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Sarasota News Leader July 12, 2013 Page 96 Siesta Seen ing the Gulf of Mexico, from just north of the ance, and to provide information for planning former Midnight Pass, to about 300 feet south maintenance nourishment events … These routine evaluations indicate that while the of Point of Rocks." project generally is performing as expected, That sand came from four borrow areas lo- it likely will require maintenance nourishment cated in the Gulf, 6.5 to 8 miles west of the by the winter of 2015." project, the memo adds. "This material was emplaced to create a widened and elevated In September 2012, the County Commission beach and dune system to protect property approved submittal of a funding application and infrastructure threatened by severe shore- to the Florida Department of Environmental line erosion with an overall goal of providing Protection for the renourishment, the memo points out. Almost exactly six months earlier storm protection …" — on April 13, 2011 — the commission had Since the work was completed, the memo "authorized staff to initiate the design and percontinues, the area "has been monitored and mitting of the first maintenance nourishment evaluated regularly both for permit compli- of the project," the memo adds. A photo taken in late November 2012 by Siesta Key Association board member Ron Flynn shows the erosion that has occurred on Turtle Beach. Photo courtesy of Ron Flynn