DNR Chief Seeks Dock Moratorium for Old Pass Lagoon
The state DNR executive director Dr Elton J Gissen danner will seek a moratorium on all Old Pass Lagoon permit applications at the March 6 cabinet meeting to address water quality problems. The plan urges trustees Gov Bob Graham and cabinet to deny new multi slip docking until pollution sources are identified and a restoration plan is developed. Studies point to docks boating and the DOT stormwater outfall as major factors, with the fish kill linked largely to the stormwater outfall.
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Vanita Trippe
State Department of Natural Resources
Old Pass Lagoon
DNR
Elton J. Gissendanner
Gissendanner
Bob Graham
Board of Trustees
Old Pass
Department of Transportation
Florida State University
Agencies Split Over Harbor Dock Permits Before Moratorium
A DER spokesman told Preservation of Destin that DNR is upset over the agency’s net environmental benefit policy allowing three letters of intent for docks in Old Pass Lagoon. The projects at East Pass Towers, Destin Yacht Club, and Harbor Docks aim to add grass planting and pumps, with Harbor Docks proposing fish waste collection. DER officials are split on the East Pass Towers case as the policy’s testing unfolds and delays may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanita Trippe
Department of Natural Resources
Old Pass Lagoon
Department of Environmental Lation
Preservation of Destin
DER
Jesse Borthwick
DNR
Northwest Florida
Harbor Docks
Borthwick
East Pass Towers
POD
DEA
DNA
Incorporation Group Revises Destin Charter to Seven Councillors
Destin residents attended the Citizens for Incorporation meeting as the group unveiled a 1984 charter draft proposing a seven member city council and a ceremonial mayor. Houston Beaumont chaired the Charter Committee with Malcolm Patterson, Jack Becklund, and Jim Neilson leading other committees. The draft also contemplates extending boundaries into the Gulf and bay, broader police jurisdiction, and a 2 mill tax cap subject to voter approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingrid Kreis
Destin
Houston Beaumont
Citizens For Incorporation
Holiday Inn
Bob McIlroy
Malcolm Patterson
Jim Neilson
Beaumont
Patterson
Jack Becklund
Neilson
East Pass
Okaloosa-Walton County
Gulf of Mexico
Choctawhatchee Bay
Gulf and Bay
Bay
Gulf
State Recommends Destin Elementary School Expansion
The state plant survey team urged extensive additions to Destin Elementary including a music room, multi purpose room, guidance facility, covered PE area, cafeteria and parking lot expansion. No new classrooms were advised beyond the four under construction. board funding and timing to be decided. Deputy Supt. Pledger Sullivan praised the recommendations and growth potential in Destin.
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Karen MacGrogan
Destin Elementary
Pledger Sullivan
Walls
Destin School
Sullivan
Destin
Destin Elementary School
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Burbank
Webb Wood Products
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