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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF OKALOOSA COUNTY,
FLORIDA, REPEALING ORDINANCE NO.
07-71, AS AMENDED; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Okaloosa County developed a plan for a beach restoration project that
included improvements to critically eroded beaches and approximately one mile beaches within
the City of Destin which had not been designated critically eroded; and
WHEREAS, Okaloosa County adopted Ordinance No. 07-71 on December 4, 2007,
establishing the Okaloosa Beach Restoration Municipal Service Benefit Unit (“Unit”) in order to
partially fund its beach restoration project through the special assessment of real property within
the Unit which will be specially benefited from the project; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 07-71, the special assessment were to be levied
for eight consecutive years to partially fund the beach restoration project in the City of Destin;
and
WHEREAS, the County has levied the special assessments for six consecutive years
beginning in fiscal year 2008-09 pursuant to Ordinance No. 07-71 as amended; and
WHEREAS, the project is completed and there are sufficient revenues from the first
penny of the Tourist Development Tax levied and imposed by Okaloosa County for the
repayment of the remaining debt on the note which funded the project; and
WHEREAS, the holder of the note for the remaining debt has consented to the release of
the special assessment as a pledged revenue for the repayment of the debt;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 07-71, as subsequently amended, is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. Any liens for the special assessment imposed for the prior years
assessments shall remain in force and effect and any collected special assessment from these
years shall be used to repay the debt and costs related to the Western Destin Beach Restoration
Project.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect upon filing with the Secretary of State.
DULY ADOPTED by the members of the Board of County Commissioners of Okaloosa
County on this day , 2014.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA
(SEAL) BY:
Chairman
ATTEST:
Clerk
Approved as to Form by the
Okaloosa County Attorney
County Attorney