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Sarasota News Leader September 13, 2013 Page 109 Siesta Seen This year, participants are being asked to meet at 8 a.m. at the picnic tables at the pavilion. Then, they will split into two groups, working in one direction down to Access 3 and in the other, to Point of Rocks. An April 22 memo to the County Commission from Laird Wreford, the county's coastal resources manager, indicated that $5 million in the Tourist Development Tax revenue pool dedicated to beach maintenance would be allocated to the Turtle Beach project in the 2015 Already, Shay said, he had 15 volunteers lined fiscal year. up as of Sept. 5. SKA Director Beverly Arias PROJECT UPDATES had another 11, he noted. More details about the countywide initiative Sarasota County Chief Engineer Harriott has provided the County Commission a couple of are available on the KSCB website (above). updates over the past two weeks on issues TURTLE BEACH RENOURISHMENT regarding Siesta Key. The County Commission took another step First, in his report for the week of Aug. 26, this week in preparation for its next renour- Harriott wrote that staff has completed the design and analysis of the parking layout for ishment of Turtle Beach. North Shell Road. The estimate for the materiOn Sept. 10, as part of its consent agenda, als is slightly more than $20,000, he added. "A the board authorized County Administrator report is being finalized and will be provided Randall Reid or his designee to submit an ap- to the Board." plication to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for grant funds in the In his report for the week of Aug. 19, Harriott 2014-15 fiscal year to help cover the cost of noted that regular inspections had identified washed-out areas behind the "wing walls" adthe project. jacent to the abutments at several of the isThe earlier renourishment of Turtle Beach land's bridges. The wing walls act as retaining was completed on April 30, 2007, a memo to structures. The repair work is being added to the board notes. On April 13, 2011, the board the list in the county's Bridge Improvement directed staff to move forward with the sec- Program, he added. ond effort to replenish the sand. The latest memo points out that current state law provides for an annual allotment of $30 million into the Florida Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust Fund to provide money for 50 percent of eligible costs of beach erosion control projects. ABOUT THAT WRECK Regular readers will recall the item in this column last week about a Labor Day car crash near The Banyan Club on Siesta Key. Sgt. Scott Osborne, leader of the Sheriff's Office Community Policing Station on Siesta,