Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 06-26-2007 regular agenda — reading text

received confirmation there is an alarm system in the facility. The Mayor opened the floor for public input. As there was no one, public-input was closed. Mr. Reeves moved to approve the five year lease and three five year renewal periods fora total of a 15 year lease betweeilthe City of Fort Walton Beach and the Northwest Florida Fair Association, with the administrative modifications. Mr. Minich seconded motion and it carried and Hartwell by a vote of 6 to 1 with Holmes, Miller, Reeves, Garvie, Pullen, and Minich in favor opposed. RES. 07- 11- FORT WALTON BEACH YOUTH COMMITTEE The Mayor read the resolution by title. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, CREATING A FORT WALTON BEACH YOUTH COMMISSION FOR THE YOUTH OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH; ESTABLISHING ITS MEMBERSHIP AT 11 MEMBERS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Cam Johnson, PIO, briefly went over the make up of the youth commission as an adviso. ry board that will bring forward to Council for action any ideas they believe will benefit the youth of the1City. to Youth During some discussion it was suggested that the wording Youth Commission be changed Committee; it was noted the committee would be governed by the Sunshine Law; and it was suggested that Section 3 include a date when Council will appoint the members. The PIO expressed the hope that the students will submit their applications to apply so he can bring at least eleven applications to Council at the first meeting in August. . The City Attorney was asked if minors were subject to the Sunshine Law because it may scare the students off ifthey are told they will go to jail if they talk to each other. The City Attorney replied only if they talk about things that may foreseeable cOll)e before them. She said it is her position that if they are going to have a Board, Committee, Authority, Commission, or whatever it is called, they do need to be vested with the idea that are an important authority. they She did not make a big distinction Law is between the name of the board or committee but definitely educating them on the Sunshine crucial to municipal law. The PIO further explained he will serve as staff liaison for the committee and per their direction he will set their agenda as to their topics and issues they want to tackle The Mayor opened the floor for public input. As there was no one who wished to speak, public input J was closed. to committee. Dr. Pullen moved to adopt Res. 07- 11, with the change of the word .commission with Miller, Reeves, Garvie, Mr. Garvie seconded motion and it carried unanimously Holme5! , Pullen, Hartwell, and Minich in favor.  30 Regular Meeting 6- 12- 07 WATERWAY SIGNAGE f Consideration of a request to authorize creation of signage and application to Fish and Wildlife for erection of the signage on waterways. The CDS Director explained the Waterfronts Florida Partnership Committee' s request that Council boaters to Fort approve staff to submit the paperwork for three signs in the waterways to welcome Walton Beach. The signs will say "Welcome to Fort Walton Beach, a Designated Florida Waterfronts Partnership Community, Thanks for being a neighborly boater!" and will be located in Santa Rosa Sound and Garnier' s Bayou. She said once approval is received from Fish and Wildlife to put up the signs, the City will make the signs and will probably request a donation for installing the signs. She said they will work with Fish and Wildlife on the exact location of the signs so they are in a safe location and they will meet all the requirements of Fish and Wildlife for signs in the water. o The City Manager acknowledged the City' s liability is no different than for other signs. The Mayor opened the floor for public input. As there was no one who wished to speak public input was closed. . Dr. Pullen moved to authorize the creation of signage ahd application and to Fish and Wildlife for erection ofsignage on the waterways. Mr. Garvie seconded motion and it carried unanimously with Holmes, Miller, Reeves, Garvie, Pullen, Hartwell, and Minich in favor. OFF- STREET PARKING Consideration of a recommendation from the Municipal Planning Board Regarding the Need for a Study on Off-street Parking Requirements for Mixed Use Resorts. The CDS Director explained the request from the Municipal Planning Board for a parking study for the Mixed- Use Resort land use category. She noted the Mixed- Use off-street parking requirement is time. relatively new which came before Council in May 2004 as a result of a study performed at that She reported there are members of the Planning Board that do not agree with what was passed by Council at that time, and was recommended by staff, and the Board would like the issue looked at staff can bring forward again. She stated from staff position she was unsure what more the planning that is different than what was recommended as nothing has changed, and staff would recommend one of the to it out to bid for. consultant to do the work. She reported the options put a recommendation from the Board is to direct staff to perform the. parking study In response to the question, the CDS Director confirmed the issue had been brought to Council Council previously and it was an instance when staff disagreed with the Board and at the meeting followed staff recommendation and in the opinion of staff nothing has changed. She also estimated the cost of a studywould be 50, 000 depending on how extensive it is as the study approximately $ also needs to look at multi- family, hotel/motel, transient lodging, and mixed- use resort uses. In response to the question whether there are publications available from organizations on parking ~ that could be researched, the CDS Director replied yes and staff uses them and relied on them. She stated there is no black and white answer to parking regulations; every community has different s situation, i parking regulations, they fall within ranges; staff has looked at those, looked at the City' studied the various uses and made recommendations staff felt were the most reasonable. She said and it is they do not want too much parking, too many parking spaces where there is a lot of asphalt more water management problems, and it is not attractive; they do not want too little parking and . because hitting the absolute right number of parking spaces is seldom going to happen all the time the use level also changes but they do try to hit it the majority of the time. She thought the hotels, motels, and mixed- used resorts at this point have not seen or experienced a problem unless it is on a the year. very big holiday and they tend not to build for that one occasion of  31 Regular Meetirtg 6- 12- 07 OFF- STREET PARKING cont. In response to the question on whether the Municipal Planning Board had seen the rep,brt when the issue had come before Couhc;iI previously, the CDS Director further explaihed it i$ an issue studied for a period of time then it went before the Municipal Planning Board then to Council; the Board' s concern is that th,e PWking requirement is not high enough for mixed- use resort qnd it com~ s to, the transient Iodging use'requirement of 1. 1 spaces per unit and they would like to see 2 spaces per unit. She said for most transient lodging facilities 2 spaces per unit is just not needed and they find, when they look J at occupancy rate as well as the number of automobiles per room, it is not needed so it was not staffs recommendation of what is the best requirement for the City. The Mayor opened the floor for public input. Dick Gercak, 214 Miracle Strip Parkway SW, speaking as a citizen stated he lives in an area heavily populated by resorts and hotels. He described the heavy use by the military during training programs, that the military bring their families, two vehicles and recreational vehicles; additional hotels are being added; and the owners say they wish the ordinance had not been changed to one, that they really need two because they said if their building was destroyed over 50% they would not be able to rebuild. He said there is a need for the study because things have changed since 2004, it is heavily populated with additional vehicles coming in because of the military. Doug Reed, 842 Santa Rosa Court, stated a parking survey was just completed in the CRA and he was not real pleased with it; it was a great inventory but it did not tell them anything, they inventoried " all the parking and said they did not understand the situation. He believed if the. City went out for a> is needed to stay with staff who{~ survey they will have the same problem, and suggested if a survey understands the problems and the situations. Dr. Pullen moved to direct staff to prepare the requested off-street parking requirements study for multi- family developments, then take