and the pros at bobby jones golf club have some tips on how you can improve your putting skills but first parking in the downtown area just got a little easier thanks to the opening of the new state street garage and parking officials are hoping to educate the public about the benefits this garage has to offer well this is our new state street parking facility located at the corner of state street and orange avenue it's also bordered by ringling boulevard so it's accessible from either state street a ringling which is really nice it makes it easy to get in and get out into the garage but we have about a four hundred parking space facility the state street garage is easily accessed and yet it's only about a block a small city block off of the main core of downtown at state and  so virtually it's it's just it's it's easier than parking on the street rather than spending time circling the streets looking for the right spot on the street to park want to pull into this beautiful facility and if you hear during the day we reserve level two for quick turnaround short stays so if you come down for lunch you come down for a business meeting there's always going to be a space open for you if you need stay longer you go in the upper levels and that's fine but there's always a space is going to be available for you and so it's it's easy access to the businesses it's easy access to dining shopping whatever your pleasure is that you just want to stroll the streets and get some ice cream that's good to with some of the new developments in downtown there was a need to consider where we would put put creating more capacity for parking in downtown and so the corner of the state and women was an ideal location since it was already a parking lot and so the city embarked on that several years ago and i've been planning this for some time in the last two to three years is going on the planning stages and the city worked hard in trying to make sure a right fit in the community wasn't too big it was easy to use and as you can see from behind me it really is a beautiful facility and it looks like it fits right in downtown is maybe another condominium in fact you should know this is already won award for design and architect with the for the parking association is currently being submitted with the international park an institute award of excellence for architecture as well we'll hear about that over the summer whether or no one so we're doing a good job trying to use our facilities wisely and still disguise them so they're not just sort of a sore thumb within the community everybody wants to use the parking facilities certainly but they don't like the looks of minim we don't blame we want to we want to park someplace where they're comfortable and it looks nice and it's not a sore thumb in the community and i think we've done a very good job  it is state of the art we've got l e d advanced lighting systems with technologies that include demene systems so if there's no activity of the light levels drop just a little bit and when there's activity it picks back up so that people feel safe but there are there are a lot of things in store here in this garage that you see behind me we're installing we're planning to install a garage account system and so when you approach the garage you'll have some idea of how full it is and whether or not you parking on the third floor of the fourth or wherever it is so make it very convenient so you don't have to hunt for a parking space better yet those systems will actually interface with an application so that before you leave your house you can take a look at the capacity of the parking garage and determine which facility you want to park at based on that capacity so real coup vignette something to look forward to we're working on that project as we  speak part of developing the the state street parking garage and our prior facility the palm avenue parking garage the city wanted to utilize the ground floor for retail this serves the goal of sort of making a part of the community and not just a parking garage and so the ground floor here at state street was sold on the street side to a private developer and that developer went out and sought new tenants and the first one of showing interest was a democrat a group and they decided to put their exotic car dealership right here in our parking facility it's fantastic i mean this is this is something to talk about not only can you park your car in a nice beautiful garage but then you can walk down and see these exotic vehicles that you want to drive in that garage and drive out well i'm sure they'd want you to drive out with one as well but it's a great way of utilizing the facility integrating it into the community and not just having a place to park cars you haven't picked up your park smart park the map i think you should because it will talk about all the various parking districts around town and certainly about the garage of the new garage and tell you how to use utilize it how to contact the parking division and get more information  and construction has begun on myrtle avenue the project includes improvements such as added sidewalks by civilians improvements to medians and lighting as well as addressing drainage issues the first phase the project from us forty one to central avenue near the railroad tracks and is being funded by grants and county money both city of sarasota have rolled in sarasota county of all because part of the roadways in the city part of the roadways in the county so we've worked very closely during design with both you know both the city in the county work together and now during construction we had to get permits from both agencies for each portion that's in the county or in the city that work well all the relationship has been very good between the two and we look forward to expected to be completed in the fall of this year meanwhile drivers are urged to use caution in the area and be aware of detours and athletes of all ages will be excited to learn about the new athletic field under construction at the robert l taylor community complex which promises to be one of a kind in sarasota good morning and welcome to the official groundbreaking ceremony for the robert taylor community complex is artificial turf field then it's going to be an expense to everyone and anyone that can be out here we're going