All right, we have a one minute warning. One minute warning. If everyone could please silence or put their phones on vibrate, that'd be greatly appreciated. We'll be starting in one minute. Thank you. Alrighty. Good evening everyone. I'm going to call the city council meeting to order. Up first going to be the
invocation. Does Pastor Steve Ferris? Yeah, here you are. We got a big crowd tonight. I didn't see you. Well, we just want to stop and thank you right now that in the fullness of time, God, you sent forth your son born of a woman
and we beheld his glory and we know him as Jesus and that's the reason for this season and we stop and ask you for for just your blessings to continue on this nation. Lord, there's a lot of confusion around the world, but you Lord, you've blessed us immensely and we have the
freedom to worship. we have the freedom to pray and express our rights. And Lord, I want to thank you for that privilege. And I want to thank you for these who volunteer their time, those who serve our county, who serve our nation. And Lord, we just want to give you praise and honor. And Father, I just
ask for your hand to be upon all the things that's coming up in the coming nights and the coming days. Lord, I want to pray a special prayer for a Destin Forward group with us tonight. Lord, it's a great program. And Lord, as you preparing leaders for this community. So Lord, we just ask you again for your
grace and your mercy to continue upon us and we pray it in Jesus name. Amen. >> Thank you for that. Councilwoman Abear with the pledge. >> Please join me with your hand over your heart. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Awesome. Thank you both. Thank you. Thank you, Steve, for being here. Highly recommend First Baptist Church. Thank you so much for always blessing over our
community and our meeting. Moving along, we will get into the agenda approval. Does anyone have any changes, any variations, or will I take a motion? >> I'll make a motion to approve as is. >> Second. >> All right, I have a motion and a second. Uh, I'll call the vote. If you guys
aren't on, we can do audio roll. >> All right, we're off. All right. 4 Z. So moved. Thank you for that. All right. First up is going to be the 2025 Christmas parade winners. Thank you guys for being out there. It got a little windy and cold at the very end.
So I appreciate you guys hanging in there with us. I was going to wear this regardless. So, I'm glad there's a Christmas theme that makes this a little less silly. [laughter] It's my rooster. We got rid of him because he was very loud. He wasn't a bad rooster. He was just a loud rooster.
All right, the 2025 winners of the 20 41st annual Destin Christmas Parade, Seashells and Sleigh Bells. A younger me would have been slurring way worse than that. Anyways, I want to thank everyone again. Thank you guys for being here. We really appreciate your participation. This is a really cool
one. There's not too many cities in Florida, let alone the country, that do a boat Christmas parade. So, we are very honored and appreciative of everyone who went out. Even if your names aren't on this list, uh we thank you for your participation and we'll look forward to seeing you and more next year. So with
that, uh, Noel Award, band award sponsored by Destin Rotary, Fort Walton Beach High, this is Oh, this is the Christmas parade and the boat parade. Okay, sorry about that. Uh, so Noel Award. Yes, sorry. Uh, sponsored by the Destin Rotary, Fort W Beach High School, and Dustin Middle School. Are they here?
>> They are not. They have a concert. >> Oh god. Okay, fair enough. Fair [snorts] enough. All right. Elf Award, Children's Service, sponsored by Jim at State Farm, Destin High School. CONGRATULATIONS. [cheering] [applause] >> Thank you.
>> Yeah. >> Love it. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> We'll get on this side here. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. [laughter] >> Come on in. >> You good? Thank you guys so much. Appreciate you.
>> All right. Santa's Helper Award Children's Commercial, uh, sponsored by AJ Seafood and Oyster Bar, US Gold's Gymnastic. >> Yeah. All right. That's That makes a lot of sense. All right. Yeah. Congratulations. >> All right. Can I hand it to someone then
spin around? >> All right. All right. Congratulations. >> Awesome. >> Good job. All right. Up next is going to be the Angel Award, religious award sponsored by Emerald Coast Knights of Columbus.
