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Wakulla staff outline next steps on Charter Review Commission items: impact-fee study and pedestrian interaction ordinance to be studied
Summary
County officials said an impact-fee study will be sent to procurement and the proposed ordinance on public safety and pedestrian interactions (including panhandling language) will be reviewed by a traffic-safety group; no firm timelines were given.
County legal counsel and staff told the Wakulla County Board of County Commissioners that two measures from the Charter Review Commission that voters approved will move to study and procurement steps rather than immediate ordinance adoption.
Lede: The county attorney and county administrator provided the board an update on follow-up work from the Charter Review Commission. The county attorney said the impact-fee study “will need to go out” for procurement and that staff are assembling the procurement materials. On the citizen–pedestrian interactions language (described during the meeting as related to safety and not panhandling), the attorney said the charter language requires a study and recommended that the community traffic safety team or another group examine the matter before a proposed ordinance is drafted.
Nut graf: Voters approved several CRC-recommended charter amendments in a recent general election; two items—an impact-fee study and a pedestrian/public-safety study—now require additional technical and community review before the board considers ordinance language.
Body: A resident who addressed the board during public comment recalled the CRC’s work and asked for status updates on implementation, saying three CRC items passed overwhelmingly, including the impact fee study and the citizen–pedestrian interactions language. The county attorney said there is not a firm timeline for the study and that staff will provide more information as it becomes available. County Administrator Kelly said the county has spoken with some firms and “we'll hopefully be bringing something back” about the pedestrian study. No formal motion or vote was taken; the discussion produced direction that staff proceed with procurement for the impact-fee study and consult the community traffic safety team for the pedestrian ordinance study.
Ending: Staff committed to return to the board with procurement documents and a recommended process and timeline; the county attorney cautioned that timing remains uncertain.
