Interim City Manager Bullock brings up issue during Oct. 20 meeting
With questions having arisen last year about whether the Sarasota County Commission will provide financial support for construction of a proposed Sarasota Performing Arts Center (SPAC) in The Bay Park, interim Sarasota City Manager Dave Bullock won unanimous approval of a related suggestion he made to the City Commission this week.
As the city commissioners were wrapping up their — and staff’s — comments during their regular session on Oct. 20, Bullock proposed that he draft a letter to the county commissioners, which would be sent under Mayor Liz Alpert’s signature. The goal would be to seek clarity on that funding issue.
First, Bullock said, the letter would request that the County Commission allow city staff to make a presentation on the performing arts center. Then, he continued, he would like “an indication of where they are as a commission on future funding.”…