Sarasota News Leader
October 4, 2013
saw a presentation on the project, on Aug.
28, he noted, indications were that the total
might come in at $375,303 below the $21.5
million figure. However, a shifting of contingency funding for the project could alter the
numbers, he said. As of Aug. 28, the contingency amount was $826,036, according to a
chart he presented.
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staff will have a website go live to provide
up-to-date information on the work, including
which parking areas are open. That plan calls
for maps to be available "that you can even
read on a [cellphone] app," he noted.
The SKVA website would be able to offer a
link to that new county website, he added.
The numbers could not move much, he joked, During Phase I of the project, Gaubatz con"or else I get to go look for work somewhere tinued, the new east concession area, which
will have a finished floor 16 feet above grade
else."
to protect it from flooding, will be built, along
Once the beach project does get under way, he with a new parking section next to the stormcontinued, a consultant working with county water retention pond and new tennis courts.
Phase III
Phase III of the beach project is outlined in yellow. Photo by Rachel Hackney
