A pair of dueling memos resulted. (They are
available on the city website.)
And for the first time, Maj. Ethan Frizzell, area
commander of The Sarasota Salvation Army,
contributes publicly to the debate with a long
document to the city with his own suggested
plan of action, one he calls "hybrid housing."
The Salvation Army is the only organization
in the county offering shelter to vagrants and
the homeless. Up to this point in the debate,
Frizzell had remained quiet.
Because then-Mayor Shannon Snyder ordered
a staff report on homelessness at every regu-
lar City Commission meeting, that segment of
each session has become the only venue for
focused discussion on the issue by policymak-
ers in the county. For the July 7 agenda, all of
that is scheduled to happen in the afternoon.
PARKS, PARKS, PARKS
The evening session's substantive discus-
sions will begin with a public hearing to
reduce the size of the Parks, Recreation and
Environmental Protection (PREP) Advisory
The Municipal Auditorium will be among city buildings getting extra security. Photo by Ebyabe via
Wikimedia Commons
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