Ed Martin's INSIDE VENICE FLORIDA Blog          These are all the Blogs posted on Friday, 20, 2012. CITY MOVES TO ELIMINATE FREE AFTERNOON CONCERTS AT KIOSK Following the lead of “Mainstreet,” an association of merchants, City Manager, Ed Lavallee, will present a plan to City Council to eliminate weekday afternoon, 3-5 pm, concerts in Centennial Park during the season, beginning after this April. The item will be discussed Monday during a workshop, a new procedure where Lavalee briefs Council on the following day’s agenda rather than having individual meetings. Formal votes are not taken during the workshop, but a consensus is asked Read more | 0 comments Posted By Ed Martin at 4:03 PM in Category:Guest Bloggers CITY MOVES TO ELIMINATE FREE AFTERNOON MUSIC AT KIOSK Following the lead of “Mainstreet,” an association of merchants, City Manager, Ed Lavallee, will present a plan to City Council to eliminate weekday afternoon, 3-5 pm, concerts in Centennial Park during the season, beginning after this April. The item will be discussed Monday during a workshop, a new procedure where Lavalee briefs Council on the following day’s agenda rather than having individual meetings. Formal votes are not taken during the workshop, but a consensus is Read more | 6 comments Posted By Ed Martin at 6:32 PM in Category:Inside Venice STAFF BRINGS AIRPORT COMP. PLAN CHANGES FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION: FIVE WERE TURNED DOWN BY PLANNING COMMISSION. Planning Director, Chad Minor and Airport Administrator Chris Rozansky will present proposed amendments to the City’s Comprehensive Plan. The list of proposed changes has been reviewed by the Planning Commission and five were not recommended for approval by Council. A number of others were supported by the Commission. This is a rather lengthy article, although limited to only the changes not approved by the Planning Commission. The City has spent years trying to support both the Read more | 3 comments Posted By Ed Martin at 6:23 PM in Category:Inside Venice