Good afternoon and welcome to the commission workshop for May 19th, 2026. I'd like to call this meeting to order. The first item of business know will be uh taking care of you and the sert attorney in your regular agenda.
Correct. >> Comments. >> Comments. Okay. All right. So then um give me a second. Let's stand and recite the uh pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> City clerk, please call a roll. >> Good evening. Vice Mayor Vazquez here.
Commissioner Clark here. >> Commissioner Sison, >> here. >> Commissioner Dicki >> here. >> Mayor Doctor >> here. Thank you. >> All right, we have uh a few discussion items. The first item for today is uh going to
be presented by Alina uh Todd and Ellison Prader. >> Hello. Um thank you so much for having us today. My name is Alana Todd. I am a principal environmental planner with the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council. I'm
going to be presenting um some more information about our Tampa Bay Coastal Master Plan. Um so, but to get started, uh just a little bit more about the regional planning council. So, we are just one of 10 regional planning councils across the
state of Florida and we're a regional organization that brings together local governments uh to address shared challenges that cross our city and county uh boundaries. So for decades we've supported collaborative planning across our six county region. So we have
six counties and 23 municipalities. Um and we focus on issues like land use, economic development, uh environmental resilience and um uh emergency preparedness and response. Um and really we're focused on helping uh the Tampa
Bay region plan smarter together. Um so the three pillars of our work include convening local governments through regional committees uh such as our resiliency coalition or our agency on bay coastal management. Um our second pillar is providing technical assistance
through grant-f funded projects like the one I'm going to present today. Um and then third is connecting with our local governments like Treasure Island through our government leaison program. Um so I'm joined here with uh my colleague Allison Prader. She's our disaster recovery grants coordinator and she is
your liaison for Treasure Island. Um and then I'm also the liazison for Penllis County. So we've been working on resiliency for u quite some time now. So I'll give you a sneak peek at some of our history. Um so going back to 2010, we we published
the Tampa Bay catastrophic plan which simulated um the impact of a a hypothetical category 5 hurricane named Phoenix. Um and that project helped to show significant casualties and economic losses and it really highlighted our region's vulnerability um and
underscored the need for more comprehensive planning. Um so from that launched our project Phoenix um which is again the simulation that we um rerun every so many years um to help our small business community and emergency
management staff around the region prepare for you know a larger storm. Um then if you fast forward a little bit to 2014, we had this one bay resilient committee communities committee and that really helped set up the foundation for our resilience coalition um which was
formed in 2018. Um and that coalition so it was the second in the state in terms of um resiliency coalitions. So ours brought together 33 local governments and I think more than 90 private sector partners to collaboratively address um
some climate resilience challenges. Um and that culminated in um 2022 we released our regional resilience action plan um which provides a framework for coordinated resilience initiatives across the region at both a local and
regional scale. And so I know I'm probably preaching to the choir. We all know that flooding um is becoming more frequent um and and quite an issue uh for communities like Treasure Island and and others around the region. Um so storm surge, heavy
rainfall, tides, you know, sea level rise can contribute um to create compound flooding that impacts our homes, our roads, our businesses, our livelihoods um and our critical infrastructure. And Tampa Bay is one of the most vulnerable regions in Florida to coastal
flooding and sea level rise. In fact, counties could lose nearly three billion in property value by 2045. Uh and that jumps up to 16.9 billion by 2070. And at the same time, our communities are growing and our ecosystems are
changing. Um and our aging infrastructure was built for conditions that we no longer have. Um, so you know, the traditional way of dealing with water, we've treated it as a nuisance and we've engineered around it. We've, you know, built to keep that water out by damning and draining and and
diverting it. Um, so now we're at this adaptation crossroads where, um, you know, total protection might not be possible, but we can adapt. Um, we can reduce the flood impacts and we can build our communities to be more resilient in the face of a of a changing
climate. And the good news is that uh action now saves lives, it saves property and dollars in the future. So for every dollar invested in adaptation and resilience generates more than $10 in benefits over 10 years. Um so if we
start to adapt now, we can start seeing significant savings in the long term. And so we found um that the problem is that we don't have a regional flood adaptation plan with place-based projects that are guiding
implementation. Um and we're not coordinating with each other enough to bring in the big investments um that we need to mitigate our flood risk at at this larger regional scale. So we're actually following Louisiana's lead. After Katrina, Louisiana began
developing their coastal master plan. And since its inception, Louisiana um has mobilized between 300 million and$ 1.75 billion in coordinated funding, resulting in 150 completed projects and
40 more in construction since 2023. Um so coastal master plans help prioritize flood reduction projects for funding and that's why we're creating one of our own. Um so broadly the coastal master plan will help illustrate flood risks uh
for the region's diverse communities and habitats and then it will propose a suite of restoration and flood reduction projects that uh deliver the greatest benefits for our people, our property and our natural systems. So in essence we're creating a roadmap to help guide
implementation of flood adaptation projects. Um and in three years when the TA uh Tampa Bay Coastal Master Plan is published, our region will be better prepared for largescale funding opportunities. So we have two big goals for this plan.
Uh the first is to reduce current and future flood risks to our communities. Um and then the second is to protect our habitats and ensure our natural systems are resilient um long term. And so the the plan's boundaries include all seven counties within our resiliency
coalition. So that includes Sarasota. Um and we'll be looking at flooding within both coastal and inland communities alike to best serve the over 4 million uh residents that call our area home. Um so although it's called a coastal master plan, uh inland communities and our our
coastal counties are also an important component of this plan too. And we'll be looking at a range of flood types from sea level rise, tidal flooding, rainfall, storm surge. And so, um, this grant, we we received a grant to complete this project and it
began last year. Um, we are completing our stakeholder outreach phase and moving into our risk assessment phase. Um, so we're going to continue doing stakeholder engagement throughout all of the phases of this project. Um and right
now we've deployed a survey to help um gather residents, you know, um help help us map where they've seen flooding issues. And then we're also hosting listening sessions across the region to hear from residents about how they're experiencing flooding, what impacts
those are having on them, and um the solutions they envision could help um solve them. Um, and so as we move into the risk assessment phase, we'll be mapping uh flood and socioeconomic data to better understand how different types of flooding affecting uh parts of our region under current and future
conditions. Um, and then following that, once we have some areas identified, we'll move into um the next phase, which is project development, where we will develop and prioritize those flood reduction projects. Um and then we'll be packaging it up into a final plan and a
dashboard for publication. And um what I want you to notice about this circle diagram is that it is cyclical. And we want this to be the first of many iterations of this coastal master plan. You know, uh you know, hearkening back to the this idea of of um adaptive
management and the idea of you know, as conditions change, we'll rewrite this plan and we might have to pivot. um but providing better guidance, you know, to you all on on how we can continue adapting and and solving some of our flooding issues.
Um so we are are joined by great partners including the Tampa Bay Estuary Program, the National Wildlife Federation, the University of Florida Extension and Stson Law. Um and then we were just joined by Moffett nickel and the water institute in half. Um and
we're also joined by the consensus building institute. So, we have a great team of folks working on this plan. Uh, and it would not be possible without all of our current partners and collaborators, which are over 60 of them. Um, including, you know, the city
of Treasure Island. Um, and this wouldn't be possible also without our grant funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and others. So, how can you get involved? Well, this is a participatory process and we need the bottom up engagement uh to make sure
that the plan reflects the voices uh of our residents. So, there are several ways that you can get involved in in the plan. Um the first and easiest one is just to complete our flood map survey so we can help identify and use that to ground truth as we're doing our risk
assessment. Um, you can also join our quarterly technical or community workg groupoup meetings. And it's actually one of the um, biggest points of feedback we've heard in listening sessions so far is they want more elected officials to be engaging in this process. Residents are really excited about this plan. Um,
but they want to make sure that the electeds are in the room and um, that they're the ones who are going to take this plan and go and implement it. Um, so joining our workg groupoup meetings is another great way of getting involved. And then you can also sign up for emails um to receive email updates
about our meetings and the plan's progress. Um and then of course just spreading the word and and you know telling your neighbors and and residents that this is happening and we hope to have the plan published in 2028. So I mentioned a little bit about listening sessions um and and these are
really help allowing us uh to hear from community members um providing them the opportunity to share their perspectives on flooding issues and solutions they believe will make a difference. Um, and then their input will inform the plan and we will develop a a summary report of all those listening sessions that
will be sent to you. Um, so been working with with Jesse over here uh to plan two listening sessions in Treasure Island. One for business owners and then one for residents. Um, so we look forward to hosting those and and we hope you can join us if you're available.
So that is the end of my my short presentation. Um, my contact you can see my email there. Um, and then if you want to learn more about the plan, please visit the website coastal tampampa bay.org. Thank you very much. Um, do you all have any questions?
>> Yeah, >> of course. Yes. >> Do you do you need anything else from the city of Treasure Island other than uh what you've got so far working with Jesse? working with Jesse is amazing. You know, he's going to provide me with some data which is going to help us with that risk
assessment and then um I'll be sure to keep in touch with him on on future updates and if you know there's other opportunities for you all to engage in the plan. Um but you know coming to our our community workg groupoup uh meetings would be a fantastic way for people to
see hey we have electeds you know we're joining these meetings and then they're really invested in the plan and and want to you know make a difference and and see these solutions get implemented. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. Thank you commissioner. >> Anyone else? >> Thank you very much. Appreciate it.
>> Thank you so much for the opportunity. All right, moving on to our second item. Uh, semianual grants update commissioners may major city staff. My name is Victor Tis. and the CFO uh for the city of Treacher Island and I'm
going to be presenting the grants uh information or presentations that we're uh doing it twice a year because um as we mentioned just as a background uh if we do it monthly it's not going to be enough information to to present. So we decided
uh the commission decided to allow for twice a year. Okay. So I'm going to start with the presentation which is a very high level pictures and then I'm going to bring up all the grants that we are working. I have a spreadsheet with the list of all
the grants that we had completed uh submitted and uh we have in we also had identified some grants that we are taking a look that doesn't mean that we're going to submit it but uh but we are going to go through that uh in the presentation. So these are five
completed grants that we got about uh $600,000 already reimburseed uh mostly uh $500,000 from the last uh update. Okay, this is active grants and this means that we had received either a
closeout letter or award letter or we there from those there are eight grants that we had the award letter and two that we are pending award letters for the total is 11.2 million.
