On December 19, 2018, the Board of County Commissioners formed a Beach Community Working Group consisting of Mike Mullin, County Manager/County Attorney; Taco Pope, Assistant County Manager; Doug Podiak, Facilities Maintenance Director; Gil Langley, Executive Director of the Tourist Development Council; Butch Osborne, Director of Operations for the Sheriff’s Office; Mac Morriss, Ex-Officio Member; and Lowell Hall, Ex-Officio Member.

The group was directed to review current beach related Ordinances and use of the beach and to make recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners as to any updates or amendments that need to be made. A total of sixteen (16) meetings were held. Hundreds of individuals have appeared at meetings and hundreds more sent emails expressing concerns about a myriad of issues including items left on the beach, horseback riding, and littering, however most of the concerns relate to beach driving and unregulated camping.

Having concluded their work, the Beach Committee Working Group prepared their recommendation. County Manager, Mike Mullin, and other County staff will do a presentation on the recommendations and then facilitate discussion on changes the Board would like to see and how to accommodate those changes.

The Beach Community Working Group's final report is attached and it includes their recommendation, as well as copies of all their meeting agendas and corresponding minutes. There are two Exhibits totaling 476 which include citizen emails and photographs. Due to the size of these files, we are unable to attach them to agenda as the software will not allow files over 10MB. These documents are available on the County's website under the quick links section - Beach Community Working Group.