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Parents press Pinellas Park to preserve T‑Birds field during demolition, cite porta‑potty and safety concerns
Summary
Several parents and T‑Birds leaders urged the council during public comment to ensure children’s access to safe restrooms, water and cleared fields while a building near Nelson Park is being demolished; staff pledged to pick up debris, consider hand‑washing stations and identify temporary bathroom access.
Multiple parents and representatives for the Pinellas Park T‑Birds youth football program used the city’s public‑comment period on July 10 to urge council and staff to keep the team on the city field during planned demolition and site work and to address sanitation and safety concerns.
Tia Collins, who identified herself as president of the Pinellas Park T‑Birds, said porta‑potties provided to the program ‘‘were very unsanitized’’ and left unlocked and accessible to passersby.…
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