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KID’S CORNER
Meet Teagan Bower (7), 1st grader at Phillippi Shores IB World School
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POOL PARTY PHOTOS
Landings Speed Enforcement Since June, our new speed detection program, Traffic Hawk, has been deployed in The Landings. There has been a 3-month grace period while we adjust to this new system. During this grace period, if detected going 10 mph or more over the posted speed limit, residents, guests and vendors have been receiving warning letters. Once the grace period is over, beginning September 1st, instead of a warning letter, residents going 10 mph or more over the speed limit will receive a violation letter. Please review the attached traffic policy, approved by the LMA Board, so that you are familiar with this new policy. It is important that all residents, guests and vendors realize that speeding is taken very seriously in The Landings. We do not have sidewalks, our roads are our sidewalks, and those who drive within The Landings need to be present and aware of our unique surroundings, and conscious of their speed. It is a daily sight to see residents enjoying the beauty of The Landings by walking, jogging, and riding their bikes on our roadways, and we must do all we can to ensure their safety.
LMA TRAFFIC RULES AND VIOLATIONS
Photos from the LMA annual family pool party from June 2018 page
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CANDIDATES
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The speed limit is 20 or 15 miles per hour, as posted. ALL STOP, SLOW and CAUTION signs are to be observed. Islands are not to be passed on the left side unless the right side is blocked. Motor vehicles may be driven only on asphalt or otherwise paved surfaces. Vehicles may be parked only in designated asphalt or otherwise paved surfaces. However, no one may park in a resident’s driveway without the resident’s consent. Parking on roads is permitted only when actively loading or unloading vehicles, or when nearby designated parking areas are full. Motor vehicles are not permitted on the nature trail, any Nature Preserve or any grass area unless approved by a Director of the LMA or authorized personnel.
To address the safety of our residents from drivers who repeatedly violate posted speed limits and stop signs, the LMA has adopted the following policy. All violations will be verified by security personnel. The property manager will maintain a record of all violations. A violation occurs when a vehicle is recorded traveling at 10 or more miles per hour over the posted speed limit at that location. For each violation, the LMA Board will consider the circumstances and may take the following actions: • Landings Resident: Send a violation letter to the resident with notification that the decal permitting access through the Association’s resident-only gates will be suspended for a thirty (30) day period, which will take effect five (5) days from date of that action’s approval by a Hearing Committee • Visitor of Landings Resident: Send a violation letter to the resident who authorized entry of the visitor with notice of $100 fine, which will be payable five (5) days from date of approval of the fine by a Hearing Committee. The guest’s driving privileges within the community will be rescinded for non-payment of the fine within thirty (30} days from date of approval of the fine by a Hearing Committee. • Vendor: Send a violation letter to the vendor with notice of a $100.00 fine, which will be payable thirty (30) days from notice date. The vendor’s driving privileges within the community will be rescinded for non-payment of the fine.
HEARING COMMITTEE
A Hearing Committee, comprised of owners, shall be appointed by the LMA Board. Hearing Committee members may not be board members, officers, employees, or the spouse, parent, child, brother, or sister of an officer, board member or employee.
Siesta Promenade Formal Review Process Underway
By Rachel Brown Hackney Candidates for District 4 County Commission
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COSENTINO AMENDMENT Reopen Beach Road proposed Sarasota County Charter Amendments to be focus of Aug. 29 public hearing
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The application for the proposed Siesta Promenade project on the northwest corner of the intersection of U.S. 41 and Stickney Point Road has been deemed sufficient, Sarasota County Planning and Development Services staff has announced. The formal review process of the request for a Critical Area Plan (CAP) designation and a rezoning began on July 17, a county fact sheet explained. That review is expected to take about 45 days, it noted. A neighborhood workshop is expected to be scheduled at the conclusion of that formal review, county Planning and Development staff has reported. The first public hearing on Siesta Promenade is anticipated about 30 days after the end of the formal review, the fact
sheet explained. That would be conducted during a county Planning Commission meeting. Then, approximately 45 days later, the County Commission public hearing would be scheduled, the fact sheet said. Benderson Development Co. has sought the CAP designation so it can pursue residential density up to 25 units per acre on the approximately 23-acre project site. Benderson’s most recent proposal calls for 479 residential units, encompassing 414 condominiums and 130 hotel rooms. Thus, the proposed density is 20.8 units per acre, the fact sheet said. The proposed project also calls for up to 133,000 square feet of retail space and 7,000 square feet of office space, the fact sheet pointed out.