Board of County Commissioners - Mar 24 2026

Board of County Commissioners - Mar 24 2026. Location: South Walton Annex Board Room. Time: 01:00 PM. Agenda: Board of County Commissioners - Mar 24 2026 - Html Walton County Board of County Commissioners Meeting Regular Meeting Agenda - Final Tuesday, March 24, 2026 1:00 PM South Walton Annex Board Room MEETING LOCATION South Walton Annex BCC Boardroom, 31 Coastal Centre Blvd. Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459 INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG CALL TO ORDER COMMISSIONER ATTENDANCE OPENING COMMENTS RECOGNITION OF GUESTS 1. 26-0348 - Pdf Recognition of Walton County Emergency Management (WCEM) volunteers Rick Royston and Christa Radka for exemplary volunteer service to the County at WCEM CONSIDER ADDITIONS/DELETIONS 26-0383 - Pdf Additions: Commissioner Danny Glidewell, District Two Add #1 - (26-0382) Request to allow Margot Palmer to complete an Eagle Scout project at Lakewood Park/Britton Hill Deletions: PUBLIC COMMENTS Please limit comments to three minutes or less on agenda items only ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION APPROVAL OF AGENDA APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA Clerk's Items: 2. 26-0331 - Pdf Request to approve and authorize the Chairman to sign the minutes of the March 10, 2026, Public Workshop 3. 26-0332 - Pdf Request to approve the Expenditure Approval List (EAL) Administration - Consent Items: 4. 26-0320 - Pdf Request to approve the Walton County Advisory Boards and Committees Appointment Policy and Procedures 5. 26-0330 - Pdf Request to approve and authorize the Chairman to sign a resolution adopting a new schedule of fees and fines for County paid parking areas 6. 26-0345 - Pdf Request approval for staff to schedule and advertise a Board Workshop for presentations from the top three ranked firms from (RFQ) 26-07 for Federal Lobbying services Chief Financial Officer - Consent Items: 7. 26-0314 - Pdf Request to approve and authorize the Chairman to sign a Subaward Agreement with Judge Ben Gordon, Jr. Family Visitation Center dba/Safe Connections Family Visitation Center for Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG-C) grant agreement JG181 in the amount of $22,169.00 from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement County Attorney - Consent Items: Engineering - Consent Items: 8. 26-0231 - Pdf Request to approve and authorize the Chairman to sign Change Order No.:3 to Contract No.: 24-29 with Gage Golden Construction, LLC d/b/a BGN Contractors for the construction of the Glendale Fire Station; increasing the contract completion date by 60 days 9. 26-0327 - Pdf Request approval to award Request for Qualifications (RFQ 26-09) for Professional Services to the top ranked firm Gortemoller Engineering, Inc. for the design of Mossy Head Industrial Park Access Road and Intersection Improvement Project located at the Northwest Florida Commerce Park and to begin negotiations Library - Consent Items: 10. 26-0317 - Pdf Request to approve and authorize the Chairman to sign a License and Hold Harmless Agreement and Waiver of Claims with Watersound Town Center, LLC and the St. Joe Company for Bookmobile stops for May 5, 2026-April 27, 2027 11. 26-0310 - Pdf Request to approve the purchase of a 2026 Bronco Sport for the Library System in an amount not to exceed $31,981 Planning & Development - Consent Items: 12. 26-0338 - Pdf Echelon - Acceptance of ALJ Recommended Final Order and approval of Final Order. Project number MAJ25-000034 is being reviewed by Kelly Schultz. This is a major development application submitted by Jenkins Engineering, Inc. on behalf of H and S, LLC, requesting to develop a 246-unit condominium with associated amenities and infrastructure as part of the approved DRI on 5.62 +/- acres. The project site has a future land use of Mixed Use and a zoning category of Coastal Center. The property is in District 4, located at 100 Seascape Drive and is identified by parcel number(s) 29-2S-21-42500-000-0050. Public Works - Consent Items: 13. 