by SC Reporter Emilie Alfino
Sanibel City Council at its June 3, 2025, meeting presented three students with the Judith Ann Zimomra Scholarship Awards in the amount of $3,000. The students are:
• Analise Gingerich, daughter of Chad Gingerich, Computer Support Specialist, Information Technology, Police Department
• Mackenzie Jackson, daughter of Eric Jackson, Public Information Officer and Grant Manager, City Manager’s Office
• Rebecca Kelly, daughter of Scotty Lynn Kelly, City Clerk, Legislative Department
The Santiva Chronicle will be running a feature article on these three students in the near future.
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City Council unanimously approved a grant agreement between the City of Sanibel and the State of Florida Department of Transportation for $2.5 million for the construction of a resilient bridge capable of withstanding future storm surge and flooding on East Periwinkle Way.
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City Council appointed Daniel Wilhelm to the Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization Bicycle Pedestrian Coordinating Committee.
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Sanibel Community Church asked City Council for a letter of support as it plans to sell some of its land to Lee County’s Conservation 20/20. The land is between Periwinkle Way and the Dunes, just behind the Lazy Flamingo. Council was happy to provide a letter in support but added that the property will be kept in conservation in perpetuity. This was passed unanimously.
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City Council unanimously ordered a speed limit study to examine the feasibility of reducing speed limits on Rabbit Road, Sanibel-Captiva Road, and East Periwinkle Way at a cost of $24,326. The study will include a recommendation for standardizing the spacing of speed limit signs on the roads to be studied. The Sanibel Code of Ordinances states that Periwinkle Way (Ferry to Tarpon), Palm Ridge Road, and Sanibel-Captiva Road have a speed limit of 35 mph, and that the bridge at Buell Creek on Bay Drive has a speed limit of 10 mph. The code does not provide speed limits for other streets or roads. Sanibel has posted one sign on the inbound lane of Causeway Boulevard that states 30 mph unless posted. This means that the speed limit on all streets, unless otherwise posted, is 30 mph.