On Tuesday and Wednesday, the Sarasota County Commission will discuss funding for an indoor sports arena at Benderson Park. On Wednesday, the Purple Ribbon Committee will finalize its recommendations for the future of the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.
Monday (07/07)
City of Sarasota Commission regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: City manager search; Bobby Jones Golf Course club house; approve upzone of S. Palm Avenue land for Mira Mar developer; 25-year lease extension for MarineMax boat storage facility on City Island.
9:00 AM
City Hall, commission chambers, 1565 1st St., Sarasota
Tuesday (07/08)
Sarasota Public Hospital Board strategic planning session (no agenda)
Highlights: Closed meeting. Discussion, reports, modification, or approval of the written strategic plan of the Sarasota County Public Hospital Board.
8:30 AM
Kolschowsky Research and Education Institute, 1880 Arlington Street, Sarasota
Sarasota County Commission meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Allocate more tourism development taxes to fund Ed Smith Stadium and construction of a $20 million indoor sports arena at Nathan Benderson Park; allowing a medical marijuana dispensary at Stickney Point Road near Gateway Blvd.; adding $10 million for stormwater maintenance, repair, and restoration; final plat approval for three major suburban developments; approve funding for human services non-profits based on recommendations by advisory committees (official end to Moran micromanagement); upzoning of property near Laurel Road and I-75 in Venice, from ‘Low Density Residential’ to ‘Commercial Highway Interchange’.
9:00 AM
Robert L. Anderson Administration Center, 4000 S. Tamiami Trail, Venice
City of Venice Council meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Tribute to retiring City Manager Ed Lavallee; hiring of James Clinch as new city manager; ordinance to adopt the Florida ‘Live Local Act’ for affordable housing construction; creating a public hospital district around the SMH campus in the Laurel Road area; Curry Creek stormwater maintenance update;
9:00 AM
City Hall chambers, 401 West Venice Avenue, Venice
City of North Port Commission meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Raising city fees; outsourcing fleet repair services; increase in transportation impact fee funding for Price Blvd. widening project by $6.7 million; discussion of public-private partnerships in construction of new police headquarters, solid waste transfer station, and wastewater treatment facility, after voters rejected borrowing.
6:00 PM
City Hall chambers, 4970 City Hall Blvd., North Port
Wednesday (07/09)
Sarasota County Commission meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Request for the county to become a founding member of the Florida Workforce Housing Council; schedule an affordable housing workshop; $20 million indoor sports arena at Nathan Benderson Park; adding a $620,000 renovation and expansion of Sheriff’s facilities upgrade to capital projects; $1.67 million for park improvements at the Nature Park at Bobby Jones Golf Course; allowing residential buildings up to 110 foot tall at the Southwest quadrant of I-75 and University Parkway; dissolving the Lakes of Sarasota Community Development District; $150,000 for Phillippi Creek dredging; creating a Sarasota County State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program; agreement with Hi Hat Ranch developers for access through county-owned land; approving $2.1 million in Tourist Development Cultural/Arts grants; approving an $8 million budget for the Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau; select and approve applications for the Resilient SRQ Voluntary Buyout Program; report of the Stormwater Environmental Utility Advisory Committee.
9:00 AM
Sarasota County Administration Center, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota
City of Sarasota Planning Board meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Signage and parking exemptions for Florida Studio Theater Artist Wing; rezone of Alderman Oaks retirement facility (727 Hudson Avenue) to ‘Downtown Edge’; decrease of front yard setback for New Trail Plaza project (4600 N. Tamiami Tr.); allow for two monument ground signs at 1600 Main Street.
1:30 PM
City Hall, commission chambers, 1565 1st St., Sarasota
City of Sarasota Purple Ribbon Committee (agenda)
Highlights: Discussion and agreement on committee draft final report, presentation dates to city commission.
5:30 PM
City Hall, SRQ Media Studio- Annex Building, 1565 1st St., Sarasota
Thursday (07/10)
Manatee County Planning Commission meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Rezone of 15.3 acres north of State Road 64 and Uihlein Road from agriculture to ‘Planned Development Commercial’ for Casto Net Lease Properties; approval of 36-unit apartment project at SR 70 East and 63rd Street East.
9:00 AM
Manatee County Administration Building, Chambers, 1112 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton
Friday (07/11)
None