By Pam Nicholls, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online Deputy City Manager Gary Young was already planning his retirement when Jay Boodheshwar announced his departure from the City Manager’s job in December. Two months later, Young, a 40-year public service veteran, was sworn in with the unanimous support of Council, postponing his leap to greener [...]
By Pam Nicholls, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online In response to the tragic Surfside condominium collapse in 2021, Florida significantly revised its building safety regulations a year later through the enactment of Senate Bill 4-D. The legislation established stringent requirements for mandatory structural “Milestone” Inspections for aging coastal condominiums that are 25 years or [...]
By Pam Nicholls, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online The Board of the Moorings Property Owners Association (MPOA) is surveying its members in an effort to ascertain a preference for intersection improvements at Harbour Drive and Crayton Road. A fatal accident in November created “a whole new conversation about this intersection,” said MPOA chairman Cliff [...]
By David Feight, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online If you live on Gulf Shore Blvd North between Harbour Drive and Park Shore Drive or were visiting Venetian Village the evening of March 31 you no doubt experienced the power outage that was caused by a catastrophic fire in an FPL vault near 3400 GSBN. [...]
By Pam Nicholls, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online After multiple weather events decimated hatchling numbers in 2024, beach dwellers need to do their share to ensure that conditions are ripe for sea turtles this nesting season. According to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, the storms, tides and surges that flooded our beaches last year [...]
By Stan Karpf, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online GSAC residents have expressed their concern about the appearance of the entrance to Seagate Beach access located at the north end of Gulf Shore Boulevard North. This area was relandscaped, walls and fencing repaired, bicycle racks refurbished, showers and benches replaced, and a new walkway built [...]
By Stan Karpf, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online In our February Newsletter, we updated our readers on the schedule for removing the dead, damaged shrubs and trees in GSBN medians and replacing them with new material. City Parks, Recreation, and Facilities staff began the process a month ago of removing the dead brown trees [...]
By Stan Karpf, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online We again had a GSAC member say something and your GSAC Board did something! The stone and gravel located between the sidewalk and Seawall along Venetian Bay, adjacent to Your Boat Club.com at Park Shore Marina, were sinking into the Bay. There was between a four- [...]
By Officer Jeff Perry, Naples Police Department
By David Feight, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online The Naples Continental Club, on Gulf Shore Boulevard North, an eight-story structure comprising 128 units, faced one of its most formidable challenges when Hurricane Ian swept through, causing significant damage to the grounds and first floor. The hurricane's impact raised questions about the future of this [...]
