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Sarasota News Leader December 20, 2013 Page 89 Siesta Seen is not a problem until the street is inundated," the woman wrote, but when flooding occurs, traffic has difficulty navigating that part of the road. last couple of days has filled in the remainder of the ditch that was half obliterated earlier by the low wall that staff permitted, filled in the south culvert with rocks, and provided no culvert at all on the north side of the new cirAssistant County Administrator Mark cular driveway that has just been installed." Cunningham wrote Patterson back on Nov. 26 — the Tuesday before Thanksgiving — to The woman resident who complained earsay staff was looking into the issue and would lier feared the work had been done without a "provide a timely response." county permit, Patterson added. Then, in the next posting on the topic in the county's public email folder — dated Dec. 6 — Patterson contacted Cunningham again, saying she had received another complaint from the same resident. "From what I can understand [the resident at 5025 Higel … in the Regarding a staff comment Patterson apparently received about Mexican petunias in the complainant's swale, Patterson pointed out that the complainant had written to tell her those "plants still allow the flow of drainage to take place," but the drainage had been Siesta residents are accustomed to flooding on sections of the right of way along Higel Avenue during heavy rain events. Photo by Rachel Hackney