On Monday, the Sarasota City Commission will discuss the impacts of Hurricane Milton, as well as an implementation agreement for the new performing arts center. On Wednesday, the Sarasota County Commission will discuss the Hi Hat Ranch development, granting $7.5 m in federal disaster relief dollars to a developer group’s project, and funding an aircraft hangar requested by the Sheriff’s Office.
Monday (10/21)
City of Sarasota Commission regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Presentation about hurricane impacts and state of Sarasota Bay; discussion about hiring of city attorney and appointment of interim city manager; new performing arts center implementation agreement; creating a “Historic Preservation Transfer of Development Rights Program” for downtown; creating an ordinance to monitor affordable housing requirements.
9:00 AM
City Hall, 1565 First Street, Sarasota
Tuesday (10/22)
Sarasota County Commission regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Funding for a non-profit that employs the commission chair’s wife; facilitating up to $17 million in debt notes to Plymouth Harbor for construction of a healthcare facility as part of the private operator’s retirement campus expansion; performance evaluation of County Administrator Jonathan Lewis; $1.9 million for sports facility at Skye Ranch school; resolution allowing hurricane debris pickup along private streets; temporary suspension of certain building permit fees; funding options for non-profit that provides childcare services; criteria for a voluntary program to sell flooded homes to the county; funding for two affordable housing projects in the City of Sarasota.
9:00 AM
Anderson Administration Center, 4000 S. Tamiami Trail, Venice
Manatee County Commission regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Presentation about Bradenton-Palmetto connector; allowing temporary use of Anna Maria City Pier parking as landing spot for a ferry; hiring six bus drivers and a supervisor to increase frequency of bus route along Cortez Road; adopting an ordinance for inspections of pet stores and breeders.
9:00 AM
Manatee County Administration Building, Patricia M. Glass Chambers, 1112 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton
Manatee County School Board regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Adopting amended school board policies; naming of East County K-8 school.
5:00 PM
Walter E. Miller School Support Center, 215 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton, FL 34205
Wednesday (10/23)
Sarasota County Commission regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Anti-development activists will urge commissioners to refrain from paying for construction of a regional construction industry association’s “Building Industry Institute” with federal disaster recovery funding; Discussing funding for a new aviation hangar for the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office; additional funding for the Sheriff’s headquarter additions and renovations; changes to the Sarasota County Correctional Reintegration Center and renovation to the west wing of the Sarasota County Jail; granting $7.5 million in federal disaster recovery funding to a local builders’ association; allowing more commercial construction in suburban Venice; Hi Hat Ranch development; presentation of the Sarasota County Annual Citizen Opinion Survey by the University of South Florida (USF)
9:00 AM
Anderson Administration Center, 4000 S. Tamiami Trail, Venice
City of Sarasota Planning Board (agenda)
Highlights: Rezoning a 1-acre property on N. Shade to “downtown edge”; make recommendations for zoning text amendments allowing community gardens in downtown, clarify “accessory uses” to religious institutions, and allowing higher seawalls due to sea level rise; site plan approval for One Park West, an 18-floor luxury condo tower at The Quay.
1:30 PM
City Hall, 1565 First Street, Sarasota
Thursday (10/24)
None
Friday (10/25)
None