Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 11-12-02 regular Council agenda — reading text

cl::lt tRrel: gt: 1 Fesisential Hll:rlsl: irt Field. 28  I NEIGBBOmoO PLANS FUTtJRE LAND USE c IAgreaEed trams V~ I\lmeE SA YtRer MamA L.- KiAi, Jr. gswlevarGIHiII AyeAWe Parks aReI Open Space parks aREI swt l:ral fasilities. a Need nelg!lta:erMsd InffatruGtYre-- c \ IIJater bills ar-e tee high. of ImpeM9\1s swrfases In c Dr~lnage Is peer fl:em lafge amal:At ef reteAtleR/ aateAtieR reEl :iFe l wtl:eA aFea iAali:striat park fr-em leek cloveleped. Ceastal ManagenteAt and CeRsenra-tien c De': elepmeAt IR area Is GeAstFaiAeEl by '.\'etlaAss aAd fieaElpiaiAS alGng Gap CA3ek. IntergevemnteRtal Ceerdinatien issl:les of c MaintaiR \ laisen ' IAtA Eglin.IHl:iFlb\ ln CeFRpleK FegaFEliRg tFBAspertatien aAElaREl:Ise. mutual caRsem IRsl :IEl ng C9Wnty r-egaFElng aRRexatioFl. Ce9FE1iRatloFl with Ok,ale sa c Heysing a MaiAtalA tlOYSIAg 1:1 A Its IR staRdaFEI cOFlditieR. c Need fer mere apaFtmeFltsJmylti family afeFEla3: le Rel:lsiRg. PLlblls Safety a CRme, especially iR Aeigflb:eriRg aA3a salted BRia Syl'..' HeiglK: s. rid Reigl:bem od sf jl:mk a InGrease sada eRfer-cemeAt preEense t9 GaFS, debRs aRd pee Fly maintaiRed bl::liElings. PLAN FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION KENWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD I. NEIGHBORHOOD ESTABLISHMENT A. Nelahborhood Boundaries on the north bv the U. S. The Kenwood Neiohborhood is bounded on the east bv Chuta Govemment' s Eolin Air Force Base Reservation. 29  o I I, J' I' J'LAND USE ttJU bv Don' s Bavou. Racetrack Vista Bavou and Garner Bavou. on the south bv Denton Boulevard. Road and Bob Sikes Boulevard and on the west neiohborhood is lamelv Hospital Drive and Lewis Turner Boulevard. The and multiple familv residential and is comprised of sinoles famllv homes middle school ( Prvor) complexes. one high school ( Choctawhatcheet one the CltYs Kenwood)' Golf Club. Westwood and one elementarv school ( Area Vocational Technical Retirement Center. the YMCA. the Bay DailY News and Choctaw School. Fire Station # 2. the Northwest Florida center. The neiohbomood called Plaza. a ne~ hbomood shopplno within the City limits In the Kenwood" re resents the entire area located area of the Golf Course. and Is often referred to as the . Golf Course Arearll. B. Nelahborhood Attributes and Qualities subdivisions and The Kenwood Neiohbomood consists of 25 of the most desired developments. The Kenwood Nelohborhood is one of a coif course residential locations in the City. blendino the Drestiae of adiacent bayous. It is settina with the natural waterfront tranauility shoppino. OddlY. there are centrallY located. convenient to schools and no churches located within the Kenwood Neiahborhood. the way it This neiahborhood Is uniaue In many ways Includino course from the Federal develoced. The Citv received the land for the coif adive and passive Govemment in the 1960' s for the purcose of providino c recreation opportunities and ocen space. The City of Fort Walton Beach courses. The Pines and The built and maintained two ( 2) aualitv 18 hole to the amenities makina Oaks. These aolf courses add conslderablv in the Fort Walton Beach Kenwood one of the most desired addresses of orooerties have urban area. Over the last few decades hundreds Neiahborhood as it voluntarilv annexed to the Citv formina the Kenwood still located in Is now constituted. There are substantial areas Okaloosa County adiacent to the Kenwood unincoroorated times each year but it will take Neiohbomood. Annexations occur several of the area to the City. a lone time. at the present rate. to annex all boundaries will Meanwhile the problems created by irreaular municioal will remain a distant mile and persist and the Kenwood Nelohborhood part of the onalnal City of Fort Walton Beach. one- half from the nearest C. Kenwood Facts CITY KENWOOD POPULATION 21, 471 3, 215 Total Under 18 Years 5, 094 728 OverS5 Years 321 HOUSING 9, 112 1, 340 Units 30  I I, USE P1JTtmE LAM> 8, 528 1, 270 Occupied Owner 5, 179 769 3,349 501 Renter 584 70 Vacant 65, 200 $ 97. 300 Median Value Occupied HU' s $ 2. 50 2.53 PersonslHU Source: U. S. Department 01 Commerce: 1990 Census of Population and Housing. n. NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUES AND CONCERNS A. Prloritv Issues Votes Issue Received 24 jA 14 13 13 c- 13 12 12 lQ 8 8 7 7