I called to order the regular session of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Tarpon Springs. Tuesday, February 10th, 6:30 p.m. Roll
call please. Mayor here, vice Mayor Eisner here. Commissioner. Here. Mr. DiDonato here. Mr. Banther here. Tonight's
reflection will be conducted by the Reverend Milton Smith. He's our chaplain for Tarpon Springs Fire Department. And it will be
followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Please stand. Right. Lord, we read in your word that it says in all things give
thanks. So we come to thank you for this beautiful day that we have enjoyed here in the city of Tarpon Springs. We thank you for the city's leadership. We
pray your blessings upon the mayor, Vice mayor, and commissioners that you will crown their heads with wisdom and knowledge as they make decisions for the betterment of
Tarpon Springs and its citizens. We pray for our department leaders, the police department, the fire department, and all the departments heads and all the staff that help keep this
city going. We pray that you would bless not only them, but bless the residents and all the visitors that come this way, grant safety and enjoyment and relaxation and blessings as
they travel through our city. And we ask all of these blessings in your glorious son name. Amen, Amen and pledge
allegiance to the flag, United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands. One nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. It's nice to
see so many residents here tonight. So we are going to go to public comments. Now. This will be public comments that are for items that are not on
the agenda. So just if you have some general thought that you'd like to share with the commission, please come forward. Yes, mayor. Good evening
gentlemen. Anita, protest, 91 Bayshore Drive. I would like to request that we have rules in this city that on. Okay. Me for
once. You can't hear me. We need to do something about these cars that are driving on our roads, backfiring like shotguns. They come down
Bayshore Drive 2:00 in the morning. We all jump out of bed, run to the window, see what's happening. It's disgusting. We walked the by you. They go around the by you and it sounds
like they're shooting cannons. I don't think that's. There's a law that says they can do that. It's a disturbance. It's a disturbance in the community
and it's not safe. The second thing is the electric scooters. I see people almost getting hit every day as you go through
town on electric scooters. The third thing is transparency. When the city is listening to a presentation to tear down a
house in a historic district or move a house, we need to put signs up that there is a hearing, even though there's not a vote being taken that night, so citizens will know
what's happening. That happened last Monday. There were only 3 or 4 of us here. People didn't know about it till after the meeting, and now the town is boiling over on it. We must put
a sign, please, for transparency, that the city is going to hear a presentation on a historic home in the historic district and other items on
Main Street. Wherever it is, something's happening to our historic buildings and properties. I think that we owe it to the citizens to let them know, and it's something that
we should do. The fourth thing is, and it's not my item, but you have the right to change the agenda. You've got a lot of people here from Harbor Watch.
Can we take that item ahead of time so they don't have to sit through all of this? If they want to? They're welcome to sit here and listen. But there's a lot here in the audience and
I'm sorry to say this and don't hold it against me, but I think some of us would like to go watch the Olympics. They have better looking bodies than you
do. All right. Actually, Harbor Watch is the first item on the agenda, so. Hi. Good evening, David Ballard Geddes Jr. I live down the street in Palm Harbor.
Growing up in the area, I witnessed tremendous environmental devastation upon the ecosystem through forthright politics and their
developers clearcutting the land in total disrespect of the indigenous tree canopy. Completely lacking concern for the established plant life,
paving over animal habitat, contaminating the lakes and the rivers, destroying riparian wetlands, overpumping the aquifer and replacing the
groundwater with temporarily treated sewage wastewater. Injecting reclaimed water directly into the groundwater supply, circumstantially cutting costs. Prior to
development, I witnessed fire as a way of clearing the land preceding large scale HOA and deed restricted housing projects, burning everything of
existence in advance, replacing the landscape with genetically modified grass, equipping every home with a sprinkler system designed to waste water.
Watering the perfidiousness of nothing that puts food on the table. Destroying our wetlands for cypress mulch. Reducing our God given wetlands to thistles
coupled with lawn pesticides and fertilizers. I've seen lakes completely drained, relocated and replaced elsewhere, creating an imbalance in the eco structure
as the government grants its developers mitigation credits, systematically eviscerating everything. So to create its own dominion based on waste and
desecration. As less as legislation plays God, rather than following the natural balance created by Almighty God, the biggest code enforcement
infraction of all has been the systematic desecration committed by the government itself. Long standing in its development practices, desecrating the graces of God's
grace itself, creating a political imbalance in the cycle of life upon which to manifest the importance of its own sovereign overreach, and
roundly giving rise to its de facto lawmaking and its built up code enforcement regulations, when in fact, the falsehoods in the body of your government has been the biggest code fraction
and violator of all time. Thank you. Anyone else like to speak? Victor McCluskey, KJV Baptist Church, New Port Richey,
Florida. And I would like to say that our country was built upon the Bible, our founding, one of our founding Fathers, Noah Webster, who gave us the
dictionary, said that education is useless without the Bible. And I believe that many of our founding fathers felt the same way. And I just want to read
through something here, this revelation, chapter 20 here. And it says, and I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God. And the books were opened and another book was opened, which is the book of life. And
the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them, and
they were judged every man according to their works, and death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book
of life was cast into the lake of fire. Many questions of life that people ponder is where we came from. Why are we here and where are we going when we die?
And what I just read to you here is talking about Judgment Day, when we all stand before God and give an account for our lives. And the question that
this would come from here is, is your name written in the book of life? And that would be one of the most important decisions anyone could make in their life to make sure it is.
And that only comes through repentance of sin and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Thank
you. Next. Please state your name and your address, please. Yes, sir. My name is Ryan Murphy and I'm at 1650 Seabreeze Drive. And we have
several of the Seabreeze residents here. And basically what we wanted to do is hopefully get on the agenda for dredging. I know it's come to
my attention that it's supposed to be analyzed and evaluated once every three years, and it's never been done. According to several of the neighbors that have been on the street
for 40, 50 years. And also, we had the three year city sewage project in which the contractor pumped the sediment over our
seawalls into our, our basically our our channel, our what's left of a channel. So and I have video of that. I had it saved because obviously you
guys had to come out for multiple different houses that those sediment bags exploded in and sand went everywhere. So we just want to get on the agenda to hopefully discuss the matter
of getting it dredged. And even if the city won't dredge it, will they contribute? If we privately hire a gator dredge or something like that, would they be willing to pony some of
the money towards our efforts of having usable waterways? On top of which, you know, obviously we're taxed at a much higher bracket than most of the city of Tarpon just because of
where the residence sits. So that's kind of why we're all here, in hopes of seeing if we can achieve some usable water, if not all of it. And I don't
think I need to borrow anybody else's problem, but. We're going to have a dredge report in about two weeks. So would you on your way out, would you
grab or. I think there's a card actually there for the city manager. You see card. There's one. There's cards out on the in the lobby. Okay. So get the city manager's card. Please
email us tomorrow. Yes, sir. And we'll make sure that we have that. Okay. Great. Okay.
All right. Thank you gentlemen. Thank you. Next. Anyone else?
Evening. Board members. My name is Dick Maxwell. Although I live at 4415 Spring Lake Court in New Port Richey, I practice real estate in multiple cities,
including Tarpon Springs. As a friend of the city, I want to encourage you this evening by bringing your attention to one sentence from our Constitution. The First Amendment states, Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. I call your attention to the fact that by these words, Congress and subsequently the States,
including lesser magisterial bodies therein, are prohibited from dictating any type of religion as the law of the land. Nor shall the government infringe upon the citizens any
regulation of their exercise of their religion, including in the public square. This right guarantees the freedom of the people to exercise religion. However, it does not give the
government freedom from the influence of the religion of We the people. Additionally, the amendment mandates that no law shall prohibit We the People from assembling before our
elected servants in order to petition them for a redress of grievances. It follows that since the citizens have a right to present redress to their elected servants, than it
clearly stands that those elected servants are constitutionally bound to listen to the people's concerns. Defining the word redress. It means to seek remedy,
reparations, or relief from, in other words, to deliver from wrong, to heal an injury, or to stop oppression. More than just interesting. Extremely important is the fact that both
the right to freely express exercise religion, and the right to redress our elected servants are in the very same sentence, and they are first in the list in the Bill of rights.
Now, why would the founders put together in the very First Amendment free exercise of religion, along with redress of our government servants, simply because they knew that there is
only one standard of truth by which a nation can be governed, and it is God's Word. I would like to read one line to you. In conclusion, it is found in
the Hebrew Tanakh in the Tehilim in chapter 33. Incidentally, that's the book of Psalms in the Christian Bible. Praiseworthy is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people that he chose as his inheritance. I exhort you all to continue to think on these things. Thank you for your time.
Thank you. Anyone else? Ricardo. Tampa, Florida I'm not here to speak of God. I'm here to speak for God. You can't. I can't hear you, Ricardo. Tampa, Florida. I'm not here to speak
of God. I'm here to speak for God. Bible says in Psalms chapter nine, verse nine, the wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. And so, so many people, they claim to be Christian, and yet they don't
read their Bible. They don't get on their knees and pray and pray because they're ashamed. They're ashamed and they're embarrassed, frankly. And I'm here to let you know, John, that there's a problem when you when you don't stand against
sin, against homosexuality, against abortion, you're not you're not in favor with the Lord. And, Mike, I mean, there's a problem, Mike. Whenever a young man comes up and needs to address you, you
can only address the chair. Okay, well, there's a problem. You know, when you know, there's there's a, you know, the vice mayor. I mean, he's a
young man often comes up and reads scripture, and then he's, like, manifesting over there. And so it's a shame. So I'm here to let you know that Jesus Christ said, verily, verily, I
say unto you, unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. And sir, I encourage you to repent of your Catholicism. I grew up, I come from Catholicism. The idea of praying to Mary and bowing down to statues is you have to
address. You can only address the chair. You can't talk to each commission. I'm a proud Orthodox Christian, sir. Thank you so much. Thank you. Well, I'm very proud. Orthodox Christian. Okay. I'm not sure
what it was with, you know, and I would appreciate that you not single me out either. I am free to decide what I want for me. Thank you. You need to repent. God's going to burn you in hell if you repent. For you, God's
going to burn you in hell. Okay. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Anyone else? Again? These are items that are not going to be on the agenda. Are we on the
list? Jane Harrington 1021 Jamaica Way here in Tarpon Springs. I would just like to thank Miss Anita, our former mayor, for speaking up on the
electric bikes I walk and the electric bikes expect me to jump out of the way because they speed down the sidewalks
behind me and I don't hear them. I do not wear earbuds. I do not play music. Those bikes are quiet. I should not have them yell at me when they're right
behind me. I also walk with my mother, who's almost 97. She uses a walker or I use her wheelchair. She should be able to go down the sidewalk safely.