Seems a little odd that they won their own award. Knights of Columbus Council 11893. We're going to have to look into that. That might be some collusion maybe. >> I don't know. I'm gonna have to get Doge on this one. I don't know about that. >> Well, there's there's one thing to say
about that. We never win. And we've been doing we've been sponsoring this award for many years. >> Are you saying this is a pity award? >> What pity? >> That was a beautiful man. >> Yeah. Well, thank you guys for sponsoring and for participating. Oh,
one more >> picture. All right. Yep. Yep. >> Awesome. >> Thank you so much. >> All right. Chamber award commercial sponsored by Chamber of Commerce and that is going to go to our one and only Destin Water users.
>> Yeah. [applause] >> Congratulations. >> Thank you. Thank you so much. >> All right, Civic Club Civic Award sponsored by uh Mike at All State and
that's going to be Amvet Post 29. [applause] >> Yeah, that's okay. All right. My Are you getting it or the commander? >> I'll give it to the commander. >> Awesome. Congratulations. There you go. Absolutely. >> I heard it. I heard it. Yeah. Sniping
from the back. All right. Crowdleaser sponsored by City of Destin Grace Lutheran Church. Awesome. Thank you guys so much. You guys had the shell that was hanging like it was a fish. Yes, I saw that. That was actually really impressive. All right, let me do my
official who don't want to Who am I shaking? >> There you go. Thank you guys so much. >> All right. >> Awesome. >> Thank you guys so much for participating and thank you for giving us this this room [laughter] many years ago. Full circle.
>> Yeah, absolutely. >> Well, we had to use your kitchen earlier, so thank you for that as well. All right. So, if you guys are just here for the awards, by all means, feel free. Thank you guys for coming. Feel free to exit now. We'll give you a minute. But we have a riveting council briefing
coming up here that will affect all of you in certain ways. [laughter] >> Fine. Yeah. Slowly blink twice. [laughter] [clears throat] Don't know where this chunk of chocolate came from. Uh >> Crystal
Alrighty. So, as they round out, up next is going to be 1B death destin youth youth council work plan presentation. >> Mayor, may I uh recognize Stella, >> please? >> I got something. Um first of all we we
have uh David Coloult here too from Dustin High School and then uh the chair is uh Stella Soma and uh I just want to uh before I call on to discuss the project uh I would like to share that she was selected as Florida's first
alternate for the 2026 United States Senate youth program placing her among the top three applicants statewide through a highly competitive Florida Department of Education administered selection process. This prestigious program sponsored by
the US Senate recognizes exceptional students before a leader for academic excellence, civic engagement, and public service. As first alternate, Stella is eligible to participate in the week-long DC program, engaging directly with
senior federal leaders, and to receive the program's $10,000 undergraduate scholarship if a Florida delegate is unable to attend. So this prestigious recognition reflects your outstanding leadership, academic excellence, and your commitment to civic engagement and
public service. So [applause] >> what grade are you in? >> I'm a junior. >> Awesome. So we still got another year with you. >> I will be reapplying. Don't worry. >> Yeah, >> I'll bring home the one for Dustin. Thank you, Mr. Ray, for that recognition. Um, Stella Skoma, 332
Tquesta Drive, Dustin, Florida. Um, good evening, mayor and members of the city council. My name is Stella Skoma, and I serve as chair of the Destin City Youth Council. I am here to request approval for the youth council to move forward with our primary initiative for this term, which is the
Youth Labor Rights Project. This project supports the city's strategic goal of enhanced quality of life while also directly benefiting Destin's business community. In our local economy, many employers rely on young workers, especially in retail and food service.
