Community Service
Jon’s County Commission service includes:
- Manatee-Sarasota Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPO)
- Regional Water Planning Alliance Policy Committee
- Manasota Peace River Water Supply Board (alternate)
- Sarasota County Council of Governments
- Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council (Chairman)
- Sarasota Bay National Estuary Program Policy Committee
- Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program Policy Committee
- Florida Impact Fee Task Force (Senate President appointee)
- Florida Consumer Fertilizer Task Force
- National Association of Counties Environment, Energy and Land Use Steering Committee
- Sarasota County Fair Board of Directors
- Sarasota County Value Adjustment Board
- Florida Association of Counties Board of Directors
- Florida Association of Counties Environment and Land Use Committee
- Florida Association of Counties Water Use Task Force
- Venice Main Street Board of Directors
- Peace River Basin Management Advisory Group
- Peace River Regional Water Supply Authority Governing Board
Jon is also involved in the following:
- Sarasota County Planning Commissioner (Vice-chairman)
- Founding member of SCOPE (Sarasota County Openly Plans for Excellence)
- Sarasota County Environmentally Sensitive Lands Advisory Committee
- Sarasota County Stormwater Environmental Utility Advisory Committee
- Co-author of Sarasota County Civility Code of Conduct
- Charter member Sarasota Multi-Stakeholder Group
- Southwest Florida Water Management District, Southern Water Use Caution Area Advisory Group (Regulatory Subcommittee)
- Southwest Florida Water Management District Environmental Advisory Committee
- Sarasota Bay National Estuary Program Citizen, Management and Policy Committees
- Sarasota Association of Realtors, Government Affairs Committee and Realtor/Attorney Committee
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, South Florida Ecosystems Recovery Team
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Florida Scrub-Jay Recovery Team
- Girl Scouts of Gulf Coast Florida, Sarasota Board of Advisors
- Sarasota Conservation Foundation Board of Directors
