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Siesta Seen The guest speaker for the meeting will be Sarasota attorney Dan Lobeck, who has expertise in matters involving condominium associations, a news release says. "He has practiced in that field for 34 years, after serving as a policy maker for the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes," the release notes. He is the managing partner of Lobeck & Hanson, which represents several hundred associations in Sarasota County — including a number on Siesta Key — and in other parts of the region. BIGGER BAFFLE BOXES If drivers along Beach Road the past couple of weeks were curious about a crew work- ing on a section between Beach Accesses 7 and 8, I have an explanation, thanks to county spokesman Curt Preisser. The crew was installing larger baffle boxes to increase the flow of stormwater to the new 1-acre stormwater pond next to Siesta Public Beach. A baffle box, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is a concrete or fiberglass structure that contains a series of sediment settling chambers separated by baf- fles. The box's primary function "is to remove sediment, suspended particles and associated pollutants" from stormwater, an EPA fact sheet says. It "also may contain trash screens or skimmers to capture larger materials, trash, and floatables." KUDOS FOR THE CAMPGROUND In late February, the county commis- sioners received an email lauding Turtle Beach Campground. A county crew works to repair a section of Beach Road on March 4 after the installation of larger baffle boxes to increase the flow of stormwater to the new pond at the site adjacent to Siesta Public Beach. Sarasota News Leader March 14, 2014 Page 100