Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 01-23-2007 regular agenda — reading text

two new townhomes being built at 15 A& B Bobolink Street BACKGROUND: Attached is a letter from Nitsi Bennett, Executive Director, requesting the waiver of permit fees for two new townhomes. The savings of the fees will be used for costs of items that Habitat is not able to secure funding for or cannot be donated as " in- kind". The building permit application has not been submitted, however, it is estimated that the fees will remain approximately the same as other similar fees City Council has approved waiving in the past. For 15 A& B Bobolink the Water Tap fee was $ 1, 000. 00, the Sewer Tap fee was $ 1, 200.00 and the building permit fees was $ 397.25 Habitat is aware that the impact fees for water and sewer of approximately $ 3, 014.00 cannot be waived. ANALYSIS: The estimated fees requested to be waived are: The Water Tap fee is $ 1, 000. 00, the Sewer Tap fee is $ 1, 200. 00 and the Building Permit fees is $ 397.25. totaling $ 2. 597.25. RECOMMENDATIONS: Staff recommends consideration of Habitat's request to waive the Water Tap fee, Sewer Tap fee and Building Permit fee for 15 A& B Bobolink Street not to exceed $ 3, 000. 00. Concur: 17 7 a~ c- &~ D te City Manager en 1/ Z.  Okaloosa County Habitat for Humanity@ Building houses, building hope TO: Joyce Shenehan, Ft Walton Beach,~. ~ M,anag~/ FROM: Nitsi Bennett, President / CE~ ....~~ I1.. f /./ ';'; t:: "/'lIJ/ DATE: January 11, 2007 RE: Building fee waivers for Bur' s Wwy 1rft~ v ,. We are on the planning stages for the construction of two town homes on Burgess Way Subdivision located on Bobolink Street. James Matttem with Kendrick, David Dowling Architects is doing the submission plans as a courtesy to Habitat. We have received funding from the First Methodist Church of Shalimar and an anonymous donor. The SHIP program has also offered to help with the funding. I am respectfully requesting that Habitat for Humanity be, once again, allowed to waive the construction fees with the understanding that we will pay the impact fees. This land was bought for Habitat for Humanity from CDBG funding and will be the last parcels that we will be building onJin this area. We have not been able to fmd land and thus must now mo.Je to Crestview where we still have some lots that were donated to us. We will continue to look for land since the need for affordable housing in Fort Walton Beach is so great. Please express our sincere appreciation to Council for their support of Habitat for Humanity.... we have such a great partnership. We will be dedicating the home on Kiwi Place on the 26th of January. This is the Military Build and Beach Community Bank house. It will take place at 10: 30 am. The Coffman family was the ones who lost everything to Ivan and even lost their FEMA trailer, so it will be a very emotional moment for them to know that they now have a roof over their heads. Please, place our request on the next City Council meeting. Thank you. Uplown Station 9" Egrin Parkw,lY, Suite] 2 FDr1 Walton Beach, FL 32548 850.3l5. 0025 Fax 850.315 0429 www. habitatfwb. org  CITY COUNCIL MEETING January 23, 2007 Consent Agenda Consideration of a request to close the Fort Walton Beach Library on March 5, 2007 for staff to participate in an all day training session by the Okaloosa County Public Library Cooperative Parks & Recreation Director) Council Action 1st 2nd Vote: Agenda Item Number: CA- 3  IIfJ!,"~~ 8. 0.............'.. Okafoosa County Pub[ ic Library Cooperative 206 North Partin Drive, Niceville, FL 32578 Phone: 850- 609- 5102 E- mail: bgorin@co. okaloosa.fl. us Fax: 850-609- 5103 January 9, 2007 Joyce Shanahan, City Manager City of Fort Walton Beach 107 Miracle Strip Parkway SW PO Box 4009 Ft Walton Beach, FL 32549 Dear Ms. Shanahan, The purpose of this letter is to respectfully request permission for your Library Director to close the library on March 5, 2007 so that all library staff may attend the Library Cooperative' s annual staff development day for training. Since the Cooperative has been in existence, member libraries have historically closed for one full day per year to allow this valuable training to take place. As the Cooperative approaches its tenth anniversary, it is gratifying to note that OCPLC has enjoyed another productive year. We truly are a Cooperative that successfully works in partnership to improve library service to the citizens of Okaloosa County. One of the reasons this joint endeavor has been able to move steadily forward is the annual staff training day presented jointly by the Cooperative office and member libraries. As libraries continue to grow and change on a daily basis, ongoing training helps staff adjust to those changes, which improves both service and morale. Although this training necessitates closing the libraries for a day, directors and staff agree that it has proven valuable in uniting staff and addressing concerns common to all the libraries in the Cooperative. The ability to exchange ideas face- to-face definitely contributes to the overall improvement of service at member libraries. The training this year will focus on ways to effectively serve our young adult patrons. Each year two libraries partner with the Cooperative to present Staff Development Day. Last time, the Destin Library and Mary Esther Public Library presented Treating Ourselves And Our Patrons With Care. This year, the Fort Walton Beach Library and Robert L.F. Sikes ( Crestview) Library have graciously volunteered to act as our emcees. Training will occur at the Crestview Library on Monday, March 5, 2007 from 9: 00 a. m. until 4: 00 p. m. Members of the Library Cooperative Governing Board and elected officials from member cities are also invited and welcome to attend. If you have any questions, or if I can be of further assistance, please feel free to contact me by phone or email. cc: Patricia Gould, Library Director Dr. Wayne Pullen, OCPLC Governing Board Representative Cft:J{3  MEMORANDUM DATE: January 9, 2007 TO: Joyce Shanahan, City Manager FROM: Allen Lassiter, Service Operations Manager THROUGH: Thomas Murray, Public Works Director SUBJECT: RFP # 07- 107, LED Color Display Sign with Identification Cabinet City Hall Marquee Sign) SUMMARY Pursuant to City of F ort Walton Beach Code of Ordinances, Volume II, Chapter 4, Section 4. 01, paragraph 4. 01.025 and the Purchasing Policies and Procedures, request authorization to award RFP # 07- 107, LED Color Display Sign with Identification Cabinet, to the low, responsive, responsible bidder meeting specifications, Innovative Signs of Sarasota, Florida, for the amount of $31, 020. 75, which was the second lowest bid, overall. The lowest bid, from Sign Logic of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, was non- responsive since it did not meet all specifications, as further discussed in Item 21 - Comments. This is a budgeted acquisition; however, the bids are higher than the amount budgeted. If approved, funds are available in account number 310- 5074- 519- 6300 in the amount of $25, 000 and account number 310- 8097- 572- 6997 in the amount of$ 6, 020. 75. Recommend the City Council award RFP # 07- 107, LED Color Display Sign with Identification Cabinet ( City Hall Marquee) to Innovative Signs of Sarasota, Florida, for the amount of 31, 020. 75. FINANCIAL DATA 1. DEPARTMENT: Public Works 2. DIVISION: Municipal Building ( Service Maintenance) 3. FUND: Capital 4. ACCOUNT: 310- 5074-