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Phyllis Siskel received this handmade bowl from cadets at Sarasota Military Academy Prep.

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Parkland pickle The city is prepared to decide the fate of a piece of land neighboring Pineapple Park.

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A yearlong battle over a 30-footwide strip of land between a bank’s parking garage and a public park may reach a resolution Monday.

The two sides have been firmly established. Commercial realestate firm Hembree & Associates, which is already developing a project next to the State Street garage, has been negotiating the purchase of an adjacent property near Pineapple Park with city staff. That sale would be in line

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When Phyllis Siskel isn’t volunteering to sort food at All Faiths Food Bank, she can be found serving students at both Sarasota Military Academy schools. At the AFFB event Bowls of Hope Nov. 8 cadets from Sarasota Military Academy presented Siskel with a handmade clay bowl with the inscription that reads “Hand in hand with open hearts.”

“I was very surprised and I appreciate the gift,” Siskel said.

At the Bowls of Hope event attendees all left with handmade bowls from artists and local students as keepsakes of the bowls they are helping fill from the event. But the one Siskel received will serve as a reminder of the hearts she’s helped.

“We wanted to find a way as a staff to show the place that Phyllis holds in our school and hearts,” said Ryan Simonson, a military studies instructor at SMA Prep.

Chaplain Dennis Hoover places cremated remains in the columbarium at Sarasota National Cemetery.

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WEEK OF NOVEMBER 12 2015

County Commissioner Carolyn Mason said, in a moment of optimism about homelessness talks between the county and city. READ MORE ON PAGE 11A

BY THE NUMBERS

$173.3 million

Preliminary cost estimate of several public safety projects that will go to a referendum next November for tax funding.

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County pulls from joint homelessness report agreement with city

“I see the light at the end of the tunnel, and I’m about 95% sure it’s not a train.”

The county and city commissions directed their respective staffs to prepare a report with a series of joint recommendations and additional data about homelessness issues.

Initially, the report was to be prepared within 30 to 45 days of a Nov. 6 joint meeting between the boards.

But when the Gulf Coast Community Foundation removed itself from a mediating-type role in discussions, citing the divergent philosophies of the city and county, county commissioners recanted their instruction.

Jon Thaxton, GCCF senior vice president for community investment, wrote that a 45day deadline could exacerbate the divide between the city and county.

County commissioners unanimously voted down the report, though they said cooperation between the county and city could still happen.

HONORING VETERANS Five projects will place 2.8 million cubic yards, enough sand to fill the Empire State Building

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$273,182, and $239,542

The amount raised raised by 13 local political candidates for 2016 elections; the amount the top four candidates raised.

2.07 times on Siesta, Lido and Longboat shorelines.

The projects are in varying stages of completion or readiness.

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$27,500

Of city money that’s been held in escrow since 2005 for improvements and maintenance for the fountain at Pineapple Park. SEE PAGE 3A

MEETINGS

n Sarasota County Commission – 9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, Commission Chamber, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota n Regular City Commission meeting – 2:30 and 6 p.m., Monday, Nov. 16, Commission Chambers, City Hall, 1565 First St. Sarasota

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The Sarasota Kiwanis Club personally thanked local veterans with a special breakfast on Wednesday morning at Robarts Arena. The breakfast included a presentation by local leaders, including Mayor Willie Shaw, a veteran, and cards made by McIntosh Middle School students, shown off here by Ernest Lohmann and Hal Noonan.

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Sarasota Farmers Market Manager Phil Pagano, center, and Save our Sarasota leader Jude Levy manned a booth at the market’s “Save Pineapple Park” day in July. The market will hold another event focused on Pineapple Park this Saturday.

As part of an ongoing effort to preserve the urban canopy, officials and residents discussed five potential changes to the city’s tree protection ordinance at a Nov. 5 meeting.

TREE REMOVAL SURCHARGE Currently, the city charges $30 for a tree removal permit, $100 for the removal of “grand trees” and $5 for the removal of all other trees. The city proposed an additional $5 surcharge for the removal of all residential trees and a $20 surcharge for non-residential trees. That money would go toward an effort to conduct an inventory of the city’s trees and other tree protection programs.

REALLOCATION OF EXISTING FUNDS The city’s tree replacement fund has a balance of $111,636.65.

Nearly $100,000 of that is dedicated to existing expenditures, but the city proposed moving $75,000 in funding toward the tree inventory and other tree protection programs.

RELAXED REQUIREMENTS FOR PRESERVING TREES If zoning regulations prevent or discourage the preservation of a tree, the property owner can apply for a variance from the city’s Board of Adjustment. That process takes six to eight weeks, and currently costs $1,645 for residential properties and $2,194 for non-residential sites. The city proposed changes that would allow for administrative approval of those requests, or approval to pay for variance requests from the tree replacement fund.

PERMIT DISPLAY REGULATIONS The city proposed a requirement to display permits for tree removal in a visible location in front of the property for no less than five working days. The proposed penalty for violating this regulation is $250.

ENHANCED VERIFICATION FOR REMOVAL OF GRAND TREES Before approving the removal of these highly protected trees, the city proposed the property owner provide a certified report approved by the city arborist verifying the tree is diseased or decayed.

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with the city’s 2000 downtown master plan, which calls for the development of the land near the Northern Trust parking garage.

A group of residents, led by green space advocacy group Save Our Sarasota, believes that land near Lemon Avenue is functionally part of the park. With parkland in short supply in the city’s urban core, these residents are hesitant to give up any more — even if the city defines the land in question as part of the public right of way.

Although city staff has been working with Hembree & Associates on a potential sale for a two-story project, City Commissioner Susan Chapman has placed an item on Monday’s City Commission meeting agenda that could bring an end to those talks.

Chapman is proposing the formal dedication of the land to Pineapple Park.

This news is exciting for Barbara Campo and Jude Levy, the leaders of Save Our Sarasota. The duo has prepared an extensive case in favor of Chapman’s proposal, focused largely on the lack of respect urban parkland has gotten in the city.

Campo and Levy point to Good Heart Place, the mermaid-centric fountain in the middle of Pineapple Park. The artwork is clearly deteriorating — its paint peeling and fading, its water stagnant and dirtied. Were the city properly focused on maintaining its parks, they argue, the fountain would be in a better state, the surrounding landscaping would look nicer and people would feel more inclined to use the park.

Frequently, city officials have said a lack of funding hampers their ability to do anything beyond basic maintenance at parks. That’s not the case for the

fountain: As of 2005, $27,500 had been donated to the city specifically for the long-term maintenance and repair of Good Heart Place. That money has not been spent, and city officials only recently became aware of the funds again.

This is just part of a larger trend, Campo says. Trees and benches have been removed from other parks. Pineapple Park’s footprint was reduced when Lemon Avenue was rerouted, bisecting the park’s original 1992 boundaries.

With an increasing number of residential projects in the downtown area, Campo thinks the city should enhance its public space.

“At the end of the day, it becomes (residents’) place to be,” Campo said. “We need to be able to use the parks we have.”

On Saturday, the Sarasota Farmers Market will hold its second “Save Pineapple Park” day.

Because the market uses the land, manager Phil Pagano has fought the proposed sale. In July, the market held a similar event, and Pagano has helped gather more than 800 signatures in favor of preserving the land as-is.

Regardless of the final decision, Pagano is happy that he’s been able to publicize the potential sale and let members of the public weigh in with their thoughts.

“Now, the commission can make a decision either way,” Pagano said.

Joe Hembree, president of Hembree & Associates, bristles at the suggestion that Pineapple Park needs saving from him. As a potential property owner, he says it’s in his interest to see a thriving Pineapple Park.

City staff said Hembree’s team has scaled back earlier designs following input from residents and officials.

“We’ve allowed more space around the fountain and the

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Hembree & Associates has provided conceptual renderings to give residents a sense of the potential project.

Hoyt Architects designer Chris Gallagher said the developer is working to move the building farther back from the park, giving the existing amenities more room.

planters,” Hoyt Architect designer Chris Gallagher said. “It’s getting pretty tight on the building at this point.”

If the parkland were left as-is, Gallagher argued it’s still unlikely the city will invest in improvements at Pineapple Park. Money from the sale of the land, however, could go toward upgrades.

“Everything comes down to a trade-off between different options,” Gallagher said.

Hembree said he’d understand if the city decided not to sell the land — but he’s holding out hope he can proceed with his proposal.

“I know the city was very excited when we started,” Hembree said. “I think what the city originally planned was the right way to go, but cities change.”

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The last book the Library Foundation of Sarasota County President Linda Getzen checked out was the e-book version of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.”

She has the entire series in paperback but plans on donating it to a child in need.

That’s just one way she’s trying to encourage children to fall in love with reading and improve early literacy skills. Through a new fundraising campaign by the Library Foundation, Getzen hopes to promote early literacy skills for children throughout Sarasota County.

Since 2009, the Imagination Library Program of the Library Foundation has been working to get books in the hands of children as young as 1 month old.

Through the Imagination Library children are mailed one book per month until they reach age 5. It costs $25 per year for one child to receive 12 books per year.

In that span of time, each child builds a library of 60 books. The first book they’re sent is “The Little Engine That Could;” the final title they receive is “Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come.”

Currently, the program is only able to serve 500 children through 2017 and won’t be able to add more. A new fundraising campaign seeks to establish an

For $125, a donor can fund one child for the full five years of the program, which will help him or her build a library of 60 books by age 5. For information, visit sarasotalibraryfoundation.org.

endowment to sustain the program for future generations. The deadline for the current goal of $500,000 is Dec. 31, 2016.

Program leaders point to research from the National Council for Family Literacy that shows an increase in literacy levels when there is an availability of reading materials. “(We’re) hoping that they’ll read at home and that their parents are reading to them,” Getzen said.

Imagination Library has shipped more than 100,000 books to 3,500 children in the county.

Children qualify for the program based on whether their ZIP code has been determined to have a high need or through enrollment in Children First, the Early Learning Coalition, Sarasota County Schools, participating day cares and preschools.

“There is so much excitement when the book comes to the child in the mail box,” said Claudia Cardillo, campaign chairwoman. “It has their name on it, too.”

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It’s a fundraiser scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 19 at Suncoast Motorsports on Tamiami Trail. The goal of the event is to raise $310,000.

The financial target, says Bruback, will be enough to provide every student in Sarasota County a Miracle Belt. “This is a unique opportunity to really help this population,” said Bruback.

