Regular City Commission Meeting - via Zoom/Hybrid (Day 2)

## MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SARASOTA CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF JULY 07, 2021

PRESENT: Mayor Hagen Brody, Vice Mayor Erik Arroyo, Commissioners Liz Alpert, Kyle Scott Battie, and Jen Ahearn-Koch, City Manager Marlon Brown, Deputy City Attorney Michael Connolly, and City Auditor and Clerk Shayla Griggs (via Zoom/Hybrid)

ABSENT: City Attorney Robert Fournier

5:59:57 P.M.

The meeting was called to order by Mayor Brody at 5:59 P.M.

6:00:04 P.M.

Mayor Brody welcomed those present in the Chambers, requested everyone to silence their cellular telephones, and also welcomed those watching online and on Facebook.

6:00:29 P.M.

INVOCATION: City Auditor and Clerk Griggs

6:00:46 P.M.

## PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Vice Mayor Arroyo

City Auditor and Clerk Griggs left and returned to her seat at 6:01 P.M.

6:01:12 P.M.

## 1\. CITIZENS’ INPUT CONCERNING CITY TOPICS (AGENDA ITEM III)

6:01:45 P.M.

Citizens’ Input received from individuals at City Hall in the Chambers.

6:09:39 P.M.

## 2\. LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC HEARINGS (AGENDA ITEM IV)

6:10:27 P.M.

City Auditor and Clerk Griggs administered the oath to persons wishing to speak during the Public Hearings.

1. PUBLIC HEARING RE: PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 21-5373 AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE CHAPTER OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY OF SARASOTA \[AKA THE SARASOTA CITY PLAN (2030)\] TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP CLASSIFICATION OF AN APPROXIMATELY 8,467 +/- SQUARE-FOOT VACANT PARCEL OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WISTERIA STREET TO THE EAST OF U.S. 41, SOUTH TAMIAMI TRAIL, WITH A STREET ADDRESS OF 2035 WISTERIA STREET FROM THE SINGLE FAMILY-LOW DENSITY FUTURE LAND USE MAP CLASSIFICATION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT APPLICATION NO. 20-PA-01; AMENDING THE TEXT OF THE FUTURE LAND USE CHAPTER BY ADDING A NEW SITE SPECIFIC

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ACTION STRATEGY 1.10(5) TO LIMIT THE LAND USE TO A SURFACE PARKING LOT AS AN ACCESSORY USE TO THE ADJACENT MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING WHICH FRONTS ON SOUTH TAMIAMI TRAIL, REPEALING ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY OF THE PARTS HEREOF, ETC. (TITLE ONLY) (APPLICATION NO. 20-PA-01, APPLICANT BRUCE E. FRANKLIN, PRESIDENT, LAND RESOURCE STRATEGY, LLC AS AGENT REPRESENTING WISTERIA STREET PROPERTY, LLC, AS FEE SIMPLE OWNER) (AGENDA ITEM IV-1)

## 6:10:08 P.M.

Mayor Brody opened the Public Hearing.

6:10:48 P.M.

City Auditor and Clerk Griggs read proposed Ordinance No. 21-5373 by title only.

## 6:12:22 P.M.

Mayor Brody provided the timeline for receipt of presentations as follows:

Staff 15 minutes Applicant 15 minutes Public Comment 3 minutes

## 6:12:30 P.M.

Manager of Long-Range Planning David Smith, Planning Department came before the Commission, referred to PowerPoint presentation displayed on the Chambers monitors entitled “Comprehensive Plan Amendment Petition No. 20-PA-01 - Amendments to the Future Land Use Map and text of the Sarasota City Plan (2030)”, and provided a brief overview of proposed Ordinance No. 21-5373, which is to change the Future Land Use Map (FLUM) Classification of an approximately 8,467 +/- square-foot vacant parcel of real property located on the north side of Wisteria Street to the East of U.S. 41, South Tamiami Trail, with a street address of 2035 Wisteria Street.

## 6:21:21 P.M.

Mr. Smith left the Dais.

## 6:21:29 P.M.

Bruce Franklin, President, Land Resource Strategies, LLC., and Agent/Applicant representing Wisteria Street Property, LLC, Dr. Braun Graham, President, and Dr. Scott Engle, Sarasota Plastic Surgery Center (SPSC), came before the Commission.

## 6:22:29 P.M.

Dr. Graham provided a brief historical overview of the services provided at SPSC.

