Fort Walton Beach — Fiscal Year 2019-20 Adopted Budget — reading text

188 Statistical Information areas which require attention by the City to see that properties are properly maintained. OAKLAND CHARACTERISTICS: Residential BOUNDARIES: The Oakland Neighborhood is bounded by Northwest Neighborhood to the east, Hollywood Boulevard and the City of Mary Esther to the south, the City of Mary Esther and Mary Esther Cutoff to the west, and Mary Esther Cutoff to the north. ATTRIBUTES AND QUALITIES: The Oakland Neighborhood’s predominant land use is detached single family residential homes in platted subdivisions. This neighborhood also has a number of multiple family projects, primarily zero-lot line and townhomes. Strip commercial development is located along Mary Esther Cutoff and that portion of Beal Parkway lying south of its intersection with Yacht Club Drive. Businesses, such as warehouses and automotive repair and servicing are located along Hollywood Boulevard in the eastern portion of the neighborhood. There is a small convenience commercial area along Wright Parkway north of Hollywood. Bruner Middle School is the only school located in this neighborhood. The neighborhood is well provided with recreation facilities such as Fred Hedrick Community Center, the Municipal Tennis Center and Oakland Heights School Athletic Fields. Cecelia Park is a mini-park that provides passive recreation opportunities. The Oakland Neighborhood also includes the City’s Public Works Maintenance Yard located on Hollywood Boulevard between Jet Drive and Memorial Parkway and Liza Jackson Charter School. SEABREEZE CHARACTERISTICS: Mixed Zoning, Waterfront BOUNDARIES: The Seabreeze Neighborhood extends from Hollywood Boulevard on the north, Bass Avenue and Robinwood Drive to the east, Santa Rosa Sound on the south, and the City of Mary Esther on the west. ATTRIBUTES AND QUALITIES: The Seabreeze Neighborhood is one of the most diverse neighborhoods relative to land use, including single family residential in the Santa Rosa Park, Seabreeze and Santasia Park Subdivisions, multiple family residential in the Fountainhead and Jackson Trail Apartment Complexes, professional offices in complexes like Paradise Village, highway commercial uses like the restaurants, hotel/motels and new car dealerships, light industrial uses like the United Parcel Service and Keego Brick; and utilities like Gulf Power Company. There is an abundance of public and quasi-public land uses such as schools (Edwins Elementary and Fort Walton Beach High) and churches (St. Mary’s Catholic, First Church of Christian Science, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Nazarene Church, and the Seventh Day Adventists). St. Mary’s also has a parochial school for First through Eighth grades. Public parks include Liza Jackson Park and the Memorial Park/Senior Citizens Center. SOUTH BAYOU CHARACTERISTICS: Residential, Waterfront BOUNDARIES: The South Bayou Neighborhood's southern boundary is the major arterial road Beal Parkway NW. The eastern boundary is where the City limits abut those of the Town of Cinco Bayou. To the west lies unincorporated Okaloosa County near where Mary Esther Cutoff (SR 393) intersects Beal Parkway. ATTRIBUTES AND QUALITIES: The South Bayou Neighborhood is one of the most prestigious in the City. Many fine homes are located along the waterfront on large lots at the end of the numerous cul-de-sacs. Most of the streets begin at Beal Parkway and wind toward the waterfront. This area also has a nice tree canopy along many of the streets. There are several passive parks located throughout the neighborhood, Briarwood Park, Mimosa Park and Ewing Park. The neighborhood is almost entirely composed of single family detached residential subdivisions. The lone exception is a small commercial area located at Howell Drive/Beal Parkway comprising an office for a cellular phone company and a medical office. W.E. COMBS CHARACTERISTICS: Primarily Commercial BOUNDARIES: The Combs-New Heights Neighborhood is comprised largely of the City’s Commerce and Technology Park. It is bounded on the north by unincorporated Okaloosa County, on the east by the Sylvania Heights area of Okaloosa County and Mary Esther Cut-Off, on the south by the City of Mary Esther and to the west by Hurlburt Field, which is part of the Eglin Air Force Base Complex. ATTRIBUTES AND QUALITIES: The Combs-New Heights Neighborhood includes Combs-New Heights elementary school, which gives the neighborhood its name, and dates to the 1950’s and 1960’s when most of the residential areas were platted. These subdivisions were annexed to the City by special election for large areas and by individual voluntary requests during the early 1960’s. The residential area is a quiet area which lies between Gap Creek and Lovejoy Road and until the early 1990’s had no sanitary sewer or paved roads. The residential area’s proximity to the industrial and heavy business area to the south and west as well as the very rundown unincorporated area, Sylvania Heights, located to the east, provides a myriad of incompatible land uses. Hurlburt Arms, a multifamily subdivision/apartment complex, is an enclave that lies between Mary Esther on the south, east and west, and the City’s Industrial Park on its north, near Anchors Street. A large portion of this neighborhood is industrial, warehousing and wholesaling enterprises, which were developed on land owned and strictly controlled by the City from the1960’s until 1994. Most of the industrially zoned lands are developed although there are still several tracts that have never been sold. City of Fort Walton Beach, FL 189 Statistical Information LOCATION Jacksonville Fort Walton Beach Tallahassee Orlando Tampa Miami WEATHER Summer Temp. 83°F Winter Temp. 61°F Annual Rainfall 62” LOCAL AREA ECONOMY Top 10 Employers Employer Product/Service Employees * USAF – Eglin Air Force Development Test Center 17,040 ** USAF – Hurlburt Air Force Special Ops Command 11,574 Okaloosa County School District Education Services 5,117 Walmart (Okaloosa Combined) Consumer Products 1,363 Fort Walton Beach Medical Center Medical Services 1,222 Northwest Florida State College Education Services 1,081 Okaloosa County*** Local Government Services 936 Reliance Test and Technology Military Technical Support 750 North Okaloosa Medical Center Medical Services 652 BAE Military Technical Support 545 *Includes military, civilian, and contractor personnel **Includes military and civilian personnel ***Includes County Commission, Clerk of Court, Property Appraiser, Sheriff, Supervisor of Elections, and Tax Collector Non-Agricultural Employment by Industry Federal Government, 8.8% State & Local Other Services, 4.8% Government, 11.5% Mining, Logging, & Construction, 7.0% Leisure & Hospitality, 25.9% Manufacturing, 2.9% Trade, Transportation, & Utilities, 20.8% Education & Health Services, 12.1% Information, 1.2% Professional & Business Financial Activities, Services, 17.2% 7.8% City of Fort Walton Beach, FL 190  Statistical Information DEMOGRAPHICS FWB Population by Race FWB Age Distribution 100% Two or More Races 6000 90% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 5000 American Indian or Alaka 80% Native Asian 70% 4000 Hispanic or