“We hope this product will help students be successful in school,” added Elena Vizvary, the department chair for occupational and physical therapy at Sarasota County Schools. “I have to give Matt a lot of credit for getting all

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The service was in the works for almost four years, according to Sarasota National Cemetery Director John Rosentrater.

“Today is the culmination of a lot of work, research and cooperation with these remains,” Rosentrater said. “For every veteran, our goal is to provide an honorable burial as a shrine.”

Kathy Church, MIAP state coordinator, with the help from volunteers, contacts funeral homes about unclaimed remains — many of which have been there for years.

“Nobody should be there, but especially not veterans who have served their country,” Church said.

The reasons vary for why so many remains go unclaimed.

Sometimes, they are the last in their family to die, or they’ve grown distant from family members. Often, the remains are of homeless veterans.

Ouellette has been working for six months with Sarasota and Bradenton funeral homes to locate veterans and spouses who were eligible to be buried at Sarasota National Cemetery.

The ceremony was a community effort that included volunteers, local veteran organizations and military chaplains.

Gary Williams, of Sarasota Veterans of Foreign Wars, felt a personal connection to a fellow Vietnam veteran who was buried.

“The country didn’t appreciate them when they returned,” Williams said. “They finally got the respect that they deserved.”

“For some reason they went unclaimed,” said guest speaker retired U.S. Air Force Chaplain Col. Charles Caudill. “So today they come home and we welcome them...with a final salute.”

VETERANS AND SPOUSES LAID TO REST ARMY n Pvt. Willard Delaire Fye 1922-2012, World War II n Lorraine D. Galasso, 19242013, wife of Capt. David Galasso, World War II n Pvt. 2nd Class David Lawrence Galloway, 1945-2013, Vietnam War n Betty Anne Hahn, 19222004, wife of Sgt. William Harold Hahn, World War II n Jacqueline R. Krause, 1917-1998, Wife of Technician 4th Grade Alfred L. Krause, World War II n Capt. Joe Reed Larson, 1914-2007, World War II n Anne T. Razim, 19082009, wife of Pvt. Edward Anton Razim, World War II

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ore than 100 people waited in the shaded pews of Patriot Plaza for the hearse to arrive to pay respect to 11 individuals they never met. The hearse was a few minutes late. But the individuals — seven veterans and four spouses of veterans — whose ashes the vehicle carried had already waited long enough. The 10 minutes seemed trivial.

On Nov. 5, a week before Veterans Day, the Missing In America

Project brought the veterans and spouses to their final resting place at Sarasota National Cemetery with full military honors.

“I feel like I know them, but I really don’t know their lives,” said Lynne Ouellette, a volunteer for MIAP in the Sarasota-Bradenton area. “That there are veterans or spouses and for them to be left unclaimed just tears up my heart.”

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At last week’s ceremony, 22 volunteers lined up two-by-two to receive the urns from the hearse as members of the Sarasota Veterans of Foreign Wars stood at attention.

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SCHOOL BOARDS WRONG AGAIN Now that property values and home building are rising again, the Sarasota and Manatee school boards see an easy target for money: jack up the price of new homes.

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MATT WALSH

They are so predictable. All of them — especially the Manatee and Sarasota school board members. The Manatee and Sarasota county commissioners as well.

They are elected as representatives of taxpayers and taxpayers’ interests.

In time, they often become advocates for government — they want more of it … more taxing, more spending, more rules, more intervention.

The cycle is starting all over again.

We saw this week and a few weeks ago when the two school boards vote to re-impose school impact fees.

We all remember, of course, the moaning and dooms-daying that occurred during the recession, when tax collections shrank right along with the economy and all governments were forced to reduce expenses.

That was followed by the predictable next phase, during which all of these elected public servants realized a declining economy is not a path to success. So they took on the cause of spurring economic growth. They cut back or put a moratorium on impact fees they imposed during the good times, with the intention of helping create an economic and business climate that jump starts housing starts, attracts expanding businesses and provides fuel to help re-ignite the local economy.

It’s all in the play book.

Now comes the next phase. The economy is gaining momentum.

Florida’s growth engine — population growth — has restarted. And new homes and condominiums are being permitted and built at a brisk pace.

Now most rational people would interpret that phenomenon — of increasing population — as a JUSTICE positive. More people & TAXES means more economic activity — increasing By justice a king demand for housing, builds up the land; groceries, medical but one who raises services, automobiles, taxes tears it down. furniture. More jobs PROVERBS to meet the demand.

Chapter 29 More new businesses to meet the demand.

More choices for consumers that lead to more competition and pressure on businesses to keep their prices in check.

All to the good.

But back in the school board and county administration headquarters, the elected advocates for government don’t see this increasing activity merely as a positive creating additional sales-tax and property-tax revenues funneling more money into their coffers. They see population growth and new construction from two other perspectives: n As a threat that must be controlled — for some, stopped — because they see increasing population as a negative, not a positive. They view rising population as an increasing strain on what they bemoan as already underfunded public services and infrastructure. In Sarasota County, we’ve heard $240 million as the unfunded infrastructure backlog.

In Lee County, they say it’s $500 million.

n They also see this renewed growth as a source of money to be tapped.

So where do they turn? Pull out the play book. Go back to the impact fees.

Lately, that means going after the easiest target — school impact fees.

Shooting ducks in a pond.

School impact fees provide great cover for school board members and county commissioners. They can vote to impose the impact fees on home builders, arguing the money is needed to pay for the construction of more schools, while at the same time winning hosannas from the vocal constituents who oppose growth.

What’s more, school impact fees aren’t immediately or directly felt by the counties’ existing taxpayers, so they won’t scream. Impact fees are primarily a tax on a future home buyer, who has no voice in this tax.

So hit the developers and home builders. They’re easy targets. They are always portrayed as Florida’s Darth Vaders, the environmental pillagers and greedy profiteers. (How sad that so many of the 19 million people living here don’t see developers and home builders for the good they provide; for taking the risk and borrowing money, for often times pledging their personal worth as collateral to build the roofs over the heads of Floridians.)

Here’s what these elected government advocates and anti-growth advocates fail to accept: Developers and home builders don’t pay the impact fees. In fact, not one business in America actually pays taxes. Every business, every developer, every home builder passes on those costs to their customers.

Nor do the proponents of impact fees accept this: Higher impact fees are no different than increasing the price of gasoline or the price of a pack of bacon. When the price rises, the demand goes down.

When housing prices go up because of impact fees, fewer people buy homes. They go elsewhere. And: No wonder housing is unaffordable.

School impact fees aren’t the formula to pay for new schools. Commissioners and school board members will say that’s correct; they’ll call them a tool in the toolbox.

But when you really look at them, school impact fees are not just an inhibitor to economic growth and a contributor to unaffordable housing.

They are unjust and the wrong approach to fund new schools. Explain how a new resident to Manatee County from out of state, one who has no children, creates an impact on schools for which he should be taxed.

Explain how it is fair to impose a school impact fee on an existing Sara-

“Road to Serfdom,” 1944

HOW TO FUND SCHOOL BUILDING WITH PRIVATE FUNDING The following is excerpted from “Building Schools with Private Dollars,” published by the Reason Foundation: In the United Kingdom and Nova Scotia, a private developer will often finance 100% of the construction of a new school in exchange for long-term lease payments from the school system. This lease may run for 20 or 30 years and cover only normal business hours.

After hours, the developer is free to lease the building to compatible educational organizations, such as trade schools, refresher programs, colleges and universities.

Much of the developer’s increased revenues under this arrangement are effectively passed on to schools in the form of lower rent. When builders know they can make more money by leasing their facility at night, they adjust their bids accordingly when they vie for the right to build the school.

In many cases, school systems also have the option to buy the building at a predetermined price. Contracts may even call for the owner of the building to refurbish the kitchen or other aspects of the building.

sota County resident with no children who moves from an existing home in the city to a new home in the county?

Explain how it is fair to impose an impact fee on a new home but not on one that is torn down and rebuilt.

Developers and their customers should pay for the roads and public services their projects require. But imposing a school impact fee on every new home or new commercial building won’t solve school district funding issues. There are other methods for that — e.g. sales taxes, property taxes and an expanding business and population base.

Taxpayers and residents in Manatee and Sarasota counties are tired of hearing about a lack of affordable housing. School impact fees certainly don’t help eliminate that need. If the Manatee and Sarasota school boards and county commissioners had the courage, they would reject school impact fees and throw them out of their play books.

COMING CLASH OVER FORM-BASED ZONING You can see it coming.

Many residents of the city of Sarasota are becoming apprehensive, suspicious, skeptical and fearful. They keep hearing about this new formbased code that is coming in 2016.

For two years, Karin Murphy and a colleague in the city’s Urban Design Studio have been crafting new design concepts and codes neighborhood by neighborhood, using the principles of form-based code. They have made multiple presentations to residents and neighborhood associations.

The designs look great. But when you start changing what people can and cannot do with their property, anxiety levels rise.

If city administration officials and

commissioners are wise, they would be working now on how they plan to persuade taxpayers and property owners to buy in. It won’t be easy.

In fact, the city’s efforts remind us of the commentary in Monday’s Wall Street Journal. William Easterly, an NYU economist wrote: “Does successful city development require expert planning? Or do some of the best neighborhoods arise spontaneously? … Here’s the lesson: Development comes spontaneously, and often by luck. It takes restraint for planners — and we economists who advise them — to simply stand back and let things unfold naturally over years and decades.”

Advice that would be wise to heed.

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STRING THEORY 5:33 a.m. — 2400 block of Waldemere Street Trespassing: A man left his car unlocked after loading bags into the vehicle and walking inside his home. When he returned to the vehicle, he found a shirtless man inside the car playing with a piece of string that had been in the center console. The man said he did not want to press charges, but wanted officers to check on the unknown man’s well-being.

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OVER THE HEDGE 12:50 p.m. — 3900 block of Lakeside Road Civil Problem: A man alerted officers that his homeowners association was attempting to trim the bushes on his property without his permission. The association said his bushes violated neighborhood bylaws governing bush height and hired a company to trim the shrubbery because the man failed to address the issue. The man requested a police report for use in a civil suit, and the association agreed to leave his bushes alone until after the civil matter was decided.

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SKIMPY ACCUSATION 5:50 p.m. — 2100 block of Mietaw Drive Suspicion: A man reported that another man was sunbathing in his underwear at the park nearby. An officer made contact with the only person in the park, who was wearing shorts, a shirt and shoes. The person in the park was just relaxing on the bench, not sunbathing in his underwear, the officer observed. It began to rain, and the person left the park area. The man who complained said the person at the park had been sitting there all day, and he thought that was an unreasonable amount of time to be sitting there. The officer informed the man there is no time limit on sitting in parks.

