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Health Matters OCTOBER 2021

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A winning mix

Almost every bartender has a secret recipe, but only one can be called the best.

Such was the case at the annual Set The Bar competition put on by SarasotaManatee Originals on Oct. 15 at Ed Smith Stadium.

Twenty-five competitors put their knowledge to the test in mixing and serving their drinks to a panel of judges and attending guests.

Rhiannon Mahon with Grove Restaurant was crowned Overall People’s Choice Winner with her concoction of tequila infused with pineapple, lime, mint and other ingredients and garnished with a Tajin-dusted cucumber.

A mix of affordability policies work best for city to move ahead, housing chief says.

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Students off to a good start

Temple Sinai welcomed religious-school students to their Jewish studies with pomp and circumstance at an Erev Shabbat Consecration service on Oct. 15.

President Ellyn Bender and Men’s Club co-President Howard Polivy held a tallit shawl above the students as Rabbi Samantha Kahn and Chazzan Cliff Abramson offered blessings.

Bethany Leinweber, the director of youth education, outreach and engagement, had a gift for the children.

Leinweiber presented each student with a Torah.

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Pablo Leon, Randy Blood and Nicholas Gilliam with Station 8 work hard on their recipe.

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The heat was on for participants and tasters alike at annual firefighters chili cook-off. SEE PAGE 18

Bill Russell, the president and CEO of the Sarasota Housing Authority, says the city needed to prioritize development-related incentives targeted specifically at the production of affordable housing.

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Sarasota tops for retirement Chances are, if you’re already retired, U.S. News and World Report didn’t surprise you this week when the organization rolled out its Best Places to Retire list for 2021, featuring Sarasota in the No. 1 position.

It’s the second year in a row for the city in the top spot, among the 150 most populous metro areas.

“We’re very proud of these national rankings, as they reaffirm that we’re succeeding in our goal of making our city a world-class community and a treasured destination,” Mayor Hagen Brody said.

Florida cities swept the first four positions (Sarasota, Naples, Daytona Beach and Melbourne) and eight of the top 10 cities.

City Commissioner Kyle Battie. READ MORE ON PAGE 9.

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Teams taking part in the Morton’s Firehouse Chili Cook-Off. PAGE 18

CALENDAR n Sarasota County Commission meeting — 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26, Commission Chambers, County Administration Building, 1660 Ringling Blvd. n Sarasota City Commission regular meeting — 9 a.m.

Monday, Nov. 1, Commission chambers, City Hall, board chambers, 1565 First St.

new airline is heading to Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, according to a Wednesday release from SRQ about a Thursday morning news conference that did not identify the carrier.

An announcement is expected at a 9 a.m. media event at the airport, at which the facility’s 11th air carrier will be made official.

Having assured itself in August of an all-time passenger traffic mark, the airport continues to pad its record through the autumn.

Through September, the airport handled 2.22 million passengers. The airport by the end of August set a 12-month record for passenger traffic, breaking the old mark set in 1990.

In the first eight months of 2021, 2.03 million passengers passed through the airport, eclipsing the record of 2.01 million set 31 year ago. In August, passenger traffic reached 247,900, 83% higher than the pre-pandemic levels of 2019 and more than three times the passenger traffic of August 2020.

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Lawyer lands gig

A fall tradition enjoyed by thousands in Massachusetts just became more exciting for one Sarasotan.

Shumaker law firm partner David Wyant is going to be the lead broadcast commentator for the Head of the Charles Regatta this weekend. The regatta has been going since 1965 in Cambridge. The event regularly draws in more than 11,000 athletes, according to a statement.

“The broadcast is an exciting opportunity for folks to enjoy the HOCR,” Executive Director Fred Schoch said in a release. “We’re excited to have David on board.”

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Southwest is one of the most recent additions to SRQ, helping drive a record-setting year.

Southwest, Allegiant, Jet Blue, Sun Country, Elite, Frontier and Air Canada airlines operate from SarasotaBradenton International.

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AFFORDABLE AGENDA An advisory board has presented the city with a suite of policy recommendations aimed at addressing a shortage of affordable residences.

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countywide affordable housing committee said the city is making progress in adopting policies aimed at producing lower-cost residences, but there remains a collection of legislative changes to which officials should give serious consideration.

On Monday, the City Commission heard a presentation from Bill Russell, the chair of Sarasota’s Affordable Housing Advisory Committee and the president and CEO of the Sarasota Housing Authority.

As experts in the field have in the past, Russell emphasized the importance of pursuing a mix of policy strategies for addressing a shortage of affordable housing.

The committee’s recommendations included eliminating procedural steps that lengthen the timeline for approving affordable housing projects and providing incentives for affordable housing projects in the form of increased height, increased density, reduced fees and cash subsidies.

Russell encouraged the city to explicitly promote the construction of affordable units in its policies, stating the housing market is not coming close to meeting the demand for affordable residences even when officials allow for taller or denser projects. After the city increased the maximum density in the Rosemary District from 25 units per acre to 75 units per acre, Russell said the new housing was still not priced at a rate affordable to residents earning below-average incomes. “​​Without some government intervention, affordable housing just doesn’t happen,” Russell said.

Russell said the need for affordable housing was pronounced across the income spectrum.

Russell said the housing authority has closed most of its waiting lists for subsidized units targeted at households earning less than 60% of the area median income because there’s already a yearslong wait for residences to open up. For households earning 60%-100% of area median income, Russell said there’s a dif-

ferent challenges because there are fewer government programs designed to provide housing for that demographic.

In addition to providing regulatory advantages for affordable projects, Russell encouraged the city to consider more direct support in the form of providing money or land to developers building affordable housing.

The city is required by the state to maintain a list of surplus cityowned land that could be appropriate for affordable housing.

Russell suggested the city should prioritize affordable housing on those properties when possible.

“Land is obviously at a premium, especially in the city — really, anywhere west of (Interstate) 75,” Russell said. “To the extent the city has available land, that’s just prime opportunity for affordable housing.”

The committee also suggested the city should seek to identify a way to provide recurring funding to its affordable housing fund.

The city said it intends to do so through the county’s 1-cent sales tax, should voters authorize an extension in 2024.

City staff is in the process of considering changes to its development review procedures and to the zoning code in segments of the city that aren’t predominantly residential. Those changes could include recommendations related to housing affordability, staff indicated. The commission voted unanimously to transmit the rec-

ommendations to the state, with City Manager Marlon Brown pledging to bring back proposals acting on the committee’s list.

“I think we want staff to take a good hard look at what’s in here, implement it if possible, and then of course it’ll come back to us in the form of our zoning code amendments, which we’re working on,” Mayor Hagen Brody said.

CHARTER CHANGE?

This month, the city’s Charter Review Committee voted in favor of a separate recommendation after a contentious conversation related to housing affordability.