If you look in our neighborhoods, I do not know, I believe. I am not certain there is ordinances that you cannot permanently cross and park
across every sidewalk. There are ordinances. You can't have a sign on the easement, but people park across the sidewalk. It is not safe for me to take
my mother into the streets. As a taxpayer, I believe I have a right to walk on our sidewalks unencumbered. People let their vegetation grow all over. You
cannot have someone walk with a walker or cane or a wheelchair. I think that would be appreciated. The very last thing is we all come here. We
are all of different faith, different religions, separation of state and religion should be held up at these meetings. You do not have to preach at these
meetings at us who all have different beliefs. We can be kind, courteous and friendly to everyone. We do not need
preaching at us. Thank you. Thank you, thank you. Yes, sir. Please come forward. Come on
forward. Please, please state your name and address. Lee Greengrass, 2026 North Point, Alexis Drive, Tarpon Springs and Harbor Watch Community. I believe I've met you, mayor,
before in the meeting that we were in about a month and a half ago. I'm here because and there's a few other people here that are dressed in red,
representing our neighborhood because we have been you as a city. Hold on. Right now, we're doing public comment on items that are not on the agenda. Okay? So when that item comes
up, you're you're free to come up and speak about it. Absolutely. I do have one thing I'd like to say though. I'd like to read this to you. Florida water companies generally cannot arbitrarily
decline or provide read meters for, or bill individual water services to homes, even those homes, as water is considered a necessary public service.
Municipalities are specifically prohibited by Florida Statute one 8135 from refusing service, or in many cases, disconnecting it due to previous occupants
unpaid bills. You're free to come up when that item comes up. Thank you. Chair back on board I don't know. It's not close
enough to their you gotta speak up. You gotta bring it closer. Yeah. Something's wrong. I don't know if you sit back there, you can't hear. And you you already had. Okay. Oh,
you're just fixing the. You're doing it work for us. Okay. No, I don't get paid by. Thank you. Mayor. You can't afford me, I appreciate it. Thank you. Okay.
We need to start the meeting with the items. Okay. Go ahead.
Next. Good evening. Peter Lakis, 514 Ashland Avenue. I'm so glad to see so many concerned
citizens here. And I know you heard some readings earlier, but if you followed meetings, you'll see that I have done
this previously. And this is Proverbs 616 to 19. There are six things the Lord hates seven
that are detestable to him. Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked
schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies, and a man who stirs up dissension among
brothers. And as you know, I've spoken out over the last few months with regards to many things going on in our country, but I wanted to focus on something that we talked about
last week, and I was glad to see that the board had some discussion at the board comments with regards to property taxes. And I have to disagree with Commissioner me
where he says there's nothing that can be done. You have the power to reach out to Tallahassee and to start lobbying people and getting with other cities with regards
to this. Nine heard that and we all pay taxes and nobody really likes to pay it, but it's oh, it's you're renting your land. No, we are in a social republic
where we all agree that if we live here, we will all contribute to those things that help us our fire service, our police service, our water
service, our parks, all these things, and then all the other things that we offer as a city. So I do again ask that we look forward to a resolution from
this board working with the League of Cities, working with some other cities and the county with regards to what's going on in Tallahassee, because if they cut out the
taxes that we pay, and if you really look at your bill, Tarpon Springs is a bargain. That's really not the biggest part of your taxes. It's the county, the schools and all the
other things they add on to it. So again, I would reiterate that. Lastly, I don't know if it will be mentioned, but we happen to see a post that this Saturday, I believe there's a
cleanup at Rose Cemetery. So if anybody what is it, 10 to 3. Ten to noon at Rose Cemetery. So if anybody's got some free
hand, some free time, a shovel, a rake, some gloves, I'm sure they would love to help to fix the cemetery up. And I will reiterate again what I've said
before. The city should be responsible for Rose Cemetery. They should get the same treatment for their cemetery
that we give Zykadia. Thank you. Next. Good evening, Jerry Theofilopoulos, Tarpon Springs a couple issues. I wanted to
talk. There's a supervisor, James. He's in the parks department. About a year ago, I had contacted him about some of the medians on Tarpon Avenue.
The shrubbery was dead and so forth, so on. And he said, give me two weeks. And within two weeks he went ahead and fixed the medians, put the shrubbery in, fixed the water supply
going to them. So props to him because I heard he's got a little health issue going on right now, but I think he should be recognized. The second issue, drop the rocks
that are on the medians. Last week there were two kids on Tarpon Avenue that had crossed, grabbed some of the rocks and they were throwing them down the road. They are a hazard. It
might be something we want to look into, taking those rocks out and maybe just putting more low lying shrubbery as there is now, because it can be a hazard,
especially if there was some sort of uprising or something. The rocks are very dangerous out there. Third off, take care of the the people out at Harbor
Wash. They're good people like the Hendersons. Thank you, thank you. Anyone else? Okay,
so that concludes public comments. Now we're going to go to the consent agenda as any commissioner wish to pull anything off the consent agenda.
No. Okay. So let me read the consent agenda and then we'll vote on it in its entirety. Item number one satisfaction release of liens. Number two,
special events. Tarpon Springs downtown book festival, Tarpon Springs High School senior picnic, garden club, annual plant sale, attorney fees.
Eunice Saltzman Award file for single source purchase of legal and promotional advertising. Number five approval of Florida Department of Environmental Protection Grant agreement.
Amendment number six Award file for single source purchase of public safety health screenings. Number seven Award filed for single source purchase of
caterpillar original equipment. Number eight Award file for peerless pump motor and accessories. Number nine award
file for custom sumito. Toma mixer assemblies. Number ten renew file for JJ Mobile
Communication Services. Number 11 Award file for mangrove trimming. Number 12 Award file for lightning repairs and routine maintenance. Number 13
approve Novation for single source purchase of rugged machinery to equipment for gateway routers and number 14. Increase the file for single
source purchase of on base software maintenance and support. Okay, so with that I
need a motion. So moved second. Okay. Roll call please. Commissioner. Yes, Commissioner. Donato. Yes, Commissioner. Yes. Yes, vice mayor. Eisner. Yes,
mayor. Yes. Okay. Now we go to item number 15, which is the reconsideration of the Harbor Watch agreement expiration. We're going to start with the the city attorney is going to
give us a little update. And then we're going to I'm going to let Commissioner Coleus start the discussion. Yes, mayor. Commissioners, just so
everyone knows, we are we the city are looking at all the agreements because there's numerous agreements in this situation and some have superseded others. And then our
plan is to meet with Harbor Watch with attorney George Pappas, to negotiate what we can do to continue on with this agreement. In the meantime,
nothing has changed. It is as if the agreement is still in place and the city is doing everything that we have been doing in the past. Commissioner. Thank you mayor. Thank you,
City Manager. I just I wanted to bring this forward as a reconsideration. Originally when the agreement came to us, I just I think we as a board could have done a better job in
gathering information to be able to make a decision and understanding that this was an agreement that had originally been in place since 1991 and extended every five years. And
also it was a unique agreement that was only to the Harbor Watch community. I just wanted to make sure that your neighborhood did have a, a complete chance to to be heard,
to be able to discuss with the representatives, the representatives of the HOA. That way they're doing a representation for you, the residents of that community, and whatever the outcome is, we
just want to make sure we do it in a, you know, a a nice soft transition, not too burdensome understanding on, you know, whether whether we continue or whatever. I just want to make
sure you guys were heard and that you're supported during this whole process. So I want to thank you all for coming out here. It's a big show that you all care. So very thankful for us to be able to bring that
forward to. Between the attorneys work out an agreement that that makes sense for your community and gives you the assurance that you're going to get taken care of. So I want to thank you all. And at this
point, I don't know exactly how you want to go about it, mayor presentation or. Yeah, we want to do we're just we're going to go through there's really no presentation here, but I'm going to let each commissioner have a comment and then we'll
go to public comments. First. We're going to start with Mr. Pappas. First, we'll let the commissioners make a comment. Then you can Mr. Pappas will go and then anyone else who would
like to speak on the matter is welcome to come up and speak, and then we'll come back to the board for any action that's necessary. So I'll go next. And
yeah, this definitely was a and I apologize on behalf of the city that this was definitely a communication problem. And I
don't I don't want to get too too deep into it. But I do apologize. And so I think as,
as the city attorney said, you know, we have we have several agreements here. And I've had I had a nice conversation with Tony and and George and we
talked about this, this matter. You know, there was a 1991 agreement. Then there's the subsequent agreements, and we don't know which supersede which. So, you know, and that's
what the attorney is going to research then get with you, Mr. Pappas. And you guys can figure out together and see what we come into agreement with. If obviously if the 1991 agreement
is still intact, then it's all the subsequent votes were all moot point. Right. So but let's let's see where it goes with him. But again, I just I really do want to apologize because
this is not how we want to handle affairs. And but again I that's all I can say. Commissioner Banther. Yes. Thank you. I had a good call
with with with Mr. Pappas, who really helped educate me on this item and as well as city staff and I have I have expressed that I want to make sure that you're able to
negotiate this offline rather than rather than in a, in a, in a, in a, in a, in a in a public meeting, you're always going to have a better result that way. It seems like we we finally
have all those parties in place. And I also expressed that if any changes have to happen on the part of Harbor Watch in the agreement that that you all are
given ample time and years. To make those changes. Because I do realize these these things, these things don't happen overnight. So as long as people