At the same time, many teens and employers alike are not fully familiar with Florida's child labor requirements, which can unintentionally lead to scheduling or compliance issues. The Youth Labor Rights Project is a volunteer-led educational initiative
with no budget impact. Currently, it is not designed to regulate or penalize businesses. Its purpose is to provide clarity and support while strengthening the local workforce in our community. The project includes three components. Firstly, a young workers fair partnering
with local schools focused on job readiness and workplace expectations. Secondly, a voluntary youth safe employer recognition program that highlights businesses committed to lawful and safe youth employment. And lastly, a clear, simplified resource
guides that help both teens and employers understand youth labor laws for local businesses. This project helps create a better prepared, more reliable workforce and reduces the risk of accidental labor law violations, as well as offering positive public recognition
for employers who do things the right way. We plan to offer participating businesses public recognition and the and also an advantage in the hiring process by providing access to the most capable and committed young applicants for young workers. It creates
safer first job experiences and clearer expectations. We believe that a first job should be a positive learning experience where young workers can be more engaged and educated. Our priority is to strengthen Destin's workforce, safe in its workspaces, and support
young workers and businesses together. Tonight, the youth council is requesting approval to move forward with planning and partnerships under city guidance. Thank you, and I'm happy to answer any questions. >> Thank you for being here. With that, anyone have any questions or comments
for the idea? Or I'll entertain a motion. I'll make the motion that we accept the work plan for the use. >> I'll second that. >> Awesome. Motion in a second. Any further discussions? >> All right. Seeing none,
>> we'll call the vote. Ray, >> there we go. >> Great. Eyes have it. So moved. Thank you so much for being here. >> Thank you all so much. I appreciate it. While you're here, would you want to introduce yourself or you good? [laughter]
>> Put you on the spot if you want to come up here. Yeah, you made the trip. You might as well. >> Yeah. Uh David Kohl's, 3817 Indian Trail. Um I'm part of the youth labor subcommittee on the Destin Youth Council. >> Awesome. Thank you for being here. >> Thank you. >> Yep.
>> Awesome. All right. So, we'll move right along into public comments. If anyone wishes to speak, you have three minutes. Just need your name and address. The floor is yours. Yes, sir. Don Dallas 442 snapper. Uh, this February will be four years
been trying to get my street fixed where it don't flood my house or my neighbor's house. I noticed on this agenda today says uh dredging the harbor. Important stuff. East pass bridge advisory
committee update on four street row improvement. Everywhere I look in this town, they got metal grates. They got pipes underneath driveways. They got them all over town except for my street, my house, and my
neighbors. I want to thank the city. Yes, sir. For trying to fix my driveway. The last rain we had, I got seven feet. Neighbor got five north of me. Been
ongoing for four years. Okay. And y'all know the SWS. They come out. They're a contractor to fix my deal the best they could. I gave the city a bid on it. I gave
them, they said 24 in. That was on a bid. Then I was gone on a a wedding deal out of state. Next thing I know, my contractor had to come back the next day and put more uh sand in the hole. It's
too deep. City say it's too deep. I measured four houses behind me on the next street on Benning. The lease was 31 in the daycare by my corner by my house. Y'all know where I live. You do for sure and this man does here.
45 in by daycare. You go down there on on uh Main Street, 7 ft deep this walls. But they made my guy come back and fill it back cuz it was too deep. It wasn't 15 or 16 inches. I questioned that and I got the same old answer. Oh, that don't
make no difference. It makes a difference to me. Uh, let's see. I try to figure that out. November 3rd, the meeting that was here. Okay. And I was real excited about that
because they had a uh number 3A flood protection mitigation report for 2025. I got excited. I said, "Man, they're going to get a get a grant to fix my my
problem." They skipped it. They didn't have it. They jumped on to the next one. So, uh, you know, I've been up here preaching for almost four years. City's got all the money to do this and to do that and to do that. And, you know, I'm not going to go over all that. Y'all
know what it is. They need to find a grant. I signed a grant over there. Some lady from the city, I believe, we signed it over a year ago or two years ago, whatever it was, put my house on there, address, and all that mess. Ain't heard a word?
