Who's Dan Lobeck & What He Has to Say...

The key speaker of the upcoming Sorrento East Property Owners Association (SEPOA) meeting on July 25th will be Mr. Dan Lobeck, Esq. - who will be addressing the raised concerns of some SEPOA members - relating to a large new planned development to be created by national home builder: Taylor Morrison. The proposed building parcel directly abuts the entire eastern border of the Sorrento East subdivision, on an approx. 100+ acre section, long owned by Palmer Ranch Holdings, Ltd. and would need to be rezoned from OUE-2 to RSF-2/PUD for the project to proceed.

SEBPOG believes Mr. Lobeck well understands the current realistic state of the pro building situation in Sarasota County, and the importance of the "Sarasota County Comprehensive Plan" (now inclusive of the Sarasota County Future Land Use Maps), and, the often additionally referenced: "Sarasota County 2050 Plan".   Mr. Lobeck's article in this Herald-Tribune of October 2016: County Plan ‘Update’ Betrays Us For Developers encapsulates the somber reality... and is one of the many reason SEBPOG chooses to work with the land owner, the developer Taylor Morrison and or their agents, and county officials on this project - for our members' well-being and continued preservation of property values.

Mr. Lobeck recently spoke in front of N.A.C.A. members last February, and pretty much reiterated the content of the above article.  You can watch and listen to his entire presentation below. (His speech begins on the video at the 1:14 mark):

Of note... in both the article above, and in the video, Mr. Lobeck appears to be a proponent of "Affordable Housing" - a somewhat politically correct term, which some may argue, should still be called: "Low Income Housing"... For SEBPOG members, having the choice between directly abutting a beautifully planned upscale community behind us (with an extensively designed buffer zone with a wall) - as is being built and clearly observable over at nearby Bellicina By Casey Key - or the worrisome specter of even the remotest future chance of a possible low income housing unit sprawl being plunked behind our homes; Umm,  thanks Mr. Lobeck - but we'll be choosing the former, rather than the latter... every time.