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Sarasota News Leader December 21, 2012 Page 95 Siesta Seen ���It���s hard to find [property] at that price per to this week was in 1996, when the Kauffman Family Partnership 1 LTD, which has an Ossquare foot,��� he added. prey address, bought it from Mark and Irene However, one of the biggest perks, he said, is Kauffman. that The Arches has 47 parking spaces. ���Parking is always a hot commodity��� in the Village, ���It���s one of those properties that certainly doesn���t change hands very often,��� Brown Brown pointed out. pointed out. No one knows that better than he does, given his three lawsuits against Sarasota County The retail space is 100 percent leased, he addover how his parking assessments have been ed, ���which is nice.��� Brown says he has no imfigured since 2007. Brown���s attorney, Morgan mediate plans for the property, which also has Bentley of Bentley & Bruning in Sarasota, and apartments on the second floor. Sarasota County attorneys remain in discus- ���Over time, I would like to add my touch,��� he sions regarding Brown���s third lawsuit, which said. was filed in October 2011. PLOVERS AND PESTICIDES ���It���s always good to have parking,��� Brown told me with a laugh. ���To me, the parking lot was A day before she joined us for the trolley light tour, on Dec. 17, Patterson brought a comworth [the price].��� pletely unrelated matter to the attention of her According to Sarasota County property tax re- fellow county commissioners during a special cords, the last time the parcel was sold prior meeting. Fire ants on Siesta Key have proven a hazard to nesting snowy plovers, Sarasota Audubon volunteers say. Photo by Fran Palmeri