Oct 2, 2026 Deadline for new Online Traffic Calming Survey

In case you missed the recent round of Traffic Calming Plan Open Houses, a map of our neighborhood was made available with proposed future planned changes.  See our Traffic Calming page for more info, plus a copy of this map.

Next AVNA Meeting Sep 28    ​6pm at YMCA, Euclid & Bahia Vista.  Guest new City Manager, Karie Friling.  Focus on Property Tax Referendum coming up in Nov election.  

Oct 2026  Construction scheduled, tentatively beginning Oct 5, Resurfacing Project, Washington Blvd (US301) from Mound St to 10th St.    Single lane closures, potentially for up to 7 months:  expect traffic backups.  See Washington Blvd Repave page.

Nov 3 Election Day.  Oct 5 deadline to register; Oct 22 deadline to request vote-by-mail.  Early Voting Oct19-Nov1, 8.30am to 6.30 pm.  See sarasotavotes.gov

Speaking of All Things Traffic:  It's a sign proliferation jungle 'round here!  There's practically 100 traffic signs in a 6-block radius abutting the schools:   SHS, Alta Vista Elementary, and Innovation Academy.  The intent is to keep the kids, and others, safe from car accidents.  Because of the inconsistency of signage, including differing times in effect and various Photo Enforcement alerts, a compendium has been compiled and emailed to City Traffic Planning Dept (Sep2026) with a plea to, eventually, correct and simplify.  Here's a little map and chart of the traffic signs (not even including No Parking and Crosswalks).  

SHORT TERM RENTALS  From the City's home page GIS/Maps button, neighbors can now easily look up all registered short-term rentals throughout the City.  The City's Vacation Rental Property Search Website shows Contact & phone number, in case your next-door home's AIRBNB/VRBO/etc. guests are behaving very badly, plus which Inspector to call if homeowner isn't helpful.  Note that there is a 7-day/night minimum for ST rentals in the City.  As of early April, the map shows about 40 short-term rentals in our modest neighborhood alone, and a glance at the citywide map astounds me -- plus, apparently many are still not registered; most short-term guests are good folks, but they're not "real neighbors."  Homes exempt from registration and therefore not shown include rentals of 30+ days, condos, owner-occupied homes, and more.      Is it any wonder that we have a rental crisis?; many of these short-term rentals used to be actual rentals, now off the regular rentals market...  See map.

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