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Sarasota News Leader April 19, 2013 Page 52 the Sarasota City Commission and the County Commission, the boards approved Phase 2 with sidewalks on both the north and south sides of the street. be completed this year, it was vital the street improvements be completed in a timely manner. Referring to Myrtle, she said, "That road serves that school only. … You need to be seriously looking at getting as much of that road During that joint meeting, Barbara Langston, a [work] constructed [as possible] … by 2013." liaison from the Amaryllis Park Neighborhood, chastised the commissioners for not moving She added, "My biggest anger right now is that faster on the project. "We've been begging for you all are raising Cain" over funding sources something to be done to that road," she said for the project. of residents. "Really, that road is very dangerA presentation Tran made to the County Comous," she added. "At night, you can hardly see mission on April 10 showed the funding for on it." the design work would be coming from counMoreover, Langston told the boards, when ty and city Community Development Block that area gets heavy rain, "[The road] is total- Grant (CDBG) monies — $272,936 from the ly flooded." county and $226,560 from the city. Langston also pointed out that with the re- Funding for the construction will be divided building of Booker High School scheduled to up as follows, Tran added: $2,324,798 from A chart explains background on the Myrtle Street improvements project. Image courtesy Sarasota County