Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 12-24-2010 Regular — reading text

of natural roadside growth along its right of way. 1. 2. The main requirement is the local agencies willingness to assume the maintenance of the project once complete. 2. DISCUSSION: 2. 1. The City of Fort Walton Beach submitted a request for Landscape Discretionary Grant LDG) funding to be used in the medians from SR 189 - Lewis Turner Blvd from Roberts Blvd to Mooney Road - MP 1. 326 - 2. 104. 2. 2. The project would consist of approximately forty (40) Crape Myrtles and twenty (20) Live Oaks with a pump /drip system irrigation to cover seven ( 7) medians and 3, 500 feet. 2. 3. The City of Fort Walton Beach was awarded a no match LDG for a total cost of $25, 655. 2. 4. If approved, the project completion date is January 31, 2012. 2. 5. Resolution 2010 -44 accepts the grant funding and authorizes a budget amendment to create the revenue and expense accounts. 3. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: 3. 1. The total amount of the FDOT Landscaping Discretionary Grant is $ 25, 655 and is a no match grant, which will be used to landscape the medians from Roberts Blvd to Mooney Road. 3. 2. The new landscape will marginally increase the City's right -of w - ay maintenance expense and workload. 4. RECOMMENDATION: 4. 1. Staff requests Council' s approval of Resolution 2010 -44 to accept $ 25, 655 in FDOT Landscaping Discretionary Grant funding and authorize a budget amendment. Doc ID: 1070 Page 1 Packet Pg. 43  10. 1 -] RESOLUTION ( ID # 1070) 4. 2. Staff also requests Council's authorization for the City Manager to execute the Project Agreement Nvith the Florida Department of Transportation. ATTACHMENTS: FWB JPA Lewis Turf ler Medians( PDF) SIGNATURE BLOCK: Jeff Peters Completed 12/102/ 2010 2: 43 PM Grants Manager Completed 12 /02%2010 3: 24 PM Carole Jones Completed 12/ 07/ 2010 11: 32 AM City Manager Completed 12/ 09/ 2010 9: 35 AM City Council Pending Packet Pg. 44  10.1 RESOLUTION ( ID # 1070) RESOLUTION 2010 -44 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING FUNDING THROUGH THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR SR 189 LEWIS TURNER BLVD LANDSCAPING; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE JOINT PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT; AUTHORIZING THE RECREATION AND CULTURAL SERVICES DIRECTOR TO OVERSEE THE PROJECT; AUTHORIZING A BUDGET AMENDMENT; AND SETTING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS: The State of Florida Department of Transportation, through the Roadside Beautification Assistance Program, provides funding for the implementation and maintenance of roadside beautification programs. The City is eligible to participate in this competitive grant program, and has for and been awarded up to $ 25, 655 for SR 189 Lewis Turner Blvd. applied Landscaping, with no City match required. The City Council finds that it is in the best interests of the citizens of Fort Walton Beach to participate in the Roadside Beautification Assistance Program. Therefore, the City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to execute the joint participation agreement and all necessary documents to complete grant- related purchases; the Recreation and Cultural Services Director to implement, supervise, and manage the initiative pursuant to City purchasing policies and procedures and Florida law; and a budget amendment to record the grant. Budget Amendment for Grant Funds: Revenue Expense 001 - 1553- 334 -3940 $ 25, 655 001 - 1553 -541 -6355 $ 25, 655 This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon approval by the City Council. Adopted: Mike Anderson, Mayor Attest: Approved for form and legal sufficiency: Packet Pg. 45  10. 7 -] RESOLUTION ( ID # 1070) Helen Spencer, City Clerk Hayward Dykes, Jr., City Attorney Packet Pg. 46  1o. s RESOLUTION ( ID # 1071) 2. 1. 4 The area contains sites or parts of sites suitable for limited recreational open space, cultural or historical preservation purposes. 2. 2. The Hollywood Boulevard Wholesale and Light Industrial Area ( generally the M -1 zoning district) meets the above criteria for designation. The area contains lands possibly perceived as environmentally blighted and suitable for redevelopment. Many properties are vacant, underutilized, or have been historically utilized for industrial activity before modern environmental regulations were adopted. There are 140 individual properties including 16 City -owned properties totaling 236 acres). 2. 3. Many local governments throughout Florida have successfully utilized the Brownfields designation program to promote reinvestment, encourage business location, job growth, and to release liability and other pressures on otherwise undevelopable land. The benefits provide an incentive for businesses to locate or expand in the designated area, thereby increasing property values in the City of Fort Walton Beach. 2.4. Under the process, property owners have the option of withdrawing their property(ies) from the designating area. No property owner has requested that option. 2. 5. The City Council considered and approved Resolution 2010 -42 on first reading at a regularly scheduled meeting on November 23, 2010 ( 6 -0, 1 abstaining). 3. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: 3. 1. There is no financial impact from Resolution 2010 -42. 4. RECOMMENDATION: 4. 1. Staff respectfully recommends City Council approval of Resolution No. 2010 -42 to designate a Brownfield Area in the City for properties generally located in the Hollywood Boulevard Wholesale and Light Industrial Zoning District, consisting of approximately 236 acres, for purposes of environmental site rehabilitation and economic redevelopment. ATTACHMENTS: Exhibit A - Boundary map PDF) Exhibit B - Legal Description PDF) SIGNATURE BLOCK: Tim Bolduc Pending Michael Beedie Completed 12/ 03/ 2010 11: 19 AM Finance Completed 12/ 03/ 2010 1: 10 PM City Attorney Completed 12/ 07/ 2010 2: 55 PM Carole Jones Skipped 12/ 08/ 2010 10: 12 AM City Manager Completed 12/ 08/ 2010 10: 11 AM City Council Pending Packet Pg. 61  10. 2 -] RESOLUTION ( ID # 1071) RESOLUTION 2010 -42 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA, DESIGNATING A BROWNFIELD AREA IN THE CITY FOR PROPERTIES GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE WHOLESALE AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT AS DEPICTED IN EXHIBIT A AND DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT B, CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 236 ACRES, FOR PURPOSES OF ENVIRONMENTAL SITE REHABILITATION AND ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida hereby designates the property generally located within City' s M -1 Wholesale and Light Industrial zoning district, but also some properties adjacent lying within the C -2 General Commercial zoning district, as depicted in the attached map ( Exhibit A) and described more particularly in the attached legal description ( Exhibit B), as a Brownfield area according to Sections 377. 76 - 377. 85, Florida Statutes. Such designation shall not render the City of Fort Walton Beach liable for the cost of any site rehabilitation or source removal, as defined in Section 376. 79, Florida Statutes. Section 2. The City of Fort Walton Beach has conducted the necessary public meetings and hearings for designating a Brownfield area. The City of Fort Walton Beach has considered: i. Whether the Brownfield Area warrants economic development and has a reasonable potential for such activities; ii. Whether the proposed area to be designated represents a reasonably focused approach and is not overly large in geographic coverage; iii. Whether the area has potential to interest the private sector in participating in rehabilitation; iv. Whether the area contains sites or parts of sites suitable for limited recreational open space, cultural or historical preservation purposes. Section 3. The City Manager is hereby authorized to do all things necessary and proper to make effective the provisions of this Resolution. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon approval by the City Council. Packet Pg. f2  10. 2 RESOLUTION ( ID # 1071) Adopted: Mike Anderson, Mayor Attest: Approved for legal sufficiency: Helen Spencer, City Clerk Hayward Dykes, City Attorney Packet Pg. 63