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and county would independently hire apprais- ers and then hammer out an agreeable figure. Barbetta wants the bus transfer station moved to the county-owned parking lot at the intersection of School Avenue and Charles Ringling Boulevard. The southeastern cor- ner of that intersection is site of the Florida Department of Health in Sarasota County. A crosswalk was recently added across School Avenue to eliminate rampant jaywalking to the Health Department. Three parking lots feed into the intersection — from the Health Department, Payne Park and the county lot used by employees. The same small stretch of roadway also has two bus stops. Because School Avenue has escaped the mania for speed control devices — humps, bumps and tables — it has become a high- speed commuter artery, as well as a route favored by parents conveying their sons and daughters to Sarasota High School. The transfer station property issue has not formally come up before the city commission- ers, who may not be aware of the buy-back provision in the 12-year-old contract. FILLING TWO PAIR OF SHOES The two city commissioners running to replace Barbetta (Paul Caragiulo is the other) must give up their seats under Florida's resign-to- run law. They will be replaced by two people City Commissioner Shannon Snyder served as mayor last year. He has filed for the District 2 County Commission seat. Photo by Norman Schimmel Sarasota News Leader June 13, 2014 Page 53