February and region. commissioners. I've not been first before. It's fun. >> So, we're here to talk about our summer camp fees. Um, it has been, you know, brought up by the commission a few times to consider raising our fees. Um we've
done surveys which I know all of you have in your packets that kind of want um $50 per sibling. Our weekly rates for resident and property owners were 120 a week. For non-residents, 140 a week. No
sibling discount for the weekly rates. And optional field trips incur additional cost. Our financials were our operating budget was 16,54 with our personal expenses at 167637.
total revenue or I'm sorry total revenue was 131330 and our cost recovery for the 2025 summer camp was 71%. Any questions with that so far? Our 2025 enrollment for full camp
residents was 37 campers and non-residents was 78 campers and then our weekly enrollment for residents was 49 weeks and 143 weeks for non-residents approximately 50 to 60 children within
those weeks. We base it by weeks not children. How would we uh take a look if we on our employees are their children if they were to come here are they excuse me um are they going to be at the
non-resident rate or at the resident rate? >> At the resident rate. >> Okay. Thank you. >> So those are our other municipality rates. Um you'll see Clearwater has 900 um a little small for me but us 900 with
um their plus pass 1,125 with their recreation cards and then 1,350 without cards. They have their weekly rates and I'm not going to continue all the way down. Golfport usually mirrors whatever we do. Um so we'll get calls as to what
our rates were and I've gotten that call so far so I think they might be waiting on us. Um, city of Largo has their cool kids and kids city camps and those are 120 a week if signed up for the 10 weeks and if not it's 150 for each individual
week. Madiraa Beach does $1,000 for residents, 1,250 for non. Seinal does um 90 for residents, 100 for non and then they do have a resident card that has to be purchased. St. Pete
Beach purely does it by the week. And then St. Petersburg has so many different rates, but you'll see what you know the 780 with their uh full camp and then the additional rates. Now, most of those um other cities include at least
one large field trip per week and then um a lot of them have swimming pools and all that. So, they do include at least a big trip a week, which we do not include. If you want to go on a trip, then it's additional. Madera Beach though um as a comparison does not have
um a pool. Correct. >> They do not. Um and then Madiraa Beach and St. Pete Beach so you're aware and actually most of those cities I think other than maybe Golfport all have before or have after school um camps. So they already have children that attend
year round. So, our proposed rates, um, listening to what Commissioner Sison had proposed, was a 10-week camp, which for resident property owners would be a,000. Non-residents would be 1,200. Sibling
discount 10% off of each sibling. Our weekly rates would remain the same at 120 for resident and property owner. Non-resident 140. No sibling discounts. Optional field trips remain additional cost. The recovery is about 90% based on
the 2020 2025 numbers and it would be a 42 and a half% rate increase to the parents. >> Just for clarification, the 42% increase is for the for residents. Uh for non-residents, which is uh 68% of the
total participants, it's a 33% increase. And then options for the commission to consider. We can amend the adopted fee schedule to increase summer camp rates raising the 10-week um fee from 700 to
a,000 for residents and property owners and 900 to,200 for non-residents. Option two, we can maintain the summer camp fees as adopted in fiscal year 26 fee structure and implement the rad increase outlined in option one beginning in fiscal year 27. Or we can
do a phased rate increase, amend the fiscal year 26 adopted fee schedule to partially increase summer camp rates, raising the 10-week fee from 700 to 850 for residents and property owners and 8 900 to 1,50 for non-residents
implementing the remaining 150 rate increase for fiscal year 27. And I'll be happy to answer any questions. you know that uh I every now and again I hear people coming up and uh making donations. Is that those donations is
that going to these summer camps? >> So we have a scholarship fund and our scholarship fund is um we have the funds that are put into that account for anybody who has a hardship. Usually it's a free and reduced lunch or some type of unforeseen condition that has occurred
in their family for that year. Currently, our fund is 5,60. Our majority of our money usually comes from the golf beaches rotary golf and tennis challenge, which we did not do. Um, and in 24 or in 25, they do plan on
or 26. They do plan on implementing it in 27 to do a tennis tournament, possible pickle ball tournament. Um, and then we usually get donations from the ILTes. The like to air market for Treasure Island employees. Um, and then
we also get money from the Legion, usually for scholarships or the Everyone Plays account, which gives funds to people who can't necessarily afford a field trip. >> Okay. >> So, um, I have a question along those lines that you just did, John. And
Charlie, correct me if I'm wrong here at all, but in conversations you and I have had recently, apparently there's a credit union or someone that wants to donate a decent chunk of money to us for for feel-good things or do good things. So,
my thought is what what if we took that money and had it sponsor the camp um and either use it for kids that we deem can't pay or just use it blanket to put the fees maybe back down to where they
were before and allow us to come out even. That seems like a perfect example of how that money could be used and maybe the camp sponsored by Sun Coast Credit Union or whatever it is. Um it seems like a a quite a way to use the
money in a very good way uh toward the kids and um you know reminds me of that TV commercial where the you know they get the they get the the companies to sponsor their kids so they can pay for tuition. So
>> did you want to me you >> I'll give you a quick recap of the history. Um, there's a lady that works with Sun Coast Credit Union that's been here, I think, twice. Um, she knew me
from my school superintendent days and she followed me on LinkedIn, I guess, when I came down here. And she's like, "Hey, we give away millions of dollars a year, our credit union does, all over the place for different things." And at the point at the first conversation
I had I know a summer camp because every time I've been in that building we came up with the um sun shade issue at Rosali Park. So I think either of those would be a
fitting u use of donated money. I've never came back to somebody and really tried to redirect their donation. I've had people come up to me and say, "My grandson's at that school and playground looks like junk. I'm going to give you $50,000,
put it somewhere and build him a new playground." I'm like, you know, that kind of stuff. So Kathy has had many more recent conversations than I have with Miss Carol. I did have a conversation as recently well Victor and I both spoke with them on the telephone
and they are interested in doing something. Um they reached out again yesterday and asked about the status of the um the shade structure for Roselli. So I was waiting on my quotes which I actually received already and was going
to call them tomorrow and I can talk to him about the shade and I can talk to him about summer camp. I I don't mind asking or speaking to anybody about donations for the city. So, >> the Sun Coast Credit Union, what would
be their motivation to uh donate to anything Treasure Island related? >> I don't know the necessary motivation for that. I just know that I have a conversation with them, but they get so much money that's spent by their customers. so many pennies go into this
donation account and they typically fund anything that has to do with children and do so many, you know, activities every year with funding. Um, other than maybe knowing Charlie, I really don't know their motivation, but um, it would
be obviously just maybe advertising or saying thank you to Sun Coast Credit Union, you know, for their generous donation. I'm not really 100% sure. Do they have a branch here in Penel County? >> They do have some. >> Okay. >> Yes.
>> Yeah. I mean, if we're worried about either people not being able to afford the new fees or not as many people be able to come, that seems like that would be a perfect fix for the situation. Well, the other thing they did, I guess kind of pro bono, um, however you want to look at it, um, back in early
December when Penelis County was pushing to get, uh, the first part of the, uh, what are the CBDG grants to get people back in their homes. >> So, the concern in Treasure Island was not many people based off income would
qualify for that. So they they set up a table and had some giveaways just like the people from the county did. So if you were a little over the income thing and couldn't um use the CBDG stuff, then you know they were were
giving them some loan solutions or I I don't remember what they were doing. I went over there to see them because my friend was there and I missed them. This place is crazy. I was wondering if the commission would be interested in doing a financial analysis on this uh to figure out what
the costs are associated with the camp. I've been asked I even asked uh Chuck Anderson on uh April 17th of 25 for a financial analysis for summer camp. Um you know I think we can't do any worse
than break even. Uh we're subsidizing this program for almost 70% non-resident kids. So, I'd like to see us closer to break even as possible. So, >> and Kathy, you um you had up there what our average um amount of kids, I think
it was the amount of kids that you can actually load. And so, in the old days, um you know, we we've been doing this camp for over 50 plus years. Um, we started out in the annex where maybe you had 50 kids or in the auditorium you had a morning
camp, but there were times we got up to at least 200 250 kids. That's a lot of children. Um, so and and I know that I disrupt everybody's life in city hall when camp's going on. Um, but we like to keep
it at least to no more than like 150 kids um, seating on the bus. even though we have a larger bus now, but still, you know, we have a limited number of kids that can be put on the bus. So, we like to keep it to about the 150. >> Okay. I have um I mean, most of, you
know, I have probably the largest amount of all the different islands of families with young children, you know, because most of them come to your camp. I think all of them actually come to camp. And I had the opportunity to talk to a lot of them um over the last couple weeks. And
I'll be honest, not one of them had a problem with the price increase. The only thing that they asked was possibly doing a advanced signup for residents instead of opening it for everybody at the same time. Um that was the biggest
thing that >> so that that is the majority of them said >> that is easy. But what we have found and that's not a problem and we can do that. But what we found over the years is our residents know I will not turn them away. So, they wait till the day of and they register. So, I've never turned away a Treasure Island resident or a
property owner. Um, so we could do that, give them a week ahead of time, but I don't think a lot of them will do that because they've, like I said, never been turned away. Um, non-residents, we do close at a certain point, say no more. Um, and one of the important things is I
have probably gotten about two, three emails a day wanting to know when summer camp registration is. We are behind. Um, we usually start early February. So, I promised everybody, you know, this is an ordinance change, so it's going to take two meetings. Um, that we would at least
hopefully mid-March to April 1st. Um, to all our 10-week parents, I did send out a staff report in the agenda item. I did not hear from anybody. >> Yeah, I can honestly say I I have not had one parent who has squawkked about
the increase. They say that it's more than worth it. Um, so I mean for me personally, I think option one, um, is great. Um, I think it's because I, you know, I listen to the parents and they're all like, "We think it's a
deal." And they always say, "Kathy does an amazing job." And >> thank you. >> Absolutely. They all love you. That's for sure. >> Both my kids attended camp and my nieces and nephews and my oldest volunteers. So, I think it's we got to we got to go
come close to break even for this. >> And it's nice to have volunteers, especially because they become my my future coaches. I don't know how many more future coaches I'll have, but they do become my future coaches. So, we do like having volunteers. >> It's awesome. I I support option one two
because that th those new rates the uh $1,000 for residents compares uh exactly with Madera Beach $1,000 and St. Pete Beach is $1250. So it compares favorably to the two our two closest neighbors and
the uh non-resident of 1,200 that's recommended in option one is uh $50, not much is $50 less than Madura Beach and St. Pete Beach. So it's it's not like that it's uh it's it's not like it's
significantly under you know market uh market rates. So I I would certainly support option one uh one I I a couple of the other commissioners have kind of hit on this is to break even if we you if we go with option one to break even
we'd need about 25 more participants than we had in 2025. If you could get more participants, >> I'll do what I can. Surprisingly, you know, with not a lot of families here last year, we did okay. So, it's
>> right. So, maybe it'll be more this year, but yeah, another 25 participants and it'll be break even. Worst case, if it's the same number of participants as last year, uh the city would lose about $30,000 on it. Uh roughly roughly,
>> I can say. And it's funny you said that, Ardan, because probably 75% of the families that I talked to weren't here yet. Their houses weren't done yet. So that makes sense. So I would think you're probably not going to have too hard of a time to build that number up this year because all of them are back.
Well, not saying all of them, but a large percentage of them are back. >> I'm fine with option one. And I think if we could look into like what I talked about earlier with some sort of donation, then we could easily come out break even possibly even if we get the same amount of kids as we have actually. >> And we always do take donations. There's
actually a link on our website for anybody who'd like to donate for summer camp. >> All right. So, >> sounds like there's a consent, Mr. Mayor. So, when we get to this item on the items of business, >> um, vice mayor typically makes the
motions. You can just make a motion and see where we go. >> All right. >> Appreciate it. >> If you want me to go ahead and do it >> now, next meeting. Oh, I apologize. That's right. Because this is a workshop. We don't do that. >> This is on this item is on the meeting. >> Yeah, >> that's right.
