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THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2017

YOUR TOWN

Learn more about your three candidates for City Commission. PAGE 4-5A

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Wild wanderer

These probably weren’t the trespassers a central Siesta Key condo was hoping to catch when it installed its surveillance cameras, but bobcats are fairly common in Florida and thrive in urban areas. If one wanders into your front yard, don’t be alarmed, said Gary Mores, a spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. They are more of a threat to your small animals than they are to you.

It’s best to give them space and admire them from a distance.

Growth blooms at Selby The Sarasota institution sees an uptick in visitors and revenue with its new strategy to attract visitors and keep them returning.

ANNA BRUGMANN STAFF WRITER

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The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens conservatory exudes ease.

The building, home to an exhibit depicting Marc Chagall’s French Riviera, is almost ethereal. Flowers and fronds surround visitors at almost every turn while music and the sound of falling water fill the air.

It’s ironic that a place that elicits such calm is the manifestation of a labor-intensive institutional overhaul. The exhibit was introduced in February and is Selby’s most recent in what is now an indefinite cycle of rotating exhibits — a model that is driving new growth.

Landry Murphy

Baby blessings

Dennis and Rebecca Murphy welcomed their third child, Landry, on April 23. She weighed in at 7 pounds and was 19.5 inches. She joins big sisters Melanie, 8, and Layla, 6. Dennis Murphy is executive vice president and senior loan officer at Gateway Bank.

Can you stop summer hunger?

Here are the week’s donation totals for All Faiths Food Bank’s Campaign Against Summer Hunger, which runs through May 15. To donate, visit allfaithsfoodbank.org.

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Jane Forsyth and Arny Berger of Lexington, Mass., were visiting Sarasota for five days and wanted to see the Marc Chagall exhibit at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. The exhibit pairs fine art with horticulture. “We thought it would be an incredible combination,” Forsyth said. “It did not disappoint.”

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GOAL: $650,000 MATCHING CHALLENGE

Defining Rosemary District seeks a vision for the future. PAGE 3A

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Rosemary property owner Howard Davis

AMOUNT RAISED TO DATE: $263,000

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WEEK OF APRIL 27, 2017

BY THE NUMBERS

$466 million

projected taxable value in the Rosemary District by 2019, more than double the current value.

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1,100

average daily visitors at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.

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74%

respondents who view the local economy as a community strength in a survey of local CEOs. SEE PAGE 12A

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sailboats in the Sarasota Bay Cup regatta April 22.

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CORRECTION Because of an editing error, the first paragraph of Ken Shelin’s My View column in the April 20 edition was incorrect. It should have said: STOP!’s intention to restrict or eliminate the city’s administrative review process would drive up costs and reduce affordability.

“We’re saying: Here’s the real facts. Here’s the way forward — and it’s not necessarily STOP.”

Early voting in city election starts Monday

Real estate broker Ian Black, on a new initiative responding to a resident activist group’s concerns about growth. READ MORE ON PAGE 6A

Parking manager on leave during nepotism investigation The city has placed three staff members on administrative leave as it investigates the selection process for a public art project at the State Street parking garage that resulted in a committee endorsing the parking manager’s son-in-law’s proposal.

Parking Manager Mark Lyons, Senior Planner Clifford Smith and Neighborhood and Development Services Manager David Smith are all on paid leave, city spokeswoman Jan Thornburg said.

The city disclosed few other details as the investigation is ongoing, but confirmed the investigation is related to the April 12 Public Art Committee meeting.

At the meeting, the board considered five proposals for artwork at the State Street garage. The group was deadlocked between two favorites. At that point, Lyons came to the table and shared his assessment of the two remaining options.

He said one option, from artist Michael Parker, would be hard for the city to maintain.

Beginning Monday, city residents can cast their votes in person in the race for two at-large seats on the City Commission.

From May 1-6, early voting will take place at the Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections office. The office is located in the Sarasota County Terrace Building at 2001 Adams Lane.

During the early voting period, the polls will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily.

The top three vote-getters in the March election — Jen Ahearn-Koch, Hagen Brody and Martin Hyde — advanced to the runoff election, which will take place May 9. Voters can cast ballots for two of the three candidates. The two victorious candidates will take office May 12.

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The city is investigating three staff members, including Parking Manager Mark Lyons.

“I see, logistically, challenges in seeing it all come to fruition,” Lyons said.

Board member Benjamin Grijalva subsequently changed his vote. The board recommended approval of the other choice, submitted by artist Mark Krucke.

Krucke is Lyons’ sonin-law, a fact that was not

disclosed to the Public Art Committee. Clifford Smith and David Smith both work as staff liaisons with the Public Art Committee and participated in the selection process.

The city does not have a timeline for completing the investigation.

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Rosemary and time With more than 1,000 new residences on the way, a survey helps stakeholders map out a neighborhood vision before it’s too late to change course.

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group of property owners, merchants and residents are trying to stake out a clearly defined identity for the Rosemary District. Before their work even began, though, people in Sarasota already had some common thoughts about the neighborhood’s identity.

It’s urban, edgy, authentic. City leaders have discussed the district’s potential, but right now, people see Rosemary as a segment of downtown with its own character worth preserving.

As more than 1,100 new residential units are added to the Rosemary District during the next three years, developer and property owner Howard Davis is working with other neighborhood stakeholders to proactively address a difficult question: How do you enhance the area’s positive attributes and avoid letting the character of the neighborhood get diluted after the deluge of construction?

On Tuesday, Davis led a presentation at City Hall regarding the future of the Rosemary District. Davis is part of a grassroots planning effort for the district, an effort to assess the community’s needs and desires before the neighborhood is built out.

At the meeting, Davis and Kimley-Horn planner Shawn Dressler shared the results of a survey about the district. During the past two months, more than 200 people answered a series of questions about the area’s strengths and weaknesses, as well as their vision for Rosemary.

The goal, Davis said, is to create a community-driven list of principles for improving the district.

The group isn’t getting any city money for the planning effort, but Davis said those who have invested in the Rosemary District want the neighborhood to reflect the desires of the public.

“Early on, we said we’re going to listen as closely as possible to the community in as many different ways as possible,” Davis said.

“That’s what we’ll use as we put the plans together.”

Davis said the results aren’t necessarily surprising, but they do provide concrete data regarding the neighborhood’s public perception. There are several common themes: People like that the neighborhood is walkable and in close proximity to downtown and the bayfront. They don’t like that it feels unsafe and lacks park space.

The survey also revealed some words people associate with their long-term vision for the neighborhood. They want it to be exciting, vibrant, creative — many of

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ROSEMARY RESPONSE What are the Rosemary District’s greatest strengths?

91.2%

Proximity to downtown

72.5%

Future potential of the neighborhood

61.6% Walkability

What are the district’s greatest challenges?

73.6%

Large homeless population

59.1%

Redevelopment without a vision or plan

47.2%

Lack of parks/open space Describe your vision for the district in the future:

67.4% Walkable

51.8%

Creative

51.3% Safe

the same characteristics people already attach to the district.

For Michael Bush, president of the Rosemary District Neighborhood Association, the knowledge that most people are saying similar things is a good sign.

“I think what you saw there is tremendous consensus,” Bush said. “When you’re working with consensus, I think getting to those defining points will be easier.”

The grassroots planning initiative turned the survey results into a vision statement and series of guiding principles for the neighborhood. Those planning guidelines are still in draft form, but they reflect the key findings residents have shared. They want more connectivity. They want to embrace the district’s past, and they want to support the businesses that are already there.

Some of the findings invite bigger questions. The survey indicates there is a large gap in the neighborhood’s retail offerings.

More than 50% of respondents said they wanted to see more shops, restaurants, grocery stores and entertainment venues in the neighborhood.

It’s one thing to know those types of businesses are missing from the neighborhood. It’s another to actually get them woven into the fabric of the district. But the group’s work isn’t done — after refining the guiding principles with other stakeholders, Davis hopes to produce a series of recommendations for how the Rosemary District can take action to address its most pressing needs.

The group hopes to share those recommendations in June — at which point more unanswered questions will arise, including how any improvements will get funded. Davis doesn’t want to get bogged down with details like

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Property owner Howard Davis says broad community buy-in will help create traction for plans to improve the Rosemary District.

ROSEMARY DISTRICT DRAFT MISSION STATEMENT

ROSEMARY DISTRICT DRAFT GUIDING PRINCIPLES

The Rosemary District will be Sarasota’s 21st century, complete live/work/play neighborhood, strategically adjacent to traditional downtown, the bayfront and established residential neighborhoods, but with its own distinct identity. The neighborhood’s cultural and architectural history will be respected, while creativity, innovation and the arts are celebrated. Public policies and investments, new developments and business, and events and activities that contribute to a vibrant, human scale neighborhood should be encouraged, and safe and active street life, diversity and authenticity should be promoted.

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that right now, and his sense is that the rest of the community doesn’t, either.

Beyond the specifics of the answers to the survey, Davis was struck by how positive the tenor of the feedback was. He’s done similar planning efforts in other communities, and he said that’s not always the case. He said the positive energy will keep the planning effort moving forward, aggressively addressing the obstacles in its way as residents seek a better future for the Rosemary District.

“Most people want to talk to you about problems,” Davis said.

“And there were a few — but there was much more emphasis on a positive future.”

Develop the Rosemary District as a complete “live, work and play” neighborhood.

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Promote walkability within the district.

Enhance public safety and security within the district.

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Promote pedestrian and bicycle connectivity between the district and downtown, the bayfront and adjacent neighborhoods.

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Respect and celebrate the district’s cultural and built history.

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Enhance the presence of nature in the district.

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Provide increased support for the district’s local businesses.

Recognize and celebrate the district’s distinctiveness and authenticity.

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Balance regional social service needs with the district’s disproportionate share of social service providers.

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ELECTION 2017: SARASOTA CITY COMMISSION CANDIDATES, AT-LARGE RUNOFF

JEN AHEARN-KOCH The top vote-getter in March wants to be known as more than just a neighborhood activist.

Will her stance on growth define her candidacy?

