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Meanwhile, the president of the neighborhood association in the vicinity of the proposed shelter site on East Avenue quietly weighed in on the whole topic during the Coalition of City Neighborhood Associations meeting on Saturday, March 1. Joseph Bessard with Park East said, "Hopefully, the shelter would be built east of I-75 and have a feature for post-homelessness. After that, they could look for jobs and housing. Chances are they won't jump right into the middle class." The East Avenue site is privately owned, so it would have to be purchased by the city and/or the county and rezoned. The Osprey Avenue site is city-owned, but it might not be avail- able for at least a year because of continued well construction. The parcel will become home to the city's deep-well injection facility for excess treated wastewater and brine from the reverse-osmosis plant. A memo from Deputy City Manager Marlon Brown noted the area will be needed for stag- ing the deep-well injection pipes. "This could take a year to finish, and delay the establish- ment of a shelter," Brown wrote. Prior city comments about problems with the site prompted accusations of "sabotage" from County Commissioner Joe Barbetta last month. START PREPARING IMMEDIATELY Kevin Stiff is no stranger to vagrants and the homeless, as he has been a cop for the past 24 years. He was asked to go on an excursion to look at seven shelters in the Southwest, The flag pinpoints the location of Sarasota Military Academy on North Orange Avenue in Sarasota. Image from Google Maps Sarasota News Leader March 7, 2014 Page 19