Okaloosa County BOCC — March 18, 2014 — Action Item Printout

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA REQUEST DATE: March 18, 2014 TO: Honorable Chairman and Members of the Board FROM: Sunil Harman SUBJECT: Destin Airport Compatibility Advisory Committee Members DEPARTMENT: Airport BCC DISTRICT: All STATEMENT OF ISSUE: The Airports Department is requesting that the Board of County Commissioners appoint County selected members to the Destin Airport Compatibility Advisory Committee. BACKGROUND: : In February 2007, the BCC approved an Interlocal Agreement between the City of Destin and Okaloosa County which, in part, established the creation of an Airport Compatibility Advisory Committee. The committee is composed of seven members, three were recently appointed by the Destin City Council and three by the County Commission. The seventh member is a representative of Eglin Air Force Base. The advisory committee no longer has committee members from the County to have a quorum. In January, 2014 the Board of County Commissioners was advised of the Airport Department’s intent to advertise for committee members and six (6) applications were received. The qualified applicants were screened and ranked by Airport personnel using the following criteria: Destin Resident, Aviation Background, Noise/Planning Experience and Committee Experience. The applicants were ranked as follows: 1) James Link, 2) Michael Irons, 3) David Prichard, 3) William Phillips, 4) Armand Izzo, 5) Vickie Warner, 6) Bruce Amundsen. OPTIONS: Approve/Disapprove RECOMMENDATIONS: The Airports Department recommends the Board of County Commissioners select Mr. James Link, Mr. Michael Irons and Mr. David Prichard as County appointed members to serve on the Destin Airport Compatibility Advisory Committee. RECOMMENDED BY: APPROVED BY: Ernie Padgett, County Administrator