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Board approves $86,100 to help Family Promise raise Venice site above floodplain so it can be used for affordable housing
Summary
Family Promise of South Sarasota County asked the board for $86,100 to pay engineering costs to seek a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) from FEMA after a parcel the group bought was newly placed in the floodplain; commissioners approved the request after the applicant presented during a pulled consent item.
The Sarasota County Board of County Commissioners on March 11 voted unanimously to approve $86,100 requested by Family Promise of South Sarasota County to cover engineering work needed to raise a Venice property and obtain a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) from FEMA, a necessary step to develop affordable housing on the parcel.
Family Promise Executive Director Jennifer Faganbaum told the board…
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