DAVID CONWAY DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR

After spending 12 years in Paris — and after trying to manage living in a small apartment in the city with her husband and their 2-year-old son — Jen AhearnKoch decided it was time to go back home.

When her family settled in Sarasota in 1996, naturally, one of the first things they did was go to the beach. She remembers the first time Toby, her son, stepped foot on the gulf’s shores. He took off running.

Her husband, Thomas, instinctively grabbed for him, conditioned by a prolonged period of intense urban living. But AhearnKoch stopped him. This is what they came to Sarasota for, she said. This was a place where you could let go of your toddler’s hand and not have to hold your breath.

“He just ran and ran, and we just walked right behind him,” Ahearn-Koch said. “That sense of freedom that we let him have and that we had — I think about it all the time.”

Ahearn-Koch first moved to Sarasota with her mother when

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she was 14, but it wasn’t always clear she’d come back. A Cardinal Mooney graduate, she went to Paris for college. After earning a master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University in New York City, she returned to Paris. There, she met her husband and began a career in marketing.

Spending time in those booming metropolises, she never lost her connection to Sarasota. When she and her husband were looking for a new home, it was the only American city they considered.

“You walk outside, and you smile,” she said. “There’s the blue

sky; it’s beautiful. It’s uplifting.

It’s energizing. It’s hopeful.”

That’s a feeling she’s passionate about preserving, which has led to her candidacy for a seat on the City Commission. As the top vote-getter in the March election, she believes it’s something other residents care about, too.

It has been a natural progression. She was first active in her neighborhood, eventually becoming president of the Tahiti Park Neighborhood Association.

From there, she got involved in the Coalition of City Neighborhood Associations, joining that group’s

executive committee. From 2009 to 2015, she was a member of the city’s Planning Board.

Last year, she became a founding member of the residentactivist group STOP, which is lobbying the city on growth-related issues. Her experience has earned her a reputation as an opponent of development — a label she rejects.

During the runoff-election period, critics have tied her closely to STOP’s campaign to change the city’s development review procedures. Although she still serves on the group’s steering committee, she described it as a small part of her candidacy.

She wants people to consider the totality of her campaign, because she sees all of the issues at play as interconnected. She’s focused on drawing a connection between all of those topics, and making decisions accordingly.

She describes herself as an analytical thinker. It’s an instinct she’s had to steer away from while campaigning — given a limited amount of time to speak, she wants to focus on higher-level discussions rather than getting bogged down in the machinations of local government.

Thanks to her experience, she knows a lot about those machinations. That’s an asset as a prospective commissioner, she said.

“More than any specific stance on anything, I think that’s what people know about me,” said Ahearn-Koch, 52. “I have a process, whenever I make a decision, that’s very thoughtful and pur-

poseful.”

She might not want STOP to define her candidacy, but she is a strong believer that public hearings will foster better developments. That’s rooted in her own experience. A decade ago, her neighborhood fought a proposal to build a boat-storage facility along Whitaker Bayou.

After a prolonged battle, the plans never came to fruition.

Now, a new developer is planning a mixed-use project on the same site. After the developer met with residents, the neighborhood praised the proposal.

To Ahearn-Koch, this is an example of how the system should work: residents were insistent on a project that was in keeping with their neighborhood, and eventually, the end result was a project with which they agreed.

“Make it purposeful, with intent and with collaboration,” she said. “At the end of the day, it will be much better.”

She said running for City Commission was the logical next step, but putting herself out there as a candidate was still intimidating.

As people have volunteered to help her campaign, it has affirmed her decision to leap into the political realm. Amid the chaos of the election, that affirmation has served as her guiding force, propelling her toward the finish line.

“If it’s not resonating, then you shouldn’t be doing it,” AhearnKoch said. “And it is resonating.

People keep coming out in support.”

He does bristle at the idea that he lacks government experience.

His time as a prosecutor has given him firsthand experience with key city issues such as homelessness, he said, and he’s eager to apply his knowledge on the macro scale of the City Commission.

“You learn the realities of the problem,” Brody said. “It’s not an ideological approach I’m taking to a lot of these issues; it’s a pragmatic approach. And that comes from my experiences in the trenches, in the courtroom, dealing with the same issues.”

He’s leveraged his youth as an asset in a community that’s regularly asked how to retain young people — and get them engaged in local government. Outgoing City Commissioner Suzanne Atwell has endorsed Brody, suggesting his victory could show younger residents that they can affect change in the city.

“I keep hearing, at all the forums I’ve been to, ‘How do we get more young people to vote?’”

Atwell said. “This is part of him turning that rhetoric into a reality.

It can empower people — ‘Wow, if he can do this, I can do it.’”

Brody wants to be a voice for the interests of younger people, but he doesn’t want to get branded as “the young candidate.” He wants to foster a more productive dialogue between stakeholders along various dividing lines, making sure there’s a level of mutual respect in the policymaking process.

“It’s important to me that I

represent people from all different walks of life,” Brody said. “I think that’s what makes Sarasota great.”

With just three candidates left in what was once an eight-person race, Brody could keep a low profile and still conceivably sail into office. Fellow candidate Martin Hyde has set his targets on leading vote-getter Jen Ahearn-Koch after concluding that Brody is the most broadly acceptable candidate, unlikely to get knocked out of the top two.

But that hasn’t stopped Brody from refining and clearly articulating his vision for how he’d behave as a City Commissioner.

He has focused on a leaner government that prioritizes core issues — public safety, infrastructure, utilities and the arts.

More interested in governance than politics, Brody recoils at the idea that he could retract from engaging with the public in an effort to maintain his position in the center of this race. He doesn’t see the election as a competition against other candidates. He sees it as a public referendum on his vision for the city, on whether people believe he can serve effectively as a key policy maker for Sarasota.

In the final days of the campaign, he’s not going to shy away from the spotlight. He’s committed to putting himself out there.

It’s up to voters to decide the rest.

“I’m doing this to make a difference,” he said. “I’m not doing this to win.”

HAGEN BRODY The 35-year-old former state prosecutor isn’t a familiar face at City Hall, but he thinks experience makes him the most qualified candidate.

DAVID CONWAY DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR

After resigning from his position as a state prosecutor last spring, Hagen Brody took a job with a private law office — but his desire to serve in a public capacity wasn’t easy to ignore.

Brody, a Sarasota native, said he was motivated to pursue a career in law because it provided him a platform to make a difference. He wanted to do it in this community, motivated by seeing his friends and other young people fall prey to a prescription pill epidemic in the early 2000s.

Having left the state attorney’s office, Brody’s thoughts quickly drifted to a run for public office.

Less than seven months after his resignation, Brody filed to enter the City Commission race.

There was some hesitancy on his part before stepping in, but eventually, he convinced himself the time was right.

“If not now, when?” Brody said. “I felt I had an appropriate amount of experience. I definitely had an overwhelming desire to see this city succeed, and I genuinely felt there were issues in the city

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that had failed to get addressed over the time I had been back in Sarasota.”

The move has paid off. In March, Brody placed second in the race for two at-large City Commission seats. That allowed him to advance to the May 9 runoff and put him in a good position to earn a spot on the board.

In some respects, the success of Brody’s candidacy can be seen as a surprise. He’s 35 years old. He doesn’t have prior city government experience. And his resignation from the state attorney’s office followed a news story that

revealed Brody had been practicing law with a suspended license — a procedural error on his end, and one he corrected as soon as he became aware, he said.

But on the campaign trail, that hasn’t haunted him. One person who’s not surprised? Brody himself, who said the public has listened to the policies he’s advocating for rather than focusing on any preconceived notions.

“I’m grateful for the time people have spent sharing their concerns about the city, about the neighborhoods and about the future of Sarasota with me,” he said.

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MARTIN HYDE The political newcomer wants to shake up the commission — and bring with him an energetic vision for the future of Sarasota.

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For a man who has made a splash tossing barbs at candidate forums and City Commission meetings, Martin Hyde is introspective about his personal growth during the course of his commission campaign.

“On a personal level, I think I’ve become a slightly more rounded person,” Hyde said. “When you run your business, you kind of get your own way. I’ve had to face the reality — that isn’t the case. It’s good preparation for getting on the commission.”

Hyde, one of three candidates remaining for two spots on the City Commission, wants voters to know he isn’t just bluster.

Although he’s a political newcomer, he sees himself as the only candidate willing to have a straightforward conversation about the issues the city is facing.

“People are used to platitudes and half-answers,” Hyde said. “I don’t see things like that. If you ask me the time, I’ll tell you. I won’t tell you what the weather is.”

He has reason to believe his approach is connecting. Hyde, 51, received votes on 26% of the

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ballots cast in the March election, good enough for third place. He’s fostered a high level of engagement on his campaign’s Facebook page, which has more than 1,400 likes.

But as it stands, he needs to make up ground to win a seat on the City Commission. And so he’s had to focus on making inroads with voters who didn’t embrace his message the first time around, convincing them he’s the right man for the job.

He touts his business background as the main thing that’s prepared him for a role on the City Commission, and he thinks his interest in budgetary issues

is a dimension missing from the board.

He fell into the profession by chance. In his youth, he was focused on becoming a professional soccer player — a goal he briefly realized, but one he ultimately had to walk away from.

His father owned an office equipment company in London.

He worked his way up from a sales role to the position of managing director. He took to the role, and it shaped the philosophy he’s bringing to the commission race.

“I didn’t anticipate going in my father’s footsteps,” Hyde said.

“It’s not terribly thoughtful, to do exactly what your father did. But

I learned an awful lot. I learned it from the ground up, and the consequence later on was that I understood that you couldn’t fluff things.”

He also said working with others helped smooth out some of the brashness of his youth.

“You adapt; you evolve,” Hyde said. “I’m not the hard and fast, ‘It has to be this way.’ I listen to people. I work with people.”

Hyde largely advocates for small-government principles, but there are a few areas in which he believes the city should be more ambitious. He wants to “shoot for the stars” with the redevelopment of the bayfront land around the Van Wezel. He thinks the city should actively attempt to recruit a “supercompany” to relocate to Sarasota, serving as a defining cornerstone of the local economy.

His pledge to shake up City Hall goes beyond lobbing criticism.

