Board of County Commissioners

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Revised 5/18/12
Wakulla County, Florida
Agenda
Regular Public Meeting
Monday, May 21, 2012
Invocation
Pledge of Allegiance
Approval of Agenda:
(The Chairman and members of the Board will approve and/or modify the official agenda at this time).
Public Hearing
(Public Hearings are held as required to receive public comments on matters of special importance or as prescribed by law.
Public Hearings shall be heard at 5:00pm, or soon thereafter. Individual speakers are encouraged to adhere to a three (3)
minute time limit. The Chairman has the discretion to either extend or reduce time limits, based on the number of speakers).
1.
Request Board Approval to Conduct a Public Hearing and Adopt Proposed Ordinance
Extending the Local Option Fuel Tax
(Heather Encinosa, County Attorney)
2.
Request Board Approval to Conduct Public Hearing and adopt Proposed Ordinance Pertaining to
Construction Standards for Streets and Standards for Dedication and Acceptance of Subdivision
Roads
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN TABLED TO A FUTURE MEETING
(Heather Encinosa, County Attorney)
Awards and Presentations
(Members of the Board will have the opportunity to acknowledge members of the community or commendable efforts at this time.
Presentations will be made from individuals concerning issue of importance).
APA- CPAT Technical Assistance (Wakulla Gardens; Retrofit Challenge) – Commissioner Artz
(To ensure fairness and encourage participation, citizens who would like to speak on any item will need to fill out a speaker’s
card and turn in to Ms. Taff prior to the beginning of discussion on that particular item. Citizens are allowed a maximum of 3
minutes to speak.)
Citizens to be Heard
(Citizens will be heard between 6:30p.m. and 7:00p.m., or if the meeting concludes prior to 6:30p.m. or 7:00p.m.
citizens will then be heard at the end of the meeting where applicable. Three (3) minute time limit; non-discussion by
Commission; there shall be no debate and no action by the Commission).
May 21, 2012
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Consent
(All items contained herein may be voted on with one motion. Consent items are considered to be routine in nature, are
typically non-controversial and do not deviate from past Board direction or policy. However, any Commissioner, the
County Administrator, or the County Attorney may withdraw an item from the consent agenda, either in writing prior to
the meeting, or at the beginning of the meeting and it shall then be voted on individually. Every effort shall be made to
provide such a request to the Chairman at least 24 hours before the meeting).
3.
Approval of Minutes – May 7, 2012 Regular Board Meeting
(Brent X. Thurmond, Clerk of Court)
4.
Approval of Payment of Bills and Vouchers Submitted for May 3, 2012 – May 16, 2012
(Brent X. Thurmond, Clerk of Court)
5.
Request Board Approval of Amended MOU between the University of Florida, IFAS Extension and
Wakulla County
(Les Harrison, Extension Director)
6.
Request Board Approval to Adopt a Resolution Regarding the 2012 Fair Market Rents as Published
by HUD as the Payment Standards for the Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8)
(Esrone McDaniels, Meridian Community Services Group)
7.
Request Board Approval to Adopt a Resolution Regarding the 2012-2015 SHIP Local Housing
Assistance Plan
(Esrone McDaniels, Meridian Community Services Group)
13.
Request Board Approval to Submit an Application for the Georgia Pacific Grant in the Amount of
$5,000
(Michael Morgan, Fire Chief)
Consent Items Pulled for Discussion
(Members requesting further information on items placed under “Consent Agenda,” may withdraw those items and
place them here, for further discussion).
Planning and Zoning
(Members will be provided with planning and zoning amendment requests five (5) business days prior to the scheduled meeting.
To the maximum extent possible, all support information and documentation for P&Z items shall be made available through a
variety of means including the County website that will provide the public with the greatest opportunity to review documentation
at the date of advertisement pursuant to Resolution No. 04-43. “In accordance with Sec. 24.01 of County Code, for all quasijudicial proceedings each Commission member must disclose all contact received from interested parties and/or their
representatives, lobbyists, or any other third parties concerning any application and any personal investigation or knowledge
being relied upon during the consideration of any quasi-judicial planning and zoning matters”.)
General Business
(General Business items are items of a general nature that require Board directions or pertain to Board policy)
8.
Requesting Board Consideration of a Short-Term Plan to Provide Infrastructure Improvements to
Wakulla Gardens
(David Edwards, County Administrator)
May 21, 2012
9.
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Request Board Approval to Appoint Citizen to the North West Florida Transportation Corridor
Authority
(Jessica Welch, Public Information Director)
10.
Request Board Approval of the Proposed Potential Coastal Improvement Projects for Wakulla
County and Approve Staff to Submit to Florida Department of Environmental Protection for
Funding
(Sheree Keeler, Grants Coordinator)
11.
Request Board Approval to Amend the Board Workshop Calendar
(Tim Barden, Deputy County Administrator)
12.
Request Board Acceptance of the Legislative Update Report
(Timothy Barden, Deputy County Administrator)
17.
Request Board Direction on Tax Initiatives
(David Edwards, County Administrator)
Commissioner Agenda Items
(Items with supporting documentation shall be provided by a Commissioner to the County Administrator three (3) business days
prior to the scheduled meeting. Items that are agendaed by Commissioners and fail to gain approval may not be replaced on the
agenda by a Commissioner on the non-prevailing side for a period of six (6) months without approval of the Chairman unless
there is substantive new information to present).
14.
Commissioner Stewart –
a.
Economic Development Tax Credit
15.
Commissioner Brock a.
Summerwood Road Next Steps
16.
Commissioner Artz a.
Letter of Support for Healing Arts Grant
b.
Wakulla County Coalition for Youth (WCCY) Update
County Attorney
(County Attorney items are items of a legal nature that require Board direction or represent general information to Board
Members, staff or the public).
County Administrator
(County Administrator items are items that require Board direction or represent general information to Board Members,
staff or the public).
OBBT Phase 4 Update
May 21, 2012
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Discussion Issues by Commissioners
(The purpose of this section is for Commissioners to request staff action on various issues, including scheduling of a future
agenda item for later Board action, based on the approval of a majority of the Board. No assignments or request for agenda
items shall be given to the County Administrator or County Attorney without the express approval of the majority of the
Board. The Board shall take no policy action without an agenda item unless such is accomplished through a unanimous vote
of the Board. The remarks of each Commissioner during his or her “discussion items” shall adhere to Robert Rules of
Order, for proper decorum and civility as enforced by the Chairman.
Adjourn
(Any departure from the order of business set forth in the official agenda shall be made only upon majority vote of the
members of the Commission present at the meeting).
The next Board of County Commissioners Meeting is scheduled for
Monday, June 4, 2012 at 5:00p.m.
May 21, 2012
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Regular Board Meeting and Holiday Schedule
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Regular Board Meeting
Special Meeting
Holiday
Workshops
May 21, 2012
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PUBLIC NOTICE
2011/2012 Tentative Schedule
All Workshops, Meetings, and Public Hearings are subject to change
All sessions are held in the Commission Chambers, 29 Arran Road, Suite 101, Crawfordville, FL.
Workshops are scheduled as needed.
Month
Day
Time
Meeting Type
May 2012
Monday, 14
7:00 P.M.
Planning Commission Meeting
Thursday, 17
5:00 P.M.
Workshops:
• Bicycle & Pedestrian Facilities Master Plan
Recommendations
Monday, 21
5:00 P.M.
Monday, 4
5:00 P.M.
Monday, 11
7:00 P.M.
Planning Commission Meeting
Monday, 18
5:00 P.M.
Thursday, 21
5:00 P.M.
2nd Budget Development Workshop-Legislative
Update and Mid-Year Report
Monday, 16
5:00 P.M.
June 2012
July 2011
Agenda Request
Date of Meeting:
May 21, 2012
Date Submitted:
May 4, 2012
To:
Honorable Chairman and Members of the Board
From:
David Edwards, County Administrator
Heather J. Encinosa, County Attorney
Subject:
Request Board Approval to Conduct the Public Hearing and Adopt
the Proposed Ordinance Extending the County’s Existing 4 Cent Per
Gallon Local Option Motor Fuel Tax
Statement of Issue:
This agenda item requests Board approval to conduct the public hearing and adopt the proposed
ordinance extending the County’s existing 4 cent per Gallon Local Option Motor Fuel Tax.
Background:
Currently the County levies the following local option motor fuel taxes as authorized in Sections
3367.025 and 336.021, Florida Statutes: (1) 4 cent per gallon tax as authorized in Section
336.025(1)(a), Florida Statutes; (2) 2 cent per gallon tax as authorized in Section 336.025(1)(a),
Florida Statutes; and (3) 1 cent per gallon tax as authorized in Section 336.021, Florida Statutes.
On June 18, 2007 the Board approved Ordinance #07-23 adopting a 4 cent local option gas tax on
every gallon of motor fuel. This tax is set to expire on December 31, 2012. In the past, this tax has
been used to fund the County’s ongoing road maintenance and improvement program, including
maintenance of 762 miles of roads; 193 miles of graded roads; and 436 of paved roads.
At the April 2, 2012 Board Meeting, the Board approved staff to schedule and advertise the public
hearing. This public hearing was advertised in the April 26, 2012 edition of the Wakulla News.
Analysis:
The proposed Ordinance (Attachment #1) provides for extension of the County’s existing 4 cent per
gallon Local Option Motor Fuel Tax for an additional 30 years in accordance with Section
336.021(1)(a), Florida Statutes. If the Board would like to extend this levy for less than the statutory
30 years, Board direction is requested as the appropriate time period. In order to continue collection
of this tax past December 31, 2012, the County must adopt and notify DOR of the tax extension by
July 1, 2012.
Request Board Approval to Conduct the Public Hearing and Adopt the Proposed Ordinance
Extending the County’s Existing 4 Cent Per Gallon Local Option Motor Fuel Tax
May 21, 2012
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Budgetary Impact:
Currently approximately $440,000 in revenue is generated from the 4 cent sales tax. This tax makes
up 20% of the Fund-160 Road budget.
Options
1.
Conduct the Public Hearing and Adopt the Proposed Ordinance Extending the
County’s Existing 4 cent per Gallon Local Option Motor Fuel Tax.
2.
Conduct the Public Hearing and Do Not Adopt the Proposed Ordinance Extending
the County’s Existing 4 cent per Gallon Local Option Motor Fuel Tax.
3.
Board Direction.
Recommendation
Option #1
Attachments:
1.
Proposed Ordinance
ORDINANCE NO. 2012-______
AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING UNTIL DECEMBER 31,
2042, PURSUANT TO SECTION 336.025(1)(a), FLORIDA
STATUTES, THE LEVY OF LOCAL OPTION FUEL TAX
ON MOTOR FUEL SOLD IN THE COUNTY AND TAXED
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 206, FLORIDA STATUTES;
CONTAINING
LEGISLATIVE
FINDINGS
AND
PROVIDING LEGISLATIVE INTENT; PROVIDING FOR
THE TIME PERIOD SAID LOCAL OPTION FUEL TAX IS
TO BE LEVIED; PROVIDING FOR DISTRIBUTION
PURSUANT
TO
INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT;
PROVIDING NOTICE TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT
OF REVENUE OF THE AMOUNT OF THE TAX TO BE
IMPOSED;
PROVIDING
FOR
CODIFICATION;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND APPLICABILITY;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 336.025(1)(a), Florida Statutes, authorizes Wakulla County (the
“County”) to impose a Local Option Fuel Tax; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners (the “Board”) adopted ordinance No.
93-10, which imposed a four-cent per gallon Local Option Fuel Tax on every gallon of motor
fuel sold in Wakulla County; and
WHEREAS, the Board subsequently extended the imposition of the four-cent per gallon
Local Option Fuel Tax with the passage of Ordinance No.s 98-7, 03-12, and 07-23; and
WHEREAS, the County has relied on these local option fuel tax revenues to provide
ongoing road maintenance, road improvements, and critical road paving projects, including the
recent pavings of Shady Acres and Oyster Bay Roads; and
WHEREAS, the Board finds that without the passage of this Ordinance extending the
imposition of the 4-cent per gallon Local Option Fuel Tax, the County will not be able to fulfill
its responsibilities relating to needed transportation projects and facilities; and
WHEREAS, the County and the two incorporated municipalities have an existing
interlocal agreement governing the use of the four-cent per gallon local option gas tax which will
continue to govern the distribution of the proceeds; and
WHEREAS, in order to enable the County to continue to provide needed transportation
maintenance and improvements, the Board finds that it is in the best interest of the health, safety,
and welfare citizens of the County to extend the existing 4-cent per gallon Local Option Fuel Tax
for an additional thirty (30) years.
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Wakulla County, Florida, that:
SECTION 1.
LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. The above findings are true and
correct and hereby incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2.
AUTHORIZATION FOR LOCAL OPTION FUEL TAX. This
ordinance is authorized by Sections 336.025(1)(a) and (3), Florida Statutes.
SECTION 3.
LEGISLATIVE INTENT. The levy of fuel tax on every gallon
of motor fuel sold in Wakulla County and taxed under the provisions of Chapter 206, Florida
Statutes, is necessary to fund major transportation facilities and improvements and to repair and
maintain existing transportation facilities. The levy of the four cent ($0.04) of Local Option Fuel
Tax on motor fuel is determined to be necessary to promote the public health, safety and welfare
of the citizens of Wakulla County, Florida.
SECTION 4.
IMPOSITION OF MOTOR FUEL TAX. Pursuant to Section
336.025(1)(a) there is hereby imposed a four cent ($0.04) Local Option Fuel Tax upon every
gallon of motor fuel sold in Wakulla County and taxed under the provisions of Chapter 206,
Florida Statutes. The proceeds of the four cent per gallon Local Option Fuel Tax shall be used
for transportation expenditures as defined in Section 336.025(7), Florida Statutes.
SECTION 5.
PERIOD OF IMPOSITION OF FUEL TAX.
The tax
imposition hereby made shall be effective within Wakulla County from January 1, 2013 to
December 31, 2042, both inclusive.
SECTION 6.
DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN WAKULLA COUNTY AND
MUNICIPALITIES LOCATED WITHIN THE COUNTY. Pursuant to an interlocal
agreement between the County and the two incorporated municipalities located therein, the
County has assumed full responsibility for all construction and maintenance of all roads and
streets within the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the County. Therefore, the proceeds
of the four-cent per gallon Local Option Fuel Tax on motor fuel shall be distributed entirely to
the County. Any eligible newly incorporated municipalities shall be addressed as set forth in
Section 336.024(4)(b), Florida Statutes, or pursuant to interlocal agreement.
SECTION 7.
NOTICE.
Prior to July 1, 2012, the County shall provide
notice of the adoption of this ordinance to the Florida Department of Revenue by sending a
certified copy of said ordinance to the Department of Revenue.
SECTION 8.
CODIFICATION IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. It is the
intention of the Board, and it is hereby ordained that the provisions of this Ordinance shall
become and be made a part of the Wakulla County Code of Ordinances, and that the sections of
this Ordinance may be renumbered to accomplish such intent.
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SECTION 9.
SEVERABILITY. Should any section or provision of this
Ordinance or any portion thereof, or any paragraph, sentence, or word be declared by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remainder
hereof other than the part declared to be invalid.
SECTION 10.
EFFECTIVE DATE. A certified copy of this Ordinance shall
be filed with the Department of State within ten (10) days after its enactment by the Board and
shall be effective upon filing with the Department of State. This continued collection of the
four-cent Local Option Fuel Tax authorized herein shall begin on January 1, 2013.
PASSED AND DULY ENACTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Wakulla
County, Florida in regular session, this ____ day of ________, 2012.
