Okaloosa County BOCC — November 4, 2012 — reading text

6.3.b.b Packet Pg. 526 Attachment: Stewart TDD Recommendations 6-19 (1248 : Tourist Development Recommendations Update)  6.3.b.b Packet Pg. 527 Attachment: Stewart TDD Recommendations 6-19 (1248 : Tourist Development Recommendations Update)  6.3.b.b Packet Pg. 528 Attachment: Stewart TDD Recommendations 6-19 (1248 : Tourist Development Recommendations Update)  6.3.b.b Packet Pg. 529 Attachment: Stewart TDD Recommendations 6-19 (1248 : Tourist Development Recommendations Update)  6.3.b.b Packet Pg. 530 Attachment: Stewart TDD Recommendations 6-19 (1248 : Tourist Development Recommendations Update)  6.3.b.b Packet Pg. 531 Attachment: Stewart TDD Recommendations 6-19 (1248 : Tourist Development Recommendations Update)  6.3.b.b Packet Pg. 532 Attachment: Stewart TDD Recommendations 6-19 (1248 : Tourist Development Recommendations Update)  6.3.b.b Packet Pg. 533 Attachment: Stewart TDD Recommendations 6-19 (1248 : Tourist Development Recommendations Update)  6.3.b.b Packet Pg. 534 Attachment: Stewart TDD Recommendations 6-19 (1248 : Tourist Development Recommendations Update)  6.3.b.b Packet Pg. 535 Attachment: Stewart TDD Recommendations 6-19 (1248 : Tourist Development Recommendations Update)  6.3.b.b Packet Pg. 536 Attachment: Stewart TDD Recommendations 6-19 (1248 : Tourist Development Recommendations Update)  6.3.b.b Packet Pg. 537 Attachment: Stewart TDD Recommendations 6-19 (1248 : Tourist Development Recommendations Update)  6.3.b.b Packet Pg. 538 Attachment: Stewart TDD Recommendations 6-19 (1248 : Tourist Development Recommendations Update)  6.3.b.b Packet Pg. 539 Attachment: Stewart TDD Recommendations 6-19 (1248 : Tourist Development Recommendations Update)  6.3.b.b Packet Pg. 540 Attachment: Stewart TDD Recommendations 6-19 (1248 : Tourist Development Recommendations Update)  6.3.b.b Packet Pg. 541 Attachment: Stewart TDD Recommendations 6-19 (1248 : Tourist Development Recommendations Update)  6.3.b.b Packet Pg. 542 Attachment: Stewart TDD Recommendations 6-19 (1248 : Tourist Development Recommendations Update)  6.3.b.b Packet Pg. 543 Attachment: Stewart TDD Recommendations 6-19 (1248 : Tourist Development Recommendations Update)  6.3.b.b Packet Pg. 544 Attachment: Stewart TDD Recommendations 6-19 (1248 : Tourist Development Recommendations Update)  6.3.b.b Packet Pg. 545 Attachment: Stewart TDD Recommendations 6-19 (1248 : Tourist Development Recommendations Update)  6.3.b.b Packet Pg. 546 Attachment: Stewart TDD Recommendations 6-19 (1248 : Tourist Development Recommendations Update)  6.3.b.b Packet Pg. 547 Attachment: Stewart TDD Recommendations 6-19 (1248 : Tourist Development Recommendations Update)  6.4.a BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA REQUEST DATE: December 18, 2012 TO: Honorable Chairman and Members of the Board FROM: John Hofstad SUBJECT: Promotional Fund Grant Agreement DEPARTMENT: Public Works BCC DISTRICT: All STATEMENT OF ISSUE: Board approval is required to enter into the attached Grant Agreement from the Gulf Coast Seafood and Tourism Promotional Fund. The award represents the cost of the work required to generate an estimate of the biomass on the Okaloosa County reef system. The Grant award is $450,000. BACKGROUND: Okaloosa County citizens and visitors are subject to State regulations restricting the number and types of marine species harvested from reef ecosystems during a defined season. The regulations are restrictive enough to cause resource users to travel to less restrictive states to harvest affected species and thus the County experiences a negative economic impact. The methodology utilized to evaluate the marine resources is complex and includes many assumptions that critics believe skew the results and misrepresent resource populations. The technologies to be implemented in this study will provide an empirical database that can be utilized to challenge and compare to resource estimation model assumptions. The data will be useful for other purposes as well such as defining the density of reefs in the County Large Area Reef Sites, A, B and C and the identification of natural reef systems existing in the survey area. Some Grant Agreement highlights are as follows: - Grant Performance Period - December 1, 2012 - November 30, 2013. - Grant Amount - $450,000 paid in equal increments of $112,500 at project milestones. - Grant Project Task 1 - Provide a detailed scientific study of relative biomass and estimates of species on up to 100 publicly known artificial reefs. - Grant Project Task 2 - Develop a web-based application for the purpose of educating and communicating to the public the findings of the hydroacoustic survey effort. - Grant Project Task 3 - Final Report - Submit a final report that provides for a description of the activities performed, provides an analysis of the data gathered, and provides ways in which this information can be easily translated and conveyed to the non-scientific visitor to highlight the importance of maintaining a healthy eco-system. OPTIONS: Approve/Disapprove Packet Pg. 548  6.4.a RECOMMENDATIONS: Staff recommends the Board approve of the contract and the Chairman signs the document in the indicated location on Page 7. RECOMMENDED BY: APPROVED BY: James D. Curry, County Administrator Packet Pg. 549  6.4.a.a ÐÎÑÓÑÌ×ÑÒßÔ ÚËÒÜ ÙÎßÒÌ ßÙÎÛÛÓÛÒÌ Attachment: Gulf Coast Seafood and Tourism Promotional Fund Contract (1226 : Promotional Fund Grant Agreement) This Promotional Fund Agreement • • • •• • • • • • • • •• • • • • Grantee • • • • • • • •• • • •• • • • •• • •• • • • ; Patrick Juneau, as Trustee Settlement Trust Claims Administrator of the Court Supervised Settlement Claims Administrator solely for the purposes of taking cognizance and approving the terms of this Agreement, BP Exploration BP Exploration RECITALS BP been named as defendants in on April 20, 2010 MDL Litigation WHEREAS, BP and the Economic Class Representatives, individually and on behalf of the Economic and Property Damages Settlement Class, by and through Lead Class Counsel entered into an Economic and Property Damag Settlement Agreement amended May 1, 2012, for the purpose of settling all Released Claims against the Released Parties, including BP; WHEREAS, the United States District Court of the Eastern District o Court Preliminary Approval Order WHEREAS, on May 4, 2012, BP, Lead Class Counsel, the Trustee and J.P. Morgan Trust Company (the Directed Trustee Deepwater Horizon Economic and Property Damages Trust Trust Agreement WHEREAS, the Settlement Trust is intended to meet the requirements of a qualified settlement fund within the meaning of section 468B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and section 1.468B-1(c) of the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder; to pay Settlement Payments (as defined in the Settlement Agreement) and the costs of administering the Settlement Program (as defined in the Settlement Agreement) in accordance with the terms of the Settlement Agreement and the Trust Agreement. WHEREAS, the Trustee has the power, pursuant and subject to the terms of the Settlement Agreement and the Trust Agreement, to make distributions from the funds held by the Settlement Trust subject to the terms and conditions thereof; and WHEREAS, Grantee desires to obtain funds for promotional services as described on attached Schedule ; NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree to the terms and conditions set forth herein.