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Sarasota News Leader March 15, 2013 Page 87 Siesta Seen ensuring the work comes in at or below the projected cost. On yet another point regarding the beach park improvements: The News Leader reported on Feb. 15 that Parks and Recreation General Manager Carolyn Brown had told the County Commission during a Feb. 8 budget workshop that plans to create two-way traffic routes through the park had been set aside. Sgt. Scott Osborne, who leads the Sheriff's Office's Community Policing Station on Siesta Key, announced that news to attendees of the Siesta Key Association's March 7 meeting. Osborne said Sheriff's Office representatives had met several times with county staff over the past month to discuss features proposed as part of the park improvements. He pointed out that spaces will be added and the lot will be divided up into about four or five segments, "changing the aesthetics of the whole parking lot." However, the one-way traffic plan had been settled on, he said, to try to prevent fights over spaces. Sgt. Scott Osborne addresses the Siesta Key Association audience on March 7. Photo by Rachel Hackney ABOUT THE BOLLARDS Regarding the plan to install bollards with LED lighting at seven Siesta Village crosswalks, Harriott noted in his March 4 capital assets report that after the low bid came in at approximately $120,000 for that project — with the county having estimated a total of $31,500 — staff had requested quotes from a firm already under general contract with the county. He expected a report on the response to be delivered to the County Commission this week. Anyone who has been to the beach on a busy weekend, he noted, probably had seen people get into arguments over spots for their vehicles. As of this writing, I have seen no indication "That's one of our major disturbances for Si- that report has been completed. However, Ryan Montague in the Traffic/Mobility Office esta Key Public Beach," Osborne added. — who worked with Village representatives Drivers and occupants of two vehicles pulling on company lighting demonstrations last sumup at the same at an open space can get into mer — assured me last week he would get a pretty heated altercations, he has said many copy of the report to me once it is in the hands of the commissioners. times in the past.