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Commission pauses on Kern Street paving request, asks staff for watershed study and stricter contract terms

Santa Rosa County Commission · January 6, 2026
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Summary

After public comments and technical questions about drainage and base reconstruction, the commission chose to take no action on a private-funded paving request for Kern Street and directed staff to answer outstanding permit, engineering and basin-study questions.

The Santa Rosa County Commission on Tuesday paused action on a request to reconstruct Kern Street in the Florida Town subdivision and instructed staff to return with additional analysis and contractual safeguards.

Staff described the request as a private-funded reconstruction on a platted but not county-maintained right-of-way. Public commenter Thomas Cornelius told the board he would pay for a full…

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