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Dunedin commission directs consolidation of advisory committees but keeps Causeway panel intact after residents object
Summary
Staff proposed merging several advisory committees to reduce overlap and staff workload. After public comment urging the Causeway committee remain separate, the commission agreed to merge environmental-quality and stormwater, fold Hammock into Parks & Recreation, combine Disability and Social Services, and revise Edgewater/Public Safety language while holding Causeway as a standalone for now.
At the Feb. 3 workshop, city staff presented a multi-year plan to consolidate and revise Dunedin's advisory committees to reduce overlap, strengthen mission clarity and lower staff burden.
The staff package proposed several consolidations: the Committee on Environmental Quality & Sustainability (CEQS) with the Stormwater Advisory Committee; the Hammock and Causeway advisory bodies with Parks and Recreation; Disability and Social Services combined into a single social-services advisory body; and Edgewater Drive topics folded into a broader public-safety/multimodal advisory group. Staff also recommended…
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