He’s not just grumpy about the way government goes about its business — he’s genuinely passionate about achieving change.

“There’s literally nothing in this for me other than I’m really fascinated to see how far we could go with it,” Hyde said, invoking his pledge to donate his commissioner salary to mental-health charities. “I think Sarasota could be a world-class small city. I don’t think we’ll be that if we think in small terms.”

Hyde has been admonished for taking a harsh line of criticism with his political opponents, particularly outgoing Commissioner Susan Chapman. Other campaigns have accused him of mak-

ing menacing gestures or hostile comments when the public isn’t looking. He knows he can come off as abrasive, but he said he has respect for those with whom he disagrees ideologically, adding that he’s sure Chapman was acting in what she thought was the best interest of the city.

Kourtney Gillespie, a 23-yearold who volunteered for Hyde’s campaign after seeing one of his Facebook posts, says his demeanor in the forums isn’t necessarily the same as it is when he’s working alongside others.

“When he’s not in that mode, he is very well spoken, very energetic, extroverted to the T, and very nice,” Gillespie said.

Hyde does fear the conversation at City Hall is too insular. One of his main priorities is moving city elections from spring, where voter turnout can sink below 20%, to fall, when turnout can top 70%.

He thinks that will help get broader swaths of the community more engaged in local government. Right now, he thinks smaller interest groups are helping to define city policy to the detriment of Sarasota’s future.

His goal is to create a more vibrant community, one that reflects the desires of younger and older people, of average full-time residents and the wealthy.

Despite his criticism of local government, Hyde does believe Sarasota is a great city to live in — there’s a reason he came here when he moved to America 18 years ago.

“It’s a fantastic place,” he said.

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Development community responds to STOP A new group, which includes designers and real estate professionals, is challenging the resident-activist group STOP’s claims about growth in the city.

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n the midst of the residentactivist group STOP’s campaign against the city’s development-review regulations, urban designer Chris Gallagher wants to stand up for the administrative-approval process that’s been the group’s leading target of criticism.

One of STOP’s main rallying cries is demanding an end to “the 13-year experiment” of administrative approval, which lets staff OK proposed downtown developments if they meet the standards outlined in the zoning code. STOP has said holding a series of public hearings for each project would give residents greater input on developments in their neighborhood, producing better results.

In an 11-minute video online, Gallagher challenges STOP’s core values.

“I don’t know how you could possibly make the case that public hearings lead to better buildings,” Gallagher said.

He rattles off a list of projects, approved with public hearings,

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STOP remains steadfast in its belief that its core issues reflect the interest of city residents.

that have less-than-ideal design elements. One is the Walgreen’s at U.S. 301 and Fruitville Road, which places landscaping and a parking lot between the sidewalk and the building. The layout creates a suburban condition, Gallagher said, not suited for a land near a walkable urban core.

The video is posted under the banner of “Moving Forward.”

Another presentation on the same YouTube account, narrated by former City Commissioner Ken Shelin, is billed as “a response to misinformation and

misleading claims by STOP.” It’s a sign of coalescing opposition to STOP, which has seen hundreds of residents attend its meetings since September. Gallagher described his presentation as an opportunity to have a go-to resource whenever people brought up STOP’s concerns.

There’s not much other available information about Moving Forward. Individuals involved with the group, such as real estate broker Ian Black, did not share the organization’s plans for the future. Still, the group repre-

sents the first public effort of the development community to band together and challenge STOP. “A number of us recognized it was presenting one very slanted view of the issue,” said real estate broker John Harshman.

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The pushback doesn’t surprise Kate Lowman, a member of STOP’s steering committee.

“We know it’s a David and Goliath situation,” she said. “We understand that the business and development industry is upset

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STOP remains steadfast in its pursuit of its core issues, including opposition to administrative approval. Lowman said the public hearing process would give residents an opportunity to discuss the site-specific details of the project with a developer, honing in on things such as the locations of entrances and the placement of outdoor trash bins.

She acknowledged that administrative approval produced some good projects, and public hearings produced flawed ones. But she also produced examples that fit her narrative. She pointed to the Q Townhomes on Ringling Boulevard, where a public meeting led to input that modified the points of entry for the project.

“The neighborhood was happier,” Lowman said. “The developer was happier, and it only happened because a public conversation took place where those desires were communicated.”

The debate over administrative approval continues, and it’s unclear what side the public will support. As the back-and-forth intensifies, Lowman is unwavering in her belief that STOP is pursuing changes that reflect the desires of residents.

“I do think the degree of opposition indicates they’re taking us seriously,” Lowman said. “They’re worried. Let’s say, ‘Good — we’re just going to have to redouble our efforts to get the word out.’”

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$30 million adds up No one absconded with $30 million from the city’s pension plans. It was a series of shoddy accounting work. But given the city’s pension burdens, every error can cut into city services.

Here’s the good news: “No instances of noncompliance material to the financial statements of the city were disclosed during the audit.”

That was one paragraph — a crucial paragraph, to be sure! — from the 2016 audit of the city of Sarasota’s 2016 Comprehensive Annual Report.

Which explains why City Auditor and Clerk Pamela Nadalini wasn’t overly alarmed by the $30 million worth of accounting errors that auditors found in the books of the city’s three pension plans.

No money was lost. As the auditor’s narrative vaguely explains in the accompanying text, the errors made the financial statements for the city’s three pension plans inaccurate, having the effect of the city not really knowing the correct total of its pension liabilities.

Nadalini attributed the errors to the shoddy work of one employee. And she responded to the auditor with the corrective steps her office is implementing.

It’s not a five-alarm crisis. Nonetheless, it’s a serious matter. For one, city taxpayers and commissioners want to have confidence that the people watching taxpayers’ money know what they’re doing and are doing it right.

Second, when you see how much annual taxpayer money goes to fund the pensions, plus the amount of the city’s unfunded liabilities, it’s a cliche, but every penny counts.

Look at the table below. It should be eye-opening to Sarasota taxpayers that, even though Sarasota and Bradenton have essentially the same population, the total pension liabilities and how much taxpayers are contributing each year to fund their cities’ pension plans are dramatically different. Sarasota’s unfunded pension liabilities are 3.5 times greater than Bradenton’s, and Sarasota taxpayers are contributing 4.5 times more each year than Bradenton taxpayers to fund the pension plans.

If calculations are off $30 million one way or another, that can have a material effect on how much taxpayer money must go toward pensions and not toward city services.

NONPARTISAN CHARADE It’s laughable.

This year’s Sarasota City Commission elections are as nonpartisan as the Democratic and Republican parties.

On the Democratic Party side, Democrats have harped at each other over who’s the real Democrat and whether candidate Jen Ahearn-Koch (a Democrat) is betraying the values of the Democratic Party.

On the other side, Republicans haven’t held back, either. That was especially true this week when the Republican Party of Sarasota posted links to a YouTube video of a candidate forum in the fall at which Ahearn-Koch is saying: “[I]f we are going to be a city and a community that encompasses all people of the city, all of our community, then yes we definitely need to consider the option of being a sanctuary city where we can protect our citizens …”

Of course, some Republicans disingenuously twisted her words, saying she said Sarasota “should be” a sanctuary city.

Nonpartisan election? Hah. Sarasota voters should quit the charade. Change the commission elections to coincide with general elections and declare them partisan.

For sure, more people would vote.

WHAT WENT WRONG IN PENSION ACCOUNTING Here’s what the city’s independent auditor, Purvis, Gray & Co. LLP, said about the errors found in the city of Sarasota’s 2016 Comprehensive Annual Report: DEFINITIONS “A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the entity’s financial statements will not be prevented, or detected and corrected on a timely basis.

A significant deficiency is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control that is less severe than a material weakness, yet important enough to merit attention by those charged with governance.

MATERIAL WEAKNESSES Financial Reporting Condition: Misstatements were detected in our audit of the Fund’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2016.

Cause: During our audit for the year ended Sept. 30, 2016, several adjustments were required for the fair presentation of the financial statements to correct items that were erroneously or not recorded, to correct prepaid expenses and liability balances and to accrue revenues. In aggregate, entries of the approximately $571,000 were required to correct balance sheet and related income statement accounts of the General Employees’ Plan, $3.4 million for the Police Officers’ Plan and $2.1 million for the FireFighters’ Plan.

Management’s Response: We fully understand and agree that it is imperative our financial statements properly reflect all activity of the Plan’s operations and accurately reflect the Plan’s financial position. The Pension Administration Division will post all transactions and implement a monthly financial statement soft close and review process that will help to identify and capture unrecorded receivables, liabilities, revenues and expenses.

Investment Reconciliation Condition: Ending balances on supporting spreadsheets maintained by management did not agree to statement balances or general ledger accounts.

Cause: Journal entries totaling $8.5 million were necessary to correct investment balances for the fiscal year

ended Sept. 30, 2016, for the General Employees’ Plan, $11.3 million for the Police Officers’ Plan and $4.8 million for the Firefighters’ Plan.

Management response: The current policies and procedures over investment reconciliations were not followed during the year. Immediate corrective action is being taken to properly reconcile the investments on a monthly basis, as per our policy. We will also adjust our investment reconciliation spreadsheet as needed to enhance the clarity and completeness of the data presented on a month to month basis. Investment activity will be recorded and reconciled in our accounting software to ensure the Plan’s investments are properly stated.

These monthly investment reconciliations will be reviewed and agreed to their respective investment manager statements, custodian statements and our general ledger. The Pension Administration staff will also attend additional training over accounting for investments to strengthen investment and accounting knowledge.

SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY Actuarial Reporting Condition: Fund participant data was not submitted to the actuary prior to the beginning of our fieldwork (Nov. 28, 2016). The Fund participant data was submitted during our fieldwork; however, there were multiple errors identified during our testing which required Fund resubmissions of information and corrections to the actuary’s records.

Cause: Management did not properly close the previous fiscal year in the actuarial databases maintained on site. Consequently, participant information was not updated throughout the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2016.

Effect or Potential Effect: Errors in participant data can adversely impact the calculation of the total pension liability.

Management’s Response: While the actuarial software was not closed out from the fiscal year ended Sept.

