Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 02-23-2010 Regular — reading text

Accomplishments 3. Recommendation: 3. 1. Staff respectfully request that City Council consider whether it wishes to submit nominations for the Northwest Florida League of Cities 2010 Municipal Official of the Year Award and the Northwest Florida League of Cities 2010 Community of Excellence .Award. If so, staff will prepare the nomination form( s) to submit to the Northwest Florida League of Cities for consideration. 4. Attachments: 4. 1. 2010 Municipal Official of the Year memorandum from the Northwest Florida League of Cities 4.2. 2010 Community of Excellence Award memorandum from the Northwest Florida League of Cities 5. Signature :Block: r / 5. 1. Submitted by: Y % `` 0 Cam Johns n, P lic Information Officer 5. 2. Reviewed and Concur: Fran Diedrich, Administrative S rvi es Director 5. 3. Approved pp for Agenda: g o ert T. Warns, City Manager 164-  NORTHWEST FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES FE-I), - 9 2010 1, S P. C. Wu President/ FLC Director January 31, 2010 City of Pensacola MEMORANDUM Kurvin Qualls First Vice President To: Elected Officials, City Managers and City Clerks Town of Jay Northwest Florida League of Cities Tommy McDonald, Jr. Second Vice President From: Jeff Hendry, Executive Director City of Chipley Northwest Florida League of Cities Mike Anderson Past President /FLC Director Re: Northwest Florida League of Cities City of Fort Walton Beach 2010 Community of Excellence Award Lee Garner Treasurer Enclosed are the official nomination forms for the 2010 Northwest Florida League City of Chattahoochee of Cities Community of Excellence Awards sponsored by the Northwest Florida League of Cities ( NWFLC). The selected municipal governments will receive their Sarah Sam' Seevers Legislative Chair awards at the Northwest Florida League of Cities Annual Summer Dinner and City of Destin General Membership meeting scheduled for May 7, 2010 in Panama City Beach. BobBob GinsbergGinsberg LegislativeLegislative ViceVice - -ChairChair ThereThere willwill bebe threethree citiescities selectedselected toto receivereceive awardsawards basedbased onon municipalmunicipal CityCity ofof Mexico Mexico BeachBeach population including cities 1- 10,000; cities of 10, 001- 20, 000; and cities 20,001 and larger. 2009 Community of Excellence Award winners include the City of Charles Baugh, Jr. Director At L - arge DeFuniak Springs, the City of Destin and the City of Fort Walton Beach. If your city City of Crestview hashas developeddeveloped andand implemented implemented aa uniqueunique economic economic development development project,project, anan innovative community development partnership program, a unique community Walt Kelley Director At-Large leadershipleadership oror citizencitizen engagement engagement program,program, aa technologytechnology oror governmentgovernment performance performance Mayor' s League Liaison efficiency initiative or some other innovative project or program designed to enhance City of Lynn Haven the quality of life for your city, its citizens, and the community, please fill out the appropriate appropriate enclosedenclosed formform andand returnreturn itit toto thethe NWFLCNWFLC nono laterlater thanthan Wednesday,Wednesday, Mark Martin March 31, 2010. Director At Large - City of Freeport NominationsNominations willwill bebe reviewedreviewed byby aa screeningscreening committeecommittee withwith thethe winnerswinners beingbeing Ken Nelson selected based on the enclosed criteria. If you have questions or need additional Director At-Large information, please contact me at ( 850) 487 -1870 or e- mail to jhendry@iog.fsu. edu. City of Panama City Beach John Reeves Enclosure Director At L - arge City of Port St. Joe cc: P. C. Wu, President, Northwest Florida League of Cities Gene Wright Board of Directors, NWFLC Director At-Large Mike Sittig, Executive Director, Florida League of Cities Town of Malone Jeff Hendry, Executive Director • 325 John Knox Road, Building 300 • Tallahassee, FL 32303 Phone ( 850) 487 -1870 • Fax (850) 487,0041 • Email info@nwflc.com 165-  2010 NORTHWEST FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES COMMUNITY OF EXCELLENCE AWARD