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Sarasota News Leader April 26, 2013 Page 37 The total estimate from all consultants for the Eastwood referred to the underestimating as project was about $1.5 million. "a significant error." While Eastwood said she did not have the exact figures in front of her — and the project manager was unable to provide them because he was out sick — she recalled that Erickson had agreed to forgo about $6,000 of the approximately $200,000 to $250,000 it had billed the county for the estimating portion of its work. "It's almost a slap in the face to give that small amount back to us," Commissioner Christine Robinson said of the payment Erickson had agreed to forgo. That estimate was for what a Feb. 13 staff memo to County Administrator Randall Reid called "the most technically challenging portion of the pipeline" that will be installed in the Gulf of Mexico off Siesta Public Beach. Eastwood pointed out that the new Procurement Code might allow recourse against Erickson Engineering through the code's suspension and debarment section regarding vendors. "I'd call it insulting," Commissioner Joe Barbetta added. "The whole fee ought to be returned." An aerial map shows the location of construction for the new stormwater project on Siesta Key. Image courtesy Sarasota County