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of Health to make sure all the violations are documented thoroughly. "The legal outcome … is pending at this point," he added, though he expected the Health Department to take action by the end of the week. That will entail sending the business an official notice that it is in violation of the state statutes, he pointed out. Based on the preliminary investigation by his office, Higginbotham said, "It does not appear it would be easy" to convert the area to a swimming pool, especially given its proxim- ity to the bar. Returning its status to that of a fountain, he continued, "would probably be the easi- est solution. One source who spoke with the News Leader, but who asked not to be identified in this article, said that when the restaurant first opened, a chain-link fence surrounded the water. About three weeks ago, that source said, a member of the source's family visited Bob's Boathouse and saw someone climbing out of the water. Another source, who also declined to be iden- tified, reported dining there a few weeks ago and finding it curious that the pool area — which the source estimated as perhaps 20 feet long — was so close to an outdoor dining section of the restaurant. A deck chair stood in the water at that time, the source told the News Leader, while other chairs were situ- ated around the body of water. The setting Another item on the punch list generated after the March 21 hearing required Bob's Boathouse to get a new county permit for a fence around the dumpster. Photo by Rachel Hackney Sarasota News Leader May 16, 2014 Page 11