are are negotiating well from the city and from the community, and that you all are given ample time to make any changes needed, that that does satisfy me. And I appreciate you guys,
you guys, you guys coming out here tonight. I know it's not the first place to be on a Tuesday night, but your water service is very important to you, as it should be, and I hope you guys can come to a
good agreement with with with with with with with with with the city and I'm sure that will happen. So thank you. Commissioner Donato. I feel
much the same way I, we want to make this work for all concerned, especially the community is before us tonight. I think it needs to be done. You know, with the association
and the city and working out an agreement. I understand living in an HOA myself, that things don't always happen really fast in an HOA. It's hard to turn something over in a night or
certainly in a month. So it may take longer. But I believe it's something that can be negotiated because your water service is very, very important. We appreciate you all being
here tonight. And from my perspective, I feel certain that the city and your association can work out a manner to continue your service and a viable option that is
best for you, not for us, for you. So thank you for being here tonight, Vice Mayor. Thank you mayor. So I also wanted to
say at Mary Martini, I had a number of Harbor Watch people come up and try to give me their side of the story. And of course, when you sit up here,
there's a multitude of sides of the story. I know that my wife and I were at a New Year's party, and I got the board members to come up and speak to me once they found out I'm the
vice mayor. But I want you to know that we are a fair board. We consider every detail, but when we have to make a decision, we make a decision, usually on
what's presented to us, and not always is. What is presented to us is what will be agreeable to you, or has all the facts and figures in it. So what I am
very glad about is that it prompted an audience like this to come and say, there's a problem. So as you heard here, the entire board is considering
this, and we will get, you know, to where, you know, I always when I deal with an attorney, they always tell me that the this party may not like the way
it turns out, and this party may not like how it turns out 100%. But what we will try to do is bring it together. So where it's at least somewhat
fair and agreeable to everybody. So I'm just glad to see that everybody came here. And, you know, we understand the situation, and we're going to
try our darndest to make you as happy as possible. Nobody wants to lose money. You don't want to lose money. So he doesn't want to lose money. But, you know, we will look at this in
the fairest way possible. And I'm sure everybody will at least understand, because we do realize prices are going up on everything out there, and nobody wants this water problem
to be an added burden on you. So thank you all for coming and I will consider all the facts
once they're all presented. Mr. Pappas. I'm George Pappas, I'm a member of the board. I'm also
a practicing attorney here in Pinellas County. First of all, I wanted to thank the commission for taking this issue back up, obviously, was a significant concern to our neighborhood. And unfortunately,
because of the the issues that arose and how the neighborhood found out about the actions taken by the Commission at a prior vote created a lot of misinformation and confusion
over what had actually been presented, what called into question the board activity. All board members are here today, and we just want to give our neighborhood and our
members, you know, their fair right to hear exactly what what occurred. Have the matter brought back before the commission so they can be properly evaluated? Because we
believe as a neighborhood, there was a lot of mis statements or errors and facts that were presented to the community, and it created a lot of divisiveness in our community. As you can see, I
think our community is very united behind this issue, and I want to thank the mayor for your leadership and reaching back out to us after your workshop and asking for us to
come down so we can have an opportunity to flush out the facts, review all the agreements so we can evaluate the, you know, the respective rights and obligations of prior agreements and things that that
we believe still control the water situation in our community. So we want to thank the community for coming out as well as the commission, the mayor, for your support and
evaluation. Thank you, Mr. Pappas, and working with you is a pleasure as well. Thank you very much. Okay. So let's go to public comments on this item
appear to lack is 514 Ashland Avenue. I don't have a dog in this fight, but talking about transparency and how they
didn't know put everybody on the same page. Okay, you just said earlier there's no presentation. You go online, there's a 13 page presentation that Tommy Kiger put together.
Let him present it. So everybody's on the same page with the same facts because they're hearing rumors and things. I'm sure a lot of them aren't as astute of going online to find all the details
that are in this. But you know me, I do, and there's a nice presentation. You should show it to everybody. Be transparent so everybody's on the same page before you start discussing,
because otherwise if you don't have all the knowledge and the facts, everybody has it. Things get twisted. So that's my recommendation. Thank you.
Thank you. So just just to comment on that. We are we're we're backing up a little bit because as a result of our conversation with Mr. Pappas,
we are going to research the documents first before we even consider any service. Because
if if we have the if the existing documents are the are still relevant to to this situation, then obviously the
city is going to honor what they have to honor. So we don't need to go to that right now. So it's we need to deal between you and the attorney. And then
we we go to and then we go to step number two. So Anita protest 91 Bayshore Drive. I agree with Peter. I was on the board in the 90s. I don't know
what's wrong with the first agreement. I have not been following this. He doesn't. Peter said he doesn't have a dog fight. I don't have a cat fight. But we need to be honest and upfront because when we
were making agreements in those years, we were doing it to try to get development into the city of Tarpon Springs and it was long worked on. Of course, it was from the old board in
times have changed, but we need to know what's happening. The community needs to know what's happening there. So please, if you have a work session, let's bring out all the facts. Let us
all know. Be transparent with it because we need to know if we're keeping our word to the community and can we be trusted.
Thank you, thank you. Anyone else? Okay, let's come back to the board for is is there a need for a motion here? No.
Okay. We we are moving forward, as I said, and we will bring back what we negotiate back to the board for approval. And all all service is continuing as as
normal. Nothing has changed. Nothing will change. All your service will be still service by the city. You'll have your opportunity to to negotiate. Then we will come back with a
and we'll have a plan in place. And again once we know what documents. Because right now we don't even know what documents are operating this agreement. So, mayor, I just want to ask
the city attorney if there comes as you guys are negotiating, I don't want will there be like a buffer period of like, okay, this is what we believe the agreement is going to be. And, you know, it's got
to transition a year or two from now or I just don't want to. There could be I mean, that's what we're George and I are going to talk about. First we want to make sure we look at all the documents because there
there are several agreements. And the question arises whether one superseded the other or were acting under the original. And to go through that and then determine, you know, the rest
of the time periods and things like that, okay, okay. Thank you. And thanks, everyone for coming out. This is I know that
you you. Might be anxious about this. We will work it out with the city. You could see that our board is wanting to do the right thing by your community,
and just want you to know that, that we will work diligently to make sure that you have the best service possible. Okay. Thank you. Hello, I'm Jill
Wyatt. Clark, grew up here, graduated from Tarpon Springs High School. There's no public. There's nothing. No, I'm sorry, I wasn't given a chance to speak. I wasn't given a chance
to speak earlier. Go ahead, go ahead. Go ahead and get your three minutes and you can go ahead. And I live at 277 North Point, Alexis Drive in Tarpon
Springs and Harbor Watch. I don't understand why we're being treated differently than
any other house that's here in Tarpon Springs. We pay the same taxes. We pay more taxes. So I don't understand. If one of you
could explain, why are we Harbor Watch owners being treated differently from any other house in Tarpon Springs?
That's what I want someone to explain to us. Let me give you let me give you a quick explanation. We have you have a you're in a private development.
We have, I believe, 18 private developments in Tarpon Springs. We have 170. And this isn't going to be a debate back and forth. You got your say. So we
have we have 170 master meters throughout the city. I think if ish. Okay. So we have all these master meters. Your your
development most all the private, all of the other private neighborhoods have a master meter and they do either their own metering or they
allocate their water bill amongst their units. Okay. Well please please please. So you have an agreement. That
agreement came up. It was brought before the board to and and again, that's what my apology was for because we it you it didn't I don't believe
you had ample communication and we didn't get a chance to have what we're doing now and what we'll do once they have their agreement, once the agreement is, is reached between the HOA
and our city attorney, then we're it's going to come back to the board for a for a vote in consideration. At that time, you're going to have all the opportunity to express
yourselves and you'll have plenty of opportunity. Okay. So what I'm saying is let's do it the way it should have been done to start with. That's my that's why I'm apologizing to
you. Okay. It did need to get here. It's. But we're going to. But we. I don't have a time machine. I can't go back and fix anything. We're just going to do it the right way. From this point forward, I think I.
I'm confident you all will be happy with the result, I really do. So we don't we want to make sure you get your service. Okay. All right. Thank you very much.
And we're going to move on to the next item. I hope that applause is for yourselves because you are this is what citizen activism is all about.
So I'm we're always excited. Come back anytime you want for anything that concerns you in city of Tarpon Springs. Excuse
me. So have a good evening. So welcome to the real world. Pardon me. Sure. This needs to
be read. I don't know if you're aware of it. I know they don't know that the state of Florida don't allow them to do what they do. But it's all communication. How we get the message out. That's the biggest
problem. Our meetings. I see you, brother. Oh make quick. Oh. What? I thought all right. Go
go go. John. It's good. Within a minute to get out. Just give them a minute to get out. You guys want to let go? I just show up for my health. No. I'm
good. There you go. Are. Thank mercy. Okay. I brought too much candy. You didn't have enough.
She destroyed that place. Jeez, it's called Google. What? I see Google, I have another from out.
Okay, I have to go to the next hallway. No, listen. Okay, miss Lewis, you want to come up and
present item number 16? Is that. Is that you, Tommy? Okay. Yeah.
