Commission moves forward with Tenth Street workforce housing development order on city-owned land

Port St. Joe — The City Commission voted to approve the planning board recommendation to issue a development order for the Tenth Street workforce housing project, a multi-building affordable housing development on city-owned property that city staff said will total about 172 units. The vote came after staff and a city representative outlined the permitting status and the form of future agreements needed to preserve affordability. The project will be developed under a development order that city staff said will leave stormwater and wetland permits in the city’s name because the property is city-owned. Ray Greer, identified in the meeting as a staff member working on the developer agreement, said the developer has filed stormwater and wetland permit applications and that “the permits are almost ready to be issued. We should be before a month or 2, we’ll have all the…