Sarasota News Leader
November 9, 2012
added, "We really need to make sure our web page on this project is up-to-date."
"It seems like staff is making decisions on op- tions," Barbetta said, "kind of guessing on the pricing.
However, he added, no one would have an idea about the actual cost until the project was put out for bid.
Robinson also asked Reid to prepare for the board a timeline showing the steps the com- missioners had taken in the past in regard to the project, as well as a projected timeline go- ing forward. "It would help to get this mapped out exactly," she added.
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Barbetta and Commissioner Jon Thaxton con- curred with Robinson's request.
Barbetta reiterated, "I thought our instruc- tions were pretty clear a while ago: Proceed with the design we had voted on and approved many, many months ago. … This shouldn't be a design on the fly. … This is probably why the numbers have gone from $16 million to $22 million, back to $20 million, $18 million, $14 million."
Harriott replied that staff was trying to get the cost back down to the $16.7 million level the board last had approved.
"This is costing us money every day that we delay [the project]," Barbetta said. "Every day."
In 2011, staff presented the County Commission a possible three-phase plan for accelerating the completion of the Siesta Public Beach improvements. Graphic courtesy Sarasota County