30, 2015, census data for both active and retired Plan participants was maintained in Pension Administration throughout the fiscal year. Once an accessible version of the actuarial software was made available, Pension Administration was able to upload the relevant and necessary data for the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2016.

HOW PENSIONS WEIGH ON SARASOTA Here’s a snapshot of how Sarasota’s and Bradenton’s employee pension liabilities and other post-employment benefits compare. Pension funding consumes 4.5 times more tax dollars per year in Sarasota than in Bradenton.

Notes: The amounts for Sarasota Fire and Bradenton HIS are the respective shares of the net liabilities for each municipality. Sarasota’s fire pension are part of Sarasota County’s pension system; and the HIS liabilities are part of the state retirement system.

SARASOTA BRADENTON Total pension/benefits liability $521,008,264 $159,804,622 Net pension liability $155,569,433 $51,389,315 Police $53,393,476 $14,597,987 Fire $14,181,419 $6,186,794 General employees $54,275,964 $9,178,914 OPEB* $33,718,574 $21,425,620 HIS** — $5,039,421 % of pension, benefits unfunded 30% 32% Annual pension contributions $22,965,721 $5,665,981 General fund $61,969,977 $48,708,614 Pension contribution 36% 11% as % of General Fund 53,865 53,771 Population * Other Post-Employment Benefits: These typically include lifetime health insurance benefits. ** HIS: A state-run health insurance program in which Bradenton participates as part of the Florida Retirement System.

Source: 2016 Sarasota and Bradenton Comprehensive Annual Reports

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Sarasota County is one of the top places in the country to live, work and play for a reason.

These collaborations can only make it better.

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Sen. Steube: Do what’s right for constituents This is an open letter to Sen. Greg Steube: I see on your legislative updates that you don’t tout the bill you proposed, SB 188, which proposes to take away local home rule regarding short-term rentals.

Why? You know why: It’s a bill your constituents absolutely do not want, and you know it’s a bill you should not be sponsoring. There is outrage among residents throughout the state about your bill.

You are pandering to the rental industry, not representing your constituents.

These hotels should not be in single-family communities.

The “mom-and- pop” story you offer is simply not true. I would be happy to give you a tour of our community to show you.

And, consider the surveys touted as “evidence” for sponsoring SB 188: One was commissioned by Airbnb, and the other by Homeaway. Not quite neutral!

Here’s an example of a question that is asked on one of these surveys, in case you haven’t read them: “Do you believe travelers should or should not be permitted to rent accommodations other than hotels — such as vacation rentals and beds and breakfasts — during their visit to Florida?”

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wish to do so. SB 188 is not the way to go.

The voters are paying close attention. Please do the right thing for your constituents.

We do not want hotels next to us in residential areas. These are owned by investors, they are not “mom and pop.” You know this.

That is why you omit reference to SB 188 on your legislative updates. Please don’t be beholden to the rental industry.

JAN CULLINANE PALM COAST

What will happen to iconic mermaid in Pineapple Park?

The iconic mermaid fountain in Pineapple Park has graced the city of Sarasota since 1993.

It is honored in the Art Inventory of the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. Though the fountain has been left without adequate maintenance for years, the good news is that City Manager (Tom) Barwin has found funds

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It is being rehabbed right now.

The bad news is that city staff hired Tampa-based landscape architect, David Connors, to come up with a comprehensive park plan, which includes the fate of the fountain.

Connor’s original options to a small gathering of the public, staff and developers were to (1) leave the fountain as is, (2) modify it, (3) demolish it.

Administration pulled this last option.

Option (2) to modify the fountain is for the benefit of the developers who will have a restaurant bordering the park.

The city has no drawings to show the fountain’s internal wiring and piping, so modifying it by just altering a wall

could rip up wires and pipes throughout the fountain.

The city will have a table at the farmers market this Saturday where the public can contribute their ideas, which will be taken to the City Commission for a vote in May or June.

Contribute your opinion at the market or email the city manager AND city commissioners.

Their addresses can be found on the city website: sarasotaflgov.com I urge you to protect the fountain’s future by saying YES to Option 1.

Restore it now, only to change it later?

Trolley is great, but please move over I think the trolley is a great idea, but it is playing havoc with traffic.

Can’t the trolley move over to the side a bit when passengers are entering or exiting, especially in the northern end where there are no passing lanes?

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“This is a major exhibition that we undertook as we repositioned the institution as a living museum,” Selby CEO Jennifer Rominiecki said.

Since the exhibit opened in February, Selby has experienced a 40% increase in admissions over the same period last year — more than 1,000 a day — accounting for a 30% increase in revenue.

“We always want to give them something new and fresh to give them a reason to keep coming back,” Rominiecki said.

The growth has inspired an initiative to renovate the gardens to boost capacity.

“We have been having 1,100 people a day, which is fantastic.

However our parking and our orientation facilities are really not equipped,” Rominiecki said.

“We’re at maximum capacity.”

When Rominiecki joined Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in February 2015, she saw a garden ripe for change.

“When I started meeting people in the community … they would say ‘Oh, I love Selby Gardens!

It’s beautiful!’ But as if they had seen it and didn’t have a reason to come back,” Rominiecki said.

Selby, a Sarasota institution since 1975, had stagnated.

“They just thought it was a park, honestly. That’s what it really was to people,” Selby Board of Trustees Treasurer J. Allison Archbold said.

“The flowers may have been in bloom, but Selby itself really wasn’t in bloom.”

It held the same festivals, held the same music series, yet

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Marie Selby Botanical Garden CEO Jennifer Rominiecki poses in the Marc Chagall exhibit in the Selby conservatory. The exhibit, which has already attracted more than 60,000 visitors, runs until July 31.

there was nothing dynamic in its appeal.

Rominiecki planted the seeds for a renaissance with a model adapted from her previous work at the New York Botanical Garden.

The formula was simple. Introduce a rotating schedule of exhibits to encourage continued visitations.

“We have such a perfect location in downtown Sarasota, right on the bayfront. We already had a museum building … So we already had the sort of setup that would be perfect to take this on,” Romi-

niecki said. “Before I had even accepted the job I knew that this was a really perfect direction for us to go in.”

The Chagall exhibit is comprehensive.

The cafe serves French food, and the garden outside Michael’s on the Bay, what used to be the garden’s great room, evokes thoughts of the French Riviera.

“I think what’s exciting is the program features nature based art and art based nature,” Rominiecki said.

The exhibits create a constant challenge for Selby’s horticulture

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“Our role was to develop the exhibitry … which was pretty interesting,” Senior Director of Horticulture and Site Operations Mike McLaughlin said, “(Chagall) was a painter, as well as other things, but how do you do that with plants?”

The result is something of masterpiece in and of itself. But it won’t be the last creative hurdle McLaughlin and his team will have to leap as the garden continues to embrace a business model indicative of a museum.

Selby will be bringing back its

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orchid exhibit this fall under the theme earth, air, fire and water.

“We’re still figuring out what that means,” McLaughlin laughed.

Once they do, McLaughlin and his team will begin building the Andy Warhol exhibit slated for February 2018.

Selby’s challenges are not just creative. With rapid growth in visitation comes the challenge of maximizing efficiency.

“What we have is this plot of land that was never designed to be a public institution,” McLaughlin said. “What that means is there is a lot of inefficiency. This space is not well used and particularly bisecting it by a street is not very helpful.”

The garden is in a master planning phase. Formal site plans are slated to be released later this year. Yet, early projections suggest changes to the parking and administrative facilities could create 50% more garden space and a new visitor welcome center.

But for McLaughlin, the benefits of Selby’s increase in revenue and visitors are not always measurable.

“It’s amazing how this community already feels about us — just this real emotional connection,” McLaughlin said. “By doing things like Chagall we just strengthen that.”

Which is good for McLaughlin and the rest of the Selby team. As Rominiecki’s model continues to gain momentum, it’ll mean Selby Gardens will continue to bloom long after the Chagall exhibit closes this July.

But that’s to be expected from an institution with such deep roots.

“Gardens are never finished,” McLaughlin said.

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BUSINESS BUZZ A survey of 74 CEOs examined the strengths and weaknesses of the local economy. Here are a few of the results: Community strengths: n Quality of life n Community services n State and local taxes n Business services n Education system Weaknesses and growth barriers: n Workforce n Cost of living

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Mark Huey and other Economic Development Corp. leaders are intent on engaging with local businesses, and county officials hope to leverage that relationship to make policy decisions.

Housing, workforce provide challenges to local business A survey of local CEOs shows optimism about the local business environment, but affordable housing and workforce availability are obstacles to growth.

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The Economic Development Corp. of Sarasota County draws significant attention when it recruits businesses to the region, but the group’s primary focus is tending to the needs of companies already here.

As part of that emphasis, the EDC conducted its second annual survey of Sarasota CEOs in an attempt to gauge their feelings about the local business climate.

On Tuesday, EDC leaders shared their findings with the County Commission and discussed how local officials can act on the feedback.

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In total, 74 business leaders participated in the face-toface survey, conducted between March and October 2016.

Most of the participants come from the manufacturing and distribution industry. Business and technology and finance, insurance and real estate were the other major industry categories that participated.

The responses largely depict a positive picture about the business environment in Sarasota, EDC officials said.

“Most companies are experiencing job and revenue growth,” said Joan McGill, the EDC’s vice president of economic development. “There’s good quality of life.”

Among the findings: n 60% of respondents project sales growth to increase by 10% or more next year. n 30% of businesses have had or are planning a major expansion, with surveyed companies planning to add 1,059 local jobs during the next three years. n 86% of respondents rated the state and local tax structure as “excellent” or “very good.” n 74% of the respondents view the local economy as a community strength.

That last number represents a slight decrease from last year, which some businesses attributed to state and national economic conditions, McGill said.

Asked about challenges in Sarasota, local businesses keyed in on oft-discussed issues in the city and county. The availability and cost of housing both ranked as major obstacles, as did the availability of workers to hire for their businesses.

County Commissioner Mike Moran asked the EDC if it had rec-

ommendations for how government officials could address the housing issues. EDC President Mark Huey said that is an issue the EDC isn’t examining itself, but the group has been involved in recent county discussions with housing organizations and developers focused on that topic.