Now, those are those grants and and if you can see the ones that have one asterisk, those are the one that are are pending, but we had the Berber award already. So, we're just waiting for them to um
work out the paperwork. Now, I have to mention if you see the second grant there is $5.2 million. that doesn't mean that we're going to receive uh because those are th the majority of the grants they were as reimbursement. So I don't
think the city uh can complete 5.2 millions of dollars with those specification of uh under grounding utilities. So at some point we are going to complete the project and I believe we're we're going to be lower than five $5.2
million. I'm expecting to be about $3 million. Uh we had submitted uh 13 grants uh six new grants since last update uh for the total of bent uh $20.3 million. Uh these come with a chair of
$7.25 million. uh for each of these grants when they require chair chair I want to present the grants for the commission to approve because that that we receive the grant that doesn't mean that we're going to do the project if the commission doesn't vote for it or doesn't want to go ahead
with the grant award and also h the caveat that this is submitted grants we may get zero and I want to be clear I mean I want to be optimist and we had been receiving grants but uh that we submit a grant
that doesn't that we are automatically receiving the awards. So this is some update on FEMA. Uh this is uh some challenges that we had uh with FEMA. they change the point
of contact uh almost when we are reaching uh to the obligations of the funds uh they we communicate with them and then they change the point of contact at at sometimes I I think it's a strategy for them because uh I don't
know but we I want to let the the board and the commission knows that we are fighting hard every day with them we are having weekly meetings with them with the state and we're fighting for our money we are pushing for the at least for the debris is uh money.
So these are just uh some challenges uh that we're having and plus the DHS uh closing out that uh for example we couldn't talk about the the debris uh program they couldn't talk about it uh while they were closed. So it it just
cut a couple months uh for for the period to receive the months uh the the money and obligate the money. So these are the efforts that we are doing is the debris remover, temporary facilities, emergency protective
measures, permanent work projects. We got $7,000. it doesn't look good thinking about everything that we had submitted but at least it does open the the the wallet. So I I expect them to start obligating more more money now
because I wanted even if it's a thousand then to obligate something. So we were successful on making that obligation. So now I expect that things running more more fast. So, so this is just some notes on on some
grat this is hardening resiliency. Some people call it resiliency applications. Uh now I want I want to make clear for this resilience resiliency applications we have to wait uh before we have to
wait before we construct something put chopper on the ground in order to get these grants. Uh we we can for the master pump station uh because we got some state money for for that one. we can do the design and the state can pay for those. Uh for all
others, if we're expecting to get the the reimbursement for for these grants is better to wait uh until we receive the awards. Okay. So now I'm going to If it can hurt me. Uh, send to
documents. >> It's a document I sent. >> Yes. Okay. So let me see if I can or it looks like I cannot make it bigger. Can I make this bigger speaker?
Yep. >> So, these are the current grants that we got the the awards. So, I'm just going to leave it here for a minute. If you have any question about any specific of these grants,
>> Victor, I'm not sure what what you uh I first of all can't read that as it is a little too small for me to read. But uh what did you you say these are grants that we've already been awarded? Is that what you said? >> Correct. And this is $1.2 million. Uh we
had been reimbursed $2.5 million already. And and we have a match of $1.2 million for these grants. >> And these are all open grants. I >> it's active >> active grants.
I can't I can't read what the grants are for. Can you >> I got >> you got Okay, thank you. Thank you. >> Yeah, we're going to make it available for the public as well. >> Okay, this is completed grants. These are the couple grants that we had completed and we received reimbursements
of $575,000. Thank you. you know th this one uh which is treasure bay uh for the tennis courts we did not receive uh 100% of the reimbursement uh supplied because we got
another uh grant from the tennis association of $67,000. So that's why they reduce it from this grant. Then we we have a a plenty of grants here waiting for awards. Uh this
includes the resiliency uh projects the five that we submitted uh six months ago or eight months ago. And and this is why this is one of the reason we cannot update monthly because sometime these agencies take a year year and a half just to uh present awards
but this is what is in the work that is submit submitted already and you see from this uh DOJ grant here uh it's like one two three four five the six from the bottom Uh this is what is new uh after the last
update. So we had submitted this is the total that I presented uh before 20.2 million and this is the match required. There are some of these grants that don't require match. So it's no brainer to accept them but uh then I will bring to
the commission each of them as they get awarded. And then this is future opportunities. This is just things that we don't have a whole lot of information yet. Is something that we are paying attention and we're reading uh uh before
submitting for for these grants and this includes the CD uh BG. We are just waiting for guidelines from the county because they're they're not out yet. And with this, if you have any question for me, Victor, I have a few questions. On your
first slide, uh, in the original presentation, I guess slide number two, I guess it was, not your cover slide, but the second one. Yes, that one right there. And oops, go back. Right there in the bottom right hand corner, you have pending 1.6
million in grant reimbursements. This one >> that yeah in the bottom right hand corner uh what's that? What is that about that? That's money that >> that means we already uh started uh
submitting reimbursement. We're working with the reimbursement for those. >> Okay. >> I I I can get back to you to see which specific uh which one are them. And I can get >> No, it was just your the footnote that you had on the bot on the on the
>> Yeah, I Yeah, the $1.6 million, right? >> That those are projects that we've completed that we're waiting to get reimbured. >> Correct. >> Okay, that's that's good. So, we've spent that money, but it hasn't >> We spent that money. Yes, we're working. >> It's been It was awarded to us, but we just don't have the money. Correct. >> Back to us. Okay, that was one question.
Another question I had was regarding the FEMA public assistance. Have we I saw you said we'd gotten uh $7,000. Have Have we gotten for any That's it. >> That's all the hurricane related expenses we went through, the debris
removal, everything. The only thing we've gotten from >> from FEMA so far is $7,000. And I'm not I'm not blaming anybody here because I know how FEMA operates and I know how slow they are. But I just want to make sure I understand it correctly that
that's all we've got. Just to give you some background on this, we got a a check yesterday for $3,000 and we were looking what what is this check for? And then we we called we we couldn't find it. So when we found that it's for it was for Hurricane Irma. Ima happened
some sometime in 2017. I was in the other cause working for Palm Beach County. So I didn't even know or remember about it this week. So that that's how how slow they are. I I don't expect to take
that long for Milton and and and Helen because we're pushing her every week. But this is how slow they they they work. >> Okay. And I saw on your first at FEMA slide you said that uh in the bottom of that slide you said that we uh lost the technical assistance that we are getting
from uh that we were getting from Deote. Uh, so who's who's the primary overseer of all the communications between city of Treasure Island and FEMA now that we've lost the lawyer? >> I'm responsible for for that communication, but Jessica, my grand
manager is working hard with Jessica, but I'm responsible for it. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Um, so the the lawy was not a contractor for us. They they reported to the state. It was a contractor for the state.
just they were helping on auditing what we submitted and they help help us with some submissions but they were never our contractor. >> Yeah. No, I knew that. Okay. >> Hey, any other questions? >> Yeah, I have a question. Um I know I keep hearing when I talk to like you and
Charlie that you know we have to wait on the seaw walls because there is grant money out there. So like is there any end date where they tell you you're going to know by? I mean how long do you wait? Do you wait 10 years for this grant until your seaw wall falls down or do we they say they're going to let us
know by you know January July 15th of next year or how does that work? >> So the the rules I can speak on the rules. Uh I believe some of these projects if you put chber on the ground you are not uh you cannot get
reimbursement for those money. is administrative decision at at some point because you you don't even know if you are going to receive the grants. So you you're asking me a a question that I don't know because I don't know how they're going to come. But what I
can do, commissioner, I'm going to uh get some information and get back to you this week to see if they have any deadline on on those grants for the seawwards. I I can do that for you. >> Okay. And then >> share with our commissioners. >> Okay. I appreciate it. And then on the
page it says submitted grants. Um if I remember correctly, I heard something like there was $900 million of money out there and we were going to try to get as much as we can and we hired a grant writer and we have a grant consultant. And so is that what we we applied for?
20.2 million. >> Correct. Those are the submitters. >> Okay. And then we have no idea if we'll get all of that any of that. Right. >> Or zero or the 20. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Okay. Yeah, I I I'm optimistic. So I get
I I I would think that we get some of it, >> but I can just speak on maybe half. Just guessing. >> Gotcha. Victor, >> I have one question. Go ahead. Um, under
the applied and awaiting award at the far right where it says notice of selection, it am I to assume that's when they are supposed to be announcing or no? Because pretty much all of them would be this summer according to what
that says, but I'm I don't know for a fact that's what that means. >> Are you building on the participation or in the list? >> In the list. >> Oh, okay. >> I'm sorry. Sorry about that. >> Here it is.
