On Tuesday, the Venice City Council discusses a nature-based flood mitigation pilot project. On Wednesday, the City of Sarasota Development Review Committee discusses an upzone requested by a developer for a block on the North Tamiami Trail. On Thursday, the Manatee County Planning Commission discusses plans for a 126-acre public park near Lakewood Ranch.
Monday (10/13)
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Tuesday (10/14)
City of Venice Council Commission regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Tarpon Center nature-based flood mitigation pilot project; upzoning of land along Knight’s Trail to ‘commercial intensive’.
9:00 AM
Council chambers, City Hall, 401 West Venice Avenue, Venice
City of Sarasota Commission workshop (agenda)
Highlight: Rules of procedure.
10:00 AM
City Hall, Commission Chambers, 1565 1st Street, Sarasota
North Port City Commission regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Restricting alcohol sales near schools and churches; raising utility fees; preparing a joint meeting with the Sarasota County Commission; state and federal legislative priorities; restricting residency rules for registered offenders.
10:00 AM
City Hall chambers, 4970 City Hall Blvd., North Port
Wednesday (10/15)
City of Sarasota Development Review Committee (agenda)
Highlights: Midtown Plaza redevelopment, second submittal; Zenith redevelopment, second submittal; Motorhaus storage, second submittal; Modera Sarasota: Without submitting a site plan, the developer is asking for a rezone of four lots on the east side of North Tamiami Trail, covering the block between 17th and 18th St. The developer wants to upzone from “North Trail Overlay District” to “Urban Mixed-Use 3”.
9:00 AM
City Hall, Commission Chambers, 1565 1st Street, Sarasota
Thursday (10/16)
Manatee County Commission Planning Commission (agenda)
Highlights: Recreational vehicles in mobile home parks. Also, the county wants to turn 126 acres of agricultural land near Lakewood Ranch (north of SR 70, east of Post Boulevard, southeast of Rangeland Parkway and west of Uihlein Road) into “Planned Development Public Interest”. The county wants to establish a public park there. The park could include a public library, sheriff substation, EMS station, an aquatic center, dog park, softball and baseball complex and fields, concessions, park maintenance facilities, racquetball complex, tennis stadium and courts, pickleball stadium and courts, locker room facilities, restrooms, multiuse building, hotel, secondary storage barn, gym, trails, outdoor fitness equipment, playgrounds, and shade pavilions. Rezone of 10 acres of agricultural land off the southeast corner of 9th Avenue and 99th Street NW in Bradenton to “Planned Development Residential”, and approving a Preliminary Site Plan for up to 10 single-family homes.
9:00 AM
Manatee County Administration Building, Chambers, First Floor, 1112 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton
City of Sarasota Bay Park Improvement Board meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Phase 2 update; recommendation for Phase 3; preview of Phase 4.
10:00 AM
City Hall, Commission Chambers, 1565 1st Street, Sarasota
Friday (10/17)
None