>> And Kathy, only because I know I'm going to be asked. Um, you said that registration is most >> because this is an ordinance change and the first reading will be tonight. Um, and then we need the next meeting to advertise and then so it won't be back till March 16th. Okay.
>> And then I promise by March 17th it will be open for them to register. And I don't mind doing residents first. But again, as they all know, I don't turn them away. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> All right. I think we can close out uh
on summer camp fees and move on to B2. City commission rules of procedure. Do we have somebody that's going to walk us through the presentation? >> Oh, this is financials. >> Oh, you ready to go with the financials?
>> Well, I would we have >> rather put that last. I'm sorry. You want to do the city commission uh rules last? >> No, I'm okay either way. It's your your preference, sir. >> No, let's go ahead and do city commission rules of procedure.
>> Okay. So, um Ralph, feel free to jump in at any time. Uh you've had multiple versions of this readopted and edited through the years. Um, you're under a version now and anything that is in
black and white that you don't see any underlines, highlights is your current policy and no no suggested changes. Where you get to yellow is and I think Becky Voss was the main architect of this. Um those are
language inputs that she is suggesting that we can adopt as whole or you can say well I like the first three sentences and strike the next one things like that and then we have some red
underline and strikethroughs where you have old language and then what what the old language was and then what the suggested revision is. I hope you've all had time to review this in the last several days and you can adopt
it the whole thing. You can go paragraph by paragraph if people have issues or things they'd like to change in particular paragraphs, however you'd like to do it, Mr. Mayor. >> Well, we've had several opportunities to go back and forth uh on these. Uh so I
would entertain uh from any of our commissioners any of the uh items that they uh they may disagree with or look to have it uh altered. >> Do we have any or are we ready to move
forward as is? >> No, I have a a couple of of things that and they're they're kind of all the same thing. They're just in different parts. um on the I believe it was 3 point or uh
3.3, I'm sorry, 3. A um we already have an emergency situation with our procedures, you know, if a hurricane or the lights go out or whatever happens, um the ability to reschedu or cancel a
meeting. Um the proposed change was that the city manager and mayor have the ability to cancel um a meeting or reschedu a meeting without the majority commission vote. Um I personally don't
particularly like that. Um it says for a more efficient or desirable date. Um I still believe I mean to me it's taking away and this kind of brings in 3.4 as well. Um, I just I think you're taking away
the power of the commission. Um, I you know, currently it's a three-fifths vote is all it takes to do that, which we've done before. Um, is is a majority vote in the commission or I'm sorry, three-fifths. And, um, I just personally, other than
in an emergency situation, I don't particularly care for that. Um, and I'll just I can go through it really quick. Um, so I would say for those the 3.3 and 3.4, I do not like those changes
as far as taking the power away from the majority vote of the commission. Um and the 3.11 um about the allowing a commissioner to vote via Zoom or Teams or however they
come into the meeting if they're out but want to zoom in. Um, I think under extraordinary sit circumstances like the county does, if somebody's had surgery and they're not able to come in, you know, due to surgery or something like
that, um, I think they should have the ability to vote. Um, but only in those extraordinary situations. Um, I know county right now since the hurricane, one of the commissioners has a horrible, horrible mold allergy that will
literally put them in the hospital. So, there has to be a remote vote because she actually can't even attend the meetings. So, I think those kind of things we have to make an allowance for. And I I think again that's a situational
thing. So, that's my opinion on that. Um, and I'm just going through it so that I'm done. >> Please. >> And then 4.4. Um, I actually don't like any of it. Um once once again um or I actually am
going to what I'll state on that is I believe that I know three but I believe four of us with our previous city manager. One of our biggest complaints was we had a hard time getting things put on the agenda. Um I know
Commissioner Clark and I had a lot of issues with that having things put on the agenda um with the previous city manager. So, not saying that that would happen, but again, the commission is ever changing. City manager hopefully doesn't for a very long time, but
nevertheless, this is a rule change that would last until somebody made it go away. >> So, which number was that? >> Uh, that is 4.4. >> Can I make a comment to agree with you on that? >> That's fine. No, go ahead. So along
those lines, I I guess I'm still I guess in disagreement with how the charter is being read today. I don't understand why, let's just say we each put two things on the agenda. That would be 10
things. And I don't understand if three commissioners don't want something on the agenda. I don't understand why it that we don't have to know who didn't want it on it. if if if you pull or if we just email you and say I don't want this. Nobody I don't see how we're
breaking a sunshine law. Um and I don't understand why that can't just be done that way and that solves this entire problem. I mean because you have to have some limit to it because I mean otherwise I could put 250 items on the agenda next week, you know, saying I
don't want I don't one of them one of them could be I don't want any dogs allowed and just dumb stuff, you know, or I want my birthday to be Commissioner Clark Day, you know, I mean it and I mean that that there has to be some So I just I guess I just disagree with I don't see why if we all put two things
on the agenda and and you know, three of us email you that we don't want number two on there, then it comes off and no one has to know who who did that or it doesn't have to be a Sunshine Law violation. So, I don't see the need. I
also agree um on the first two points that she made that, you know, I I don't think I I think that it has to be by the commission on the first one. And I also think that if you know your wife's in the hospital, you should be able to
attend the meeting and vote, you know. So, but I interrupted so keep going. >> That's okay. So, to a little bit off of that, one of, you know, our job as a commissioner is to listen to our constituents and when we feel there's something important that needs to be
addressed is to either put it on a workshop or put it in a meeting um you know, on the agenda. So, I just think it it limits I'm not saying it stops it. I just feel like it limits and has the potential to become a huge issue. Um,
again, I wish we and I know the law you can ask three lawyers and you're get three different opinions. I know that and that's absolutely no disrespect, but it just is what it is. um the way we used to where exactly what you said
where three of us say no, nobody has to know who that is. But but I know that was a very >> once you email it to me, it's not my choice whether not to release it if public records request >> and that becomes determined pretty
quickly. >> That's true. So it would have to be a phone call. That makes sense. So the other >> So yeah, >> so and and you're you're not wrong on that. So as just as 4.4 is written, I
just don't like any of it. Um it's just not I'm not for that. So I think we can figure something out to to if it's phone calls, whatever, and maybe figure that out. I think that would be C >> could I offer just a really simple
replacement? Um, and and Ralph might need to reward this a little bit, but at any city commission meeting or workshop where three or more commissioners ask that an item be put on an agenda or agree that an item will be put on the
agenda that it will be put on the next agenda and then two weeks later you see that show up. We've got, as you mentioned, all these provisions for emergency stuff. We've got our own fire, our own police department, even though we don't even supply water. Water went out the other night. We communicated. We
were doing everything we could with the county. So, this would only give you a two week wait period since we meet every two weeks or first and third Tuesday to your next meeting. And so, if we if you guys want to put on five things a piece,
it'll be a very long night. But if you agree to that, three or more of you tonight, I'll walk away and me and Tia know what to put on the next agenda. So, I don't know how to say that more succinctly. But that's what I would like just >> then for that though, wouldn't we have
to we would almost have to create a new time >> you want on fe March, >> right? But what I'm saying is we would almost have to create a new section in our meeting for that. Like do any of the commissioners want to discuss putting >> We do that in the workshop,
>> right? I'm just saying. But if we don't have a workshop, >> yes, then we would have to actual agenda. >> Yeah. We would have to just make adjustments on that. >> Absolutely. >> To figure that out. I mean, that is a a compromise. Yes. I would >> I just think I could easily compile a
list if if y'all wanted to send email or wanted to call and I took notes and y'all come into the workshop and I have these here's the item commissioner Clark day >> in October of each year Commissioner Clark and I just have them >> it's actually
but then you'd have to have the items ready like you'd have to have the ready items ready right now for the next meeting >> right >> okay >> with backup information. Yes. >> You wouldn't have to have the information when you put it on the agenda though. Correct.
>> As long as you all agree to the topic like I think we can do the >> Okay. >> Okay. And then the only and I know the mayor is going to know what I'm going to say on this. The 8.6 I know it says the
five minutes. Um that is talking about um public comment and I know we had lowered it to 3 minutes and even Commissioner Dicki did his research um and saw that the majority of cities do
and county um typically do the three minutes and the one one meeting I missed I came back and it was five minutes but we just because our meetings do go so long and especially if we a long agenda. Um, and I know you have the ability to
do that, to switch it in a meeting, but that also upsets people when they've got something to say and they've made a five minute speech and then we have to cut it back. So, I just want to put my two cents worth in again about going back to the three minutes. I mean, it didn't it
truly did not seem to be an issue. And with all of our new procedures and everything, um I believe if even the audience members read them, they will see the audience, you know, they ask it asks in the procedures, you know, not to be repetitive, you know, if somebody
else said it, you know, just say I agree or something. And I mean, I think that's honestly why a lot of meetings do go quicker. Um the point still gets across. Um it's just it's a lot more efficient and moves forward. So other than that
that's that's what I have. >> Okay. >> Any other commissioner? >> Sure. Do you want to go first? >> Okay. I I'll go through them uh similar similarly. Uh 3.3 which is the discussion about cancelling meetings due to a lack of items on lack of items or
lack of business to be conducted at that meeting. Uh, I agree with Commissioner Clark and Vice Mayor Vasquez that uh I think we need to keep that uh that decision to whether or not to cancel a meeting. Uh that should be a majority of
the commission agree to whether or not we cancel the meeting. So I I disagree with the changes in 3.3 and uh 3.4. Uh I I do realize you we do have that as as Vice Mayor Vasquez meant we do have
the ability in in the event of emergency to cancel a meeting. Uh that's already in our uh rules of procedure. So I don't think we need to be about that. But anyway, I would like to I would like to maintain a commission majority to cancel a meeting for uh any other reasons on
that. on uh 4.4. I was surprised I had written in my little my notes here. I like this. I actually like the fact that and and I think uh your discussions uh city
manager with with the group here uh reinforces that that uh what I didn't like it was there were some point in time where we were adding things on the agenda just before the meeting started. We had no chance to prepare for that. The public had no chance to see that. I
didn't like that. So, I do like the I and support the idea of us placing items on the agenda, but with advanced notice, not I didn't like the last minute kind of stuff. So, that gives uh gives folks time to prepare. So, I agree with that.
Uh on item number 8.8, uh rec that was the one regarding the five minutes or three minutes. Uh we we did have I think only one meeting uh with the 5 minutes versus 3 minutes and
I only tracked part of uh part of that meeting to see how many minutes had added to it. Uh shame on me for doing that. That's why Dr. Mayor Doctor and I were so far apart on that because I had just done the uh calculation on the non
agenda items and not the whole discussion. Uh, but I do three minutes is it's it's hard to get through, you know, especially if you're passionate about something and you have a lot to present, it's hard to get through all that in three minutes. And uh I I do see if we have an, you know, a
full house with people sitting outside how in those kinds of circumstances we should probably limit it to three minutes, but I think that should be a, you know, a game day uh call whether or not you do that. But I think I would like to stick with the five minutes personally.
I agree with that statement. Sticking to five minutes. I think I've spoken at the podium many times and to practice on the five minute timeline and 3 minutes is not enough without sounding like you're speaking too fast and you know catching
up. Um I kind of not in support of any changes in my opinion. I know Commissioner Clark was blocked on items with the last city manager. Um, you know, uh, I submitted some items to add to the legally canceled meeting on
February 3rd and I got blocked by the city manager without any authority. Um, I don't think the city manager or the mayor should uh be given more authority to cancel meetings. Uh, so my question is who requested this and who directed
the attorneys to write what they did? Charles, >> I don't know that there was a specific request. There seems to be a general consensus among the five electeds and the citizens and the staff that we would all like better decorum in our meetings.
