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Buffett chose the Patriots.

When rain backs up on your street, a fix isn’t always easy, or even necessary.

DAVID CONWAY DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR

Rain, rain, go away: This is, more or less, a primary function of Sarasota’s stormwater management system.

Right now, that system gets mixed results. Residents in different pockets of the city regularly raise concerns about flooding in their neighborhoods during

heavy rainfall, an issue elected officials expressed interest in addressing at a Jan. 22 City Commission meeting.

But county staff, responsible for managing the city’s stormwater system, says it’s a more challenging operation than one might initially think.

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Hugh chose the Rams.

Manatees pick the Super Bowl It’s a house divided in the Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium manatee tank.

For the 12th year in a row, manatees Hugh and Buffett made their selections for the winners of the Super Bowl, set for Feb. 3 in Atlanta.

Buffett, who has a record of 9-2, picked the New England Patriots. Hugh (65) picked the Los Angeles Rams. The sharks in Las Vegas, by the way, have the Patriots winning.

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Suzanne Dubose reviews her proposal for more nurses in Sarasota schools.

School board backs plan to gradually add trained nurses to campuses.

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WEEK OF JANUARY 31, 2019

BY THE NUMBERS

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number of registered nurses on staff with the Sarasota County school district.

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vote by city’s Historic Preservation Board on whether the demolition of the former Gulfcoast Wonder and Imagination Zone building should proceed.

With the deadlock, the demolition permit stands.

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CALENDAR n Regular School Board meeting — 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 5, Board Chambers, Landings Administrative Complex, 1980 Landings Blvd. n Regular City Commission meeting — 1:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4, Commission Chambers, City Hall, 1565 First St.

“The rollout was horrible. That’s what we’ve got to avoid from the get-go of this whole program.”

Kasten hired as chamber CEO

Carl Shoffstall, member of the city’s Parking Advisory Committee, on the last time Sarasota tried paid parking downtown.

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More art coming to downtown roundabouts A nother roundabout sculpture will be erected downtown this weekend.

On Saturday, crews will install the sculpture “Jumping Fish” in the roundabout at the intersection of Palm Avenue and Cocoanut Avenue.

The city announced the northwest quadrant of the roundabout will be closed from approximately 6:45 a.m. to 10 a.m. to accommodate the project.

The 16-foot sculpture was designed by artist Jeffrey Laramore. The city budgeted $150,000 in public art funds for the project.

The city currently has open calls to artists for additional roundabout sculpture projects on U.S. 41 at 10th and 14th streets.

— DAVID CONWAY

The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce named Heather Kasten its new CEO and president on Wednesday.

A former vice president of the chamber, Kasten has been CEO and president of the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance since 2014.

Kasten will finish her duties in Lakewood Ranch in February and will start her new Sarasota position in March.

She replaces Kevin Cooper, who in December left to become vice president for communications and strategic initiatives at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium.

“I’m excited to help connect companies and help them fill their employment and training gaps,” Kasten said. “It will be a challenge for me to raise my professional game.”

Donation propels Selby project

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Jumping Fish will be installed at Palm and Cocoanut avenues this weekend.

With its largest donation, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is nearly three-quarters of the way to its goal for the first phase of its master plan.

Selby announced the $5 million donation from Drs. Joel and Gail Morrison Morganroth. The donation pushes the phase one fundraising total to $31.5 million.

The first phase of the project, for which Selby is seeking $42.5 million, includes a parking garage with a rooftop garden, a welcome center and a plant research center.

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Across Sarasota, neighborhoods deal with street flooding during heavy rainfalls. How do county and city officials collaborate on addressing stormwater challenges?

David Conway

County stormwater staff works on a project along a residential street Jan. 30 in Gulf Gate. The county oversees the city’s stormwater system, but both governments are taking steps to address the topic, guided in part by resident input.

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LEVELS OF SERVICE In 1994, the county established acceptable street flooding levels for a 100-year storm event:

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During a presentation at that meeting, county Stormwater Division Manager Chuck Walter said the type of flooding residents complain about is often in line with the expected level of service for the system in that area of the city.

When county officials say that to a member of the public, they usually hear a request to improve the stormwater infrastructure in that resident’s neighborhood. But absent an infusion of cash, Walter said that is a difficult undertaking.

“We are constantly asked to try to improve the system, improve level of service for flood control,” Walter said. “And the reality is that’s a very challenging process to go through because we need a new funding source to do those projects.”

The commission expressed some dismay at the notion there was no fix for neighborhoods facing flooding roads. And they pushed both county and city staff members to make it easier for residents to figure out how much flooding they should expect during heavy rainfall — or who they should contact when legitimate problems arise.

“I don’t know what to tell other neighborhoods in those kinds of situations,” Commissioner Jen Ahearn-Koch said.

PROBLEM AREAS

Following the Jan. 22 meeting, county and city staff have begun discussing strategies for providing additional stormwater-related information online and making it easier for residents to speak to the right person about an issue they’re facing.

Even before that, the county was already in the process of considering some systemic changes in identified problem areas within the city. The county plans to complete reports analyzing the Harbor Acres neighborhood and the Whitaker Bayou basin in February and March, respectively.

Harbor Acres was one of those city neighborhoods where resi-

Neighborhood roads and parking areas: 12 inches Collector roads: 9 inches Arterial roads: 6 inches Evacuation routes: 0 inches

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EMERGENCY CONTACTS Because the county is responsible for managing the city’s stormwater system, it can be confusing for residents to figure out the right person to contact if there’s an issue in their neighborhood.

City and county staff members are working on improving their coordination on stormwater problems. Officials say the best way to get county staff to respond to a problem is by calling the county contact center at 861-5000.

dents raised concerns about flooding. When county staff members responded to the complaints, they discovered the performance of the stormwater system genuinely didn’t seem to meet the established level of service. As a result, the county commissioned a more thorough analysis of the conditions in the neighborhood, located west of South Tamiami Trail.

Those studies include a hydrologic and hydraulic model. The hydrologic aspect focuses on how much water comes into the system, while the hydraulic element relates to how the system handles that water. Staff uses these models countywide to get a gauge for the amount of rain expected in an area and how the infrastructure should perform.

Typically, the county uses a “100-year storm” model to determine its level of service, designing the system around how it might perform in an extreme rainfall event. But staff found out that metric didn’t work for Harbor Acres, because flooding in the waterfront neighborhood was not just tied to rainfall, but also to the

tides.

“We’re going through a few extra steps in the Harbor Acres analysis so we can better describe that aspect of how tide interfaces with the larger issue,” Walter said.

Once that study is completed, Walter said it would be left to the city and Harbor Acres residents to decide how to fund any improvements. The county has typically funded stormwater infrastructure projects through a special assessment on residents.

As residents await a potential large-scale project, Harbor Acres Community Association President Tina Biter said the county has already managed to make some improvements in the area.

She sees some of the flooding as an unavoidable issue, but she was appreciative of the work officials are doing.

“When we had some of those torrential rains when you have 4 inches in an hour, I don’t think there’s anything you can do,” Biter said. “It does go down quicker than it used to.”

The Whitaker Bayou analysis dates back to the late 1990s, an initiative that has languished

because of a lack of funding for improvements. Still, Walter was excited about the potential for undertaking some cost-effective projects, highlighting programs that would focus on removing debris from the system to address both water quality and flooding issues.

Arthur Lindemanis, a director of the Central Cocoanut Neighborhood Association, said neighborhoods bordering the Whitaker Bayou have been engaged in discussions with the county about potential improvements. The neighborhood itself is undertaking some stormwater-related initiatives, including supporting an environmental education program at Bay Haven School of Basics Plus. But, like Biter, he saw some of the challenges as too significant for any one solution.

“I don’t think there was ever the anticipation that the northern part of Sarasota would be as developed as it is becoming,” Lindemanis said. “Between the hardened surfaces and the aged system, there’s a problem.”

COSTS VS. BENEFITS

Although Walter said many neighborhood flooding issues do not represent a failure for the stormwater system, AhearnKoch questioned whether more could be done.

She cited her own neighborhood, Tahiti Park, as an example.