Trying to get a grant. So, I'm I'm asking y'all, you know, you got grants for doing everything in this town. My street, Wanita runs into my street. The water from Wanita where they fixed
it a year or two whatever ago runs right in my street and then the hill there's a hill on the left side of my street this side of my house. Water comes right down there and right in there right in
my drive right in my house. And I told y'all before I said we're 78 years old. I had to put sandbags out. I had to put out the, you know, the black things that the uh one of the old city council members, old John, gave me last year and
then uh Mike brought me some here about a year ago 78. Got to put out sandbags. So, I'm asking you all find some money to fix Snapper Drive. We're in the bottom. I talked to somebody from
Okaloosa County. Okay. Commission. We're in a teacup. We're right here at the very bottom. The neighbors behind me on Benning, they're in the same spot. Okay. What they done over there, they put the pipe that big underneath the uh
driveways, which is city property. Okay. And they dug the swells out and they're a heck of a lot deeper than mine. But anyway, that's all I got to tell you. But I wish somebody would get off, you know, get on the stick and and help us out there. You know, me and wife fall
all my appliances, you know, unfortunately they're in the garage. You know, the washer and dryer and stuff getting water under there. You know what salt water does to metal? We slip, we fall, we get black mold. You understand what I'm saying? >> Yes, sir.
>> Please. >> Thank you for being here. >> Try and do something. Okay. Yes, sir. just hit that. Great. Yep. Name and address. >> Sid Potter, 536 Wanita. Destin. First, I want to thank the
council for fixing the uh uh norththeast corner of uh Over Street and um excuse me, Anderson and Wanita where the asphalt was torn up by the kids who were tripped tripping on the blocks of
asphalt and uh that's been ongoing for three years, but we finally got her done. Uh sidewalks still torn up. The FedEx trucks seem to keep that broken all the time as the UPS trucks do. I'm not allowed to put spikes out there, but I would
[clears throat] maybe move the telephone pole a little closer. Listen, uh, enough of that, but thank you guys for getting that done. That little girl, you know, she got a band-aid, but uh, could have been worse. As I said, I hope you all have good insurance. Um, Live Oak AT&T.
Okay. I do a lot of work over in Riata Bay in Kelly Plantation. Boy, their streets are all nice and clean and their sidewalks are all nice and clean. And guess where we are over in our neighborhood? Looks like a bomb went off of there. You ought to see it. You know,
you know it. Sand all over the people's sidewalks, the streets, the grass is all torn up, paint everywhere, and they're done. Except for when the the track machine went across five of my sprinkler heads.
They'll be getting a bill for it. [clears throat] New hotels in Destin. I talked to Mr. Braden about this the other day and uh when's it going to stop guys? A moratorum building moratorum. This
city can't handle a whole bunch more. I mean all the building in behind wind dixie and whatnot and then now we're putting in a hotel how close to the bridge and you put the bridge and you want to if you know anything about elevations I know a little bit about it and that and the
ramp up getting onto the bridge is going to put it just about where that hotel is going up there it's going to be a chaos in there now question is that a six-story building >> yes >> how they get the the permit to do that I thought there is a height restriction in that neighborhood
for six stories is the max for the city of Destin. >> Oh, really? I saw the three >> six. >> Okay. Now, I'll ask you a second question. That piece of property where the old uh greasy spoon was in in the
village in 320 rooms, 320 parking places plus employees. That's not a very big piece of property, but how you going to get 320 parking places in there minimum? I just don't see it. I mean, you know, you've been here a long time. I've been
here since 1978 and this, you know, the DOT asked me in a survey about what I thought about 98. And I answered all the questions and they said, "How long have I lived here?" I said, "Well, I lived here long enough to know that at 9:00 at night, chances are if you were laying
down middle highway 98, you would not get run over." And you know what all you know all lived here. It's it's just every day it's getting bigger and bigger. The infrastructure just can't handle this. I mean it seriously can't. I mean I'm I'm
