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The question Monday morning on U.S. 41 near SarasotaBradenton International Airport wasn’t “Why did the ducks cross the road?” but rather, “Just exactly how did they do it?”

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Observer designer Melissa Leduc (pronounced LeDuke, not the much-funnier alternative) was on her way to work in downtown when she spotted a black-bellied whistling duck and 14 babies approaching the highway near University Parkway.

Leduc stopped, called nearby family members and gathered as many passersby as she could to stop four lanes of traffic and let the feathered family get to the other side.

Dogs and cats enjoy the day with their owners.

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(Life) saving the best for last

He started his career 38 years ago as a lifeguard on Siesta Public Beach.

Last week, after 24 years as lifeguard operations chief with Sarasota County, Scott Montgomery retired.

Looking back, Montgomery said the best part of the job was seeing how people had good interactions with lifeguards.

“We have a very talented staff of men and women that serve as lifeguards on our beaches, and it’s really been a pleasure, an honor and a privilege to manage them,” he said.

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Rob Grant and Nathan Wilson have led a coalition of Arlington Park residents who oppose plans for a highdensity apartment project at 2750 Bahia Vista St.

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Jewish Federation granted $1 million A state grant of $1 million will help the Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee make security upgrades.

The funding is part of a statewide initiative that set aside $4 million to protect synagogues, day schools and other facilities from antisemitic violence.

The state grant will fund a pair of local projects. n Upgrades will be made to the Larry and Mary Greenspon Family Campus for Jewish Life on McIntosh Road. Among the projects to be undertaken: a 24-hour security checkpoint at the center’s entrance, improved lighting, safe rooms, and upgraded software to track and identify visitors to the 33-acre complex. n Funding to help create a training center to deliver safety education for the Jewish community.

First aid, CPR and threat awareness education will help ensure a protected and prepared community, the news release said.

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CALENDAR n Sarasota County Commission budget workshop —9 a.m.

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The Sarasota Orchestra said in 2018 that it had outgrown its current facilities, including Holley Hall, and that it wanted to expediently pursue the construction of a new venue to suit its own needs.

STILL SEARCHING Sarasota Orchestra believes it cannot pursue its only site of interest within city limits. Can elected officials persuade the organization to reconsider?

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fter more than two years of contentious discourse, spurned overtures and attempts to revive a rejected concept, the Sarasota Orchestra still considers Payne Park off limits for construction of a music hall.

In an interview Tuesday, Sarasota Orchestra President and CEO Joe McKenna said Payne Park is “off the table” as the arts organization continues to search for a site to build a new venue. Since 2019, the orchestra has called the downtown-adjacent park the only site that meets its needs within city limits. Now, McKenna’s assessment places into question the orchestra’s future in the municipality it’s called home for more than 70 years.

For the orchestra, “off the table” might not mean that it’s permanently crossing Payne Park off its list. City Manager Marlon Brown said he continues to engage in regular conversation with McKenna about the possibility of accommodating the orchestra in the Payne Park area.

Despite McKenna’s characterization of the status of the Payne Park plans, city leaders said they would keep working with the orchestra in hopes of retaining the organization.

“The city wants to be a partner,” Brown said. “The city wants to be a champion for the orchestra remaining in the city.”

Still, other officials expressed skepticism about the city’s ability to change the orchestra’s outlook on Payne Park — particularly as it pertains to a potential legal challenge to a music hall on the site.

“We can’t say there are no legal issues,” City Commissioner Jen Ahearn-Koch said. “That’s literally something we can’t do.”

resolve the issues to the orchestra’s satisfaction, stating he did not want to presume what the city was willing and capable of doing.

“The orchestra’s merely stating it’s the legal issues and the land policy issues that prevent it from moving forward,” McKenna said.

The central legal issue is tied to a deed restriction in the 1925 conveyance of the property to the city. The deed stated the land was to be used “for park, playground and kindred uses and for no other use or purpose.” Residents who oppose the prospect of putting a music hall on public parkland point to that clause as evidence the project cannot move forward.

McKenna said the orchestra’s outlook remains the same as it did on March 31, when the organization sent a report to the city regarding the search. In the report, the orchestra indicated it would be willing to consider Payne Park again if the city addressed outstanding issues to its satisfaction, but it did not guarantee the park would become the favored site.

Asked what the city could do to address the orchestra’s concerns, McKenna did not provide an answer.

“Our sense is that it’s in their court to determine how we might approach those items,” he said.

Park preservationists and city officials have both said it’s unclear how litigation over the deed restriction would play out. City Attorney Robert Fournier wrote a 2019 memo stating Florida case law “could support a potentially successful legal argument” for the orchestra’s plan, but he said a direct precedent had not been set.

City Commissioner Liz Alpert, the lone supporter of the orchestra’s initial 2019 proposal, thinks Fournier’s memo should be enough to make officials comfortable with moving forward with a Payne Park site despite the prospect of legal action. Alpert said she hoped the orchestra would be satisfied with a motion from the City Commission affirming its belief a music hall is an allowable use on the parkland — an initiative she wants the board to take up at a meeting in June.

“That’s the only thing I think we could do,” Alpert said.

Kelly Franklin, the president of the Preserve Payne Park coalition, said it would take a lengthy, costly legal battle to settle the question of whether a venue was permissible in Payne Park. Franklin said McKenna’s desire for the city to resolve all legal questions was unrealistic — and given the resident opposition to the music hall, she thinks the deed isn’t the only issue for officials to consider.