WAKULLA COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
_________________________________
E. Alan Brock, Chairman
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CONTENT:
Brent X. Thurmond
Clerk of Court
________________________________
Heather J. Encinosa
County Attorney
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Agenda Request
Date of Meeting:
May 21, 2012
Date Submitted:
May 4, 2012
To:
From:
Brent X. Thurmond, Clerk of Court
Subject:
Approval of Minutes from the May 7, 2012 Regular Board Meeting
Statement of Issue:
This agenda item requests Board review and approval of the minutes of the May 7, 2012 Regular
Board Meeting (Attachment #1).
Options:
1.
Approve the minutes of the May 7, 2012 Regular Board Meeting.
2.
Do not approve minutes.
3.
Board direction.
Recommendation:
Option #1
Attachment(s)
1. Draft of Minutes – May 7, 2012 Regular Board Meeting.
May 7, 2012
Draft
Monday, May 7, 2012
The Board of County Commissioners in and for Wakulla County met for a Regular Scheduled
Board Meeting on Monday, May 7, 2012 with Chairman Alan Brock presiding. Present were
Commissioners Randy Merritt, Lynn Artz, Jerry Moore, and Mike Stewart. Also, present were
County Administrator David Edwards, County Attorney Heather Encinosa, and Deputy Clerk
Evelyn Evans.
Invocation led by Reverend Dennis Hall, Pastor Pioneer Baptist Church
Pledge of Allegiance led by Commissioner Brock
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
(CD5:03) Commissioner Stewart moved to approve the Agenda with the following
changes/modifications:
Commissioner Artz requests to add one brief announcement
Second by Commissioner Moore and the motion carried unanimously, 5/0.
PUBLIC HEARING
(CD5:04) 18. Request Board Approval to conduct the Public Hearing and consider Text
Amendments to Section 5-7 (2) and 5-7 (3) of the Land Development Code, pertaining to
Temporary Use Permits issued by the Planning Department
Commissioner Artz moved to conduct the Final Public Hearing and vote not to adopt the
proposed Ordinance amending Sections 5-7(2) and 5-7(3) of the Land Development Code
pertaining to temporary use permits issued by the Community Development Director, based
upon the recommendation of the Planning Department and the findings of fact and conclusions
of law made by the board and any evidence submitted at the Hearing hereon. Second by
Commissioner Stewart and the motion carried unanimously, 5/0.
AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS
(CD5:17) Presentation Regarding Wakulla 2020 Advisory Committee – John Shuff
Provided an update of committee progress and suggested names for replacement of two positions
that have not been active on the Committee. The position replacements will come back under
Commissioner Discussion items later this evening.
(CD5:21) Presentation Regarding Free Sports Physicals on May 12 – Commissioner Lynn Artz
The Wakulla Health Care Task Force is offering Free Sports & Camp Physicals for middle and
high school students on Saturday, May 12, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Tallahassee
Memorial Family Medicine Office located at 15 Council Moore Road, Crawfordville, FL
(CD5:24) There is a Workshop on May 17, 2012 regarding the Master Pedestrian Bike Plan and
will include waterways
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(CD5:24) Commissioner Artz brought in a piece of a Mimosa plant to show the public. This
plant is not a native plant and it use to be sold in nurseries. It is now classified as an invasive
exotic plant and is very aggressive and competes with native vegetation. She is encouraging
everyone to cut them down as they are taking over the County and need to be eradicated.
CONSENT AGENDA
Commissioner Merritt moved to approve the Consent Agenda, second by Commissioner Stewart
and the motion carried unanimously, 5/0.
1. Approval of Minutes – April 16, 2012 Regular Board Meeting
Approve – minutes April 16, 2012 Regular Board Meeting
2. Approval of Minutes – April 12, 2012 Workshop Regarding Children Services Council
Approve – minutes April 12, 2012 Workshop Regarding Children Services Council
3. Approval of Payment of Bills and Vouchers Submitted for April 12, 2012 – May 2, 2012
Approve – Payment of Bills and Vouchers submitted for April 12, 2012 – May 2, 2012
4. Request Board Approval of an Amendment to Extend the Professional Planning and
Engineering Consultant Services with Atkins North America Inc. through April 15, 2014
Approve – a two year extension of contract with Atkins North America Inc.
5. Request Board Approval to Appoint Katherine Mason of Tallahassee Memorial Hospital to
the Workforce plus Board of Directors
Approve – Katherine Mason to the Workforce plus Board of Directors
6. Request Authorization to Award Bid to Panhandle Craftsman under ITB 2012-08, SHIP
Housing Rehabilitation Project
Approve – authorize to award ITB #2012-08 to Panhandle Craftsman
8. Request Board Approval of Proclamation Declaring the Month of May 2012 as Civility
Month in Wakulla County
Approve – the proposed Proclamation declaring the Month of May 2012 as Civility Month in
Wakulla County
9. Requesting Board Approval of the NWFWMD Grant Extension
Approve – the terms of the Grant Extension by authorizing the Chairman to execute Amendment
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PLANNING AND ZONING
(CD5:28) 10. Application for Appeal to the Board of Adjustments BOA12-01
Commissioner Merritt moved to conduct the final Public Hearing as the Board of Adjustments
and exercise the powers granted by Section 3-23, of the Wakulla County Code and reverse the
decision made by the Planning Commission, based upon the findings of fact and conclusions of
law made by the Board and any evidence submitted at the Hearing hereon. Second by
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(CD5:38) 11. Application for Change of Zoning R12-02
Commissioner Merritt moved to conduct the final Public Hearing and adopt the proposed
Ordinance amending the Official Zoning map, amending the Official Zoning from AG
(Agriculture) and RR-5 (Rural Residential) zoning district to RR-2 (Rural Residential) zoning
district, based upon the recommendation of the Planning Commission and the findings of fact
and conclusion of law made by the Board and any evidence submitted at the Hearing hereon.
Second by Commissioner Stewart and the motion carried unanimously, 5/0.
(CD5:41) 12. Application for Final Plat FP12-01
Commissioner Stewart moved to conduct the final Public Hearing and approve the Application
for Final Plat FP12-01, based upon the recommendation of the Planning commission and the
findings of fact and conclusions of law made by the board and any evidence submitted at the
Hearing hereon, and accept the staff report. Second by Commissioner Merritt with
Commissioners Brock, Merritt, Moore, and Stewart in favor, Commissioner Artz opposed, and
the motion carried, 4/1.
(CD5:55) 13. Application for Final Plat FP12-02
Commissioner Merritt moved to conduct the final Public Hearing and approve the Application
for Final Plat FP12-02 and the acceptance of the bond, based upon the recommendation of the
Planning Commission and the findings of fact and conclusions of law made by the Board and
any evidence submitted at the Hearing hereon, and accept the staff report. Second by
GENERAL BUSINESS
(CD5:58) 7. Request Board Approval to Schedule a Workshop to Discuss the Wakulla County
Airport
Commissioner Artz moved to approve to schedule a Workshop on the Airport Master Plan for
Thursday, May 17, 2012. Second by Commissioner Merritt and the motion carried unanimously,
5/0. *The Board will convene at 4:00 p.m. as two previous workshops are also scheduled for this
date. The Airport Workshop is scheduled to last approximately two hours.
(CD6:07) 14. Request Board Acceptance of the Legislative Update Report
Commissioner Merritt moved to table this item to the next meeting. Second by Commissioner
Artz and the motion carried unanimously, 5/0.
(CD6:08) 15. Request Board Approval of a Resolution Appointing Members to the Wakulla
County Community Center Advisory Committee
Commissioner Artz moved to approve the Resolution establishing and appointing members to
the Community Center Advisory Committee. The following candidates are appointed to serve
on the Committee: Simeon Nelson-Sports & Recreation, Bill Versiga-Resource Development,
Diane Perez-Visual Art, Drama, Health & Wellness, and Charlotte Cobb – Faith Based Entity.
Second by Commissioner Merritt and the motion carried unanimously, 5/0.
(CD6:16) Community Center Advisory Group Ordinance - Commissioner Artz moved to
advertise a revised Ordinance within the next six months that reflects the proposal that was
originally presented. Second by Commissioner Merritt and the motion carried unanimously, 5/0.
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*the proposal changed the length of initial terms for several positions and then after the initial
term, three of the positions (high school student, Sopchoppy/St. Marks, and Faith-based) would
be yearly instead of four year terms.
(CD6:16) 16. Request Board Approval of a Resolution Accepting the Utility Easement for
Construction of the Medart Lift Station
Commissioner Merritt moved to approve the Resolution accepting the utility easement for the
Medart Lift Station. Second by Commissioner Stewart and the motion carried unanimously, 5/0.
COMMISSIONER AGENDA ITEMS
17. Commissioner Artz
(CD6:17) a. Partnering on Grant Application to Protect Wakulla Springs
Commissioner Artz moved to approve collaborating with the 1000 Friends of Florida and other
stakeholders on this grant application to address the management of dispersed sources of nutrient
pollution within the Wakulla Springshed, also direct Wakulla County grants personnel to assist
in writing or at least reviewing grant application, further, direct Wakulla County Department of
Health to assist with grant preparation, and for Wakulla County staff to draft and authorize the
Chairman to sign a letter of support for the grant application. Second by Commissioner Merritt
with Commissioners Artz, Brock, Merritt, and Stewart in favor, Commissioner Moore opposed
and the motion carried, 4/1. **no taxpayer dollars to be spent on any match for this grant
CITIZENS TO BE HEARD
(CD6:27) 1. Jamal Dickens – resident of Wakulla Gardens and asking for a solution to the dust
problem and paving the roads.
(CD6:31) 2. Tami Hornbaker – resident of Wakulla Gardens, requesting a dust calming solution
for the roads and an increase of police presence. There is a problem with speeders including
school buses on the roads. The speed limit is 25 and the residents think this is too high for the
condition of the roads. The residents would like to be on an upcoming Agenda.
(CD6:34) 3. Jennifer Carter – resident of Wakulla Gardens and spoke about the need for road
paving and drainage systems in Wakulla Gardens.
(CD6:35) 4. Larry Roberts – He is having a faulty roof replaced on his home and a worker fell
from the roof earlier today. Mr. Roberts called for an ambulance; they responded in a very
timely manner and were professional.
(CD6:36) 5. Howard Kessler – (1) persons that cannot attend the sports physical time at
Wakulla Family Medicine on May 12, 2012, have an opportunity to go to River Springs Middle
School where additional days are set for sports physicals on May 18, 2012 from 2:30 p.m. to
6:30 p.m. and May 19, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (2) Fees and Taxes and asking the
Commissioners to start a dialogue on eliminating the Public Service Tax.
(CD6:38) 6. Judy Harris – there is a big Mimosa Tree in the Persimmon Road neighborhood.
She thinks that it may be on the right of way and is requesting that Cleve Fleming address the
situation.
4
May 7, 2012
(CD6:39) 7. Bruce Ashley – Wakulla County Sheriff’s Department
There are 300 seniors graduating and Project Graduation is going to be at Wakulla Springs this
year. He is seeking support from businesses and is also in need of chaperones for this event.
(CD6:41) b. Planning Commission Refinements
Commissioner Artz moved to approve to direct the County Attorney to amend Ordinance 09-17
as described and schedule and advertise a Public Hearing to consider adopting the amended
Ordinance. Commissioner Brock passed the gavel and made the second, with Commissioner
Artz voting in favor, Commissioners Brock, Merritt, Moore, and Stewart opposed, and the
motion failed, 1/4.
COUNTY ATTORNEY
(CD6:54) a. Request the Board to Appoint an Alternate Staff Person as Representative for the
Robert Roddenberry v. Wakulla County BOC Trial.
County Administrator David Edwards appointed
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
(CD6:56) a. Mid Year Financial Update – an update was provided regarding the financial status
of the County
(CD7:01) b. Wakulla Gardens Road Stabilization
An agenda item is coming back at the next meeting with a long term plan for Wakulla Gardens.
The item will include how to possibly generate revenues and/or a financing plan for Wakulla
Gardens in order to deal with stormwater issues and paving corridor roads. There is no money in
the budget to fit in a comprehensive program, so therefore, staff is looking at what can be done
for a short term fix and then what can be done long term.
(CD7:03) c. This was the first day for SHIP Applications and 33 applicants applied
(CD7:04) d. Solid Waste Hardship Applications – A total of 74 applications received and 60
have been accepted, with the close out on June 1, 2012
(CD7:05) 2020 Resolution
Commissioner Merritt moved to amend the 2020 Resolution that was previously adopted, replace
Skip Young and Billy Mills, and add George Green and Dan Hinchee in those positions. Second
by Commissioner Artz and the motion carried unanimously, 5/0.
DISCUSSION ISSUES BY COMMISSIONERS
(CD7:07) Commissioner Artz – A discussion ensued regarding Wakulla Gardens road and
stormwater issues with all of the Commissioners providing their comments. The bottom line is
money and the priority to fix the issues that exist. It is estimated that it will cost over $34
million to solve all of the problems in Wakulla Gardens.
5
May 7, 2012
(CD7:23) Commissioner Moore – Compliments to all of the people in the County for the
amount of events that have recently been held. These events brought thousands of additional
people into the County that spent money and had a good time.
(CD7:27) Commissioner Merritt – (a) Road paving and following a methodology (b) the
possibility of giving authority to the County Administrator to obtain right of ways up to a certain
dollar amount.
(CD7:31) County Administrator – He and Commissioner Stewart met with Congressmen
Southerland and talked about Wakulla Gardens and the need of federal assistance, the widening
of Highway 319, and the BP Oil fine money.
There being no further business to come before the Board, Commissioner Merritt moved to
adjourn; second by Commissioner Stewart and the motion carried unanimously, 5/0.
The meeting concluded at 7:35 p.m.
6
Agenda Request
Date of Meeting:
May 21, 2012
Date Submitted:
May 4, 2012
To:
From:
Subject:
Approval for Payment of Bills and Vouchers Submitted for May 3, 2012 –
May 16, 2012
Statement of Issue:
This agenda item requests Board approval for payment of bills and vouchers submitted for May 3,
2012 – May 16, 2012.
Background:
It is the policy of the Board to pre-approve payment of bills and vouchers prior to the actual release
of funds.
Options:
1.
Approve payment of bills and vouchers submitted for May 3, 2012 – May 16, 2012.
2.
Do not approve payment of bills and vouchers.
3.
Board direction.
Recommendation:
Option #1
Attachment(s)
1.
Statement of bills and vouchers submitted for May 3, 2012 – May 16, 2012.