>> Go to the far right where it says notice of selection. >> Apply. Okay. >> Oh, it's not showing it there. Oh, there we go. So accord is if I understand that correct is that when they are supposed to announce or no
>> this is this is our best estimate if they don't extend it. Yes. >> So basically all of them hopefully if that's comes to fruition we should know this summer it looks like >> that that's our expectation. Yes. >> Okay great. Thank you. I just wanted clarity that that's what that >> Yeah. Some of these grant they they post
deserve extensions but we things that we cannot control. This is our expectation based on the conversations right >> we're having with them. >> Absolutely. Thank you, >> Commissioner Clark. There is uh you asked the question, you know, is this that because we're waiting for grants uh
to be starting all these projects like seaw walls and everything else. And the answer is yes. But it didn't happen yesterday. When if you remember our budget uh last year, we went from 2021 through 2025
and had 37 projects that were on our books in our budget that we were waiting for grant money. That uh that's not going to work for us. It's it's it's not working very well for us as it is. We need to start uh getting projects
prioritized and moving forward. Well, >> that was my whole point. I mean, how long do you wait for these grants? At some point, you have to, you know, get going, right? >> 2021. >> Yeah. I mean, >> so how many? Five years. Yeah. >> It could be the seaw walls have fallen down by the time we get the grants. I mean, right. Or any other project. I
mean, yeah. >> That's why those 37 projects were, if I remember right, $17 million involved. And that's why we have a pretty healthy balance sheet, but we don't have all of the work that needs to be done. And a lot of it is infrastructure. A lot of it is seaw
walls and uh everything else that's in the infrastructure. >> No, I'm in agreement. You can't wait forever for this stuff. I mean, otherwise, you're just you know, you don't even know if you're going to get them in the first place, right, Mr. Mayor? >> Yes. If I may, in very broad terms, um,
in in talking with the assistant city manager for Panelis County that the grant coordinator for the county works for him, um, I was basically told, don't expect anything earlier than one year of your submittal. And if you remember, I
think in Victor's previous grant update, four of the five resiliency grants, which are the ones that were submitted uh July 14th, 2025, I'm guessing. Yeah. Um so we're we're getting close to a
year and um four of those five were rated tier one. That's the highest rating. and there's been back and forth and you have to go into our grants manager goes into a portal and ask for updates and gives more information and
then she goes to public works and gets more information. So, it's it it's happening. It's somewhat dynamic, but um you know what you you can all think about it that at the 12 18 month mark if
we don't have them. If you want to start on a project, then that might be a better time to make that decision. But we're we're nine months into that. You know, immediately we got back we're tier one on four of those five. But everything
else is like pulling hen's teeth. And if using the the grant request for example for the seaw walls that that uh was to replace that grant request to re was to replace all of the city seaw walls. If we have a critical need if if for
example 108th Avenue I know we're talking about not not waiting for the grant uh uh response to to come through for that. If we have a critical need some something's falling apart or that we need to do it. if we focused the that critical need on 108th Avenue or 115th
Avenue, uh that would not necessarily mess the whole grant up because that's something that's about ready to collapse or something and we need to to take immediate action to to mitigate. So, uh I don't think you know when you talk about a a much pump station, that's a
different story. Once you break ground on that, you're not going to get any more. You're out of consideration for the grant uh request as I understand it. So, so in the areas that we do have an immediate critical need, we should not wait for grants. We need to fix whatever
we need to fix. But, but uh I think we're getting closer to hearing back from the state and from FEMA on this hazard mitigation stuff. And uh it's a lot of money and and it would uh I think it would be wise for some of those
projects to wait uh to hear uh the final response from the state. Anything else? If not, uh thank you very much, Victor. >> Let's move on to our third and final um code enforcement deficiencies. And this
was placed on here by Commissioner Sison. >> Thank you. Uh sorry I did not provide backup information. Uh however these items have been brought up in my past commissioner uh comments. I think they need to be discussed among us and we need to give direction to Charles. Uh so
the first two issues are kind of the same. Uh so once I finish then we could discuss those two. The first issue is permitting fees. Uh they're not matching actual construction values. We have projects with declared uh permit values
about 750,000 that clearly appear to exceed $2 million in actual construction costs. Um and this is not a a minor discrepancy. It directly affects permitting fees, city revenue, fairness, and public trust. These appear to be
extreme under evvaluation from what I'm seeing, and it's happened throughout the island. So, I asked for an update from Charles. Uh uh do you have any updates for us on this uh topic that's costing us hundreds of thousands of dollars? >> Um Miss Edwards is with us and she
responded uh to your email a little earlier today shortly after you sent this one. Um and if it's pleases the mayor and the commission, I'd like her to just kind of run down the list. >> Marielen Edwards. Um, I just got this
list at 3:00, so I don't have all of the information for this. There are some of these that I can probably work to address, but um, we don't have all of these. You had sent a separate email >> more questions. >> Y >> um, so that was the one I responded to today, but I I don't have all of the
answers to all of these questions today. >> So, the first one I have spoken to the mayor about as well. Um Charlie, with your direction, we can figure out how you want to work through reviewing some of those permit costs.
>> And uh to continue on that, the second issue is pertaining to TI uh club dock demolition and replacement project including electric and water service. Uh this permitting fee is $450. The project value is listed around $28,000.
Realistically, the actual cost appears to be several hundred thousands of dollars. I replaced my own dock in 2018 and it was significantly more than 28,000. So again, understand it understated values. Uh so with the
commission's direction, hopefully we could tell Charles, you know, to review some of these permit to make it look like it's realistic. >> Can I just speak on that one quick though? Just from what my understanding, I will look more into this as well, but my understanding is that was only portions of the dock and they are
floating docks. So the construction cost might be different than putting in a stationary dock. So we will look into it further, but I looked into it briefly. That's this afternoon. >> Thank you. >> And then the third issue is the condition of the temporary fence along the north side causeway on Paradise Lane
and the continued illegal parking in the grassy median. This is the plan and what is the plan and timeline for replacing the fence or otherwise preventing vehicles from parking on the median on both sides of Treasure Lane and Paradise Lane. and I'd like to know for how many parking citations have been issued for
illegal parking in that median area. Um, so if the chief could relay that information to Charles and send an email out to me, that'd be great and the rest of the commission. Uh, the fourth issue uh is the status of all open permits and deficiencies on unresolved items related
to 32 Paradise Lane. I'd like to know an update on where it stands, what's remains outstanding, and what enforcement or compliance actions are currently underway. So, uh, and then, uh, the fifth issue is a short-term rental enforcement deficiencies.
Approximately one or two months ago, the city settled litigation related to short-term rentals, which now allows the city to actively pursue enforcement without further complications. Uh, it has come to my attention that numerous short-term rentals continue to
be advertised on platforms such as VBO and Airbnb throughout Treasure Island, particularly in Sunset Beach within District 4. Um, I would like an update on what enforcement actions have been taken since settle uh since the settlement uh including results of these enforcement
efforts. I'd like to also ensure that all short-term rentals are properly licensed with both city and the tourist development tax and that compliance is actively being monitored. Additionally, I would like confirmation that none of these short-term rental properties are improperly designated as homestead
properties on the tax rules. Um, I remember this uh the commission discussing uh uh regarding software to monitor and track these short-term rentals. Has that software been purchased, implemented, or budgeted for? If not, what's the current status and
projected cost of that software? >> I can answer that one. That was removed by the commission last year during the budget cycle. So, we have not purchased that software. >> How much was it >> at that time? It was 80,000 I think was what they were asking for, but that was for the my understanding, and I'd have to go back and look at that, but my
understanding was that was for the full registration um software. So I don't think that that was the uh direction we would probably go now. We could get a much cheaper software that essentially monitors the compliance for the RM15 and the RU75
which is a cheaper version and we are actually actively getting quotes for that right now. Um we're waiting on the the second quote from from uh Granakus I think is the second one we're looking for. >> Would you we need commission direction on that now or is that something that'll
be given to us later? if the commission wants to give direction to um get some upgraded software to help with that. Uh we'd be happy to. Um and um we will do a uh a budget
amendment in the third quarter just as we did with the master plan and everything else that wasn't in this year's budget and we'll bring that back for the approval of the >> Yeah, I really think a lot of this is uh items that we need to gather and bring to the budget meetings in August. And
for all the folks out here, you know, whether you're on television watching it, uh, or are in the audience, you know, that that's where really, uh, 90% of everything, you know, breaks off of when we do the budget. If it's in the budget, it's a good chance that it's
going to get done. If it's not in the budget, there's a good chance it's not going to get done. So, I would uh, invite everybody to come through when we do our budget meetings in August and uh, and share and ask questions. Thank you.
>> Can I make a comment? I sure I also How do we know that software is going to fix it? You know, I think we may need more. We may need a whole plan around what we do with this. So, I mean, I just saw this, you know, just now. So, I mean, I'm not sure if just spending money on software right now today is going to fix
the problem. >> Yeah, we we I I agree with that. We uh we pulled that $80,000 out because there's so much we can be doing uh without that kind of software. I mean, you just have to Google short-term rentals and Sunset Beach and you'll get a print out of all the ones that are
advertising on that. So, uh, we don't need an expensive software to do that. Uh, but as far as enforcement, since the out of court settlement that we have, I understand that on May 29th, we have two uh short-term rental cases coming before
the special magistrate. Uh, is that confirmed? >> Okay. So, so there is enforcement activity going on and two of the two of the more chronic uh com uh uh vi violators are will be at that at that
May 29th uh meeting. >> Thank you. Uh the sixth issue is the ongoing standing water and pooling conditions on vacant lots throughout the city following the rains like we had yesterday. Within just a few days, we'll be dealing with a significant mosquito issue similar to what residents
experienced after the experienced after the hurricanes. At some point, it will be a major quality of life issue where residents cannot enjoy their backyards or even walk through their neighborhoods. I understand the city's working on a seed and sawing ordinance. Uh but what immediate actions are being
taken in the meantime to address standing water and mosquito breeding concerns on vacant lots? The attorney has uh drafted an amendment to the seating and siding ordinance. That is >> that's coming up tonight in the 2026-14
amended section 18-37 vacant lots to incorporate stabilization methods which is the seed and sod and mosquito. >> Thank you. And lastly, at the intersection of Paradise Lane and Treasure Lane, uh, Treasure Island Causeway during yesterday's rain event,
there was substantial flooding and pooling near the traffic light intersection. At one point, it was difficult to distinguish where the roadway ended and where the grassy median began. This is another example why the West Causeway drainage improvements are critically important.
Without proper drainage infrastructure, we're going to continue seeing roadway deterioration, standing water within the medians, increased flooding along the causeway, and mosquito problems that follow. This is not simply about refreshing landscaping. It's about drainage, infrastructure, road, roadway
preservation, public safety, and improving the overall quality of Treasure Island. That's all I have. Thank you. >> All right, Mr. while I'm sitting here um can you can you just give me like five minutes? >> Sure. Absolutely.
>> So, while I understand Commissioner Sison's um questions and we will certainly look into them and try to to handle those as best as we can. Since I'm here, I actually want to just um I think it'd be remiss not to point out the work that the code enforcement team has done since the storms. Um there have
been 819 code release code cases open since the storms. of those 819 60 60 648 have been resolved through voluntary compliance. Um that's 79% and that's always the goal is to get voluntary compliance. Um I will admit it's been a
challenge. There's a lot of code cases and a very limited staff. Um we had one staff member who's been out for a while on a medical emergency. So um I just I just want you guys to kind of understand that. And then the ordinance that you passed for the lawn uh the lawn
ordinance they've opened 141 cases related to that. They've closed 130. Um 125 of those were resolved voluntarily by the residents through the cooperation with the staff. Um there's a total abatement cost of about $3,95
associated with that that you know those will be leans put on the properties. Um so the like you said there's two two tourist dwellings coming before the the code board. We have special magistrates scheduled. Code board is really picking up. Our code is picking up. Um we've
made some improvements in the code process that's coming before you tonight in the third ordinance. Um but while I know that there's a lot of struggles with code enforcement, they've done a lot of positive work and I do think that needs to be recognized. And um if you guys have any other issues, we certainly
encourage you to put code complaints in. Um any resident is welcome to. Uh the staff is very receptive to those and responsive and uh anything that we can do to help, we're that we're certainly here for that. >> Thank you for the email. >> Yeah. Can I make a comment real quick? I
I've had two residents, I think in the last two weeks, email me. One was a house that is literally walls are exposed, open, you know, insulation's hanging there. Um and then another one, I think, was just one that was not being
properly cared for whatsoever. and you know I said I'll look into it. Charlie got right back to me and we had multiple code things we've done fines. So I mean things are getting done and um I think that's positive because some of these places are really in bad shape and I
think hopefully the things that are coming up on the agenda tonight will help us um with those to cuz cuz some of these just hurricane comes with half a house there. I mean stuff's going to blow all over the place and be terrible. So, but my point is in both those cases, you know, we had find these people tons
of money. We had we had moved stuff. We had we had done a lot. So, that's really good. I just want to commend commend you guys for that. >> You've worked hard and I know that uh we're going to get things done. I've seen it uh in my neighborhood as well. >> I appreciate it. Thank you.
