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Sarasota commission debates wording of guiding principles; opts for 'strong' to capture resilience
Summary
Commissioners spent significant time at the Oct. 30 workshop debating terms in the guiding principles — especially how to express resiliency. They agreed to favor 'strong' (or similar synonyms) for wording describing a safe and resilient community, and to prefer technical phrasing ("integrate renewable technologies") over the colloquial 'green.'
Commissioners at a Oct. 30 strategic‑plan workshop scrutinized wording for the plan’s guiding principles, focusing on terms intended to cover public safety, climate adaptation, infrastructure, economic vitality and inclusion.
The group discussed whether the word resilient meant climate resilience, personal resilience or both. One commissioner noted that the plan uses resiliency in multiple places and recommended…
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