing policies to make riding on the road safer.

“I was tasked with writing and modifying the policies for the accreditation program, and part of that initiative was to put together a bicycle and pedestrian safety program, and with that is how I became the liaison with the LBKBA,” Hankins said. “We can learn from them as well and really find out what are the needs, what can we do as community service to make it safer, so we have been enforcing bicycle safety, the lights on the bikes and educating at this point.”

FLORIDA BICYCLE MONTH Because March is Florida Bicycle Month, cycling is top of mind for many on Longboat Key. In the town of Longboat Key, 12 staff members are participating in the LoveToRide Challenge for Florida Bicycle Month, according to senior Planning and Zoning planner Maika Arnold. The more employees ride, the more points they earn. The more they earn, the closer they get to a day off.

Some town employees regularly ride to work, including Town Manager Tom Harmer.

Several Public Works employees do, too, as they leave their cars on Anna Maria Island and bike the rest of the way.

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The Longboat Key Bicycle Association has more than 100 members, said President Howard Tessler.

He keeps in contact with members via a Google site that sends emails on cycling news, safety tips and potential hazards on the Key. As for town communication, Tessler has been in contact with Cooper and Hankins about bike issues and said that the town does a good job working with cyclists.

“For the most part, you know, our biggest challenge is to keep the bike lanes clear, and they’re 100%, 200% better than they were three years ago,” Tessler said. “I’m probably the only one who calls it in… . It’s a pain in the neck to call in a police report when you’re trying to get a bike ride done… . I would say about once a week is when I’m doing it now. In the past, you probably could have done it five days a week.”

As for the issues Tessler is most worried about, they’re mostly in line with what Hankins is trying to update to make cycling safer.

No helmets, especially on riders in the bike lane, and debris or cars in the bike lane are two top concerns.

Overall, he said, the town has done a good job responding to requests.

Public Works Department staffers take care of glass or grass in the lane, and far fewer cars and trucks park there than used to. A large electronic sign on the south end of the island warns drivers against parking on the highway.

But there are still improvements to be made.

“The ones that ride on the sidewalk, I think they go too fast, and they don’t always give warnings to the pedestrians, especially when they approach from behind,” Tessler said. “They’re on top of the pedestrian before they know it. I don’t know how many injuries occur on the sidewalk, but I think the sidewalk is not a great place to ride. A lot of people say they won’t ride (in the bike lane) because you’re so close to the cars. And yet, I think there’s more evidence that more accidents occur on the sidewalks than in the bicycle lanes. Cars coming out of driveways have almost no clearance to the sidewalk… . Our board has a committee, and they’re trying to come up with plans for the future of the bike lane in the Gulf of Mexico Drive.”

Above: Aaron Kleiner, Emmanuel Charron and Howard Tessler are working on plans to update the bike lane.

Left: Howard Tessler wants the FDOT to install signs reminding motorists to give 3 feet when passing cyclists.

LBKBA member Emmanuel Charron is working on a white-paper plan for bike lane improvements to submit to FDOT, namely redesigning the bike lane to make it a consistent 7 feet rather than the inconsistent 3 to 5 feet it is now. Other updates include a wider sidewalk with a bike lane.

“Gulf of Mexico Drive is unique in terms of bikers,” Charron said.

“It draws serious and casual bikers.

The Legacy Trail is great, but there are restrictions (on speed), and GMD offers so much more, or it could if it’s done right.”

The road is due for a redesign to get in line with FDOT standards, and Charron’s hope with the plan is to make sure that cyclists have a say in how the updates go. Tessler said he has seen the number of cyclists both on the road and sidewalks increase since the pandemic began.

“We like what we have now, but we want to enhance it,” Charron said. “If we make enough pressure and the town is on our side, I think we can do it.”

Howard Tessler said cyclists on the sidewalks are more likely to disregard rules.

WHERE DOES FDOT COME IN?

Most of the improvements the LBKBA hopes for would have to come in at the FDOT level rather than from the town of Longboat Key. Hankins said he has communicated with FDOT. The town is expected to soon hear about plans to one day upgrade Gulf of Mexico Drive.

Because of the width of the bike lane, Tessler wants FDOT to place signs reminding cars to keep 3 feet from cyclists, but said that when he’s communicated with FDOT, they have said the sign is for roads without a regulation bike lane.

The Longboat Key Bicycle Association has more than 100 members.

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eorge Turner will be sworn in as Longboat Key’s police chief on March 14 after serving in an interim capacity for about 10 months, Town Manager Tom Harmer announced to town commissioners in a memo on Thursday.

Turner, who served with the department from 2001 to 2007 as a captain, has more than 40 years in law enforcement, including as chief of the Brooksville Police in Hernando County. He began working again in Longboat Key in late April 2021, following the departure of Chief Kelli Smith, who resigned after six months to accept a chief’s position at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers.

Smith replaced Chief Pete Cumming, who retired in October 2020.

“Very proud to return, and to now stay on in the permanent position,” Turner wrote in response to a congratulatory message from Mayor Ken Schneier.

Over the past 10 months, Turner has been tasked with advancing plans for the department’s accreditation process. According to Harmer, progress to that end has already been made, updating equipment, setting new policies and arranging for officer training. Turner was also instrumental in helping the Brooksville Police Department gain accreditation, one of the key reasons he was brought in as an interim leader.

“We are fortunate to have a great group of officers and employees within the department and look forward to Chief Turner leading this great team,” Harmer wrote.

In late 2021, Turner said the police department had addressed concerns raised in a review and assessment performed by Smith and summarized in an April 23 report she delivered shortly before her resignation.

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Also toward the goal of accreditation and training, the Barancik Foundation donated $274,850 to the department.

In February, the department swore in Detective Thomas Baugher, who retired from the FBI as a supervisory special agent. He will help the department with accreditation, training and investigations.

Throughout 2021, Turner led the department through the budgeting process for the fiscal year 2022 and helped the town navigate full implementation of a resident parking program in Longbeach Village, deal with complaints about boat noise and the resulting changes in town policy, and worked to fill staff openings.

George Turner will be sworn in as Longboat Key’s police chief on March 14.

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Landscaper granted more time for redevelopment plan Grant’s Garden gets six months to redo proposal plan for Longboat base.

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ew owners of a landscaping business on Longboat Key received a six-month extension for plans to remodel their operation on Gulf Bay Road after telling town leaders Monday the economic effects of COVID-19 stalled the original proposal.

Though no new plans have been submitted, an owner of Grant’s Gardens and a representative of the landscapers’ engineering company said intentions have changed since approvals were granted on May 26, 2020.

The Planning and Zoning Board at the time unanimously OK’d plans to erect a 2,254-square-foot, twostory office building on the 0.6-acre property to replace the existing converted home, with the provision that those changes happen within two years.

The board also approved a special exception that would allow the business to operate in accordance with town code, though it was tied to the building changes coming to fruition.

The six-month extension gives the company until Nov. 26, 2022 to reset its plan.

The property does not meet today’s land-use policies or standards, as the business evolved over the decades from a retail shop to eventually becoming an enterprise no longer permitted in the neighborhood just off Gulf of Mexico Drive but west of residential properties on the same street. Grant’s Gardens has been there since 2014.

Prior to May 2020, the company successfully sought a rezoning for the land, which allowed a landscaping business to then seek as a special exception, provided the redevelopment plan was executed.

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In 2020, Grant’s Gardens on Gulf Bay Road proposed a two-story replacement building.

voted 7-0 to grant the business six months to revise its redevelopment plan. The new plan is subject to Planning and Zoning Board approval. Had the two-year deadline run out, town officials said the application process would have had to restart from scratch, and the non-conforming use would have been subject to code enforcement action, said Alan Parsons, the town’s director of building, planning and zoning The new owners of the business, represented by co-owner Jeff Kelley, said the company changed hands at the end of 2021. Town rules allow

for deadline extensions in cases of financial changes not of an applicant’s making.

“They were going to remove that house and build a new structure,” Parsons said. “As I understand it, the additional six months would allow them the opportunity to put together a revised site-development plan. We understand they are not going to be proceeding with the same development but they do intend on making a number of improvements.”

Parsons said the town staff “doesn’t have any basis to conclude that COVID-19 hasn’t been relevant

to their timing” and was supportive of the extension request. He also said there were no indications of code violations at the business, and that previous complaints about business vehicles parking and staging in the street had not recurred.

