District 3 Weekly Update

the District 3 newsletter

Where I’ll Be

I'm normally in each neighborhood on Mondays, and the hot topics are Gulf Blvd flooding, Gulf Blvd general illumination and upgrades to crosswalk safety, speed calming in Belle Vista, and new community action groups. The weekly visit to your neighborhood or Condo is so very important.

Monday 10/26

City Manager Meeting 10am

Lazarillo Park 3:30-4:00pm CANCELLED

Belle Vista Pavilion 4:15-4:45 CANCELLED

Lido Park, 5-5:30 CANCELLED

Tuesday 10/27

Commission Meeting

Monday 11/2

No Neighborhood Meetings Today

WSP Community Meeting
Wednesday, 11/5 Community Center, Time: TBA

Beach Use Rules

In order to correct my own thinking, I’ve looked into our current Turtle Season rules regarding cabanas. The ordinance is found in the Land Development Code and dates 2007. I copied the section regarding cabanas during turtle season below:

If any turtle nests or nesting activities have been reported within a portion of a beach, any temporary structures, including but not limited to beach chairs, umbrellas and cabanas which have the potential for entrapment of marine turtles and which may interfere with the use of the natural beach environment for nesting habitat shall be:

(1)

Removed from the beach nightly; or

(2)

Stored in areas designated by the City of St. Pete Beach staff which are situated to avoid interference with marine turtles; or

(3)

Placed in a manner so as to not obstruct the transit of turtle hatchlings to the water.

Remember to Report Violations!

See Click Fix: https://seeclickfix.com/web_portal/6v8d17UY3Qs36TVkDTzAprtS/report/location

Call Code Enforcement: 727-363-9211

The Special Magistrate denied the Beach Plaza Hotel request to defer adjudication of their beach sign violation until the Federal Case is determined. Since the owner was not present, the owner’s attorney then requested a three month continuance. The magistrate granted a one month extension. So, the case will be determined at the October Special Magistrate. For those who see the sign post in the surf as a safety issue, this continues as a frustrating danger. I will begin weekly meetings with the new city attorney as of this week in order to ensure the closest collaboration between beach property owners, the city residents, and the staff as we bring the updated beach sign ordinance to the commission. Please email me your questions or come to your weekly neighborhood park meeting (Condos may schedule a meeting).

Latest Updates for Parks and Rec

The Parks and Rec Committee met this week and requested to increase their scheduled meetings to quarterly. This would double their number of meetings per year. I’ll add this as a discussion item to next week’s commission meeting.

Additionally, the Committee suggested that Parks and Rec adopt data driven strategic goals.

Update to Constituents: Infrastructure

Attention Doc Cesar neighbors! Outflow valve repair equipment has been staged to Lazarillo Park.

This project was set in motion last year, and is just now beginning. We will replace outflow valves in locations so that proper maintenance can be performed and stop the salt water from coming out of the street drains. The order of replacement will be determined by predicted tides at each location as work progresses (higher predicted tides will dictate work on check valves with higher elevations while lower predicted tides will push work towards lower elevation valves).

This project is not to be confused with the WSP engineering design work now in progress to solve rainfall drainage. WSP completed data collection and will offer street flooding solutions November 5th.

Stay Informed – Community Engagement Updates

Don’t forget to purchase a sewer backflow device for your home! Simple installation, available on Amazon.
Single level homes—URGENT—contact Carolyn Zaleski, our Historic Preservation Board member, to help apply for historic designation.
Upcoming Blog: Density Pool trading valuation using Free Cash Flow as the basis for valuation.