Okaloosa County BOCC — January 21, 2014 — reading text

summary only. Attachment 3 contains the full report.) Mr. Simpson, who is also the Newsletter Editor, requested reimbursement for the purchase of stamps to mail the October 2013 of the OIL Lantern. Total reimbursement requested was $19.32. Kathy Foster made the motion to accept the Treasurer’s report and to approve the requested reimbursement. The motion was seconded by Mike Mitchell. The motion was unanimously approved. Per Jim, 230 members have renewed their OILA memberships to date. . VII. COMMITTEE REPORTS: A. Architectural Committee: The report is in the November issue of the OIL Lantern. (Attachment 2 - page 2) B. Beautification Committee: Kathy Foster: Pine straw has been added to the base of the palm trees in the medians. The expense is being shared with the Island Garden Club. Joan Bomar, Connie Herring and Kathy Foster worked in the Island Welcome Triangle over several days. A bid request has gone out to work on the first median. The century plant in front of the Azure has been removed. Per President Hudson, the committee is still working with property owners to improve and clean their properties. The property owner on Dorado with the concrete pedestal foundation is working with the committee and wants to remove it. He does plan on building on the lot in the future. He has given permission to trim the palm trees that are hanging over the street. Mr. Street on Sailfish is making progress on his property. The committee is Packet Pg. 565 hopeful that the property owner on Tropic will remove the yard debris on her property. Contact President Hudson with any property covenant concerns. A copy of the Island covenants can be viewed on the OILA website. We should all be proud of how “Our Island “ looks. C. Membership Liaison: Jim Simpson: 264 members. (Attachment 3) D. Website: Bob Seitz: No activity. E. Boat Basin: Cathy Taylor/Treasurer: No activity/the boat basin report will be next month. F. Street Lighting MSBU: Maryl Bednar was unable to attend, but did send her report to Paula Hudson. The report is as follows: - No Financial Report since September 30, 2013. She will request the information from the County for the December meeting. - A letter of request for an additional streetlight on Pelican Drive was requested at the October OILA meeting. The request needs to be sent to the BCC via the liaison, Ms. Allen with Public Works Dept. The BCC has to approve the request and have Gulf Power install the light. -Subcommittee requests addition of a committee member to replace the loss of our good member, Paul Foster. Paul was an original member of this committee. From the beginning, he was the member with the most knowledge of accounting. He worked very hard helping to figure out just how our account was being kept by the County and where there were deficiencies and errors. He was our financial advisor and Mike Mitchell has been our guidance through his actions to establish the MSBU. His knowledge and Paul’s have made this a successful endeavor to make sure the property owners have a better accounting of these funds. -Please report burned out streetlights. The procedure has been printed in the OIL Lantern several times, but very few ever seem to notice or take responsibility. One very loyal resident reports many of the burned out lights, then follows up with Gulf Power. Obtain the exact address and email lightsout@gulfpower.com . Verify the light in not a private property light. The account number is 28920-58618. Advise the employee this is an Okaloosa Island MSBU light. Some of the light poles have an identity number, use that if it helps. (This is a summary only-Attachment 4 contains the complete report) Kathy Foster made the motion to approve a request for an additional streetlight on the east side of Pelican, the motion was seconded by Desley Parker. The motion was approved. VIII. OLD BUSINESS: A. Coyotes: Jim Simpson has been unable to obtain coyote traps. He is waiting for a call back from a professional trapper. IX: NEW BUSINESS: A. Okaloosa Island Image: President Hudson was disturbed by a Spout-Off in the newspaper suggesting that Destin put the new proposed strip club on Okaloosa Island “where it would fit better”. She wanted to know what we could do to better improve the image of Okaloosa Island. After all, no one would suggest putting a strip club on Holiday Isle or in south Walton. Other communities have catchy promotions, why not Okaloosa Island? Dave Miller thought that the County did not do enough in making the Island a more beautiful place and several of those present did not think that Island residents should be doing the work in the medians. Several voiced concerns that the amount of tax revenue taken off of Okaloosa Island did not fairly match the amount the County spends in maintaining the Island. Vince Bruner brought up the idea of having Packet Pg. 566  Okaloosa Island designated as a CRA community. (Community Re-Investment Act) Mr. Bruner felt that Okaloosa Island could qualify and could, once the designation was made, keep more of the tax revenue collected, for use on the Island. A CRA designation could possibly make Federal Grant money available. Per Vince Bruner, the County would still get the tax revenue they get today, but any additional revenue received due to the property values rising, would have to be spent on Okaloosa Island. In his opinion, this may be the only way to get “our fair share” of the tax revenues collected. Many of those present felt there were definitely inequities in what the County was ”spending” on Okaloosa Island and “collecting” on Okaloosa Island. Vince Bruner made the motion to request the Board of County Commissioners recognize Okaloosa Island as a CRA community. Kathy Foster seconded the motion. The motion was approved. B. Speaker in December: Ben Anderson has been invited to speak about taxes. C. New Logo: Desley Parker shared the new area logo. FORT WALTON BEACH– DESTIN- OKALOOSA ISLAND….THE HEART OF THE EMERALD COAST X. