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VOL 23 No. 31
Spring warms up AMI beaches
March 29, 2023
JASON SCHAFFER | SUN
March is going out like a lamb. A high of 64 degrees nearly emptied beaches on March 19 (inset) at Coquina Beach during what is typically the busiest week of the year, but as temperatures rose to 82 degrees one week later, on March 26, Manatee Beach was packed.
Price increases for Pines Trailer Park residents The Pines Trailer Park owners now seek $16.25 million for the park property. BY JOE HENDRICKS SUN CORRESPONDENT | jhendricks@amisun.com
BRADENTON BEACH – Pines Trailer Park residents will have to pay $250,000 more than they expected should they decide to purchase their park from the owner. Residents met again on March 15 to discuss their ongoing efforts to cooperatively purchase the 2.78-acre waterfront mobile home park property. The meeting at the Pines Trailer Park community building was open to residents only, who were presented with a seven-page document titled, “Join your
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fellow residents as we purchase The Pines.” The document, presented by Lifestyle Choice Realty Inc., notes its preliminary nature and says, “Numbers are subject to change as more information is obtained.” Another meeting is scheduled on Wednesday, March 29. In late January, the Jackson Partnership LLLP ownership group informed park residents and the residents association of their desire to sell the mobile home park. Under state law, potentially impacted mobile home owners must be given the first opportunity to purchase a mobile home park property before it can be offered on the open market. According to the financial document SEE PINES, PAGE 44
Parking garage bill speeds through committees House Bill 947 proposes building a parking garage in Holmes Beach. It was given the green light by a second state committee. BY KRISTIN SWAIN SUN STAFF WRITER | kswain@amisun.com
TALLAHASSEE – A bill proposing to build a three-story, 1,500-plus space parking garage in Holmes Beach is speeding towards approval. House Bill 947, proposed by Manatee County Rep. Will Robinson Jr., passed the Regulatory Reform and Economic Development Subcommittee on March 22 with the unanimous approval of all members present at
the Florida House of Representatives with a change to line 15, submitted by Robinson, addressing the enforcement of the bill. The line states that the parking garage can be constructed within the “territorial boundaries of the city of Holmes Beach, without obtaining any permit, approval, consent, or letter of no objection from the city of Holmes Beach.” The bill is now in the State Affairs Committee for consideration before moving to the House floor for a vote. If the bill passes those two votes, it moves on to the Florida Senate for consideration. If approved there, it would go to Gov. Ron DeSantis’s desk on July 1 to be vetoed or signed into law. SEE GARAGE, PAGE 35
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