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Sarasota News Leader June 14, 2013 Page 83 Siesta Seen The County Commission is the Governing • Staff reviews the request and prepares eiBody, Harriott noted, so since it had approved ther a Consent Agenda or discussion item the purchase of the bench to be in the best for the County Commission, which will interest of the district, staff would use disinclude cost estimates and any contract trict assessment revenue to buy and install amendment information. the bench. • Staff would then act on the Commission's Still, one problem remained to be resolved, he direction. pointed out: "[C]ontinued maintenance of the new bench must be addressed. Maintenance There you have it. No word yet on when the of the infrastructure and amenities construct- new bench will be installed. ed as part of the Village Beautification Project is provided by Championship Landscaping BAGGING THE TRASH LLC, under a term contract [with the county]." Michael Shay, vice president of the Siesta Key Adding a new bench would expand the number of benches to be maintained as part of that contract, the memo says, so "the contractor is entitled to a contract amendment. However, the contractor has agreed to maintain one additional bench under the current work scope without an amendment." Because further requests for "expansion of amenities" are anticipated for the Public Improvement District, the memo notes, staff recommends that those requests be processed as follows: Association and organizer of the quarterly Adopt-A-Road cleanup on the key, offered me this summary of the June 1 event: "great turnout, great weather, great food, great people! What more could you ask for?" In a more formal email to volunteers, Shay thanked the 16 people who gathered up the garbage as well as Tom and Kay Kouvatsos and their staff at the Village Café, "who supported us with a great [free] breakfast" before the cleanup crew went to work. Shay added that he was impressed with the • Staff receives the request from the District turnout, especially "considering we are in the Contracting Agent, as defined in the ordi- off season." nance. Sarasota County Ordinance 110623(5) says that agent is "the nonprofit le- The volunteers covered all of Ocean Boulegal entity established by property owners of vard from Beach Road to Higel Avenue as well the District with the authority to administer as Higel itself and Siesta Drive all the way to District Project Maintenance activities." [It the north bridge, collecting "22 bags of junk," currently means Mark Smith.] Shay told the Village Association on June 4.