Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 04-28-09 regular — reading text

AGENDA REVISED CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING April 28, 2009 6: 00pm CALL TO ORDER INVOCATION /PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Reverend Burt Dockery, Mary Esther Church of God 1. PROCLAMATIONS /RECOGNITION 1. 1 PROCLAMATIONS — 1. 1. 1 National Safe Boating Week Proclaims May 16 -22 as National Safe Boating Week and supports the goals of the North American Safe Boating Campaign. ( Dallas Cochran) 1. 2 RECOGNITION - Student ACE Awards — 1. 2. 1 Caisson " Caise" Vickery —Fort Walton Beach 1. 2. 2 Jordan Davis - Choctawhatchee 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS —No items BOARD /COMMITTEE REPORTS —No items 3. CONSENT AGENDA 3. 1 Approval of the minutes of the Regular Council Meeting on April 14, 2009. 4. GENERAL PUBLIC 4. 1 Comments from the general public to be heard on items not on the agenda. 5. RESOLUTIONS 5. 1 Resolution 2009 -10: Continues support of construction of the Transportation Enhancement Projects. Synopsis: Annual requirement for the Okaloosa Walton Transportation Planning keep Organization to projects on the listfor potentialfunding. ( Development Services Director) 5. 2 Resolution 2009 -13: Amends the FY 2008 -09 Budget for United States Marshal Service Compensation. Synopsis: Required to record the revenue and expense associated with the MOU as adopted by Council on January 13, 2009. ( Police Chief) 5. 3 Resolution 2009 -14: Authorizes staff to proceed with the submittal of an application to include the remaining phases of the Hurlburt Field / City of Fort Walton Beach Reuse Water Main Project in the FDEP' s Clean Water  State Revolving Fund Program for potential funding as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Synopsis: Accepts the Planning Documentation for the project as prepared by City staff, certifies the Public Participation Documentation, and certifies that the City is financially capable of repaying the 20year low -interest SRF loan. Utilities Director) QUASI- JUDICIAL AGENDA —No items 6. ORDINANCES —FIRST READING 6. 1 Ordinance 1793: Develops policies and procedures for Code Enforcement Lien Mitigation to provide an equitable, expeditious, effective and inexpensive method of enforcing City codes. Synopsis: creates the establishment of code enforcement mitigation procedures. ( City Attorney) 6. 2 Ordinance 1795: Establishes residency requirements to serve on the CRA Board of Commissioners. Synopsis: Code is currently silent on this matter; will make this consistent with other board provisions in the Code. City Attorney) ORDINANCES —SECOND READING —No items 7. DISCUSSION —DIRECTION —ACTION 7. 1 Discussion regarding a future ordinance amending terms and conditions for alcohol sales. Synopsis: To clarify conditions present to allow licensed establishments to serve alcohol with meals on Sundays. ( City Attorney) 7. 2 Discussion regarding an agenda item to create a summer vacation schedule. Synopsis: An opportunity to set a schedule to meet TRIM requirements and provide for vacation time. ( City Clerk) 7. 3 Florida League of Cities Annual Award Program nominations. Synopsis: Annual Recognition Program; Council can nominate in various categories. ( Public Information Officer) 7. 4 Request to schedule workshop on May 5, 2009 at 5pm, for pension plan training. Synopsis: Approves conducting a pension plan training workshop by the City pension plan investment counselors. ( Finance Director) 7. 5 City Council authorization for the City Manager to execute an amendment to the Telecommunications Lease, MT -302T, by and between the City of Fort Walton Beach and Powertel /Memphis, Inc. for the addition of one ( 1) antenna set and ancillary equipment upon and around the City' s elevated water storage tank located at 623 Anchors Street. Synopsis:If approved, Powertel M / emphis, Inc. agrees to compensate the City of Fort Walton Beach $ 4,697.69 annually in addition to the current annual rate for existing equipment on site. ( Utilities Director) 7. 6 Sister City Agreement  7. 6. 1 Approval of Agreement: Synopsis: Confirms City Council' s approval of pursuing this relationship. ( Mayor Anderson) 7. 6. 2 Approval of Expenditure for funding up to $ 2, 000 for the Mayor to attend the Sister City events in Sweden. Synopsis: Provides funding for the Mayor to travel to Sweden. ( Mayor Anderson) 8. CITY MANAGER REPORTS 9. CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS 10. MAYOR/COUNCIL COMMENTS 11. ADJOURNMENT Quasi -Judicial — denotes that the item must be conducted as a quasi -judicial hearing in accordance with Florida Statutes Discussion —Direction —Action items may be acted upon by the City Council by either a motion with vote in accordance with Robert' s Rules of Order, or by a consensus of the Council. Any person who decides to appeal any decision made with respect to any matter at this meeting will need a record of the proceedings, and for such purpose may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. ( FS286.0105) The City of Fort Walton Beach adheres to the American with Disabilities Act and will make reasonable modifications for access to this meeting upon request. Please call City Clerk Helen Spencer at 850 -833- 9509 to make a request. For Hearing Impaired dial the City Hall TDD # 850- 833 -9925 or 1- 800 -955- 8771 ( TDD) or 1- 800 -955 -8770 ( Voice). Requests must be received at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting in order to allow the City time to provide requested service.  