## 6:24:42 P.M.

Dr. Engle provided a brief overview of issues related to parking on adjacent streets within the community and the Arlington Park neighborhood and referred to photographs displayed on the Chambers monitors.

file:///C/Users/jjohnson/Desktop/21-07-07-Commission.txt[7/8/2021 12:28:26 PM] SARASOTA CITY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 2021, 6:00 P.M. DISCLAIMER: THIS FILE REPRESENTS AN UNEDITED VERSION OF REALTIME CAPTIONING WHICH SHOULD NEITHER BE RELIED UPON FOR COMPLETE ACCURACY NOR USED AS A VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT. ANY PERSON WHO NEEDS A VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT OF THE PROCEEDINGS MAY NEED TO HIRE A COURT REPORTER. 05:59:55 >>Mayor Brody: ALL RIGHT. 05:59:56 [ SOUNDING GAVEL ] 05:59:57 I WILL CALL THIS REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COMMISSION MEETING 06:00:00 OF JULY 7, 2021 TO ORDER. 06:00:04 WELCOME TO ALL THOSE HERE IN PERSON TODAY. 06:00:07 PLEASE JUST TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. 06:00:10 US, TOO. 06:00:11 WELCOME TO ALL THOSE JOINING US, WATCHING ONLINE AND ON 06:00:16 Facebook HERE TONIGHT. 06:00:17 MS. GRIGGS, WILL YOU PLEASE DELIVER THE INVOCATION AND 06:00:23 PLEASE STAND? 06:00:29 >>Shayla Griggs: HEAVENLY FATHER, WE AFFIRM OUR FAITH IN 06:00:32 THEE. 06:00:32 WE SEEK YOUR DIVINE STRENGTH, WISDOM, AND GUIDANCE IN THE 06:00:36 DELIBERATIONS THAT AFFECT THE LIVES OF EACH OF THE CITIZENS 06:00:38 OF OUR COMMUNITY. 06:00:40 IN THY NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. 06:00:43 >>Mayor Brody: PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 06:00:46 [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] 06:00:54 OKAY. 06:01:02 MS. GRIGGS, ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE ORDER OF THE DAY? 06:01:08 >>Shayla Griggs: NO, MR. MAYOR, THERE ARE NOT. 06:01:11 >>Mayor Brody: OKAY. 06:01:12 SO WE WILL MOVE INTO CITIZENS' INPUT, WHICH I BELIEVE I WAS 06:01:17 JUST HANDED. 06:01:17 >>Shayla Griggs: YES. 06:01:19 >>Mayor Brody: ALL RIGHT. 06:01:20 MR. FERNANDEZ. 06:01:27 ARE THESE ALL THREE PUBLIC CITIZENS' INPUT? 06:01:33 OKAY. 06:01:33 MR. CLEARIE, AND MR. BORDEAUX. 06:01:37 YOU ALL CAN COME DOWN. 06:01:39 YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. 06:01:41 MR. FERNANDEZ. 06:01:44 >> GOOD EVENING. 06:01:45 MY NAME IS JOSE FERNANDEZ, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF SARASOTA. 06:01:48 THE PRELIMINARY FINANCIAL PLAN PUBLISHED ON THE CITY WEBSITE 06:01:52 INDICATES THAT PARKS AND REC WILL OPERATE AT A DEFICIT OF 06:01:54 $2.1 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 2022. 06:01:58 THIS IS THE RESULT OF $1.1 MILLION OF REDUCED REVENUES, THE 06:02:03 MAJORITY OF WHICH IS THE LOSS OF $882,000 OF COUNTY FUNDING,

