Now until July 1 2026 Watering Restrictions Increased severely due to Extreme Drought. Lawn irrigation systems limited to once a week; hand watering allowed any day but only before 8am or after 6pm.  See City News article for details.

March 2026 - 2028  New Water Meters project
All residences will be getting new, updated water meters.  Project starts in March 2026, expected to take 2 years.  Residents will be notified by mail for dates they will be doing your block.  No, you don't need to be home, but they do need to access the water meter out in your front yard.  Water will be off for merely minutes!  Details at the vendor's website National Metering Services (NMS).

Sometime this Summer 2026:  Future Repaving US301/Washington Blvd between Mound Street and 10th Street.  Project includes (among many other things) adding a pedestrian crossing light at South Payne Parkway, a.k.a. Alderman Street, across to Senior Friendship Center, on the north side of the Mound/Washington 41/301 mega-intersection.  See our Washington Blvd Repave page.  More info, see FDOT website at https://www.swflroads.com/project/451017-1  

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.

Primary Election Aug 18.  This is an election year, and locally both at-large City Commissioner seats are up. AVNA is having candidates as guest speakers at their monthly AVNA meetings (see AVNA page for schedule), in addition to all the other candidate appearances, which you can probably find on their individual candidate websites.  CCNA is hosting a candidate forum on June 6.  As always, check out sarasotavotes.gov for info.  Note that we are in Congressional District 17 (not District 16, where Kelly Kirschner is a candidate).

​Stormwater News.  Since the 2024 flooding, aren't we all a bit interested in the topic?  Hudson Bayou ("our" canal drains into it) dredging project has been approved (2027?)  Also, there's now a user-friendly map accessible from the County website where you can view your local stormwater maintenance projects.  For more info, go to our Euclid Canal page and our Stormwater/Hudson Bayou pages.

Saba Plaza (NE corner Bahia Vista & Tamiami Trail) is up for sale.  No new development has yet (9/2025) been applied for yet, but per zoning, there is  Potential for 18-story, 500+unit residential, &/or retail.  Meanwhile,  take a look at this amazing aerial video (with "envisioned" residential towers included)  https://views.buildout.media/v/EB15Ywl21gV 

A few common nuisances in our locale:  who ya gonna call?!!

Is a next-door home construction site becoming a serious quality-of-life issue (unreasonable noise, dirt/trash, street/sidewalk blockages, worker parking problems, etc.)?  Contact new City Engineer, Sage Kamiya  Sage.Kamiya@SarasotaFL.gov.  

Is a parked car blocking a sidewalk?  They should know that's not okay.  The City says:  to report it, don't call Code Compliance; instead call the City's parking division at 941-263-6475 or email parkinginfo@sarasotafl.gov.