Okaloosa County BOCC — February 11, 2013 — EFI - Grant for OEA Match — reading text

Small Area Studies and receipt of all recommendations from that study. Matrix Design Group, consultant for the Small Area Studies, provided their Final Report to complete the study in October 2012. The Final Report included an additional 32 recommendations for implementation by the seven participating jurisdictions. 1 The association of the involved jurisdictions in the JLUS led to the formation of the Northwest Flonda Military Sustainability Partnership; currently consisting of eleven of the fifteen JLUS jurisdictions, Eglin AFB, and the Economic Development Council of Okaloosa county. The Partnership's mission is to ensure the viability of existing and future potential military missions, cooperative communications and planning; and implementation of those plans. Of particular note, the State of Florida is home to twenty major military installations, many of them near large metropolitan areas. The Northwest Florida Military Sustainability Partnership is unique in Florida in terms of the extent and inclusiveness of the membership and in the formal legal structure of the organization using Interlocal Agreements between local governments as provided in Florida statutes. This project will facilitate Okaloosa County as a military host community to qualify for a Federal grant program providing support to regional military communities facing challenges resulting from the growth of military installations and missions resulting from BRAC 2005. The OEA grant is essential to the success of attaining maximum implementation of the JLUS and SAS recommendations. Economic Development Value: This program of work is focused on ensuring the public’s health, safety, and welfare through understanding and mitigation of issues such as noise and aircraft accident potential inherent in the proximity of military training and operations to civilian uses of land surrounding those operations. Assisting in compatible economic development through collaborative partnerships among military and civilian co-existence is a key objective of the program's implementation. Military Enhancement: The paramount concern is ensuring the continued viability of the mission activities on the Eglin Reservation, including Eglin Main, Hurlburt Field, Duke Field, and the outlying fields and landing zones as they relate to the need for the corridors identified in the MIPA I, Il, and Ill designated areas by fostering compatible development in those areas. These missions include proper preparation of both JSF student aviators, 7SFG and AFSOC forces for their respective special operations missions as well as the operation of the Eglin weapons testing and evaluation missions. Estimated Costs. The estimated timeline for program completion through the OEA grant is up through February 28, 2014. This will be the culminating effort to wrap up the various mission compatibility and enhancement studies and effect the implementation of all recommendations arising from BRAC 2005 for Eglin AFB and its surrounding local communities. We are requesting an OEA assistance grant and require e A10% match e Bea Friendly Neighbor campaign for regional information sharing e Technical assistance and support Funding Request: $9,950 Applicant's Signature: Don R. Amunds Chairman FAIN: HQ00051310090 OEA Locator: EN06107-13-03 Eglin AFB (JLUS) Honorable Don R. Amunds Chairman Okaloosa County Board of County Commissioners c/o Contracts & Grants 1804 Lewis Turner Boulevard, Suite 206 Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547-1285 Dear Mr. Amunds: I am pleased to inform you that I have approved the request for $77,210 of Department of Defense Community Planning Assistance Funds to carry out a community economic adjustment program related to a Joint Land Use Study at Eglin Air Force Base. If the provisions of the attached Agreement are acceptable, please sign the document online. Standard Form (SF) 270, “Request for Advance or Reimbursement” is used to request Grant funds. The first request for payment may be submitted electronically once you have signed the Agreement. Subsequent payment requests will be approved for disbursement contingent upon acceptance of the interim performance reports. The SF 425, “Federal Financial Report” is used to report final outlays and obligations for the entire Grant period and must be submitted to close out the Grant. This Grant has been assigned the Federal Award Identifier Number (FAIN) HQ00051310090. Please use this number for reporting subaward and executive compensation information into the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) Subaward Reporting System (FSRS) as required. Further information on this requirement may be found in Attachment C of the Agreement. Please use the OEA locator on all OEA correspondence. You may direct questions regarding this award to your OEA Project Manager, Mr. Richard Tenga, at (703) 697-2158 or richard.tenga@wso.whs.mil. We look forward to working with you. Sincerely, Patrick O'Brien 2/28/2013 11:36:46 AM Patrick J. O’Brien Director Office of Economic Adjustment Attachment: As stated cc: Mr. Ken Little 2/19/2013 Tri-County Joint Land Use Study Implementation Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Walton Counties, Florida Budget Justification On behalf of the jurisdictions affected by the Eglin Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) that comprise the Northwest Florida Military Sustainability Partnership, Okaloosa County ismequesting: OBA™=: funding assistance to'complete the final implementation of the recommendations fromthe bel UWS. The project also includes the recommendations received from the Tri-County Small Area Studies that were a key part of the JLUS for 7 of the 15 participating jurisdictions. This project will last fordiwelvemenths. The estimated total cost for this project is $85,789.00, including a non-Federal cash match of 10 percent. Funds requested are as follows: orn ei gerd Grant Category Total Required OEA Grant Non-Federal