Issue link: https://newsleader.uberflip.com/i/138828
Sarasota News Leader June 21, 2013 is inviting the homeless to bring their tents and claim their spots, and she is setting up a pair of Porta-Potties. The best spots, with shade, are already taken. Page 14 public agrees: We don't want another facility in the city. A regional solution is required." However, Mayor Shannon Snyder suggested nobody hold his breath while waiting for the Her action in defiance of the city is certain to county to act. "We'll be snowed in before the raise the stakes in the ongoing debate about county opens a homeless shelter," he said. homelessness in Sarasota. But Guillory is far The property leased by Guillory is zoned Comfrom defenseless. mercial, and city staffers say it will require at least a special exception to the zoning rules CITY AMBIVALENCE for her to set up a campground of any sort. The city Commission on Monday, June 17, "This administration will not talk about anmade it clear: There is no interest in estab- other homeless cluster [housing] facility in lishing another facility for the homeless with- the City of Sarasota," said City Manager Tom in the city limits. "Who could have imagined Barwin on Monday. during the [recent City Commission] cam- Deputy City Manager Marlon Brown reported paign this would emerge as the top issue?" previously that the tent city did not meet City said Commissioner Susan Chapman. "But the of Sarasota standards. A new tent city for the homeless has been created on property at 1003 N. Washington Blvd. in Sarasota. Photo by Norman Schimmel