I'm seriously thinking that you guys need to start thinking about a building moratorium in this town. I really do. So thank you all. >> Thank you. Anyone else? >> All right. See, can you hit that button for me? >> All right. With that, we'll move past
the public comments and get into the consent agenda. Do I hear a motion? >> I'll make a motion to approve as is. >> Second. >> Have a motion in a second. Seeing no further discussions, we'll call the vote. Right. You got it. A roll call. >> Oh, roll call. Okay. Councilman Braden,
I'll come. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> All right. 40. So moved. All right. City manager report. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor and Council. U just a couple items for you tonight. one. Um, certainly no action requested, but just
a give you a briefing on some activity that staff has been going through over the last few months regarding Doge, which we're calling the destined optimization of government efficiencies. We kind of brought that home uh to look
at what might what might we be able to do to save taxpayers money here in Destin. I can tell you over that time we've identified about $625,000 uh that we've been able to um bring back
into the fold. Uh a large portion of that was our health insurance that we renegotiated. Actually had to make some changes policy, but we saved about 430,000 bucks on that. Um we uh utilize some direct
purchasing for particularly the pickle ball course, the Morgan's lights and the cross town connector which we would as opposed to paying the contractors to purchase materials, we'd buy it internally and not pay sales tax
on it. So that saved us about $125,000. Our library folks um found about $12,000 we could save there. it about 7,500 on subscriptions that we weren't using or had expired that needed
to be terminated. And from HR saved about 50,000 making sure our workers comp class classifications were correct and doing some um restructuring of the way we brought folks on board and some testing and things we were doing that probably didn't have as much value.
So, just wanted to give you that report. Uh those efforts will continue. uh there's a a good amount of information in your packet that you may review, but that's the crux of where we are today. Uh pleased that staff has worked hard to identify those things and we'll continue
to those efforts moving forward. >> Thank you so much. >> The next item is regarding the um u fourth street rideway improvements. uh we think we're going to ask you not to take any action on that tonight and let
us take a little harder look at uh what may work out best there. Um there's some other ideas besides hiring someone to do it and so we'll examine that and bring it back to you at a later date if that's okay with council. And other than that, there's some minutes for your approval for the
standing or for your information. And then a few announcements. Um we were asked to look for an outside party to do the um help with a survey on the annexation and the we reached out to
four organizations or companies that could do that that work or we thought we could. Uh one said they weren't interested. Two we didn't get a any response back from which I thought was odd but nonetheless we didn't. But we did have uh one respondent uh from
Tallahassee, Cherry Communications, that actually was kind of excited about working with us on it. They do phone interviews, so they do live one-on-one um conversations to capture the information we need. Um we can do it for
about less than 5,000 bucks probably. uh and let them move forward with um gathering the information to help you guys make the decision or whether we want to move it forward. So that's certainly within my spending authority and we can move that forward unless you have ideas otherwise. I think we'll get
the information we're looking for from them. Uh we're certainly will make sure that the questions are formulated so that it's not a push poll. it won't be biased that and this is what these folks do for a living and so they know how to do those things and reach out and take the addresses associate phone numbers
with them and get some good interaction. So we're looking forward to that. Uh we're going to ask to schedule a CRA meeting for the second council meeting in December, pardon me, in January. Uh we have a executive session that council
will ask you to to schedule uh on the first meeting. So that would be our first quarterly rollup and that meeting to address any of the pentup items that are between the Harbor CRA and the Town Center CRA that they're looking for action on.