There, she said, the neighborhood’s primary point of entrance on Hampton Road can become difficult for cars to navigate during storms.

“It seems a little extreme and a little bit onerous to say to a neighborhood, ‘We can’t help you,’

when you’ve got water up to your doorstep and the street is flooded probably close to a foot,” AhearnKoch said.

Walter said the county does try to see if any smaller measures can improve the situation in neighborhoods with flooding problems, including clearing drains.

But even if a street has standing water for a couple hours, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s an issue that needs to be addressed by the county’s standards.

“What people are considering flooding really doesn’t come to the point of what they call a deficiency in their level of service,” City Public Works Director Doug Jeffcoat said.

The county is evaluating how it uses special assessments to fund capital projects for potential changes. Right now, Walter said, the prospect of a special assessment can sour a neighborhood on undertaking improvements. This problem is magnified in smaller neighborhoods, where the cost of a major project would be spread among fewer households.

“When you say you’ll build a $20 million project to save $1 million worth of property values, it’s a hard nut for anybody to swallow,” Walter said. “At the same token, well, the reason it’s only $1 million worth of property is because they have flooding problems.”

Walter said most stormwater improvements are also eligible for grant funding, which the county is diligent about pursuing. Still, as both city and county officials examine flooding issues within their jurisdiction, cost will remain a driving factor in determining whether a project will ultimately move forward.

“Is the juice worth the squeeze?” Walter said.

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GWIZ building still faces demolition A citizen appeal left an advisory board divided, but preservationists vow to keep fighting.

DAVID CONWAY DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR

Nearly 11 hours of testimony and debate wasn’t enough for the Historic Preservation Board to come to a decision on the planned demolition of the former Gulfcoast Wonder and Imagination Zone building.

At a special meeting Tuesday, the board found itself evenly split, voting 3-3 on an appeal challenging a demolition permit for the bayfront building at 1001 Boulevard of the Arts. As a result, the motion to reverse the city’s decision failed, leaving the demolition permit to stand.

That doesn’t mean the campaign to save the building is finished. After the meeting, appellant and bayfront resident Edward J. Haas vowed to appeal the Historic Preservation Board results to the City Commission.

If that fails, Haas said he would take the debate to the next level.

“We would appeal to a circuit court,” Haas said.

In September, the City Commission voted to adopt a bayfront master plan that included the demolition of the GWIZ building as part of the construction of a public park. The plans drew pushback from a group seeking to

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Representatives for a bayfront planning group say the building is not fit for the future development of the city-owned land.

preserve the structure, which was built in 1976 as the Selby Library.

Preservation advocates said the building has architectural and cultural significance.

Still, the city has reaffirmed its decision. In October, the commission voted again to endorse the bayfront plan. In November, Mayor Liz Alpert sent a letter objecting to the Historic Preservation Board’s efforts to designate the city-owned structure as historically significant. City staff has argued the building is in poor shape and is not old enough for historic designation.

City staff issued a demolition permit in December. In a

report, staff reiterated its belief the building was not qualified for local or national historic designation, which meant the demolition application did not need to go before the preservation board.

But the appeal, which Haas filed in December, contested that conclusion. Haas argued the building could earn historic designation, and staff improperly issued the demolition permit.

Haas’s argument focused largely on the building’s architectural value. A Dec. 3 letter from Max Adriel Imberman, a historic preservationist in the Florida Department of State, said the building could be considered for historic

designation despite being less than 50 years old.

The letter said the building may potentially be considered exceptionally significant because it is an example of architect Walter Netsch’s use of field theory, a geometric design concept. The letter said any nomination for the National Register of Historic Places would need to include proof the building’s later conversion to a science center had not ruined the integrity of the design.

Haas called architects and preservationists as witnesses, all of whom testified to the significance of the building. Advocates for preservation said the city did not sufficiently examine its options for finding a new tenant or adapting the building.

“It’s part of Sarasota’s legacy,” local architect Carl Abbott said.

“It’s part of the fabric of the city.”

City staff said Imberman’s letter did not mean the building met the standards for historic designation — only that the argument could be made. Senior Planner Cliff Smith reiterated his belief the building was not exceptionally significant, stating it was not one of Netsch’s most notable works or the only example of field theory in the state.

Smith cited a Dec. 10 letter from Timothy Parsons, director of the Florida Division of Historical Resources. Without additional information, Parsons said he could not retract an earlier determination stating the building was not eligible for designation.

“I personally am thrilled to see

this level of interest in historic preservation in the city of Sarasota,” Smith said. “The fact that people are turning out for historic preservation means that as a body, we’re doing our job. Unfortunately, this is not the building.”

Those who supported the demolition said community input during the bayfront planning process showed high demand for open space near the water and low interest in the GWIZ building. City staff said the structure was in an environmentally risky area, and renovations would be prohibitively expensive.

The Historic Preservation Board was split after the testimony. Board member Albert Sanchez thought evidence showed the building was eligible for historic preservation, which meant staff should not have approved the permit administratively. Sanchez voted alongside board members Evelyn Mangie and Ramsey Frangie to overturn the permit.

Board member Leonardo Lunardi agreed the city’s historic analysis of the site was lacking in some areas, but he was not convinced staff acted beyond its authority. Lunardi, Claudia Barnett and Roberto Gonzalez voted to deny the appeal.

Six members voted after board member Christopher Wilson recused himself at the city’s request. Before the meeting, the city filed a motion expressing concern Wilson would not be impartial because he had previously advocated for preservation of the building.

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Members of the city’s new Parking Advisory Committee met Jan. 23 for the first time at City Hall.

Parking committee focuses on downtown strategy The city is asking residents, merchants and property owners for insight on how to implement paid parking downtown later this year.

DAVID CONWAY DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR

For the first time in more than two years, the city’s Parking Advisory Committee gathered Jan. 23 at City Hall for a meeting.

The advisory board was reassembled this month as part of the city’s efforts to implement onstreet paid parking downtown. In November, the City Commission voted 3-2 to approve a plan for installing parking meters downtown, a process staff intends to begin by May.

The duties of the parking committee are straightforward and limited in scope. The group is focused on downtown parking, working alongside Parking Manager Mark Lyons to provide guidance on the details of the new program. That includes rates, pay station locations, possible uses for parking revenue and ways to educate the public about the impending changes.

Lyons is hopeful that by drawing from a cross-section of the city, the committee members can also help disseminate and gath-

The city has selected a six-member advisory board to help steer the process of starting an on-street paid parking program downtown. n Carl Shoffstall President, Lido Key Residents Association n Eileen Hampshire Owner, Art To Walk On n Roger Barry Downtown resident n Christophe Coutelle Owner, C’est La Vie n Howard Davis President, Rosemary District Association n Wayne Ruben Downtown commercial property owner

er information to help ensure a smoother transition.

“That helps synthesize the whole program into the community by having them out there,” Lyons said. “And whatever they hear, they can bring that back and we can determine whether adjustments are necessary.”

If they haven’t bought in yet, hard core skeptics may not be swayed by another pitch. A 2016 survey of more than 130 Sarasota Downtown Merchants Association members showed 84% opposed to parking meters. But Lyons and committee members are optimistic attitudes are changing, dedicated to promoting the notion paid parking can help business downtown.

“Turnover is needed,” Lyons said. “We want to make sure those spaces are available to more people.”

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The committee stands in stark contrast to the downtown merchants who vocally oppose paid parking. The board members are eager advocates for meters. When Lyons acknowledged that even people who are willing to pay to park would prefer a free space, Art To Walk On owner Eileen Hampshire insisted she’d personally rather pay, a sign of how convinced she is of the benefits.

That doesn’t mean the group is blind to the challenges associated with starting a paid parking program, particularly in a city where previous efforts to install meters have failed because of public outcry. Carl Shoffstall, elected committee chairman at the Jan. 23 meeting, stressed that the city needed to ensure the pay stations were easy to use from the moment they’re activated.

He said issues with equipment and messaging contributed to the failure of the city’s last downtown parking meter endeavor.

“The rollout was horrible,” Shoffstall said. “That’s what we’ve got to avoid from the getgo of this whole program.”

