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city staff to "discuss terms of a contract to convey" the property, DeMarsh pointed out. "Their most obvious [concern] is they want to make sure it is a public use." Hines then asked whether that was a condi tion of the 2003 agreement between the city and county. The agreement did not require such a condi tion, according to the document. On July 15, 2003, a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed by thenMayor Lou Ann Palmer and thenCounty Commission Chairwoman Shannon Staub. "The county agrees to satisfy its facilities master plan for Court and Administration needs within the downtown judicial complex area, and the City agrees to provide the county with the police facility site ready to build," the docu ment says. "They are either going to convey it or not," Hines said on April 8, "or convey it with conditions." "It has been a decade," added Barbetta, refer ring to the date when the MOU was signed. The commissioners' displeasure reflected similar reactions earlier during Tuesday's meeting, when the board grappled again with problems related to plans for a homeless shelter in Sarasota. (See the related story in this issue.) An aerial view of a segment of Ringling Boulevard in downtown Sarasota, shown to the County Commission in March 2013, includes the Criminal Justice Center (with Sheriff's Office administrative facilities and the jail) across the street from the Silvertooth Judicial Center. The old Police Department is shown in the red box marked 'Judicial Expansion Site.' Image courtesy Sarasota County Sarasota News Leader April 11, 2014 Page 48