On Monday, the Sarasota City Commission will discuss garage design and funding at The Bay Park. Tuesday, Manatee County commissioners will discuss the desecration of the Old Memphis Cemetery and community response. And on Wednesday, City of Sarasota planners will review the controversial Adagio twin-tower project downtown.
Monday (05/18)
City of Sarasota Commission regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: School of Arts and Sciences America 250 student quilt; Community Redevelopment Agency meeting; The Bay Park phase 3A and 3B design and funding, with parking garage design; contracting a consultant for the Downtown Master Plan update; time limits for the use of day docks at the Bay Park; funding cleanup after disasters; lease agreement with Sarasota Outboard Club; Repetitive Loss Area analysis.
9:00 AM
City Commission chambers, City Hall, 1565 First Street, Sarasota
Tuesday (05/19)
Sarasota County Commission regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Annual report of the Tree Advisory Council; establishing a “Siesta Key Beautification Task Force”; funding incentive programs of the Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County; allowing a retaining wall for a marina in the Myakka River Protection Zone; $1.7 million in changes to the Sheriff’s budget; reimbursing Neal Communities $180,000 for road construction at Wellen Park; $1.9 million in state funding for Phase 2 of the Ibis Street Multi-Use Recreational Trail; spending $14.7 million on the southern expansion of Lorraine Road.
9:00 AM
Robert L. Anderson Administration Center, 4000 S. Tamiami Trail, Venice
Manatee County Commission regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Port Authority meeting; criminal background checks for safety and security personnel; water well construction permitting program; update on infrastructure phase of federal disaster recovery block grant; five-year funding for a Manatee County police task force; Old Memphis Cemetery desecration and response; advertising revenue in public transit.
9:00 AM
Manatee County Administration Building, chambers, 1112 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton
Sarasota County School Board regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Lease agreement with Sarasota Children’s Museum at Wilkinson Elementary; public comment.
10:00 AM
Landings Administrative Complex 1980 Landings Blvd., Sarasota
Sarasota Public Hospital Board lunch (agenda)
Highlights: Review of financials; board issues.
12:30 PM
Kolschowsky Research & Education Institute, 5th Floor Board Conference Room, 1880 Arlington Street, Sarasota
Sarasota Public Hospital Board meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Medical staff reports; approval of bad debts and charity care; financial highlights; change of international investment manager; Cath Lab #2 renovations; Sarasota County Local Mitigation Strategy resolution; president’s report.
2:00 PM
Kolschowsky Research & Education Institute, Morganroth Auditorium, 1st Floor, 1880 Arlington Street, Sarasota
City of North Port Commission regular meeeting (agenda)
Highlights: Conservation easement to expand Warm Mineral Springs Park; solid waste services; event sponsorships.
6:00 PM
City Hall chambers, 4970 City Hall Blvd., North Port
Wednesday (05/20)
Sarasota County Commission budget workshop (agenda)
Highlights: Update on trends by economist Dr. Sean Snaith; legislative update; debt update; budget update; capital improvement program update.
9:00 AM
Robert L. Anderson Administration Center, 4000 S. Tamiami Trail, Venice
City of Sarasota Development Review Committee (agenda)
Highlights: Fourth submittal of plans for Adagio, a Live Local twin-tower project downtown; second submittal Fruitville Townhomes.
9:00 AM
City Commission chambers, City Hall, 1565 First Street, Sarasota
Thursday (05/21)
Manatee County Planning Commission (agenda)
Highlights: Shrinking the Newport Isles Community Development District; changing the North County Middle School site plan; changing 4 acres of agricultural land near Lakewood Ranch to commercial use; adding 36 acres of agricultural land to the 1,000-acre Villages of Amazon South project in Parrish.
9:00 AM
Manatee County Administration Building, chambers, 1112 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton
City of Sarasota public workshop (agenda)
Highlights: Main Street Complete Streets – what should Main Street look like?
5:30 PM
Selby Library, Jack J. Geldbart Auditorium 1331 1st St., Sarasota
Friday (05/22)
City of Sarasota Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (agenda)
Highlights: Review of strategies and recommendations.
9:00 AM
City Hall, 1565 First Street, Room 112, Sarasota