We opened bids for the cross town connector and pleased to tell you that those bids came in at about half of what the um engineers estimates were. So that's going to be good savings there. Uh so uh we have to present those to the
Florida DOT because of the funding they're contributing. They'll make sure we're appropriately went through the procurement process and that uh the um contractor that we will recommend meets their uh standards, which we don't think there's any problem with that, but we'll
wait for that and bring that back to you hopefully at the next meeting. Um, and then finally, um, we were notified, uh, yesterday or the day before that we're recipient of a $450,000 D grant, uh, to,
um, rework our vulnerability assessments or to update it. Uh, that's very important as we continue cycling through grant programs. Uh so when we continually identify and uh reidentify those areas where we're vulnerable and
seek that funding, this uh process certainly helps in that. Uh so that's the announcements I have and I know Dr. Young has some for you. >> Yeah, I just have one tonight. Just a reminder for people's calendars that we have our visioning session that we do annually. We have that set for Friday,
January 23rd at 9:00 a.m. >> And um one other one, the we did receive from word back from DOT that they're going to actually take another look at the uh airport road and 98 intersection
and perhaps moving the uh right turn lane or move the through lane past the intersection. So there's get rid of that u need to move left quickly. Uh so once you negotiate the turn then have that merge lane to the
left. So maybe take that conflict out with the bicycle traffic as well. >> Yeah, they're at the Yes, they're at the very beginning stages of looking that and thanks to Captain Fulgum for pushing that with them for the last like couple of years I think. >> Awesome. Anything? All right, seeing
none. All right, Miss Cop. >> Public [clears throat] hearings. >> Thank you, mayor. The first public hearing is ordinance 2526 LC, an ordinance of the city of Dustin, Florida, deleting section 7.13.00 00 non-conforming uses and structures
and section 16800 non-conforming signs of the land development code and creating a new article 3 nonconformities providing for authority providing for findings of fact providing for incorporation into the land development code providing for conflicting provisions providing for severability
and providing for an effective date. Uh this is first reading and as you know this is a part of the ongoing LDC rewrite. uh staff has outlined the changes in the staff report and um the community development director is here and um has a presentation if you'd like
to see it. All right, before we jump in, uh seeing that this is a public hearing. If anyone from the public wishes to speak on this topic, this is your time to do so. All right, seeing none, I'll close that. And guess I'll get a nod. Do we want I
guess we'll we'll do the presentation. I [laughter] don't want to All right, >> thanks for the work. We'll just pass you. >> Thank you, mayor. Uh, so just the background on both this will be for three and five, article five, April. On April 5th, 2021, city council approved the scope of work and budget for the
full rewrite of the land development code after internal and public reviews beginning in early 2023. Staff presented a draft of article 3 to the city council at its workshop on December 3rd, 2024. Uh, incorporating city council's in
input, staff created a final draft. Further refinements have been made based on re-reviews by new staff. Um, next slide, Ray, I mean, uh, Annie. Uh, so article three, as Miss Cop said, covers
nonconformities. The general changes to the ordinance is revisions to language for clarity and improvements to organization. Also relocated sections 713 and 16.08 08 to what would be the new article 3 key changes clarification
that non-conforming uses shall not be enlarged and replacement of structures lost to catastrophe with construction costs exceeding 50% of replacement value must be brought into compliance with the land development code and new section there's a new section covering
non-conforming site elements namely access parking and landscaping it >> that's it for article three >> all right thank you so much. All right, Councilman Dustin. >> Thank you, Mayor. Um, when we first created our land development code and
we're going through these issues many, many, many years ago, we discussed the fact that the harbor is Destin's heart and is unique in what is down there. And I thought at the time we had put some
provisions in the code that in the event that we have a hurricane that has a 20ft surge or so like they had Mexico beach and destroyed most of the old what I would call historic as far as destin structures such as the boat house such
as uh what's now Margaritavville um Harry Te's all of that stuff if it is destroyed under this provision vision can't go back and that changes the very nature and the very history that we seek to preserve. So,
you know, I would uh I would suggest that don't have any problem with no expansion. Don't have any problem with the sections that say you don't move it around. But as far as the 50% rule, a real hurricane is going to wreck it past the 50% and then what we would go back
with would not be what Destin was. And so my suggestion is that we would uh not make the 50% rule apply to the South Harbor district. It's simple and and if staff wants to word smith that and make it come out in a more legal and more
understandable term, that would be great. But I will make a motion that that we make that change. >> I'll second that. >> All right. I have a motion and a second. Uh any further discussion? Would you like to discuss that further with under your term? Well, that was one of the things I was going to bring up was if we
had a hurricane, we would not be able to >> to take care of the businesses that are established at the harbor, but Dewey said it. I don't need to repeat it. >> All right. Any any further discussion on that? >> All right. We'll call the vote and then I'll come back to you. >> Did we make the motion?