And I think Becky took that to heart, Becky Voss, and used her many, many decades of experience and brought forth suggestions. These are none of them are mandated. These are just suggestions and Ralph might have something to add to that.
>> No, I think um you can look at these at any time. >> You don't have to make any changes. You can make the changes you want. It's up to the majority. You can make you like >> do. Sorry. >> Got to get used to tapping that on.
>> Can I interrupt real quick because I did forget one thing. >> Yeah, go ahead. Everybody has the printout. Um I had uh Tia do it. So when I um when we were in Tallahassee a few weeks ago, I snapped a a picture. This happened to be out in front of the
Senate building and I love the way they do it. At every uh committee meeting, they have a sitting outside they they have a a sign sitting in an easel so they can take it up when they don't need it. Um, but basically
it's everything in a very minimal that is expected from the people that are attending the meeting and they have it at every meeting and the only thing that doesn't really apply to us. Everything on here is in our rules of procedure
with the exception of food and beverage. You know, that would be the only one that wouldn't um apply. But my thoughts were, you all have this print out. My thoughts were, you know, it's again one more way to try to get a more orderly meeting. Um it's something that's simple
to do. Um it obviously works because it's how they do it um you know at the state level and I just think it's a great idea. It's not really changing anything. It's just giving a quick snapshot of what's expected when you
attend these meetings because you know that that it can be disruptive. We all know that. We've all sat through it. And this is just kind of a reminder of the the rules and procedures when you come in. And I just thought that was a really great idea. That's why and I meant
actually to submit it earlier and I completely forgot about it. Um, but that was a suggestion I think that could also help as far as, you know, just helping more orderly meetings. So, if you all have the print out and take a look at it, see what your thoughts are. But
sorry, I didn't I didn't want to forget to do that after I had Tia print all that out. >> Well, doesn't our presiding officer maintain order? >> Yes. >> Okay. We got to do a better job of maintaining order.
>> Yeah. Okay. >> Um I I buted in on her conversation. So the only other thing that I had beyond that I'm for the five minutes. Um everything else we already talked about when um I just think we need to figure out the agenda part. I I do like your idea of just doing it two weeks before
and we all sit here. There's got to be some mechanism to keep like I said someone from putting 200 200 items on the agenda and then getting the public all riled up that you know they're not going to this is going to be on the agenda and and and it's not something that anyone really wants to talk about
up here. So may >> maybe a way to do that and it's I think we've all said it in different words but is at each meeting we have an agenda item that that sees the outline for the meeting two weeks out and I realize things can and I don't mean you know a
thorough agenda I mean just an outline here's the things that's on the agenda as of right now. Uh, and I realize from time to time things will come up between the two weeks that could change that, but for the most part, uh, if we could all agree on and invoke that that we're
comfortable with, uh, the agenda two weeks out. And >> so, we'll present the staff outline and is that what you're saying? >> Yes. And then and I think I've got a consensus around the two weeks out. You guys could give me stuff even the day
before and I could just have a list at the workshop or during the regular meeting and these are the proposed items and who proposed them and we can flesh out details be in the next two weeks. Is that >> I agree my understanding of what?
>> Is there anybody that disagrees with that? >> Cool. I want to put the talk about the >> cover over the park in two weeks in a workshop. Kathy's been doing her homework. She asked me. So, >> I'm putting that in note now. >> Okay. >> Yeah. And I I think you at least up here
you need to be able to speak to why you want to put something on the agenda and why you're putting it on and how come. So, I think that would give the opportunity to do that right before. >> Okay. So, we uh timewise uh we got about 17 minutes left before we're supposed to start the regular meeting.
>> So So do you guys We're going to rewrite 3 point not 3.3. We're just going to leave 3.3 alone. Is that what I understand? >> 3.3 and 3.4 because I think we all agreed on that.
>> 3.4 other exigent circumstances among the group. >> Okay. >> Yes. Then um remote participation. Do we have a consensus on voting in exigent circumstances or some word like that
that the attorney can come up with? >> If your wife's in the hospital, your husband's out. >> If you're approved for remote attendance, then you would be allowed to vote. Right now, if you're approved for remote, you're not allowed to vote. >> Correct. The attorney general says you can attend remotely and vote vote
remotely as well if the commission finds um there's an emergency situation, exigent circumstances they call it. >> I'm fine with that. I think that's the way it should be. >> I I'm fine with that as well. >> I am as well. >> Yeah. >> So, we'll change that to may vote and may vote.
>> Yeah. Okay. >> Okay. >> We're going to clean up 4.4 to just say basically what we said in simple language. Correct. >> And I think I heard >> So we'll have a look ahead agenda
uh on each workshop agenda. You'll have an attachment of a look ahead agenda with the staff's proposed items and individual commissioner proposed items and then you would vote uh actually if you're going to vote you
should probably do it on the uh regular meeting. >> Yes. >> Yeah, I would agree. We'll put the the look ahead agenda as an item on the regular meeting. >> Okay. >> Maybe down at board discussion >> in that area. A >> and 8.6. I think I heard the majority say they
wanted to keep it at five minutes. And did were we okay with the language in green unless limited times established by presiding officer for particular whatever? >> We can make it shorter. We could say unless um a more limited time is
established by the presiding officer based on the circumstances and make it a game day decision I think is what Commissioner Dicki said. >> Yes, I think that's a great idea. >> Okay. >> Got a little wordy in there >> and then not any nothing wording but if
you can just you know we don't have to discuss it now but I do think it's nothing that's on there again that's any different than what's already in our rules or procedures. Mhm. >> Um, but I do think that's something that would be great to have. >> I think we have no personal attacks to add.
>> Yes. >> I don't seem to have that. Would you be okay with putting something like this on the front door of the meeting room? >> I I definitely would have would uh support that. >> And I agree with you, Ralph, that needed to be add. Take take the food and drinks out.
>> I think that no flash Yeah. No flash photography is kind of oldfashioned. >> That is oldfashioned. So, I just want to make the one thing I I have a question with on that. I just want to make it clear. We give a commendation to a fireman for saving someone's life. No one can clap for him up here.
>> That's not what that's for. >> Yeah, >> that's for when you're in a meeting. >> Correct. The clapping, the the cheering, the science if appropriate. >> Okay. Gotcha. I think is is what it is. >> Yeah. It's not if somebody's getting a
plaque or an award or something. I think that the firemen and their families and everything else appreciate it. >> Absolutely. >> And then no one brought up section 14. I'm I'm good with the um changes to that. >> So, >> okay. Are we ready to move on
our next B3 financial report first quarter of 2026? >> Good. Good evening, mayor, commissioners, city attorney, city manager, deputy city clerk. So this is the first quarter financial report and
the the the only thing I'm going to do is report how we are performing in the first quarter. Uh now you need to know that it's hard to make projections in one quarter in as there are things that changed through the year. Second quarter is going to be better for projection.
Third quarter is going to be the best. So th this is our revenues and in the general fund my projection is that we are going to be a better $1.7 million. It's not a warranty is only three quarters in. So this is the best
projection based on the actuals and comparing the actuals with the last year actur by this time the same period. So this year we we are a little bit better even that we projected to receive
less taxes. But I have to give it one more quarter in because I don't know if we're collecting faster than last time. Remember last year we had a storm. So I don't know if that slow down the collections. So again I I will give it one more quarter to to better have the
projections. It's looking good uh to my eyes. And then this column here is the favorable or unfavorable column based on how what we receive compared with last year by first quarter. So you see here
last year was uh this year is 10.6 last year was 10.4 million and this is for the general fund and I want to explain this because it's the same thing going down. Now when you look at this red here,
if you are concerned about it, I share your your feelings. I'm concerned as well. And this is the wastewater revenues as you noted is is noting confir compared with the budget. This is my projection based on the first
quarter, but we had received only $100,000 less. What happened here is that we projected more thinking that this year was going to get to the lever before storm. So it is following the trend. We are
receiving uh less revenue because we are citizens are having less usage. So the usage is the one delivering this this performance and it looks like people are not moving in fast enough. is going to beat uh
beating uh our projections. So I I am concerned. So this is something I'm going to be taking a closer look month by month. Any questions here? >> Victor, >> in the general fund, uh all of the uh
insurance money would be flowing through that account. >> Everything that goes to the general fund. Correct. But remember this is 2026. the bulk of of the insurance was received last year. >> Okay. But so are you're saying that we're not going to re be receiving any
more money in that account? >> No, I I expect to receive a little bit more money. >> Okay. Then >> and this is not in my projection. I don't project grants or uh I don't like to project it. I like to bring it as a budget amendment as they come. >> Okay. >> The revenues for those type of purposes.
>> All right. No, I was just going to ask Victor the uh if you take uh the first quarter 1.7 million of wastewater uh revenue and you multiply that times four, you get 6.9 million. I I was just So you're
>> you are correct. I I'm just using how the behavior is. So I hope you are right. I I'm projecting conservative. Uh the thing is that last year the same period we did receive 1.8 8 and finish the year with 5.7.
>> So I'm using the same behavior here. So that's why I didn't want to put it up. I hope you're right. Uh but I I want to be wrong and it's a better scenario at the end. I don't want to project in in in the worst and then being worse at the end. >> Okay.
>> So I want to to move from from leader to to more. >> Okay. And but last year, didn't we refund a lot of money to residents for especially residents that had pools that had their >> Yeah, we we have a a pool credit. Uh I
don't know how the exact name is, but we still have that this year, but last year because of the storm, we had to do it more often. Now, we did receive the the revenue from the water size. What we the credit is for the waste water because >> Good point. is is expected that you didn't use waste water for those
purposes. Yes. >> All right. >> Okay. And this is just this is part of the general fund and and this is just for you to see how the the property taxes are are behaving. So last year at at the
first quarter we received 8.8. This year we received 8.4. So this was expected. So even with this reduction, remember we we went down I believe 5.7% something like that. I don't have the exact number but it was something like that. So
looking at our projections we we look good at 43 33,000 and uh this is for the parking revenue. So I believe we're going to end better than last year at the end but a little
bit to the negative when you compare the projections but we have a earning on the parking fines. I think this number is coming very aggressive 119,000 on parking fines when we projected
300,000. So we almost cover half of it in three in three uh months. And this is the expense size. So black number is good. I I think if you look at wastewater that we we are being conservative also in the expenses.
Uh we we had little expenses. This is operations. Uh in the first three quarters mean some of some projects are going to escalate during the year. So I expect to
finish with $3.6 million but still good $1 million. We're monitoring the expenses since the revenues are coming short. We're also monitoring the expenses. I this red number here $70,000 I would
not uh be worried is is $70,000 so far. Let's take a look another look in six months. So th this is the personal cost. Uh this is the line that you have uh to look the $1.1 million. This was the budget 13.8.
This is normal for personal cost because when you budget personal cost, you budget at 100%. Through the year there are some vacancies. So So it's it's normal to see some savings on on on personal cost. When you see the red here is the allocation of some employees.
they have to 80% 20%. So I have to take a deeper look but overall it looks good. I'm going to go in the budget amendments. This is something I was asked to to present and last meeting. So I'm going to go to the yeah this. So
this is the budget amendment we had done so far this year for general fund. So I'm going to just leave it there for couple seconds and if I have if you have any questions as you you see here the the insurance proceed that we got this year everything
else was last year the net is 310,000 that should be red is in parenthesis And this is storm water. And this is to buy the strip sweeper and vacuum. So this is a when we did the budget, we created a a couple of reserves. One was
the reserve operational reserve. It was three months of the operating expenses. We also created 10% contingency reserve. We're a Costar community is very responsible to have a contingency reserve for for emergencies because you know FEMA is coming but you know how how
they like to take their times uh to to refund the money reimburse the money. So and then we also created the set aside reserve. So when you are taking when this commission is taking the financial decisions this is what you are looking at.
