ANNA MARIA – The city of Anna Maria has issued a request for proposals (RFP) seeking a tenant to lease and operate a takeout grill and bait shop on the new City Pier.
“The city of Anna Maria requests proposals for a tenant to operate a grill and bait shop located on the historic Anna Maria City Pier which shall have a family-friendly and simple takeout style food and beverage service, with fishing bait available,” the RFP says.
Mayor Dan Murphy presented a draft version of the RFP during Friday’s emergency city commission meeting. Additional input from commissioners and potential bidders Sherman Baldwin and Brian Seymour helped produce the revised RFP posted later that day at the city website.
The RFP pertains to the city-owned bait shop building on the left side of the pier’s T-end deck area, as viewed from shore. The RFP does not seek responses to operate a full-service restaurant in the larger city-owned building to the right.
The pier building on the left is being offered for lease as a grill and bait shop. – Joe Hendricks | Sun
On July 30, the city commission rejected by 3-2 vote the restaurant and bait shop lease proposal for both buildings presented by Ugly Grouper LLC. The pursuit of a full-service restaurant tenant is currently on hold and may or may not be pursued in the future.
A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will take place at city hall on Thursday, Aug. 13 at 10:30 a.m. The pre-bid meeting will provide potential bidders the opportunity to pose questions and learn more about the available space. Monday, Aug. 17 is the deadline to submit written questions. Bid proposals must be submitted prior to the public bid openings at 1 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 21.
RFP details
According to the RFP, the grill and bait shop space is approximately 300 square feet, and that is the primary area being offered for lease. As discussed Friday, the RFP also references the possible use of some additional space inside the larger pier building for cold storage, including a walk-in cooler and/or freezer.
The areas shaded in blue are being offered for lease in the new RFP. – Joe Hendricks | Sun
The RFP notes the common areas outside the bait shop can be used by the tenant’s customers on a first-come, first-served basis, but those tables and benches cannot be reserved. The common area may also be used for live entertainment subject to city approval.
The RFP states the common areas must be open to the public seven days a week from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m. The grill and bait shop is expected to operate seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., but alternative hours could be considered.
During Friday’s meeting, Murphy and the commission agreed the entire pier will close at 10 p.m., or soon thereafter, and remain closed overnight – unlike the old City Pier that remained open around the clock. The commission also supported Commissioner Mark Short’s suggestion to limit the bait shop and grill tenant’s beverage sales to beer, wine and soft drinks.
The RFP offers an initial five-year lease with one five-year extension available at the tenant’s option.
The proposals will be evaluated and independently scored based in part upon the proposed annual rent; the estimated costs of tenant’s buildout and equipment; the limited food and beverage menu and prices, including bait shop offerings; the tenant’s small grill, restaurant and takeout experience; the estimated timeframe to become fully operational and references and verifiable information regarding the bidder’s financial ability to perform.
Regarding the interior buildout of the leased space, the city will provide drywall, flooring, a kitchen hood, a grease trap and interceptor, fire suppression and roughed-in electrical and plumbing, excluding fixtures.
The tenant will provide the fixtures, equipment, painting, finish work and other materials needed to complete the interior buildout – and bidders must provide the estimated cost of their improvements and equipment.
“The tenant is expected to have 45 days to complete the buildout of the grill and bait shop interiors and then open for business,” the RFP says.
The city will clean and maintain the exterior of the leased building and the common area around it. The city will also clean and maintain the public restrooms and maintain and repair the air conditioning and heating units that serve the leased area. In exchange, the tenant will reimburse the city for 10% of those actual cleaning and maintenance costs during the first year of the lease. That percentage will then be reevaluated and negotiated annually.
The tenant will also reimburse the city for 10% of the city’s actual costs to clean and maintain the rest of the pier’s common areas, including the pier platform, the approach area and the parking area. Should the city decide to employ a pier maintenance manager, the tenant may also be required to share up to 10% of the manager’s salary.
Updated Aug. 3, 2020 – ANNA MARIA – The Anna Maria City Commission has rejected Ugly Grouper LLC’s offer to lease the city-owned restaurant and bait shop buildings on the new City Pier.
Thursday night, the commission voted 3-2 in favor of rejecting the lease offer presented by Mike Ross, co-owner of the Ugly Grouper restaurant in Holmes Beach. The motion made by Commissioner Jon Crane and supported by commissioners Carol Carter and Amy Tripp also terminated those lease discussions and negotiations.
