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"There are always some good and bad parts when you start tiering."

- Steve Tindale, Tindale Oliver
 

[Development]  City Wants Tiered Impact Fee
Jacob Ogles, jacob.ogles@srqme.com

It will take a little longer than expected to calculate a new impact fee rate in the city of Sarasota. After hearing a report from consulting firm Tindale Oliver, Sarasota City Commissioners on Monday asked staff to go back to the drawing board on establishing a multimodal impact fee and to come up with a tiered system with possible exceptions for daycare centers, workforce housing and redevelopment areas.

Consultant Steve Tindale said a tiered system on residential development would be fair. That would mean larger homes could potentially be charged a higher fee than smaller ones, similar to the way commercial construction is charged an impact fee on a square footage basis. “There are always some good and bad parts when you start tiering,” he said. “But it’s fair. If a person is only building a 1,200-square-foot structure, that person has a right to a lower fee because that structure generates less traffic.”

Impact fees are typically one-time charges on new construction to help pay for infrastructure needs generated by the new growth. Sarasota officials have been in the process over the past few years of moving from a road impact fee to a multi-modal impact fee, something that would allow revenues to be used for all sorts of transportation infrastructure from roads to bike trails to bus stops. 

City Commissioner Liz Alpert questioned if having fees in the city would lead developers to build outside the city limits. Tindale, though, said market quality generally has a greater impact on development decisions than a fee that can add a few thousand dollars to a project’s cost. In looking at trends statewide, Tindale said communities with higher impact fees on average have more growth.

Commissioners on Monday could have approved a non-tiered system that charged a fee based on type of construction; a detached single-family home would have been charged a $2,887 impact fee, for example. But commissioners unanimously opted to send staff and Tindale to develop a tiered system instead. 

[Stage]  Players Moving to Lakewood Ranch
Jacob Ogles, jacob.ogles@srqme.com

Sarasota’s oldest community theater will soon move into Lakewood Ranch. The Players Theatre announced at a special event at Michael’s Wine Cellar that it would sell its property downtown and rebrand as the Players Centre for Performing Arts while becoming the chief arts and entertainment venue at Schroeder Manatee Ranch’s Waterside Development in Lakewood Ranch.

“We are very excited about the opportunity Schroeder Manatee Ranch is providing to us,” said Players Managing Director Michelle Bianchi Pingel. “This project has been in the works for over a year and will position the theatre for continued growth and sustainability for the next 100 years. We have outgrown our existing facility in regards to both audience capacity and in our aspirations to provide a wealth of beneficial programs. This opportunity is directly aligned with our mission to continue growing—and it makes sense.” 

The Players launched a $25-million capital campaign and has plans now for a 480-seat main stage auditorium and balcony seating, a 125-seat black box theater, a 100-seat cabaret stage and a campus for the Arnold Simonsen Players Studio, the organization’s education arm. “This is our opportunity to produce multiple shows at once, attract new patrons and students to the area, and better accommodate our future needs,” said Artistic Director Jeffery Kin. “There will be ample parking for audiences and additional space for our growing performing arts studio.” 

[Good Bite]  Welcome to Tokyo
Aviel Kanter

Dozens of miniature colored pods zoom past on a quick-moving conveyor belt. Look closely: they’re filled with otsumami, yatai, chahan and the occasional yakisoba. Neon menus filled with tiny pictures of sushi rolls, ramen bowls and sashimi slices are the focal point, but the eye is drawn to a myriad of moving parts around the restaurant—Chef Martin Jory, a recent transplant from Plymouth, England, pours broth one-handed into a steaming pan in the open kitchen; bubble-gum pink colored lights flash from underneath the traditional Japanese high bar; tune in and hear the appreciative slurp of noodles under the bump bump of pop music. Confused yet? Not to worry—Yo! Sushi is simply bringing the sensory experience of Tokyo straight to your eyes, ears and mouth.

When you begin to recalibrate, you’ll notice cheerful stickers on the menu, chirping “NEW!” Yo! Sushi’s menu got a little bigger yesterday as Chef Jory introduced a host of new choices. Roll standouts include the Spider Roll (tempura soft shell crab, pickled ginger, yuzu tobiko, sweet chili sauce), the Fish No Chip Roll (Yellowtail tempura, onion, cucumber, wasabi sauce, chives) and the almost-too-pretty-to-eat Ginza Roll (salmon, cream cheese, cucumber, arënkha caviar, teriyaki, sriracha, mayo, fried shallots). Warm the belly with chzuki or nanbanzuke broth bowls from the honomono, or authentic home cooking, section of the menu.  

Yo! Sushi, The Mall at University Town Center, 140 University Town Center Dr, Sarasota, 941-313-7091

[Recognition]  Stewart Wins Hero Award

Disney presented Whitney Stewart of Sarasota with its Hero for Change Award at the Radio Disney Music Awards on May 1 in Los Angeles. Stewart, 19, is a Gene Matthews Boys & Girls Club alumnae from North Port and serves as the official spokesperson of the organization's Young Alumni & Friends Club. She is also a Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota County 2015-2016 Youth of the Year and the Boys & Girls Club of America's 2015-2016 National Youth of the Year.  

Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota County

[Exec Moves]  Archer, King Join Rotary Futures Board

The Rotary Futures College Resource Center, a community-based nonprofit resource center that provides free post-secondary planning services to Venice area students, added two new board members to its roster: Amy Archer and Alicia King. Archer, principal of Garden Elementary School, and King, public relations director at ThreeSixOh Public Relations, join 22 others on the Rotary Futures College Resource Center board. 

Rotary Futures College Resource Center

[Merger]  Tampa Bay Times Buys Tribune

The Tampa Bay Times on Tuesday announced the purchase of competitor Tampa Tribune for an undisclosed sum. Beginning today, Tribune subscribers will receive the Times and Tribune news racks will carry the Times according to the newspaper. The Tribune was previously sold by Media General in 2012 to Revolution Capital. On Tuesday, the Tribune website tbo.com was redirecting to the Times’ tampabay.com. 



[Chow]  Meet the Sticky Pig Sandwich

In the May issue, we dive headfirst into the savory, saucy world of barbecue in Planet BBQ. From roadside food trucks to hole-in-the-wall locals-only smoke joints, each restaurant has the same underlying goal: to serve good people good barbecue. Take Venice’s Yummies Donuts & BBQ, where you can find the decadent Sticky Pig Sandwich—a warm cinnamon bun barely containing tender pulled pork—an unlikely (but somehow perfect) combination of all-American meatiness and splurge-worthy dessert.  

Read Planet BBQ

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