On Monday, the Sarasota City Commission will discuss affordable housing incentives. On Tuesday, the Manatee County Commission will do the same and elect a new chair. On Wednesday, the Manatee County Commission will meet to sort out long-term priorities and planning. And on Thursday, they will vote on a 2,000-home Lennar Homes plan in Parrish.
Monday (12/01)
City of Sarasota Commission regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Citizens with Disabilities Advisory Board presentation; Bobby Jones Golf Course club house design and site plan; Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC) incentive strategy recommendations; appointment of all AHAC members by the city commission; changes to noise ordinance; lease agreement with Historical Society at Pioneer Park; vacation rental expansion; Bay Park day dock rates.
9:00 AM
City hall commission chambers, 1565 First Street, Sarasota
Tuesday (12/02)
Manatee County Commission regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Update on how to spend $253m in federal disaster relief money (“Lasting Manatee”); affordable housing incentives; children’s services; election of new chair; AI pilot with state DOGE team.
9:00 AM
Manatee County Administration Building, chambers, 1112 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton
Sarasota School Board work session (agenda)
Highlights: School start times; school attendance; operating guidelines.
10:00 AM
Landings Administrative Complex, 1980 Landings Blvd., Sarasota
City of Sarasota neighborhood workshop (agenda)
Highlight: Major conditional use request to build a gas station and convenience store at North Trail and Myrtle St.
5:30 PM
Courtyard by Marriott Sarasota Bradenton Airport, 850 University Pkwy., Sarasota
Wednesday (12/03)
Manatee County Commission special work session (agenda)
Highlights: Vision and mission review; strategic goals; 2026 priorities.
9:00 AM
Manatee County Administration Building, chambers, 1112 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton
City of Sarasota Development Review Committee (agenda)
Highlights: South Shore Community Church wants to build multifamily on S. Tuttle; new Records Center for Clerk of the Circuit Court at Mango and Aspinwall.
9:30 AM
City hall commission chambers, 1565 First Street, Sarasota
Thursday (12/04)
Manatee County land-use meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Lennar Homes wants a rezone of close to 700 acres of agricultural land to build more than 2,000 homes in Parrish; rezone of 7 acres of agricultural land at Lorraine and SR 64; rezone of 15 acres of agricultural land at SR 64 and Uihlein; two 120-plus-room hotels at the US 301 exit of I-75; Lazy C Ranch road; county construction of an EMS center near Lake Manatee.
9:00 AM
Manatee County Administration Building, chambers, 1112 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton
Friday (12/05)
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