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This Week in Local Government

Written by on Sunday, October 6, 2024

Some of the meetings will likely be postponed, due to Hurricane Milton.

 

Monday (10/07)

City of North Port Commission emergency meeting (agenda)

Highlight: Declaration of local emergency regarding Hurricane Milton.

City hall chambers, 4970 City Hall Blvd., North Port

 

City of Sarasota Commission regular meeting (agenda)

Highlight: Lease Agreement with The Players Theater for Payne Park Auditorium.

9:00 AM

City Hall, 1565 First Street, Sarasota

 

Tuesday (10/08)

City of Bradenton Council regular meeting (agenda)

Highlights: Permitting a sidewalk café with alcoholic beverages at 12th St. W,

City Hall chambers, 101 Old Main St., Bradenton

 

Sarasota County Commission regular meeting (agenda)

Highlights: Discussion about funding for two affordable housing projects under American Rescue Act; Commissioner Neunder seeks discussion about funding options for the Early Learning Coalition, after the commission defunded it; Commissioner Moran wants to discuss backing for the City of North Port’s plans for Warm Mineral Springs.

9:00 AM

Sarasota County Administration Building, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota

 

Manatee County School Board regular meeting (agenda)

Highlights: Adopting amended school board policies; naming of the new east county K-8 school; year-to-date finances.

10:00 AM

Walter E. Miller School Support Center, 215 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton, FL 34205

 

Manatee County Commission regular meeting (agenda)

Highlights: Benderson Development wants Manatee County to release 54 acres of conservation easements within the University Park and Cooper Creek commercial areas. They include existing wetlands, wetland buffers, and wetland mitigation areas.

 

1:30 PM

Manatee County administration building chambers, first floor, 1112 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton

 

Wednesday (10/09)

Sarasota County Commission regular meeting (agenda)

Highlights: Funding for the Sarasota Sheriff’s aviation hangar, headquarters addition, and Correctional Reintegration Center.

9:00 AM

Sarasota County Administration Building, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota

 

City of Sarasota Planning Board (agenda)

Highlights: Allowing community gardens within the Downtown Zone Districts; accessory use to religious institutions; increase the maximum allowed height of seawalls and bulkheads to account for sea level rise; One Park West  – site approval for an 18-story luxury condo building with 69 units at The Quay.

1:30 PM

City Hall, 1565 First Street, Sarasota

 

Thursday (10/10)

Manatee County Planning Commission (agenda)

Highlights: Sawgrass Ridge – rezoning 142 acres of agricultural land north of Moccasin Wallow Road in Palmetto to “planned development mixed use”; changing the development plan for the 1,000-acre Moccasin Wallow development; changes to the development plan of the 286-acre University Commons.

9:00 AM

Manatee County administration building chambers, first floor, 1112 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton

 

Friday (10/11)

None