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Keystone Heights council adopts five-point 2025 legislative priorities including Lake Geneva restoration and airport infrastructure
Summary
The Keystone Heights City Council on Jan. 13 adopted a five-item Legislative Priorities 2025 package focused on restoring Lake Geneva, extending CCUA water and sewer to the airport, building a new airport access road, prioritizing pedestrian and road repairs, and upgrading stormwater infrastructure.
The Keystone Heights City Council on Jan. 13 adopted a five-item Legislative Priorities 2025 package intended to guide the city's state and regional advocacy this year.
Councilman Tony Brown moved to adopt the list and Councilman Dan Lewandowski seconded; the motion carried 5-0. The adopted priorities ask state and regional partners to support projects the city says will improve environmental conditions, transportation and economic development.
The priorities are: 1) Restore Lake Geneva — the list requests environmental restoration to return the lake to natural open water conditions and asks for timely support from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection on permit applications; 2) Extend Clay County Utility Authority (CCUA) water and sewer to Keystone Heights Airport — the proposal envisions cooperation among the Keystone Heights Airport Authority, Clay and Bradford counties and economic development councils, includes a feasibility study on septic-to-sewer conversion for city residents, and seeks expanded CCUA access for residents; 3) Build a new access road to the airport — the request asks for funds to construct a road connecting existing Airport Road to SR 100, with design and permitting reported complete and the city estimating about 100 acres would open for commercial or light-industrial development; 4) Prioritized transportation improvements — the plan calls for bringing 23 miles of sidewalk into ADA compliance, addressing six miles of roads without sidewalks and continuing repairs to degraded roadways; and 5) Stormwater improvements — the city asks for regional resiliency measures, improved retention and infiltration infrastructure and hardening of systems to reduce impacts from intensified rainfall.
Council members did not record extended debate in the transcript excerpt; the motion was approved unanimously. The council did not attach funding authorizations to the priorities in the meeting record; they are requests for state and regional partners and for study in some cases. The council packet references a document titled "Legislative Priorities 2025."
