Manatee County Land Use Agenda Results: September 3, 2015
Posted
John Rehill
BRADENTON – At Tuesday's Land Use meeting, commissioners approved Twin Rivers phase IV-C. In addition, commissioners approved a manufacturing development program, though with strong dissent from Commissioner Charles Smith who promised protests by the hundreds for floodwater in his district that he blames Tropicana Inc. for.
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER(Betsy Benac, Chairman) INVOCATION (The commission does not endorse the religious beliefs of any speaker.)
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ANNOUNCEMENTS A. AWARDS/PRESENTATIONS/PROCLAMATIONS REQUEST BY COMMISSIONERS (Items to be pulled from Consent Agenda) CITIZEN COMMENTS (Consent Agenda Items Only) B. CONSENT AGENDA
Approved, 5 – 1, Smith dissent, Bustle absent. (full story).
E. ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS (Presentation Scheduled) F. REGULAR G. REPORTS COMMISSIONER AGENDA COMMISSIONER COMMENTS
COMMISSIONER COMMENTS
-- Chappie: Design phase for the Ana Maria Island bridge is funded.
-- DiSabatino: The neighborhood newsletter is the best way to get
things out to district constituents (referring to Smith's claim he
didn't get info out on the voting machines).
Now on real estate, new listings are up, sales are up and sale prices
are up; except for short sales prices, they are down considerably.
-- Baugh: Groundbreaking for the double diamond at University and I-75 started.
-- Whitmore: Thanked Baugh for their trip to Tallahassee that
convinced Representative Greg Steube to bump the University Parkway
project (double diamond interchange) up on the FDOT list. Whitmore said
they had a great time on the trip.
-- Smith: Said it was time to organize a protest (regarding his dissent in item 10) because his
"concerns were falling on deaf ears" and that he has lost hope. Smith
said the day was coming where 600 to 700 would show up at the dais and
at Tropicana in protest. Smith said he knew Tropicana wouldn't like
that.
-- Benac: Said she attended the EDA sponsored Policy Making meeting on organizing for the first time.
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