Debbie Trice
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- Meetings spoken in
- 43
- Total speaking time
- 18:24:07
- Avg per meeting
- 25:41
- Segments
- 16615
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Top issues during term (20)
Transportation Chapter rewrite of the Sarasota City Plan (26-PA-02)
Delaying the update would force the city to redo 14 months of travel demand modeling work at additional cost; collector designations may also open new grant and impact-fee funding.
1260 N. Palm Residences Land-Use Dispute
Litigation risk and continued dispute over a project valued in the tens of millions downtown.
Citywide Zoning Code Text Amendment (Ordinance 26-5611)
No direct cost to residents; changes affect how development and businesses operate in the city.
Home Elevation and Zoning Barriers
None to the city.
Citywide code enforcement docket of 36 cases
Nine-figure-adjacent tallies across cases — running fines up to $250/day accumulate on dormant properties.
Vacation rental registration enforcement
Estimated up to $30,000 in initial registration revenue, with the broader program overhaul costing about $555,000 a year against $541,000 in projected fee revenue.
Affordable Housing Production Funding
The trust fund currently receives only modest penny-surtax money that sunsets in ten years; commissioners were urged to dedicate general funds.
Amendment 3 fiscal impact on Sarasota
Potentially significant — the commission signaled the city will need creative funding and community philanthropic support to cover needs and wants.
SARAC and the MLK Way cultural corridor
No new city funding commitment; SAACC bears the $201,000 purchase price and grant compliance costs.
Downtown Parking Services and Business Outreach
Unquantified; the mayor argues taxpayers currently subsidize parking for profit-making property owners.
Beneva Road rezone for 36 apartments
No direct city cost; the developer pays for engineering, stormwater compliance and site plan work.
FY 2026-2027 Budget and Paid Invoices
Budget is up $18.8 million (6.19%) and the aggregate tax rate of 3.3430 mills is 1.92% above rolled-back, meaning slightly higher tax bills.
Sidewalk safety and right-of-way encroachment
Value of roughly 100 square feet of public right-of-way plus potential public-benefit compensation to be negotiated.
Ongoing Public Art Projects Citywide
$100,000 all-inclusive artist budget funded through the public art program.
St. Armand's chronic flooding
Not yet costed — the study informs future mitigation and capital spending and grant applications.
Recreation and Open Space Chapter update
Funding would come from the existing millage rather than a new tax, per Commissioner Ahearn-Koch.
Historic designation without owner consent
Rehab was estimated at over $826,000 against a roughly $173,000 appraised building value.
Pineapple Avenue Roadway Improvements
Construction is expected to bring temporary closures and detours on a downtown corridor next summer.
Orange and Seventh eight-lot subdivision
Adds one more housing unit to the neighborhood; board members called it a modest affordable-housing win.
Ben Franklin Drive lights still dark until 2027
Total project cost $718,463, with the city's $118,426 share coming from city hurricane reserves rather than FEMA funds.
Decisions during term (367)
Recorded while Trice was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Variance Petition No. 26-VAN-07 — 2069 Cornell Street rear setback
Variance Petition No. 26-VAR-07 — 232 North Conrad Avenue lot split
Variance Petition No. 26-VAR-08 — 2499 Bay Street second-story addition
Approval of September 30, 2026 minutes
Approval of Minutes September 30, 2026
Queen Major consolidated cases — fines and costs imposed
Queen Major companion cases — prior orders vacated, no fine
Maximus Holdings LLC — fine and running fine imposed
Annie P. McRae — daily fine increased to $250
James Ian Murray — daily fine increased to $250
Two 101 Five Bay Street LLC — $100 fine and $540 costs
119 McKinley LLC / Magnolia Cottages LLC — $100 fine and $615 costs
Wiggum/Farlin — costs of $690 and $4,415 imposed
JVCC Development LLC — $500 repeat-violator fine
UPS retention pond — violations continuing, 90-day continuation
Ludwigsky tree-removal case — continued 30 days
Fritz — 60-day cure period granted
Fahel — costs reduced to $150
