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Sarasota News Leader December 27, 2013 Coastal Resources Manager] Laird [Wreford] and I spoke briefly at the end of the [SKA] meeting and all discussed that bringing the Board item forward on 1/28/14, as tentatively scheduled, would be absent the findings of the [Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE)] report and the Commission would have incomplete information as a result. As such, we are requesting to postpone the [discussion until after] the ACOE report is issued and staff has the ability to incorporate its findings into the discussion." Page 12 would be on county land. Patterson quickly concurred, and the idea won unanimous approval. "I'm glad to see the Corps taking a step back, as everyone should," Robinson said in a telephone interview on Dec. 20 when asked about the delay. FACETS OF THE ANALYSIS Wreford, the county's coastal resources manager, told the News Leader last week that the delay was not surprising. "This is a very, very Robinson was the board member who first important project." proposed a County Commission discussion of the project, after all the commissioners Estimated at a maximum cost of $22.7 millearned that one of the groins the Army Corps lion, the initial renourishment would add 1.1 proposes for construction on south Lido Key million cubic yards of sand to Lido Beach, This photo shows one stretch of Lido Key plagued by frequent erosion. The building's pool deck is exposed to the water. Image courtesy of the City of Sarasota