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08/23/2013

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Sarasota News Leader August 23, 2013 Page 94 Siesta Seen mediation and cleanup required to restore our Barges are visible from the beach as that work property," he concluded. proceeds. During the budget workshop on Aug. 20, Isaac Brownman, the director of capital projects, told the county commissioners, "Things seem to be progressing well" with the project. Efforts were continuing to mitigate the concerns of the adjacent property owners, he added. By the way, some Siesta residents will remember that planning for the stormwater project was delayed for more than a year because of county efforts to appease Gulf & Bay Club residents over the configuration of the stormwater pond and landscape buffering around the The project includes the installation of a pipe- site. That delay nearly cost the project grant line to discharge treated stormwater into the funding from the Southwest Florida Water Gulf of Mexico, about 2,000 feet from shore. Management District. % Franz and Ashlee Wesner, recent visitors to Siesta Key, set up a camera to capture one of the spectacular sunsets. Photo courtesy of Peter van Roekens

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