ALEX MAHADEVAN NEWS INNOVATION EDITOR

I’m not a masochist.

But as news innovation editor for the Observer Media Group and host of “Come at Me, Sarasota,” I have put my neck out and gone head-to-head with Brazilian jiujitsu black belts, sacrificed my stomach for fiery hot wings and dozens of hot dogs and even tried line dancing.

Readers returning for season can catch up on those videos as part of our new Arts & Entertainment content.

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easonal residents may have flocked to more temperate climates this summer, but news didn’t stop in Sarasota.

During offseason, city and county officials made significant decisions or held conversations on a series of long-standing issues. Work continued on largescale projects, and developers proceeded with plans for new ones as the region continues to emerge from its building lull.

Whether you’re resettling in your part-time home or you live here year-round, catch up on the biggest news of the summer.

Constructive season likely for downtown

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Developer Greg Kveton is spearheading the DeMarcay on Palm condo project.

DAVID CONWAY NEWS EDITOR

For those excited by growth in the heart of the city, 2015 seems to be another step in the right direction.

Work continues on many highprofile projects already under construction: Vue Sarasota Bay at U.S. 41 and Gulfstream Avenue, One Palm along Ringling Boulevard, and the Jewel in the 1900 block of Main Street.

In July, the city completed the State Street parking garage, which includes 395 parking spaces and more than 17,000 square feet of commercial space. Nearby, a project more than a decade in the works is moving forward.

The Kolter Group, the team behind Vue Sarasota Bay, purchased the rights to a development in the 1400 block of State Street in October. Formerly the second phase of Pineapple Square, the 11-story project would include 157 residential units and 50,000 square feet of commercial space.

Discussing the decision to move ahead with the development, Kolter Urban Project Manager David Arent spoke highly of the Sarasota market.

“Sarasota itself is what’s driving us to stay in the area,” Arent said.

Two other projects got a green light to proceed in October.

DeMarcay on Palm, located at 33 S. Palm Ave., will be constructed on the site of the historic DeMarcay Hotel and Roth Cigar Factory buildings. The 18-story condo project, originally planned in 2006, will include 39 units. The city also issued a permit for an 18-story, 180-room Embassy Suites at 202 N. Tamiami Trail.

Even considering the highprofile projects approved this

summer, city officials believe the downtown development environment suffered a blow in September. Despite overtures from the city, the County Commission unanimously voted to end the Downtown Community Redevelopment Area in 2016.

Established in 1986 to combat slum and blight, the CRA has used property tax revenue from within the downtown area to fund capital projects, such as improvements to Bayfront Park or the Whole Foods complex on First Street. Although the city still believed the CRA was a vital tool, the county thought it had served its purpose and that funds were often inappropriately spent.

County officials made it clear that they weren’t planning on ending their support for projects in downtown Sarasota. In September, the county restarted its Community Reinvestment Program, establishing a fund for grants or loans to municipalities for projects that “strengthen existing communities.”

City Commissioner Shelli Freeland Eddie has expressed her interest in continuing to work collaboratively with the county downtown. This month, she initiated a discussion among commissioners regarding future projects within the CRA boundaries.

Those potential undertakings included the redevelopment of Main Plaza and Hollywood 20 within the 1900 block of Main Street, the possible relocation of the downtown SCAT transfer station on First Street and the redevelopment of the former Quay site on U.S. 41.

As the CRA winds to an end, the Downtown Improvement District is exploring the possibility of expanding its reach. Although DID officials contemplated assuming the boundaries of the old CRA, the self-taxing body of property owners is considering expanding to the Rosemary District as a first step.

Downtown Economic Development Coordinator Norm Gollub, a member of the city advisory committee studying the potential expansion, said he believes it’s vitally important to have a funding mechanism to support improvement projects throughout downtown.

“We have sidewalk needs, we have street improvement needs,” Gollub said. “We have infrastructure needs that will not stop simply because the (CRA) funds are no longer there.”

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Can we get out of our traffic jam?

As an influx of part-time residents descends on Sarasota, officials are continuing efforts to address traffic problems in the region.

DAVID CONWAY NEWS EDITOR

Don’t take it as a personal insult, snowbirds. But the return of seasonal residents comes the return of gripes about traffic in Sarasota.

After residents, particularly those on Sarasota’s barrier islands, complained about seemingly historic traffic issues last year, are things going to be any better in 2016?

While you were gone, local and state officials continued to search for possible mitigation options. The city of Sarasota has held a series of transportationcentric workshops, including a joint workshop with the Planning Board to discuss its mobility study Tuesday.

As part of a strategy to combat traffic issues, the city is prioritizing multimodal transportation options. By encouraging the use of modes of transit other than cars, officials believe they can help ease the strain on the road network.

To facilitate that change, the city has switched to a multimodal fee system for developers, which allows it to spend funds from new projects on bike, transit or pedestrian improvements. Under the old system, that money was reserved for road-widening.

The city’s Urban Design Studio, responsible for developing new zoning regulations for Sarasota, is encouraging a greater emphasis on public transit. As part of its work, the team presented a map that envisions a large interconnected transit system in Sarasota, including bus, rail and trolley lines, not to mention a waterbus to the barrier islands.

Transit use is currently light in the city. Still, city officials believe that would change if the option were more attractive to residents.

Without inspiring that change,

they contend, it’ll be difficult to lighten the load on the city’s road network as the region continues to grow.

Urban Design Studio Director Karin Murphy acknowledges the expense of a more robust transit network but says it’s comparable to money already spent on roadway improvements.

“This is what we want to talk about as a community,” Murphy said. “How do we want to grow, and where do we want to spend these dollars?”

In the short term, the Florida Department of Transportation is working on making a permanent change to U.S. 41, designed to improve the flow of traffic onto and off of the John Ringling Causeway. After an encouraging trial period this spring, the state agency wants to cement the dedicated northbound right-turn lane at U.S. 41 and Fruitville.

FDOT hopes to begin work on the project, which would include a median along U.S. 41, in summer 2016. The state agency has verified the severity of the traffic issue coming off of the Ringling bridge and hopes the changes will help.

“FDOT looked into the concerns and during season, their travel time measurements found there were times when the trip from St. Armands to U.S. 41 and Fruitville Road took two hours,” City Engineer Alex DavisShaw wrote in a memo regarding the project.

The state hopes to conduct a long-term examination of the area, as well. In October, FDOT proposed a $675,000 study of traffic issues on Sarasota and Manatee barrier islands.

Although officials have sought to address the ongoing traffic problem, the Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning Association expressed concerns about the price and deferred any action until a December meeting.

“This is what we want to talk about as a community. How do we want to grow, and where do we want to spend these dollars?”

— Urban Design Studio Director Karin Murphy

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Homelessness: Common ground?

The city and county have embraced different philosophies for addressing homelessness, leading to some tension — and brief hope the two sides could reach a compromise.

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For years, homelessness has been a problem in Sarasota. For most of this year, it seemed like one the city and county would approach from different angles.

On Friday, however, officials from both governments expressed optimism they could address the issue together. At the first joint meeting between the city and county commissions in 16 months, members of both boards said there was common ground in their distinct philosophies.

“I think it sounds like we’re really not far apart here in terms of what we would all like to see happen and what we would like to see done,” City Commissioner Liz Alpert said.

At Friday’s joint meeting, both commissions directed their staffs to work together — and with local service providers — on producing a joint series of recommendations within 30 to 45 days.

“I see the light at the end of the tunnel, and I’m about 95% sure it’s not a train,” County Commissioner Carolyn Mason said.

Three days later, at a County Commission meeting, county officials reversed course and returned to its favored plan.

Despite momentary high hopes on each board, the joint meeting ultimately highlighted the divide between the two governments on this issue.

The city and the county previously worked together on this topic until July 2014, when the city withdrew from the joint pursuit of a come-as-you-are homeless shelter. This April, the city formally adopted its own philosophy, based on the “housing first” model that has been employed in many cities throughout the country.

As outlined by City Manager Tom Barwin, the program would focus on placing chronically homeless individuals in permanent housing as quickly as possible. It would necessitate the creation of a smaller shelter facility, and hundreds of units of housing over the next five years.

In June, the city hired the man tasked with implementing that program: Doug Logan, whose resume includes time as the commissioner of Major League Soccer and CEO of USA Track and Field.

Although Logan’s hiring was ini-

THE OPTIONS HOUSING FIRST

Endorsed by: U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness Established in: Salt Lake City, New York, Los Angeles Shelter scope: 30-50 beds in a “triage center,” designed to quickly move homeless individuals from the shelter into a housing facility that best suits their needs.

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Endorsed by: Robert Marbut, a consultant jointly hired by the city and county in 2013 Established in: San Antonio, Pinellas County Shelter scope: 250 beds, with the facility serving as a rehabilitation center and a jail diversion program for chronically homeless individuals cited for minor offenses.

tially met with some criticism, he has presented more details regarding a potential housing first system — and funding options — to the City Commission.

While the city has explored housing first options, the county has remained focused on its original approach. Per the advice of Robert Marbut, the consultant jointly hired by the city and county in 2013, county officials have pursued options for siting a come-as-you-are shelter and jail diversion program either in or near the city of Sarasota.

After the city communicated its continued opposition to a larger shelter within city limits in August, county staff focused on one alternative recommended by Marbut: placing a shelter in the unincorporated county, within about a quarter-mile of the city.

Marbut’s plan focuses on locating the shelter near existing services, many of which are located near the center of the city.

Next week, the County Commission will decide whether to investigate two North Sarasota properties as potential shelter sites. The top site, located at 1923 Myrtle St., is located across the street from the city limits, near the intersection of Myrtle and U.S. 301. The board could commit up to $50,000 toward an evaluation of that property and two other sites.

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Shoreline projects to watch this season How much sand will upcoming local beach projects bring? Enough to fill the Empire State Building’s 1.37 million cubic yards — nearly twice. Read on to learn plans for your favorite beach this season.

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waiting for federal permits before they begin a mid-Key sand haul and two pass-dredging projects that will bring sand to the north and south ends. All three projects are still under review by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. To speed the process up, Bullock and Florensa hope to have bids and contractors waiting to begin when federal permits arrive, which could occur at any time.