file:///C/Users/jjohnson/Desktop/21-07-07-Commission.txt[7/8/2021 12:28:26 PM] 06:02:07 COMPOUNDED BY AN INCREASE OF OVER $500,000 OF ADDITIONAL 06:02:11 SPENDING COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT PARKS AND REC WAS 06:02:14 ALREADY OPERATING AT A $700,000 DEFICIT. 06:02:17 THIS LEAVES ONLY $650,000 IN THE FUND AT THE END OF THE 06:02:21 FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET. 06:02:23 I HOPE NO ONE FEIGNS SURPRISE AT THIS. 06:02:26 THE LOSS OF COUNTY FUNDING HAS BEEN COMING FOR AT LEAST 06:02:29 THREE YEARS AND IGNORED. 06:02:30 NOW THAT IT'S GONE IT'S STILL BEING IGNORED. 06:02:34 ADDITIONALLY, THE AUDITORIUMS ARE NO LONGER TREATED AS 06:02:37 ENTERPRISE FUNDS SO THEIR LOSSES AREN'T CLEARLY IDENTIFIED 06:02:39 BUT REST ASSURED THE LOSSES ARE STILL THERE. 06:02:41 I DON'T BLAME CITY MANAGER BROWN NOR PARKS DIRECTOR FOGLE 06:02:46 FOR THIS SITUATION. 06:02:46 PARKS AND REC WAS UNDERFUNDED FROM DAY ONE. 06:02:49 I SAID IT AT THE TIME AND HAVE REPEATED IT MULTIPLE TIMES 06:02:52 SINCE THAT THIS WAS CLEARLY DONE TO JUSTIFY THE NEXT MILLAGE 06:02:55 INCREASE AND I STAND BY THAT ASSERTION. 06:02:57 THE SOLUTION TO THIS ISSUE IS CLEARLY A DECREASE IN SPENDING 06:03:01 OR AN INCREASE IN FUNDING, BUT I'M SURE MR. BROWN AND FOGLE 06:03:05 WOULD BE PILLORIED IF THEY PROPOSED EITHER ACTION. 06:03:10 THIS IS JUST A CONTINUATION OF THE PAST PRACTICES OF 06:03:11 IGNORING ISSUES UNTIL THEY REACH CRISES LEVELS. 06:03:12 NEXT WEEK, YOU WILL HOLD YOUR BUDGET WORKSHOP AND THE ISSUE 06:03:15 OF PARKS AND REC MUST BE PROACTIVELY ADDRESSED. 06:03:19 THIS COMMISSION MUST EITHER RETURN PARKS AND REC TO THE 06:03:22 GENERAL FUND, DIRECT MR. BROWN AND MR. FOGLE TO BALANCE ITS 06:03:26 BUDGET AND ACCEPT WHATEVER CUTS THEY DEEM APPROPRIATE, OR 06:03:29 INCREASE ITS FUNDING, WITH THE CORRESPONDING CUTS IN OTHER 06:03:32 AREAS. 06:03:33 PARKS AND REC ISN'T THE ONLY AREA THAT MERITS SCRUTINY, 06:03:37 HOWEVER, I ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES SO I HAVE TO LIMIT MYSELF 06:03:40 TO THIS FOR RIGHT NOW. 06:03:41 THE LAST CITY COMMISSION ELECTION INCLUDED A LOT OF TALK OF 06:03:44 FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, YET I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE IOTA OF 06:03:47 DIFFERENCE IN YOUR BEHAVIOR. 06:03:49 I'LL BE PAYING ATTENTION DURING THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS AND 06:03:51 ESPECIALLY BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR ONE-TIME FIXES THAT DON'T 06:03:54 ADDRESS STRUCTURAL ISSUES THAT YOU CAN'T IGNORE. 06:03:57 REMEMBER, THE CHINESE PANDEMIC RELIEF DOLLARS WE'RE GETTING 06:04:01 FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARE SUBJECT TO STRICT AUDITING 06:04:04 SO THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO MASK STRUCTURAL 06:04:09 DEFICIENCIES THAT EXISTED WELL BEFORE THE CHINESE PANDEMIC. 06:04:11 THANK YOU. 06:04:13 I NOTICED THAT THE PLEXIGLAS IS GONE. 06:04:17 PERHAPS WE COULD HAVE A FUND-RAISER WHERE WE CUT IT INTO 06:04:20 SMALL PIECES AND SELL THEM AUTOGRAPHED BY THE FIVE 06:04:23 COMMISSIONERS AS A REMINDER OF WHAT HAPPENED. 06:04:26 >>Mayor Brody: PERHAPS. 06:04:28 MR. CLEARIE. 06:04:29 >> MR. MAYOR, MR. VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY OFFICIALS, 06:04:34 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR DEDICATED

file:///C/Users/jjohnson/Desktop/21-07-07-Commission.txt[7/8/2021 12:28:26 PM] 06:04:37 SERVICE TO OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY. 06:04:39 I COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO DISCUSS OR FIND OUT WHY MY CITY 06:04:44 COMMISSIONERS REFUSE TO ENFORCE A PORTION OF THE CITY'S 06:04:49 ZONING CODE, ROMAN NUMERAL 7-904 (15) WRITTEN SPECIFICALLY 06:04:56 FOR HOTELS. 06:04:57 NO OUTDOOR MUSIC SHALL BE PERMITTED. 06:05:00 15 YEARS AGO MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT OUR WONDERFUL BAY PLAZA 06:05:06 CONDOMINIUM UNIT. 06:05:07 WE LOOK OVER THE INTERSECTION OF COCOANUT AVENUE AND PALM 06:05:10 AVENUE. 06:05:11 WE'RE CATTY-CORNER TO THE FLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE. 06:05:13 TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, THE ART OVATION HOTEL, 1255 NORTH 06:05:19 PALM, OPENED FOR BUSINESS RIGHT ACROSS PALM FROM US. 06:05:22 AND IMMEDIATELY STARTED BLASTING OUT MUSIC FROM THEIR 06:05:27 OUTDOOR OPEN-AIR ROOFTOP POOL BAR, THURSDAY NIGHTS, FRIDAY 06:05:34 NIGHTS, SATURDAY NIGHTS UNTIL 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 IN THE 06:05:37 MORNING, SUNDAYS. 06:05:41 HUNDRED FEET FROM OUR BEDROOM. 06:05:43 WE'RE BEING ASSAULTED IN OUR OWN HOMES. 06:05:48 THE CITY ZONING CODE STATES "NO OUTDOOR MUSIC SHALL BE 06:05:54 PERMITTED, SPECIFICALLY FOR HOTELS." 06:05:56 SO WHY ARE MY CITY COMMISSIONERS REFUSING TO ENFORCE THIS 06:06:02 CITY'S ZONING CODE, NO OUTDOOR MUSIC SHALL BE PERMITTED. 06:06:06 COMMISSIONER BATTIE, COMMISSIONER ALPERT, NO OUTDOOR MUSIC 06:06:13 SHALL BE PERMITTED. 06:06:16 MAYOR BRODY, VICE MAYOR ARROYO, COMMISSIONER JEN 06:06:20 AHEARN-KOCH, MY REQUEST IS SIMPLE. 06:06:25 PLEASE COMPLETE THIS SENTENCE. 06:06:27 THE CITY COMMISSION REFUSES TO ENFORCE THE CITY'S ZONING 06:06:32 CODE. 06:06:33 NO OUTDOOR MUSIC SHALL BE PERMITTED BECAUSE ... 06:06:39 I BROUGHT THIS TOPIC UP TO YOU IN YOUR FEBRUARY MEETINGS. 06:06:42 THAT'S MARCH, APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, FIVE MONTHS AGO. 06:06:45 SAME TOPIC. 06:06:46 I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM MY CITY COMMISSIONERS, 06:06:51 YOU KNOW, GET THE STRAIGHT SCOOP. 06:06:53 ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE COMPLETE THE SENTENCE. 06:06:56 THE SARASOTA CITY COMMISSION REFUSES TO ENFORCE THE SARASOTA 06:07:01 CITY ZONING CODE, NO OUTDOOR MUSIC SHALL BE PERMITTED, 06:07:06 BECAUSE ... 06:07:10 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 06:07:11 >>Mayor Brody: THANK YOU. 06:07:11 MR. BORDEAUX. 06:07:13 >> GOOD EVENING. 06:07:14 RECENTLY, I SAW AN ARTICLE IN THE OBSERVER THAT WAS TITLED, 06:07:20 AND IT'S RELATED TO WHAT MR. CLEARIE WAS SAYING, WHO I AGREE 06:07:23 WITH 110%. 06:07:26 AN ARTICLE IN THE OBSERVER THAT SAID "STREET CLOSURE PLAN 06:07:29 STILL IN FLUX." 06:07:30 THE GATOR CLUB IS LEADING A PUSH TO REINSTATE EXPANDED 06:07:34 OUTDOOR SEATING ON LEMON AVENUE WHILE DOWNTOWN LEADERS

