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Sarasota News Leader June 21, 2013 Page 15 Steve McAlister, a backer of the sanctuary concept, said, "We are working on the zoning. Marlon Brown made it quite clear: The city is not behind us on this. Personally, I see it as an opportunity. And we're looking to create something like this in the county in the future." "There are families out there; there are children out there," Tina Steele pointed out. She is a member of the Homeless Strike Team of the Community Organizations Active in Disaster (COAD). NEW GROUP FORMED While the city commissioners were grumbling about lack of county help, the Community Alliance of Sarasota County was appointing a committee to work on the homeless issue; City Commissioner Susan Chapman. Photo by Norman Schimmel (From left) Vice Mayor Willie Shaw, Mayor Shannon Snyder and Commissioner Susan Chapman sit in session in May, after Chapman and Suzanne Atwell were sworn in for four-year terms. Photo by Norman Schimmel