On Tuesday, it’s election day, with seats up on all local levels. On Monday, Sarasota City Commissioners will discuss selling city-owned land on MLK Way to an African American non-profit to build a cultural center, a multimodal transportation impact fee, and abandoning a downtown street for a private development. They are also expected to approve spending $7 million to buy land across from city hall to build workforce housing – the retiring city manager’s hallmark project.
Monday (08/19)
City of Sarasota Commission regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: The commissioners will discuss selling three city-owned lots on MLK Way to the Sarasota African American Cultural Coalition (SAACC) to build a cultural center; they will discuss raising the homestead exemption for low-income homeowners; and enacting a multimodal transportation impact fee for developers; and abandoning a downtown street for a private development is on the agenda again. They are also expected to approve spending $7 million to buy land across from city hall to build workforce housing.
9:00 AM
City Commission Chambers, 1565 First Street, Sarasota
Tuesday (08/20)
None
Wednesday (08/21)
City of Sarasota Development Review Committee regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Proposal to build a 17-unit affordable townhome complex on Rhodes Ave. by Habitat for Humanity; a private developer wants to build 18 market-rate townhomes at University Parkway and Old Bradenton Road.
9:00 AM
City Commission Chambers, 1565 First Street, Sarasota
Sarasota School Board regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Discussion of revised heat exertion policy; $300,000 settlement in Elsa Beal vs school board case; discussion of two other lawsuits; discussion of “name, image and likeness” policy for student athletes; approval of five-year, $238 million capital improvement plan.
3:00 PM
Landings Administrative Complex, 1980 Landings Blvd.
Thursday (08/22)
City of Sarasota community workshop (agenda)
Highlights: Community workshop presenting a developer’s plan to build a four-story hotel off University Parkway, near the airport entrance.
5:30 PM
Selby Library, Sarasota
Manatee County Commission land-use meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Manatee Technical College wants to build a classroom at the airport; new elementary and/or middle school at Artisan Lakes in Palmetto, near I-75; three rezones at Lakewood Ranch that would allow construction of more than 1,000 apartments.
9:00 AM
Manatee County Administration Building, Chambers, First Floor, 1112 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton
Friday (08/23)
None