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Sarasota News Leader January 3, 2014 Page 115 His client is Rosalyne Holdings. He says the firm "has a short timeline for developing this project, and would like to have the comprehensive plan and zoning text amendments in place by next summer," according to a staff memo. Commission votes 4-1 to approve a resolution setting March 25 as the date for the fourth Sarasota County School Board referendum on a special 1 mill tax. He points out that the School Board should have the referendum in conjunction with a November general election, when voter turnout typically is higher. "They could plan for that," he says of the On Nov. 19, the Sarasota County commission- School Board members. "They've had years ers approve the boundaries for the Fruitville to plan for it." Initiative Special Planning Area, which includes rezoning approximately 300 acres. The vote is the latest phase in the Initiative, On Nov. 20, the County Commission approves the county's master plan outlining a mixed- a series of zoning changes presented by staff use "gateway village" east of Interstate 75. as part of its long-term review of Sarasota 2050 — among them a reduction in the number of housing types required to be built in neighborWith Commissioner Joe Barbetta in the hoods and the elimination of a requirement minority on Nov. 20, the Sarasota County that a new neighborhood's commercial sector Brainstorm wins top honors in the 2013 Siesta Key Crystal Classic Master Sand Sculpting Competition. Photo by Robert Hackney