In a 5-3 vote at its Oct. 11 meeting, the committee supported a recommendation to remove provisions requiring a supermajority of four commissioners to approve certain comprehensive plan amendments. Under the committee’s recommendation, three commissioners would need to vote in favor of a comprehensive plan amendment that changes a property’s future land use designation or increases the maximum density, height or floor area ratio.

Committee member Philip DiMaria, a planner with KimleyHorn, advanced the proposed change. He suggested a four-vote threshold represented an unnecessary barrier to changes that could be beneficial to the production of affordable housing.

“It’s hindered the city in the past, and it will continue to hinder the city,” he said. “I can’t help but think that a large part of the affordable housing crisis that we’re facing right now could have been mitigated if it wasn’t for these … particular clauses within the city charter.”

Although a majority of the committee supported the proposal, several voiced opposition. Committee member Eileen Normile expressed skepticism that greater

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HOUSING HOW-TOS

Here’s an outline of some of the recommendations the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee had for the city, several of which the city has either taken up in some form or is in the process of considering.

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Expedite approval of development orders or permits for affordable housing projects.

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Reduce, waive or defer impact fees associated with affordable housing.

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Allow increased density administratively or by right for affordable housing projects.

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Expand opportunities for accessory dwelling units.

Reduce parking and setback requirements for affordable housing, particularly incentivizing construction in walkable areas.

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Explore flexibility in lot configurations for affordable housing, and promote “missing middle“ housing types.

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Continue to consider how any policies might result in increased housing costs prior to adoption.

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Continue to review city-owned surplus lands to identify sites potentially suitable for affordable housing.

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Promote affordable housing near employment centers and transportation hubs, and consider allowing administrative review of redevelopment projects.

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Review best practices for creating a dedicated revenue source for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund.

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Study existing local multifamily housing to shape policy related to affordable infill multifamily housing projects.

flexibility on density and height would lead to improved housing affordability. She cited several of the city’s affordable housing incentives, which allow for some units priced for residents making 100%-120% of the area median income to qualify as affordable, as evidence the removal of regulatory hurdles alone might not translate to increased production.

“When it comes to affordable housing, I don’t think you can look at the comp plan for that because any time the City Commission has recently had an opportunity for affordable housing, they’ve put (the maximum income cap) at 120% AMI, which is market rate,” she said. “So even though they call it affordable housing, it’s not.”

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Above: City officials celebrated the groundbreaking of the Sarasota Housing Authority’s Lofts on Lemon project in the Rosemary District earlier this year.

Below: City staff cited the approval of the Luxe on Tenth project as proof of the efficacy of new density incentives with affordable housing provisions, though some officials have questioned whether those provisions are strict enough.

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n Thursday, vendors and residents will gather in the heart of the Rosemary District as part of the latest attempt to establish an open-air market in the neighborhood.

The Rosemary Art and Design District Night Market is a collaboration between the Rosemary Art and Design District and DreamLarge, a benefit corporation whose offices are located in the neighborhood. The market, which will feature music, food and other goods, is scheduled to run from 5-8 p.m. on the third Thursday of the month at 1420 Boulevard of the Arts.

This isn’t the first market the Rosemary District has hosted.

In 2018, the Sarasota Farmers Market launched a series of smaller evening markets near the CitySide apartment complex. In June, the team behind the RADD Night Market launched a previous incarnation of the event, planned for the first Tuesday of the month.

DreamLarge Founder Anand Pallegar appeared at Monday’s City Commission meeting to share information about the market and to encourage officials to support the event.

Pallegar said organizers saw the market as a way to allow residents to experience the neighborhood’s offerings.

“We really believe it’s a huge placemaking opportunity for the Rosemary District,” Pallegar said.

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More than 850 people responded to a survey asking for input on plans for a small park in the Rosemary District at 531 Central Ave., the latest in an ongoing effort to add public open space to the growing neighborhood.

The city intends to use the results of that survey to guide the design of the future park. The city is working with consultant Kimley-Horn on plans for the park.

The city said an initial conceptual design should be finished by midNovember, and Kimley-Horn hopes to have a concept finalized by mid-January. A timeline for construction plans will not be available until the conceptual design is finished, the city said.

In 2020, the city agreed to purchase a quarter-acre at Central Avenue and Boulevard of the Arts to convert into a park. The city committed $890,000 toward the purchase, and the Rosemary District Association raised an additional $120,000.

After launching this summer, rainouts scuttled plans for follow-up evening markets in the Rosemary District.

Now organizers say the event is back through next April.

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County narrows list of redistricting maps As officials work to redraw county boundaries, commissioners continue to take issue with a voterapproved single-member districts.

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uring the process of considering new district maps for county elections Tuesday, the County Commission defended its controversial decision to redistrict ahead of the 2020 census and criticized the singlemember district election system, which voters approved in 2018.

At a special meeting Monday, the commission selected four maps for further consideration as the board works to redistrict before the end of the year. Two of those maps are based on a proposal from Kurt Spitzer, the county’s consultant on redistricting, while the other two were submitted online by resident Brian Goodrich.

The county is redistricting because, per 2020 census data, there’s too large a population gap between the largest and smallest district in the map adopted in 2019. Spitzer said a map is generally considered compliant with state and federal regulations if there’s a deviation of less than 10%, and the county map shows a deviation of more than 14% between District 2 in north Sarasota and District 3 in the southern end of the county.

Although the county received 11 submissions from residents, the commission dismissed all but

two submissions. Board members expressed a variety of reasons for rejecting resident submissions, with the most frequent being improperly balanced districts and boundaries that drew a sitting commissioner out of the district they represented.

Spitzer said he drew his proposal for new district boundaries in an effort to create adequate balance while still largely maintaining the 2019 map. Under Spitzer’s map, portions of District 2 north of 12th Street and east of U.S. 301 would be incorporated into District 1. The County Commission asked Spitzer to create an alternate version of his proposed map that would establish State Road 72 as the southern boundary of District 1.

Goodrich’s maps propose a more significant deviation from the current district boundaries.

The first map adjusts the eastern and southern boundaries of District 2 while splitting most of the current District 4 into two separate districts, with Interstate 75 serving as the dividing line.

In the second map, the current District 2 is redrawn to incorporate Longboat Key, a portion of the city of Sarasota and segments of the unincorporated county both west and east of I-75. District 1 would include a chunk of north Sarasota and a large swath of the middle of the county east

“Voters knew what they were doing in approving singlemember districts by a 60% vote in 2018, on a very simple and clearly worded ballot.”

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Map courtesy Sarasota County

Consultant Kurt Spitzer presented a map that adjusted 2019 boundaries to create a better balance between districts across the county.

of I-75 and south of State Road 72.

The county intends to finalize the maps it will consider for adoption at the Oct. 26 commission meeting.

