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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
DATE: May 21, 2013
TO: Honorable Chairman and Members of the Board
FROM: Elliot Kampert
SUBJECT: Task Order 9 - NSP AVCON
DEPARTMENT: Growth Management
BCC DISTRICT: All
STATEMENT OF ISSUE: The Growth Management Department requests that the Board
approve the attached Task Order No. 9, for acceptance of Avcon's Architectural proposal for the
continued Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) project located at Palm Village, Fort
Walton Beach, Fl.
BACKGROUND: Through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) as mended through
Modification #8, Okaloosa County was allocated a total of $3,560,352.73 of which $2,294,848.27 are
considered regular funds which can be used for a variety of affordable-housing related purposes, and
$1,265,504.46 which are considered a supplemental allocation and must be used for rental housing. On
November 24, 2009, Okaloosa County and the Department of Community Affairs (now Department of
Economic Opportunity) executed an Agreement (10DB-4X-01-56-01-F18) through which these funds
have enabled the County's NSP Contractor, the Okaloosa Community Development Corporation (CDC)
via Contract C10-1798-GM, to purchase 61 units in the Rolling Pines Townhome development in
Crestview, 2 single-family homes on Dahlquist Drive in Crestview, and the partially-developed Palm
Village development in the unincorporated Wright area south of Eglin which includes 6 existing
townhomes as well as vacant land on which additional units had been approved but never constructed.
The vacant portion of the Palm Village property is identified in the County’s approved NSP plan as a land
bank on which additional units will be constructed as funds become available.
On November 20, 2012 the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (FDEO) awarded Okaloosa
County $715,111.77, of which $301,917.73 is additional NSP funds and $413,194.04 is NSP-derived
program income. In accordance with the approved NSP plan, it is the CDC’s intention to use these funds
to begin construction of additional units at Palm Village.
In consultation with the FDEO, staff and the CDC determined that the most expeditious way to retain the
construction management services needed to undertake this development would be to enter into a contract
with one of the consulting firms under annual contract with the County and who are qualified for this
work. In accordance with the County’s competitive procurement procedures, a request for proposals was
sent to Avcon, Inc., and has been accepted by the CDC.
If approved by the Board of County Commissioners, the attached Task Order will enable Avcon
to provide construction management services for the CDC, thereby enabling the construction of
additional units at the Palm Village development as provided in the County’s NSP workplan.
RECOMMENDATION: The Growth Management Department recommends that the Board
approve and authorize the Chairman to sign Task Order No. 9.
RECOMMENDED BY:
APPROVED BY:
Ernie Padgett, County Administrator