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Sarasota News Leader November 1, 2013 Page 45 kind of numbers that Commissioner Robinson approach, just from an operational and security standpoint." is talking about." "And the property, if anything, will become In a telephone interview with The Sarasota more valuable," Patterson added of the par- News Leader after the workshop, Bill Spitler, director of planning and research for the cels fronting on Cattlemen Road. Sheriff's Office, explained that he and other If they are sold later, she continued, "[they] members of Sheriff Tom Knight's staff had will be used for an even higher use than if joined Gable and the county's consultant on sold today in this economic climate …" the site plan — an architect with the Harvard Jolly firm — on a trip to Pinellas County to take Gable explained the board members should feel a look at the new criminal justice complex no urgency to make a decision on the site plan. there. It includes the Pinellas County Sheriff's THE NEW BUILDINGS THEMSELVES Office, judicial structures and a "pretty significant parking garage" on 60 acres, he added. When Vice Chairman Charles Hines asked (Harvard Jolly's corporate headquarters is in whether the Sheriff's Office administrative St. Petersburg.) staff had expressed an opinion about the two site plans, Gable replied, "They tend The Cattlemen Road site plan would take up to lean towards the lower scale, low-rise about 6 acres, he noted. A pie chart shows how Sarasota County facilities are apportioned. Image courtesy Sarasota County