On Monday, the Sarasota County Commission will discuss the purchase of a golf course for stormwater management, and of waterfront land to turn into a public park. On Thursday, the New College Board of Trustees is expected to approve a $200K bonus for President Richard Corcoran.
Monday (02/09)
Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport board meeting (agenda)
Highlights: First solo flying board meeting for new Executive Director Paul Hoback; 2025 financials; additional baggage claim project; development agreements with Aircraft Services Hangar Group, SRQ Hangar LLC, and Roper Technologies; revisions to SRQ’s investment policy; department reports.
1:00 PM
Dan McClure Auditorium East, 6000 Rick Piccolo Circle, Sarasota
City of Sarasota Community Workshop (agenda)
Highlight: Community feedback for a project to open a wine and liquor store on the ground floor of the Boulevard Sarasota Condominium at 520 N. Tamiami Trail.
5:30 PM
The Modern Hotel, Studio Meeting Room, 1290 Boulevard of the Arts, Sarasota
Tuesday (02/10)
Sarasota County Commission regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: 2025 Parks Advisory and Recreation Council annual report; guidance for a potential acquisition and future use of the Gulf Gate Golf Course; hiring an engineering firm for potential environmental remediation of the land; adding a Venice property to the Resilient SRQ voluntary buyout program; $2.3 million for a systemwide wellfield improvements program; $1.7 million for a monitoring well; granting Community Development District privileges to a Pulte Homes development near Englewood; funding operations of a failed private utility provider with $450,000; funding the purchase of 2 waterfront acres at the Stickney Point Road bridge to Siesta Key with nearly $21 million, to turn it into a public park with kayak launch, docks, fishing pier, picnic shelters and restrooms; Casey Key Resiliency Program; 2025 utility report on water and wastewater activities; update on the prison campus.
9:00 AM
Robert L. Anderson Administration Center, 4000 S. Tamiami Trail, Venice
Manatee County Commission regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Update on the garbage collection program, apparently in response to outrage over service cutbacks; construction site dust storms; Chair Siddique proposes a change to public comment rules; Commissioner Ballard wants the county to fund the 2026 Juneteenth celebration with $5,000; after a Herald-Tribune investigation of an unlicensed care facility, Commissioner Ballard wants to make sure the county only funds licensed or certified mental health and substance abuse treatment facilities.
9:00 AM
Manatee County Administration Building, chambers, 1112 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton
City of Venice Council regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Annexation of two privately owned properties by the city; annexing land for iheartmedia’s Chalets at Venice project; upzone of 5 acres at Curry Lane from residential to “Institutional Professional”; rezoning rural land at Auburn and Border Road near I-75 to residential; raising EMS fees; letter of support for Lorraine Road extension project.
9:00 AM
City Hall chambers, 401 West Venice Avenue, Venice
City of Sarasota Commission special meeting (agenda)
Highlight: Selecting up to six finalists for the City Manager job.
10:00 AM
City Hall, commission chambers, 1565 First Street, Sarasota
North Port City Commission regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: 290-unit multi-family subdivision at Wellen Park; city ordinance for golf carts and low-speed vehicles; ‘Hometown Heroes Workforce Housing’ impact fee incentive program; appointing two students to the Environmental Advisory Board; City of North Port logo.
10:00 AM
City Hall chambers, 4970 City Hall Blvd., North Port
City of Sarasota community workshop (agenda)
Highlight: Information about and community feedback on the plan to redevelop the former Sarasota Lanes property on Fruitville Road into a 47-unit townhouse complex. The developer requests an upzone to “Downtown Edge”.
5:30 PM
The Modern Hotel, Studio Meeting Room, 1290 Boulevard of the Arts, Sarasota
Manatee County School Board meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Reading assessment results; name for the new AAA High School; North River Charter Academy’s $600,000 state grant application.
10:00 AM
Walter Miller School Support Center, Board Room, 215 Manatee Avenue W., Bradenton
Wednesday (02/11)
City of Bradenton Council regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Tropicana Park; allowing construction of a new city Public Works and Utilities building on 9th Street East, behind the Red Barn Flea Market.
8:30 AM
City Hall Council Chambers, 101 Old Main St., Bradenton
Sarasota County Commission Siesta Key workshop (agenda)
Highlights: Reports by Siesta Key organizations, discussion by commissioners.
9:00 AM
Robert L. Anderson Administration Center, 4000 S. Tamiami Trail, Venice
Manatee County Commission special meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Financial impact of potential property tax cuts proposed by the governor; changes to the county’s affordable housing incentive program.
9:00 AM
Manatee County Administration Building, chambers, 1112 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton
City of Sarasota Planning Board (agenda)
Highlight: Rezone for construction of an eight-story, 151-unit annex of the Plymouth Harbor retirement facility on St. Armands Key.
1:30 PM
City Commission chambers, city hall, 1565 First Street, Sarasota
Thursday (02/12)
Manatee County Commission land-use meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Allowing RVs in mobile home parks; allowing Lennar Homes to rezone nearly 700 acres of rural land in Parrish to build more than 2,000 homes; rezone of 80 “suburban agriculture” acres in Bradenton to build 80 homes; rezone of 31 acres of agricultural land in Parrish as part of a 733-home development project; specifying the developer’s road construction responsibilities in the 1,100-home Lazy C Ranch project; allowing SMR to rezone 4 acres near Lakewood Ranch from agriculture to “Planned Development Commercial”.
9:00 AM
Manatee County Administration Building, chambers, 1112 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton
New College Board of Trustees meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Approving new appointees to the New College Foundation board; annual performance metrics audit report; quarterly budget update; approval of President Richard Corcoran’s incentive compensation.
3:00 PM
Sudakoff Conference Center, 5845 General Dougher Pl., Sarasota
Friday (02/13)
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