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Sarasota News Leader August 30, 2013 Page 86 Siesta Seen right of way vacation; they offered plans not "Actually," Robinson told Barbetta, "my recollection is along the lines of Commissioner only to maintain it but also to improve it. Patterson's, because staff did testify that there Both Robinson and Patterson had notified Mawas evidence of people launching [watercraft] son they were pulling Item No. 46 on Aug. 27 there at that spot." to reaffirm their May 21 votes. Nonetheless, Robinson said, "I don't think, unWhen the item finally came up, Barbetta made less somebody's going to switch their vote … a motion to approve it, with a second from we need to belabor this one." Hines. Again, the vote was 3-2, approving the reso"I won't belabor the point," Patterson began, lution to turn over the 1.88-acre, 60-foot-wide "but this is directly contrary to our comprepiece of land to the Baumanns. hensive plan to do this. The land that will be added to the [Baumanns'] property has enor- FARMERS MARKET EXTENSION OK'D mous value …" In other action on Aug. 27, the County ComMoreover, Patterson pointed out, staff in- mission voted unanimously to approve a oneformed the board in May that people were year extension of the temporary use permit using that right of way as access to the canal (TUP) to enable the Siesta Farmers Market it borders. to continue to operate in Davidson's Plaza on Sundays. Vacating the right of way, she continued, "really, to me, is very wrong." The board originally granted the market a TUP on July 28, 2008. "Those are … facts not in the record, so I'm a little confused on that," Barbetta fired back at Before the Aug. 27 vote, Chairwoman Mason her. "All those statements you just made were asked Assistant County Zoning Administrator factually incorrect, totally." Donna Thompson for clarification about the hours of operation. The application for the He reiterated the point that the plat creating TUP had different hours than those provided the right of way predated the creation of the in a letter from John Davidson, who owns Dacounty's comprehensive plan. vidson Plaza, Mason pointed out. Barbetta added, "I wish I had known you "I didn't notice that," Commissioner Nora Patwere going to argue this; I would have gotterson said. "I didn't, either," Thompson told ten a copy of the minutes [from May 21]. … Mason. To reargue it when the person who was the proponent for it is not here to defend himself The application from Bryan Eible, who started is just not proper." the market all those years ago, says the sum-