Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 04-13-1976 Regular — reading text

standing water problem at 306 & 308 Holmes, it is recommended that City construct manhole over City I storm drain line and stub out 4" PVC for adjoining property owners to install sub- surface drain pipe. Estimated cost: 450. FIRE DETECTORS FOR HEDRICK 34. Recommend City purchase fire detec- RECREATION BUILDING tors for Fred B. Hedrick Recreation Build- ing from Grice Electronics, Inc. at a total price of $ 1, 075. ( Recommended by Fire Department) LOCATION FOR BICENTENNIAL 35. Recommend the Lions Club and the STATUE Bicentennial Committee get together with 13, 197b r a recommendation for the Bicentennial Statue. location of the STUDY OF CAP OPERATIONS 36. Recommend that the City Manager send a representative down to look into the Community Action Program operation and report back to the City to assure the Council that the people down there are using the fund properly that we all vote on for them to receive. Also, recommend that we ask the League of Municipalities if they would send someone to look into it. There is concern that the funds are not being used right, that there are things going on that should be brought out into the open and Council should look into the operation to assure the citizens of this community that everything is aboveboard; and when CAP comes down here and wants money from the City, Council will be informed of their operation and be able to vote in good faith that they are spending the taxpayer' s money in the right spot. Representative to confer with City Attorney prior to visit. I Mr. Rigdon moved that the recommendations be approved as presented. Motion was seconded by Mr. Brock and carried unani- mously. SEWER AND WATER FOR FOREST Concerning Items 18 and 19, City Manager MANOR SUBDIVISION stated that he would like it to go on record that standard sewer and water fees of $ 150 and $ 300 will be charged.  v~><...~...,.,....>..~...._.,.,.......... rn-_"' i''- r---- .....~~'"__..._.~ I'''~-~~~''''''~~'-'''-'''',,",,,'''''''-_'''-~.,..'-,"'~,"- T ~ 1/ 3/ 7c' 184 HUMANE SOCIETY REPORT Mayor presented the Humane Society Report for Council information. KIDD BAYOU PROJECT COM. Mr. Rigdon presented the following recom- MITTEE mendations from the Kidd Bayou Project Committee: The Committee from Fort Walton Beach, appointed by Council, and the committee from Cinco Bayou met on the Kidd Bayou restoration project on April 5, 1976. The engineers recommended a three phase approach as follows: Phase 1: Construct settling ponds and/ or settling tanks upstream from each outfall. DOT has offered assistance with this phase. Estimated cost: $ 3, 000 - $ 4, 000 each. Phase 2: Remove existing sand and silt bars from the immediate vicinity of the outfalls. Included in this phase would be a general clean up of debris from the Bayou-- old oil drums, shopping carts, etc. Estimated cost: 2, 000 - $ 2, 500 each. Phase 3: Preliminary study for a complete Bayou restoration project. Estimated cost of the study: 5, 000 each. An accurate estimate for the total res- toration cannot be made until the pre- liminary study is complete. RECOMMENDATION: Committee recommends Phase 1 and 2 be implemented as soon as possible. No action should be this time. taken on Phase 3 at J1 Mr. Rigdon moved that Phase 1 and 2 be J approved. Motion was seconded by Mr. Bishop and carried unanimously. BOD REPORTS Mr. Baughman said that a few meetings ago Council voted to continue the BOD reports. I haven' t seen them for a  a/;( p - - - 185 couple of weeks, and I don' t see them tonight. Mayor replied that he would check into it. RECOMMENDATION FROM ANNEX. Mr. Hunt presented the following recom- ATION COMMITTEE mendations from the Annexation Committee: I 1. Recommend that request for annexation of the following described property be approved if the club operation remains in the same configuration without future expansion, and without C- 2 zoning. ( Com- mittee will ask Attorney for a determina- tion of the legal zoning designation of the property based on the recommendation. A list of citizens attending the meeting and their comments is attached. Lot 3 South 30. 75 feet of Lot 2, and the Block Country Club Estates Subdivision, B, according to the plat on file in the Office of the Clerk of fte Circuit Court, Okaloosa County, Florida ( Country Club Development, Inc., Byron Beeler and Tommy Gray, Trustees) Mr. Hunt also a petition from presented the residents in the area with 266 signa- tures, opposing the expansion of the building and a zoning change. Mr. Hunt moved that the committee recommendation be approved.