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Sarasota News Leader January 3, 2014 "I would hope within one to two months we would have [the environmental studies] wrapped up," Applebee says. After a site is chosen, the city and county leaders will hold public meetings to begin vetting plans with the county's residents, Applebee adds. Page 121 and the Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce once the draft has been completed. Furthermore, Toomey says, the group has been working on two different proposals — one for businesses like his, which rent equipment such as bicycles and Segways, for example; the other would cover retail compaA committee working on a proposed zoning nies. Several businesses on the south end of change to allow for limited outdoor merchan- the island have been involved in the process dise displays on Siesta Key should have its along with those in Siesta Village, he notes. draft ready for review soon, a spokesman for the group tells the approximately 20 people attending the Dec. 3 Siesta Key Village The possibility that Sarasota County might Association (SKVA) meeting. Mark Toomey, enact an ordinance prohibiting the sale of pupowner of Robin Hood Rentals, says he and pies at commercial pet stores draws dozens the other committee members would like to of supporters and opponents to the County make a presentation to representatives from Commission meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 10. the SKVA, the Siesta Key Association (SKA) After almost two hours of public comments, 1330 N. Osprey Ave. is consultant Robert Marbut's preferred site for a new homeless shelter in Sarasota. Image from Google Maps