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cleanup than the commissions have expected. Although he said he is "not adverse" to putting the shelter on that site, he added that there is "probably a reason we didn't build on it" in the past. Another "con" is that utilizing the city-owned site for a homeless shelter would displace some utility operations and parking spaces for 24 pieces of heavy equipment as well as 48 city Utilities Department vehicles. One potential replacement location for the city equipment would cost $1.6 million. A deep injection well and a water main are located on the property, too, so the project would have to be planned around them. County Commissioner Joe Barbetta asked whether both sites could be remediated. "Certainly, these items can be addressed," replied Cardno Environmental Engineer Richard Hagberg. But it proved difficult for the commissioners to choose one site over the other — largely because both have problems that could poten- tially delay or derail shelter construction. " I ' m t r y i n g t o t a k e a l l t h i s i n , " C i t y Commissioner Suzanne Atwell said at one point, "and compare [the Osprey Avenue land] to East Avenue." A chart lists the pros and cons associated with the potential shelter site at 1800 N. East Ave. in Sarasota. Image courtesy Sarasota County Sarasota News Leader April 25, 2014 Page 29