This is. Number 16, right? Yeah. Oh you're right. Where did I go?
I jumped the whole paragraph. You can exhale now. Mayor Giuliani's members of the board, Thomas Geiger reporting for the public Services Department today. We have a quick
procurement item for you. This is a one time increase of $150,000 to our contract for with vivo USA. Vivo USA is the
sole source provider for proprietary parts and equipment for the treatment processes in our wastewater facility. We have an ongoing project that was budgeted for rehabbing the
sand filters, which are critical to reclaim water supply operations and also to environmental compliance. The purpose of this is a one time, $150,000 increase to procure
parts and services for the Sand Filter Rehab project, and we maintain the remainder of the spending authorization that we approve annually for as needed parts and services for the rest of the facility, and also for emergency backup in case we
need emergency critical spares and things like that. The project was originally budgeted at $225,000. Once we get into labor and installation costs,
we anticipate that the project will be under budget and we recommend approval of this one time increase for the materials for the project. Okay. Are
there. Let's go through any questions of staff, Commissioner Banther? No, sir. Commissioner DiDonato. No. Commissioner Gulyas yes. I just
want to ask Mr. Under the funding, we see all these different account numbers. Where are those coming from? I
yes. Let's see 6440 603 is the wastewater plant and then it's a 64 tag. So that's the repairs and maintenance fund. These are
all for the wastewater treatment facility. 64 is repairs and maintenance, 52 is operating supplies and 63 is capital. So depending on what expenses we have throughout the
year, because it's proprietary to the wastewater plant, sometimes we need to buy small spares that are non capitalized under repairs and maintenance. Occasionally we need, you know,
just other services that go under different budgetary categories. Yeah. And that's fine. And I would just ask all city staff when we're doing these budget resolutions or changes, if we can just have where the budget, what the
account name is to, I mean, the account numbers are nice seeing them all, but I'd just like to have that little extra detail on what account name it's coming from, you know, water, sewer operations and stuff moving forward. That would that
way we could see it a little better. Thank you. Vice Mayor. Thank you mayor. So this went from 225 to 397,000. No. The
the contract is for procuring services and goods for all the wastewater plant. This is a one time increase for $150,000 for materials specifically for this project. So we didn't want to
use up the remainder of our, you know, annual spending authorization because this is an annual contract for other as needed parts and things. Throughout the year. We're buying all the materials as a one time $150,000 purchase.
Right. But you're changing everything at once, correct? Or most of your changing. A lot of this is for a full rehab, specifically of the sand
filters. And then there's but the vivo is the the provider for lots of different processes and tanks and machinery within the wastewater facility. My whole point is, is there any
way that down the road we could stagger this and not have it all at once? The the purchase, the purchase? Yes. For this
specific purchase for the $150,000, unfortunately, no. We have to take the sand filter out of service. And so we have to remove all the media and things like that. This is for the trays that go on the bottom.
Once it's out of service, you need to go through and do it all at once. So this is for one unit. Yes. Okay. That's the way I read it. It looked like it was from multiple items. And that's why I said could we
stagger? And that's why you drew the blank face? Because you didn't understand or I didn't understand, but thank you. I understand that very well. Okay. Are there any
public comments on this item? I do have an issue with reclaimed water, obviously. Does this have to do with reclaimed water? Okay. All right. This is water
processing isn't it? Okay. I know you're speaking about the financing of of. Yeah. Go ahead. You're using up your three minutes. No it's not. My issue
is during this this re outfitting. Should there be a glitch within the processing of reclaimed water? We're still transmitting the reclaimed
water through our sprinkler systems. Correct. If you're not allowed to ask questions, just making comments. You're not. You're not questioning staff? No. If there should be a glitch
within the disinfection or the treatment of the reclaimed water, would that pose a public health hazard? Thank you.
You're welcome. Anyone else? Okay, I'd like to come back to the board for a motion. So moved. Second. Is there any no
further comments? Roll call please. Mr. Yes. Mr. Donato? Yes. Mr. Yes. Yes. Vice mayor Eisner. Yes, mayor. Yes. Okay.
Let's go to item. Just just a little maintenance before we get going. Number 26 has been deferred. Just let you know. We'll get to that. We're going
to skip that one. Number 17 appointment to the Marine Commerce Committee. City clerk, mayor, commissioners, before
you are applications for consideration on the Marine Commerce Committee. As of right now, we have six applicants for
basically ten positions. So we can appoint six right now. And then as we receive applications for this board, we can bring them back to you to fill the other spots. Okay. So we have
three spots to serve a three year term, two spots to fill a two year term and one spot to fill a one year term. I'd like to entertain a motion on this.
Anyone like to make the motion and please, happy to parties in place. I'd like to motion for to appoint. Okay, so we have 2.3 for number one, two for
number two and one for number three. Correct. And that equals the amount of applicants we have here. Correct. Okay. And there's no way they can all be three year terms. Is that true miss miss Mr. attorney that is
the way the resolution is written at this time. All right okay I want so for the first. So to serve a three year term that would expire on February
10th 2029, I want to appoint Tommy Koulouris. I ■want to appoint Lewis male Sand. And I'd like to appoint Peter
Delacruz. And then for the other two, I would like to appoint Robert Scott Morehead
and John William Lucas. Lucas. And then number three is a captain Joyce Hanacek to serve to serve a one year term that
would expire on February 10th, 2027. There were second. Second. Okay, let's go to and go to
comments from the commission. Just so that the residents understand, even though there were a lot of names that were submitted, they had they all had to be residents of Tarpon
Springs. So that's what ended up narrowing this group down. Commissioner, do you want to speak about anything? No. I'm just very happy that we're finally doing this. This is something that we should have
had established. Well, we did have established back in my previous terms, but it was just around the dredge. It was a, you know, it was a temporary board. We have the most waterways and coastlines of any
of any city in Pinellas County, perhaps even Tampa Bay. And I think having a marine Commerce committee with people that are knowledgeable on the waterways is going to be crucial for many
different aspects of of how we govern, but more so it's just the dredge, the dredge, as you saw from the people in from, from from from from Seabreeze tonight. That's probably on the
city side of the ledger that, you know, we the dredge is not something we can just do. Put away. It happens and we're done. The minute the dredge is finished, we have to start
lobbying for for, for for the next one because it's a county, state and federal issue. And if we ever lose our federal channel, it's over. So thank you very much. Okay. Commissioner Donato, do you
have any. I would only echo what what Commissioner Barnier said. And thank you, Commissioner, for bringing this forward again. And I would hope that this would be a committee
in perpetuity. We need to protect our waterways and do as much as we can and be being on top of dredging rather than working from behind it. I would
only say to the to the three others that on the Commission. This Marine Commerce Committee that if you didn't get the three year term, it doesn't mean we don't like you. You can
reapply. So I want everybody to know and there wasn't any way to do everybody get three because there's turnover and you end up in a mess later. So that's why we're doing that.
This just wanted to clarify that. Commissioner, Commissioner Banther had all the the right choices. It was good and I'm happy to support
it. And Vice Mayor, I'm going to come at this from a different point of view. I think we should have had five and that's it. But I'll go along with it, considering the
board is going to go along with it any which way. Okay. Any public comments here like it's 514 Ashland Avenue. Thank you
for the support. Seven will work. I spoke to Ryan as he was leaving and I told him about what's going on with the Marine Commerce. He says, oh, that's exactly so he's going to be getting in touch with the clerk
to put in an application. There are other people, so I think we need to get started. But I also I've been thinking about this a lot. Marine commerce, conservation and restoration.
And here's why I want to say that back on December 9th, when this first came up, city manager issued a memo to you, and I'm going to read it quickly here. It says this
resolution establishes Marine Commerce Committee. Commission will then appoint members to the committee on December 16th. Regular Commission meeting also for consideration, the section titled duties of the Marine
Commerce Committee only spells out issues of access, safety and environment. I believe the intention of the Commission may have been also to consider economic development issues related to our working
waterfront, i.e. sponging, fishing and boating industries. The Commission may want to add something related to the aspect of marine commerce, such as recommending economic incentives for marine related
industry retention and recruitment, and facilitating communication with marine related industry leaders and city leadership to strengthen the working waterfront. So what I would recommend is putting
these two other suggestions by your city manager into the resolution. You hired him because he was a redevelopment and economic development. We need to do something out there
about what's going on on our waterfront. Now, I'm going to show you something else. I drove around the sponge docks today and. Probably can't see
it. There's a For Sale sign right in front of Cox Seafood. Are we losing them because we don't have enough fish or boats to bring in food for them and fish? There's also a story in
the Florida trend about a company wants to start doing aquaculture. We have we dread the channel. Are we going to just let it go vacant for
nonuse for marine things? Marine Max, I've told you they bought that property across the river. Internships they've offered. We need to do things to support our waterfront.
These are just as important as the dredging. You're going to be on the committee. I know you're going to reason why. I'm saying this is why you're passing this resolution to add
these two items into it. Thank you. Power to make recommendations. And lastly, you're going to be on the committee. You can I know okay. If you put in the resolution we can work on it. Lastly, a lot
of the people came for Harbor Watch. Said they didn't know about it. I stopped at Mr. Moorehead's house today. He didn't know it was coming up. He said it was. A few of them did so. So thank you so much.
Thank you for your support. All right. We need to broaden what we can do on this committee. That's why you're going to be on the committee. Thank you.
All right. Anybody else? Yes. Anita produced 901. Be sure you all know where I live. You can come and eat and have some coffee. I think we need to look at farm fishing. I don't want
to see farm fishing coming in around tarpon. And it's coming. There was a big article in the paper about it, I forget last weekend or a few weekends ago and they're talking about it.
Fish farming is going to hurt us. We need to stay with the natural fishing that we have available, and maybe I hope the board can do something, say we
don't want it or too heavily regulated. Thank you, thank you. Anyone else? Okay, let's come back to the board for a motion.
