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| SHARKY’S AND VENICE AT ODDS |
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WENGNews writes, "SHARKY’S RESTAURANT ON THE PIER IN VENICE AND THE CITY OF VENICE APPEAR TO BE AT ODDS OVER AN AGREEMENT TO EXPAND THE RESTAURANT. THE CITY AND THE OWNERS OF THE RESTAURANT SEEMED TO HAVE A DEAL IN PLACE IN SEPTEMBER, BUT IT WAS NEVER SIGNED, AND NOW THE VENICE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH HAS THREE NEW MEMBERS SINCE THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, DOES NOT LIKE THE AGREEMENT. AT TUESDAY’S CITY COUNCIL MEETING, CITY ATTORNEY BOB ANDERSON MET WITH THE COUNCIL FOR MORE THAN TWO HOURS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, AND CITY MANAGER MARTY BLACK EMERGED FROM THE MEETING TELLING THE HERALD TRIBUNE “THERE WERE ISSUES THAT WERE UNRESOLVABLE.” THE REASON THE CITY ATTORNEY IS INVOLVED IS A PENDING LAWSUIT BY THE VENICE PIER GROUP, THE OWNER’S OF SHARKY’S, WHO FILED A MOTION IN DECEMBER FOR A TRIAL. A PRETRIAL HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL, AND IF AN AGREEMENT CAN’T BE HAMMERED OUT, A SUMMER TRIAL IS EMMINENT. THE CURRENT LEASE HAS SHARKY’S PAYING $1000 DOLLARS A MONTH AND FIVE PERCENT OF SALES OF MORE THAN $300,000 DOLLARS. ACCORDING TO THE HERALD TRIBUNE, PACHOTA WROTE A CHECK TO THE CITY FOR $380,000 FOR ITS CUT, MEANING THAT SHARKY’S BROUGHT IN CLOSE TO $8 MILLION DOLLARS LAST YEAR ALONE. "
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Posted on Feb 28, 2008 08:00am.
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