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On Jan. 27, Jackson explained to the News Leader that subject matter experts in other Corps districts were reviewing the modeling and reports. Given that timeline, Sarasota County staff had pushed back a County Commission dis- cussion of the project from Jan. 28 to March 18. More recent county communications with the Corps led county Coastal Resources Manager Laird Wreford to expect the release of the reports and models by early March, county spokesman Curt Preisser told the News Leader this week. As a result, staff ten- tatively moved the board discussion again, this time to the afternoon of April 23, Preisser and Leigh Sprimont, County Commission ser- vices manager, said this week. With the latest news that the material would not be expected before late April, Preisser said on Feb. 26 that staff will keep the April 23 date. County Administrator Tom Harmer or the commission could ask for the agenda item to be rescheduled once more, he added, but it is possible the commission will want to go ahead and have some sort of discussion in April. The timing of the release of the materials for public review has been a proverbial moving target. On Sept. 18, 2013, the Corps' proj- ect manager, Milan A. Mora, told members of the Sarasota County Coastal Advisory Committee that he hoped to start the renour- ishment permitting process with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection by early November 2013. During a presentation to the Siesta Key Association on Dec. 5, 2013, Mora said he expected the modeling and reports to be ready for release in late January or early February. Then on Dec. 17, the Corps notified City of (From left) City Commissioner Paul Caragiulo, City Manager Tom Barwin, then-County Administrator Randall Reid and City Engineer Alex DavisShaw listen to comments by Laird Wreford, the county's coastal resources manager, during the Oct. 22, 2013 joint meeting of the City and County commissions. Photo by Norman Schimmel Sarasota News Leader February 28, 2014 Page 38