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Sarasota News Leader September 6, 2013 Page 25 "I want to look at this very carefully," she said. Eileen Reid, a homeless person who spends "I think we have done a lot, given a lot." nights at The Salvation Army shelter, told the commissioners that more public space is Atwell also asked, "Where would this come needed for homeless people. from?" about the $211,000. "Staff would have to come back with some Reid added that The Salvation Army is doing options," Caragiulo replied. "I would like to some good things, such as charging only $1 a night for women to stay at its 10th Street fasee a number of options." cility. But the sleeping quarters there are "not City Manager Tom Barwin said the CDBG enough to hold all the homeless." money has to be spent by August 2014. He agreed with Snyder that the city should not Reid asked the commissioners to set aside the be matching the county dollar for dollar on funding Caragiulo was proposing. the project. "I invited four other [homeless] people to "I'm afraid this will cost more than we can come, and they backed out," Reid said. "They didn't think it would make a difference." % ante up," Barwin said. Paul Sutton addresses a community meeting about homeless issues this summer. Photo by Roger Drouin