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Sarasota News Leader December 6, 2013 Page 44 Caragiulo and Atwell went along with requests during the budget planning for each Snyder, and the downtown piano playoff was fiscal year. "They'd have to be prepared and come early, as much as a year in advance," approved 3-2. said Deputy City Manager Marlon Brown. A proposal to allow a table or two in front of Parker Books for people to play chess or Snyder was against any grants program. "It conduct book signings was also approved took almost five years to wean everybody off 4-1, with Shaw in the minority, and a plan to this grant money," he said. "If we do it, the budcharge for parking in the Palm Avenue garage get process will get a lot more complicated." starting next month was shelved by a 4-1 vote, Chapman moved to approve Smith's suggeswith Chapman in the minority. Parking will tion with an additional requirement that each remain free until the end of the tourist season applicant provide the city an audit of the orgaat the request of the owners of Louies Modern nization if it was seeking money for an event and The Francis, which will be marking their it held the previous year. Her motion passed first season on the ground floor of the garage. 3-2, with Snyder and Shaw in the minority. Another split vote was recorded when staff suggested a consistent method for grant applications. In the past, the process has been willy-nilly and often a last-minute dash for cash by nonprofits. Planner Cliff Smith suggested the applicants instead make their Manuel R. Chepote, LUTCF Chepote Insurance Inc. 1300 Main Street • Sarasota, Florida (941) 366-0100 Serving Sarasota & Manatee Counties The final issue of the evening concerned payment for Chapman's legal defense against a lawsuit filed by Citizens for Sunshine. That tale is told elsewhere in this issue. For the purposes of this story, that vote was not unanimous, either. % Auto • Home • Life Renters • Motorcycles Flood • Business • Annuities Financial Services Click for driving directions agents.allstate.com/manuel-r-chepote-sarasota-fl.html