26-0298 - Pdf Request to approve and authorize the Chairman to sign a resolution and the State of Florida Department of Transportation Off System Bridge Project Agreement (FPID #: 450864-1) authorizing FDOT to do all acts necessary to complete the Bridge Replacement, Rehabilitation, and Inspection Project for Hub Presley Road over Pond Creek (Bridge No. 604152), including construction of the replacement structure 14. 26-0304 - Pdf Request approval for the City of Freeport to install rope lighting at Four Mile pedestrian bridge and to stain the pedestrian bridge Tourism Department Administration - Consent Items: 15. 26-0359 - Pdf Request to accept the resignation of Bob Lacasse from Seat 9 on the Tourist Development Council and approve to advertise the vacancy Tourism Department Beach Operations- Consent Items: 16. 26-0321 - Pdf Request to approve and authorize the Chairman to sign the Application for Service and Customer Agreement with Regional Utilities for water/sewer services at 115 Sandy Lane 17. 26-0344 - Pdf Request to authorize the Chairman to sign the Right of Entry contract with Legacy Condominium, authorizing Walton County to enter the premises to plant trees along the shared property line. CITIZEN REQUESTS 18. 26-0346 - Pdf Holly Holt, Health Officer for the Florida Department of Health in Walton County - The Florida Department of Health in Walton County (DOH-Walton) and the Walton Community Health Center (WCHC) are requesting approval for the Walton Board of County Commissioners to purchase a medical modular clinic and be reimbursed by DOH-Walton/WCHC through grant funds awarded from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) 19. 26-0319 - Pdf Ryan Messer, Supervisor of Elections - Request to approve and authorize the Chairman to sign a resolution approving modifications to certain voting precinct boundaries as recommended by the Walton County Supervisor of Elections; adopting revised precinct maps; authorizing implementation; and providing an effective date BRIAN KELLENBERGER, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR 20. 26-0318 - Pdf Request to approve and authorize the Chairman to sign a resolution authorizing the Director of Building Construction and Maintenance to obtain any applicable statutory exemptions for contractor license requirement for the department's employees and apply on behalf of Walton County for any applicable building permits on construction, remodeling, repair and other improvement projects of a cost less than $100,000 located on county-owned property 21. 26-0361 - Pdf Request for direction regarding enforcement of political signs within County Rights-of-Way along tourist corridors EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 22. 26-0339 - Pdf Request to approve and authorize the Chairman to sign a resolution proclaiming April 2026 as National Volunteer Month PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT 23. 26-0362 - Pdf Update and request for direction as it relates to proposed Land Development Code Text amendments related directly to ensuring compatible development patterns within existing neighborhoods PUBLIC WORKS 24. 26-0313 - Pdf Request to approve and authorize the Chairman to sign Change Order No.: 1 to Contract No.: 26-04 with 3 Rivers Construction Co., LLC for the County Highway 83A (Bay Loop) Timber Bridges Renovation increasing the contract amount $3,360.00 25. 26-0168 - Pdf Request to award Invitation to Bid (ITB) 26-06 to the lowest, most responsive, and responsible bidder, Construction Materials of Northwest Florida, Inc. for On-Site Concrete Crushing with Multi-Size Aggregate Output and Contaminant Removal, in the amount of the base bid of $5,612.00, with unit line item pricing to apply for services identified in the bid schedule, and to approve and authorize the Chairman to sign Contract No.: 26-06 TOURISM DEPARTMENT BEACH OPERATIONS 26. 26-0347 - Pdf Request for direction on the spay/neuter program as proposed by 30A Cats MELISSA THOMASON, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER CLAY ADKINSON, COUNTY ATTORNEY 27. 