>> Yep. We got first and a second. >> The changes changes. >> Okay. >> Yeah. For specifically the South Harbor district. >> Um while Ray's putting that up there, David, what what would they have to do for the boat house? I mean, does that mean pilings then if they were to
conform? I'm sure there's a several variables that would be updated. So, it just >> Yeah, it'd be a complete different All right. >> And there are a number of buildings, not just the boat house that's over the water, but the stuff that's in Grand such as where Harry Te's is or the old
the East Pass Seafood. Yeah. >> All of that would not be able to be built back. Okay. And and correct me if I'm wrong, we have a rule that says now that you can't build within 50 ft of the water's edge. I know at least that's in residential. Does that apply to that down there also?
>> I'm not sure. Let me ask. So it does not. >> Okay. Well, then that's not part we have to fix. >> Okay. >> All right. So that motion passes 31. Uh Council Aair, do you have anything else? >> All right. Bring it back. I [clears throat] just wanted to um let
the individual that came up and was complaining about how we need to stop put a moratorum. That's what this whole LDC rewrite is is correcting the rules that have basically let things happen because the wording wasn't right. It didn't put the right caveat in there to
make sure we could keep Destin from exploding at the seams. It's a very tedious rewrite and our TA staff is working tirelessly to get it done. So as soon as we get all of these through and get the rewrite finalized, we are trying
to put a moratorum on new hotels etc. >> All right. Thank you for the for that. All right. Anything further on the first reading of ordinance 2526? All right. Seeing none, I guess we're going to come back for first reading.
>> Correct. >> All right. Getting the hang of this. All right. B Miss Cop. Thank you, mayor. This is ordinance number 263 LC, an ordinance of the city of Dustin, Florida, deleting section 7.08.00,
regulation of the subdivision of land of the land development code, replacing section 7.08.00 by creating a new article 5 subdivision regulations of the land development code. providing for authority, providing for findings of fact, providing for incorporation into the land development code, providing for conflicting
provisions, providing for severability, and providing for an effective date. This is first reading. Again, part of the ongoing LDC rewrite, and the community development director can continue with his presentation. >> Okay. And if you go to five,
general changes to the subdivision regulations, uh, revisions to language for clarity, improvements, organization, and internal consistency. Also relocated section 7.08, 8.04, and 10.01 through 10.04 to what will be
a new article 5. The key changes are that the requirements for when common ownership associations are necessary were simplified and consolidated. Uh the maximum block size was increased from 660 ft to 800 feet. Uh there's an added
requirement for midblock pedestrian crossings for blocks that exceed 4 400 ft. Also specified a minimum width of 15 ft for utility easements and that utility easements must be non-exclusive. Uh clarified that developments must
connect to the local sewer system and any access variants must be recorded as a public record. Thank you for that. And providing that this is a public hearing at this time, if anyone wishes to speak on this topic, this is your time to do so.
All right. Seeing none, I'll close the public comments and I will entertain a motion for 2603 LC. >> Yeah, I was trying to read I was trying to find the motion. I move that the city council approve ordinance 26-03-LC as presented.
>> I'll second that. >> All right. Any further discussions? >> All right. Seeing none, call the vote. >> All right. Eyes have it. So moved. Four zero. All right. Thank you for that. I'm already here. Six. Councilman Braden. >> Thank you, Mayor. Uh, I just want to
thank all of the staff uh for a great year. Um, a lot of hard work, got a lot done. Um, thanks for that and just hope everybody has a great Christmas, safe holidays. Thank you. >> All right. Thank you, Councilwoman.
>> Uh, I'll ditto what he said, but I wanted to add uh to Lisa and the all the crew that worked the parade this year, all the parades. Um, great job. good deal and uh you accolades all all around
again. Merry Christmas and happy new year. >> Council woman, >> thank you, Mayor. And I'll let you echo that. The uh the parade and the decorations are a tremendous [snorts] amount of work and appreciate the fact that staff makes it so nice for us to go out with a bang at the end of the year.