No one other than Kelley and Linda Stewart of Morris Engineering and Consulting LLC spoke at the meeting, even though residents within 500 feet of the property were notified of the Monday afternoon public meeting.

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approval, a lot of changes have happened to a lot of businesses within this area, as well as the entire United States,” Kelley said. “Some have not survived; some have hung on. Grant’s Gardens has hung on.”

She said the costs for construction have risen beyond what the company envisioned in 2020. Still, the company plans to offer a revised plan that addresses parking and buffering while remodeling the existing building “in lieu of replacing the building due to the extreme costs.”

She said revised plan should be ready by Nov. 26.

Mayor Ken Schneier asked why the company couldn’t have produced a revised plan by the original deadline instead of requesting the extension. Kelley said her company is now working with the new owners to proceed in a different direction.

Commissioner BJ Bishop said that she had not seen a reduction in landscaping work and related services taking place during the pandemic over the last two years.

Stewart said the costs of work supplies, construction and availability of employees have changed since 2020.

“Those numbers just don’t fit today when this was initially approved,” she said.

Kelley assured the commissioners that the property will remain as a base for Grant’s Gardens and wouldn’t be sold or converted into a different use.

“I think it’s unusual to seek an extension to not complete a plan that’s been approved, especially when a plan has been proposed for the purpose of reaction to complaints, legitimate complaints about uses that are not approved by our code,” Schneier said. “I ordinarily would be a little reluctant to go forward with this, but the times are unusual. I think the fact there has been a change of ownership also militates somewhat in favor of giving the new owners an opportunity to operate under the current approvals.”

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challengers and will assume office for a new term. Mayor Ken Schneier and Haycock have served in their roles for the last two years. n The town’s annual Goals and Objectives meeting is schedule for 10 a.m. April 4 at Town Hall. The meeting is an opportunity for citizens and resident groups to suggest projects and priorities for the town to consider before the budget process begins later in the spring. n Town leaders have scheduled a joint meeting with Sarasota County commissioners at 1 p.m. April 27 at the Sarasota County administration building.

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Phase 1 pole removal complete The town’s underground utilities project passed another milestone recently on the way to a goal of completion by the end of 2022.

All the utility poles have been removed in Phase 1, which makes up the southern end of the island. In addition, neighborhoods have been seeing the installation of 25-foot underground wired street lights.

“You can really appreciate the aesthetic impact of this project as you see the change driving along the island,” Town Manager Tom Harmer wrote in his monthly newsletter.

Town officials will be briefed March 21 when Project Manager James Linkogle delivers his quarterly update on the townwide project.

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A few key dates coming soon for town leaders: n At 9 a.m. March 21, town commissioners will meet to not only swear in the three who were automatically elected as unopposed candidates this year but also select a mayor and vice mayor from the seven-member board. Vice Mayor Mike Haycock and commissioners BJ Bishop and Maureen Merrigan drew no election

New airline flies to Connecticut A new airline is scheduled to arrive at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport this summer, offering flights twice a week to Hartford, Connecticut.

Breeze Airways, a new low-fare airline, says it will begin service on June 4, flying on Wednesdays and Saturdays. According to the airline, initial fares will be as low as $69 to $119 each way aboard 126-seat Airbus 220 aircraft.

“We are pleased to welcome a new airline and nonstop destination to the Sarasota Bradenton International Airport,” said Rick Piccolo, president and CEO of SarasotaBradenton International Airport in a prepared statement. “The Airbus A220 aircraft that is scheduled to fly nonstop to Hartford will provide a premium experience for our customers. We are excited to have Breeze Airways join the list of airlines serving SRQ and we look forward to their low fares and start of service on June 4th.”

In addition to SRQ, Breeze’s Tuesday announcement also included new flights from Fort Myers, Jacksonville and other cities around the country.

Breeze, which began service in May 2021 primarily in the East and Southeast, will fly 77 routes between 28 cities in 18 states when the summer expansion is fully in service.

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Longboat relaxes COVID-19 reactions Falling trends of positive tests, hospitalizations prompt changes at Town Hall, public sites.

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bers often show a two-week lag from numbers reported locally, the region has been moved down to the “moderate” transmission category.

Mayor Ken Schneier said the positive COVID-19 news was even more positive, noting that the winter season’s crowds have arrived in full force in Southwest Florida.

“Even though they try to compare apples to apples, we know a lot more people are present,” he said.

Not long after the first of the year, Longboat Key adjusted its COVID-19 procedures when cases of the omicron variant began spiking. With a local positivity rate of 16-18% then in Sarasota and Manatee counties, the town re-implemented its temperature check station, set aside seats for the public at meetings and required masks for unvaccinated visitors indoors in common areas where social distancing was not possible.

In January, the town re-instituted some of its COVID-19 distancing requirements.

DOWN, DOWN, DOWN COVID-19 cases in Longboat Key since the first of the year: January: 195 February: 47 March: 7

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COVID-19 remains present in Longboat Key, though figures provided by state and local heath officials indicate the omicron variant’s winter peak likely has passed, leading to the relaxation of some town concerns.

Among the changes immediately obvious in the town’s response: n The temperature scanner and the pathway to it in Town Hall’s lobby are gone. n Chairs in the Town Commission Chambers are no longer labeled and separated to encourage distancing. n Masks are no longer widely encouraged in indoor public spaces of town buildings. n Town Manager Tom Harmer on Monday said he likely had delivered his last regular COVID-19 update during a town meeting.

As positivity rates and hospitalization figures continue their fall from January, town leaders have rolled back some restrictions while continuing to monitor local and state metrics and continue to follow Centers for Disease Control recommendations.

“Good news, obviously,” Harmer said.

So far in March, seven positive cases of COVID-19 have been reported

by Longboat Key residents compared to 47 in February and 195 in January.

Positivity rates in Manatee and Sarasota counties have fallen below 5%, the town’s downward-trending trigger point for relaxed measures.

Likewise, hospitalizations connected to COVID-19 are down as are the percentages of intensive-care beds devoted to COVID-19 patients.

Harmer said though CDC num-

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iming to protect Floridians’ privacy, the Florida legislature is considering a data-privacy bill that, unfortunately, would fail to improve consumers’ privacy while also unintentionally lowering the quality of digital products available in the state and adding tens of billions of dollars to the cost of doing business. While trying to give consumers more control over their data, House Bill 9 violates several of the best practices for good consumer privacy laws outlined in a legislative checklist by Reason Foundation and the International Center for Law and Economics showing how to protect individuals’ privacy without stifling innovation.

Most notably, House Bill 9 would likely reduce consumers’ access to platforms and drive companies to change business models or create a paid category of social media. Social media platforms and apps often use the data collected from users to sell advertisements. For example, around 97% of Facebook’s revenue comes from advertising that is based on data that its customers have voluntarily opted into sharing in exchange for using Facebook for free. If companies were forced to give free access to customers who completely blocked the sharing of that data, some platforms would have to shift to other business models and find other revenue sources to cover their costs.

Users are already free to choose which apps they use. The large number of consumers who willingly share their data or consider viewing ads as the “price” of using and benefiting from free digital services shows most users don’t consider themselves harmed by the data they share. It is a trade-off they are willing to make. Most people are choosing to trade some of their data for digital services, knowing they can end that relationship whenever they choose.

House Bill 9 tries to create a space for people who want to use digital services but don’t want to share their data, but this space is already developing and evolving without state legislation. Many popular web browsers, for instance, already contain features that allow users to set tracking and privacy preferences, such as cookie retention and deletion.

Different apps and platforms choose different approaches to data privacy, which is a good thing because users can select the apps they want to use based on how much data the respective app wants from the user. This variation and innovation are better for consumers and businesses than a state law that mandates how firms are allowed to handle data.

Importantly, HB 9 also fails to adequately distinguish between privacy and security by including a requirement that companies must “implement reasonable security procedures” to protect data. Privacy refers to how the data is shared legally with other companies, and security addresses illegal breaches of that data or other improper releases related to technical failures and hacks. There are already laws governing security requirements for companies that collect data, plus a robust regime of civil liability if firms negligently treat consumer data.

Hence, most digital companies already have security protocols in place. HB 9, however, adds the twist of a private right of action, which would allow any individual consumer to bring a lawsuit against a company for perceived data privacy harms.