The mid-Key project will begin in April, after seasonal traffic subsides, and will bring approximately 250,000 cubic yards of sand from a sand source in the middle of the state. Sand will be placed mid-Key to as far south as Beachplace.

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With permits in place, Sarasota County expects to select beach project contractors in time for a Jan. 1, 2016 start date.

The project will continue through April and renourish approximately 2 miles of shoreline around Turtle Beach at the south end of Siesta Key. The $21 million project will place 700,000 to 800,000 cubic yards of sand, widening the beach by approximately 60 feet.

The project would likely have started earlier, according to Laird Wreford, Sarasota County coastal projects manager said, if not for two wildlife-related delays that added 10 months to the permitting process.

Sarasota County received final permits from United States Army Corps of Engineers in October and opened construction bids Nov. 10. If the bids are not over budget, the county will be able to break ground.

Construction will be limited to a football field-size area that will move down the shoreline as the project proceeds. Most areas will not be affected for more than a day.

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Jackson, Army Corps spokeswoman, the federal funds that will pay for the majority of the renourishment are not yet included in the Army Corps’s 2016 budget.

The project has been scrutinized by third-party engineering firm Atkins, which was hired

by Sarasota County after Siesta Key residents worried the proposal to mine 1.3 million cubic yards of sand from Big Pass would cause erosion on their beaches.

On Oct. 29, Atkins released the final version of that report, which opponents saw as vindication, in part because the report was critical of the data and modeling the Army Corps used and suggested alternate borrow sites or mining less sand.

According to Jackson, the project went through three independent peer reviews, all of which concluded that sand could be dredged from Big Pass for placement on Lido Key without causing adverse impacts.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is reviewing permit applications for the project and has submitted a second request for additional information from the Army Corps.

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The other two projects include a $3.5 million Longboat Pass dredging project that will bring 200,000 cubic yards of sand from Gulfside Road north to the North Shore Road beach access.

To the south, a $3 million New Pass dredging project, which will restore a recreational beach on the south end with 250,000 cubic yards of sand, could begin any time after the town receives federal permits.

Florensa said those pass dredging projects can start as soon as federal permits are received because the dredge won’t impact traffic, and only a small portion of the beach will be affected.

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Bayfront plan under construction Backed by more than 40 groups, Sarasota Bayfront 20:20 is ready for action.

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After building a broad coalition to support the redevelopment of the city’s bayfront — and compiling a set of communityguided principles to steer that redevelopment — one question was left for Michael Klauber to address: What now?

As the leader of Sarasota Bayfront 20:20, a grassroots effort

to revitalize 42 acres of cityowned land near the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Klauber didn’t sit still after a productive first year. After spending the summer addressing behindthe-scenes issues, Bayfront 20:20 is ready to re-emerge in the public consciousness.

Last week, Klauber made appearances at the Sarasota Tiger Bay Club and the Coalition of City Neighborhood Associations. To underscore the point, he’s announced an ambitious goal this fall: Bayfront 20:20 is striving to hold a groundbreaking within two years.

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Still, after a year spent discussing conceptual guidelines, Bayfront 20:20 wants tangible results.

Before planning can begin in earnest, one major unknown has to come into focus. The Van Wezel Foundation and the Sarasota Orchestra have both undertaken a master planning effort to assess their future needs. Currently, the two groups are determining where their needs — and the needs of other arts organizations — can overlap before presenting their findings to the rest of the stakeholders.

With the help of New Yorkbased consulting firm HR&A Advisors, Bayfront 20:20 is already preparing for its next phase. HR&A Vice Chairwoman Candace Damon says there’s no surefire path toward creating a new civic space; governmentbased projects and completely private enterprises and everything in between have all served as viable models. Recently, though, a pattern has emerged.

“More and more, we’re seeing governance options that look more like the options in the middle,” Damon said. “Meaningful partnerships of civic groups, not-for-profit institutions, government, and — in some places where it makes sense — for-profit corporations.”

At a Nov. 4 meeting, Damon outlined one plausible course of action for Sarasota. For all the progress the group has made to date, the plan calls for Bayfront 20:20 to step back and play a supporting role. In its place, a newly formed nonprofit entity would spearhead site planning and fundraising.

By fall 2016, Damon said, the group could produce an actual viable redevelopment plan for the bayfront land. Interim programming on the site would be created to attract residents to the property, and the first groundbreaking — on a parking garage, perhaps? — would take place in late 2017.

Despite the short-term priorities, Klauber is clear: Sarasota Bayfront 20:20’s vision is designed to produce a longterm benefit for the community.

“We’re really thinking about — what are the needs of our community and our region for the next 25 to 50 years?” Klauber said. “It’s hard to break out of, ‘Where are we right now,’ but it’s our responsibility to have our future generations look back 50 years from now at us and say, ‘They made great decisions.’”

The Sarasota Orchestra and Van Wezel are finalizing needs assessments to help guide planning efforts along the bayfront. Once that step is completed, Bayfront 20:20 will talk to the city about what to do next.

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Form-based code nears completion Continued work on a new form-based zoning code has led to controversies regarding the forthcoming zoning regulations, including their impact on architecture.

DAVID CONWAY NEWS EDITOR

Two years into her three-year contract, Urban Design Studio Director Karin Murphy can see the end of her work drawing closer — and with it, a significant change to the city’s building regulations.

Murphy, alongside city staff and planning technician Briana Dobbs, is writing a new formbased zoning code to govern the entire city of Sarasota. In 2013, the city hired Murphy to begin the change to a form-based code, which is designed to create greater predictability for developers and residents alike.

After spending the first year focusing on a few “catalyst areas” — neighborhoods targeted as test models to introduce the concepts governing the code — the studio’s effort has expanded to the city as a whole. By conducting walking audits with leaders from each neighborhood, Murphy hopes to find out what residents like and what they want changed.

At the end of a month, after meeting with a cluster of neighborhoods individually, the Urban Design Studio invites all of those groups to meet jointly. At those meetings, Murphy has shared her findings and recommendations.

In general, the presentations have focused on linking streets together, enabling the use of alternate modes of transportation and encouraging a healthy mix of uses, where appropriate.

The code will discourage the use of some favored metrics for judging development in Sarasota.

Chief among them is density, the number of residential units per acre to which a project is entitled.

Often, residents and officials have expressed concerns about highdensity developments.

Murphy believes this is not a useful tool for assessing a project’s value and that high-density development can actually be good in certain contexts. A draft of the studio’s density bonus program would allow up to 150 units per acre in the city’s downtown core, which is three times higher than the current maximum.

In exchange for higher density, the code would impose certain

requirements on developers. A project might have to be located closer to transit lines, or a developer might have to preserve green space or pay into a city improvement fund.

Although a draft of the code likely won’t be completed until next spring, it’s already led to some controversy throughout the city. In Granada, south of Siesta Drive and west of Osprey Avenue, residents fretted about a proposed change that would allow the development of attached single-family townhomes.

“It’s almost an attack on the culture and character of our neighborhood,” said Kevin Ellerbrock, president of the Granada Neighborhood Association.

On St. Armands Circle, merchants and business owners pushed back against several recommendations, including a proposal to reinstitute individually marked boxed parking spaces.

“St. Armands is different, and they need to recognize that,” said Diana Corrigan, executive director of the St. Armands Circle Association. “We know what works, and we know what doesn’t work.”

In Bay Island, located at the northern tip of Siesta Key, a hypothetical roundabout and commercial property at the problematic intersection of Siesta Drive and Higel Avenue drew criticism, as well.

“I can tell you: Nobody out here likes it,” Bay Island resident Phil Agnes said.

Murphy invites the input, and said residents are encouraged to provide feedback at every stage of the process — even when the code eventually goes to city officials for review. She says she’s open to change: Already, she’s thrown out the controversial drawings that upset Bay Island residents.

Andrew Georgiadis, who was hired to work alongside Murphy before being reassigned in June, focused on another element of the code this summer: architectural standards. This, too, has led to controversy, with many architects worrying about overly restrictive regulations limiting their ability to create.

Georgiadis left his position last month, and it’s unclear what form — if any — the architectural standards will take when the code is complete.

Just as Murphy has attempted to assuage concerns regarding the code, City Manager Tom Barwin — a supporter of creating architectural standards — issued a similar message of caution.

“I’d say everybody keep their powder dry, and let’s go through the conversation,” Barwin said.

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As the season winds up, construction will wind down at Siesta Key Beach.

A large-scale series of improvements at Siesta will be complete and open to the public by Feb. 21, though most of the project will be completed by Jan. 20.

By then, the beach will have renovated parking areas and a new public safety and concessions facility.

The project was delayed by two months initially, due to heavy rains in fall 2013, according to Brad Gaubatz, Sarasota County manager for capital projects facilities. The project was originally scheduled to be finished before the start of this season.

Gaubatz said notable changes will include a returning the historic pavilion, built in the 1950s, closer to its original look. From the beach, there will be a better view of the pavilion because scrub vegetation has been cleared from in front of it.

“Now that you see it,” Gaubatz said, “it’s striking.”

Portions of the project that are still underway include the west concessions/public safety building, the historic pavilion and restrooms and the west parking lot.

Other improvements will include expanded parking, picnic shelters, improved concessions, updated playground and family picnic facilities and a pedestrian esplanade.

The total number of parking spaces will increase from 837 to 980.

The Sarasota County Commission approved a guaranteed maximum price of $21.5 million for the project with eight components in August 2013.

Two of those projects — dune walkover replacements and a pavilion — were built into the guaranteed maximum.

Four more components have been built since then, including paving upgrades, shelters and tree upgrades in the park.

Now, with approximately $400,000 remaining uncommitted at the end of the project, county staff will propose scrapping additional tree upgrades for the parking lot and swapping wooden picnic shelters for precast concrete structures at the west end of the park.

Staff would also like to build a covered structure for maintenance equipment if funds remain after construction of the concrete picnic shelters, which would cost approximately $290,000.

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Introducing

Sarasota County Imagination Library & Children’s Literacy Endowment It’s a fact: The most significant factor influencing success in school is when parents and grandparents read to their infants, toddlers and preschoolers.

At the Library Foundation for Sarasota County, we are committed to placing more books into the hands of the county’s neediest children.

Starting Nov. 12, the Foundation will launch its first-ever campaign to raise $500,000 to fully fund the Children’s Literacy Endowment and assure the growth and success of the Sarasota County Imagination Library.

