Eastern Lake Outfall [merged threads]

[Garner]

Because nothing says "I love you Gulf of Mexico and Eastern Lake" like destroying a dune. They were back at it around noon today

 

[Garner]

today at 187 San Roy - the westernmost Gulf Front home adjacent to Eastern Lake

 

[justhavinfun]

When you hear bulldozers but don't see lights and it is pitch black, there is something suspicious going on.....

 

[John G]

I hear they are putting in parking for a small business.

 

[Lake View Too]

Code enforcement issued a stop work order late this afternoon on the parking lot that was being built into the dunes. It seems they had a DEP permit, but the county did not allow them a permit because it would have been in violation of the Coastal Dune Lake Protection Zone ordinance. It's a Good Thing to have vigilant neighbors who care about this lake and it's surroundings.

 

[justhavinfun]

Score one for the locals!!

 

[Kurt]

There is a current vacancy on the Coastal Dune Lake Advisory Board for one of the “On Lake” positions. Walton County is soliciting applications to fill this specific position.

Any interested party may submit an application to me by December 31, 2015. This can be submitted either electronically, fax or hardcopy to the following:

Melinda Gates
Environmental Specialist
Public Works Department
Environmental Section
117 Montgomery Circle
Defuniak Springs, FL 32435
Email: gatmelinda@co.walton.fl.us
Fax: (850)892-8094

To qualify for this specific position the candidate must live within 0.5 miles of one of the 15 Coastal Dune Lakes. Thank you for your time and consideration. If you have any questions, please let me know.

Application

 

[drinkin & lazy]

The county has not been able to dig the channel in the right place since 2002. The owner that deposited the sand has threatened to sue the county ever since. The previous owner didn't care. The owner that deposited the sand, and the current owner, who installed the posts, has plans to build on that property. Their whole game has been to try to build a dune where none has ever been before, for the sole purpose of building a monster house or two.

Post Dennis 2005:

 

[Lake View Too]

The above photo is the county digging the inlet along the existing easement. This is not the location where the inlet was historically located from the sixties through to 2005 when the artificial sand berm was created. Before Worth Williams obtained the property, the county was allowed to dig the channel straight through, when it became necessary. The previous owner didn't seem to mind.

 

[Lake View Too]

Here was another instance, in 2011, when a storm named Stan totally decimated the channel. This never happened in the forty five years before the 20 dumptruck loads of compaction sand were placed in the historical location of the outfall.