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Sarasota News Leader May 3, 2013 Page 39 contemplated in the design — is too high a That was why staff planned to work with the cost … I would fall in the same category [with CM at risk, Eastwood responded, to try to deHines]." velop "a much higher confidence level in pricPatterson added, "It's a project I want to get ing." done, but I'm not and never really have been With both the Siesta and Bee Ridge projects, supportive of that price." Barbetta said, "We've missed great opportuniStill, she said, "I can't imagine anything worse ties with lower pricing on both projects. The than over a period of, say, 10 years, constantly delays are costing us a lot of money." coming back to this asset and tearing it up." If the board continued to delay those projects, Patterson continued, "If I were asked tomorrow to appropriate the necessary [bond sale] Barbetta continued, or chose to tackle them for a $16.7 million-plus project, I'm not giving on a piecemeal basis, "They're going to cost even more." you an opinion that I would say, 'Yes.'" Commissioner Charles Hines. Photo by Rachel Hackney