Destin Measure Faces Second City Incorporation Referendum
The Destin incorporation vote, anticipated by over 3,500 registered voters, continues a two year dispute between pro city and anti incorporation groups. Bob McIlroy cites low millage and self supporting services as benefits, while Dewey Destin Jr. urges voters to consider what independent city status would really yield and cost. Continued On Page 8A
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Destin
Bob McIlroy
Citizens For Incorporation
Dewey Destin Jr
City of Destin
Storm Research Lessons on hurricane evacuation study
FEMA and the U S Army Corps of Engineers completed the first year of a Tri State Hurricane Evacuation Study analyzing 10 Florida Alabama and Mississippi coastal counties using the SLOSH storm surge model. Project manager John Wilson notes high life safety exposure in Okaloosa and Walton counties but less than some other coasts due to rising land elevations. Buildings on the shoreline remain at risk.
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Ingrid Kreis
South Walton
Federal Emergency Management Agency
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Okaloosa
Walton
John Wilson
National Weather Service
FEMA
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Wilson
Coast Plan Pinpoints Problems For Last Frontier
A 39 page draft plan by the Northwest Florida Coast Resource Planning and Management Committee outlines need for a regional water supply authority to serve 14 uncoordinated systems, improved hurricane evacuation routes, and a Destin Harbor Authority to monitor Old Pass Lagoon. It calls for regional water management, revised septic rules, and a north south Choctawhatchee Bay corridor, with amendments possible at the November 7 meeting.
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Ingrid Kreis
Panhandle Coast
Old Pass Lagoon
Northwest
Panhandle
South Florida
State Department of Community Affairs
Destin-South Walton
Okaloosa-Walton
Northwest Florida
Nwfwmd
Mit
Federal Emergency Management Agency
South Walton
State Department of Transportation
Choctawhatchee Bay
DCA
Biologist urges large Choctawhatchee Bay study proposal
Florida State University biologist Dr. Robert J. Livingston calls for a $250,000 state funded study of Choctawhatchee Bay to guide growth regulation and water quality improvements. He spoke at a Northwest Florida Coast committee meeting and discussed presenting a formal legislative proposal led by subcommittee chair Francis Spence. Representative James Ward joined the discussion, stressing the need for scientific guidance in policy making.
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Patricia Gould
Florida State University
Choctawhatchee Bay
Florida
Robert J
Skip’’ Livingston
Apalachicola Bay
Livingston
Old Pass Lagoon
Northwest
Florida Coast Resource Planning and Management Committee
Francis Spence
James Ward
Fort Walton Beach
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By Ingrid Kreis
City of
Headh Beach
Wes
Skip Livingston
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