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:15 PM. Packet Pg. 567 Packet Pg. 568 Packet Pg. 569 Packet Pg. 570  BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA REQUEST DATE: January 21, 2014 TO: Honorable Chairman and Members of the Board FROM: John Hofstad SUBJECT: Vacate a portion of 2nd Ave in Port Dixie DEPARTMENT: Public Works BCC DISTRICT: 2 STATEMENT OF ISSUE: Thomas Watkins, Watree Construction and Land Developing, LLC is petitioning the Board of County Commissioners to vacate a portion of 2nd Avenue right-of- way and a portion of the East-West alleyway through Block 2 of the Port Dixie Subdivision in the Shalimar area. BACKGROUND: Watree Construction is petitioning the Board of County Commissioners to vacate a portion of 2nd Avenue and the alleyway adjacent to their property. The vacation request is for the right-of-way adjacent to Lots 15 through 18, Block 2, as platted Townsite of Port Dixie. The requested area for vacation along 2nd Avenue is 20' x 120'. The request area along the unopened alleyway is also 20' x 120', which is the entire width of the alley. Watree Construction is aware that only 1/2 of the alleyway would become their property and the property owners that would receive the other half have no objection to the request. All normal stipulations of vacated rights-of-way will remain in place. See attached photos for reference. OPTIONS: Approve/Disapprove a request for a Public Hearing to vacate said right-of way. RECOMMENDATIONS: Approve the request for a Public Hearing to be scheduled on February 18. 2014 for the right-of-way vacation request from Thomas Watkins of Watree Construction and Land Developing. RECOMMENDED BY: APPROVED BY: Ernie Padgett, County Administrator Packet Pg. 571 Packet Pg. 572 Packet Pg. 573 Packet Pg. 574  1175’ Lot 15 thru 18, Blk. 2 Port Dixie Watree Prop Pipe Crossing at Lake Clyde Packet Pg. 575 Packet Pg. 576 Packet Pg. 577 Packet Pg. 578 Packet Pg. 579 Packet Pg. 580 Packet Pg. 581 Packet Pg. 582 Packet Pg. 583 Packet Pg. 584 Packet Pg. 585  BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA REQUEST DATE: January 21, 2014 TO: Honorable Chairman and Members of the Board FROM: John Hofstad SUBJECT: Florida Boating Improvement Program - Town of Cinco Bayou DEPARTMENT: Public Works BCC DISTRICT: 2 STATEMENT OF ISSUE: A request has been received from the Town of Cinco Bayou requesting an allocation of $15,000.00 from the FY14 Florida Boating Improvement funds. The funds are for the Sea Way Street boat launch improvements. BACKGROUND: A request from the Town of Cinco Bayou has been received for the use of Florida Boating Improvement funds for the following repairs to the Sea Way Street boat launch: repair the access to the boat launch with new under-laying and resurfacing, replacement of deteriorating decking on the catwalks as well as expanding its width, and repair boat ramp pads. The Town of Cinco Bayou received $15,000.00 in funds for FY13 (Agreement Number OKBP- 1036). The Town has asked that these funds be rolled over and combined with the requested FY14 funding of $15,000.000 for a total of $30,000.00. The rollover of funding for one (1) year is consistent with County procedures. These funds are paid on a reimbursement basis only. Project Agreement OKBP-1038 for FY14 has been prepared and requires execution by the Board of County Commissioners. The agreement has been approved and executed by the Town Manager, Town Attorney, and Town Clerk of Cinco Bayou. The agreement was routed through the Contract & Lease Internal Coordination process and approved by Purchasing, Risk Management, and the County Attorney. OPTIONS: Approve/Disapprove appropriation of $15,000 in Florida Boating Improvement funds for the Town of Cinco Bayou for FY14. RECOMMENDATIONS: Approve and authorize the Chairman to sign Project Agreement OKBP-1038 in the amount of $15,000.00 for FY14 for the Town of Cinco Bayou. Approve the $15,000.00 funded for FY13 to roll over and be combined with the FY14 funding for a total of $30,000.00. This Project Agreement (OKBP-1038) will expire one year from its execution date. RECOMMENDED BY: Packet Pg. 586 APPROVED BY: Ernie Padgett, County Administrator Packet Pg. 587 Packet Pg. 588 Packet Pg. 589 Packet Pg. 590 Packet Pg. 591 Packet Pg. 592 Packet Pg. 593 Packet Pg. 594  BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA REQUEST DATE: January 21, 2014 TO: Honorable Chairman and Members of the Board FROM: John Hofstad SUBJECT: Asphalt Paving Systems, Inc Task Order 1, Contracts 12-1960PW & 12- 1961PW DEPARTMENT: Public Works BCC DISTRICT: All STATEMENT OF ISSUE: Staff is requesting authorization of task