Although Shoffstall, a Lido Key resident, raised questions about paid parking at the beach and on St. Armands Circle during the meeting, Lyons steered the conversation back to downtown-related issues. Rather than plotting future expansions for paid parking, city staff says it’s focused on ensuring things work out where meters have already been improved.

“At present, we’re only looking to make sure the next step is met with the right objective and good outcomes,” Lyons said.

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School board agrees to pursue plan for more nurses Over the next five years, Sarasota County Schools will phase in more on-site LPNs and RNs to care for students’ medical needs.

WHAT THEY DO What “complex needs” do school nurses help students meet? n Insulin injections n Catheter care n Tube-feedings n Epinephrine and narcotics

SAMANTHA CHANEY STAFF WRITER

For 10 years, health administrators for Sarasota County Schools have been trying to decide how best to serve students’ medical needs.

And, according to Sarasota School Health Services Supervisor Suzanne Dubose, the school district has not recently kept up with demand.

In the 2017-2018 school year, 64% of district students reported some variety of “health condition,’’ and 9% of them required some kind of regular administration of medication or medical procedure. Ten years ago, those numbers were 41% and 7%.

As demand increased, health services staff had to rethink its approach to supply. Enter SHINES: Dubose’s proposal for a new school health services delivery model, which the school board agreed to pursue earlier this month in a workshop.

The objective of SHINES, or School Health Is Needed in Every School, is “to place a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse in every Sarasota County District school.”

Dubose’s proposal outlined

administration n Suctioning n Mental health first aid n And more

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Sarasota High School health aide Mary Belvin and RN Ginger Godley

a plan that, through attrition, would gradually employ more school-based LPNs with a nod toward keeping students in class.

“Attendance is an issue. If you’re not there, how do you learn?” Dubose said. “Health is a huge component of [attendance].”

Sarasota County has 10 registered nurses, two licensed practical nurses and 40 health aides on campuses.

Dubose’s concern stems from the narrower range of duties health aides are permitted to perform. For instance, they are not permitted to diagnose, assign

a care plan or administer insulin without supervision from an RN. “We don’t typically have a fulltime nurse in every school. For the most part, they’re traveling between schools. Sometime’s it’s two. Sometimes it’s four,” Dubose said. “And when a nurse has to call out, that’s when we need to figure out who is going to cover. And sometimes it’s me.”

Sometimes, demand can be high. “ I know at Sarasota High, for example, that on a Monday morning when that RN comes to work, there would be a very long line waiting to see her outside of her door,” School Board Chair Jane Goodwin said. “There are some chronic health issues that our children are not having addressed any other way other than with the school nurse.”

In addressing the SHINES proposal, Superintendent Todd Bowden assured board members

at the January workshop that the plan would not actually add any new positions during the 20192020 academic year. Nor would it cut any existing positions.

Instead, health aides would be replaced by LPNs through attrition, which makes a rollout timeline hard to pin down.

Ultimately, Sarasota County students will be overseen by nine RNs, 23 LPNs and 24 health room aides.

Additionally, rather than having RNs who “float” between two to four schools at time, the new staff model will involve making at least one RN available at every middle and high school at a time. Those RNs would oversee the LPNs, one of whom would be placed at every elementary school.

As per Dubose’s proposal, the new staff arrangement would raise the current salary expenditures from $2,108,482 to $2,348,221, not including the cost of the staff supervisors. It costs $5,400 more per position to hire a LPN instead of a health aide.

Board members Shirley Brown and Caroline Zucker voiced approval for the proposal, affirming that they felt the plan was cost-effective and wouldn’t require one large monetary hit to the district’s budget at one time.

“I have always loved the idea of this program,” Goodwin said.

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$1.4 million wasted?

For five years, Sarasota city residents waited for what was to be a new zoning code for the future. But after spending $1.4 million and compiling 478 pages, it looks like it was all for naught.

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aybe we’re the odd ones. Odd in that we have this thing about the value of time and money — especially the use of other people’s money, e.g. taxpayers’ money.

So it struck us as rather astonishing; heck, we would even say outrageous.

As our deputy managing editor, David Conway, reported last week, the Sarasota City Commission and city administration decided pretty much to dump, scrap, shelve what took five years and $1.4 million to produce: a new form-based zoning code for the city.

And they did this in a matter of maybe 30 minutes, with only one commissioner, Hagen Brody, raising any questions about this extraordinary decision. Nor was there much of a peep from the city manager, Tom Barwin, the city administration CEO whose job is to be the chief steward and manager of city taxpayers’ dollars.

Let that sink in: n Five years. Five years of a small team of hired planners who worked, say, 50 weeks a year — 250 weeks in all — crafting, researching, writing, drawing, meeting with city residents, ultimately producing 478 pages of a new zoning plan designed to help make the city a nicer, better-looking, more functional place to live. n $1.4 million. Think of what you would do with $280,000 a year for five years.

Now $1.4 million in the total scheme of the city’s $73 million general fund budget is like Donald’s Trump $5 billion for a border wall — hardly a blip.

Nonetheless, try going before the City Commission and asking it to approve appropriating to you $1.4 million over five years for you to write 478 pages that promptly would be put on a city shelf. It wouldn’t happen.

Poof! Five years. $1.4 million.

A pattern has emerged. The lift station. Legal fees. Parking

meters. Millions for the Bobby Jones Golf Club. Unfunded pension liabilities. And now this, rejection of form-based codes, a zoning system that commissioners and the city staff five years ago felt compelled to authorize because the existing code wasn’t working. The form-based code, city taxpayers were told, would be so much better.

All of this feels like an old car.

It runs, but it’s falling apart and constantly needs fixing. A costly nuisance.

We get that times, preferences and people change. In this instance, City Manager Tom Barwin brought in a new planning director, Steve Cover, whose expertise and emphasis is long-term planning.

You know how that goes.

When a new leader comes in, he or she has his/her way of doing things, so priorities change. It’s quite obvious form-based code gave way to Cover’s new set of nine priorities (see box).

We reached out to Cover but didn’t hear back before deadline. Nonetheless, based on comments to commissioners, Cover’s priority list looks to be prioritized to give top billing to the STOP group’s vociferous campaign to scrap the city’s administrative review process in favor of more public hearings.

After that, you can see the hand of Barwin: He has always been big on the pedestrian-sidewalk issue.

Affordable housing is always on every planner’s list, as is longrange transportation planning.

You know how these planners are: They envision that everyone will be pedaling bicycles, walking to work or riding on some mass transit train. Cars are toxins in their books.

At the bottom, last but not least on the priority scale is a review of the form-based code concepts. Cover put a timeline on this that would extend from now until December 2021 — three years of review. Five years to draft it; three years to review it.

THE CITY’S NEW PLANNING PRIORITIES These are the nine priorities the city planning staff hopes to address beginning this year: 1. City review process ordinances 2. Sidewalk width and building setback ordinance 3. Attainable housing ordinance 4. Transportation master plan 5. Rosemary residential overlay ordinance 6. Historic preservation ordinance 7. North Tamiami Trail overlay district ordinance 8. Parking ordinance 9. Review form-based code concepts

What’s going on here?

It’s nice that Cover has articulated a timeline for his priorities.

But if your property, business or neighborhood is to be affected, it would behoove the city to go overboard to communicate.

At the least, it seems Barwin and Cover should consider addressing for the citizens of Sarasota what is intended for each of Cover’s priorities. We could envision a series of town hall-like meetings throughout the city, as well as for the city’s architects and developers, to explain what they’re doing, why, when and what they expect the outcomes to be.

For five years, neighborhood groups, commercial property owners, developers, architects, engineers and others lived with anticipation and the uncertainty of what the form-based codes would mean. The marketplace abhors uncertainty.

Sarasota taxpayers deserve a

clear explanation of why the city junked five years of effort and $1.4 million.

Eliminate the pool and pavilion at Lido OK, we’ll admit: It wasn’t nice or respectful to refer to those who opposed the Lido Beach redevelopment project as “the mob.” We heard (see “The Lido mob wins, Jan. 17).

