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Sarasota News Leader September 13, 2013 Page 49 pressure for change is high, non-criminal ac- problems without fundamentally changing tivity is low. long-established relationships. As recent rains show, stormwater remains an unsolved problem in many parts of the city. Can form-based codes encourage the use of low impact design (LID) solutions to stormwater removal and treatment? "We're trying to break this down into manageable bites," Murphy told the CCNA. "We need to get in front of this. It's ramping up." Student housing along the North Trail and affordable housing for working families in the downtown area are two more unsolved problems that could be addressed with a new zoning code. Meanwhile, developers are waking from a long slumber to begin new projects. The Urban Design Studio is located in the southwest corner of the Federal Building. Murphy says the team has an open-door policy on Friday afternoons, making time for questions and even presentations. THE WAY AHEAD Just as Murphy has made overtures to the In other words, Murphy and Georgiadis are city's neighborhoods — suggesting brown-bag not working in a vacuum. Their form-based lunchtime chats, for example — the city's decode must address existing and emerging velopers are making suggestions, too. The city's Urban Design Studio is in the Federal Building at the corner of Orange Avenue and Ringling Boulevard. Photo by Norman Schimmel