So I encourage you to don't wait for performance on on on the financial performance through the year because at the end of the of the year that does get threw up. Uh so this is what you are going to focus all your decision. This
is the money you have available to take decisions. I don't recommend to take it or use it all because there are more years to cover. Uh this year remember I came new very late on the process. Next year I'm gonna go further h and even if
we budget one year I'm gonna go five years and and and better project uh the performance in five years. So uh I I never recommend to use all of this money. So I we know there are projects coming like public safety master planning and all of that is under work.
So this is the money we have available and then the this is something uh I I want to mention something uh it it takes u about 20 25 days for the numbers to get into the month after the month ends.
So I can promise you to present this uh kind of uh updates by the second meeting of the following month, following a quarter. But if you want this in advance, then it has to be the following month. H
saying that I hesitate to present these numbers without explaining it. uh because uh some people some staff uh commissioners um member of of the of the community may not understand and they they may say we have $41 million why
we're not spending this money. This this is in in government why right now we don't have any restricted cash other than building fund that it has to be spent on building purposes but we are restricting this cash by ours for respan fiscal responsibility.
We have three months that's 25% of operating expenses as a reserve in this money. Uh we also have a 10% contingency and then we have a money that is allocated to CIP program. Right now we had a $16 million CIP program. This
needs to be here in this money. So it's not like we have this money available just to just to take decisions. So and and I different to uh previous years I am presenting you with the reserve that that you have to take decisions and this
is all coming from financial statements. So uh this I I just have to present it how we are investing money but this is not don't look at these numbers say oh we have a bunch of money to spend. >> Thank you for clearing that up because yeah that got ugly real quick when that
number got out. Yeah, let me add a little bit to that that I I did see a a post on uh social media about this 41 million uh in this in the sense was that we're sitting on a lot of cash that's uh that's not spoken for, so to speak. But anyway, of the 41
million, 15 almost 16 million is in the reserves that you talked about. That's that that makes good business sense and financial sense for us to have that money. So there's uh that brings that 41 million down to 25 million. And then we've what's not reflected anywhere in
here is we've got another 16 million in capital improvements planned for this year which include the public works facility and the master pump station. So you back another 16 million out of that and really we're down that that's in our capital uh budget for this year now
you're down to less than $9 million. So uh it's not like there's you know $41 million. That $9 million what could we use that for? We could use that for maybe putting money towards the public safety facility when when we start to move forward on that.
>> Correct. And I'm going to bring recommendations on how to fund that project to to the commission and then you take it or not and then you we start conversations. So as soon as we present the public safety, I'm going to bring some recommendations on how how to proceed. >> Uh this is actually the money you have
to to take decisions. uh >> and and that's why I hesitate to put this uh time ahead. I don't read uh such media. So I I wasn't aware there was a problem with that. But being an accountant for so long, I knew that may may come as a as a problem.
>> But this isn't really money we have to spend because some of it the the three months of reserves that you have in here of operation. >> It's not there. >> It's not in there. >> No, it's not there. This is to take decisions. >> Okay. >> This is for for commission priority. Not again. I do not recommend to spend the all in one year.
>> Okay. >> All right. >> All right. Well, thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> Uh B4, uh proposed Treasure Island local business employee parking permit program. And we're a little running a little bit
late already. So >> yeah, >> thank you. Good evening, mayor, commissioners, members of the public. I'm Joan Goodri from your office of economic development. I've been working with our team um in finance in particular uh Matthew Storant
um our analyst along with a crossf functional team that's responsible for delivering parking services on the island. The item before you is to try and solve a long-standing issue that we've had on the island, which is to
provide reliable um uh affordable and predictable parking for employees of our local businesses. So, why now? Why are we bringing this issue to you? Now again, we're hearing
um that our employees um local business employees are continuing to struggle um to park nearby where they work. Um it's negatively impacting um these businesses, our local um workforce and economy. Um we're seeing an uptick in
requests directly to the city for assistance and trying to solve this problem. Um, personally, I've done some um brokering uh um between local businesses and those that have some capacity with parking to try and put those relationships together. But it's
now gotten to the point where we believe um this new solution um you know should have a good conversation with you all tonight. Um this would um solution for a local business um employee parking
permit program. A new parking service would allow the city to redirect um local business employees to longer duration who are longer um parking um users to lower used spaces. And the new
permit in particular would also be um costneutral and provide the city with modest revenue positivity. So again, um the solution to this problem of local business employees parking on the island who are struggling
to find um places and spaces um is the new local business employee parking permit. Um it would enable us to provide affordable access to legal parking for um these individuals on the island. um make it more predictable and put them in
safer parking um spots and would help um eliminate and reduce some of the enforcement that's currently um occurring with this parking user. Um from a towing and sight citation point of view, we've really heard some
unnavorly behavior between some of the businesses and spaces that are around. So, we're trying to solve for that. Um, so, um, tonight's conversation with you, um, we hope will lead to, um, the authorization by you, um, to, uh, have
us finalize this new parking permit. We're recommending in our backup materials to you that we look specifically at two zones um, for this um, new permit program. zone 6521, which is where um current um city hall
employees now park just north of the building from where you're sitting. Um zone 6 um 551. And then also using our zone adjacent to the community center behind the Walgreens and adjacent to city hall here down Park Place, which um
is known as um zone 6521. um thanks to uh Matthew's analysis and some of the other work um and tools um that we've been using um currently in these zones um that we suggest for this
new permit program. Zone 6521 actually has 97 spots in it down Park Place. Um we're suggesting that 68 of those spots just north of the sidewalk here, the entrance into the building um possibly gets used for this new program. And then
um zone 6551 has 34 spots um available following um the closure of city hall um and we're um recommending the total usage of those spots at 64. We've done the analysis um using our park mobile um
technology tool as to how often these spaces are used on average. Um and that ju does not include um you know peak season or when we have our signature events and festivals on the beach because you know that um that goes
totally off the charts. But right now for zone 6521 um we're currently using capacity of these spots um by Park Mobile um 5%. Um and then for zone 6551 that we actually
just put into place um we're only using capacity in this area um 2%. So um we believe again there's adequate capacity for us to use and manage um our city parking inventory um more um
appropriately and for this special um group that we're trying to solve for. We've done a community scan of other beach communities to see how they've solved for um employee um parking um in their beach community and this um slide
represents the um communities providing a monthly employee parking permit and what their current rates um are at this time. Clearwater Beach um MadiRaa Beach um St. Pete Beach on our coast um have a defined um parking permit program for
local business employees and then we've also looked at some of the other communities that we occasionally um do some benchmarking with and Delray Beach and St. Augustine as reflected. Um so right now if you just um taking Delray Beach as an outlier um generally the
employee parking um permit rates um monthly for those other communities range from $25 to $80 a month. So again um this is a solution um that we've come up for. our tech I I've been
told by those that have been on the island for a while. Again, this is a problem that our our businesses have had for at least a good 20 years. Um they've approached the city in the past to try and solve for it. It's my belief that we really hadn't have the technology like
we do um you know the technology that we now use for parking services. So, it provides our technology provides us a great um opportunity to possibly move forward with this new permit program. Again, our residents use this technology
for for their annual permits. Um this program though would be a little different since we're suggesting that this is a monthly permit um program. Uh and um that there would be um again the cost um neutralness comes from we've got
the current staff that already um does this in house. So there wouldn't be any additional expenses that we would incur if we um if you were to greenlight this as a new um parking permit program. And as I indicated, we'd anticipate modest
revenue um coming from the the new monthly um permit program. And oh, so that concludes u my presentation. Of course, there was more details on what we're suggesting um permit um guidelines
would be. Um but Matthew and I are here to um answer any questions that you may have. >> I will uh kick it off and try to keep it as short as possible. Um obviously we know
it's an issue. Um, you know, I've lived here pretty much my whole life and it's always kind of been an issue, especially right around here with Ricky T's, VIP, GG's, all of that. Um, my only concern
is and and it's a big one is um well the 6551 the west side which is this one right here. Am I wrong? Is that not all handicap that you are using in the zoning? >> No. So, the 34 spaces that I have,
>> I thought that was only 10 spots on the west side. >> There's also um >> No, I'm not I'm just talking about this right here. >> Yeah, there's 19 together and I think um three additional handicaps. So, the 34 um in that area um those those two um
lots downstairs does not include. So, there's additional three um handicap I think in there. So, one of my concerns is we have that in the zoning up there, but that is now where city employees park, which is why it's saying seven and
a half minutes is the average use because it's used all day by city employees. So, obviously, it's not taking that into account. So, this 7.5 minutes used per day is actually just coming from those that use
that lot um following um the closure of City Hall by Park Mobile, >> right? Because employees are there all day. So, my thing is that this lot Monday through Friday is pretty full with employee
parking. So, >> and that's where we see then um the use possibly because there's basically two shifts when employees come into the island. We see the greatest um time period at 10:00 a.m. and 3 p.m. So 10
a.m. coming in for the daytime usage and that's where we see then zone 6521. >> Don't want to get to 6521 yet. I'm just talking about 6551. >> So from what you just said, you're exactly right. That's exactly what I had down 10:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m.
