Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 12-16-14--regular — reading text

Float Winners DOC) 6. PRESENTATIONS Page I Printed 12/ 11/ 2014 City Council of Fort Walton Beach  62 . - . S ..`, 4* y City Council of Fort Walton Beach i - ' _.-`` CITY MANAGER r+ r MEMORANDUM To: Michael D. Beedie, City Manager From: Carole Jones, Executive Assistant Date: December 16, 2014 Subject: Economic Development Council Quarterly Report ATTACHMENTS: 12- 16- 14 EDC Project Slides ( PDF) 12- 16- 14 EDC Q4 2014 Update for Fort Walton Beach ( PDF) SIGNATURE BLOCK: Carole Jones Completed 11/ 21/ 2014 7: 20 AM Carole Jones Completed 11/ 21/ 2014 7: 21 AM City Manager Completed 12/ 09/ 2014 11: 01 AM City Council Pending 12/ 16/ 2014 6: 00 PM Page l of 1 acket' Pg. 18  I E7m= iciliC 1 Projects As of December 5, 2014 Industry Sector Homeland Security MRO 4% 4% Engineering 8% Other ;= 12°I 4, F rt - griFL q `° F 1 Aerospace/ Defense 2 8% e i .-' It Manufacturing s F 44% d Y' g s. , sk ysu, m.: x, ni Ol; m Attachment: 12- 16- 14 EDC Project Slides ( 3252: Economic Development Council Quarterly Report)  Projects As of December 5, 2014 Number of Jobs Per Sector Homeland Security* MRO 50 100 7 Engineering* Other 50 330 irk Aerospace/ Defense x = 980 49 sn" P t L. NManufacfuMPj'' k te'. ", Project(s) in this sector have io TBD job creation numbers A Attachment: 12- 16- 14 EDC Project Slides ( 3252: Economic Development Council Quarterly Report)  6. 2. b The Economic Development Council of Okaloosa County, Florida MEMORANDUM 4a t Date: December 5, 2014 0 To Michael Beedie, Fort Walton Beach City Manager " y From Nathan Sparks, Executive Director, EDC of Okaloosa County f Subject: Q4 2014 EDC}Update i--': ::: 7 The Economic Development Council of Okaloosa County greatly appreciates our long- standing partnership with the City of Fort Walton Beach and are pleased to provide the following update for C" consideration by the Fort Walton Beach City Council. I look forward to answering any questions a. when I appear before Council on December 16, 2014. Organizational Update E 0 The EDC' s new fiscal year began on October 1; the organization' s FY 2015 Officer Slate is as v follows: o Chairman— Ron Moliterno, BancorpSouth N o Vice Chairman —Greg Britton, Fort Walton Machining o Treasurer— David Fuller, North Okaloosa Medical Center co o Secretary— Kelly Murphy- Redd, Ruckel Properties 0 o Member- at- Large— Kim Wintner, Alliance Management co The EDC will be wrapping up its " The Next 25" Investor Campaign over the next 45 days; since the campaign kicked off in March, the EDC has welcomed 27 new investors and secured 9 investor upgrades c w The additional resources garnered through the Campaign are providing for exciting new co marketing initiatives like the recently unveiled OkaloosaSites. com Buildings & Sites website Marketing Initiatives U Issued a press release promoting OkaloosaSites to approximately 1, 000 site selectors w Joined together with Florida' s Great Northwest and the Okaloosa County Airports Department in a regional pavilion at the NBAA ( National Business Aviation Association) annual conference in Orlando Oct 21- 23 Promoted Okaloosa County using the EDC' s newly developed trade show display at the National Defense Industries Association' s Air Armament Symposium Nov 4- 5 Sponsored and exhibited at the Manufacturing Association of Florida' s Annual Summit at San Destin Dec 3- 5 Post Office Box 4097. Fort Walton Beach; FL 32549 850- 362- 6467 www.florida-edc. org PacketPg 21  6.2. b. The Economic Development Council of Okaloosa County, Florida Promoted Okaloosa County opportunities to prospective Airbus suppliers at the Hamburg Aviation Suppliers Forum Dec 9- 10 Strategic Initiatives t: Spearheaded the Tri- County Partnership Initiative (TCPI), an interdisciplinary board comprised of more than 20 area leaders working in tandem with Eglin AFB' s Community co Partnership Program ( CPP). The goal of this initiative is to identify and implement specific c projects that allow local military installations to reduce costs and/ or generate revenue through innovative partnerships. Co- chaired the newly-formed Career and Technical Education ( CTE) Advisory Board, d developed by Dr. Ty Handy of Northwest Florida State College and Okaloosa Schools a Superintendent Mary Beth Jackson. The goal of this initiative is to grow local CTE offerings at all levels while providing for better linkages between CTE programs offered in the School o District and at the College. E Supported the second installment of" Educate the Educators", an innovative program 0 designed to expose Okaloosa County school teachers and administrators to the many career options available to students in the local area. CNI Partnered with the University of West Florida and CareerSource Okaloosa Walton to announce an unprecedented expansion of the no cost skills training and certification programs offered to companies participating in the EDC' s TeCMEN. In total, 6 courses will be offered over the