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DUNEDIN — City Manager Jennifer Bramley called the celebration May 13 for the city’s acquisition of the Gladys Douglas-Hackworth property a “big day for all of us — the birds,
DUNEDIN â City Manager Jennifer Bramley called the celebration May 13 for the cityâs acquisition of the Gladys Douglas-Hackworth property a âbig day for all of us â the birds, the bees and the flowers and the trees.â
She went on a lot of boat tours on Jerry Lake by the east parcel until she found out that one of the inhabitants was a 9-foot alligator, she said, in jest.
âKeep an eye on my back as I do this presentation,â she said, drawing laughter.
City and county officials, local residents, donors and members of various conservation groups and others attended the ceremony on site of the 44-acre property.
LARGO â A group of neighbors in unincorporated Largo got together and objected to requests that would have allowed a single family home development on lot sizes smaller than those in the surrounding area.
Pinellas County commissioners agreed with them and voted 5-1 to deny the request for a future land map amendment and zoning atlas amendment during an April 27 meeting.
Dushyant Gulati of Largo had requested a future land map amendment on 2.18 acres of vacant property at 1736 Winchester Road from residential suburban to residential low and a zoning atlas amendment from rural residential to single-family residential.
The change would have allowed for construction of single family detached home on minimum 6,000 square foot lots with a maximum density of five units per acre â double what would be allowed without the amendments.
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