Monday through Friday. That this lot, this zoning is unusual for employee parking for anyone other than the city Monday through Friday because city employees are here before 10:00 and they're here after 3. So Monday through
Friday, we can wipe that out. That's done. That you can't use it um for the most part. There may be one or two spots, but I've tried to park there during city business hours and there's no parking spots. So, Saturday and
Sunday, yes, absolutely. Those lots, those spots would be available, but other than that, 60 6551's kind of a a wash during the week. Um, my concern was 6521. Um, I know you're showing all the spots
to the north side of that zone. um the 68 of the 97 anybody who especially in season but again we're going back to the times of when the employees come in and leave
I can tell you they're going to be there and that's again they need a place to park but the majority of the people that go to VIP and Ricky T's and GG's not so much GG's so but Ricky T's and VIP that's where they park. You can't go
there on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday for lunch or dinner, especially later in the day where that entire pl you're parking down here to get a parking spot, especially in season. You're parking way way down here. And so my fear is it's
and and my fear is that we're fixing one thing but causing a problem on another. So the people that are going and spending the money at all the restaurants and bars don't have a place to park because of it. Now I'm not saying that the employees are going to take all the parking. I by no means mean
that. Um but what I'm saying is it's something that needs to be looked at because that is where we all park. And I can tell you residents who though their parking passes are very inexpensive,
those people who buy those and park there and are used to parking there are going to have a fit if they do not have access to that parking lot. Um so those are huge concerns. Um to me this parking lot is useless except for Saturday and
Sunday. It it just is. That's just a fact. um you know because employees by the time everybody leaves city hall you know it's 5 5:30 and let's call it 4:30 let's even say 4:30 those 3:00 employees are already in so that's why I say
that's really only going to do anything on Saturday and Sunday and the others are are a valid worry I'm just worried that the people that go and and eat in these places and drink in these places aren't going to have a place to park and that's a big big issue for
Yeah, I think it's a a big issue for for me as well. Um I mean I'm hearing from a lot of the business owners that their their res I mean their clientele is being charged $18, you know, for a hour
and a half lunch and they went in to buy basically buy a $12 burrito. And uh so what we're doing is we're all of a sudden, you know, we're not we're not helping the situation any um when it comes to the folks, the actual folks that are coming down and and going to
our retail and and and helping us out. Um it's 6:15 now. Um I think that uh we're going to be running a little bit late as it is. So I think that uh I I would say I don't think we're ready right now for us to have a consensus on
it. And >> can I ask a real quick question? And this is I hate to put them. I see our our Ricky T's and VIP people back there. Is there anything you guys would want to comment on if we're going to >> Would that be okay with you? Obviously, I want to ask you. I just kind of that
way we have some food for thought when we're thinking about this before we >> come. You need to come up and uh to the microphone. >> I guess I'm here. >> Hi, Zach Baland. uh area manager for both the VIP locations. Um I can say
affordability is definitely one of the main things. Uh 50% of our complaints are literally they're getting charged as you said during peak season 20 to $25 an hour. Then they're coming in to spend half that to get drink and food, you know, but a large part of our problem is
actually the parking for employees. And it does affect how people actually get to our restaurant because right now we have very limited parking. I think all of the uh business uh operators around us have limited parking. Obviously, that's been a problem as you stated. We used to at least get when you own the
property, you used to at least get a couple free parking passes, which we could use for the staff. And what we would have them do is park further away so the actual people coming in to spend money at these locations can actually park at our locations or close. If we can get our staff out here to park for a reasonable price, that opens up more
spot for the people to actually park for free at our locations. So right now like a lot of our our parking is being used by staff. That's eight spots we have. I would say about seven to eight of them are generally taken by staff as we are there. And that means we are pushing customers out now have to pay. So what
we're already trying to do thankfully um people at Park Mobile have worked with us a little bit but I mean if we could find better affordability for staff that's even in this area it does open up more free spaces for people to actually park and come in and spend money. So thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Appreciate it. Appreciate you
guys being here tonight. Does that go ditto for you, Joe? >> We have another hand being raised. >> Um, again, if if you were to support us at least bringing back um additional
information to you um so we can continue to to have the conversation. That would be helpful. I think we got to continue this conversation because I'm all for finding reasonable accommodations for city businesses >> and I but I I agree. I don't think we
have enough time tonight to to fix this and I don't think this solution is going to get us quite where we need to be. So I think we we need to work some more on. >> So the the next step may I bring back um some some additional thoughts and would
you want to see some pricing for such a program? Yeah, we'll we'll work with Charlie on timing and everything. >> I would like to find some pricing, see what it would be. >> Okay. Thank you. >> All righty. So, uh what we have left now
is public comment. Now, the public comment here because we're in a workshop is only related to the items that we have dealt with tonight. And uh if you're here for uh the public comment without the agenda, that will be
in the next meeting that we're going to have. So that'll be at the relatively beginning of the next meeting. So does anybody have any that uh would like to step up and uh go ahead come up to the uh to the
microphone. Uh Scott McKenna uh 235126 AB treasure island Capri with relationship to the parking I've mentioned it to a few different city employees in the past and it would open up numerous parking spots if you had a
special area and the slide was to up before with the with the area of the aerial view which a shame because it would have been easy to point to those areas but there's two areas that I had in mind that you could make some golf cart parking if I'm pumping coming up to go to Ricky T's to watch a band for a
little while or if I'm coming up to get something to eat and I want to come up and get a pizza or whatever and there's no spot to park and I'm taking my golf cart. Okay, not my car, my golf cart. You can squeeze a lot of golf carts in different spaces. And what you could do in the park right over here, there's a
part where you've got the the sidewalk goes up. You could have it you could have it go into a little green area and even for special events too, like different events on the beach and stuff, you could open up all of these areas. The locals would take their golf carts and go in this area and all you'd have
to do would take it off, put some rope and get a sign, put it in the local resident golf carts by permit only. You could have all of that in there. They're golf carts, so they're not going to tear up the lawn. They're only going to be there for that event. Out they go. Or you leave it down there. The other area is down here on the beach where you
drive on to the to the where the utility vehicles and city vehicles, municipal vehicles drive onto the beach. There's all all that sand. stake it off. Golf carts can go in and out of that area. The sand's nicely packed. They're not going to tear up anything. They don't leak a whole lot of oil or anything like
that, so it's not a hazard. It It would open up a lot of parking if you guys had golf cart areas. And I'd come downtown more often. And I'm coming down here. I'm down and go watch the sunset and have something to eat. A sloppy joe's. Oh jeez, I can't find parking. Ah, screw
it. Let's go home. So, think about that idea. It opens up spots. It cost you virtually nothing. >> Thank you. Anyone else? Yes, please. >> First time here.
>> But I just want to say Judy Smith, 119554 Street East, Isa Capri. Fantastic. Fantastic. But I want to say with all the back and forth about how many agenda items on the list, don't be afraid of
your decision. Own it. Be proud of what you're going to put on the agenda. Don't be afraid. Who knows what you're thinking? Because that's what you're gonna do. You're going to own your thought process and what you want to bring to the community. Okay. As to the parking, the quality of life
in our infrastructure has gone down since we have this beautiful new building here. We went from our little city hall building where we had parking. We could pull up and park and come to the meeting. I'm parked out there and I hope I don't get a ticket. The nice
officer said I will not because I don't have a parking virtual thingy bobber, but I'm here for the meeting and I know you can park freely during business hours. Well, this is part of business with the community beach and I think it's Indian rocks
beach. The residents do not pay for any of the parking to go to the beaches. not, you know, local businesses to the beaches. They don't have to pay. They have to sign up >> beginning of the year. Why do we have to pay? Somebody said it's five bucks per
car. Is that it? >> Correct. Per year. >> Per year. >> I know. >> I I had it before with the hanging coupon thing, but >> I'm not a I'm not a good person with these these techy things, phones and all that. So, you know, I'd have to come
into the office here and have somebody help me do it to sign up to get that. And then you have But why do they get to not pay, but we have to pay? And I like his idea. What did I got about opening up that big grassy area there for cars
or build Why don't you build a big parking garage there and then and people would love a covered garage like when you go to Publix at uh Royal Gardens you have the parking inside when it's raining or really hot in the summer they would love to park there and walk over to the beach. I don't know how much a
parking garage would cost but my husband could do piling. No, I'm kidding. Um that's that's it. Oh, one more thing. the quality of life infrastructure. I think I'm going off off thingy, but I have to bring it up because I just got the first bill for Waste Pro. You sold
us out to Waste Pro. >> Those people I called I stayed on the line forever with them and I got Corey and I've talked to him before because they are not tried and true. Our old people, they did a job. Yeah, >> they were tried and true and our quality
of life was great with that's part of our infrastructure picking up our trash and our yard waste especially with it dry. You could have burns going on and with all the what we had with the flood. He told me today and it's on the website
up the trash Monday and Thursday. They picked up my neighbor's yard waste. They did not pick up mine. He said they're only >> We're going to need to have you speak in the next uh >> Okay. I'm going to bring them up again cuz they are not what they are. You sold them to be. >> Thank you.
>> All right. So, we are now going to adjourn. We will be uh back uh at 6:25. We'll be back at 6:40 and we'll All right. Good evening and welcome to the regular commission meeting for
February 17th, 2026. I'd like to call this meeting to order now. Uh, city clerk, would you please call the role? >> Commissioner Clark >> here. >> Vice Mayor Vasquez >> here. >> Commissioner Sison >> here. >> Commissioner Dicki >> here. >> Mayor Doctor
>> here. >> Thank you. >> Moving on. Approval of regular and workshop agendas. Do we have any changes? Hearing none, the next item on the agenda is proclamations, recognition, certificates, and appreciation.
and we do not have any tonight. And now we're going to move on to public comments for non-aggenda items. And our first person is Ron De Diazi. >> There's no microphone here. >> There's one laying on the thing. You're
You're good. Just Oh, that's it. Yes, sir. >> Oh, okay. Thank you. Uh good evening. My name uh good evening everybody. My name is Ron Diagi and uh I'd like to address the commission regarding uh changing the uh
our system from the city manager to a strong mayor. uh on February 11th, I presented uh uh to the commission uh presented in the clerk's office uh
the procedure for going about changing our form of government from city manager to strong mayor. Now, I don't know whether uh you people had time to review it because I don't know whether you got it the same day or whether you just got
it, but I believe all you have a copy of it. Am I correct? >> Now, you pro I don't know whether you had time to review it or not or whether you care to comment on it. >> No. >> Okay. But uh I would like to ask if it's possible for uh you to put it on the
next workshop uh for discussion at the next workshop meeting. Is that the proper procedure? >> Uh proper procedure would probably be to go through your uh commissioner
and uh have him put that on there. >> My commissioner would put that on the workshop. uh for next workshop. >> Well, they they don't need to, but they that would be the best route, but go ahead, Doug. >> Okay. So, I go to my commissioner, ask
him to put it on next workshop. That's a procedure. >> That is a procedure. Please, I I what we're trying to do here is just move forward. We don't really >> We don't answer questions. >> We don't answer questions on on this time. You basically ask or you basically
make statements and then we will write them down and get back with you. >> Okay. I am gonna go to my commissioner and ask him to put this on the next workshop meeting. Is that proper procedure now? >> That's what I do.
>> Yes. >> Right. Okay. That's all I got to say. That's >> Yep. >> That's okay. >> Okay. Thanks a lot. >> All right. >> You guys have a good night. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Debbiazi. Uh, is Judy Smith still here?
>> Yep. Do you want to >> talk? >> Come on. >> This poor lady. We just got our first bill, I guess, and it's the print is so tiny and I had my eye surgically done >> and I can see everything. the minutest
dust spot you'd never swear to God. So the bill is for three months but so if you average it was 6530 I believe. So waste pro and so it averages out to 21 something if I did it something like
that a a month. Um but um what was I going to say? Oh, so on their website and how they've been doing it, they've been collecting Monday and Thursday north side where I live,
uh, the garbage solid waste bucket and then if you had extra fronds or whatever that you nicely lay, they can pick up. They were doing it both days and that's what the website says. And then today when I called and talked to Mr. Cory, he
said, "Oh, no. It's only going to be Thursday for the yard waste that you couldn't fit in the bucket." Uh, but that's not how they've been doing it since they took over this uh business. Um, so their website says the opposite
as well. So, I'd like for them to clarify and be forward with their business plan and how they're going to treat us in our infrastructure, which is very important. Uh, and also maybe list somehow. Um, I think I did find where
the holidays were. The it was easier on our website when we had it to see what days were switching or whatever, but that's it. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. Appreciate you >> and you're all doing a good job. Dan Hilton.
>> Good evening, uh, mayor and commissioners. Thank you for the opportunity to talk to you. I'm here tonight regarding the long-standing agreement between the city, Mansions by the Sea, and Lanesand Condominiums concerning the reconstruction of the mileong public boardwalk encompassing
the southern end of Treasure Island. I've spoken to our commissioners. I've emailed the city manager, including the attorney. I've talked with our county commissioner. I've talked with the county and the beach stewardist. And I've also talked with the uh had
discussions with the state project manager that's handling the state funding. So, I've tried to do some background on this. For context, Lan's End and Mansions by the Sea are fully responsible for the public boardwalk. The responsibility was accepted when the
city granted the development concessions allowing the condominiums to be built. The obligation to build and maintain the boardwalk has never been disputed. What is disputed is the cost and respectfully respectfully the cost is not the city's
problem nor the public's. For years, the Treasure Island Boardwalk at Land's End was an elevated engineered public amenity. a true boardwalk with railings, landscaping, and a scenic experience for residents and tourists alike. It was a destination.
Today, without city, county, state direction or public input, what is being reconstructed is a sparse sand walkway with little or no landscaping, no structure, no defining amenities, essentially a golf cart path with no
golf carts. And per the Department of Transportation that's doing the funding on this primarily the whole reason for the pathway is to connect parking areas to the beach. Let's be clear, the original tent was
never a simple connector. It was meant to be a welcoming public destination worthy of Treasure Island shoreline. And here's the problem. The original boardwalk required no public funding. Now, we have a state-f funded DOT sand
walkway with $1.5 million in grants going directly to Land's End with minimal requirements of what even qualifies as a scenic walkway. Meanwhile, there's no meaningful city
oversight to ensure the public receives anything close to what was originally promised. The financial incentives are obvious. Sand walkways cost thousands of dollars to maintain. Traditional boardwalks can
cost hundreds of thousands or even more. That explains the design choice. But this does not justify abandoning the spirit of the letter of the the spirit of the letter with the city's agreement.
At a bare minimum, the city should require reasonable improvements comparable to the Sun Vista Park or or other parks in Treasure Island. I was told by several parties, wait and see what Land's End does. Well, we could see now the intent is clear. Construct
the minimum required at the lowest cost, maximizing privacy for the condominiums. And I don't fault them for that, but it does not reflect the original agreement nor the expectations of the residents, taxpayers, or visitors.