to get them out here we're going to use them they are going to be here poor really excited about this to have the first artificial turf field for public use here in the city of sarasota slam it is fantastic for this community so we are so excited that we're able to be a part of this process as a part of as a part of being in the construction manager on the project building up the concession stand and storage facility and then we have to do the underground work for the field in a way the the different layers for drainage under the field and then we'll come in through and lay the turf on time and there's many advantages especially in this community where it rains a lot will be able to drain out water right off and you can play we're going to have twelve inch dream pipe under the field so basically we can withstand a lot of rain and five minutes later you're back on the field eliminates the need for repair so there's no downtime there's no time we have to reseed or resign the fields always ready and we do have a really quick timeline because we want to make sure that we support the fall leaves because things kick off during certain seasons so we need local help we need help from this particular community here not break into not charlotte county right here in the city a sarasota it's important to get our community involved in this project because it's such a long time coming we know that people need jobs in the construction industry starting to go on the uptick and why not have that community come here and participate in this project here at the community complex what kind of help would be looking for you know we're looking for anything from specialized concrete labor or plumbing seeing you name it we're looking for you even if it's you're not a specialized trade we're looking for you well we want you to be a part of this project because it's important it's important to this community so if you have construction background that fantastic if you don't call us because we'll find a place for you i'm really excited about it i mean the first public artificial turf field everything else is private and around here so the community is the they're able to use this as its their own because it is it is field we're going to take a quick break but don't you go away there's more city life when we come back there's only one thing to be to beautiful day on the water and that's a safe down the water so before you leave the dock be sure that you have all your required safety equipment on board each person must have a coast guard approved life and they must be age and size appropriate and don't forget to have a throwback flotation device as well a fully charged fire extinguisher a whistle or air horn a visual distress signal like a flare gun or handheld flares and be sure to check their expiration dates and know not required a v h f radio can be one of the most important pieces of equipment carelessness and attention and excessive alcohol consumption are the leading causes of boating actions in the state of florida pay close attention to your surroundings and all the signage and finally designated driver and don't forget anybody born after january first of nine hundred eighty eight is required to take a safe boating course all boaters are encouraged to do so as well these basic tips can help you and other boaters enjoy a waterway safely say on the water welcome back to city life each year the sarasota police department joins other agencies across the country in bringing awareness to the importance of wearing seat belts but for the s p d the click it or ticket campaign isn't just a once a year event it's our ticket our ticket campaign it started march first we'll go to march fourteenth and what we just want to do is we want to reach out to the community we want them to want to remind them to wear their seatbelts we're going to have some officers out here from our traffic division that all walk in the roads that are you issuing citations for people that are not riding their seatbelts but chief pino wanted us to reach out to the people here and remind them to wear their seatbelts so to stick show that they save lives so what we're doing here with the private venture unit today is you know when they call up to give them a warning and were handing out brochures with success ticks on that showing that seatbelts do save lives in a crash and when they leave the property just rerun crash where if you're wearing your seat belt it will hold you steady stationary in the seat the seat belt will walk or you're not moving forward and then being jolted back into the sea i am very surprised that people are not using the sioux falls as a safety equipment and i am very surprised with that the law has been around for a long long time everybody knows that you have to wear a seatbelt that's not really a question if you want to you have for a seatbelt if you choose not to wear a cboe specially during these campaigns we will give you a i've seen a lot of objections from cars if you look into a car no matter how bad it's bright or crushed up rolled whatever there's always a small portion of the car where there's room for you to live in there  you may get beat up you may get some broken bones whatever but there's always room to live but if you go in if you go ahead first not a dashboard through that wind on the pavement whatever you know your head hits the pillow or during these campaigns obviously we focus mainly on seat belts and when we do pull you over without seat belt during these campaigns there's no giving you a break we're going to give you a take and there's no getting out of  urging motors to lock up their vehicles to prevent burglars after a rash of auto burglaries in downtown parking garages the s p d held a press conference to bring the issue to the public's attention noting that many of these thefts could have been prevented these are opportunistic crimes so burglar will go into a parking garage like this or into a neighborhood where stark and start checking door handles but they'll open the car and if they see something of value they're going to take it last year we had five hundred thirty odd of burglaries eighty percent of which were from unlocked cars so all of that property and all of the effort and best to getting these crimes could have been prevented had the owners locked their car police also recommend