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Sarasota News Leader May 10, 2013 Critics of 2050 say that gap is due to excessive regulations, while defenders blame the global recession and the region's housing crisis. In their meetings with county staff held last fall, developers suggested changes such as redefining open space and removing fiscal neutrality monitoring. Fiscal neutrality is the principle that any new development should generate enough impact fees, sales taxes and property taxes so it does not cost the county to extend services to the new neighborhood. Builders are now required to submit fiscal neutrality Page 9 reports at each phase of construction — a rule developers would like to see axed. Those opposed to the developer proposals argue it's too soon to monkey with a plan intended to manage growth for the next four decades, and that the changes would reduce environmental protections. Parsons summarized the objections raised to the process during a pair of public town halls held earlier this year, as well as comments received online and via "snail mail." Barbetta seemed dismissive. A graphic in the county's Comprehensive Plan shows areas where villages and hamlets could be located under the aegis of the 2050 Plan. Image courtesy Sarasota County