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Sarasota News Leader December 21, 2012 Page 35 orangutans come out, they���re going to try to Patterson���s response in an email the same day: rip everything off the walls.��� ���That seems a totally out of line cost. I hope there are not other similarly budgeted items.��� Still, he maintained the project could be constructed for about $13.2 million. On Dec. 17, County Administrator Randall Reid emailed Harriott, asking him to ���exOn Dec. 14, Harriott responded to Patterson. plain in more detail��� the difference between Regarding the trash a trash can and a trash cans, he wrote in an receptacle that would email, ���The quick anI have seen very attractive trash be considered part of swer is yes ��� the the streetscape in the waste receptacles receptacles on St. Armands. They are park. Reid added that were estimated at concrete with a trash can inside. I doubt he suspected the item $3500 each. The de- they cost $3500. Smith had referenced sign team indicated in the Dec. 10 letter Nora Patterson that these are a high was a heavy receptaCommissioner quality receptacle with Sarasota County cle designed to hold a 10-year warranty. several cans. While the upfront cost is high, this unit will last for over a decade in Patterson then weighed in again on Dec. 17 in what is an extremely harsh coastal and public an email to Reid: ���I have seen very attractive environment.��� trash receptacles on St. Armands. They are Harriott added, ���The Landscape Architect on concrete with a trash can inside. I doubt they the design team indicated that units of lesser cost $3500. And by the way ��� why are we quality (typically costing under a $1,000) do supplying Chaise Lounges? I think someone not have the same warranty or finish quality rents them to people.��� and degrade within a few years in this environment. That said, there are a number of alternatives between $1,000 and $2,000 that we will be evaluating and reviewing with the County for best value and life cycle costs as we move to [the] 90%��� design completion point. ���With a quick internet search,��� he continued in the email, ���we can identify many receptacles of varying quality, design and price (even up to several thousand dollars per receptacle). At the current stage of design (60%), we don���t want to underestimate these types of items. The 60% to 90% is the stage of design ��� where amenities are being [reviewed] for cost, quality [and] maintenance requirements so the appropriate cost effective option can be selected.��� Among other items whose cost Smith questioned for the East Playground Area were the following: ��� 19 grills at a cost of $1,000 each. ��� 24 swivel chairs at a cost of $2,000 each. ��� 91 picnic tables at a cost of $1,500 each. Smith wrote that he had searched online and found parks and recreation commercial grade alternatives that could be considered as substitutes: ��� Grills at $242 each. ��� Swivel chairs at $500 each. ��� Picnic tables at $850 each. %