>> All right, that uh is the end of our discussions. Uh I do have one public comment. Uh Mark, are you >> Yes. >> Okay. So, we're opening up public comment. >> Sure. Mark Hoey, District 3. I want to
kind of tag on to the code deficiency piece, although I I was thinking we might hear that we've talked about the public um controlled issues, the roadways, stuff like that. We've talked about the residential uh code compliance issues, but but we
haven't talked about commercial. And I made a comment at the last meeting. I'm going to reiterate that because it's getting worse about the uh the uh commercial spaces, particularly uh the two that stick out most is the Thunderbird and the former Tahesian that
are going to ruin right before our eyes. Um and we've been given lip service in my opinion about well, we just can't afford to take it down. Whatever, whatever. We're going to rebuild whatever. I mean, we've heard that. You probably heard it from residents as well. Uh but in this case, this is right
on our boardwalk. And what's happening, if you go, I mentioned the uh graffiti, it's increased just in the last two weeks. And now the front doors on the ground floor units are wide open. You can see right through them. Uh the fences that are around that property are
ineffective. It's not secure. the shielding or the uh the uh blinds that were put over it to prevent us from having to look at that are all but down. The blue sheeting is down. And I'm really concerned. I didn't go up. I didn't want to trespass, but to go see
whether that pool is secure, that pool of somebody talk about liability is somebody's tourist kids go run over there and then fall into that infested pool and drown. So I I I know that's a challenge, but you can't do everything
all at once. Uh hard to understand, but there's some that should get more priority, especially by its location and by its risk. And it's just a it's kind of a disingenuous comment we get from Thunderbird ownership that's trying to
woo us into thinking they're going to build bigger better and love the community and all that and yet leave this eyesore in front of us for 18 months. It doesn't doesn't jive well to get to me community support for their cause. But thanks for the com. Thank
you, Mark. Scott McKenna. >> Hi, Scott McKenna. Alak Capri, 126 Dav. Um, with the Derelch properties, uh, as you guys were talking about that, I remembered what they were doing in
Detroit back in 2008 financial crisis. You had so many abandoned houses that people just didn't want to put the money back into. They didn't have, they couldn't sell it. they were just sitting on it and they became danger as Mark said. Then uh one of the things that
they had done is they had gone in they took it uh they warned the person numerous times they gave them ample opportunity there was no response don't have the money blah blah blah. So you can't just leave it there. So what was done they went in and they cleared the
lot. Then they put the cost of clearing that lot on the lean on the property so the next owner would take it. If not, it became green green property owned by the city. And that's what happened in Detroit. So that it's it you don't want to go taking people's property, but at
the same time, you can't leave derelch properties where they sit. Um, so that's just food for thought. >> Thank you, Scott. >> Mayor want just to point out that that that exact idea is coming up tonight. It's in ordinance 202612 the unsafe structures removing the derelic ones and
putting a lean and then the 20 2614 abatement of nuisances which is abating nuisances without demolishing the home but that'll be explained as we go through the new ordinances tonight that will implement that. >> Great. Do we have anything else?
All right, we are adjourned. Got X. Good evening and welcome to the regular commission meeting for May 19th, 2026. I'd like to call this meeting to order. City clerk, if you'd please call the role. Vice Mayor Vazquez
>> here. Commissioner Clark >> here. >> Commissioner Sison >> here. >> Commissioner Dicki >> here. >> Mayor Doctor >> here. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Do we have uh approval of regular workshop meeting uh meeting agendas? >> No changes. Everyone good?
All right. Thank you. Now moving on. Uh we do not have any proclamations, recognitions, certificates of appreciation. So, let's move on to public comment and our first Mark Hoey. >> Thank you,
Candace Quail. >> Hello. I live at uh 11385th Avenue on Treasure Island and I'm here to speak about a piece of property on our street. Actually, there's two pieces of property. One at 116 and I believe the other one's at the end of the street at
126. Um 116 is directly across from my house. Um it's has been well hasn't been condemned, but it is structurally not sound. The property is full of rats. Um
the rats usually in the past while have come out at dusk. They're now coming out in the daytime, running across the roof, running up the trees. The house needs to come down. The house needs to be condemned. I can't I have a breathing disability and there's days I can't go outside
because of the smell. There is many numerous properties on the island that have people have tore their house down because it was not salvageable. This house still is intact from the day the flood came. The fridge has never been opened. The nothing has been removed.
The mold is growing thick in there. The stench is disgusting. I've invited board members to come and sit on my deck and they can on a day that the wind is blowing. You can't be outside. We all live in Florida for a reason. Some of
our reasons that we're retired and we like to go outside and do our yard work and enjoy the sunshine. There is you can't do that on our street. The house at the end of the street is also full of rats, but those people took the drywall out. They took the furniture out. But
116, it's still still all there. There's pillows hanging out the window. It's It's disgusting. It needs to be condemned. It needs to be torn down. But when it's torn down, our biggest concern is residents on the street. Those rats
are going to scurry everywhere. We don't want them on our property. We don't want them under our house. We don't want them in our attic. So, the house obviously is going to have to be covered somehow and some kind of a bomb going inside there to kill these rats. There's not 10. I'm
talking hundreds of rats in there. They're breeding like crazy. There's possums in there. There's squirrels. It's It's disgusting. And as a resident, I don't feel that I should have to live with something like that. I've been
fighting, not fighting. I've been concerned for eight years. Two years ago when we had the flood, they did nothing. The city did nothing. She was fined apparently $300 a day since September of 19 of last year,
which roughly puts it a $72,000 fine holding against that house. The woman has no money. It's now up for sale, which is a good sign. But how long do we have to wait for it to sell? Could
be years. Just like all the rest of the empty pieces of property on the island, they're not selling. So, this house will sit there as intact as it is for the next two years or until it's sold and we just all get sicker breathing in what we're breathing.
I hope I truly hope that the city will take into this consideration that it's time now to tear the house down. It's for sale. Who's going to buy it? I have no idea. But I'm asking the city to recommend
that the house be condemned and because it's structurally 100% damaged. It cannot be rebuilt. It's listed at 349. Um, and it says right on the listing that this is an uninhabitable home, so the city needs to hopefully step in and
do something. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Monnique Ferman. >> Good evening. Thank you for letting me speak. I um live next door to this property. I'm at 1285th. I've been there
over um 20 years and this woman from the start has been a problem. So the rats obviously are the biggest problem at hand now. But my issue is this has been a problem for so long and the city, you know, again enforce they
tell her to do this, tell her to do that. She's done zero and the rest of us, all of us, I'm sure somebody else in here has been affected has not been able to do zero. and be able to just not do
anything. It's unimaginable to me. So, I'm sorry I get emotional, but I live next to this bull crap every day. Like Candace said, rats. You talk about rats, we're talking thousands every night. So, I'm sorry. I need to stop. But anyway,
my suggestion, like Candace said, is tear that thing down. It's needed to be down before way before this hurricane. I'm telling you, this hurricane in my opinion has been a blessing because guess what? The witch is gone. So
anyway, >> thank you, Monique. >> All right. And that um >> Scott McKenna. >> Thank you. >> Got McKenna out of Capri. I wasn't going to uh have a public comment, but that
that one was big. um before any action can be taken on that property, one of the comments that was made there was that if you tear it down, the rats are going elsewhere. So, out of a health hazard to the community, the city should
probably immediately hire some type of an exterminator to go in there. You can't just poison them, let them die. You have to trap them. You got to get them off the property because if there's that many then the then the carcasses that are of the poisoned rats, they'll go off and die and the whole neighborhood will be infested with dead
rat bodies. So somehow there has to be some trapping done to get rid of that problem. That sounds to me like it's a major health issue. >> Thousands of rats. >> Exactly. So if there's thousands of rats, you can't let them be poisoned because they'll just crawl off and die.
So somehow that sounds like it's a major health issue. That that sounds like it has to be addressed immediately. if you guys can find it. Can't be that much in the budget, but see if you can do something for the ladies, please. >> Thank you, Scott. Okay, I'm going to now close public
comments and move on to approval of the minutes. >> I move to approve the minutes as presented. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? >> Hearing none, please call roll.
>> Vice Mayor Vazquez, >> I. Commissioner Sison. >> I. >> Commissioner Clark. >> I. >> Commissioner Dicki. >> I. >> Mayor Doctor. >> I. >> Moving on to our consent agenda. >> I move to approve the consent agenda as
presented. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. >> Any discussion here? Please call a roll. When we do a consent agenda, do we uh
I'm asking >> Well, they should put the public comment card in for general public comment at the beginning if they want to talk about a consent agenda item. >> I think you tried to fill it out while the people were talking. So, I don't know where the card is. Did it make it up to you?
>> Yeah. Well, there are three cards for G1. Well, you can take it now. You have to allow public comment at some point before we vote. So, just take it now. >> Okay. All right. Uh, let's Mark Hoey.
>> Thank you, Mark Hoey, District 3. And thanks for the clarification, Ralph. We'll know that for the next time. Didn't realize they were bundled. >> Consent agenda you want to talk about, put a card in and talk about it in public comment. >> Got it. Okay. Okay. So, I'd just ask you to take a look at uh got no qualms with
us having a homeless street intervention person or whatever that title is. Uh I know we've been splitting that with Gulfport. Um and I guess somewhere along the line there's some data behind the positive
impact it's had on the homelessness contingency here at Treasure. I I don't know. But a couple things. one is I would hope I understand the resource the person who had been doing this for several years has now moved on. So, the
third party that's going to provide that resource is going to end up bringing somebody else hopefully for consideration. And I would hope city manager uh police and fire chiefs would have an opportunity to interview that person because they're going to be most
directly affected uh by that because obviously the police and fire are the ones always get called out when there's something crazy happening with a homeless person. So, I would just ask that that's part of the agreement with them is that the city team has an
opportunity to interview any new candidate if if the job turned over. Thankfully, it hasn't. And then the other thing that I didn't notice, I noticed that the the Lyft team does get monthly updates from this third party
about whatever actions that person does. Does the city receive that same update? Is it shared with again police, fire, city manager uh or is it only on request? So I would think those things for accountability should be baked into
this agreement with the third party. Thank you. >> Thank you Mark. Sarah Pennington. >> Good evening Sarah Pennington. Um thank you for those great comments, Mark. I just learned about this maybe five minutes ago and I wish I would have um
looked at it earlier and researched because in in my opinion $53,000 a year salary for someone for the homeless um people in Treasure Island seems excessive to me. I'm looking at the
primary objectives of this agreement and the first thing is to relieve stress of the poor, distressed and underprivileged. That's the number one um objective of this. And I'm wondering like how many homeless people we have in
Treasure Island for us to spend $53,000 a year to relieve the uh stress of those people. Uh there are various nonprofit organizations out there. We do have our really great fire and police department that we pay for. And so I'm just
wondering if we could maybe consider finding an alternative. Um once you start paying a salary for a service like this, it's really hard to take it away. I know we've already been paying um like Mr. Hoey said to split with Gulfport and I think this is a perfect time to
reconsider if we even need this service. Thank you. >> Thank you Sarah. And that is the end of the public comment. Um, now we have a motion and a second. Any discussion?