Franklin has challenged the orchestra’s assertion that its initial proposal is its only viable option, calling the 7-acre footprint oversized. She pointed to such facilities as Carnegie Hall, which features 3,671 seats in three auditoriums on 0.63 acres.

She said McKenna’s latest stance on Payne Park suggested a lack of seriousness about staying in its longtime hometown.

“It feels like a game now; it really does,” Franklin said. “Either he’s not understanding the picture all the rest of us do, or he’s trying to pin the blame elsewhere for a decision he’s already made.”

“The city wants to be a partner. The city wants to be a champion for the orchestra remaining in the city.”

— City Manager Marlon Brow

Ahearn-Koch said legal questions have informed her opposition to the orchestra’s Payne Park request since 2019. She continued to suggest the orchestra could look elsewhere for a location within the city, including public land on the bayfront near the Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center, the organization’s primary home.

Ahearn-Koch said she was willing to do anything within reason to get the orchestra to stay, but there are limits to the city’s ability to prevent an independent group from moving out — particularly when the organization has not disclosed all the specific factors informing its search process.

“We have said, ‘We value you; we want you to stay in the city of Sarasota,’” Ahearn-Koch said.

“If, after all of that communication, they with their own criteria say, ‘We can’t stay,’ and we’re not privy to that criteria, I don’t know what we can do.”

As the relocation effort continues with no public timeline for a decision, McKenna did not altogether rule out identifying another viable site in the city. Still, the orchestra has stood by the planning effort that led to its initial plans, and McKenna downplayed the prospect of an alternative.

“We have really looked at all of the possibilities,” McKenna said.

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McKenna identified two factors precluding the pursuit of land in Payne Park. One is the City Commission’s 2019 vote to reject the orchestra’s initial request to use 7 acres in Payne Park for a new venue. The other, McKenna said, are legal and land policy issues associated with the site.

McKenna said both of those issues were the city’s responsibility to address. McKenna did not directly answer whether the city could take certain actions to

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Some orchestra supporters have suggested the organization could use land around Payne Park to accomplish its goals for a new venue, but orchestra President and CEO Joe McKenna has rejected the notion.

The orchestra first announced its intent to move from its current bayfront home and build a new concert hall in 2018.

Orchestra President and CEO Joe McKenna said the decision came after a four-year study of the orchestra’s future needs, which determined the organization’s growth had been constrained by the performance spaces available to it.

In 2019, the orchestra revealed its preferred site for a new venue: Payne Park. After working with a consultant, the orchestra identified the framework for its desired facility: an 1,800-seat concert hall, a 700-seat flexible recital hall and space for rehearsal, education, storage and more.

The prospect of using land in Payne Park drew community opposition to the idea of giving up public green space to accommodate the project.

Three months after the orchestra shared its vision, the City Commission voted 4-1 to rule out the possibility of using land in Payne Park.

Although city officials said they were eager to discuss other site options, the orchestra stood by its claim Payne Park was the only viable spot in the city. As a result, the orchestra shifted its search to focus on land outside of the city. The city repeatedly communicated its desire to work with the orchestra in 2019 and 2020, but the orchestra held firm to its stated conclusions.

This February, Mayor Hagen Brody said he wanted to reconsider the city’s decision to make Payne Park off-limits. Brody expressed concern about the prospect of the orchestra leaving the city and wanted to give officials the opportunity to explore alternative options for addressing the organization’s needs while also accounting for the public interest in park preservation.

In March, the commission voted 4-1 to rekindle talks with the orchestra with no prohibition on using Payne Park.

Although officials expressed interest in an alternative to the 2019 plan for a music hall, in March, the orchestra sent a letter to the city affirming its stance that it needs 7 acres for a venue — and that a project could not be built in the city without using land within Payne Park.

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In May, the prospective purchaser of the property at 5400 Old Bradenton Road filed a preliminary application with the city for a comprehensive plan amendment to facilitate the project.

Raleigh, North Carolina-based developer Aventon Cos. intends to request a change to the future land use designation for a majority of the site, moving it from community commercial to multiple family, medium density.

Under the proposed land use changes, 21.2 acres of the site would be zoned for up to 18 residential units per acre. Another 3.24-acre segment of the property is located within the county.

According to materials submitted to the city, the developer is interested in speaking to officials

about the process of annexing the county portion of the site.

Buck Hendrick, Aventon’s vice president of development, did not respond to an interview request.

Aventon is not the first company to pursue plans to redevelop the site of the dog track, which shut down in 2019. In August, Sarasota-based firm JBCC Development had a preliminary meeting with city staff to discuss the same comprehensive plan amendment for the property. JBCC intended to build a mix of residential and commercial uses on the land.

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Arlington Park apartment plans resurface The prospective developer of the site at 2750 Bahia Vista St. now hopes to build 250-280 apartments on the site, a proposal that continues to draw resident opposition.

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n October, when a developer withdrew a proposal to build a 233-unit apartment complex on the southwest corner of Bahia Vista Street and Tuttle Avenue, the property owner said there was a clean slate when it came to plans for the future of the site.

“We’re figuring out the best way to reconcile our needs and the needs of the city and the needs of the neighbors, as well,” said Tim Hartnett, the CEO of New Roc Management. “Nothing’s going to be done without those three parties coming together.”

In May, the developer filed a preliminary application for a new project on the site. The plans still call for apartments on the 6.09-acre property, but the size of the complex has been scaled up to between 250 and 280 units, according to documents filed with the city. The buildings would be four stories tall, and vehicular access points to the site would be limited to Bahia Vista and Tuttle.

The developer is requesting an amendment to the city’s comprehensive plan to facilitate the project. The property owner hopes to change the future land use classification of the site from medium density to high density,

which would increase the maximum density on the land from 13 units per acre to 50 units per acre.

No property in the city carries the high-density land use designation the developer is seeking.

In October, the City Commission approved a zoning code amendment that would require developers to provide affordable housing in high-density districts if a project exceeds a baseline density of 35 units per acre, as the Bahia Vista Apartments proposal does.

Despite Hartnett’s pledge to work with residents living near the project site, a representative for one neighborhood group said he found out about the proposal after seeing it on the agenda for a meeting of the city’s Development Review Committee.

Rob Grant is a member of the Preserve Arlington Park committee, a group that formed in opposition to the initial plans for a high-density apartment complex on the Bahia Vista site. At community workshops, Arlington Park residents said they believed the apartment project was out of scale with the adjacent neighborhoods of primarily single-family homes. Grant was optimistic when the developer withdrew those plans last year, but he called the new proposal a disappointment.

“I’m disappointed I had to learn about this from a city email.

Then, of course, there’s the disappointment with the fact that now they’re going for broke — they’re going for the absolute maximum number of units they can get.”

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Arlington Park residents have been outspoken regarding the potential of an apartment building project in the vicinity of their neighborhood near Bahia Vista Street and Tuttle Avenue.

“I’m disappointed I had to learn about this from a city email,” Grant said. “Then, of course, there’s the disappointment with the fact that now they’re going for broke — they’re going for the absolute maximum number of units they can get.”

Based on the application, Grant speculated the developer would attempt to argue the property is not a part of the Arlington Park neighborhood. He noted the restriction on vehicular access via smaller neighborhood streets, a point of concern raised at previous community workshops. He also pointed out that the name

of the project had changed from Arlington Commons to Bahia Vista Apartments.

Those changes were not enough to quell Grant’s objections to the prospect of a high-density apartment project.

“This is not compatible,” Grant said. “It does not meet the standard of the comprehensive plan.”

Hartnett did not respond to a request for comment. At previous meetings, members of the project team said the increased density was necessary to ensure the development remained profitable while incorporating some affordable units. Those representatives

also said increasing the supply of market-rate apartments would be beneficial for individuals working in the area who are looking for a place to live.

Although the project is just beginning to work through the city’s development review process, Grant is already warily looking ahead to the potential endgame. Borrowing a phrase from Dan Clermont, the Arlington Park Neighborhood Association president and a Planning Board member, Grant described the current City Commission as “development-forward.”

Although he’s hopeful elected officials will listen to residents’ concerns, Grant expressed skepticism a majority of the board would be willing to turn away the proposed project, citing Mayor Hagen Brody’s support for higher-density projects as a tool to address the city’s housing issues.

“We are going to be fighting an uphill battle,” Grant said.

“There’s no doubt about that, and we do not go into this with our eyes closed.”

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Bullock said the county hasn’t added such land in the past several decades and that what’s available is quickly running out.

Landowners of late have been leaning toward selling to residential developers instead of industrial buyers.

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“We certainly wouldn’t have gotten them all, but when you can’t even get in the game, you don’t have the opportunity,” Bullock said.

EDC leaders made several recommendations to the county, including adjusting current Industrial Light Warehousing and Office, Professional and Institutional zoning to a new business park category.

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“We say all the time we want the EDC to land the big fish, but if and when they do, there is no place to put them right now.”

— Commissioner Al Maio

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Commissioner Al Maio says the county needs to take steps to ensure the EDC can attract large companies.

“We say all the time we want the EDC to land the big fish, but if and when they do, there is no place to put them right now,” Maio said.

In addition to the zoning change, Bullock proposed commissioners find a way to give incentives to landowners. One way to do so, he said, is to allow property owners to transfer residential land density from one parcel to another so they won’t lose out on a higher retail value.

Although she was supportive of assessing roadblocks to industrial growth, Commissioner Nancy Detert said the current situation isn’t dire enough to warrant incentives for landowners.

“I don’t think we’re at a big manufacturing crisis,” Detert said. “I think there’s still land to be found, and I would not want to go to extreme lengths for this because they provide low wage jobs, frankly. This is not the hill I

care to die on.”

Still, Bullock said the county needs to invest in the infrastructure for industrial parks. Ideally, he said, a right of way would already be secured for public facilities, a master utilities plan and a stormwater plan.

The EDC is not suggesting the county set aside thousands of acres for industrial use, just pockets of land. Leaders have identified areas in the Lakewood Ranch Corporate Park and near the Lorraine Road extension, the State Road 681 interchange and River Road as possibilities.

“When a business is looking to relocate, there’s three primary factors: time, cost and uncertainty,” Bullock said. “It’s very difficult to direct a group when there’s so many unknowns. What we’re suggesting here is to create areas in the county where it is known.”

County staff within the next 30 days will work with the EDC to consider an off-cycle Unified Development Code amendment that discusses zoning changes for a business park and possible Transfer of Development Rights deals.

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Sarasota EDC: Take it private Mike Moran sealed the deal by proposing to defund the economic development organization. The private sector should be in charge.

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urely, Sarasota County Commissioner Mike Moran’s vindictive stunt June 8 was convincing evidence that Sarasota County’s private business sector needs to be in charge of economic development.

And this: that the county and city governments in the region should be involved but be involved as public servants to the private sector, not in control.

Two days before the board of the Economic Development Corp. of Sarasota County was to interview its leading candidate for the president’s job, Moran had added a three-part item to the commission’s June 8 agenda (see box). And he did so with no warning or discussion with the EDC board beforehand.

Talk about disrespectful and unprofessional.

To little surprise, the top candidate for the job said no thanks.

Who wouldn’t have done that?

No one wants to walk into a new job where the people in charge of the money and the future of the organization want to undermine you.

Moran has had issues with the EDC going back to previous President Mark Huey, who resigned in December 2019. “It didn’t just spring up,” he said at the June 8 commission meeting. “From the very beginning, all I’ve ever asked for is clear, measurable goals. I made it very clear that I wanted less words on paper and more numbers on an Excel spreadsheet.” And then to add insult to injury, Moran told the Observer: “I’m not interested any longer in faculty-lunch room, dorm-room philosophical chitchat anymore. I want measurable outcomes.”

Well, you can pretty much say those comments seal the deal for the EDC. Its board won’t be able to attract anyone who is smart, ambitious and innovative, knowing that Moran and the majority of county commissioners want to “defund” the EDC. Even the EDC’s search executive said the obvious: Word will spread like a dry summer fire in economic development circles that Sarasota County is in turmoil and should be avoided — not just for EDC executives but also companies that might be looking to relocate.

Great, just what we need: reinforcing evidence that Sarasota is unfriendly to business.

All of this illustrates the inherent problems with publicly

MORAN’S ANTI-EDC MOTIONS n Eliminate the “Local Business Tax” by Sept. 30, 2024.

Reducing the tax table by Jan. 3 each fiscal year until it is eliminated Sept. 30, 2024. Beyond Sept. 30, 2024, SCGOV will be a normal dues-paying member of the EDC; n Use HSAC funds and Economic Development Incentive Fund returned funds to support “Mental Healthcare” Dependent District. After Dependent District is operating effectively, put Mental Healthcare Special District to the voters for a referendum;

funded, government-controlled economic development organizations. They get sucked into the maw of politics, egos and political philosophies. Remember the fight between Gov. Rick Scott and Speaker Richard Corcoran over Enterprise Florida? And when you put government in charge of anything, well, our readers know what we think of that: It rarely turns out well.

This is how it has been in Sarasota County for the past 15 years.

Before that, economic development fell under the auspices of the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce and what was known as the Committee of 100.

But after turmoil engulfed the chamber and after business leaders in North Port thought they were receiving short shrift from the Sarasota chamber, county commissioners and the leaders of the chambers agreed to funding a countywide economic development corporation with an annual tax on every business in the county.

As is in many communities, the new economic development corporation was a public-private partnership, with a large board of business and government leaders. But the County Commission controlled the money (You know the saying: He who holds the gold makes the rules.)

Last year, the commission allocated $1.7 million to the EDC. And as most of these economic development organizations go — especially those tethered to local or state governments — there is always angst over whether the money spent on economic development actually does as much good as the EDC officials tout.

They all publish data tout-

Commissioner Moran n To return all available funds in the Economic Development Incentive Fund to the General Fund. $1 million is to remain in the EDIF for incentive opportunities.

ing how many jobs they helped create, how many companies they recruited, how many local businesses they helped wend their way through needless government regulations, how many companies they interviewed and the many economic multipliers that are spawned by their work.

All of that stands as the EDC’s “return on investment” for that tax money allocated to it. But the truth is, “measurable outcomes” are hard to quantify (see box).

What often results in this public-private partnership arrangement is what was described to us as the “step-parent and step-child” relationship. Not a lot of love, especially when the politicians are in charge.

Sarasota County’s business community — in particular, the EDC’s board — now finds itself facing another decision that will have deep, important consequences: what to do next: n Make nice and try to build/ rebuild a trusting relationship with the County Commission (politicians) — a commission majority that has sided with defunding the EDC? Ha! n End the relationship with the County Commission and the business tax and become a private enterprise again? n Go big and regional? Create a privatized EDC that encompasses Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte, DeSoto and Hardee counties?

For the past year, the EDC board has been on a quest to find its next president and continue with the model and path it has pursued for the past 15 years.

This is an important inflection point, a time to recognize that having the County Commission in control of the gold is not the

TAKE BULLOCK’S ADVICE: CREATE ZONES FOR BUSINESS It’s too bad David Bullock, the interim president of the Economic Development Corp. of Sarasota County, wants to enjoy more of life and not take on his current job permanently — or at least until the turmoil is resolved between the county and EDC. For more than 20 years, Bullock has been a master fix-it guy and competent leader and manager as deputy county administrator in Sarasota and later town

manager of Longboat Key. After the EDC’s previous president resigned in December 2019, the EDC board wisely asked Bullock to come out of retirement for a second time to steady another listing operation.

He probably would not have done it had he known that all of 2020 would be consumed with the pandemic. But as usual, Bullock remained calm as always sitting in the middle of a raging fire.

