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ISSUE
ALONG WITH OTHER COASTAL
PROCESSES, CONTINUED EROSION
OF NORRIEGO POINT HAS PRODUCED
LARGE SAND SHOALS IN AND
AROUND THE ENTRANCE CHANNEL
TO DESTIN HARBOR, DECREASING
THE WIDTH AND DEPTH OF THE
CHANNEL AND MAKING NAVIGATION
OF THE AREA DIFFICULT AND
DANGEROUS
SHORT TERM EMERGENCY
SOLUTION
DREDGE THE AFFECTED AREA TO
THE MAXIMUM DEPTH AND WIDTH
ALLOWABLE BY PERMIT IN ADVANCE
OF TOURIST SEASON
PROJECT COST
•T O T A L C O S T – N O T T O E X C E E D $ 2 0 0 , 0 0 0
FUNDING
1 ST P E N N Y O F T H E T O U R I S T D E V E L O P M E N T T A X
(TDT) PLUS CITY OF DESTIN CONTRIBUTION
•Unencumbered funds available in 1st penny
reserves total $4,060,170 (Department 1175/Account
599010, as of March 4, 2013)
LONG TERM SOLUTION
THE CITY OF DESTIN IS IN THE
PROCESS OF ACQUIRING A PERMIT
TO ALLOW THE PROTECTION OF
NORRIEGO POINT
ONCE THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETED,
THE MAJORITY OF MOVEMENT OF
SAND FROM THE POINT INTO THE
CHANNEL WILL BE CONTROLLED