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Sarasota News Leader March 1, 2013 Page 67 After DeMarsh completed his answer, the board members were quiet for a few moments. ���Don���t all look at me!��� Robinson told them jokingly, as she has taken the lead on action regarding the spa in past meetings. acted, warning about the possibility of the county bringing suit against the city. She said she felt it would not be productive to make another offer to purchase the springs. When the County Commission asked the North Port commissioners to address the ITN, she pointed out, ���They couldn���t come back to us with any communication on what was wrong with the ITN.��� Then Yates asked for the consensus of her board members for City Manager Lewis to pull together numbers for them to consider about the potential costs of basic operations at the springs. ���We have to concentrate on what���s going to happen on July 1,��� Yates persisted. ���Any number that we could begin to come up with would be based on lack of knowledge,��� Robinson added, ���We���re not getting a whole Lewis told her. lot back from them as All she wanted, Yates far as plans or ideas said, was informaabout how to go about We should not be arguing with tion about the cost of this ������ other governmental entities within our a park attendant to She also pointed out own jurisdiction. This is a great project take tickets plus the that the North Port expense of the numCommission had dis- that has gotten sideways so quickly, and ber of lifeguards neccussed the springs we need to put egos aside and just address essary to ensure the during its regular it as what it is. It���s a phenomenal asset ���. safety of swimmers, meeting on Feb. 25, ���and, obviously, we���re Charles Hines but it could not reach Commissioner going to have to mow consensus on its next Sarasota County the grass.��� step. Lewis pointed out that During that North Port meeting, Vice Mayor Jim Blucher suggested the board hold a work- the bathrooms would need to be cleaned as shop on the springs. After City Attorney Rob- well. ���I don���t know what that frequency is,��� he ert K. Robinson told the city commissioners noted, adding that Cypress Lending also is rethe county commissioners were scheduled to sponsible for the on-site septic system. ���There discuss the matter on Feb. 26, Blucher said are a lot of things that go into the day-to-day he felt the city board should await the county operation of that facility,��� Lewis told Yates. action before scheduling a workshop. ���I���m not willing to say we���re just going to shut However, Mayor Linda Yates said she wanted the springs down,��� Yates said. to have a discussion on how much it would cost the city to keep Warm Mineral Springs However, Blucher refused to give his consent open just for swimming after the June 30 con- to Lewis��� researching the numbers Yates had requested. Blucher said the board needed to tract with Cypress Lending expires. await the County Commission action. Robinson recommended the city commissioners hold off on any Warm Mineral Springs dis- City Commissioner Rhonda DiFranco concussion until after the County Commission curred with Blucher. %