PARADISE BAY SARASOTA BAY BOAT & FISH CLUB MINUTES. December 3, 2019
President, Carl Shaver
Vice President, Gary Armour
Treasurer, Joyce Stepansky
Secretary, Sheila Gilstrap
The meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM by President, Carl Shaver, 65 members present. Treasurer Report and Secretary Minutes were read and approved.
VICE PRESIDENT REPORT: Sign-up sheets were passed around for the January 6 PB Coffee Hour, Coast Guard Boat Inspection January 7, CPR/AED Refresher Course in March.
MOTION: Club pay for CPR/AED Class Fees. PASSED
Fishing Contest Awards were presented. Rick Plite reported fishing from the Jetty’s were more productive than from a boat this month. Try several types of bait, cut bait was catching sand perch near Egmont. Lizard Fish cut up caught Sand Perch.
DOCKMASTER REPORT: John Mattei Reported there are 107 docks, 28 are privately owned. Ten of the remaining docks will be Grandfathered in for Sarasota Bay RV Park Residents and 69 for Paradise Bay Estates Shareholders. One project completed recently was recalibrating the channel lights to Coast Guard Regulations.
New Projects: Power washing the Finger Docks. Don Vogel reported the 5thStreet Boat Ramp project is ongoing and will hopefully begin in January. This will include a concrete slab approximately 30’ out into the channel connected by Stainless Steel Cables. This will attach to the existing concrete approach. This project is expected to cost between $50 to $75,000. He is meeting with Engineers on the design in the next couple weeks.
There was discussion regarding the new Boat Dock Rules recently passed by Paradise Bay Board of Directors. John Mattei offered to discuss this further with anyone wanting to visit with him. The PB Board Votes on the Rules, The Dockmaster handles the Wait List and the position boats are located within the docks. Rick Plite requested further discussion on the Dock Rules to be added to the Meeting Agenda in the near future.
Boat Assist List: Thanks to Don Domrose and Gene Severson for handling this in the past. Jim Gath has offered to take over this important list.
The Frank & Bean Dinner will be January 25, 2020. Ken Huizinga discussed the need for volunteers to help with this dinner to make our fundraising a success. Raising the cost above $5.00 was discussed and decided to leave the price at $5.00.
The February meeting will be January 28, 2020 Chili Luncheon. George Halper, Floridafisheriesfoundation.org will be a special speaker on water quality and possible resolutions to fight Red Tide.
Meeting was adjourned 9:54 AM