In the event of actual online data breaches, it is rarely one single individual who is harmed by a data breach but, rather, like in the Equi-

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FOCUS ON ACTUAL CONSUMER HARMS n Legislation should address concrete and demonstrable consumer harm rather than hypothetical concerns or theoretical injuries. Therefore, laws should focus on data use and not on data collection or retention.

n Are violations of the proposed legislation triggered by a consumer harm, or an administrative error? n Does the proposed legislation react to demonstrated and proven consumer harms, or possible ones?

LIMIT THE SCOPE n Legislation should explicitly articulate which data are implicated, and standards of care related to those data should grow more onerous as the data grow more sensitive. For example, pseudonymized data should face less restriction than personally identifiable or biometric data. Very small entities with fewer than 50,000 data records could be exempted. n Data practices that reflect consumer expectations, seek to benefit consumers, and represent no direct consumer harm should be considered compliant. Data practices that will likely cause vulnerability to financial harm, physical harm, or harassment should not be considered compliant.

n Does the proposed legislation differentiate between types of data and/or their intended uses? If so, does it do so in a manner that allows use of data where no consumer harms are identified (a permissive approach)? n Would the legislation cause per se violations for data use that would otherwise be consistent with consumer expectations?

DISTINGUISH BETWEEN PRIVACY & SECURITY n Major data breaches such as Equifax are problems with data security, not necessarily privacy. States should ensure that privacy legislation doesn’t unintentionally cover data security issues. Data security should be pursued or improved in existing data breach notification laws.

n Does the legislation add punishment for privacy harms to legal consequences for data breaches?

TARGET OUTCOMES, NOT METHODS n Legislation should seek to promote compliance while avoiding prescriptive compliance obligations that disproportionately impact small and medium-sized firms. For example, requiring that all companies have a dedicated data privacy officer would prove onerous, without necessarily improving the overall privacy posture of industry.

n Does the proposal treat all firms identically, or do obligations grow with firm size and digital sophistication?

ENSURE REGULATORY RESILIENCE n States can encourage the development of consensus standards, which are more resilient and secure than legislatively codified standards, by creating “safe harbors” from adverse action under the law for companies that comply with such standards. Avoiding prescriptive technical standards further serves that goal.

n Does the proposal include a safe harbor? n Does the proposal avoid overly prescriptive policy dictation of privacy notices, such as requiring a long list of things that must be provided to customers rather than setting standards?

KEEP OBLIGATIONS NARROW AND COMPREHENSIBLE n Notice and consent: Once a privacy notice is provided, many sites use a default opt-in technology to smooth the consumer experience. Provided that uses of data are consistent with consumer expectations under the privacy notice, further consent is redundant and unnecessary. n Access & Correction: Consumers should be able to request limited access to their data and ask for corrections if necessary.

Firms need to be able to ask for personal authentication before access requests can be made. Pseudonymized data should not be covered under these requirements. n Deletion: Deletion requests should be limited to sensitive personal information, but should otherwise not be permitted without proof of harm.

n Does the proposal allow reasonable use of data that is consistent with consumer expectations? n Does the proposal’s data access and correction provision provide reasonable timelines for a firm’s response? Does it require long-term data retention? n Does the proposal’s right to deletion have limits?

CONSUMER-FOCUSED ENFORCEMENT n Enforcement should focus on demonstrable consumer harms and seek to ensure proportionality between consequences and the nature and severity of the harm or compliance failure. n There should be no dedicated data regulators. To the extent necessary, rules should be promulgated by attorneys general through voluntary consensus standards, but no state agency should be given broad rulemaking authority to regulate. n No private right(s) of action should be permitted to consumers.

If unavoidable, there should be a strong preference for limiting it to non-monetary/injunctive relief to chill the incentive for litigation. n There should be a period for firms to cure violations once identified, verified, and acknowledged. n Safe harbors promote consumer protection and prevent thematically duplicative standards. Such regulatory equivalency, in the form of a presumption of compliance, should be provided when there is compliance with: n AG adopted voluntary consensus standards; n The EU General Data Protection Regulation; or n Any other state digital privacy law.

n Do violations of the proposal turn on whether a consumer was actually harmed by a violation of its provisions?

Or, are theoretical harms imputed by failure to comply with a technical component of the proposal sufficient to commence an enforcement action? n Does the proposal rely on AGs for enforcement? n Does the proposal avoid private rights of action? n Does the proposal include a sufficient period to cure a violation?

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fax breach that exposed the private information of over 100 million people, a class action is created that lets all the harmed consumers seek redress.

The provisions in HB9 would allow lawsuits by individuals claiming violations of any of a host of very minor procedural requirements regardless of whether or not there are actual consumer harms.

This could unleash a ridiculous flood of lawsuits from individuals who are trying to force digital service companies to change their policies.

For example, the bill requires that users’ requests to opt-out or be deleted be completed in less than 10 days. Thus, users could frequently opt-in and out of data sharing with the hope that the firm does not comply with one of these requests in time, giving grounds for a suit.

HB 9 is ripe for abuse and would greatly increase compliance and litigation costs for companies, which would likely increase the cost of using digital services for consum-

ers. Rather than enabling lawsuits through HB 9, lawmakers should want unhappy customers to seek out other digital service companies that offer the policies they prefer.

Rather than reducing the products available to consumers and increasing the costs of doing business in Florida, a better path forward would be for the state to take a consumer-focused approach. That approach would start by recognizing that consumers already have a choice in whether or not to use any free digital services that require data in return.

Most consumers overwhelmingly choose to do so — viewing what they gain from the apps and platforms to be as valuable as the data they’re providing.

At the same time, Florida could work with industry standards groups to identify best practices in determining how data is collected and protected, who it is shared with, and in ways that allow online firms to maintain their current and future business models while also

addressing the concerns of consumers. Any consumer privacy law should focus on creating proportional remedies for actual consumer harms when they do occur instead of mandating requirements and actions.

This article appeared previously in The Capitolist.

Adrian Moore is the vice president of Reason Foundation and lives in Sarasota, and Steven Polzin is a former transportation professor at the University of South Florida.

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At an Audubon meeting a few years ago, we had met Debbie Huckaby, the executive director of Birds of Paradise Sanctuary and Rescue Center of Manatee County.

Impressed with Debbie’s knowledge and the center’s mission to provide a safe haven for unwanted exotic birds (regardless of species, age, special needs or behavior issues), we decided to make that the charity we would ask our friends and family to support in lieu of flowers after my wife passed.

We’ve raised more than $14,000 to date.

The center will be Kiddo’s home with a new Amazon aviary named after my wife. During our visit to the center with Debbie, we learned that the town of Longboat Key hired trappers to capture nuisance peacocks in the north-end community of Longbeach Village, and 11 of the birds were brought to Birds of Paradise.

Although money was raised to capture and get rid of the birds, there were no funds provided to support their care or feeding going forward. I urge everyone on Longboat Key to donate to the rescue center’s mission and to help care for Longboat’s former peacocks in what is now their forever home.

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and that the reporting party was a “grumpy old man.’’ When told about the complaint, the group turned down the music.

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NO SIGN OF TROUBLE 11:20 a.m., Halyard Lane Miscellaneous boating: A resident along a canal spoke to an officer about vessels not obeying a slowspeed, minimum wake zone and added she thought a sign identifying the area might be missing.

The officer noted a piling with a missing sign and alerted the Public Works Department.

anti-American editorials.

Numbers are just numbers when presented out of context. That is what he did here with military capabilities between the United States and China. Apples to apples would be nice, but he did (in any number of cases) compare apples to pizza. All for political effect.

Since your publication abides no questioning or op-eds, this inane pontificating is all the public sees.

His use of so few and both limited as well as controversial “experts,” like Arthur Laffer, undermines any credibility the editorial might hold. He has often used totally discredited “experts” to prove points that cannot be defended.

His questioning of LGBTQ+ Floridians protesting the government’s acts to dehumanize and silence them should be something any good Libertarian would support. Government has no place in silencing citizens. But then again, Mr. Walsh does not believe everyone should have the right to vote.

The attacks on President Biden are pedestrian and expected from a man who falls in line with those who would abridge or simply eliminate our democracy, but again he is wrong. The fact the USA is leading the fight and reorganization of the international community in the fight between Ukraine and Russia is a tribute to President Biden and a strong rebuttal to the previous administration’s efforts to destroy NATO and foreign alliances.

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PIPE DOWN UP THERE 12:27 a.m., 5200 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Noise: A condo resident called police to complain about music and loud voices coming from the unit immediately upstairs, though the resident conceded when an officer arrived that the volume of both had been reduced shortly after his nonemergency call. The officer knocked on the upstairs door and was told everyone there was going to sleep soon and there would be no more noise.

