Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 06-14-1983 Regular — reading text

077 x:LNUTES O;F MGULAR MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA JUNE 14, 1983 INTRODUCTION A regular meeting of the City Council of Fort Walton Beach, Florida was held on Tuesday, June 14, 1983, at City Hall at 7: 00 p. m. with the following members present: I COUNCILMEN: John Franklin J. Jerome Miller Harold Patricia Thornber Sundy ( Arrived 7: 08) John Bishop. E. A. Grant James Baughman Mayor Kathryn Bagley ALSO PRESENT: City Attorney, City Manager, City C1erk- Finance Director. INVOCATION Invocation was given by Councilman Baughman and he also led the Pledge of Allegiance. PUBLIC HEARING May~ r adjourned the regular meeting of City Council and opened the Public Hearing for thefollowing items: NO WAKE A. No Wake area within Intercostal Waterway -- requested by County Commissioners. Mayor Bagley stated that this hearing was joint and the County was represented by Commissioner Mitchell, Commissioner Peebles, Mr. Adams, and Mr. Strickland. Mayor asked if anyone wished to speak on the item. No one spoke. Mrs. Thornber stated that she would like to go on record as supporting the item. COASTAL. HAZARD B. Coastal Hazard V- zone areas( zoning). V- ZONE Mayor asked if anyone wished to speak on the item. There was no one to speak fOT or against the item. VACATING RIGHT~ OF~ C. Vacating 20' right- of- way on lots fronting Alder Avenue, WAY FRONTING ALDER in Ocean City Subdivision. I AVE. Mayor asked if anyone wished to speak on the item. No one spoke for or against the item. REZONE FROM 2 TO C.., D. Rezone from C- 2 to 2, R- Lots 1 thru 20 ( facing Bass Ave.) R- 2 LOTS 20 Ip"! BASS and Lots 14 thru 20 ( facing Bea1 Pkwy.) Block 1, Bea1' s AVE.& LOTS 20 14.., Addition to Fort Walton. BEAL PKWY. Mayor asked if anyone wished to speak on the item. Mr. _ Devon Pelham stated qe was one of the people involved and he wished to speak in favor or rezoning. Mr. Bill Spencer also spoke in favor of rezoning. Mr. Baughman stated that he thought it  J U, 6/14/ 83 078 REZONE FROM: C- 2 TO would be gOQd use o~ the land. ~. Miller asked if anyone R- 2 LOTS 1- 20 BASS was there to speak as to whether or not this was spot zoning AVE, LOTS 14- 20 BEAL as that was the issue from the Planning Board. Mayor PKWY ( Con' t) stated that would be discussed later in the meeting. There was no one else to speak for or against the item. DOWNTOWN ZONING ORD. E. Downtown Zoning Ordinance No. 100. 304 100. 304 Mayor asked if there was anyone to speak on the item. Mr. LeBrun Smith stated he was there to speak against the item. He stated that he had not read the entire ordinance but wanted to address the Brooks Street portion of the ordinance. He stated that he was opposed to the people on the South side of the street having to give up valuable waterfront property while on the North side they park cars, have dumpsters and pile trash. He stated that he had counted 27 trees that would have to be cut down and some were large size trees and to do that to make more room for people to park on the North side that he objected to that. He stated he felt an elected official should be on the RDA Board as they really had no voice on the issues after it went to RDA. Mr. Don David, Vice- Chairman, RDA, stated that he would like to give a general introduction to the ordinance. He stated the Board had worked sometime on the ordinance before submitting to Council and stated the general intent of the ordinance was to provide a vehicle for the implementation of redevelopment of downtown. He stated that as far as the overall ordinance went it provided the funds for more orderly development downtown. He stated that they felt it was fair and would help increase the value for the property owners and that it did not slant anyone thing for or against for any individual and hoped that out of the hearing the comments that came out of the hearing would provide improvements to provide a good working tool to implement the redevelopment of the downtown area. Mr. Robert O' Neil stated he was a property owner on Brooks Street and stated that he could not any taking see use of any property side of the street. on his He stated that Fort Walton should do as other towns did, park people above the stores, it would be cheaper than buying property on Brooks street. Joan Norman stated they had been taxpayers and done their best to maintain their property and they loved it as it was. She stated that as she saw it a widening of that street l would provide space for trucks to unload and create a more I bottleneck. She stated that until some provision was made to alleviate the traffic at the bridge and further there j was outlet for that street after it was widened other no than Marina Bay area. She stated that it was something that was going no place and coming from no place and it would cause more problems. She stated that she did not feel it was fair to ask the property owners to sacrifice. Mr. Tom Gray stated that he was against them removing the large trees and felt the people on the North side should  6- 14- 83 079 DOWNTOWN ZONING QRD t give up the land, 100. 304 PUBLIC HEARING ( Con' t) MX. Sterling Killingsw~ th inquired as to whether or not this pertained to thepeli: :cies fer Ea,st Brooks Street down to First Street or where they talking about s~ ething else, Mayer iJlquired as to :how: ,t~ are you attempting to widen Brooks Street. Mr. 1tlller stated that was not the issue before Council. He stated the issue before them was Ordi,.., I nance 100. 304. Mr. Killingsworth stated what he wanted to talk about was the zoning on Brooks. Mr. Miller stated that was the issue. Mr. Killingsworth stated that he had saw a drawing at City Hall that showed Brooks Street. having townhouses all the way up the water and across the street it showed 10 story condo' s and it did not make