file:///C/Users/jjohnson/Desktop/21-07-07-Commission.txt[7/8/2021 12:28:26 PM] 06:07:38 CONSIDER OPTIONS. 06:07:39 I SENT YOU ALL AN E-MAIL WITH A COPY OF THAT ARTICLE. 06:07:44 AND I SAID THAT IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, THE ATTACHED ARTICLE 06:07:48 APPEARED IN THE LATEST EDITION OF THE OBSERVER. 06:07:51 I'M WRITING TO SAY THE CLOSING LEMON AVENUE ON FRIDAY AND 06:07:55 SATURDAY NIGHTS IS A TERRIBLE IDEA. 06:07:57 RECALL, LEMON WAS CLOSED FROM MAIN TO STATE DURING THE 06:08:03 PANDEMIC TO PROVIDE BOCA, HYDE PARK, AND THE GATOR CLUB 06:08:08 SOCIAL DISTANCING FOR THEIR PATRONS. 06:08:10 THIS PRACTICE WAS STOPPED ABOUT A MONTH AGO WHEN GOVERNOR 06:08:14 DESANTIS DECLARED THAT MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING WERE NO 06:08:18 LONGER REQUIRED. 06:08:19 AS IT TURNED OUT, NEITHER BOCA OR HYDE PARK UTILIZED ANY OF 06:08:24 THE STREET FOR THEIR PATRONS. 06:08:26 THEY CONTINUED TO USE ONLY THE SIDEWALKS AS THEY PREVIOUSLY 06:08:30 HAD. 06:08:31 ONLY THE GATOR CLUB UTILIZED THE STREET FOR ITS PATRONS. 06:08:35 AS A RESULT, THIS SECTION OF LEMON BECAME A MAGNET FOR 06:08:39 LATE-NIGHT, LOUD, DISORDERLY DRUNKARDS. 06:08:43 POLICE DETAILS WERE ALWAYS REQUIRED, AND THERE WERE NUMEROUS 06:08:47 LATE-NIGHT ARRESTS. 06:08:48 IN LATE JANUARY, A NEIGHBOR OF MINE WITNESSED NINE POLICE 06:08:53 VEHICLES AND 12 POLICE OFFICERS REQUIRED TO ARREST DRUNKARDS 06:08:58 IN THAT SECTION OF LEMON AT 12:30 IN THE MORNING. 06:09:01 IF LEMON IS CLOSED AGAIN, THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN. 06:09:04 THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO BENEFITED FROM THIS STREET CLOSURE IS 06:09:08 THE GATOR CLUB WHO I'M SURE TRIPLED THEIR REVENUE ON THOSE 06:09:12 NIGHTS WHILE WE, THE TAXPAYERS, PAID FOR THE POLICE DETAILS 06:09:16 REQUIRED TO MONITOR AND ARREST THE DISORDERLY DRUNKARDS. 06:09:20 THERE IS NO LONGER A MASK OR SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIREMENT 06:09:24 AND, THEREFORE, NO REASON TO CLOSE LEMON AVENUE ON FRIDAY 06:09:27 AND SATURDAY NIGHTS. 06:09:28 THANK YOU. 06:09:29 >>Mayor Brody: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 06:09:31 WE HAVE YOUR CONTACT INFO IF ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS OR 06:09:34 STAFF WOULD LIKE TO GET HOLD OF YOU. 06:09:37 THEY KNOW HOW TO DO IT. 06:09:38 ALL RIGHT. 06:09:39 MOVING INTO OUR LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC HEARINGS. 06:09:43 COMMISSIONERS, YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE A NEW SYSTEM HERE THAT 06:09:47 WILL ENABLE YOUR PUSH TO SPEAK BUTTON BY YOUR VOTING BLOCK, 06:09:54 TO JUST LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THE ITEMS, 06:09:57 INSTEAD OF RAISE YOUR HANDS, USE THAT. 06:09:59 WE'LL STILL DO THE SAME THING WITH TWO ROUNDS OF QUESTIONS 06:10:02 AND TIME LIMITS THAT HAVE BEEN SET BEFOREHAND. 06:10:08 WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC HEARING, THE ONE FOR 06:10:11 THE DAY. 06:10:12 MS. GRIGGS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THE TITLE AND SWEAR IN 06:10:18 THE WITNESSES? 06:10:19 >>Shayla Griggs: OKAY. 06:10:20 WE WILL DO THE SWEARING IN FIRST. 06:10:22 I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE WHO PLANS TO SPEAK TONIGHT TO PLEASE

