Lido beach renourishment

Commentary – Saving one beach to destroy another?

Published on November 26, 2019 by author

By Bob Stein I wrote this commentary back in early 2018, but thought it necessary to update and republish it. “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Siesta Key is a very unique island, one of Read More

Lido Renourishment Project

Published on November 26, 2019November 26, 2019 by author

Majority of county commissioners agree Army Corps of Engineers can use county park to stage work for Lido Renourishment Project, but only with extra contractual protection should damage occur By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com Four of the five Sarasota County commissioners Read More

Lido Beach renourishment

Published on August 31, 2019August 31, 2019 by author

Contractor cannot use county’s Ted Sperling Park on South Lido as staging area for city renourishment project By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com In late April, Assistant Sarasota County Administrator Brad Johnson informed Deputy Sarasota City Manager Marlon Brown that the county’s Read More

Judge puts Siesta Key Association challenge of Lido Renourishment Project on hold until after administrative hearing process has concluded, but city plans to withdraw from FDEP application

Published on June 1, 2017May 30, 2017 by author

By Rachel Brown Hackney SarasotaNewsLeader.com A 12th Judicial Circuit Court judge ruled in late April that it was premature for the Siesta Key Association (SKA) to seek a court remedy for what it alleges is a City of Sarasota violation Read More

Siesta residents offer cautionary tale in citing the history of Midnight Pass

Published on February 1, 2017January 30, 2017 by author

By Rachel Brown Hackney SarasotaNewsLeader.com With the looming potential that Big Sarasota Pass will be dredged to renourish South Lido Key Beach, a past director of the Siesta Key Association (SKA) has pointed to the history of Siesta Key’s Midnight Read More

Commissioner reaffirms commitment to protect Siesta Key from harm as Lido Renourishment Project looms

Published on February 1, 2017January 30, 2017 by author

By Rachel Brown Hackney SarasotaNewsLeader.com Sarasota County Commissioner Alan Maio reassured about 40 people during the Jan. 17 Siesta Key Condominium Council meeting that he remains committed to protecting Siesta Key as the City of Sarasota and the U.S. Army Read More

Late December the time frame for state to announce whether it will issue permit for Lido project

Published on November 1, 2016October 28, 2016 by author

By Rachel Brown Hackney SarasotaNewsLeader.com The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) has notified the City of Sarasota that its staff deemed the Lido Renourishment Project application to be complete as of Sept. 28. The state department’s deadline for issuing Read More

No word yet on when federal agency will provide response to state’s last questions on Lido Renourishment Project

Published on March 1, 2016March 3, 2016 by author

In the meantime, Siesta Key Association vice president commends the work of multiple organizations in opposing plan to dredge Big Pass By Rachel Brown Hackney SarasotaNewsLeader.com The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is still at work on its response Read More

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