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Sarasota News Leader December 20, 2013 Brenda Patten, reminded them, "Your job today is not to accept the proposal. It is simply to accept the top-ranked proposals and then go into negotiations to identify key issues and focus on them." Page 21 then organize a negotiating team to cut a deal with the development team. Tucker asked city Parking Manager Mark Lyons, Senior Planners Steve Stancel and Ryan Chapdelain and Downtown Development Director Norm Gollub to join her in serving Kauffman refined the issue further: "You're on the negotiating team. not recommending a proposal. You're saying In January, the two groups will try to work out it's worth considering." a satisfactory purchase and sale agreement City Purchasing Manager Mary Tucker, who for the property and provision of infrastrucissued the original Invitation to Negotiate, set ture. The deal will return to the evaluation the stage for the decision. "Is this proposal committee, which then may — or may not — acceptable to go on to negotiations?" she recommend it go to the City Commission for approval. asked. "When the negotiating team basically works out a purchase and sales agreement, If the City Commission approves the agreethat will go to the City Commission. If they ment after it has been ironed out, then the say 'Yes,' it comes back for a redevelopment two sides will come back together to work and parking agreement. Do you feel this is out the final redevelopment and parking plan. acceptable to move to the negotiation team?" "This could be a game-changer for the Rosemary," said Courtney Mendez, a senior At this stage, no formal votes or motions were city planner and member of the evaluation required. There was general consensus to let committee. "But we need to flesh out some the proposal proceed to the next step and of the details." % The Rosemary Square project would be built on the site of a former community garden on Boulevard of the Arts in Sarasota. Photo by Norman Schimmel