Give him — and County Administrator Jonathan Lewis — credit. Together, they figured out how to disburse $48 million systematically to small businesses in fewer than four months. No small feat for two government guys who know the challenges of dealing with bureaucracies.

But now Bullock is on his way out again, heading to Idaho to fish. Before going, though, this longtime wise observer of

HOW DO YOU MEASURE OUTCOMES? Say the EDC president is introduced to a business owner who is vacationing on Siesta Key and starts to think about relocating her software company here.

The two have a few lunches; the EDC president shows the business owner around and introduces her to a few CEO peers. But the business owner decides not to move, instead merging her company with another.

How do you measure that? Is that a failure?

Or take the CEO who vacations here a few winters and decides to relocate his headquarters staff here.

After making the decision, securing a location and setting up a move-in timetable, the CEO decides to reach out to the EDC to learn more about Sarasota County and its business climate.

In the process, the CEO expresses a future need for workforce talent. He asks the EDC president where to go, and the EDC president introduces him to local college presidents.

How do you measure that?

way to go.

That structure might work if you had what existed in Florida when Rick Scott was governor — an elected leader who saw one of his primary responsibilities was to do what he could to create an attractive economic and business climate and to be the state’s top salesperson for new business.

If only we had politicians at the county and city levels who grasped the same concept. But that’s not going to happen.

If Sarasota County — including the cities of Sarasota, Venice, North Port and Longboat Key — is to have a healthy economy, it needs advocates and a sales force (e.g. business leaders) constantly pushing for a business and regulatory climate that makes sense.

The private sector should be driving this effort, with county and city governments — both elected officials and government staffs — working in concert as public servants that will allow businesses to flourish, create jobs and make Sarasota a county of opportunity, not a place that specializes in choking the engine that keeps a community growing.

county affairs is leaving behind another wise suggestion. Bullock enlightened county commissioners a few months ago with four pages of recommendations to address a critical need in Sarasota County: a severe shortage of land designated for business park development.

If county commissioners have any vision for the future, they will act on Bullock’s recommendations — at least the admonition that the county desperately needs land zoned for businesses.

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New parks, athletic fields a county priority JUNE 14

Sarasota leaders began steps to creating four new athletic complexes and three new destination playgrounds.

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n April, the county parks department unveiled a plan to overhaul many of the county’s athletics complexes in an effort to revamp sports tourism in the area.

It’s looking to build new parks, as well.

It’s been about 25 years since the county built its last largescale park, and now it’s considering four new locations for athletics complexes and three for destination playgrounds.

New sports complexes are being considered in east county in the Hi Hat Ranch Area, in central county near State Road 681 and in South County near the Wellen Park Area. North county would see a new complex as part of a proposed $56 million project at 17th Street Regional Park.

The central, south and east county locations have potential to be developed as private and/ or municipal partnerships with funding sources, such as park impact fees, the county surtax, naming opportunities and a park tax referendum.

The 17th Street park will be designed in two phases. The first, estimated at $35 million,

will include design and construction of facilities on former utilities property. Phase two, estimated at $21 million, would include new dog parks and multipurpose fields, among other things.

Director of Parks, Recreational and Natural Resources Nicole Rissler said the county has about $10 million in impact fees, about $500,000 in surtax funds and $2.5 million in estimated proceeds from the sale of a property at Tuttle Avenue and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way to put toward the park.

That still leaves a funding gap of $20 million to $23 million for phase one of the project. However, Commission Chair Al Maio said that the county shouldn’t balk at the cost because the benefits will outweigh the initial price tag.

“We’re going to eat these parks a piece at a time, just like you would eat an elephant,” he said. “We’re going to eat this a step at a time because these are big, important projects.”

When selecting a location for potential destination playgrounds, several key elements were considered including features, potential themes, parking, restrooms, pavilions and landscaping.

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County staff settled on three locations spread throughout the county based on geography and future growth: one within the future 17th Street Regional Park, another in the Knight Trail/Pinelands area and the final in either the Tuscano Park site or Wellen Park area.

Commissioner Christian Ziegler said he supports a destination playground in the county but expressed concern that if three were pursued, the facilities would be a small-scale version of the original plans.

Instead, he proposed creating one giant facility, similar to Common Ground Park in Lakeland, that could attract families from out of the county.

“I think it’s important to consolidate it because people will drive for a massive facility, if we do it in the county,” he said.

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After several years of grassroots efforts, three parcels of flat open land near Celery Fields have officially been conserved.

In just 10 minutes, county commissioners agreed to rezone three of the four “quads” near Celery Fields to protect them from future development.

The northeast, southeast and southwest parcels were rezoned from open rural use to government use, which means the land can now only be used for government, civic, educational and recreational purposes.

Properties zoned government use allow schools, offices, emergency medical offices, outdoor recreation facilities and warehouses, to name a few.

The move comes after the commission in November 2019 unanimously voted to place a conservation easement over the three parcels.

During the conservation process, a partnership was forged between the county, the Sarasota Audubon Society and the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast to protect the 33 acres.

The Audubon Society now oversees restoration efforts and the day-to-day management of the parcels under the conservation easement.

Jeanne Dubi, president of the society, said both organizations are working to create a wildlife habitat on the parcels. Design will be completed this summer, and fundraising will begin in the fall.

Dubi said she hopes the county will consider relocating the county’s History Center or Parks and Recreation headquarters to the southwest quad. Half of the southwest quad is reserved for government use that will be limited to 40,000 square feet.

