Okaloosa County BOCC — April 7, 2015 — April 7 2015 Ware Charitable Foundation Shoal River Ranch — reading text

Page B6 | Daily News | Wednesday, March 25,2015 LOCAL & STATE Horida House wants to cut taxes on cellphones and textbooks TALLAHASSEE (AP) — With abudget stalemate still possible, the Republican- controlled Florida House on Tuesday rolled out a hefty package of tax cuts and tax breaks it wants to push through during this year's session. House leaders are pitch- ing almost $700 million in tax cuts, including a substantial cut in the taxes charged on cellphones and cable tele- vision, a three-day back to school sales tax h and exempting college ks from sales taxes. “We want to send that money back to the kitchen tables all across this great state, because the decisions made at the kitchen table about how to spend money are always better than the decisions made by politicians far away,” said Rep. Matt Gaelz, a thlgalton Beach Republican and main spon- sor of the tax package. The House package includes more than a dozen tax breaks, ranging from sparing school booster groups from paying taxes for conces- sions to creating a sales tax holiday for small businesses in late November. It also includes tax breaks being sought by some of the state’s business interest groups, including a slight reduction in the tax now charged on commercial leases. The biggest part of the $690 million package is a reduction in the taxes now charged on cellphones and cable television. The pro- posed cut would save the average Floridian about $40 ayear and would divert about $500 million out of the state's main budget account. Acut in the tax known offi- cially as the “communication services tax” is one of this year's top priorities for Gov. Rick Scott. Scott himself rolled out a $673 million tax cut pack- age, but House leadersarent embracing all of the changes he is seeking, Scott wanted another small cut in the state’s income tax — which was a key part of his “7-7- 7" plan to turn around the state’s — but House leaders did not include it in their package. Gaetz said House mem- bers decided instead to offer tax breaks in targeted busi- ness areas, Whilethe Houserolledout progr: its tax package with fanfare, Senate Republicans have remained relatively mum on what taxes they would sup- port cutting this year. Senate President Andy Gardiner said his chamber wants to resolve other bud- get items before deciding on ataxcut package. Senate Republicans worry that Florida will lose more than $1 billion in fed- eral aid now being used to help hospitals treat the poor and uninsured. The Senate has crafted a replacement am but the House has not included the extramoney in its budget proposal. Right now the House and Sen- ate proposed budgets differ by more than $4 billion in "ld:ilol%l't think we're any- where near even talking about what the number is,” Gardiner said on Tuesday. “There’s still a lot of things that have to be resolved before you can get to that point.” Scott rejects Confederates for hall of fame TALLAHASSEE (AP) — Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet rejected nominations of three Confederate soldiers for the Florida Veterans' Hall of Fame Tuesday after being told they weren't eligible because they didn't serve in the US. Membersofthe Sons of Con- federate Veterans argued they should be included because they honorably servedthe state and became prominent citizens after the Civil War. But the state NAACP opposed their nomination. Tal- lahassee NAACP President Dale Landry said the men sym- bolized a time of hatred and slaveryin U S, history and that inducting them would be like flying a Confederate flag over the Capitol. The men included Edward A Perry,whobecame governor of Florida; Samuel W Pasco, who became a US. senator and for whom Pasco County is named; and David Lang, who became Florida adjutant general and is considered by some the father of the Florida National Guard, according to information submitted with their nominations. Plans. calendar days from the release of this ad to comment on the plan. reallocate $47,236 04 from previous projects to new projects. CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) NOTICE OF REVIEW PERIOD FOR SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, The City of Fort Waiton Beach is proposing substantial amendments to select items in the 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, & 2014 Annual Action The draft Substantial Amendments to the 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, & 2014 Annual Action Plans are available for review and comment. The Plans are available at City Hall located at 107 Miracle Strip Parkway, the Fort Walton Beach Library located at 185 Miracle Strip Pkwy, the Fort Walton Beach Housing Authority located at 27 Robinwood Dr. SW, and also on the city's website at www.fwb.org. The public is given thirty City Council will consider the proposed Substantial Amendment to the Annual Action Plan at their reguiarly scheduled meeting on April 28, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers located at 107 Miracle Strip Parkway Ft Waiton Beach, FL. The plan amendments will For additional information, please fee! free to contact Crista Shepheard, Pianning Specialist, at @50) 833-09270r cshepheard@wb.org The City of Fort Waiton Beach adheres to the Americans with Disabilities Act and will make reasonable modifications for access to this meeting upon request. A translator will be provided upon request for non-English speaking residents. Please call Kim M. Barnes, City Clerk at 850) 833-9509 to make a request. For hearing impaired dial the City Hall TDD 850-833-9925 or 1-800-955-8771 (TDD) or 1-800 955-8770 (VOICE). Requests must be received at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting in order to allow the City time to provide the requested service. 