AVNA: Alta Vista Neighborhood Association, Inc.
Contact: [email protected] or 941-894-8877
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Maureen and Mrs. M welcome the community at the AVNA table at April 2025 National Night Out
To read latest AVNA email newsletter, scroll down below. Also, AVNA now is posting notices and documents of interest, see https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1qAmGvxfatyho5mxyp0l7hGR00LVPsBvz
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Editor's Comment: Note that AVNA was set up to represent the neighborhood. Without more people becoming involved, neighborhood associations sometimes struggle to represent the diversity of opinions and needs of all their residents.
Text of (5/9/25) AVNA email newsletter:
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Alta Vista neighbors, please see below for important announcements…
Flooding Information Needed - Act Now!
NOTE: Deadline 5/12/25
from: City Council of Neighborhood Associations (CCNA)
Here is the task for each neighborhood:
Provide top 2 specific areas within your neighborhood streets that you want us to focus on to resolve with the county. Note: this could be blocked drain, damaged catch basin or overgrowth of weeds at an outfall. Include the following information.
1. address closest to the location - example 1800 8th St northwest corner of intersection
2. If you have previously reported to county 311 or Click-to-Fix, provide the date and a copy of the email response from the city/county acknowledging your issue.
3. If the issue has not been turned into county or city, please indicate as such
4. any photos/video available of the issues
After the committee has absorbed all of this information and built the plan to address the county, we will be asking you to provide your next areas of concern. Please do not include dredging or water way clean up requests as we will take this on as a separate topic within the committee.
The stormwater resilience committee will be working within 3 subcommittees as follows.
Street Flooding
Waterway Clean Up and Dredging
Zoning and Land Development Requirements
*** Please email us at [email protected] right away and we will send our neighborhood consensus to CCNA. ***
[Ed Note: AVNA received no replies from residents, so no AV neighborhood input was submitted to CCNA]
City Budget Information
Adapted from message: Commissioner Jen Ahearn-Koch [email protected]
Linked following are financial documents on the City’s budget.
Was discussed at the City meeting on April 20.
…Up to page 33, including page 30, answers some of the questions the group asked and is also really valuable information on the City’s financial situation.
Item 2: per the cost of the Hurricanes and FEMA.
Consent 1 https://legistarweb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/pdf/3255652/FY2023-24_ACFR_packet.pdf
Consent 2 https://legistarweb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/pdf/3264805/VI.3_Agenda_Request_Form.pdfs
Hurricane Preparedness From City’s announcement
Visit the City of Sarasota's Hurricane Preparedness web page
Learn your Evacuation Level by using Sarasota County’s Know Your Evacuation Level online tool here. and the closest evacuation center
City begins using Neighbors by Ring for community notifications
Neighbors by Ring, the popular mobile app for doorbells and security cameras, is now among the many communication tools utilized by the City of Sarasota for community outreach and notifications. Neighbors is a social networking platform that allows users to connect with their community. The Neighbors app is a free standalone app available to anyone whether or not they are a Ring customer. Through its verified Neighbors account, the City of Sarasota will share important community notices, including critical information during hurricane season. The Neighbors app can be downloaded through the Apple App Store or Google Play. It also is available within the Ring app.
News and alerts are posted on the City of Sarasota website www.Sarasotafl.gov. Information also is shared on the City of Sarasota Facebook, Instagram, X and Nextdoor channels.
Media contact: [email protected]
City Transportation Planning meeting Stakeholder Group Listening Session for the Transportation Chapter Update
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
City of Sarasota, City Hall Annex, SRQ Media Studio, 1565 First St, Sarasota, FL 34236
** PLEASE RSVP ([email protected]) or contacting me at (941) 263-6358 (office). **
Your input will help shape how the City plans for a safe, efficient, and accessible transportation system that serves all users. It will also inform our outreach strategy for community engagement activities—including public meetings, open houses, and a citywide survey—to ensure the Transportation Chapter update reflects Sarasota’s needs, shared values, and aspirations for the future. The update will build on the foundation established by Sarasota in Motion (2020), the City’s first citywide transportation master plan.