So moved second. Okay, I think I motion there was a motion. I think you did. Well, we just we doubled down on it. All right. Okay. All right. So any other commissioner comments before we just go and vote? Roll call
please. Commissioner Panther. Yes. Mr. DiDonato? Yes. Mr. Yes, yes. Vice mayor Eisner. Yes. Mayor. Yes. Okay. Number 18, appointment to the Heritage
Preservation Board. City clerk. Yes, mayor and commissioners, before you is an item for an appointment to the Heritage
Preservation Board. I've updated the memo because we received an additional application. So right now we have a vacancy to fill the
unexpired term of William Spector. This term to expire 531, 2029 and to appoint blank to fill the vacant alternate position. This term will expire
May 31st, 2026. To keep in line with the terms, we do have two applicants that have submitted. I'd like to entertain a motion,
a motion to appoint Cindy Trapani to fill the unexpired term of William Sprecher and to appoint Anita produce to fill the vacant alternate position that will expire on May 31st.
Second. Beautiful. Okay, so we'll go quickly through comments. I think obviously Miss Trapani is exceedingly
qualified for the job, and anytime a mayor wants to come back and serve some more, I. I commend. So Commissioner Banther anything to say? No.
That's it. Commissioner Donato, thank you both for volunteering and wish you well. Commissioner Coleus. Mrs. Terry has got the skills, knowledge of the community and honored to be
able to appoint mayor produce back on the board. Thank you. Commissioner. Vice mayor, I appreciate the both willing to do volunteer work for the city. We need volunteers and we
reward volunteers with good fortune. So it's not a paying job, but you're paying towards helping tarpon be a better place than we found it. Thank
you. Any public comments? Chair? Nope. We don't have to come back for a motion. We already have one. Any. If there's no further comments, roll call please. Mr. Banther. Yes, Commissioner DiDonato. Yes,
Commissioner. Yes. Yes, vice mayor Eisner. Yes. Mayor. Collins. Yes. Okay, now we go to number 19, appointment to
the Budget Advisory Committee. Yes. Any questions before you? Is a request to fill the unexpired term of Don Bergman,
who has resigned. And we do have one applicant. His budget. His second choice is budget advisory, the first choice planning and zoning. There are
no openings at this time. So even though I have two two vacant alternate positions, I only have one applicant at this
time for Mr. Morris. So I am requesting that if the board would like to fill the unexpired term of Don Bergman with Mr. Morris until a
additional applications are received. Okay. Can I entertain a motion motion to appoint Scott Morris to fill the unexpired term of Don Bergman? This term will expire March
17th, 2026. Second. All right. And again, I thank anyone who in any of our citizens that want to serve, and I think the budget advisory is a great place to actually learn the
city and understand all the moving parts, and you're going to get well versed in things. So thanks, Scott, for wanting to serve. Any public comments.
Anybody have anything to say? No. Okay. Public comments. Let's see if there's no further comments. Roll call please. Mr. Panther. Yes. Mr. DiDonato. Yes.
Mr. Yes, yes. Vice mayor Eisner. Yes, mayor. Yes. Thank you. Okay. Number 20, appointment of Commissioner to the Pinellas
Suncoast Transit Authority. City manager. Thank you. Mayor. As we were approached by the authority, we we share a seat with two other communities and
it's been rotating. And it was our turn. Someone, I guess, resigned. And so they're asking for a commissioner to serve represent tarpon. They meet
monthly. And to the commission's pleasure, any commissioner wish. Yes. I mean, I told the city manager that I would be happy to do it. I
served on this board in my previous term, and it's it's a board that we do need to have a voice on because, you know, most of them consider tarpon
Pasco County. And I'm being serious. And you know, our residents need transportation that don't have vehicles just the same. And there's also some exciting new things, things
coming up as far as a possible I heard a water taxi maybe from that would come to Tarpon and maybe go to the, you know, you know, Clearwater Beach. That would be great. So I'm happy to serve on that board. If the if
the commission wills it, I'd like to entertain a motion to appoint Commissioner Banther to the Pinellas Suncoast Transit
Authority. Second. Second. Okay. Any any comments amongst us? I just want to thank Commissioner Banther. I mean, it was would have conflicted with my schedule trying to get back to work right away. And he's I
really appreciate him for that because that helps us all out. And he seems to know the topics and the issues right at hand right away to be a solid voice for our representation. So
thank you a lot, Commissioner, I concur. Anybody else? Okay. Public comments, no public comments. Let's have roll call please. Mr. Panther. Yes, Mr.
DiDonato. Yes, Commissioner Coolio's. Yes. Vice mayor Eisner. Yes. Mayor. Collins. Yes. Okay. Number 21, discussion and direction on
food trucks. City manager. Oh, okay. Thank. Director. Actually, this was brought to us by the vice mayor. He'd been approached by several trucks. Currently, we require the trucks and trailers to leave
every day. And so there were I believe the request is to be able to stay for a weekend or for more than one day. So we need some some direction on how to amend the language, bring it
back to you to allow for that. They don't have to leave every single day if that's your desire. Vice mayor, do you want to lead off? Yeah, I'd be happy
to. So what we did is we when Florida State changed the ruling, we put some rules and regulations to see how it would work. And we added a six month
trial just to see how things were. And I think everybody's agreement. And then we actually converted it to a, you know, to,
to be a law. And one of the things that you'd have to do is after a while, you have to see any of the kinks and rough edges that are in there. And one of the kinks and rough
edges is that the complaint I get from the 2 or 3 people that have their their food truck is they can't take it out every
day. They don't mind. And the problem we have is with the, you know, them dumping gray water. None of them dump gray water where they are. They do take it out when it's filled
and they bring it over to an RV park. So we don't have a problem with that. So what I'm recommending is that we change
the ruling to where they don't have to take it out every day, whether they let let it be up to them if they want to do it three days, two days, five days,
whatever it is, as long as they're not dumping gray water. And we should try this for six months like we did the first, go around and see how it works
out, because it's a hindrance to us, you know, to both trucks. I've spoken to both owners. It makes it very hard for them. The hardest part is setting it
up and knocking it down. And, you know, it's all it's all up to how much gray water they use and how often they have to dump it. So my recommendation is to allow them, you know, maybe a
week at the most. And, you know, as long as there's no evidence of dumping gray water, they're not breaking any rules and regulations. So that's what I would say. And we try that for
six months. Miss Vincent, do you want to opine on this item? No. All right. Okay. So you were in agreement. You were in
agreement a lot on this item in the past. And I'm just going to let y'all opine tonight, okay? Commissioner Banther, do you have any you know, I, you know,
I, I'm all for the changes that, that, that, that, that, that, that were made. And I mean, as long as there's not a problem that I'm unaware of and I guess we can always change it again,
if there is, I assume I'm, I'm perfectly fine with, you know, if there's an issue with the food trucks having to come and go, so long as wherever they're at is appropriate and they have the approvals and everything
else. Everything else, though, is in place because we're talking about, what, 2 or 3 maybe. Yes. Yeah. I mean, so, you know, I'm I'm perfectly fine with that if everything
else is, is is is is is like is like set up properly. So thank you. Okay. Commissioner Donato, I too am fine. Fine with it. And I think it follows what we
did in the past with the six month trial. So we're doing that again with something new makes sense. And monitor it and alter it if we need. But I think it's working well. From
the feedback I get. Commissioner. I'm a little concerned for a week at a time. I was thinking maybe once every three four days I'd be twice a week. But if that's if we're
not going to get that, that's fine. But there's only right now there's other conditions that are really stopping seeing more applications in the community. And it's not the
overnight stay. It's being attached to the building and having a bathroom availability. That's that's what the big one is. So if we're going to go for a week and no one wants to do
less than a week, it is. Yeah, I my understanding is that, you know, weekends is the biggest issue, having to leave and come and go all throughout the
weekend. So I don't I'm, I'm fine with whatever the board wants. I'm to me, you know having Friday to Monday without
having to move and then only having to move maybe Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday maybe because I don't I think that is really the issue that the complaints am I wrong was
wasn't the most of the complaints that they had to move in and out? Because I know the one truck is only a weekend operation. The one down at the sponge docks is she's a weekend
operation so that she could stay from Friday to Monday. Is there any issue with the other truck? Is that about a is it a weekend issue or not? No, I
mean, it was it was very we've we've we've come at this ordinance very incrementally over the last five years. You
know, I, you know there's yeah. Are there issues. No. The only I mean you're always going to have people that are going to, you know, try to skirt rules and things like that, but
that's just part of part of life. You know, I think trying it, doing a trial period is, is fine whether they, you know, are required every three. I
don't know how honestly. I mean monitoring these things can can be problematic but. Right. Yes. Right now we don't have very many. And I think one of the
reasons that we don't probably is that they have to move. And so if you're if we remove that restriction, we may get more. We're just going to have to
monitor and see what happens. So you know, I don't I honestly don't know that it will be burdensome, you know. But we'll I think six months to give it a shot like we did before and see
how it pans out and then we'll adjust. I'd like to do four days just because it covers the weekend, Thursday to Sunday, Friday, Friday to Monday, and
it stops. What we don't want to see is a trailer get parked there on Monday, not be used for 3 or 4 days straight, and then start working Thursday, Friday. And that's going to
leave three days of no activity, just sitting there. And that's not the goal. The goal is to have the activation as soon as wait. Enough. Give these individuals the ability to run their business three, four days
straight and then pack up and and do it all over again. I think that's more that's more definitive. When four days is probably a good a good jumping off point we enforced during
the week. They get the weekends right. They get Monday to Friday to Monday. It's definitive. They it's four days. And you know whether they because if we go seven then how
do you know. Yeah. You don't they go to three days not working and it's just sitting there closed. And you know we can we'll make sure that people coming in know that that's a requirement. We'll make it part
of the business tax receipt, you know, process. Would you like to make a motion. Motion to move the direction. Go ahead. I didn't get to say anything.
