Sarasota News Leader
August 30, 2013
Page 88
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With no further comments, the motion passed Bar, will be out of town until mid- October.
with a 5-0 vote.
"Once he is back," Harriott continued, "staff
will meet with the residents/owners to guide
SOON THERE MAY BE LIGHT
them in the next step to form a steering comThe initiative to put more lighting in place mittee of owners to pursue petitioning for a
along Old Stickney Point Road is moving district."
along once more.
Business owners in the area of Old Stickney
During his report to the County Commission Point Road have been working on this initiafor the week of Aug. 12, Chief County Engi- tive for months, saying the street and its envineer James K. Harriott Jr. wrote, "The proper- rons are terribly dark after the sun goes down.
ty owners have confirmed they wish to move
THE NOISE
forward with a new lighting district." However, he added, one of the key property owners, As reported in this space in the Aug. 9/16 isBrad Stewart of Captain Curt's Crab & Oyster sue, Sarasota County zoning staff will be ask-
No light poles stand on Old Stickney Point Road to illuminate pedestrians at night. That is a situation property owners are working to rectify, with the aid of county staff. File photo
