Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 03-23-2010 Regular — reading text

AGENDA CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING March 23, 2010 6: 00 pm CALL TO ORDER INVOCATION —Dave Lester, First Reader, Christian Science Church PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PROCLAMATION Kick Butts Day FWBHS Students Working Against Tobacco ( SWAT) Helping Hands and Linking Arms Day RECOGNITION Student ACE Award - Rebecca Gornto, Choctawhatchee High School Distinguished Budget Award —Brandy Wunker and Charlotte Dunworth 1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 2. PRESENTATIONS 2. 1 FY 2009 Annual Audit and Comprehensive Financial Report. Synopsis: Ms. Angela Balent, O' Sullivan -Creel, will present the FY 2009 audit, staff will request Council' s acceptance thereof. ( Finance Director) 2. 2 Census 2010. Synopsis: Cam Johnson, Public Information Officer, will provide information on the 2010 Census. ( Public Information Officer) 3. CONSENT AGENDA 3. 1 Approval of minutes of Regular Meeting on March 9, 2010 and Special Meeting on March 15, 2010. ( City Clerk) 3. 2 Satisfaction of Lien for property at 210 -212 Stokes Avenue. Synopsis: Assessment for street, drainage and sewer improvements paid in full. ( Finance Director) 3. 3 Resolution 2010 -10. CDBG Budget Amendment. Synopsis: Accounts for transfer of 10, 000 from OCDC to City CDBG fund to supplement the World Changers program. ( Finance Director) 4. PUBLIC COMMENTS 4. 1 Comments from the public on items not on the agenda. 5. RESOLUTIONS 5. 1 No items. City Council Regular Meeting March 23, 2010 6. ORDINANCES — FIRST READING 6. 1 Ordinance 1818. Removes " Farmers Market" and " Outdoor Display and Sales" from Table 15 -2 of the Land Development Code. Synopsis: Resolves an inconsistency resultingfrom Ordinance 1823 permitting such activities. ( Planning Manager) 7. ORDINANCES – SECOND READING 7. 1 Ordinance 1820. Amends Code Section 10. 52. 04: Bases of Monthly Charges. Synopsis: Corrects a previous action wherein a Resolution rather than an Ordinance changed codified baseline water charges. No financial impact. ( Finance Director) 7. 2 Ordinance 1824. Amends Code Section 10. 10. 15: Cost, Payment for Lots, Crypts & Niches by adding " Exception for Certain Persons ". Synopsis: Amends current cemetery regulations to provide for no cost burial services for certain persons killed in the line of duty. Reserve and National Guard members added per Council direction. ( City Manager) 8. APPOINTMENTS 8. 1 Appointment to the Historic Sites and Structures Advisory Board. Synopsis: Consideration ofappointment ofBrian Franks. ( City Clerk) 8. 2 Appointment to the Code Enforcement Board. Synopsis: Consideration of appointment ofBeth McHenry. ( City Clerk) 8. 3 Selection of one Council Member to serve as Mayor Pro Tem. Synopsis: Service period is 411110 to 3131111; current Mayor Pro Tem is CM Garvie. ( City Clerk) 8. 4 Appointment of a Council representative and one alternate to the Economic Development Council. Synopsis: Service period is 411110 to 3131111; the late CM Miller was primary, CM Patterson is alternate. ( City Clerk) 8. 5 Appointment of a Council representative and one alternate to the Okaloosa County Library Cooperative. Synopsis: Service period is 411110 to 3/ 31111; currently CM Garvie is primary, CM Reeves is alternate. ( City Clerk) 8. 6 Appointment of a Council representative and one alternate to the Okaloosa Housing Partners, Inc. Synopsis: Service period is 411110 to 3/ 31/ 11; currently CM Garvie is primary; Mayor Anderson is alternate. ( City Clerk) 8. 7 Appointment of a Council representative and one alternate to the Okaloosa County League of Cities Board. Synopsis: Service period is 411110 to 3131111; currently Mayor Anderson is primary, CMRynearson is alternate. ( City Clerk) 8. 8 Appointment of three ( 3) Council representatives and three alternates to the Okaloosa -Walton Transportation Planning Organization. Synopsis: Service period is 411110 to 3131111; currently CMHolmes, CM Garvie and CMPatterson are primary, and CM Rynearson, CM Reeves and CM Nabors, respectively, are alternates. ( City Clerk) 8. 9 Appointment of a Council representative and one alternate to the Walton/ Okaloosa/ Santa Rosa Regional Utility Authority. Synopsis: Service period is 411110 to 3131111; currently CM Garvie is primary, CM Reeves is alternate. ( City Clerk) 8. 