Beth Sholom Property Provisional Use application PROVISIONAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION NO. 25-PM-01
RE: Application No. 25-PM-01 – 1050 S. Tuttle Avenue (Temple Beth Redevelopment)
Notice is hereby given that Provisional Use Permit Application No. 25-PM-01 – 1050 S. Tuttle Avenue (Temple Beth Redevelopment) has been filed with the City of Sarasota by Joel J. Freedman of Freedman Consulting & Development, LLC., on behalf of Alastair Jenkin, Senior Vice President of Gilbane Development Company (contract purchaser).
Brief Description: Provisional Use Permit Application No. 25-PM-01 is a request for a religious institution to be located on a Residential Multiple Family 7 (RMF-7) zoned subject property with a street address of 1050 S. Tuttle Avenue. The site currently includes a synagogue which is proposed to remain. Related Rezone with Site Plan application nos. 25-SP-06 and 25-RE-04 are proposed to rezone the subject site to RMF-7 and construct a four-story apartment building on the property. The continued synagogue use will require Provisional Use Permit approval, as more particularly described in said application.
The Provisional Use Permit procedure is set forth in Article IV, Division 18, Sections IV-1801 through IV-1803 of the Zoning Code (2002) and the specific use standards applicable to Open Air Markets are set forth in Section VII-602(x) of the Zoning Code (2002). The procedure for the issuance of a Provisional Use Permit is an administrative process with the permit being issued by the City Manager or his designee.
You are receiving this notice because you have subscribed to receive Development Application notices via the City’s email subscription service. Electronic distribution of these notices is not required by the Florida Statutes or the City of Sarasota Zoning Code but rather is being provided as a courtesy only to interested citizens. Therefore, failure to receive a notice via the electronic email subscription service will not invalidate any decision made by the City Commission, Planning Board, Historic Preservation Board, Board of Adjustment or the city administration in regards to a development application.
You may view the documents in the above mentioned application on file with the Office of the City Auditor & Clerk by utilizing the city's online records portal. Select Land Development Applications - Keyword from the search type drop down menu and type the above application number in the appropriate field placing an asterisk on both sides of the search term.
If you would like more information or have questions or concerns regarding the above described application, please contact the Department of Development Services at [email protected] or (941) 263-6000 ext. 36596.
Note: Those located within 500 feet of the property have “Legal Standing” to contest this application, that includes individual residents and the Alta Vista Neighborhood Association. Please contact [email protected] and copy us at [email protected] about your concerns.
City news sources From: City PAC verbatim from their email:
CityPAC hasn't gone away, and there is a lot going on in local government that impacts the quality of life for everyone who calls Sarasota "home".
We have received inquiries from neighbors who miss the biweekly newsletter, the City Hall Monitor, which we produced during the 2024 city election season.
We are pleased to be able to recommend a new local news service, the Suncoast Searchlight. Supported by the Barancik Foundation and staffed with professional journalists, the Suncoast Searchlight offers investigative news on government issues, and distributes a free weekly newsletter Sign up for the Suncoast Searchlight
Published every Friday, the Sarasota Newsleader provides in-depth coverage of Sarasota County Commission meetings. For a modest $30.00 a year, the Sarasota Newsleader provides information you won't get anywhere else about development decisions impacting all of us: Subscribe to the Sarasota Newsleader
Airing on WSLR 96.5 every Wednesday and Friday at 6:00 p.m., WSLR Local News offers grassroots community journalism on issues impacting the city of Sarasota. Cathy Antunes' popular public affairs show, The Detail, airs on Thursdays at 9:00 a.m., and starting May 10 at 11:00 a.m., columnist Carrie Seidman will begin hosting a "Talk of the Town" news roundtable for WSLR: Listen to WSLR 96.5 News
We thank the journalists at each of these outlets for the important work they do to keep the public informed about issues that affect us all, and we encourage CityPAC subscribers to stay engaged by supporting local news. -CityPAC Steering Committee
AVNA Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1138505250963885 or tinyUrl.com/AvnaFacebook
AVNA documents archive: AvnaArchive
[Note: to see images, links and attachments, be sure to subscribe to the AVNA email list!]
