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Sarasota News Leader March 1, 2013 Page 27 C. Would you consider high-rise devel- It has to deal with the parking issue. It has to opment north of 10th Street? South of deal with 45 to 55 mph traffic that has to be Whitaker Bayou? slowed. It has to deal with the policing issue as well, which is prostitution and drugs. Atwell: One of my aspirations is to reinvigorate the Cultural District. We paid $260,000 for South of Whitaker Bayou? that plan and it���s in a closet somewhere. The Chapman: No. It���s very residential and highQuay is a fractured property. I would love to end residential. see something down there. ��� ��� ��� You have a lot of mega-houses there. A condo rather than a mega-mansion? We���d need to C. Do you favor high-rise development concentrate them in an area. That would be north of 10th Street? On the shore of the a long time coming. I���m pro-business and pro bay? good development. Your eyes get wide when Holland: I would think I would tend not to. I you think of that. hate to say one way or the other. You have to I think we need to start inside and work out- consider people���s property rights. side. That���s a large, a very large idea right now. I���d like to get live-work-play downtown first. The trending phrase is, ���We have to grow But that���s intriguing to look at. I don���t think the city.��� Single-family homes? That does nothing for the tax base. What does we���re there yet. is density, and the only place people are Say we had a strong mayor and worked with going to pay for height and density is developers, could that happen? on the water. If you do not want to do it on the barrier islands, what other water ��� ��� ��� do you have? It becomes either Harbor C. Would you consider high-rise devel- Acres or north of 10th Street. opment north of 10th Street? South of Holland: Going back to the Rosemary DisWhitaker Bayou? trict, there is so much potential there that I Chapman: I think there is a potential along think that is the area. I���m not sure I want to the waterfront to build more density. I do see 18-story high rises there. That is an area think there are very viable neighborhoods super-ripe for our creative venues, and not along the way. Some of those neighborhoods just artists but professions. back up to very narrow lots. You have a Salvation Army in the middle of it, It���s a difficult planning issue. Yes, I do think but it���s not going anywhere. We have to figure we need to carefully consider the North Trail out how to integrate the Salvation Army and because there is all kinds of opportunity. But social services. So when you get into some it requires three things to be done at the same of the more creative professions, those folks time. There has to be a decent code, not this are not turned off by the Salvation Army, as unpredictable thing where you opt in or opt [are] the retirees that want to shop at Brooks Brothers downtown. out, and there are no design standards.