I did have one question I wanted to ask or one observation that had to do with the land development code. I've gotten several comments about the fact that we are making buildings go up by the road such as the auto zone. And I think we've
got another one. That's was part of a plan that the council conceived. I'm not sure how many years ago that they thought it would look nicer to have buildings up by the road rather than parking. I'm not sure that that really is a better plan, especially if it's
applied to the stuff on the harbor side. Um, those buildings jammed up against the road don't look good to me. So, I won't do it tonight after the first year. We'll see if we can explore that element of the land development code that's causing those buildings to be
moved right up onto the road rather than back farther. Other than that, have a happy new year and merry Christmas. >> Awesome. Thank you. All right, Councilwoman Neighbor. >> Thank you, mayor. Like to echo what my fellow council members said on, you
know, Lisa and her team. That was an awesome setup. We appreciate you getting us all the the golf carts to be able to have all the candy that we had. I didn't run out. This was a great great job. The decorations, just the organization. Your
your team are tireless and I I don't really think words ever do them justice, but they definitely deserve a very merry Christmas and um and same to the rest of the staff. Thank you for all the hard work. I know it's tedious some of the things we ask y'all to do, but we do
appreciate you keeping us ahead of the game and trying to keep us out of trouble. So, thank you for all you do. Y'all have a merry Christmas and a happy new year and thank you for all you do. Thanks, Mayor. >> Awesome. All right. Thank you guys as well. Um, on the non-conforming, I meant to ask during that first public hearing.
Um, it made me think of non-conforming signs, very big signs that some rotate, some are stagnant. Is there a way to because I've had a couple people show me photos of I guess parts of the debris that have fallen. Is there a way to
require them to have an inspection uh to see if they're, you know, up to engineering standards? That might be a discussion offline, but that's something that came up uh two days ago and I I meant to ask you guys in our briefing, but what does that look like um as far
as signs of deterioration? And now we're getting into public safety for some very large signs that are non-conforming in Destin. So I appreciate that note. Other than that, happy New Year's, happy Thanksgiving. Really appreciate you guys. And I'll turn it over to Miss Cot. >> Thank you, Mayor.
>> Happy Thanksgiving. [laughter] Merry Christmas. Happy Merry Hanza. How about that? >> Thanksgiving. >> All right. Well, I I won't be a Baham bug if I add another meeting, will I? [laughter] >> Okay. >> Just keep it before. Well, then 5:30 on
January 5th. Um, [laughter] pursuant to section 286.0118 Florida statutes, I, the city attorney, desire the advice of the city council in the case of Claude Perry Enterprises LLC and Marlor Harbor Property LLC versus
City of Destin. Case number 2025CA002694 F. Okaloosa County, Florida Circuit Court. And as such, I'm calling for an executive session to be held in the city council chambers at the Destin City Hall annex 4100 Indian Bayou Trail, Dest, Florida 32541 on Monday, January 5th,
2026 at 5:30 p.m. Central time or as soon thereafter as the issue may be heard. Present at the executive session will be a court reporter, Mayor Bobby Wagner, city council members Kevin Schmidt, Tory Guile, Teresa Abear, Jim Bagby, Dewey Dest, Sandy Traml, and
Rodney Braden. City Manager Larry Jones, William Warner, who is our litigation attorney, and myself. >> That work for everyone? Yes. >> Y >> didn't we scheduled the CRA board meeting at 5:30, the first meeting in January? >> Yeah, we had >> second meeting.
>> We could do it second meeting. >> Yeah, we're going to do it the second meeting. >> We're going to do the second. Okay. I just saw that as a conflict. That's all right. >> All right. Good. I >> I'm good. >> Anything else? All right. Seeing none. >> Thank you, council. Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and happy new year. >> Awesome. Thank you so much. All right,
public comments. Anyone else second stop? Seeing none. All right, anyone who's from Destin Forward, you got lucky you picked a good one. We could have been here till 11. With that, I will adjourn this meeting and everyone have a wonderful holidays and a happy new year.