>> I just want to, um, if I may just comment on that. Um, and we used to have a pretty serious homeless problem here in Treasure Island. They, we had, um, one that unfortunately got into a fight
and one deceased. We have had many and I've been at neighbors houses that live across from middle grounds and there would be things going on behind the public works fence that shouldn't be going on. We had them sitting in front of Walgreens begging for food, annoying
our tourists. So, um my I just wanted to state that Lyft has done an amazing job and working with them. And if you look around and you walk down the boardwalk, you don't see them any longer. And they
have just done an amazing job. And um you know, our police absolutely did everything they could, but until came along, their their hands were tied as well um on a lot of resources. So, I just want to say that though I get the
money um spent obviously we have to be very cautious of of where our money goes, but I believe that that is money very well spent because it is not an issue that we the residents or tourists or the police or fire have to deal with
really anymore. So, that's all I wanted to say. And as as I recall, we had a police officer permanently injured from a situation with uh the homeless back some ways. But uh I definitely uh think that this is money well spent. Um and
Lyft is looking for donations if anyone's interested as well. >> I I did the 53,000 did jump out at me when I saw the agenda and I did uh look into it. Uh, and I'd spoke with the chief of police and the and the fire
chief uh as as well as uh uh as well as the lift people and uh and they all feel this this position uh is needed. It is $10,000 a year more than it was in the past, but uh I I
fully support this as well. Yeah, if you've been a resident uh for any amount of time uh here in Treasure Island, you would have seen the homeless that sat out in front of Walgreens, garbage cans, you know, going uh just
flooding everything um cigarette butts by the hundreds uh each day. Um, and that's one of our largest and most traveled pedestrian routes is that coming from the Bill and uh over to
Ricky Te's and and uh so I too I I I think that it's uh been a major change to not have folks, you know, just laying on the ground, laying on the benches and and and doing whatever they're going to do. So I I I support it as well.
>> And I see the chair of the lift board sitting back there. So, thank you Leslie for everything you do and uh we appreciate it. Oh, she's >> sure for it. >> Thank you. Um I did just want to tell um
you guys that um with the new contract, we are actually expanding our scope of practice. So, we are actually helping at risk um community members with mental health challenges, with social challenges. So, we are moving beyond just the scope of homelessness um
because we do have current residents and I'm pretty sure I know who you were talking about um with the demolished home that we have been helping now since that hurricane and that we are hopefully moving forward with her to get that resolved. Um so, we are expanding our scope of practice so that money is going
toward more residents can benefit from that. Um, and you can definitely reach out info lift ti if you have a resident that needs help in any way that is at risk in any form. And then as for the contract with um, directions for living, it's going to be the same person that
Elijah who actually helped um, with the homeless population. So, it is going to be consistent. He knows our area. He knows our people and he is going to expand on his scope. Um and then if he can't handle that because his main priority is homelessness um he is going
to look at April Lot who's the CEO who is going to find someone to help direct that um challenge. So um we are expanding scope. It is going to be the same person and um as the chair this this year my goal is to be able to raise
enough money to be able to come back and not have to ask the city for money. So, um, we are now that we're getting going after the hurricane, that is our goal as the board and, um, we were unanimously voted for directions for living. So, this is something that the board totally supports 100%.
>> Thank you. >> Thank you very much. All right. Any additional questions from the commission? All right. Roll call, please. >> Vice Mayor Vasquez. >> I. Commissioner Sison. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Clark. >> I.
>> Commissioner Dicki. >> Hi. >> Mayor Doctor. I >> thank you. >> All right. Do one thing here. >> Okay. Moving on to our items of business. The
first one, second and final reading of ordinance 20 uh 26-11. This is an ordinance of the city of Treasure Island, Florida, amending the fiscal year 2026 general fund budgets to recognize additional expenses of
$198,000 for the expense of completing a commercial redevelopment master plan providing for severability conflict and an effective date. >> I move to approve ordinance number 2026-11
at the second and final public hearing. Second. >> We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? I do not have any public comment in front of me. Okay. So, we're going to close public comment. And roll call, please.
>> Vice Mayor Bazquez. >> I. Commissioner Clark. >> I. >> Commissioner Sison. >> No. >> Commissioner Dicki. >> I. >> Mayor Doctor. >> I. >> All right. Moving on. First reading of public hearing
ordinance 2026-12. >> This ordinance is one of three uh code enforcement type ordinances. This first ordinance addresses the demolition or repair of unsafe structures which some of you have talked about today. This is
ordinance number 2026-12. It's got a long title. As I read the title, you'll kind of get the idea of the types of things that are addressed in the ordinance. An ordinance of the city of Treasure Island, Florida, relating to public health, safety in the
general welfare of the city of Treasure Island, Florida. amending the code of ordinances of the city of Treasure Island, Florida by amending chapter 8, building regulations and fire code by establishing article five dangerous or unsafe
structures which includes division one generally section 8-91 definitions. Section 8-92 certain structures declared to be a nuisance cost to be assessed as a lean. Section 8-93,
periodic inspection of condemnation, buildings, and a hearing. Notice section of 8-94, appearance of interested parties before city commission. Section 8-95,
alternative procedure for abading nuisance. Section 8-96, implementing administrative actions. Division two, emergency procedures. Section 8-97, purpose. Section 8-98,
authority to condemn hazardous structure and emergency conditions. Reporting referral to a special magistrate and notice section 8-99, an emergency hearing procedure. The contents of the order, notice to parties of interest.
Section 8-100, manner of abatement. Division 3 non-emergency procedure section 8-101 purpose section 8-102 determination of unfit or unfaced un
unfit or unsafe structures notice to parties of interest section 8-103 hearing procedures contents of order notice to parties and interest section 8-104 extension of time to comply section 8105
manner of abatement action by city on failure to comply. Division four, assessment of costs, imposition of a lean on property. Section 8-106, a hearing on costs, notice of hearing. Section 8-107,
hearing procedures and position of lean. Section 8-108, satisfaction of assessment, providing for severability, conflict, codification, and an effective date. Um, the votes firm has a specialist in
code enforcement, nuisance abatement, and demolition of unsafe structures, attorney Nancy Stupridge, who's been working uh with You don't need a mic, but you can stand up. And she's here to do a brief presentation or answer any questions. >> There is a mic and it's on. >> It's an invisible mic. You all I have to
do is talk. >> Thank you, Ralph. Um, yes, my name is Nancy Stupich and I am one of the attorneys at the Vos Law Firm. Um, I got to meet you when we first came on board. Um, but I generally hang out with your code enforcement department and your
planning department, your community services. So, you don't really see a lot of me, but I will tell you that they have been doing a lot of work and we are working on the uh the concerns that you heard tonight. I wanted just to take a moment to give you kind of a brief
overview of why you have three different ordinances in front of you and what we're doing. I don't want to sound too simplistic, but for code enforcement, there are various tools in the tool box, which we all hear about. You had tools in your tool box, and what we're trying
to do tonight is to really sharpen those to sharpen those where we can get over some of the challenges that your department has faced. Um and the very first one that you have is a tool that is designed to address certain types of
uh code violations situations. Uh specifically dilapidated buildings, unsanitary buildings, unsafe buildings, and uninhabitable buildings. Now, clearly the testimony you heard tonight from your residents falls into that
category. you did not really have an ordinance in place that would allow you to address those situations in a more expedit expeditious manner. Um that particular ordinance is really going to be driven through your building official
who will go and um do an inspection and look at the property and make a determination that it is unsafe. What your ordinance does tonight is allows gives him the authority to go and actually take action and abate it,
including demolition. So, this part of the ordinance has been referred to as the condemnation ordinance. You might have heard it referred that way. It actually was started uh back when your former attorney Jen was here. just never quite made it through the process
because of the fact that we've had so many other challenges and and emergencies arise. But this is first reading tonight and you know Ralph read the title. It's very long because when you are doing code enforcement you are affecting people's private property
rights. So they are entitled to due process which is notice a hearing the opportunity to fix the the procedure. So all that all that wording that Ralph read is really designed to make sure that we are respectful of private
property rights that we don't end up in litigation for it um and and moving forward. So that that's really the biggest thing uh regarding the first ordinance. The second ordinance that you have addresses your current code enforcement
process that you have. And just I want to speak uh very briefly about it because um your code enforcement board very dedicated individuals very concerned about doing the right thing. Where are cases? Where are cases? Well,
if you look at their agenda for tomorrow, you'll see that they have a quite robust agenda of code violations. The I worked closely with your chair and he wanted to put together some procedural rules. As we were going
through procedural rules, we looked at your existing code and we found some places where it could be fine-tuned. So that's the second ordinance that you have. One of the differences between your code enforcement ordinance and the
first ordinance that I spoke about and then the last one, which I think you guys call the lot clearing or the lot mowing ordinance, is who pays for it. So, we kind of got them split a little bit, but under the uh demolition and the
condemnation, you put the money up first, but then the property owner will reimburse you through a lean, but you're the one that's paying that money. It's coming out of the the city's pocket. Code enforcement is a little bit
different because in code enforcement the burden is on the property owner owner to go in and fix the situation or try to abate the situation and then uh they get fined and through the fine that is supposed to be the motivation for
them to go forward and um you know remedy the the violation. The same is true with your the last ordinance that we're going to talk about tonight on the the lot clearing or lot mowing. Um you are expending some money and staff time.
