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Sarasota News Leader January 25, 2013 Page 54 Buonpastore said that latter account receives es manager, said, "At this time, that's pretty about $1.5 million annually out of TDT reve- much all that we are going to be able to foresee" in terms of renourishment projects. nue. As of the end of FY 2012, Buonpastore added, the beach renourishment fund had $12.7 million. Thanks to the annual allocations, she noted, plus money coming back to the county from a legal settlement over investment funds, the renourishment account should have about $15 million by the end of FY 2013. Patterson told members of the Siesta Key Condominium Council at their Jan. 15 meeting that the Turtle Beach renourishment is expected to get under way in about two years at an estimated cost of $11 million, part of which will be paid by property owners along the beach. "There is a pretty extensive renourishment "I know that you do a really excellent job with of Turtle Beach [on south Siesta Key] coming the public beaches," Patterson told the Parks and Recreation group, adding that their work up," Patterson noted. includes cleaning up dead fish. Additionally, the City of Sarasota is looking toward another renourishment of Lido Beach A Sarasota County news release issued on Jan. in a couple of years, Patterson said — "if not 18 pointed out that county employees were going to be assisted by people in the Sarasota earlier." County Sheriff's Offenders Work Program to In response to a question from Patterson, remove dead fish from county-owned beaches Laird Wreford, the county's coastal resourc- that day and on Jan. 19. Commissioner Nora Patterson/Photo by Norman Schimmel