Located in the Florida panhandle on Pensacola Beach, the Santa Rosa Island Authority (the “Authority” or “SRIA”) is a dependent special district of Escambia County, created by the Florida legislature for the purpose of overseeing commercial and residential development and being the governing body of Pensacola Beach. Although Pensacola Beach is part of Escambia County, it lies immediately south of the City of Gulf Breeze, Florida, which is part of Santa Rosa County. The SRIA governs the area known as Pensacola Beach which is a barrier island bordered on the north by the Pensacola Bay and Santa Rosa Sound, the south by the Gulf of Mexico, and to the east and west by the Gulf Islands National Seashore. Pensacola Beach encompasses approximately 1,474 acres on an eight mile stretch of Santa