In the front yard of the three-story pink house that fronts the Sleepy Lagoon neighborhood, multiple boats have sat unmoved for months, and weeds are sprouting under and around a trailer. Landscaping is in rough shape in general, a boat has sunk in the canal and the pool out back is no longer blue.
Neighbors have had enough, and showed up in force to a recent community meeting to share their frustrations with Longboat Key town staff.
“It’s a big problem. We’ve done a count. There are four boats, none of them are functional as far as we can tell. There are five trailers, there’s a utility trailer full of dirt and weeds. There’s a golf cart, a car that doesn’t run, a lawnmower, boat engine parts all around the pool,” described Norton Street resident Belinda Bauer. “There’s a boat sunken in the canal. The dock is hanging halfway broken and submerged in the water.”…