WAKULLA CO BOCC
Check/Voucher Register - BOCC Check Register by Vendor
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Vendor Name
Invoice Number
Description
3 Y Outdoor Equipment
16407
18950
18951
FIRE-Labor/Repair
FIRE-Labor/Repair
FIRE-Fuel Additive
Check Date
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
Check
Number
154025
135.46
59.48
17.98
Total
154025
212.92
Total 3 Y Outdoor Equipment
Ace
Ace
Ace
Ace
Ace
Home
Home
Home
Home
Home
Center/NAPA
Center/NAPA
Center/NAPA
Center/NAPA
Center/NAPA
Ace Home Center/NAPA
Check Amount
212.92
065548
K92424
k92751
K92779
K92866
064805
K93573
PUBW-FUEL LINE FOR STOCK
PUBW-DOOR STOP RB-15
WAST-WEED KILLER;WATER COOLER
PUBW-SANDPAPER
WAST-WING NUTS,SELF TAPING
SCREWS TO REPAIR SLUDGEMATE
COVER
WAST-RELAY FOR WW-2
WAST-PVC FITTINGS TO REPAIR
SEWER BREAK ON 319
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
153865
12.30
8.47
57.97
22.36
13.79
Total
153865
114.89
153962
15.98
5.98
Total
153962
21.96
153994
128.58
k93536
WAST-PIPE & FITTINGS TO RELOCATE
TAPS ON 319
5/16/2012
K93586
WAST-CHECK VALUES-RELOCATE
LINES ON 319
5/16/2012
29.98
K93791
PUBW-PUMP SPRAYER & 2 CYCLE OIL
5/16/2012
52.93
K92764
VFD1-Flag
5/16/2012
Total
153994
211.49
154026
26.99
Total
154026
26.99
153962
2.85
69.45
76.38
065928
065995
093409
WAST-FUEL LINE FOR WW-3
PUBW-BRAKE PADS FOR R-4
WAST-PVC PIPE & FITTINGS TO
REPAIR LINE BREAK @ LINDY'S
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
K92654
K93277
PUBW-RESIN & EPOXY FOR RB-4
WAST-EPOXY & UNION FOR L/S
REPAIRS
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
65.97
37.48
K93419
WAST-COUPLINGS TO REPAIR LINE
BREAK @ LINDY'S
5/16/2012
7.74
Total
153962
Total Ace Home Center/NAPA
Adam Hindle
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
259.87
635.20
100211-040112AH
FIRE-STIPEND, CRAWFORDVILLE VFD
5/16/2012
153939
10.00
Total
153939
10.00
Page: 1
WAKULLA CO BOCC
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Vendor Name
Invoice Number
Description
Check Date
Check
Number
Check Amount
Total Adam Hindle
Advanced Business Systems
Advanced Business Systems
10.00
120300
120426ar12
EXTS-Copier Maintenance
JDGF-SAVIN COPIER
5/11/2012
5/16/2012
153894
80.04
Total
153894
80.04
153963
35.18
Total
153963
35.18
Total Advanced Business Systems
Airgas South
Airgas South
115.22
9902242968
9902278435
WPRD-SUPPLIES WELDING
PUBW-ARGON TANK RENTAL FOR SHOP
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
153964
55.10
Total
153964
55.10
153996
27.56
Total
153996
27.56
Total Airgas South
Akin Lowman
82.66
022012-082725
LIBR-Summer Program Performance
5/16/2012
154027
300.00
Total
154027
300.00
Total Akin Lowman
ALSCO, Inc.
ALSCO, Inc.
ALSCO, Inc.
300.00
LTAL495927
LTAL495928
LTAL495929
AMBU-Linens
AMBU-Linens
AMBU-Linens
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
154028
75.04
75.04
77.23
Total
154028
227.31
Total ALSCO, Inc.
Amy Raker
227.31
100411-041112AR
5/16/2012
153940
10.00
Total
153940
10.00
Total Amy Raker
Andy Bowman
10.00
100211-040112AB
5/16/2012
153941
140.00
Total
153941
140.00
Total Andy Bowman
Athletic Field Supply
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
140.00
10725
WPRD-FIELD PAINT
5/16/2012
153965
799.85
Page: 2
WAKULLA CO BOCC
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Vendor Name
Invoice Number
Description
Check Date
Check
Number
Total
153965
Total Athletic Field Supply
Beneficial Florida, Inc.
Check Amount
799.85
799.85
MAY12 PR1/Green
PAY1-Pay period ending date 5/11/2012
5/10/2012
153856
100.00
Total
153856
100.00
Total Beneficial Florida, Inc.
100.00
Best For Less Tree Service, Inc.
889968
PUBW-REMOVE DEAD TREE @
MISSISSIPPI AVE; CHG BULB @98
5/16/2012
153966
889969
PUBW-REMOVE DEAD PINE IN ST.
MARKS
5/16/2012
450.00
889970
PUBW-REMOVE TREE @ OLD
WOODVILLE ROAD
5/16/2012
250.00
Total
153966
Total Best For Less Tree Service, Inc.
Bevis Funeral Home
1,100.00
1,100.00
Ballard 042012
BOCC-Indigent Burial, Michael A. Ballard
5/11/2012
153912
500.00
Total
153912
500.00
Total Bevis Funeral Home
Big Bend Electric, Inc.
Big Bend Electric, Inc.
400.00
500.00
18509
18510
WAST-MOTOR REPAIR L/S 10 & L/S 6
WAST-L/S MOTOR REPAIR-SPARE
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
153967
930.00
465.00
Total
153967
1,395.00
Total Big Bend Electric, Inc.
1,395.00
Billie Holmes
APR 2012
PUBD-Monthly Phone Reimb., Public
Defender
5/16/2012
Billie Holmes
MAY 2012
PUBD-Monthly Phone Reimb., Public
Defender
5/16/2012
154029
45.00
45.00
Total
154029
90.00
Total Billie Holmes
Bits N Pieces Puppet Theatre
Total Bits N Pieces Puppet Theatre
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
90.00
051612-082725
LIBR-Summer Program Performance
5/16/2012
154030
310.00
Total
154030
310.00
310.00
Page: 3
WAKULLA CO BOCC
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Vendor Name
Invoice Number
Description
Blackwater Industries Inc.
Blackwater Industries Inc.
042612
050812
WPRD-F#3 REPAIR SCOREBOARD
WPRD-F#3 REPAIR SCOREBOARD
Check Date
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
Check
Number
153968
285.00
125.00
Total
153968
410.00
Total Blackwater Industries Inc.
Bound Tree Medical, LLC
Bound
Bound
Bound
Bound
Bound
Tree
Tree
Tree
Tree
Tree
Medical,
Medical,
Medical,
Medical,
Medical,
410.00
80754966
LLC
LLC
LLC
LLC
LLC
80763246
80763247
80764707
80765963
80767254
AMBU-MISC. SUPPLIES
AMBU-Misc. medications
AMBU-Spur BVM & Medications
AMBU-Blankets
AMBU-Laerdal battery, emisi bags
AMBU-BVM & Medications
5/11/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
153866
1,860.40
Total
153866
1,860.40
154031
123.04
185.44
312.17
443.35
135.40
Total
154031
1,199.40
Total Bound Tree Medical, LLC
BRAZIER, IAN
Check Amount
3,059.80
100211-040112IB
5/16/2012
153942
140.00
Total
153942
140.00
Total BRAZIER, IAN
140.00
Brent X. Thurmond, Clerk of Courts
OR879 P330
BOCC-Easement, Wakulla Co School
Board
5/16/2012
OR879 P604
OR879 P609
BOCC-Code Enf: Wakulla Airport Prop
BOCC-Code Enf: Manuel/Arlene
Randolph
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
44.00
44.00
Brent
Brent
Brent
Brent
Brent
Brent
Brent
Brent
Brent
Brent
Brent
Brent
Brent
Brent
Brent
Brent
Brent
OR879
OR879
OR879
OR879
OR879
OR879
OR879
OR879
OR879
OR879
OR879
OR879
OR879
OR879
OR879
OR879
OR879
BOCC-Code Enf: Bill/Renee Casson
BOCC-Code Enf: Robert/Tammie Keith
BOCC-Code Enf: magnus/Sheena Peavy
BOCC-Code Enf: Gray Services 1 Inc
BOCC-Code Enf: Gray Services 1 Inc
BOCC-Code Enf: Randall Grant
BOCC-Code Enf: Randall Grant
BOCC-Code Enf: J Donald Nichols
BOCC-Code Enf: J Donald Nichols
BOCC-Code enf: Mark/Alice James
BOCC-Code enf: Mark/Alice James
BOCC-Code Enf: Bonnie Davis
BOCC-Code Enf: Bonnie Davis
BOCC-Code Enf: Mason Putnal
BOCC-Code Enf: Mason Putnal
BOCC-Code Enf: Raymond/Judy Gustetic
BOCC-Code Enf: Raymond/Judy Gustetic
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
35.50
35.50
35.50
52.50
10.00
52.50
10.00
44.00
10.00
52.50
10.00
44.00
10.00
52.50
10.00
44.00
10.00
X.
X.
X.
X.
X.
X.
X.
X.
X.
X.
X.
X.
X.
X.
X.
X.
X.
Thurmond,
Thurmond,
Thurmond,
Thurmond,
Thurmond,
Thurmond,
Thurmond,
Thurmond,
Thurmond,
Thurmond,
Thurmond,
Thurmond,
Thurmond,
Thurmond,
Thurmond,
Thurmond,
Thurmond,
Clerk
Clerk
Clerk
Clerk
Clerk
Clerk
Clerk
Clerk
Clerk
Clerk
Clerk
Clerk
Clerk
Clerk
Clerk
Clerk
Clerk
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
Courts
Courts
Courts
Courts
Courts
Courts
Courts
Courts
Courts
Courts
Courts
Courts
Courts
Courts
Courts
Courts
Courts
P614
P618
P622
P666
P672
P646
P652
P653
P658
P659
P665
P627
P632
P633
P639
P640
P645
154033
Total
154033
Total Brent X. Thurmond, Clerk of
Courts
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
35.50
642.00
642.00
Page: 4
WAKULLA CO BOCC
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Vendor Name
Invoice Number
Description
BROCK, ALAN
132030 3/4/09
BOCC-Replacement of Ck#132030,
Dental Refund
Check Date
5/11/2012
Check
Number
Check Amount
153920
11.76
Total
153920
11.76
Total BROCK, ALAN
Bryan Honhart
Bryan Honhart
11.76
03/2012 - Phone
04/2012 - Travel
CORT-Monthly cell phone allowance
CORT-Monthly travel reimbursement
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
153910
44.15
843.59
Total
153910
887.74
Total Bryan Honhart
BURTON, DON
887.74
100211-040112DON
5/16/2012
153943
290.00
Total
153943
290.00
Total BURTON, DON
C.J. MALPHURS SEPTIC SERVICE, INC.
290.00
128144 9/10/08
PUBW-Replacement of Ck#128144,
Invoice 4110/Landfill
5/11/2012
153921
200.00
Total
153921
200.00
Total C.J. MALPHURS SEPTIC SERVICE,
INC.
200.00
Callaway Auto & Truck Repair, Inc.
5198
AMBU-RESCUE 6-FRONT COVER,
BRAKES, LEAKS, ETC
5/16/2012
5278
5280
AMBU-RESCUE 5-BATTERIES
AMBU-RESCUE 5 - CHECK CHARGING
SYSTEM, INSTALL REFRIG UNIT
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
521.85
626.16
5286
AMBU-RESCUE 1-CHECK LIGHTS
5/16/2012
47.96
5326
AMBU-RESCUE 8 FUEL FILTER,DIESEL
LOF INSPECTION
5/16/2012
153969
Total
153969
4,543.07
154034
280.84
Total
154034
280.84
Total Callaway Auto & Truck Repair, Inc.
Candese McReynolds
3,347.10
4,823.91
15070001
PUBW-RIVERSINK WATER DEPOSIT
REFUND 59 PIXIE CIRCLE
5/11/2012
153867
84.05
Total
153867
84.05
Total Candese McReynolds
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
84.05
Page: 5
WAKULLA CO BOCC
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Vendor Name
Invoice Number
Description
CAPITAL HEALTH PLAN
MAY12 CHP/Taylor
BOCC-Medicare Member Ins Prem,
James Taylor
CAPITAL HEALTH PLAN
MAY12 CHP/Portwood
CAPITAL HEALTH PLAN
MAY12 CHP/Spears
BOCC-Cobra Member CHP Prem,
Pamela Portwood
BOCC-Medicare Member CHP Prem,
John Spears
Check Date
5/9/2012
5/10/2012
5/10/2012
Check
Number
153854
443.42
Total
153854
443.42
153857
928.59
Total
153857
928.59
153864
443.42
Total
153864
443.42
Total CAPITAL HEALTH PLAN
CAPITAL HITCH SERVICE, INC.
Check Amount
1,815.43
174081
PUBW-2 BALLS,2 MOUNTS FOR
RB-53,R-4
5/11/2012
153868
50.78
Total
153868
50.78
Total CAPITAL HITCH SERVICE, INC.
Capital Regional Medical Center Atlanta
Capital Regional Medical Center Atlanta
50.78
1010727748
1010862640
WCSO-Local/Cameron J. Eustace
WCSO-Local/James M. Corbett
5/11/2012
5/16/2012
153888
657.88
Total
153888
657.88
153970
1,142.44
Total
153970
1,142.44
Total Capital Regional Medical Center
Atlanta
Capital Truck, Inc.
1,800.32
248079
PUBW-A/C KNOBS FOR RB-3
5/16/2012
153971
15.09
Total
153971
15.09
Total Capital Truck, Inc.
15.09
Carson Development
15 Crescent Way/Fina
HOUS-Final Payoff of Lease, 15
Crescent Way, Crawfordville
5/14/2012
153930
6,000.00
Total
153930
6,000.00
Total Carson Development
CenturyLink
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
6,000.00
1319
311036535AR12
WPRD-OFFICE VM-79 RECREATION
5/16/2012
153972
14.95
Page: 6
WAKULLA CO BOCC
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Vendor Name
CenturyLink
CenturyLink
Invoice Number
1319
1319
312164793MY12
312164793MY12
Description
CORT-MONTHLY SERVICE
CORT-MONTHLY SERVICE
Check Date
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
Check
Number
Check Amount
Total
153972
14.95
153993
543.39
38.45
Total
153993
581.84
153998
96.06
646.36
CenturyLink
CenturyLink
1319
1319
311501100MY12
312120889 MY12
TOUR-MONTHLY PHONE/INTERNET
BOCC-Monthly Phone Bill 040-9500,
May 2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
CenturyLink
1319
312120889 MY12
BOCC-Monthly Phone Bill 040-9500,
May 2012
5/16/2012
241.36
CenturyLink
CenturyLink
CenturyLink
1319
1319
1319
850-984-3278MY12
850-984-3385MY12
850-984-4896MY12
WAST-2484 Surf Road
WAST-JERBELOU LIFT
WAST-ROMM 21
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
44.54
37.22
37.33
CenturyLink
CenturyLink
CenturyLink
CenturyLink
CenturyLink
CenturyLink
CenturyLink
CenturyLink
CenturyLink
CenturyLink
CenturyLink
CenturyLink
CenturyLink
CenturyLink
CenturyLink
CenturyLink
CenturyLink
CenturyLink
CenturyLink
CenturyLink
CenturyLink
Total CenturyLink
Chase Card Services
1319
1319
1319
311133720MY12
311247870MY12
311541201 MY12
1319
1319
1319
1319
1319
1319
1319
1319
1319
1319
1319
1319
1319
1319
1319
1319
1319
1319
850-926-7039MY12
850-926-7327MY12
850-926-7992MY12
850-984-3118MY12
850-984-3178MY12
850-984-3258MY12
850-926-2964MY12
850-926-3742MY12
850-926-4041MY12
850-926-4295MY12
850-926-5406MY12
850-926-6796MY12
850-926-1074MY12
850-926-1346MY12
850-926-1381MY12
850-926-1631MY12
850-926-2063MY12
850-926-2737MY12
VFD1-WAKULLA STATION
LIBR-MONTHLY SERVICE
EXTS-Telephone Service
WAST-JUNIPER DRIVE LIFT
WAST-SHADEVILLE ELEM LIFT
WAST-MALLARD POND LIFT
WAST-TULLY AVENUE LIFT
WAST-MASHES SANDS LIFT
WAST-19 JERBELOU LIFT
WAST-JASPER THOMAS LIFT
WAST-GARDENS OF SARALAN LIFT
PUBW-AUTODAILER AT RIVERSINK
WAST-LOVE STREET LIFT
WAST-Medart Elem Lift
WAST-SAVANNAH FOREST LIFT
WAST-WALMART
WAST-MAGNOLIA PARK LIFT
PUBW-FUEL MASTER PHONE LINE
WAST-Lift Station
WAST-BOCC
WAST-HICKORY AVENUE LIFT
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
Total
153998
1,102.87
154035
79.49
219.55
272.36
Total
154035
571.40
153998
37.22
37.22
38.38
44.54
44.54
37.22
37.22
37.22
37.22
37.22
37.22
37.22
37.22
44.54
79.98
37.22
44.54
37.22
Total
153998
743.16
1319
3,014.22
MAY12
COC1-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON-CALL
CELLPHONE
5/16/2012
153999
32.61
Total
153999
32.61
Total Chase Card Services
CHRIS GOUDE
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
32.61
040211100112CG
5/16/2012
153944
20.00
Page: 7
WAKULLA CO BOCC
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Vendor Name
Invoice Number
Description
Check Date
Check
Number
Check Amount
Total
153944
20.00
Total CHRIS GOUDE
20.00
City of Sopchoppy - Water System
1195AR12
3815AR12
AMBU-MEDART
AMBU-TRICE LANE
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
128123AR12
1315AR12
1317AR12
WAST-73 COUNTRY WAY
WAST-OAK STREET
FIRE-2 OAK STREET/TRAINING
GROUND
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
136099ar12
WAST-410 ARRAN ROAD
5/11/2012
City
City
City
City
City
City
City
City
City
City
City
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
Sopchoppy
Sopchoppy
Sopchoppy
Sopchoppy
Sopchoppy
Sopchoppy
Sopchoppy
Sopchoppy
Sopchoppy
Sopchoppy
Sopchoppy
-
-
Water
Water
Water
Water
Water
Water
Water
Water
Water
Water
Water
System
System
System
System
System
System
System
System
System
System
System
City
City
City
City
City
City
City
City
City
City
City
City
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
Sopchoppy
Sopchoppy
Sopchoppy
Sopchoppy
Sopchoppy
Sopchoppy
Sopchoppy
Sopchoppy
Sopchoppy
Sopchoppy
Sopchoppy
Sopchoppy
-
Water
Water
Water
Water
Water
Water
Water
Water
Water
Water
Water
Water
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
System
System
System
System
System
System
System
System
System
System
System
System
9-290AR12
9-295AR12
14-225AR12
4-2350 AR12
5-4228AR12
7-2185 AR12
7-2300AR12
8-4540AR12
8-3440AR12
8-5080 AR12
84820AR12
912501AR12
99527-AR12
10-950AR12
51125AR12
6195001AR12
6230001AR12
6235001AR12
72060AR12
73925AR12
148026AR12
17-5059AR12
1822-AR12
4650AR12
4729-AR12
5-5425 AR12
BOCC-3056 CRAWFORDVILLE HWY
WPRD-363 SHADEVILLE C.C.
