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April 10, 2014 YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER 75¢ PAG meeting set for Apr. 22 announcing a Project Advisory Group several draft documents regarding the host a public input meeting in June at ber on PAG, Josie Cotti, the TPO had it BY MAT PELLEGRINO Gulf Breeze News (PAG) meeting where the state depart- PD and E study. FDOT is expected to the Crowne Plaza. on their agenda to discuss the PD and [email protected] ment is expected to give board members discuss that study at the next PAG meet- State oficials were also in attendance E study involving the new bay bridge a sneak peak at where the new bridge ing scheduled for April 22 at 5 p.m. at at the Florida-Alabama Transportation at the meeting. Gulf Breeze News was After formally announcing the date may land in Gulf Breeze. the Crowne Plaza Grand Central Ball- Planning Organization meeting held unable to obtain the minutes from the for the irst public input meeting for the The news came from FDOT in a let- room in Pensacola. This meeting is the in Milton yesterday at the Santa Rosa meeting since the meeting was after new Pensacola Bay Bridge (on June ter via mail last week. irst PAG get-together since 2012. The County Auditorium. According to for- their press deadline. Look for the story 10), the Florida Department of Trans- According to the letter, over the past news comes after Gulf Breeze News mer President/CEO of the Gulf Breeze portation handed the area another gift, several months, FDOT has completed found out that FDOT was planning to Chamber of Commerce and board mem- See Last Page 3A » ‘No one is stepping forward’ 98 road Snow bird work wants tire moving pile gone along BY MAT PELLEGRINO BY MAT PELLEGRINO Gulf Breeze News Gulf Breeze News [email protected] [email protected] The beautiful beaches and wa- Construction crews are moving terways people associate with Gulf swiftly to resurface Highway 98 from Breeze usually don’t resemble what Navarre to Gulf Breeze, trying to stay Soundwind Condos resident Chuck in line with their winter 2015 deadline. Hubbard has to look at on a daily Currently, road crews have resur- basis. Behind the condo he owns on faced up to Hickory Shores Road in Soundside Drive in Midway is state Gulf Breeze, and have repaved most of property littered with dozens of tires. » The tires, although not a nuisance, See Work Page 3A are an eyesore to people living in the condominium complex, and has been for years, Hubbard said. Hubbard has Longtime been in contact with the state, and area representatives who tell him that not much can be done about it — at SRC oficial least not right now. “For over a year I have been work- ing with the Northwest Florida EPA, State House District 5 Representa- passes away tive (Doug) Broxson’s ofice, and- re F S R cently, State Senator (Greg) Evers on ROM TAFF EPORTS a cost effective way to clean up this Gulf Breeze News [email protected] situation which is similar to the waste Photos by Mat Pellegrino | tire disaster called ‘Osborne Reef’ off Above, retired Navy pilot and snow bird Hours after announcing his plans Gulf Breeze News Chuck Hubbard said the tires that are Fort Lauderdale in Broward County,” stacked up behind his condominium off of to retire as Santa Rosa County Dis- he said. “Technically, this tire beach Soundside Drive are an eyesore to all of the trict 1 (Pace) county commissioner on area is called the ‘mean-tide area’ and unit owners in his condo. Wednesday, Jim Williamson passed Right, the tires, filled with concrete, are used away from health problems at his home See » to keep the land around the condos from in Pace. DEP Page 2A eroding from the water. See Williamson Page 3A » Mailing Statement Calendar ..........2A Lifestyles ..........1B FRI 04/11 SAT 04/12 SUN 04/13 C B on Opinion Page END MOSTLY SUNNY SHOWERS PARTLY CLOUDY Classiieds . 7 Movie Listings .....2 WEEK Crime Report ......2A Obituaries .........7A THREE SECTIONS, 20 PAGES hi 70/lo 58 hi 70/lo 57 hi 66/lo 54 Crossword Puzzle...3B Sports ..........1-7C Weather-plus VOL. 13, NO. 15 rain: 0% rain: 30% rain: 20% Arrests and DUIs ...2A Talk of the Town..4, 5A APRIL 10, 2014 Grand Opening this Weekend!!! c Southern Hospitality meets Beach Front [25% OFF All Furniture] Angelica - Jewelry Charles Viancin - Cookware Main Street Collection - Handbags home! your UPTOWN & directly to Home Gifts 3045 Gulf Breeze Pkwy | Gulf Breeze, FL 32563 | 850.677.8010 | [email protected] Call 850-932-8986 today Enjoy your community paper mailed GULF BREEZE NEWS (850) 932-8986 www.gulfbreezenews.com 2A April 10, 2014 GULF BREEZE NEWS DEP unclear of property owner » Continued from Page 1A Calendar of Meetings belongs to the State of Florida and not the