26-0363 - Pdf Request approval to schedule and advertise a special meeting for Executive Session regarding Peace of Paradise, LLC. vs Walton County, Walton County Circuit Court case number 2021CA196 28. 26-0364 - Pdf Request approval to schedule and advertise a special meeting for Executive Session regarding Samuel A. Osborne vs Walton County, First District Court of Appeal case number 1D2021-3898 (L.T. case number 2017CA607) and Walton County Circuit Court case number 2025CA56 PUBLIC HEARING 29. 26-0334 - Pdf Request to consider an Ordinance of the Walton County Board of County Commissioners amending Ordinances 2018-14 and 2018-24, thereby amending the Walton County Land Development Code, specifically Chapter 4, Resource Protection Standards, Section 4.02.03, Restrictions on development within the Coastal Dune Lake Protection Zone, to provide additional protections to the Eastern Lake Outfall, and to provide a supermajority vote to make further modifications of this section, providing for conflicts, severability, and an effective date 30. 26-0335 - Pdf Request to continue to May 26, 2026 an Ordinance of the Walton County Board of County Commissioners amending Ordinance 2018-29, thereby amending the Walton County Land Development Code, specifically Chapter VIII, Neighborhood Plan Overlay Districts, Section 8.02.05, Amendment of an adopted neighborhood plan, to provide for the ability of the board to modify neighborhood plans under certain circumstances and the method and manner of such modifications, providing for conflicts, severability, and an effective date 31. 26-0336 - Pdf Request to continue to May 26, 2026 an Ordinance of the Walton County Board of County Commissioners amending Ordinance 2019-01, thereby amending the Walton County Land Development Code, Appendix NP-7, Inlet Beach Neighborhood Plan, to provide for clarification and correction as to the inclusion of certain properties North of U.S. Highway 98 and to those land use districts where limited lodging is allowed and prohibited, providing for conflicts, severability, and an effective date COMMISSIONER DAN CURRY, DISTRICT ONE 32. 26-0352 - Pdf Recognition of Freeport High School Wrestling 33. 26-0353 - Pdf Planning department discussion 34. 26-0354 - Pdf Discussion regarding a temporary density moratorium 35. 26-0355 - Pdf Discussion regarding the Tuition Reimbursement policy 36. 26-0360 - Pdf Discussion regarding Housing and Urban Development (HUD) financial shortfall COMMISSIONER DANNY GLIDEWELL, DISTRICT TWO Add 1 26-0382 - Pdf Request to allow Margot Palmer to complete an Eagle Scout project at Lakewood Park/Britton Hill COMMISSIONER DONNA JOHNS, DISTRICT FOUR VICE-CHAIR TONY ANDERSON, DISTRICT FIVE CHAIR BRAD DRAKE, DISTRICT THREE OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS Please limit comments to three minutes or less LEGISLATIVE ITEMS 37. 26-0333 - Pdf Inlet Beach Neighborhood Plan – Request to continue to May 26, 2026 a second and final reading to adopt by ordinance. This is to correct a scrivener's error in the Inlet Beach Neighborhood Plan. Planning and Development Services staff determined that Section 2.2.7 of the Inlet Beach Neighborhood Plan contains a scrivener's error. This scrivener's error makes it unclear how to adjudicate this section of the Neighborhood Plan. 38. 26-0337 - Pdf Carson Lane SSA with Rezoning - Adoption Hearing. Request to approve by ordinance. Project number FLU25-000029 is being reviewed by Ayanna Reed. This is a future land use with rezoning application submitted by Regional Utilities on behalf of Florida Community Services Corporation of Walton County requesting to change the current future land use from Residential to Public Facilities and Institutional, or a lesser category, and to change the zoning district from Neighborhood Infill to Public Facilities, or a lesser district, on 0.552 +/- acres. The property is in District 5, North of Carson Lane, East of North Orange Street and South of Walton Palm Road, approximately 0.129 miles from US Highway 98 East and is identified by parcel number(s) 36-3S-18-16100-000-1005. QUASI JUDICIAL ITEMS ADJOURN