In hindsight, what occurred with this project — opposition rising after the City Commission signed a lease with the applicants — often occurs.

As we pointed out, part of the irony in this was that the applicants presented to the city and public in their initial plans features that the Lido Key Residents Association requested.

But as often occurs, once the decision and details start to sink in, those concerned can have a change of heart and mind. Buyer’s remorse and opposition gel.

What happened with the Lido Beach pavilion project is typical of what happens with public property. When everyone — e.g. taxpayers — owns it, no one owns it. What to do with the property becomes a government morass. The Lido Pavilion is an explicit case in point.

Be that as it may, the next issue is: What’s next?

Put the project out for bid again? Start over, and get the same result — more opposition?

How about modeling it after the Siesta Key Beach redevelopment? That one was $20 million — far more than needs to be spent on Lido Key. Nevertheless, what is needed at Lido Beach? Restrooms and parking. That’s it.

Eliminate the concessions and pool. All the food and drink anyone needs is a block away on St. Armands Circle or a short walk to the Holiday Inn and Lido Beach Resort.

Keep it simple and clean.

Why capitalism is better than socialism

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o the angst of many of us, those of us who believe wholeheartedly in the virtues of capitalism, ever since the November election results, we have had to endure the endless and nauseating TV and newspaper coverage of the newly elected Socialists to Congress.

It’s quite clear they haven’t a clue how anything works, certainly not even a hint of how capitalism works.

And likely there is no point trying to educate them. But they might start with these three quotations on why capitalism is better than socialism:

n Ayn Rand: America’s abundance was created not by public sacrifices to ‘the common good,’ but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own

personal interests and the making of their own private fortunes.

They did not starve the people to pay for America’s industrialization. They gave the people better jobs, higher wages and cheaper goods with every new machine they invented, with every scientific discovery or technological advance—and thus the whole country was moving forward and profiting, not suffering, every step of the way. n Milton Friedman: Well first of all, tell me: Is there some society you know that doesn’t run on greed? You think Russia doesn’t run on greed? You think China doesn’t run on greed?

What is greed? Of course, none of us are greedy, it’s only the other fellow who’s greedy. The world runs on individuals pursu-

ing their separate interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn’t construct his theory under order from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didn’t revolutionize the automobile industry that way. In the only cases in which the masses have escaped from the kind of grinding poverty you’re talking about, the only cases in recorded history, are where they have had capitalism and largely free trade. If you want to know where the masses are worse off, worst off, it’s exactly in the kinds of societies that depart from that.

So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear, that there is no alternative way so far discovered of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive

activities that are unleashed by the free-enterprise system. n Ludwig von Mises: The champions of socialism call themselves progressives, but they recommend a system which is characterized by rigid observance of routine and by a resistance to every kind of improvement. They call themselves liberals, but they are intent upon abolishing liberty. They call themselves democrats, but they yearn for dictatorship. They call themselves revolutionaries, but they want to make the government omnipotent. They promise the blessings of the Garden of Eden, but they plan to transform the world into a gigantic post office. Every man but one a subordinate clerk in a bureau ...

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f you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted, write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet. #MeToo” The date was Oct. 15, 2017, and the above tweet by actress and activist Alyssa Milano, inspired by African-American activist Tarana Burke, began a movement. With the recent one-year anniversary of the #MeToo movement, women (and some men) have felt empowerment in revealing their personal stories.

They’ve learned they aren’t alone, and most important, feel believed.

With the passage of time, did the #MeToo movement encourage those to report crimes, or does the stigma force a whole new generation of victims to remain silent? At the Sarasota Police Department, they are doing everything to make the crime of sexual assault as easy and safe as possible to report.

A nationwide Department of Justice study found that in 2016, more than 70% of sexual assaults were not reported.

SPD Capt. Jonathan Todd said there has not been a significant uptick in reporting.

“It is up only slightly,” he said.

However, at the Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center, Communications Manager Cheri Heasley notes that calls to the 24/7 helpline have increased recently.

“The first person a victim usually calls is a loved one,” said Sarasota Police Chief Bernadette DiPino. “That person should advise them to call 911.

The sooner a crime is reported, the better chance of a conviction and getting the person while they are still in the area.”

For victims who fear for their safety, DiPino calls their bluff.

“When the criminal threatens to harm the victim if they tell, that is just about retaining control and power. There are many resources in place to keep the victim safe.”

Heasley agrees.

“The reason we focus on empowerment is that sexual assault is not about sex,” she said.

SPARCC uses empower-

“No one deserves to be assaulted.

No means no.”

— Sarasota Police Chief Bernadette DiPino

ment-based advocacy, which means it allows survivors to choose what service and programs they need and want.

DiPino points out everyone has the right time to tell her story.

“They will when they’re comfortable,” she says.

Even though the Florida statute of limitations is five years, police still want to make a report. This may show the

person may not be the only victim if the name pops up in a database.

Award-winning national motivational speaker Linda Larsen of Sarasota spoke out at the beginning of the #MeToo movement: “I definitely feel like speaking out was the right thing to do. I do not regret it.

I think doing so gave other women the awareness that they are not alone.”

In some cases, when a person does not want to press charges, a nurse can be a surrogate. The police also will not contact the victim if that’s what is requested.

“Most victims know their attackers. They are rarely strangers,” Todd said, adding that some victims may feel the incident was too minor to report or they simply didn’t have proof. “No case is too small to report.”

SPD tries to have a female officer on the front line, so a female victim can feel a bond or immediate trust. However, all officers are trained to respond in a nonjudgmental manner. In addition, victim advocates provide resources and counseling options.

“They stay with the victim throughout the entire case,”

DiPino said. This way the victim doesn’t have the ordeal of repeating the same story to a host of different people.

DiPino is frank about the “intrusive” exam victims go through for a rape kit, which can make them feel like a victim all over again.

“DNA is so important,” she says. “It’s the new fingerprint.

It will be more effective in getting the bad guys than the fingerprint in the future.”

DiPino remains aware of the courage it takes to report a sexual assault crime.

“There is the feeling of embarrassment. They may believe the incident occurred of their own doing. But I don’t care if they were walking down the street naked,” she said. “No one deserves to be assaulted.

No means no.”

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When the project is complete, nearly 185,000 cubic yards of sand will have been taken from New Pass, which connects Sarasota Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.

The dredging of New Pass follows the U.S. Coast Guard’s decision to remove the channel’s navigation markers — a signal to boaters the channel isn’t up to safety standards — in 2017. Coast Guard officials said prior they would re-examine the channel following the dredging to see if markers could be replaced.

Once it has been dredged, the sand is transported nearly 2 miles south to Lido Beach as part of an emergency nourishment project that began following the city’s emergency declaration in May. The beach experienced critical erosion during Tropical Storm Hermine and Hurricane Irma, said Sarasota spokesman Jason Bartolone. That erosion caused a threat to Lido’s beachfront.

“Over this past hurricane season, we had to put out these large sand bags — trap bags — that we placed in front of the Lido Pavilion and the public beach area, and that was really just because of how necessary it was that we protect the area,” Bartolone said.

“If we had just one storm with a certain level of waves, they would be going up over the dunes and impacting the infrastructure.”

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“A lot of them are just not coming back since there’s no beach.

[The project is] very important for tourist dollars.”

While he said he has seen improvements to the beach because of the emergency project, Shoffstall said he wishes it could have been incorporated into the larger nourishment project Sarasota has planned to dredge Big Pass for the first time.

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Earlier this month, McHugh dismissed both counts of the Siesta Key Association’s lawsuit, filed in October in the 12th Judicial Circuit Court. McHugh had previously dismissed a 2017 complaint from the residents association that alleged the proposed Big Pass dredge failed to comply with city, county and state regulations.

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Half-marathon course prompts road-closure plans Sunday Ringling Bridge, St. Armands Circle, bayfront area among those affected.

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Drivers in the city early Sunday should pack a little patience or consider navigating an alternate route.

The annual Sarasota Music Half Marathon and Rockin’ 10K will take to the streets of Sarasota, Bird Key and St. Armands Key from pre-dawn to late morning.