adjacent land owner THURSDAY, APRIL 10 or Santa Rosa County. So far, GBA Chamber Breakfast, 7 a.m. - 8:30 a.m., nothing has been done, and no Andrews Research & Education Institute one has stepped forward.” Commissioner Regular, 9 a.m., Tiger Point In addition to working with Community Center state oficials, the retired Navy Zoning Board, 6 p.m., SRC Administrative pilot has reached out to Gulf Center, Board Room Breeze County Commissioner Lane Lynchard about the issue, MONDAY, APRIL 14 and the county representative Local RESTORE Council, 3 p.m., SRC Adminis- has reached out to the state for trative Center, Board Room help — again — with no clear FL-AL TPO Public Workshop, 4 p.m., SRC answer. Auditorium “I’ve been in contact with Mr. SSRUS Board Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Gulf Breeze Hubbard, and it’s been about City Hall, Council Chambers a year since our last contact,” Fire Department Executive Group, 6:30 p.m., Lynchard said. “(Because that’s Berrydale Volunteer Fire Dept. state property the) county does not have jurisdiction on that Photos by Mat Pellegrino | Gulf Breeze News TUESDAY, APRIL 15 property.” The neighborhood goose sits atop the condo’s pier -- in the background sits the piles of tires that FL-AL TPO Public Workshop, 4 p.m., West Lynchard said the issue that have been an eyesore to people at the condominium. Florida Regional Planning Council Hubbard may not realize is that the tires may have been put down there intentionally. Most WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16 of the tires, he said, are illed has reached out to Hubbard for Tourist Development Council, 3 p.m., Santa with concrete. help, but the cost of cleanup is Rosa Chamber of Commerce “Obviously someone put more than the county can chew Aviation Advisory, 5 p.m., SRC Administrative them down there intentionally right now, despite the fact that he Obviously someone put them down there Center, Board Room Executive Committee Meeting, 6:30 p.m., because there is concrete in the claims it is state land. intentionally because there is concrete tires … so someone was try- “I told (Hubbard) that the Gulf Breeze City Hall, Council Chambers ing to build up the shoreline,” county would do whatever we in the tires … so someone was trying to Lynchard said. “It’s not a matter could to assist, but we don’t build up the shoreline. It’s not a matter of pulling tires out of water and have a disposal site for the tires,” hauling them off.” Lynchard said. of pulling tires out of water and hauling Despite what the tires may be Smith said that the person them off. being used for, Hubbard said it’s most likely responsible for an eyesore for everyone at his cleanup is the person who made – Lane Lynchard condo and anyone who drives the mess to begin with. Santa Rosa County Commissioner (Gulf Breeze) by. Hubbard said he spoke with “Related to the site itself, state oficials who told him that DEP would not authorize tires despite the fact that the tires illed with concrete for use as “I asked ‘What’s been done?’ “The previous property own- are guarding the shoreline, they shoreline stabilization as it has (Residents) said ‘We don’t know. ers did this, they should not have didn’t have to be there. The been done at this location. If this Someone called the county and done this,” Smith said. “This is Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office Report snow bird said there is already was recently installed, we would the county said they’d take care not state land. We don’t normal- Information provided by the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office. plenty of concrete built up below require that the responsible party of it,’” Hubbard said. ly go in and cleanup someone’s the heaps of tires, so there was remove and restore the shoreline For years, Hubbard said he, private property. We are con- FELONIES Watson, Thomas Claude, no need for the tires to be there. area. This occurred some time along with people in his subdivi- tinuing to talk with the county 4/1/2014 31, W/M, 1000 block Sterling “When I came down here in ago and there is no clear respon- sion have reached out to nearby about this. Anything waterward Barnes, Monique Shay, Point Dr., Gulf Breeze, larceny 2011 to look around for condos, sible party,” Smith said. land owners to help them clean of the mean high water line W/F, 24, 900 block Grand we saw this, and when you get According to Lynchard, any the area up. But so far, no one would be property of the State of Canal St., Gulf Breeze, drug DUIS a high tide situation, you see a tires that come to the local land- has stepped up to the plate to Florida.” trafficking, drugs-health or 4/2/2014 few things popping out, but at ill have to be hauled off to Ala- help.