The city acts now by enforcing the agreement requiring appropriate improvements. I'm willing to support support a cooperative solution rather than a judicial one. And I'll close with this. If you allow Treasure Island to lose its
scenic boardwalk, then the replacement must reflect the same ambition and the public value and at the very least ensure that we receive the best dam scenic sand walkway in Penels County, if not the state. Thank you.
>> Thank you. And that is everything I have on public comment. So, we're going to close public comment and we're going to move on to the approval of minutes. >> I'm not agenda.
>> Sure. Come on up. My name is Bellaak and I live on 110th Avenue on Treasure Island, which is exactly the opposite side of the old city hall. And I I know that this is a construction
zone right now, but you fenced out the construction area with the old equip old equipment. Heavy equipment and the uh the leftovers from the old city hall. You fenced out from the street, but I am
on the other side of the canal and I have to hear the noise and the dust and the mess on the other side. So I am sitting on my balcony and I and there is like absolutely nothing around the
construction area like usually the developers put on. So I am wondering if you are going to do anything about the other side of the temporary construction area just to give us some peace and
quiet uh to enjoy. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Did you catch her address, Tia? Okay, great. Thank you. >> Okay, so now we will move on to the
approval of the minutes. I move to approve the minutes as published. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. >> Any discussion up here? Any public discussion?
Hearing none, we'll close public discussion and um let's have a vote. >> Commissioner Clark, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Basquez, >> yes. >> Commissioner Sison, >> I. >> Commissioner Dicki, >> yes. >> Mayor Doctor,
>> I. Thank you. >> Moving on. >> Our first item of business. Second and final reading of public hearing on our >> Do you do consent agenda already? Okay. >> No, we didn't do consent. >> Oh, >> we did minutes but not consent agenda, I
think. >> Okay. Sorry. My bad. >> Wants to make a motion to approve the consent agenda. >> Yes. I move to approve the consent agenda as printed. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second.
Any discussion up here? >> Any discussion? Hearing none. Vote, please. >> Commissioner Clark. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Bazquez. >> I. Commissioner Sison. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Dicki. >> Hi. >> Mayor Doctor. >> I. >> Thank you.
>> All right. H1. >> These are all interrelated ordinances. Um, it'd be at your pleasure if we want to do them individually. I can read the header individually and then we take a a motion, a second, and then a roll call vote and then go to the next ordinance.
That way, if anyone has any changes to any of these ordinances, they can bring them up during discussion. >> Okay. >> Okay. So, the first ordinance is 2025-38. My lights on, so I'm okay. Right. Okay. An ordinance of the city of Treasure Island, Florida, repealing Appendix B,
the terrain modification manual in its entirety and replacing it with the city of Treasure Island drainage manual as part of the city's land development regulations, providing for severability, providing for conflict, providing for codification, and providing for an
effective date. Can I get a motion to approve then? I move to approve 25-38 in its second and final reading. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? >> Any public discussion? We'll close
public discussion. >> Please call a roll. >> Commissioner Clark. >> I. >> Vice Mayor Vazquez. >> I. >> Commissioner Sison. >> I. >> Commissioner Dicki. >> Hi. >> Mayor Doctor. >> I. >> Thank you. >> Ordinance 2025-39. An ordinance of the city of Treasure
Island, Florida, amending chapter 66, floodplane management of the city of Treasure Island code of ordinances by revising section 66 104.1 permit required to remove the reference to terrain modification manual. Revising
section 66-105.1 information for development and flood hazard areas. section 66-302.1 minimum requirement and section 66301.1 minimum requirements to replace the reference to the terrain modification
manual with the city of Treasure Island drainage manual revising section 66.303-5 limitations on placement of fill to revise the city's regulation of fill revising section 66307.4 four other development in coastal high
hazard areas zone 5 and coastal Azones to replace the reference to the terrain modification manual with the city of treasure island drainage manual providing for severability providing for conflict providing for codification and providing for an effective date and
that's ordinance 2025-39 >> we have a motion please >> I move to approve ordinance 2539 25-39 and it Second and final reading. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. Any discussion?
Any this public comment? We'll close public comment. We'll come back and uh let's have a roll call vote. >> Commissioner Clark >> I. >> Vice Mayor Vazquez. >> I. >> Commissioner Sison. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Dicki. >> Hi. >> Mayor Doctor >> I. >> Thank you.
The next is ordinance 2025-40, an ordinance of the city of Treasure Island, Florida, amending chapter 68, zoning regulations of the city of Treasure Island code of ordinances by amending section 682 definitions to revise the definitions of building
height, terrain modification, height adjustment factor, terrain modification setback adjustment factor, and to remove the definition of terrain modification manual amending section 68-34 pre-develop Velment Review Committee section 68-431
schedule of lot and bulk regulations and section 68-541 setback classifications to remove the reference to terrain modification providing for severability providing for conflict providing for codification and providing for an effective date.
>> Motion please. >> I move to approve ordinance 25-40 in the second and final reading. >> Second. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Any public comment? We'll close public comment.
Let's have a roll call vote, please. >> Commissioner Clark, >> I. >> Vice Mayor Bazquez, >> I. >> Mr. Sison, >> I. >> Commissioner Dicki, >> I. >> Mayor Doctor, >> I. >> Thank you. Ordinance 2025-41, an ordinance of the city of Treasure Island, Florida, amending chapter 69,
Marine Structures and Commercial Fishing of the City of Treasure Island Code of Ordinances by revising 69-32 definitions. Remove the reference to terrain modification manual revising section 6951 application 6 section 6974
seaw wall and living shoreline construction and 69-77 supplemental criteria to remove the reference to terrain modification manual and incorporate the city of treasure island drainage manual providing for severability providing for conflict
providing for codification and providing for an effective date. >> May I have a motion please? I move to approve ordinance 25-41 in its second and final reading. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? >> Any public comment? Hearing none, we'll
close public comment. Please call roll. >> Commissioner Clark. >> I. >> Vice Mayor Bazquez. >> I. Mr. Sison. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Dicki. >> Hi. >> Mayor Doctor. >> I. >> Thank you. >> Ordinance 2025-42. An ordinance of the city of Treasure Island, Florida, amending chapter 76,
storm water of the city of Treasure Island code of ordinances by amending section 76-36, documents incorporated by reference to replace terrain modification manual with the city of Treasure Island drainage manual. Just note here that the word
reference needs to have another E in it in the header for the clerk to replace. Amending section 7637 required information and revise the requirements for residential and commercial drainage and amending section 76-38
design requirements general to remove the reference to terrain modification manual providing for severability providing for conflict providing for codification and providing for an effective date. If I could get a motion to approve with a spelling change.
I move to approve ordinance 25-42 at its second and final reading. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? No discussion. A public comment. None. Public comment closed. Go ahead and call roll, please. >> Commissioner Clark. >> I.
>> Vice Mayor Vazquez. >> I. Commissioner Sison. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Dicki. >> Hi. >> Mayor Doctor. >> I. >> Thank you. >> H2. First reading on ordinance 2026. An ordinance of the city of Treasure Island, Florida, amending the citywide
fee schedule and adopting appendix A as the city of Treasure Island fee schedule, providing for severability, providing for conflict, providing for codification, and providing for an effective date. >> Now, we have a motion, please.
>> I move to approve ordinance 2026-06 amending the FY26 adopted fee schedule to increase summer camp rates. A second. >> We have a motion and a second. Any discussion >> that to be clear, this was the option one that we discussed. Option one.
>> Correct. >> Any public comment? >> Hearing none, we'll close public comment. >> Please give a roll call for us, please. >> Commissioner Clark, >> I. >> Vice Mayor, Vice Mayor Vasquez, >> I. >> Commissioner Sison, >> I. >> Commissioner Dicki. >> Hi.
>> Mayor Doctor, >> I. >> Thank you. H3. First reading of ordinance 2025-05. >> This is an ordinance for the city of Treasure Island, Florida, amending the fiscal year 2026 general fund budget to
recognize an additional expense of $334,000 for the expense of dune walkover repairs providing for severability conflict and an effective date. So, I know we need to do the motion and obviously we're going to pass it. I did
want to just um I'd just like to make a couple points on this if I could. Um before we make the motion. >> Sure. >> Um if if memory serves me right, we're going back a little bit and and Gary um if you're available to answer. Um,
didn't we originally have one of our um on call contractors originally give us a price for the dune walkovers? It was going to be somewhere in the $400,000 range. Um, if I recall, that's that's what it was.
Originally, when I first started working in April, you had just, I believe, denied a permit and design fee of $380,000 for the project. That was just the design and permitting of it. Um, after
looking at it and and reviewing the actual work, they was going to be a total rebuild. We felt that they could be repaired. At that time, the estimated cost for total rebuild was $3 million. Um, basically we uh we met staff met
with D. We got our permitting done in house and we were able to do the first phase of the actual repair work for I believe it was $240,000 that was authorized in August of last year. At that time we included that there
would be a second phase of it. Um, they were actually the the trickiest three of them we saved for last and uh we wanted to make sure that this contractor would be able to to perform as we had we intended. We had never used them before. Um they've done a spectacular job and so
we came back recently and asked for I believe it was $160,000 to finish the job. um $30,000 of that is approximately is is for a contingency where um we had done certain
improvements before the dune uh restoration work had been done. Um and uh we wanted to be able to extend some of the post and rope that we had um already put in to go over the dunes. So we've got some additional monies there to kind of u make it a little uh better
conform to the new dune u alignment. So, but the the total price uh for the Dune work is is I believe it's it's the 300 I think $60,000 total for all of the work. It's it's it's under $400,000 for that's
that would be the the first phase which is done and the second phase which we haven't started. >> Okay. And I know this is probably sounds a little silly, but I have heard from a few people where we do have the post and rope that um and I I've only seen one,
so I don't know if they're all that way, but they have reached out to me to say that it's like a yellow nylon, their words, ugly rope, like a thin nylon rope. And they were wondering if that was at any time going to be replaced
with more of a nautical rope. that's, you know, the little heavier duty rope that looks more and I've heard that, believe it or not, I've heard that from a few people. So, >> well, the the the installation, my knowledge, we've got a a fairly substantial post and the the
the line is an inch and a half in diameter. I I uh I do know that that down towards the mansions, they use some different colored rope, a little different uh installation. We've also put in some very some some tinier rope
just temporary to keep people off the dunes for the planting. >> I wonder if that's what they've seen. >> I think that's maybe what they're seeing. And that's that's the temporary. We've already put in a half a mile of rope and um we we probably going to be close to a mile and a half of rope when
we're done to protect all the plantings that the county put in. >> That's a good answer because that's probably what they've seen. We went a little too inexpensive on that because it's more of a temporary function. >> Okay, good. Um, do you want me to go ahead and do the motion or >> Yeah, motion, please.
>> All right. I move to approve the first reading of ordinance 2025-05 for the repair expenses to the dune walkovers or um Oh, I already read it. Sorry. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. Any
discussion? Yeah, I do have a couple of points, too. As this appeared on the agenda, I did get some uh resident uh uh requests from some additional information. One of the reasons why we're not spending $3 million is because we're not rebuilding
the dunes as they were before the storm where so rather than having like a boardwalk type of dune, we're basically having it roped off to keep people that are accessing the beach to a narrow specific area. That that's correct.