file:///C/Users/jjohnson/Desktop/21-07-07-Commission.txt[7/8/2021 12:28:26 PM] 06:10:26 STAND TO TAKE THE OATH. 06:10:27 DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE EVIDENCE OR FACTUAL 06:10:32 REPRESENTATIONS WHICH YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE OR PRESENT TO 06:10:35 THIS COMMISSION DURING ANY PUBLIC HEARING HELD THIS 7th 06:10:39 DAY OF JULY, 2021, ARE TRUTHFUL? 06:10:42 THANK YOU. 06:10:43 I WILL READ THE TITLE. 06:10:48 ORDINANCE NUMBER 21-5373, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF 06:10:56 SARASOTA, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE CHAPTER OF 06:11:00 THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY OF SARASOTA [AKA THE 06:11:04 SARASOTA CITY PLAN (2030)] TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP 06:11:12 CLASSIFICATION OF AN APPROXIMATELY 8,467 +/-, SQUARE FOOT 06:11:20 VACANT PARCEL OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 06:11:24 WISTERIA STREET TO THE EAST OF U.S. 41, SOUTH TAMIAMI TRAIL 06:11:27 WITH A STREET ADDRESS OF 2035 WISTERIA STREET FROM THE 06:11:32 SINGLE-FAMILY LOW DENSITY FUTURE LAND USE MAP CLASSIFICATION 06:11:36 TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD FUTURE LAND USE MAP CLASSIFICATION, IN 06:11:41 ACCORDANCE WITH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT APPLICATION 06:11:44 NUMBER 20-PA-01; AMENDING THE TEXT OF THE FUTURE LAND USE 06:11:50 CHAPTER BY ADDING A NEW SITE SPECIFIC ACTION STRATEGY 1.10 06:11:56 (5) TO LIMIT THE LAND USE TO A SURFACE PARKING LOT AS AN 06:12:02 ACCESSORY USE TO THE ADJACENT MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING WHICH 06:12:06 FRONTS ON SOUTH TAMIAMI TRAIL, REPEALING ORDINANCES IN 06:12:10 CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY OF THE PARTS 06:12:13 HEREOF; PROVIDING FOR READING BY TITLE ONLY; AND PROVIDING 06:12:16 FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 06:12:21 >>Mayor Brody: OKAY. 06:12:22 MOVING INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A 06:12:30 15-MINUTE PRESENTATION FROM STAFF. 06:12:32 A 15-MINUTE PRESENTATION FROM THE APPLICANT, THREE MINUTES 06:12:35 FOR CITIZENS' INPUT AND TEN MINUTES FOR COMMISSIONER 06:12:39 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, WHICH I'LL DIVIDE INTO TWO. 06:12:42 MR. BROWN. 06:12:44 >>Marlon Brown: THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. 06:12:46 MR. SMITH WILL LEAD THIS PRESENTATION RELATED TO THE 06:12:51 WISTERIA STREET COMP PLAN AMENDMENT. 06:12:57 >>David Smith: DAVID SMITH, MANAGER OF LONG-RANGE PLANNING. 06:13:01 I DO HAVE A SHORT PowerPoint PRESENTATION, A FEW SLIDES. 06:13:04 SO IF WE COULD GO TO THAT. 06:13:06 THIS IS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT PETITION 20-PA-06. 06:13:20 IT IS A SMALL-SCALE AMENDMENT TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF 06:13:25 THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 06:13:27 THE PROPERTY IS 2035 WISTERIA STREET, AND IT'S JUST UNDER A 06:13:33 FIFTH OF AN ACRE. 06:13:35 BRUCE FRANKLIN IS THE AUTHORIZED AGENT FOR THE APPLICANT, 06:13:40 AND THE OWNER IS WISTERIA STREET PROPERTY, LLC. 06:13:43 THE APPLICANT WISHES TO CONSTRUCT A SURFACE PARKING LOT ON 06:13:48 THE PROPERTY. 06:13:50 OUR ZONING CODE DOES NOT ALLOW CURRENTLY FOR A PARKING LOT 06:13:54 TO BE DEVELOPED ON THE PROPERTY. 06:13:56 IT HAS A SINGLE-FAMILY ZONE DISTRICT AND A SINGLE-FAMILY 06:14:00 FUTURE LAND USE MAP CLASSIFICATION.

