Alicia Rhodes, a Panama City resident, told commissioners she has circulated a development plan for MLK Boulevard and called the corridor a “hidden gem” that needs action. Rhodes said the plan identifies four barriers — lot size and setbacks, parking, below‑grade lots and stormwater — and asked the city to adopt elements of the Spark plan, change development codes and pilot block‑by‑block redevelopment.

City officials said the Spark plan was discussed previously but never formally adopted. An unidentified official said FDOT rules complicate work on state roads that border the corridor, noting those regulations control driveways and stormwater and “they trump ours.” Commissioners and staff suggested short‑term, incremental responses: grading and reusing alleyways for stormwater attenuation with a developer credit system, shared parking using nearby Glenwood Community Center lots, and targeted adjustments to setbacks so Dover Cove‑style buildings could be constructed in Glenwood.

Commissioners also discussed a backlog of unsolicited offers for city parcels. One commissioner asked staff to compile the unsolicited offers and run them through whatever framework emerges from the Spark discussion. The body proposed contacting offerors more than two years old to confirm continued interest and holding a workshop to set a fair, consistent solicitation process. A follow‑up meeting with planning and public works was proposed within roughly six weeks, and commissioners suggested a fuller workshop on the unsolicited offers after a scheduled Tuesday briefing on those offers.

On related redevelopment, staff said the Glenwood Marketplace developer remains in due diligence and has reduced required stormwater work but still faces state‑road constraints; staff also said artifacts recovered after Hurricane Michael were inventoried and secured and that outreach to families would be followed up.

The commission did not adopt a new code at the town hall; officials asked staff to return with a more concrete implementation timeline and to schedule a workshop to discuss amendments to parking and setback rules and how to accelerate select block projects.