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Sarasota News Leader October 25, 2013 Hines told his colleagues he was at Siesta Public Beach over the weekend. "It's in great need of updating and improvement, so I'd like to see [the work] get started." "I'll not be supporting [the motion], then," Patterson said, though she added her intent was not to hold up the project. Hines made the motion to approve the GMP. Barbetta seconded it. A memo provided to the board indicates the improvements will begin in November on the eastern end of the site, moving west over about 24 months. The memo adds that Page 68 permitting is under way and is not expected to delay the process. Additionally — although Gaubatz raised the concern at the Oct. 1 Siesta Key Village Association meeting — the fact that the Beach Road Drainage Project has fallen behind schedule should not hamper the start of the park improvements, the memo points out. (See the related information in Siesta Seen in this issue.) The design consultant and Russo, along with county staff, are working with the contractor on the drainage project to allow the beach park improvements to get under way in November as planned, the memo notes. The two projects are to run concurrently until the drainage project is finished, the memo notes. % An artist's rendering provided by Sweet Sparkman Architects in Sarasota shows how the renovated historic pavilion will appear. Image courtesy Sarasota County