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Sarasota News Leader October 25, 2013 Page 40 degrees, and the sea turtles will lay all eggs The model's final conclusion was minimal impacts to the northern tip of Siesta and no [of the same sex]." negative impact to Siesta's beaches on the Faced with a shortage of options, engineers western shore of the island. with the Corps of Engineers looked to Big There is one point Mora wanted to emphasize Pass as a likely solution. for residents on Siesta worried about dredgFederal engineers then spent 18 months study- ing impacts: Although the initial Lido project ing models to determine whether dredging in will use sand from Big Pass, future renourthe pass would impact the downdrift beaches ishments would likely use sand taken from New Pass. According to an interlocal agreeon Siesta. They started with the earlier study ment, the Town of Longboat Key and the City that was peer-reviewed by independent con- of Sarasota already use sand from that pass, sultants, analyzing different options. "The but they do so in alternating dredges. The modeling builds on the original model in next "batch" of sand from New Pass goes to 2005," Mora told the News Leader. Longboat. % (From left) City Commissioner Paul Caragiulo, City Manager Tom Barwin, County Administrator Randall Reid and City Engineer Alex DavisShaw listen as Laird Wreford, the county's coastal resources manager, introduces a presentation of the Lido renourishment project. Photo by Norman Schimmel