“I am thrilled, Al, that our joint efforts made this result possible and that a major hurdle to beach protection has now been eliminated,” Scott Spradley wrote County Attorney Al Hadeed in an email this afternoon, announcing the resolution of a three-year case. Spradley, elected to the Flagler Beach City Commission in March, had been hired the previous December to craft the strategy that led to the resolution.
The owner holding up the Army Corp dune refurbishment program failed to list the beach property on their assets, giving the county an opening to gain the access they need.