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Sarasota News Leader November 15, 2013 Page 65 alternatives; land acquisition costs were not figured into any of them: 1. No Action and Maintain — $233,421 every two years, with a 50-year total estimate of more than $5.8 million. 2. Rock Revetment — $2,460,000. 3. Concrete Seawall — $2,351,000. 4. Step Revetment — $2,618,000. 5. Beach Renourishment — $3,340,000. Harriott and Tran added that alternatives 2, 3 and 4 have a 50-year life cycle expectancy. "After that the structure would have to be evaluated." Alternatives 2, 3, 4 and 5 "would require special survey, design, land easement acquisitions, environmental permitting, monitoring and continued maintenance," they pointed out. They continued, "The selection of a permanent seawall or revetment will provide a benefit for roadway and shoreline protection, but does not offer assurance of a sandy beach seaward of the roadway. In addition, due to low elevations, a seawall would not prevent the area from flooding and could cause further erosion at the north and south ends of the wall." James K. Harriott Jr. is chief engineer of Sarasota County. File photo (O&M) staff would continue to remove deposited sand from the roadway and repair voids, as needed. Additionally, they noted that if a future tropical storm caused significant damage, "actual costs for repair would be assessed based on the extent of [it]." The construction cost estimate for the No-Action alternative, they Alternatives 2, 3 and 4 also would require added, was based on the county's expense for coastal setback variances — exactly the type emergency repairs in November 2012. of action Smith noted the County Commission has been reluctant to approve. Since 2001, they wrote, the county has spent about $378,917 on routine maintenance for Smith pointed to the potential for further erostreet sand cleaning, asphalt repairs and utilsion on either side of a seawall, causing "more ity services involving the road. That figure problems for other people." includes the cost of the Taylor study, but it As for Alternative 1: Harriott and Tran wrote does not account for staff time on the project, that "the County Operation & Maintenance they added.