WPRD-23 Recreation Drive, Medart
WPRD-ATLEE LANE MEDART
WPRD-26 Hickory Park
WPRD-21 OCHLOCKON HUDSON
WPRD-155 AZALEA
WAST-2629 CRAWFORDVILLE HWY
EXTS-Water Bill, 84 Cedar Ave
FIRE-88 CEDAR AVE-C'VILLE VFD
BOCC-196 OCHLOCKNEE STREET
WAST-60 CONIFER COURT
WPRD-1757 LAWHON MILL EQUEST
WAST-4707 CRAWFORDVILLE HWY
BOCC-11 BREAM FOUNTAIN ROAD
WAST-26 HICKORY AVENUE
PUBW-340 TRICE LANE
WAST-58 RUBY LANE
WAST-32 SILKEY COURT
WAST-HAMMOCKS LIFT STATION
WAST-2146 LAWHON MILL ROAD
WAST-2657 SOPCHOPPY HIGHWAY
LIBR-3440 Crawfordville Hwy
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/16/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
153869
87.32
18.00
Total
153869
105.32
153897
18.00
18.00
18.90
18.00
Total
153897
72.90
154000
201.74
190.28
Total
154000
392.02
153973
67.92
43.20
32.40
18.00
67.09
71.25
Total
153973
299.86
153897
18.00
18.00
18.00
60.85
18.00
Total
153897
132.85
153973
18.00
Total
153973
18.00
153897
18.00
84.40
67.92
72.80
18.00
294.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
114.90
18.00
83.54
Page: 8
WAKULLA CO BOCC
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Vendor Name
Invoice Number
Description
Check Date
Check
Number
Total
153897
Total City of Sopchoppy - Water System
Comcast
825.56
1,846.51
09587257207028MY12
PUBD-MONTHLY INTERNET AND
EQUIPMENT FEE
5/16/2012
Comcast
Comcast
Comcast
Comcast
Comcast
Comcast
09587210968013 MY12
09587213373011MY12
09587213606016 MY12
09587213900012 MY12
09587215203018 MY12
09587218022019 MY12
VFD1-Monthly Service, Medart VFD
LIBR-HIGH SPEED INTERNET
VFD1-Monthly Svc., Apalachee Bay VFD
VFD1-Monthly Svc., Riversink VFD
VFD1-Monthly Svc., Wakulla Station
VFD1-Monthly Service, Ochlockonee
Bay VFD
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
Comcast
Comcast
09587237622014 MY12
09587241356013 MY12
FIRE-Monthly Svc., Fire Training Ground
VFD1-Monthly Svc., Panacea VFD
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
154001
106.95
Total
154001
106.95
154036
30.90
172.00
82.00
81.00
0.11
89.57
139.37
120.40
Total
154036
Total Comcast
CRYSTAL SPRINGS WATER
CRYSTAL SPRINGS WATER
Check Amount
715.35
822.30
1664487050212
1664505050212
BOCC BOTTLED WATER-CHAMBER
LIBR-WATER SUPPLIES
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
154037
22.05
8.25
Total
154037
30.30
Total CRYSTAL SPRINGS WATER
D'Arcy Brazier
30.30
100211-040112DB
5/16/2012
153945
210.00
Total
153945
210.00
Total D'Arcy Brazier
Dale Evans
210.00
8913105/16/03
CORT-REPLACEMENT #89131
WITNESS FEE-ROMEKA CASE
5/16/2012
153974
5.00
Total
153974
5.00
Total Dale Evans
De Lage Landen
Total De Lage Landen
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
5.00
13490813
HOUS-COPIER LEASE,4/15 TO 5/14
2012
5/16/2012
153975
506.82
Total
153975
506.82
506.82
Page: 9
WAKULLA CO BOCC
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Vendor Name
Invoice Number
Description
Deanna Ramsey
Deanna Ramsey
12760
12761
LIBR-18 HRS COMPUTER CLASSES
LIBR-12 HRS COMPUTER CLASSES
Check Date
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
Check
Number
Check Amount
154038
900.00
600.00
Total
154038
1,500.00
Total Deanna Ramsey
1,500.00
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT
SERVICES
01-8455
CORT-SERVICES THROUGH APRIL
13,2012
5/16/2012
154002
SERVICES
01-8455
CORT-SERVICES THROUGH APRIL
13,2012
5/16/2012
22.51
SERVICES
21-8701
CORT-SERVICE THROUGH APRIL
13,2012
5/16/2012
131.95
SERVICES
21-8701
CORT-SERVICE THROUGH APRIL
13,2012
5/16/2012
22.51
Total
154002
Total DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT
SERVICES
Desirae Taylor
100211-040112DT
5/16/2012
153946
10.00
Total
153946
10.00
10.00
100211-040112DM
5/16/2012
153947
10.00
Total
153947
10.00
Total Doug McCully
DUBAY'S
10.00
4087
BOCC-CARPET CLEANING
5/16/2012
154003
250.00
Total
154003
250.00
Total DUBAY'S
DUVAL ASPHALT
250.00
88334MB
WPRD-E-Z STREET COLD MIX ASPHALT
19.32 TONS
5/16/2012
153976
2,557.39
Total
153976
2,557.39
Total DUVAL ASPHALT
Electro-Mech Scoreboard
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
301.71
301.71
Total Desirae Taylor
Doug McCully
124.74
2,557.39
90004
WPRD-FIELD #3 REPAIR SCOREBOARD
5/16/2012
153977
154.00
Total
153977
154.00
Page: 10
WAKULLA CO BOCC
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Vendor Name
Invoice Number
Description
Check Date
Check
Number
Total Electro-Mech Scoreboard
Emergency Medical Services
154.00
05032012AMBU
AMBU-FEE TO RELICENSE EMS
5/11/2012
153902
1,575.00
Total
153902
1,575.00
Total Emergency Medical Services
ERIC DAMRON
1,575.00
100211-040112ED
5/16/2012
153948
50.00
Total
153948
50.00
Total ERIC DAMRON
Eutaw Utilities, Inc.
50.00
1459
WAST-Tech'l Svcs on Medart LS Rehab
2011-02
5/16/2012
154039
3,275.00
Total
154039
3,275.00
Total Eutaw Utilities, Inc.
EXCELLANCE INC.
3,275.00
0010358-IN
AMBU-ELECTRIC BOARD A/C CONTROL
BOX R6
5/16/2012
154004
395.02
Total
154004
395.02
Total EXCELLANCE INC.
Fairystine Randolph
395.02
101072/05/01/05
HOUS-Replacement of Ck#101072
5/11/2012
153922
375.00
Total
153922
375.00
Total Fairystine Randolph
FELTGEN, JIM
375.00
100211-040112JF
5/16/2012
153949
10.00
Total
153949
10.00
Total FELTGEN, JIM
10.00
FERGUSON ENTERPRISES, INC.
1066899
WAST-MATERIALS FOR MEDART LIFT
STATION REHAB
5/11/2012
FERGUSON ENTERPRISES, INC.
1068593
WAST-MATERIALS FOR MEDART LIFT
STATION REHAB
5/11/2012
153914
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
16,313.21
142.42
Total
153914
Total FERGUSON ENTERPRISES, INC.
Check Amount
16,455.63
16,455.63
Page: 11
WAKULLA CO BOCC
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Vendor Name
Invoice Number
Description
First Call Truck Parts
62375
62453
PUBW-Filters for Stock
PUBW-Return
62716
PUBW-FILTERS FOR STOCK
Check Date
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/16/2012
Check
Number
153870
82.11
(8.36)
Total
153870
73.75
153978
46.93
Total
153978
46.93
Total First Call Truck Parts
120.68
First In Services, LLC
20113
20114
FIRE-EXHAUST BRAKE REPAIR
FIRE-PURCHASE OF A DEMO LED
LIGHT BAR-BRUSH 2
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
20115
20130
FIRE-Brush 2, Installed new lights
FIRE-RED INT E/L ANITFREEZE SHOP
SUPPLIES - TANKER 2
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
154040
Total First In Services, LLC
B59117
PUBW-DECK WHEELS & BLADES FOR
M-5
5/11/2012
Flint Equipment Company
B59188
PUBW-AIR FILTER FOR RB-48
5/11/2012
153871
Total Flint Equipment Company
10375001
PUBW-DEPOSIT REFUND 85
MEADOWLARK 10375001
5/11/2012
153909
50.00
Total
153909
50.00
50.00
G0012158
G0012159
FIRE-UNIFORM
FIRE-UNIFORM
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
154041
79.98
155.84
Total
154041
235.82
Total G. Willie's Uniforms, Inc.
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
165.50
165.50
Total Florida Commerce Credit Union
Total GRAINGER
117.46
48.04
Total
153871
GRAINGER
GRAINGER
1,946.99
1,946.99
Flint Equipment Company
G. Willie's Uniforms, Inc.
G. Willie's Uniforms, Inc.
153.00
450.00
823.04
520.95
Total
154040
Florida Commerce Credit Union
Check Amount
235.82
9809736664
9810062878
WAST-BIG WHEEL CART
WAST-STARTER RELAY FOR L/S 10
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
153872
285.75
56.62
Total
153872
342.37
342.37
Page: 12
WAKULLA CO BOCC
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Vendor Name
Invoice Number
Description
GREATAMERICA LEASING CORP.
12231030
PLAN-RICOH COPIER,LEASE,MAY
Check Date
5/16/2012
Check
Number
154042
121.94
Total
154042
121.94
Total GREATAMERICA LEASING CORP.
Gulf Coast Lumber & Supply, Inc.
121.94
418181
PUBW-GRASS SEED FOR SMITH CREEK
HWY
5/11/2012
417997
FIRE--24 PACK OF LITER BOTTLES OF
WATER
5/16/2012
418140
418163
FIRE-SUPPLIES
FIRE-SUPPLIES
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
153873
224.95
Total
153873
224.95
154043
359.28
84.30
94.40
Total
154043
Total Gulf Coast Lumber & Supply, Inc.
HARVEY, LETTIE
100211-040112LH
5/16/2012
153950
110.00
Total
153950
110.00
110.00
4722178
WAST-SEWER BACKFLOW & VALVE BOX
5/11/2012
153906
97.55
Total
153906
97.55
Total HD Supply Waterworks, Ltd.
Henry M. Hines
97.55
050412-094198
WPRD-Paint Gazebo at Azalea Park
5/16/2012
154044
350.00
Total
154044
350.00
Total Henry M. Hines
Hill Manufacturing Co
350.00
719376290
PUBW-HERBICIDE
5/16/2012
154005
100.00
Total
154005
100.00
Total Hill Manufacturing Co
Home Comfort Industries
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
537.98
762.93
Total HARVEY, LETTIE
HD Supply Waterworks, Ltd.
Check Amount
100.00
368951
BLDG-SERVICE TO
CONDENSER/FROZEN UNIT DUE TO
FIRE ANTS
5/16/2012
154006
110.00
Total
154006
110.00
Page: 13
WAKULLA CO BOCC
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Vendor Name
Invoice Number
Description
Check Date
Check
Number
Total Home Comfort Industries
Inspired Technologies
110.00
2012-3179
BOCC-NETWORK MAINT CONTRACT
SUPPORT
5/16/2012
154045
4,200.00
Total
154045
4,200.00
Total Inspired Technologies
Intedata Systems Inc.
4,200.00
7828
PUBW-Soft Water Software Maintenance
5/11/2012
153905
60.00
Total
153905
60.00
Total Intedata Systems Inc.
Jeffrey Kevin Jackson
60.00
101070.01
WAST-DEPOSIT REFUND 170 FOX RUN
CIRCLE
5/16/2012
154008
12.62
Total
154008
12.62
Total Jeffrey Kevin Jackson
Jessie Eurbleton
12.62
100211-040112JE
5/16/2012
153951
60.00
Total
153951
60.00
Total Jessie Eurbleton
Jo R. Barksdale
60.00
106113/02/01/06
HOUS-Replacement #106113, Housing
5/16/2012
154046
533.00
Total
154046
533.00
Total Jo R. Barksdale
John Meister
533.00
100211-040112JM
5/16/2012
153952
20.00
Total
153952
20.00
Total John Meister
JONES WELDING & INDUSTRIAL
SUPPLY, INC.
Total JONES WELDING & INDUSTRIAL
SUPPLY, INC.
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
Check Amount
20.00
12895
PUBW-TAILGATE MATERIAL FOR RB-15
5/16/2012
153979
121.42
Total
153979
121.42
121.42
Page: 14
WAKULLA CO BOCC
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Vendor Name
Invoice Number
Description
Jones, Edmunds & Associates, Inc.
0228373
WAST-PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FROM
FEB. 27 THRU APRIL 1
Check Date
5/15/2012
0228374
PUBW-Prof Svcs/TO # 12, Lower Bridge
Landfill
5/15/2012
0228374
PUBW-Prof Svcs/TO # 12, Lower Bridge
Landfill
5/15/2012
0228375
WAST-Prof Svcs. TO # 9, WWTP
Monitoring
5/15/2012
Check
Number
153931
9,217.06
Total
153931
9,217.06
153932
14,162.81
6,297.75
Total
153932
20,460.56
153933
4,391.87
Total
153933
4,391.87
Total Jones, Edmunds & Associates, Inc.
