Commissioner Knight seeks to address the larger issues of Growth in Sarasota County
A MEMO from Commissioner Tom Knight that will be on Tuesday's Agenda under Item 29: County Commissioner Tom Knight MEMO To: Commissioner Ron Cutsinger Commissioner Teresa Mast Commissioner Joe Neunder Commissioner Mark Smith Cc: County Administrator Jonathan Lewis County Attorney Joshua Moye From: Commissioner Tom Knight Date: March 3, 2025 Subject: Outside evaluation of Sarasota County Comprehensive Plan and Sarasota 2050 As you may remember, at our December 13 strategic planning retreat I requested a review of our comprehensive plan and Sarasota 2050. I was told at the time that it was not something typically included in an annual strategic plan and instead could be a simple staff assignment. At our next regularly scheduled commission meeting, I plan to raise this topic again but will request that instead of it being a staff project we invest in a qualified and unbiased outside consultant (possibly with he...