The Sun (June 24th) reported that the Anna Maria Island Preservation Trust (AMIPT), with support from the Pine Avenue Restoration (PAR) partners would be working to raise money to purchase and restore a building they refer to as the Angler’s Lodge or Angler’s Inn. That building is located in a residential neighborhood at 117 North Bay Blvd. at the corner of Lakeview Drive near the humpback bridge.
Future City meeting agendas should be watched to see if Sissy Quinn will be presenting something re: AMIPT’s pursuit of preservation grant money to ‘restore’ the building at 117 North Bay Blvd.
One big question is if the AMIPT secures ‘preservation’ grant money and PAR acquires the property, how would the PAR partners want to use this Residential property? The Sun printed that Quinn of the AMIPT “said she’s not sure what the building would be used for if the campaign were successful – perhaps as a sort of community building for receptions and other events.”
Wait a minute! The building is a single family residential house on a residentially zoned 3 lot parcel. What is this talk about using a residential house for receptions and other events? The 117 N. Bay Blvd. property is large - 171 ft by 110 feet. Would they also want to use the property for parking?
The neighboring residents should be on guard!
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Sunday, June 28, 2009
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The ‘not for profit’ corporation, named ‘ANNA MARIA ISLAND PRESERVATION TRUST, INC.’, filed for incorporation with the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations, Tallahassee, FL on March 23, 2009. The filed document lists Sissy Quinn, 301 N. Bay Boulevard, Anna Maria as President (also filed as Initial Registered Agent and Incorporator), David Teitelbaum, 115 Third Street South, Bradenton Beach as Vice President and Jo Ann Mattick, 876 N. Shore Drive, Anna Maria as Secretary/Treasurer.
ReplyDeleteSissy Quinn, president of the Anna Maria Island Preservation Trust (AMIPT), is a resident of Anna Maria and avid supporter of PAR projects. Minutes of the January 8, 2009 City of Anna Maria Commission Special Meeting and Hearing on amendments to the ROR District state: “Sissy Quinn, 301 N. Bay Blvd, representing the Historical Society, said she loves the new construction on Pine Ave. Ms. Quinn presented a picture of the former Anna Maria Inn to indicate the design closeness of the new construction.” Prior to Quinn forming the AMIPT, Quinn was removed as the executive administrator of the Anna Maria Island Historical Society (AMIHS) by the AMIHS board of directors.
David Teitelbaum, vice-president of the AMIPT, is a resident of Bradenton Beach and has done a great deal of resort condo development in Bradenton Beach. On his website, www.davidsislandlistings.com and under ‘David’s Bio’, it says in 2000 he acquired the Old Bridge Village complex and developed it into a mixed-use condominium complex. In 2004 he acquired the Tortuga Inn Beach Resort and the Tradewinds Resort in Bradenton Beach and later converted 90 apartments in the two resorts to hotel-condominium ownership. He also purchased the 10 unit SeaSide Inn Beach Resort in Bradenton Beach and is developing Aqua Marine, a 4 unit luxury gulf-front condominium project in Holmes Beach.
Jo Ann Mattick, secretary/treasurer of the AMIPT, is a resident of Anna Maria and, of course, an Anna Maria commissioner.
The AMIPT has stated that it will be conducting an audit of historically significant buildings over 50 years old, installing historic plaques and markers and trying to save historically important structures. This seems redundant as our long standing AMIHS already does a lot of this. The AMIPT has also stated that it will be creating a historical walking tour map and pursuing preservation grant money.
While it may be a worthy cause to ‘preserve’ the building at 117 N. Bay Blvd., which is a circa 1914 structure, it is important to stress that it is now a single family residential home that is part of an existing residential neighborhood. Manatee County records show that the house and its 3 lot parcel have been owned since 1994 by Karl and Agatha Hebebrand of Chevy Chase, Maryland. The property is in the R-1 Residential zoning district.
Will developers Teitelbaum, Chiles, Coleman, LaRoche and Mike & Lizzie Thrasher be interested in preserving the single family residential house and property for permitted residential uses only? Or will they want to have the Future Land Use Map and zoning map changed to allow more intense uses like receptions (i.e. wedding receptions) and other events? Will PAR want to use the large 18,810 square foot property for parking for whatever PAR may develop on the vacant 6 lot parcel across from the City Pier?
Residents should watch this one!