I think Mielen mentioned you're you've incurred like $3,000, but we can recover that and we will. Um but but again, it's money that you're paying to make your community uh more attractive. um under your first ordinance that we're looking
at, you're making your community more safe and trying to address the very serious um dilapidated, unsafe buildings. If you look closely at some of the procedures in the in the actual ordinance itself, there's a process for
things that have to be done immediately. And then there's a process for buildings that are dilapidated but maybe don't present as much of a um unsafe or uh catastrophic type situation. So that is your first ordinance. We're on first
reading. Hopefully I'm here for any questions that you have that might be detail orientated. Um, and we'll come back at second reading if there's anyone in the audience or uh through the code board tomorrow. We'll be going over these things again. Um, and those are my
my general comments. >> The only other thing I wanted to add is that Nancy sits with every code enforcement board hearing and she sits at all the special magistrate hearings. And so if you're a citizen and you see Nancy, you could talk to her at any time. Just go up and talk to her and
offer to be a witness if you want. And um for the council, Nancy um has been working very hard on this and I just wanted to point that out that she's an expert in code enforcement and has brought to my knowledge already just personally working with her four cities
around and turned around their code enforcement and made them top-notch. >> Yes. Um, and I don't know how appropriate it is uh right now, but going back to this home on uh 11685th
Avenue, >> um, we already have accumulated like $70,000 in fines. Um, can we take that $70,000 and get rid of the rats? Where does that money go? Does it go to our general fund? Does it go to
>> We got to collect it first. >> Okay. Okay. >> Unfortunately, that is that is that second um >> the second tool code enforcement where we have put the burden of repair on the property owner with a fine to motivate
her to take care of it. That hasn't happened. So now we're going to go with our other ordinance that you're having for first reading today. And this would give the city the opportunity if to to spend some money and start addressing
the situation. The cloud or the rainbow or whatever is the fact that she's got the property up for sale. So that was very um very good news to hear because that means that hopefully in the near future there would
be a turnover and obviously the buildings the house is going to come down. um you know and I'll work with Charlie um and see if if the city wants to take steps to go ahead and perhaps u expedite that situation but you do have
to have your ordinance in place first. Today is your first reading and your next reading is I don't know the exact date >> Murray the second reading of this will be which >> would be July 7
>> July 7. So that would give us the legal authority to go ahead and and take that action, but it will cost you a little bit money of money. However, u we'll also be coming back to you and talk about how can you collect that money. Um because under Florida law, there's
several ways. One way is through a foreclosure procedure, which you may have heard about. Um that can be kind of timely and uh cause delays in you getting your money back. There is another procedure in place that you have to go through a whole bunch of hoops to
enact it which we can do which is the non-advelorum um assessment which would put the expenditure that you incurred on the tax bill. So when the tax bill came out, that property owner would also be build for that whole separate process that
we'll come back to you later um and see if you want to avail yourself of that. But we are putting that option in your ordinance because that would allow for you to recover any monies that you spend much quicker. >> And then the other thing too, when there
is a code enforcement fine or penalty, it becomes a lean on the property. And although we can't foreclose on a homestead property, if the property sells, sometimes the lean can be paid as part of the real estate closing, >> right? >> That's when we recover our property.
>> That's the second tool that we'll be talking about tonight. And sharpening that with some comments from your your chair of your code enforcement board. I really want to recognize him for the time that he spent with me um putting forth suggestions
>> and also it sometimes the demolition of an unsafe structure like that makes the property want it's safe for the neighborhood but it also makes it more marketable. So property that won't sell because no one wants to take on the burden or the liability of an unsafe structure um can start with a clean
slate on on a vacant lot. And and as we know the lots here in Treasure Island are still very valuable even without a structure on them. Most of the value or the lot a good deal of the values in the land and not the structure >> which which option >> all your cases are going to be evaluated
on a case-byase basis. Whatever violation you have and your code team and and Mary Ellen, they're going to look at it and they're going to say what is the best process for us to go through? what is going to be the expense to the city and how timely and quickly can we do that? We haven't been able to
do that in the past. We've we've struggled through and they've done quite a bit. Um I think the numbers that Mary Ellen mentioned to you earlier really are very very impressive. If you look at tomorrow's agenda that's online, you'll see a bunch of cases, but under each
case there's a document and I work with them because those documents have got to be correct. And if they're not, we're wasting our time because we'll, you know, we'll end up not being able to get a lean, a valid lean that we can then
collect and enforce. >> Okay. >> Well, I can talk all night, so I'm going to be quiet. >> I do I do have an a question. And I did see the facial expression of the residents and when uh the city uh clerk mentioned that this would be the second
reading wouldn't be until early July on this. Uh and so I I saw that is can we go ahead and move forward with the plan on how we're going to deal with the rats and the be during that period of time in terms of uh you know the suggest
somebody suggested that we deal with the rats before we before we tear uh >> before we actually yes so could we >> yeah I will pass it with code and we'll talk about it we'll try to figure out a way if we can just go in and abate it
>> um you know, that kind of um commissioner, that brings us to that very last uh ordinance. We call it, you know, the law mowing one, but there's more to it than that. It that might be the right tool to go in there and deal
with the rats. Um the first ordinance in your packet is the really severe severe cases that the city feels um justifies using public funds to go in and fix it. the lot mowing, there's
still problems. I mean, having high grass, mosquitoes, but it's not like having a building like you've heard described today. So, you've got different tools for different types of code violations. And then the one in the middle that Ralph has referred to, the
code enforcement, that puts the burden on the property owner. The other two ordinances really are kind of in the city's uh authority and power to to try to fix the situation. >> Okay. All right. Thank you.
>> All right. Do you have a motion, please? >> I move to approve ordinance 2026-12 and schedule a second and final public hearing. Second. >> We have a motion and a second to I'm not sure who it was.
Ardan, >> I'll take credit for it. >> Okay, >> you can take it, Ardan. >> All right. Um, any discussion? No. >> Any public comment? >> Hearing none. Uh, we're back up here. Roll call, please.
>> Vice Mayor Vazquez. >> I. >> Commissioner Dicki. >> I. >> Commissioner Clark. >> I. >> Commissioner Sison. I. >> Mayor Doctor. Hi. All right. H3, first reading of public hearing ordinance 2026-13. >> And these are the uh updates and
amendments to the code enforcement code that will improve code enforcement cases um including irreparable and irreversible definitions. So, this is an ordinance of the city of Treasure Island, Florida, updating and amending
article 3 entitled code enforcement in chapter 2 of the code of ordinances providing for a definition of irreparable and irreversible violations. providing language regarding clarifying membership qualifications, exparte disclosures, and conflicts of interest
of code enforcement board members, qualifications of a special magistrate, enforcement and hearing procedures, legal counsel to the code enforcement board, authorization for administrative fees, criteria for reduction and
elimination of fines, each party to pay for their own costs and attorneys fees, and an action to foreclose on a lean. correcting scriveners errors and ambiguous and outdated language throughout the article, providing for conflicts, providing for severability, and providing for an effective date.
>> Motion, please. >> I move to approve ordinance 2026-13 and schedule a second and final public hearing. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. Any public hearing? We'll close the public hearing. Any discussion up here?
Roll call, please. Vice Mayor Vasquez. >> I, Commissioner Sison, >> I, >> Commissioner Clark, >> I, >> Commissioner Dicki, >> I, >> Mayor Doctor, >> I, >> H4, first reading of public hearing ordinance 2026-14. >> This is the um, nuisance abatement
ordinance that covers not just tall grass, but any kind of nuisance, and this would be the abatement of that nuisance, allowing the city to abate it and recover those costs. An ordinance of the city of Treasure Island, Florida, amend amending chapter 18, environment
of the code of ordinances of the city of Treasure Island, Florida by amending section 1837 vacant lots to incorporate stabilization methods and amending 1838 abatement relating to the abatement of nuisances, clarifying the method of
collection to include any means of collection available under Florida law, including but not limited to foreclosure and collection on the tax bill as a non-advalorum special assessment lean providing for appeals to be presented to a special magistrate providing for
conflicts providing for severability providing for codification and providing for an effective date. >> Motion please. >> I move to approve ordinance 2026-14 and schedule a second and final public hearing. >> Second.
>> We have a motion as second. I do not see any public comment. So, we'll close public comment. Any discussion up here? >> Can I say one thing? I I know this is probably a little a little little too little too late for these folks, but I
think it shows you that we're trying to do something about this, especially for people in the future. So, I know it's been something that I received tons of complaints about, and I'm I'm really happy with the progress, and I thank um Nancy for working on this.
All right. Roll call, please. >> Vice Mayor Vasquez, I. Commissioner Clark, >> I. >> Commissioner Sesan, >> I. >> Commissioner Dicki, >> I. >> Mayor Doctor, >> I. >> Our next item of business, H5, review of city manager contract. Um and I am
recommending that uh we take no action as the commission which effectively allows for rolling over one more year. Any discussion? I I would uh I was going to make a motion that we uh authorize
the mayor to negotiate a a two-year employment agreement with the city manager un under substantially the same terms and conditions as the current contract. So instead of just having an automatic renewal, let's go ahead and uh lock this
in for at least two years. >> And I was going to make a motion not to renew the city manager contract. >> So it sounds like we have have a bit of discussion. >> Um >> yeah, I mean I think the the one year uh
I kind of lean toward the two. I think it makes it hard for someone that wants to really settle here and and, you know, be a part of the community to to, you know, make that commitment if they keep, you know, coming, you know, coming up
once a year, once a year. Um, so I mean, I I would be fine with the two. Um, you know, I think it's it's going to be hard to attract anybody if you give them on a one-year contract and people are trying to fire them all the time. you know,
that doesn't make people, you know, very uh I wouldn't want to be in that situation. So, those are my thoughts. >> Well, I think that we have the contract that he has right now is called an interimm contract and uh it's just what he did. He's he serves uh you know on on
that 12 months. He's now into month 10 and uh and I think that uh this would not be a good time to get rid of a city manager. I think we all probably agree with that. We got our budget coming up and like I'm said earlier, I'm asking
you as uh as folks in August when we have our budget review, please attend those budget reviews and uh because that's going to dictate what happens in the next 12 month cycle. So, um, and that's that basically is the same as as the uh what the manager would be is in
that cycle we would be able to get it and get it through. And I do see some things that are starting to um to appear uh and and and rightly so. Everything, you know, takes time, but at 16 months,
you know, that that's a long time, 16 to 18 months. And and I think that uh what I'd like to see is um how we go the rest of this year because that's going to be important. And I think that uh I'm going to say that he's earning his uh his next
contract. >> I would tend to agree with with you on that. Um mayor, I I'm not for the two-year. Um but um you know if you feel like that you know basically having no
action is is the way to go then I would support that. Um you know I've I've had some concerns along the way that I've shared with um the city manager. But um I will uh like I said I will if that is
your suggestion I will uh follow that suggestion. >> Mayor Dr. What's your motion? Uh the motion well what my recommendation was that we take no action as the commission which effectively allows for a one-year renewal.
