It's 2:00, and the Code Enforcement Board hearing is now in session. Bobby will call the roll, please. Yes, sir. Mr.
Here. Mrs. Archer here. Doctor Battaglia here. Mr. Ogle here. Mr. Stevens here. Mr. Here. Mr.
Abercrombie here. Mr. Paul here, miss Kern here, please. Roll call. Thank you. Please rise for the invocation. And the father,
son and Holy Spirit. Father, we seek blessings on the task before us. Bless our efforts with clear insight, our deliberations with wisdom, our work with clarity and accuracy, and our decisions with
impartiality. We pray that our work this afternoon will find favor in your sight. This we pray. Amen. Father, son, Holy Spirit, please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. Pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance
to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with
liberty and justice for all. Okay. Please be seated. Okay. Hearing board procedures are as
follows. It is the intention of this board to promote, protect and improve the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Tarpon Springs by providing an equitable, effective and inexpensive method of enforcing
various codes within the city of Tarpon Springs. Any aggrieved party may appeal a final administrative order of this board to the Circuit Court. Such appeal shall be filed within 30
days of the execution of the order to be appealed. Florida Statute 286.0105 requires any party appealing a decision of this board to have a record of
the proceedings to support such an appeal. The procedure of this board is as follows. First, the city presents its witnesses and exhibits, after which the alleged violator is able to ask
the city witnesses any specific questions regarding their testimony. Secondly, the alleged violator is allowed to make a presentation and present his or her witnesses and exhibits. Then
the city can question the alleged violators. Witnesses. After both rounds of testimony, both on the part of the city and on the part of the alleged violator, each party is asked to
give a closing argument, first by the city and then by the alleged violator. After those three steps are taken, the board will close the public hearing portion of the case to discuss
it and take appropriate action. Before we begin the public hearings, we will have all potential witnesses stand up and be sworn in by the Secretary of the board. Please turn off all
cell phones or silence them. Thank you. Bobby, if you're going to testify, you have to stand up and be sworn in. You
shouldn't need to. Are you going to speak? No. Okay. Testimony about the whole truth. About the
truth. I do. Okay. All right. Okay. All right. This first case is (258) 000-0585 for the
property located at 25 West Martin Luther King Junior Drive. And my name is Mike Ross. And I'm the code enforcement officer for the Tarpon Springs Police Department. Since there's nobody
here, I'm going to submit evidence in this folder coming by you. If there are some pictures of what the property looked like at the time of the
violation, they made corrections just yesterday. So that's the pictures I'm going to display up
here. The property is located. Over PowerPoint to work here.
Give me one second. All right. Sorry about that. Property is located near the
intersection of Martin Luther King and Pinellas. You'll see there I've got a highlighted in red. It's a vacant lot that is fenced in. At the time when we initiated this case, it was
extremely overgrown. The grass was about 3 to 4ft high. We had no contact from the owner throughout the process. And then
yesterday it was it got somebody came in and cut it all down the grass. But the property still I'm going to show you here. The fence is still very dilapidated falling over. You can see along
the fence line it's still overgrown. That's kind of just a wide shot. You can see the field has been cut down, but there's still kind of junk and debris
stacked up against the fence and other sections that are dilapidated and falling apart. This has happened once before, a few months ago. Same. Same deal.
