Okaloosa County BOCC — February 26, 2015 — Agenda Packet — reading text

Tourist Development Council 1540 Miracle Strip Parkway Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548 Regular Meeting http://www.okaloosafl.com ~ Agenda ~ Thursday, February 26, 2015 2:00 PM Emerald Coast Convention Center Council Members & Staff Dale E. Peterson Chairman Thomas Rice Vice-Chairman Thom Gossom Owner, Best Gurl, Inc. - Mktg & Comm. Firm Joe Guidry Manager, Ramada Plaza Beach & RV Resorts Rachel Joyce General Manager, Hampton Inn Martin Owen Regional Sales & Marketing Director, Wyndham Vac Honorable Mike Anderson City of FWB Representative Honorable Tuffy Dixon City of Destin Representative Honorable Carolyn Ketchel Commissioner District 2 Ed Schroeder Director, Tourist Development Department Lynn Hoshihara TDD Attorney Greg Stewart County Attorney Pledge of Allegiance and Welcome (Dale Peterson - Chairman) Public Comments Related to Current Agenda (Dale Peterson - 3 minutes each) Councilmember's Minute Visitor Okaloosa Island Bike Paths Presentation (Dave Hancock) I. Items for TDC Approval/Recommendation a. Tourist Development Council - Regular Meeting - Jan 22, 2015 2:00 PM b. Financial Update – Jan (Charlotte Dunworth) c. Promotional Reserve Transfer – replenish transfer to BP account (Charlotte Dunworth) d. FWC/FDEP Turtle Friendly Lighting Retrofit Grant (Jim Trifilio) e. Allocate $50K to Restore Act Snorkel Reef Construction (Jim Trifilio) f. Beach Parks Janitorial Services Bid (Ed Schroeder) g. Advertising Services RFQ (Ed Schroeder) Tourist Development Council Page 1 Printed 2/24/2015 Regular Meeting Agenda February 26, 2015 II. Items for Information Purposes Only - (Speaker) a. Month End Lodging Reports from Smith Travel Research – Jan (Ed Schroeder) b. Okaloosa Tax Collector Report – Dec (Charlotte Dunworth) c. Expenditure Transaction Report – Jan (Charlotte Dunworth) d. Reconciliation of Promotional Reserves Funds – Feb (Charlotte Dunworth) e. 2015 TDC Meeting Dates (Charlotte Dunworth) f. State Beach Funding and Amendment 1 (Jim Trifilio) g. Marketing Update (Shantelle Dedicke) h. Group Sales Marketing Update – Jan (Sherry Rushing) i. ECCC Sales Marketing Update – Jan (Tisha Maraj) j. Film Commission Update – Jan (Gail Morgan) k. Visitor Center Facility Update (Nancy Hussong) III. Items for Information Purposes Only - (No Speaker) a. Visitor Center Top 10 States – Jan b. Airport Enplanements & Deplanements (VPS by carrier) – Jan c. Airport Enplanements & Deplanements (Airports Comparison) – Jan IV. Public Comment (3 minutes each) V. Next TDC Meeting (Dale Peterson) a. Thursday, March 26, 2015 2:00 p.m. Emerald Coast Convention Center (Tentative) VI. Adjourn Tourist Development Council Page 2 Printed 2/24/2015  Tourist Development Council Meeting: 02/26/15 02:00 PM 1540 Miracle Strip Parkway Department: Tourist Development Council Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548 Category: Information Prepared By: Aida Wilkinson SCHEDULED Initiator: Aida Wilkinson Sponsors: TDC ITEM (ID # 3884) DOC ID: 3884 Okaloosa Island Bike Paths Presentation (Dave Hancock) Updated: 2/23/2015 11:19 AM by Aida Wilkinson Page 1 Packet Pg. 3  a Attachment: TDC bike path presentation II (3884 : Okaloosa Island Bike Paths Okaloosa Island Bike Pathways Sustainable Tourism - Moving People out of their Cars and on Bikes Packet Pg. 4  a Attachment: TDC bike path presentation II (3884 : Okaloosa Island Bike Paths Project Scope Pathways will be built the length of Santa Rosa Boulevard and from the East end of Brooks Bridge to the Destin Bridge Packet Pg. 5  Long Distance Multi-use