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The Audubon Society runs a nature center at Celery Fields that offers a collection of fossils found in the area when it was undergoing stormwater renovation. Dubi said the two organizations could collaborate to create exhibits for the public, should the county relocate this history center.

Although the future growth on the three quads remains limited, the future of the northwest parcel remains less certain.

The Apex Road fire station was built there, but it could be developed and rezoned into industrial use, high density use or public and government use in the future.

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he 2021 USRowing Youth National Regatta, held June 10-13 at Nathan Benderson Park, was an opportunity for junior rowers to make a name for themselves nationally.

One local rower took advantage of that opportunity.

Sarasota Crew junior Eva Harris had the area’s best finish in the showcased Youth (U19) division, finishing second in the Women’s 1x Final A (8:10.66), just under 10 seconds behind winner Ella Berry of Oak Neck Academy (Bayville, New York). Harris was not a stranger to the Youth National Regatta, having competed in the 2019 event in the Crew’s lightweight 8+ boat that finished third overall (6:44.77). She also competed in last year’s virtual national championships in the 8+ boat.

This was her first time at the event in the 1x. Even though she had previous experience in front of large crowds, it did not necessarily help.

“You never know what to expect on a national stage,” Harris said. “A lot can happen. But it feels good to see it all through and get a medal.”

What did help was rowing alongside the U.S. Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls pair, Michelle Sechser and Molly Reckford, that is headed to Tokyo for the Olympics. Sechser and Reckford had been training at Benderson Park before February’s Olym-

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Above: Sarasota Crew’s Eva Harris splashes the water at Nathan Benderson Park after finishing second in the Women’s 1x Final A at the 2021 USRowing Youth National Regatta.

Left: Sarasota Crew’s Eva Harris receives a silver medal for her second-place finish in the Women’s 1x Final A at the 2021 USRowing National Regatta on Sunday.

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS In addition to Harris’ Youth Women’s 1x silver medal: n Sarasota Crew also had a fourth-place finish in the Youth Men’s 8+ Final A (5:56.15) and a fifth place finish in the Youth Men’s 4- Final A (6:36.78). n In the Youth B Finals, which consist of the boats that missed qualifying for the A Final, the Crew won the Women’s 4- (7:33.95) and finished sixth in the Men’s 4+ (6:50.99). n In the U17 division, among

pic Team Trials and decided to stick around. They head to Chula Vista, California, on Friday for final preparations. In the meantime, rowers including Harris have watched them and learned from them. Harris said she is also lucky to spend time around Casey Galvanek, the Crew’s coach and the coach of USRowing’s Junior National Team system.

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other results, the Crew won the Men’s 2- Final A (7:29.35). n The Sarasota Scullers also competed at the event, securing a 32nd place finish in the Youth Men’s 4x Time Trial (6:23.78) and a 35th place in the Youth Men’s 2x Time Trial (6:58.05).

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she did. The move worked out.

Harris was one of approximately 2,800 rowers competing at the Youth National Regatta.

Normally known as the Youth National Championships, the event’s name was changed by USRowing in the wake of a decision to include U17 and U15 events to the U19 events instead of holding them separately.

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So crazy, it just may work When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

When life gives you a pandemic, start a theater troupe. That’s how Dingbat Theatre Project was born.

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work creating our own shows,” McFatrich said. “As luck would have it, Brian and his friends had just produced a Halloween cabaret at the Bazaar on Apricot & Lime. We had a venue before we had a name.”

The elements were coming together.

“We had an outdoor stage, we had the talent, and there were only two other live theater productions in town at the Asolo and The Players Centre,” he said. “Those shows weren’t aimed at younger people with families, so Brian and I created a show that hit the sweet spot for them. They loved us, and it all came together.”

The project started as a nameless duo, just McFatrich and Finnerty doing 21st century, punk-rock, post-modern vaudeville at the bazaar’s outdoor stage. By the second performance, McFatrich’s brainchild had a name: Dingbat Theatre Project. The troupe had now quadrupled. The company staged its first production May 7: an eight-person, theater-ina-trunk “Shrek: The Musical.”

“We had next to nothing to work with,” McFatrich said.

“We had to get very, very creative to pull it off.”

The company’s actors all

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played multiple roles. When the company ran out of actors, it pulled out the puppets.

“Not articulated or sophisticated,” McFatrich said. “These were more like toys and stuffed dolls.”

The low-tech puppet cast included Gingy the Gingerbread Man, a cardboard cutout with candy taped to it; Humpty Dumpty, a volleyball with googly eyes; an “Elf on the Shelf”; and three stuffed panda dolls filled in for the bears who bothered Goldilocks.

Sound and lighting? The Players Centre for Performing Arts loaned out its equipment, along with the people who knew how to use it: lighting designer Matt Neywer and sound designer Joshua Linderman.

Stage manager? Lisa Million stepped up — on loan from Venice Theatre.

Costumes? David Walker and McFatrich’s mother.

Sets? Tim Wisgerhof made the scene. He’s Venice Theatre’s resident scenic designer and

an expert at creating beautiful somethings out of nothing.

“Tim built us this huge, wooden, foldable backdrop in a day,” McFatrich recalls. “He went to Lowe’s at 6 a.m. and bought the lumber. He carved it with a circular saw while the paint was still wet. I didn’t see him do it, but he somehow magically finished it by 6 p.m. — just in time for our first rehearsal.”