It was overgrown. We sent correspondence. The deadline came in at the last minute. They cut it. So at this point, I'm looking for a motion. So that
they'll come either repair or remove this fence and keep the property maintained. So we don't have to keep going through the same process over and over and over again. And that is all I
have for you. All of our exhibits are submitted. Exhibit A is the photos. Exhibit B is our notice of violations and notice of hearing. Exhibit C is our affidavit of posting, notice
of violation and for the notice of hearing. Exhibit D is our Pinellas County Property Appraiser and tax collector. Records and exhibit E would have been communications and
correspondence, of which there is none. Thank recorded in evidence, please. Yes, sir. And
there's nobody here for the property. Okay. Board. Do you have any questions? Yes. Mike. I
see that it's owned by a trust. Are any of the trustees that are responsible for this property? Are they in town at all? I've not been able to locate or make
contact. The last time we went through this, I made contact with a real estate agent at the time. And this time, I've not been able to even get hold of
her. Thank you. Any other questions? Okay, but question. But somebody has come out and
moaned. Somebody got the message somewhere. Okay. So anybody want to make a motion? I'll make a
motion. Okay. I move in case number 20 5-80000585 to find the respondent. Anthony Marcello. Trustee Anthony Marcello, in
violation of the City of Tarpon Springs Code of Ordinances eight dash 48, dash 41 and 36.03 for
the property located at 25 West Martin Luther King Junior Drive and to assess a fine of $50 per day beginning on September 9th,
2025, until compliance is achieved and to order the respondent to contact the Code Enforcement Division. To arrange for inspection of the property.
To verify compliance with the board's order. I have a second.
Second. Okay. Yes. Yes. Okay. Yeah I didn't. Second was Miss Archer. I'm sorry. Okay. So.
Roll call. Call? Yep. Okay. Mr. Abercrombie? Yes. Mr. Yes. Mr.
Yes. Mr. Yes. Mrs. Archer. Yes. Mr. I. Okay. Council, you need to summarize this or it's pretty straightforward to summarize.
Okay, great. We're good. Okay. The next case, please. All right. My name is Mike Rollison. I'm the code enforcement officer for the Tarpon Springs Police Department. And this is case
(258) 000-0558 for the property located at 1401 Burnt Oak Street. It's a house on the corner of Vermont and Burnt Oak.
This case came to me from our municipal arborist while she was doing tree inventory. She identified in the overhead. This tree right here that it was
dead, and that she felt it was of high risk and needed to be removed. This is now that tree in question. It's in the right of way, which would still fall
on the responsibility of the abutting property owner. We have sent all of our correspondence posted and I've had no contact with the owner. I have spoken with the tenant while I was
there photographing the tree, and I noticed that the pool was also in a pretty unsanitary state, and the tenant, Tiffany, said it was okay for me to walk
up and take pictures. So I walked from this sidewalk just right off screen here to take a picture of the pool, which is clearly doesn't have working
equipment. It's just become, you know, unsanitary. So we wanted that to be addressed as well. So for compliance on this case, we're looking for the tree to be
removed and the pool to be put into a sanitary state. I will note the pool cage was secure. So there's no it's not like a risk of, you know, somebody getting into it, but just we
want the pool in a sanitary state. So other than my photos, which is exhibit A, we have exhibit B as our notice of violation and notice of hearing. Exhibit C is the affidavit of
postings for those notices. Exhibit D would be the Pinellas County Property Appraiser and tax records and exhibit E would be correspondence, which we have
had none with the owner. And this is also a public health issue with regards to the pool. And I'm submitting the okay, the evidence here, the evidence
please. Someone living in the house, the tenant is. Yes. And a tenant. It's. The house is rented. Any other questions for?
Mr. Question? Have you ever had you haven't had contact with Mr. Paschalidis at all on this? Not on this one, no, he has not reached out to me on it. And I
recognize it's a it's a rental and the tenant is their tenant. Ever make the tenant spoken with me a couple of times. She would ask us, you know, she would see me out and about, you know, she would say, hey, has there been
any update? And she herself said she had passed along our postings and whatnot to him as well, but she never really indicated if what his attitude was, if he wanted to do anything. Yeah, that was my
question. If she had communication with the with and I know she's been in touch with him as well, because while this was going on, they were putting a roof on the house and that was all permitted and everything
was. So he's he's clearly, you know, he's aware and involved with the House, just these two issues. He hasn't made contact with us about. Do you know how long the tenant has been in the.
