Okaloosa County BOCC — June 23, 2016 — Agenda Packet — reading text

1.b.a EXPENSE ANALYSIS Attachment: I. b. Financial Update (5769 : Financial Update (Charlotte Dunworth)) Amended Budget: (1)vendor refund; (2)marketing interns; (3)Florida Sports Foundation membership; (4)grant match; (5)FY15 cash carryforward; (6)health benefits June 17, 2016 Tourist Development Department, Okaloosa County, FL 3 of 8 Packet Pg. 11 Financial Update – June 2016 1.b.a REVENUES & EXPENSES BY LEVEL OF TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAX RESTRICTION FIRST PERCENTAGE (These permissible uses are intended to be representative, not all-inclusive)  beach park facilities or beach improvements  beach & waterway maintenance, renourishment, restoration, enhancement, access  tourist destination facilities Attachment: I. b. Financial Update (5769 : Financial Update (Charlotte Dunworth)) Amended Budget: (4)grant match; (5)FY15 cash carryforward June 17, 2016 Tourist Development Department, Okaloosa County, FL 4 of 8 Packet Pg. 12 Financial Update – June 2016 1.b.a SECOND PERCENTAGE (These permissible uses are intended to be representative, not all-inclusive)  visitor services, brochure distribution, communication and research  tourist bureau administration  lifeguard services and protection Attachment: I. b. Financial Update (5769 : Financial Update (Charlotte Dunworth)) Amended Budget: (5)FY15 cash carryforward; (6)health benefits June 17, 2016 Tourist Development Department, Okaloosa County, FL 5 of 8 Packet Pg. 13 Financial Update – June 2016 1.b.a THIRD PERCENTAGE (These permissible uses are intended to be representative, not all-inclusive)  operations, maintenance, improvement of Visitor Welcome or Information Centers, Convention Center, and Tourist Destination Facilities, including museums  promotion of the Convention Center and Tourist Destination Facilities Attachment: I. b. Financial Update (5769 : Financial Update (Charlotte Dunworth)) Amended Budget: (5)FY15 cash carryforward; (6)health benefits June 17, 2016 Tourist Development Department, Okaloosa County, FL 6 of 8 Packet Pg. 14 Financial Update – June 2016 1.b.a FOURTH PERCENTAGE (These permissible uses are intended to be representative, not all-inclusive)  expansion, renovation, reconstruction of the convention center and outdoor venues Attachment: I. b. Financial Update (5769 : Financial Update (Charlotte Dunworth)) Amended Budget: (5)FY15 cash carryforward June 17, 2016 Tourist Development Department, Okaloosa County, FL 7 of 8 Packet Pg. 15 Financial Update – June 2016 1.b.a FIFTH PERCENTAGE (These permissible uses are intended to be representative, not all-inclusive)  tourism promotion Attachment: I. b. Financial Update (5769 : Financial Update (Charlotte Dunworth)) Amended Budget: (2)marketing interns; (3)Florida Sports Foundation membership; (5)FY15 cash carryforward Recommendation to BCC: Approve the financial update as presented. June 17, 2016 Tourist Development Department, Okaloosa County, FL 8 of 8 Packet Pg. 16  1.c Tourist Development Council Meeting: 06/23/16 02:00 PM 1540 Miracle Strip Parkway Department: Tourist Development Council Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548 Category: Update Prepared By: Aida Wilkinson SCHEDULED Initiator: Aida Wilkinson Sponsors: TDC ITEM (ID # 5770) DOC ID: 5770 TDT Ordinance (Charlotte Dunworth) Updated: 6/20/2016 3:07 PM by Aida Wilkinson Page 1 Packet Pg. 17  1.c.a TOURIST DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM DATE: June 23, 2016 TO: Tourist Development Council FROM: Ed Schroeder, Tourist Development Department Director Charlotte Dunworth, Finance, Administration, & Compliance Manager SUBJECT: TDT Ordinance Amendment STATEMENT OF ISSUE: Request approval of an Ordinance amending the Tourist Development Plan. BACKGROUND: Pursuant to F.S. 125.0104(4)(c), the County has previously approved and adopted a Attachment: I. c. TDT Ordinance (5770 : TDT Ordinance (Charlotte Dunworth)) tourist development ordinance setting forth the plan for tourist development. In order to substantially amend the plan of tourist development, F.S. 125.0104(4)(d) requires an ordinance enacted by an affirmative vote of a majority plus one additional member of the Board. The primary purpose of this amendment is to update the plan as follows:  identify funding for multi-use recreational pathways as an appropriate use of tourist development tax revenues  identify funding for law enforcement as an appropriate use of tourist development tax revenues  update revenue projections under each percentage point The proposed amendments to the tourist development ordinance are identified as follows: stricken words indicate deletions and underlined words indicate additions. OPTIONS: Approve or Deny RECOMMENDATION TO BCC: Approve Ordinance 16-__ amending the Tourist Development Plan, and authorize the Chairman to sign. Packet Pg. 18  1.c.a ORDINANCE NO. 16-__ AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE II OF THE OKALOOSA COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES AND ORDINANCE 89-23 AS SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED, RELATING TO THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT PLAN Attachment: I. c. TDT Ordinance (5770 : TDT Ordinance (Charlotte Dunworth)) AND USE OF TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAX REVENUE; MAKING FINDINGS; AMENDING THE COUNTY’S TOURIST DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO PROVIDE FOR THE FUNDING OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES NEEDED TO ADDRESS TOURISM IMPACTS WITHIN THE SUB-COUNTY TAXING DISTRICT; MODIFYING THE AUTHORIZED USES OF TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAX REVENUES ACCORDINGLY; UPDATING REVENUE PROJECTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, pursuant to section 125.0104, Florida Statutes, known as the “Local Option Tourist Development Act”, the Board of County Commissioners (“Board”) adopted Ordinance 89-23 (the “Tourist Development Ordinance”) in 1989 which authorized the collection of two cents of tourism development tax per dollar exchanged on certain short term lodging rental transactions within an described sub-county tourism development district, authorized a referendum for approval of imposition of the tax, created the County’s initial Tourist Development Plan (the “Plan”), and established the Okaloosa Tourist Development Council (the “Council”); and WHEREAS, the Tourist Development Ordinance, as subsequently amended, is codified in Chapter 20, Article II of the Okaloosa County Code of Ordinances; and WHEREAS, the Board desires to expand the goals and objectives contained in the existing Plan to provide for the funding of public safety and law enforcement services needed to address impacts related to increased tourism and visitors to the sub-county taxing district and