The Lake Sarasota Community Blog

This Thursday, March 1: Everyone's welcome to our quarterly meeting in the main building at Alliance Church at 7 pm: 7221 Bee Ridge Rd, north side of Bee Ridge opposite Chaucer. Make your voice heard and meet some neighbors!   The proposed agenda: Community concerns Voting to renew our license Spring community garage sale date Fresh Start FPL Power line placement on Bee Ridge Bus Stop at Allan Place The men of Alliance Church want to know about any needy residents again. Note that the meeting will be in the Main Building.

Come Thursday if you can - we're organizing the Lake Sarasota Fall Festival, which will happen Nov. 5th. At the Sarasota Alliance meeting rooms opposite Chaucer at 7 pm.

Latest update: At today's meeting at Frutiville Library, Spencer Anderson of Public Works stated that four of the five Lake Sarasota locations listed by Public Works were not relevant and would be removed from the list. (The four were: Luzon Way, Hand Road, Lago St. and Mauna Loa Blvd.)   The fifth location is one bit of turf near the end of Jarvis Rd. at 6268 Molokai. The County had been paying a contractor to mow it, and will cease, if the Commission approves the plan. A public hearing is Aug. 24, and anyone may speak. If approved, the new plan with fewer rights of way mowed by county contractors (especially in Sarasota Springs) will begin Oct. 1. Update: Some clarification this afteroon from Public Works: The target for our effort is the small amount of space between private properties and their adjacent local or residential roadways.  I've attached a draft exhibit illustrating these areas. In general most residents already maintain these areas, as is done in ...

The Lake Sarasota Community will hold a regular meeting on Thurs. February 11, 2016 - all residents are welcome. As usual, the meeting will be in one of the conference rooms behind Sarasota Alliance Church, 7 pm to 8:30 pm. Information Front entrance sign - we'll have an image of the County's proposed Lake Sarasota sign for Mauna Loa entrance -- questions, comments. Update on Bee Ridge roadwork and FDOT's I-75 plan. Summary of Sheriff and Code Enforcement recommendations (Handout) "No Solicitors" signage? Cost? Action items LSCG: Renew 501 status?  If yes, then Elect Officers

Anyone who wishes from Lake Sarasota may attend Thursday's regularly scheduled meeting of the community at Sarasota Alliance Church, opposite Chaucer, at 6 pm on Thursday Sept. 10 in Room 106 . (Confirmed) Agenda Lake Sarasota Community Group 0. Treasury Report - Ellie 1. Follow-up: For folks who didn't attend, a summary of the special meeting with County in August: We had a special meeting to discuss crime , code violations, and empty houses some with squatters living in them. The sheriff 's office, code enforcement, neighborhood services and Parks and Rec. were all present. They gave out a lot of information for us to think about and follow up. Participation by the home owners is encouraged. Some possible measures to follow up on: 1. Seeking a neighborhood grant to place motion-detecting cameras at strategic locations; 2. Learning the formal procedure for contacting banks and landlords whose property is in disrepair, housing criminal act...

Residents of Lake Sarasota have requested a meeting with several County services. The intention is to focus quite tightly on matters of community safety and counteracting bad actors (by which we do not mean Tom Cruise). The question is how as a neighborhood we can better work with existing resources - the County, Sheriff, Parks and Rec, and more to improve the quality and safety of Lake Sarasota. County Neighborhood Services, Law Enforcement, and someone from Parks and Rec will be on hand. We wish to discuss a range of options including: 1. Seeking a neighborhood grant to place motion-detecting cameras at strategic locations; 2. Learning the formal procedure for contacting banks and landlords whose property is in disrepair, housing criminal activity, or inhabited by squatters; 3. Reviewing proactive resident measures such as Citizen Patrol; 4. Designing a better and more strategic line of communications with the Sheriff, Code Enforcement, Parks, and other County resource...

The Lake Sarasota Community Group holds its quarterly meeting Thursday March 13, at 7 p.m. at Sarasota Alliance Church. The meeting rooms are in the office space behind the Church. The agenda: 1. Speaker: Tax Attorney Mary King 2. Treasury (Ellie) 3. a - Update: Bee Ridge Rd.     b - Update: Entrance Sign     c -  Spine Road  Action Item: Letter to County Commission (Tom) 4.  Garage Sale . (Sandy) 5. Sheriff's Report (Ted) 6. Other business Spine Road and N/S Corridor

A brief summary of the September LSCG meeting: 1. Donald Hadsell spoke about zero-interest rehab loans available from the county. No monthly payments, and they don't need to be repaid until you sell your property. Contact the Office of Housing and Community Development , 941 951-3640. 2. A new gym is opening in the Burlington Coat Factory shopping center - where the Sweetbay had been, there's now an LA Fitness  with a 25-meter pool, jacuzzi, weights, cardio, and a staff to help you get started. Opening tomorrow 10 am with special offers for Lake Sarasota Residents. Contact Tanya: 941 330-6316. Ask about group memberships, classes, personal training, kids club, and more. 3. Those present were asked how they'd feel about having an expanded SCAT bus route through Lake Sarasota. The response was uniformly positive, and the county planners will be made aware of the community's interest. 4. It was made clear that the signature walls at Westminster  (with the Lake ...