Although they shared many of the same concerns regarding the offer presented, commissioners Joe Muscatello and Mark Short opposed Crane’s motion and supported giving Ross and Mayor Dan Murphy two more weeks to continue their negotiations.
In the wake of the decision, the city’s immediate goal is to find a vendor to operate a bait shop and snack bar, while questions remain regarding the need for a full-service restaurant on the pier.
Ugly Grouper offer
Before Ross presented his offer, Murphy said the commission had four options:
Accept the offer as presented and develop a final lease agreement.
Reject the offer and continue the pursuit of a modified offer.
Reject the offer and terminate the lease negotiations.
Consider the offer, but delay taking any formal action.
Murphy noted the offer Ross was presenting was the result of the fact-finding discussions he and Ross engaged in since mid-May.
“I think we could have the bait shop and snack shop open this fall, with the restaurant right after that,” Ross said during his opening remarks, while participating by phone.
He then read aloud the two-page Ugly Grouper offer previously emailed to Murphy and the commissioners.
The floor plan submitted by Ugly Grouper LLC proposed a total of 162 seats. – City of Anna Maria | Submitted
The Ugly Grouper offer was accompanied by a floor plan and seating chart that proposed 162 total seats – 72 inside the restaurant, 46 in the covered, open-air breezeway and deck area just outside the restaurant building and eight outdoor bar seats along the side of the bait shop.
The floor plan proposed 36 additional seats in the uncovered common area on the deck behind the bait shop. Ross said that area could include a shade feature to be opened or closed depending on weather conditions.
Although not designated as fishing space, the floor plan indicated approximately 7 feet of mostly open space along the rear and side edges of the T-end deck.
Ross proposed a 10-year lease with four potential 10-year extensions. He proposed paying the city $14,000 per month in base rent – $4,000 less than the $18,000 offered in the group’s original response to the city’s request for proposals (RFP).
Based on an estimate from local builder Frank Agnelli, the Ugly Grouper offer proposed it would cost $1.02 million to complete the interior buildouts of the restaurant and bait shop buildings. Ross proposed the city pay $440,650 of that amount to cover the cost of air conditioning and heating equipment, electrical and plumbing outlets, drywall, flooring and walk-in coolers.
“City either pays Ugly Grouper $440,650 cash or credits Ugly Grouper in free rent for buildout of the restaurant – approximately 2.5 years free rent,” the offer sheet said.
Ross proposed initially paying the city $10,000 or $11,000 a month when business operations commenced and applying the remaining $3,000-$4,000 per month toward the city’s buildout costs.
Ross proposed his group pay 25% of the maintenance and cleaning expenses for the pier and the public restrooms.
Ross requested 64 parking spaces. He said the number of seats were more important than the number of parking spaces.
The Ugly Grouper offer proposed the city carry hazard and property insurance for the pier and pier building exteriors that covered the perils of fire, wind, hurricane damage and loss of income by the tenant. Ross said his group would carry a $1 million general liability policy and an additional liquor liability policy.
Commission response
Carter said the offer Ross presented was “quite different than the one we saw earlier.”
She then said, “Why have you increased the seating to this extent? We were familiar with about half that number previously. I am very concerned with this number of seats. The way you’ve laid them out doesn’t allow for a fishing pier and a public pier. It’s all restaurant,” Carter said.
Commission Chair Carol Carter expressed concerns about the number of seats requested. – Joe Hendricks | Sun
Ross said the proposed number of seats would create a “win-win” scenario that provided the revenue needed for the restaurant operations and the rent revenue sought by the city. He also said having less than 150 seats would require a more expensive liquor license that costs $350,000.
Murphy said he thought previous pier tenant Mario Schoenfelder was licensed for 70 to 80 seats.
During the meeting, Ross said he just received a text message confirming that Schoenfelder operated with 120 total seats.
“126 is our ask right now, with 36 public seats,” Ross told the commission.
General Manager Thad Treadwell later told The Sun that Schoenfelder operated with 96 inside seats and 24 outside seats.
On Sunday, Schoenfelder sent Murphy an email disputing those claims.
“TCPR Inc. operated 72 seats inside plus five seats at the bar – total 77 seats inside,” Schoenfelder’s email said.
