NORTH PORT – Developers seeking to quash a bid by residents for the city of North Port to contract city limits and de-annex land west of the Myakka River argued that the process itself is resulting in financial harm that cannot be fixed even if the city of North Port ultimately decides to keep its borders intact.
That’s essentially the gist of the latest statement filed Jan. 15 by attorney David Smolker on behalf of Wellen Park LLLP, Mattamy Tampa/Sarasota LLC, Neal Communities of Southwest Florida and GB WV LLC.
That came in response to the closing argument filed Jan. 7 by Luke C. Lirot, attorney for West Villagers for Responsible Government.
Construction of The Residences at The St. Regis Longboat Key Resort is expected to begin this summer following the conclusion of legal proceedings to terminate the condominium association of the former Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, Unicorp National Developments CEO Chuck Whittall said.
Deals for the last of the former Colony units were concluded recently, and an order to terminate the association was agreed to by Unicorp, the Colony Beach & Tennis Club Association Inc. and former unit owners. A circuit court judge signed it this week.
Unicorp CEO Chuck Whittall was on the property when workers began tearing down buildings in 2018.
NORTH PORT – Two of the founders of the West Villagers for Responsible Government have asked the court to allow them to intervene in Wellen Park’s suit to quash an attempt to contract the city of North Port and de-annex incorporated land west of the Myakka River.
Attorney Luke C. Lirot filed a motion on Dec. 10 asking Circuit Judge Hunter W. Carroll to allow John Meisel and David Fernstrum to intervene in the lawsuit.
Once granted that status, Meisel, the president of the group, and Fernstrum, the registered agent when the political action committee was first formed, will file a motion for summary judgment to dismiss the case filed by Wellen Park and its associates that is seeking to either block a proposed referendum on contraction or have the city of North Port consider the matter as part of a quasi-judicial process that would include the developers as part of the process.