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Board. Currently at 11 members, the PREP board has recommended reducing the num- ber to seven. The city commissioners agreed and ordered the appropriate ordinance be rewritten to reflect the reduced number. They set the matter for public hearing on July 7. Under the new ordinance, three of the mem- bers must have a regular affiliation with the Bobby Jones Golf Course, the Lido Key Pool or the Robert L. Taylor Community Complex. The draft does not talk about who gets chopped off the board. Under "New Business," the city commission- ers will be asked to rename a small city park in return for $75,000 in improvements and an endowment of $50,000 for maintenance. Ernest Werlin wants to improve Causeway Park between the Tony Saprito Fishing Pier and Hart's Landing, underneath the eastern end of the John Ringling Causeway Bridge, and name it for his wife. Tony Saprito was a colorful city commissioner. The Hart family ran a bait shop for decades at the landing, until Dennis died a few years ago. Ringling you have already heard of, I am sure. For $125,000, Eloise Werlin can join them in memoriam. Ernest Werlin proposes building a small playground structure north of the existing pavilion, put up three "shade elements" along the perimeter walkway and plant a "coastal garden" adjacent to the playground structure. Staff recommends approval of the scheme, but it also asks whether the City Commission would like staff to draft a policy on how things should be named in the future, a "nam- ing administration policy." Obviously, there is none today. % Enter To Win A New iPad e contest concludes when e Sarasota News Leader achieves 1,000 "Likes" on Facebook, One winner will be selected at random from among subscribers. Only subscribers are eligible to win the iPad, regardless of having "Liked" our page on Facebook. Contest is open only to residents of Sarasota County. Selected winners must provide a valid Sarasota County street address to receive the iPad. Contest is void where prohibited by law. 2 Then Like Us On Facebook When our "Likes" on Facebook reach 1,000, we will randomly select one of our subscribers to receive a new iPad. 1 Click here to Subscribe Sarasota News Leader July 4, 2014 Page 76