Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 10-14-03 regular Council agenda — reading text

Date Agreed to Assurances: 27 - AUG-03 27 - AUG-03 8/ 27/ 03 grants. ojp.usdoj . https:// gov/lebgs/ l ebg2000. 11ebg_ main. app Jead _only?p _bgid= 5 CITY COUNCIL MEETING October 14, 2003 Consideration of Resolution 03- 25 supporting Okaloosa- Walton TPO voting membership reapportionment Agenda Item No. - 10  CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH MEMORANDUM DtLf"-'lIlU. q,1 Date: September 19, 2003 To: Joyce Shanahan, Interim City Manag~ Thru: Missy McKim, CDS Directo~ From: Len Mitchell, Planning Manager ~ Subject: Resolution 03- 25- Support for Okaloosa-Walton Transportation Planning Organization ( TPO) Voting Membership Reapportionment Plan. REQUEST: The City of Fort Walton Beach has been asked to consider adopting a supporting resolution to the Okaloosa-Walton Transportation Planning Organization' s ( TPO) Voting Membership Reapportionment Plan as soon as possible. BACKGROUND: The Okaloosa- Walton Transportation Planning Organization ( TPO) serves as the Metropolitan Planning Organization ( MPO) for the Fort Walton Beach Urbanized Area. The voting membership shall consist of not fewer than five ( 5) members nor more than nineteen ( 19) members based on an equitable geographic-population basis and shall be composed of not less than one third- county commission members. The voting membership of each MPO is established by a Membership Apportionment Plan developed by the MPO and submitted to the Governor for final approval. The voting membership is currently a total of fifteen ( 15) members representing the following: Okaloosa County Commission ( 5), Walton County Commission ( 2), Fort Walton Beach City Council ( 3), Crestview City Council ( 1), Destin City Council ( 1), Valparaiso City Commission ( 1), Niceville City Council 1), and the Mary Esther City Council ( 1). On August 21, 2003 the Okaloosa- Walton Transportation Planning Organization TPO) approved the TPO Voting Membership Reapportionment Plan by adoption of its Resolution 03- 12. All of the TPO member local governments are being requested by the TPO to consider adopting a supporting resolution to the IO Okaloosa-Walton Transportation Planning Organization' s (TPO) Voting Membership Reapportionment Plan as soon as possible. DISCUSSION: The City of Fort Walton Beach has had 3 voting members of the MPOITPO since the creation of the MPO following the 1980 Census. The Fort Walton Beach Urbanized Area has grown and subsequently the MPO voting membership has expanded to include South Walton County in the mid 1980' s, Crestview in the early 1990' s, and more recently additional representation from Walton County. The proposed Membership Reapportionment Plan will increase the number of voting members from fifteen ( 15) to nineteen ( 19). The additional four members are to be apportioned to the following jurisdictions: 1- Walton County Commission, 1- DeFuniak Springs City Council, 1- Crestview City Council and 1- Destin City Council. According to a letter from the Staff to the TPO the TPO Reapportionment Plan was developed consistent with federal and state statutes, which require that the plan and supporting resolutions from local governments representing 75% of the affected planning area population be submitted to the Governor's Office for final approval. Apportionment Plans are required to. be submitted to the Governor' s office by November 30, 2003. The TPO staff advised that the City of De Funiak Springs was the only local government that had adopted a resolution to date. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of Resolution 03- 25. Enclosures: Resolution 03-25 FY20Q2/ 2003 Okaloosa-Walton Transportation Planning Organization Voting Membership Reapportionment Plan  1 RESOLUTION 03- 25 2 3 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF FORT 4 WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE 5 OKALOOSA- WALTON TRANSPORTATION 6 PLANNING ORGANIZATION VOTING 7 MEMBERSHIP REAPPORTIONMENT PLAN AND 8 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 9 10 11 12 WHEREAS, the Governor has designated the Metropolitan Planning 13 Organization ( MPO) as the local agency responsible for carrying out the 14 provisions of Part 23, Section 450.306, Code of Federal Regulations and Chapter 15 339. 