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to use the other land as a "staging area" for the construction will cost $1,075 per month, and the city proposes to pay for it from "homeless project funds," according to communications among city and county staff. On Monday, April 21, the city commissioners will discuss whether to agree to the proposed lease. (See the related story in this issue.) At the East Avenue site, issues involving a con- dominium association would have to be worked out before a shelter could be built there. Early signs also indicate that the environ- mental concerns regarding both sites could prevent the use of federal funds to build a homeless shelter on either of them. WHERE TO BUILD Those who want to see the shelter constructed in the community say the county and city are already behind on dealing with the pressing issue of chronic homelessness and that time is of the essence. "[Pinellas] Safe Harbor [proponents] had theirs up and working in three to four months, for the whole project," Robinson said, referring to the homeless shelter in Clearwater with which consultant Marbut was associated. The Pinellas Safe Harbor shelter in Clearwater has been proposed as a model for the Sarasota facility. Image courtesy Pinellas Safe Harbor Sarasota News Leader April 18, 2014 Page 16