Generally speaking, the race routes carry athletes from the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall over the Ringling Bridge, through St. Armands Circle, back over the bridge and through areas of Sarasota’s bayfront and neighborhoods south of downtown.

In addition to athletes on the streets, the race will feature bands, cheerleaders, lawn gatherings and more along the course.

Here’s how Sarasota Police plan to handle lane closures: TAMIAMI TRAIL (6:30-11 A.M.)

Southbound traffic will be merged into one lane from 10th Street to South Orange Avenue. n

n Northbound traffic will be merged into one lane from Orange Avenue to 10th Street.

JOHN RINGLING CAUSEWAY AND THE RINGLING BRIDGE (6:30-11 A.M.)

n Traffic will be down to one lane in both eastbound and westbound directions on the south side of the road from U.S. 41 to Adams Drive.

ST. ARMANDS CIRCLE (6:30 A.M. TO ABOUT 9 A.M.)

n St. Armands Circle: All lanes closed. n Southbound lane of North Boulevard of the Presidents will

be closed from Madison Drive to St. Armands Circle. n Northbound lane of South Boulevard of the Presidents will be closed from Monroe Drive to St. Armands Circle. n Traffic will be re-routed via Washington Drive to Monroe Drive to South Adams Drive for access to the John Ringling Causeway and Ringling Bridge.

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n South Osprey will be closed (both lanes) from McClellan Parkway to South Drive. n Both North and South Drives will be closed as well as Cherokee Terrace. The new course extends to both dead ends of North Drive and South Drive.

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As a child, he attended a Chicago Boys and Girls Club after school while his parents worked.

As an adult, he served on the board of the Boys and Girls Club in Chicago and did the same in Sarasota, where he was named an outstanding alumni in 2018.

Naiditch, 91, died Jan. 13.

Andy Amend said her father was “very much a product of his parents,” who built their life from the ground up. Naiditch’s father started a hardware store, and his parents started a restaurant supply and equipment business, which Naiditch eventually joined and expanded. Later, Naiditch became involved with real estate development.

In 1972, Marilyn and Irv Naiditch, who met at the University of Illinois and married at 18, moved to Longboat Key and became involved in the community.

Marilyn served on the American Jewish Committee of West Coast Florida board, but AJC West Coast Florida Regional Director Brian Lipton said Irv attended every meeting with her.

Together, the Naiditches were recognized twice by AJC. They were awarded the Human Relations Award and then in 2017, they received the Legacy of Leadership Award for their lifetime of giving, Lipton said.

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County approves new long-term land plan for Mote aquarium Mote Marine has secured a short-term lease that will allow it to further pursue its plans at Benderson Park.

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Sarasota County commissioners Wednesday unanimously approved a land-use agreement with Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium for its proposed Science Education Aquarium project at Nathan Benderson Park.

The deal grants Mote a $100 a year short-term lease of two years, during which the organization will work toward purchasing the 12-acre parcel just south of University Town Center.

During the initial phase, while the lease is in place, Mote will work through due diligence steps.

That includes ensuring cooperation with the other organizations using the park, surveying the land, undertaking environmental testing and obtaining permits.

Once permits, zoning changes and fundraising are in place, construction will begin.

The agreement also provides a pathway for Mote to eventually purchase the property from the

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The Science Education Aquarium project is proposed for 12 acres at Benderson Park, just south of University Town Center.

county, should all plans come to fruition.

Commissioner Mike Moran called it “a memorable day for Sarasota” that would, ultimately, help attract more scientists from all over the world.

Commissioner Christian Ziegler said the aquarium would benefit tourism in general.

“That property there is really the gateway to Sarasota County,” he said. “That’s the first piece of property, if you’re coming south on I-75, that you see in our community. What better way to welcome them than with a project like this?”

Mote plans to move most of its educational and visitor attractions to the Benderson site while bulking up the scientific research work at its City Island location.

Mote President and CEO Michael Crosby, during an event in Lakewood Ranch on Jan. 23, compared the building to the iconic Sydney Opera House in Australia.

He said the planned $130 million project could make a similar impression on the 42 million people a year who drive past on Interstate 75.

“This will be a gateway for our community,” Crosby said.

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WHODUNNIT? 12:34 a.m. — 1200 block of Main Street Dispute: A man called the police because he said he and his friend were physically attacked by another bar patron in the street.

The man’s friend told an officer that a person exited the bar, went into an alley and slapped him in the head. The officer spoke to a bar manager, who saw part of the event and said it appeared all parties were responsible for getting into a shoving match. The officer then spoke to the accused aggressor, who said the other two men started the argument, got in his face and shoved him.

The officer was unable to identify a primary aggressor.

THREE’S COMPANY 2:37 a.m. — 1800 block of Siesta Drive Dispute: A man reported that a woman was trying to break into his house. When an officer arrived, the woman was at the front door asking the man to let her inside. The woman has been living at the house for about two months with her boyfriend, the man’s roommate, and her belongings were inside. The man was not happy that he was not able to prevent her from coming inside, but he eventually moved aside and let her enter. The officer told the man if he wanted her removed, he would have to go through an official eviction process.

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WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS 7:30 p.m. — 1900 block of Main Street Dispute: A man said he was peacefully protesting and soliciting signatures on the sidewalk in front of a movie theater when a theater manager approached him and told him he needed to move across the street, because he was on private property. The man disagreed with the manager and said he was on the sidewalk, which is city-owned property.

The man called the police to confirm he could protest on the sidewalk. An officer spoke to the manager, who said the man was standing in front of the theater door soliciting signatures. The manager said he told the man he needed to move away from the door. The officer told the man not to stand near the door but confirmed protests on the sidewalk are allowed.

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uards Kelly Brown and Cheyenne Stubbs make a good pair on Sarasota High’s girls basketball team, according to coach Wade McVay. Not just because both wear goggles on the court, but because they also have similar attitudes.

“Kelly just wants to win,” McVay said. “And Cheyenne just wants to win. They do what it takes. And they are two people that can handle the point.”

Brown, a senior, made a name for herself last season when her “bulldog mentality” impressed McVay and earned her playing time, which she used to post triple-doubles and showcase an allaround game. But the team itself was middling, finishing with a 15-13 record and bowing out in the regional quarterfinals against Gulf Coast High, 71-44.

The Sailors got a gift when Stubbs, a sophomore, landed on their shores after transferring from Braden River High, where she had teamed with ESPN’s 11thranked player O’Mariah Gordon and skilled wing Julia Rodriguez to form a formidable trio. In her single season as a Pirate, Stubbs learned to win, helping the program to its first-ever district title, an 89-58 win over Brown’s Sailors.

So Stubbs was familiar with the Sailors before she arrived. What she could not predict was the ease with which she felt comfortable in her orange and white uniform.

IF YOU GO What: Class 8A, District 11 girls basketball tournament When: 7 p.m. Feb. 4 Who: Sarasota High vs. TBD Where: Palmetto High Why: If they Sailors win, they will advance to the semifinals, at 7 p.m. Feb. 5, and potentially face a rematch against Braden River High in the final at 7 p.m. Feb. 6

“It was a great transition,” Stubbs said. “My teammates welcomed me. I felt comfortable in the scheme right away.”

Good thing, too, because Brown missed much of the first half of the season with an ankle injury. But now they are together, and they have help: senior forward Kate Meyer is a reliable post presence averaging 9.8 points per game, and junior Destinee Foxx leads the team with 6.8 rebounds per game. Brown has been steady as ever, averaging 10 points and six rebounds per game since returning from injury, but it has been Stubbs carrying the Sailors when they need a great performance.

Stubbs is averaging 22 points per game to go with 4.5 assists and 4.1 steals.

“Her outside shooting is great,” McVay said of Stubbs. “She is strong on defense, too. She’s always active.”

The Sailors finished the regular season with a 17-7 record, with three of those seven losses coming against undefeated Braden River — one of which by a single point, 52-51.

The Sailors and Pirates will likely meet again in the district championship game Feb.

Cheyenne Stubbs hits an outside shot against Southeast High.

