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Sarasota News Leader February 15, 2013 Page 90 Siesta Seen The company submitting the bid was During the Feb. 7 SKA meeting, van Roekens reported that county staff had told him, proC-Squared CGC, a local firm. vided bids did come in this time and they were County staff had estimated the cost of the acceptable, the contract could be awarded in bollards at seven Village intersections would about two weeks. be about $31,500. After no bids were received in the first round of requests for responses, Somehow, I believe the county commissionChief Engineer James K. Harriott Jr. indicated ers are going to be as upset about this as they in an email to the county commissioners that were when they learned the Siesta Beach the cost might have been the reason. He sug- stormwater project bids came in about three gested a formal bid be advertised, since one times higher than expected just a few weeks vendor apparently indicated that bids would ago. come in at $50,000 or higher ��� necessitating A CLEANER KEY the alternate procurement procedure. SKA Director Michael Shay is reminding all inGomez wrote in a Feb. 14 email, ���This project terested persons that members of his organiis a specialized service that includes the man- zation will join forces with Siesta Key Village ufacturing of concrete bollards to illuminate Association members on Saturday, Feb. 16, for the crosswalk without interfering with traffic the quarterly Adopt A Road cleanup effort. as well as installing and connecting the bollards with existing electrical lines. The ven- Tom and Kay Kouvatsos, owners of Village dor is a local vendor and has worked with the Caf��, will serve a free breakfast to the volunCounty in the past. The responsiveness and teers at 8 a.m. on Saturday, with the trash and responsibility verification for this vendor is debris collection set to begin at 9. currently in progress.��� Shay ��� who recently took over the Adopt A Because of our weekly deadline, I did not have Road ���mantle��� from Peter van Roekens ��� reminds everyone to leave heavy tips for the Viltime to seek comments from Siesta Key Aslage Caf�� servers. sociation Vice President Peter van Roekens, who first brought up the need for the cross- The cleanup crew will cover Ocean Boulevard walk lighting in January 2012; or Mark Smith, as well as Higel Avenue and Siesta Drive up to immediate past chairman of the Siesta Key the north Siesta bridge. Chamber of Commerce; or Russell Matthes, As usual, grabbers, gloves and trash bags will president of the Siesta Key Village Associabe provided. tion. All three worked with county staff on demonstrations last summer in the Village, As my mother-in-law was fond of telling my with two vendors providing sample bollards. children: Many hands make for light work. %