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Sarasota News Leader January 10, 2014 Page 105 Siesta Seen SPEAKING OF NAPOLI'S … STORMWATER SITE UPDATE Although Napoli's structure was torn down to make way for Gidget's, the restaurant has found a new home in the spot previously occupied by a RE/MAX realty office at the intersection of Ocean Boulevard and Avenida Madera. As a matter of fact, Napoli's is now a neighbor of the Broken Egg. Isaac Brownman, the county's capital projects director, notified the County Commission on Jan. 7 about the latest news from the Beach Road Drainage Project (aka the Siesta stormwater project) site, adjacent to the eastern end of the public beach. His report, covering the weeks of Dec. 31 and Jan. 6, included the following notes: As for the Broken Egg: Michelle Logan, who represents the firm that recently bought the • The 60-inch storm drainpipe is approxiSiesta restaurant, told me after the Jan. 7 mately 80 percent complete and should be SKVA meeting that renovations are under way, finished in the next two weeks. with the establishment — renamed Another • The intake pipe for the stormwater filter Broken Egg Café — scheduled to reopen on vault has been installed, and the electrical Feb. 17. controls and pump equipment structure will be in operation by Jan. 10. "We're slowly putting it together," she added. Sections of 60-inch pipe await installation at the site of the Siesta Key stormwater project, just east of Siesta Public Beach. Photo by Rachel Hackney