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CALL
TO ORDER
President,
Mayor Glenda Glover, called the meeting to order at
12:00 p.m.
at Two Trees Restaurant in
Fort Walton Beach
.
PRESENT
Mayor
Norm
Frucci – Cinco Bayou
Mayor
Craig Barker
– Destin
Mayor
Glenda Glover –
Fort Walton Beach
(President)
Mayor
John Thomas – Mary Esther
Mayor
Gary Combs
– Shalimar
Commissioner
Heyward Strong –
Valparaiso
ALSO
PRESENT
Mack
Gay – Institute of Senior Professionals
Chip
Hunt – Eglin A.F.B.
Wanda
Jones-Heath – Eglin A.F.B.
Tina
Smith, Deputy Town Clerk – Shalimar
NOT
PRESENT
Councilwoman
Brenda Bush – Crestview
Councilwoman
Fay Miller – Laurel Hill (
Vic
e President)
Councilman
Al Swihart – Niceville
Commissioner
Elaine Tucker
–
Okaloosa
County
MINUTES
Mayor
Barker moved to accept the minutes from the
June
7, 2004
meeting as written. Mayor
Combs seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.
TREASURER’S
REPORT
Mayor
Glover reported a balance of $2,617.61 after lunches were paid
for last month.
UNFINISHED
BUSINESS
Clean
Water Project update
– Mayor Barker reviewed the attached minutes from the Clean
Water Initiative Meeting on
July
20, 2004
.
He relayed the “5 Tier Action Plan” which consists of
different action items that were tasked out at the July 20
meeting. After the
group gets their information, Mayor Barker will work on melding
the 5 Action items into a plan to bring to the Executive Board.
Voter’s
Guide update
– Commissioner Strong stated that he has been working on a
voter’s guide that includes political races at the state
level. Mayor
Barker moved that Commissioner Strong continue on with the
voter’s guide that includes state-level political races.
Mayor Thomas seconded the motion and it passed
unanimously. The
group discussed the possibility of including county political
races. Mayor Glover
asked that the group move through the agenda and come back to
this discussion.
HB
1673 – Social Security Number – Mayor Glover briefed everyone that she has discussed HB 1673 with some
members of the Florida League of Cities and feels that this
issue will be a priority in the upcoming year.
NEW
BUSINESS
Schedule
September’s meeting – (
September 6, 2004
is Labor Day) – The
alternate date for the
September 6, 2004
meeting will be
September 13, 2004
, the Monday following the
scheduled date.
Thank
you to Crestview –
Mayor Glover thanked the City of
Crestview
for hosting the July quarterly
dinner.
Membership
Drive for Associates in
Northwest
Florida
League of Cities –
The Florida League of Cities will be mailing out the membership
drive notices soon so Mayor Glover asked everyone to keep an eye
out for the pamphlets.
Communication
Among Cities/County – Mayor
Frucci – Mayor Frucci explained a recent situation with the
county where the communication between his City and Okaloosa
county were non-existent. Mayor
Frucci suggested that the Okaloosa County League of Cities work
with the county on a solution to this problem.
Some members shared examples of their own communication
issues with the county. It
was suggested that all representatives bring their example to
the next meeting in writing and Mayor Combs will draft up a
letter that will be sent to the Chairman of the Board of County
Commissioners and Courtesy Copied to all Commissioners that will
include the municipalities’ examples.
Mayor
Glover reported to the board that the Florida League of Cities
is supporting Mayor John Doglione from the City if
Dunedin
at the Annual Conference.
The
date for the Florida League of Cities trip to
Washington
DC
has changed to September 14.
ANNOUNCEMENTS/REPORTS
FROM CITIES
Cinco
Bayou – Mayor Frucci had nothing to report
Crestview
·
Councilwoman Bush thanked everyone that attended their Quarterly
dinner on July 22. There
were a little over 100 in attendance.
·
3 Crestview Council members will be attending the Annual Conference.
·
The new State of the Art Cancer Center has opened.
Destin
–
·
Actively moving towards coordinating the city information, making it
available to the public any time.
In order to do this, they have had to merge all databases
and are assigning each project with a number.
These projects will be updated and available for on-line
tracking. Mayor
Barker plans to have this e-government system up and running
within the next 60 days.
·
The Harbor Fishing Station pump has been reinstalled.
·
The City of
Destin
was rated by
the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) which will help
lower the resident’s insurance rates.
·
There is a developer that owns land in Destin (unincorporated) that
has asked the City of
Destin
to annex into
the city. Mayor
Barker relayed that this issue will be discussed at the City
Council Meeting on
September 8,
2004
at
6:00 p.m.
at the
Destin
City Hall
.
Eglin
Air Force Base –
·
There will be a big deployment with Eglin personnel rotating from
September to November and returning 120 days later.
This is the biggest rotation for Eglin A.F.B.
·
There will be a Vehicle Transportation Conference in Destin from
August 23-27 with 50-100 people.
Fort Walton Beach
-
Landing
Phase II Project- (CD 6/2003)-The standing seam metal
roofing has been installed on the restroom, gazebo and
entrance pavilion. The
window blocks for the restrooms have also been installed.
