BRADENTON — At Thursday’s land use meeting, Manatee County Commissioners voted to continue an item that would have transmitted a revised comprehensive land use plan to the state.
A number of citizens complained that the process had been rushed and had not provided the public enough opportunity to absorb the details and weigh in. Residents in District 1 also complained that they have been without a district commissioner since Carol Felts’s passing on Feb. 24.
Commissioners George Kruse and Tal Siddique disagreed that there was not enough time or public outreach and noted that the next board could vote to make changes if it did not agree with the proposed plan. Kruse said he had not received a single allegation that the proposed ordinance was “destructive” and couldn’t see any reason to spend more money on consultants or use more staff time before transmitting it to the state…