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"I will give a standing report Aug. 26," Wayne Applebee, the county's homelessness issues coordinator, told the News Leader, referring to the responsibility he has had at regular commission meetings over the past months. However, the topic could come up as soon as the board's Aug. 20 workshop. Still, on Aug. 26, Applebee is slated to update the county commissioners on the come-as- you-are-shelter and the City Commission's vote to opt out of the project. In the meantime, Applebee and county staff- ers will continue to search for potential locations for a facility. The City Commission vote, at this point, does not change Applebee's work in that regard. "We are continuing to look at sites in unincorporated parts of the county that could be close to the city. The county has been solid all along in embracing Dr. Marbut's criteria for sites," Applebee told the News Leader, adding that his efforts are encompassing those criteria. It will be up to the county commissioners to decide whether to pursue planning for any site without the partnership of the city. County Vice Chairwoman Robinson said that if a shelter is to be built, it will be up to County Commissioners to handle the work. "Now that we know that [the city commis- sioners have] pulled out of the partnership they invited us into," Robinson told the News Leader, "we are going to have to determine next steps." % An apparently homeless man sleeps on a bench in downtown Sarasota. Photo by Stan Zimmerman Sarasota News Leader August 8 & 15, 2014 Page 42