The bathrooms should be functioning in time for the
Friday Night Flick on August 6 (Shrek).
-
Registrations
are open: the soccer program is available to children ages
5-18, tackle football for ages 8-12, flag football for ages
5-9 and cheerleading for ages 5-12.
Interested participants may register Monday-Friday at
the
Hedrick
Center
,
Docie
Center
or the
Chester
Pruitt
Center
from
8:00
a.m.-5:00 p.m.
through August 13th.
-
The
registration deadline for the City’s adult fall softball
leagues is August 20th.
Contact Tony Anderson, Recreation Coordinator, at
833-9578 or e-mail tanderson@fwb.org
for further information.
-
Sound
Property Development (CD 22/03)-Staff met with Nitsi
Bennett, Rotary Club Representative, to discuss the various
pre-construction requirements relating to finalizing the
construction phase documents, coordinating the review of the
construction documents with City staff, process for seeking
quotes/bids for various project elements as per FRDAP Grant
requirements, utilization of funding/materials donated from
various community organizations for the project and site
preparations.
-
August 3,
2004
Waters
Edge Ad-Hoc Advisory Committee meeting - Sally Cooey, Public
Outreach Coordinator for Florida DEP will provide
information regarding environmental education projects. Joy
Brown from Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance will speak
regarding Liza Jackson Stormwater Outfall Grant Project.
-
Wastewater Treatment Plant Inspection –
Received the Florida Department of Environmental Protection
(FDEP) Report for the semi-annual Wastewater Treatment Plant
Compliance Inspection. All evaluated areas were found
“Satisfactory”, which is the highest rating.
-
Budget – Mayor and Council received
individual budget preview meetings with the City Manager and
Finance
Director
in
preparation for Monday’s Budget Workshop beginning at
5:30pm
in the
Council Chamber.
-
Mayor and Council celebrated the closing of
the City’s Youth at Work program on Friday, July 30th,
with a pizza lunch and distribution of certificates to the
students. They
have been on the program for seven weeks, assisting
Parks & Rec
reation
maintenance teams. Additionally,
the City arranged for presentations to the group including
tours of City facilities, banking and the implications of
credit checks, check book balancing and resume writing.
Hurlburt
Field – There
was no one from Hurlburt Field in attendance.
Laurel
Hill – There
was no one from Laurel Hill in attendance.
Mary
Esther
·
In June, the Council selected Carr, Riggs & Ingram to
be the City’s auditor for the next 3 year period.
We’ve been grappling with revisions to our Door-to-Door
Solicitation ordinance to ensure that there is no First
Amendment Rights conflict. The
Social Security number resolution on privacy of customer
information and 5-year CIP were approved.
·
A $50,000 grant was awarded
for a Florida Recreational Development Assistance Program (FRDAP)
for improvements to the South Bryn Mawr park and triangular
median next to the Greek Orthodox Church on Highway 98, and we
are still awaiting word from DCA on whether we will be awarded
the CDBG grant for renovations to the sewer
treatment facilities.
·
The Library received a $350,000 grant for almost 4,000 SF expansion
– just about double its current size.
Staff is currently working on a conceptual design.
·
Several public hearings
have been held in June and July that have resulted in the
approval of rezoning land on Mary Esther Blvd. (next to Rex
Electronics) for a car wash, rezoning for a major housing
development with 15 single family lots at Plantation Oaks, and
another for 23 patio homes at Andalusia Place.
·
A variance request for the water setback requirement was
denied.
·
Five budget workshops were held in July, and our tentative
millage rate has been set at 3.6.
The public hearings will be on September 8th
and 23rd . We
are also discussing raising the sewer rates.
·
Next big project we’ll be addressing tonight is rezoning and a small
scale comprehensive plan amendment for 3 acres of property on
the north side of Hwy. 98 at the far east end of the City that
is part of a 10-acre site on which a shopping center is proposed
to be built.
·
Newly elected Council Member
Fay Young
attended the
IEMO (Institute for Elected Municipal Officials) in
Tampa
in June.
·
Council Member George Crews attended the 1000 Friends of
Florida-sponsored transportation planning workshop last week.
Niceville
– There was
no one from Niceville in attendance.
Okaloosa
County
– There was
no one from
Okaloosa
County
in
attendance.
Shalimar
·
As you may have seen in this weekend's Daily News, the Town should
have a hotel within the next year- Town Commission is expected
to officially approve Marriot plans on Aug 10 with initial
construction to commence in Oct. 04.
·
More recent news is the
Shalimar
Yacht
Basin
's dream to
rezone their industrial property to residential/commercial.
The SYB owners want to construct approximately 200 upscale
condominiums (75' high) mixed with some first floor commercial
properties. In their plan, the boat sales/gas docks and
slip rental would remain with dry storage and most of the marina
yard operations eliminated.
Building height restrictions and adequate parking will be
contentious issues.
·
There is also a hint that the Solaris will be moving out of
Shalimar
Yacht
Basin
and into
Baytowne
Wharf
.
Valparaiso
–
Commissioner Strong had nothing to report.
NEXT
MEETING
The
next Executive Board Lunch Meeting will be held on
Monday, September 13, 2004
.
ADJOURN
Being there was no further business, the meeting adjourned at 1:10
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