>> In in in numerous locations, there's no dune to walk over, >> right? So there wasn't any purpose to build a boardwalk over anything because there was nothing there. It was just a path. >> Exactly. >> But but where we do where we in Sunset, let's use Sunset Beach as an example that I'm familiar with. Uh there were
quite a few boardwalks that that no longer exist and and they they won't be, but you're building basically a rope path over the dune. >> Correct. >> And and that's why the whole project is >> substantially less >> 400,000 instead of 3 million. Okay. So
anyway, that's that's one point. The other point is uh one of the residents suggested and I thought it was a decent idea that the uh what do we call them? Um moi mats or the ADA approved beach access mats that we just uh had some
information on our website. Uh I think we're doing it right out here in front of city hall that those might be a good idea to use those uh especially on Sunset Beach where people are actually walking over the dunes uh because that's eventually going to wear down. Uh so if
we can can take look at costing out what it might cost to use that ADA approved and and handicapped accessible to help people get over those dunes because there were some pretty big dunes down there. I think you first first of all I
just wanted to say that I did state we were we went with a repair not a rebuild and that's why the the price was substantial less but I think at the locations where we have the larger parking lots and a lot of people congregate the uh the mats would be a great idea and I've I saw your email and
I will get in touch with Kathy um and parksman wreck because they've been they administer that that that system but we'll work with them to get something implemented. >> Okay, good. Thank you. They're approximately 5,000 of 50 foot section and wherever we place them, we
have to do a D permit. So just a little background on that, >> right? And just >> so every 50 ft is about 5,000. They last a good depending on traffic and elements, it's about good five to six years. And they do have
to be all removed during storms. >> So >> yeah. So >> all those little fun things to remember. And we do >> seems like a better option because it's shorter. >> Yes. And we do lift ours. We have to pick it up, grade it, and relay it about every three months. So
>> I sent to Gary and uh Charlie earlier today. There's a bunch of agencies that that give out grants for this type of uh work. So let's do that. And I do understand the the importance of of of limiting the areas. So I'm just
suggesting the hightraic areas where the parking lots are. We could identify those. Exactly. It's not it's not a lot of areas, but it's not every behind every house. It's just where we're going to have most of the traffic. >> So D used to let us do every 5 years. Now I have to renew this one every year.
Um it was only approved for 300 feet. I got another hundred of feet approved and now I'm going to try another hundred feet next time. Um, until they tell me no. Um, but you have to be so far from the water too. >> Okay. >> So, just those little and we can
identify them and I can get pricing on everything and then what D and how much and but yeah, those would all be permitted. >> Thank you. Thank you. Any further discussion? And we've done our motion. >> Y.
>> All right. >> Our second. >> Uh, any public comment? >> Hearing none, we'll close the public comment. Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Clark, >> I. >> Vice Mayor Vasquez, >> I. >> Mr. Sison, >> hi. >> Commissioner Dicki, >> hi. >> Mayor Doctor, >> I. >> Thank you.
>> H4, resolution 2026-01. >> A resolution of the city commission of the city of Treasure Island, Florida, appointing election workers for the March 10th, 2026 municipal. And there's a spelling uh change mu n i c i p a l
election and providing for an effective date. This is a city charter requirement. If we could have a motion that includes the spelling error. I move to approve resolution 2026-01
appointing election workers for the March 10th, 2026 municipal election, including the spelling error as stated by our city attorney. >> Thank you. >> We have a motion. Second. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? >> No discussion. Any public comment?
Public comment. We'll close public comment. Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Clark, >> I. >> Vice Mayor Bazquez. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Sison. >> Hi. Commissioner Dicki. >> Hi, >> Mayor Doctor. >> I >> Thank you. >> Moving on to section I, City Manager and City attorney reports.
>> Nothing from me this evening. >> Mr. Mayor, Council, or Commission, I'd like to just um bring a couple things to your attention with our uh CDD department. That was the uh probably the most talked about area
of city government when I came on board. And um we've gone through our procedures and streamlined them. We've had a couple of headcount leave, a couple of headcount come on board. Um, I want to
say in August or September, uh, the commission, which I very much appreciate, Miss laser pointer in working, added or approved the planning, um, principal planner position and the code compliance supervisor position.
Both of those uh, gentlemen have fit in and brought us to higher levels of efficiency. Um the last two items, uh code compliance inspector, we have one person
that starting in a week or so that has been interviewed, shortlisted, offered, and accepted. And then the administrative assistant position, that person's also been through the HR process and I believe starts next week or the week after. and that would be the
person that's administrating the uh lawn mowing program, which we hope will be something we're short-lived in and we'll build people and they'll get their own yard crew, not us. That that's the hope. So, that's the current layown and CDD
staff. Um, can I go to the next slide? So, I have uh Mary Ellen Edwards, who's the assistant CDD director, uh reporting
directly to me. Um, so there's only one throat to choke. If y'all don't like what's going on, it's mine. Um, and that has worked out well. And I'd like to just share the next slide, Jason. Um, so we've gone back and forth since uh,
spring of 2025 to current with a temp staffer on contract basis assisting with flood plane management, which is one of the more complex parts of the review, which makes sense. We're a barrier island. Um, everything's a flood plane,
right? So when we had temp staff um April August and took counts, we were able to keep them under 50 permits in review. Um when we went away from temp staff, this would have slightly predated me uh late May of last year. Uh we
spiked to almost 200. Um, in October with the two new additions you approved, um, we, uh, sunsetted six contracted employees in, uh, CDD
and it began to spike. Um, in mid December, um, I used my 25 or $35,000 city manager spending limit, which I'm going to have to shift makes make some adjustments in
the general fund to cover. Um, but I put a contractor to assist with flood plane. And again, those numbers came back down. I'm I'm saying 50 or less um, at any given times an acceptable level. Um, I'm
certainly open to feedback if y'all think that number should be lower or could go higher. Um, but I'm I'm saying all this as a preparatory uhformational brief to let you know that I'll be coming back and with with a figure and a
budget amendment to keep at least one contracted provider on tap at least for the next year as we get through all these um rebuild permits. Next slide, please.
Oh, that was it. And um with that, I've reallocated um one of our current city staff members to focus on uh our legislative appropriations and use her contacts within the county
where she's worked and is wellversed uh for the 30 plus million dollars worth of resiliency grants award. That's Miss Bobby Shaylee. Um, so I've done all of that um on a temporary basis within this budget year. That's within my scope as
the city manager. And if that uh is an item that we want to continue on for in uh August, September when we get into budget, um I'll recommend permanently reallocating an FTE. um have not added
any FTE. We've just basically uh reappropriated that uh human resource uh to to do something that that better uh aligns with our current needs and that employees u skill set. Um along those
lines, um at the next meeting, I would like to bring you um a human resources item. Right now, predating me and currently, we have two assistant city managers. And if I'm understanding the
history correctly, those assistant city managers have always um operated like if the city manager has a major event, takes a long vacation, whatever. They're just a replacement, which in in my leadership background is
a little outdated. I can be physically here. I can be on the road. People call me. I'm accessible. You know, we all went to Tallahassee or several of us went to Tallahassee for a week. The world did not implode. People still got their questions answered. We kept everything moving. Um, what I would like
to do, um, at least for the time being, is realign some of my direct reports under those assistant city manager positions. And that will need, uh, your approval. So, in the coming uh days, the
next time we do a round of uh one-on- ons with each other, I'll show you what that can look like and um put it on an agenda for your further discussion and to vote it up or down. Um
and it's no reflection on my direct reports are doing great. There's just so many things that come up every day. I think if um I I have more time to focus on uh the commission's request and input
um I can let some of my more senior people guide some of the slightly more junior people in the directorate level. So that's my uh oh the last thing I would report to you is just big picture
legislative session. We're in week six. Um, right now the governor has yet to release any detailed proposal on uh property taxes. There's been a lot of discussion but no proposal out of the governor's office. The house took up
eight different bills in committee week and there have been some movement on bills in the House. The Senate has not um put a companion bill which would be required on any of the property tax reduction um proposals on the House and that's
kind of the way it ended last year. I'm not making any predictions. It's way above my pay grade, but that's our current status. Um our uh Senate delegation, particularly Senate Senator Diggley,
um put our um look at my notes. put our the request for our public safety building in the Senate side of the budget. It has to be in one side or the other to continue to breathe life.
Um and so it is. It's not at 4.5 million. It's at 1.5 million. It can be negotiated in uh the conferencing at the end of the session all the way back up to 4.5. It could fall out altogether.
um they're projecting um the House the the budget staff that advises the governor, the Senate, and the House that we're in for a little bit of an economic downturn the next few years. So, they're trying to propose less expenditures. So,
the fact that we're in there and any dollar amount in the Senate uh keeps us alive, so to speak. And um it's not unusual to only be in one side, not the other because it's it's kind of their uh procedure. If as long as you're on one
side or the other, you can continue to live. So if our House people and our Senate people both put us in, that's one less um project they can have up before the whole body. Um so that's kind of where we are. Session scheduled to end March 13th.
So maybe we'll know something by then. Maybe they'll extend session for several weeks like they did last year, but that's kind of what I know as of this moment. >> How's our search for community development director going? >> Um, I would say not great. I'm probably just going to pull that uh job
description and continue to uh work with existing staff on that. Um, haven't had what what I was looking for really apply. Um, so, >> um, were you going to mention the trash?
>> Yes. And I I'll I'll let Gary, if I don't say this clearly enough, uh, come speak. And, um, so also, by the time I got here, moving to WastePro and outsourcing our sanitation department and not purchasing two $400,000 plus
garbage trucks was all items of discussion. Uh we had much talk and negotiation with WastePro. Um it's my understanding that each resident received a bill for two months at a time for their city sanitation bill and
WastePro now has the entire contract to include the billing and they bill um every quarter. So the city took enterprise funds to ease the transition and paid everybody's garbage bill in the city of Treasure Island out of that
enterprise fund for October, November, and December. So nobody got a bill for those three months. And just in the last week or two, it's my understanding that the bill for this quarter, which is January, February, March has come out.
We've done excessive communication that this was going to happen. Waist Pro went as far as to mail a letter to everybody's home that is a client. Um, and there was just, you know, people travel all fall and go to the mountains, do whatever they do. And so now people
are saying, why do I have this bill? And they're looking at a old bill and a new bill. Yes, the new bill is higher, not net. If you just take twothirds of it, I think Miss Judy, somebody mentioned it tonight once they really analyzed it. Somebody called and uh chewed Gary out,
our director of public works a couple weeks ago and he said, "You realize that bill's for one full quarter, 3 months, and they're like, "Oh, I'm good." So that that's kind of where we are in that saga. Was there anything else we needed to touch on that? >> Just because you brought it up, I was
going to just email you directly, but it's been a problem in my neighborhood. I don't know. Um, it was said when they first took over, and this is something that you don't even have to answer now, Gary, because it's probably not something that can be, you'll probably have to talk to them. Um, they had said
they were going to take um yard waste um on in our particular case in Capri, we are Monday and Thursday, and they said they were going to take trash and yard waste the same days as trash. That was the way when we contracted with them. And now what's happening is it's like
hit or miss. If people have a stack of palms tied up beside their trash can on Monday, sometimes they get taken, sometimes they don't. Um I myself called them and um talked to um a supervisor there and he tried to tell me that no,
the contract says they only take yard waste on Thursday. I said, well, I happen to be one who approved the contract and you said you were taking yard waste both days. So, no matter which one it is, we need to get clarity with them and we need to get that out as
a a notification to the the residents because it is a source of confusion by several people and it's happened to me as well. So, sometimes they do it on both days, sometimes they don't. So, we just need to get that >> I'll get that clarified. >> Okay. Thank you.
