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City cuts Duany's plan for bayfront; Commercial space on the water is out of the consultant's Sarasota downtown master plan.(A SECTION)

Sarasota Herald Tribune

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Sarasota's City Commission on Monday gave a lethal injection to a Miami consultant's plan to add commercial space to the bayfront, ending months of debate about the future of Island Park.

The move follows a city Planning Board recommendation last month to shelve Andres Duany's proposal to develop a hotel, restaurants and possibly retail space at the waterfront.

But the City Commission, sitting as the Community Redevelopment Agency, went a step further: Rather than just spike Duany's idea, they removed it -- along with corresponding graphics and maps -- from the consultant's update to Sarasota's downtown master plan.

"There will be a ceremonial burning of those pages after the meeting," Commissioner Mary Quillin joked.…

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