- February 3, 2026
Flagler County’s Hammock Harbour settlement offer would allow the developer to build a dry boat storage facility the size of the Flagler County Government Services building on State Road A1A.
Hammock Harbour is a development located at on State Road A1A on the north side of the Hammock Hardware store. Flagler County and the property owner, Bob Million, have been in dispute over plans to develop the property for the last six years, and have been in a federal lawsuit since early 2025.
The settlement offer not only would allow Million to build the boat storage facility without changes, but would also pay Million $400,000 as the settlement payment and credit him an additional $50,000 in building permit fees, according to Flagler County Commission meeting documents for Feb. 9. The offer also includes a “non-transferable credit” on applicable impact fees of a maximum of $100,000.
The Flagler County Commission will vote on the settlement offer at its Feb. 9 business meeting, held at 5 p.m. in the Government services building. Flagler County Attorney Michael Rodriguez told the commission at its Jan. 12 meeting that the settlement agreement would avoid “what would have been very timely and very costly federal litigation.”
At the Hammock Community Association’s Feb. 3 meeting, board member Kathy Viehe — whose property sits on the north side of Hammock Harbour’s — asked the HCA members to turn up at the Feb. 9 Flagler County Commission meeting to ask the commission not to support the settlement.
“We're hopeful, but we're not real hopeful,” Viehe said. “It's going to impact the hammock, unlike anything that we've tried, we've seen to this point. So just be aware.”
The property is under five acres in size, and used to house a small boat-building operation, which closed in 2018 after 40 years in business. Million then purchased the property.
In 2019, Million submitted development plans to the county that outlined a 240-unit, multi-story dry boat storage facility that would also have a restaurant and retail space. Also on the property, according to the previously approved and submitted site plans, would be an above ground fuel storage tank.
Million’s proposal went back and forth between Flagler County’s Technical Review Committee, Planning Board and Commission. The Flagler County Commission initially approved the dry boat storage facility, but that was reversed by a Flagler County judge after the Hammock Community Association appealed it in court.
In February 2025, Million filed a federal lawsuit against Flagler County. The lawsuit argued the county had placed an unfair burden on the property, according to federal court documents.
Million’s filing requested the damages for all “costs, attorneys’ fees, pre-judgment and post-judgment interest, and that the Court grant such other relief as is appropriate.” The demand is listed as $9,999,000 on the U.S. Federal Judiciary’s case management website.