Commissioner Mike Moran said the only reason the county had to redistrict was because of the switch to single-member districts following the 2018 election. Previously, voters countywide elected all five county commissioners, diminishing the importance of balanced districts. In 2018, however, 59.9% of the electorate supported a charter amendment creating single-member districts — which meant only residents within a district would vote to

decide their representative.

Although supporters of the 2018 referendum expressed hope that it would make commissioners more responsive to their constituents, the County Commission has expressed disdain for the change. On Tuesday, Moran called the referendum the product of a “small group of sly Democrat operatives” brought about to increase the odds of a Democratic Party victory in a County Commission race for the first time since 1966.

The nonpartisan Sarasota Alliance for Fair Elections led the petition campaign to get the single-member district referendum

on the ballot, though the Sarasota County Democratic Party supported the proposal.

Commissioner Christian Ziegler said he didn’t think the change was well thought out.

“If single-member districts didn’t exist, we wouldn’t even be mandated to do these gymnastics,” Moran said.

Supporters of single-member districts have organized in opposition to the county’s consideration of a referendum repealing the 2018 charter amendment.

Ahead of a discussion at Wednesday’s Charter Review Board meeting, resident Dan Lobeck cited the county’s 2021 resident survey, in which 40% of respondents indicated a positive sentiment about single-member districts and 26% said they disapproved.

“Voters knew what they were doing in approving single-member districts by a 60% vote in 2018, on a very simple and clearly worded ballot,” Lobeck said in an email Tuesday. “There is no basis to say otherwise, and it is an insult to the voters to tell us we made a mistake.”

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The city could be in a position to finalize plans for the future of Bobby Jones Golf Club next month, nearly three years after the City Commission first selected a design for renovating the municipal facility.

On Monday, the commission voted unanimously to hold a special meeting Nov. 29 to discuss the options still under consideration pertaining to the renovation project. The board will review a committee-endorsed proposal from a private company interested in taking over management of the property, though the commission has not yet committed to finalizing such a partnership.

In March, the commission voted 3-2 to put out an invitation to negotiate targeted at private operators for the course. Although Commissioners Jen AhearnKoch and Liz Alpert argued the city should continue to operate the course itself, a majority of the commission said it wanted to keep its options open. Commissioners who supported the invitation to negotiate suggested a private management company could reduce the city’s expenditures on the course or even contribute to the cost of the renovations, previously estimated at $12 million.

The city is still negotiating with two finalists who responded to the invitation to negotiate: Paradigm Golf Management, based in San Clemente, California, and Antares Golf LLC, based in Reston, Virginia. City spokesperson Jason Bartolone said staff intended to have a proposed agreement finalized for the Nov. 29 meeting.

Regardless of the outcome of those negotiations, the city could still opt against a partnership with a private operator, instead selecting a contractor to carry out the commission’s selected design for renovating the 293-acre property.

The city intends to downsize the golf course from 45 to 27 holes, using 130 acres of the site to create new public park facilities. The city’s favored plan would leave an 18-hole regulation course and a nine-hole short course.

At the Nov. 29 meeting, the city will also discuss financing of the project and the prospect of creating a conservation easement for the Bobby Jones property in partnership with the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast.

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TAILGATING TIFF 12:36 p.m. — 2200 block of Siesta Drive Dispute: A man said that he was driving down the road while another driver was following his car closely and honking at him.

The man said he was driving the speed limit and slowing for speed bumps on the road. The man said the honking became annoying, so he got out of his vehicle at a stoplight and confronted the other driver. The man told the other driver he was traveling to a job interview and that the other driver could meet him there if he had a problem. An officer spoke to the other driver, who said the man threatened him and threw an unidentified object that hit the hood of the other driver’s vehicle. The man denied throwing anything at the other driver’s vehicle, and an officer could not tell if damage to the other driver’s car hood was new or old.

WHERE’S THE FIREWORKS? 8:10 p.m. — 2000 block of Benjamin Franklin Drive Noise complaint: A man said he heard fireworks coming from a nearby park. An officer checked

the area and was unable to locate any fireworks or the source of any similar noise.

OCT. 15

SOUNDS FINE 12:16 a.m. — 1000 block of Siesta Drive Noise complaint: An officer received a complaint about loud music coming from cars parked at a nearby park. The officer found the cars but did not hear any noise violations. The occupants of the cars said they were in the process of leaving.

FOOD FIGHT 8:59 p.m. — 2100 block of Ringling Boulevard Dispute: An employee at a restaurant reported a driver was refusing to leave the drive-thru.

The employee said the driver was frustrated because he was trying to pick up an online order, but the order did not come through on the restaurant’s system. An officer spoke to the driver, who said the restaurant would not fulfill his order. The officer explained the error to the driver, who remained frustrated but ultimately left the area.

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Explore CEO mayor concept In spite of three voter rejections for an elected mayor in Sarasota, the 10-member committee has an opportunity to research in detail the pros and cons. It owes that to the city’s voters.

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ased on history, to be sure, posing to Sarasota city voters whether to change to an elected CEO mayor-commission form of government from the current weak mayor-commission-manager seems like another effort in futility.

Three referendums have failed in the past 25 years, and three other attempts have failed to get the question on the city ballot.

Logic says: Why bring up the matter again next month at the 10-year gathering of a committee assigned to review the city’s charter?

Voters apparently are satisfied. So what is the problem to be solved?

Here is the problem: lack of leadership. No vision. No champion, no clearly defined leader to drive the city forward to achieve greatness.

Result: mediocrity at best.

That’s what you always get from a committee in which no one is in charge. Think of the business world. Name one great company that achieved greatness under the leadership of a committee.

For that matter, think of a city that has achieved greatness with a committee of five.

In the case of Sarasota, to what period can you point in the past 25 years that you can say the Sarasota City Commission was a model of great governance and leadership? We could fill this entire page with examples of the many fiascoes that have come and gone over that period, most of them rooted in the votes of city commissioners who wanted Sarasota to stay in a time warp.

For those who did not live here yet, you probably would find it hard to believe it took 11 years for Ringling Bridge to be built. It actually took only two years to build it. Six of those years were consumed with the City Commission opposing a fixed-span

bridge to replace a rickety drawbridge and debating, objecting and filing lawsuits over the design of the bridge.

That’s the poster child of Sarasota City Commission dysfunction.

It’s actually quite remarkable that Sarasota has turned out as well as it has. Not because of the City Commission — in spite of the City Commission.

Yes, Sarasota is a great place to live. So why fix what isn’t broken? Here’s why: because Sarasota is no longer the sleepy, artsy, vacation town it was 20, 30, 40 years ago. It’s growing up quickly, and to meet the increasingly complicated demands it will continue to face, it would behoove the city government and taxpayers to have a leader with a vision that voters support.