>> I'll support that one. I do have one question and this was just quite honestly because it was a uh I don't know if it was an oversight or if one overrides the other and this would probably be for the city attorney
um in the actual contract in the beginning on the first page and the whereas the parties acknowledge the employee is not a credentialed manager um with the MA credentials. And it says that within his first three years of
employment, he will get it. But then if you go to section 11, it says in the first year says in the initial term that he will keep in good standing and so they kind of contradict each
other because one's a one year the first year and if it just to me needs to be cleared up if if it's a mistake. Could >> Could I speak just for a second? Sure. >> Okay. So, on the MMA credentialed manager, the contract that you have before you
that I signed was basically the previous city manager's contract. And the difference between the contract you offered me and the contract you offered him is you offered a three-year initial term. So, on page 11, he had three years to get it. And I assume he had a
master's degree. The requirement for an ICMA credentialed manage manager is if they hold um a master's degree in public administration, you have to be in a qualifying position,
which this one is, for two years. If you do you have a graduate degree, but it's not in public administration, which mine is in organizational leadership, they require you three years in the qualifying position, and I'm right at 2.5.
Um, I I researched all this after we met last Tuesday and the gentleman that met with me since last Tuesday, I provided I am an MMA credentialed manager candidate. So, if I don't step in a hole
too hard over the next six months, they evaluate their credentialed managers quarterly and I'll be recommended in the first quarter of 2027. and and I do have verification from the
MMA on that. Um and this is uh the uh credenti uh credential program. So yeah, what he's saying is uh is right on the money and uh like to see that you get that. So, is that something we just need
to fix like in the next year's contract or I just again it was kind of like when I spoke to you I said it kind of contradicted each other. So, I didn't know if that was something >> I think section 11 never got changed to reflect that it was a one-year initial term. >> Okay.
>> It was from the three years that you had with the u I think it was Charles Anderson. >> Um so that was that got missed. Um but he is he has applied. His application is under review um but it cannot be approved with in this first initial year
um as a matter of their own rules but he's hopes to receive it said the first quarter of 2027 um and then he'll have that so and that'll be in this second year.
>> Okay. I'd like before we make a motion here, I'd like to to uh continue the conversation about doing a two-year contract here. Uh Commissioner Clark's uh uh comments on that matter. I think we're we're we're right on the mark. I I
think we uh have had a 10 months to work with the current uh city manager. I've been uh I I've been impressed with him. He's uh very responsive to any any uh request I've made. Uh even even if it
wasn't the right answer or the answer I was hoping for, he still always gets back to me. He always follows up if we I think we as a city commission owe him uh of the vote of confidence by by extending this for more than just one
renewal period. uh and into and to Commissioner Clark's comments to make this uh uh more attractive for him to actually I know he's renting close by, but to make him feel that we want him here, we need him here, and we
appreciate the work that he's uh doing and and will do in the future. I think having a two-year agreement would be more appropriate. It is no more difficult to get out of a two-year agreement than it is a one-year agreement. uh as per this contract, he
serves at the whim of the city commission and at any time if we were not happy with his performance, whether he's on a one-year contract or a two-year contract, makes no difference. Uh he doesn't get any more severance pay for one over the other, but it is
showing that we we uh respect the work that he's done and we hope to continue that relationship in the future. So, I just want to make that one uh last attempt to uh send that message. >> Well, I have a different experience. I
don't get my answers uh my emails uh answered in a timely manner. The email that Mary Ellen mentioned um I originally sent that April 24th. I just got a response or I guess it was forwarded to Mary Ellen today. Um, but I
don't know if we got a second for Mayor Doctor's motion, but I'm going to second that one. >> Actually, if we're going to uh take the recommendation of taking no action, uh, basically we uh we don't need to do a motion. >> Oh, great. Even better.
>> Yes. >> You know, um, I don't mind putting my hand on the hot stove once. I'd like to not have this discussion again June 2nd. The way your current board rules are, any of the five of you can throw my
contract on discussion a second time and that's always a lot of fun. Um, so I think what the mayor is saying, he wants me to go 14 months beyond tonight. We're right at the 10-month mark. My request is simple. I've got a
contract here. We can strike through the term and go from tonight at midnight to July 15, 2027 if that's the the will of the majority. Right, we're in 2026. But I'd like to walk out of here tonight
with a signed contract. I've extracted out of this contract the three things that had to do with moving expenses. uh short-term uh lodging. You gave me 2500 a month for three months. You you gave
me money to move down here. Um and Mayor Doctor, when you and I negotiated the first contract, we both agreed that you guys and myself would have a 30-day um notice for each other. and somehow
that didn't make it to the contract you and I actually signed on July 15th of 2025. So I I can live with another 14 months. Um I would like to walk out of here tonight knowing that we're not having
this same discussion in two weeks. >> That makes sense to to me as a as a compromise. uh it it basically gives gives uh four of us at least what we what what what we wanted to some to some degree. So I I I
would like to make a motion then that we uh that authorize the mayor to negotiate a 14-month uh employment agreement with the city manager under substantially the same terms and conditions as the current contract.
>> I'd second that. Roll call. >> Well, let's No, let's um I get what you're doing and I don't have a a problem with it. How do we handle the existing agreement? Uh do we have to do that publicly to to
basically say that uh we're going to um have that one null and void and there will be a new one picking up the Um, this contract if you approve it would replace the prior one. >> Yes.
>> And so we we can make a reference in the new code or the new contract will have a new date, new start date, new end date and uh we we have uh city manager has drafted one we can distribute. Um it
says exactly what he said. They took out two sections and made 30-day notice to either side. Um, and he would change his date to the 14 months to July 15, 2027. So, if you if you want to do that, the motion would
be to approve uh a new contract with the city manager um from today's date through July 15, 2027. >> Okay. And it would remove the health insurance and remove the um other terms,
the moving and the benefits and 30 days uh for us to tell him uh notice for termination without cause and for 30 days for him to to let us know that he would be um terminating without cause. So we would have 30 days notice
on either side. >> Okay. Okay. So, we can make all that work and you can do your magic. >> And then if we were to um >> if he were to leave without w within with 30 days notice, he wouldn't get the
severance. But if we were to terminate with cause, um then there'd be no severance. if you could prove the criteria for with cause, but if you were terminate as matter of choice without cause, then you would have the 20we severance that's in the current contract.
>> Okay. >> So, that would remain the same. >> Is there public comments? So, basically, the motion just needs to say, just just to make sure we're clear, I move to agree to a new contract starting at um
May 19th, 2026 through July 15, 2027 with Charles Vanzant as city manager. And do I does does it need to say the 30 days and all of that in it or is that just >> I have a copy here that does what the
mayor and I can sign tonight just has a strike through on the year contract and it'll start at midnight tonight and go to July 15, 2027 with the other provisos coming out that Ralph just mentioned. >> I think the new contract needs to be in
the minutes and publicly informed by the public. They need to see all that. So, I think we should put on the agenda for the next meeting. >> You keeping them all? >> No, you >> I'm filling out these dates that were brought up just now to distribute.
And you have both options that were brought up and we should take public comment before you make a final decision. This Oh, >> does everybody have one? >> What's that? >> Does everybody have working on it? >> Oh, he's working on it.
>> Yeah. >> I'm filling in the dates. We have a card. >> So this would effectively be a renewal of the contract under a different slightly different terms. >> So is that >> which is which is on our agenda. Yeah.
>> So you could pass it tonight if you want to do >> enough. So, how would that motion >> Can we authorize this to be signed in tomorrow or in the future? >> You can authorize it to be signed tonight or tomorrow or the next meeting.
If you want to put this on an agenda for the next meeting, you could have this revised one on there or you could approve renew it tonight with under these new terms. We posted on the agenda review of the city manager contract. So, >> I I'd just prefer to do it tonight. I
mean, this just keeps coming up and I just don't like the look of it. >> It's a lot to read in a couple seconds. >> Yeah. And I >> Mr. Dicki, if you would pass that to the right. Literally, it is the exact same
contract. >> That's hard. >> The three items that came out are on a one single sheet and they've already been mentioned. As much as I don't want to uh drag this out, I I think it's uh appropriate that the mayor before he signs this, he has
time to read over the full document and that's going to take uh 15, 20, 30 minutes or and I'm fine with him signing this uh uh uh tomorrow. uh it assuming it has exactly what you've said in it uh has been removed cuz I have looked over
the previous contract and you've identified on here what you've removed from it and the changes in it. Uh but I do think we owe the the mayor a little bit of time to to just go through and double check that. >> Do we owe the public the same amount of time as well?
>> Absolutely. >> Is it going to be published online? We Do you want me to >> I mean really there's not much. >> Yeah. >> Is the exact same contract? >> The contract was published with the agenda, but this would change the date
from May 15th and it would have the initial term of 14 months to July 15, 2027. >> There there's nothing different other than dates. Section 11 doesn't have to change about the initial term to get the
because the new initial term you'll get >> the one that we're we've just been given. Have you reviewed that? >> Yes. >> Okay. So, you're comfortable that what uh what we're looking for is is in this agreement? >> It's Yeah. The same one you had before with these changes which are basically
deletions of the health insurance >> and the moving stipens that are no longer necessary. and he has other health insurance that he pursues. So, >> okay. I think that if you are comfortable
with it and you've reviewed it that uh I would be comfortable with that. >> I disagree. >> Well, right. >> That's my comfort level, not yours. >> Awesome. >> And then don't forget we need to take public comment. >> Yes, exactly. I still have it here. There's only one and uh we can do that
right now and it's Mr. Hoey. Mark Hoey, District 3. Um, interesting to observe and how much time has been spent, public time spent strictly reviewing the contract.
Where's the discussion about performance? I know over time there's been a lot of discussion about Mr. Vanzance performance both ways and then performance reviews had that you've
participated in over the last 14 months. All of that none of that tonight. None of that telling the public how you feel. Areas that he's succeeded, areas that need improvement,
areas you'd like to see something different. We've heard none of that. And I think that's a huge gap. You guys can work out the details on the contract. And honestly, I don't disagree. I wouldn't want to be in his shoes having
uh no cut contract kind of you're done, you're out of here hanging over my head week after week after week. But I think the public here and those listening deserve to know how you stand on his performance after 14
months. How about spending some time on that? >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Mark. All right. So, um I'm kind of writing it out right now. >> Yeah. We'll now need a motion.
