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may impact property values and the environ- ment of Siesta Key. We support the Siesta Key Overlay District (SKOD) and all ordinances that protect the barrier island environment. We support the rights of private land use by owners [when plans] are within ordinance and when [the] use has no adverse impact to other property owners or the barrier island environment." During the April 3 SKA meeting, Luckner, now the SKA's second vice president, reported that the variance petition is scheduled to be heard by the County Commission on April 23. Recently retired SKA Director Peter van Roekens, who was in the audience, said he had heard some discussion regarding an effort by the owners to modify the plan to include a proposal for a conservation easement. Howard Berna, environmental supervisor in the county's Natural Resources Department, told the News Leader on April 15, "I have had an indication that [the Allens] wanted to do a conservation easement, but I haven't seen a plan for that." A page of the staff report on the variance request for the 162 Beach Road parcel shows points of consistency and inconsistency with approval criteria for such construction. 'MHWL' stands for Mean High Water Line. Image courtesy Sarasota County Sarasota News Leader April 18, 2014 Page 67