We know all the baloney about boss mayors and dictator mayors. They’re red herrings. Even with a CEO-elected mayor, there are still checks and balances.

That form of government is no different than what we have in Tallahassee with a governor to lead and manage the state’s business and lawmakers to set policy.

We have always supported the elected CEO-mayor concept because we believe and know that every organization functions best when it has an inspiring champion spurring everyone on to reach higher and be better.

At the least, we encourage the 10-member committee reviewing the city charter to explore in-depth pros and cons of an elected-CEO mayor-council form of government.

To that end, here are questions that would help everyone decide

whether the concept is worth pursuing once again: QUESTIONS FOR CITIES THAT CONVERTED TO STRONG, ELECTED CEO MAYORCOMMISSION:

n What wasn’t working with the governance of the city, and what was the tipping point that prompted the change in the city’s form of government? n How specifically has the governance, management and quality of life changed for the better for the citizens and taxpayers? n Or has the governance, management and quality of life changed for the worse for the citizens and taxpayers? n How has the change affected the finances and financial management of the city? n What are the most significant changes brought about by the change in the form of government? n What is your perception: Do your city’s residents regret the change, or are they pleased with it?

QUESTIONS FOR RESIDENTS WHO OPPOSE AN ELECTED CEO STRONG MAYOR:

n Explain how the managercommission form of government is better for taxpayers than an elected CEO mayor-commission form of government. n What benefits does a weak mayor-commission-manager form of government offer over an elected CEO-mayor form of government? n What are your specific objections to an elected CEO strong mayor? n Why are you convinced an

HOW OTHER CITIES ARE GOVERNED Anna Maria: Council-Strong Mayor Bradenton: Hybrid Bradenton Beach: CouncilWeak Mayor Cape Coral: Council-Manager Clearwater: Council-Manager Fort Lauderdale: CouncilManager Fort Myers: Council-Manager Fort Myers Beach: CouncilManager Holmes Beach: CouncilStrong Mayor Jacksonville: Council-Strong Mayor

Longboat Key: CouncilManager Miami: Council-Strong Mayor Naples: Council-Manager Orlando: Council-Strong Mayor Pensacola: Council-Strong Mayor Punta Gorda: CouncilManager St. Petersburg: CouncilStrong Mayor Tampa: Council-Strong Mayor Venice: Council-Manager West Palm Beach: CouncilStrong Mayor

But it is legislation that would provide tax credits (subsidies) intended to benefit newspaper companies with fewer than 1,000 employees.

The bill would provide a $25,000 tax credit for a newspaper company for every journalist it employs for the first year and then up to a $15,000 credit for every journalist for the next four years.

This is the pared down version

from the original bill, which would have given tax credits for consumers who subscribed to papers and businesses that advertised in them.

No surprise, newspaper trade organizations and newspapers (not this one) are strongly supporting this.

Shame on them. These credits are exactly what newspapers have railed about for decades: special favors for special interests.

Friedrich Hayek

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President and Publisher / Emily Walsh, EWalsh@YourObserver.com

‘UNDER THE RULE OF FOOLS’ When you think about all that is going wrong with the U.S. economy now — and certainly Florida and Floridians are feeling the effects — all of these maladies are government inflicted. They are a result of politicians who apparently have scant or no knowledge of history or, worse, who ignore the realities of history.

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elected CEO mayor would adversely affect Sarasota? n How would an elected CEO mayor damage the way the city is governed and managed and adversely affect taxpayers and the quality of life? n What examples or evidence do you have that switching from a council-manager form of government to an elected, strong mayor produces negative results for the city’s taxpayers?

QUESTIONS FOR RESIDENTS WHO SUPPORT AN ELECTED CEO-STRONG MAYOR

n What would you say is wrong with the current form of government? Provide examples of how the manager-commission form of government produced adverse results for citizens and the city. n Why are you convinced an elected CEO-mayor will be good for Sarasota? n How will an elected CEOmayor improve the way the city is governed and managed. What benefits would it bring that do not occur under the current form of government? n How do you respond to the criticisms that an elected CEOmayor puts the governance of the city under the rule of a dictator? n What examples or evidence do you have that switching from a council-manager form of government to an elected, strong mayor produces positive results for the city’s taxpayers?

Shame on America’s newspapers: They want special treatment Like many millions of Americans, count us among those disappointed, disheartened and often disgusted with the decline and deceit in American journalism — mostly at the national level.

And now this: Tucked in the bowels of Congress’ reconciliation bill is what has been called the Local Journalism Sustainability Act. It sounds like a good cause.

“If we are to build a better world, we must remember that the guiding principle is this — a policy of freedom for the individual is the only truly progressive policy.”

Why not credits for small retailers? Restaurateurs? Small grocers? Construction companies? What makes newspapers any more special than any other businesses?

Sadly, many publishers don’t see the hypocrisy. As Milton Friedman noted about subsidies: What unearned benefit you give to one, you must make another pay more.

— M.W.

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City leaders endorse hosted rentals A majority of the City Commission spoke favorably about permitting short-term rentals of a portion of a home as long as a resident remains on site.

DAVID CONWAY DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR

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s the City Commission debated the merits and potential drawbacks of legalizing some shortterm rentals as long as a longterm resident is on the property, Commissioners Erik Arroyo and Liz Alpert raised the same question: Are those rentals really of concern to the city?

At a meeting Monday, a majority of the City Commission expressed support for allowing “hosted rentals” in residential areas without the seven-day minimum stay the city currently imposes on short-term rentals.

Although residents have previously taken issue with short-term rentals through such companies as Airbnb, most commissioners said they didn’t think those issues were linked to situations where a homeowner remained on site while a visitor was staying on a portion of their property.

As a result, the commission voted unanimously to direct staff to prepare an ordinance that would permit hosted rentals with few regulatory requirements.

“If people start posing a problem, then we can come back and fix it, but I don’t think we have this huge issue that requires a lot of regulation at this point,” Alpert said.

Mayor Hagen Brody has been a leading advocate for legalizing hosted rentals, which he said allows residents to generate additional income without disrupting their neighbors. Brody said such rentals are already taking place within the city and that he sees no harm in altering the city’s zoning code to formally authorize the activity.

“You have someone on site who is going to, by nature, keep the situation relatively subdued,” Brody said.

Residents who rent a segment of their homes spoke at Monday’s meeting encouraging the city to change its regulations.

Speakers said hosting renters is an experience that provides benefits for visitors, local businesses and homeowners who share their houses.

“I think it’s fabulous,” resident Maurizio Colucci said. “You meet people from all over the world who come to Sarasota, and, for me, it’s an opportunity to tell

them the story about Sarasota.”

Not all the public input at Monday’s meeting was unreservedly positive. Chris Goglia, a St. Armands resident, said he wasn’t opposed to hosted rentals, but he encouraged the city to take measures designed to limit potential detrimental effects associated with that activity. He suggested limiting the number of people who could stay at a property and the number of rooms a homeowner could rent out.

