Remarks by Karen Marriott
43 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
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“I only have a tiny head start because I've only been there for a little while they do on the PSTA website for for anybody that's interested in these numbers they do publish monthly ridership data per route and Including the cost to run the route what the cost is what the dollar amount is per writer what the dollar amount is per writer after you take into account what the the fare that the writer pays and then also what the dollar amount per writer per route is. once you factor in any um dollar amounts that a city like us contracts with psta or federal funding or all the various things so it…”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“In the past right the our contract for St. Pete Beach contract with PSTA includes whatever bus routes there are plus the psta access program yes yes and if we had been the way it's been if we had zero contract with the psta if if st pete beach completely opted out and said we don't want anything to do with it we're not paying you any money would anybody in st pete beach still be eligible for pst the psta access program um that would be up to the psa board i would think not yeah okay”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“There may be a federal regulation that you provide the PST access program to people who are some distance from a bus stop. Right. So for people who are three-quarters of a mile from every Sunrunner stop might still have access.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“But the rest of the residents would not. Right. Okay.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yeah, thank you. I don't really have any questions. I have a few thoughts. So because I think that's where we need to go is what direction are we going to go? So I think first we need to keep in mind a little bit of what the history is and how we got here, right? And so some number of years ago we were paying more money for our PSTA contract and the trolley went all the way to Paso Grille. And largely it seemed at the time that the people in Paso Grille were very unhappy with buses being in Paso Grille at all. And so at that time, St. Pete Beach went to the PSTA and said, we don't want buses…”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“We don't want anything. We don't want any buses. We don't want any trolleys. I think at the time, it was big buses going to Paso Gril. Maybe they were calling it a trolley. I think it was a Central Avenue trolley, but it didn't look like a trolley. It was a big bus. And so the people in Paso Gril said, we do not want the bus in Paso Gril. And they got out their pitchforks and said, get the buses out of Paso Gril. So the city commission at the time did that. um and uh and at that time decided that the money that they were saving by not paying psta for buses to go to passa grill they would use…”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“I'm not, my limited, granted, my limited knowledge of the PSTA system would be that it, perhaps anything is possible, but it may also be difficult. You know, if you're looking at, if you think about a bus route and you go, it comes down this street and it stops at these three places and it goes back and forth this many times, there's a cost to that. And if they're trying to allocate their cost what it costs to run the bus in the city and have us pay for that i don't know how you cut that in half unless you decrease the number of decreasing times yeah decrease the number of times it comes into…”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yes, sorry, thank you for indulging me one more time. I had one other quick comment that I forgot to mention before, which is that when the Tradewinds and the Serrata conditional use permits were approved, part of those developments, if they ever are allowed to go forward, that they would be paying in you know I believe the number would be two hundred and twenty five thousand dollars a year for five years between the two of them for the first five years towards transit and so you know if we get to the point where those projects are going forward that two hundred and twenty five thousand…”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“I will say that Tradewinds, I know Tradewinds and perhaps the Serato, but the Tradewinds has their own contract with PSTA where Tradewinds employees get one of those U-pass bus passes as do all of the Tradewinds guests. So though Tradewinds isn't contributing to the city's micromobility program, they are contributing to a way for their employees and guests to get around without having to rent a car.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“I'll make a motion to authorize the city manager to exercise the first extension as outlined in the contract to renew the parklet agreement with Chill Restaurant. I'll second.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“I think it's because they have all the palm trees. Yeah, they do line the palm trees. I think there's more poles to decorate in that chunk than there is. Or I mean, I you know, maybe there's not more polls overall. But, you know, we've got a lot of polls on everywhere.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. I just want to congratulate the Helm on reopening in their new space in District 1. I know everybody is super excited about their bigger space and longer hours, and so if you haven't been, go have dinner at the Helm. It's fantastic. And that's it.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“I move that we approve the agenda as amended.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“I move to approve consent items D, E, and F. Second.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“um thank you so i appreciate uh commissioner robinson bringing this up and i know that there has been a lot of talk in the community around concerns about short-term rentals from the conversations i've had with a lot of residents in district one that concern has come from a confusion or a not complete understanding of what our current short-term rental regulations are And we are significantly more protected than our neighboring communities. And then the other beach communities in Florida, I mean, we're in a really good spot for not allowing short-term rentals. And so I have a couple of…”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“I just wanted to say I think Kathleen Peters is actually our.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“And since no wiki is our at large, yeah, exactly.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you. Commissioner Robinson, thank you. So the District 1 Budget Roadshow was last Wednesday. I wish we had had a bigger turnout, but we had good conversation with the folks who showed up. As was mentioned earlier, I am the representative on the PSTA Board, the Transportation board and I did want to let everyone know that they have a route 90 is is up for potentially being eliminated that's the bus route that runs from roughly the county park or a little bit south of the county park over to 34th Street in South St. Pete. It's a pretty short route. It doesn't have big ridership. There…”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026