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

for Santa Rosa County/ Okaloosa County line and the MPO and TPO will implement planning processes greater coordination on transportation issues. Okaloosa County in the MP A The total 2000 population estimate for Okaloosa County is 170, 498. The total population southern portion of the MPAihcludes all of portion of the county is 161, 608. As shown on Map 2, the Commission Districts 2, 4, and 5 and a of District 3. This area includes the incorporated portion County areas of Fort Walton Beach, Mary Esther, Destin, Cinca Bayou, Shalimar, Valparaiso and Niceville. A This area also includes the primary activity centers for Eglin Air Force Base and Hurlburt Field. " large of the Eglin Air Force Base Reservation. portion of Okaloosa County is contained within the boundaries southern of the MP A from the northern portion, which The Reservation separates the portion encompasses the Crestview area and part of County Commission Districts 1 and 3 over to the Walton are the Crestview area, Destin area and County line. The highest growth areas in Okaloosa County area. Rural areas are confined to the northern portions of the county outside NicevilleIBluewater Bay the Crestview area. Force Base, Hurlburt Field, state and local Major trip attractors in Okaloosa County include: Eglin Air tourist attractions along the coast. SR85, governmental offices and numerous private employers and Alabama Line",is which runs the entire length of Okaloosa County from Fort Walton Beach north to the the only north- south road connection between the southern and northern portions of the MPA in Okaloosa County. SR85, SR123 and SR285 are the north- south emergency evacuation routes in east- west Okaloosa County, with connections to 1- 10 in Crestview and US331 in Alabama. Principal area and US98 arterials include 1- 10 and US90 in the Crestview area, SR20 in the NicevilleNalparaiso Beach and Destin. The other major mode traversing the coastal area through Mary Esther, Fort Walton Base. The of travel in Okalaosa County is the Okaloosa County Air Tenninal on Eglin Air Force Okaloosa County Board ofCounty Commissioners serves as both the Airport and Transit Authority and has budget approval authority over the Mid May Bridge Authority. . Walton County The tota12000 population estimate for Walton County is 40, 601. The portion of the county population and 4 and portions of in the MP A is 29, 875. The MP A includes all of County Commission Districts 5 3. The City of Freeport and unincorporated areas along SR20 Districts 1, 2, and 3 as shown on Map ie: Seaside and Grayton north of Choctawhatchee Bay and the Sandestin area and beach communities ( the Eglin Air Force Base Beach) south of the bay are included in Districts 4, 5. District 4 also includes Reservation and areas south of US90 including the southwest part of the DeFuniak Springs area. 2  north to include the southeast District 1 includes Rosemary Beach in the southeast part of the county DeFuniak Springsarea. District 3 includes the northwest part of the DeFuniak Springs area and District 2 includes the northeast part of the DeFuniak Springs area. and CR30A. Also St.Joe The highest growth areas in Walton County are the coastal areas along US98 in significant additional growth has extensive landholdings in the southeast part of the county resulting for the area. attractors in Walton County are the private employers and tourist Major trip potential runs the entire length attractions along the coast. US331 is the major north- south arterial. This facility evacuation route of Walton County from US98 to the Alabama Line. US331 is the primary emergency to the north in Alabama. The principal providing connections to 1- 10 in DeFuniak Springs and points SR20 north of the bay, and east-west arterials in the MP A include US98 south of Choctawhatchee Bay, to coastal beach communities. 1- 10 and US 90 north of the Eglin Reservation. CR30A provides access Municipalities There are ten ( 10) municipalities within the Okaloosa- Walton MPA including: Fort Walton Beach, Niceville and Crestview in Okaloosa County, Mary Esther, Destin, Cinco Bayou, Shalimar, Valparaiso, and DeFuniak Springs and Freeport in Walton County. the Census Defined Central City of The City of Fort Walton Beach, with a 2000 population of 19, 973, is Districts 2, 3 and 4. Mary the urbanized area. The city is included in portions of County Commission 11, 119, is contained in DIstricts 2 Esther, population 4, 055, is included in District 4. Destin, population 718, is in Districts 2 and 3. and 5. Cinco Bayou, population 377, is in District 2. Shalimar, population population is in District 5. Niceville, 11, 684, is in District 5. Crestview, Valparaiso, population 6;408, with of 14, 766, is included in Districts 1 and 3. the County Seat a population of 5, 089. The city is contained in DeFuniak Springs, the Walton County Seat, has a 2000 population and 4. Freeport has a population of 1, 190, and is portions of County Commission Districts 1, 2, 3, contained in District 4. Methodolo2:V for Evaluation of Membership The. proposed membership of the Okaloosa- Walton TPO is based on an equitable population and estimates and the land area estimates geographic representation basis. The 2000 U.S. Census population shown in Tables 1 and 2 are used for this purpose. Table 1 contains the general population and land The land area estimates include area estimates that are used in Table 2 for the reapportionment analysis. TPO the Eglin AFB Reservation. Table 2 provides an analysis of the existing and proposed this table is the average indicator. The average membership. The principle indicator developed in to total population and local indicator is an average of the ratios of local government population MP A. The purpose of averaging the population and land government land area to total land area in the and geographic representation area ratios. is to develop inforrriation that supports an equitable population for the TPO membership. The formula is shown below. Government Land Area + 2 A verage Indicator = Local Government Population + Local Total Population Total Land Area . and land areas only. This is The calculations for the counties are for the unincorporated population the average indicators. However, it is done to avoid overlap of the percentages in the development of 3 important to remember that the county C0lI1IIl1SS10ners represent all areas ( incorporated and unincorporated) that fall within their jurisdiction. Membership Reapportionment Plan At its regular meeting on August 21, 2003, the Okaloosa- Walton TPO took action on reapportionment of its voting membership by approving a motion by a vote of twelve ( 12) to one ( 1) to authorize the TPO Chairman to sign Resolution 03- 12 adopting the following: 1. The TPO approves its Voting Membership Reapportionment Plan to change the TPO Voting Membership to include one ( 1) additional Walton County CoInmissioner, one ( 1) additional Crestview City Council member, one ( 1) additional Destin City Council member and one ( 1) DeFuniak Springs City Council member to increase the voting membership from fifteen (15) to nineteen ( 19) members apportioned as follows: 5 members Okaloosa County Commission, 3 members Walton County Commission, 3 members City of Fort Walton Beach City Council, 2 members City of Crestview City Council, 2 members City of Destin City Council, 1 member City of Valparaiso City Commission, 1 member City of Niceville City