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Sarasota News Leader November 16, 2012 He likened the process of choosing those op- tions to remodeling a house. For example, a couple might ask for plans including marble countertops, he said, only to be taken aback by the estimated cost. Still, Harriott said, if they decided they really prefer the marble, they might proceed with that option and find a way to pay for it. "That's what we're going through right now" with the beach improvements plan, he added. Many ideas had been put forth about what the improvements should entail, he pointed out. The goal, he said, "is to figure out the ones that make sense." Additionally, Harriott said, while the commis- sion might decide to forgo certain options at this point, it might want the leeway to include Page 19 them later, as more funding became available. Those points had to be taken into consider- ation in the design, he said. Asked whether he felt a lack of communica- tion between staff and the commissioners was a key factor in the frustrations that had been aired over the past eight days, he said, "I think when you're in this situation, communication could always have been better." OPTIONS During the commission's discussion with Maio on Nov. 13, Commissioner Nora Patterson pointed to a couple of proposed cost-saving measures that she said she found troubling. One called for using lighting in the new park- ing lots that met the minimum standards of A slide in a PowerPoint presentation presented to the County Commission on Sept. 14, 2011 shows projected costs for the beach park improvements. Image courtesy Sarasota County