By Greg Ellison

(June 11, 2020) The OPA Board of Directors voted 6-0 last Wednesday to approve an annual parking lot lease with Seacrets on 49th Street across from the Beach Club.

The lease terms were approved unanimously during the board meeting on June 3, with Director Steve Tuttle not in attendance.

OPA President Doug Parks, who introduced the memorandum with Seacrets for the use of the beach side and bayside parking lots, said changes to the current year’s lease fee structure were included.

“As their business has been affected by the covid-19 pandemic, Seacrets approached us to ask if we would give them consideration for changes in the fee structure of the existing leases associated with the use of the OPA-owned beachside and bayside parking lots,” he said.

Negotiations to renew lease terms have been underway since the board held a closed session meeting on May 18.

Although willing to accommodate revised rates for the Beach Club parking lot lease this year due to extenuating circumstances, Parks stressed the OPA intends to keep ownership of the parcel with no designs on using it for other purposes.