On Monday, the Sarasota City Commission will hear about FPL undergrounding plans. On Tuesday, the Sarasota School Board is expected to approve stripping LGBTQ students of discrimination protections. The Manatee County School Board will discuss approving a for-profit charter school in Parrish.
Monday (07/21)
City of Sarasota Commission regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: FPL presentation of its Storm Secure Underground Program; presentation Colson Hotel updates; stricter ordinance for vacation rentals; expansion of Sarasota Yacht Club; rezone request for a recently rezoned property at 1715 North Tamiami Trail.
9:00 AM
City Hall, city commission chambers, 1565 First Street, Sarasota
Manatee County Commission hearing officer (agenda)
Highlight: Special permit for a Preliminary Site Plan to allow “Group Housing” on 72 acres of agricultural land on the east side of Lorraine Road, south of SR 64 East.
3:00 PM
Manatee County Administration Building, 5th Floor, Manatee Room, 1112 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton
Tuesday (07/22)
City of North Port Commission regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Raising city fees; increasing impact fee funding for Price Boulevard widening by $6.7 million; final plat for 146-unit town home development at Wellen Park; more discussion about public-private partnerships to build police headquarters and solid waste transfer station.
10:00 AM
City Hall chambers, 4970 City Hall Blvd., North Port
Sarasota School Board work session (agenda)
Highlights: State Legislature session review; strategic plan update; state assessment results; anti-vaping task force.
10:00 AM
Landings Administrative Complex, 1980 Landings Boulevard, Sarasota
City of Bradenton Council workshop (agenda)
Highlight: Discussion of how to go about filling the vacated Ward III council seat.
1:00 PM
City Hall council chambers, 101 Old Main Street, Bradenton
Sarasota School Board regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: K-4 math instructional materials; Mental Health Assistance Allocation Plan; revised school board policies (ending the ban on discrimination and harassment of LGBTQ students), K-12 code of student conduct; tentative millage and budget.
3:00 PM
Landings Administrative Complex, 1980 Landings Boulevard, Sarasota
Manatee County School Board regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Discussion with Dr. Bill Vogel of the Florida School Boards Association (FSBA) regarding superintendent search; state school district grades; changes to school board policies; approving public funding for a for-profit school by Charter Schools USA (“Parrish Classical Preparatory Academy”); board and district travel.
5;30 PM
Walter Miller School Support Center Board Room, 215 Manatee Ave. W, Bradenton
New College Board of Trustees special meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Spending $1.6 million to lease temporary student housing on campus of USF Sarasota-Manatee; approve collective bargaining agreement. Followed by second public input session on campus master plan update.
5:30 PM
Sudakoff Conference Center, 5845 General Dougher Pl., Sarasota
Wednesday (07/23)
City of Bradenton Council regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Permit for CBR Holdings to operate a sidewalk café serving alcohol at 412 12th St. W.; how to spend $258,000 in federal disaster recovery funding; designating 28 acres on 9th St. (“Tropicana Public Works Site Reuse Area”) as a brownfield site; annexing to the city 32 acres between 1st St. E., US 301 and the CSX Railway and designating it for future industrial use; Ward III seat; renaming the Day Dock to “Bradenton Riverwalk Pier”.
8:30 AM
City Hall council chambers, 101 Old Main Street, Bradenton
Thursday (07/24)
City of Sarasota Downtown Master Plan Update Ad Hoc Committee (agenda)
Highlights: Procedures and expectations; draft invitation to negotiate for consultant candidates.
5:30
City Hall, commission chambers, 1565 1st St., Sarasota
Friday (07/25)
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