On Tuesday, the Sarasota School Board will review a comprehensive plan to keep ‘Schools of Hope’ operators out of public school buildings. The Sarasota County Commission will discuss creating a dedicated funding source for land preservation.
Monday (11/3)
City of Sarasota Commission regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Affordable Housing Advisory Committee report; city manager search update; change of Marian Anderson Brownfield land in Newtown to “Production Intensive Commercial”; items to discuss in joint meeting with Sarasota County Commission; adopting the 2025 watershed master plan; historic designation for Payne Park Auditorium; Resilient SRQ storm recovery program.
9:00 AM
City hall chambers, 1565 First Street, Sarasota
Tuesday (11/4)
Manatee County Commission regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Allowing construction of a high school at Lakewood Ranch; burn ban; annual report of coastal water preservation program; ‘Livable Manatee’ affordable housing program – moving the target lower than 80% AMI.
9:00 AM
Manatee County Administration Building, chambers, 1112 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton
Sarasota School Board work session (agenda)
Highlights: Discussion of comprehensive plan, to keep ‘Schools of Hope’ operators out of public school buildings.
10:00 AM
Landings Administrative Complex, 1980 Landings Boulevard, Sarasota
City of North Port Commission regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Permanent tax collector office in south county; impact fee reduction or waiver for affordable housing developers; commissioner pay.
10:00 AM
City hall chambers, 4970 City Hall Blvd., North Port
Downtown Master Plan Update Committee meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Shortlist of firms to lead the update process,
5:30 PM
City hall chambers, 1565 First Street, Sarasota
Wednesday (11/5)
Sarasota County Commission regular meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Beginning Farmer and 4-H Youth Agriculture Education Complex; social and health services funding process; creating a dedicated funding source for protected land acquisition; buying 2.5 acres on Phillippi Creek as park land; coastal setback variance request to build a home on Siesta Key; upzoning of land off I-75 in Venice from residential to mixed-use.
9:00 AM
Robert L. Anderson Administration Center, 4000 S. Tamiami Trail, Venice
City of Sarasota Development Review Committee meeting (agenda)
Highlights: 333 Cocoanut, 11-story mixed-use building (no rezone, but developer wants to add an 11th floor by providing land for a public sidewalk); Mira Mar site plan: two 18-story condo towers on Palm, plus renovation of two historic buildings (the city commission already approved a rezone of the property); DR Horton proposes 18 townhomes on the SW corner of University Parkway and Old Bradenton Road, across from the airport.
9:00 AM
City Hall chambers, 1565 First Street, Sarasota
Manatee County Commission work session (agenda)
Highlights: Water and wastewater rate study for 2026-2030.
9:00 AM
Manatee County Administration Building, chambers, 1112 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton
City of Sarasota Public Art Committee (agenda)
Highlights: Reinstallation of Exotic 10 sculpture; Arlington Park wi-fi box wraps; Florida Legacy Mural Series – 10th and Osprey mural finalists; Payne Park Tennis Center courtyard sculpture finalists; Ringling College project mapping event, presentation of student work; Statues for Equality – Dr. Eugenie Clark bronze sculpture installation location.
1:30 PM
City Hall chambers, 1565 First Street, Sarasota
Thursday (11/6)
Manatee County Commission land-use meeting (agenda)
Highlights: East county facilities; creating two more community development districts, Reagan Landing and Del Webb Explore North River Ranch; rezone of a 10-acre and a four-acre property from agricultural to residential, and a five-acre property from agriculture to commercial.
9:00 AM
Manatee County Administration Building, chambers, 1112 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton
Friday (11/7)
City of Sarasota Commission statutory meeting (agenda)
Highlight: Mayor Liz Alpert’s ‘State of the City’ presentation.
Noon
City Hall chambers, 1565 First Street, Sarasota
Sarasota County Commission & Town of Longboat Key Commission joint meeting (agenda)
Highlights: Library update; St. Armands update; Breeze transit update; legislative update.
1:00 PM
Longboat Key Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Rd., Longboat Key
Sarasota School Board special meeting (no agenda yet)
Highlights: No agenda yet.
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Location TBA