KARL HINDLE
34,069.49
100211-040112KH
5/16/2012
153953
60.00
Total
153953
60.00
Total KARL HINDLE
KEITH KEY HEATING & AIR
60.00
12220
AMBU-STATION 3-FIX LIGHTING
5/16/2012
154009
140.00
Total
154009
140.00
Total KEITH KEY HEATING & AIR
Ketchum, Wood & Burgert
140.00
10105106039
WCSO-LOCAL/ PATTERSON, DANIEL
5/16/2012
154047
102.00
Total
154047
102.00
Total Ketchum, Wood & Burgert
Kristine Aries
102.00
100211-040112MM
5/16/2012
153954
60.00
Total
153954
60.00
Total Kristine Aries
Legal Services of North Florida
Total Legal Services of North Florida
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
Check Amount
60.00
FY10/11
CORT-TRUE-UP PY DUE
5/16/2012
154048
1,573.78
Total
154048
1,573.78
1,573.78
Page: 15
WAKULLA CO BOCC
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Vendor Name
Invoice Number
Description
Linde Gas North America, LLC
451121442
AMBU-Oxygen
45132504
45223926AR12
45121741
AMBU-Oxygen
AMBU-OXYGEN
FIRE-OXY MEDIC-ALUM-SM
Check Date
5/11/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
Check
Number
153874
87.22
Total
153874
87.22
153980
136.45
Total
153980
136.45
154010
190.05
Total
154010
190.05
154049
60.45
Total
154049
60.45
Total Linde Gas North America, LLC
M & L Brake and Alignment, Inc.
474.17
81
AMBU-ALLIGN R8
5/16/2012
154011
79.95
Total
154011
79.95
Total M & L Brake and Alignment, Inc.
MANSFIELD OIL COMPANY
MANSFIELD OIL COMPANY
79.95
34083
34084
PUBW-DIESEL FUEL
PUBW-GASOLINE
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
153875
9,029.54
19,738.50
Total
153875
28,768.04
Total MANSFIELD OIL COMPANY
Martin Marietta Materials
28,768.04
10308930
PUBW-78.15 TONS BASE FOR STOCK
5/11/2012
153876
370.43
Total
153876
370.43
Total Martin Marietta Materials
Matthew Bender & Co., Inc.
370.43
31271472
JDGW-Fl Res L/L Tenant Full Set w/
Service
5/11/2012
153915
451.19
Total
153915
451.19
Total Matthew Bender & Co., Inc.
Matthew Ream
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
Check Amount
451.19
389376083MY12
PUBW-MONTHLY PHONE
REIMB,PUBLIC DEFENDER
5/16/2012
154050
45.00
Total
154050
45.00
Page: 16
WAKULLA CO BOCC
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Vendor Name
Invoice Number
Description
Check Date
Check
Number
Total Matthew Ream
McLean Tennis, Inc.
45.00
1-2440
WPRD-TENNIS COURT REPAIR
HICKORY
5/16/2012
153981
720.00
Total
153981
720.00
Total McLean Tennis, Inc.
Melissa Crum
720.00
MAY12-UA,CRUM, M
MAY12 HUD Payment
5/16/2012
153938
111.00
Total
153938
111.00
Total Melissa Crum
111.00
Meridian Community Services Group,
Inc.
15 Sec 8
HOUS-Management Services for
Housing, April 2012
5/16/2012
Meridian Community Services Group,
Inc.
15 Ship
HOUS-SHIP Admin & Delivery Services,
April, 2012
5/16/2012
153937
Total Meridian Community Services
Group, Inc.
100211-040112MICH
5/16/2012
153955
150.00
Total
153955
150.00
150.00
95411/05/01/04
HOUS-Replacement #95411, Utility
5/16/2012
154051
14.00
Total
154051
14.00
Total Mispel, Robin
MONNIN, CLINT
14.00
100211040112CM
5/16/2012
153956
40.00
Total
153956
40.00
Total MONNIN, CLINT
MyFloridaCounty.com
Total MyFloridaCounty.com
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
8,774.00
8,774.00
Total Michael Meaney
Mispel, Robin
4,054.00
4,720.00
Total
153937
Michael Meaney
Check Amount
40.00
REF 04-12
PUBW-CC Error-Refunded to Customer
#6378149
5/11/2012
153907
2,504.00
Total
153907
2,504.00
2,504.00
Page: 17
WAKULLA CO BOCC
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Vendor Name
Invoice Number
Description
Myron Corp.
82115411
AMBU-CALENDARS
Check Date
5/16/2012
Check
Number
153982
171.85
Total
153982
171.85
Total Myron Corp.
171.85
Nationwide Retirement Solutions
NRS 05112012
PAY1-PR Deduct PWE 5/11/2012
5/10/2012
153858
670.00
Total
153858
670.00
Total Nationwide Retirement Solutions
O'GRADY, MICHAEL
670.00
100211-040112MO
5/16/2012
153957
10.00
Total
153957
10.00
Total O'GRADY, MICHAEL
10.00
Office Business Systems
030304AR12
PLAN-RICOH COPIER,MAINTENANCE
CONTRACT, MARCH
5/16/2012
Office Business Systems
030381AR12
HOUS-COPIER,MAINT
CONTRACT,04/10 TO 05/10
5/16/2012
153983
Total Office Business Systems
Office Depot
Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Total Office Depot
606911432001
607392175001
PROB-OFFICE SUPPLIES
BOCC-OFFICE SUPPLIES
5/11/2012
5/16/2012
153901
319.03
Total
153901
319.03
154012
21.79
Total
154012
21.79
340.82
Cell MAR12
SOA1-Monthly Phone Usage, March
2012
5/11/2012
153895
79.02
Total
153895
79.02
Total OFFICE OF STATE ATTORNEY
Panacea Area Blue Crab Festival
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
150.74
150.74
Cincinnati
OFFICE OF STATE ATTORNEY
98.71
52.03
Total
153983
Office Depot
Check Amount
79.02
136081/09/30/09
TOUR-Replacement of Ck#136081
5/11/2012
153923
1,500.00
Total
153923
1,500.00
Page: 18
WAKULLA CO BOCC
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Vendor Name
Invoice Number
Description
Check Date
Check
Number
Total Panacea Area Blue Crab Festival
Panacea Area Water System
1,500.00
0713-00AR12
2868-00AR12
2902-00AR12
APR12
0820-00AR12
0821-00AR12
WAST-24 WALKER STREET
WAST-23 HIDDEN POND LANE
WAST-36 STRIFFLER STREET
WAST-April 2012 S/C-872 Pcs
WAST-33 SNAILS PACE LANE
WAST-152 TURTLE CREEK LANE
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
153878
25.00
25.00
25.00
Total
153878
75.00
153891
2,398.00
Total
153891
2,398.00
153984
25.00
25.00
Total
153984
50.00
Total Panacea Area Water System
Panacea Coastal Construction, Inc.
2,523.00
11142011
WAST-Sewer Taps for 44 & 56 Jer Be
Lou Blvd.
5/11/2012
153893
4,600.00
Total
153893
4,600.00
Total Panacea Coastal Construction, Inc.
Panhandle Association of Code
Enforcement
4,600.00
ma12-apr13
PLAN-PANHANDLE ASSOC OF CODE
ENFORCEMENT-JAIME BLAZE
5/16/2012
154052
20.00
Total
154052
20.00
Total Panhandle Association of Code
Enforcement
Panther Creek Sod Farms
20.00
40244
PUBW-SOD FOR OLD SHELL POINT
ROAD PAVING PROJECT
5/16/2012
153985
4,200.00
Total
153985
4,200.00
Total Panther Creek Sod Farms
PAT KOSSMAN
4,200.00
100211-040112PK
5/16/2012
153958
40.00
Total
153958
40.00
Total PAT KOSSMAN
Paul's Pest Control
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
Check Amount
40.00
842341
AMBU-Station 2, 50 VFD Ln
5/11/2012
153879
30.00
Total
153879
30.00
Page: 19
WAKULLA CO BOCC
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Vendor Name
Invoice Number
Description
Paul's Pest Control
845773AR12
AMBU-318 TRICE LANE-AMBULANCE
SERVICES
5/16/2012
Paul's Pest Control
Paul's Pest Control
847033AR12
847033AR12
AMBU-338 TRICE LANE
AMBU-338 TRICE LANE
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
Paul's Pest Control
Paul's Pest Control
845773
846865
AMBU-STATION 1 PEST CONTROL
AMBU-STATION 3 PEST CONTROL
Check Date
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
Check
Number
154013
Total
154013
58.00
154053
28.00
28.00
Total
154053
56.00
144.00
720101-1
PUBW-MISC PAVING AND GRADING
REHWINKLE ROAD
5/11/2012
153880
347,227.20
Total
153880
347,227.20
Total PEAVY & SON CONSTRUCTION
CO., INC.
POSEY, JIM
347,227.20
100211-040112JP
5/16/2012
153959
70.00
Total
153959
70.00
Total POSEY, JIM
Pro-Tech Monitoring, Inc.
70.00
R-7322
PROB-4-1-12 TO 4-30-12 GPS
MONITORING
5/11/2012
153881
484.34
Total
153881
484.34
Total Pro-Tech Monitoring, Inc.
PROFORMA
28.00
15.00
15.00
Total Paul's Pest Control
PEAVY & SON CONSTRUCTION CO.,
INC.
Check Amount
484.34
0914004067
WPRD-BOAT LAUNCH HANGER PERMIT
5/11/2012
153882
233.02
Total
153882
233.02
Total PROFORMA
233.02
Progress Energy
2945513399AR12
VFD1-32 SHELL ISLAND ROAD -ST.
MARKS VFD
5/11/2012
153917
Progress Energy
Progress Energy
3140089400AR12
3498345139AR12
PUBW-340 TRICE LANE
WAST-30 JASPER THOMAS ROAD LIFT
STATION
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
772.86
14.91
Progress Energy
Progress Energy
4943504483AR12
5217773062AR12
WAST-58 RUBY LANE
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
88.25
867.78
Total
153917
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
233.61
1,977.41
Page: 20
WAKULLA CO BOCC
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Vendor Name
Invoice Number
Description
Progress Energy
0441341591AR12
WPRD-79 RECREATION DRIVE MEDART
Check Date
5/16/2012
Check
Number
Check Amount
153987
480.78
Total
153987
480.78
154054
8,281.28
Progress Energy
96399 18049AR12
WAST-SEWER PLANT,2146 LAWHON
MILL ROAD
5/16/2012
Progress Energy
97396 01167AR12
BOCC-1493 COASTAL HWY WELCOME
CENTER
5/16/2012
178.76
Progress
Progress
Progress
Progress
Energy
Energy
Energy
Energy
3165435168AR12
3165579174AR12
3165867197AR12
31660 11206AR12
BOCC-24 HIGH DRIVE
BOCC-24 HIGH DRIVE
BOCC-202 OCHLOCKONEE STREET
LITE & CORT HOUSE
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
7.80
34.45
607.20
3,493.24
Progress Energy
Progress Energy
8872900320AR12
91450 45280AR12
BOCC-11 BREAM FOUNTAIN ROAD
VFD1-3083 SHADEVILLE ROAD, NEW
BLDG
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
296.56
59.82
Progress Energy
Progress Energy
2319583221AR12
70959 92276AR12
WAST-1 REDFISH LANE LIFT STATION
PUBW-7195 COASTAL HIGHWAY
CAUTION LIGHT
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
Progress Energy
Progress Energy
01297 36278AR12
12569 10265AR12
VFD1-3083 SHADEVILLE ROAD,FIRE
LIBR-8880 KWH 4330 CRAWFORDVILLE
HWY
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
Progress Energy
Progress Energy
31566 50559AR12
31639 95063AR12
SECURITY LIGHT
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
Total
154054
12,959.11
154014
1.10
34.63
Total
154014
35.73
154054
50.04
1,100.07
319.85
9.73
Total
154054
1,479.69
153987
15.98
23.06
Progress Energy
Progress Energy
7219498457AR12
7471847110AR12
PUBW-CAUTION LIGHT AT SR 267
PUBW-TRAFFIC LIGHT AT 4341
BLOXHAM CUTOFF ROAD
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
Progress Energy
8324416148AR12
WAST-533 EMMETT WHALEY ROAD
LIFT STATION
5/16/2012
36.32
Progress Energy
8545355000AR12
WAST-57 SOPCHOPPY HIGHWAY LIFT
STATION
5/16/2012
557.56
Progress Energy
Progress Energy
1964282961AR12
2032259566AR12
AMBU-48 MEDART VFD LANE
AMBU-3075 SHADEVILLE ROAD
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
Total
153987
632.92
154014
155.11
184.16
Total
154014
339.27
153987
29.11
Progress Energy
5136989382AR12
WAST-4707 CRAWFORDVILLE
HIGHWAY LIFT STATION
5/16/2012
Progress Energy
6020594269AR12
PUBW-REHWINKLE & TAFFLINGER
STREET LIGHT
5/16/2012
17.07
Progress Energy
6138447360AR12
WAST-1060 BUCKHORN PLAZA LIFT
STATION
5/16/2012
19.68
Progress Energy
6401108812AR12
WAST-18 WALKER STREET LIFT
STATION
5/16/2012
410.82
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
Page: 21
WAKULLA CO BOCC
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Invoice Number
Description
Progress Energy
Progress Energy
Progress Energy
6594424634AR12
6605225381AR12
2011999118AR12
WAST-2792 SURF ROAD
WAST-2484 SURF ROAD
WAST-60 CONIFER COURT LIFT
STATION
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
149.97
111.43
14.09
Progress Energy
Progress Energy
2395058547AR12
2564351222AR12
WPRD-8046 COASTAL HWY NEWPORT
WAST-36 STRIFFLER STREET LIFT
STATION
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
32.42
17.47
Progress Energy
Progress Energy
Progress Energy
4458142155AR12
4477551405AR12
4859974373AR12
WAST-11 TOP SAIL WAY
WPRD-8046 COASTAL HWY NEWPORT
WAST-216 OTTER LAKE ROAD LIFT
STATION
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
125.65
140.55
58.18
Progress Energy
0668430171AR12
WAST-410 WAKULLA ARRAN ROAD
LIFT STATION
5/16/2012
60.97
Progress
Progress
Progress
Progress
Progress
0983990245AR12
1185866274AR12
1583954386AR12
1841271057AR12
1937785120AR12
WAST-11 TOP SAIL WAY
8046 COASTAL LITE NEWPORT
WPRD-8046 COASTAL BID NEWPORT
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
133.11
246.45
176.05
226.16
37.49
Energy
Energy
Energy
Energy
Energy
Check Date
Check
Number
Vendor Name
Total
153987
Total Progress Energy
PROQUEST LLC
Diagnostics
Diagnostics
Diagnostics
Diagnostics
Quest Diagnostics
70171301
LIBR-HERITAGE QUEST/ANCESTRY
RENEWAL
5/16/2012
154055
2,230.00
Total
154055
2,230.00
2,230.00
9137837783
9139459766
9140282875
9140830211
9143230226
WCSO-Local
WCSO-Local
WCSO-Local
WCSO-Local
WCSO-LOCAL
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/16/2012
153889
215.87
139.70
359.36
462.29
Total
153889
1,177.22
153988
933.32
Total
153988
933.32
Total Quest Diagnostics
Recorded Books LLC
2,110.54
74520508
LIBR-3 AUDIO BOOKS
5/16/2012
154056
238.60
Total
154056
238.60
Total Recorded Books LLC
Redwire