Alta Vista neighbors, please see below for important announcements…
Flooding Information Needed - Act Now!
NOTE: Deadline 5/12/25
from: City Council of Neighborhood Associations (CCNA)
Here is the task for each neighborhood:
Provide top 2 specific areas within your neighborhood streets that you want us to focus on to resolve with the county. Note: this could be blocked drain, damaged catch basin or overgrowth of weeds at an outfall. Include the following information.
1. address closest to the location - example 1800 8th St northwest corner of intersection
2. If you have previously reported to county 311 or Click-to-Fix, provide the date and a copy of the email response from the city/county acknowledging your issue.
3. If the issue has not been turned into county or city, please indicate as such
4. any photos/video available of the issues
After the committee has absorbed all of this information and built the plan to address the county, we will be asking you to provide your next areas of concern. Please do not include dredging or water way clean up requests as we will take this on as a separate topic within the committee.
The stormwater resilience committee will be working within 3 subcommittees as follows.
Street Flooding
Waterway Clean Up and Dredging
Zoning and Land Development Requirements
*** Please email us at [email protected] right away and we will send our neighborhood consensus to CCNA. ***
[Ed Note: AVNA received no replies from residents, so no AV neighborhood input was submitted to CCNA]
City Budget Information
Adapted from message: Commissioner Jen Ahearn-Koch [email protected]
Linked following are financial documents on the City’s budget.
Was discussed at the City meeting on April 20.
…Up to page 33, including page 30, answers some of the questions the group asked and is also really valuable information on the City’s financial situation.
Item 2: per the cost of the Hurricanes and FEMA.
Consent 1 https://legistarweb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/pdf/3255652/FY2023-24_ACFR_packet.pdf
Consent 2 https://legistarweb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/pdf/3264805/VI.3_Agenda_Request_Form.pdfs
Hurricane Preparedness From City’s announcement
Visit the City of Sarasota's Hurricane Preparedness web page
Learn your Evacuation Level by using Sarasota County’s Know Your Evacuation Level online tool here. and the closest evacuation center
City begins using Neighbors by Ring for community notifications
Neighbors by Ring, the popular mobile app for doorbells and security cameras, is now among the many communication tools utilized by the City of Sarasota for community outreach and notifications. Neighbors is a social networking platform that allows users to connect with their community. The Neighbors app is a free standalone app available to anyone whether or not they are a Ring customer. Through its verified Neighbors account, the City of Sarasota will share important community notices, including critical information during hurricane season. The Neighbors app can be downloaded through the Apple App Store or Google Play. It also is available within the Ring app.
News and alerts are posted on the City of Sarasota website www.Sarasotafl.gov. Information also is shared on the City of Sarasota Facebook, Instagram, X and Nextdoor channels.
Media contact: [email protected]
City Transportation Planning meeting Stakeholder Group Listening Session for the Transportation Chapter Update
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
City of Sarasota, City Hall Annex, SRQ Media Studio, 1565 First St, Sarasota, FL 34236
** PLEASE RSVP ([email protected]) or contacting me at (941) 263-6358 (office). **
Your input will help shape how the City plans for a safe, efficient, and accessible transportation system that serves all users. It will also inform our outreach strategy for community engagement activities—including public meetings, open houses, and a citywide survey—to ensure the Transportation Chapter update reflects Sarasota’s needs, shared values, and aspirations for the future. The update will build on the foundation established by Sarasota in Motion (2020), the City’s first citywide transportation master plan.