8 at tournament host Palmetto High. Discounting games against Braden River, Sarasota had won 15 in a row before a road loss Jan. 29 against Southeast High. The Sailors made uncharacteristic mistakes and did not adjust quickly enough to Southeast’s height advantage, McVay said. (Meyer is the team’s tallest player at 5-foot10.) That is something that, in the playoffs, could further challenge the Sailors, even though they adjusted by the fourth quarter.

Then again, with Stubbs’ deadly outside skills and experience, Brown’s utility and the team’s depth, maybe it won’t.

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dhering to my pledge to update you on collegiate players from the area more often, this week I am singing the accomplishments of Sarasota’s winter sports alumni.

And there are lots of them. Too many, as always, to fit in a single column, but know there are others beyond the athletes mentioned here who are succeeding on the college scene.

One of my favorite players to cover during my 2.5 years on the beat, Riverview High boys basketball grad Brion Whitley has taken on a larger role as a sophomore at Murray State, where he is backing up potential Top 5 NBA Draft pick Ja Morant.

(Quick aside: I know this has nothing to do with the area, but if you haven’t seen Morant’s highlights, you should fix that.

Man, that guy is fun, in a Russell Westbrook way.)

Whitley is averaging 10.6 minutes per game and has played in all 19 of the Racers’ contests. While scoring 3.6 points per game, Whitley is shooting three-pointers at a 44.1% clip (15/34), which is the highest on the team. His best game of the season came Dec. 12 against Southern Illinois, when Whitley scored 10 points in 11 minutes.

The 16-3 Racers are tied for first in the Ohio Valley Conference and could make another NCAA

Tournament run in March.

On the girls side of the hardwood, former Sarasota High center Madison Pack is a contributor for Columbia University, where she is a sophomore. Pack has played in 15 of the Lions’ 19 games as of Jan. 30, seeing double-digit minutes four times.

Her best game came Nov. 25 against Colgate University, when she scored 14 points on five of seven shots.

Booker High grad Cellexia Foster, a redshirt freshman guard at Embry-Riddle, has started five games for the Eagles, a good sign for her future with the program, and is averaging 13.8 minutes per game overall.

Did you know that the NCAA starts its swimming (and diving) season in December? Why this makes sense to anyone, especially when most places outside of Florida are as cold as Antarctica right now (sometimes literally) beats me, but hey, that’s the NCAA for you. Anyway, a bunch of swimmers are tearing up the pool and are primed for huge 2019 season. Riverview grad Austin Katz is one of them.

After the Texas Longhorn won a national championship in the 200 backstroke as a freshman, he’ll find it difficult to improve as a sophomore.

I guess he’s going to try anyway. Katz won the 200 backstroke at Texas’ most recent

Photo courtesy Columbia University Athletics/ Mike McLaughlin

Former Sarasota Sailor forward/ center Madison Pack has been making an impact at Columbia University.

meet, Jan. 12 against Georgia, in 1:43.90. In December, NCAA. com named Katz one of the 15 swimmers to watch this season.

If the governing body of your sport is using you to promote itself, you’re probably doing just fine.

Elsewhere, former Cardinal Mooney swimmer Matthew Garcia is thriving at Tennessee.

The junior also swims the 200 backstroke, and also won it (in 1:45.46, not far removed from Katz’s time) at a meet Jan. 26 against Georgia. After finish-

Photo courtesy Tennessee Athletics/John Golliher

Cardinal Mooney grad Matthew Garcia, of the Tennessee Volunteers, swims during a meet against the Louisville Cardinals.

ing sixth in the 100 backstroke at the Southeastern Conference Championships last season, Garcia likely has bigger plans in 2019.

At Southern Methodist University, fellow Cougars grad Matthew Nutter set a personal record Jan. 26 in the 50 freestyle (21.76) at the Mustangs’ meet against Oklahoma Baptist.

That’s not even one of Nutter’s prime events. The sophomore qualified for the 200 freestyle last year at the NCAA Tournament, and was part of three American Athletic Conference All-Conference relay teams, in the 200, 400 and 800 freestyle.

You should watch all of these athletes — and more: Track and field season is just now starting, but Riverview grad Aliyah Cunningham, a freshman at Yale, should see opportunities right away. You should be proud of all these people, putting on for our city and representing it well.

Ryan Kohn is the sports writer for the Sarasota Observer. Contact him at rkohn@ yourobserver.com.

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YOUR NEIGHBORS BIG BROTHER KEEPS GOING

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Teen Court is run by students so that teen offenders can be positively redirected by their peers.

The gift of presence Teen Court of Sarasota plans to use a matching $25,000 grant to set up on-campus operations.

Rich Puckett’s history with Big Brothers Big Sisters goes back to childhood.

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eing scrutinized when you’re in trouble is never easy, no matter how old you are. And, when you’re walking into court as a teenager, the experience can be terrifying.

But Teen Court of Sarasota presents an alternative.

Instead of going to a regular court, at-risk teenagers who have committed a crime have a chance to go to Teen Court, a court run by their peers.

In Teen Court, the defendants explain their crime to a jury of their peers, and then receive a “sentence,” usually community service hours geared toward something in which they’re interested. The biggest difference is the teens can avoid having a criminal record by completing the program.

“Students are referred to Teen Court in lieu of a charge and in lieu of a suspension or expulsion,” Teen Court Executive Director Heather Todd said. “So, instead of a criminal offense, they’re sent to Teen Court for meaningful consequences and positive redirection, as opposed to, ‘Hey, we’re going to kick you out of school for three or five days.’ It allows the young person to stay in their school.”

And now, with a matching grant of $25,000 awarded to the organization by the Community Foundation of Sarasota, students can receive the attention they need without leaving campus.

Lashelle Williams, a client coordinator and case manager for Teen Court, used to have to wait for the young clients to come to her office in downtown Sarasota to help them. To get there, some students would miss class or face difficulty securing reliable transportation.

But the new grant, matched

In Teen Court, young people handle all roles of court — defense, prosecution and jury. Often an adult serves as judge.

by the Sarasota County School Board, provides the Teen Court with the funding for case managers to be stationed at local high schools throughout the week so they can go to the students, not the other way around.

“For me, it’s made my life a lot easier with being at the schools and just reaching more kids in general. Building more relationships with the schools, so that they become more aware of what we are, what we do and the services we provide for the young people,” Williams said. “This way, they utilize us a lot more to provide for [students].”

Thanks to the grant, Teen Court is now able to serve the students of Booker, Venice, Riverview, North Port and Sarasota high schools and Triad on their own campuses.

One client, whose identity was withheld for publication, said Teen Court can help students who might not otherwise know of their options.

“Coming in, I didn’t really know what to expect,” the client said.

“But through my experiences and the experiences of people I’ve met, I feel that — through volunteer and other services — kids, in general, can just really benefit.”

Additionally, the grant helps the Teen Court guarantee their services, regardless of a student’s financial background.

“The grant did help us to be able to provide more services for the kids because we’re a nonprofit and it helps us to cover fees of a

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school referral,” Williams said. “If a family can’t afford it, we’ll pick that up. We’ll never turn a family away because of prices or because of fees.”

Todd said Teen Court also offers counseling services, drug prevention, anti-bullying, and anger-management classes to certain students who “demonstrate extra need.”

“The services [students] will receive is saving lives. They are stopping this behavior and making good choices,” Todd affirmed.

“This partnership with the Community Foundation and the Sarasota County School Board is saving lives.”

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Volunteer sees all sides of Big Brothers Big Sisters Experience as a boy informs Sarasota man’s choices to work with children himself.

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t started about 52 years ago in New Jersey.

Rich Puckett first got involved in Big Brothers as a Little Brother. He was a kid who grew up in a poor neighborhood, and Howie Louie, a foreign exchange student, was his Big Brother. All these years later, Puckett said he still remembers something Louie said to him.

“He said, ‘I’m going to trust you until you give me a reason not to,’” Puckett said. “It’s something I never forgot. And I wanted to help someone the way he helped me.”

As an adult, Puckett began volunteering in 1992 with Big Brothers Big Sisters in New Jersey and has remained active in the organization even after moving in 1998 to Sarasota.

