DRC requests resubmittal for Adagio project at 1360 Ringling Boulevard after six departments raise issues

The City of Sarasota Development Review Committee (DRC) on Aug. 3 told the development team for “Adagio,” a project at 1360 Ringling Boulevard, that a formal resubmittal will be required after reviewers from six departments identified unresolved comments.

The direction came after staff from planning, utilities, arborist, building, fire and traffic reviewed the project’s submitted materials and asked the applicant to correct plan-set readability, clarify unit counts and attainable-housing calculations, resolve water and wastewater conflicts and address multiple life-safety and circulation items.

Why it matters: The DRC said the outstanding items affect the project’s ability to meet Zoning and Engineering codes and to receive final administrative site-plan approval. Staff also recommended the applicant hold a community workshop because of public concern over the use of bonus density.

Tom Sikarsky, the certified planner representing Development Services, told the applicant team that “the civil plans are difficult to read” and asked for separable, higher-resolution civil files. Sikarsky and other reviewers flagged that existing-condition information was overlaid on civil sheets and…