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Panama City commission approves single Beach Drive referendum question for April ballot after contentious debate
Summary
The commission voted 3-2 on Feb. 11 to place one nonbinding referendum question about a state grant-funded pedestrian and stormwater improvement project on Beach Drive on the April 22 municipal ballot. Commissioners debated wording and whether to include several related questions; commissioners authorized only the Beach Drive question.
The Panama City Commission voted 3-2 on Feb. 11 to put a single nonbinding referendum question about proposed pedestrian and stormwater improvements on Beach Drive on the April 22 municipal ballot.
The adopted ballot question asks whether the city should use state funding (grant 450940-1) to make pedestrian and to make stormwater and environmental improvements within the publicly owned right of way on Beach Drive, with an explicit statement that the grant funds are restricted and cannot be used for any other location in the city.
Commission debate was lengthy…
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