175( 2) and ( 3), Florida Statutes; and 16 17 WHEREAS, the OkaJoosa- Watton Transportation Planning Organization 18 ( TPO) serves as the MPO for the Fort Walton Beach Urbanized Area; and 19 20 WHEREAS, the TPO has developed a TPO Voting Membership 21 Reapportionment to include one ( 1) additional Walton County Commissioner, one 22 ( 1) additional Orestview City Council member, one ( 1) additional Destin City 23 Council member and one ( 1) Defuniak Springs City Council member to increase 24 the voting membership from fifteen ( 15) to nineteen ( 19) members apportioned 25 as follows: 26 27 5 members Okaloosa. County Commission, 28 3 members Walton County Commission, 29 3 members City of Fort Walton Beach City Council, 30 2 members City of Crestview City Council, 31 2 members City of Destin City Council, 32 1 member City of Valparaiso City Commission 33 1 member City of Niceville City Council 34 1 member City of Mary Esther City Council, and 35 1 member City of DeFuniak Springs City Council. 36 37 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY 38 OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA THAT: 39 40 SECTION 1. The Okaloosa-Walton TPO Voting Membership 41 Reapportionment Plan is hereby accepted and approved and said 42 reapportionmentplan shall be submitted to the Governor of Florida for approval. 43 44 45  FY2002/ 2003 OKALOOSA- WALTON TRANSPORT A TION PLANNING ORGANIZATION VOTING MEJMBERSHIP REAPPORTIONMENT PLAN The Okaloosa- Walton Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) serves as the Metropolitan Planning Orgahization (MPO) for the Fort Walton Beach Urbanized Area. ' of Consistent with Chapter 339. 175( 2) and ( 3), Florida Statutes and Part' 23, Section 450. 306, Code Federal Regulations, the voting membership of each MPO shall be established by a Membership Governor,for approval. The MPO Apportionment Plan developed by the MPOand submitted the to as reflected in the Membership Apportionment Plan, shall be based on the voting membership, following basic factors: nineteen The voting membershi p shall consist of not fewer than five (5) members or more than 19) voting members based on an equitable geographic- population ratio basis; The voting membership shall be composed of not less than one- third county commission with five (5) member members, except for MPOs with more than fifteen ( 15) members county a or MPOs with nirteteen ( 19) members with a six ( 6) member county commission, corn,rnission, than one- third of the voting in which county commissioners may compose less case the MPO, then the county membership, if all county commissioners are appointed to MPO. '. commission shall not compose less than 20% of the voting membership of the : TPO includes the following This Membership Reapportionment Plan for the Okaloosa- Walton elements: Current TPO Voting Membership, Area ( MPA), Description of the Okaloosa-Walton Metropolitan Planning Methodology for Evaluation of Membership, Membership Reapportionment Plan, and local governments endorsing the Adopted Resoluti,ons of the Okaloosa-Walton TPO and Membership Reapportio~ ent Plan. Current TPO V otin2:Membership of fifteen ( 15) members The current voting -membership of the Okaloosa-Walton TPO consists apportioned as follows: 5 members Okaloosa County Commission, 2 members Walton County Commission, 3 members City of Fort Walton Beach City Council, 1 member City of Crestview City Council, 1 member City of Destin City Council, 1 member City of Valparaiso City Commission, 1 member City of Niceville City Council, and 1 member City of Mary Esther City Council. Description of the Okaloosa- Walton"Metropolitan Plannine Area Urbanized Area and recommended Map 1 illustrates the Census Defined Fort Walton Beach Walton TPO. TheTPO is a two- county Metropolitan Planning Area (1v1PA) Boundary for the Okaloosa- the MPO comprising the southern portion. of Okaloosa County and the Crestvi~w area east to include the MFA is DeFuniak Springs area and southern Walton County. The total year 2000 population of into 191, 483. As shown on Map 1, the Fort Walton Beach Urbanized Area has grown significantly Santa Rosa County. In response to this, the Florida Department of Transportation ( FDOT) recommended that the Pensacola MPO and Okaloosa- Walton TPO consider consolidation into single a MPO, or as an alternate implement planning processes that would result in greater coordination. MPO and Okaloosa- Because of the size and complexity of the two planning areas, the Pensacola Walton TPO have agreed not to consolidate. The respective MP A boundaries will be maintained at the