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Newspaper
Sun Coast Gondolier
Location
Venice, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1980
Page
4
The Sarasota County school board votes to require new subdivisions to donate school sites or pay 225 per housing unit to a school improvement fund. Larger developments trigger more site donations. smaller ones fund upgrades and new construction. A planning commission review follows.
County board weighs increasing units from 278 to 298 for a middle income retirement facility at Avenue del Circo and Business 41 near Grace Methodist Church. Officials cite land use compliance and a real local need, while Venice city consent is urged before action. The panel also transfers postal numbering duties to the county and rezones 172 acres near Myakka Valley Ranches for a 22 lot subdivision with no opposition.
The council moves to reduce the 1980-81 budget from 7.9 million by trimming nearly 40 000 from Public Works and shifts legal fees away from a fixed 20 000 city attorney retainer toward hourly billing while maintaining the 20 000 line for legal costs.
Danson spoke at City Hall and the Rotary Club about rights to private devices and marijuana use at home. He outlined bills from Florida's 65 day session, including hazardous waste transport liability, a $10 million spill fund, and license revocation for spills. He noted deregulation in trucking and employment agencies, a two year $16.1 billion budget, and a $650 million hiring plan. He supported raising the drinking age to 19 and a workfare welfare rule. He predicted possible Florida gains in House seats after the 1980 census and discussed redistricting and a potential Sarasota County reunification in one district.
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