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News From the City of Treasure Island • July 20, 2022 |
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 To help assist residents without shelter in the City of Treasure Island, city officials have created the Life Intervention Focus Team, INC (LIFT). The mission of the newly created, not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) organization is to aid and advance the availability of social services for city residents and homeless individuals.
The organization will be managed by a “Board of Directors” that will serve as a fundraising body to fund the acquisition of a licensed social worker and potentially procure services to help achieve the mission of the LIFT organization. To qualify to serve on the board, directors will need to be at least 18 years of age and a city resident or business owner in the city.
The City Commission is expected to begin the process of selecting board members in August. Those interested are encouraged to apply by July 22.
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Come meet and learn about Bebot, the beach cleaning robot! 🤖 Join Keep Pinellas Beautiful, the City of Treasure Island, and Treasure Island Adopt-A-Beach this Thursday, July 21, to see how BeBot works to clean up Treasure Island Beach! There will be a press conference to kick off this event with speakers from Keep Pinellas Beautiful and City officials.
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The Sunset Beach Pavilion is currently going through some renovations. During this time the beach pavilion will be closed. The pavilion will be repainted, restroom partitions will be replaced, etc. Work is expected to take two weeks. Thank you for your patience.
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 As we head into election season, please be mindful of the City sign code for displaying signs on your property.
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 Drowning is the leading cause of death among children ages 1-4 in Florida, the highest in the nation. To help protect childeren from drowning, Treasure Island Fire Rescue is teaming up with Safe Kids Worldwide, Inc. to give out free life jackets to children and their parents in our community. The Life Jacket Giveaway and Touch-A-Truck will take place July 25 from 10 a.m. to noon at Caddy’s Treasure Island, 9000 W. Gulf Blvd.
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 The tropics can fire up fast, especially as we enter into the peak of Hurricane Season here in Florida. Be storm ready. The city of Treasure Island has designe a one-stop webpage with all the information you need to get storm ready.
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 Treasure Island Fire Rescue personnel hosted a Bike Rodeo at Treasure Bay Golf, Tennis & Recreation Center this past week for summer campers. A Bike Rodeo is a fun, interactive, and non-competitive skills course designed for kids to improve their bike handling and traffic safety skills. Campers also got fitted for a bike helmet which they get to keep and learned about bicycle safety.
This is just another way TIFR takes pride in giving back to the community and teaching safety on a variety of topics.
A BIG THANK YOU to the Florida Pedestrian & Bicycling Safety Resource Center and the Florida Bicycle Association for providing the free helmets!
 
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 In the city’s quest to go digital and paperless, the city has created an online permitting and planning system (OPPS) for submitting permits. By signing into OPPS, you can now follow your permit from submission to issuance.
The city now has 100 permit types available for submittal on the OPPS system. New construction and additions have been omitted from the list for the time being, as well as antennas and right-of-way permits. These will be added at a future date.
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 After enjoying a day playing on the beach, please remember to leave no trace behind. Our little sea turtle friends are counting on you. Find out the simple steps you can take to protect marine turtles.
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