A yes vote was to approve the motion.
Sept. 22 regular meeting
Request on behalf of the South Walton Fire District to begin negotiating the terms of renewing a new five-year interlocal agreement for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Transport Services.
The motion by Anderson was approved unanimously: Tony Anderson-yes; Bill Chapman-yes; Danny Glidewell-yes; Trey Nick-yes; Melanie Nipper-yes.
Request by Larry Jones, county administrator, to utilize CARES Act funding for technology and digital resources to support public needs related to at-home school and work, and for the purchase of self check-out kiosks for the county libraries at a total cost not to exceed $30,000.
A motion for approval by Glidewell carried unanimously.
Request by Jones to appoint a BCC representative to the Florida Association of Counties Trust.
There was a motion by Anderson to let the association know that the BCC would be appointing a representative but to hold off on making the selection until new board members were seated in November.
The motion was approved unanimously.
Update by Walton County Administration on investigations that the BCC had authorized on the possibility of an equestrian and events center and request to authorize staff to pursue any and all funding opportunities for the center.
There was a motion by Anderson to move forward with allowing staff to check into funding for the equestrian and events center and to provide numbers on the cost to maintain the facility. After discussion, included with the motion was having staff provide numbers on the potential economic development impact of the center, including on business in the vicinity of the facility.
The motion was approved unanimously.
Request by Jones to approve and authorize the BCC chairman to sign an amendment to an agreement with the state Department of Environmental Protection providing for a project to convert all remaining septic systems on the coastal dune lakes to sewer. The amendment reduced the number of lots to be converted from 84 to 61, due to 23 of the lots already being served by sewer since the last evaluation by the county.
A motion for approval by Glidewell carried unanimously.
After discussion on the need for countywide debris removal services in the wake of Hurricane Sally, there was a motion by Anderson to authorize Jones to work out details to get a post-storm debris removal contract in place and to put the contract in place as necessary in order to provide for these services to be available to residents and businesses as soon as possible.
The motion was approved unanimously.
Request by Sidney Noyes, county attorney, for approval to extend the local state of emergency (LSE) related to the COVID-19 pandemic and to authorize the BCC chairman to sign an extension to the LSE.
A motion for approval carried unanimously.
Request by Jay Tusa, Walton County Tourist Development Council (TDC) executive director, for approval to execute an agreement with the STR company for a client destination package to provide numbers related to existing short-term rental accommodations north of the bay and rental rates. This information was to be obtained in connection with the possibility of collection of bed taxes on short-term rentals north of the bay, a question to be decided by voters north of the bay in the 2020 General Election.
A motion for approval by Anderson carried unanimously.
Sept. 24 regular land use meeting
Request on behalf of Walton County’s two hospitals, Sacred Heart and Healthmark Regional to approve an ordinance, resolution and letter of agreement imposing a non-ad valorem tax assessment on the two hospitals that would enable the hospitals to obtain matching federal dollars to be used to fund Medicaid supplemental payments, including from the Low Income Pool Program, to benefit the hospitals and residents. It was specified that all funds paid and obtained would be spent in Walton County.
A motion by Nick for approval of the ordinance carried unanimously.
A motion by Anderson for approval of the resolution carried unanimously.
A motion by Nipper for approval of the letter of agreement carried unanimously.
Request by Mac Carpenter, county planning and development services director, to appoint an elected official to the Walton County Affordable Housing Advisory Committee.
There was a motion by Nick to appoint Anderson to sit on the committee.
The motion was approved unanimously.
Request on behalf of Hunters Road, L.L.C., submitted by the BCC, for approval of the King Small Scale Amendment, consisting of a future land use classification change from Parks and Recreation to Commercial and a zoning district change from Parks and Recreation to General Commercial on a 2.22-acre parcel located on the southwestern corner of U.S. 331 and Short Avenue, immediately north of Grady Brown Park. The stated purpose of the amendment was to correct a scrivener’s error.
A motion by Nipper for approval of the amendment carried unanimously.
