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revenue from the state for taking over those tasks, Klaber tells The Sarasota News Leader she doesn't believe it will cover the new costs the office will face. "I know tax collectors would like to get more," she says. So with all those new customers and all those new tasks to be completed, the tax collector needs more space. The county's director of general services, Ed Gable, on May 16 outlined a plan to renovate the tax collector's space in the downtown Terrace building and in the R.L. Anderson Administration Building in Venice and to construct a new south Sarasota facility where the tax collector can conduct those driving tests. The Terrace building upgrades are expected to cost $1.2 million; the Anderson improve- ments, $590,000. The deal to purchase the south Sarasota driving test property hasn't yet been finalized, but Gable estimated the cost to be about $1.5 million for acquisition, plus $2.69 million to build the actual test track, parking lot and building. That new office will be located just off Clark Road, with close access to Interstate 75, which should make visits quicker for South County residents. Over time, according to Klaber, the tax collector would like to draw more customers to that location to lighten the load on its crowded, parking-deficient down- town spot. A schematic shows the planned modifications to the offices of the Sarasota County Tax Collector and Property Appraiser in the Terrace Building to accommodate the drivers' license responsibilities the Tax Collector's Office will have to take on starting in June 2015. Image courtesy Sarasota County Sarasota News Leader May 23, 2014 Page 37