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Sarasota News Leader November 1, 2013 Page 43 property under review for the Sheriff's new Office] buildings, he said of the Cattlemen structures — noted that configuration "is Road frontage, indicating his preference that using a lot of footprint." both county lots be put up for sale. If a revised plan incorporated two buildings with four or five floors each, Barbetta said, "You'd save a ton of land and it would seem to be much easier to build." "It's about commercial redevelopment of those two parcels, which creates jobs," Barbetta said. If a 200,000-square-foot office building is constructed on that part of the Cattlemen Road property, for example, he Gable responded, "There's a lot of steps continued, "It's gonna generate quite a lot of between the two extremes I've used here." tax revenue for many years to come. We have Barbetta also pointed out that numerous con- to utilize that property better." dominium complexes — as well as banks — in Moreover, Barbetta noted, the difference downtown Sarasota have parking garages between two stories and five stories was attached to them. That could be a model for much less than the difference between two part of the Sheriff's Office facilities on the stories and 11. Cattlemen site, he added. Then at least one of the county's parcels that fronts on Cattlemen He added that his concern remains governRoad could be put on the market, Barbetta ment's inclination to use all the land it owns. noted. "That's prime land that will help pay "We have buildings we could probably sell for the construction of these two [Sheriff's and lease back much more efficiently than us A graphic compares the low-rise Sheriff's Office building approach to an 11-story tower plan on the Cattlemen Road site. Image courtesy Sarasota County