Here is our story: Created in 2009, the Imagination Library is a partner with the internationally acclaimed Dolly Parton Imagination Library, founded by the renowned singer.

Since 1996, Parton’s Imagination Library has provided

more than 750,000 children in the U.S. Canada, United Kingdom and Australia with a book a month from birth to 5 years.

The Sarasota County Imagination Library has placed more than 100,000 books into the hands of 3,500 Sarasota County children whose need for early literacy skills is the greatest.

How we did it: After an initial grant by the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, the Library Foundation assumed financial responsibility for the program. To ensure current children enrolled completed their five years, we raised more than $75,000 from local foundations and individuals.

Now we turn to the community for help.

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Matt Dively is the owner of Servandos, the restaurant replacing Darwin’s on 4th in the Rosemary District.

Coming and going What else changed in Sarasota while you were out of town? Here’s a rundown of what’s coming to the city this season and what departed over the summer.

GOING: DARWIN’S ON 4TH COMING: SERVANDOS

When Darwin Santa Maria announced the closure of his award-winning Rosemary District restaurant Darwin’s on 4th in July, it came as a blow for a neighborhood focused on revitalization.

Santa Maria attributed the closure in part to ongoing issues associated with homelessness.

Although other Rosemary leaders acknowledged that problem, they said other factors also contributed to Santa Maria’s decision. The departure of Darwin’s didn’t kill their optimism for the future of their neighborhood.

“This is such a beautiful area, and I want to see it continue to move in a good direction,” said Bill Cornelius, owner of the building Darwin’s on 4th occupied.

In September, Blue Que Island Grill owner Matt Dively announced he would be opening Servandos, a new Basque and Catalan restaurant, in that building. With an opening scheduled later this year, Dively said the restaurant’s location was a plus, not a detriment.

“When I saw this building was available, I was really excited,” Dively said. “This neighborhood has a lot going for it.”

Although it’s still owned by Dively, Blue Que Island Grill went through its own changes, rebranding as Aaron’s Fish Camp with a focus on seafood in October.

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City officials still love roundabouts, with the intersection of Orange Avenue and Main Street serving as the newest location for the traffic feature.

Although nearby businesses complained about the closed intersection during construction, the roundabout opened completely in October — just in time for the return of seasonal residents.

As you prepare to navigate the intersection, feel free to imagine the controversial artwork that will sit in the middle of the roundabout next April. In October, the City Commission approved the design of a 20-foot-tall, 5-footwide infinity symbol-shaped sculpture, which will have yellow, green, blue and red panels in its center.

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A pharmacy is coming to Main Street, with Age Vital Pharmacy agreeing to lease the former Southeastern Guide Dogs building at 1618 Main St. The move, announced earlier this month, came a few months after Orange Theory Fitness revealed plans to open in the Ellis Building across the street. Mike Migone, a Sperry Van Ness senior investment adviser responsible for marketing the Age Vital Pharmacy property, said finding a tenant wasn’t a challenge.

As a result, he projected growth continuing toward the eastern end of Main Street, historically a quieter segment of downtown Sarasota.

“I envision that the core of downtown is expanding toward the east, and I anticipate more development between Osprey and 301,” Migone said. “You’re going to see a lot of things happening in that area.”

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When a business closes on Main Street in Sarasota, it’s not long before another appears to replace it.

“It’s kind of like a two-headed hydra,” Downtown Economic Development Coordinator Norm Gollub said. “When one store disappears, two more come up.”

That’s the case in the 1400 and 1500 blocks of Main Street.

Although three departing businesses closed within a year of opening, that wasn’t cause for concern for the business owners who pounced on the vacancies.

Pixie Dust has moved from its former location in the 1500 block to replace boutique island-wear shop Fugate’s at 1476 Main St. Top Sushi has replaced Famous Tavern at 1537 Main St., and Sol Meyer New York Deli will replace Flatbreads on Main at 1473 Main St. “We did some homework and realized that Main Street, Sarasota was a place to be,” said Solomon Shenker, owner of Sol Meyer New York Deli.

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You know you’re a Sarasotan when …

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hether you’re a snowbird or the rarest creature of all — the Florida native — you know Sarasota is home if the following holds true for you. n You’ve snickered at tourists posing in front of “Unconditional Surrender” — or you’ve posed in front of the statue, yourself. n You wait until Mote Marine Aquarium resident manatees Hugh and Buffett make their Super Bowl predictions before placing a bet. n You can’t decide whether you’re growing old and happy, a sexy spring breaker, nerdy, dangerous or a wealthy homebuyer because your city has been on so many lists. n You gauge the time of year not by the temperature or the colors of the leaves but by the number of car carriers you see on the road.

n You think you could read “War and Peace” in the time you spend waiting in line for the valet at the Ritz-Carlton. #firstworldproblems n The feud you’re following isn’t Bush vs. Rubio; it’s city vs. county. n You’re part of a group that uses the acronym “SOS:” Save Our Sarasota, Save Our Seabirds, Save Our Sand, Save Our Statues, etc. n You try to “race” the pedestrians on the sidewalk in your car while you’re stuck in seasonal traffic — and lose every time. n You go bar-hopping just to get your food truck fix. n You’re the proud recipient of a city of Sarasota parking ticket. n You watch your Facebook news feed fill up with posts from relatives who are stranded indoors by snowstorms — while you’re wearing shorts and flip-flops.

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– Sarasota High boys cross-country coach John Stevenson on coaching senior and Class 4A Cross-Country State Champion Adam Bradtmueller. SEE PAGE 21A

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Cardinal Mooney’s Matthew Garcia earned All-American status, finishing second in the 100yard backstroke and fourth in the 200-yard freestyle at the Class 1A Swimming and Diving Championships Nov. 6, in Stuart.

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GOLD Riverview junior Austin Katz is the No. 1 seed in two events heading into the Class 4A Swimming and Diving State Championships Nov. 14.

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The Riverview High boys and girls swim teams both captured first-place finishes at the Class 4A-Region 2 Swimming and Diving Championships Nov. 7.

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Filip Svoboda and Tyler Wenger each recorded a hat trick to lead The Out-of-Door Academy boys soccer team to an 8-0 victory versus Sarasota Christian Nov. 9.

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Alex Turner scored four goals to lead the Cardinal Mooney boys soccer team to a 6-0 victory versus Sarasota in its season opener Nov. 3.

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The Riverview High boys soccer team improved to 3-0 on the season with a 6-1 victory against Sarasota Military Academy Nov. 5.

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Riverview junior Austin Katz will compete in four events at the Class 4A Swimming and Diving State Championships Nov. 14, in Stuart.

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iverview High junior Austin Katz carries the weight of more than one title on his back.

He’s a district, regional and state champion. He’s a United States Junior World Team member. And he’s an Olympic Trials qualifier.

No matter how many accolades Katz has racked up over the past three years, there’s still one title that eludes him — but don’t expect Katz to be a champion breaststroker anytime soon.

“My coach, Brent Arckey, always jokes that none of the Katzes are good at breaststroke,” Katz said, referring to himself and his older sister, Taylor, and older brother, Alex. “We’re just not made for that.”

In a sport defined by strokes, Katz has become one of the area’s most dominant swimmers in both the 200-yard freestyle and 100yard backstroke.

Katz won gold medals in both events at the Class 4A-Region 2 meet Nov. 7, in Clearwater, to help lead the Rams to a first-place overall finish. He also swam a leg of Riverview’s 200 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle relay, in which the team won first and second places, respectively.

Katz, along with his Rams teammates, will now move on to the Class 4A Swimming and Diving State Championships Nov. 13, in Stuart. Katz is the No.1 seed heading into the meet in both his individual events.

Katz won Class 1A state titles in both the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke last season while swimming for Cardinal Mooney.

“Austin’s ... a very good athlete, but his racing ability is what stands out the most.

His ability to get his hand on the wall in close races and his ability to take his body to a place that’s really uncomfortable.”

– Riverview High and Sarasota Sharks swim coach Brent Arckey

Although none of the swimmers who stood alongside Katz on the podium last year will be in the pool with him this Saturday, the motivation to defend his state championships is still there.

“It doesn’t make a difference what class or region you’re in,” Katz said. “I just want to do my best and make a splash.”

“In Class 4A, these are basically the people I train with every day,” Katz said. “But even though I have more knowledge of who I’m racing, and there’s different people to race, it’s still just a swim race.”

Katz began swimming a little more than a decade ago, but it wasn’t until he joined the Sarasota Sharks when he was 11 that his career began to take off.

Like a lot of his teammates, Katz began swimming because of his two older siblings. Taylor and Alex Katz, who both swim for the University of Florida, liked swimming, so that meant Katz gravitated toward it, too.

“It felt natural to be in the water,” Katz said. “I was probably more talented in the pool, and it just fit me better.”

Katz often would sit down with his older brother following a swim meet and compare their times. Two years ago, Katz beat the times his older brother, who also excels in backstroke, posted

The backstroke is Austin Katz’s signature stroke.

Riverview junior Austin Katz won district and regional titles in the 200-yard freestyle.

when he was the same age.

“It was definitely something I wanted to chase,” Katz said. “It’s not that I necessarily wanted to beat them, but I wanted to be able to contend with them.”

Katz spends roughly 22 hours a week training with his Sharks teammates either in the pool or alongside the pool for dry land workouts. He arrives at 5 a.m. at the Selby Aquatic Center, in Sarasota. After a 90-minute workout, Katz heads to school before returning to the pool at 3 p.m. for another two-and-a-half hours.

He also swims for three hours on Saturday mornings.

“I think every swimmer has those moments where it’s tough SEE KATZ ON PAGE 22A

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Back, Emily Kracht, Paige Routh, Robyn Natherson, Elayna Goodman and Sydnee Berman; front, Sheelagh Dunn, Michaelie Grajalez and Olivia Kracht

19 AND COUNTING The Riverview High girls cross-country team extended its streak of Cross-Country State Championship appearances Nov. 7.

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At any given point during the season, Riverview High senior Robyn Natherson would turn her head and find herself running alongside a different teammate.

Natherson never knew who would be matching her stride for stride. With nine solid runners on its varsity squad, Riverview’s top five continually rotated through-

out the course of the season, which in turn brought the girls closer as they pushed one another to carry on the Rams’ storied tradition.

For the 19th consecutive season, Riverview advanced to the Cross-Country State Championships.

“I’m extremely proud of this group,” Natherson said. “These girls have worked so hard this season. Sometimes running isn’t fun,

but these girls make it so there’s no other place you’d rather be.”