Schoenfelder told The Sun in an email that he had an additional 25 outdoor seats, for a total of 102 seats.
During Thursday’s meeting, Ross said he was open to crunching the numbers to see what could be accomplished with fewer seats. He asked the commission if there was a hard line on the number of seats, but that number was not provided.
Tripp said the city carrying an insurance policy that covered the tenant’s loss of income did not sit well with her. Muscatello suggested it would be expensive and consume a significant portion of the city’s rent revenues.
Short compared the negotiations to buying a car and said, “The dealer tells you X, you come with Y and there’s some back and forth.”
Regarding the offer presented, Short said, “Are there surprises? Certainly, there are a lot of surprises. I’ve also heard a willingness to continue discussions to try to hone in and deal with some of the things I think we all have concerns about.”
Muscatello supported allowing the negotiations to continue for two more weeks, but he also questioned the need for a pier restaurant. He suggested that space might be better used for educational purposes by partnering with Mote Marine.
Public input
During public input, Bob Carter said the city already invested millions of dollars in the new pier and the RFP stated the pier tenant would be provided with empty shells that included roughed-in plumbing and electrical.
Carter shared his wife’s concerns about the additional seating. He said the pier is a public space to be shared by visitors, people fishing and restaurant patrons.
“When I looked at this plan, it looks like we built this for a restaurant,” Carter said, noting he’d be happy with a restaurant that only had a beer and wine license. “I urge the city not to accept this as is.”
The Ugly Grouper floor plan proposed that 36 additional seats be placed on the deck area behind the bait shop. – Joe Hendricks | Sun
Former City Commissioner Doug Copeland participated in much of the pier replacement decisionmaking that occurred before he left office in December.
“I’m very disappointed,” Copeland said of the offer presented.
Copeland said the offer did not reflect what was proposed in the group’s original RFP response. He noted the RFP plainly stated the pier tenant was responsible for the interior buildouts and he encouraged the commission to reject the offer.
Post-meeting comments
After the meeting, Murphy commented on the commission’s decision.
“I support the commission’s decision because I think at some point in the future the city will be in a better position to rent that space out. Financially, we’re in good shape. We reconstructed that pier debt-free. That pier is totally paid for. If we had debt with that pier it would be a completely different picture. I think this presents an opportunity for the city to look at other alternatives,” he said.
“I think it was made clear that we don’t need to have a restaurant. But we do need something, and we need it quickly,” Murphy said regarding a bait shop and snack shop that offers a limited menu. “I’m going to pursue that vigorously.”
On Friday, Treadwell provided a statement.
“We appreciate the opportunity to work with the commission and Mayor Murphy on this project to reopen the Anna Maria City Pier bait shop and restaurant. We are disappointed we weren’t able to extend negotiations another week to clear up some miscommunications to try to reach an agreeable deal and open this fall. We are excited to see the historic City Pier reopen and will support whoever the new tenant will be,” Treadwell said.
Friday evening, Murphy sent commissioners an email regarding the pursuit of a bait shop/snack shop vendor.
Mayor Dan Murphy is now in the process of preparing an RFP for a bait shop/snack shop operator. – Joe Hendricks | Sun
“As a result of our meeting last night, I was given direction to explore the provision of takeout food and beverage service from the bait-shop/snack bar on the City Pier. Accordingly, we are in the process of preparing an RFP to solicit bids for that type of service. This should be finalized and ready for your review in the next seven to 10 days, or less,” Murphy wrote.
“Since our meeting last night, four local restaurateurs have contacted the city and expressed a keen interest in providing takeout food and beverage service from the bait shop facility. Our intent is to solicit bids from any and all interested parties once the RFP is prepared and approved. In the meantime, please send any of your concerns, ideas or points of interest which you would like included in the RFP,” Murphy wrote.
ANNA MARIA – The city of Anna Maria received two bids from parties interested in leasing the restaurant and bait shop buildings on the new Anna Maria City Pier.
Thad Treadwell and Mike Ross from the Ugly Grouper in Holmes Beach submitted a bid, as did Sean Murphy, owner of the Beach Bistro, Eat Here and The Doctor’s Office in Holmes Beach.
Current pier tenant Mario Schoenfelder did not submit a bid proposal in response to the RFP the city issued in January. Nor did any other restaurateurs or restaurant groups.
