Beachside Redevelopment Board elects Amy Pyle chair, Gary Koleopolis vice chair; approves minutes and cancels May meeting

At the start of the Beachside Redevelopment Board meeting, board members nominated and elected leadership and handled routine business before turning to the Main Street presentation and public comment.

Amy Pyle was elected chair after a nomination and second; board members voiced their approval by voice vote. "I accept," Pyle said after the nomination. Gary Koleopolis was elected vice chair later in the meeting following a separate nomination and voice vote.

The board approved the minutes from the Feb. 12 meeting by voice vote.

Toward the end of the meeting, the board voted to cancel the May Beachside Redevelopment Board meeting that conflicted with a city commission event. The motion to cancel passed on a voice vote.

In a separate procedural action driven by public concern about proposed elements of the Bike Week master plan, the board took a formal position on mobile tattoo vendors. The board voted to oppose allowing mobile tattoo parlors as part of Bike Week, citing public-health and neighborhood-imaging concerns raised during public comment. The board agreed to present that formal objection to the city commission.

These votes were taken by voice roll call or voice vote and were not recorded as individual named tallies in the meeting transcript.

Other routine business included staff introductions and a short report that a consultant selection for design and permitting for a boardwalk extension would be before the city commission; staff said that design work would return to the board for review should commissioners approve the fee for design and construction administration.

The board adjourned after completing its agenda.