Moran said he hoped to devote more energy to that topic at a May 24 commission workshop, which he requested earlier this year to discuss economic development.

When it comes to developing a more robust workforce, the EDC is more enthusiastic about the progress the community is making.

McGill highlighted new programs at several educational institutions — including the University of Florida College of Engineering’s Innovation Station, the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee’s addition of a college of science and mathematics and Suncoast Technical College’s maturing precision-machining program.

“A lot of companies mentioned it,” McGill said. “They know it’s out there. It is helping, especially in the manufacturing area.”

Huey and McGill said this work will continue to guide the EDC as it works to support local businesses. The group plans to hold more meetings on the survey with other regional leaders to encourage a broad effort to address the issues raised.

Moran encouraged the EDC and the commission to stay focused on producing real results based on the survey’s findings.

“What do we do now?” Moran said. “I think the information is extremely informative, and it’s like any other puzzle piece we’re dealing with.”

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Steven Cover brings transportation planning experience to Sarasota.

What were your first impressions of Sarasota?

I was really impressed with the character of the city. How it relates to the bay and the waterfront; there's some unique architecture here. I also saw some really great opportunities.

Obviously, the bayfront — when I saw that site, I called it one of my "Oh, my" moments.

You go, "Oh, my goodness, this has tremendous potential." Sure enough, later on that day, I found out the Bayfront 20:20 project

was something being pursued, which I think is a really great idea.

It's an energetic city. There's a positive vibe here that you don't always see in other cities. The emphasis on the arts — that's a tremendous plus. I'm kind of a big arts guy. I like to support that every way I can.

How can effective long-range planning change the way a city is growing?

Any city needs to have a clear

Traffic is a huge concern. How do you move from a theoretical discussion into making actual tangible improvements?

I think the first step is really to do a comprehensive transportation master plan. The ones I did in Atlanta and Madison, it really identified all the different opportunities. In each case, we also had an implementation component of that master plan, which actually spelled out in what order and what time frame some of the improvements should be made. That's very systematic — people know what's coming and what needs to be done next.

Right now, there's a debate about the public's voice in the development process. Based on your experience, what's the best approach to that issue?

I've seen every imaginable approach to plan review. I've seen where it's all administrative to all public — from one zon-

ing hearing officer reviewing all projects to planning boards of 15 or 20 people. I've seen a lot of different alternatives. I'd like to be here a little bit longer to see how the process has worked here. One of the things I've done in the past is evaluated processes and tried to make them more efficient and timely — but still allow the same amount of public input or greater.

As a wave of growth takes place, how responsive should planning documents be to shifting development conditions?

With the planning documents that are in place right now, I believe those documents identify how much growth the city wants to accommodate throughout the city. When it takes place is hard to define. If the city is growing quickly but it's being implemented according to the plan, that's a good thing. I sense that's what's happening here.

Between residents and officials, what's your sense in the city's desire for more longterm planning?

That's one of the things, when I came for the interview, that I picked up right away. This is a city that has a can-do attitude, I think. They want to make things happen and truly make a difference. I think the leadership here is fantastic — very visionary, big thinkers. Sarasota is a great place now, but I think it has so much additional potential. I think with the leadership that's in place right now, we can do some amazing things here.

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or nearly a decade, the city has gone without a staff member dedicated to long-term planning.

Steven Cover changed that. On April 12, Cover began work as the city's planning director. The newly created position is a response to residents' desire to focus on the bigger picture as the city manages a building boom, transportation issues and other growth-related topics.

Cover's experience includes work in Atlanta, Madison, Wis., and Arlington, Va. He has helped implement transportation and housing plans in those communities, and he has also spent time in the private sector at an urban planning firm.

We talked to Cover to get his initial reactions to his new home, the challenges of managing growth and his thoughts on how to improve the city's

vision, clear goals and a clear overall plan from which then they can get into more focused studies and that kind of thing.

You need to have a good comprehensive plan that represents: OK, here's what we're going to be doing over the next 20, 25 years in the city.

When you're doing your transportation master plan — that can be a part of it. You can have a cultural arts component, an affordable housing component, a public health component. It really sets the stage. Unless you have a clear vision and a clear overall plan, I think you'll find some cities will just try to solve problems piecemeal and really not be effective in the long run.

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Roundabout proposal worries island residents Be careful to avoid making U.S. 41 and Gulfstream worse, officials tell FDOT. JOHN MCGUIRE STAFF WRITER

When it comes to a proposed roundabout for the intersection of Gulfstream Avenue and U.S. 41, Longboat Key Town Manager Dave Bullock is worried about “appropriate gaps” for traffic leaving the barrier islands.

Traffic leading to and from the eastern base of the Ringling Bridge and beyond has long been a concern for residents and representatives of Longboat, Lido and St. Armands keys. One of the chief complaints is the effect of mainland traffic decisions on their abilities to smoothly travel to and from their homes.

“I’m concerned that the underlying data presents a highly optimistic setting, versus one that some of us experience year after year after year,” Bullock told presenters of potential plans for the intersection.

Florida Department of Transportation representative Joshua Jester, as well as Kimley-Horn consultants Michael Garau and Gary Nadeau, presented the Longboat Key Town Commission with two options for the intersection recently.

One option involves increasing the number of left turn lanes

“Some people will sit and wait until they get a printed invitation” to make a turn.

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Longboat Key Commissioner Jim Brown said he was concerned about how Longboat Key drivers would react to a traffic circle at Gulfstream Avenue and U.S. 41.

for northbound traffic on U.S. 41 to connect with westbound traffic on Gulfstream Avenue. The alternative is adding a two-lane roundabout.

Bullock, who acknowledged he’s not an expert in the field, is not convinced a roundabout at the intersection will improve the flow of traffic, especially when a high volume of traffic is moving southbound on U.S. 41, potentially preventing those traveling eastbound on Gulfstream to enter

the roundabout.

The town manager urged FDOT to have someone with the proper technical skill review the underlying data.

“The one thing we don’t want from this intersection is that it operate worse than it does today,” Bullock said.

According to FDOT’s traffic projections for 2040, the roundabout concept will improve the flow of traffic by 72% more than the increased-lane concept dur-

ing peak morning traffic, and 14% more during afternoon peak traffic.

Traffic counts for the project were collected in season: November 2014, January 2015, February 2017 and March.

Like Bullock, Longboat commissioner Jim Brown was skeptical.

“I challenge you to come to Longboat Key any day,” Brown told the presenters. “Park yourselves somewhere near an inter-

section and look at what a gap is for people on Longboat Key, with an average age of 73.4 years.”

Brown knows firsthand what it can be like sitting behind Key drivers at intersections, noting that “some people will sit and wait until they get a printed invitation” to make a turn.

“If that happens at the intersection that we’re talking about, then we have a problem,” Brown said.

Elsewhere in Sarasota, roundabouts are in various phases of planning at 14th Street, 10th Street and Fruitville Road, as well as where U.S. 41 intersects with Main Street and Ringling Boulevard.

The presenters said they hope to finalize a plan for the U.S. 41 and Gulfstream intersection by December, adding that construction of the roundabout could take about a year.

Bullock requested the presenters identify a roundabout already in operation that handles a similar volume of traffic as is expected to flow through the one proposed for U.S. 41 and Gulfstream Avenue.

Bullock said town staff would benefit from corresponding with that roundabout’s surrounding communities regarding how it is working.

Nadeau assured Bullock his firm could provide the town with a list of such roundabouts.

“We’d hate to be the guinea pig and find out we should have done something different,” Bullock said.

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WHERE’S THE BEAT? 2:50 a.m. — 2700 block of Coconut Bay Lane Noise complaint: A man on the first floor of a residential building reported to police that the people on the third floor had the bass too loud on their music. An officer responded to the complaint but did not hear any noise upon arriving.

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DOG GONE 10:55 a.m. — 800 block of Hudson Avenue Dispute: A landlord reported to police he was having issues with a tenant. The landlord had recently emailed the tenant telling him to gather his belongings and leave the residence. The landlord said he was having issues with the tenant’s dog, which was not authorized to live in the home.

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CLEANING HOUSE 8:53 a.m. — 1300 block of 32nd Street Dispute: A woman said her roommate threatened to fight her after a dispute over washing dishes.

The roommate was upset about the woman waking her up, and also suspected her other roommates of moving her belongings and contemplating harming her pet rabbit. The roommate said she was moving out of the residence at the end of the month.

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SOUND THE ALARM 1:17 a.m. — 4600 block of North Tamiami Trail Dispute: As the owner of a bar was trying to clean up for the night, a man was refusing to leave the property. The owner said he repeatedly asked the man to leave, but the man would not. The owner then pressed the panic alarm button, and the man immediately left the bar in fear of the alarm. The man had left the area before an officer arrived.

OFF THE HOOK 9:36 p.m. — 3100 block of North Tamiami Trail Burglary: Officers received notice that a motion sensor alarm went off at a phone store. The officers discovered a rock had been thrown through the front window.

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Seventyfour sailboats participated in this year’s regatta that included a division for youth sailors as well.

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hen planning this year’s Sarasota Bay Cup, race chairman Bill Jacobs wanted to make a

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After the completion of Bird Key Yacht Club’s marina renovation, the Sarasota Bay Cup returned to Bird Key with a charitable partner. For the first time, the Sarasota Bay Cup benefited a nonprofit, and this year, Mote Marine Laboratory was chosen as the beneficiary.

On April 22, 74 sailboats took to the waters of Sarasota Bay and competed in classes: Performance Handicap Racing Fleet, one-design races with Flying Scots and E-Scows, youth sailing and model boat races. Racing day coincidentally fell on Earth Day, a fact Mote President and CEO Michael Crosby was happy to share, for sailing is a sustainable sport.

“This is a great opportunity to highlight Mote and the community,” he said.

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SPORTS Alter egos

“I like to be heard. I like being loud. I think that is one of the keys to being a good athlete, communication.”

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LSU sophomore and former Cardinal Mooney boys basketball player Antonio Blakeney declared for the 2017 NBA Draft.

