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to City Manager Tom Barwin providing an update on the entire project. A city com- missioner had asked her for a status report, Robinson noted. OTHER PROJECTS Patterson also expressed some concern about the timeline for completing the new Gulf Gate Library, which is under construc- tion on Curtiss Avenue in Sarasota. The board approved a guaranteed maximum price of $7,694,022 for that project in May 2013, and work began in June 2013. After offering a summary of the features planned for the facility, Brownman told the board that substantial completion is set for mid- to late October, while the project should be finished in November. Patterson, who long was a champion of the project, will step down from the board after the November election. "I was promised before I leave office" that the library would be complete, she told Brownman. He promised her staff would push for an ear- lier conclusion of the work. Yet another project that drew some questions involves the upgrades to the BMX track at the county's 17th Street Youth Athletic Complex, with a total projected cost of $1.8 million. The photo on the left shows the completed new intersection at River Road and U.S. 41. At right is the resurfaced South River Road. Images courtesy Sarasota County Sarasota News Leader April 4, 2014 Page 55