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Sarasota News Leader April 26, 2013 Page 39 "It is bizarre," Patterson responded. On the other hand, Eastwood continued, "This is pretty particular work" for the stormwater project on Siesta. The horizontal directional bore for the pipeline will begin on land and terminate about 2,000 feet in the Gulf of Mexico, she pointed out. "It is very specialized work," she added. "[Erickson] must have known that," Patterson responded. Regardless of that, Patterson continued, "I'm relying on the staff that it's useless to go out for another bid on this." "That's correct," Eastwood said. Not only was Erickson off on her estimate, Patterson noted, but the county's other two consultants were as well. The Feb. 13 memo explained that Kimley-Horn and Associates had estimated a cost of $1,314,890.17 for another segment of the project, but the Forsberg bid for that work was $1,655,746. Additionally, the WilsonMiller/ Stantec estimate for a third part of the project was $24,000, while the Forsberg bid for that segment was $30,800. "There's no point in improving the beach [park] if we can't do what we can to make sure the beaches aren't closed for pollution issues," Patterson continued, referencing the county's upcoming renovations at Siesta Public Beach. Carolyn Eastwood/File photo beach as a result of bacterial counts in the gulf considered harmful to people. The stormwater runoff was identified as the primary source of those high bacterial levels. EXTRA FUNDING HELP Eastwood also told the commissioners that The stormwater project was designed to pre- staff has been in recent contact with reprevent future "No Swimming" notices at the sentatives of the Southwest Florida Water