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+ City settles State Street Sunshine complaint The city has entered a settlement with Citizens for Sunshine that allows the city to move ahead with a State Street public garage project. On April 23, Citizens for Sunshine made a settlement offer to the city of Sarasota concerning the complaint involving the selection of a contractor for the public parking garage. Citizens for Sunshine filed a complaint in March alleging a violation of the Sunshine Law in the city’s selection of a construction and design firm slated to build the new public parking garage on State Street. The legal action alleged the scoring and ranking of bidders on the proposed construction of the $7.3 million State Street parking garage was changed and occurred out of the Sunshine and without notice to the public, according to a press release Citizens for Sunshine sent March 12. Using the Public Records Act, Citizens for Sunshine obtained scoresheets ranking the bidders that indicated bid scores were crossed out and altered. City Attorney Bob Fournier said the issue arose when the scoresheet for A.D. Morgan was changed due to an inadvertent city staff error when points were not added during
Parks Recreation & Environmental Protection Board — 3 p.m. Thursday, May 16, City Hall, Commission Chambers, 1565 First St., Sarasota. Tourist Development Council — 4 p.m. Thursday, May 16, Sarasota County Administration Center, Commission Chambers, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota. Regular City Commission Meeting — 2:30 and 6 p.m. Monday, May 20, City Hall, Commission Chambers, 1565 First St., Sarasota. County Commission Meeting — 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 21, Sarasota County Administration Center, Commission Chambers, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota.
CORRECTION: The May 16 date for the community workshop for the proposed Hub Pub listed in the May 2 issue of the Sarasota Observer was incorrect. It already occurred.
the previous meeting for A.D. Morgan being a minority business enterprise (MBE). City staff then added in the missing points, a change that moved up A.D. Morgan’s ranking in the selection process. After the lawsuit was filed, the selection committee re-convened March 15 at a meeting held in the Sunshine to “cure” the previous violation. The calculations were then explained in an open public meeting, according to an email update from Fournier to city commissioners.
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