“I’m not against the practice of home sharing, but I would encourage you to limit it to the same-sized groups that are allowed when you live in that house yourself,” Goglia said.

That input resonated with at least two commissioners. Commissioner Jen Ahearn-Koch agreed with Goglia, expressing concern that hosted rentals could create unforeseen problems if the city wasn’t precise with its regulatory language. She pointed to community concerns about “hotel houses” — properties in residential areas built as vacation rentals for large groups of people — as an example of an issue that arose because the city code failed to foreclose on an opportunity to conduct commercial activity in neighborhoods.

Commissioner Kyle Battie also felt that was a valid point, though he noted the city had the power to

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Since 2018, Mayor Hagen Brody has advocated for legalizing hosted rentals. On Monday, a majority of the city commissioners indicated they supported that effort.

revise any policy on hosted rentals if issues arose.

“Hotel houses only came up because of a loophole,” Battie said. “They got creative, and now it became a problem.”

Brody objected to the idea of linking hotel houses to hosted rentals, arguing that the activities were fundamentally different.

Arroyo and Alpert both indicated they harbored no concerns about unintended consequences associated with hosted rentals, stating they felt there was no reason to believe the properties would pose a problem.

Once staff has finalized a proposed ordinance legalizing hosted rentals, the document will go to the City Commission for review.

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He lived with his wife in their Sarasota condo until her passing three years ago. Since then, he’s mostly been staying away from people during the pandemic and learning to cook for himself.

The results have been so-so.

“I really was screwing up,” Miller said. “Before COVID, I went to restaurants. … Nuking food is not the best.”

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He moved to Florida with his wife a year and a half ago and found himself looking for a more interesting line of work. He’s been working with Chefs for Seniors for more than two months.

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mid Sarasota’s blockbuster creative outlets resides a smaller, funkier venue that aims to stay that way.

Urbanite Theatre offers creative, out-of-the-box shows “written by the next generation of playwrights that write culturally and socially relevant material,” says Brendan Ragan, the theater’s co-artistic director. “These are the people who are on the verge of fame.”

This season, called “Radiance,” includes themes that range from an Irish immigrant looking to make it as an American writer to a wake for a drag queen. All the plays are staged in the theater’s 75-seat venue at 1487 Second St., a black-box-style performance space that offers directors flexibility in staging.

Ragan says that the hiatus brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic gave Urbanite Theatre a chance to “reflect, reorganize and polish our model and policies to be better for all,” referring to a $300,000 fundraising initiative to assist in the move to a five-day workweek, raising the minimum wage so all actors are paid at Equity Union scale “and interns earning a decent living.”

Over the summer, as a means of satisfying a goal to perform safely amid COVID-19, Urbanite hosted outdoor play readings at both Hermitage Artist Retreat and at Selby Botanical Gardens at Spanish Point.

Eventually, weather brought those outdoor productions to a halt. Still, the group has kept busy.

Another creative production offered during the pandemic was “Safe House” — an interac-

tive, walk-through experience.

The production did not feature a traditional theater seating, there were no live performers, and the presentation could be seen only by four people indoors at Urbanite Theatre.

“We also hosted an online, female playwright festival that was a playwright contest celebrating women in theater,” Ragan says, adding that Urbanite received 300 national submissions. “We whittled the submissions to three finalists, and they had only a week of development to put it together. It was our part in leveling the playing field” in an industry where most playwrights are men.

A gem emerged. “A Skeptic and a Bruja” will be a full production this year at Urbanite and tells the story of Priscilla who buys a home in the middle of nowhere with hopes of turning it into a bed and breakfast. When she starts having paranormal experiences, she calls Sam and Jess from a hit ghosthunting show to help. No one is prepared for the haunting they encounter thereafter. The play is a world premiere and written by Rosa Fernandez.

Actors, writers and crew have lined up a list of performances, including the upcoming show, “At the Wake of a Dead Drag Queen” from Oct. 29 to Dec. 5. Written

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and performed by Terry Guest, the play features a drag star in rural Georgia who welcomes the audience to her wake after recently dying of complications from AIDS. “This show opens our season and is one of those rare productions that is immensely funny and joyful while exploring complex, meaningful cultural matters,” Ragan says. “It’s the perfect show to reopen with after what we’ve all been through over the last 18 months.

“Even as it contemplates death, it’s full of life.”

Ragan directs another show in the season called “The Smuggler” about an Irish immigrant who wants to be a writer in America but struggles to find his path.

This show’s theme is appealing because the actor plays 10 characters and uses 9,000 words of rhyming verse.

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Ragan says he and his co-artistic director, Summer Wallace, expect their new season to be sensational.

“We started Urbanite in 2015 and recognized at the time that while Sarasota has a tremendous arts and culture scene, there was a niche left unserved,” Ragan says.

“We realized contemporary plays in a black-box theater would be a perfect fit. When we opened, we sold out to a full house, and the response from the patrons was, ‘What took you so long to start this?’”

Small, intimate theater in a black-box format is its product, and Urbanite wants to stay that way.

“We don’t want to grow so big that we have to find new, bigger home,” he says. “It would change both the product and what we produce. Small makes us special.

We have to appeal to a smaller slice of the overall pie and keep our theater at 75 seats versus 500 or more like other venues.”

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Cardinal Mooney High swimmer Michaela Mattes won the 200yard freestyle (1:51.67) at the 2021 Tri-County Championships, held Oct. 16 at Selby Aquatic Center.

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Riverview High volleyball senior McKenna Flaherty had 10 kills and 19 digs Oct. 18 in the Rams’ 3-1 home win against Sarasota High.

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Sarasota High sophomore swimmer Casey Aten won the 200-yard individual medley (1:59.34) at the 2021 Tri-County Championships, held Oct. 16 at Selby Aquatic Center. The Sailors boys won the championships.

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Former Sarasota High running back Brian Battie, a sophomore at South Florida, was named the American Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week on Oct. 18. Battie returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown in the 32-31 loss to Tulsa on Oct. 16.

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Sarasota High junior cross-country runner Ella Menke (19:41.40) finished 14th out of 232 runners in the Select division of the 2021 FSU Pre-State Invitational, held Oct. 15 and 16 in Tallahassee.

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“I see football as a way to have a spotlight on me and I plan to take that spotlight all the way.”

— Riverview High’s Charles Lester III SEE PAGE 17

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Johnell Williams turns upfield after catching a pass against Sebring.

Williams had a rushing touchdown on a wide receiver reverse against Lakewood Ranch High last week.

The Rams are averaging more than 35 points per game in their past three games.

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t took awhile — longer than Riverview High football Coach Josh Smithers anticipated, he said — but the Rams’ offense is transforming into something dangerous.

