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Sarasota News Leader December 28, 2012 2050 plan, a move which has environmental and managed growth advocates concerned. Originally approved a decade ago, the 2050 plan was intended to encourage developers working outside the county���s Urban Service Area Boundary to incorporate green space into their designs and to fight urban sprawl and reduce automobile traffic as the county���s population increases. Page 78 DEC. 11 After close to two hours of discussion and public comments combined, the Sarasota County Commission votes unanimously to authorize staff to complete the design of the Siesta Public Beach project and put it out for bid, with the cost not to exceed $21.5 million. The amount includes $16.7 million estimated for the actual construction, with the rest allocated to engineering and architectural consulting fees. The motion also permits staff to DEC. 10 seek supplemental bids for 10 ���extras��� for the A one-acre parcel sparks a broad community project that the design team had suggested. discussion about the future of the Rosemary District. City Manager Tom Barwin opens the meeting by saying the city-owned land could be a catalyst for redevelopment of the historically depressed area adjacent to downtown, north of Fruitville Road. The ���catalyst��� to which Barwin refers is the old Community Garden parcel on Sixth Street (aka Boulevard A graphic illustration shows the proposed of the Arts). It lies adjacent to a city-owned basic Siesta Beach park planned improveparking lot on Fifth Street; together, they comments, at a total cost of $21.5 million. prise just a tad more than one acre. Image courtesy Sarasota County Chain-link fencing surrounds the former Community Garden parcel on Boulevard of the Arts in the Rosemary District. Photo by Norman Schimmel