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Sarasota News Leader November 29, 2013 not the county, she told her fellow commissioners that the section was included with the explicit knowledge of former County Administrator Randy Reid. "It wasn't like it was slid in there," she said. The Sarasota News Leader requested copies of the same emails Robinson looked at, in an effort to piece together the process that led to the county's much-criticized contract. So, without further ado, here's a timeline (heavily "sic"-worthy throughout) on how things went down. June 28: Reid emails the commissioners and circulates a memo detailing his proposal for how to proceed with a review of fiscal neutrality in the county's Sarasota 2050 land-use plan. Fiscal neutrality — the principle that a new neighborhood generate enough county revenue to compensate for any increased demand for county services — has been one of the chief targets of criticism by developers frustrated with 2050's detailed regulations, and it has become a major hotspot in the battle over the county's decision to revisit the plan. Page 31 Mentioning a meeting held with Tim Chapin, the chairman of Florida State University's Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Reid writes that staff is developing a request to have Chapin review fiscal neutrality and to bring in a peer review team made up of "expert practitioners." The team "would focus on land use planning and infrastructure analysis, economic analysis, and monitoring and timing issues to assure the fiscal neutrality concept as eventually redefined is adhered to successfully by conclusion of the specific 2050 project," Reid adds. July 1: Schroeder-Manatee Ranch Vice President of Planning Todd Pokrywa emails commissioners expressing concern about bringing in Chapin and his team. "I suggest that the approach to resolving this issue can be much more simplified (and involve a more practical rather than academic approach) as it is not a difficult concept to correct in terms of its definition and implementation," he writes. The peer review team "should be approached from a more practical perspective so that it includes other large landowners/developers, The County Commission sits in session in 2012 with then Administrator Randall Reid (far right). Photo by Norman Schimmel