Junior teammate Sydnee Berman agreed.

“As a freshman runner, you look up to the upperclassmen to carry the team on their back,” Berman said. “Now it was up to us to carry the team to state and reflect back on previous state meets.”

On Nov. 7, the Rams finished 10th out of 24 teams in the Class 4A girls race in Tallahassee,

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achieving their goal of improving upon last season’s 11th-place finish.

Elayna Goodman finished 58th in 20:35.04, followed by Emily Kracht (60th, 20:37.69), Natherson (63rd, 20:40.16), Michaelie Grajalez (68th, 20:44.16), Berman (72nd, 20:50.43), Payton Sabin (80th, 20:56.37) and Sheelagh Dunn (82nd, 20:58.39). Juniors Olivia Kracht and Paige Routh, who didn’t run at the state meet, also were a part of the Rams varsity squad.

Without a designated No. 1 runner, as in years past, the Rams relied on one other to carry them throughout the season. Every runner on the girls varsity squad was capable of competing for a spot in the top five, which forced the girls to step out of their comfort zone.

“When you have one or two really good runners that you learn to count on, it relieves the pressure off of everyone else,” coach Michael Harvey said. “When you have a top five that’s different every week, everyone feels the responsibility. Whether you’re the fifth, sixth or seventh runner, you feel the same sense of responsibility. It’s an interesting dynamic. As a team, it’s not something you sort of plan, but it happens.”

Cross-country season may be officially over, but the Rams aren’t done training. The girls will continue working out in the offseason in preparation for track season, which begins in January.

And with six runners set to return next year, Riverview already has started talking about making a run toward the twodecade mark.

“We know next year, it’s up to us to keep it going,” Emily Kracht said.

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Sarasota crowns first individual cross-country champion With an individual state championship on the line, Sarasota High senior Adam Bradtmueller finally had time to breathe.

Bradtmueller crossed the finish line in 15:44.83 seconds, finishing nearly six seconds faster than Flagler Palm Coast’s Justin Pacifico, to capture a gold medal at the Class 4A Cross-Country State Championship Nov. 7, in Tallahassee.

Bradtmueller, who was hindered by a stress fracture in his leg last season, became the first cross-country runner in school history to win an individual state championship. Following the race, Bradtmueller received his medal and the shell casing from the starting gun shot of the race.

Sarasota finished seventh overall with 213 points. On the girls side, Sarasota raced to a second-place finish with 116 points.

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Anthony Squitieri Quarterback The Out-of-Door Academy

Total combined points Riverview and Sarasota scored in their rivalry game Nov. 6, which ended up being the lowest-scoring game in the history of the series.

Squitieri completed 14 of 21 passes for 193 yards and three touchdowns to lead the host Thunder to victory in its season finale Nov. 6. The ODA freshman connected with freshman Austin Brinling for an 8-yard touchdown in the first quarter.

Squitieri later connected with senior Owen Han for touchdowns of 54 and 20 yards.

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Consecutive games in which Booker allowed 40 or more points.

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Yardage of senior Spencer Carter’s touchdown run in the second half.

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Riverview kicker Mike Kushnitzky made a 26-yard field goal for the only points of the game.

Distance in yards of Cardinal Mooney kicker Jake LaFemina’s first-half field goal Nov. 6.

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Booker running back Jamal Benson, right, scored a pair of second-half touchdowns on runs of 2 and 11 yards.

Sarasota area teams that played their final game of the season Nov. 6.

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ODA kicker Tyler Wenger hit a 34yard field goal in the third quarter, his first of the season, and added four extra points.

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ODA freshman Anthony Squitieri threw three touchdown passes to help lead the Thunder to victory in its season finale Nov. 6.

ODA junior Dakota Dickerson scored a touchdown on a 46-yard run in the second quarter. He also had 10 tackles for the Thunder.

to be here so often,” Katz said.

“Swimming is a sport that takes its toll and is tiring. There are times when you wonder why you do this sport and keep coming here and going through the pain.”

Katz has had more than his share of special moments — particularly this past summer, when He made the U.S. Junior World Team at the 2015 YMCA Long Course National Championship in early August.

As a result, Katz traveled to Singapore for the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in August.

“You knew you were not only swimming for yourself, but for everyone back home,” Katz said.

“Team USA had a very loud crowd, so you weren’t as nervous.

You knew you deserved to be there, and in the end, no matter what happened, the fans would still be there for you. It’s a tightly knit group.”

In Singapore, Katz won a bronze medal in the 200 backstroke. He also anchored the United States’ 800 freestyle relay and swam the backstroke leg of the 400 mixed medley relay, which featured two girls and two boys. It was the first time Katz had ever raced a girl in competition.

As he prepares to close out his high school swim season this weekend, Katz already is looking ahead to the 2016 Olympic Trials June 26 through July 3, in Omaha, Neb., and the possibility of qualifying for the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Championships Aug. 24 through Aug. 28, in Hawaii.

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HOME OF THE MONTH Wendy Pittman and her new friend enjoy the East County Observer at the busiest square in Africa, Jemaa el-Fnaa Market in Marrakesh, Morocco.

You took us around the globe in this year’s “It’s Read Everywhere” contest.

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In the past year, we received 209 submissions from readers who packed their copies of the Sarasota Observer, Longboat Observer, East County Observer and Siesta Key Observer and shared with us their journeys to six continents and dozens of countries across the globe.

We traveled high and low, from atop Mount Kilimanjaro, Niagara Falls and Machu Picchu to sea level in the Bahamas, St. Maarten and Tahiti.

You took us to Stonehenge, a sloth sanctuary in Costa Rica

and the Kentucky Derby. We went to castles and on cruises.

You even took us to the Guinness Brewery in Ireland (and we certainly enjoyed that!).

Our readers saw the world this year, and it was challenging to pick just one winner, but you spoke by voting at YourObserver.com. The winner: Wendy Pittman, whose monkeying around took her to Jemaa el-Fnaa Market in Marrakesh, Morocco, the busiest square in Africa.

Pittman won two travel tickets, courtesy of Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.

Thanks, readers, for bringing us on your journeys, and may your travels next year be as breathtaking and memorable as this year’s. Just don’t forget to save room for us in your suitcase. Bon voyage!

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A few places our readers took us in this year’s “It’s Read Everywhere” contest:

Nick Rigas, 18, and his brother, Chris, 13, of Siesta Key, grab a quick glance of the Siesta Key Observer happenings (breathing on their regulators) just before dropping into the ocean to scuba dive the Christ of Abyss sunken statue in Key Largo.

Brothers-in-law and native Sarasotans, Dan Michaels and Alex Floethe, co-owner of S’macks Burgers & Shakes, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro as part of a charity effort to raise money for the new Tuleeni Orphanage in the village of Rau, Tanzania.

Neema International, a Houston-based grassroots charity, organized the climb in which 18 hikers from the U.S. and U.K. summited the challenging Machame Route in six days, raising more than $30,000.

Barb Smith takes a photo with a kindergarten class from Shumizu, Japan, and her East County Observer. She gave the students American flag rings and pins, and they gave her a T-shirt during a trip from Shanghai to Russia, as part of a 27-day, transpacific cruise to Vancouver, British Columbia.

Contest winner Wendy Pittman visited Morocco. See Page 1B

Elena Dragu is atop the Great Wall of China at Mutianyu City on a trip with her son, William, and their Longboat Observer. The trip was organized by his high school.

“Although we’re half a world away from Longboat Key, our thoughts are never far from home,” Dragu wrote.

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“World War II veterans, when the rest of us were going through our training, your sacrifice and your legacy were our inspiration,” Smith said.

The second guest of honor was Blanche Mettler, 92, a World War II Marine Corps veteran. She had the honor of cutting the cake with the ceremonial sword.

“It’s the most wonderful organization in the whole wide world, and I’m proud to be a Marine,” Mettler said.

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For the past 13 years, local veterans and active members of the Marine Corps have gathered to celebrate the birthday. This year, one of the guests of honor was Maj. Mike Dubrule, who commands the Young Marines group at Venice Middle School. With him were five students from the program who attended to hear stories and interact with veterans.

“There’s a real brotherhood and sisterhood in the Marine Corps,” Dubrule said. “There is a legacy of leadership and discipline passed on from generation to generation. What you see here today is the continuance of observing that legacy.”

Veteran Tim Downey provided a prime example of that camaraderie by donating some of his favorite books about the Marines to the students.

Collectively, the experience of the Marines at the celebration spanned more than 70 years.

Host and veteran Tom Smith recognized Marines from each era, from as early as World War II to those who served more recently in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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More than 30 restaurants provided soups, stews and chili for the Bowls of Hope event Sunday at Phillippi Estate Park.

All Faiths Food Bank CEO Sandra Frank was impressed by the sold-out attendance.

“The turnout is even bigger than last year,” Frank said. “That proves that it’s not about the weather or about the soup but about the cause.”

Everyone in attendance was allowed to pick out a handmade clay bowl crafted by local artists and students from Sarasota County schools. The keepsake serves as a reminder of the empty bowls that All Faiths Food Bank hopes to fill through its programs.

Across town on Hillview Street, music was booming for the return of the block party Giving Hunger the Blues.

Fans of rock, blues and jazz crowded the block Sunday afternoon to catch their favorite acts, with proceeds benefitting the Mayors’ Feed the Hungry Program and the Women’s Resource Center of Sarasota County. Between live performances, attendees enjoyed local selections from vendors and games.

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Sarasota Kiwanis reflects on 93 years AMANDA MORALES STAFF WRITER

Members of the Sarasota Kiwanis Club met Nov. 6, at Florida Studio Theatre to celebrate the 93rd birthday of the chapter.

Members took a moment to recognize member and former club president Hugh Jackson “Jack” Floyd, who died Nov. 4, at 92. A longtime Kiwanis member known for his impeccable attendance at meetings, Floyd served as president of the group from 1972 to 1975.

“If we could only all have the same convictions as Jack did as a member,” said JoRita Stevens.

President Terry McGannon shared a message Floyd had sent when he was unable to attend a Kiwanis event over the summer due to his diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.

“Toast to my 92 years,” McGannon read to the group. “The almighty hasn’t shortened me anything.”

Members bowed their heads in a moment of silence for Floyd.

Luncheon guests from the Booker High School Key Club included Arlenis Ramirez and Melisa Escobar. Together, the two led the group in reading the Six Objects of Kiwanis International.

The featured speaker for the luncheon was Kiwanis member and Sarasota historian Jeff LaHurd.