The Rams’ defense carried the team in the early weeks of the season. Riverview averaged 15.5 points a game through its first four; despite the sluggish scoring, the team went 3-1 in those games. Smithers said it was a mix of limited practice reps and mixing in many new players, or returning players in new positions, that caused the early struggles. That included quarterback, where juniors Joe Borchers and Will Carter Jr. were splitting playing time.

Three weeks later, things have changed. While still splitting quarterback reps with Borchers, Carter Jr. has taken the vast majority of them and excelled, not just as a passer but as a runner.

Against Lakewood Ranch High on Oct. 15, Carter Jr. completed seven of 13 passes for 116 yards and two touchdowns, both to sophomore Charles Lester III. Carter Jr. also ran six times for 33 yards. Those numbers might not seem lofty, but considering they occurred in more or less one half — the game, which the Rams won 42-14, had a running clock triggered early in the third quarter — and they become more impressive.

“He does a great job when a play breaks down,” Smithers said of Carter Jr. “Even last week (against Lakewood Ranch), we had a low snap that was fumbled, and he picks it up and runs. Instead of losing 15 yards on it, he gets a first down. He’s also, like everyone, just getting more comfortable in the offense, making the right reads in the running game and the passing game. You start to score more points when you execute better.”

Over the past three games, including the Lakewood Ranch win, Riverview has averaged 34.7 points a game, more than double their average in the first four games. They won all three.

Now the 6-1 Rams look like they are starting to put everything together at once; the defense has remained steady, with the season-opening 35-6 loss to Semi-

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nole High being the only game where the Rams allowed more than 16 points.

Carter Jr.’s emergence has helped skill position players including Lester III, senior wide receiver Jaron Glover and senior running back Jay’den Birch. Lester III and Glover have combined for 490 receiving yards and eight touchdowns. The passing game becoming a viable threat has opened holes for Birch, who has 668 yards and nine touchdowns on 113 carries.

“We started off rough,” said Lester III, who also plays defensive back for the Rams. “We had to improve our tempo. We had to get everything going quicker and up our game. In practice we go hard against each other. We have a great defense, and they help us get better every day. We (the offense) have a lot more chemistry now.”

Although a highly anticipated game against rival Venice High

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(7-0) looms on Oct. 29, the Rams are not overlooking this week’s opponent, Gulf Coast High (3-4).

The Rams will hit the road to play the Sharks, and Smithers is making sure his players don’t look past Gulf Coast lest they stumble in the process.

“They’re a really good football team,” Smithers said of the Sharks. “They are well coached, and they are physical. We will have to come out and play well.

We’re not loaded with talent like the ‘Venice Tri-County All-Star Team’ down south, where they might be able to show up and beat people off talent. We have to be prepared and execute well every week. If we don’t, we’ll struggle.

If we do, we’ll look good.”

Will Carter Jr. (2) has taken the majority of snaps in the Rams’ past three games.

Coach Josh Smithers praised his ability to improvise when things break down.

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The playoff push T

he high school fall sports playoffs are beginning to arrive, somehow.

It feels like that should not be true, but it is. Didn’t we just start things up a few weeks ago?

Maybe this is something that comes with increased age, but the fall season goes faster every year. (In fact, I know it’s true, because I write something to this effect every year, and the surprise is always as genuine.) Regardless of any misgivings I might have with the passage of time, the playoffs are indeed here.

Let’s start with volleyball.

The district tournaments are happening this week. Cardinal Mooney, the area’s top team, was scheduled to play The Out-ofDoor Academy for a Class 3A District 7 title on Wednesday night. The Cougars (19-7) had a bye in the first round then swept Bell Creek Academy to advance to the final. It would be a shock if the Cougars did not take the title; they have beaten ODA head to head and are 4-1 against common opponents while ODA is 0-7 against them. Even if an upset does happen, Mooney should have a high-enough power ranking in the Florida High School Athletic Association calculations to advance to the class’s regional tournament as an at-large team.

The Cougars look like the only area team that will advance.

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Cardinal Mooney junior Jordyn Byrd, a University of Texas commit, will lead the Cougars volleyball team back to the postseason.

Riverview High, with Coach Nickie Halbert back on the bench, defeated Sarasota High 3-1 in the first round of its Class 7A tournament but lost 3-0 to Venice High in the semifinals on Tuesday. Likewise, Booker High swept Hardee High 3-0 in the first round of its Class 4A tournament but lost 3-0 to Sebring High on Tuesday.

Cardinal Mooney also has its district swimming meet this week, Saturday at North Shore Aquatic Complex in St. Petersburg. Mooney girls swimmer Michaela Mattes will begin ramping up to her title defense at the meet. Last year, she won the Class 1A 500-yard freestyle (4:47.19) and the 200-yard individual medley (2:01.10) at states.

Although the main event isn’t until Nov. 6 for Class 1A, Mattes will need a good showing to continue to advance. She seems like she’s on her game; she won the 200 IM with a blazing time of 1:51.67 at the 2021 Tri-County Championships, held Oct. 16 at Selby Aquatic Center. Booker High has its Class 2A district meet Friday at Arlington Park; Riverview and Sarasota will have their Class 4A district meet Oct. 30 at Selby Aquatic Center.

Returning state qualifier Connor DeMichele and the Riverview boys golf team will play its district meet Oct. 26 at North Port’s Heron Creek Golf and

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Country Club, while the Rams girls will play the day before at Venice’s Waterford Golf Course.

It doesn’t appear that the girls will repeat as state champs as last year’s talent-laden squad more or less disbanded after its win, but DeMichele, a senior, remains a player to watch on the boys side. Cardinal Mooney also has a strong boys team; the Cougars will play their district tournament Oct. 25 at Legacy Golf Club in Lakewood Ranch.

Cross-country district meets will also be held next week, which is when the contenders will begin to separate themselves from everyone else. We should know a lot more about potential state qualifiers after those races, though I feel safe in saying that Sarasota High girls junior Ella Menke will be among them; she’s had a consistently strong season.

Then, somehow, football will be following suit in a month or so. It’s an exciting time to be an area sports fan, and I’ll keep you posted on all our athletes.

Ryan Kohn is the sports writer for the Sarasota Observer. Contact him at RKohn@ YourObserver.com.

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Charles Lester III is a sophomore defensive back/wide receiver on the Riverview High football team.

Lester III had two touchdown catches in the Rams’ 42-14 home win against Lakewood Ranch High on Oct. 15.

When did you start football?

I started when I was 4 years old, so I’ve basically played all my life. I started with the Sarasota Gators youth team.

What is the appeal to you?

Well, I was born into a football family, so I didn’t really have a choice to play. (Laughs.) But I fell in love with it, anyway. I see football as a way to have a spotlight on me, and I plan to take that spotlight all the way.