>> All right. I think I have this and you can correct me if not, Ralph. I move to approve a new contract with the city manager that is effective from May 19th, 2026 until July 15, 2027
with the changes we've been provided. Is that >> We have a motion. We have a second. Any more discussion? All right. Um, roll call, please. >> Vice Mayor Vazquez, I.
>> Commissioner Clark, >> hi. >> Commissioner Seson, >> I have no confidence, so it's a no. >> Commissioner Dicki, >> I. >> Mayor Doctor, >> I now are moving to the city manager and city attorney reports. So,
my city manager my city manager report tonight. I was just going to recap what I believed you would do and you did 50. So, thank you that you just strengthened your city codes and um helped us do the things
many of which were already discussed tonight and I've discussed with all of you individually. So, and I want I put it up during the codes, uh, the three code changes discussion just so the public could see a a summary of what's
going on. Um, I think, uh, Miss Edwards might have already covered this. Um, but we're at 79% resolved of the posttorm code cases. I made a comment to the mayor. If I was
batting 790, the MLB would come come calling. So, it's not 100. Um, but it's 79. Um, and just as a read ahead for the commission and the public, uh, we do have some big ticket items coming up on
June 2nd. U, Mr. Volne, assistant city manager for operations will present some options for Treasure Bay that the commission requested. Um, in our regular meeting, you'll get your first monthly update from our master planner, Ralph
Tillis. Um, we will not meet a second time in June on the third Tuesday. So, everybody, please take your vacations. Um June 30th um we're proposing a
special workshop on the West Causeway. On July 7th, uh the workshop topics are Treasure Island Parking Garage and Community Park. We've got some concepts for the park right behind the building here. And uh can show you some scenarios
on building a parking garage since I've been here. And it's not unique to Treasure Island. I'm not aware of a city that says they have plenty of parking and so we we're going to have uh some things for you to consider and give feedback on. Um Ralph Tillis will give
us an update on July 7th and give us their financial modeling for the city and on July 21st uh you can read Goldfront Park improvements and citywide landscaping. So, we've got um
robust topics for the next uh several workshops and meetings coming to you and that's all I have subject to your questions. >> See, attorney nothing this evening. Thank you, Commissioner Vasquez.
>> All right. Well, I want to um remind everyone and it looks like the weather is going to be good on Saturday morning that we have uh the city of Treasure Island's kickoff to 250 year celebration leading up to July
4th. Um this Saturday at 9:00 a.m. Um the lineup is obviously a little before then around 8:30 behind the Publix. Um, it's the patriotic boat parade and there it's going to be prizes for the most
decorated boats, most patriotic. Um, so that is this Saturday. The sign up is on the city website. So, please, it's free of charge. Please go on there just to register so that we have a rough boat count. Um, I know as with many boat
parades, a lot of people just show up and they never register. So, we're hoping for a great turnout for that. Uh, next Saturday is the uh classic cars and golf cart parade starting at Rosselli Park in Capri and going to the community
center, I believe. Um, Kathy, is that online now? The map of that? >> Yes. June 13th. >> Oh, June 13th. Oh, okay. Sorry, I had that wrong. That is June 13th for the classic car and golf cart uh parade.
Again, it's patriotic. So, if you have a classic car or a golf cart, please sign up for that. That'll be a lot of fun. Um, and then at the end of that at the community center, um, there'll be DJ and food trucks and such at the end. So, that'll be a lot of fun. Um, I wanted to
mention Friday, um, I had the chance, um, with several other people from the city of Treasure Island to attend the 32nd annual future of the regions award. Um, it was a luncheon um, with pretty much, I would say, the majority of the
municipalities around the Tampa Bay area. Um, definitely from Penllis County um, but even further around than that. And um Treasure Island received two awards which was really awesome. I think we were one of the only cities that
received two awards and one was for our PIO Jason over there hiding in the aside. Um he received one for his Anchors Away podcast. If you guys have not watched that, they're actually really good and
they are on the Facebook page and uh YouTube. So, they're really, really good. And the other one, um, Josh Wheelen actually accepted the award for public works and parks and wreck for the living shoreline at Treasure Bay. So,
that was the other award that was received for the city of Treasure Island. So, I just want to say, you know, it was it was great to be there. It was awesome to see the awards given and that we were, you know, as small as we are, we were the only city that received more than one award. So, that
was pretty cool. So, um, just remember from the beginning the resident session, um, if you have flood concerns, I know I've been receiving some from Capri Circle South, um, of course, 107th, 106.
So, if you guys have any concerns, um, that would be a great thing to attend. And that is May 27th, um, from 6:00 to 7:00 in the Crow's Nest on the fifth floor. So, if you forget that date, um, please feel free to reach out to me. And
that is it. >> Thank you, Commissioner Clark. >> I had step two things. Um, I think you know, you've mentioned it a couple times, Mayor, the importance of our budget. Um, and, you know, community involvement. So, last year, I know I had
a budget meeting for district 2. Uh, I think we had about 70 people there. Uh, Victor came and attended the meeting, was real helpful. So, we're going to have that again this year. So, stay tuned. I'll I'll uh I'll get you um the date and time of that as we approach the
budget. Um and I've already talked to Charlie about um Victor coming attending that, so we're good there. Um, the second issue was was brought up earlier tonight and I, you know, I think a couple people brought it up, but I believe that I I'm going to either put
on a workshop or or, you know, I'm going to meet with definitely with the city manager, but I believe that we're going to have to, and I said it earlier, come up with some sort of plan for the Airbnb situation I think is coming. Uh, you know, I know I met with a couple
residents the other day who had done a bunch of research and just one example, I think there was one owner, I don't know if it's owner or if it's a company, but they own I think like 24 homes between uh, you know, Isa Palms, Isa Capri, and
they all have owner builder permits, which I was under the impression if you have an owner builder permit that you can't like sell the house for a year. So, I I I'm going to continue to do more research, but if that's the case, you have to assume that all of those homes are going to be, you know, Airbnb or
rented out. And I mean, I I I don't know about most people, but I don't want, you know, people coming in and out every week and and partying next to my house. And, you know, that that that's certainly not what I signed up for. So, I think that's something that we're going to need to come up with a plan.
Um, you know, maybe the software stuff we talked about earlier is part of that plan, whatever. But we got to have a plan to address this and start enforcing it because, you know, this could turn into, you know, this could turn into, you know, I used to go to Hilton Head Island and it would just be every week
it would be a new slew of people coming in, renting and coming out and, you know, very few people actually live there full-time because who wants to be live around that? So, we got to make sure we don't become that. So, that's what I got. Commissioner is on.
>> I have a question for Mr. Ortiz. If if he has uh the information, I request him. Um >> uh really we're not at a point where we're calling up staff uh during the comment section. >> Well, I just would like an email response from our city manager then on
my question. I can't get either information. So, if I can't do it at a public meeting, when is the appropriate time to get that information? You tell me. >> Oh, so let me ask this question. >> So, uh, Victor, what is the cash
projection for cash on hand? Uh, >> no, no, we're we're not going to go we're not going to play your game. >> It's not a game. >> Yes, it is. It first of all, you don't address uh our our directors or any of our staff. >> That's for me to do and through Charlie.
>> So, Charlie, what is the catch? >> Charlie, what is we're not going to play this game? Got it. >> Give you a report. >> That's That's the only question I have. >> Okay. >> Point of order. >> Go ahead.
>> Okay. Uh at the last commission meeting, I had uh suggest I had asked a city attorney if to look into the possibility of having a a non-binding referendum regarding uh uh heightened density. And I have a
hard copy. Uh if you could p take one and pass that down. I've got some for the uh folks over here. But anyway, I want to talk a little bit about about the possibility at the next meeting. I'm not asking for this today, but at the next meeting uh I I'd like to have this
on the agenda. uh city manager if that's possible uh to put this on to discuss uh a non-binding referendum uh that would go before the voters so residents can directly express their preferences regarding how we approach development.
This would not change our legal legal obligations or automatically dictate policy but it would provide valuable guidance from the residents. So, what what I've I've got in mind here is if uh is having a non-binding referendum and what is that? It doesn't change any laws
or zoning. It doesn't uh it does not approve or deny any project, but it does allow residents to express their preferences in a structured manner. the the idea of having p people, you know, inviting people here for public comment on that. You know, we've gotten into a
little bit of a who can bring in the most people for public comment on on one side of the issue or another or another. Uh same thing for who can write the most emails. Uh if we have a non-binding referendum, we can determine once and for all what our uh citizens want, what
our residents want in terms of how we uh move forward. Uh I would like to at that uh meeting and I'm I'm sharing this with the uh commission now because I I want to give you two weeks to look through this but and I won't go through all of this right now, but if you could just take a look at uh look at over this. I
I've got even a a sample uh ballot that uh that we we've written, but at the next meeting, I'd like to talk about this and I'd like to I will make a motion that the uh that that we ask the city manager to have staff draft uh a
the language for a non-binding uh uh uh referendum to go to go on the November 3rd uh 2026 general election ballot. Uh so that should be forthcoming. I just have a couple of other things. Uh, mayor, one is, uh,
the, uh, there is a May 30th, uh, household chemical collection event going on here at the community center. I look forward to this event because you can drop off your old paint, your old motor, oil, gasoline, batteries, household chemicals, anything that you're not supposed to be throwing away
with your regular trash. That will be here from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on on Saturday. Uh, and the last thing I have is this past Saturday, uh, I attended with several, uh, uh, members of the staff here of Treasure Island a
Fire Ops 101 up in, uh, up in Clearwater. Uh, and I know, um, Vice Mayor Vasquez, you attended this last year, and you highly recommended. I would, too. It's really an eyeopening experience, uh, hands-on training. uh you get a good appreciation uh for uh
the professionalism and dedication of our fire personnel when you uh experience this firsthand. But anyway, thank you for the invitation uh Chief Bars for that and uh again I encourage the rest of the commission to attend
that next year because it is uh it's very helpful in understanding uh what what those people uh do for us. Uh and that's all I have. Thank you, Ardan. And uh one of the things that uh that I'm hoping that uh
we do with all the code uh enforcement, the three new ordinances is uh basically beautify our city. And I am not uh or I am in favor of uh taking not all the money that we would get and find and
through fines and everything else, but we do need to begin to beautify uh our city. And I think that uh now that we're going to have some teeth in the code enforcement that uh we could plan on seeing, you know, that that there's
going to be dollars coming back to the city uh and spend a portion of that and a good portion of it to beautify our city. So that's uh that's any everything that I have for tonight and I want to thank everybody for being here tonight and participating.