4970 CITY HALL BLVD  
NORTH PORT, FL 34286  
City of North Port  
Meeting Minutes  
Community Economic Development  
Advisory Board  
Tuesday, April 16, 2024  
10:30 AM  
City Hall Room 244  
1. Call to Order  
Chair Burroughs called the meeting to order at 10:30 a.m.  
2. Roll Call  
7 -  
4 -  
Present  
Absent  
Vice Chair Pankiw, Chair Burroughs, Board Member Van Bergen, Board Member  
Sautbine, Board Member Osborn, Board Member LaCour and Board Member Nease  
Board Member Worden, Board Member Dalton, Board Member Dipillo and Board  
Member Holland  
Also Present:  
Staff Liaison Mascarenhas, Board Specialist Bodmer, and Deputy City Manager  
Yarborough  
3. Pledge of Allegiance  
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by the Board.  
4. Public Comment  
There was no public comment.  
5. Approval of Minutes  
A.  
Approve the March 19, 2024 Community Economic Development Advisory  
Board Meeting Minutes  
A
motion was made by Board Member Osborn, seconded by Board Member  
Sautbine, to approve the Minutes as presented. The motion carried unanimously by  
voice vote.  
6. Presentations  
Economic Development presented by Sarasota Commissioner Rainford  
A.  
Chair Burroughs announced the item.  
Commissioner Rainford discussed future relationship, growing economy, business tax,  
building tarps, Housing and Urban Development (HUD), River Road project, Warm Mineral  
Springs, and Legacy Trail.  
Discussion took place regarding childcare, expanding Pre-K program, county involvement  
on affordable housing, business owner input on affordable housing, rental verse home  
ownership, Sarasota County growth, what is affordable, insurance, flood zone  
designation, developments, housing buffering, vision, retirement, Emergency Services  
Communications, television, Wellen Park, internet during disaster, and storm resiliency.  
7. Future Agenda Items  
8. Public Comment  
9. Adjournment  
There were no future agenda items.  
There was no public comment.  
Chair Burroughs adjourned the meeting at 11:16 a.m.  
By: _____________________________  
Sean Burroughs, Chair