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Residents urge fixes for boardwalk stairs, flood control and call for CRA and sales-tax transparency
Summary
During public comment on Jan. 8 residents raised recurring problems with boardwalk access and steps, urged long-term flood mitigation for Fairway Estates and proposed ideas for CRA transparency and better sales-tax distribution; commissioners and staff acknowledged the concerns and pointed to ongoing and planned follow-ups.
Multiple Daytona Beach residents used the Jan. 8 public-comment period to press the commission on recurring local problems, including boardwalk stairs that fail in storms, neighborhood flooding, concerns about CRA spending and the city's share of sales tax revenues.
John Nicholson, whose remarks focused on beach access, said the boardwalk stairs installed in prior repairs fail in storms and suggested reinstalling concrete steps that lasted decades rather than…
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