I believe she's been there for quite a while. From our conversation. Like she seemed like she's been there for multiple years. I have a question. Is the tenant or the
owner responsible for the cleaning of the pool? The owner is. It'd be the owner. And I believe to. This is not like a just a maintenance issue. It seems like there's the pump is
not working. I mean, when I was there, I didn't hear anything running, humming, nothing. So I think this is more of a like it needs a repair. It's not something that just a question of going out and, you know,
keeping up with cleaning it. You can tell by the condition of the pool that nobody's paying attention to it. But I just wonder if you had any contact with him. I haven't. Okay.
There's nobody here for this case, so. Okay. I have a motion, please. I move in case number 20
5-80000558 to find the respondent. Harry Patsalides and Anna Patsalides, in violation of the City of Tarpon Springs Code
of Ordinances. 133.028-52 36.02 Ipmc 301.1 for the property located at 1401 Bur Oak Street,
and to assess a fine of $75 per day beginning on September 9th, 2025 until compliance is achieved, and to order the respondent to contact the Code Enforcement Division. To arrange
for inspection of the property to verify compliance with the board's order. Second. Roll
call. Bobby. Mr. Abercrombie. Yes. Yes yes. Mr. Yes. McHale I
yes. Mr. I. Okay. Ready for the next case? Mike. My name is Mike Ralston. I'm the code enforcement officer for the Tarpon Springs Police
Department. And this is case number 25-80000505 for the property located at 504 East Morgan Street. And I'm going to
submit evidence since nobody's here. So let me change over here so you can see it I apologize.
We became aware of this. This was handed to me by our patrol officers, who on May 4th patrol,
made contact with a woman at Dorsett Park who was using the bathroom facilities to wash herself. And she indicated that she was living at this address,
504 East Morgan, and she did not have running water as patrol got with me on this, it became kind of evident that this was an ongoing issue. They had been out
there for multiple calls for service, and that there were people living in the house with no water, no electricity. And there was, you know, just general. The property was
unkempt junk and debris laying about. This also came about because a bunch of things were being dumped here. And this is borders, the Tarpon Housing
Authority. And they were kind of complaining that, hey, this is not our stuff. It's getting dumped there from the next door neighbor. There was a gentleman
I made contact with at the house named Tony Taylor, who, you know, he explained to me, oh, I thought I had reconnected the water. But we never got any kind
of official correspondence back until just the other day. We received word from a mr. Oliver on August 11th. He's the actual estate manager, the
representative of the estate, and he explained to me that they are currently in probate awaiting and his hopes an imminent ruling from a judge, at
which time the property is going to be sold. The gentleman who's living there, Mr. Tony Taylor, who I've spoke with, he didn't really seem to grasp the situation that he wasn't
technically the owner of the house. The estate manager explained that he is one of the people that will be a beneficiary of the sale, but he
asked that, you know, we deal directly with the estate and not Mr. Taylor, who's living in the house. So compliance is basically I clean up the
property and make a connection to water. There is no violation for having no electricity. But the estate manager made it, made it clear they're going to sell the property. It's going to be
new ownership and it'll just, you know, be cleaned up that way. So because he's been responsive and in contact with us and they're in probate, I'm
in the motion. You'll see. I requested for a pretty good runway of time so that they can get through this probate and court, you know, so, you know, there's kind of delays in that because we want the fastest
solution. And the solution here is get this to change hands to a new owner. So we're giving them more time to facilitate that. If a short deadline and fines is just going to end up hanging us
up even more and giving us more of a long term problem, you can see there was a little bit of cleanup from Mr. Taylor, who lives in the house, when he got
some of the paperwork, but it never reconnected to the water. So the issue is kind of ongoing. And other than that, just our normal exhibit A is all the photos. Exhibit B is the notice
of violation and notice of hearing. Exhibit C is the affidavit of posting for those notices. Exhibit D is Pinellas County Property Appraiser and tax records and exhibit E is all
of our communications and that is it. Any questions from the board? I have a question for the
officer being familiar with the processes involved. What would you suggest would be a time limit that would work both best
for the city and for the estate? I put in the requested motion for September 30th, so that gives them a little bit of extra time, but doesn't, you know, forget about it and just push it
off. So and he seemed pretty confident they would hit that date. Thank you. No other questions okay. Anyone else?