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
2,006.67
19,911.58
Total PROQUEST LLC
Quest
Quest
Quest
Quest
Check Amount
238.60
21347AR12
BOCC-COURTHOUSE MONTHLY
SECURITY MONITORING
5/16/2012
154015
652.00
Total
154015
652.00
Page: 22
WAKULLA CO BOCC
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Vendor Name
Invoice Number
Description
Check Date
Check
Number
Total Redwire
Richard Bramblett Rph Cph Consulting
Services
652.00
APRIL2012
WCSO-MEDICAL SERVICES
5/11/2012
153911
250.00
Total
153911
250.00
Total Richard Bramblett Rph Cph
Consulting Services
Richard Scott Taft
Check Amount
250.00
109018.01
WAST-DEPOSIT REFUND 191
CAROUSEL CIRCLE
5/16/2012
154016
5.48
Total
154016
5.48
Total Richard Scott Taft
RICOH AMERICAS CORPORATION
5.48
415324687
LIBR-COPIER CHARGED
5/16/2012
154057
155.76
Total
154057
155.76
Total RICOH AMERICAS CORPORATION
RING POWER CORPORATION
155.76
02PX7282313
WAST-Thermostat for WW3
5/16/2012
154017
31.94
Total
154017
31.94
Total RING POWER CORPORATION
RIVERSINK VFD
31.94
133784/06/03/09
VFD1-Replacement of Ck#133784
5/11/2012
153924
24.09
Total
153924
24.09
Total RIVERSINK VFD
RODGER TRIPP
24.09
051612-0827252
LIBR-SUMMER PROGRAM
PERFORMANCE
5/16/2012
154058
375.00
Total
154058
375.00
Total RODGER TRIPP
Sakinah Mujahid
Total Sakinah Mujahid
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
375.00
92682/12/01/03
5/11/2012
153925
424.00
Total
153925
424.00
424.00
Page: 23
WAKULLA CO BOCC
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Vendor Name
Invoice Number
Description
Sam Worley
051512-0827253
LIBR-SUMMER PROGRAM
PERFORMANCE
Check Date
5/16/2012
Check
Number
154059
285.00
Total
154059
285.00
Total Sam Worley
Shanna Baxley
285.00
15014001
PUBW-RIVERSINK WATER DEPOSIT
REFUND 174 PIXIE CIRCLE
5/11/2012
153883
23.34
Total
153883
23.34
Total Shanna Baxley
SMITH CREEK VFD
23.34
136049/09/30/09
VFD1-Replacement of Ck#136049,
Talquin & Embarq
5/11/2012
153926
669.24
Total
153926
669.24
Total SMITH CREEK VFD
Smith Electric Motor Service
669.24
43250
AIR1-MOTOR FOR IRRIGATION PUMP
5/16/2012
154018
561.93
Total
154018
561.93
Total Smith Electric Motor Service
SONITROL
SONITROL
SONITROL
561.93
182697 / 1
182697 / 2
182706AR12
AMBU-Monthly Security (Split Invoice)
FIRE-MonthlySecurity (Split Invoice)
BOCC-196 OCHLOCKONE ST,CLERK OF
COURT
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/16/2012
153913
87.97
87.97
Total
153913
175.94
154019
70.00
Total
154019
70.00
Total SONITROL
Spring Creek Restaurant
245.94
102995/07/08/05
LIBR-Replacement of Ck#102995,
Friends of Library
5/11/2012
153927
58.85
Total
153927
58.85
Total Spring Creek Restaurant
ST OF FLORIDA C/S DISBURSEMENT
UNIT
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
Check Amount
58.85
CS 05112012
PAY1-Payroll PWE 05/11/2012
5/10/2012
153859
417.29
Page: 24
WAKULLA CO BOCC
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Vendor Name
Invoice Number
Description
Check Date
Check
Number
Total
153859
Total ST OF FLORIDA C/S
DISBURSEMENT UNIT
Standard Insurance Company
Standard Insurance Company
00 145652 (MAY12)
00 145652 (MAY12)
BOCC-Life Insurance Premium
BOCC-Life Insurance Premium
5/9/2012
5/11/2012
153855
822.14
Total
153855
822.14
153918
531.88
Total
153918
531.88
1,354.02
82
LIBR-SUMMER PROGRAM
PERFORMANCE
5/16/2012
154060
350.00
Total
154060
350.00
Total STORYMAKER, LLC
SUNSHINE STATE ONE CALL
350.00
0000080050AR12
PUBW-MONTHLY ASSESSMENT AND
LOCATES
5/16/2012
153989
70.32
Total
153989
70.32
Total SUNSHINE STATE ONE CALL
Susan Council
70.32
119059/08/01/07
5/11/2012
153929
2,214.00
Total
153929
2,214.00
Total Susan Council
Tallahassee Memorial Hospital
2,214.00
6130603530
6209606232
WCSO-Local/Davis, Curtis J.
WCSO-Local/Pierce, Michelle
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
HCRA-0492DO
WCHD-ONEAL, DOROTHY-3 DAYS PER
DIEM@1,485.72
5/16/2012
HCRA-6569JR
WCHD-ROOKS,JASON E. 1 DAY PER
DIEM@1,485.72
5/16/2012
153890
1,072.81
7,029.29
Total
153890
8,102.10
153990
4,455.96
1,485.72
Total
153990
Total Tallahassee Memorial Hospital
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
417.29
417.29
Total Standard Insurance Company
STORYMAKER, LLC
Check Amount
5,941.68
14,043.78
Page: 25
WAKULLA CO BOCC
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Vendor Name
Talquin
Talquin
Talquin
Talquin
Talquin
Talquin
Electric
Electric
Electric
Electric
Electric
Electric
Cooperative,
Cooperative,
Cooperative,
Cooperative,
Cooperative,
Cooperative,
Inc.
Inc.
Inc.
Inc.
Inc.
Inc.
Invoice Number
Description
1010485AR12
1013577AR12
1039443 AR12
1039445AR12
37311556703AR12
37311556752AR12
WAST-62 PRESTON CIRCLE
WAST-88 CARRIAGE DRIVE
WAST-4550 Coastal Hwy
WAST-4550 COASTAL HWYWAST-BUNTING DRIVE
WAST-86 CAROUSEL CIRCLE
Check Date
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
Check
Number
Check Amount
153884
29.24
16.51
65.67
38.78
16.51
16.51
Total
153884
183.22
153898
16.51
114.66
Talquin Electric Cooperative, Inc.
1016268AR12
1568041816AR12
WAST-32 NANDINA WAY
VFD1-338 TRICE LANE
CRAWFORDVILLE VFD
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
620119909AR12
PUBW-TRAFFIC LIGHT AT BLOXHAM
AND 319
5/11/2012
21.95
7311556653AR12
PUBW-689 CRAWFORDVILLE
HIGHWAY-RIVERSINK
5/11/2012
293.01
1568044992AR12
VFD1-491 CRAWFORDVILLE
HWY/RIVER SINK VFD
5/16/2012
6584434564AR12
VFD1-1691 SMITH CREEK ROAD
5/16/2012
Talquin
Talquin
Talquin
Talquin
Talquin
Electric
Electric
Electric
Electric
Electric
Cooperative,
Cooperative,
Cooperative,
Cooperative,
Cooperative,
Inc.
Inc.
Inc.
Inc.
Inc.
37311582568AR12
37311615426AR12
7311550722AR12
7311556752AR12
7311615509AR12
1016267AR12
PUBW-HYDRANT METER
WAST-46 TULLIS LANE
WAST-13 TUSCANY TRACE
WAST-86 CAROUSEL CIRCLE
WAST-46 TILLIS LANE
WAST-32 NANDINA WAY
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
5/11/2012
Total
153898
446.13
154061
66.64
65.36
Total
154061
132.00
153884
61.50
16.51
20.91
21.45
59.21
Total
153884
179.58
153898
49.28
Total
153898
49.28
Total Talquin Electric Cooperative, Inc.
THOMPSON, MATT
990.21
100211-040112MT
5/16/2012
153960
110.00
Total
153960
110.00
Total THOMPSON, MATT
TIDWELL, AMY
110.00
120518/10/01/07
HOUS-Replacement #120518, Utility
5/16/2012
154062
36.00
Total
154062
36.00
Total TIDWELL, AMY
Timothy P. Barden
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
36.00
04272012TB
OMBU-TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT
5/11/2012
153885
403.70
Page: 26
WAKULLA CO BOCC
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Vendor Name
Invoice Number
Description
Check Date
Check
Number
Total
153885
Total Timothy P. Barden
Porter, W
WCSO-Replacement of Ck#130673,
12/30/08
5/11/2012
TMH ER Physicians Group
Reynolds, M
WCSO-Replacement of Ck#130673,
Reynolds
5/11/2012
153928
Total TMH ER Physicians Group
120727PM
LIBR-SUMMER PROGRAM
PERFORMANCE
5/16/2012
154063
250.00
Total
154063
250.00
250.00
57217998
EXTS-COPIER PAYMENT
5/16/2012
154064
307.00
Total
154064
307.00
Total Toshiba America Business
Solutions
307.00
12046802-J10
LIBR-19 LONG DISTANCE CALLS
5/11/2012
153904
24.89
Total
153904
24.89
Total Transworld Network, Corp.
Trey Taylor
24.89
100211-040112TT
5/16/2012
153961
180.00
Total
153961
180.00
Total Trey Taylor
TROY FAIN INSURANCE, INC.
180.00
05142012TC
BLDG-RENEWAL OF NOTARY STAMP
FOR TRACEY CHANCE
5/16/2012
154020
107.02
Total
154020
107.02
Total TROY FAIN INSURANCE, INC.
UNITED STATES TREASURY
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
682.00
682.00
Total Tommy Johns Presents
Transworld Network, Corp.
300.00
382.00
Total
153928
Toshiba America Business Solutions
403.70
403.70
TMH ER Physicians Group
Tommy Johns Presents
Check Amount
107.02
FTW 050912
MC 050912
SS 050912
PAY1-941 Taxes PWE 5/11/2012-R
PAY1-941 Taxes PWE 5/11/2012-R
PAY1-941 Taxes PWE 05/11/2012-R
5/10/2012
5/10/2012
5/10/2012
153860
10,368.71
3,500.54
12,554.10
Page: 27
WAKULLA CO BOCC
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Vendor Name
Invoice Number
Description
Check Date
Check
Number
Total
153860
Total UNITED STATES TREASURY
UNITED WAY OF THE BIG BEND
UW 051112
PAY1-PR Deductions PWE 5/11/2012
5/10/2012
153861
113.00
Total
153861
113.00
113.00
VDC 05112012
PAY1-PR Deduction PWE 05/11/2012
5/10/2012
153862
470.00
Total
153862
470.00
Total VALIC Deferred Comp
470.00
VERIZON WIRELESS
6715292790
ANIM-Monthly Phone, Animal Control,
L.Lamarche
5/11/2012
VERIZON WIRELESS
6715292790
ANIM-Monthly Phone, Animal Control,
L.Lamarche
5/11/2012
VERIZON WIRELESS
VERIZON WIRELESS
VERIZON WIRELESS
VERIZON WIRELESS
6727098672AR12
6728178625 Bldg
6728178625 Faci
6727095329
AMBU-WIRELESS
BLDG-Inspectors cell phones
FACI-Facilities maintenance cell phone
FIRE-LOUIS-850-294-8096,CHIEF
MORGAN-850-509-0604
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
153903
Total
153903
77.74
154021
626.20
75.69
5.82
Total
154021
707.71
154065
126.16
Total
154065
126.16
911.61
216530
PUBW-VARIOUS SIGNS FOR STOCK
5/11/2012
153886
4,717.52
Total
153886
4,717.52
Total VULCAN, INC.
WAKULLA AREA TIMES
Total WAKULLA AREA TIMES
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
60.41
17.33
Total VERIZON WIRELESS
VULCAN, INC.
26,423.35
26,423.35
Total UNITED WAY OF THE BIG BEND
VALIC Deferred Comp
Check Amount
4,717.52
00016902
SOE1-May AD Voter Education
5/11/2012
153900
200.00
Total
153900
200.00
200.00
Page: 28
WAKULLA CO BOCC
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Vendor Name
Invoice Number
Description
Check Date
WAKULLA COUNTY BOCC - PAYROLL
A/C
PWE 05/11/2012
PAY1-PWE 05/11/2012-R
5/10/2012
Check
Number
153863
93,089.46
Total
153863
93,089.46
Total WAKULLA COUNTY BOCC PAYROLL A/C
WAKULLA COUNTY WATER
93,089.46
02-15001500AR12
VFD1-RIVERSINK VFD,241
CRAWFORDVILLE HWY
5/16/2012
154066
26.67
Total
154066
26.67
Total WAKULLA COUNTY WATER
WAKULLA LP GAS
26.67
10838
COC1-Courthouse-468.6 Gallons of
Propane
5/11/2012
153899
787.86
Total
153899
787.86
Total WAKULLA LP GAS
Wakulla
Wakulla
Wakulla
Wakulla
Wakulla
Wakulla
News
News
News
News
News
News
Wakulla News
787.86
201201-5
201201-6
201202-1
201202-2
201202-3
201202-4
201201(011912)
PLAN-LEGAL
PLAN-LEGAL
PLAN-LEGAL
PLAN-LEGAL
PLAN-LEGAL
PLAN-LEGAL
AD, PLANNING
AD,PLANNING
AD,PLANNING
AD,PLANNING
AD,PLANNING
AD,PLANNING
PLAN-LEGAL AD,CODE ENFORCEMENT
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
153991
175.20
175.20
170.20
175.20
175.20
175.20
Total
153991
1,046.20
154067
39.04
Total
154067
39.04
Total Wakulla News
Wakulla Urgent Care
Wakulla Urgent Care
1,085.24
04232012MEDICAL
DEANA008
WCSO-MEDICAL SERVICES
WCSO-MEDICAL SERVICES,
DEANDA,NATHAN
5/16/2012
5/16/2012
154022
2,100.00
Total
154022
2,100.00
154068
145.01
Total
154068
145.01
Total Wakulla Urgent Care
WASTE MANAGEMENT-SPRINGHILL
LANDFIL
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
Check Amount
2,245.01
001480822483
WAST-SLUDGE DISPOSAL
5/11/2012
153887
3,696.11
Page: 29
WAKULLA CO BOCC
From 5/3/2012 Through 5/16/2012
Vendor Name
WASTE MANAGEMENT-SPRINGHILL
LANDFIL
Invoice Number
001491822480AR12
Description
WAST-SLUDGE DISPOSAL
Check Date
5/16/2012
Check
Number
Total
153887
3,696.11
153992
2,678.64
Total
153992
2,678.64
Total WASTE
MANAGEMENT-SPRINGHILL LANDFIL
West Payment Center
West Payment Center
Check Amount
6,374.75
824790243
824870894
JDGW-Fl Rules of Crt State V.I, Local
V.III, Keyrls V.IIIA
COC1-MONTHLY WEST INFORMATION
CHARGES
5/11/2012
5/16/2012
153916
471.50
Total
153916
471.50
154023
127.00
Total
154023
127.00
Total West Payment Center
598.50
William Palmer
105930.00
WAST-DEPOSIT REFUND 11 TOM
GRINER
5/16/2012
154024
William Palmer
105930.00(09-11)
WAST-BILLED IN ERROR REFUND 11
TOM GRINER
5/16/2012
947.35
William Palmer
105930.00(2012)
WAST-BILLED IN ERROR REFND 11
TOM GRINER
5/16/2012
171.38
Total
154024
Total William Palmer
Report Total
Date: 5/17/12 04:56:10 PM
50.00
1,168.73
1,168.73
698,162.63
Page: 30
Agenda Request
Date of Meeting:
May 21, 2012
Date Submitted:
May 2, 2012
To:
From:
Les Harrison, Director, Wakulla County Extension
Subject:
Request Board Approval of a Revised Memorandum of Understanding
Between the University of Florida's Institute of Foods and Agriculture
Sciences (UF/IFAS) and Wakulla County
Statement of Issue:
This agenda item requests Board approval of the revised Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
between the University of Florida Institute Of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension Service and
the Wakulla County Board of County Commissioners as outlined in Attachment 2.
