Sarasota News Leader
June 14, 2013
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ready at the DID meeting to write up a solicitation process for new ideas and approaches.
"As we looked at this, the pricing you're looking at — $30,000 to $40,000 to fix them — and
then $20,000 to $40,000 in annual maintenance, you'd be paying the replacement costs
every two years," said Senior Planner Steve
Stancel. "We think it may be time to go out to
bid with a [request for proposals (RFP)] for an
entirely new system. And this time we include
the maintenance contract as part of the RFP."
The district levies a property tax separate
from normal city taxes to create a revenue
stream to pay for improvements to the down-
A broken wire is visible in an oak in Five
Points Park. Photo courtesy of the Downtown
Improvement District
The lights in Five Point Parks were programmed to change colors at night. Photo by Norman Schimmel