Anyone like to make a motion? I'll make a motion. I move in case number. 23-800000090 to
find the respondent, Dolores G. Kaufman. You're on the wrong. The wrong. We might have flipped ahead to your next case.
Kirkwood is the Taylor estate. Yeah. Taylor, you've moved into the affidavits. Tab three.
Sorry. I'm. I'm really old. I'm moving. Case number. (258) 000-0505 to find the respondent. Geneva Taylor Estate
in violation of the City of Tarpon Springs code of ordinances eight dash 48, Dash
4140 .00 20 Dash 22 for the property located at 504 East Morgan Street, and to assess a fine of $75 per day beginning on
September 30th, 2025 until compliance is achieved and to order the respondent to contact Code Enforcement Division to arrange for a inspection of the
property to verify compliance with the board's order. Second. To call the roll, please. Mr.
Abercrombie. Yes. Mr. Yes, yes. Mr. Yes, Mrs. Archer yes. Mr.
Studio I. All right. There's no affidavits of noncompliance, second orders. But we do have affidavits of compliance with
fines due. So this first one is for 12 zero. 1205 Castle Works. This was the property I showed you the before and after last week or last month. I'm sorry.
Where? The city went out and we abated the property and it's now in compliance. So this is just an affidavit of compliance stating that the everything has
been cleaned up. And so those daily fines would stop. And the clerk will clerk's office will come calculate the final amount.
And then that would be the payoff needed okay. So any
questions from the board. Okay. Anyone would like to make a motion. Well since I started it
before I'll finish it this time. Let me get to the right page. I move in case number 23-8000000
9090 to find the respondent, Dolores G. Kaufman did correct the violations, but did not pay the fines due and to accept the
affidavit of compliance. Have a second second. Okay, I guess we can do a voice vote on this.
Okay. All in favor I okay. Any opposed? Nope. All good. Okay. Okay. The next, next affidavit
of compliance is for Mr. Kirkwood from 135 North Ring. You may remember from last month that was the pavers being installed in violation of the stop work order. And he has
removed all of them and put them back to its original state. So I have that affidavit of compliance. You'll file that as
well. Okay. Thank you. I would like to make a motion. I'll make the motion, sir. I moved in case number 20 5-80000543 to find the
respondent, Michael Kirkwood, in compliance for correcting the violations and to accept the affidavit of compliance. Second.
Okay, all in favor I those opposed no looks good. Okay. So this one is a little bit different. So give me a second to explain it all to you. So
this was a case that was several months back. Many of you were not on the board at this time. This stems from the discount grocery store. They had a they
have a refrigeration trailer behind their building being used to store their goods, that they're then moving into the store because they do not have freezers on site. We had a whole
discussion here. The code board found them in violation and gave them a deadline. That deadline was complied with because they got a 90 day temporary use
permit. So I'm going to ask you guys to make a motion to accept this affidavit of compliance, which is basically saying the board's original order was
complied with. I'm then going to you'll see a second motion right after that asking you to find them back into violation with a new deadline. When they received
that 90 day temporary use, it moved their final deadline to September 3rd, I believe. Yes. And there is no more extension beyond that. That is the final
deadline. So this is purely a procedural action, putting them in compliance for the original order. And then a motion memorializing that final
deadline with their current temporary use permit. So the first one is this affidavit of compliance. Mike. Yes. On the on
the second motion, the ultimate compliance would be to get rid of the refrigeration unit. Yes, because that in of itself is a violation for using a trailer
for the storage of goods on site. Right. Okay. Thank you. I'll make a motion on the first motion. Okay. The second I move,
I'll read it. Okay, I move in case number. 25-80000410 to find
the. Respondent. Tarpon Plaza Real Realty Trust and the. Varna Varnavas Trust or trustee is in
compliance for the correcting the violations and accept the affidavit of compliance compliance. Second. Second. Okay. Voice vote. All in favor?