WHEN IS A DOOR NOT A DOOR? WHEN IT’S AJAR 7:34 p.m., 5300 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Citizen assist: An employee contacted police to report the side door of an adjacent business was slightly open after hours. The employee told police she was asked to call by the owner of the adjacent business, who had been contacted about the ajar door. An officer found nothing untoward inside the business and reported the door likely had not latched properly when closed.

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LOUD? FOUL? GRUMPY? OLD? 3:03 p.m., 7000 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Noise: A caller who did not wish to meet with an officer reported a group on the beach was playing music annoyingly loudly. When an officer reached the beach, he was directed toward a tent containing six people by a man who said the group was not loud but rather using foul language. The officer noted the music was not loud, but the lyrics could be considered foul. A woman interjected that the group had been neither loud nor foul-mouthed

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Town welcomes residents with open house, open arms The annual event, which allows citizens to connect with their town, was online in 2021.

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he town of Longboat Key hosted an open house out in the open on March 5. Residents and visitors wandered between 10 tables at Bayfront Park containing information about several organizations around town. The fire department served hot dogs and burgers, residents walked over from the beach or rolled up on bikes, and organizations and town departments got to shed light on what they do.

Above: Trish Shinkle, Michelle Lowe, Savannah Cobb and Stephanie Janney stand at the first table. Left: The finance department was represented by Ronica Jackson, Sandi Henley and Sue Smith.

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The town split into several tables.

Support Services Director Carolyn Brown had information about volunteer and employment opportunities with the town, assistant to the town manager Susan Phillips educated residents about what the town manager was responsible for, and Planning, Zoning and Building Director Allen Parsons had information about the turtle ordinance and code enforcement.

FINANCE DEPARTMENT

Employees from the Finance Department, including Finance Director Sue Smith, Accounting Manager Ronica Jackson and Budget Manager Sandi Henley, doled out information about direct billing for utilities and chocolate mousse to passersby. They said there had been a steady flow of attendees, many of whom were interested in a free treat. The Finance Department also had its Code of Ethics and 40th consecutive Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting on display.

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Volunteer librarians sat in front of a table laden with free books. They had brought a selection from their used book section, which they build from books donated by members and residents. The nonfiction books and CDs went first, said Judith Berson.

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CEO Aaron Virgin was educating visitors on the “Jar of Death,” a jar of three months’ worth of debris taken from birds rescued by the organization. The potentially deadly materials mostly consist of fishing line, which often gets wrapped around birds if it’s merely cut loose into the Gulf of Mexico of Sarasota Bay and not properly disposed.

LONGBOAT KEY TURTLE WATCH

It’s not quite turtle season yet, but the LBKTW is still taking care of the beach. Many of its volunteers are cleaning up the beach on a monthly basis, so Vice President Cyndi Seamon displayed a sand box filled

with trash and recycling to synthesize a beach cleaning. Kids flocked to the educational toy.

PUBLIC WORKS

The Public Works Department was educating passersby on the recently finished beach renourishment project and had charts and a sample of sand to illustrate the project.

LONGBOAT KEY POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS

The fire department mostly handled the food, as Fire Chief Paul Dezzi grilled up burgers and hot dogs for attendees. At the police department’s table, Chief George Turner greeted residents, and other officers educated attendees about bike safety.

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$679,000 941.920.1500

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$499,000 941.993.7279

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Performance Pilates to open in Whitney Beach Plaza NAT KAEMMERER STAFF WRITER

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erformance Pilates is coming to join the exercise world on Longboat Key, and owners Emily and Mike Condensa have moved forward with their plans faster than they thought possible. Though they just started talking with leasing agents at their Whitney Beach Plaza property in mid-January, the studio should be open this week.

“We weren’t really looking, but we drove by and were like, ‘Oh, I wonder what this is right here?’” Mike said.

“We saw it was empty and thought, ‘Oh my gosh, this would be the perfect place for a Pilates studio’ because you have to have certain things, like a higher ceiling. So, long story short … I contacted the property manager … We didn’t really expect to do it.

It wasn’t like we were pounding the pavement. Everything has just been green light, green light, green light; even the floor is perfect because we love the ocean.”

The Condensas bought a condo on Longboat Key after falling in love with the place on a couple vacations and plan to be on the island more or less full time. Emily will travel back and forth between here and Cumming, Georgia, to train some of her clients at her original Performance Pilates studio. She’s trying to talk some of her instructors into moving down here as well, but until she finds trainers who are up to snuff, it’ll just be her teaching classes. She plans to teach mostly conventional reformer and Cadillac reformer classes, as well as mat Pilates, Fuse Ladder, CoreAlign and cardio pilates.

“We’ve built up a really great, great community there, and I really wanted to expand it down here,” Emily said.

“I already have clients that are like, ‘We’re gonna do our spring break down here.’”

Emily, a certified master Pilates instructor, has been teaching for more than 20 years and built her

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Emily and Mike Condensa got lucky with finding equipment without having to wait out shipping times.

business up from one reformer taught out of her home to a 5,000square-foot commercial space with 10 Pilates instructors and two strength trainers, all of whom she trained.

Emily specializes in working with clients with neurological disorders, such as Parkinson’s and MS, and the Fuse Ladder training is geared toward that. Often in a Pilates studio, classes on the Cadillac reformer are offered only in private classes, but Emily has modified her classes to include a few minutes on the machine, which is like the flowing, movable reformer but stationary.

“I want Pilates to be for everyone, so I always have options,” Emily said.

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Emily Condensa is booking people for free evaluations; call 962-8875. The studio will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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Please take notice that public hearings of the Town of Longboat Key’s Planning & Zoning Board will be held at the request of Bruce Franklin, Land Resource Strategies, Inc., Authorized Agent, on behalf of 3150 GMD, LLC, Property Owner. Specifically, the applicant is requesting: A Rezoning to rezone the property from Office/Institutional to R-3SF (Medium Density Single Family/Mixed Residential District, 3 units per acre) to permit two (2) detached single-family residences.

The quasi-judicial public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Board on the Applicant’s Rezoning request will be held on March 15, 2022, at 9:15 a.m., or as soon thereafter as may be heard, in the Town Commission Chambers at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key, Florida. This hearing will be held in accordance with established quasi-judicial procedures.

All interested persons may appear and be heard with respect to the request for Rezoning and Comprehensive Plan Amendment proposals submitted by the Applicant. Copies of the Applicant’s proposals and related material associated with the requests may be viewed at the Planning, Zoning & Building Department, 501 Bay Isles Road, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. weekdays prior to the hearing. Questions may be directed to the Planning, Zoning & Building Department at 316-1966. The proposed amendment will affect property within the corporate boundaries of the Town of Longboat Key as shown on the map appearing at the bottom of this advertisement.

No verbatim record by a certified court reporter is made of these proceedings. Accordingly, any person who may seek to appeal any decision involving the matters noticed herein will be responsible for making a verbatim record of the testimony and evidence at these proceedings upon which any appeal is to be based (see Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes). In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 286.26, Florida Statutes, persons 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 proceeding. If you are hearing impaired, please call 941-316-8719.

Pursuant to Florida Statutes 163.3184, the above referenced zoning change request by 3150 GMD, LLC, is contingent upon a comprehensive plan amendment becoming effective that changes the designation of 597 Buttonwood Drive on the Future Land Use Map from Office/Institutional to RM-3 Medium Density Single-Family Mixed Residential, 3 units per acre. 3150 GMD LLC., is requesting a comprehensive plan amendment that will also be considered by the Planning and Zoning Board on March 15, 2022, at 9:15 a.m., or as soon thereafter as may be heard, at the Town Commission Chambers, Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key, Florida.

David Green, Chair, Planning & Zoning Board Published: 3-10-2022

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MUSIC ON MAC AVENUE From 5-6:30 p.m. at the Education Center at Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road, travel back to Motown with several performers. Price includes wine and cheese. $25 for members, $30 for others. Call 3838222 or email EducationCenter@ TBI-LBK.org to register.

THINKING OUT LOUD: TIMELY TOPICS WITH MIKE KARP From 1-2:30 p.m. at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road. Topics will include U.S. and world current affairs, popular culture and topics relevant to seniors. Cost is $10.

Walk-ins welcome. Call 383-6493.

GULFSHORE SPRING MARKETPLACE From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Gulfshore clubhouse, 3710 Gulf of Mexico Drive, browse baked goods and handmade items, including jewelry, coasters, dishcloths, cutting boards and sea shell art.