Anna Maria Mayor Dan Murphy opened the sealed bids during a public pier bid opening at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 8. That date and time also served as the deadline to submit a bid proposal.
The public pier bid opening was conducted as a virtual meeting with most meeting attendees participating by phone, including city commissioners Carol Carter and Amy Tripp
The proposed monthly base rent amounts and all other details contained in the RFP proposals received are not currently available to the media or the public.
Two parties have submitted proposals to lease the city-owned restaurant and bait shop buildings at the end of the new Anna Maria City Pier. – Joe Hendricks | Sun
After opening the sealed bids in the presence of City Clerk LeAnne Addy, Murphy said, “Those are the two bids we’ve received. The way this process works is we’ll have 30 days to do an analysis of these bids. I don’t suppose it will take 30 days. It is my anticipation that I would be able to report on these bids, back the commission, by the April 23 meeting at 6 p.m.” Murphy said.
“These bids are confidential for 30 days – or they’re not confidential once I release them back to the commission and make a report on the bids. If we give a report back on April 23, they would then become public record,” Murphy said.
After Murphy presents his report to the city commission, the commissioners will decide whether to accept or reject the proposals. If the commission accepts the proposals, the commission will then rank the proposals and authorize Murphy to discuss and negotiate lease terms with the top ranked bidder.
If the discussions and negotiations with the top-ranked bidder do not produce a suitable lease agreement, the mayor will seek commission authorization to discontinue those discussions and begin a similar process with the second-highest ranked bidder.
According to the RFP, “The city reserves the right to reject any or all proposals with or without cause; to waive any or all irregularities with regard to the specifications and to make the award to the proposer offering the greatest advantage to the city. All bids must be sealed and will be rejected if received after the submission date and time.”
The opening date for the new pier walkway and T-end platform for fishing and sightseeing remains unknown. – Joe Hendricks | Sun
The opening date for the new pier walkway and T-end platform for fishing and sightseeing remains unknown due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Murphy has previously stated that he intends to make the new pier and pier restrooms open to the public while the pier tenant completes the interior buildouts of the city-owned buildings.
ANNA MARIA – The Anna Maria City Commission has rejected Mario Schoenfelder’s final offer to lease the restaurant and bait shop buildings at the end of the new Anna Maria City Pier.
The commission reached this decision with a 5-0 vote at a special meeting on Friday, Jan. 10. A request for proposals (RFP) will now be issued seeking lease offers from other restaurant operators.
Schoenfelder participated in Friday’s meeting by telephone from Germany. He joined Mayor Dan Murphy and Commissioners Carol Carter, Jon Crane, Joe Muscatello, Mark Short and Amy Tripp in a 45-minute discussion about the written lease offer he submitted in late December. Crane also participated by phone.
Schoenfelder offered to pay $8,000 per month in initial base rent. He also offered to pay the $865,000 his architectural team estimated it would cost him to complete the interior buildouts and install the equipment needed to operate a restaurant and bait shop.
Schoenfelder proposed the first six months of the new 10-year lease be rent-free, with an annual Consumer Price Index-based increase starting after three years. Schoenfelder’s final offer was $4,000 per month less than the $12,000 he offered last fall, which also included $500,000 for the interior buildouts.
Schoenfelder previously rejected two lease options proposed by the city. One option proposed an initial base rent of $21,600 per month. The other proposed $18,900 per month, with an additional $250,000 up front.
When Schoenfelder rejected those options, the commission gave him until Dec. 31 to submit his final offer. The commission also authorized Murphy to prepare an RFP in case his final offer was rejected.
Signed in 2000 with an initial base rent of $5,000, Schoenfelder’s current lease expires on Dec. 15, 2020. The last rent payment he made before the old pier closed in 2017 was $11,898.
Friday’s discussion
Carter asked Schoenfelder why he offered $8,000 when he was paying approximately $12,000 before.
Schoenfelder said his previous $12,000 offer was based on contributing $500,000 for the buildouts. He said the $8,000 figure factored in the additional $365,000 for his buildout and equipment costs.
The City Pier project has an estimated total cost of approximately $5 million. Murphy said city taxpayers are responsible for $2.6 million of that and it would take 20 years to recoup those costs if the commission accepted Schoenfelder’s offer.
