District asking residents to conserve water and limit lawn irrigation amid continuing dry conditions The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) today issued a Water Shortage Warning for Collier and Lee counties amid continuing dry conditions and increasing water supply concerns on the Southwest Coast. Read the Declaration of Water Shortage Warning SFWMD 2023-062. The [...]
By Pam Nicholls, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online WHO: There are four candidates running in the primary for the District 4 seat on the Collier County Board of Commissioners. Penny Taylor is campaigning for re-election following two four-year terms as District 4 representative. She is being challenged by former Naples City Councilor [...]
By Howard Handler, Vice President of the GSAC Board Submit questions or feedback online. Florida’s Property Insurance crisis effects condominium owners in two ways since they buy individual condo-owners coverage and they proportionately fund the overall insurance premiums charged to their respective buildings. After the Florida legislature failed to pass their reform efforts during their regular [...]
Located at the north end of Gulf Shore Boulevard, Seagate Beach is an important landmark for the GSAC neighborhood. It has served witness to several memorable events and has welcomed tourists showcasing the beauty of GSAC. However, amidst its beauty was an eyesore - a rotting entry sign that was begging to be replaced, not to [...]
By Stan Karpf, Vice President, GSAC Board of Directors Submit questions or feedback online This story begins in Okinawa, Japan where Ty Ernst the proprietor of T-Michael’s Steak and Lobster House was born. Ty’s dad was in the US Air Force at the time. By the age of four Ty’s family was on the move [...]
By Jim Melican, President Emeritus and GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online. It is increasingly evident that the lack of affordable workforce housing has reached crisis proportions, not only in the City of Naples but in Collier County at large. Reportedly 40,000 people who work within our county limits commute each day from Lee County [...]
By Pam Nicholls, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online At the Collier County Commissioners meeting on September 14, Deputy County Manager Amy Patterson reported that the Army Corps of Engineers, author of the Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study and Recommended Plan for Collier County, is taking another look at the entire project. ACE is [...]
By Jim Melican, President Emeritus and GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online. Perhaps one of the thorniest issues confronting Association managers and boards occurs when a new or existing owner or lessee indicates that he or she needs what has come to be known as an "emotional support animal." This is especially the [...]
The Gulf Shore Association of Condominiums (GSAC) recently hosted its second in a series of community forums, designed to inform and educate Naples residents about key issues affecting the area. Zoom Video Replay: http://bit.ly/PersonalInsurance0422 The second forum was “Personal Condo Insurance Market in Turmoil: Understanding Premium Increases and Coverage” on Thursday, April 22. Many condominium [...]
Memorandum To: Jim Melican, GSAC President From: Lisa Jacob, Project Manager, Collier County Pelican Bay Services Division Subject: Notice of Horizon Way Access for Clam Pass Project Date: December 11, 2020 Please be advised that starting on Monday, December 14, Collier County Pelican Bay Services Division will begin mobilizing equipment for a mechanical excavation [...]
