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Sarasota News Leader February 8, 2013 The 220 square feet of right of way is along Avenida Messina, adjacent to Brown's restaurant The Hub Baja Grill. The Hub is located at the intersection of Avenida Messina and Ocean Boulevard in Siesta Village. Page 48 Brown filed the lawsuit after his 2011 tax bill showed three of his assessments in an ongoing effort to pay off Siesta Village's cost of the municipal parking lot between Avenida Madera and Avenida de Mayo had gone up for that year. At the same time, assessments for all the other parcels had gone down in Siesta Village. Some of the other Village properties had seen decreases of up to 30 percent. The agreement says the payment should be made within 20 days of the County Commission's approval of the settlement "at the next available Board meeting." The board's next regular meeting is scheduled for Feb. 12 in Brown's assessments for The Hub and The Venice. Cottage doubled in 2011. The assessment for It also stipulates that each party "shall pay his Avenida Messina parcel where Blu Que Island Grill stands went up about 1,500 percent, their own costs and fees." according to the lawsuit. DeMarsh's memo to the County Commission pointed out that Brown claimed more than Reached by the News Leader on Feb. 5, Brown said he would prefer not to comment until af$1.7 million in damages. The municipal parking lot in Siesta Village has been a factor in all three lawsuits Chris Brown has filed against Sarasota County. Photo by Rachel Hackney