Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 08-11-09 regular — reading text

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Shop Wyle 37-  CITY COUNCIL MEETING August 11, 2009 Consent Agenda Resolution 2009 -28 certifies that the City meets the Fiscal Hardship Criteria Synopsis: Qualiftesfor reduction or waiver ofPermit Processingfees for the FDEP Agenda Item Number: 2A  1 RESOLUTION 2009 -28 2 3 4 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA, 5 CERTIFYING THAT THE CITY MEETS THE FISCAL HARDSHIP CRITERIA OF 6 SECTION 218. 075 FLORIDA STATUTES, AND QUALIFIES FOR A 7 REDUCTION OR WAIVER OF PERMIT PROCESSING FEES FOR THE 8 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ( FDEP) 9 AND /OR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT 10 ( NWFWMD). 11 12 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT 13 WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS: 14 15 Section 1. Authority & Intent 16 Pursuant to section 218. 075, Florida Statutes, the City may qualify for a 17 reduction or waiver of permit processing fees payable to the Florida Department 18 of Environmental Protection or the Northwest Florida Water Management District. 19 To qualify for the reduction or waiver of permit processing fees for the 2009 -10 20 fiscal year, the City must certify that the cost of the permit processing fee is a 21 fiscal hardship due to one of the enumerated factors in section 218. 075, Florida 22 Statutes. 23 24 Section 2. Certification 25 The cost of permit processing fees is a fiscal hardship for the City 26 pursuant to section 218. 075( 2), Florida Statutes Section 218. 075( 2), Florida 27 Statutes, specifies that a fiscal hardship may be proven if the " percentage of 28 assessed property value that is exempt from ad valorem taxation is higher than 29 the statewide average for the current fiscal year." The City certifies that the cost 30 of permit processing fees is a fiscal hardship because the percentage of 31 assessed property value that is exempt from ad valorem taxation is higher than 32 the statewide average for the current fiscal year. The facts that support that 33 conclusion are that according to data from the Bureau of Economic and Business 34 Research ( BEBR) at the University of Florida, published in the Florida Statistical 35 Abstract 2008: 36 a. The total assessed value of ad valorem property statewide was 37 $ 1, 338, 604, 310 (x 1, 000); 38 b. Of the above amount, exempt properties, including homestead 39 exemptions and those classified as " other", was $ 397,297, 048 ( x1, 000); 40 C. From the above data, the percentage of assessed property that is 41 exempt statewide is 29.67 percent; 42 d. The City of Fort Walton Beach had a total assessed value of ad 43 valorem property of $2, 249, 285 ( x 1, 000); 44 e. In 2007, the City' s total amount of exempt ad valorem properties 45 included $ 128, 012 ( x 1, 000) in homestead exemptions and $ 649, 366 ( x 46 1, 000) in " other" exemptions, for a total of $777, 378 ( x 1, 000); 39-  1 f. The percentage of exempt properties in the City of Fort Walton 2 Beach was 34. 56 percent; and 3 g. The City of Fort Walton Beach' s 34. 56 percent of exempt properties 4 exceeds the statewide average of 29. 67 percent, and therefore, the City is 5 eligible for a fiscal hardship exemption. 6 7 Section 3. Effective Date 8 This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon approval by the City 9 Council and signature of the Mayor. 10 11 12 13 14 Adopted Mike Anderson, Mayor 15 16 Attest: Approved for form and legal sufficiency. 17 18 19 20 Helen Spencer, City Clerk Toni L. Craig, City Attorney 21 22 40-  CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH MEMORANDUM To: Robert T. Mearns, City Manager From: Samantha-D. Abell, Senior Planner Through: Michael D. Beedie, P. E., City Engineer Date: July 23, 2009 Subject: Certificate for Fiscal Hardship for Reduction or Waiver of Permit Fees 1. BACKGROUND: 1. 1 In order for the City of Fort Walton Beach to qualify for a reduction or waiver of permit processing fees for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection FDEP) or the Northwest Florida Water Management District ( NWFWMD) pursuant to Section 218. 075, Florida Statutes, the City must demonstrate that it meets one of the following fiscal hardship criteria: 1) Per capita taxable value is less than the statewide average for the current fiscal year; 2) Percentage of assessed property value that is exempt from ad valorem taxation is higher than the statewide average for the current fiscal year; 3) Any condition specified in Section 218. 503( 1) which results in the county or municipality being in a state of financial emergency; 4) Ad valorem operating millage rate for the current fiscal year is greater than 8 mills; or 5) A financial condition that is documented in annual financial statements at the end of the current fiscal year and indicates an inability to pay the permit processing fee during that fiscal year. 2. DISCUSSION: 2. 1 According to data acquired by the City from the Bureau of Economic and Business Research ( BEBR) at the University of Florida regarding Criteria Number 2 above, the source of which was the Florida Statistical Abstract 2008 for January 1, 2007, as follows: 41-