Okaloosa County BOCC — October 5, 2013 — 130923 - BCC Update (Oct 1 Meeting) — reading text

Okaloosa RESTORE Advisory Committee (ORAC) Update to BCC October 1, 2013  Roadmap Funding Sources /Rigorous Evaluation  Form the ORAC  Establish administrative ground rules Public Input / Full Transparency  Educate the ORAC on the RESTORE process Establish ORAC goals Develop a model to help evaluate projects Evaluate Treasury Rules Test the model with several projects Refine model as necessary Develop project information collection tool Collect project requests Use model to score and rank projects Develop Multi-Year Implementation Plan  Allowed Activities Ranking ∗ 24 pts - Infrastructure projects benefiting the economy or ecological resources, including ports ∗ Comment: Restoration of Noriega Point (economic driver) ∗ 16 pts - Restoration and protection of natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, marine and wildlife habitats, beaches and coastal wetlands ∗ Comment: Water quality issues; monitoring; stormwater projects near bay, rivers and streams not covered in Pots 2 and 3, NFWF, and NRDA ∗ 14 pts - Workforce development and job creation ∗ Comment: Although important to diversify, these funds should be leveraged with other sources for workforce development ∗ 11 pts - Mitigation of damage to fish, wildlife and natural resources ∗ Comment: Most of this should be under Pots 2 and 3, NFWF, and NRDA. Use Pot 1 to “fill in gaps” Allowed Activities Ranking (cont) ∗ 6.4 pts - Promotion of tourism, including recreational fishing ∗ Comment: TDD does bulk of this; BP made payments for tourism and fishing ∗ 6.2 pts - Coastal flood protection and related infrastructure ∗ Comment: Storm water runoff projects; very little coastal problems except during hurricanes ∗ 6 pts - Planning assistance ∗ Comment: do right up front; includes consultants plus added personnel to county staff for project planning, execution, oversight, financial tracking, etc ∗ 6 pts - Promotion of consumption of seafood from Gulf Coast Region ∗ Comment: Info campaign on quality of seafood; use pot 2 and 3 ∗ 5.2 pts - Implementation of federally approved marine, coastal, or comprehensive conservation management plans, including fisheries monitoring ∗ Comment: this should be under Pots 2 and 3, NFWF, and NRDA; stock assessment (economy and jobs) ∗ 5.2 pts - Improvements to or on State parks ∗ Comment: Henderson SP should be under Pots 2 and 3, NFWF, and NRDA Questions