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Sarasota News Leader January 3, 2014 $3 million higher than the $1.5 million staff estimate. Erickson Consulting Engineers of Sarasota, which worked on the design of an outfall pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico that is an integral part of the project, estimated the pipeline cost at $681,475, staff reports. The expense for installing that structure, as noted in the lowest responsible bid, is $2,291,200, staff says. The pipeline is called the most challenging facet of the project. After listening to a March 20 staff proposal for combining Sarasota County Sheriff's Office facilities on the Cattlemen Road site of the planned new Emergency Operations Center (EOC), the County Commission votes 4-1 Page 29 to request that staff reassess all other county-owned property in that area and report back in 60 days. Commissioner Joe Barbetta casts the "No" vote. "I couldn't possibly support this complex," Barbetta says of a proposal that would put Sheriff's Office buildings on what he calls "prime commercial footage on a major highway." Speaking to Sheriff Tom Knight during a workshop, Barbetta adds, "I have no problem with what your needs are, just not at [the Cattlemen] location" as staff has proposed. To staff, Barbetta says, "Either put [the proposed buildings] to the rear [of the site] or put them on another piece of property." Ed Gable, the new director of the county's Facilities Services Department, presented a graphic showing how a three-story, One schematic shows how new Sheriff's Office facilities could be built near the new Emergency Operations Center on Cattlemen Road. Image courtesy Sarasota County