Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 09-25-2007 regular agenda — reading text

neighborhood being asked to appoint 'one representative and two alternates to ensure each neighborhood is always represented on the Committee. These Committee meetings will meet on the second Thursday of each month at the Senior Center, then the representatives will report back to their respective neighborhood meetings on their regularly scheduled meeting dates. Ms. McKim advised it is the intent of this new format to make the neighborhoods more J independent, and she will give Council a status report in January of 2008 of the Neighborhood Program to determine if the new format is successful or not. Council comments included not having neighborhood meetings scheduled on Council meeting nights; that Council will be updated on a monthly basis of neighborhood concerns; that Council should take an interest and attend the neighborhood meetings; and that these meetings ar~ an excellent way for the residents to make their concerns known. 1 32 Council Workshop 09- 11- 07 ADJOURNMENT Being no further business, the meeting adjoumed at 6: 50 p. m. APPROVED: MAYOR: ATTEST: CITY CLERK Ive.  1:~, 3 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF::FQ.~T WAI.:rON BEACH, FLORIDA EPTEM~ Ef{11, 2007, i~~..d~~ \ -., I " . . jt:I fq;~i!) INTRODUCTION A Florida, washel(LHQnJwesday",,' regular meeting of the City Council of Fort Walton Beach, i:: i:': Septemb~ r 11, 2007, at 7: 00 p. m., in the Council Chambers at City. Hall, with the fbliCiwin'g members' Y":'. present:' ' j' '. f;~~ MaYQr Mike Anderson ' Councilmen: Mike Holmes, Hartwell, and Mike Minich Virgil, Miller, Dennis Reeves, Bill Garvie" Dr. Wayne . Pullen, Jim Also Present: Joyce $ hailah,an, City Manager; Helen ,Spencer, City Clerk; Lisa Absher, Finance' Dir~ ctor; Toni Craig, City Attorney; Department Directors and Media. ' CALL TO ORDER . ,.,' ' .' , Th~ Mayor called the meeting to order and welcomed evert) me.:" 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 Pasto( Charles Sansom, Sr.,from F~ mily of Faith Church, gave the invocation. :~ PLEDGE Youth from the Family of Faith Church led in the Pledge of Allegiance. PROCLAMATION The Mayor read a proclamation proclaiming September ,22, '2007 as Ameri.can Business Women' s Day and presented to Mrs. Flowers, President of the A8W A Fort Waltqn Beach Charter Chapter. PROCLAMATION The Mayor read a proclamation proclaiming the week of September 17- 23, 2007 as Constitution We~,k and pr~ sented to representatives of the Daughters of the American Revolution. APPROVAL OF AGENDA' 11113 Mayor announced that item # 8 has been pulled from the agenda. Mr~ Minich moved to approve the agenda as presented wi.~h item # 8. pulled. . Mr.' Holmes' seconded motion iUld it carried, unaniriwusly with Holmes, Miller, ~ eeves, Garvie, Pullen, H~ rtWell, and Minich ilJ fayor.. ' , , J ... . :: N;~ I:;::~: D~ removedit~ms #3,:"5, and ~ fr~m the. cons~ntage~da. Dr. Pullan seC9ncl~ Q mot!on ,al}d it carried .~. liartWellan4 Mini'ch ma. nimously infavo'[.. ,,' " iller, Reeves; ~ arvie, PullenJ VVith Holm~ s~ M l.. ",' , . Mr. Minich moved to approve the remaining consent agenda items ( except # 8 that was IlI~ d from, t.he.~~ genda).,~ p,l.; Mr.. Hartyl~1I secOlt: ~ ed moti~ n, and it carried un. a.n~ mously with Holmes, Miller, Reeves, Garvie, Pull~ n, Hartw~ lI, and Minich in favor.. ""- I:.. '-~ jI' r' 1 -;' "  Regular Council 9- 11- 07 134 MINUTES Approval of the minutes of the CotmcilWorkshop of August 14, 2007; the Executive Session of August 14, 2007; the Regular Council Meeting of August 1'4, 2007; the Special Council Meeting of August 22, 2097; and the Regular Council Meeting of August 2007. 28,. ANNUAL FERTILIZER BID ' Award Bid 07- 129 AhhuafFertilize{ Bid to the lowest responsive, responsible bidders, Agrilliimce- AFC of Summerdale, Alabama; Ewing Irrigation Golf Industrial of Fort Walton Beach; Lesco, Inc. of Cleveland, Ohio; Regal Chemical Co. of Alpharetta, Georgia; Sunniland Corp. of Sanford, Florida; '. and Tri- State Plant Food, Inc. of Dothan, Alabama; for approximately 297, 000 pounds of fertilizer to be used by the Golf Cours~, Parks & estimated cost of $98, 000. 00. Recreation, and Public Works GENERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT FUND ACTUARIAL VALUATION Departments at an 0 Acceptan'ce of the General EmployeesR:efirement Fund ACtuarial Valua~jon as of October 1, 2006, dated July 2007. ' LOCAL MITIGATION STRATEGY STATUS OF PLAN IMPLEMENTATION REPORT dated Acceptance . of the Local MitigatiOn Str~negy' Status of Plan Implementation Report, September 18; 2007, for iilformational purposes. ,.' , ' PULLED FROM AGENDA Pursuant to Volume 2, Chapter 4, Section 4.01, Paragraph' 4. 01. 025 Fort Walton Beach Code of Ordinances and Section 4, Paragraph I of the Purchasing policies and procedures, request authorization to award Outsourcing of the Printing and Mailing of Utility Bills to Arista "Information of one year, Systems, Inc., Duluth, Georgia. The City will piggyback from this RFP for a period with two (2) one year options. REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA AND VOTED ON SEPARATELY FISH AND WilDLIFE FOUNDATION GRANT' . ' Consideration of approval of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Grant Agreement in the amount of $100, 713 for the Lower Choctawhatchee Bay Coastal Conservation program. . John Hofstad, Utilities Director, explained the City program ties in with the City' s Water Quality Initiative oyster gardening effort in the intercoastal waterway with a portion of the funds to be us~ d to fund a program manager and a lap top to start the program. - In response to the question on the hiring of a Program Manager, the Utilities Director explained the the National Fish grant program through the N? tipnal Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and and Wildlife Foundation was for an oyster gardening program and there has to be a Program it Manager in place to manage the program. He said if is a full time job to manage the program, has to be done within the time frame which ends in April, and the City does not have' the man'power to dedicate just to the program" In response to the question on whether placards or signs will be placed in the Sound Park educate the public how the program works, the Utilities Director stated a critical receiving the grant is' to have an 'educational p'ublic outreach and part of the Program Manager" responsibilitywill be to; develop lesson plans for the local schools, teach the program during the He also to component of s confirmec! the o grant duration, and to identify it at Sound Park once it is completed. program is part of.an effort to clean up the sound. in Mr. Minich moved to approve the Nattonal Fish and Wildlife Foundation Grant Agreement the amount of $ 100,713. 00 for' the ' Lower Choctawhatchee Bay Coastal Conservation Dr. Pullen seconded motion and it carried unanimously with Holmes, Miller, program. Reeves, Garvie, Pullen, Hartwell, and Minich in favor.  J~ ;":'::-~.,"" J. :'>"". Regular Council 9- 11- 01, r35. REMOVED F=ROM CONSENT AGENDA AND VOTEDONSEPARATEL Y. . " . ,,,~~.,' ENGINEERING/ CONSULTING SERVICES~ STORMWATER. P,OLLUTANT SEPARATORS, . '. . . Staff r~qu~