Absolutely. No I know, but I wanted to answer the question that came about that you asked. And first of all, I spoke with the two mealy donuts because
she has to roll her unit up a hill. She said she'd be in and out in three days, but she needs the three days. She can't do it daily. She's not looking for 4 or 5. She brings it back
to her house. The other one at Spartan Manor is Spartan, the gas station. What her problem is, she can't store it behind the gas station as it's a fire
hazard. So what she does is she takes it and drains it every single day at the RV park. But she needs to bring it back to that location. So she is pulling it out every day. The
fact of the matter is, she just can't store it. For all along we weren't enforcing the law. She was storing it behind Spartan Gas Station. And that's where the problem came in. So
she's able to leave it where she is. She would be taking it out literally every day and bringing it back to that same location every day. So the fact is, she'd be getting rid of the
gray water is what she told me, but she can't store it behind the gas station as a hazard. My only it sounds like she
basically wants to. She wants to be able to store it there all the time. If it's taking up parking, if it's taking up, you know, I mean, we'll look at it.
But, you know, I think that's a different issue. Well, it's not taking up parking. She just can't store it behind the Spartan. Okay. Well we'll come
back with I'll find something and come back with this change for y'all. I have to do this by ordinance, so. Right. Discussion board. Do you guys think for four days is good?
Well, she removes it every day, so she would be technically would be compliant then I guess. Yeah. They were saying three. We're going to give an extra day for. Yeah yeah good Friday
to Monday. Well it's four days there. And then she can't put it back because she has no place to keep it. That's the problem. That's a problem. Yeah that's a problem. She can't
keep it anywhere. But our problem is not whether you keep it there or not. Our problem is more so what you do with the gray water, it's both candidly. I mean, we, we wanted we did
not want food trucks being parked on a site and never moving. And they're there forever. That is not what we envision when we put that's you know, that's why they were
supposed to come and go, let's try it. Let's see what happens. And, you know, I'll bring back an ordinance for four days. She's technically moving off of the site, but the way that the ordinance reads now, you know,
I'll come up with a compromise somewhere here. Maybe if it's approved by site plan or something, to have a permanent storage on site. Otherwise you come and go and, you know, at
least every four days you've got to you want to do it. Well, how many days do you have to be out for then? I think she has to technical the way the ordinance is written. Now. You come in, you set up, you sell,
business closes and you leave. Leave, I know, and you take the truck with you. But if we do four days, how many days do they have to be out for? I don't, I don't think there's
overnight. Yeah, I guess you could say overnight, but they have eight days in a week. I think the reality is she's she's got to pay for storage somewhere. That's just the reality of food trucks. You I
mean, you know, you live in oh here's my other here's my other potential solution or option on this a property owner if they want, if they know they've got
one person that just wants to deal there, you know, I can amend this such that it's going to be a little bit painful for the property owner. But we could basically say, look, you have to get a site plan approved showing where the
where it's going to be stored all the time, and then we know it's going to be there. And there's no. There's no I mean, that's another way to go with this. But I like the four days.
I think that's probably how you don't want to define the days. No. How do we police? How do you know what how do how do how
do we police it if it's every four days, like they pick their own four days, we don't know what day they're on. We don't know whether they're there. And then they stay there. And then we somebody. How do we count
the days? So only days that end in y. Right. But if but if, if it's, if we know it's like Friday to Monday, we're not enforcing any movement on Friday to Monday. The rest of
the time, those other three days they got to move and then the police know what they're enforcing. How would they know? How do they know what day they're on? They could say, I'm on the second day. They could
be on the fourth day. How does he know? Well, I'm telling you, same thing. That's why I say. But if it's a defined day, then, you know, Friday to Monday, we're not enforcing movement so
they can stay there. Yeah. I think it's a, it's a it's kind of you can approach it two ways.
You can come and go like your like the ordinance is written now that's one option. And you go find a place to store. I think a second option then is
do we give an allowance that on days Thursday through Sunday you don't have to. You can be on site. That seems to be the big operating time would be Thursday through Sunday. Yeah,
yeah. And you don't have to move the vehicle Thursday through Sunday. If they're there on one of those other days, it doesn't solve everything in violation. And then the third option would be
if you don't ever want to move the truck, then you need to get a site plan approved and get permit approval for it to be there. Commissioner, you want to make that motion? I think Miss Vincent has to come back
with. Yeah. I don't think we need a motion. Yeah, I have direction. Oh, yeah. I gotta write an ordinance and bring it back. Daily. Daily removal, Monday through Wednesday and
then Thursday through Sunday. Oh, I got it. I think I have enough direction to come up with something to come back. Wonderful. Okay, let's go to ordinance and resolutions
number 22. City attorney, will you read that resolution by title, please? Resolution 2020 604, resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the City of
Tarpon Springs, Florida, approving Application number 2592, requesting conditional use approval to allow the operation of a tourist home. Short term rental at 200 Grand
Boulevard in the RM Residential Multi Family Zoning District, providing for findings, providing for conditions and providing for an effective date. Mayor, do you want me to read
the quasi judicial? Yes. This is a quasi judicial proceeding where the Board of Commissioners acts in a quasi judicial rather than a legislative capacity at a quasi
judicial hearing. It is not the board's function to make law, but rather to apply law that has already been established in a quasi judicial hearing. The board is required by law to
make findings of fact based upon the evidence presented at the hearing, and apply those findings of fact to previously established criteria contained in the Code of Ordinances in order to make a legal decision
regarding the application before it. The board may only consider evidence at this hearing that the law considers competent, substantial, and relevant to the issues if the competent, substantial,
relevant evidence at the hearing demonstrates that the applicant has met the criteria established in the Code of Ordinances, then the board is required by law to find in favor of the applicant. By the
same token, if the competent, substantial and relevant evidence at the hearing demonstrates that the applicant has failed to meet the criteria established in the Code of Ordinances, then the board is
required by law to find against the applicant. If do any of the commissioners need to disclose an ex parte communications or conflict of interest? I do have a conflict. I was the listing
broker on this property, so I have completed the proper forms and I'll recuse myself. Okay. And I spoke with them a couple of times. Nothing in depth.
It's just that they were looking to do something with their house because they moved out of state. Thank you Commissioner. Okay. Mr. Winston,
do you want to. Anybody else going to speak? I have an applicant here. Oh. Thank you. Sorry. You're going to have
questions, mayor. Well, you don't have to be sworn in for question. Anybody to speak for the application or against the application for substantive. Do you swear or affirm your testimony before the Board of
Commissioners shall be the truth, so help you? I do thank you. Okay. Miss Vincent, thank you. This is conditional use request 25 Dash 92 resolution
2020 6-04 for property at 200 Grand Boulevard. This property is currently a single family home. It's been actually repurposed from its former use
as a church, but it's been a single family home for some time now. The application before you tonight is to request a conditional use to have it established as a
tourist home or short term rental. The location is at the corner of Center and Grand Boulevard. Here's the site is
identified the the applicant is proposing. It's three bedrooms, two occupants each, so a total of six guests at a time. They do have an adjacent property
owner who is providing the management for the for the tourist home. They have really you know, they've taken a pretty diligent approach to
this. They are proposing their own, you know, quiet hours between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. no deliveries requiring that the, you know, for dedicated parking spaces with no off street
parking allowed. I'm sorry, no on street parking allowed. Controlling dogs, age of reserve. You know reservation holders. So they're they've
done a lot on their own to ameliorate concerns. This is the site. They have a very expansive driveway that can easily hold, you know, four
cars and maneuver. So there's really no issues with cluttering up the streets with parking. The conditional use
conditional use review criteria. You know, the biggest issue probably in this for this discussion would be compatibility. We do think that
with the controls that are in the the conditions that have been recommended by staff as well as agreed to by the owner, that this will not be an
adverse effect on the neighborhood. We did mail out notices to over 100 property owners. We've received no adverse conversations. We had some inquiries, but no no
opposition really to this. They're preserving, you know, they're not affecting the historical character of the House or environmental resources. We don't think this will adversely affect property
values. As long as everything abides by the conditions of approval. And they're really the other six, seven and eight. There are no issues with those conditional use criteria. Staff
recommendation is to approve. There's a very long list here. I really don't want to read these all into the record, but basically it's still needs to look like a single family residence and operate that way.
Six guests parking restricted to the driveway, quiet hours between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. They will have to have a placard and
inside identifying who their points of contact are. Operating rules. That information will also be provided when they apply for to the city for their business tax
receipt, so that we have that information as well. If our police need to reach out and contact somebody if they have a problem. And then yeah, our
business tax receipt will ensure that the conditions five and six, which is really all those operating conditions, are being met. Planning and Zoning Board reviewed this at their
January 2026 meeting. They did recommend approval unanimously, and they did add an additional condition that the property shall be inspected by the fire marshal to verify fire safety commitments of the applicant
prior to issuance of the local business tax receipt. That would most likely happen anyway. Our fire department does review all business tax receipts, so that would be triggered. But we did add that to the to the
resolution. And as I said, we had one member that spoke in support of the application at the Planning and Zoning Board meeting. So with that, I'll stop and answer any questions that you might have at the
appropriate time. I don't have any any questions of staff. How about Commissioner DiDonato? Do you have any? Yes, sir. Commissioner? Yes. Yeah. Just
the, I guess the no smoking from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. I guess. What, they just don't want people outside smoking if needed. And I think that's actually the the smoking was just no smoking and quiet hours
enforced 10 p.m. to I think it was just kind of truncating things together for the purposes of I think they're really two different things. No smoking. I'll, I'll defer to the applicant, but I don't think they probably have one
smoking at all in the. Yeah. She's shaking her head. No. Okay. And then deliveries I mean let's say they want Uber Eats or something. They can't have that. That's their I
believe that's the the operator is trying to bring something presentable that makes it. We didn't put that condition on a nice safe application presented that way. Go ahead. When? Well
when. Go ahead. And when she gets a chance. Bring answer the question when you have a chance to speak. Yeah. And vice mayor. Thank you. Oh I'm sorry. I'm
good. I'm done. Vice mayor Razor I have no I have no microphone. I have no questions for this. Thank you. Okay. With
the applicant like to come up and address up to the podium. In the documents that I
received as the the proxy, the deliveries I believe, applies specifically to Amazon. You need to identify. Oh, yes. Molina. Do you need my address? Yes, please. 608 Mirrors
Boulevard, Tarpon Springs. Thank you. It was referring more to having your mail delivered there or Amazon
packages or comparable to Amazon Amazon packages I know. Yeah. Anybody else have any questions of the applicant okay.