file:///C/Users/jjohnson/Desktop/21-07-07-Commission.txt[7/8/2021 12:28:26 PM] 06:14:02 SO THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING TO CHANGE BOTH OF THOSE AND ALSO 06:14:06 SUBMITTED A SITE PLAN, WHICH IS AT A LATER HEARING TONIGHT. 06:14:10 ALSO, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO ADD STIPULATIONS INTO 06:14:16 THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN TO LIMIT THE USE OF THE PROPERTY TO 06:14:20 THE PARKING LOT. 06:14:23 SO THERE WOULD BE NO OFFICE BUILDING BUILT ON THIS 06:14:26 PARTICULAR PROPERTY, SUBJECT OF TONIGHT'S PETITION. 06:14:30 I DO HAVE AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PROPERTY. 06:14:32 CURRENTLY, IT'S VACANT. 06:14:35 AND THE ZONING MAP IN PLACE TODAY SHOWS THIS PINKISH OR 06:14:42 PURPLE COLOR IS RSF 3 ZONE DISTRICT. 06:14:45 AND JUST TO THE WEST IS OFFICE ZONE DISTRICT. 06:14:50 THIS IS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP TODAY. 06:14:54 YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS A YELLOW COLOR, WHICH IS 06:14:58 SINGLE-FAMILY LOW DENSITY. 06:14:59 THE PROPOSAL IS TO CHANGE IT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE LAND 06:15:03 USE CLASSIFICATION, WHICH ALLOW FOR PARKING LOT AND A 06:15:07 REZONING TO THE ZONE DISTRICT THAT THEY ARE MAKING 06:15:10 APPLICATION FOR. 06:15:11 AGAIN, THE SITE-SPECIFIC LIMITATION AS PROPOSED FOR THE 06:15:17 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS TO LIMIT THE SITE FOR A PARKING LOT 06:15:21 FOR THE ADJACENT MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING TO THE WEST, WHICH 06:15:25 IS ALONG SOUTH TAMIAMI TRAIL. 06:15:28 AND IT'S FOR USE ONLY BY EMPLOYEES OF THE ADJACENT OFFICE 06:15:32 BUILDING AND WOULD BE AVAILABLE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 6:30 06:15:36 TO -- 6:30 A.M. TO 6:30 P.M. ONLY. 06:15:39 FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, WE CONDUCT A PUBLIC 06:15:44 BENEFIT REVIEW, AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF GUIDELINES FOR 06:15:48 REVIEW. 06:15:48 THE FIRST ONE IS WE REVIEW THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO SEE IF 06:15:54 RELEVANT COMPONENTS, SEE IF THERE'S CONSISTENCY WITH THOSE 06:15:57 COMPONENTS IN THE PLAN AND SHARE THE INTERNAL CONSISTENCY. 06:16:03 WE LOOK TO SEE IF A PRECEDENT WOULD BE ESTABLISHED. 06:16:06 THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF WHICH MAY BE INCONSISTENT WITH THE 06:16:09 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 06:16:10 THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CONSISTENCY IS PERFORMED ON A 06:16:16 CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER BASIS, AND WE USE AN ON-BALANCE FINDING. 06:16:21 HERE IS THE FUTURE LAND USE COMPONENTS THAT ARE KIND OF 06:16:27 RELEVANT TO THE PETITION. 06:16:30 THE MAIN ONE HERE IS THAT THERE'S NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT 06:16:34 THAT'S ALLOWED IN THE SINGLE-FAMILY LOW DENSITY. 06:16:37 LITTLE GREATER THAN WHAT'S ALLOWED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD 06:16:40 OFFICE. 06:16:40 OTHERWISE, THE DENSITY IS THE SAME. 06:16:46 ACTUALLY, IT'S A LITTLE LESS INTENSIVE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD 06:16:51 OFFICE LAND USE CLASS. 06:16:53 IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE LAND USE CLASS OF THE OFFICE 06:16:56 CLASSIFICATIONS WE HAVE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT IS THE 06:16:59 LEAST INTENSIVE. 06:17:00 THE COMMUNITY OFFICE INSTITUTIONAL IS A LITTLE MORE 06:17:02 INTENSIVE, AND THAT'S WHAT'S APPLIED TO THE PROPERTY TO THE 06:17:05 WEST AT THE MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING.

