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Good to see everyone at the BBQ! It was another very nice evening in great company. Some even showed off some impressive dancing skills enjoying the live band. Nicely done everyone!
Our dog bar friend Tony won the raffle and wants to give back by inviting to another Sunset Beach special night, offering discounted drinks tomorrow evening. See you there!
Last but not least: We made the cover page of the Beacon today! Thanks Bob!
April 15th Workshop to Discuss Sunset Beach Boardwalk Staircase; Aprox. 6pm at City Hall
On Tuesday April 15th immediately following the City Commission Meeting there will be a Workshop to discuss the Mansions By the Sea Boardwalk Staircase to the Blind Pass Waterway Beach.(South end of Sunset Beach) The Commission would like to hear from you on this issue. If you would like to voice your opinion to the City Commission attend the meeting at City Hall. If you can not attend the meeting please send an email to your commissioners prior to the meeting.
To Email the Mayor and Commissioners Click Here or copy and paste the following email addresses into your email: rminning
Sunset Beach BBQ on the Beach at The Lion’s Club-FRIDAY April 4th @ 6:30pm
Join your neighbors for a Finger Lickin’ Good Beach BBQ with your Toes in the Sand as you dance a Friday night away to Sunset Beach Resident Musician Charlie Morris. The SBCA Annual BBQ on the Beach will take place on Friday April 4th at 6:30pm at The Lion’s Club on Sunset Beach(9300 W. Gulf Blvd.) On the Menu: BBQ Chicken, Pulled Pork, Beans, Slaw & Dessert. Tickets are $12 per person. RESERVED Tickets will be available for pick up on Sunday 3/30/14 from 11-1pm or Monday 3/31/14 from 5-7pm at 8101 Bayshore Dr. Please contact [email protected] or Call (727) 687-2522 to reserve your tickets.
February & March Newsletter
Click on the following link to Read the latest Sunset Beach Civic Association Newsletter:
BOIL WATER NOTICE IN EFFECT
Pinellas County has issued a precautionary boil water notice for residents in the area after an upgrade of a pumping station in the area. The precautionary boil water notice will be in effect for a minimum of 48 hours or until satisfactory analytical results confirm that the water is safe to drink. www.pinellascounty.org/boilwater
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Bob Driscoll was many things to those who knew him.
To Kim Driscoll, he was her husband Bobby.
To Sunset Beach residents who participated in the Christmas Stroll,
he was Santa.
To the Sunset Beach Civic Association, he was a former board member who could be found monthly cleaning the beach he loved. He was often called upon to be a bartender at events, or meet and greet the public. He represented beach residents at City Hall, and succeeded in getting beach access and walkway signs placed on the beach. He helped solve parking and traffic problems. He was our Santa in the Christmas Stroll for the past six years.
Kim Driscoll says it best: Everyone that passed through Bob’s life loved him. There was never a day he didn’t make us smile or laugh with his great sense of humor. He was the love and life of any party. 
Bob worked for GTE / Verizon Telephone Service for 30 years as a District Manager over Central Office Power Systems. There, Bob’s easy going nature earned him the nickname POPE Cope. But he was happiest when he retired and moved to Sunset Beach to finally become the beach bum he always wanted to be.
The Sunset Beach Civic Association will be creating a special bench in Bob’s memory to place on Sunset Beach as a reminder of all that Bob gave to his community. It will be a special place to go to remember our Santa.
Following the release of her ashes off a boat in the Gulf of Mexico,
friends and family of CharleneWetzel gathered at the waters edge on October 1st to remember the twin of Sunset Beach resident Arlene Wetzel, the girlfriend of SBCA Board Member Sven Erikson. Her beach chair was placed near the water and the crowd toasted her with her favorite beach drink, Mich Ultra. Rose petals were released into the water. Our best wishes are with her family.
New parking regulations expected for Sunset Beach
The City Commission is expected to approve new parking regulations next week that could reduce the number of parking spaces controlled by Caddy’s on the Beach, according to this St. Petersburg Times story.
The city has been working for four years to update its parking regulations citywide. The new rules prohibit commercial parking in residential zones.
City Commission to consider extending alcohol ban
The Treasure Island City Commission meets Oct. 4 for a final vote on extending the alcohol ban on part of Sunset Beach.
The ban, which covers Saturdays, Sundays and certain holidays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m Oct. 2, expires Oct. 3 and would take effect again the first week in February. The new ban would run from 8 a.m. to 4 .m. and run through the first week of October.
You can read more about it by clicking here.