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CTC's website explains that it was founded in Florida in 1984 and that it specializes "in coastal engineering, coastal zone manage- ment, coastal geology and environmental permitting services." The firm is based in Sarasota. Truitt has worked on past versions of the county's Inlet Management Plan for big Sarasota Pass and New Pass, she added, "so he is familiar with the characteristics of both passes. … He has not participated in any of the work the Corps has done." Because of the time the review may take, DavisShaw continued, it could be mid-June before the COE is ready to hold the first pub- lic meeting on the modeling and analysis. However, if the peer review finds no causes for concern, she said, the COE might proceed with meetings on an earlier timeline. Sarasota County may want to pursue a peer review of the materials on its own, DavisShaw noted. Commissioner Nora Patterson has advocated for that in meetings this year of Siesta Key organizations. A slide shown to the City and County commissions in October 2013 predicted no substantial negative effects on Siesta Key from the dredging of Big Pass and the installation of three groins on South Lido Key. Image courtesy City of Sarasota Sarasota News Leader April 25, 2014 Page 58