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SARASOTA COUNTY – Sarasota County commissioners agreed Tuesday to gut a seldom-used citizen-initiated process to revise the county’s official roadmap for growth.
Without discussion, officials agreed to eliminate the process that allows 20 registered voters to petition the county to initiate what’s called a comprehensive plan amendment.
The decision was unanimous and kills an effort by 250 residents who moved last month to encourage the county to fulfill a promise it has made for 26 years to update two essential rural planning maps. The residents argued that because the county hasn’t addressed the problem, it has led to costly inefficiencies as well as public confusion.