The City Commission just voted down the proposal so Lido Pavilion will remain open to all of us. This is entirely due to your persistence and I am honestly overwhelmed by what we achieved together. Let us keep a close eye on the area to ensure it stays this way …
March 27, 2019
Final supporters
Sarasota residents must be able to access and enjoy our public beaches. Lido Beach Pavilion (formerly Lido Casino) has a long history of offering free & affordable, family friendly beach amenities (including an ocean front swimming pool). This legacy is under threat! The City Commission is being asked to approve major conditional use and site plan changes which will transform Lido Pavilion into a late night tiki bar, destination restaurant and private $100/day cabana facility, creating an exclusive club atmosphere and monopolizing parking. The proposed changes are a de facto privatization and are incompatible with a public beach amenity. Sign and share the petition to oppose these changes!
Today the snack bar and pool at Lido Pavilion seats 100 patrons, leaving plenty of parking for those who just want to use the beach (the parking lot holds about 300 cars). The proposed site plan change includes a 33 seat tiki bar, a 200 seat restaurant, and 10 private cabanas (for up to 60 people) renting for $100 a day. Employees will need parking, as well as the pool patrons who don’t fork over $100 for a cabana. (the applicants plan to hike pool fees for non-cabana renters as well). Parking demands would surge even more if special events, like weddings, take place on the proposed lawn. The changes are untenable due to parking issues alone.
Over-improving Lido Pavilion will detract from the laid back, accessible beach experience that Sarasota visitors and residents appreciate and expect at Lido. Unreasonable fees and monopolized parking will prevent Sarasota families from enjoying a facility that belongs to them. The applicants, Troy Syprett and Gavin Meshad have connections to other businesses in Sarasota. Mr. Syprett operates the Daiquiri Deck. Mr. Meshad's father, attorney John Meshad, is the registered agent for One Palm LLC, which owns the Aloft Hotel. Hotels have been eyeing the Lido Pavilion as a adjunct site for their guests. They want to be like the Ritz Carlton, which offers its guests access to the Ritz Carlton Beach Club on Lido.
Appropriating Lido Pavilion for the benefit of a private business by pricing out the public and consuming the public's parking is back door privatization and damages the public. Approving changes which will make our public beach facility a means of lining the pockets of insiders and squeezing out the public is an affront to hard working Sarasota families struggling to make ends meet. We deserve a facility which works for the public. LIdo Pavilion must not become the Aloft Beach Club.
Advocates for Lido Beach Pavilion need your help! We are asking City of Sarasota residents and Lido Beach visitors - visitors from Sarasota County, the state of Florida, the US and beyond - to sign this petition and share it with others. Tell the Sarasota City Commission to say no to government use, major conditional use and site plan changes to Lido Beach Pavilion. Sign the petition, Share the petition!
This petition will be presented to the Sarasota City Commission.
1. E-mail the City Commissioners and share your thoughts at [email protected]
2. Like our facebook page to stay up to date on this issue:
https://www.facebook.com/Save-Lido-Beach-Pavilion-...
3. Schedule one on one meeting with City Commissioners to discuss the problem and voice your opposition. You can call City Hall at 365-2200 to schedule.
4. Look for the "Save Lido Pavilion" presentation on youtube. Watch it and share it with your friends on social media or via e-mail. Ask them to take action and share it.
Write to individual City Commissioners to express your opinion and/or request a meeting at the following e-mail addresses:
Mayor Liz Alpert (District 2) (currently supports the plan) [email protected]
Vice Mayor Jen Ahearn-Koch (At-Large) (currently opposes the plan) [email protected]
Commissioner Willie Shaw (District 1) (currently opposes the plan) [email protected]
Commissioner Hagen Brody (At-large) (currently supports the plan) [email protected]
Commissioner Shelli Freeland Eddie (District 3) (currently supports the plan) [email protected]
Keep up with developments regarding Lido Beach Pavilion on facebook:
Updates
Reached 5,000 supporters
January 10, 2019
Reached 1,000 supporters
July 3, 2018
Reached 100 supporters
May 23, 2018
May 22, 2018
Seeing the count climb toward one hundred signers is truly something I never imagined could happen. It is your passion for our beach that is driving this momentum forward. If you could send this link to a few neighbors today, we might finally reach that milestone and show the Commission that this community is united.
