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Sarasota News Leader November 15, 2013 The vote followed Robinson's recounting of the approximately two-and-a-half hour discussion of Warm Mineral Springs that the North Port commissioners held during their regular meeting on Oct. 28. During that city session, the board members unanimously agreed to hold a special workshop to try to craft their long-term vision for the resort. That meeting will be held on Dec. 2, Assistant City Manager Daniel Schult told The Sarasota News Leader this week. The North Port Commission already had scheduled a workshop for that date, he pointed out. Staff revised the agenda to permit the Warm Mineral Springs discussion to be included, he added. Page 52 AT THE COUNTY COMMISSION DAIS Robinson reported to her board on Nov. 5 that, with an election coming up in the City of North Port in 2014, "I know there will be efforts to rewrite what happened" regarding the two commissions' actions on Warm Mineral Springs. Because of that, she said, she already had asked the county's Communications Department to put together a press packet laying out the timeline and votes. "The history is what it is," she added. Nonetheless, during the North Port board's Oct. 28 meeting, she continued, several references incorrectly reflected what had transpired between the two local government entities, which are joint owners of Warm Mineral Springs. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. on Dec. 2 in Room 244, on the second floor of North Port Several people remarked to her afterward City Hall, Schult said. It is open to the public. that they were confused after listening to Warm Mineral Springs has an inviting ambiance for visitors. Photo courtesy Sarasota County