(Lester has offers from Michigan State and Indiana.)

Do you prefer wide receiver or defensive back?

To be honest, I like receiver more. I was a wide receiver all my life. I came in here as a freshman competing with a lot of experienced receivers, so the coaches moved me to the defensive side. I was able to start as a freshman there.

But this year I’m playing both, which is great. I’m willing to do it to help the team and show off all my skills.

If you would like to make a recommendation for the Sarasota Observer’s Athlete of the Week feature, send it to Ryan Kohn at RKohn@ YourObserver.com.

What is your best skill?

I think it’s route running, double moves especially. I work on that a lot, dropping my hips and exploding out of breaks.

What have you been improving?

On the defensive side, I am working on my (man-to-man) coverage.

What is your favorite food?

Japanese fried rice. I love it.

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The event, held outside Morton’s Marketplace and benefiting the Sarasota Firefighters Benevolent Fund, featured 13 teams from across Sarasota County showing off their chili creations to win the muchdesired title of Best Chili.

Sarasota County Fire Department Assistant Chief of Operations Michael Hartley welcomed the crowd to the festivities before introducing the panel of judges.

Celebrity guests this year included Sarasota interim Chief of Police Rex Troche, morning radio-show hosts Maverick and Lulu, and Adyn Pickett, who was diagnosed with leukemia.

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“We’re going to enjoy today, and may the best chili win,” Hartley said.

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SARASOTA 401 Quay Commons 1903 4 Beds 4/1 Baths 6,131 Sq. Ft. Nora Johnson & Klaus Lang 941-809-1700 A4513907 $11,250,000

SARASOTA 1335 2nd Street PH-7 4 Beds 3/1 Baths 3,363 Sq. Ft. Jonathan Abrams 941-232-2868 A4495711 $3,299,900

SARASOTA 473 Partridge Circle 4 Beds 3/1 Baths 3,226 Sq. Ft. Drew Russell 941-993-3739 A4511642 $3,095,000

VENICE 721 Granada Avenue 4 Beds 3 Baths 3,287 Sq. Ft. Margaret Kennedy 941-713-5000 A4511866 $2,950,000

SIESTA KEY 1281 Tree Bay Lane 3 Beds 4/1 Baths 4,616 Sq. Ft. Kelly Quigley 941-356-9954 A4505720 $2,500,000

SARASOTA 505 S Orange Avenue 1103 3 Beds 3/1 Baths 3,003 Sq. Ft. Susan Fox & Jonathan Fox, PA 941-544-6648 A4510482 $1,850,000

SIESTA KEY 4910 Commonwealth Drive 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,210 Sq. Ft. Barbara Dumbaugh & Victoria Lear 941-951-6660 A4512691 $1,750,000

HOLMES BEACH 4003 5th Avenue 3 Beds 3 Baths 2,200 Sq. Ft. Stacy Haas 941-587-4359 A4514159 $1,750,000

SARASOTA 3501 Founders Club Drive 3 Beds 3 Baths 2,836 Sq. Ft. Richard Hearn 941-313-1591 A4497661 $1,700,000

SIESTA KEY 6512 Midnight Pass Road 405 2 Beds 2/1 Baths 1,665 Sq. Ft. Greg Larson 941-404-1969 A4513655 $1,600,000

SIESTA KEY 5770 Midnight Pass Road 607 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,447 Sq. Ft. Karen Chandler 941-544-4919 A4505576 $1,250,000

SARASOTA 1350 Main Street 1406 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,597 Sq. Ft. Lenore Treiman 941-356-9642 A4513275 $1,250,000

SARASOTA 5925 Anise Drive 4 Beds 3/1 Baths 3,487 Sq. Ft. Lorraine Neal 941-350-0997 A4509323 $995,000

SARASOTA 4530 Murcia Boulevard 14 3 Beds 2/1 Baths 3,187 Sq. Ft. Mina Johnson 941-404-9347 A4512618 $985,000

SARASOTA 707 S Gulfstream Avenue 1008 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,721 Sq. Ft. Marci McFarland 941-961-3390 A4514385 $967,000

SARASOTA 7700 Iguana Drive 4 Beds 3 Baths 2,550 Sq. Ft. Lee Byron & Sue Keal 941-350-5542 A4512842 $950,000

SARASOTA 512 Laurel Park Drive 3 Beds 3/1 Baths 2,423 Sq. Ft. Phyllis Garfinkel 941-302-6400 A4514157 $899,000

SARASOTA 1518 Bel Air Star Parkway 4 Beds 4/1 Baths 3,475 Sq. Ft. Cheryl Roberts 941-266-1450 A4506654 $835,000

SIESTA KEY 4822 Ocean Boulevard 5D 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,440 Sq. Ft. Denise Mei & Nicole Mei 941-685-3198 A4503577 $749,000

LAKEWOOD RANCH 7179 Sandhills Place 2 Beds 2 Baths 2,025 Sq. Ft. Deborah Angelo O'Mara 941-730-0777 A4514392 $650,000

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SARASOTA 2785 Nancy Street 3 Beds 2 Baths 1,320 Sq. Ft. Adam Cuffaro 941-812-0791 A4513869 $459,000

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SARASOTA 4619 Oak Trail Drive 48 3 Beds 2/1 Baths 2,124 Sq. Ft. Sally Piccolo 941-525-8295 A4509346 $330,000

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SARASOTA POINSETTIA PARK Peter and Robin Mason, trustees, of Sarasota, sold the home at 1851 Oleander St. to Beth Daniel, of Sarasota, for $2 million. Built in 1952, it has four bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,738 square feet of living area. It sold for $80,900 in 1990.

James and Tiffany Perry, of Sarasota, sold two properties at 1910 Webber St. to Charles and Nhan Pimentel, of Sarasota, for $1.26 million. The first property was built in 2003; it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,632 square feet of living area. The second property was built in 2003; it has one bedroom, one-and-a-half baths and 528 square feet of living area.

They sold for $725,000 in 2014.

DESOTA PARK Sidney Peykar, of Punta Gorda, sold his home at 1964 Datura St. to William and Gwendlyn

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OCT. 4-8

Other top sales by area

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home in Fiddler Bayou tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Jeffrey and Susan Jones sold their home at 4300 Higel Ave. to Chanel Holdings (Nevis) LLC for $12 million.

Built in 2008, it has six bedrooms, six-andthree-half baths, a pool and 8,623 square feet of living area. It sold for $10.25 million in 2014.

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O’Shea, of Amagansett, New York, for $1.76 million. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,272 square feet of living area. It sold for $800,000 in 2008.

LEWIS COMBS Robert and Victoria Kyle, of Northfield, Illinois, sold two properties at 1659 Hawthorne St. to TCMAX LLC for $1.63 million. The first property was built in 1940; it has four bedrooms, three baths and 1,959 square feet of living area. The second property was built in 1940; it has one bedroom, one bath and 840 square feet of living area. They sold for $950,000 in 2018.