Beth Sholom Property Provisional Use application PROVISIONAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION NO. 25-PM-01
RE: Application No. 25-PM-01 – 1050 S. Tuttle Avenue (Temple Beth Redevelopment)
Notice is hereby given that Provisional Use Permit Application No. 25-PM-01 – 1050 S. Tuttle Avenue (Temple Beth Redevelopment) has been filed with the City of Sarasota by Joel J. Freedman of Freedman Consulting & Development, LLC., on behalf of Alastair Jenkin, Senior Vice President of Gilbane Development Company (contract purchaser).
Brief Description: Provisional Use Permit Application No. 25-PM-01 is a request for a religious institution to be located on a Residential Multiple Family 7 (RMF-7) zoned subject property with a street address of 1050 S. Tuttle Avenue. The site currently includes a synagogue which is proposed to remain. Related Rezone with Site Plan application nos. 25-SP-06 and 25-RE-04 are proposed to rezone the subject site to RMF-7 and construct a four-story apartment building on the property. The continued synagogue use will require Provisional Use Permit approval, as more particularly described in said application.
The Provisional Use Permit procedure is set forth in Article IV, Division 18, Sections IV-1801 through IV-1803 of the Zoning Code (2002) and the specific use standards applicable to Open Air Markets are set forth in Section VII-602(x) of the Zoning Code (2002). The procedure for the issuance of a Provisional Use Permit is an administrative process with the permit being issued by the City Manager or his designee.
You are receiving this notice because you have subscribed to receive Development Application notices via the City’s email subscription service. Electronic distribution of these notices is not required by the Florida Statutes or the City of Sarasota Zoning Code but rather is being provided as a courtesy only to interested citizens. Therefore, failure to receive a notice via the electronic email subscription service will not invalidate any decision made by the City Commission, Planning Board, Historic Preservation Board, Board of Adjustment or the city administration in regards to a development application.
You may view the documents in the above mentioned application on file with the Office of the City Auditor & Clerk by utilizing the city's online records portal. Select Land Development Applications - Keyword from the search type drop down menu and type the above application number in the appropriate field placing an asterisk on both sides of the search term.
If you would like more information or have questions or concerns regarding the above described application, please contact the Department of Development Services at [email protected] or (941) 263-6000 ext. 36596.
Note: Those located within 500 feet of the property have “Legal Standing” to contest this application, that includes individual residents and the Alta Vista Neighborhood Association. Please contact [email protected] and copy us at [email protected] about your concerns.
City news sources From: City PAC verbatim from their email:
CityPAC hasn't gone away, and there is a lot going on in local government that impacts the quality of life for everyone who calls Sarasota "home".
We have received inquiries from neighbors who miss the biweekly newsletter, the City Hall Monitor, which we produced during the 2024 city election season.
We are pleased to be able to recommend a new local news service, the Suncoast Searchlight. Supported by the Barancik Foundation and staffed with professional journalists, the Suncoast Searchlight offers investigative news on government issues, and distributes a free weekly newsletter Sign up for the Suncoast Searchlight
Published every Friday, the Sarasota Newsleader provides in-depth coverage of Sarasota County Commission meetings. For a modest $30.00 a year, the Sarasota Newsleader provides information you won't get anywhere else about development decisions impacting all of us: Subscribe to the Sarasota Newsleader
Airing on WSLR 96.5 every Wednesday and Friday at 6:00 p.m., WSLR Local News offers grassroots community journalism on issues impacting the city of Sarasota. Cathy Antunes' popular public affairs show, The Detail, airs on Thursdays at 9:00 a.m., and starting May 10 at 11:00 a.m., columnist Carrie Seidman will begin hosting a "Talk of the Town" news roundtable for WSLR: Listen to WSLR 96.5 News
We thank the journalists at each of these outlets for the important work they do to keep the public informed about issues that affect us all, and we encourage CityPAC subscribers to stay engaged by supporting local news. -CityPAC Steering Committee
AVNA Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1138505250963885 or tinyUrl.com/AvnaFacebook
AVNA documents archive: AvnaArchive