Aye. Those opposed okay. No one good. Bob, do you have that entered in as well please. Okay. And now we have the second
motion that reestablishes the new. Violation. So anybody who would like a continuation of the original violation, it just
establishes a new date for compliance. Thank you. So this is a. It's a repeat violator,
right. So the $50 fine. No, not for purposes of what we're looking at because they were given a time period and they met that time period. And now that they haven't been able to meet
the time period, it's still the original violation. So we don't look at it as a repeat violation. Thank you. That's that's fine. I just want to make sure okay okay. Have a motion
here I will make that motion I'm moving. Case number. 25-80000410 to find the respondent. Tarpon
Plaza Realty Trust and the Varnavas trustee, in violation of the City of Tarpon Springs Code of Ordinances, 43 decimal
zero zero 12 dash 4414 and 179 decimal zero one for the property located at 750 South Pinellas Avenue, and to assess a
fine of $50 per day beginning September 3rd, 2025, until compliance is achieved and to order the respondent to contact Code Enforcement Division to
arrange for re inspection of the property. To verify compliance with the board's order. Second, we do a voice vote. All in
favor. Hi. Those opposed? No one. Okay. And I will now hand it over to Attorney Salzman because I believe you guys have
to elect a new chair. Correct. But we have to approve the minutes. Right. Are there any minutes for approval? Yes, we
have approval of minutes for April 2025, May 2025, July 2025, June 2025 and July 2025. I move
motion to approve all the minutes as as delivered. Okay. Second. Second. Okay. All in favor? Aye, aye. Those opposed?
No one. Okay. And I guess now. Right. So for the selection of chair you can do it any way you want right. You could self-nominate you can nominate somebody else. You can however
you want to do it. It's up to you. I'd like to make a nomination I nominate. Richard
Presidio. I, I'd like to decline because I term out in November. Correct. Yeah, I term out in November. So what I'd like to do
and this is kind of my thought process, have some continuity rather than us going through this exercise again in four months, three months, whatever. So, you know, I decline
nomination of the chair position. I think you do a great job. Thank you. What? Ideally, if we have somebody who's going
to be for a while, would anybody like to self nominate? I mean it's not hard folks. I can do
it. Thank you. Can I nominate you? I'd rather not. Thank you anyway. Okay. Well I'll nominate
myself. I'll second. How's that having having served previously as, as the vice chairman and as the chairman. If nobody else wants to step up. But if anybody
does, I'd be glad to decline. And the good thing is, you're going to be here for a while, too. So we'll have continuity for a couple of years. And that was that's my big say in Tarpon Springs until they plant me over
in the. Okay. Good. Okay. Well we had a we have a second I second his nomination second. I'll second. Okay. Any any other nominations from the floor. Any other nominations from the
floor. Any other nominations from the floor? Nope. Okay. You are elected from new guy to chairman, isn't that America? Congratulations. Okay, I can
stay on as vice. Or you could do whatever somebody else wants to do this. Do we need a vice chair right now? You want to kick the can down for another couple a
couple months? Oh, okay. We'll we'll nominate doctor. I'll nominate doctor Mateo. Second. Second. I just nominate you for vice chair. That's fine. Okay.
Second. Okay. Okay. You have a second. Any other nominations from the floor? Nope. Any other nominations from the floor? Nope. Any other nomination from the floor? Up. So moved.
Congratulations, gentlemen. Thank you. I'm glad I got a big guy next. Okay. Yeah, yeah. Okay, folks, the next code enforcement board hearing will
be September 11th. Have a great rest of your summer. And I think
that's it. It's 232. It's adjourned. Thank you.