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Commission signs off on zoning housekeeping, park and public‑safety grants and DOT seawall agreement
Summary
The City Commission unanimously approved two zoning corrections, funding requests for a kayak launch, grant applications for a firefighting/rescue vessel and a construction/maintenance agreement with FDOT for a seawall project, and it passed a revision to the citizen awards eligibility rules.
The St. Augustine City Commission handled a cluster of routine land‑use fixes, grant requests and intergovernmental agreements in a single session, approving a package of ordinances and resolutions by unanimous votes.
Key votes and items: - Ordinance 2025‑03 (second reading): amended the Future Land Use Map to correct a mapping inconsistency for a 0.08‑acre parcel at 4 Locust Street, changing the designation from Residential Low Density to Commercial Low Intensity. Planning staff said the property had been commercially used since at least 1988 and the map error was carried forward during a comprehensive plan update.
- Ordinance 2025‑04 (second reading): rezoned approximately 4.39 acres at 179 State Road 16 (an FPL substation) from undesignated to Open Land (OL) to align zoning with a previously assigned open‑land comprehensive plan designation.
- Ordinance 2025‑05 (first reading): rezoning of 10 Carrera Street to a PUD (covered in a separate article) passed first reading unanimously.
- Resolution 2025‑06: revised the city’s citizen‑awards eligibility to emphasize city residency or volunteer service that benefits St. Augustine and to accommodate homeschool and other non‑school nominees; commissioners said the change follows a request to narrow award eligibility.
- Resolution 2025‑09: the commission authorized staff to request additional Florida Inland Navigation District (FIND) funding to cover remaining costs of a kayak launch at Eddie Vickers Park; CRA staff said designs are complete and the project can move to procurement if funding is approved.
- Resolution 2025‑10: the commission approved applying for a federal Port Security Grant and pursuing matching funds from FIND to acquire a firefighting and rescue vessel. Fire Chief Carlos Aviles said the department responds to calls in the inlet area and that a single modern marine asset would replace the current fleet and offer enhanced safety for offshore responses.
- Resolution 2025‑11: the commission approved the construction and maintenance agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation for the DOT seawall design in the city; under the approved and funded DOT project the agency will install the seawall and preserve the finished aesthetic, while the city will operate and maintain landscaping, mowing and litter removal after construction.
- Consent agenda: the commission approved minutes, a release of lien, and the purchase of equipment using federal forfeiture funds (including a vending machine for police evidence/confiscated‑funds use), among other routine items.
All of these measures passed on unanimous votes. Commissioners characterized most as housekeeping, code corrections or opportunities to leverage outside funding; staff said several of the items remove map/zoning inconsistencies created during prior comprehensive plan work and align zoning with actual or planned uses.
