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Sarasota News Leader November 1, 2013 Page 61 Habitat plans to build a new home there within 12 months and sell it to a family with an income at or below 80 percent of the median income for Sarasota County. Otherwise, the property would revert to the city's ownership. THE MAYOR'S CHEAT SHEET The final item of interest is also a good place to show how the mayor keeps the meetings on track. People who sign up for email notification of upcoming city meetings are also given a link to enable them to read the agenda. Intentionally distributed or not, the agenda for the Nov. 4 meeting includes a page before each item that gives the mayor instructions on how to run the session. Here is that section for the last item, verbatim: Item No. XIV.1. NEW BUSINESS: • Announce that the next item is the update presentation on the Street Team Program from the Salvation Army. • Call upon David Sutton, Director of Programs/Facilities for The Salvation Army. Public Works Director Jeffcoat and Public Works General Manager Kucharski to make the presentation. • Commission Questions • Call upon persons signed up to speak, if any. • Ask for a motion, if appropriate • Repeat the motion • Ask for discussion VOICE VOTE • All those in favor say "yes" • All those opposed say "not" • Chair votes "_______" • Announce the results of the vote Mayor Shannon Snyder listens to discussion during a City Commission meeting. Photo by Norman Schimmel Downtown and Newtown community redevelopment agencies. It recruits homeless and vagrant individuals at The Salvation Army facility on 10th Street in Sarasota to pick up trash and weed landscape beds for four hours a day. By many accounts, the program is a success. Of the 198 people who participated in the prior 12 months, 79 obtained employment, and 78 obtained stable housing. The Street Team volunteers in their lime-colored T-shirts — which makes them highly visible for safety's sake — put in almost 8,000 hours working downtown and another 8,000 hours working in Newtown over the last 12 months. For people checking the agenda on the city's website, the cheat sheets are missing. The item asks for a one-year extension of Looks easy to be a mayor if you have secret the Street Team program funded by the crib notes. %