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Sarasota News Leader October 25, 2013 Page 113 Siesta Seen installation of a door and closing in a window. Drainage Project — aka the Siesta stormwaThat permit was issued on Oct. 2, the docu- ter project. ment shows, with a total fee of $2,077.58. On Oct. 15, Isaac Brownman, director of capThe demolition permit for the structures that ital projects in the Public Works Department, do not comply with federal and county build- notified the commissioners that staff had ing codes was also issued on Oct. 2. The total obtained the electrical load information Florida Power & Light needed to ascertain for that one was $634.06. what type of service to provide at the site so In the meantime, I learned from the Sarasota electric pumps can be used to begin dewaCounty Attorney's Office that a hearing for tering the area of the new 1-acre stormwater a temporary injunction against the owners pond. With the execution of Interim Field had been delayed from Oct. 21 to Dec. 18. Change Agreement No. 3, Brownman conThat decision was made, Assistant County tinued, "pumps, hoses and fittings will be Attorney David M. Pearce said through an ordered and installed." assistant, to allow the owners time to make the necessary changes to the property and He also pointed out, "Discussions and coordination with the Siesta Beach project are bring it into compliance. ongoing." The county has been dealing with the violations at the house since November 2012, As Project Manager Brad Gaubatz explained to when a member of a Minnesota family vis- members of the Siesta Key Village Association iting Siesta Key notified county staff of her during an Oct. 1 presentation, the start of the concern that the first level of the house was beach project could be put off because of the a firetrap. Subsequent inspections of the two- ongoing delays with the stormwater work, story residence by Code Enforcement and which is adjacent to the public beach park. Fire Department staff led to citations and The stormwater project was supposed to later a Special Magistrate's imposition of daily have been completed in November. fees for the non-compliant structures. Additionally, Brownman noted in his email Pearce told me in September that the issue of liens on the property would be worked out after county staff determined that all the illegal structural issues had been resolved. STORMWATER PROJECT UPDATE chain, "It is anticipated that once dewatering operations start, the zone of impact (drawdown of the groundwater) may extend to adjacent properties and cause their ponds and lakes to lose volume. This is a normal and temporary result of dewatering for construction." More county email flew back and forth last He also is expecting some nearby residents week regarding the status of the Beach Road will complain about the noise, because the