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Sarasota News Leader January 18, 2013 Knowing that Jan. 9 was the closing date for the Invitation for Quotes on providing and installing bollards with LED illumination at seven Village crosswalks, van Roekens wrote Patterson in the email that he had contacted Ryan Montague in the county's Traffic/Mobility Office for an update. Page 45 One did come in late, however, he added. "So we're trying to find another way to put [the request] back out there." Maroney said he could not offer any more details. "We're in the middle of doing a report to the [County Commission] right now," he added. Montague had informed him of the problems "This is infinitely frustrating for Ryan and staff had encountered with the bid process, the project team," van Roekens wrote in his email to Patterson. "We wanted this work to van Roekens added in the email. be completed by the start of the real season In a phone interview Jan. 17 with The Saraso- and I hope this is still possible. Ryan said not ta News Leader, Tom Maroney, general man- to worry that it had to go back to the [County ager for business operations in the county's Commission] for re-approval," he added, as Public Works Department, said, "Nobody sub- Montague had indicated that "would not conmitted a quote" by the Jan. 9 deadline. sume much time." The crosswalk between the Daiquiri Deck and Gilligan's Island Bar and Grill in Siesta Village is reportedly one of the hardest in which to spot pedestrians at night. Photo by Norman Schimmel