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LaHurd gave a presentation about the early years of Sarasota and the influence the Kiwanis Club had on its growth.

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THUNDER FUN DAY Runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at The Out-of-Door Academy Historic Siesta Key Campus, 444 Reid St. The annual school fair celebrates the school community with games, a rock-climbing wall, laser tag, crafts and a bake sale. The Upper School will have a chili cook-off and more. Admission is free. Tickets for games and fun will be on sale. Visit oda.edu.

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The entry for the team of Christy McDonald Atkinson and Walter McDonald, aka “The Amazing Walter,” at the 2014 Crystal Classic.

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CRYSTAL CLASSIC Runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Siesta Key Beach, 948 Beach Road. The powdery white sands of Siesta will be molded into whimsical sculptures. Master artists will stretch their imaginations for the chance to win first place. Admission is $6 per person; free for children 4 and under. Visit siestakeycrystalclassic.com

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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM DAY Runs from 1 to 5 p.m. at Gulf Gate Public Library, 7112 Curtiss Ave. This free event, held in conjunction with Geography Awareness Week, which includes events in 80 countries around the world, provides a forum for users of geographic information system technology. Admission is free.

Call 861-5000.

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MONDAY, NOV. 16

OLDTIME BARK 'N’ ROLL PARTY Runs from 8 to 11 p.m. at Libby’s Cafe & Bar, 1917 S. Osprey Ave. SRQ Preservation of Animals and Wildlife Society (P.A.W.S.) is holding a fundraiser to support Satchel’s Last Resort Animal Shelter/Sanctuary. There will be a live dance-rock band, extended happy hour, raffle and silent auction. Tickets are $10 at the door.

Email srqpaws@aol.com.

CONA 54TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY Starts at 7 p.m. at Michael’s On East Wine Cellar, 1212 East Ave. The Sarasota County Council of Neighborhood Associations will celebrate its founding in 1961.

The party raises money for CONA and local scholarships. Tickets are $50. Email cona.sarasota@ gmail.com.

THURSDAY, NOV. 19

MIRACLE AT SUNCOAST MOTORSPORTS Runs from 6 to 8 p.m. at Suncoast Porsche Audi, 5005 S. Tamiami Trail. The Education Foundation of Sarasota County is partnering with the Florida Occupational Therapy Association (FOTA) to provide a sensory aid for special-needs children in Sarasota County Schools. Tickets are $95 per person. Visit miracleatsuncoast.com.

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A TASTE OF GULF GATE Runs from 6 to 8 p.m. at Gulf Gate Library, 7112 Curtiss Ave. More than 20 local restaurants will offer tastings. There will also be live music, a silent auction and mystery gift tree. Tickets are $20 at the Gulf Gate Library bookstore. Visit friendsofgulfgatelibrary.org

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SUNDAY, NOV. 15

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There will be an art aale by the Light Chasers of the Sun Coast Plein Air Artists, who will be painting live. Tickets are $100; seating is limited. Visit mattisons. com.

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An old-fashioned home comes back into fashion.

Photos courtesy of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty

The Siesta Key home has a Gulf-front deck with a seawall and fishing pier.

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Authentic old cottages on Siesta Key are getting harder and harder to find. Most disappeared years ago, replaced by bigger, newer — but not necessarily better — homes. Still, a few remain, tucked away here and there, living proof of the days when Siesta was a hideaway for moneyed Northerners looking for discrete seclusion in a tropical setting.

This month’s home, located at 4632 Ocean Blvd., may well be the best remaining example of all.

Though its provenance has not been thoroughly researched, its current owner — the husband and wife team of Belinda Foxworth and Eric Reimer — bought it in 2006 from the heirs to a family who had owned it for decades. It is believed to originally date back to the 1930s, and indeed, most of its rooms still have the oldfashioned feeling of the nostalgic family life of days gone by.

The home has been updated, of course, but not in the style of a gut renovation.

“We tried to maintain the character of the home,” Foxworth explains.

The original thick, plaster walls are still there, along with the well-preserved wooden floors, white-painted wainscoting and beamed ceilings. The result is a slice of classic Americana.

The exterior of the home is pure shingle style: a rambling layout covered with wooden shingles that only look better with age.

This is a look that has never gone out of style. Today, it’s called “coastal” and is featured in the home magazines as the latest thing. It’s this happy merging of past and present that gives the house a timeless appeal.

Present are all the hallmarks of the style: the dormer windows, the two wood-burning fireplaces,

A pool and deck are tucked between the guest house and the main house.

and most important, an expansive porch. The owners enclosed it with glass, allowing them to enjoy the spectacular view year-round.

The master bedroom is located on the first floor, with three additional bedrooms upstairs, each with its own bath. A guesthouse looks out over the pool. It was built later, probably in the 1970s, but it adds a great deal of flexibility to the property.

Realtor Joel Schemmel has produced a promotional video about the residence — worth tracking down online — in which the property is portrayed as the sort of home Hemingway would choose.

There’s even a well-stocked bar and an old-fashioned typewriter, plus a would-be novelist over-

coming his writer’s block. It’s a little tongue in cheek, but it does bring up an important point: This is the perfect house to work in.

“It’s fabulous,” says Foxworth, who is in the energy business and works at home when she is not traveling. “No matter where you are, you can see the Gulf.”

She originally had a dedicated office in the ample ground floor master bedroom but has since switched to the time-honored solution of spreading things out on the dining room table.

The pines of South Lido are visible across the churning currents of Big Pass, and to the left is the limitless expanse of the Gulf. The pleasure boats passing by and the leaping dolphins provide plenty

The home has a dining room with a view.

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Avondale home sells for $1.7 million

RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

OCT. 26 -OCT. 30

Other top sales by area SIESTA KEY:

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home in Avondale tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Mario and Ann Marie Govic, of Delray Beach, sold their home at 1924 Lincoln Drive to Wendy Pagan, trustee, of Sarasota, for $1.7 million. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, four baths, three half-baths and 5,434 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.08 million in 2012.

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sold for $450,000 in 2009.

Christiana Trust, trustee, sold the home at 7755 N. Holiday Drive to Ronald and Kathy Barnett, of Greenwood, Ind., for $970,000. Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, threeand-a-half baths, a pool and 4,317 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $1.32 million in 2014.

Wilson Barrera, of Sarasota, sold his home at 1208 Osprey Ave. to William O’Connor and Karen Blondin, of Sarasota, for $416,000. Built in 1952, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,906 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $60,000 in 2001.

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Murray Duffin and Brenda Roark, of Sarasota, sold their home at 1756 Bahia Vista St. to Thomas and Mary Osterman, of Sarasota, for $791,500. Built in 1962, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,767 square feet of living area. It previously

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$980,000 Sarasota Beach M. Kevin and Teresa Moreland sold their home at 5411 Avenida Del Mare to Robert Hull and Bethany Hull, trustees, of Lexington, Va., for $980,000.

Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, four baths and 3,695 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,249,000 in 2006.

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Charlene Guller, of Sarasota, sold her home at 4812 Peregrine Point Circle W. to Mark and Kristin Bower, of Sarasota, for $725,000. Built in 1984, it has five bedrooms, four-anda-half baths, a pool and 3,579 square feet of living area. It last sold for $350,000 in 1998.

6208 Midnight Pass Road 209 A4136364 $775,000 Linda Driggs

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516 Tamiami Trail S 205 Nokomis/North Venice A4125646 $565,000 941-966-8000 Robert Moffatt & Peggy Wellman 941-374-0811

Jill Jackson and Stephanie Sinden, of Ontario, Canada, sold their Unit 7 condominium at 616 Golden Gate Point to Max Bloom and Daniel Wagner, of Baltimore, for $665,000. Built in 1953, it has one bedroom, one bath and 896 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $140,000 in 1994.

CONDOMINIUM ON THE BAY

Verrochi Ventures LLC sold the Unit 403 condominium at 888 Blvd. of the Arts to Susan Hermann, of Sarasota, for $590,000. Built in 1982, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,555 square feet of living area. It last sold for $472,500 in 2014.

The Andrew P. Rafail Irrevocable Trust, Patrick Rafail, trustee and The Angela R. Rafail Irrevocable Trust sold the Unit 1715 condominium at 988 Blvd. of the Arts to Michael P. Burger Trust LLC for $535,000. Built in 1982, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,555 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $370,000 in 2011.

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Antone and Elsie Souza, of Sarasota, sold their Unit B406 condominium at 100 Central Ave. to Helen Sullivan, of

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Joseph and Kathleen Garner, of Sarasota, sold their home at 7503 Calle Facil to

Sarasota, for $525,000. Built in 2005, it has one bedroom, two baths and 1,180 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $494,000 in 2005.

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Sarasota Bay Club LLC sold the Unit 703 condominium at 1301 N. Tamiami Trail to Irma Eison, of Sarasota, for $467,000. Built in 2000, it has one bedroom, one-and-a-half baths and 1,161 square feet of living area.

It last sold for $395,000 in 2012.

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4741 Antler Trail A4136234 $649,900 Janet Montgomery

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1439 S Lake Shore Drive A4134331 $3,750,000 Michael Hays

889 Rotonda Circle D5907999 $435,000 Debi Benson

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1026 Oak Preserve Lane A4136324 $429,900 Barbara E Gahry

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6239 Sturbridge Court A4135672 $389,000 Beverly Alter

John and Sunny Gaudiano, of Sarasota, for $655,000.

Built in 1992, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,783 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $790,000 in 2005.

OSPREY $720,000 Oaks II

Joseph Grein, trustee, sold the home at 468 E. Mac Ewen Drive to Maria Ellis, of Osprey, for $720,000.

Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, three-anda-half baths, a pool and 4,289 square feet of living area.

REGENCY HOUSE

Hanif Jamal and Nilam Desai, of Boulder, Colo., sold their Unit 603 condominium at 435 S. Gulfstream Ave. to David and Mary Houston, of Rosemont, Ill., for $455,000. Built in 1972, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,304 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $450,000 in 2004.

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TOP BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest city of Sarasota and Sarasota County building permits issued for the week of Oct. 26 through Oct. 30 in order of dollar amounts.

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11 Sunset Drive

Renovations

Sheila Perry, trustee $110,000

846 Norsota Way

Remodel

John Cannistra

$64,700

1634 N. Lodge Drive

Re-roof

Thomas Legare

$41,250

1205 S. Orange Ave.

Windows/doors

George Garland Jr.

