Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 08-13-13--regular — reading text

m 2 members City of Fort Walton Beach City Council, 2 members City of Niceville City Council, 2 members City of Destin City Council, 1 member City of DeFuniak Springs City Council, and 1 member City of Valparaiso City Council n Non -Voting Members — Qvm 0 2. The TPO requests the TPO member local governments to endorse the plan for submission to the Governor of the State of Florda for approval. O 1 The TPO requests the Governor of the State of Florida to approve the Okaloosa- Walton TPO Voting Membership Reapportionment Plan for the Fort Walton Beach -Navarre- Wright Urbanized c Area Passed and duly adopted by the Okaloosa- Walton TPO on this 20" day of June 2013. OKALOOSA- WALTON TRANSPORTATION caE PLANNING ORGANIZATION m James T. Wood, Jr., Chairman ATTEST: C- 3  6.2 City Council of Fort Walton Beach CITY MANAGER MEMORANDUM To: Michael D. Beedie, City Manager From: Carole Jones, Executive Assistant Date: August 13, 2013 Subject: Marketplace Fairness Act Support ATTACHMENTS: Draft Marketplace Fairness Act Resolution ( PDF) SIGNATURE BLOCK: Carole Jones Completed 08/ 01/ 2013 3: 12 PM Carole Jones Completed 08/ 07/ 2013 8: 57 AM City Manager Completed 08/ 07/ 2013 9: 11 AM City Council Pending Page 1 of 1 PaC ., c 21  F62. Resolution of Support for Congressional Action on Marketplace Fairness Act WHEREAS, The Supreme Court of the United States established in its 1992 Quill v. North Dakota decision that States cannot on their own accord require out of state retailers to collect sales taxes; and WHEREAS, The Supreme Court of the United States also declared in the same ruling that Congress could exercise its authority under the Commerce Clause of the U. S. Constitution to decide " whether, when, and to what extent" the states may require sales tax collection on remote sales; and WHEREAS, the City of Fort Walton Beach receives a majority of operating revenue from sales tax collected by brick and mortar businesses, from online vendors with a nexus in the state and from use tax as collected by the Florida Department of Revenue on purchases made online through vendors without a brick and mortar location in the state; and WHEREAS, remittance of use tax not collected by the vendor from online purchases puts an undue burden and widely unknown obligation on consumers; and 0 WHEREAS, the State of Florida has taken all necessary steps in preparation for vN collection of online sales tax by making remittance of sales tax as simple as passible for online C vendors; and ° 0 WHEREAS, the traditional legal measures of physical presences and nexus create an m unlevel playing field between internet -based retailers and Florida -based retailers, who are rooted U a and invested in the community; and N WHEREAS, the unlevel playing field and tax collection loophole given to online -only E retailers starves local economies of precious resources for providing services such as schools, w public safety, and infrastructure; and aA WHEREAS, an economic impact study by conservative economist Dr. Arthur B. Laffer Y shows that requiring online -only retailers to collect and remit state sales taxes could help create 107,474 jobs in Florida and grow Florida' s GSP by more than 3% to our state' s economy; and m 0 WHEREAS, that same study shows over 1. 5 million jobs could be created and more than 563 billion could be added to our national economy if online -only retailers collected and E c remitted sales taxes; and ° m WHEREAS, local brick and mortar retailers serve as a foundation of our economy and are permanent, engaged members of the community who employ our citizens, support neighborhood charities and organizations, and contribute to the city; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA: et Pg. 22  6. 2. a Supports leveling the playing field between traditional brick and mortar retailers and Internet -based retailers by calling on the U. S. House of Representatives to take up and pass S. 743 — the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 without delay. APPROVED by the and SIGNED by the City of Fort Walton Beach City Council on this day of , 2013. 0NON PRE! Pgr 23  7. 1 City Council of Fort Walton Beach CITY MANAGER MEMORANDUM To: Michael D. Beedie, City Manager From: Carole Jones, Executive Assistant Date: August 13, 2013 Subject: Approval of Agenda SIGNATURE BLOCK: Carole Jones Completed 08/ 05/ 2013 10: 48 AM Carole Jones Completed 08/ 05/ 2013 10: 48 AM City Manager Completed 08/ 05/ 2013 11: 20 AM City Council Pending Page 1 of 1 Paekb; i 24  8. 1. 1 Draft Minutes — City of Fort Walton Beach Special Meeting of the City Council of Fort Walton Beach Tuesday, July 23, 2013 5: 30 PM IUI Miracle Strip Parkwen Foci W alton Beach. rL 3548 CALL TO ORDER 530 PM Meeting was called to order on July 23, 2013 at Council Chamber, 107 Miracle Strip Parkway, Fort Walton Beach, FL. Attendee Name Title ! Status Mike Anderson Council Seat I Present 5: 30 PM Council Seat 2 Present 530PM John Mead Council Seat 3 Present Amy Jamieson Council Seat 5 Present 1 5: 30 PM Bull Rigdon Council Seat 6 Present 5: 30 PM PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE APPROVAL OF AGENDA Approval of Agenda RESULT: ADOPTED UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Bull Rigdon, Council Seat 6 SECONDER: Amy Jamieson, Council Seat 5 AYES: Griggs, gossom, Mead, Goodwin, Jamieson, Rigdon, Rynearson CONSENT AGENDA FY 2013 -14 FDOT Right -of -Way Memorandum of Agreement Synopsis: ( Recreational and Cultural Services Director) Staff requests approval of a Memorandum of Agreement between FDOT and the City to provide Right -of W - ay Maintenance from August I, 2013 through July 31, 2014. 04, Council of Fort IPallon Beach Page t > P  8. 1. 1 Minutes 23. 2013 A IF L%( UntExTS: I' Y2013- bt Inmslield Sery ices Contras t PD F) 7 - 17 - 13 City Atlomey L- Mail- ' I' rans0eldSen-ices ROW Cemo, t AmrndmenI, ( I' DP) The City Manager explained that the amendments requested by the City Attorney had been included in the revised MCA which was received earlier today. RESULT: ADOPTED [ UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Joyce gossom, Council Seat 2 SECONDER: Amy Jamieson, Council Seat 5 AYES: Griggs, gossom, Mead, Goodwin, Jamieson, Rigdon, Rynearson '... Award of ITB 13 -004 for Wright Parkway Sidewalk Project Synopsis: ( Engineering and Utilities Services Director) Award of ITB 13 - 004 for Wright Parkway Sidewalk Project ATTV' HNIE] rs: Bid IAcIsliun - I' Inal as or 4 - II -2013 ( PD19 I cpa, f(: nnavrcncc ( PDI') Resolution 2013- 17( I' DI' 1 MgnsdSA. I Agrenncnt IPDFI RESULT: ADOPTED [ UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Joyce gossom, Council Seat 2 '.... SECONDER: Amy Jamieson, Council Seat 5 '.... AYES: Griggs, gossom, Mead, Goodwin, Jamieson, Rigdon, Rynearson '.... Award of ITB 13