Land Corridors Packet Pg. 6 a Attachment: TDC bike path presentation II (3884 : Okaloosa Island Bike Paths  a Attachment: TDC bike path presentation II (3884 : Okaloosa Island Bike Paths Funding will come from Restore Act grants • In March apply for a $90k grant to do a preliminary design and environmental studies of the proposed pathways sites • When BP provides additional POT 1 funds, which is coming thanks to the courts, we will have completed environmentals in had and also verified that the design is feasible. Packet Pg. 7  a Team Members Attachment: TDC bike path presentation II (3884 : Okaloosa Island Bike Paths • OILA – Kathy Foster, Jill Higgins, Jim Hendrix, Dave Hancock • DEP – Brian Ruscher Stakeholders Okaloosa County Commissioners (100% buy in), FDOT, DEP, FWS, City of Fort Walton Beach, DOD, Local Businesses Packet Pg. 8  a Attachment: TDC bike path presentation II (3884 : Okaloosa Island Bike Paths PATHWAY PROJECT BENEFITS • Bike pathways is untapped source of revenue for local businesses • Health and Fitness improvement • Reduce the number of cars on the road • Negligible environmental impact Packet Pg. 9  a Attachment: TDC bike path presentation II (3884 : Okaloosa Island Bike Paths Okaloosa Island Bike Pathways Sustainable Tourism - Moving People out of their Cars and on Bikes Packet Pg. 10  1.a Okaloosa County Tourist Development Department 1540 Miracle Strip Parkway Ft. Walton Beach, FL 32548 Regular Meeting www.EmeraldCoastFL.com ~ Minutes ~ Thursday, January 22, 2015 2:00 PM Emerald Coast Convention Center Minutes Acceptance: Minutes of Jan 22, 2015 2:00 PM (Items for TDC Approval/Recommendation) Council Members & Staff Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Departed Chairman, Dale E. Peterson Dale E. Peterson Present X - Vacations Thomas Rice Vice-Chairman, Magnolia Grill Present X - Rachel Joyce Hampton Inn FWB Present X - Martin Owen ResortQuest by Wyndham Present X - Thom Gossom Best Gurl, Inc. Present X - Joe Guidry Ramada Plaza Resort Present X - Tuffy Dixon City of Destin Councilman Absent - - Mike Anderson City of Fort Walton Beach Mayor Present X - Carolyn Ketchel Commissioner, District 2 Present X - Director, Tourist Development Present Ed Schroeder X - Department Lynn Hoshihara TDD Attorney Present X - Chairman Dale Peterson called the meeting to order at 2:00 p.m. with the Pledge of Allegiance. Public Comments Related to Current Agenda No public comments. Councilmember’s Minute Martin Owen mentioned Florida Tourism Day is March 11 in Tallahassee. Last year, Resort Quest attended and was very effective so they will do the same thing again. Martin Owen invited the Council to attend and stated ResortQuest will provide a bus. Additional information will be distributed to the group as it becomes available. Thom Gossom asked if a schedule is available for TDC meetings. Joe Guidry congratulated Rachel Joyce on the Okaloosa Island Mardi Gras parade and complimented the staff on putting it together. There was a good contingent of participation and the TDD took first place in their category. Condolences were expressed upon the recent passing of TDC Council member, Charles “Bull” Rigdon. Pledge of Allegiance and Welcome (Dale Peterson - Chairman) I. Consider Okaloosa County Tourist Development Council Meeting Minutes (Dale Peterson) a. November 20, 2014 TDC Meeting Minutes Okaloosa County Tourist Development Department Page 1 of 6 January 22, 2015 Packet Pg. 11  1.a Motion to Approve the November 20, 2014 TDC Meeting Minutes RESULT: MOTION APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Tom Rice SECONDER: Martin Owen AYES: