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Sarasota News Leader January 3, 2014 nature center. The society will operate the facility and fund its upkeep through donations. The group will lease the land from the county for $10 per year. So far, Sarasota Audubon has raised 70 percent of the total needed to build the center. Construction is slated to start in June 2014 and take six to eight months. Nature center visitors will use the public restrooms in the county structure. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has pushed back the timeline for delivery of its comprehensive analysis of the Lido Beach Renourishment Project — including potential impacts related to the dredging of Big Pass, Page 126 Sarasota City and County staff has learned. While the project manager, Milan A. Mora, told attendees of the Dec. 5 Siesta Key Association meeting that the plan was expected to be finished in late January or early February, City Engineer Alexandrea DavisShaw tells The Sarasota News Leader that Army Corps representatives notified her on Dec. 17 that it would be late February or early March when everything is ready for release. DavisShaw has promised the documents all will be available to the public. As a result of the Corps announcement, county staff has postponed the date of a County Commission discussion of the project from Jan. 28 to March 18. % Santa Claus arrives on St. Armands Circle Dec. 6 to kick off the holiday season. Photo by Norman Schimmel