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ST. PETE BEACH â The city has been forced to suspend its memorial bench program after it became the victim of its own success and popularity.
Public Works Director Mike Clarke said over the years the program has been so successful that there are now 87 city-approved memorial benches on the beach, mostly in Pass-A-Grille.
âBench spacing on the sand has become quite crowded and, for that reason, the program has been suspended,â Clarke reported. âHowever, Public Works continues to receive requests for consideration. The emotional attachment families have with the beach and loved ones who have passed is very evident.â
During a March 23 commission meeting, City Manager Alex Rey told commissioners that âwhile the city is still getting requests for memorial benches, all the possible places on the beach where a bench can be placed has been saturated.â
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ST. PETE BEACH â A week after city commissioners voted not to fund the purchase of decorative street signs for Pass-A-Grille and Corey Avenue, it was decided a scaled-down version of the issue will be put back on the agenda for consideration sometime next month.
Last week, Commissioners Ward Friszolowski, Doug Izzo and Christopher Graus voted against a plan to replace traditional street signs in Pass-A-Grille with ornate historical versions. They argued the city should first fund and address major must-have issues, such as street flooding and pothole repair, before taking on like-to-have projects such as new street signs.
At that time, Friszolowski noted, âItâs a nice thing to have, but we have pressing issues; we have flooding issues ⦠the pothole issues. I just think that this is something we ought to reconsider sometime in the future, but not until we deal with issues of flooding.â
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