Okaloosa County BOCC — October 13, 2015 — Presentation Timeline and Process — reading text

BCC Okaloosa RESTORE Advisory Committee (ORAC) Workshop Timeline and Process October 13, 2015 1:00 PM Okaloosa County Administration Building  Okaloosa RESTORE Advisory Committee (ORAC) ∗ Established by Okaloosa Board of County Commissioners Resolution Number 13-47 in March 2013 ∗ Eleven member committee representing: ∗ 2 – League of Cities (Ms Seevers* and Mr Whitten) ∗ 2 – Chamber of Commerce (Dr Azzaretto and Mr Haugen) ∗ 2 – At large (Mr Breitenfeld and Mr Tallman) ∗ 1 – Okaloosa School Board (Mr Destin) ∗ 1 – Charter Boat / Fisherman’s Cooperative (Capt Gary Jarvis) ∗ 1 – Tourism and Lodging (Mr Owen) ∗ 1 – Economic Development Council (Ms Rasmussen) ∗ 1 – Environmental Community (Dr Shippee) * Board Chair  Setting the Stage Mission Statement The Okaloosa RESTORE Advisory Committee (ORAC), in conjunction with Okaloosa County staff and its consultants, shall develop a Multi-Year Plan and formulate a comprehensive strategy to maximize the benefits of RESTORE Act funding designated for Okaloosa County. The ORAC’s efforts will inform and assist the Okaloosa Board of County Commissioners (BCC) in their task of approving the Multi-Year Plan. The ORAC shall recommend projects selected in a fair and transparent manner to the BCC to help restore and protect our portion of the Gulf Coast region.  Setting the Stage Goals 1. Perform all tasks in a transparent and ethical manner while encouraging maximum public participation 2. Identify priorities and develop rigorous evaluation criteria 3. Design and field an efficient and effective project submittal process 4. Improve County website and other management tools associated with the RESTORE process 5. Develop an executable Multi-Year Implementation Plan  Roadmap Funding Sources /Rigorous Evaluation ü Form the ORAC ü Establish administrative ground rules Public Input / Full Transparency ü Educate the ORAC on the RESTORE process ü Establish ORAC mission statement and goals ü Evaluate Treasury Rules ü Develop model to help evaluate projects ü Test the model with several projects ü Refine model as necessary ü Develop project submission protocol ü Develop project information collection tool ü Collect project requests ü Use model to score and rank projects q Develop Multi-Year Implementation Plan  Evaluation Tool Quantitative Qualitative Score Score ORAC ORAC Final Weighted as Weighted as Score 70% 30%  Quantitative Score Proposed Quantitative Factors Significance Score Economic 1. Gross Product per RESTORE $ Invested (11%) ______ 2. Return on Investment and LC Cost (13%) ______ 3. Economic Diversification (14%) ______ General 4. Implementation Readiness (10%) ______ 5. Project Feasibility (13%) ______ 6. Restore/Enhance/Protect Habitats (11%) ______ Environmental 7. Replenish/Protect Living Coastal & Marine Resources (11%) ______ 8. Restore/Improve/Protect Water Resources (10%) ______ 9. Enhanced Environmental Resilience ( 7%) ______ Quantitative Score: ______  Qualitative Score Potential Qualitative Factors 1. Community acceptance 2. Quality of life enhancement ORAC to 3. Expert judgment select 4. factors Qualitative Score: _______  Project Proposals ∗ Pot #1 funds remain designated for Okaloosa County: • Transocean settlement: $6.4M currently available • BP Civil Trial: early reading is $2.3M/yr for 15 years (starting 12 months after settlement is finalized) ∗ “Project Proposer” may submit project ideas/concepts ∗ Online application had three parts: • Part A: Basic project information (req’d for every proposal) • Part B: Quantitative factors (req’d for proposals >$90k) • Part C: U.S. Treasury Application (req’d for projects in MYIP) ∗ Okaloosa BOCC has sole responsibility for execution of Pot #1 projects ∗ Up to 15% small project set-aside (approx. $960k of $6.4M)  Timeline ∗ Mar 4th – RESTORE Application Workshop ∗ Mar 9th – Started accepting applications ∗ Mar – Final Transocean settlement payment ∗ May 8th – Application window closed ∗ Jun 3rd - Presentations for highest ranked Small Projects ∗ June 17th - Presentations for highest ranked Large Projects ∗ Early August - Recommended projects to BOCC ∗ Oct 13th – BOCC ORAC Workshop ∗ Late Fall / Early Winter – Submit MYIP to Treasury  Summary of Process ∗ Educated and engaged ORAC ∗ Deliberate model: ∗ Thorough analysis ∗ Increased understanding ∗ Complete buy-in ∗ Transparent and replicable ∗ Opportunity to make our community better