Venice Pier Under Scrutiny Over Construction Flaws
City Engineer Ted Yeatts says the Venice Municipal Fishing Pier may not have been built to approved plans. He questions who inspected and approved the project as records of inspections are missing or never existed. He believes no complete final inspection was performed and found the pier in poor condition.
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Venice Municipal
Ted Yeatts
Yeatts
Max G. Battle
Misener Marine of
St. Petersburg
Venice Center aims for completion amid budget talks
A city task force led by Councilman Eugene Caffrey forms to plan completion and programming for the Venice Civic Center later named Venice Community Center. The 1,000-seat brick facility near the tennis courts is under Growth International oversight, with a completion estimate of four to five months and a roof due in about two weeks.
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Robert L.anderson
Gilbert Niederlitz
James H. Huffaker
Philip O'Connell
Paul Atrochin
Eugene Caffrey
Thelma Freeman
Caffrey
Venice City Hall
Venice Civic Center
Dale Rieth
Venice Community Center
Venice City Council meeting agenda outlines services and projects
Venice officials discuss Fourth of July fireworks and potential airport authority formation. Items include dissolving the Waterworks Board, Veterans Memorial Park plans, Venice Wellfield Park development, library presentation, and first readings on power franchise, parks merge, and alcohol ordinances. Also on tonight's docket is a personnel rules revision. The Storer Cable TV rate hearing reconvenes at 7 p.m. in City Hall.
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Venice
Waterworks Board of Trustees
South County
Terry Ewing
Veterans Memorial Park
Venice Wellfield Park
Florida Power and Light
Parks and Recreation Boards
City Hall
Venice Pier Sparks Budget and Safety Debate
A seaside inspection of the Venice Fishing Pier shows conflicting views on repairs. Mayor Case opposes funding a $4,500 structural study, while City Administrator Rieth and Engineer Yeatts press for evaluation. Councilmen Freeman and Dean see no immediate danger, but the firm Howard Needles offers to perform the study for $4,500. The topic is likely to be discussed at the next council meeting.
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Dale Rieth
Yeatts
Ted Yeatts
Venice
Jan Dean
Bill Freeman
Briggs
Rieth
Howard, Needles, Tammen and Bergendorf
Orlando
Metric system moves toward global standardization
Venice officials hosted a seminar on metrification as the United States eyes a gradual shift from English to metric units within about ten years. Jean Meadows demonstrated meters and grams while explaining metric basics such as meter liter and gram and noting that watts volts and amperes already imply metric usage.
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United States
Miss Meadows
Venice Time Capsule to Seal Local Newspapers
The First National Bank of Venice will bury a time capsule on July 4 to honor the Bicentennial. Copies of The Gondolier and Sarasota Herald-Tribune from the Venice area will be stored to be opened in 100 years, with a pyramid obelisk marking the site.
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Sarasota Herald-Tribune
First National Bank of Venice
Merle Graser
First National
Greater
Venice
Graser
Venice Area
Washington, D.C
U.S
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