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Sarasota News Leader June 21, 2013 Two contract employees will be hired for the duration of the project, and city planners will participate as well. Karin Murphy and Andrew Georgiadis will spearhead the effort to reorient the zoning effort from the current Euclidian zoning method to the modern "form-based code." Newly elected Commissioner Chapman had a flurry of questions for Murphy. "Is this citywide or a review in transitional zones where neighborhoods abut commercial areas?" she asked. Page 38 "For this to succeed, we will have to open up the arms of City Hall and get the engagement of all the neighborhoods," said City Manager Tom Barwin. The studio physically will be located in the Federal Building on the northeast corner of Orange Avenue and Charles Ringling Boulevard. The building has a large room for the studio, an open area called the "rotunda" and even an outdoor public garden on the north side of the building. "We'll have that discussion with you," said Murphy. The effort will kick off with about $100,000 The effort will proceed in phases, and the pub- available through the end of September; its annual budget has been estimated at $300,000. lic is cordially invited to participate. The Federal Building in downtown Sarasota will be the site for work on a new form-based code for the city. Photo by Norman Schimmel