Sarasota News Leader

07/04/2014

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as plaques on park benches, would also be exempt from the new policy. A second piece of unfinished business con- cerns how to proceed with an expansion of the recently approved RROD, the Rosemary Residential Overlay District. Three property owners on the western side of the zone want their land to be in the district, too, but they joined the process too late to be part of the original privately financed comprehensive plan change. The big issue is who should pay? The staff estimates the change could cost between $3,000 and $5,000. Applicants would like the city to incur the cost, but some com- missioners objected previously to that idea. The Planning Board voted 4-0 on May 14 to recommend approval of the original RROD to the city commissioners. And it voted 4-0 to recommend expanding the district to the west. The City Commission already has sent the RROD plan to Tallahassee for approval, but it pulled the expansion aspect for greater discussion on Monday. The final item of unfinished business will be the regular discussion of homelessness in the city. This issue has become a land-use question, too, as two commissioners have argued against locating a shelter in the neigh- borhoods in northern Sarasota. Following a contentious meeting of the City and County commissions on June 23, staff retreated to figure out the next steps. A city resident 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. Photo by Norman Schimmel Sarasota News Leader July 4, 2014 Page 74

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