Destin City Council accepts vulnerability plan, adopts mobility fees, advances noise and licensing ordinances, and authorizes injunctions

(Matters not specifically listed on the agenda may be added and acted upon with a super-majority vote of the Council members present and eligible to vote on the matter)

Annual week of recognition of the City's Public Works Department. The week will also be designated nationwide to coincide with National Public Works Week (May 18-24, 2025) | attachments=1 | reports=1

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(Note: Individual speakers will be limited to 3 minutes. At the discretion of the mayor, this 3 minute allowance may be adjusted depending on the level of business coming before the City Council)

Corpus Christi Catholic Church is requesting the use of city streets for a Eucharistic Procession on Saturday, June 21, 2025 from 6 PM to 7PM. This request is different from other right of way requests, as they will need to close the streets along the route, as indicated in the attached map, for the procession. Capt. Jason Fulgham of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has approved the traffic control plan and the Sheriff's Posse will provide their services to control all traffic during the procession. Okaloosa County EMS as well as the Destin Fire Control District have been notified of this event and have pledged their support for this request. | attachments=1 | reports=1

Announcements

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) Resilient Florida Program, within the Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, was created to help coastal and inland communities plan for the impacts of climate change, including flooding and sea level rise. The Resilient Florida Program offers grants for community planning and to implement projects that mitigate impacts associated with flooding of assets identified within a completed VA study. | attachments=3 | reports=1

On April 5, 2025 Council selected BGN Contractors for the RFB 25-02-REC Annex Pickleball. Staff were instructed to negotiate a contract with BGN. | attachments=6 | reports=1

At the April 7, 2025, regular City Council meeting, Council Member Braden made the following request: City Manager, Larry Jones, provided ​the below update during the Regular City Council meeting on April 21, 2025. | reports=1

Animal control services for the city have long been provided by the Panhandle Animal Welfare Society (PAWS). PAWS: A not-for-profit agency; permitted and licensed for domestic animal control activities (domestic animals are euthanized if not adopted, and feral animals are euthanized) • Service Areas: Okaloosa County and its municipalities • Funding Sources: Annual contracts with Okaloosa County and municipalities; contributions | attachments=1 | reports=1

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Proposed Ordinance 25-05-CC requires additional training and safety measures for livery vessel operators and their customers, codifies the livery vessel cap within the City, and makes clarifications to permit transferability. The cap on the number of livery vessels is based on the current number of livery vessels legally registered and expected to register based on the recent clarifications related to bareboat yachts and the existing boat club within the city. Proposed clarifications on permit registration transferability include the ability to transfer permit registrations provided the vessel is transferred with the permit, but prohibits separate permit transfers if detached from the vessel to which the permit is registered. Abandoned permits would be required to be returned to the City. | attachments=1 | reports=1

At the regularly scheduled February 18th, 2025, City Council meeting, Councilman Braden raised the issue of noise complaints within the City. A motion to amend the Noise Ordinance was made by Councilman Braden and seconded by Councilwoman Hebert. | attachments=1 | reports=1

At the March 1, 2021, City Council meeting, Council passed a motion to replace transportation concurrency (MMTD) with a Mobility Fee-Based Plan . Staff worked with 3TP Ventures to create the Mobility Plan, which was adopted by the Council on September 16, 2024. The Mobility Plan is a comprehensive blueprint for addressing the City's current and future transportation needs. Mobility fees are an important tool for cities like Destin to fund transportation projects to address impacts from future growth, while also tackling service gaps such as multimodal infrastructure and traffic congestion. The attached Mobility Fee Study examines the feasibility and potential impacts of increasing mobility fees in Destin, with the goal of enhancing the City's transportation network and promoting sustainable solutions for all modes of travel. Once adopted, the mobility fee will replace the existing transportation impact fee in Destin’s current fee structure. At the regularly scheduled City Council Meeting on November 18, 2024, The Fee Study was presented to City Council for their consideration. There was discussion at that meeting concerning how this affects single-family or single dwelling developments among other development the city would like to incentivize as per the Comprehensive Plan. This item and presentation is to address how to incorporate those concerns into the new fee structure. Further, because the demonstrated need study provides for increases in excess of the phase in limitations set forth in state law due to extraordinary circumstances in the City of Destin, City Council conducted two Public Workshops as required by Florida State Statues. One on February 18, 2025 and the second on March 3, 2025. At the regularly scheduled May 5, 2025, City Council meeting, the Council approved Ordinance 25-08-LC upon First Reading by a vote of 5-1. This item is going to the Local Planning Agency on Thursday, May 15, 2024, which is after the deadline for publishing of this agenda. Staff will update City Council of the LPA's recommendation during City Council's May 19, 2025 meeting. | attachments=4 | reports=1

During the Regular City Council meeting on April 7, 2025, Council Member Schmidt requested the below: • Council to submit 2 or 3 priorities/objectives to update the Strategic Plan Summary • Larry and Staff update their objectives • Schmidt will bring this item under his name for the 2nd meeting in May (May 19th) | attachments=2 | reports=1

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