On Thursday, March 12, Anna Maria City Commissioners unanimously authorized Mayor Mark Short and city staff to seek Invitation to Build proposals from contractors regarding the potential removal of some of the existing walls from the larger City Pier building previously occupied by Mote Marine.
Mayor Mark Short and the city commission want to know how much it might coast to replace two or more of the City Pier building’s walls with sliding glass doors that would provide an open-air environment while also providing additional seating for the public and for future Gulf Islands Ferry passengers when the hurricane-damaged pier fully reopens later this year or early next year.
The Invitation to Bid process does not obligate the city to remove the pier building walls and the mayor and commission have not yet determined the future use of the larger pier building.
The smaller pier building is still leased to Brian Seymour for his hurricane-suspended City Pier Grill & Bait Shop operations.
