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+ City finalizes Circle parking changes The city of Sarasota will be making some parking changes on St. Armands Circle, with some of the changes coming before Thanksgiving Day. City Commissioners unanimously voted Monday to make four major changes on the Circle that would ease parking restrictions that merchants said had driven away customers. The changes mark a return to a method of parking enforcement on the Circle that was in place before an increase in enforcement in March. In addition to easing current parking enforcement, an extra 200 unrestricted on-street parking spaces will be added on the Circle, primarily for the use of employees and residents. The changes include: eliminating parking enforcement after 6 p.m. from Monday to Friday; eliminating parking enforcement on Saturdays; removing “box” parking lines around the Circle; adding 200 extra parking spaces on the Circle. City workers already began removing the “box” parking lines Sunday evening, and city Parking Manager Mark Lyons expected that project to be completed by Thanksgiving Day.
+ Board approves Ringling Walmart The Sarasota Planning Board approved a Walmart Supercenter proposed for Ringling Boulevard Wednesday, Nov. 14. The 97,000-square-foot project will now go to the City Commission for a final vote. If the City Commission approves the project, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Meetings agendas
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Regular City Commission Meeting — 2:30 and 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 19, City Hall, Commission Chambers, 1565 First St., Sarasota. Development Review Committee — 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21, City Hall, 1565 First St., Sarasota.
Community Workshop — 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, City Hall, Room 212, 1565 First St., Sarasota.
plans to demolish the existing plaza and build the store in its place. The Ringling Shopping Center lost its anchor tenant in October 2011 when Publix Super Markets Inc. closed as the plaza’s anchor tenant. The store would include general merchandise, a pharmacy, deli, produce and groceries.
+ Thanksgiving service changes and closures City of Sarasota trash collection schedules will be modified for the Thanksgiving holiday. There will be no waste collection Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 22. The schedule for collection will be as follows: Thursday garbage, recycling and yard-waste collection will occur Friday, Nov. 23. Regularly scheduled Friday garbage, recycling and yard-waste collection will occur Saturday, Nov. 24. City of Sarasota administration offices will be closed Thursday and Friday in observance of Thanksgiving. All offices will re-open Monday, Nov. 26.
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