Everything looked great. But not slick. The production was deliberately low-tech.

“We were going for a funky, garage-sale look,” McFatrich said. “‘Shrek’ is such a deeply silly musical, and a whimsical approach works perfectly.”

The whimsy worked, thanks to collaborative creativity from across our area’s theater community. As McFatrich relates the story, it’s reminiscent of an old children’s book — “Stone Soup.” Everyone added a little something to the mix.

“Theater at its best is a collaborative art form,” McFatrich

said. “That’s what happened with ‘Shrek.’ We staged our first musical thanks to some of the best artists in the area. We got by with a little help from our friends.”

McFatrich adds that Dingbat Theatre Project isn’t planning on duplicating the efforts of its friends across the theater community.

“We’re not the Urbanite, we’re not The Players, we’re not the Asolo,” he said. “We call ourselves ‘the quirky contemporary theater on the Suncoast’ because that’s who we are — ‘contemporary’ and ‘edgy’ doesn’t really fit us. We like to look at shows and figure out new and surprising ways to do them.

“We’re actor-driven, and our rehearsals are very collaborative on a creative level. Nobody’s passive. Everyone participates in shaping the show. From an actor’s standpoint, it really pushes your craft. It’s also really, really fun.”

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ingbat. When Archie Bunker says it, it’s an insult. If a typesetter says it, it means a font with a bunch of wacky shapes. When the cohorts of Dingbat Theatre Project say it, they’re talking about getting seriously silly.

The troupe is the brainchild of Luke McFatrich, an improv teacher and fundraiser at Venice Theatre. He founded the company in late 2020 during the shadow of the pandemic. It seems counterintuitive, if not crazy. What was he thinking?

“The pandemic was lasting longer than most of us originally expected,” he said. “I’d made a mental note to launch a fun theater project if COVID was still lingering by late fall. It was, so I did.”

COVID-19 was the context; talent was the fuel. McFatrich didn’t want to put on a oneman show. He reached out to Brian Finnerty, a multitalented director and choreographer who seemed like an ideal collaborator. McFatrich had worked with him before, and they shared the same skewed worldview.

The project was rolling.

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eing a father is a tremendous responsibility. Even with all the advice and direction in the world, people can still be unsure about the best way to go about raising a child.

With Father’s Day coming on Sunday, we asked some local fathers

to give their wisdom on how to be a good dad.

JEFFREY KOFFMAN

Below: Toni-Anne and Jeffrey Koffman with James, Julia and Cameron.

Jeffrey Koffman, 56, spent more than 20 years raising his two children, Cameron and Julia, and has watched them grow up and set out into the world. There’s an earned pride to that, and Koffman said he feels he’s done his job well.

But rather than living in an empty nest, Koffman has his hands full with 4-year-old James, whom he and his second wife welcomed into the world in their late 40s and early 50s, respectively.

“In your 30s, you’re rushing your career and worried about life and what you’re doing,” he said. “I traveled a lot then, but I’m a lot more present this time around. I can enjoy things more because I know what’s going to happen.”

As with his past children, he feels the best thing he can do is

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nurture his son’s independence.

Like a poem he enjoys says, parents are the bow, and the children are the arrow that flies free.

“Some parents make their dreams their kids’ dreams, and it’s absolutely the wrong decision,” Koffman said. “You need to promote their dreams and not meddle in their lives. … You owe your children two things: unconditional love and an education.”

LARRY BOWMAN

Larry Bowman said that even growing up, he couldn’t see a child-free future.

He grew up without his dad but learned a lot from friends, cousins, uncles, a stepfather and even a boxing coach.

“It’s an interesting thing: When you don’t have a dad, other people step up,” Bowman said.

He said that, more than anything, they taught him integrity — living up to the ideals and values they said were important. It’s a trait he plans to pass onto his two children, Luke, 6, and Elle, 3.

One of the smartest things he thinks he and his wife did was discuss the kind of values they would instill in their children.

They decided on a firm reward and punishment system that would prioritize responsibility.

Bowman has stressed in his children to understand their privilege. He said he plans to have his son start volunteering at an early age.

“We’re living in Sarasota, this magical bubble,” Bowman said.

“With all the blessings [he’s] been given comes responsibility. … I tell him: ‘You’re a healthy, lucky kid. If you see someone being bullied, it’s your responsibility to go over and take care of him and stick up for them.’”

He feels the moments of parenting joy make up for any moments of discipline.

“It makes me so proud to hear stories [from teachers] where there was a kid playing alone at school, and Luke decided to play with him,” Bowman said. “I’m going to continue to reward that behavior so he understands how important it is.”

DAN CEASER

Dan Ceaser, the head of the Hershorin Schiff Community Day

School, thinks he’s been more prepared for raising kids than most. Ceaser and his wife have been teaching for nearly 20 years and felt they were ready.

Still, having three girls with different attitudes and personalities has brought its share of surprises.

His first daughter, 15-year-old Caroline, is extroverted and outgoing. Daughter Natalie, born 18 months later, is more introverted.

He said they have taught him how to adapt and be supportive no matter what.

“Parenting is very humbling,” Ceaser said. “We like to think as parents we have some amazing control over where our kids end up, but the same inputs with my first two daughters led to very different outputs. I learned early that they’re independent people.

