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Sarasota News Leader May 24, 2013 Page 27 sale of that property. Vice Chairman Charles "As [the News Leader] reported in January of Hines joined Barbetta in the 3-2 split vote. this year, our facilities are vulnerable to natural disasters, personnel are spread between Bill Spitler, director of research and planning more than 20 different buildings and we are for the Sheriff's Office, had told the County operating in about half the space currently Commission during its May 21 regular meetneeded for the size and caliber of this agening that Sheriff Tom Knight preferred relocatcy." He added, "I am grateful that the Board ing his facilities to the Cattlemen site because of County Commissioners took seriously the of the advantages of proximity to the EOC at space needs assessment that we provided to the time of an emergency, such as a hurricane them and incorporated that information into strike. their plans for the future. Ultimately, where Knight was unable to attend the session, Ed and how this agency is housed is their deciGable, director of the county's Facilities Ser- sion, and we appreciate that they took another step forward in this process." vices Office, told the commission. In response to a request for comment from The Although Gable had presented options for Sarasota News Leader, Knight said on May 22, the new Sheriff's Office campus on two piec- Option 2c calls for an eight-story Sheriff's Office facility at 1301 Cattlemen Road. Image Courtesy Sarasota County