2,317 Comments
My vote is to keep it the way it is. It is one of the last nostalgic places to visit on a whim. How many places can you visit in Sarasota where you wake up, throw on a suit and flip-flops to spend a morning, day or sunset free of charge if you like ?
As a taxpayer in the City if Sarasota I want to be able to enjoy my free beach and have easy parking As it is inseason there is not enough parking. There are days we can not even get to the beach. Are rhey going to build a 200 spit parking garage,
What happened to "The Public". I grew up in Sarasota, my grandfather helped build the Church of the Redeemer on the Bayfront, and founded Florida Power and Light with others. This is pathetic. Not what my grandfather would have approved of. Nor do I.
Leave lido alone. Our family friendly beach is beautiful. A spruce up of bathrooms and snack area could be done with private donations. No study on parking and traffic impact is ridiculous. Greed is behind this project not the citizens of Sarasota.
I am not opposed to modernizing the existing area (rest rooms, shops, eating area, playground) and the addition of seats and tikibar. I am opposed to the water park for children in the front (we have a beach right there!) and the cabanas at any price.
SAVE Lido FTOM MORE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT!!!!!
Simple... survey the public to redevelop a public space (Lido Pavilion) in a way the public prefers. Appropriate public dollars earned by unscrupulous development all over the county. Execute the plan.
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The City Commission just voted down the proposal so Lido Pavilion will remain open to all of us. This is entirely due to your persistence and I am honestly overwhelmed by what we achieved together. Let us keep a close eye on the area to ensure it stays this way …
March 27, 2019
Final supporters
Sarasota residents must be able to access and enjoy our public beaches. Lido Beach Pavilion (formerly Lido Casino) has a long history of offering free & affordable, family friendly beach amenities (including an ocean front swimming pool). This legacy is under threat! The City Commission is being asked to approve major conditional use and site plan changes which will transform Lido Pavilion into a late night tiki bar, destination restaurant and private $100/day cabana facility, creating an exclusive club atmosphere and monopolizing parking. The proposed changes are a de facto privatization and are incompatible with a public beach amenity. Sign and share the petition to oppose these changes!
Today the snack bar and pool at Lido Pavilion seats 100 patrons, leaving plenty of parking for those who just want to use the beach (the parking lot holds about 300 cars). The proposed site plan change includes a 33 seat tiki bar, a 200 seat restaurant, and 10 private cabanas (for up to 60 people) renting for $100 a day. Employees will need parking, as well as the pool patrons who don’t fork over $100 for a cabana. (the applicants plan to hike pool fees for non-cabana renters as well). Parking demands would surge even more if special events, like weddings, take place on the proposed lawn. The changes are untenable due to parking issues alone.
Over-improving Lido Pavilion will detract from the laid back, accessible beach experience that Sarasota visitors and residents appreciate and expect at Lido. Unreasonable fees and monopolized parking will prevent Sarasota families from enjoying a facility that belongs to them. The applicants, Troy Syprett and Gavin Meshad have connections to other businesses in Sarasota. Mr. Syprett operates the Daiquiri Deck. Mr. Meshad's father, attorney John Meshad, is the registered agent for One Palm LLC, which owns the Aloft Hotel. Hotels have been eyeing the Lido Pavilion as a adjunct site for their guests. They want to be like the Ritz Carlton, which offers its guests access to the Ritz Carlton Beach Club on Lido.