Kadakia/Patel — $540 costs assessed, no fine
Kopel/Elevate 1400 North — 21-day cure period
Voting record (84)
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Adoption of Resolution No. 27R-3436 declaring General Election results
Adoption of Ordinance No. 26-5611 (Zoning Text Amendment 26-ZTA-02) on second reading
Consent Agenda No. 2 — budget amendment resolutions
Ordinance 26-5610 — transportation chapter, first reading
adopt amended ordinance 26-5610 adopting comp plan amendment application 26-PA-02
adopt Consent Agenda Number 2
Adoption of Ordinance No. 26-5611 (ZTA 26-ZTA-02) on second reading
Resolution No. 27R-3437 — $31,075 Pedestrian/Bicycle Safety Grant
Resolution No. 27R-3438 — $9.27 Million SHIP Housing Appropriation
Ordinance 26-5610 — Transportation Chapter Update, First Reading
Consent Agenda No. 2 (balance, incl. Res. 26R-3434 and 26R-3435)
Ordinance 26-5598 — Certified Recovery Residences (VII.3)
Ordinance 26-5609 — FY 2026-27 Table of Organization (VII.4)
Ordinance 26-5602 — DTN Vacation Rental Expansion (X.2)
Ordinance 26-5613 — Vacation Rental Program Improvements (X.3)
Ordinance 26-5612 — Rezone 1551 N. Beneva Road (XI.1)
Ordinance 26-5602 — vacation rentals in DTN, first reading (X.2)
Consent Agenda No. 2 — Resolutions 26R-3430 through 26R-3433
First reading — Ordinance 26-5611, zoning text amendment batch (26-ZTA-02)
Appeal 2026-APP-04 — demolition of 1891 Wisteria Street (Historic Preservation Board reversed)
She believed a preservation-minded buyer would have purchased and restored the home if the opportunity had been publicized.
MOVE APPROVAL OF PROPOSED RESOLUTION 26R-3422
APPROVAL OF PROPOSED RESOLUTION 26R-3422
APPROVE PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER 26-5607
MOVE APPROVAL
APPROVAL OF PROPOSED RESOLUTION, 26R-3240
Adopt Resolution No. 26R-3417 — City millage certification (first of two hearings)
Adopt Resolution No. 26R-3418 — City budget appropriations (first of two hearings)
Adopt Resolution No. 26R-3419 — Golden Gate Point Streetscape millage
Adopt Resolution No. 26R-3420 — Golden Gate Point Streetscape budget
Adopt Resolution No. 26R-3421 — Downtown Improvement District millage
Adopt Resolution No. 26R-3422 — Downtown Improvement District budget
Adopt Ordinance No. 26-5607 — Capital Improvements Chapter update
to suspend the City of Sarasota Rules of Procedure for City Commission Meetings for today’s Sarasota City Commission Workshop for the limited purpose of allowing public comment following the Staff pre
Motion to Suspend Rules of Procedure to Allow Public Comment
Concerned that allowing public comment after notice said none would be unfair and could open the city to legal action over inadequate notice.
Ordinance 26-5600 — Concurrency Methodology Zoning Text Amendment (Second Reading)
Ordinance 26-5599 — Osprey Court Alley Vacation (Second Reading)
Vacation would convey valuable building coverage at no cost to the applicant and reduce the public benefit of light and air; sought a no-net-increase proffer
Resolution 26R-3403 — Transmittal of Transportation Chapter Comprehensive Plan Amendment (26-PA-02)
Pause on major generational projects pending November referendum
Osprey Court right-of-way vacation (Ordinance 26-5599)
Second Reading — Ordinance 26-5590, Paid Parking Hours and Fines
Ordinance 26-5596 — $3.63 Solid Waste Surcharge for Disaster Reserve
Humane Society of Sarasota County lease (IX.1)
Opposed the $100-a-year token rate, favoring a rate tied to the appraised value
1260 N. Palm Residences FLUEDRA settlement — denied (XI.1)
Concluded the settlement did not follow the spirit of the code on sidewalks, green space and trash handling
remove the section “…sound is not to exceed 100 DBA and 105 DBC during the approved date and time…” from the Special Events Sound Permit.
amend the Special Events Sound Permit, the second box indicating 100 DBA and 105 DBC, by adding the following statement “all event organizers at the entrance of the special event and in front of all s
Consent Agenda No. 2 (items VII.2-5)
Resolution 26R-3390 — $250,000 SPAC budget transfer (VII.1)
Ordinance 25-5579 — Alderman Street rezone, second reading (IX.1)
Motion to remove 100 dBA/105 dBC sound tier from special sound permit
Motion to require hearing-loss warning signage on the special sound permit
Questioned how signage could reach a crowd of 30,000 attendees.