At the April 12, 2022 Board of County Commissioners meeting, Kevin Van Ostenbridge put on the agenda an item to request rezoning of the Central Library property from T-5 (max height 12 stories) to T-6 (max height 20 stories). Discussion ensued surrounding this application, as there hadn’t been public comment about closing the Central Library. He states that he just wants to have the property rezoned; however, there would be no need to rezone the property if they weren’t considering selling the property to developers.
The motion to apply for rezoning passed by a vote of 5 - 2 with commissioners Servia and Bellamy dissenting.
Do you want to see your Bradenton Riverfront become like Sarasota? See the recording of the Board of County Commissioners meeting below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MafFwiCrvvE&t=8735s
City and County Meetings
We encourage you to join the meetings when possible.The below are links to the schedule of meetings. You can join the County meetings via zoom. The City meetings aren’t available via zoom but anyone can attend a meeting. Recordings of the meetings are available for viewing on Spectrum, channel 644 and on Frontier, channel 30.
Bradenton City Council Meetings: https://cityofbradenton.com/minutes
Bradenton Planning Commission Meetings: https://cityofbradenton.com/PCAgendas
Board of County Commissioners Meetings: https://agendaonline.mymanatee.org/OnBaseAgendaOnline/Meetings/Search?%20dropid=11&mtids=101%2C102%2C106&dropsv=01%2F01%2F2021%2000%3A00%3%20A00&dropev=01%2F01%2F2025%2000%3A00%3A00