HOLLYWOOD ICONS THROUGH THE DECADES (1920S-1950S) From 1-4 p.m. on Zoom and in person at the Education Center at Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road, with film critic Gus Mollasis.

View movies followed by discussion.

Available on a prorated basis. $75 for members and $85 for others.

Call 383-8222 or email EducationCenter@TBI-LBK.org to register.

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ANCIENT TEACHINGS AND THE SCIENCE OF HAPPINESS From 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Education Center at Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road, learn about the intersection of science and ancient theories of happiness. $15 for members, $20 for others.

Call 383-8222 or email EducationCenter@TBI-LBK.org to register.

SPRING FLING From 3-4:30 p.m. at the Education Center at Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road, hear a performance from Joy Leitner and John Whittlesey. $20 for members, $25 for others. Call 383-8222 or email EducationCenter@TBI-LBK.org to register.

DINNER AND A MOVIE Cocktail hour starts at 5:30 p.m. and “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” starts at 8:30 p.m. at this Longboat Key Garden Club Party at Bayfront Park, 4052 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

Tickets are $75 a person and include a three-course dinner and drinks.

Visit LBKGardenClub.org or call 3871909 to purchase tickets.

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STRETCH & STRENGTHEN From 10-11 a.m. at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road. Focus is on strength training and flexibility for balance. Suzy Brenner leads the class. Fee is $10. Walk-ins welcome.

Call 383-6493.

LONGBOAT LIBRARY The Longboat Library is open again from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday. Visit the library at 555 Bay Isles Road. There is a halfprice sale on the library’s collection of used books every Wednesday. Call 383-2011 for information.

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MUSCLES AND MORE WITH ANN ALVIS From 8:30-9:30 a.m. at the Bayfront Park Recreation Center, 4052 Gulf of Mexico Drive, use strength equipment to build flexibility, endurance and balance. Class is $10 for members and $15 for others. Visit LongboatKey.org for information.

PUMPING THE PRIME WITH MIRABAI HOLLAND At 10 a.m. at the Bayfront Park Recreation Center, 4052 Gulf of Mexico Drive, take this low-impact cardio and strength class. Bring a mat or towel. Classes are outside. Class is $10 for members and $15 for others.

For information, email Mirabai Holland at mirabai@movingfree.com or call 201-956-1466

MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS

LORD’S WAREHOUSE THRIFT STORE The thrift store will be open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 6140 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

Donations are accepted during business hours. Call 383-4738.

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THE MARKET ON LONGBOAT KEY From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Town Center Green, 600 Bay Isles Road, browse merchants at the last market of the year. More than 100 vendors will sell goods, including food, produce, art and home goods. Contact Nancy@CoquinaMarket.com for information.

TUESDAYS

QI GONG From 10-11 a.m. at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road. Qi Gong is a mind-body-spirit practice designed to improve mental and physical health. Class is outdoors. Cost is $10. Call 383-6493.

FRIDAYS

MEDITATION AND STRESS RELIEF From 11 a.m. to noon at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road, take a meditation and stress relief class with Sandi Love. She will take you through a visualization that uses all of your senses and allows you to calm down. Free for members, $10 for others. Call 383-6493.

HULA From 11 a.m. to noon at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road. Cost is $10. RSVP required. Call 383-6493.

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MAH JONGG From 1-3 p.m. at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road. Fun time for experienced players. To check availability at the tables, email MaryAnnBrady@TheParadiseCenter.org.

FEEL GOOD YOGA WITH DEBBY DEBILE From 10:30-11:30 a.m. at the Bayfront Park Recreation Center, 4052 Gulf of Mexico Drive, get into this therapeutic yoga style that combines gentle vinyasa, alignment and restorative yoga. Suitable for all levels. Class is $10 for members and $15 for others. Visit LongboatKey. org for information.

ROTARY CLUB Meets at 5 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays in All Angles Parish Hall, 563 Bay Isles Road. To learn more, call Nancy Rozance at 203-6054066 or email Info@LongboatKeyRotary.org.

WEDNESDAYS

BEREAVEMENT GROUP From 2-3:30 p.m., weekly through March 23 at the JFCS office at 540 Bay Isles Road, facilitated by Community Chaplain Rabbi Jonathan R. Katz. Cost is $36 for the six-week program. To register, contact Katz at 366-2224 ext. 166 or email jkatz@ jfcs-cares.org.

TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS PILATES SCULPT WITH DEBBY DEBILE From 9-10 a.m. at the Bayfront Park Recreation Center, 4052 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Class is $10 for members and $15 for others. Visit LongboatKey.org for information.

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TAI CHI From 10-11 a.m. at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road. Class is outdoors, weather permitting. Cost is $10. Walk-ins welcome. Call 3836493.

THURSDAYS

KIWANIS CLUB OF LONGBOAT KEY At 8:30 a.m. at Lazy Lobster, 5350 Gulf of Mexico Drive. This service organization meets every first and third Thursday of the month for breakfast and a speaker. Breakfast is $10. Email Lynn Larson at lynnlarson@comcast.net to register.

ST. ARMANDS KEY LUTHERAN CHURCH BRIDGE CLUB Every Thursday at 1 p.m. at St. Armands Key Lutheran Church, 40

N. Adams Drive, join an ACBL-sanctioned game of contract bridge with a certified teachers. All skill levels are welcome. There is an $8 suggested donation for each session.

Refreshments will be provided. RSVP to 952-9251.

ZUMBA AND MAT PILATES FOR SENIORS From 10-11 a.m. at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road. The class, designed for active seniors, starts with zumba and shifts to all-level mat Pilates at 10:30 a.m. Come for 30 minutes or the full hour. Cost is $10. Walk-ins welcome. Call 3836493.

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t the St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church’s Royal Rummage Sale, the early bird got the deals.

Hundreds of people turned trash into treasures as they shopped for clothes, shoes, home goods, collectibles, books, linens and just about anything under the sun in the parish hall on March 4.

The sale made its return after taking a year off with the Early Bird sale

Cami O’Donnell, Doris Cory and Midge Pescatello head for the exit with their finds.

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Above: By 11:20 a.m. on March 4, there was a line of more than 50 people waiting to get in. Left: Ellen Jeff and Casey Sheehe examine an engraving on a necklace.

Oddest item: Art deco lamp, broken, purchased by an electrician Most-common items: Lamps and women’s clothing Largest item: Treadmill, sold for $50 Smallest item: Corkscrews, sold for $0.50 Rarest item: Greeting cards

kicking off just before noon.

More than 50 people were in line by 11:20 a.m., and more cars, walkers and cyclists were streaming into the parking lot. Men’s club members Lenny DiStefano and Chuck Sobieck walked the line, taking admission money and giving out the green Early Bird wristbands. Near the doors, several people waited in the shade on chairs they’d brought. Linn Torres got in line at about 10:15 a.m. after donating a few items. She hoped to find antique holiday decorations.

“When I came two years ago I was way out there, so I came earlier this time,” Torres said. “I wish I’d brought a chair like these smart people.”

Inside the church, the team of Women’s Guild volunteers found their places and made sure their cash drawers had plenty to make change.

Organizers Bonnie Schneider and Ginny Akhoury rallied their people for the crowd that was soon to bear down upon them.

“When they come in, it’s like a herd,” Gail Buermann said. “There’s no stopping them.”

Out of sympathy for those stand-

Above: The furniture department stayed busy outdoors. Left: Mary Lou Ivasko gives a customer change.

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ing in the sun and a gameday plan that had everything in place with plenty of time to spare, Akhoury opened the doors 20 minutes early.

Shoppers flowed in and made their way to the departments they most wanted; women’s clothing, kitchen goods and jewelry quickly drew crowds.

By noon, more than 200 people had gotten their wristbands. In 2020, when the sale was last held, about 695 people came during the Early Bird sale, Akhoury said. This year’s turnout was about what they expected coming off a year away, and Akhoury was happy with how the sale prep went.

The tables were as full as ever, and several volunteers were stationed at key bottleneck points to direct traffic. Deals were snapped up, cash changed hands and shoppers moved onto the next area. More departments than normal were outside this year in hopes of easing the load inside the parish hall. Lamps glittered in the sun, and curious buyers flopped down on couches to test their comfort factor. Inside, the temperature rose with the shopping frenzy.