Background:
The MOU establishes and describes the responsibilities and relationship existing between the two
parties, the Wakulla County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) and the University of Florida,
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Extension Service. The current MOU has
been in place since 1995, but some of the language needs to be amended to assure clarity and
delineate areas of accountability.
Analysis:
To assure the breadth and scope of the educational programs offered by the UF/IFAS Wakulla
Extension Office meet the needs of local clientele, it is important for both elected officials of the
Wakulla BOCC and the UF/IFAS Extension Service’s administration to understand their respective
responsibilities and relationships in the conduct of this work. Programing includes youth
development through 4-H projects and clubs, Family and Consumer Sciences training, and
Agriculture, Natural Resources and Horticulture educational venues. The County Attorney has
reviewed the proposed MOU. Revisions to the MOU are outlined in Attachment #2.
Budgetary Impact:
There is no budgetary impact.
Options:
Agenda Request: Request Board Approval of a Revised Memorandum of Understanding
Between the University of Florida's Institute of Foods and Agriculture Sciences (UF/IFAS) and
Wakulla County
May 21, 2012
Page 2
1.
2.
3.
Approve the proposed Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Florida’s
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and Wakulla County Board of County
Commissioners.
Do Not Approve the proposed Memorandum of Understanding between the University of
Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and Wakulla County Board of County
Commissioners.
Board direction.
Recommendation:
Option #1
Attachment(s):
1.
Proposed MOU
2.
Outlined revision made to the MOU
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
between
Florida Cooperative Extension Service,
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences,
University of Florida
and
The Board of County Commissioners
of Wakulla County, Florida
The Florida Cooperative Extension Service was established as a part of the Institute of Food and
Agricultural Sciences of the University of Florida by federal and State legislation for the specific
purpose of "extending" the educational service of the University to the people of the State of
Florida on subjects relating to agriculture, family and consumer science, 4-H and youth,
community and natural resource development, energy and sea grant programs. The laws calling
for the creation of extension programs were specifically designed to ensure that the findings of
research in these areas were communicated to the people in their communities.
To assure that educational programs offered by the Cooperative Extension Service meet the
needs of local clientele, it is important that both elected and appointed officials of the Florida
Cooperative Extension Service and the Board of County Commissioners understand their
respective responsibilities and relationships in the conduct of this work.
This Memorandum of Understanding establishes the responsibilities and relationships that exist
between the Florida Cooperative Extension Service (hereinafter call “Extension” or
“University”) and the Board of County Commissioners of Wakulla County (hereinafter called the
“Board” or the “County”).
The parties agree as follows:
A. Hiring County Extension Faculty
1. Extension and the Board will jointly agree on whether to fill vacancies in
positions of County Extension Faculty.
2. Extension will establish minimum requirements and qualifications for the
employment of County Extension Faculty.
3. Extension will receive and examine applications for employment for County
Extension Faculty.
4. Extension will interview and screen applicants to determine their qualifications
and availability for employment as County Extension Faculty.
5. Extension will recommend to the Board qualified applicants for appointment to
vacant or new County Extension Faculty positions in accordance with the
provisions of Section 1004.37, Florida Statutes.
B. Salaries of County Extension Faculty
1. University and the County will each pay its own respective portion of all salaries
for County Extension Faculty but will not be responsible for payment of the other
party’s portion.
2. Extension will determine the total amount of the starting base salary of each
County Extension Faculty member.
3. Before hire, the Board and Extension will jointly agree on the portion of the base
starting salary of each County Extension Faculty member that each party will
pay. After initial hire, each party will determine future salary adjustments for its
portion of the total salary, except with respect to promotion increases, which will
be determined as set forth in paragraph B.4. Each party may, at its sole
discretion, pay a bonus at any time to County Extension Faculty member(s), as a
non-base salary increase, provided that such party will be solely liable for the
payment of such bonus.
4. Extension will determine the total dollar amount of rank promotion salary
increases for promotion to Agents II, III, and IV. The Board will pay that
percentage of the rank promotion salary increase that is equivalent to the
percentage of the County Extension Faculty member’s salary the Board was
paying immediately prior to the effective date of the increase. Extension will pay
the remainder of the rank promotion salary increase.
C. County Extension Faculty Support
1. Extension will provide County Extension Faculty with official envelopes,
bulletins (designed for free distribution), leaflets and other publications for
educational purposes.
2. Extension will provide the leadership for administration and supervision of
Extension programs and County Extension Faculty.
3. Extension will develop and administer a personnel management plan for County
Extension Faculty that will provide for:
a. The annual review of each County Extension Faculty member’s
performance.
b. Counseling for job improvement where needed.
c. Periodic county program reviews.
4. Extension will provide State Extension Subject Matter Specialists to train County
Extension Faculty in current technology and other changes affecting agriculture,
family and consumer science, 4-H, community and natural resource development,
energy and sea grant programs and to assist them in the conduct of work in these
areas.
5. Extension will provide County Extension Faculty with training programs as
appropriate to maintain effective program delivery.
6. Extension will develop and maintain a County Advisory Committee System to
insure that county Extension programs are based on the particular needs of the
people in the county.
7. Extension will provide funds for official travel expenses and per diem of County
Extension Faculty for in-service training and for other out-of-county program
development meetings selected by Extension.
D. County Extension Faculty Support
1. The Board will provide office space and equipment, secretaries and other clerical
personnel, utilities, telephone, office supplies, funding for official county travel
(except as otherwise provided herein with respect to in-service training),
demonstration materials and other items needed for efficient operation of the
County Extension Office and program. Funding levels for these services will be at
the discretion of the Board and based on funding availability within the County’s
annual budget.
2. The Board will also confer and advise with the District and County Extension
Directors and County Extension Advisory Committee relative to county
Extension programs.
E. Office Policies
1. The policies established by the University of Florida in administering leave,
including annual, sick, civil, and military leave, and regarding payment of unused
annual and sick leave upon separation, shall apply to County Extension Faculty.
2. Extension will establish minimum requirements and qualifications for all
University of Florida Extension employees located in the county.
3. Extension and The Board will cooperate in maintaining a safe and comfortable
workplace environment consistent with established workplace practices.
4. Extension and The Board will remain separately responsible for compliance with
the American Disabilities Act at their facilities. Each party remains responsible
for providing access to any facility or building owned by such party in
compliance with the American Disabilities Act.
5. County Extension Faculty will not be classified under a county classification
system.
F. Miscellaneous
1. This Memorandum of Understanding shall be amended only by written
amendments, which must be signed by both parties.
2. Either party may terminate this agreement without penalty or cause by giving the
other party at least six (6) months written notice of its intent to do so.
3. This agreement shall be effective on
.
_________
__________________
Vice President, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Date
University of Florida
_________
Dean and Director
___________________
Date
______ ___ ___________________
Chairman, Board of County Commissioners
Approved as to form:
____________________________
Office of County Attorney
_
Date
Changes to MOU Between UF/IFAS Extension and Wakulla BOCC
Added:
1. Extension and the Board will jointly agree on whether to fill vacancies in positions of
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
County Extension Faculty.
Extension will provide funds for official travel expenses and per diem of County
Extension Faculty for in-service training and for other out-of-county program
development meetings selected by Extension.
Extension and The Board will cooperate in maintaining a safe and comfortable workplace
environment consistent with established workplace practices.
Extension and The Board will remain separately responsible for compliance with the
American Disabilities Act at their facilities. Each party remains responsible for providing
access to any facility or building owned by such party in compliance with the American
Disabilities Act.
Extension will determine the total dollar amount of rank promotion salary increases for
promotion to Agents II, III, and IV. The Board will pay that percentage of the rank
promotion salary increase that is equivalent to the percentage of the County Extension
Faculty member’s salary the Board was paying immediately prior to the effective date of
the increase. Extension will pay the remainder of the rank promotion salary increase.
County Extension Faculty will not be classified under a county classification system.
This Memorandum of Understanding shall be amended only by written amendments,
which must be signed by both parties.
Either party may terminate this agreement without penalty or cause by giving the other
party at least six (6) months written notice of its intent to do so.
Deleted:
1. Extension will recommend the salaries of County Extension Faculty.
2. Extension will prepare and submit an annual budget request to The Board for the
county’s share of funds for salaries and operating expenses.
3. Extension will continue to pay for two-thirds of the salary of the Director, Dale Bennett,
plus two thirds of any other amounts due and payable incident to his employment.
4. Extension will be responsible for two-thirds of all salaries and matching and medicare
requirements of all other State faculty members.
5. The County will provide the county’s share of salaries for County Extension Faculty at a
level determined by The Board. The Board will determine salary adjustments for the
county portion of each faculty member’s salary. The Board will participate in promotion
increased to Agent II, III, and IV for their portion of each faculty member’s salary.
6. The county will review and consider the annual budget request from Extension and take
appropriate action.
7. Extension and the Board mutually agree that all County Extension appointments are to be
worked out jointly between Extension and the Board in keeping with Florida Statute
240.505.
8. Extension and the Board mutually agree County Extension Faculty will follow county
policies relative to office hours and holidays.
Agenda Request
Date of Meeting:
May 21, 2012
Date Submitted:
May 8, 2012
To:
From:
Luis Serna, Planning Director
Esrone McDaniels, Meridian Community Services Group/SHIP Administrator
Subject:
Request Board Approval to Adopt the Proposed Resolution Approving the 2012
Fair Market Rents as Published by HUD as the Payment Standards for the
Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8)
Statement of Issue:
This agenda item requests the Board to adopt the proposed Resolution approving the 2012 Fair Market Rents as
published by HUD as the payment standards for the Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8).
Background:
The Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8) is designed to assist very low to low income households with
securing decent, safe, sanitary and affordable housing within the community. The funding is made available
annually through the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Public and Indian Housing
Division. In Federal Fiscal Year 2012, Wakulla County was allocated approximately $1,008,217 to provide
assistance to Section 8 participants. Assistance is provided on behalf of Section 8 eligible participants via Housing
Assistance Payments (HAP) on a monthly basis. Eligibility is determined using a matrix of income and other
qualifying factors dictated by the program and Wakulla County’s Administration Plan. The goal is to not have
families expend greater than 30% of their income on housing. The family is required to pay at least 30% (up to
40%) and the HAP covers the rest including a portion of utilities, if eligible.
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development via Section 8 c (1) of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 (USHA) requires that the Secretary publish Fair Market Rents periodically, but not less than annually.
The Fair Market Rents are used to determine payment standard amounts for the Housing Choice Voucher Program
(Section 8) to determine initial renewal rents for housing assistance payment (HAP) contracts.
Analysis:
Each year, HUD publishes Fair Market Rents which are used as a basis for a number of housing alternatives. These
Fair Market Rents are typically published in the last quarter of each year. HUD requires that the local governments
that administer the Housing Choice Voucher Program adopt payment standards that are representative of the housing
Agenda Request: Request Board Approval to Adopt the Proposed Resolution Approving the 2012 Fair Market
Rents as Published by HUD as the Payment Standards for the Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8)
May 21, 2012
Page 2
market within the local government’s jurisdiction. Over the years, the county’s housing staff has used 100 percent
of the Fair Market Rents as its payment standards.
It should be noted that the Fair Market Rents for 2012 decreased substantially from 2011 due to a combination of
market forces and HUD’s methodology for determining Fair Market Rents. The county can establish its payment
standards not below 90 percent of the Fair Market Rents but not to exceed 110 percent of the Fair Market Rents.
This decision should be based on area rent conditions which should be substantiated by a rent study/analysis.
In the absence of an official rent study and in keeping with what has been established, it is recommended that the
payment standards remain in alignment with 100 percent of the Fair Market Rents until such time as a rent analysis
can be conducted and/or HUD adjusts its Fair Market Rents. Adoption of these payment standards will assist in
correcting the Section Eight Management Assessment Program (SEMAP) Indicator #8 concern.
Budgetary Impact:
None
Options:
1. Approve to adopt the proposed Resolution approving the 2012 Fair Market Rents as published by HUD as
the payment standards for the Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8).
2. Do not approve to adopt the proposed Resolution approving the 2012 Fair Market Rents as published by
HUD as the payment standards for the Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8).
3. Board Direction.
Recommendation:
Option #1
Attachments:
1. Proposed Resolution
RESOLUTION NO. ____
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
WAKULLA COUNTY, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE 2012 FAIR MARKET
RENTS FOR THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER (SECTION 8) PROGRAM
AS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 24 CFR 982.503; AUTHORIZING THAT
THE 100% FAIR MARKET RENTS AS PUBLISHED BY HUD BE USED AS
THE PAYMENTS STANDARDS TO BE APPLIED TO HOUSEHOLDS
PARTICIPATING IN THE SECTION 8 PROGRAM; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development via
Section 8 c (1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (USHA) requires that the
Secretary publish Fair Market Rents periodically, but not less than annually; and
WHEREAS, the Fair Market Rents are used to determine payment standard
amounts for the Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8) to determine initial renewal
rents for housing assistance payment (HAP) contracts; and
WHEREAS, the County’s PHA or designee can set the Housing Choice Voucher
Program’s payment standards not to exceed 110 percent of the applicable Fair Market
Rents but not less than 90 percent of the current Fair Market rents pursuant to 24 CFR
982.503; and
WHEREAS, the County has traditionally used 100 percent of the Fair Market Rents
as its payment standards for participants of the Housing Choice Voucher Program, and
WHEREAS, until new Fair Market Rents are established by HUD and/or the County
conducts its own independent analysis of area rents, the County will apply the current 100
percent Fair Market Rents as the relevant payment standards under the Housing Choice
Voucher Program; and
NOW THEREFORE, be is resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of
1
Wakulla County, Florida, as follows:
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. The above findings are true and correct and are hereby
incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2. FAIR MARKET RENTS.
(A)
The payment standards for the Wakulla County Housing Choice Voucher
Program shall be as follows:
Wakulla County’s Housing Choice Voucher Program Payment Standards
(Effective June 1, 2012)
Wakulla County, FL
Efficiency
1-Bedroom
2-Bedrooms
3-Bedrooms
4-Bedrooms
5-Bedrooms
(B)
2012 FMRs
$571.00
$620.00
$690.00
$907.00
$936.00
$1,076.00
100% of FMR
$571.00
$620.00
$690.00
$907.00
$936.00
$1,076.00
The Board of County Commissioners of Wakulla County hereby adopts the
2012 Fair Market Rents for Wakulla County as published by HUD and authorizes the use
of 100 percent of the Fair Market Rents to be used as the payment standards under the
Housing Choice Voucher Program.
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This resolution shall take effect immediately
upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS _______ DAY OF _____________________,
2012.
WAKULLA COUNTY
2
________________________________________
Alan Brock, Chairman
ATTEST:
_______________________________________
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
_______________________________________
3
Agenda Request
Date of Meeting:
May 21, 2012
Date Submitted:
May 8, 2012
To:
From:
Luis Serna, Planning Director
Esrone McDaniels, Meridian Community Services Group/SHIP Administrator
Subject:
Request Board Approval to Adopt the Proposed Resolution Approving the 2012 –
2015 SHIP Local Housing Assistance Plan (LHAP)
Statement of Issue:
This agenda item requests Board approval to adopt the proposed Resolution approving the 2012 –
2015 SHIP Local Housing Assistance Plan (LHAP). This will allow staff submittal to the Florida
Housing Finance Corporation for future funding that may be available under the SHIP program if
appropriations are approved by the Florida Legislature.
