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Sarasota News Leader January 3, 2014 Page 105 Barbetta that the City of North Port's new solicitation for a short-term operator could be an Invitation to Negotiate (ITN), a Request for Proposals (RFP) or any other legally authorized competitive process. That was incorporated into the letter. the National Fire Protection Code requires roads to have an unobstructed width of not less than 20 feet. Referencing his memo, Patterson says on Oct. 23 that she spoke with Tobias, and he had explained it was inadvisable to allow vehicles to park across from each other on Avenida de Mayo. "It is a par ticularly narrow road, apparently, even for Developer Rod Connelly is proposing to con- Siesta Key," she adds. struct a nine- to 10-story, 150-room hotel with a 6,000-square-foot conference center on a county-owned parcel that serves as a The county commissioners on Oct. 23 vote parking lot at the northeast corner of U.S. County Administrator Randall Reid out of 301 and Main Street in downtown Sarasota. the post he held for less than two years. The The County Commission on Oct. 23 chooses 4-1 decision comes despite the pleas of half Connelly's proposal out of two submittals for a dozen residents who spoke in support of the parcel. The commissioners direct staff to Reid, praising his integrity and accomplishnegotiate with Connelly and his development ments during his short tenure in the midst of challenging times for the county. Deputy venture, SHD Partners LLC. Administrator Tom Harmer — whom Reid hired last year — will serve as interim CEO for Almost exactly 11 months after she sought county help to alleviate what she and her neighbors believed to be a hazardous situation on her Siesta Key street, Avenida de Mayo resident Marlene Merkle is very happy on Oct. 23. The Sarasota County Commission votes unanimously on a motion by Commissioner Nora Patterson to direct staff to prohibit parking on both sides of the street from Canal Road to Avenida de Cortez and to provide for staggered no-parking zones from Avenida de Cortez to Avenida Del Norte in 500-foot sections. The action comes after an assessment by Fire Chief Mike Tobias and his staff that overflow parking on the street from Siesta Village's municipal lot and business areas could prevent emergency vehicles' passage. On Aug. 28, the commission responded to an Aug. 16 memo from Tobias pointing out that Randall Reid served as county administrator for slightly less than two years. File photo