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Sarasota News Leader March 1, 2013 Moreover, Brown explained, the bid award to Core Construction includes the cost of portable restroom facilities that will have to be cleaned twice a day during the projected nine months of construction. Brown also pointed out that the cost estimate of the project was lower than it was two years ago. Page 76 prefer to build it at grade,��� but FEMA will not allow that. An email sent this week to the commission from Kim Humphrey, vertical design project manager with the county, said the finished floor of the restroom would be elevated to 13 feet 8 inches, which necessitated the structure being placed on concrete columns with 12inch footers ��� ���(much more expensive than traditional slab-on-grade)��� ��� and nearly 110 feet of the switchback ramp was needed to maintain ADA accessibility to that height. ���Which, to me, says your estimates need to come down to something reasonable for what we���re expecting to get,��� Patterson replied. ���I���m sorry,��� she added, ���but it���s not the first time I���ve felt that way when [bid awards] fi- That ramp would be under the roof, she pointnally came to us, but this one time seemed a ed out. bit over the top to me.��� Bair also explained to the commission that Patterson continued, ���I just can���t support it staff had been working with City of Sarasota ��� We just don���t have a gold-plated budget staff on the project. Because the city���s buildanymore. There are lots of projects we���re not ing code changed in 2012, she said, county getting to build.��� staff had to go through a new permitting proRegarding the design, Brenda Bair, the pro- cess with the city. County staff then reached gram manager for the South Lido project, told an agreement to complete the restroom project before the end of the 2013 fiscal year, she the commissioners, ���It���s not gold-plated.��� added. ���The city is anxious to have this conCounty restroom structures generally last 30 struction,��� Bair told the commissioners. years, Bair continued. ���So what we���re designing now is something that will hold up to van- When Robinson asked Reid when the discusdalism, hold up to the hurricane season and sion could be continued, he responded that he hold up to the day-to-day operation costs.��� could provide 30 minutes for it on the March 5 agenda. Bair told the commissioners, ���I understand what your concern is,��� but the staff goal is to Patterson pointed out that the follow-up build structures that will last as long as possi- would not take long, but Robinson respondble with maintenance costs reduced as much ed with a laugh: ���Just for the discussion we���ve as possible. had this morning, it might be.��� ���I would like to have a full-up discussion on The commissioners spent about 20 minutes this,��� Robinson said, just as the board had in on the matter on Feb. 26. December on the Siesta Key Public Beach imBarbetta also asked Bair to make certain she provements. came back with a breakdown of all the costs When Commissioner Charles Hines asked for the project. whether the ramp was necessary, Bair responded, ���We have no option. ��� We would Bair said she would. %