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Sarasota News Leader March 1, 2013 this creative energy, the musical energy of the younger people. Perhaps a better venue there. The seniors in the condos downtown do deserve some respect. Yes, they moved into an urban area, but they have the right to the quiet enjoyment of their lives. Certainly, getting a balance in the Main Street area is harder than in the Rosemary District area. I love the idea. It appears the meetings are based on getting something for everybody. I like that. Page 22 Do you have an opinion of Agenda 21 and how do you think it impacts the City of Sarasota? Chapman: I don���t know what is Agenda 21. But there are certain groups that are very, very afraid; they are security-oriented and afraid of internationalism. I think it���s a denial of reality and a retrograde movement based on fear. People get into the reference groups and feed on each other���s fears. We can���t change that we are in an internation��� ��� ��� al world. It���s going to threaten a lot of people, Expand the Domestic Partnership Reg- but it is a reality we have to face. istry? Eliminate it? ��� ��� ��� Atwell: Eliminate it? No. Do you have an opinion of Agenda 21 and how do you think it impacts the City Chapman: I think the Domestic Partnership of Sarasota? Registry is one of the more forward-thinking things that Sarasota has done. It proves what Holland: How could I know about that? I am not familiar with it. a great community we are. I believe it���s a model. ��� ��� ��� Holland: I don���t think we should eliminate it. Expand it? I���m a huge advocate of the partnership registry. I���m a member of Equality Florida, and it needs to continue. ��� ��� ��� Parts of Sarasota ��� including St. Armands Circle ��� are prone to flooding when high tides or storms create a rise in sea level. Should the city continue to encourage development on its barrier islands? Do you have an opinion of Agenda 21, Atwell: I couldn���t get to Mote Marine one and how do you think it impacts the City day because it was all flooded. I said, ���What are we doing progressive about stormwater?��� of Sarasota? So [City Manager] Barwin is having meetings Atwell: I���m representing the city, and some with Randall Reid [Sarasota County adminthings you shouldn���t be involved in. There are istrator]. Is that something that comes first, a lot of people with real issues with the U.N. where you provide appropriate stormwater retention in an environmentally low-impact ��� ��� ��� way so developers will come?