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Sarasota News Leader February 15, 2013 The facility, which will be built at the intersection of Cattlemen Road and Porter Way, is at the 60-percent design stage, Stuckey said. Permitting for it is scheduled to be completed by fall, with construction to be finished in time for personnel to move into the center before the June 1 start of the 2014 hurricane season, he pointed out. Page 23 ��� Bee Ridge Road: Thai Tran, mobility manager in the Public Works Department, reported that the design and permitting of the Bee Ridge Road improvements are to be completed in March, with anticipation that the construction contract will be awarded in the fall. The design is at the 90-percent stage, Tran said, so it should be complete within a couple The two-story structure will be able to with- of months. stand a Category 5 hurricane. The Sarasota County Administration Center on Ringling The project has been split into two segments. Boulevard in downtown Sarasota, where the The 1.8-mile section from Mauna Loa Road current Emergency Management Department to Bent Tree Boulevard will be widened from is located, cannot withstand a storm stronger two lanes to four, with landscaping, bike lanes, sidewalks, lighting and roundabouts added. than a Category 2 or 3, Stuckey noted. The new EOC, he said, ���will finally give us a The .89-mile section from Bent Tree Boulevard safe haven,��� with staff able to stay continu- to Iona Road will include resurfacing, paved shoulders, bike lanes, sidewalks and lighting. ously in the facility for up to 72 hours. Among the other project updates during the ��� Siesta Public Beach: Carolyn Brown, genbudget session were the following: eral manager of the Parks and Recreation De- The new Gulf Gate Library will stand on the same Curtiss Avenue site where the original building was constructed. Image courtesy Sarasota County`