file:///C/Users/jjohnson/Desktop/21-07-07-Commission.txt[7/8/2021 12:28:26 PM] 06:17:08 FURTHER, WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE CHAPTER, WHICH MAY BENEFIT 06:17:14 THE PUBLIC IS NOT CHANGING THE MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL DENSITY 06:17:18 OF THE PROPERTY, NOT DECREASE -- WE ARE DECREASING THE 06:17:23 MAXIMUM NONRESIDENTIAL INTENSITY OF THE PROPERTY, 06:17:26 POTENTIALLY, NOT ALLOWING SOME OF THE MORE INTENSIVE 06:17:30 COMMERCIAL RETAIL USES THAT YOU COULD FIND IN SINGLE-FAMILY, 06:17:34 LIKE THE RTD AREA BAYOU OAKS. 06:17:39 ALSO ALLOWING FOR THE PROPERTY TO SERVE AS A TRANSITION OR 06:17:42 BUFFER BY ADOPTION OF THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT. 06:17:46 FUTURE LAND USE COMPONENT TO WHICH MAY NOT BE IN THE PUBLIC 06:17:50 BENEFIT WOULD INCLUDE EXTENDING THE TRANSITION OR BUFFER 06:17:54 FURTHER INTO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE 06:17:57 NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE MOVING FURTHER INTO THE RESIDENTIAL 06:18:00 NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU'RE REPLACING THE SINGLE-FAMILY LOW 06:18:03 DENSITY CLASS. 06:18:04 BASICALLY, THAT'S ALLOWING FOR ENCROACHMENT NONRESIDENTIAL 06:18:09 USES UPON THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. 06:18:11 NEIGHBORHOOD COMPONENT IS PRETTY SIMILAR TO WHAT I MENTIONED 06:18:16 WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE CHAPTER, ESPECIALLY -- MAY NOT 06:18:23 FURTHER THE PUBLIC BENEFIT. 06:18:24 HOWEVER, UNDER FURTHERING THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, WE DO LIST 06:18:27 REDUCING POTENTIAL TRAFFIC ON NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS AS WELL 06:18:31 AS THE ARLINGTON PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION DOES SUPPORT 06:18:35 THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT. 06:18:38 WITH TRANSPORTATION PLAN, NO NEW TRIPS WOULD BE CREATED. 06:18:45 WOULDN'T NEGATIVELY IMPACT BUS ROUTES WITH SCAT. 06:18:50 NO NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE OR 06:18:55 UTILITIES OR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS UNDER THE HOUSING PLAN 06:19:00 COMMENT, WE DO HAVE ONE THAT MAY NOT FURTHER THE PUBLIC 06:19:06 BENEFIT IN NOT ALLOWING DEVELOPMENT OF SINGLE-FAMILY 06:19:10 RESIDENTIAL USE CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING USES. 06:19:14 AGAIN, WE'D BE CHANGING FROM A SINGLE-FAMILY LAND USE TO A 06:19:19 NONRESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE LAND USE. 06:19:21 THERE'S NO NEGATIVE ASPECTS FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION OR THE 06:19:30 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COASTAL HIGHLANDS OR GOVERNMENTAL 06:19:34 COORDINATION OR PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES. 06:19:37 WHEN IT GETS INTO LOOKING AT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A 06:19:42 PRECEDENT, WANT TO POINT OUT THAT ALONG SOUTH TAMIAMI TRAIL, 06:19:48 THERE IS AN OFFICE CORRIDOR BETWEEN SARASOTA MEMORIAL 06:19:51 HOSPITAL AND THE CROSSINGS AT SIESTA KEY SHOPPING CENTER. 06:19:56 SO ALL ALONG THE TRAIL, WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY OFFICE 06:19:59 INSTITUTIONAL LAND USE CLASS. 06:20:02 IT DOES TRANSITION TO THE SINGLE-FAMILY LOW DENSITY CLASS, 06:20:07 MUCH OF THE CORRIDOR, AS IN THE CASE OF THIS PARTICULAR 06:20:10 SITE. 06:20:11 THERE HAS BEEN NO RECORDED FUTURE LAND USE MAP CHANGES IN 06:20:14 THIS AREA SINCE 1998 WHEN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS ADOPTED 06:20:19 WITH THESE PARTICULAR LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS. 06:20:21 SO A PRECEDENT COULD BE SET IF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS 06:20:26 APPROVED BY ALLOWING FOR NONRESIDENTIAL ENCROACHMENT UPON 06:20:31 EXISTING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. 06:20:33 HOWEVER, EACH CASE IS LOOKED AT INDIVIDUALLY, CASE-BY-CASE

