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Sarasota News Leader March 15, 2013 Page 18 Sarasota was considering using a couple on to staff about three years ago "and never really got a report back on the feasibility." Old Bradenton Road. During an update about SCAT operations on Jan. 29, Glama Carter, the system's manager, told the board the cost for each new bus shelter would be between $30,000 and $40,000, with an annual maintenance expense of about By law, a Miccosukee or Seminole Indian con- $4,000. tractor can erect the open-air chickees, which are exempt from local building regulations. "I'm shocked at that," Barbetta said at the time. They are considered historic structures. A chickee, Barbetta pointed out, "is Florida-friendly [and] there's nothing that says the bus shelters have to be the … Plexiglas steelframe shelters that they are." One well-known example of such facilities A Feb. 14 memo to the commission from Caris at O'Leary's Tiki Bar and Grill at Bayfront ter and Isaac Brownman, acting director of capital projects in the Public Works DepartPark in downtown Sarasota. ment, noted, "Bus stops require a number In an interview with The Sarasota News Lead- of improvements associated with their coner, Barbetta said he had referred the initiative struction. Depending on the characteristics The bar at O'Leary's Tiki Bar and Grill in Bayfront Park is a chickee. Photo by Rachel Hackney