On Tuesday, Sarasota County Commissioners will announce whether they picked the McCown Towers and Cocoanut Avenue affordable housing projects for funding. On Thursday, the Manatee County Planning Commission will discuss substantial changes requested by Mosaic Corp. for its Four Corners Mine operations.
Monday (01/12)
None
Tuesday (01/13)
Sarasota County Commission regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Architecture Sarasota proposes to buy county-owned building in downtown; impact fee study; presentation on the homeless population in Sarasota; amending budget to widen road for planned development in South County; funding for Manasota Key Road construction; adding $880,000 to the property appraiser’s budget; wildfire planning; Tom Knight wants to discuss proposed state legislation to create a “University Town Center Improvement District”; administrative process for Live Local Act proposals; select affordable housing applicants for $30m federal funding; allowing to addition of 258 units to the existing “Sarasota National” development in Englewood.
9:00 AM
Robert L. Anderson Administration Center, 4000 S. Tamiami Tr., Venice
City of Venice Council regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Shore protection project; rezone of county rural land at Auburn and Border Road to City of Venice residential; turning 2327 Ewing Drive from county rural to city medium-density residential; airport master plan update; presentation on Venice Beach yoga.
9:00 AM
City Hall, 401 West Venice Avenue, Venice
City of Sarasota Commission special meeting (agenda)
Highlight: City manager search, initial candidate review.
10:00 AM
City hall commission chambers, 1565 First Street, Sarasota
City of North Port regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Raising commissioners’ base salary; seeking a “Spring Designation” for Warm Mineral Springs; lowering the tax rate on FPL service bills.
10:00 AM
4970 City Hall Blvd., North Port
Manatee County School Board workshop (agenda)
Highlights: Discussion of the strategic plan; update of the Citizen Financial Audit Committee; federal legislative priorities of the Greater Florida Consortium of School Boards.
10:00 AM
Walter Miller School Support Center Board Room, 215 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton
Wednesday (01/14)
Bradenton City Council regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Eliminating a density bonus prohibition for coastal high-hazard areas in the urban core; sale of city-owned land on 18th St. W and 12th Ave. W. to private buyers; Lift Station 3 expansion.
8:30 AM
City Hall council chamber – 101 Old Main St., Bradenton
City of Sarasota Planning Board (agenda)
Highlight: Motorhaus Storage on N. Orange Ave.
1:30 PM
City hall commission chambers, 1565 First Street, Sarasota
Newtown CRA Advisory Board meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Robert Taylor Center mural; MLK Way redevelopment projects; business incubator; Marian Anderson site update.
2:30 PM
Robert L. Taylor Center, 1845 John Rivers Street, Sarasota
Thursday (01/15)
Manatee County Planning Commission meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Rezone of 31 acres along Rye Road in Parrish from agricultural to ‘Planned Development’ for 733 homes; rezone of 81 acres on 18th Ave. East near Braden River from agriculture/coastal to ‘Planned Development’ to build 80 homes (‘Bradenton Estates II’); extending time frame of the agreement with Mosaic Corp. at the Four Corners Mine and expanding the land covered by more than 1,200 acres.
9:00 AM
County Administration Building, chambers, 1112 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton
Friday (01/16)
Convocation of governments for public school facility planning (agenda)
Highlights: Public school facility planning. Joint special meeting of the City of Sarasota Commission, Sarasota County Commission, City of North Port Commission, Town of Longboat Key Commission, City of Venice Council and the School Board of Sarasota County.
9:00 AM
Suncoast Technical College Conference Center, 4748 Beneva Road, Sarasota