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Freeport council approves engineering contracts, park waivers and a PDP revision for Aloqua Preserve
Summary
During the June 25 meeting, council approved engineering services contracts from an RFQ, granted nonprofit fee waivers for several groups, and approved a Planned Development revision (Aloqua Preserve to The Reserve at Hammy Bay) that changes the name, removes an overhead-power variance, and increases density slightly.
The City Council used its June 25 regular meeting to approve multiple administrative and development items, including professional services agreements, community organization waivers and a planned-development revision.
Engineering contracts: Staff presented results of an RFQ process and sought council approval of three professional-services agreements covering geotechnical, environmental and other infrastructure engineering tasks. Council voted to approve each contract as presented.
Fee waivers: Parks staff asked the council to approve nonprofit facility-fee waivers. The items included Walton County Council on Aging (use of the Blount House Monday–Wednesday), the Town Planner Society (first Tuesday of every month at the Blount House), and the Free Little League Athletic Association for use of sports-complex fields. Council approved the set of waivers in a single motion.
Aloqua Preserve PDP revision: Staff described a packaged revision request for the Aloqua Preserve planned development: a name change to The Reserve at Hammy Bay, removal of a previously requested overhead-power-line variance (building utilities underground instead), a conversion from a rural-subdivision standard to the city’s standard impervious-surface ratio, and a density increase from 42 to 44 units on roughly 700 acres (staff noted the project remains well under the density cap). Council approved the PDP revision in a single vote.
The meeting record shows motions, seconds and 'motion carried' outcomes for these items; specific roll-call tallies were not recorded in the provided transcript extract.
Ending: The approvals advance multiple infrastructure and development efforts; staff will proceed with contract execution, fee-waiver implementation and PDP updates.
