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Sarasota News Leader November 22, 2013 Ave., near 12th Street and Tuttle Avenue, near Ed Smith Stadium; 1330 N. Osprey Ave. (and/ or 1530 N. Osprey Ave.), near the Sarasota Police Department; and 1800 East Ave., near Osprey Avenue, Webber Street and Southside Elementary School. The parcel at 1003 N. Washington Blvd. has garnered its share of recent public attention, as it was donated to Vallerie Guillory, executive director of the nonprofit Trinity Without Borders. Guillory uses it as a temporary outdoor shelter site. Page 15 Shaw told The Sarasota News Leader this week he was disappointed with Marbut's recommendations. Another city commissioner, Susan Chapman, voted against setting aside $500,000 in city funding for a shelter. Although it is not Marbut's top choice, he wrote the following about the parcel at 1330 N. Osprey Ave.: "Of all the possibilities in the County, this is the best overall location." It is close to the county jail, as well as the City Commissioner Willie Shaw has objected to a Police Department, the offices of the Florida homeless facility in his district, District 1, which Department of Children and Families, the encompasses most of the current social ser- Glasser/Shoenbaum Human Services Center and several businesses. vices provided for the homeless. The parcel at 1003 N. Washington Blvd. in Sarasota is Robert Marbut's top choice for a shelter location. Photo by Norman Schimmel