UPDATE on Quads workshop Monday March 22, 6 pm on Zoom

UPDATE: Here are the documents pertaining to the Quads Workshop of March 22, 2021:

Neighborhood Workshop Application

Workshop Powerpoint Presentation - County Planner Steve Kirk 

Recording of Workshop Discussion (Video file 50 min)

Brief Summary of Quads Workshop Public Comments

Related: The Kimley-Horn planning firm held a Neighborhood Workshop on 3.30.21. On behalf of Benderson Development, they propose to revise the allocated retail space of the Fruitville Initiative. Benderson owns the 40-acre parcel that borders the northern edge of the Celery Fields.

More including documents at this link.  

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There's an online public "Neighborhood Workshop" for anyone interested in the planning for the Quads Parcels and surrounding area this Monday, March 22, at 6 pm.

Kids at the Celery Fields

The Zoom meeting conducted by Sarasota Planning will afford people an opportunity to hear the county's thinking about the Quads as a "Gateway" with an open, expansive "viewshed." 

Three of the four parcels, which were placed under a perpetual easement in 2019, are proposed to be designated "GU" -- Government Use. The easement was granted on parcels 1, 2, and 4 to the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast with the supervision of the Sarasota Audubon Society.

The Quads parcels

One parcel -- #3 to the Northwest -- is proposed to be rezoned for a variety of possibly private uses, including light industry, on its "developable" four acres. This was done at the direction of Commissioner Al Maio. The northwest parcel already has a Fire Station.

Proposed rezoning designations

Under terms of the Conservation Easement worked out with the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast and Sarasota Audubon, the easternmost 6 acres of parcel #2 (southwest parcel) can be used for a civic structure. A history museum has been mentioned as one possibility for that section. The remainder of parcels 1, 2, and 4 will be under Audubon supervision as natural habitat consistent with the existing Celery Fields birding areas.

The workshop will be Zoom Meeting:

Monday, March 22, 2021 at 6 PM EDT – 7 PM EDT

  Duration: 1 hr

  Open to the Public

Link to the Zoom meeting

Planning Dept. notice of the meeting

The proposed rezonings are documented at this link

A similar document with proposed rezonings that is geared to the 3.22.21 Workshop