Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 01-23-07 regular minutes — reading text

the portion of the payoff the bond, and that the project should be property could be used to completed about three years after the County closes on the property. Dr. Pullen moved to authorize the City Manager and City Attorney to draft an interlocal agreement to transfer 16.3 acres of property located at 1958 Lewis Turner Boulevard, subject to the site location depicted in Schematic Plan D- 3 ( also labeled B- 1), at a cost of 2, 000, 000 for the purpose of the construction of the Okaloosa Annex Expansion as follows: County Judicial Center 1) Transfer of interest in 16.3 acres of the 1958 Lewis Turner Property ( as indicated in attachment A) to the County for the purpose of construction of a Judicial Center Annex Expansion for a cost of $ 2, 000, 000. Subject to a clause that should the county not construct a judicial center on this site within X years, the has the right to repurchase the property at the original price at which it was City transferred to the County. 2) County would be responsible for constructing or from the front to the rear of the reconstructing the access road property. 3) County would be responsible for any traffic improvements Turner Blvd. relating to this necessary on Lewis development, i. e. traffic light at the existing intersection, or construction of turn tanes. 4) City and County will develop an interlocal agreement for shared use of the Judicial Center Parking lot for the City' s recreation needs and the needs of the Northwest Florida Fair Association. 5) The County would provide space, approximately 20 ft. x 40 ft. or (800 SF) for the use as an auxiliary Emergency Operations Center in the event that the utilize its primary EOC. The City is unable to space will have sufficient generator capacity, and cable drops for use phone during an emergency. 6) The City and County would develop an interlocal agreement to continue to utilize the JudiCial Center parking area as an emergency operation staging area for large trucks and supplies in the event of an emergency. Mr. Tucker seconded motion and it carried unanimously with Holmes, Patterson, Campbell, Tucker, Pullen, Hartwell, and Minich in favor. Council expressed their thoughts that this is a win- win situation for the citizens of the the County. City and 170 01- 23- 07 3!. CHAMBER REQUEST- USE OF CRA FUNDS FOR MAIN STREET STREETSCAPE PROJECT Consideration of a request from the Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce representing the Historic Downtown Fort Walton Beach Businesses to approve the use of CRA funds to hire a professional firm to develop the design and construction plans for the Main Street Streetscape project. CHAMBER REQUEST- MAIN STREET STREETSCAPE PROJECT Ted Corcoran, representing the Chamber of Commerce and the Downtown Merchant 1.. Association, gave a power- point presentation of Main Street as he explained the requesffor the use of CRA funds for the development of a for both streetscape project sides of Miracle Strip Parkway SE from Brooks Street on the west to the Brooks Bridge on the east. The project would include underground utilities; replace the existing street lights with decorative lights compatible with the lights on Brooks Street; replace the Bradford Pears with Sabal Palms; provide lighting and irrigation to the palms; decorative sidewalks between the palms; ~ treet furniture; and landscape around the palms. 1 Missy McKim, CDS Director, explained that the proposed Brooks Bridge Parking Lot project has funds set aside in the amount of $83,000 which could be used for the design and construction drawings for the Main Street Streetscape project should Council decide not to move forward with the parking lot project. Council questioned whether another study was necessary. The City Manager advised that drawings and landscape designs are needed, that Gulf Power would need to do an estimate for the undergrounding of the utilities, and these are things that cannot be done in- house. The City Manager further explained that after the study was done, Staff would return to Council with a cost estimate for their consideration. The CDS Director informed this is not so much a study, but developing the design plans which would then go through a public input process so the design does have the elements desired by the public. She explained the design part would determine what the project would look like, and she has grouped the design with the construction so the drawings could be moved project ahead in a quicker manner. Discussion included that property owners on Main Street can now go forward with replacing the Bradford Pear trees with Sable Palms if they so desire; that the final award of the projel will ccme back to the CRA and to Council; and that the cost for the design and constriction drawings would not be above the $ 83, 000 in the current CRA fund. Mr. Minich moved to consider an RFP for the design and construction drawings for the Main Street Streetscape project, to include the following: 1) undergrounding utilities; 2) replacing the existing street lights with decorative lights compatible with the lights on Brooks Street; 3) replacing the Bradford Pears with Sabal Palms; 4) providing lighting and irrigation to the palms; 5) decorative sidewalks between the palms; street furniture; and landscape around the palms. Mr. Campbell seconded motion. The City Manager clarified that Council is approving the authorization of an RFP and that when the RFP comes to Council, that is when the decision will be made on funding the project. Also, the proposal will go to the CRA Board before it goes to Council. The Mayor called for the vote on the motion and it carried by a vote of 6 to 1 with Holmes, Patterson, Campbell, Tucker, Hartwell, and Minich in favor and Pullen opposed.  01- 23- 07 171 ACCEPTANCE OF CRA ANNUAL REPORT Consideration of acceptance of the Annual Report of the CRA for 2006. Dr. Joyce Gillie Gossom, CRA Chairman, presented a summary of activities of the Community Redevelopment Agency Board of Commissioners ( CRA) made by the CRA Board on each during 2006, with recommendations activity. The activities included several site plans and site extensions, as well plan recommending approval of the 2006/ 07 CRA budget, the Beal Implementation Plan, and the Eglin decorative Parkway lighting project. Mr. Holmesmoved to accept the Annual Report of the 2006 CRA Board of Commissioners. Mr. Campbell seconded motion and it carried Patterson, Campbell, Tucker, Pullen, unanimously with Holmes, Hartwell, and Minich in favor. BLUE CROSS/ BLUE SHIELD RENEWAL Consideration of a request to authorize the City Manager to execute a renewal of the City of Fort Walton Beach Medical Insurance Program with Blue Cross/ Blue Shield of Florida. Mr. Tucker moved to authorize the City Manager to execute a renewal agreement with Blue Cross/ Blue Shield of Florida to provide medical insurance coverage to employees, retirees and COBRA participants for the claim City year February 1, 2007, through January 31, 2008, as follows: 1) The 1752