TTENTION: After a phone conversation with a Walton County Planning official on Friday morning, it was expected David Smith/Innerlight Engineering, the representative for DR Horton, would be submitting the revised Draper Lake Planned Unit Development application on late Friday afternoon to the Walton County Planning Department.
We did not receive verification of this after phone calls and emails were unanswered before closing. If the application review is completed by the Walton County Planning Department, there will be a Technical Review Committee Public Hearing June 3rd - that's less than 12 days away! This is how DR Horton operates.
It is more urgent than ever for the affected Communities and Neighborhoods to form an alliance defeat this development! For that matter all residents of Walton County that oppose this type of unregulated growth and development.
If you live in South Walton or one of the affected areas (see map below), please become involved by contacting and organizing your HOA to write a Position on Paper opposing the Draper Lake PUD:
(Your HOA Name) opposes D R Horton’s application for the Draper Lake Development and strongly urges Walton County not to make any concessions or consider any variances to the applicable Development Code and/or Comp Plan in reviewing and/or considering this project.
Signed ________________________________________
Dated __________________________
We are encouraging EVERYONE that reads this to email Mr. Mac Carpenter, Planning & Development Director for Walton County:
carmac@co.walton.fl.us.
Please click this link for a “
Sample Draper Lake PUD Email” that may be used. Add additional comments or concerns but please be respectful to the recipient Mr. Carpenter.
Neighborhood Alliance Team
At this time, it would be very beneficial to form a “Neighborhood Alliance Team” with representatives that could speak on behalf of their neighborhood, HOA, or the Community at the upcoming Public Hearing, either in-person, via Zoom, or Call-In. They would need to be concise, well informed, and articulate. They will only have 3 minutes to state the facts and address faults with the application! I suggest that the representatives discuss each issue they will addressing in a meeting beforehand so issues are not repeated, and all the important facts and faults with the application can be presented.
Please feel free to contact Jim Swenerton at
jimbopc@gmail.com. Jim is actively involved in the Draper Lake PUD effort and he will try to answer your questions or provide additional information and help form the “Neighborhood Alliance Team”.
We urge everyone concerned about this development to visit
SouthWaltonCC.org where you can "Sign Up for Updates" at the bottom of the home page.
Click here for the
Draper Lake PUD webpage, including background documents on the project.
The latest updates can also be found on the
SWCC Facebook page.
If you know of others who may be affected by this development, please forward this email to help get them involved.
Thank You.