They’re going to be who they’re going to be. My job is to help them make good decisions and model how to be nice.”

He believes teaching his children to have decency and to accept mistakes will be more beneficial to them in the long run. “[It’s about] allowing our kids to make mistakes and focusing on how to learn from them, instead of putting them in a bubble,” Ceaser said. “Adversity is important to kids. We have to show how to deal with adversity, and that creates confidence and resilience in them.”

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Sarasota Beach Constance Paoli Zacker, trustee, of Siesta Key, sold two properties at 544 Canal Road and a home at 65 Island Circle to CJGM Holdings LLC for $2.48 million.

The first property at Canal Road was built in 1948; it has two bedrooms, two baths and 912 square feet of living area. The second property at Canal Road was built in 1999; it has one bedroom, two baths and 1,073 square feet of living area. The home at Island Road was built in 1956; it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,310 square feet of living area.

HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD Denis Simioni sold his home at 6336 Hollywood Blvd. to James and April Heddens, of Sarasota, for $4.6 million. Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 6,291 square feet of living area. It sold for $4.05 million in 2019.

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Prestancia Virginia Harrity, of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, sold her home at 7879 Estancia Way to Catherine and Russell Holmquist, of Sarasota, for $1.08 million. Built in 1993, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,341 square feet of living area. It sold for $607,500 in 2004.

Oaks II Joseph and Cheryl Abraham, of Trivoli, Illinois, sold their home at 514 E. Mac Ewen Drive to Manatee Investments LLC for $1.85 million. Built in 1999, it has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,521 square feet of living area. It sold for $819,000 in 2020.

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to C. David Moll and Catherine Moll, trustee, of Sarasota, for $1.78 million. Built in 1932, it has three bedrooms, one-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,013 square feet of living area. It sold for $975,000 in 2019.

LAKE PARK Tom and Roberta Tengerdy, of Sarasota, sold their home at 3223 Old Oak Drive to Richard and Donna Westermeier, of Boston, New York, for $1.55 million. Built in 1961, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 3,090 square feet of living area.

It sold for $330,000 in 2009.

POINSETTIA PARK Donald Joseph Longueuil and Mackenzie Mudgett Longueuil, of Sarasota, sold their home at 1867 Oleander St. to Robin Demouth and Mary Demouth, trustees, of Sarasota, for $1.5 million. Built in 1952, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,288 square feet of living area. It sold for $695,000 in 2014.

Manasota-Solve Inc. sold two properties at 1850 Webber St. to Adam Clyde Simmons and Kirsten Simmons, of Sarasota, for $805,000. The first property was built in 1952; it has three bedrooms, three baths and 1,912 square feet of living area. The second property was built in 1983; it has one bedroom, one bath and 1,056 square feet of living area. They sold for $570,000 in 2014.

These are the largest city of Sarasota and Sarasota County building permits issued for the week of May 31 to June 4 , in order of dollar amounts.

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David and Cathleen Mysak, of Frederick, Maryland, sold their home at 1850 Goldenrod St. to Clifton Blackwood and Shelley Mitrak, of Macomb, Michigan, for $750,000. Built in 1949, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,543 square feet of living area. It sold for $600,000 in 2012.

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One of the best locations in Sarasota on the coveted north end of Siesta Key, this Gulf-front estate has it all. A stunning waterfront pool, spa, and a well-equipped boat dock with lift and direct access to the Gulf of Mexico.

Enjoy endless views of the Gulf of Mexico, Big Pass, South Lido Beach Park and Bird Key from almost every room.

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B E N T T R E E V I L L AG E 4 8 8 1 H AW KS H E A D PA R K | $1 ,4 8 9,0 0 0 Location, privacy and tranquil setting come together in this gracious residence.

S A R A BAY AC R E S 1 3 3 W E S T B AY S T R E E T | $1 , 5 4 5 ,0 0 0 Direct bayfront investment opportunity.

PR E S TA N C I A M O N T E V E R D E | $170,0 0 0 Buildable lot in a gated golf course community.

NEW LISTING PR E S TA N C I A 7 2 5 0 A L I CA N T E D RI V E # 5 | $ 510,0 0 0 Maintenance-free stand-alone villa.

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LO N G B OAT K E Y 4 3 5 L’A M B I A N C E D RI V E #J 4 0 3 | $ 2 , 5 8 5 ,0 0 0 Beachfront condominium on Longboat Key.

IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING SELLING YOUR HOME, NOW IS THE TIME. There is unprecedented demand for luxury properties in our area. With the increased demand, the right representation is very important. As a result of our extensive marketing reach and in-depth understanding of our local market, we can provide our customers with the best possible experience when buying or selling a home. Please contact us!

JOEL SCHEMMEL, J.D., REALTOR® 941.587.4894 | JOEL.SCHEMMEL@PREMIERSIR.COM SHARON CHIODI, REALTOR® 941.809.0380 | SHARON.CHIODI@PREMIERSIR.COM SCHEMMELGROUP

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Sotheby’s International Realty® and the Sotheby’s International Realty logo are registered service marks used with permission. Each office is independently owned and operated. Equal Housing Opportunity. Property information herein is derived from various sources including, but not limited to, county records and multiple listing services, and may include approximations. All information is deemed accurate and neither suggests nor infers that Sotheby’s International Realty participated as either the listing or cooperating agent or broker in the sale or purchase of the properties depicted.

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