PURPOSE: This award, sponsored by the Northwest Florida League of Cities, will recognize and honor a MUNICIPALITY in the NWFLC region who has developed and implemented a unique and successful economic development project, an innovative community development partnership and /or community leadership or citizen engagement program, or some other type of innovative project or program designed to enhance and sustain the quality of life of the community and its citizens. METHOD OF SELECTION: Each year a Municipality will be selected by a committee comprised of three ( 3) members who shall be current Presidents or designees of Presidents from other regional Leagues of Cities in Florida. The selection committee will be appointed by the Executive Director of the NWFLC and will review and rank the applications based on the criteria included in Item 4 below. The selected municipality will be announced, recognized, and receive the award at the NWFLC' s Annual Summer Dinner. The process will then be repeated each succeeding year. NOMINATION PROCEDURE: Nominations must be made by the governing board ( i. e., City Council or Commission) of a member city of the NWFLC and must be submitted no later than Wednesday, March 31, 2010. Each nomination must be submitted on the official nomination form and must be signed by two elected officials from that city please see and use attached form). CRITERIA: The NWFLC Board of Directors has approved recommended criteria to be used as a guide for evaluating the nominations: a. Community Quality cif. Life Enhancement —How did the projector program positively affect your municipal residents /community, enhance government relationships with the community, improve the current and future economic well -being of the community, improve or enhance government efficiency, etc. 50 percent) b. Measured or Peirceived Success of Initiative —what are the measures of success for the project and to date, the degree of success achieved. ( 25 percent) c. Degree of citizen, business, intergovernmental, or other partnerships. What other partners or groups outside of city government have participated, been engaged and /or supportive of the initiative? ( 15 percent) d. Originality and Creativity. Is it a unique initiative designed originally by the city or was it adapted from another city, state, or entity? ( 10 percent) Municipal Resolutions or personal letters of support will not be included or considered in the evaluations. PLEASE SEND NOMINATIONS TO: Selection Committee NWFLC Community of Excellence Award C/ o Northwest Florida League of Cities 325 John Knox Road, Building 300 Tallahassee, Florida 32303 166-  OFFICIAL NOMINATION FORM NORTHWEST FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES 2010 COMMUNITY OF EXCELLENCE AWARD NAME OF PROJECT/ INITIATIVE: Nominating City: City Population: City Address: Description of Proiect, Program, and/ or Initiative: Please limit your response to no more than three ( 3) pages and refer to the general criteria guide for a minimum of what should be covered. 167- SUBMITTED BY THE CITY OF: NOMINATIONS MUST BE SIGNED BY TWO ELECTED OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OFFICIAL: TITLE: OFFICIAL: TITLE: 168-  NORTHWEST FLORIDA LEAGUE-OF CITIES P. C. Wu January 31, 2010 President / FLC Director City of Pensacola Kurvin Qualls First Vice President MEMORANDUM Town of Jay Tommy McDonald, Jr. To: Elected Officials, City Managers, and City Clerks Second Vice President Northwest Florida League of Cities City of Chipley Mike Anderson From: Jeff Hendry, Executive Director Past President/ FLC Director Northwest Florida League of Cities City of Fort Walton Beach Re: NWFLC 2010 Municipal Official of the Year Award Lee Garner Treasurer City of Chattahoochee Sarah `Sam' Seevers Enclosed is the official nomination form for the 2010 Northwest Florida League of Legislative Chair Cities Municipal Official of the Year Award, which is sponsored by the Northwest City of Destin Florida League of Cities ( NWFLC). The selected official will receive the award at the Northwest Florida League of Cities Annual Summer Dinner and General Bob Ginsberg Legislative Vice -Chair Membership meeting scheduled for May 7, 2010 in Panama City Beach, at the Bay City of