Request by Travis Dickerson for approval of the North Church Street Rezoning, consisting of a zoning change from Conservation Residential one unit per 2.5 acres to two units per acre, or a lesser use, on four acres located on the west side of North Church Street, between Gator Lane and Whisper Lane. The request was for the purpose of providing additional lots for children of the property owner.
A motion for approval by Nipper carried unanimously.
Request on behalf of Nathan and Crystal Boyles for approval of the Boyle ROW Abandonment, consisting of the abandonment of the eastern 30 feet of the 60-foot-wide 22nd Street right-of-way in Santa Rosa Beach. The abandonment area was stated to be mostly wetlands.
A presentation and BCC and staff discussion followed, with Charlie Cotton of Walton County Public Works speaking in opposition to the request pending completion of a county project, a master stormwater improvements plan for the Old Town of Santa Rosa area. Cotton stated the concern that the abandonment area could be needed for stormwater treatment in connection with these improvements.
A motion by Anderson to table the abandonment request carried unanimously.
Request on behalf of the Inlet Dunes Homeowners Association for a 60-day continuance on the association’s agenda item, Inlet Dunes Petition for Abandonment. The request was due to an additional property owner having joined in requesting the abandonment.
Approved 3-2 after presentations, BCC and staff discussion, and public comment was a motion by Glidewell to proceed with the hearing of the request and to move the abandonment request, along with two other requests applying to the same property, to the end of the agenda: Anderson-yes; Chapman-no; Glidewell-yes; Nick-no; Nipper-yes.
Request on behalf of Azland Waste Services, L.L.C., for approval to expand the Azland Borrow Pit by adding an additional 177 acres, for a total of 330.80 acres for the pit, located on Ed Brown Field Road off Rock Hill Road. The proposed expansion was located adjacent and to the east of the existing borrow pit on the west side of County Clay Pit Road.
A motion for approval by Glidewell carried unanimously.
Request on behalf of Carbon Meaning, L.L.C., for approval of the Carbon Meaning Office Building, consisting of 30,750 square feet of commercial/office space and associated infrastructure on six acres on the north side of U.S. 98, west of Serenoa Road and east of M.C. Davis in southeastern Walton County.
A motion for approval by Anderson carried unanimously.
Request on behalf of Lakewood Development, L.L.C., for approval of final plat for 395 Subdivision (Palm Cove), consisting of the subdividing into six single-family lots of a 3.49-acre property at 467 CR-395 in Santa Rosa Beach.
A motion for approval carried unanimously.
Request on behalf of the Inlet Dunes Homeowners Association for abandonment of 33 feet of Pompano Street on the condominium property and located 6/10 mile south of the U.S. 98 and South Orange Street intersection in Inlet Beach.
Approved unanimously after presentations, BCC and staff discussion and public comment was a motion by Glidewell to deny the abandonment.
Request on behalf of Earl Lynn Kidd III, Lucy Melinda Anderson, Hunter C. Kidd, Meagan K. Phillips, and Toby A. W. Kidd for abandonment of the 33-foot-wide right-of-way for roadway and public utility that extends along the southern property line of two lots at the southeast corner of the U.S. 98/Orange Street intersection in Inlet Beach.
Approved unanimously after presentations, BCC and staff discussion and public comment was a motion by Glidewell to deny the abandonment.
Request on behalf of Inlet Beach Capital Investments, L.L.C., (IBCI) for approval of the Pompano Street Right-of-Way Extension, a proposed driveway/roadway to extend Pompano Street east across an undeveloped right-of-way from South Orange Street to provide access to the IBCI property and other properties abutting the proposed road.
Following presentations, BCC and staff discussion and public comment, there was a motion by Nipper to deny the request. The motion was approved unanimously, resulting in failure of the road/driveway request.
A continuance was approved on one agenda item, Land Development Code Amendments Related to Plat, in order for it to be presented together with other amendments to be proposed to Walton County Land Development Code Chapter 1 at a future date.