153 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA APRIL 14, 2009 INTRODUCTION A regular meeting of the City Council of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, was held on Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at 6: 00 p. m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, with the following members present: Mayor Mike Anderson Councilmen: Mike Holmes, Virgil Miller, Dennis Reeves, Bill Garvie, Bobby Nabors, Bill Patterson, and Dick Rynearson. Also Present: Robert Mearns, Acting City Manager; Helen Spencer, City Clerk; Toni Craig, City Attorney; Department Directors and Media. CALL TO ORDER The Mayor called the meeting to order and welcomed everyone. He requested anyone who wished to address Council to approach the podium after being recognized, then state his or her name and address for the record. INVOCATION Pastor Michael Thorne, Abundant Life Church gave the invocation. PLEDGE Clay Allison, youth member of Abundant Life Church led in the Pledge of Allegiance. PROCLAMATION —AMERICAN INDIAN WEEKS The Mayor presented a proclamation on American Indian Weeks to Doug Reed, Musical Echoes Event coordinator. PROCLAMATION —VOLUNTEER MONTH The Mayor presented a proclamation on Volunteer Month to Viola Masters, volunteer coordinator for the Indian Temple Mound. GFOA AWARD —FINANCIAL REPORTING ACHIEVEMENT The Mayor presented a GFOA Award of Financial Reporting Achievement to Brandy Wunker, Finance Director. GFOA AWARD —CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION The Mayor presented a GFOA Certificate of Recognition for Budget Preparation to Brandy Wunker, Finance Director and Charlotte Dunworth, Budget & Grants Manager. SISTER CITY Sister City Presentation —Mayor Mike Anderson, Larry Sassano and Erik Stenberg. The Mayor explained through Erik Stenberg' s connections with Sweden and the tennis community conversations were initiated with Kristinehamn in Sweden to establish a sister city relationship and now there-are others who are involved and partnering in this effort. Erik Stenberg, 808 Dawn Lane, Destin, Tennis Center Manager, talked about the International Professional Tennis Tournament held in the area for the past four years run by USTA and a sister tournament " Royals Royce Women' s Cup" in Sweden, and in combination with that the effort to establish a sister city relationship began around 14 months ago. He mentioned a golf tournament will be held in Stockholm on June 3, 2009 and it is named ' Welcome to Northwest Florida." 154 Regular Council 4 -14 -09 SISTER CITY cont. The Mayor added it was not only to establish a sister city relationship through the tennis community but also for business opportunities which is why Enterprise Florida and the Economic Development Council became involved, and for educational purposes which is why Liza Jackson School supported the local tournament and the University of West Florida established a cultural and education exchange program. He explained Kay Rasmussen, Andrea Moore, Abby Brown, and Dr. Rita Crider are present to explain the background on why it should continue with the understanding that Kristinehamn still needs to approve the sister city concept. Kay Rasmussen, Economic Development Council ( EDC) spoke about how a sister city relationship that establishes a cultural awareness between two communities will have a ripple effect of spinning off and building business connections. She mentioned the Swedish -American Chamber of Commerce sponsored Entrepreneurial Days ( E -Days) to be held in Savannah, Georgia next week will be another stepping stone for building the relationship. She said in essence the EDC supports the concept of a sister city relationship and expressed the belief that such a relationship here, if the City decides to continue to foster it, will be very beneficial to the economy. Andrea Moore, Regional Manager International Trade and Business Development for Enterprise Florida, mentioned Enterprise was one component in the initial step taken last year to establish a sister city relationship between Fort Walton Beach and Kristinehamn. She said the objective of the outreach was, and continues to be, to increase cultural, educational, business, and tourism exchange between the two cities and the two regions within which they are located. She said Enterprise Florida alongside the local Economic Development Council is very pleased to continue to support the effort designed to initially increase awareness of each others commonalities that will ultimately ascend to a level of finding business synergies and long -term increase in trade