“It’s gone very well,” said Beth Clark, who was working in the shoe

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section. “I think people are happy to be back. It’s such a good community builder. I know all the volunteers are happy to be back with each other. It was a long year and a half for everybody.”

As the afternoon wore on, the frenzy began to die down. Big-ticket items such as TVs, couches and paintings were marked as sold, and even the linens table started to look depleted. This was only day one, however; the sale continued from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 5.

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he Theater on the Green project for Town Center Green is far from finalized — and neither are town residents’ concerns about what bringing a black box theater would do to the outdoor space. Kiwanis members heard from Tom Aposporos and Tom Freiwald about the issue at their March 3 meeting.

Freiwald gave a brief overview of the project, which proposes to bring a 2,500-square-foot black box theater to the Town Center Green for theater, dance and musical performances.

It would hold about 150 audience members and be a privately funded building on public land. About $300,000 of the $750,000 needed for the project has been donated.

Club members expressed concern about several issues that the black box theater could create or exacerbate; one club member raised the issue of space on the Town Center

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Green. The Kiwanis Lawn Party was held there in December, sold out with 800 guests, and took up much of the open green space. Additionally, one club member wondered if using the public space was worth it for a venue with so few seats. Aposporos said that buildings that might one day be on the green would be toward the edge, near the Chase Bank building, and not interfere with the main lawn.

Another major concern was parking. There is a parking lot on Bay Isles Road, but event attendees consistently spill into nearby parking lots, including the Temple Beth Israel, All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church and the Publix parking lot. The most recent Market on Longboat Key filled the Town Center Green lot and made parking at Publix rare despite signs against parking for the event.

Club President Michael Garey brought up the concern that the popular outdoor space could be crowded out by buildings — “running out of Green,” he said. Other than the Theater on the Green project, the Longboat Key Foundation is also looking at bringing the Longboat Library or Education Center at Temple Beth Israel to the space. The Longboat Key Historical Society is also opening a museum in a cottage on the site, and an outdoor stage funded by Paul and Sarah Karon is also underway.

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REAL ESTATE BY A REAL EXPERT

1930 HARBOURSIDE DR., #135, LONGBOAT KEY, FL

500 HALYARD LANE, LONGBOAT KEY, FL

2295 GULF OF MEXICO DR., #95-S LONGBOAT KEY, FL

1445 GULF OF MEXICO DR., #304, LONGBOAT KEY, FL

1930 HARBOURSIDE DR., #135 • LONGBOAT KEY, FL

$799,000

Fairway Bay • Furnished 2BR/2BA residence with wonderful Bay views, includes under-building parking space.

500 HALYARD LANE • LONGBOAT KEY, FL

$2,495,000

Country Club Shores • Now Pending Sale • Stylish and comfortably appointed 2,311 sq. ft. waterfront home on a private, lushly landscaped ½ acre lot.

2295 GULF OF MEXICO DR., #95-S • LONGBOAT KEY, FL

$799,000

Islander Club • Now Pending Sale • Open and airy 2BR/2BA well maintained residence with Bay views and a custom, open kitchen.

1445 GULF OF MEXICO DR., #304 • LONGBOAT KEY, FL

$1,495,000

Players Club • Now Pending Sale • Gulf views from this updated 2 bedroom +Den or 3rd bedroom, 2 bath residence featuring an expansive, open terrace to enjoy western sunsets.

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LAKEWOOD RANCH SERIES

SARASOTA SERIES

VENICE SERIES

Tickets at the Door Only $10 SARASOTA INSTITUTE OF LIFETIME LEARNING

A Lifetime of Learning in Two Exciting Series Next Week’s Programs Include:

Music Mondays

MUSICAL CONVERSATIONS WITH GREAT PERFORMERS

Monday, March 14

Sarasota,10:30 am - Venice, 3:00 pm

Dr. Robyn L. Bell, is the Music Program Manager,

Photos by Nat Kaemmerer

Director of Instrumental Studies, and Professor of Music at State College of Florida as well as the conductor and music director of the Pops Orchestra of Bradenton and Sarasota. She founded the highly popular Suncoast Culture Club podcast in 2020.

Above: Diane Adams dons a lei from Diana Kaslow and Josette Carter. Left: Association President Chris Goglia, Jen AhearnKoch and Thomas Koch

Global Issues AN INSIDER’S VIEW OF TODAY’S WORLD

Tuesday, March 15

Sarasota,10:30 am - Venice, 2:30 pm

Current Issues in U.S. Intelligence

U.S. intelligence must be flexible in order to respond to evolving issues. Dr. Mark Lowenthal will discuss how U.S. intelligence has changed with the Biden administration and the major policy issues that intelligence addresses.

Wednesday, March 16 Sarasota,10:30 am The Paper Dragon

China presents serious challenges for U.S. national security. China also has a series of weaknesses that we overlook. That may actually present a more threatening scenario. Dr. Mark Lowenthal will discuss how the U.S. should address these issues.

Thursday, March 17

Sarasota,10:30 am - Lakewood Ranch, 3:30 Friday, March 18 Venice,10:00 am

Domestic Extremism

The January 6, 2021 Insurrection was a reminder that right-wing extremism is a serious problem. Since 9/11 right-wing militants and jihadist terrorists have both killed around the same number of Americans.

Peter Bergen examines domestic political violence in the U.S. and what can be done to fix it.

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fter a year away, the “alohas” were enthusiastic at the St. Armands Residents Association’s annual dinner and general meeting on March 1.

The residents of the Key gathered, as they have every year except 2021, at the Sarasota Yacht Club for dinner and a brief update on neighborhood goings-on. The meeting last year would have been the 70th in a row because the association has been meeting since 1951, but the pandemic kept them apart. This time, as residents gathered at the yacht club in their best tropical-themed attire and donned leis to

match, there was plenty to catch up on.

The lobby was full of bright colors and Hawaiian shirts of every shade as residents met neighbors for a longer chat than what happens at the mailbox. The Circle’s residential areas are divided into quadrants, and those who lived in each quickly found each other to catch up.

After the social hour, residents sat down for dinner and an update from association President Chris Goglia before dispersing for the evening.

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STANDING UNITED WITH UKRAINE FEATURED PROPERTIES BAY, MARINA, CITY VIEWS

LONGBOAT KEY - GRAND BAY IV

$1,895,000

3010 Grand Bay Blvd., #433. | 3BR/2.5BA | 2,369 SF

Spectacular views of Bay, Marina, City and beyond, stunning, completely renovated interior, two private terraces.

HARBOR ACRES ESTATE

HARBOR ACRES - 1309 VISTA DRIVE

8,452 SF | 1.5 Acres (2 lots) | 230 ft. of open bayfront An architectural masterpiece designed & built by Thorning Little and Bruce Saba.

NEW CONSTRUCTION

STUNNING BAYFRONT

SARASOTA - CONDO ON THE BAY

$18,000,000

$989,000

988 Blvd. of the Arts, #1315 | 2BR/2BA | 1,555 SF 12th Floor panoranic Bay and Gulf views, private terrace.

NOW PENDING SALE

SARASOTA - ONE PARK LONGBOAT KEY - QUEENS HARBOUR 3509 Fair Oaks Court

| 3BR/ 3BA | 2,324 SF

$1,199,000

Golf course and lake views, located on a quiet- cul-de-sac.

CALL FOR DETAILS

2,3,4 Bedroom | 2,460 - 8,300SF 18-story luxury development located on Boulevard of the Arts in the heart of downtown Sarasota’s Waterfront District. Lavish amenities, the latest smart building technology and stunning views of Bay Park, Sarasota Bay and the city skyline. Typical floor plans $1.9M - $5.5M / Penthouses $7.5M - $14M

THE ACKERMAN GROUP

MORE LISTINGS COMING SOON IN GRAND BAY AND BAY ISLES!