Thank you. All right. Let's go to public comments. Any public comments on this item. Let's come back to the board for a
motion. So moved second okay. Are there any commissioner comments. Yes mayor I want to I want to thank the applicant for opening up a beautiful historic
home like this. Every time I walk past it, you can't help but look at the home. And so I think it's this is a great contribution to the community. I want to thank you for going
through the short term vacation rental process the right way. Yes, in front of everybody here. And we're we're very straightforward. It's in that community. It's going to contribute well to the to the
area. And when I used to walk past your house, your dogs were pretty intimidating. And I made sure I, I started running a little bit faster past them. So thank you for contributing such
a beautiful, historic home to the community and happy people. Tourists are going to be able to come visit and use that home. Thank you, thank you.
Commissioner, do you do you have anything? Vice mayor? No, I concur with Commissioner Pugliese, I thank you. It's it's it's a perfect location for what you want to do. And
you've done a great job with the with the home. Okay. Went to public comment. We got a motion and now let's go to roll call. Commissioner Banther.
Commissioner. Panthers excused himself. My apologies, Commissioner DiDonato. Yes, Commissioner. Coleus. Yes. Vice mayor. Eisner. Yes, mayor. Yes.
Thank you. That's it. Let's go to item number 23 with the city attorney. Please read the resolution by title, please. Yes, mayor. Resolution 2020 606,
a resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Tarpon Springs, Florida, supporting the Community Development Block Grant application of the Project Administration Department to Pinellas County for public
services improvement. Project for safety improvements to the Tarpon Springs Splash Park. And.
Miss Herbert. Hi PJ Herbert Grant, project specialist. This is just a resolution approving the application to Pinellas Counties Community Development
Block Grant. We have had four projects through them in the past couple of years that have all been successful. The exercise equipment, the community center, repaving of
their parking lot, their new sign, and we have a gymnasium floor that's being replaced. It's in procurement right now through that funding. The application does require a resolution from the board for
any applicants. And the resolution following this is also for that. This one is for the splash pad. This is to upgrade and replace aging pumps,
controls and electrical and lightning protection systems. According to what Ray Page and Rodney told me, the splash pad is down approximately 25 times
a year. This would help improve the downtime so that the residents could use the splash pad a little more often. It. While it doesn't require a match, it is recommended by the
county that the city puts up a little bit of money with their application. If it's approved, we're asking for 118 768 87 in CDBG funding with a $15,000
match for this one. Okay. Thank you. Is there any commissioner have any questions of. Miss Herbert? No. Are there any
public comments on this item? Can I I'd like to entertain a motion. So move second okay. If there's no further comment, roll call please. Commissioner.
Panther. Yes, Commissioner. DiDonato. Yes, Commissioner. Coleus. Yes, sir. Yes, mayor. Yes. Okay. Number 24 with the
city attorney, please read the resolution by title, please. Resolution 2026 ten, a resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Tarpon Springs, Florida, supporting the Community
Development Block Grant application of the Project Administration Department to Pinellas County for a public facilities improvement project for safety improvement to the
Tarpon Springs Community Center. Doors and restrooms. Miss Herbert, obviously, Jamie Taylor is taking advantage of the CDBG funding because this will be his fourth project that
we're trying to fund with this. This time, we're going to try to replace and upgrade the doors and restrooms at the community center. They're older. If you've been to the community center, you know that they're
they really need upgraded and replaced. So we're going to ask for 93,000 in CDBG funding with a $15,000 match if it's approved. Okay. Any
commissioners have any questions of staff? Any public comments? I'd like to come back to the board to entertain a
motion to approve. If there's no comments, roll call please. Mr. Panther. Yes, Mr. DiDonato? Yes. Mr. Yes, yes. Vice mayor.
Yes. Mayor. Yes. Okay. Number 25, city attorney, read resolution by title resolution 2020 609, a resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Tarpon Springs, Florida,
amending the budget for fiscal year 20 2526. Hi. Good evening, Mayor and commissioners. Ashley Kimpton, finance director. This is budget resolution 2020 609.
The majority of this resolution is to carry over encumbrances that were open as of September 30th, 2025. These were approved and budgeted in fiscal year 25. And we're rolling them to
fiscal year 26. The encumbrances account for about 8.2 million of the resolution. In this resolution, we've also included items that have come up since the start of the
fiscal year. These items amount amount to about 2.1 million. The majority of that is for two projects. The first is the
Lincoln Pond Water Improvement Project of 862,000 750,000, which is grant funded. The other project of 821,000 is for
the Pent Gross Stormwater project, and that's funded across multiple funds. I did want to mention that no general fund unassigned fund balance is being used in this resolution. And that concludes my comments.
I'll take any questions. Commissioner Banther, do you have any questions? Yes, sir. Commissioner Donato. Mr. Commissioner, yes. I just want to thank Mrs. Kempton for the
presentation, the documents that look clean. And I like seeing where the funds and where everything's coming from. Thank you ma'am. Vice mayor, I just joked with her today that she's got the door closed and
she's nose to the grindstone, so I just wanted to make sure she was happy and that alive and well she is. And it's a lot to take in. So we thank you for,
you know, trying to grasp as much as you can in as short a period as you can. You have big shoes to fill, but thank you. Thanks. Okay. Any public
comments? I'd like to come back and entertain a motion. So moved. Second, there's no commissioner comments. Roll call please, Mr. Panther. Yes, Commissioner DiDonato. Yes. Mr.
Yes, yes. Vice mayor Eisner. Yes, mayor. Yes. Thank you. Thank you so much. And we really appreciate you stepping into the job. And and. All right. Wonderful. Well, we we
haven't gotten into the heat yet. So the budget's coming. All right. So we again we're deferring item number 26. And
we're going to item number 27. Would city Attorney would you please read that resolution by title. Yes. Resolution 20 2612 a resolution of the city of Tarpon Springs, Florida,
creating a one time incentive program for connection of existing residents and legacy properties to city utility service. Mayor. Yeah, just, you
know, when we recently raised our impact fees, the intention of capturing the impact of new development on our system and sort of an unforeseen consequence of that was we also
caught the residents who needed or wanted to switch from septic to sewer. And so they're coming in thinking of the old impact fee. And this new one is
significantly higher. So what we put together is as a program where to actually incentivize folks to go ahead and make the switch to, to basically come in
under the current, the old impact fee and not have the larger new impact fee, which is for new development. And so hopefully folks will encourage them to go ahead and make the shift from septic systems to
sewer to our sewer system and ease that burden before the full rates take effect for them. Okay. Do you need to make a
presentation? No, not necessarily just that we recommended and we put this on a sliding scale. The recommendation of Commissioner Eisner, we're having some
discussions. And to allow, you know, a stepped incentive to facilitate, you know, expedient connection to our water and sewer systems. And we're not
aware of any pressing need on the on the water side. I do want to point that out. This is very directed at septic to sewer conversions. But in the event that there are any stragglers out there on the water side who still have a
domestic well and they have a water main in front of their house, we've included this for them as like a sort of, you know, one year get out of jail free. Well, not entirely free, but at the old price. Come on
in, you know, and we'll get connected and you get a one time window to get it done a little bit more affordably. Okay. Commissioner, do you have
any questions? No questions. I'm in. I'm in full support. I would love it. My office at 600 East Tarpon could have sewer, but it's not available. Which I always find shocking that that's off Tarpon Avenue, right across from the Verizon
building and catty corner to the Methodist Church. But if there's ever an opportunity down the road where people like myself can obviously pay to get on sewer, I would be happy to.
So thank you, Commissioner. Yes. I mean, Commissioner, I'm sorry, I think it's a very good idea to offering the incentive and I'm for it 100%. Thank you.
Commissioner Coleus. I'm happy to support this. And vice mayor. So I just wanted to rehash some of the conversation that we had so that the board has an idea
of what this was all about. Our original impact fee was in and around $1,600, and it went up as we we awarded it to go to
8000 some odd dollars. That $8,000 was because we were trying to not affect the people's the residents water bill, but we did not fully
grasp, I think, the fact that it could affect the septic to sewer people. So in my discussion with Tommy and I
just said, let's go back to the original amount for X amount of time, which I think we discussed something like, and I'm looking for input from the board if they would like to.
