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Sarasota News Leader February 22, 2013 Page 29 town is built out. Would you consid- Lumpkin: I think we can increase density er high-rise development north of 10th without going higher, but that���s a good point. Street? But going that high, I don���t see that happening. Lumpkin: I live in the Indian Beach-Sapphire ��������� Shores neighborhood, and I couldn���t imagine a high-rise fitting in that area. It would be to- In Newtown, virtually all streets have tally out of place and change the charm of that sidewalks (many on both sides of the street), curbs and gutters. A majority of neighborhood. the streets elsewhere in town have none I���m one of the ones in favor of increasing the of that. Is it time for the city to pay the tax base, but that doesn���t mean a blank check. same attention to other neighborhoods? We love living in that neighborhood. No, I Dorfman: Don���t single Newtown out. As I���m can���t see that right now. door-knocking the Shade Street corridor and Theisen: There is one already, a retirement the streets [named for flowers] on the east center. Again you have to have the traffic ca- side of U.S .41, you have no idea how many pacity to serve it. They are trying to reduce people have said that: ���How come we don���t traffic on U.S. 41 and reduce the speed. They have sidewalks? How come nobody is listencertainly aren���t going to add lanes. ing to us?��� ��������� Yes, the answer is yes, absolutely. They get Would you consider development south treated ��� what was the expression ��� as the of Hudson Bayou? silent majority. Yes, we have to look at them. It���s not a Newtown-versus-the-rest-of-theDorfman: I guess we���d have to look at the neighborhoods equation. It���s, ���Yes, we need parcel, look at compatibility, look at how it to look at these neighborhoods.��� would affect the surrounding neighborhoods. I don���t want to say I would not consider it. We One lady on one of the flower streets, they���re have to take it on a case-by-case basis. flooding every single time we get a rainfall. Lumpkin: It���s hard to picture anywhere where What curbs they have are broken and cracked; a high-rise would work. If it was limited to no sidewalks whatsoever. We���re doing this five stories, possibly. But as I go through those canvassing, and one block you do have sideneighborhoods, in my mind, it���s hard for me to walks, and the next block you have nothing. imagine anywhere that wouldn���t be disruptive I don���t know how that happened. Developers? to those neighborhoods. And those are both City ordinances? charming neighborhoods. Does everybody deserve a sidewalk? A If not, then where? With all this talk of curb? increasing the tax base and increasing density and increasing population, Dorfman: Easy answer: Yes. Does everybody where? want a sidewalk? I can���t answer that question,