The waterfront home at 4300 Higel Ave. sits back from the road. It offers six bedrooms, six full baths, three half-baths and more than 8,500 square feet of living space.

CHEROKEE PARK Dermot Briody and Erica Perry Briody, of Sarasota, sold their home at 1655 North Drive to Kenneth and Sabrina Meredith, of Sarasota, for $1.4 million.

Built in 1950, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,694 square feet of living area. It sold for $927,000 in 2015.

DeSota Park Beau and Khala Snyder, of Carmel, Indiana, sold their home at 1924 Hibiscus St. to Benjamin and Jacqueline Duke, of Northfield, Illinois, for $2.4 million. Built in 2018, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,295 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.6 million in 2019.

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Legacy Estates on Palmer Ranch Abdul and Tahira Chawdry, of Nokomis, sold their home at 12020 Legacy Estates Blvd. to Daping and Heather Xia, of Sarasota, for $1.38 million. Built in 2017, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,639 square feet of living area. It sold for $924,900 in 2017.

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The Villas at Osprey Harbor Village Todd Kerber, of Sarasota, sold his Unit G2 condominium at 14021 Bellagio Way to Lee Kash and Douglas Kash, of Springboro, Ohio, for $915,000.

Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two-anda-half baths and 2,230 square feet of living area.

It sold for $765,700 in 2006.

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Bayshore Road James and Gail Blades, trustees, of Venice, sold the home at to Bruce and Wendy McKee, of Denver, for $1.42 million.

Built in 1973, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,514 square feet of living area.

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LONGBOAT KEY 1211 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 905 2 Beds 2.5 Baths 2,135 SF A4503364 $1,579,000

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LONGBOAT KEY PENDING/Backups Desired 370 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 423 2 Beds 2.5 Baths 2,350 SF A4511785 $1,200,000

LONGBOAT KEY 603 Longboat Club Road 1103N 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,458 SF A4506271 $1,150,000

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LONGBOAT KEY 1095 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 404 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,503 SF A4502167 $775,000

Address

Permit Applicant Amount

3516 Casey Key Road

Remodel

Amy Van Der Velde

$175,000

2651 Siesta Drive

Remodel

David Pedicini

$150,000

1817 Baywood Drive

Alterations

Melita Ritter

$116,000

5403 Lago Maggio St.

Pool/Spa

Ronald Valenti

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5400 Lago Maggio St.

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Michael Nepi

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152 Roberts Road

Solar System

Stephen Pettee

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Dock/Boat Lift

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CONDOMINIUM ON THE BAY Lee Maddocks and Sondra Kay Maddocks, of Venice, sold their Unit 501 condominium at 888 Boulevard of the Arts to Geir Fjugstad, trustee, of Carmel, California, for $1.2 million. Built in 1982, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,315 square feet of living area. It sold for $300,000 in 1994.

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PLAT OF SARASOTA Devin and Marian Rutkowski, of Sarasota, sold their home at 324 Julia Place to Robert and Crystal Reynolds, of Sarasota, for $1.13 million. Built in 1928, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,107 square feet of living area. It sold for $80,000 in 1996.

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SARASOTA BAY CLUB Sarasota Bay Club LLC sold the Unit 925 condominium at 1299 Tamiami Trail to Betty Ewing, of Sarasota, for $884,000. Built in 2003, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,524 square feet of living area. It sold for $576,000 in 2011.

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Sarasota Bay Club LLC sold the Unit 1103 condominium at 1301 Tamiami Trail to Ronald and Joan Huebner, of Sarasota, for $744,000. Built in 2000, it has one bedroom, one-and-a-half baths and 1,161 square feet of living area. It sold for $515,000 in 2013.

Sarasota Bay Club LLC sold the Unit 208 condominium at 1301 Tamiami Trail to Suzanne Bralow, of Sarasota, for $673,000. Built in 2000, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,546 square feet of living area. It sold for $475,000 in 2014.

ENCLAVE AT LAUREL PARK David Jarrard and Barbara Nilsen, of Sarasota, sold their home at 505 Lafayette Court to Ada Grove Carlile, of Sarasota, for $850,000. Built in 2019, it has three bedrooms, three-anda-half baths and 2,421 square feet of living area. It sold for $585,000 in 2020.

ESSEX HOUSE Henry and Cheryl Fraser sold their Unit 208 condominium at 707 S. Gulfstream Ave. to Specialty Asset Management LLC for $700,000. Built in 1974, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,591 square feet of living area. It sold for $525,000 in 2018.

JRK Properties LLC sold the Unit 701 condominium at 707 S. Gulfstream Ave. to Andrea Curylo and Wayne Smith, of Sarasota, for $700,000. Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,247 square feet of living area. It sold for $175,000 in 1997.

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S I E S TA K E Y 3 97 7 R O B E R T S P O I N T R OA D | $ 3 ,4 8 5 ,0 0 0 This beautiful home is perfectly located on the north end of Siesta Key.

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C H E R O K E E PA R K 17 5 2 N O R T H D R I V E | $1 ,4 5 0,0 0 0 Located in the heart of one of the most saught-after West of Trail neighborhoods.

C O U N T RY C LU B E A S T 16 3 3 5 CA S T L E PA R K T E R R AC E | $1 ,749,0 0 0 This 2017 home is perfectly positioned for long lake views.

J U S T LIS T E D

OA KS B AYS I D E 2 5 9 O S P R E Y P O I N T D RI V E | $1 , 3 2 5 ,0 0 0 Lush landscaping on a large lakefront lot in a gated waterfront community.

S I E S TA K E Y 8 2 1 8 S A N D E R L I N G R OA D | $14 ,0 0 0,0 0 0 This ultimate beachfront compound encompasses over 4 acres on Siesta Key.

S I E S TA K E Y 6 4 8 0 M I D N I G H T PA S S R OA D # 5 14 | $1 , 10 0,0 0 0 This beachfront condo is conveniently located and features full amenities.

S I E S TA K E Y 3 5 3 6 B AYO U LO U I S E L A N E | $ 6 , 97 5 ,0 0 0 Gulf-front estate on the north end of Siesta Key.

SARASOTA AND THE ISLANDS Joel Schemmel, J.D., REALTOR® 941.587.4894

LAKEWOOD RANCH Donna and Jim Soda, REALTORS® 941.961.5857 SCHEMMELSODAGROUP.COM

Sotheby’s International Realty® and the Sotheby’s International Realty logo are registered service marks used with permission. Each office is independently owned and operated.

Equal Housing Opportunity. Property information herein is derived from various sources including, but not limited to, county records and multiple listing services, and may include approximations. All information is deemed accurate.

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