$39,697

988 Blvd. of the Arts

Renovations

Michael Mullan

$35,000

1391 Harbor Drive

Shutters/garage door Adam Gersh

340 S. Palm Ave.

Remodel

Bette-Jo Creighton

1309 S. Osprey Ave.

Mechanical

Peter Turnbull

2026 Cocoanut Ave.

Re-roof

Zakaria Ghalayini

626 S. Osprey Ave.

Re-roof

Chris Sherk

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A4110724 $5,250,000 APPLICANT AMOUNT Linda Dickinson & Kelly Quigley

5229 Capey Leyte Drive

Addition

Robert Cropper

$768,949

140 N. Casey Key Road

Alterations

Fernando Piney

$250,000

3799 Flamingo Drive

Pool

Christopher Jessen

$122,461

1027 N. Casey Key Road

Repairs

Michael Maude

$66,969

427 Yacht Harbor Drive

Re-roof

Owen Webster Jr.

$55,422

615 Casey Key Road

Pool/spa

Brian William

$54,675

131 Da Vinci Drive

Pool/deck

Gregory Jabro

$47,000

363 Yacht Harbor Drive

Pool/deck

Tom Marsh

$45,090

4129 Roberts Point Circle Wall

Stephen Mitnick

$42,600

1628 Starling Drive

Michelle Kapreilian

$36,000

Imperial Drive to Peter and Helga Gutschow, of Sarasota, for $428,000. Built in 1971, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,262 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $218,000 in 2000.

2954 Bentley Street A4136159 $279,000 Susan Mitchell

5289 Chase Oaks Drive A4136321 $240,000 Anja Deichmann

9610 Club South Circle 4202 A4136122 $197,000 Marilyn Vespoli

1143 Casey Key Road A4127919 $7,990,000 Deborah Beacham

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-780-5085

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-284-7987

Sarasota 941-966-8000 201-926-7272

2339 W Leewynn Drive A4134497 $265,000 Kristy Sommers

425 S Euclid Avenue A4136099 $239,900 Michael Bruno

11146 Magdalena Avenue N5905525 $169,900 Charlie O’Donnell

217 Casey Key Rd A4120813 $2,395,000 Kaitlin Kuhn

Nokomis/North Venice 941-349-3444 941-400-7861

7363 Periwinkle Drive A4136330 $2,295,000 Kim & Michael Ogilvie

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-376-1717

300 S Pineapple Avenue 201 A4136333 $2,199,000 Jonathan Abrams

Sarasota 941-349-3444 941-232-2868

888 S Orange Avenue 2A A4133223 $1,995,000 Jenifer Schwell

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-780-0968

8130 Perry Maxwell Circle A4114195 $1,900,000 Dan Freed

Sarasota 941-966-8000 941-735-0770

1515 Pine Bay Drive A4122724 $1,850,000 Judy Nimz

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-374-0196

385 N Point Road 1002 A4132454 $1,675,000 Rosalie Phillips

Osprey 941-966-8000 941-544-4430

5531 Cannes Circle 804 A4124979 $1,650,000 Pat Mudgett & Mackenzie Longueuil

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-320-7758

472 Webbs Cove A4119826 $1,272,000 Nicole Dovgopolyi

Osprey 941-966-8000 941-356-5849

1723 South Drive A4130741 $1,249,000 Victoria Stultz

Sarasota 941-966-8000 941-387-5676

3248 Founders Club Drive A4135100 $1,200,000 Lee Byron & Sue Keal

Sarasota 941-349-3444 941-350-5542 & 941-320-1689

5400 Ocean Blvd 14-4 A4135952 $999,000 Team Dunn

Siesta Key 941-349-3444 941-809-2154

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1630 Starling Dr 102 Sarasota A4135262 $265,000 941-349-3444 Tara Lamb & Judy Greene 941-266-4873 & 941-350-0451

1819 Highland Road A4133715 $228,900 Ryndie Brusco

4170 Central Sarasota Parkway 436 A4130257 $114,900 Alex Ley

Osprey 941-951-6660 941-809-6913

Sarasota 941-966-8000 941-504-6377

Casey Key 941-383-7591 941-376-2688

Mid Longboat 383.5502 • South Longboat 383.7591 • St. Armands 388.4447 • Main Street 951.6660 Palmer Ranch 966.8000 • Siesta Key 349.3444 • Venice 485.5421 • Englewood 473.7750

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Families explore Bay Preserve at Fall Festival

F

amilies spent the afternoon of Nov. 7 picnicking at Bay Preserve at Osprey on Little Sarasota Bay at the annual Fall Family Festival.

The free event was hosted by the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast.

Activities included crafts, planting, games and live music.

Children also had the opportunity to wade through the waters with nets and ride in kayaks to learn more about the marine life for which Little Sarasota Bay is home.

The event also included free admission to neighboring Historic Spanish Point.

Jessica Armstrong shows off her hulahooping skills.

– AMANDA MORALES

Right: Kat Giguere, from Around the Bend Nature Tours, leads a group through the waters at Bay Preserve with nets and buckets.

Photos by Amanda Morales

Toni Turner, Ava, Rudy and Adrienne Sundberg

Oliver Long investigates some of the critters that were floating in Little Sarasota Bay. Kendall, Michael and Julie Dooley with Ella Williams

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Renaissance Splendor on Siesta Key

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3 Bedroom, 3 Bath pool home. One of the largest homes in this community, a perfect home for entertaining and enjoying your private pool, overlooking the golf course. Split floor plan with large family room and updated kitchen with solid counters, large master bedroom suite with walk in closet.

This home has been lovingly cared for by current owners, and has been meticulously maintained. Pool was added 8 years ago, newer HVAC unit, new washer, newer hot water heater. Close to Siesta Key Beach, Gulf Gate library, nearby shopping and Legacy Trail.

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$4,499,000

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7,600 SF of living area 24 ft. tray ceilings Grand fireplace Juliet balconies Amazing kitchen with water views 24” travertine tile floors Six bedroom suites with endless water views Large exercise room Enclosed sun porch with Finnish sauna Oversized infinity pool Boat dock with fishing pier and 13,000 lb. lift, Oversized three-car garage.

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8254 Roseburn Court

1145 Horizon View Drive

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5827 Riegels Harbor Road LP $2,099,000

778 Siesta Drive 5827 Riegels Harbor Road 13211 Palmers Creek Terrace 3147 Founders Club 851 North Shore Drive 7251 Plovers Way 8015 Midnight Pass Road 449 Canal Road 3445 Anglin Drive 5353 Cape Leyte Drive 4568 Woodside Road 5300 Ocean Boulevard #604 1258 Riegels Landing Drive 5348 Shadow Lawn Drive 662 Fernwalk Lane 7724 Alister Mackenzie Drive 5303 Cape Leyte Drive 10 Lands End Lane 5273 Cape Leyte Way 103 Sand Dollar Lane 5310 Hidden Harbor Road

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INCOME PRODUCING 4-PLEX 217 Casey Key Rd. $2,245,000

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New Listing- direct bayfront views overlooking Sarasota Bay/ Inter coastal Waterway and Longboat Key. Spacious furnished totally recently remodeled RENOIR model with split 2BR/ 2 BA with 1,555 SF living area. Amenities include garage, tennis courts, concierge services, heated pool, recreation room, boat docks, 24 hour security and planned activities. You are just minutes away from Van Wezel Performing Arts Center, downtown and St. Armands restaurants and arts. Seeing is believing !! Priced to sell $789,000

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INCREDIBLE VALUE IN THE OAKS CLUB Totally private with lake and golf course views, this magnificent home features over 4,600 sq. ft., 5 bedrooms, office, bonus room, updated kitchen and baths, rich wood floors, neutral tile, gourmet kitchen, clerestory windows and expansive covered outdoor living space. $1,075,000

WIDE OPEN BAY VIEWS Sarasota’s most impressive bay, sunset and City skyline views are the focus of this grand 5BR home that is located on 174’ of prime water frontage. The open floor plan features over 5,300 sq. ft. of living area, with an effortless flow between spaces that creates a wonderful setting for entertaining. $2,250,000 187702

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Homes For Sale

FALL FAIR, Saturday, November 14, 8:30 a.m. 1:30, Presbyterian Church of the Covenant, 7950 South Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. Quality gifts, Christmas items, specialty hand-made crafts by Knit-n-Sew ladies, fresh baked goods and coffee!

DINING TABLE/CHAIRS. Substantial 72"X40" slate dining table, 6 chairs. $200. (941)923−3317.

LYNN HANEY Santas : "Good Magic," $100; "Sea Drifter," $100. (941) 927−2624.

MENS SCHWINN 26" bike: Color Grey with trim, new seat & tires , hat incl. $75. (941) 488−1853.

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SECURE PARKING for RV’s and boats. Reasonable price. Lorraine Rd. & SR70. Call for appt., Rolf, 941-356-2630.

PURCHASING EAMES, Knoll, Danish, Dunbar, Evans, Laverne, Nakashima, Parzinger furniture, glass, pottery and designer clothing. Tommy McDonnell 772-643-3209.

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WE BUY CARS. TOP $$ PAID FOR YOUR VEHICLES. Call Hawley Motors, 941-923-3421.

1) Kansas, 2) Republican, 3) Military, 4) House, 5) Senate.

JAN PRO CLEANING FRANCHISE: $950 Down Required, Financing Available for growth, Includes customers. Earn up to $10,000 Month+.

Call 941-907-8141.

Boats KAYAK: HOBIE Pro Angler 12. Dollie, stand up bar, paddle, anchor, $2800. Terry, 941-346-5233.

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HAIR STYLIST wanted. Salon Capelli, Siesta Key Village rental. Call 349-5257 for confidential interview.

COLLECTOR/ ARTIST CLEANS HOUSE. Pottery, ephemera, photo equipment, old bikes, free magazines, interesting stuff. Housewares. 2121 Pinehurst St. 34231. Thurs., Fri., Sat., 8a.m.-2p.m.

SENIOR HOME Companions, Nurse Registry, is looking to add Senior Homemaker/Companions (earning $11.50/hr.) and CNA’s or HHA’s (earning $14.50/hr.). If interested please call 941/924-0494.

CRAFT BAZAAR AND BAKE SALE St. Andrew Church, Saturday 9a.m.2p.m.

Handmade Quilts Children’s clothes, jewelry, gifts, Holiday Decorations, plus yummy baked goods.

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Prestancia | 4079 Las Palmas Way | $1,295,000

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