file:///C/Users/jjohnson/Desktop/21-07-07-Commission.txt[7/8/2021 12:28:26 PM] 06:20:38 BASIS, SO YOU CAN MAKE AN ARGUMENT THAT IT MAY NOT BE A 06:20:44 PRECEDENT AND THAT EACH CASE IS LOOKED AT INDIVIDUALLY. 06:20:49 IT'S JUDGED ON EACH INDIVIDUAL BASIS. 06:20:52 THE PLANNING BOARD DID HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING I BELIEVE ON 06:20:57 MAY 12 AND DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 06:20:59 THAT WAS A UNANIMOUS 5-0 VOTE. 06:21:02 I KNOW THAT MR. FRANKLIN IS HERE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION ON 06:21:07 BEHALF OF THE APPLICANTS. 06:21:09 I THINK THE APPLICANTS WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AS WELL. 06:21:12 I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE NOW OR 06:21:16 LATER. 06:21:16 >>Mayor Brody: THANK YOU. 06:21:17 WE'LL CALL YOU BACK UP WHEN IT'S TIME FOR QUESTIONS. 06:21:21 ALL RIGHT. 06:21:21 15 MINUTES FOR THE APPLICANT. 06:21:24 MR. FRANKLIN. 06:21:25 AND TEAM. 06:21:29 GOOD EVENING. 06:21:38 >> GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. 06:21:41 MR. MAYOR, MR. VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, GOOD EVENING. 06:21:45 FOR THE RECORD, I'M BRUCE FRANKLIN. 06:21:47 I'M A LAND PLANNER, AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING SARASOTA 06:21:51 PLASTIC SURGERY CENTER. 06:21:53 WITH ME IS DR. BRAUN GRAHAM ON MY RIGHT AND ON HIS RIGHT IS 06:21:57 DR. SCOTT ENGEL. 06:21:58 THE OTHER TWO PARTNERS IN THE PRACTICE, DR. DAVID MOBLEY AND 06:22:02 DR. BRIAN DERBY ARE IN THE AUDIENCE HERE AS WELL FOR SUPPORT 06:22:06 IN SOLIDARITY FOR THE PRACTICE. 06:22:09 BEFORE I GET STARTED, I'D LIKE FOR DR. GRAHAM BRIEFLY TO 06:22:14 GIVE YOU AN INTRODUCTION TO THEIR PRACTICE AND THEIR 06:22:16 INVOLVEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. 06:22:17 AND THEN DR. ENGEL IS GOING TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT WHY WE'RE 06:22:22 HERE. 06:22:22 WHAT BROUGHT US HERE TO THIS TABLE TO REQUEST THESE 06:22:25 PETITIONS. 06:22:26 DR. GRAHAM. 06:22:29 >> DR. GRAHAM: THANK YOU, BRUCE. 06:22:31 AGAIN, I'M DR. GRAHAM. 06:22:32 I'M PRESIDENT OF SARASOTA PLASTIC SURGERY CENTER. 06:22:36 I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF HISTORY OF OUR PRACTICE. 06:22:39 WE HAVE BEEN SERVING THE SARASOTA COMMUNITY FOR THE PAST 35 06:22:43 YEARS. 06:22:44 WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF PLASTIC SURGERY, THEY THINK OF NOTHING 06:22:47 BUT COSMETIC SURGERY PROCEDURES, BUT WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED 06:22:51 IN TAKING CARE OF TRAUMA VICTIMS IN THE SARASOTA MEMORIAL 06:22:55 HOSPITAL ER FOR YEARS. 06:22:57 WE PERFORM COMPLEX RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES, 06:23:01 INCLUDING BREAST RECONSTRUCTION FOR CANCER, TYPES OF 06:23:06 MICROSURGERY, AND IN THE EARLY DAYS, WE EVEN PERFORMED THE 06:23:10 CLEFT LIP AND CLEFT PALATE SURGERY ON THE CONGENITAL 06:23:15 ANOMALIES THAT WERE BORN AT SARASOTA MEMORIAL. 06:23:17 IN THE EARLY DAYS, OUR OFFICES WERE LOCATED DIRECTLY BEHIND

file:///C/Users/jjohnson/Desktop/21-07-07-Commission.txt[7/8/2021 12:28:26 PM] 06:23:22 SARASOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. 06:23:24 AS YOU KNOW FROM THE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH OF SARASOTA IN THESE 06:23:29 DECADES, THE HOSPITAL WAS EXPANDING THEIR CORRIDOR. 06:23:32 AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE HOSPITAL PURCHASED OUR PROPERTY 06:23:38 BEHIND THE HOSPITAL AND WE WERE FORTUNATE TO PURCHASE A 06:23:41 PROPERTY AT 2255 SOUTH TAMIAMI TRAIL IN 1999 WHERE OUR 06:23:48 PRESENT OFFICE IS RESIDE. 06:23:51 AS A RESULT OF THE COMMUNITY CONTINUING TO GROW, THE NEED 06:23:56 FOR OUR SERVICES HAS CONTINUED TO GROW. 06:23:59 AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE'VE HAD TO HIRE MORE EMPLOYEES AND 06:24:02 MORE STAFF, SOME OF WHICH DRIVE FROM AS FAR AWAY AS 06:24:06 ST. PETERSBURG AND AS FAR AWAY AS PORT CHARLOTTE EVERY DAY 06:24:10 TO BE PART OF OUR TEAM. 06:24:11 TO MAKE IT MORE CONVENIENT FOR OUR PATIENTS, WE HAVE ASKED 06:24:14 MANY OF OUR STAFF TO PARK OFF-SITE FROM OUR PARKING LOT 06:24:18 BECAUSE WE PREFER TO OFFER THOSE TO OUR PATIENTS, 06:24:22 PARTICULARLY SOME OF WHOM ARE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED. 06:24:26 SO AS A RESULT, THAT'S CREATED SOME ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY 06:24:31 AND PARTICULARLY THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I'LL HAVE DR. ENGEL 06:24:34 EXPLAIN SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BROUGHT US HERE TODAY. 06: