ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — The future of the Tampa Bay Rays is still in doubt after a letter from Rays President Matt Silverman to Pinellas County Commissioners.

Pinellas County Commission Chair Kathleen Peters sent a letter to Rays owners asking for clarification on their position related to a signed agreement between the team, the city of St. Petersburg, and Pinellas County to build the team a new stadium.

Over the summer, those parties reached an agreement to build the team a new $1.3 billion stadium and to develop the land around the ballpark.

However, the Pinellas County Commission delayed to votes to issue bonds to pay for the stadium and Silverman’s letter indicates the timing of the agreement is critical.

“While, as a technical matter, under the agreements, there are longer outside dates for a variety of conditions to be satisfied,” Silverman said. “The Rays have always made it clear that the viability of the project depended on having certainty about the project’s approval and funding prior to the 2024 November elections.”

Now, one of the newly elected Pinellas County Commissioners said the agreement needs to be changed before he will vote in favor of funding the new stadium.

“Elections have consequences,” said Commissioner Vince Nowicki.

He said he did not sign the previous agreement, and that changes must be made.

“There is a contract on the table,” Nowicki said. “I think we can make a few amendments, cross out a few different things, add a few different lines here and there and get it done.”

Commissioner Chris Latvala was one of just two commissioners who voted against the original agreement, and he said he still has problems with the deal as it currently stands.

“Their owner can sell the team and keep the land development rights,” Latvala said. “He can move the team and keep the land development rights.”

He said he believes a new agreement can be worked out that will be better for the taxpayers and keep the team in town.

“I think the Rays do not want to be the party that terminates the agreement because their number one interest, I believe, has always been the land development deal around the trop in which they will reap hundreds of millions of dollars in profit,” Latvala said.

Nowicki said he would also like to see a new deal worked out.

“I would love to see the St. Pete City Council, the County Commission, Rays ownership, Heinz Development, all get in a room and lock us in there until we can come out with a signed agreement,” Nowicki said.

The Pinellas County Commission and St. Petersburg City council must still approve the sale of bonds so the current agreement can go forward.