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Fournier said the City Commission "might want to consider an ordinance to make it unlawful to start ground fires or cooking fires in certain locations, or to prohibit open cook- ing fires unless the fire is in a device designed to prevent it from spreading." City staffers could find only a 1992 ordinance prohibiting "any person to burn or bury any solid waste within the city limits." Before orga- nized garbage pick-up, virtually every house had an outdoor fire pit to burn cardboard, paper and other flammable wastes. VAGRANCY BY THE NUMBERS On Monday, City Manager Tom Barwin will deliver his biweekly update on homelessness and vagrancy in Sarasota. This time, he will be armed with statistics. He will be presenting the results of the annual "Point in Time" sur- vey of the homeless and offering details from three years of records kept at the Pinellas Safe Harbor "come-as-you-are" shelter (see the related story in this issue). The annual "homeless census" is conducted nationwide on a single day. This year, the date (Middle row, from left) City Attorney Robert Fournier, City Auditor and Clerk Pam Nadalini and City Commissioner Paul Caragiulo listen to resident Manuel Chepote during a past commission meeting. Photo by Norman Schimmel Sarasota News Leader May 2, 2014 Page 62