Okaloosa County BOCC — June 23, 2016 — I. c. TDT Ordinance

TOURIST DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM DATE: June 23, 2016 TO: Tourist Development Council FROM: Ed Schroeder, Tourist Development Department Director Charlotte Dunworth, Finance, Administration, & Compliance Manager SUBJECT: TDT Ordinance Amendment STATEMENT OF ISSUE: Request approval of an Ordinance amending the Tourist Development Plan. BACKGROUND: Pursuant to F.S. 125.0104(4)(c), the County has previously approved and adopted a tourist development ordinance setting forth the plan for tourist development. In order to substantially amend the plan of tourist development, F.S. 125.0104(4)(d) requires an ordinance enacted by an affirmative vote of a majority plus one additional member of the Board. The primary purpose of this amendment is to update the plan as follows:  identify funding for multi-use recreational pathways as an appropriate use of tourist development tax revenues  identify funding for law enforcement as an appropriate use of tourist development tax revenues  update revenue projections under each percentage point The proposed amendments to the tourist development ordinance are identified as follows: stricken words indicate deletions and underlined words indicate additions. OPTIONS: Approve or Deny RECOMMENDATION TO BCC: Approve Ordinance 16-__ amending the Tourist Development Plan, and authorize the Chairman to sign.  ORDINANCE NO. 16-__ AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE II OF THE OKALOOSA COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES AND ORDINANCE 89-23 AS SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED, RELATING TO THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND USE OF TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAX REVENUE; MAKING FINDINGS; AMENDING THE COUNTY’S TOURIST DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO PROVIDE FOR THE FUNDING OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES NEEDED TO ADDRESS TOURISM IMPACTS WITHIN THE SUB-COUNTY TAXING DISTRICT; MODIFYING THE AUTHORIZED USES OF TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAX REVENUES ACCORDINGLY; UPDATING REVENUE PROJECTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, pursuant to section 125.0104, Florida Statutes, known as the “Local Option Tourist Development Act”, the Board of County Commissioners (“Board”) adopted Ordinance 89-23 (the “Tourist Development Ordinance”) in 1989 which authorized the collection of two cents of tourism development tax per dollar exchanged on certain short term lodging rental transactions within an described sub-county tourism development district, authorized a referendum for approval of imposition of the tax, created the County’s initial Tourist Development Plan (the “Plan”), and established the Okaloosa Tourist Development Council (the “Council”); and WHEREAS, the Tourist Development Ordinance, as subsequently amended, is codified in Chapter 20, Article II of the Okaloosa County Code of Ordinances; and WHEREAS, the Board desires to expand the goals and objectives contained in the existing Plan to provide for the funding of public safety and law enforcement services needed to address impacts related to increased tourism and visitors to the sub-county taxing district and to update the projected tourist development tax revenues; and 1  WHEREAS, the Council has submitted to the Board a recommended amendment to the Tourist Development Ordinance and the Plan contained therein; and WHEREAS, in order to effectuate these changes the Board hereby finds that it is necessary to amend Ordinance 89-23, as subsequently amended, and Chapter 20