And his involvement has rubbed off on his 35-year-old

son, Jason, who said volunteering with Big Brothers Big Sisters was a natural fit.

“He taught me you can still impact people, despite having a busy life,” Jason said. “This brings genuine joy.”

The elder Puckett said he keeps in touch with his five Little Brothers from years past, and is working to arrange a gathering for them.

Freddie Smalls, who was 8 in 2018 when Puckett began working with him, is now a sophomore at Riverview High School. That means it’s almost time to ask for a new Little Brother.

“My experience has been unique because I’ve been able to mentor for longer than most, and bond more,” Puckett said. “I truly believe mentoring kids changes lives. Mentoring makes a difference.”

Puckett also has been involved in the inner workings of Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the Suncoast as the corporate board chair.

“I think I’ve had a unique experience viewing the inner workings and also the volunteering side,” Puckett said.

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Puckett agrees.

“I think it’s something I think about all the time and a question which should be posed to everyone,” Puckett said. “What can we do as a volunteer? Giving back shouldn’t be a question for people. Whether it be money, time or talent — there are 168 hours in a week, and you’re saying you can’t find an hour?”

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The event was organized by the League’s State Public Affairs Committee, which takes action on public policy issues that are relevant to the Junior League’s mission.

Britt Riner, chair of the breakfast, spoke about the importance of voting.

“When you look at my seat, it’s no coincidence that you’ll find a tube of red lipstick,” she said.

The lipstick, she said, is a reminder of the suffragette movement in 1912. In that year, makeup mogul Elizabeth Arden handed out red lipstick to all the suffragettes, and it quickly became a symbol of the movement.

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S A R A S O TA 300 S Pineapple Avenue 701 Robert Lindeman & Nancy Lindeman 941-504-2123 A4424550 $2,199,000

S I E S TA K E Y 6609 Peacock Road Team Dunn 941-809-2154 A4210220 $2,175,000

S I E S TA K E Y 8101 Midnight Pass Road Kim Mitchell 941-313-0110 A4206718 $1,999,999

S A R A S O TA 903 N Osborne Drive N Ann Martin & Joanna Benante 941-356-7717 A4405772 $1,795,000

S A R A S O TA 7931 Lorraine Rd, AKA 5818 Bee Ridge Rd Ext. Kathleen Carbone P.A. 941-228-8429 A4410072 $1,699,500

S A R A S O TA 10036 Ruffled Fern Lane June Howell 941-350-7521 A4209531 $1,295,000

S A R A S O TA 3549 Founders Club Drive Kristine Niehaus & Christy Neff 941-376-4950 A4407382 $1,200,000

S I E S TA K E Y 7840 Midnight Pass Road Elizabeth Van Riper 941-993-6842 A4423554 $1,100,000

S A R A S O TA 1383 Harbor Drive Susan Mitchell 941-780-5085 A4423937 $950,000

S I E S TA K E Y 9240 Midnight Pass Road D Sara Ferguson 941-320-2709 A4424429 $899,000

S A R A S O TA 8970 Bloomfield Blvd Susan Noah 941-468-9286 A4420668 $895,000

S A R A S O TA 147 Garfield Drive Julia McClung & Camille Schwabe 941-356-6499 A4420375 $849,000

OSPREY 401 N Point Road 903 Nicole Hammons-Dovgopolyi & Rosalie Phillips 941-356-5849 A4210448 $775,000

VENICE 840 The Esplanade N 705 Michelle Hupp 941-773-5464 N6103778 $770,000

S A R A S O TA 2477 Vaccaro Drive Toni Turner & Kris Niehaus 941-780-0191 A4424338 $735,000

S I E S TA K E Y 5228 Calle Menorca Kristine Niehaus & Christy Neff 941-376-4950 A4410206 $696,000

N O KO M I S/ N O RTH V E N I C E 5616 Semolino Street Kathleen Carbone P.A. 941-228-8429 A4423988 $649,500

S A R A S O TA 4910 Luster Leaf Lane Valarie Wadsworth 941-780-3858 A4419330 $624,900

VENICE 20123 Passagio Drive Martha Pike 941-716-4392 N6103719 $624,900

S A R A S O TA 770 S Palm Avenue 802 Tak Konstantinou 941-374-1606 A4416826 $550,000

S A R A S O TA 5281 Far Oak Circle Lorraine Neal 941-350-0997 A4423238 $549,000

S A R A S O TA 5033 Eastchester Drive Mackenzie Longueuil & Pat Mudgett 941-961-4023 A4424482 $549,000

VENICE 1621 Quail Lake Drive Kimberly Schumacher 630-465-4107 N6103728 $359,900

S A R A S O TA 5185 Sunnydale Circle S Sandy and Jerry Strom 941-650-8297 A4424549 $355,000

S A R A S O TA 5345 Peppermill Court Anja Deichmann 941-284-7987 A4423987 $269,900

S A R A S O TA 5369 Peppermill Court Anja Deichmann 941-284-7987 A4423974 $255,000

S A R A S O TA 5216 Marsh Field Lane June Howell 941-350-7521 A4424419 $214,900

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S A R A S O TA 1330 Main Street 7 Ann Martin & Jonathan Abrams 941-356-7717 A4416992 $2,490,000

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Other top sales by area

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SIESTA BEACH Carol Cadwell, of Boston, N.H., sold her home at 549 Venice Lane to Les Dunbar, of Sarasota, for $885,000. Built in 1954, it has three bedrooms, three-anda-half baths, a pool and 2,740 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $170,000 in 1987.

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Steven and Karen Roth, of Hamilton, New Zealand, sold their home at 712 Tropical Circle to Aaron Boone, of Benicia, Calif., for $729,000. Built in 1964, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,312 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $649,000 in 2014.

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home in Legacy Estates in Palmer Ranch tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. John Cannon Homes Inc. sold the home at 5432 Greenbrook Drive to Charlotte Clark and Cheryl Clark, of Sarasota, for $2,003,200. Built in 2018, it has four bedrooms, three-and-two-half baths, a pool and 5,714 square feet of living area.

BAYVIEW HEIGHTS ADDITION Jean Strumbos, of Longmont, Colo., and Nicholas Strumbos, of Lafayette, Colo., trustees, sold the home at 2515 Puritan Terrace to Earl and Cynthia Dye, of Sarasota, for $1.4 million. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,334 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.32 million in 2017.

BEAU CIEL

Boncolbeauciel LLC sold the Unit 702 condominium at 990 Blvd. of the Arts to Nelson Salabarria, of Sarasota, for $1.25 million. Built in 2003, it has two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,335 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $730,000 in 2011.

SAPPHIRE SHORES

Haiel and Wadha Suwaity, of Sarasota, sold their home at 337 N. Shore Drive to Gary and Bath Kompothecras, of Sarasota, for $670,000. Built in 1958, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 4,839 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $710,000 in 1996.

MATHENY

Christopher and Rebecca Leader sold their home at 1765 Floyd St. to Property Hub Holdings LLC for $575,000. Built in 1961, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,557 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $528,000 in 2017.

THE LANDINGS

Jane De Flo Caminis, of New Haven, Conn., sold her home at 4665 Pine Harrier Drive to Joshua Huntsman and Whitney Greene, of Sarasota, for $535,000. Built in 1983, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,499 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $279,900 in 1999.

GULF AND BAY CLUB

423284 Ontario Ltd. sold the Unit 208 condominium at 5780 Midnight Pass Road to Gary and Susan Sommer, of Sylvania, Ohio, for $750,000. Built in 1979, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,361 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $184,600 in 1990.

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Albert and Joyce Dombrowski, of Longboat Key, sold their Unit 502 condominium at 770 S. Palm Ave. to Philip Rubin, of Sarasota, for $525,000. Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,284 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $410,000 in 2004.

San Remo Estates Tangier Associates LLC sold the home at 3850 Tangier Terrace to Property Hub Holdings LLC for $1.85 million. Built in 1956, it has four bedrooms, four baths and 2,699 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $57,000 in 1969.

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Craig and Lisa Fissel, of Sarasota, sold their home at 5596 Shadow Lawn Drive to Kristine Clerkin and Catherine Hay, of Sarasota, for $1.05 million.

