Speed Limit Could Be Lowered Beside Southside Elementary

1. City staff are considering lowering Webber Street's speed limit between Osprey Avenue and Tamiami Trail from 25 miles per hour to 15 miles per hour after a request by residents along that stretch of road.

The City of Sarasota has to remove speed tables on that section of Webber Street that runs along because they are six inches tall and are supposed to be four inches tall to meet uniform guideline standards, according to Deputy City Manager Marlon Brown. 

City engineers and the city attorney's office will work together to determine whether the speed limit can be lowered, Brown said.

Four residents from that neighborhood spoke at Tuesday's City Commission meeting requesting that the city either keep the speed tables or lower the speed limit. 

"We ask the city look at alternatives and then allow us on Webber Street to be able to participate in those alternatives to find an amenable solution rather than just arbitrarily remove them," said resident Hugh Beettendorf.

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5. A couple of things are happening with the Sarasota Chalk Festival, which is preparing for its return Oct.  28. First off, the free festival needs volunteers. The festival runs Oct. 28 to Nov. 6.

Also, has a , which will be available to sample at the on Saturday until noon at the Local Coffee tent. The tea is blended with apple, mango, orange peel, carrot flakes, lemongrass, stinging nettles, sweet mulberry leaves and rosebuds, and is also available for purchase at Local Coffee in Siesta Key Village, Selby Gardens and the farmers market.