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Sarasota News Leader May 24, 2013 the county to sell the 2.1-acre parcel as well as another, 2.7-acre lot it owns on Cattlemen Road, he pointed out. He argued for the need to get those parcels on the county tax rolls, with the potential for extra ad valorem tax revenue stemming from their development. Page 29 COMPARING COSTS In their final vote on the topic during the May 21 meeting, Robinson made a motion requesting a fiscal and safety analysis comparing the construction of a three-story, 125,000-squarefoot building and an eight-story structure of "The money you'd recoup from that wouldn't the same size with a 500-space parking garage even make a dent in the cost of the [sheriff's] beneath it, as proposed in the option Barbetta preferred. facilities," Patterson told him. During the board's first discussion of the Cat- Robinson noted that wind load would be a factor in the expense of the higher building. tlemen Road site for the new sheriff's campus — on March 20 — Barbetta estimated the cost Gable already had told the commissioners that of the facilities at $150 million to $200 million. staff was "a little concerned" about the cost of Some existing Sheriff's Office facilities are in the Justice Center in downtown Sarasota. Image courtesy Sarasota County