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Sarasota News Leader April 26, 2013 there was no discussion of TDRs — as Transfer of Development Rights are handily known — at the Oversight Committee's most recent session, held April 4. "My contention is that if an item's going to the Board of County Commissioners on the 24th, and you're meeting on the Fourth, staff should have put that on the agenda," Miller tells The Sarasota News Leader, arguing that the ESLOC should have been asked to weigh in on staff's three TDR recommendations. "None of that happened." Page 34 Whether it was Miller's persuasiveness, or the dozens-long list of citizens waiting to speak about the proposed Walmart supermarket at Bee Ridge and Beneva, the commission listened. As the Walmart discussion dragged on (and on — see the related story in this issue), Commission Chairwoman Carolyn Mason announced that the board would push back the TDR discussion to June 5, giving the Oversight Committee time to review all the TDR data and offer its proverbial two cents' worth. Mason acknowledged that while the Oversight Miller calls the commission's decision to Committee had been given some TDR inforforgo the Oversight Committee's review mation to work with at previous meetings, "frustrating." the group never had had a chance to review Transfer of Development Rights are a component of Sarasota County's 2050 Plan, which was designed to guide development east of I-75. Image courtesy Sarasota County