You know, I asked to like for the first three months, let's keep it at the 1600. And then on a sliding scale slot, start increasing it, because we do
want to get them all on, but not to ever go to the 8000. Nobody's trying to punish people from going from septic to sewer, but we just want to encourage people to make the
change as soon as possible. And one of the other things that I that I spoke with Tommy about, and I just want to make you aware of if people want to go
from septic to another septic, it's an expensive, expensive routine. Not that they can do that where there's a sewer available, am I correct? It's
only they can do this where there is no sewer. Like what commissioner was saying. If you wanted to go from septic to a septic because his failed, it
would be a very expensive item to change it over because it's got to have multiple segments. It's got to have a disinfectant, it's got to have pumps. So
they're kind of almost giving you a no win situation. The EPA between if you want to go to septic to septic, it's a punishment of finances. And if you want to go from septic to
sewer, it's a punishment of, you know, of of finances. So either way, I don't know. Do you want to have some guidance from the board on how much we
should be on this sliding scale, or you're going to do this on your own and come back to us? How is that going to work? We have it included in the ordinance. We have the old fee
from January 1st through September 30th. So we did back dated the first of the year to capture. There's probably 1 or 2 connections. I think that we just want to make sure we're capturing them. So we did make
it retroactive. Your mics on. Oh, hello. Okay, there we go. Can you hear me now? Yeah. Okay. Yes. So the the previous fee will be retroactive to January
1st, only to make sure that if there was a couple of folks that connected during that time, they'll be eligible for credit. And that'll run through September 30th. So we want to
give a good window for us to get public communication out. And then we did a 50% sort of credit from October 1st to
December 31st, and then from January 1st through March of 2027, it's 75%. So we've got sort of a, you know, six months of, you know, very affordable.
And then, you know, please come in during this window and then, you know, three months where it's still, you know, 50% discount, which is a very good deal. And then long term, you know, and then the last three
months. So we do want people to come in expediently because this does, you know, require a lot of administration to run these sort of credit programs and things like that. And we want to get people connected as soon as we can. It also helps
us with revenues. So if we're going to run incentive program, we want it to be driving a little bit of the revenues in as to cover at least part of the cost of the incentive. And one more thing. We're also
going to do a return request receipt to make sure that everybody knows what the rules and regulations, because what we got were people felt they weren't informed. So is that
correct? We're going to do some significant public communication on this one. We want to drive everyone in under this program. You know, it's just a little bit of unfortunate timing. We had a
couple of folks that came in right after the first of the year, and we didn't quite have the website updated yet from the January 1st deadline. So we were able to work with them. And in one case, we had someone
who had an application prior to January 1st, and we were able to go ahead and honor the original price of the impact fees at the time of application. So that was a win for that, that for everyone in that
residence. So we want to do some good outreach. Let me let me ask you, Tommy. So this is as long as the application is in during that period, the actual connection can take
place anytime, right? It's the application needs to be made in the windows. You're talking about the application for the permits. And there are timelines on permits. So you can't apply in September and
build it in ten years, you know. So there's but as long as their application is in before everything will be dated to the time of the application. Okay. Thank you. All right. So let's
go to public comment on this item. No public comment. Let me come back to the board for a motion. So moved second okay. If there's no further comment
roll call please. Mr. Panther. Yes, Mr. DiDonato. Yes. Mr. Yes. Vice mayor Eisner. Yes. Mayor. Colonies. Yes. Okay. That concludes all of our business.
Now let's go to board and staff comments. Major. Your major. Right. Yes. All right. I said
it right. City attorney. No comment. Mayor. City manager I have nothing. City clerk. No comment. Commissioner Panther.
Yes. Thank you. I want to say something. Tonight, we had some people come up at public comment and say disparaging things about the individual face on this board. That's something that I would never do and I can't imagine somebody
doing that. But I guess this, this group of people felt they had to do that. But I was more proud tonight to see the reaction and that, you know, Tarpon Springs is such a great community and I believe it's tolerant of all faiths, but
especially the Judeo-Christian ancient faiths, polytheism, orthodoxy, and then and then Judaism. And we have all those represented up here. And I'm very proud that we all spoke up
in response to that, to that borderline attack we got in public comment. And I just think it's just a wonderful thing about our community that, you know, no matter, no matter,
no matter what your faith is, we we, we celebrate you holding strong to that. And then in addition, I, I purposely don't engage on Facebook for for
controversial things for obvious reasons. But I'm told the latest conspiracy theory is that I was appointed when we had the resignations and and
and and and was mayor that I've just been continually serving and you know, it's called reelected unopposed. I can't force somebody to to to run against me. Everyone up here,
with the exception of Mr. Eisner, has, has, has, has experienced that. So I encourage people, no matter who says it, if you read something on Facebook, use Google, use
ChatGPT, verify what you are reading because it's just so ridiculous to the the the though to me. And I would encourage all of us beyond that
to really be careful what we're engaging in online in conversation. We are the elected officials on this board. No matter who we're supporting. We have all three candidates and the crowd tonight. I've
been vocal in who I support, but I will not disparage the the the other two. I'm very happy that we finally have elections in this town where
people want to run for office. So I think we all need to take a step back. Breathe. Obviously, you're free to support whomever you want, and I hope that whoever wins serves well. And
those that don't keep trying and try again. So that's all I got for tonight. Thank you. Oh, one thing I do have a crystal ball from the Lord Mayor of Dublin. I already have one from
a previous visit, so I'm going to bring it up to, to the to the mayor's office to keep up there. All right. Yes. Thank you, Commissioner Di Donato.
What? He just said I too, would like us to all respect and honor all. I personally do respect and honor all religious
rights. I further would would echo with social media from all all sources and would encourage as as Commissioner Barnier said,
to check it would check to to verify. There are a lot of things that are said without any substantial facts, and it would be nice if we could just all learn to get along and if
everybody was positive. But I realize that's not reality, but it is. If it's as many of us that can try to stay on the positive side of note, try to be helpful to this community. I
think we will all benefit from it. Commissioner coleus, I was definitely interested in meeting tonight. Mary did a good job handling it, you know,
and there's a lot, a lot of people here. And so I just want to I want to thank everybody and I, I agree with what everybody's saying. But at the same time you have to
understand that there's League of Women Voters only had 100 views on that page, 100 views. And so we got to do our best to get information out there to
the people. And you know, you guys know me. I'm a very vocal person. And, you know, someone tells me to, hey, you know, think about this or be careful.
That's only going to excite me more. You know, I care about this community. I'm going to speak for it. And I'm not going to tolerate any intimidation. I don't care if you're a guy or a girl. I'm not going to
intimidate anybody. Making any weird comments about any of their opposition. I don't think that's respectful, and I do believe in professional pointed criticism at times. You're
about to represent the citizens of Tarpon Springs and make some big decisions for them, and we want to make sure that you're here to do the best for the community, understand that you know, as much as we all can get
along. There will be times where you know you're going to have to accept criticism and be able to deal with it, and so should be over pretty soon. And yeah, I do plan to step back.
You know, I think I've been pointed about what I needed to say and how I needed to say it. And, you know, once that election is over, I'm sure we'll all get back together
again and be fine. And which we still are. We had a great meeting tonight, and that seems to be the case. And how we gel as a as a board from week to week. So we'll be fine. And I
want to thank you all. Thank you. Vice Mayor. So I agree 100% with what Commissioner Barnier said. And I'm sitting here listening to somebody tell
me that they are professional and what they do and needs to be done. I don't appreciate getting a phone call this afternoon and be cursed out and screamed at by Commissioner.
Okay? And we all know who it is and it's uncalled for. It's unprofessional. And not only do I do, I not have I lost all respect for that phone call and
cursing me out and calling me a fat blank? I don't really appreciate those kind of comments, and I wish that person would lose my number and never call me again. I never
speak poorly to him. I never speak poorly to people up here. This was supposed to be a fair race, and we have a commissioner who's trying to
derogate delegate, denigrate, sorry, a specific person when we should all be, oh, hold your damn, I don't I'm talking now. I'm talking. I'm. Point of order. I'm talking. We start
pulling, calling out names and your spouse. Well, you shouldn't have call me. Exactly, so I don't. I would appreciate that he doesn't call me anymore. I don't need to hear from him.
I don't need for him to curse me out. We got it. Okay? Okay. So. All right, well, I first, I was remiss in on that last item
not to thank Tom and Patty Moore. They wrote, you know, we have examples of citizens. And we saw it tonight with all the people that came from Harbor
Watch, citizen activism, people bringing and a lot of things we don't know until people bring them to our attention. And Tom and Patty Moore wrote us a very nice letter to the city manager
and myself. I think everybody probably saw it, and they talked about the they were, you know, that they had applied for the impact to switch from sewer
to, from septic to sewer. And they said, hey, this is really atrocious to have this, this big of a of an increase. And I think it got kind of the ball rolling. So I want to thank Tom
and Patty Moore for that. And I want to thank all the people from Harbor Watch that came. I think that was really outstanding that they showed up. And again, we're going to back
up and do it in a really defined way that hopefully everyone can feel like they were heard on the electric
bikes. I agree, Jane, the electric bikes are an issue. I've a couple times that I've come out of. I exercise at the bank on fitness gym. I've come
out on the sidewalk now. I have to be very careful when I walk out because electric bikes come flying down the sidewalks. You know, I was talking to a cousin of mine who actually has a he's
a lawyer and he actually has a case going right now with the city of Clearwater. They have actually ordinances on on the
use of electric bikes that limit them to a kids, people under 16 years of age and how they and where they ride these bikes. And I think it's right
now these things go much faster than, than kids could ride their bicycles. And they they are becoming an issue. And and
it's going to be something that I hope that we will address sometime soon here at the board. So I, I hear what you're saying,
and I agree 100%. So on a very much lighter note, you know, I have to go make speeches and, and I got these meetings and sometimes I'm coming in, I know
it's going to be intense and I and but I don't get as nervous at this and making those speeches as I do next week. I have to throw the first pitch
out at the Little League and I. And so I don't want to embarrass myself. I got to get that ball to the catcher. So I will be practicing this week. If you see me at Riverside Park
just throwing things, I may be out there doing that. So
anyways, meeting adjourned at 827. Thank you.