Even though the issue isn’t on the agenda, activists will be pressing for Bridget Ziegler’s resignation at a Sarasota School Board meeting this Tuesday, 6 pm.
Monday (01/15)
Martin Luther King Day
Tuesday (01/16)
City of Sarasota Commission regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Discussion and adoption of controversial new definitions for restaurants, bars and nightclubs; testimony by concerned citizens. More discussion about a comprehensive review of the city zoning code to promote workforce housing.
9:00 AM
City Hall
1565 First Street
Sarasota, FL 34236
Manatee County School Board regular meeting (agenda)
Highlight: Revised policies about instructional materials (selection and banning of books).
10:00 AM
The Walter E. Miller School Support Center
215 Manatee Avenue W
Bradenton, FL 34205
Sarasota County School Board regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Demonstration and public comment pressing Bridget Ziegler to resign. $80 million construction of a new Garden Elementary School building. Revised policies about instructional materials (selection and banning of books).
6:00 PM
1960 Landings Blvd.
Sarasota, FL 34231
Wednesday (01/17)
City of Sarasota Development Review Committee (agenda)
Highlights: Amaryllis Park Place III: Teardown of 64 public housing units and construction of 144 residential units in four three-story buildings off N. Orange Ave. in Newtown (plans here). Five-story luxury condo building on Kumquat Court, north of downtown. Thirty-six unit affordable apartment complex on North Tamiami Trail.
9:00 AM
City Hall
1565 First Street
Sarasota, FL 34236
Thursday (01/18)
Manatee County Commission land use meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Rezone of 20 acres off Lena Road, east of I-75, from agricultural to planned development (“Amara”), to build 606 apartments, 25% of them affordable. Rezone of 30 acres in Ellenton from agricultural to planned development (“Eden Ellenton”). Approval of 500-acre Lazy C Ranch project for 1,100 homes.
9:00 AM
Manatee County Administration Building
Honorable Patricia M. Glass Chambers, first floor
1112 Manatee Avenue West
Bradenton
Friday (01/19)
Joint session between Sarasota School Board and local governments about school facility planning (agenda)
School board shares needs and construction plans with Sarasota County, City of Sarasota, Town of Longboat Key, City of Venice and City of North Port.
9:00 AM
Suncoast Technical College
Conference Center
4748 Beneva Road
Sarasota
Monday (01/22)
New College campus master plan public hearing (agenda)
NCF will share the new campus plans and provide opportunities for public input.
5:30 PM
Harry Sudakoff Conference Center
5845 General Dougher Place
Sarasota, FL 34243
