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Coastal Advisory Committee seeks countywide coastal monitoring plan; estimates $300,000/year for physical monitoring

5969337 · October 21, 2025
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Summary

The county’s Coastal Advisory Committee recommended creating a countywide coastal monitoring program (beach-profile surveys, bathymetry, aerial imagery) to support a future comprehensive Coastal Management Plan; the committee estimated about $300,000 per year for physical monitoring.

The Sarasota County Coastal Advisory Committee presented its 2025 annual report and recommended the county implement a countywide coastal-monitoring plan as the first practical step toward a comprehensive coastal-management plan.

Why it matters: Committee members told the commission that systematic monitoring (range-monument beach profiles, inlet bathymetry…

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