SCANNING Sarasota PLANNING

A SCAN ZOOM meeting about the floods of 2024, the maintenance or lack thereof of 2025, and the concerns for the coming storm season. Links to video and audio recording: Video link                                       Audio only link Passcode:  Jy2.LWpw ========== Below is the email from Commissioner Neunder to county administrator Jonathan Lewis from April 3, 2025. The clear message: In advance of this year's hurricane season (17 named storms expected) the county needs to look at where things stand with damage assessments, operations, maintenance and more.  See also hydrologist Steve Suau's 10 Recommendations to the county which he submitted following his independent assessment of the causes of the flooding. Jonathan, With our storm season rapidly approaching, recent public articles/local TV stations pieces and my site visits throughout our community, I believe (and what I’m hearin...

Sarasota Citizen Action Network, or SCAN, will hold a Zoom meeting with residents of North Port this Saturday, May 25, at 6 pm.  Agenda for North Port SCAN Zoom May 25, 2024 at 6 pm Zoom Meeting Link:   https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89798198298   This meeting was scheduled with short notice to take place before May 28, 2024, when the North Port City Commission meets at 6 pm to determine next steps on several sensitive items as noted below. Concerned citizens of North Port want SCAN followers to be aware; online or in-person public comment on any of these items would be welcome: Discussion and possible action on the status of action items relating to Warm Mineral Springs Phase 1 and Phase 2 future development. 1st reading for the Comprehensive Plan amendments for various chapters and the Future Land Use Map (FLUM). The Comp Plan must be amended to correspond with the rewrite the Unified Land Development Code (ULDC). The FLUM is changing considerably. The FLUM illustrates ...