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Sarasota News Leader February 15, 2013 Page 88 Siesta Seen way county attorneys tentatively had agreed to give Brown as part of the settlement. (The County Attorney���s Office also will recommend the county pay him $75,000.) The right of way is along Avenida Messina, adjacent to Brown���s restaurant The Hub Baja Grill. Bentley explained that the property ended up being about twice the size county staff had estimated. Beyond that, it is bordered on all four sides by county property; therefore, by law, the county cannot give the right of way to Brown, Bentley said. ���It���s not contiguous to anything [Brown owns],��� Bentley added. Although the roofline of the building that houses The Hub extends to the county property line ��� legally, Bentley was quick to point out ��� some sort of accommodation will have to be made with the right of way. The county could just deed over about 8 more feet to the property line of The Hub, Bentley said, which would resolve the issue. County Attorney Stephen DeMarsh/Photo by Norman Schimmel THOSE BOLLARDS Noon on Feb. 13 was the deadline for bids to be submitted to resolve another Siesta Village matter ��� the lighting of crosswalks. After initially receiving no bids on time ��� one came in late ��� Sarasota County Procurement Department staff had to re-advertise the proj���I don���t think they want to kill the deal over 8 ect to provide and install bollards with LED feet,��� Bentley added. illumination, so drivers can see pedestrians more clearly as they cross Ocean Boulevard The lawsuit, which was filed in October 2011, at night. involves allegations that county staff singled out Brown in raising parking assessments for A relatively new procurement analyst in the three of his Village businesses in 2011 ��� in- Procurement Department named Carmen Gocluding The Hub ��� while it lowered assess- mez was kind enough on Feb. 14 to provide ments for all other parcels in the Village that me the information about the single bid that were taxed to pay off the cost of the munici- came in this time ��� and, it is an eye-popper: $118,500. pal parking lot.