Addressing another concern Schoenfelder raised in his written offer, Murphy said the city would take out an insurance policy on the pier that would cover the improvements made by the pier tenant, minus any items that could be removed by the tenant. Murphy said the estimated $50,000 in annual insurance costs would add seven more years to the 20-year cost recovery timetable for Schoenfelder’s offer.
“I have a concern about how much obligation the citizens of Anna Maria are going to have if we accept this proposal,” Carter said.
Short said the city has already paid $1.1 million of its $2.6 million pier project obligations, which leaves approximately $1.4 million in remaining city obligations.
Short said it was right to give the current pier tenant the first opportunity to lease the new pier buildings, but he believes it’s now in the city’s best interest to see what other opportunities exist.
Crane said he supports issuing the RFP and receiving additional offers because there’s such a large discrepancy between what Schoenfelder and the city think the rent should be.
“The RFP process helps you find the rent number, besides finding the vendor,” Crane said.
He said he hoped Schoenfelder would participate in the RFP process.
“If I would take part in the RFP, my proposal would be the exact same thing. I wouldn’t change one number,” Schoenfelder said.
“I’d like to see more options,” Tripp said.
“Let the market set the rate. The market will tell us what the rent’s worth,” Muscatello said.
The current pier tenant’s time on the City Pier appears to be ending. – Joe Hendricks | Sun
During public comment, part-time Holmes Beach resident Maureen Myers said the pier restaurant needs to be economically accessible to a wide range of pier users. She also asked how the city calculated its proposed rent options.
Former Commissioner Doug Copeland encouraged the commission to issue the RFP.
“This offer is unacceptable, and I encourage you to reject it,” he said.
In response to Myers, Murphy said, “This is a plain and simple math problem. How much do you have invested and what’s the timeframe you want it paid back on?”
“Let’s let the market decide whether this should be a restaurant or not. Maybe it should be some sort of public conveyance. Parks don’t have a payback over 10 years. It could ultimately be that the pier is not the venue for a restaurant because it won’t pay for itself. Going the RFP route, the market will decide what’s in the best interest and what the payback will be,” Murphy said.
Murphy said it’s not yet known how the remaining months of Schoenfelder’s current lease will be addressed.
ANNA MARIA – Mayor Dan Murphy will seek city commission authorization to prepare a request for proposals (RFP) for the potential lease of the city-owned restaurant and bait shop buildings being built on the new City Pier.
On Oct. 24, Murphy told the city commission that on Nov. 14 he would formally request authorization to prepare a pier lease RFP as part of the city’s ongoing efforts to secure a pier tenant.
In late September, Murphy emailed current pier tenant Mario Schoenfelder two options for a new 10-year lease.
Murphy proposed either an initial base rent of $21,600 per month or an initial base rent of $18,900 per month with an additional $250,000 up-front payment due upon signing.
Schoenfelder rejected those proposed terms and referred to his own previous offer to pay the city a base rent of $12,000 per month. Schoenfelder’s current lease expires in December 2020.
“His final offer is due to the city by December 13,” Murphy told the commission. “In case Mr. Schoenfelder’s offer is in fact rejected, I want to be prepared to quickly issue this RFP.”
Later in the week, Murphy was asked about the RFP process that could ensue if the commission rejects Schoenfelder’s final pier lease offer.
“Mario could bid it on it, as well as anyone else interested in having a restaurant on our pier if the commission authorizes putting it out for bid if Mario’s final offer doesn’t meet the needs of the city,” Murphy said.
“If it’s not in the best interest of the city, the commission could decide not to open a restaurant and use the space for other purposes. The city needs to get some sort of return on its investment over a 10-year span,” Murphy said.
Design conflict
During last week’s meeting, Murphy said a design conflict has arisen between the architect, Barron Schimberg, who designed the new pier buildings and the engineering firm, Ayres Associates, that designed and engineered the new pier.
“I have a meeting tomorrow to get to the bottom of all of that, to see exactly where the responsibility lies, as well as the scope of any delay it may cause us,” Murphy told the commission.
“Hopefully it will be a minor issue,” he added, noting that he would not publicly speculate on the exact nature of the design conflict.
On Friday, Oct. 25, Murphy issued an email stating his meeting with the architect and the engineers was delayed until Thursday, Oct. 31 because one of the parties was unavailable.
“We’ve got a plan to address any issues and I’m still investigating this,” Murphy said on Friday.
