Debbie Trice
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- Meetings spoken in
- 43
- Total speaking time
- 18:24:17
- Avg per meeting
- 25:41
- Segments
- 16619
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Top issues during term (20)(Development)
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.
SARAC and the MLK Way cultural corridor
No new city funding commitment; SAACC bears the $201,000 purchase price and grant compliance costs.
Unpermitted construction and permitting backlogs
Delays keep daily fines running and force owners to pay for repeated engineering revisions.
Orange and Seventh eight-lot subdivision
Adds one more housing unit to the neighborhood; board members called it a modest affordable-housing win.
Clerk of Court records facility and Legacy Trail easement
The one-story configuration is projected to lower construction costs and save taxpayers money.
Saravela two-tower development on North Tamiami Trail
40 attainable units would add below-market-rate housing downtown, though no cost figures were discussed.
Downtown Master Plan Update Process Suspended
Ongoing procurement spending is in question if the process restarts.
Kash House Certificate of Appropriateness (3838 Flores Avenue)
The FEMA 50% exemption could substantially reduce restoration costs for the property owner.
Midtown Plaza redevelopment approved
The project contributes $150,000 to the city's Affordable Housing Trust Fund on top of the 23 on-site attainable units.
Front setback variance at 2499 Bay Street
Property values nearby might spike, but construction could temporarily make parking and local dining a headache.
Outdated building-construction ordinance
2026 Florida Building Code transition
The city is buying code books and an enterprise digital subscription for all plans examiners and inspectors, plus online code access.
Payne Park Villas development agreement termination
Winton Avenue surplus parcel sale
The city nets $2,100, directed to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
McCown Towers garage funding removed from CIP
The city is not committing the $4 million; officials noted the previously approved $8 million parking contribution would cost roughly $12 million with interest over 20 years.
Capital Improvements Chapter update to the Comprehensive Plan
The adopted CIP schedule includes projects such as the 10th Street road diet (~$3M with Boulevard of the Arts) and $6 million earmarked for the performing arts center, which critics urged cutting.
1660 Ringling Boulevard redevelopment (Benderson)
Reinvests a vacant 70,000+ sq ft building into up to roughly 182,000 sq ft of office and 38,000 sq ft of retail — no direct city cost, but more downtown traffic and activity.
ALICE report: half of Sarasota households struggling
No direct city spending, but the data will shape housing and workforce policy.
Newtown CRA Programs
The CRA fund totals about $1.4 million in expenditures with an ending balance near $400,000.
Attainable housing tradeoff at Osprey Court
Decisions during term (5)
Recorded while Trice was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
JVCC Development LLC — $500 repeat-violator fine
Mutual termination of Payne Park Villas development agreement (X.1)
Mutual Termination of Payne Park Villas Development Agreement (X.1)
MLK Jr. Memorial Park redevelopment contract (VI.5)
Grant Agreement for Margo's at 2700 Redevelopment Project
Voting record (1)(Development)
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