Built in 1969, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,328 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $725,000 in 2009.

OSPREY Bayside

Taylor Morrison of Florida Inc. sold the home at 3977 Waypoint Ave. to Qing and Yong Chen, of Osprey, for $496,000. Built in 2018, it has three bedrooms, threeand-a-half baths and 2,095 square feet of living area.

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340 S. Palm Ave. #245

Renovations

Harris Silverman

1740 Alderman St. #3

Alterations

John Tuccillo

$75,000

226 Golden Gate Point #21

Alterations

Erin Morphy

$60,000

3104 Novus St.

Addition

William Reinbolt

$42,830

1646 Oak St.

Remodel

Henry Hope

$35,000

Terry Honroth

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Roger Van Wie

1723 Flower Drive

Reroof

Patricia Sullivan, trustee $22,695

422 Osprey Ave.

Reroof

Brian McInnis

$19,000

1230 S. Jefferson Ave.

Reroof

Sandra Hofferth

$15,200

SA R A S O TA CO U N T Y Permit Applicant Amount

1728 Hansen St.

Remodel

Scott Perrin

1235 Yacht Harbor Drive

Spa/deck

David Lewis

$69,285

671 N. Mac Ewen Drive

Reroof

Bob Brakel

$64,995

4371 Kingston Loop

Addition

Teresa Witalec

$59,891

4019 Roberts Point Road

Pool/deck

Edna Gingerich

$57,706

8167 Deerbrook Circle

Windows/doors

Nicholas Reese

$55,838

1204 N. Lake Shore Drive

Windows/doors

Ferdinand Becker III

$55,337

165 Sugar Mill Drive

Reroof

John Edgeworth, trustee $51,120

3054 Lockwood Terrace

Pool/spa/deck

Scott Kearns

8937 Grey Oaks Ave.

Windows/shutters Anthony Piazza

$98,895

S A R A S O TA 10036 Ruffled Fern Lane A4209531 $1,295,000

S I E S TA K E Y 4520 Higel Avenue A4400790 $620,000

N O KO M I S/ N O R T H V E N I C E 2015 Calusa Lakes Blvd A4206370 $565,000

S A R A S O TA 5216 Marsh Field Lane A4424419 $214,900

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SUNDAY, Feb. 3, 1-4 PM 650 Golden Gate Pt., #402

AN EVENING FOR A HEALTHY START An Evening for a Healthy Start at Sarasota Architectural Salvage, 1093 Central Ave., Sarasota from 6-9 p.m. is a fundraiser for Healthy Start Coalition. This event will feature live music by Brenda Watty of the Marvelettes.

Tickets start at $40. For information, call 373-7070.

ty Pioneers, and it now honors those who have lived in Sarasota County 50 years or more. Tickets are $25. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. and lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m. The picnic will take place in Robarts Arena, 3000 Ringling Boulevard, Sarasota. For information, call 302-1567.

S.A.F.E. DAY Sarasota County Fire Department, Sarasota Police Department, Sarasota County Health Department and more will be in attendance at the Safety Awareness For Everyone, or S.A.F.E. Day, for local safety and education organizations. This is a free public event and is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Sarasota County Fairgrounds, 3000 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota.

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UPSCALE SIDEWALK SALE Designing Women Boutique, 1226 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, is hosting a sidewalk sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Expect to see designer goods. Appraisers, as seen on “Antiques Roadshow,” will be present at the sale. The event is free and open the public. For information, call 366-5293 or go to DesigningWomenSRQ.org.

COMMUNITY WALK TO HELP END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN The Gulf Coast Chapter of the United States National Committee for U.N. Women will host a fundraising and awareness walk from 9-10:30 a.m. at Sarasota’s Payne Park, 2050 Adams Lane.

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GLEN OAKS ESTATES (yards) Beneva, just south of 12th Street.

GLEN OAKS RIDGE (carports). Glen Oaks Dr. E., take Prudence S. from 17th St.

DISHWASHER AND floor people needed. Start immediatley, Blue Dolphin Cafe. Full and part time openings. 941-586-8497. Call or apply in person Longboat Key or St. Armands Circle locations.

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Nicely updated, new roof, built 1997.

Lovely community, 6/miles to Siesta Key Beach, $365,000. Ana Schmelz, 941-315-9093 Michael Saunders & Co.

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ST. ARMANDS OFFICE FOR LEASE Well-appointed 2nd floor office w/elevator, overlooking landscaped John Ringling Blvd. Steps to new parking ramp. Take 1,080 SF on Sublease, or the entire 4,112 SF for below market lease rates.

Ideal for Financial or other Professional Groups.

Call Bill Rex 941-350-5253. Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT.

CEILING FAN: Hampton Bay, no light, all white, excellent condition, $20. 941-371-3513.

COFFEE TABLE: large, contemporary, glass top ex. cond., w/bottom shelf, 52”wx29”dx7”, $40.

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JAPANESE AUTHENTIC articles: Kimono, $150.

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KITCHEN PULLS-3" Southampton Square Foot Pull/Satin Nickel-30 unopened, $60. 941-925-0385

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PORTABLE MASSAGE Table sturdy construction, well padded, 23" by 70", $75/obo. (941)355-3339.

SINGER SEWING Machine, portable, good condition, $50. 941-927-3804.

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

Condos/Apts. For Rent 2BR/2BA LONGBOAT Key Luxury Condo on the water front side of Gulf of Mexico Drive. Fully furnished. Covered parking space. Two private balconies w/incredible ocean views. Floor to ceiling windows throughout. Washer/dryer in unit.

3-month minimum rental. Avail. Jan-March 2020.

Conveniently located across from Publix and CVS. Note:Taxes & fees not included in rental rate (312)515-2000, https://www.vrbo.com/230302 GOLDEN GATE POINT: beautiful 2BR/1BA, top floor, end unit, remodeled kitchen and bathroom, polished Terrazzo floors, peek-a-boo views of Bay from every room, $1650/mo. Unfurnished.

303-944-8300.

RITZ CARLTON Marina: 3BR/3.5BA furnished townhome, 2 car garage, 3 balconies, 24/hr security. N/P, N/S. Annual $4500/mo. +utilities. $8000/mo. 4 month minimum. Available January.

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Commercial Property For Rent

Rentals Wanted ANNUAL Retired couple seeking rental.

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Vacation/Seasonal Rentals LYONS BAY: waterfront, direct to Gulf, dock/ boat lift, 2BR/2BA, cul-de-sac, walk Nokomis Beach, 941-445-4338.

SIESTA KEY: 2BR/2BA condo. Water view, heated pool, boat slip available. Negotiable based on length of stay. Available September, 2020.

941-284-1100, floridaflash9056@yahoo.com SIESTA KEY: S. End: 4th floor corner, 2BR/2BA, overlooks pool, bay, Gulf, BBQ’s and cabanas.

Monthly $5200. 941-217-0145.

Adult Care Services MATURE COMPASSIONATE Caregiver to help with cooking, light housekeeping, doctor’s appointments, etc. Non- medical. Excellent references. 941-914-3259.

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941-809-3660, 941-809-3662.

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Rotted Wood Repairs. Crown Molding and Trim.

Call Ron 941-228-7601. State Lic. CBC1259788.

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Sarasota/Manatee County adults are active participants in their health care journey

This week’s Celebrity Cipher answers Puzzle One Solution: “I’m a fan myself, so when a fan does something that might be strange, I understand it.”

– Benicio del Toro Puzzle Two Solution: “We are all animals of this planet... and nonhuman animals experience pain sensations just like we do.”

– Joaquin Phoenix

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• 1 in 3 area adults take action after seeing health care advertising.

- Ads are the most influential driving research, opening up a discussion with doctor or requesting a prescription.

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• 78% of Sarasota/Manatee adults are actively engaged with maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

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• 55% of Sarasota/Manatee adults use newspapers and magazines as sources of health-related information.

• $1.68 Billion is spent annually on health care services in Sarasota/Manatee counties.

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BETTY’S HOUSECLEANING Service. Residential and Commercial. High quality cleaning.

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Painting/Wallpapering

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