Reality and the Beach

Hysteria - "behavior exhibiting overwhelming or unmanageable fear or emotional excess"

FACTS:

18 acres of City owned beach property (I have heard up to 19 acres, but this is a conservative figure).

43,560 square feet to each acre.

18 acres X 43,560 square feet = 784,080 square feet of land area

Size of new building to contain ballroom and retail/restaurant space: 40,000 square feet (two stories)

Approximate size of that building's footprint: 20,000 square feet

Percentage ground coverage of that building to the overall site: 20,000/ 784,080 = 2.5 percent of total site area

Property to be leased (City retains ownership) for a period of 20 years.

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