>> It concludes my report. Sorry. >> Thank you. >> All right. Uh, Commissioner, our vice mayor, Vasquez. >> Well, Charlie kind of stole a little bit of my thunder. Um, the news from
Tallahassee. He just went over. Um, but it's actually, even though it may not look it, it's actually incredibly good news because so many big projects were cut in that first round and we made it
through to the next round. Um, I will tell you the outlook is positive coming um, from the House members and the Senate members that we met with. Um, Senator Diggley goes without saying is is working extremely extremely hard for
us. Um, and um, I feel pretty confident. Um, there were some questions um, of what came last year from our trip to Tallahassee and I just kind of wanted to touch on that. Um, last year was incredibly incredibly tough session. As
um, city manager mentioned, it ended up getting extended, I believe, through July was the end of session if I remember. Yeah. So, and it's supposed to end in March, April, somewhere in there. But anyway, um but we managed to still
um get 1.5 million last year toward our public safety. It was definitely not our full ask, but we were very blessed beyond others that came back with nothing. So, we were thankful for that. But now we are um we're hoping to bring
back the full 4.5. Um, keeping that communication going and letting them know how important it is. And, you know, putting a face to it makes a huge difference. And the mayor will attest to it. They tell us that when we go up there that it's it's a lot different when you're looking somebody and and to
our police chief and fire chief who go up there. It's a lot harder to say no when you're looking people in the eye. So, so that was that was all good news. So, we still got a ways to go on that, but hopefully um I'm I'm very very hopeful on that.
Um, beyond that, I just wanted to uh do a couple reminders. Um, our Friday morning market is still going on every Friday over here in Treasure Island Park. Um, we have two, well, this Friday we have the Treasure Island Fire Rescue
Chili cookoff competition. That is from 5:30 to 7:30 at the community center. That is an absolute blast. And you can go on um I believe it's on the website, isn't it? um to get tickets. So, it's on
the website or the um social media page. You can go on there as well and get tickets for that. Are there tickets available at the door for that? Do you know? >> I'm not sure. I know it's limited to like 200 people. So, try to get your tickets before, but that's this Friday.
And they are still looking for people to register to compete. So, if you have a good chili recipe, you might want to go on there and sign up and and become part of the competition as well. Um, and I have two things this Saturday. Um,
first, also at the community center, we have the salt and storm survivors. It's everyone's guide to coastal planting. So, it's a there's going to be several different vendors there talking about salt and wa uh saltwater safe plants, things that really survive the storms
that we have around here. Um that is free at the community center from 10 to 12. And I have a very special thing happening in Isaac Capri. a young man named Connor um contacted our civic association and he wanted to do some
volunteer hours and do a community cleanup in Isisle of Capri. So, um, working together with the ICCA and Connor, um, we've named it Connor's Neighborhood Cleanup, and that is this Saturday, and it meets at Rosselli Park
at 8:30 a.m., and it's going to end approximately around 10:00 10:30. And um, there will be free disposable gloves and trash bags that are going to be provided. But I would just doesn't you don't have to live on Capri. I just
would love for you guys to come out one and meet Connor. I had an opportunity to do that and he's an incredible young man and gives us hope for the future. So, please if you have even if you can only spend an hour out there, come out to Roselli Park at 8:30 this Saturday for
that. And a reminder that our Isaac Capri yard sale was cancelled. Um it's usually held February 28th. Unfortunately, I guess we all lost too much in the hurricane, so there wasn't enough participation to have the community yard sale, so that was
cancelled. Um, and also I kind of mentioned it a little during the meeting, um, that I'm still working with Kathy and Kathy is work, Kathy and Mike are working really hard to find a solution to the sun shades in Roselli
Park so that the kids can enjoy the park once the heat of summer starts setting in. So, for those who do always reach out to me asking where we're at, it is being worked on and hopefully we can have it on a workshop at the next meeting. Um, and speaking of that, our
next meeting is not on a Tuesday. It is on a Monday um because of St. Patrick's Day. So, it is on February 16th, same times. Um, but it is on Monday the 16th, not Tuesday the 7. I'm sorry. Yes. March. Sorry. Two meetings out.
>> So, is that two meetings? >> Yeah, March. >> Oh, yeah. I guess it is two meetings out. Okay. Sorry. You know what it is? It's that meeting we skipped. It's got me all messed up. Um, but just make note of that that our 17th March 17th meeting is actually the 16th. And just want to
continue to thank the volunteers. Um, I know the mayor is one of them. Um, but I'm sure there are many of you um that always go out um and do these cleanups on the beach and along Golf Boulevard. I see them out there and and if I don't have time to do it, it's just it's
awesome. They deserve so much credit. They keep our beaches extremely clean and Golf Boulevard very clean. So, I just wanted to thank them. And that's it. >> Commissioner Clark, >> uh I have two items. Um the trash was something I was um had a lot of folks
reach out to me on in the last couple days. I think 90% of those are uh solved by people realizing that it was a three threemonth bill instead of a two-month bill. Um so just take a close look at that because it actually is less
expensive. And um yeah, Gary, if you can just um you know, get back to us on those days for sure. Uh I personally had had zero issues. I put my trash out, it's gone. I don't notice any difference than what we had before. Um second thing
is we are having another Isa Palms meeting uh February 27th at the community center. Uh time is 6:00 I believe. Um so please come out. Um I think we had about 55 people last time.
I love hearing from the residents. um you know what you like, what you don't like, what you want to see and um so please come out again February 27th uh is of Palm at ISO Palms uh at the uh community center. That's it.
>> Commissioner Sesan >> Jason, can you pull up my punch list, please? I'm working on this punch list for a while now, and I'll be submitting some of them to uh there's 25 items on this punch list. the top 10 where I was
trying to add them to today's commission meeting. Um, if you could scroll down. Obviously, we just knocked off uh number 12. Uh, so one out of 25. Um, maybe we could uh get working on this. Uh, with
the gentleman's comments with the scenic walkway, uh, I definitely want to see what we had before. Uh I think it was definitely a destination uh for tourists and residents and you know walkers. Um I think the uh sand uh walkway that's
there now is unacceptable if there was a license agreement uh done many years ago that they got to keep that in place. I think we got to hold them to it and that's all I have. >> Thank you Commissioner Dicki. >> Okay. I'll start out with the lands in
uh suggestion as a almost daily user of of the path there. I I I use it twice a day, every other day for jogging and walking, but uh I actually like it much better than the boardwalk. Uh and and I talked with a lot of residents that feel
the same way. It's wider uh with when you have fish uh pe people out there fishing that you don't have to work your way around. You don't have to excuse yourself. There's plenty of room to get around. Uh it is not in its end state. It's in a the the best state that the
land's in. People could put it after the hurricane. They basically took a whole bunch of this sand that that we all had to deal with in Sunset Beach and made this sandwalk because it because the uh obviously the boardwalk were was completely destroyed. Uh they have been
planning to replace the boardwalk for many years. This goes back to 2022, two years before I ever thought about running for the city commission. Uh they they got letters of support from the city manager, from the city mayor, from the Sunset Beach Community Association,
from the Board of County Commissioners, from the LPA. So, they've got a lot of support from a lot of different organizations and and people to uh to do this. Uh, most importantly, they've gotten a state grant. And the and the state, as as anybody in this room who's
ever dealt with grants before knows, they don't give grants out easily, and they don't and and they make sure that that that you're you're doing what you're going to what you say you're going to do. So, it is going to be it is a scenic walk, but quite quite frankly, like I said, I use it I use it a lot and
I I jog on it and and and both walk and I find it uh it, you know, I think the main purpose of the of the agreement that the city of Treasure Island had with lands in and the mansions was to keep that area open to the public, have it public access. People could use it
for fishing, uh walking, whatever. Uh, and that's uh that is still publicly accessible. Uh, and once they get this grant money from the state, they'll be able to finish it and it will look uh it will look much nicer than it does now.
And it's not just about looks, it's about resiliency. Every time we were having a storm, even a nonhurricane storm, those those boardwalks would get damaged. They'd have to shut them down for months. Uh, so they were unusable. Then with the sand walk sand walkway,
the scenic walkway, you don't have that problem. So anyway, it makes a lot of sense. Uh it is much less uh expensive obviously to do the sand walkway than it is uh uh to replace it with a a boardwalk, but everything I'm hearing
from uh most and I would have to say I've only heard any negative feedback from one person uh on the scenic walkway. everybody else that I've heard from, uh, I'm hearing good feedback. Uh, and like I said, it's not in its instate, so it's still a destination point. People still come down there,
walk it, and use it every day. And it is accessible. Uh, on that subject, so next a couple of things I did have is I just want to make sure that the rest of the commission is aware the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council annual summit is coming up May
14th and 15th. It will be held at the Palmetto Marriott Resort in Palmetto. It's only 26 miles from here, about 40 minutes. Uh I've been to this conference or this summit the last two years. This be my third year. It's a it's a very
worthwhile uh uh uh session to go to and I encourage uh my my colleagues up here to consider attending that if your schedule allows that. Uh, Vice Mayor Vasquez already mentioned uh the event uh the educational event uh regarding
coastal native landscaping at the community center at 10:00 a.m. uh uh to noon on Saturday, February 21st. I just want to add a little bit to that. One of the speakers of that uh is a very interesting uh case study situation. Her
house she uh she lives right on G West Golf Boulevard in Sunset Beach. She lives in a single family home uh or not single family home, a single level home, only one story. And her house got 18 in of water in the house in just one
section of the house. The rest of the house got no water in it at all. And she attributes much of her the success of that to native using native landscaping. Uh you'll get to hear her talk about that firsthand. It's it's very uh uh uh
very informative and I think it's worthwhile uh you'd attend that and listen to that. Uh and then the last thing I had is the uh you'd already the last thing on our agenda we approved the helpers uh the volunteers for the uh
March 10th uh municipal election. I just wanted to encourage everybody to uh to vote for that. You know, there's only one thing on the agenda, and that's just this is a ballot amendment uh to allow the to change the city charter for the city to allow the city commission to grant an easement on city- owned
property. Uh if approved, the city commission will have the ability with a majority vote to grant easements on city-owned property only to the and only to the Army Corps of Engineers and to uh Penllis County for the sole purpose of beach reourishment or dune maintenance.
Those are the only things that allows doesn't affect individual owners who live on the on the uh Gulf. It just affects city- owned property and it will make uh when we do do beach reourishments, it just will expedite things a lot. Uh so I I encourage
everybody to vote and and to vote uh yes on that amendment. >> That's all I have. >> May I say something else, please? >> Sure. >> I'd like to add my punch list uh to the public record, please. >> Okay, >> Mr. Mr. Mayor. >> Yes. >> I apologize. I should have asked for
some clarification before y'all got into your commissioner comments. You guys should speak last as your meeting. So, sorry about that. But I want to just digress momentarily back to the rules of procedure. Um items 3.3, 4.4, and 8.6.
um you guys solidified uh and had consensus um around uh different language, but you wanted to see that language again. Commissioner Clark mentioned is it section 14? >> I think it's 144 or something like that.
>> Yep. So my my question is, do you only want to see those changes in the next round of revisions or anything that you didn't comment on that Becky Voss put in there as suggestions? Were you got and some cleanup language? Were y'all got
were you good with what you did not object to? >> I was good with what I did not object to. Yes. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Okay. So you'll you'll see that again with um the changes that you asked for around 3.3, 4.4, and 8.6.
Um and the items that Commissioner Saison uh had brought up, do we have a consensus around putting 25 items on the next agenda minus the one? >> That that's not what I said. I said this is my punch list that I'll eventually be bringing up to the commission one or two
at a time. >> Okay. Sorry. >> So I wanted to add that to the public record. >> Yes, sir. Okay. Thank you for clarification. All right. Uh, one thing uh that I have and I think it's turned out very well uh and it's the the solid waste, you know,
the the trash pickup. Um, everybody was very concerned, especially all of the environmentalists and the folks that tried to keep the beaches clean. And um I've been told by several people both
within the city employee base and the folks that are you know just taking and walking the beach and everything else that um we have had no real complaints about uh the trash pickup on the beach. Um we do have one person I believe
dedicated to to doing it. I see him quite often. He uh drives a pickup truck and uh he's been doing a great job and I I want to thank uh Gary uh for getting a somebody dedicated to doing it and uh
seven days a week and making sure that our beaches are clean because in the uh the next three weeks uh we're going to start to see the spir spring breakers and uh and that's going to be a challenge for us but we'll we'll get it done. So, thank you very much. And with
that, we're adjourned.