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No city commissioner directly answered Robinson's query. Barwin told the News Leader that the city administration has been supportive of the shelter planning process, which has been led mostly by the county. However, he added that he felt it was his duty to raise issues ranging from environmental problems at the city- owned Osprey site to how the shelter will be funded. "Concerns have to be addressed," Barwin told the News Leader. But one county com- missioner, he said, is intent on trying to make it seem like "the city is just putting a stick through the spoke." "We didn't tell [Marbut] to pick those two sites [on Osprey Avenue and East Avenue]," Barwin added, "and we didn't pick those problems." Barwin said he spoke to Marbut early in the site selection process and suggested that some locations outside the city's core, where other services the homeless would need are already concentrated, should be considered. "Marbut didn't listen to us," Barwin contin- ued. "The sites he picked were not viable." One thing that remains clear, said downtown resident Diana Hamilton, is wherever the shelter is proposed, there will be opposition. "If those [top two] sites are not suitable, we should look at other sites," Hamilton told the commissioners. "But no matter where you want to put it, people will show up to oppose it. Even the cows. They will come up and say, 'Mooo, we don't want it here.'" % Share stories by clicking the icon in the menubar and choosing to share via e-mail, post to Facebook or Twitter, or many other sharing options. QUICK TIP For the best viewing experience on a computer click the icon in the menubar to zoom to fullscreen mode. QUICK TIP Sarasota News Leader June 27, 2014 Page 44