941.387.1820 RYAN ACKERMAN BARBARA ACKERMAN ryan@ackermangroup.net barbara@ackermangroup.net

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ST. ARMANDS KEY 66 N Washington Drive 4 Beds 3/1 Baths 4,983 Sq. Ft. Kristina Waskom 941-266-8658 A4519666 $10,900,000

ANNA MARIA ISLAND 820 N Shore Drive 4 Beds 4/1 Baths 3,953 Sq. Ft. Kathy Harman 941-900-9828 A4524887 $4,500,000

ANNA MARIA ISLAND 112 Mangrove Avenue 4 Beds 3/1 Baths 3,577 Sq. Ft. Hannah Hillyard & George Myers 941-744-7358 A4502423 $3,999,000

LONGBOAT KEY 3606 Fair Oaks Place 5 Beds 3 Baths 3,842 Sq. Ft. Kathy Callahan 941-900-8088 A4523345 $3,500,000

SARASOTA 473 Partridge Circle 4 Beds 3/1 Baths 3,226 Sq. Ft. Drew Russell 941-993-3739 A4511642 $3,195,000

SARASOTA 628 N Owl Drive 3 Beds 2 Baths 2,534 Sq. Ft. Kathy Valente & Gregory Zies, LLC 941-685-6767 A4526783 $2,595,000

LONGBOAT KEY 656 Tarawitt Drive 4 Beds 3/1 Baths 3,330 Sq. Ft. Ian Addy, PA & Gail Wittig, LLC 941-961-8850 A4524096 $2,495,000

SARASOTA 3218 S Osprey Avenue 5 Beds 4/1 Baths 3,342 Sq. Ft. Gloria Bracciano 941-229-4000 A4524633 $2,276,000

TAMPA 3624 S Gardenia Avenue 5 Beds 4/1 Baths 4,149 Sq. Ft. Lenore Treiman 941-356-9642 A4524115 $2,000,000

UNIVERSITY PARK 8171 Abingdon Court 2 Beds 2/2 Baths 2,609 Sq. Ft. Rachel Benderson 941-376-0218 A4525357 $1,650,000

BRADENTON 310 Compass Point Drive 202 3 Beds 3 Baths 2,708 Sq. Ft. Betsy Hagen & Laura Rulon 941-216-0721 A4525491 $1,450,000

BRADENTON 396 Aruba Circle 302 3 Beds 3 Baths 1,664 Sq. Ft. Debbie Vogler 941-705-3328 A4525652 $1,349,000

BRADENTON 391 Aruba Circle 402 3 Beds 3 Baths 1,664 Sq. Ft. Kathy Valente 941-685-6767 A4524894 $1,200,000

LONGBOAT KEY 4311 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 401 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,293 Sq. Ft. Victoria Lear 941-350-1064 A4522542 $1,100,000

BRADENTON 5519 46th Court W 4 Beds 3/1 Baths 2,719 Sq. Ft. Adam Cuffaro 941-812-0791 A4524335 $925,000

LONGBOAT KEY 5135 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 104 3 Beds 2 Baths 1,516 Sq. Ft. Sandi Layfield & Michael Nink, PA 941-914-2807 A4525416 $925,000

BRADENTON 3409 54th Drive W H103 3 Beds 3/1 Baths 3,046 Sq. Ft. Adam Cuffaro 941-812-0791 A4525108 $899,000

BRADENTON 302 67th Avenue Drive W 3 Beds 2 Baths 2,050 Sq. Ft. Jared Ross 941-539-1705 A4526366 $825,000

UNIVERSITY PLACE 8215 Indigo Ridge Terrace 3 Beds 2/1 Baths 2,073 Sq. Ft. Robert Krasow 617-840-1181 A4525087 $795,000

VENICE 675 May Apple Way 3 Beds 2 Baths 2,419 Sq. Ft. Bambi Utton 941-228-4881 N6119840 $769,000

LONGBOAT KEY 4410 Exeter Drive K206 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,168 Sq. Ft. Malihe Karimi 941-376-5099 A4520093 $625,000

BRADENTON 10909 Copperlefe Drive 4 Beds 3 Baths 2,209 Sq. Ft. Stuart Lawrence & Laura Lawrence 941-894-4001 A4526092 $599,000

BRADENTON 7005 Pointe West Boulevard 3 Beds 2 Baths 1,683 Sq. Ft. Cathy Palmer 941-920-2247 A4525556 $570,000

BRADENTON 509 Sanderling Circle 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,334 Sq. Ft. Maruta Miluns 941-374-9702 A4526336 $459,000

LONGBOAT KEY 2600 Harbourside Drive C-12 Joanna Benante & Ann Martin 941-356-7717 A4526188 $215,000

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SARASOTA 3300 Old Oak Drive 4 Beds 4/3 Baths 6,428 Sq. Ft. Barbara May & Fred Sassen 404-822-9264 A4520464 $8,495,000

ST. ARMANDS KEY 96 N Washington Drive 3 Beds 4/2 Baths 5,660 Sq. Ft. Eileen (Dee Dee) Burke 941-266-8949 A4525014 $7,899,000

MYAKKA CITY 3005 233rd Street E 4 Beds 3/2 Baths 4,164 Sq. Ft. Chris Baylis 941-735-4713 A4510152 $5,800,000

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REAL ESTATE

Beachplace condo sells for nearly $1.5 million

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FEB. 21-25

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condominium in Beachplace tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Jane Wright, trustee, of Berwyn, Pennsylvania, sold the Unit 304 condominium at 1145 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Trends US Inc. for $1,475,000. Built in 1980, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,503 square feet of living area. It sold for $235,000 in 1986.

COREY’S LANDING

Eric and Melissa Averitt, trustees, of Indianapolis, sold the home at 3467 Byron Lane to Losacco Family LLC for $1,075,000. Built in 1989, it has three bedrooms, two-anda-half baths, a pool and 2,227 square feet of living area. It sold for $550,000 in 2017.

TANGERINE BAY CLUB

Ralph Einstein, of Longboat Key, sold his Unit 421 condominium at 370 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Lars Nilsson and Gunnel Faxen-Nilsson, of Longboat Key, for $963,000.

Built in 1994, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,310 square feet of living area. It sold for $440,000 in 1997.

RINGLING OF LONGBOAT KEY

Jeffrey Daly sold his home at 766 Saint Judes Drive N. to Melisa Rae Wynne and Bradley Keith Wynne and Cesar Augusto Zevallos, of Longboat Key, for $750,000. Built in 1958, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,200 square feet of living area. It sold for $239,900 in 2013.

LIDO AMBASSADOR

Lois Curro, trustee, of Celebration, sold the Unit 310 condominium

at 800 Benjamin Franklin Drive to William McLaren, of Burlington, New Jersey, for $575,000. Built in 1978, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,125 square feet of living area. It sold for $350,000 in 2015.

Mary O’Connor, of Sarasota, sold her Unit 203 condominium at 800 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Jon Simeon Saltzman and Joanna Holly Saltzman, of University Park, for $439,000. Built in 1978, it has one bedroom, one-and-a-half baths and 900 square feet of living area. It sold for $300,000 in 2020.

SPANISH MAIN YACHT CLUB

John Maverick Coutret and Cecile Hennes Coutret sold their Unit 209 condominium at 727 Spanish Drive S. to Kathleen Herzing, of Longboat Key, for $560,000. Built in 1969, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,353 square feet of living area. It sold for $230,000 in 2016.

SARASOTA HARBOUR EAST

Courtesy photos

Top: The living room overlooks the Gulf of Mexico. Above: Impact glass was installed in Unit 304 in 2015.

Margaret Meissner, trustee, of Canton, Massachusetts, sold the Unit 4 condominium at 771 John Ringling Blvd. to John and Marsha Linder, of Iowa City, Iowa, for $449,000. Built in 1965, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 820 square feet of living area. It sold for $26,500 in 1968.

In with the new NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION

TOP BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Feb. 25-March 4 in order of dollar amounts.

Longboat Key

L O N G B OAT K E Y ADDRESS 1701 GMD #101

PERMIT Interior alterations

APPLICANT Ruth B. Kreindler TTEE

AMOUNT 150,000

2295 GMD #13S

Interior alterations

William Cummings

139,668

682 Spanish Drive S.

Interior alterations

Michael Denny Brown

139,536

6841 Pine St.

Pool and spa

2358970 Ontario Inc.

95,250

6850 Hughes St.

Pool, spa and deck

2358970 Ontario Inc.

72,800

6920 GMD

Electrical

High Ground LBK LLC

61,000

450 GMD #201B

Doors and windows

Kathleen Wingate

52,879

3464 Winding Oaks Drive

Doors and windows

Meth Trust

52,402

551 Bowsprit Lane

Doors and windows

Russell H. McCorkle

51,006

603 Weston Pointe Court

Re-roof

Warren S. Coopersmith

49,400

James Johnstone

45,000 43,804

2301 GMD #93N

Interior alterations

Dominick Manzi

6941 Bayside Drive

Pool, spa and deck

Woodstick America LLP

Downtown St. Petersburg

37,751

3444 Mistletoe Lane

Re-roof

Lenchner Family Trust

36,550

1955 GMD #402

Interior alterations

Tracey L. Brandt

35,000

448 GMD #305A

Doors and windows

William M. Ehert

32,097

6573 GMD

Interior alterations

Patrick M. Dunn

28,682

687 Jungle Queen Way

Dock and lift

Ulf Tollemar

540 Companion Way

Deck

Patricia E. Cannon

25,000

524 Gulf Bay Road

RE-roof

Grant’s Gardens Inc.

