Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 04-22-08 regular agenda — reading text

Indian Temple Mound and Museum presents a glimpse back in time and as the seat of an ancient culture will once again come alive with American Indian peoples celebrating life through their music and art as the fifth annual Musical Echoes is presented. WHEREAS, the Muscogee Nation of Florida, Cultural Event, as host, bring to the citizens of Fort Walton Beach this great cultural event. WHEREAS, The American Indian People have contributed to Northwest Florida and the City of Fort Walton Beach for hundreds of years and those efforts continue today. NOW THEREFORE, I, Mike Anderson, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor of the City of Fort Walton Beach, do hereby proclaim the last two weeks in April 2008 as AMERICAN INDIAN WEEKS* and urge all citizens to participate in and enjoy the festivities of MUSICAL ECHOES April 25 —April 27 to be held at Fort Walton Landing. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Fort Walton Beach to be affixed this 22nd day of April, 2008. MAYOR MIKE ANDERSON  1 9 3 R ff L , as o v 8 i t 4  0o0o OO OO CC OIOI CC LL dd aa VV 00 mm mm CC OO ii 33 mm bmbm aa oo 33 vv O qmw C m ma 0 as s O u 4A C O O IA CD N 16M O Z 0 s s a 3 Mom V 0. 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CALL TO ORDER The Mayor called the meeting to order. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Mayor led in the Pledge of Allegiance. PRESENTATION BY GEOGRAPHICAL TECHNOLOGIES GROUP David Holdstock and Curt Hinton, partners of the Geographic Technologies Group, gave a presentation on the status of the GIS Strategic Implementation Plan. The presentation included a review of Phase I, Needs Assessment; Phase II, System Design; and Phase III, Phased Implementation Plan. Phase I, Needs Assessment, included the Departmental interviews and Needs Assessment with special emphasis on Utilities, an evaluation of existing conditions, the personnel and duties, hardware and software /networking, the data and databases, the GIS needs, and a business process and workflow analysis. Phase II, System Design, included the Vision,Goals and Objectives for the City and Departmental Goals and Objectives, a governance model and management strategy for system architectural design with the existing system architecture and a staffing, a recommended system architecture for Enterprise GIS, a data and database assessment, a database and application design with recommendations and a priority application matrix, data collection and conversion for a Utilities Pilot project and conversion recommendations. 82 4 -8 -08 Council Workshop PRESENTATION BY GTG cont. Phase III, Phased Implementation Plan, included a five year strategic implementation plan and associated The total estimated cost for the five -year implementation of a costs. Citywide GIS program is $ 2, 137, 050 with a breakdown for each annual estimated costs of: Year 1 - $ 646,650 - focus on Utilities with consulting, field data collection, hardware, software, and training and education. Year 2 - $ 550, 800 - complete Utilities with consulting, geodatabases, software, training and education. Year 3 - $ 443, 300 - begin Citywide implementation with consulting, data, field access hardware, emergency notification software, training and education. Year 4 - $ 336, 300 — continue Citywide with consulting, data, mobile computers, public access software and public access kiosks, training and education. Year 5 - $ 160, 000 — complete Citywide implementation with consulting, data, hardware, software, training and education. The presentation included recommendations to appointment of a GIS Coordinator, completion of a comprehensive Utilities Department GIS data inventory, implementation of a GIS -based work order management system, provide field access to GIS, utilize GIS for emergency response, provide GIS access to all City department and divisions, and provide GIS access to the public. Discussion included years one and two implementation for utilities, then years three, four and five to take it citywide for the other departments, the benefits for each of the departments and to the City in the event a hurricane destroys all the topographical land marks, and on -going maintenance costs. The Mayor opened the floor for public input. Dean Covey, 270 Brooks Street, received clarification there would be on -going costs for maintenance after the fifth year. As no one else wished to speak public input was closed. During a brief discussion on the question of what the City could afford and the need to look at different funding strategies, it was mentioned it is not all or nothing and the project can be scaled to a certain extent around funding. It was noted the next step will be to finalize staff recommendations then bring it forward for discussion during the budget process. ADJOURNMENT As there was no further business the meeting adjourned at 6:23 pm. APPROVED: ATTEST: MAYOR: CITY CLERK ddm  AImo] MINUTES OF THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA APRIL 8, 2008 INTRODUCTION A regular meeting of the City Council of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, was held on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at 7: 00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, with the following members present: Mayor Mike Anderson