Okaloosa County BOCC — November 15, 2016 — ORAC Dissolution — agenda request — reading text

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA REQUEST DATE: November 15, 2016 TO: Honorable Chairman and Members of the Board FROM: Kay Godwin SUBJECT: ORAC Dissolution DEPARTMENT: County Administrator BCC DISTRICT: All STATEMENT OF ISSUE: Staff seeks approval of a Resolution directing the dissolution of the Okaloosa RESTORE Act Advisory Committee and establishing a process for amendments to the initial Multiyear Plan. BACKGROUND: The Okaloosa RESTORE Act Advisory Committee was created by the Board through Resolution 13-47, adopted March 5, 2013. The primary purposes of the Committee were to: 1. Develop a plan, taking public input into consideration, which set forth the final goals for the community’s use of RESTORE funds. 2. Develop a list of potential projects or activities to be funded by RESTORE Act funds; review, evaluate and rank each of the proposed projects and activities; provide those recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners for its review and consideration in the development of a Multiyear implementation plan for the use of the RESTORE Act funds by the County. The Committee has fulfilled its obligations to the County and the public in completing the necessary steps to potentially receive RESTORE funds; and the proposed Resolution finalizes the dissolution of the Okaloosa RESTORE Act Advisory Committee and establishes procedures for the evaluation and approval of projects, programs and activities to be funded in the future with grant dollars under the Direct Component of the RESTORE Act as follows: 1. No later than 180 days following the Department of Treasury's acceptance of Okaloosa County's initial Multiyear Plan and subsequent amendments, the Okaloosa County Administrator, or his designated representative, will solicit the public for submittal of proposed projects, programs and activities. 2. All of the proposed projects, programs and activities will be reviewed and evaluated to determine which are most likely to qualify for funding under the Direct Component of the RESTORE Act while meeting the County's goals for use of the RESTORE funds. The County shall separately establish the internal procedures that will be utilized in the review and evaluation of the proposed projects, programs and activities. 3. Eligible projects, programs and activities will be included within Amendments to the County's accepted Multiyear Plan and made available for public review and comment consistent with the Department of Treasury guidelines. 4. After consideration of the public input, the proposed projects, programs and activities will be presented to the Board of County Commissioners for consideration and approval, and upon approval, shall be submitted to the Department of Treasury as Amendments to the accepted Multiyear Plan. Members of the Committee to be thanked and recognized are as follows: Okaloosa League of Cities North (Crestview) - JB Whitten and Thomas Gordon Okaloosa League of Cities South (Destin) - Sam Seevers Charter Boat Association and Fishermen's Cooperative - Gary Jarvis Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce - Dr. Jack Azzaretto Niceville-Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce -Brian Haugen Okaloosa County School Board - Dewey Destin and Cindy Frakes EDC - Kay Rasmussen Tourism - Martin Owen Environmental - Dr. Steve Shippee Citizen At Large - Jonathan Tallman Citizen At Large - James Breitenfeld We would also like to thank Sal Nodjomian and Rob Berish with Matrix Design Group, Lee Lewis of AVCON and county staff who worked diligently to support these efforts. OPTIONS: Approve/Deny RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Board adopt the attached Resolution directing the dissolution of the Okaloosa RESTORE Act Advisory Committee and establishing a process for future amendments to the initial Multiyear Plan. RECOMMENDED BY: APPROVED BY: John Hofstad, County Administrator