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Sarasota News Leader November 8, 2013 Page 128 Siesta Seen family had paid to stay there almost a year necessary to remove ground water), which ago and county Fire Department and Code will be followed in a few days by the pond Enforcement staff, to whose attention that excavation." Minnesotan brought the situation. Thanks to a rainy summer and a very rainy PUMPING UNDER WAY September, the 1-acre site of the new stormwater pond has been too full of water for the Good news came this week from Isaac R. Brownman, the county's director of capital excavation to get under way, putting compleprojects. He alerted the County Commission tion of the project months behind schedule. that off-site pumping began on Nov. 5 at the Brownman continued, "Staff expects to stormwater site next to Siesta Public Beach. receive an updated work schedule from the Final electrical preparations took place contractor this week that will take this proj(installation of cables and switches) on Nov. ect through final completion. … At this time 4, he noted. "Depending on the speed in which we do not expect that the delays we have had the site surface water is removed, contractor to date will significantly impact the [Siesta will begin digging the 'Rim Ditch,' (a sump Public] Beach [improvements] project. % Some of the heavy equipment that had been idle at the site of the stormwater project, next to Siesta Public Beach, was in action again at last on Nov. 5. Photo by Rachel Hackney