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After de-committing from North CarolinaWilmington, Riverview boys basketball senior Brion Whitley committed to Murray State.

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Sarasota High baseball junior Andre James hit a game-winning single April 18. The Sailors defeated Venice 5-4.

Bradentucky Bombers find plenty of happiness and challenge on the roller derby track.

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Sarasota High baseball senior Alex Arauz’s single April 19 drove in the winning run in the Sailors’ 6-5 defeat of Braden River.

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Sarasota track and field junior Jaasiel Torres won the high jump (1.99 meters) and triple jump (13.51 meters) April 19 at the Class 4A District 8 Championships.

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he names are the first things you notice.

Dita Von Cheats. Zombelina. Dannahbal Lecter.

Margaret Scratch-her.

All four names belong to members of the Bradentucky Bombers, a roller derby team that represents Sarasota, Bradenton and Venice. They appeal to both tongue-in-cheek and tongueripped-out sensibilities. Roller derby is unique to the sports world, in that aliases allow competitors to become a character for a few hours, if they so choose.

Von Cheats, real name Sarah Bikos, lives in Sarasota. She used her derby name as a tribute to one of her favorite people. Bikos is a fan of the pin-up aesthetic, and

KEY ROLLER DERBY RULES n The game is played in 30-minute halves, with each half divided into sessions, called jams. n Each jam lasts a maximum 2 minutes. n The three main positions are jammer, pivot and blocker. n The jammer scores points by breaking through blocks before the opposing jammer (becoming the “lead jammer”), skating around the track and lapping opponents. They wear

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Top: The Bradentucky Bombers and All City Rollers take a group photo.

Above: Sarah Bikos and Morgan Hackemer

Dita Von Teese is the queen of that medium.

She was working at Hot Topic when she started noticing Bombers players frequenting the store,

stars on their helmets. n Each lapping of an opponent is worth one point. n Lead jammers can stop jams early at any time, thus preserving their point totals. n Blockers try to prevent the opponent’s jammer from getting ahead of their own jammer. n Pivots can block or take over for their jammer once per jam.

They wear stripes on their helmets. n Blocks from behind or to the head and knees are illegal.

looking to purchase sun socks and tights. After some deliberation, they persuaded her to try roller derby. Bikos and the Bombers became a perfect match for more than just athletic reasons, although the 6-foot-2 Von Cheats acclimated well to the sport.

“My mom (Jeannie Poulos) had passed away,” Bikos said. “I decided I needed to be around some strong women. I never left.”

Bikos said the Von Cheats persona shares her day-to-day attitude. Despite the name, Bikos rarely commits infractions during matches, she said, calling the two she committed April 22 against the All City Rollers “a lot for (her).”

One person who does alter her personality after strapping on the skates is Morgan Hackemer.

“I’m not a loud personality in my SEE PAGE 23A

“I have colored hair and tattoos, but I’m a quiet person. In derby, I like to shout a lot and take the lead. I’m competitive. I enjoy being a leader here, where I’m not necessarily striving to be a leader in my personal life.”

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Playing chicken with the box score

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f a pitcher’s primary job is to prevent runs at any cost — and it is — then Cardinal Mooney junior Dalton Plattner has done his job better than just about anyone.

As of April 25, Plattner’s scoreless streak had reached 18 innings, per coach Greg Mulhollen. That includes six-inning outings against St. Petersburg and St. Petersburg Catholic plus a few relief appearances, including a two-inning save April 24 against Braden River, preserving a 7-5 Cougars win. The last time he gave up a run was one month ago, March 28, against Northside Christian.

Not that he would know.

When Mulhollen asked Plattner if he knew how long his streak was, Plattner’s face slipped into a look of confusion.

“I had no idea,” Plattner said later. “I try and avoid looking at stats. It gets in my head if I focus on it too much. I don’t want to jinx it.”

That “no jinx” attitude carries over to his pregame routine, which Plattner begins by eating Chick-fil-A. The chicken tradition began after teammate Jared Tomasso’s mother brought the team some tenders before a game, one Plattner was starting.

He pitched well, and decided nothing about his pregame could change. Now, it’s a four-strip meal with a Sprite every time.

The poultry has made a difference. Well, something has,

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Cardinal Mooney junior Dalton Plattner hasn’t given up a run in 18 innings.

anyway. Plattner pitched on the junior varsity team last season, and heading into 2017 he had a simple goal: Make one start on varsity. He’s accomplished more than he ever imagined, Plattner said. He’s never had a run of success like this. He credits his youth baseball coach, Ted Rose of Total Baseball Academy, with getting his mechanics right, and Cardinal Mooney pitching coach Troy Graybill with refining those

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mechanics.

“We’ve been trying to get my arm slot a little bit lower,” Plattner said. “My step out of my balance point is more aggressive.

It’s helped me with control, and also velocity a little bit. It gives my ball a little more arm-side run (spin), so it sinks and cuts a little more.”

Plattner, a lefty, throws his fastball about 80 mph, 82 mph if he puts extra oomph into it. He

also has a slider and change-up in his arsenal, but his fastball is his “out pitch,” the one he feels most comfortable throwing in tight spots, he said.

He’s also learned to stop and take a breath, which might not seem important, but can be the difference between an overwound pitch in the dirt and hitting the outside corner, right on the black edge of the plate.

Any time Plattner falls behind a

hitter 3-0, he said, he takes his hat off, adjusting it to find the perfect fit. He gives the rosin bag a few tosses, drying his palm of sweat. All this is an attempt to clear his head of everything except throwing a strike. Lately, Plattner’s attempts have been devastatingly effective. He’s only walked one batter in his last 14 innings, almost as impressive as the whole scoreless streak.

With his previous goal out of the way, Plattner has a few new ones: Get to the state tournament, and play college baseball.

The Cougars stand at 16-8-1 as of this writing. They have a shot at Plattner’s first goal. The scoreless-innings streak will help with the second.

After my chat with Plattner and the revelation of his routines, I couldn’t help but wonder what I had done. Baseball is as superstitious as a sport can get.

You don’t talk to pitchers while they have a no-hitter working.

Do the sport’s cosmic rules apply to scoreless streaks, too?

Mea culpa, Dalton, if this column brings you bad luck — just be sure to stick with the chicken.

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normal life,” Hackemer said. “I have colored hair and tattoos, but I’m a quiet person. In derby, I like to shout a lot and take the lead. I’m competitive. I enjoy being a leader here, where I’m not necessarily striving to be a leader in my personal life.”

Hackemer goes by the simple derby name “Morgan.” She likes the outlandish names, she said, but could not imagine remembering to answer to a pseudonym while trying to concentrate on both offense and defense. Hackemer did laugh and mention “Juicy Lucy” as her “go-to name” if she decided to make the switch.

Both Hackemer and Bikos said outside friends, non-Bomber friends, drifted away after a while. The team practices three times a week and plays two matches a month. When not practicing, the team will gather and watch footage of previous matches to work on strategy.

The Bombers have their fun — there is free beer available after matches — but also take success seriously.

Hackemer called the team a family, and while in most cases that description comes across cliche, it fits the Bombers. They helped find one player, Deathdemonia, a job in the area so she would not be forced to move.

They play trivia weekly at Darwin Brewing Co. in Bradenton.

They hit the beach together.

Several Bombers, including Bikos, have the team logo as a tattoo. Bikos’ is on her left shin.

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Alex Arauz Alex Arauz is a senior on the Sarasota High baseball team. He is committed to play for Chipola Community College next season. On April 19, Arauz hit a walk-off single to give the Sailors a 6-5 win over Braden River.

When did you first start playing baseball?

Since I was 5. My grandparents (Nelson and Lela Montenegro) got me into it. I lived with them for six or seven years growing up.

What is the appeal of baseball to you?

It gets me away from school and other stuff. It clears my mind.

What is your best skill on the field?

Communicating and talking. I like to be heard. I like being loud. I think that is one of the keys to being a good athlete, communication.

What is your favorite baseball memory?

My sophomore year, we went to the state championship. That’s the furthest I’ve gone in competition that means something. That was pretty cool.

What is your favorite food?

Anything my mom (Jessica Arauz) cooks. She’s probably the best cook I’ve ever had. I don’t know what’s going to happen when I leave for college.

What is your dream vacation spot?

Somewhere in Africa. I would love to go to Africa. Just the news and stuff I read about how they suffer and the lack of water, all kinds

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What hobbies do you have?

I like to spend time with my family. We go out to eat, watch TV, watch baseball with my dad (Alex Arauz), a lot of baseball with my dad. Sometimes fishing.

What is a random fact about you?

I’m quiet outside of baseball. I don’t talk to many people. I always have my headphones on. This is probably the only place I’m loud.

What is the best piece of advice you have received?

Don’t take anything for granted. Some people take everything they have for granted and they don’t look at other places in the world or other people’s lives. They (other people) don’t have half the stuff you have. I think that’s something that means a lot. Sometimes even family, parents for example.

Some kids grow up not having a dad or a mom. That’s something that means a lot, you know?

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The team accepts new members, called Betties, but the training is rigorous. Bikos is the head trainer, and said the process can take up to a year, starting with the basics of skating and working toward full-contact practice. People of “every shape and size” are welcome to give the sport a shot, Hackemer said. Two things Bikos and Hackemer stressed for interested parties and new fans alike: They don’t throw elbows.

“Everybody asks us that,” Bikos said. “We’re like, ‘No! That’s not allowed! It’s not legal!’”

Hackemer added that she gets asked about scripted violence often. Derby isn’t how it used to be, she said. Nothing of that sort takes place. The sport continues to move toward a mainstream audience, with some officials wanting to see it in the Olympics someday.

For anyone hesitant to join, Hackemer has one more pitch.

“I took the Myers-Briggs Personality test (recently),” Hackemer said. “It’s totally changed since when I took it when I was younger. I credit a lot of that to derby. It’s made me more outgoing. I’m so much more confident in myself, which lends to the sisterhood, having a lot of strong women and great men who volunteer as well. It’s a community of support that makes you feel like so much more.”

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The event benefited preschool activities, but money wasn’t at the forefront of Preschool Director Clare Carter’s mind. It was the sense of community that has endured throughout the facility’s 70 years.

