About The Islander. (St. Simons Island, Ga.) 1972-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 2024)
December 23, 2024, The Islander, Page 3 Fendig Continued from Page 1 Given a chance to comment a fi nal time, Fendig introduced his wife Catherine thanking her for her sacri fices while he served. He also recognized former Commis sioners he served with his first time around, Mark Bedner and Tommy Clark, along with Clark’s wife Lavo- nia who were all in the audience. He said, “The wives set aside their lives and things they want to do and put up with a lot. I thank them for all they do. It’s been an honor and I thank them for both their perseverance and loyalty.” Commissioners Wayne Neal (Dist. 3) and Walter Rafolski (At Large #2) were also recognized for serving as chairman and vice chairman respec tively the past year. In other business: • the BOC approved the issuance of a 2024 Alcoholic Beverage License for the new owners of the King & Prince Hotel on St. Simons. This particular license is for ‘The Cottage’ at 238 Arnold Rd., for retail package sales of malt beverages and wine, not for consumption on premises with Sunday sales permitted. The Cottage is located on Arnold Rd. to the left as you approach the hotel. It is owned by the new owners, Crown KP Hotel, LLC, but the prop erty is a separate parcel. During the public hearing Reid Zeh, whose wife owns The Still pack age store at the intersection of Arnold Rd. and Ocean Blvd., spoke in opposi tion to the license. Maintaining that the King & Prince has two full bars, Zeh said “this license seems redundant.” He added that there was no park ing at The Cottage and that would cre ate problems. Noting his package store, a number of restaurants that serve alcohol and a convenience store over on Demere Rd., Zeh said the area already had enough market saturation. He added that the Arnold Rd. / Ocean Blvd. intersection was “confus ing and dangerous” with all the com mercial businesses around it. “This (license) will create more traffic.” Zeh also cited the economic impact on the area businesses saying when the Cottage first opened as a coffee and pastry shop it had a negative im pact on another similar area business. Noting that he has a history with the King & Prince, Commissioner Cap Fendig (Dist. 2) said the law allows the hotel to apply for a license and they met the legal criteria for a license. He said alcohol licenses were a privilege given at the discretion of the BOC and they could be revoked if the licensee violates the law. Fendig said Zeh is concerned about competition, but he supports this li cense because they qualify for it. Fen dig added that he also supports the “recovery community.” Commissioner David Sweat (Dist. 4) noted that this would be a package store for beer and wine only, making it different from the hotel bars. In response to a question from Com missioner Sammy Tostensen (Dist. 1), Wesley Simons, the Vice President of South Street Partners, one of the ho tel’s new owners, said the idea behind the alcohol license was to provide a way for hotel guests to buy a bottle of wine or beer and take it to their room. He said the hotel does not provide al cohol by way of room service. Simons also corrected Zeh’s com ment that the King & Prince had two bars, one being in the nearby Hotel Simone on Ocean Blvd. Simons said his company does not own Hotel Sim one. It is still owned by the Ridgeland, Mississippi-based MMI Hotel Group. Also, MMI still owns part of the King & Prince and acts as the managing company. When Tostensen asked how they would enforce the no consumption on premises part of the license, Simons said the employees received strenuous training and knew not to allow guests to open and drink on The Cottage property. County Attorney Aaron Mumford confirmed the license would only al low the package sale of beer and wine. There would be no consumption on premises, nor would distilled spirits be sold. After a lengthy discussion, the BOC approved the license on a 6 - 1 vote. Tostensen voted no. • The BOC also approved two Glynn County Commissioners from left: Vice Chair Walter Rafolski, Cap Fendig, and Chairman Wayne Neal Islander staff photo - Permar change orders related to Hurricane Helene clean-up. One item was a $973,945 increase in the fee paid to Tetra Tech, Inc., for monitoring the hurricane-generated debris clearing, removal, and disposal services. The initial debris estimates were $201,267 for public debris removal and $37,500 for private debris remov al. Now that the project has started, it is apparent that the public debris removal is higher than anticipated, which precipitated the increase. The request was to increase the overall project total by $1,175,212 as the ini tial visual estimate for debris volume was low. Public Works Director Danny Smith explained that the initial esti mates were based on observations of the storm damage the day after the storm. He said it was difficult to deter mine the cubic yards of debris without going into all areas including people’s back yards. The initial estimate was for about 40,000 cubic yards, but that turned into about 87,000 cubic yards. A similar change order was also approved for CERES Environmen tal Inc., the company that actually removed the debris. The change in creased the amount of the purchase order by $800,000. The initial estimates were $712,500 for public debris removal and $37,500 for private debris removal. Smith said they expect this money to be 100% reimbursed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 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