23,854

601 Golf Links Lane

A/C change-out

Jacqueline M. Meckstroth

21,690

604 Spanish Drive N.

Re-roof

Dale R. Carmody

21,500

615 Dream Island Road

Siding

Harbour Villa Club

20,255

535 Sanctuary Drive

A/C change-out

Jeffrey A. Lenobel 2012

#A501

NOW TAKING CONTRACTS

400 Central | 727.209.7848 | From the $1MM’s | Call for appointment. | Residences400central.com 2 UNITS LEFT

26,125

Downtown Sarasota

15,616

Family Trust

541 Putter Lane

Handrail

Michael D. McAdaragh

15,577

1701 GMD #101

Interior alterations

1701 GMD LLC

15,000

3806 GMD #C107

Interior alterations

Steven J. Goclon

14,600

3806 GMD #C107

Plumbing

Steven J. Goclon

14,600

2039 GMD #104

Interior alterations

Joan M. Grunstra

13,890

3020 GMD

Pool

Robert S. Russell

13,690

10 Lighthouse Point Drive

Railings

John W. Saputo

12,000

4485 GMD Unit 603

Door

Joan B. Ricci

2525 GMD #4E

Doors

Brad Brautigan

11,733

565 Sanctuary Drive

A/C change-out

Jennifer Esposito Living Trust

11,244

The Collection | 941.232.2868 | From the $2MM’s | Call for appointment. | thecollection1335.com

Sales galleries open and available for virtual or in-person presentations.

Virtual home tours | OnDemand local experts | Interactive site and floorplans

11,733

#A502 Source: Town of Longboat Key

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6031 Emerald Harbor Drive Re-roof

The Residences at the St. Regis | 941.213.3300 | From $2.4MM to $10.9MM | Call for appointment | SRResidencesLongboatKey.com

MichaelSaunders.com/New-Homes | 844.591.4333 | Sarasota, Florida Prices as of February 2022.

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LOOKING TO BUY OR SELL A PROPERTY ON LONGBOAT KEY, BIRD KEY, OR ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE SARASOTA ISLANDS?

Several students get in on the fun of mixing the hypertufa materials.

Walter Group is the right choice!

Hyped up for hypertufa

As 20-year Longboat Key residents, Janet Walter and Steve Walter know the Sarasota islands and would love to share their knowledge of the local real estate market!

Walter Group Real Estate specializes in leveraging state-of-the-art digital marketing - with a concierge service.

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tudents at The Paradise Center were hyper-focused on their hypertufa during a class on Feb. 25. Six attendees learned about the gardening technique, which involves succulents in a porous cement pot, from teacher Deb Lemieux.

On the patio of The Paradise Center, where cement splatters wouldn’t matter, Lemieux taught her students how to make a pot. She mixed peat moss, vermiculite and Portland cement in a huge container and offered attendees the opportunity to help mix it up. Sandi Love donned gloves and said it felt like playing in Play-Doh. The purpose of the porous pot is to make it easy for water to pool and pass through it. The pots are good for plants that need good drainage, like the succulents Lemieux brought her students, and they can be outside for years with little maintenance.

Lemieux brought desert roses for each student to make the highlight of her pot, along with a few smaller plants to arrange around the small garden. Students nestled plants and decorations like marbles, sea glass, rocks and stones in their pots.

Determining when the pot was finished was tough, but students were eventually satisfied with their work.

“You’ve got some new friends to take care of, so this is a big responsibility for you,” Lemieux said about the plants.

The result is Walter Group gets you the maximum exposure to sell your Longboat Key property sold fast and for the most money.

STEVE WALTER 941.809.0907

steve @waltergrouprealestate.com

JANET WALTER 941.232.2000

janet @waltergrouprealestate.com

waltergrouprealestate.com #1 TEAM - LONGBOAT KEY 2020

Photos by Nat Kaemmerer

Above: Jan Marshall packs a hypertufa pot into a mold. Below: Marcia Gregg shows off her finished product.

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THE LONGBOAT KEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Savor Sounds the Sounds Savor the

The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce Presents:

Savor the Sounds Musical Series

17th Annual

Concert

Presented by

Meet, Greet, Eat!

Longboat Key • 2022

Saturday, March 19

March 22, 2022, 4-6pm 3000 Harbourside Drive, Longboat Key Club, Longboat Key 34228 RSVP: (941) 383.2466 or info@lbkchamber.com Admission is free

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SHANTEL NORMAN and the SHANTEL NORMAN GROUP 5:30 pm - 7 pm (Gates open at 4:30 pm) 600 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key

Come out and “Savor the Sounds,” and enjoy an elegant, yet casual, outdoor picnic setting. BYOPB! Bring a picnic basket and blanket. (Lawn chairs, tables and coolers are welcome.)

Pre-order boxed dinners from Publix by calling (941)383-1502.

Beer and wine will be available to purchase courtesy of Gold Coast Eagle Distributors.

VIP Tickets

General Admission

$250 (Table of 8)

$25 in advance

Advance purchase only.

Limited availability.

The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce cordially invites Residents of Longboat Key, Officers, Managers and Boards of Directors of LBK Condominiums and Homeowner Associations to meet select area businesses.

$35 at the door

Weather permitting - No Refunds

Join us for appetizers provided from local restaurants, complimentary beer provided by Gold Coast Eagle Distributing, a cash bar and great door prizes!

ADVANCE TICKET SALES Monday - Friday from 9 am to 5 pm Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce 5390 Gulf of Mexico Dr., Longboat Key, Suite 102 Call the chamber for tickets — 941-383-2466

GRAND PRIZE: Dinner for 10 in the private dining room of the Lazy Lobster of Longboat. Wine included.

VIP Sponsors

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Coldwell Banker CONGRATULATES the TOP team!

The #1 sales team in the state of Florida $134 Million Sold in 2021

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Small Team

Lori Lawson

Judy Kepecz-Hays 941.587.1700

941.735.4385

Steven Kepecz 941.376.6411

Judy Kepecz-Hays Team $2.3 Billion Career Sales PE

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Ritz-Carlton Managed Residence

L’AMBIANCE

1111 Ritz Carlton Drive #1204 Offered for $3,950,000. www.Ritz-Carlton1204.com

415 L Ambiance Drive Unit B602

Luxury Knows No Limits! Sought after residence at the Ritz-Carlton in the heart of the city. Beyond Imagination, this home affords terrific views of the marina, Sarasota, and her islands.

L’Ambiance, a Longboat Key community synonymous with luxury and exclusivity! 270-degree unobstructed stunning water views that sweep from the Gulf of Mexico to Sarasota Bay and beyond.

Ofered for $2,785,000. www.LAmbianceB602.com

Testimonial: “We have worked with Judy over many years, buying & selling property on Longboat Key. Each time, Judy and her team carry out their duties with honesty, integrity and respect – very often going that extra mile!

We were kept informed every step of the way and knew each time that the sale/purchase was in safe hands – very reassuring when we live in the UK” ~Michael & Helen McArdle | Newcastle, United Kingdom Helen McArdle with Prince William

Call us today for similar results 941-587-1700 $2.3 BILLION IN CAREER SALES

Judy Kepecz-Hays | 941.587.1700

COLDWELL BANKER REALTY 423 St. Armands Circle | Sarasota, FL 34236 595 Bay Isles Road, Suite 250 | Longboat Key, FL 34228 Email: Kepecz@JudyHays.com Website: LongboatKeyLuxury.com

$134 MILLION IN CLOSED SALES IN 2021

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SARASOTA POLO SEASON Beginning Sunday, December 19th, 2021 through Sunday, April 24th, 2022

An exploration beyond the pavement.

Rattlesnakes deserve a fair shake

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ith their striking namesake row of large, dark diamonds down their back and a rattle at the end of their tail, eastern diamondback rattlesnakes are quite a sight to behold. If provoked or startled, they will often coil their bodies and shake their tails, producing a loud buzzing sound. But they do sometimes strike without sound.

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