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Sarasota News Leader December 27, 2013 Page 15 The county's position at this point, Wreford added, is "We're simply open and reserving judgment" until staff and the County Commission can review the Corps' findings. "Once we have some of that final information, we'll have a better idea of what questions to ask." ANALYZING THE ANALYSIS "Personally, I want all the information we can get on this, so better to have [the Corps] analysis/report and then we have something we can get peer-reviewed," Patterson told the News Leader. She added, "I would like there to be a peer review that's completely independent, done by people that have no dog in this [hunt] … especially someone who doesn't do dredging and beach renourishment for a living." Siesta residents and the Boaters' Coalition in Sarasota County also have asked for a peer review of the Corps' work on the Lido project. Mora and other Corps representatives have maintained their initial analysis has indicated the project would have minimal impacts on Siesta. Patterson told the News Leader, "Other than somebody's opinion, I'd like to know what that's based on." They need to go find sand someplace else. Maria Bankemper Co-Owner and General Manager Best Western Plus Siesta Key Maria Bankemper is co-owner of the Best Western Plus Siesta Key hotel. File photo Patterson herself has described in public meetings how sand naturally drifts from north to south on the west coast of Florida, and Siesta residents have remarked over the past couple of years, especially, about how sand has accreted on the public beach. Mora told the SKA audience that dredging the ebb shoal of Big Pass would be returning sand to Lido that came from Lido. Patterson is concerned about the groins, too, she said, noting they would likely be exposed on Lido beach between the five-year renourishments Mora has outlined. Mora has maintained in presentations that sufficient sand will be placed on Lido Beach in the initial renourishment to keep the structures covered.