How many days dies it take to take a look? Small island.

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Code Enforcement inspected the property on 2/10/19. There were some dead palm fronds on the trees and some fronds hanging over the property line. Fronds that extend onto neighboring property may be trimmed back to the property line at the discretion of the neighboring property owner.

No evidence of rodents was found.

The trees are not in violation of the City's Code.

How did you inspect for rats, because they are awake and in the trees every night.

Who was the code compliance officer, because if it is not handled seriously, I will take it to the state level and place a formal complaint?

The comment that there are some dead palms hanging is not the issue, the issue is because she neglects the trees they are now nests for RATS.

If you plan on closing this again without action, post three photos of the concern with your description.

Your new manager, Garry Brumback has an undergrad from Virginia Military Institute (VMI). At VMI, we have an honor code. Have him take a look st the issue becuase if he says there is no issue then he is full of bologna and he shouldn't make his say back to post in Lexington for anymore reunions.

Do your job.

Also, Feb 10th was yesterday which was Sunday. To my understanding there are no city workers besides the essential (police) that are working on Sundays.

Correct me if I am wrong.

Screen shots have been raken if you try to remove.

Do your job.

"Some dead fronds" it is now a nest for rats. They need to be trimmed properly and then an exterminator brought out to eliminate the rats.

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Debris that historically the owner refuses to clean up. This was from one small storm last night

More debris

More debris, also are fences allowed to be held in place with bungee cords attached to trees

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I would like to read the report that your code enforcement officer completed when he visited the property on Sunday, Feb. 10th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please contact the Code Enforcement Officer directly at dpowell@mytreasureisland.org.

Let me ask this, what is the value in the forum? As of now, I feel that it has wasted my time and any other viewers. The value that it should have is transparency. So why don't you contact the officer, and have him attach the report that was written on Sunday February 10th to this site. With all their work, I would have real issue to if they wrote reports on any other day than immediately following a theral site visit and inspection. If type of file is an issue, convert to a jpeg. If that is too difficult, take a photo of each page and now you have jpegs. I look forward to reading how they inspected for rodents (rats) because they are plentiful. It is now 12 days after an inspection was made on Sunday, February 10th. Just an FYI, the last time the owner addressed the rats is in 2016 when the city made a site visit and addressed her negligence. Now that she has not those trees since then, the rats have made homes in them.

Please provide an e-mail address and I will send you the report and photos from 02-08-19. I typed in the wrong date on the report but the correct date is on the photos. Incidentally, I do usually work two Sundays a month.
dpowell@mytreasureisland.org

Del Powell
Code Enforcement Inspector
City of Treasure Island, F(727) 547-4575, Ext 232

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Del, I emailed you on the same day (Feb 22nd) which was 9 days ago as you said you would send me a full report. Guess what, you never responded to my email.

Please e-mail bmcmullen@mytreasureisland.org so that I may coordinate with Del to be sure you receive a response. Thank you.

I emailed bmcmullen yesterday so that person could "coordinate" with del to reply to my email that was originally sent to him as requested over 10 days ago. Still no reply to my email with a report.

See attached report from Del on Feb 8th as well as a photo. Del stated on 2/11 on this forum that "No evidence of rodents was found" though on the attached report the photos are not even taken from the property owner's property. They were taken from across a 6 foot fence. Then on his report he stated, "Although there are some dead palm fronds in each tree, it is not excessive and does not appear to provide cover for rodents"

Well, "it is not excessive and does not appear to provide cover for rodents" and they are "No evidence of rodents was found" are not the same.

Those trees are filled with rats who typically have the most activity after dust.

So once again Del, I am going to ask you. "How did you inspect for rodents"? I have asked this before and you have yet to answer.

Were you on that property to inspect?

Do you have the expertise to inspect for rodents in palm trees?

I can provide statements from multiple individuals that they have witnessed these rats.

Here is Del's report

Staff scheduled with the owner to go out to the property again next week to inspect and photograph the property

Great, bring a 25 ft ladder as rats nest up in the overgrown canopy not the lower trunk. As well, a filtration mask or dust mask at the bare minimum to protect from the rat feces when you get up in there and inspect.

Hi, On April 2nd you said, "Staff scheduled with the owner to go out to the property again next week to inspect and photograph the property"

That was 17 days ago!!!!

I brought the concern of rats in the trees over two and a half months ago.

If you were me, how would you feel about the progress? A week after it was reported, code enforcement goes to the neighboring property and takes photographs 15 feet from the trees on the other side of a 6 ft fence then writes the report and uses difference language on here then within the report.

That is all you have done. Is the inspector friends with the property owner or what? I am being serious and I am asking you that question.

On 04/08/19 The code enforcement officer inspected the property and found no evidence of rodents. There is a rodent bait box on the ground under the palm trees. The homeowner advised the code enforcement officer that she has a professional exterminator that treats the property every two months.