“I feel that every day when I walk onto the campus,” Carter said. “It’s just every parent that is part of our school.”

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Neighbors gathered on April 15 for the event.

The decorations had changed since their last event in December. They traded Christmas decorations for pastel streamers and lanterns, but the activities were the same — sharing music and food with neighborhood friends.

Geoff Kanter, Nancy Parsons-Kanter, Harper Perez, Inka Perez and Betsy Sublette

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Sydney Andrews swings in Laurel Park during the neighborhood’s Tunes in the Park event.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 29

SARTQ’S NINTH ANNUAL PRINT PARTY Begins at 11 a.m. at Mandeville Beer Garden. Bring T-shirts, shorts, skirts and anything else you can lay flat that will absorb ink. Choose from 15 original screen-printing designs. Children are welcome. Each print costs $5. T-shirts are available for purchase. For information, visit sartq.org/art/news.

MONDAY, MAY 1

SIESTA KEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GOLF TOURNAMENT Runs from 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. at The Founder’s Club, 3800 Golf Hall Drive. Single-player passes are on sale for $150 and groups of four can purchase tickets for $600. For information or to purchase passes, visit siestakeychamber.com/home.

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YOGA AND EMPOWERMENT — A FUNDRAISING EVENT FOR GIRLS INC. Runs from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Pineapple Yoga, 517 S. Pineapple Ave. This donation-based gentle yoga class will be used to support Girls Inc. The class takes place from 1-2 p.m. Afterward, there will be a book signing with Christie Rosen, a local yoga instructor, wellness coach and author. For information, call 210-3739.

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YPN LIP SYNC BATTLE Runs from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre, 1923 Ringling Blvd. The event is produced by the Young Professionals Network, a division of the

SIESTA FIESTA The 39th annual craft festival runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 5124 Ocean Blvd.

The festival features fine art and handmade crafts from 200 national artists. Admission is free. For information, visit artfestival.com/festivals/annual-siesta-fiesta.

Realtor Association of Sarasota and Manatee. The show features eight lip-syncing acts. Proceeds benefit Heroes Welcome Home and the RASM Scholarship Fund.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Show starts at 6 p.m. For tickets, visit myrasm.com/ypn.

SATURDAY, MAY 6

45TH ANNUAL AMATEUR SAND SCULPTING CONTEST Runs from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Siesta Key Public Beach, 948 Beach Road. The event is open to competitors of all ages and skill levels. Categories include adult individuals, adult teams, children 10 and under and children 11-17. For information, visit siestakeychamber.com.

TUESDAY, MAY 9

ASK THE ACLU — HOW TO PROTECT LGBTQ RIGHTS Runs from 6:30 p.m to 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota, 3975 Fruitville Road. The forum is part of an ongoing series put on by the Sarasota chapter of the ACLU, “Ask the ACLU.” The forum is free and open to the public.

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Art in Healing Day Room Linda Odom, Instructor

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Blood Pressure Screenings Day Room HealthSouth Rehabilitation Clinical Nurse Liaisons

12:15-12:45 p.m.

Tai Chi: Improving Your Balance Physical Therapy Gym Pat Stires, Tai Chi Instructor

1-2 p.m.

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Blood Pressure Screenings Day Room HealthSouth Rehabilitation Clinical Nurse Liaisons

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Stroke Survivor Patient Reunion Cafeteria Healthy Snacks Provided

3-3:30 p.m.

Healthy Cooking Demonstration Marketing Director Jennifer Riesenberger, Desoto Palms Food Service Director Alonzo Burton, Desoto Palms

3:30-4 p.m.

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St. Martha hosts fashionable benefit

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t has been a long time since St. Martha Catholic Church put on a fashion show fundraiser.

In fact, the church hasn’t put on such an event since the 1980s, but Crumpets and Tea Fashion Show chairwoman Sabrina Gibson “thought it was time.”

The event was held April 22 at St. Martha Catholic Church and benefited CARITAS, a five-congregation coalition

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that provides temporary assistance for those in financial need.

St. Martha parishioners gathered with their partner parishes for an afternoon of fashion and a silent auction.

For Gibson, the turnout was well worth the work.

“I’m just overjoyed really,” she said.

“This is the start of many, many more.”

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Suncoast League celebrates successful tennis season winning teams.

The local tennis organization has close to 150 teams, involving more than 1,700 players from 31 clubs, making the league the largest independent men’s tennis league in the country. Competitive age groups include 50s, 60s, 70s, 75s and 80s. Players range in age from 50 to 95.

— ERIC GARWOOD

Area tennis pros conducted one-hour free tennis clinics at the event.

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LO C A L LY K N OW N . G LO B A L LY CO N N E C T E D.

S A R A S OTA 35 Watergate Drive 1403 Marie Monsky & Saint Cacchiotti 941-350-3245 A4154217 $2,495,000

S A R A S OTA 2050 Ben Franklin Drive B1004 Peter Salefsky 941-724-5107 A4176055 $2,200,000

S A R A S OTA 4085 Founders Club Drive Terri Healey & Nicole Dovgopolyi 941-320-0389 A4170941 $2,149,000

S I E S TA K E Y 6020 Midnight Pass Rd 26 Harvey & Ethel Lovelace 941-586-7390 A4158705 $1,250,000

S A R A S OTA 1526 Selby Lane 2 Jo Ann Thorpe 941-349-7583 A4172544 $1,149,000

OSPREY 73 Sugar Mill Drive Barbara Dumbaugh 941-350-3743 A4160145 $950,000

S A R A S OTA 6590 Wild Orchid Lane Linda Driggs 941-374-2920 A4164376 $950,000

S A R A S OTA 1490114991 Murphy Road Brian Loebker 941-735-4393 A4153448 $920,000

S A R A S OTA 8894 Bloomfield Boulevard The Collier Group 941-313-1212 A4175281 $739,000

S A R A S OTA 226 Golden Gate Point 42 Barbara May 404-822-9264 A4183705 $650,000

S A R A S OTA 100 Central Avenue B309 Bibi-Ann Allard PA 941-685-0422 A4168422 $539,500

VENICE 421 Wincanton Place Bambi Utton 941-228-4881 N5906399 $529,000

S A R A S OTA 6910 Treymore Court Michael Bruno 941-320-3229 A4181393 $525,000

S A R A S OTA 8723 Grey Oaks Avenue Marilyn Vespoli 201-926-7272 A4163697 $499,900

OSPREY 148 Bishops Court Road Rosalie Phillips 941-544-4430 A4168794 $499,000

S I E S TA K E Y 8767 Midnight Pass Rd 503F Marlene & George Marshall 941-539-8850 A4174856 $450,000

S A R A S OTA 5408 Eagles Point Cir 102 Tara Lamb & Judy Greene 941-266-4873 & 941-350-0451 A4182828 $399,000

S A R A S OTA 2077 Misty Sunrise Trail Christine Del Monte 941-266-6733 A4172755 $359,999

OSPREY 1156 Beachcomber Court 16 Kathleen Griffin 941-302-3979 A4164818 $350,000

N O KO M I S / N O R T H V E N I C E 1143 Derian Place Sherrey Welch 941-223-6318 N5911097 $349,900

S A R A S OTA 4571 Legacy Court Anja Deichmann 941-284-7987 A4182908 $339,000

S A R A S OTA 3631 Square West Lane 1 Priscilla Adams 941-350-5871 A4183983 $334,000

S A R A S OTA 4795 Riverwood Circle Phyllis DiBlasi 941-320-4158 A4182952 $329,900

S A R A S OTA 2248 Lime Oak Court Drew Russell 941-993-3739 A4184152 $299,900

VENICE 4342 Manfield Drive Peggy Wellman & Robert Moffatt 941-374-0811 A4184306 $269,900

S A R A S OTA 3326 W Chelmsford Court 17 Judy Wright 941-232-8041 A4182847 $264,500

S A R A S OTA 2517 Glebe Farm Close H-2 Julia McClung 941-356-6499 A4182870 $158,000

OSPREY 1224 N Casey Key Road Garrett Greco 941-685-0449 A4179980 $4,100,000

BIRD KEY 665 N Owl Drive Brian Loebker 941-735-4393 A4168453 $2,795,000

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S I E S TA K E Y 3344 Gulfmead Drive Kim & Michael Ogilvie 941-376-1717 A4182932 $4,995,000

S I E S TA K E Y 445 Beach Road Sara Ferguson 941-320-2709 A4147511 $2,500,000

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home in Hidden Harbor tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.

Russell and Susan Samson sold their home at 5137 Jungle Plum Road to Gregory and Sherri Sands, of Sarasota, for $4.15 million. Built in 2001, it has four bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a pool and 6,186 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $4 million in 2003.

SARASOTA

TESSERA Leland Wetherington, trustee, sold the Unit 102 condominium at 500 S. Palm Ave. to Russell and Susan Samson, of Sarasota, for $2.35 million. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, four-anda-half baths and 3,315 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.7 million in 2004.

SOUTHPOINTE SHORES

Mary Puleo, trustee, sold the home at 7672 Cove Terrace to Timothy and Jennifer Toohey, of Sarasota, for $1,685,000. Built in 2008, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,270 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $437,500 in 1996.

Douglas Page, trustee, sold the home at 1825 Sandalwood Drive to Gary and Kathryn Graber, of Sarasota, for $325,000. Built in 1962, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,723 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $132,000 in 1990.

CHEROKEE PARK

Alan and Deborah Abbey sold their home at 1732 North Drive to RJJM LLC for $815,000. Built in 1946, it has three bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 2,801 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $180,000 in 1987.

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One88 Vandyk Sarasota – Golden Gate Point Inc. sold the Unit 201 condominium at 188 Golden Gate Point to Jean Weiller and Donna Pickup, trustees, of Sarasota, for $2.9 million. Built in 2015, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,884 square feet of living area.

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Oaks II Robert and Patricia Cooper, trustees, of Osprey, sold the home at 761 N. Mac Ewen Drive to Erik and Ellen Nielsen, of Osprey, for $1,378,000.

Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, four-anda-half baths, a pool and 4,891 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.4 million in 2005.

