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Sarasota News Leader November 15, 2013 Page 76 • Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center (SPARCC) • Girls Inc. received nearly $25,000, including $22,000 for Project Santa's Helper. This proreceived $10,000 from the Margaret L. Bates gram, which the Community Foundation Fund to provide funding for renovations to has supported for three years, provides its Main Street Outreach Office to build a gifts and books for every child from approxsexual assault forensic center within the imately 100 families enrolled at Girls Inc., facility, the release adds. to help them have a happy holiday season, • Englewood Elementary School received the release adds. $15,000 from the Englewood Fund to support "The Eagle Enrichment Program." • Florida Studio Theatre received $30,000 from the John J. Clopine Fund to support "This after-school program for children in the development of FST's For the Ages: kindergarten through fifth grade promotes A Cultural Gerontology Project. Through academic success by providing homework this new initiative, a docudrama comprisassistance, technology training, physiing interviews with audience members and cal fitness, accelerated reader classes, art experts on the issues of aging will be creand Spanish," the release notes. When the ated, the release notes. This collaborative program was supported by state and fedeffort includes Embracing Our Differences, eral dollars, attendance ranged between Senior Friendship Centers, Institute for the 175 and 200 students. "When that fundAges and Savvy Seniors. ing was cut and a 'pay to stay' policy was implemented, the program suffered an • Sarasota Season of Sculpture received $10,000, also from the John J. Clopine attendance decline of over 50 percent: The Fund, to support the 2014 exhibition on the majority of students who stopped attendSarasota Bayfront. These funds will cover ing could not afford the $7 daily fee," the operational expenses related to the free release says. Community Foundation grant public event, the release says. dollars will be used to support children receiving free and reduced-price lunches For more information about the Community Foundation, visit www.CFSarasota.org. and to help attract matching money. ELECTRONIC COPIES OF SITE PLANS REQUIRED FOR CITY APPLICATIONS In an ongoing effort to provide greater access to public records, the Office of the City Auditor and Clerk has announced that all site plans and survey materials for development approval applications will be required to be submitted electronically via a PDF file. "The goal, as always, is to provide greater transparency of the city's records and to aid citizens in the ability to access these records in the future by providing online access through the city's website," said City Auditor and Clerk Pamela Nadalini in a news release. The requirement for submission of an electronic copy of the permanent record of all site plans and survey materials submitted with development applications will go into effect Monday, Dec. 2, the release points out. Other submission requirements are not affected. "An electronic permanent record copy will significantly decrease record storage requirements in the future and, thus, help reduce costs," the release adds.