The Code Officer asked the homeowner to have the exterminator contact him. Daniel Schoeneman of A-Tech Pest Control, provided the code enforcement officer with a signed note stating that he has been treating this property for 21 years, including having a rodent bait station near the palm trees

If the property owner has to have an exterminator treating every two months for rats then there is indeed a huge problem. DO YOU OR ANYONE IN TREASURE ISLAND HAVE THEIR PROPERTY TREATED EVERY TWO MONTHS FOR RATS IF THERE IS NOT A HUGE RAT PROBLEM?There are indeed rats in those trees and they have never gone away. You said you were going to have staff inspect for rats. You did not do that, you spoke to the homeowner and a corresponded with her paid contractor.I am waiting for you to inspect for rats and provide photos as you said you would. Email me the last "inspection report" then go and do a real one.

Do you want signed notes from witnesses of the rats?

I look forward to you replying to my questions and a real inspection conducted. This will remain open.

inspected - no violation
preventative action taken by owner

Open, I want to read the report and see how you personally inspected and took photos as you stated you would. Preventative action would be to remove the overgrown dead canopy of the 18 trees not put out rat killer every two months. Do you know anyone that has to put rat killer in there yard every two months if there is not a rat problem. Especially since the owner states they have been doing it for 21 years.

The fact is that there are RATS IN THE TREES and it is not good for tourism and rental properties.

Do you want to state on the Treasure Island web page that "Come on down, we have RATS but if we put out a little rat poison it is good enough for us"

Adam, aren't you the person who said the Key Capri towers are in "poor taste"? Anyway, there are rats all over this island. We watch them play with the Feral Cats at night in Gator's parking lot. They seem to get along. Get a cat.

They are probably migrating to and from Gator's come to think of it. Fortunately, neither the rats or cats over there swim.

Laughing. Hence the flood light. From what I read rats are excellent swimmers.

Ha. Your right, it's kind of like a stadium. Rats vs Cats. I don't think they'll swim over here though when they have all that rotting food in the uncovered dumpsters. Good luck with your complaint.

Hi Building Code Enforcement, there are still RATS in the trees. You tried to close this and stated the property owner took "preventative action".

Please let me know what the definition of "preventative" is when there are already RATS and continue to be. "Preventative" means before something or prevent. Not by putting out RAT poison every two months for 21 years when they are already there. Which is not what is going on.

I have requested your second inspection report, you never received that.

I asked your expertise / experience / background on inspecting for RATS. The first time you did the inspection from 15 feet away on the other side of a six foot wooden fence.

I am getting to the point where I may need to explore other options such as entering formal complaints on both Treasure Island employees. You made false statements on here when comparing your language to your report.

I want to live in my property and be on the balcony in the evening without RATS literally being less that 15 ft away in trees that are grossly overgrown and extend well over the property line.

Go do a real inspection by climbing a ladder into the 18 plus trees and look for evidence of RATS.

There are still Rats in the trees. Maybe the City of Treasure Island should use it for tourism. It can be similar to the Aquatarium in Saint Pete Beach from 1964 to 1977.

Or better yet code compliance can follow through on an inspection that they never completed. We are still waiting on an inspection report with photos from Del. Who does he report to?

It is now 5 weeks after you said the home owner took preventative action yet there are still RATS in the trees on a daily (at night they are visable) basis. We all know the correct preventive action is to trim the trees so the RATS do not have nests. Also I am still waiting on your official report.

Question, can I trim trees on city property without permission? Because the same home owner who does not believe in trimming trees because she said it harms the trees, trimming both on the end of 120th. She had them trimmed to perfection, I guess they were obstructing her view of the lagoon. Please follow up. I watched her contractor do it.

The palms in question are not on City Property.

So you are saying the palm trees on the end of 120th are not city property, is that the city's bench that sits between them? Why do you continue to close the real issue of RATS in the palm trees on the homeowners property line? That is the issue reported in february? What is your name? This will remain open until it is fixed. Do your job. THERE ARE RATS IN THE TREES.

Please provide an accurate picture of the trees in question. If they are on the end street at 120th Ave. the city will trim those that are on city property.

I explained exactly where they are and no the city did not trim them, she had a tree cutting company. You can drive and see yourself, a photograph is not needed as my description was spot on. Or did you want me to draw a picture? Can I start trimming city property trees without the city's permission? She did. I would think that would be a big no no. So stop closing this issue because this thread is RATS in TREES and there are in fact RATS in the homeowners property line trees and that has not been fixed. That is the name of this domain, fix. If there are RATS in the trees still, why are you closing this?

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I explained exactly where they are and no the city did not trim them, she had a tree cutting company. You can drive and see yourself, a photograph is not needed as my description was spot on. Or did you want me to draw a picture? Can I start trimming city property trees without the city's permission? She did. I would think that would be a big no no. So stop closing this issue because this thread is RATS in TREES and there are in fact RATS in the homeowners property line trees and that has not been fixed. That is the name of this domain, fix. If there are RATS in the trees still, why are you closing this?

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