Interior build-out
During last week’s meeting, Murphy announced that Mason Martin Builders, the firm constructing the new pier buildings, has retracted its option to complete the interior build-out of those structures.
That decision came in the wake of a recent email exchange between Murphy and Schoenfelder in which Schoenfelder said he felt he was being forced to use the city’s contractor of choice to complete the interior build-outs of the spaces he hoped to lease.
Murphy told Schoenfelder he would not be obligated to use the city’s contractor for the interior build-outs and was free to get estimates from other contractors even though that could further delay the opening of the restaurant and bait shop in 2020.
ANNA MARIA – The construction of the new Anna Maria City Pier bait shop began this week with Mason Martin Builders erecting the first bait shop wall on Tuesday, Oct. 8.
On Thursday, Oct. 10, Mayor Dan Murphy provided the city commission with an update that included photographs of the new bait shop being built on the new pier’s T-end.
The first bait shop walls went up on Tuesday, Oct. 8. – Scott Moore | Submitted
Murphy said he, Public Works Manager Dean Jones and Building Official Luke Curtis took a tour of the pier earlier that day and the construction of the new restaurant building had not yet begun.
“We’re making some great progress. This building is really sound, it’s over-engineered. When I compare to what we saw with the old pier, this is really something. It’s a monument to stability,” he said.
The new bait shop is now under construction. – City of Anna Maria | Submitted
When asked, Murphy said the installation of the pier decking should be completed in early November, including the section of the pier damaged by the Sept. 10 barge accident involving i+iconSoutheast’s construction barge.
Murphy said Mason Martin Builders will install the Ipe decking at the T-end of the pier.
Cleaning and oversight
Commissioner Doug Copeland commented on the bird droppings visible on the pier decking in one of the photos and asked how the city plans to deal with that issue once the pier is finished and opened to the public.
Commissioner Dale Woodland noted the city of Bradenton Beach pressure-washes its pier on a regular basis, once a week.
“It’s an issue,” Murphy said, noting that pressure-washing was already scheduled for the current week and the following week.
He also predicted there will be fewer birds on the pier once the public is using it again.
“The wood is so beautiful. When we finally open it, I want people to be able to appreciate that beautiful wood that we chose to build this pier. It’s so impressive,” Murphy said of the Ipe hardwood decking.
Mayor Dan Murphy is already formulating plans on how to keep the new pier clean and well-maintained. – City of Anna Maria | Submitted
The mayor then presented the commission with an idea for future consideration – the creation of a pier oversight board that would include a mix of city residents and perhaps others who possess expertise in finance, development and other skills related to the oversight of a city-owned pier.
“They would advise the commission on maintaining the viability of the pier and taking care of it on a continuing basis,” Murphy said, noting that other cities utilize similar advisory boards.
“The pier is probably the single biggest asset this city owns. If you include the land and the buildings and everything else, you’re probably looking at about $12 million. That’s a huge asset,” Murphy said.
Murphy said he would present the commission with a more formal proposal early next year.
Taking into account the delays caused in September by the potential approach of Hurricane Dorian and then the barge accident, Murphy recently estimated the pier walkway and T-end decking would be open to the public in late January or early February. He anticipates the pier being open to the public while the interior buildout of the restaurant and bait shop continues toward completion.
Pier lease update
Murphy also provided the commission with an update on his ongoing pier lease discussions with current pier tenant Mario Schoenfelder. Schoenfelder’s current lease expires in December 2020 and he has expressed interest in a new long-term lease that would maintain his previous pier-based bait shop and restaurant operations.
“I met with Mr. Schoenfelder this week. We had a very cordial meeting, exchanging information back and forth,” Murphy said.
“Mr. Schoenfelder is going to provide us with his take on rent by next week. When I have that in hand, I would like to ask you for an emergency meeting so that we could consider it. I don’t think it’s a good idea to keep this lease situation open for a lengthy period of time. We’re at a critical point. Based upon what Mr. Schoenfelder’s offer might be, I think it would be good that we consider it as quickly as possible. As soon as I get that information, I will send that to you and then ask the chair to consider having an emergency meeting so we can discuss it and vote on whether it’s acceptable or not,” Murphy said.
Murphy and Schoenfelder have also recently discussed the possibility of the city leasing him designated parking spaces at and near the pier. They have also discussed the shared maintenance of the pier facilities and the tenant’s insurance and property tax responsibilities.