211047 & 2014 ANNUAL ACTION PLANS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS Notice is hereby given of public hearings to be held to consider the adoption of an ordinance entitled as follows. Anordinance amending the Okaloosa County Comprehensive Plan, Ordinance No.90-1, as amended; amending the Future Land Use Mapas depictedin the attached map; providing for severability; providing an effective date; and an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 91-01, as amended rezoning certain parcels of property in Okaloosa County as depicted in the attached map; providing for severability; providing an cffcctive date. The ordinanceis for property shown and describedin the map in this advertisement. A public hearing has been scheduled as follows Consideration of a request changing the use of land submitted by Patrick K. Hodges as agent for Holland M. Ware Charitable Foundation relating to propertylocated south of US 90, west of Jericho Road, and north of I-10, east of Crestview. The request s to change the Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map (FLUM) designation for the property from Agriculture (AG) to Industrial (1), or a more testrictive FLUM designation. If the FLUM amendment is approved, request to rezone the property from Agriculture (AG) district to Industrial (I-1) district, or a more restrictive zoning district Property contains 874 20 acres, more or less. Board of County Commissioncrs: 9:00 AM, or as soon thereafter, on April 7, 2015 in the Courthouse, Commission Mecting Room, 101 E. James Lee Blvd., Crestview, FL. ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND AND BE HEARD REGARDING THE ORDINANCE The proposed ordinance may be inspected by the public at the Department of Growth Management offices in Fort Walton Beach, 1804 Lewis Turner Blvd., 2nd floor, (850) 651-7180 or in Growth Management offices located at 402 Brookemeade Dr, Crestview, (850) 689-5080. Ifany person decides to appeal any decision made withrespectto any matter considered at these hearings, such person will need a record of the proceeding and may nced to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceeding is made which record includes the testimony and cvidence upon which the appeal is to be based. Okaloosa County adheres to the Americans with Disabilitics Act and will make reasonable modifications for access to thes hearings upon request. Requests may be made to the Growth Management offices described above and must be made at least 48 hours in advance of the hearings in order to provide the requested service 199N-22-9000-0001-0000 20-3N-22-9060-6001-0000 lezse NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Okaloosa County Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing to consider the following action. 386169-BOA-2015 Emerald Breeze Resort Group a variance request from Sections 6.05.021 & 6.05022 of the Land Development Code to correct the discrepancy from Emerald Breeze Phase 1 in which the (14) canopy trees were required in the parking lot landscape and only (9) were installed. The missing (5) canopy trees have been included in Phase 2 of the project. In addition, as part of this variance we are also requesting the substitution of Palm Treesin licu of Understory Treesin the parking lot requirements. The property iscurrently zoned Eglin AFB (EGLIN) with FLUM designation of Island (ISLAN). The property is located at 2504A W Highway 98, Mary Esther and contains 0.27 acres more or less. The public hearing has been scheduled for 1:30 PM on April 8., 2015, 2015 in the Water & Sewer Administration Building, Commission Meeting Room, 1804 Lewis Turner Boulevard, Fort Walton Beach. ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND AND BE HEARD REGARDING THIS ACTION. The application may be inspected by the public at the Department of Growth Management offices in Fort Walton Beach, 1804 Lewis Turner Blvd., 2nd floor. (850) 6517180 or in the Growth Management offices located in the Health Department building in Crestview. 812 East James Lee Blvd.. (850) 689-5080. 1f any person decides to appeal any decision made with respect to any matter considered at these hearings, such person will need a record of the proceeding and may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceeding is made which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is tobe based. Okaloosa County adheres to the Americans with Disabilitics Act and will make reasonable modifications for access to these hearings upon request. Requests may be made to the Growth Management offices described above and must be made at least 48 hours in advance of the hearings in order to provide the requested service. 00-25-24-2185-0010-0030 O'fi & 211129 AP Jeb Bush, as seenthrough the lens of a photographer’s camera. Jeb Bush had another email account while governor WASHINGTON (AP) — As Florida governor, Jeb Bush used a previously undisclosed email address — the newest wrinkle in an evolving debate over pub- lic officials’ use of private emails. When Bush released thousands of emails from his tenure as Florida's gov- ernor, he did so from the account he shared openly, jeb@jeb.org. Those emailsalso include references toa second email address, jeb@gencom. net. Bush said through a spokeswoman that he was unaware of the account, although records showed people wrote to him more than 400 times between 1999 and 2004. The records show no replies from Bush from that address. There's no indication the account was used in an improper way. But its existence shows the potential complica- tions when public officials, like Bush and Hillary Rod- ham Clinton, use private email accounts for public business. Judge: Dead boy’s siblings stay away HOLLYWOOD (AP) — A judge has ruled that two sib- lings of a 3-year-old South Florida boy who was found dead inside his home will remain with a relative. Ahizya Osceola's body was found in an “cbscure” place Thursday; hours after he was reporting missing from his Hollywood home. Broward Circuit Judge Hope Tieman Bristol on Monday suspended visitation rights for the boy's father Nelson Osceola and step-mother Analiz Rodezno Osceola until an investigator talks with 5-year-old Cameron Rodezno. The couple has an &month-old daughter. Osceola had custody of his Ahizya. His mother Karen ress lives in Hollywood. ey are members of the Seminole Tribe