BRADENTON — Manatee County has announced a series of upcoming public information meetings to discuss updates to the county’s Comprehensive Plan. The meetings will be the first opportunity for members of the public to learn more about planned future changes to the Comp Plan and to provide input.
The county’s comprehensive plan is the long-term planning document defining the future vision of the community and establishing the associated goals, objectives, and policies that should guide decision-making toward achieving that vision. It outlines a defined plan as to how the county shall be developed into the future and lays the foundation for the county’s land development code.
A comp plan touches on almost every facet of a community’s quality of life, addressing land use and transportation, the environment and resources, parks and public services, and even historical preservation.
State statutes require that each county and city develop and adopt its own comprehensive land use plan and land development code. The state also keeps a comp plan and regulations it imposes on future land development, but the state’s regulations are a bare minimum requirement that all counties and cities must, at a minimum, implement in their own comp plans and land codes.
At the direction of commissioners, Manatee County staff have begun a process to review and “rewrite” the county’s comp plan. In a recent press release, the county introduced the initiative as “Forward Manatee.”
In May, the county contracted the services of Engineering Planning and Design Consultants Kimley-Horn at $354,500 for services relating to the county’s Comprehensive Plan update initiative. Kimley-Horn will work in concert with county staff on overseeing/leading the initiative.
For more details about the services being provided by the consulting firm and the anticipated timeline of initiative goals, click here to read the “work assignment” agreement between Manatee County and Kimley-Horn.
As part of its agreement for services, Kimley-Horn will lead/develop a public communication and outreach strategy and will participate in the upcoming scheduled public meetings—which will include a combination of in-person and virtual meetings—alongside county staff.
From the county’s official press release, “Work on developing the 2045 plan is getting underway at this time and will feature abundant outreach and stakeholder feedback. Information regarding the comprehensive plan, along with the opportunity for public input from citizens on how future development should proceed, will be included in the initial stakeholder meetings scheduled at county public libraries this month. Please note that information presented at the various meetings will be identical, so there is no need to attend more than one session.”
Upcoming Public Meeting/Workshop Dates
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Palmetto Library, 923 6th Street West, Palmetto.
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Central Library, 1301 Barcarotta Blvd. West, Bradenton.
Those interested in this date can attend virtually by registering at the following link:
https://kimley-horn.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZVMCzRoKSKSDz8jEns29vQ
Thursday, August 17, 2023
6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Rocky Bluff Library, 6750 US Highway 301 North, Ellenton.
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
South Manatee Library, 6081 26th Street West., Bradenton.
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Braden River Library, 4915 53rd Avenue East, Bradenton.
Those interested in this date can attend virtually by registering at the following link:
https://kimley-horn.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tiQ_b8heRlWAHvL6n6LOjg
The county has said that the above meetings will be the first of several opportunities which will be made available for public interaction during the "Forward Manatee" initiative and the development of the county’s 2045 Comprehensive Plan.
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barbaraelliott
At least they are properly noticing the meetings and the BOCC are holding them in proper venues that are handicap accessible and each are the same. Not so in the COB where a criminal complaint regarding open meetings law was filed by myself to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office and then hand delivered to the BPD by MSO. It ended up with Detective Lieutenant DeHaise. I met with him to deliver an additional complaint regarding one city council meeting as well as meeting sign in sheets with the meeting comment cards and the comments from the city website presentation. I asked but did not receive a case number nor have I received one as of today. I asked why had I not received a case number and DeHaise told me "because it is complicated". Then he went on vacation and afterwards I called him at BPD and left a message requesting an update. I received a call back from DeHaise. He said my complaint was hand delivered to the state attorney office by his supervisor. I asked the name of his supervisor and was told it was Paul Driscoll. Driscoll is the attorney for the BPD. I would think Chief Bevins was his supervisor. When I next contacted the SAO they had no record of the complaint. I was told since there is no case number the SAO system cannot accept it. So how did my complaint get to the SAO office? Over beers at Corky's Cigar Bar? Maybe at the Marriott?
The reason I tell you this is because the county may violate the open meetings laws without you knowing. So watch each meeting and notice carefully. I hope you don't need to file charges because you see the crap I am getting. That's ok. Next stop is internal affairs, then FDLE and DOJ if I have to. The COB violated citizens constitutional rights to free speech, access to meetings and more. They said "it's already paid for" but the price tag now is 50-60 million dollars. Lied. Changed the presentation from one meeting to the next. Most of all city hall sits on public parkland named Tallant Park. This will be the fourth area of parkland one developer was given by the city over a number of years. The parkland belongs to you and the COB is going to let the same ol builder, build a twenty story condo on your parkland.
I am not going to relent on this complaint I filed. Will you help me? Please send an email to the BPD or call and ask "Where is Barbara Elliott's criminal complaint regarding the sale and disposition of city hall and violations of Florida open meetings law?" I'll try to post the phone numbers/email contacts for you in my next comment. Thank you to all who read this and any help or advise to get my complaint investigated properly is very greatly appreciated. Good luck with Manatee County meetings. These comp plan changes are a whole other set of conniving between public officials, we the citizens have to sort out and solve. Damn Damn Damn!
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barbaraelliott
Regarding my request for help locating my criminal case involving Bradenton city hall and contacts:
Ed Brodski State Attorney office 941-747-3077 or just google sao12.org to link to phone number. Sorry no email available.
Bradenton PD 941-932-9300. Sorry no email. You are lucky if anyone answers this phone.
City of Bradenton mayor and council
Mayor (undertaker)Gene Brown
941-932-9450
gene.brown@cityofbradenton.com
Vice Mayor Jane Kochner
942-932-9448
jane.kochner@cityofbradenton.com
Marianne Barnebey
941-932-9449
marianne.barnebet@cityofbradenton.com
Josh Cramer
941-932-9543
josh.cramer@cityofbradebton.com
Lisa Moore
942-932-9454
lisa.moore@cityofbradenton.com
Pam Coachman
941-932-9455
Pam.coachman@cityofbradenton.com
I appreciate with all my heart any citizen who aids me in my quest to defeat Goliath and defend ordinary citizens rights. Please put the pressure on the powers that be. The Cob attorney is writing the land use changes for the BIA and the meetings you are about to attend. The corruption starts with the COB and over years has leached thoroughly into county government. The shi* started with COB. Help me stop the insanity at Bradenton City Hall. Thank you all so much!
Barbara Elliott
Stone Soup Manatee Inc
Stonesoupmanatee@yahoo.com
941-447-9929
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