Preserve and Protect Evacuation Route From Barrier Island: Emergency Management Officials Must Be Consulted on 7-Eleven at May and San Marco

County, State and Federal Emergency Management officials must be heard from before there is any further discussion of a permit -- County Director Linda Stoughton examining the issue this morning. Nancy Shaver's suggestion was to ask our emergency management officials to advise us. No permit should be issued -- I have contacted the City Manager and City Attorney and requested that no permit be issued. There must be intergovernmental meetings between our city officials and our county, state and federal emergency management agencies to preserve and protect the integrity of this intersection. It stands astride a critical evacuation route from South Ponte Vedra Beach and Vilano Beach. Due to development, a 7-Eleven at the May and San Marco intersection would clog the already failing intersection, preventing the real possibility of loss of life in a hurricane.