10 Appointment of a Council representative and one alternate to the Tourist Development Council. Synopsis: Service period is 411110 to 3131111; currently CM Nabors is primary, CM Holmes is alternate. ( City Clerk) 8. 11 Appointment of a Council representative and one alternate to the West Florida Regional Planning Council. Synopsis: Service period is 411110 to 3/ 31 /11; the late CM Miller was primary, CM Garvie is alternate. ( City Clerk) City Council Regular Meeting March 23, 2010 9. ACTION -DIRECTION—DISCUSSION 9. 1 Action —Nominations for appointment to fill vacant City Council Seat 2. Synopsis: Council members will nominate electors to fill the seat. Appointment will occur at April 13 Council meeting. (City Council) 9. 2 Action - Resolution 2010 -9. Amendment to the City Comprehensive Fee Schedule. Synopsis: Increases baseline water and sewer charges as recommended in the Utility Rate Study previously presented to Council. ( Finance Director) 9. 3 Discussion - Potential litigation against Merrill Lynch. Synopsis: Mr. Glen Thomas, of the City' s General Employees pension attorney' s firm will respond to Council inquiries regarding a potential lawsuit. ( Finance Director) 9. 4 Action —Consideration of a Grant of Easement to Gulf Power. Synopsis: GulfPower requests an easement to install guy wire(s) and anchors on City Golf Club property. Engineering and Utilities Director) 10. CITY MANAGER REPORTS 10. 1 Wastewater Treatment Plant Update 11. CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS 12. MAYOR/ COUNCIL COMMENTS 13. ADJOURNMENT Quasi -Judicial —denotes that the item must be conducted as a quasi -judicial hearing in accordance with Florida Statutes Action -Direction—Discussion items may be acted upon by the City Council by either a motion with vote in accordance with Robert' s Rules of Order, or by a consensus of the Council. 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. ( Chapter 286.0105 F.S.) 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. City Council Regular Meeting March 23, 2010 THIS PAGE IS LEFT INTENTIONALLY BLANK  lity of Fort Walton Beach WHEREAS, the City of Fort Walton Beach esteems service to be an integral part exceptional of community living and highly values the linking arms of community organizations in service; and WHEREAS, the City of Fort Walton Beach recognizes that unselfish service provides benefits to both the giver and the receiver; and WHEREAS, unselfish service unites citizens while assuaging the distress of community members and bring hope to all. 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 April 24, 2010, as HELPING HANDS AND LINKING ARMS DAY'S in the City of Fort Walton Beach and encourage all citizens and community organizations, agencies, businesses and churches to share in the helping hands efforts. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Fort Walton Beach to be affixed this 23rd day of March, 2010. MIKE ANDERSON, MAYOR  WHEREAS, nationwide, one fifth of all high school students ( grades 9 -12) are current smokers; along with nearly one out of every ten eighth graders; and WHEREAS, three million high school students are current smokers; and more than a third of all kids who ever try smoking a cigarette become new regular, daily smokers before leaving high school; and WHEREAS, one out of three youth smokers will ultimately die prematurely from smoking -related diseases, unless current trends are reversed; and WHEREAS, smoking kills more than 400,000 Americans each year, representing more deaths than from AIDS, alcohol, car accidents, murders, suicides, drugs and fires combined; and WHEREAS, most of these deaths could be prevented; and WHEREAS, Kick Butts Day is an annual national initiative sponsored by the Campaign for Tobacco -Free Kids that makes elementary, middle and high school students leaders in the fight against youth tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke. WHEREAS, the children of Fort Walton Beach will no longer tolerate the tobacco industry's efforts to manipulate them into buying lethal addictive products through insidious advertising campaigns and marketing practices. 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 March 24, 2010, as KICK BUTTS DAY2010" in Fort Walton Beach, and urge citizens to stand up with the children of Fort Walton Beach in opposition to the sale, advertising and marketing of tobacco products to children. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the City of Fort Walton Beach to be affixed