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Sarasota News Leader November 22, 2013 Page 51 a facility in his district, which encompasses north Sarasota and much of the Rosemary District; that is the area where current social services for the homeless are located. Marbut's draft report recommends a facility in the city limits. He lists four top sites. He told the audience Friday, "Do you want to put an ER (emergency room) where no one lives? This is an ER for homeless people. You put Commissioner Susan Chapman also voted the ER where the homeless people live." against the funding. "It looks like a foregone conclusion," Chapman said Sept. 2 about Marbut also said it is essential to locate the a shelter in the city. "Why should the city center close to existing social services and bear the burdens for the region's chronic facilities, such as those provided by The homelessness?" Salvation Army and in the Rosemary District The Pinellas Safe Harbor homeless facility in Clearwater has been considered a model for a potential Sarasota center. Photo courtesy of Pinellas Safe Harbor