Match Professional Services $77,21 0.00— $77,210.00 $0.00 Other $8,579.00 $0.00 $8,579.00 Total ($85,789.00 _ $77,211 0.00 ~—« $8,579.00 All procurements with OEA grant funds will be in accordance with applicable State and local laws and regulations, and applicable Federal laws and regulations, including compliance with the procurement standards in CFR 32 Part 33, Uniform Administrative Requirement for Grants and cooperative agreements to State and Local Governments. Contractor selection criteria (including cost) will be included in the Request for Proposals (RFP). Contractual Military Sustainability Partnership Coordinator (MSPC): Primary to this funding request is a provision to continue the work of the current MSPC in coordinating the Northwest Florida Military Sustainability Partnership and implementation of the Eglin JLUS and Small Area Studies recommendations by the 15 jurisdictions involved. This position was filled using a competitive hiring process. See attached position description. This role is filled on a contract basis through a professional staffing firm at a flat cost of $36.42 per hour for a full-time 40 hours per week, invoiced and paid weekly. The total funds needed for the MSPC are $77,210.00 2/19/2013 Other Expenses $8!579:00"8 needed in additional other expenses for this grant. These expenses will be covered by the Non-Federal Match to equal or exceed 10% of the overall cost of the project. Expense Item Total Required OEA Grant Non-FederalMatch Office/Facility rent @$373.32/mo - This will continue the professional $4,480 $0 $4,480 office space for the Military Sustainability Partnership Coordinator. Printing Expenses - printing of maps and pamphlets for distribution to the public for $1,600 $0 $1,600 public awareness and advocacy Mobile phone service for the — MSPC @ $82/mo $984 $0 $984 | Legal ad notices of Military Sustainability Partnership meetings that are required by 5620 $0 $690 state law — 4 @ $172.50/ea Postage Expenses - for targeted distribution of public $500 $0 $500 awareness materials to key stakeholders Membership renewal in the Association of Defense $325 $0 $325 | Communities Total $8,579 $0 $8,579 coved \97! ,o \oce\ Shore — 2/19/13 Tri-County Joint Land Use Study Implementation Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Walton Counties, Florida Narrative 4. Introduction. The Tri-County area of Okaloosa, Walton, and Santa Rosa Counties in Northwest Florida completed a Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) for Eglin Air Force Base in June 2009. Okaloosa County, Florida, the sponsoring jurisdiction, requests technical and financial assistance from the Office of Economic Adjustment, to bring closure to the Eglin AFB JLUS through a-final push for.maximum.imple} seacross the 15 jurisdictions involved. ono ud Orr?! Participating jurisdictions accepted the final JLUS report in 2009 and many immediately implemented some of the recommendations. A key recommendation from the JLUS was to conduct'a’ Small Area Sttidy (SAS) to provide More specific review and.recommendations forthe land if theareas"deésignated uence Planning Area This is an expansive land mass immediately under the low-level flight corridors, cruise missile corridors, and within one mile of Eglin’s land boundary in northern Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Walton Counties. Four municipalities are also within this area. The figure below illustrates the extent of the area involved in this study. cl as [Vv ary Legend Because of the tedious process involved in adopting land use regulations in Florida, implementation of many other original JLUS recommendations were deferred until completion of the Small Area Study and receipt of all recommendations from that study. The consultant for the Small Area Study provided their Final Report to complete the study in October'2012. 2/19/13 The 2009 Eglin Joint Land Use Study contained 17S*recommendations for the fifteen participating jurisdictions. Sixty-one of the recommendations pertained to only one jurisdiction or another. The remainder was shared recommendations for multiple jurisdictions. * -one™ percentofithe'totalJ WUS:recommendations,have been implemented to.date,by-the-counties, «ities, and Eglin Air Force Base. The Small Area Study Final Report included an additional-32.recommendations-for implementation by the seven participating jurisdictions. Of these, four are similar recommendations for multiple jurisdictions. Since the Final Report has been only recently received, none of the recommendations are yet implemented. The association of the involved jurisdictions in the JLUS led to the formation of the’Northwest: Florida Military’Sustainability Partnership. The Partnership’s iiSSiOH4S'to ‘ensure the viability ofvexisting’and ‘future potential missions "at"Eglin Air. Force, Bases glin Reservation;and»...- Hurlburt,Kield. throughwobust;: cooperative communications:and,planning;‘and:implementation of thoseplans. Oversight of the Smali Area Study was the initial focus of the Partnership. A meeting of the Partnership was conducted on January 23, 2013 to review the outstanding recommendations from the JLUS and implementation goals, and discuss implementation of the Small Area Study recommendations. The goal of this meeting was to reaffirm the commitment of the individual jurisdictions to achieving compatibility with Eglin AFB and its many mission activities by implementing the JLUS and SAS recommendations. Of particular note, the State of Florida is home to twenty major military installations, many of them near large metropolitan areas. The Northwest Florida Military Sustainability Partnership is unique in Florida in terms of the extent.and-inclusiveness:ofithe membership and in the formal legal structure of the organization using Interlocal Agreements between local governments as provided in Florida statutes. Fleven.of the'l'5 JUUS jurisdictions, including Eglin AFB itself, formally joined the Partnership through an Interlocal Agreement or Memorandum of Agreement as charter members. The