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Sarasota News Leader March 29, 2013 Page 25 from $20,000 to $60 million. Wreford tells The Sarasota News Leader the projects had been on "the drawing board" for some time; they included everything from beach restoration to the county's Phillippi Creek Septic System Replacement Program. That list was then submitted to the Joint Florida Gulf National Estuary Programs — made up of organizations that oversee Sarasota Bay, Tampa Bay and Charlotte Harbor — for a rigorous evaluation and ranking process. Out of the county's 28 projects, 15 "ended up in total in the highest-ranked group," Wreford says proudly. The idea was to then submit that list of projects to the U.S. government to win money from the RESTORE Act's so-called "pot" of federal money, but Gov. Rick Scott's office has Sarasota County Commissioner Charles Hines. Photo by Norman Schimmel The Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Kelly, via Flickr