Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 10-24-2006 ‎(regular)‎ — reading text

aTYOFFORT WALTON BEACH City Council Agenda - October 24, 2006 - 7: 00 P.M. City Council Chambers 107 Miracle Strip Parkway, SE Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548 CALL TO ORDER INVOCATION Pastor Charles Sansom, Jr., Family of Faith Church PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Youth from Family of Faith Church PROCLAMATION Covenant Hospice Month SPECIAL GUESTS Student ACE Awards FWB High School: Anne Sadler Choctaw High School: Christina Shepherd WFRPC Logo Award Winner Jim Breitenfeld and Larry Sassano, BRAC and Vision 2015 Update I CONSENT AGEt.JDA of 1. Approval of the minutes of the Special Council meeting of October 9, 2006, the Council Workshop October 10, 2006, and the Regular Council Meeting of October 10, 2006. ( City Clerk) ( See Backup). 2. Consideration of a request from Tom Hancock, president of PASARDA, Inc., to assign their lease to High Steppers, Inc., a not-for profit 501 ( c) ( 3) organization. ( City Manager) ( See Backup) 3. Staff requests Council authorization to execute a change order in the amount of $ 49, 875 with feet Hemphill Construction Company of Florence, Mississippi, for the installation of 95 additional of directional drill piping within Hurlburt Field as part of the joint Hurlburt/Fort Walton Beach Reuse Water Project; which will amend the original contract amount of $ 979, 370 to $ 1, 029, 245. If 5421- 535- 6365 for approved, sufficient funding is available for this request in account number 401- this request. (Utilities Director) (See Backup). 4. Pursuant to the City of Fort Walton Beach Code of Ordinances, Volume II, Section 4. 01. 025 entitled and award Purchasing Polices and Procedures, request waiver of the formal bid procedures removal of the diseased and dead pine trees to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder meeting 48, 000, as outlined in the specifications, Coastline Tree Service of Destin, FL in the amount of $ in account number 404- backup report. If approved, sufficient funding is available for this request 0700- 572- 4650 for this request. (Golf Club Administrator) ( See Backup). I QUASI-JUDICAL AGENDA for 5. Consideration of a request by Ross Binkley from Seaside Engineering and Surveying, agent Church of Fort Walton Beach for the approval of the Development Order for owner, First Baptists the First Church of Fort Walton Beach for an off-site parking lot located at 8 Second Baptist Street SE. ( CDS Director) (See Backup). 4/ 06) Community Redevelopment Agency Recommendation: Approval ( 10/ Coastal 6. Consideration of a request by Chris Weeks from Weeks Engineering, agent for owner, Order for the Bartruff Dental Office Periodontics, PA, for the approval of the Development of 2, 858 foot, one- story building to be located at 82 Beal Parkway SW, for the construction a square- used for dental offices. ( CDS Director) (See Backup). Community Redevelopment Agency Recommendation: Approval ( 10/ 4/ 06)  7. Consideration of a request by Jason Floyd from Dougherty & Chavez Architects, agent for owner Trustmark Corporation for the approval of the Development Order for the Trustmark Bank located at 100 Eglin Parkway NE for the construction of a 6, 884 square-foot, two-story building to be used for banking services. ( CDS Director) (See Backup). Community Redevelopment Agency Recommendation: Approval ( 10/ 4/ 06) 8. Consideration of Ordinance ( 1705) of the City of Fort Walton Beach, amending Directions - The Comprehensive Plan of the City of Fort Walton Beach, 2008, pursuant to Florida Statutes, Chapter 163; providing for authority; providing for adoption of text amendments to the Future Land Use Element initiated by the City; providing for Future Land Use Map Amendments resulting from pending private amendment applications; providing for adoption of Future Land Use Map Amendments resulting from City initiated changes; providing for conflicting provisions; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date. ( Second Reading) ( CDS Director) (See Backup). Municipal Planning Board Recommendation: Approval ( 10/ 5/ 06) I PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA - FIRST READING 9. Consideration of Ordinance ( 1708) of the City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, providing for authority; providing for findings of fact; providing for the vacation, abandonment, discontinuation and closure of a portion of easement on a portion of vacated right-of- way of a north-south alley, as recorded in plant book 1042, Page 401, of the public records of Okaloosa County, Florida and providing for an effective date. This vacation has been requested by Bhupendra D. Bhakta and Kishori B. Bhakta, MPB Case # 06- 23 ( CDS Director) (See Backup)( First Reading). Municipal Planning Board Recommendation: Approval ( 10/ 05106) 10. Consideration of Ordinance ( 1713) of the City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida; providing for authority, amending section 2. 02.05 entitled Vacancies, of Volume II of the Code of Ordinances; resolving conflicting provisions; providing for severability and setting an effective date. ( City Manager) ( See Backup) ( First Reading). REGULAR AGENDA 11. General Public on matters of City Business not otherwise on the agenda. 12. Consideration of accepting an easement from First Baptist Church. ( Public Works Director) ( See Backup). 13. Consideration of request from Okaloosa CDC concerning expenditures for SHIP and HHAP for year 2003-2004, 2004- 2005, 2005-2006. ( CDS Director) ( See Backup). 14. Discussion regarding the City' s participation in the 1260am monthly talk show. ( Council Member Hartwell) ( See Backup). 15. Consideration ofa Resolution 06- 29 reducing the membership of the Water' s Edge Ad-Hoc Committee, also established as the Florida Waterfronts Partnership Committee, from eight to five members consisting of at least two boaters and two non- boaters and providing for an effective date. ( CDS Director) ( See Backup). 16. Consideration of Resolution 06-32 to the Florida Department of Transportation, authorizing the City Manager to sign any permits that may be required by the FDOT for the temporary closure of a state road for the purpose of special events. ( City Clerk) ( See Backup). 17. Consideration of appointment to the Historic Sites and Structures Advisory Board. ( City Clerk) See Backup). 18. Mayor/ Council Announcements. 19. City Manager Announcements. Page 2 of 3 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 the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. (FS286. 0105). The City of Fort Walton Beach adheres to the American with Disabilities Act and will make reasonable modifications for access to this meeting upon request. Please call City Clerk Helen Spencer at 850-833-9509 to make a request. For Hearing Impaired dial the City Hall TDD #850- 833- 9925 or 1- 800-955- 8771 ( TDD) or 1- 800-955-8770 ( Voice). Requests must be received at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting in order to allow the City time to provide requested service. Page 3 of 3  City of Fort Walton Beach ) 1 Arnerica/ f:J~ rMOJt"' t/ itbf:J~ P!?&CLA,!{ A rI& N WHEREAS, Covenant Hospice volunteers and staff provide " A Special Kind of Caring" for those persons in our community with life- limiting illnesses; and WHEREAS, Hospice care has helped meet the medical, emotional and spiritual needs of approximately one million patients with life- limiting illnesses and their loved ones across the nation last year; and WHEREAS, Covenant Hospice focuses on the entire family and helps promote and educate, and support the community; and WHEREAS, Hospice in the United States has flourished from one program in 1974 to 3, 300 hospice and palliative care programs today; and WHEREAS, Hospice celebrates its 32nd anniversary in America this year; and WHEREAS, Covenant Hospice has served the people of northwest Florida and Alabama since 1984 and served over 5, 000 patients in 2005 and now serves over 1, 100 patients daily; and WHEREAS, an increase in public awareness and understanding of Hospice care will better serve the families of our community who are faced with life- limiting illnesses. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Mike Anderson, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor of the City of Fort Walton Beach, do hereby proclaim the month of November as NA TIONAL