keeping items of value out of sight or locked in the trunk and the same advice goes for your home as well lock all doors and windows before leaving and do a home inventory of your valuable taking note of the serial numbers and service of the police officers will now be carrying trauma kits provided by the sarasota police foundation the trauma kids can be used to treat and on the spot gunshot or deep puncture wound the sarasota police foundation ordered one hundred  sixty kits one for each officer valued at nearly seven thousand dollars the money to fund the purchase was donated by mary jeanne williams widow of noah williams a former sarasota police department volunteer ambassador the trauma kit kit compression bandage gauze medical gloves and an instruction card and before an officer carries the trauma kit they were in house training but stairs to the police department training hey don't go away we'll be back in a minute with they lie and find out the truth about ritalin abuse drug free world dot org sid you know city of sarasota drinking water is very safe tested every two hours delivered right here has it's much more affordable than bottled water environmentally friendly and it tastes good city of soda water safe affordable environmentally friendly policy making decisions the city of sarasota has over twenty five of these advisory boards and committees and recently held a reception to honor their hard work and dedication if you would like to learn more about the city's advisory boards or put in your own application to serve and each year in april cities all over america celebrate national arbor day and this year the city of sarasota recognized the day with the tree planting in memory of a former employee the event was held at paine park where friends and family gathered to honor bob lamont a ten year public works employee who passed away earlier this year mr lamont primarily at the park in his memory a red bay tree was planted near the gaza toy in our last golf tip the pros at bobby jones golf club has some great advice on your short game and now that we have you close to the green it's time to take a look at your parting game to take a lo morning welcome to bobby jones golf club my name is christian martin i'm the head golf professional and we're going to share a few putting tips with you today to hopefully help you make a few more putts and maybe give you a little bit different mindset so that you have the ability to have a lower score lower scores make happier golfers and that's exactly what we're all about here b first of all we're going to we're going to have one of my associates dan bale who's also the other p j professional here he's going to do the demonstration side but i'm going to talk to you a little bit about a lot of people have issues putting and putting is very personal but you have to believe you're a good putter it's the most important thing is to believe you're a good putter if you don't think you can but you can't but if you think you can you can putt to talk about a few of the basic things that are going to help you with putting speed is probably the most important element to putting without the correct speed the ball doesn't have any chance to go and obviously if it's left short it's not going to go in if it's hit way too hard even if it hits the hole it's not going to go in so you're going to have to focus on speed and i'm going to give you a couple of ways to do that i'd like for you to think about when you're putting do not accelerate through the putt you're going to hear on t v the announcers are talking always about it celebrating through the pot we don't want to accelerate you want to have continuation acceleration is going to create a lot more havoc and not produce very good results so whatever pace you take the putter back that's the pace you want to go through so continuation not excel aeration let the length of your stroke dictate how far the ball is going to go if you take a longer stroke the ball is going to go further shorter stroke the ball's going to go shorter if you follow some of those basic instructions i think you'll find that you'll have a much improved short game which will lower your scores and make you for a happier golfer one of the things that i also want to add to that is there are a variety of grips out there there's no traditional way and no exact way to putt putting his personal take advantage of watching golf on t v a little bit watch the tour players there there's a variety of grips out there you're going to have the conventional grip which most people have you're going to have some people jordan speed jim sure you're using a left hand low there are some gentlemen on the senior tour using what's known as the claw grip so if you're struggling putting change your grip sometimes just a little variety can clear the mind and give you a little bit better thought process and give you a lot more success we talked about how much speed is important in controlling the outcome of a putt but it's also important to learn how to read the greens and i find it a little easier to read the greens if you start that process from the minute you get to the green till the time you start walking up to the ball so i'm literally going to start reading the green as i get out of the golf cart as i grab my putter and i'm walking up i have a better opportunity to see the slopes when i'm twenty or thirty yards away and sometimes when they're more subtle when you're right on top so i start that process right now once i've got my powder and i'm walking up to the green i've already started my process to read the green on this way i have a better opportunity to see the slopes of the various undulations in the hole and i'm going to look at it and try and figure out what's the best place what's the best angle to approach the shot once i do that line up i'll mark the ball line it up properly and then i'll go through my action make sure everything's good and once i'm comfortable with that i'll then proceed you'll notice that i use left hand low and actually helped my putting stroke so hopefully those tips have helped you and come if they haven't come see the staff of bobby jones golf club myself or daniel bailey we believe we're probably the best in the area at the short games we are at a time but we thank you for watching and we hope to see you next time right here