Appropriating Lido Pavilion for the benefit of a private business by pricing out the public and consuming the public's parking is back door privatization and damages the public. Approving changes which will make our public beach facility a means of lining the pockets of insiders and squeezing out the public is an affront to hard working Sarasota families struggling to make ends meet. We deserve a facility which works for the public. LIdo Pavilion must not become the Aloft Beach Club.
Advocates for Lido Beach Pavilion need your help! We are asking City of Sarasota residents and Lido Beach visitors - visitors from Sarasota County, the state of Florida, the US and beyond - to sign this petition and share it with others. Tell the Sarasota City Commission to say no to government use, major conditional use and site plan changes to Lido Beach Pavilion. Sign the petition, Share the petition!
This petition will be presented to the Sarasota City Commission.
1. E-mail the City Commissioners and share your thoughts at [email protected]
2. Like our facebook page to stay up to date on this issue:
https://www.facebook.com/Save-Lido-Beach-Pavilion-...
3. Schedule one on one meeting with City Commissioners to discuss the problem and voice your opposition. You can call City Hall at 365-2200 to schedule.
4. Look for the "Save Lido Pavilion" presentation on youtube. Watch it and share it with your friends on social media or via e-mail. Ask them to take action and share it.
Write to individual City Commissioners to express your opinion and/or request a meeting at the following e-mail addresses:
Mayor Liz Alpert (District 2) (currently supports the plan) [email protected]
Vice Mayor Jen Ahearn-Koch (At-Large) (currently opposes the plan) [email protected]
Commissioner Willie Shaw (District 1) (currently opposes the plan) [email protected]
Commissioner Hagen Brody (At-large) (currently supports the plan) [email protected]
Commissioner Shelli Freeland Eddie (District 3) (currently supports the plan) [email protected]
Keep up with developments regarding Lido Beach Pavilion on facebook:
Updates
Reached 5,000 supporters
January 10, 2019
Reached 1,000 supporters
July 3, 2018
Reached 100 supporters
May 23, 2018
May 22, 2018
Seeing the count climb toward one hundred signers is truly something I never imagined could happen. It is your passion for our beach that is driving this momentum forward. If you could send this link to a few neighbors today, we might finally reach that milestone and show the Commission that this community is united.
2,317 Comments
as a long-time property owner on Lido, I value the right of all Sarasota residents and visitors, regardless of financial ability, to freely enjoy the natural beauty of the beach. Privatising the pavilion infringes on the equal rights of out citizens.
My vote is to keep it the way it is. It is one of the last nostalgic places to visit on a whim. How many places can you visit in Sarasota where you wake up, throw on a suit and flip-flops to spend a morning, day or sunset free of charge if you like ?
As a taxpayer in the City if Sarasota I want to be able to enjoy my free beach and have easy parking As it is inseason there is not enough parking. There are days we can not even get to the beach. Are rhey going to build a 200 spit parking garage,
What happened to "The Public". I grew up in Sarasota, my grandfather helped build the Church of the Redeemer on the Bayfront, and founded Florida Power and Light with others. This is pathetic. Not what my grandfather would have approved of. Nor do I.
Leave lido alone. Our family friendly beach is beautiful. A spruce up of bathrooms and snack area could be done with private donations. No study on parking and traffic impact is ridiculous. Greed is behind this project not the citizens of Sarasota.
I am not opposed to modernizing the existing area (rest rooms, shops, eating area, playground) and the addition of seats and tikibar. I am opposed to the water park for children in the front (we have a beach right there!) and the cabanas at any price.
SAVE Lido FTOM MORE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT!!!!!
Simple... survey the public to redevelop a public space (Lido Pavilion) in a way the public prefers. Appropriate public dollars earned by unscrupulous development all over the county. Execute the plan.
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as a long-time property owner on Lido, I value the right of all Sarasota residents and visitors, regardless of financial ability, to freely enjoy the natural beauty of the beach. Privatising the pavilion infringes on the equal rights of out citizens.