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Marlene Wagner, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the home at 4202 Las Palmas Way to Eugene and Dorothy McGonigle, of Sarasota, for $705,000. Built in 1987, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,418 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $420,000 in 1995.

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Raymond and Jo Ann Minzner, of Osprey, sold their home at 2133 Muskogee Trail to James and Movias Young, of Mill Mail, Pa., for $550,000.

Built in 1997, it has two bedrooms, three-anda-half baths, a pool and 2,938 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $550,000 in 2009.

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LO C A L LY K N OW N . G LO B A L LY C O N N E C T E D.

These are the largest city of Sarasota and Sarasota County building permits issued for the week of April 10-14, in order of dollar amounts.

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Applicant

1233 N. Gulfstream Ave.

Remodel

Steven Stein

$275,000

2124 Sunnyside Lane

Addition

Chelee Eaton

$250,000

1255 N. Gulfstream Ave.

Renovations

Robert Mand

$90,000

33 S. Gulfstream Ave. #301

Renovations

Bernd Zahe

$89,000

1011 Bayou Place

Remodel

Clinton Wrigley

$86,871

502 N. Brink Ave.

Windows

David Losh

$26,938

2370 Waldemere St.

Reroof

Keith Doherty

$19,100

1357 Harbor Drive

Mechanical

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$16,000

2300 Mietaw Drive

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Leigh Sweet

$15,820

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Patricia McDeed

$14,547

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1080 W. Peppertree Lane

Alterations

Paul Barger

2002 Calusa Lakes Blvd.

Replace roof

Philip Kaskel, trustee

575 Pine Ranch E. Road

Re-roof

Laura Bissell

$67,800

411 Waterside Lane

Pool/wall

Howard McNally

$60,000

8852 Bloomfield Blvd.

Reroof

Timothy Hillegonds

$47,850

265 Harbor House Drive

Alterations

Clarissa Zafirov

$47,000

746 Siesta Key Circle

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$46,700

$148,000

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CASEY KEY 2905 Casey Key Road A4168851 $5,950,000

S A R A S OTA 300 S Pineapple Ave. 502 A4145831 $1,699,900

LIDO KEY 166 Bryant Dr. A4178702 $3,690,000

S A R A S OTA 2727 Dick Wilson Dr. A4177837 $2,995,000

boatlift 282 Osprey Point Drive

Reroof

Elaine Blaikie

6711 Ave. C

Dock/boatlift

Jack Brown

$39,900

5360 Southerly Way

Windows/doors

Pablo Infante

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DESOTA PARK

Todd Mandell, trustee, of Park City, Utah, sold the home at 1825 Hibiscus St. to Scot Jaffe, trustee, of Sarasota, for $800,000.

Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,546 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.2 million in 2007.

PALMER

Phoenix Properties of West Florida LLC sold the home at 2300 Hillview St. to Christopher Deveso and Fernanda Salvador, of Sarasota, for $570,000. Built in 1952, it has three bedrooms, four baths and 3,267 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $825,000 in 2015.

ESPLANADE BY SIESTA KEY

Taylor Morrison of Florida Inc. sold the home at 2336 Vaccaro Drive to Melinda Bodjanac, trustee, of Copley, Ohio, for $490,000. Built in 2016, it has two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,106 square feet of living area.

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Maurisse Gray and Salim Valimahomed, of Cambridge, Mass., sold their Unit 52 condominium at 1472 Landings Circle to Kevin and Deborah Kelsey, of Newport, R.I., for $485,000.

Built in 1981, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,136 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $380,000 in 2007.

PIER 550

Morning Glory Properties LLC sold the Unit 1 condominium at 522 Golden Gate Point to Michael Gannon, of Sarasota, for $420,000. Built in 1948, it has one bedroom, one bath and 563 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $285,000 in 2009.

UPLANDS

Kate Lippincott, of Nokomis, sold her home and a vacant lot at 6375 Lane Road and 450 Edwards Drive to Marilyn White and Kwame Holman, of Marlboro, for $385,000. Built in 1974, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,194 square feet of living area. The properties previously sold for $195,000 in 1999.

THE ISLAND

Jennifer Sangbush, of San Diego, sold her Unit E-1 condominium at 2121 Michele Drive to Daniel Jackson Jr., of Pasadena, Md., for $370,000. Built in 1985, it has two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,583 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $215,000 in 2011.

icsburg, Pa., for $825,000. Built in 1948, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,492 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $20,000 in 1972.

GULF AND BAY CLUB

John Janick, of Port Charlotte, sold his Unit 701 condominium at 5770 Midnight Pass Road to Konrad and Dorothy Wilk, of Lemont, Ill., for $640,000. Built in 1980, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,337 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $194,000 in 1988.

BOCA SIESTA

rah DiVita-Cleary, of Hamburg, N.Y., for $385,000. Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,139 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $171,500 in 1998.

SARA SEA

Michael Mazzola sold his Unit 201 condominium at 6708 Sarasea Circle to Larry and Ronelle Cannon, of Evansville, Ind., for $375,000. Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,092 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $227,000 in 2011.

Richard and Catherine Johnston, of Ft. Wayne, Ind., sold their Unit 201 condominium at 5911 Midnight Pass Road to Keith March and Carole March, trustees, of Lafayette, Ind., for $550,000. Built in 1984, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,465 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $295,000 in 2012.

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HARBOR TOWERS YACHT AND RACQUET CLUB

PALMER RANCH

Marcia Brehm, of Sarasota, sold her Unit 801 condominium at 5649 Midnight Pass Road to Andras and Eva Cziffer, of Ontario, Canada, for $340,000.

Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,012 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $285,000 in 2004.

COBBLESTONE ON PALMER RANCH

Patricia Edmonds sold her Unit 236 condominium at 1629 Pelican Cove Road to Lisa and Gregory Shaker, of Durham, N.H., for $349,800. Built in 1981, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,320 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $162,500 in 1997.

Lai Cheung Yam and Amy Wong Yam, of New York City, sold their Unit 219 condominium at 5855 Midnight Pass Road to Simon and Ann Michele Docherty and Larry and Janet Hogan, of Ontario, Canada, for $400,000. Built in 1976, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,404 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $350,000 in 2011.

SIESTA KEY

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PELICAN COVE

SARASOTA BEACH

Stacey James sold her home at 348 Canal Road to Marko and Kellie Radosavljevic, of Mechan-

Lisa Haas, of Naperville, Ill., and Denise Miller, of Sarasota, trustees, sold the Unit 305 condominium at 1325 S. Portofino Drive to Roger Cleary and Debo-

Paul Marentette and Robert Gutierrez sold their home at 4157 Cascina Way to Thomas Culliton and Susan Culliton, trustees, of Inverness, Ill., for $666,300.

Built in 2015, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,396 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $638,900 in 2015.

Florence Cohen, trustee, sold the home at 7687 Uliva Way to John and Carla Zerkle, of Fishers, Ind., for $425,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, three

baths and 2,008 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $403,900 in 2005.

Port Charlotte Group LLC sold the home at 5401 Eliseo St. to Dolphin Props LLC for $300,000. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 1,846 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $227,000 in 2004.

MIRA LAGO AT PALMER RANCH

Doyle and Mary King, of Sarasota, sold their home at 7188 Del Lago Drive to James and Robin Morr, of Sarasota, for $395,900. Built in 1995, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 2,383 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $300,000 in 2011.

OSPREY MERIDIAN AT THE OAKS PRESERVE

Nancy and Thomas Coyne, trustees, of Carmel, Ind., sold the Unit 902 condominium at 385 N. Point Road to Robert Cooper, trustee, of Osprey, for $1.35 million. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, three-anda-half baths and 3,738 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,335,000 in 2003.

RIVENDELL

Judy Weil-Dirr, of Sarasota, sold her home at 1068 Mallard Marsh Drive to Scott and Maggie Christie, of Sarasota, for $634,500.

Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,545 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $580,000 in 2003.

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$499,000

Third floor grand residence with 5,658 SF, 4 bedrooms, 5 baths, 2 terraces with water and city views. Private boat dock and 2 car garage.

Mesmerizing views of the Gulf! Open and flowing floor plan with 3 bedrooms and a den. Generous terraces and a two car garage.

Penthose residence wth an expanded terrace and views up and down the beach! Two bedroom, furnished unit with 2 parking spaces.

Short distance to the Bayfront, City’s galleries, restaurants, & shopping.

This completely renovated 2 bedroom condominium is perfection!

Key West Style Gulf to Bay compound on over 3/4 of an acre offers coveted island living only available on Casey Key.

Captivating views from this 6th floor residence at Majestic Bay. Over 3,000 SF, 3 bedrooms, 10,000 lb boat lift and 2 car garage.

Rare opportunity to own a manageable rental property in Laurel Park.

Each side offers 2 ample sized bedrooms, 1 bath and private courtyard.

Live in the heart of the cultural corridor and close to downtown, theater, galleries and fine restaurants. Second-floor, 3 bedroom unit.

RITZ RESIDENCES - PENTHOUSE

$3,595,000

Spectacular views from this majestic penthouse residence with over 4,200 SF. Full time conceirge, 24 hour in room dining, valet and more.

FROM $1,650,000

Eight unique residences with floor-to-ceiling windows. Resort style pool/spa, cabana, individiual garage space and private elevator foyer.

LAKEWOOD RANCH

$559,900

Sophisticated residence with 5 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, generous outdoor living space, with heated pool and spa. Low HOA fees and no CDD.

DOWNTOWN DREAM OFFICE

$495,000

Pecky-cypress 3 bedroom bungalow zoned NT. Move in or transform into an office; plenty of parking. Walls and ceilings are tongue-in-groove wood.

The Plaza at Five Points | 50 Central Avenue | Suite 110 | Sarasota, FL 34236 | 941.308.6554 Cheryl.Loeffler@PremierSir.com | CherylLoeffler.com Sotheby’s International Realty® and the Sotheby’s International Realty logo are registered service marks used with permission. Each office is independently owned and operated. Equal Housing Opportunity. Property information herein is derived from various sources including, but not limited to, county records and multiple listing services, and may include approximations. All information is deemed accurate.

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