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Sarasota News Leader November 1, 2013 Page 24 Lawry Reid, president of the organization Environmentally Sensitive Lands Protection Friends of Little Salt Spring, remains optimis- Program (ESLPP). tic about the future of the property. ADDITIONAL RECURRING COSTS "I am hopeful the two can come to some kind Three county commissioners said they of agreement." believed the county should not pay anything Reid (no relation to former County close to the $2.11 million appraisal of the Administrator Randall Reid) believes the uni- property. versity wants to transfer the property and its That appraisal was provided by a firm hired associated liability by the end of the year. And by the university. that could provide some motivation to strike a deal. Robinson, a University of Miami graduate, called on university officials to work with the Reid sent an email this week to the county county. commissioners, encouraging them to try to work out an agreement and purchase Little "This was given to the University of Miami as Salt Spring's "unique patch" of preserved a responsibility, not as a gift to make it more property, using funding from the county's valuable," Robinson said at the Oct. 23 meeting. The University of Miami has owned and operated Little Salt Spring since 1982. Photo courtesy Friends of Little Salt Spring