VOTE YES ON:
Unanimous Board Approval To
Amend Comprehensive Plan Relating To Lands Outside Urban Service Area
Boundary:Charter amendment
requiring unanimous, not majority County Commission approval, and
fiscal neutrality for Comprehensive Plan amendments increasing urban
service area, establishing overlay districts or adding lands to
certain overlay districts; excluding amendments to Sarasota 2050
Resource Management Areas and amendments transmitted to State before
January 1, 2008 requiring referendum to eliminate urban service
boundary, requiring repeal of this amendment in order for any other
Charter amendment concerning urban service areas alteration to be
effective.
Bond Referendum For The Funding
of Infrastructure Surtax Projects From Infrastructure Surtax Proceeds:
In order to finance
voter-approved infrastructure surtax projects and ancillary costs at
present-day dollars, shall Sarasota County be authorized to issue
bonds payable from the infrastructure surtax proceeds in an aggregate
principle amount not to exceed $300,000,000, excluding refunding
bonds, maturing by December 31, 2024, bearing interest not exceeding
the maximum lawful rate, in addition to bonds issued within the
limitations of Section 5.2D of the Character?
LETTER TO THE EDITOR - The League of Women Voters
of Florida supports public policies that provide for cooperative,
coordinated planning for and decisions about land use in Florida,
including methods for resolving conflicts. Therefore, the League of
Women Voters of Sarasota County supports and urges a “yes” vote on the
amendment dealing with land use on the May 6 ballot which would
require “unanimous [not majority] Board approval to amend the
comprehensive plan relating to lands outside the urban service area
boundary.” We commend the various parties coming together, for the
good of the community, to reach consensus on this issue.
We also urge a “yes” vote on the amendment
addressing the bond issue. Since the money has already been
allocated, it makes sense to get the projects done in today’s dollars
and to create jobs for our citizens.
Cindy Guest, President, League of Women Voters
of Sarasota County
