Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 08-09-05 — reading text

o CITY OF FORT WAL TON i , ;! CH City Council Agenda - August 9, 2005 - 7:00 P.M. A.~ City Council Chambers .- 107 Miracle Strip Parkway, SE 1-- Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548 CALL TO ORDER INVOCATION Pastor Jerry Jones, Striving for Perfection Ministry PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Youth from Striving for Perfection Ministry PROCLAMATIONS City Changers 1. Approval of the minutes of the Regular Council Meeting of June 30, 2005. ( City Clerk) ( See Backup). 2. Pursuant to Chapter 2, Section 2- 266, Purchasing Policies and Procedures, Fort Walton Beach Code of Ordinances, request authorization to award bid number 05- 121, One Katolight Emergency Generator, to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder, C& D Agency of Covington, LA, for the bid amount of $ 30, 575. If approved, sufficient funding is available in account number 401- 5023-533- 6997. ( Purchasing Director) ( See Backup). 3. Consideration of acceptance of a grant from NWEC Development, LLC of a five foot easement for public sidewalks and utilities along the south side of 113 Brooks Street SE. The easement has been reviewed and approved as to form and legal sufficiency by the City Attorney. ( Public Works Director) ( See Backup). 4. Consideration of a request to utilize unclaimed abandon property found at the Indian Temple Mound to make repairs to the front entrance of the shell archway of the Temple Mound Museum in the amount of $ 1 , 645. 60 and to reward an employee in the amount of $350 for their honest act of notifying the proper authorities of the found currency. The abandoned property was properly advertised in the Northwest Florida Daily News with no one claiming the property. ( Human Resources Director) ( Parks and Recreation Director) ( See Backup). 5. Consideration of a request by the Arts and Design Society of the City of Fort Walton Beach to extend their lease for an additional four (4) five-year terms for a total for forty-nine (49) years for property and improvements ( including the cistern) located at 17 First Street SE. (City Manager) See Backup). 6. Request authorization to permit up to 15 City employees (three teams of 5) to volunteer to participate in the United Way' s Annual Day of Caring on September 16, 2005, utilizing whatever city vehicles and equipment as may be necessary to assist United Way agency clients in Fort Walton Beach. ( City Manager) ( See Backup). 7. Consideration of entering into a Disaster Relief Funding Agreement with the State Department of Community Affairs for reimbursements associated with Hurricane Dennis. Further designate signature authority to the Finance Director and City Manager to execute any request for advance or reimbursement, project worksheet, or other necessary documentation. ( Finance Director) ( See Backup). 8. Consideration of an Ordinance ( 1641) of the City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, relating to the Police Officers' Retirement Fund; creating a new section 17- 47. 3 to provide an early retirement incentive for employees with twenty-five ( 25) years of service; providing a severability clause; repealing all ordinances in conflict herewith; and providing an effective date. ( Second Reading) CM 2004-05) ( Human Resources Director) ( See Backup). c  9. Consideration Q Ordinance ( 1637) of the City of Fort w~ n Beach, Florida. relating to the rezoning of certain property within the City of Fort Walton Beach located at 121 Girard Avenue NW; providing for authority; providing for findings of fact; providing for property to be rezoned from R- 1 E ( Estate Single- Family Residential) District to R- 1A ( Single- Family Dwelling) District; providing for a zoning map amendment; providing for conflicting provisions; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date. ( QuasiJ-udicial) ( Second Reading) (CDS Director) (See Backup). 10. Consideration of an Ordinance ( 1639) of the City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, relating to the rezoning of certain property within the City of Fort Walton Beach located at 47-49 Carson Drive NE; providing for authority; providing for findings of fact; providing for property to be rezoned from R- NC ( Residential- Neighborhood Commercial) District to C- 2 ( General Commercial) District; providing for a zoning map amendment; providing for conflicting provisions; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date. ( Quasi-Judicial) ( Second Reading) ( CDS Director) ( See Backup). 11. Consideration of an Ordinance ( 1658) of the City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, authorizing the negotiations of a loan in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2, 100, 000 for the purchase of 42. 57 acres of land consisting of recreational softball fields, fairgrounds with improvements and parking a rea, from the Florida Municipal Loan Council; approving the form of and the execution and delivery of a loan agreement with the Florida Municipal Loan Council; approving the execution and delivery of a bond purchase contract; approving the execution and delivery of a continuing disclosure agreement; providing certain other matters in connection with the making of such loan; and providing for an effective date. ( First Reading) ( Finance Director) ( See Backup) General Public on items of City business. ( No Backup). An update by Larry Sassano, Executive Director of the Economic Development Council, on the status of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission and the impact on Eglin Air Force Base and it' s military fields of Duke and Hurlburt. ( No Backup). 14. An update by Brian Brown, Eglin Air Force Base Encroachment Office on the status update of FWB Height Data. ( See Backup). 15. Consideration of Resolution ( 05- 16) of the City Council of the City of Fort Walton Beach, FL; supporting the Arts and Design Society' s efforts to transform the former water cistern into an interesting and exciting museum and exhibit space; and providing for an effective date. ( City Manager) ( See Backup). 16. Consideration of a request for site plan approval by Killingsworth Pest Control located at 3 Chestnut Avenue SE, for the construction of a 5, 197 square foot commercial that will building consist of 2, 805 square feet of office space and 2, 141 square feet of garage/ storage space on two lots that they own adjacent to the existing business at 3 Chestnut Avenue SE. (CDS Director) (See Backup). ( Quasi-Judicial). 17. Request by Council Member Wayne Pullen for a briefing on parking requirements in the area bounded by Santa Rosa Sound on the South, Eglin Parkway on the West, Hollywood Blvd on the North; and by Bay Drive on the East. Further, request Council direction for staff to review the Special Parking District Regulations, recommend alternatives to the CRA and MPB and propose mechanisms to accommodate the parking needs within these areas. ( Request from Council Member Wayne Pullen) ( CDS Director) (See Backup). 18. Request by Council Member Wayne Pullen for a briefing on the status of the stipulated agreement with the City of Fort Walton Beach and Pirate' s Bay Community Association, Inc. Council Member Pullen) ( See Back Up.) Further, consideration of a request by Mark Reynolds, President of Pirate' s Bay Community Association, Inc. to extend time to comply with item number 8 of the stipulated agreement between the City of Fort Walton Beach and the Pirate' s Bay Community Association, Inc. until August 31, 2005, to provide a site plan, drawn to scale, demonstrating the required parking requirements have been met according to the formula specified in the agreement. The City Attorney concurs with this request. ( Request from 1"""'. Council Member Wayne Pullen) ( CDS Director) (See Backup). Page 2 of 3  19. conSiderationOpPointment to the Historic Sites Boarci~ ity Clerk) (See Backup). 20. Mayor/ Council Announcements. 21. City Manager Announcements. ADJOURN Any person who decides to appeal any decision made with respect to any matter at this meeting will need a record of the proceedings, and for such purpose may need to ensure that a verbatim record of