Background:
Wakulla County is a participating local government in the State Housing Initiatives Partnership
(SHIP) program established by Section 452.907 – 420.9079, et seq., Florida Statues, Chapter 67-37,
Florida Administrative Code as administered by the Florida Housing Finance Corporation. Pursuant
to the program rules, each participating local government is required to submit a new LHAP every
three (3) years which sets forth housing strategies that will be undertaken by the local government
over the three year period.
The State Housing Initiatives Partnership program (SHIP) provides funds to local governments as an
incentive to create partnerships that produce and preserve affordable homeownership and
multifamily housing. The SHIP program was designed to provide flexibility to local governments to
address its local affordable housing needs as outlined in the LHAP and the local government’s
Comprehensive Plan in addition to serving very low, low and moderate income families.
Since Wakulla County is considered a small governmental entity, it has traditionally received
$350,000 in SHIP funds each year – which is the minimum amount that any local government can
receive. This LHAP outlines how the county will utilize its funding. Funds are proposed to be used
for homeownership assistance, owner occupied emergency repair, owner occupied rehabilitation,
disaster mitigation and recovery as needed and demolition/rehabilitation.
Agenda Request: Request Board Approval to Adopt the Proposed Resolution Approving the 2012 –
May 21, 2012
Page 2
A minimum of 65 percent of the funds must be spent on eligible homeownership activities; a
minimum of 75 percent of funds must be spent on eligible construction activities; at least 30 percent
of the funds must be reserved for very-low income households (up to 50 percent of the area median
income or AMI); an additional 30 percent may be reserved for low income households (up to 80
percent of AMI); and the remaining funds may be reserved for moderate-income households (up to
120 percent of AMI.). Funding for this program was established by the passage of the 1992 William
E. Sadowski Affordable Housing Act. Funds are allocated to local governments each month on a
population-based formula. These funds are derived from the collection of documentary stamp tax
revenues, which are deposited into the Local Government Housing Trust Fund. Total actual
disbursements are dependent upon these documentary stamp collections.
Analysis:
As a local government participant in the SHIP program, it is a requirement that every three (3) years
a new LHAP be submitted to Florida Housing for approval specifying the local government’s
intended use of the allocated SHIP funding that is appropriated via the Florida Legislature. Wakulla
County typically receives approximately $350,000 to assist with the county’s affordable housing
needs. This LHAP outlines the strategies that the county will undertake from 2012 – 2015.
However, as additional needs evolve, the county always has the option to amend its LHAP at any
time.
Being there is a great need for the rehabilitation of properties within the county; the county intends to
use a great portion of the funds to assist with the rehabilitation of owner-occupied units.
Additionally, down-payment assistance will be available to first time homebuyers. The LHAP
identifies additional strategies that may be undertaken by the county as priorities evolve. This plan
serves as a roadmap for what the SHIP funds can be used for.
Budgetary Impact:
None
Options:
1. Approve to adopt the proposed Resolution approving the 2012- 2015 SHIP Local Housing
Assistance Plan (LHAP).
2. Do not approve to adopt the proposed Resolution approving the 2012- 2015 SHIP Local
Housing Assistance Plan (LHAP).
3. Board Direction.
Recommendation:
Option #1
Agenda Request: Request Board Approval to Adopt the Proposed Resolution Approving the 2012 –
May 21, 2012
Page 2
Attachments:
1.) Proposed 2012-2015 SHIP Local Housing Assistance Plan
2.) Proposed Resolution
RESOLUTION NO. ____
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
THE WAKULLA COUNTY, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE LOCAL HOUSING
ASSISTANCE PLAN AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE HOUSING
INITIATIVES PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM ACT, SUBSECTIONS 420.907420.9079, FLORIDA STATUTES, AND RULE CHAPTER 67-37, FLORIDA
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO
EXECUTE ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND CERTIFICATIONS
NEEDED BY THE STATE; AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF THE
LOCAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL
BY THE FLORIDA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the State of Florida enacted the William E. Sadowski Affordable
Housing Act, Chapter 92-317 of Florida Sessions Laws, allocating a portion of
documentary stamp taxes on deeds to local governments for the development and
maintenance of affordable housing; and
WHEREAS, the State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Act, embodied in
Sections 420.907-420.9079, Florida Statutes, and Rule Chapter 67-37, Florida
Administrative Code, requires local governments to develop a one- to three-year Local
Housing Assistance Plan outlining how funds will be used; and
WHEREAS, the SHIP Act requires local governments to establish the maximum
SHIP funds allowable for each strategy; and
WHEREAS, the SHIP Act further requires local governments to establish an
average area purchase price for new and existing housing benefiting from awards made
pursuant to the Act; The methodology and purchase prices used are defined in the
attached Local Housing Assistance Plan; and
WHEREAS, as required by Section 420.9075, Florida Statutes, it is found that 5
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percent of the local housing distribution plus 5 percent of program income is insufficient to
adequately pay the necessary costs of administering the local housing assistance plan; and
WHEREAS, the cost of administering the program may not exceed 10 percent of the
local housing distribution plus 5% of program income deposited into the trust fund, except
that small counties, as defined in s. 120.52(17), receiving a local housing distribution of up
to $350,000 may use up to 10 percent of program income for administrative costs; and
WHEREAS, the County’s Housing Department or representative has prepared a
three-year Local Housing Assistance Plan for submission to the Florida Housing Finance
Corporation; and
WHEREAS, the Wakulla County Board of County Commissioners finds that it is in
the best interest of the public for Wakulla County to submit the 2012 – 2015 SHIP Local
Housing Assistance Plan for review and approval so as to qualify for said documentary
stamp tax funds.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE WAKULLA COUNTY BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS that:
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. The above findings are true and correct and are hereby
incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2. ADOPTION OF LHAP. The Board of County Commissioners of
Wakulla County hereby approves the 2012 - 2015 Local Housing Assistance Plan, as
attached and incorporated herein by reference, for submission to the Florida Housing
Finance Corporation as required by the SHIP Act for fiscal years 2012/2013, 2013/2014
and 2014/2015.
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SECTION 3. CHAIRMAN AUTHORIZATION. The Chairman of the Board of County
Commissioners of Wakulla County is hereby designated and authorized to execute any
documents and certifications required by the Florida Housing Finance Corporation as
related to the Local Housing Assistance Plan, and to do all things necessary and proper to
carry out the term and conditions of said program.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon
its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS _______ DAY OF _____________________,
2012.
WAKULLA COUNTY
________________________________________
Alan Brock, Chairman
ATTEST:
_______________________________________
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
_______________________________________
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Agenda Request
Date of Meeting:
May 21, 2012
Date Submitted:
May 11, 2012
To:
From:
Michael Morgan, Fire Chief
Sheree Keeler, Grants Coordinator
Subject:
Request Board Approval to Submit an Application for the Georgia-Pacific
Bucket Brigade Fire/Rescue Grant
Statement of Issue:
This agenda item requests Board Approval to submit an Application for the Georgia-Pacific
Bucket Brigade Fire/Rescue Grant to fund Wildland Firefighting Personal Protective Equipment
(PPE) so that each on duty firefighter can be provided with a complete set of PPE and place a
cache of gear on each of the four wildland apparatus’ in the County.
Background:
The Georgia-Pacific Bucket Brigade Program was created in 2006. Its purpose is to address the
many volunteer firefighters that protect our homes, children and communities without the
necessary resources to properly perform their duties.
This grant opportunity specifically supports those fire and rescue programs that support a
Georgia-Pacific facility and/or have Georgia-Pacific employees living in their community.
Currently, there is a Georgia-Pacific facility located in Hosford, which is within 50 miles of the
Smith Creek Fire Station. Furthermore, Wakulla Fire and Rescue, regardless of the station
location, would assist should there be an incident involving the Georgia-Pacific facility or
surrounding area.
Analysis:
Currently, very few firefighters have Wildlife PPE. This means that very heavy structure PPE
must be worn for long periods of time while outside in extreme Florida weather. The gear
designed for wildland firefighting would extend the time a firefighter can spend performing
duties before needing rehabilitation.
The Georgia-Pacific grant program is funded at 100% with no requirement for match. The
Agenda Request: Request Board Approval to Submit an Application for the Georgia-Pacific
Bucket Brigade Fire/Rescue Grant
May 21, 2012
Page 2
application for this grant would be for a total of $4,962 and includes:
6 pair of station wear pants @ $145 per pair
12 pair of wildland pants
@ $173 per pair
12 wildland fire coats
@ $168 per coat
Applications must be submitted no later than August 1, 2012 with an anticipated award date of
October 2012. Staff is requesting Board approval to apply for the Georgia-Pacific grant. If
approved and a grant award is received, staff would come back to the BOCC to approve
acceptance of the grant award.
Budgetary Impact:
No Budgetary Impact with the exception of Staff time.
Options:
1. Approve to submit an Application for the Georgia-Pacific Bucket Brigade Fire/Rescue Grant.
2. Do not approve to submit an Application for the Georgia-Pacific Bucket Brigade Fire/Rescue
Grant.
3. Board Direction.
Recommendation:
Option #1.
Attachment(s):
Agenda Request
Date of Meeting:
May 21, 2012
Date Submitted:
May16, 2012
To:
From:
Timothy Barden, Deputy County Administrator
Heather Encinosa, County Attorney
Cleve Fleming, Public Works
Subject:
Requesting Board Consideration of a Short-Term Plan to
Provide Infrastructure Improvements to Wakulla Gardens
Statement of Issue:
This agenda item requests Board consideration of a Short-Term Plan to provide infrastructure
improvements to Wakulla Gardens.
Background:
In recent Board meetings there has been discussion of the numerous infrastructure needs in the
Wakulla Gardens subdivisions, particularly with regard to the recent dust issue. In those
discussions, the Board had asked staff to create a ballot survey to ascertain from the residents of
this subdivision their interest in self assessing with a Municipal Services Benefit Unit (MSBU)
of each property to fund the needed neighborhood infrastructure improvements. The Board
discussed crafting the ballot so that estimated costs of the improvements would be included so
that property owners were aware of the potential financial impact, that if approved, this
assessment would impose.
This item is being presented to the Board for discussion and consideration of a plan to remedy
one of the many long standing issues with regards to infrastructure improvements in this densely
populated, historic subdivision in Wakulla County. This is a thorough, yet high level analysis of
a number of such viable policy options that could be acted upon should the ballot results favor
moving forward with an assessment for the infrastructure improvements. Should the Board wish
to pursue any of these policy options, that direction may be provided to staff and additional
analysis and action steps will be brought back for further Board implementation at a future date
and by future agenda items.
The following analysis is broken down into a series of sections. The first provides an overview
of Wakulla County’s historic neighborhoods and the infrastructure issues that are trying to be
addressed by the Board therein. The next sections detail the estimated costs of providing new
infrastructure in these neighborhoods and then finally, the potential short-term and long-term
plans for implementation.
Agenda Request: Requesting Board Consideration of a Short-Term Plan to Provide Infrastructure
Improvements to Wakulla Gardens
Date: May 21, 2012
Page: 2
Analysis:
SECTION #1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF WAKULLA GARDENS SUBDIVISION:
Wakulla Gardens is a platted subdivision that consists of five units and a total of 3,738 platted
lots. Wakulla Gardens is generally located north of US 98, east of Spring Creek Highway, south
of Shadeville Highway and west of the Wakulla River. Wakulla Gardens was originally platted
in between the years of 1961 and 1965 by the Panacea Development Corporation. Many locals
relay tails of lots from Wakulla Gardens being sold at county fairs across the United States by
real estate speculators promising a retirement haven in beautiful Wakulla County. These stories
may in-fact be true, as there are landowners from across the country and around the world
represented within the ownership records of Wakulla Gardens.
Wakulla Gardens is generally characterized by its dense hardwood forest. There are several
known wetland areas within Wakulla Gardens. Additionally, several karst features have been
identified within Wakulla Gardens and some scientists speculate that the underground springs
cave system may extend into the vicinity of Wakulla Gardens.
The initial residential development of Wakulla Gardens was relatively slow. Within recent years,
local contractors purchased tax deeds, thus beginning heavy development within Wakulla
Gardens. Construction within Wakulla Gardens consists primarily of 900 to 1,300 square foot
single-family residences. Unit 3 permits mobile homes to be placed upon lots, however Units 1,
2, 4 and 5 do not allow mobile homes, due to zoning restrictions. Typical lots within Wakulla
Gardens are 50’ wide and 100’ deep. However, some homes are constructed on multiple lots.
Wakulla Gardens Units 1, 2, 4 and 5 are zoned R-1 (Single Family Residential), which allows for
5 site built, single family dwellings per acre of land. Wakulla Gardens Unit 3 is zoned RMH1(Residential Mobile Homes), which allows for five dwelling units per acre of land and permits
both site built homes and mobile homes. The land use designation for all units of Wakulla
Gardens is Rural 2. Rural 2 allows 1 dwelling unit per 2 acres of land, where central water
service is available. Where central water service is not available, the density is restricted to 1
dwelling unit per 5 acres of land.
Currently, Units 2-4 have public water serviced by Talquin. Only portions of Unit 1 and 5 are
served by Talquin's water lines. Those lots within Wakulla Gardens not serviced by public water
require well hook-ups for each residential unit. Therefore, the Environmental Heath Department
must look closely at the placement of septic tanks on an individual lot to ensure that the well
system will not be impacted by the septic creating a public health hazard. However, water
contamination has been documented within Wakulla Gardens. This problem likely exists due to
the dense population serviced by individual septic systems and lack of proper stormwater
treatment facilities.
During times of heavy rains, Wakulla Gardens is known for its flooding issues. In 2005, a
significant storm even caused severe flooding problems for many residents in Wakulla Gardens.
Streets within Wakulla Gardens were blocked by floodwaters, and many residences were
subjected to inundation by these floodwaters. As a result, the Board of County Commissioners
Date: May 21, 2012
Page: 3
passed Ordinance 2006-28, which is also referred to as the “Specific Flood Basin Ordinance.”
This Ordinance requires certain conditions on new homes constructed within this flood basin.
The Planning Director is charged with determining if a particular lot is within an area known as
the specific flood basin. If the lot is in the flood basin and is also located in FEMA flood zone
“C”, the home must be constructed with a finished floor elevation that is 12 inches above the
crown of the facing road. Those lots that are in the specific flood basin and are also within
FEMA flood zone “A” must construct new homes with a finished floor elevation, 18 inches
above the crown of the facing road.
FEMA flood maps indicate that most lots within Wakulla Gardens are located within the areas of
the 500-year flood. However, some lots are located within areas of the 100-year flood.
Sanitary sewer service is not available to Wakulla Gardens and the date of potential service is
projected not to be for many years. Wakulla Gardens does not have paved roads, stormwater
treatment, streetlights, sidewalks or conservation areas for sustainable living. Many of the
rights-of-way in Wakulla Gardens are opened. However, some roads have been obstructed by
karst features.
The County currently has topography contours mapped for the rights of way for all five units of
the Wakulla Gardens. These topography maps have assisted staff in identifying parcels which
are in the specific flood basin and may contain development constraints because of wetlands
and/or karst features.
At the January 25, 2010 meeting, the Board passed Resolution 10-2 approving staff to submit an
application to the Florida Department of Community Affairs, Disaster Recovery Grant Program
for funding in the amount of $459,251. The grant agreement was signed by DCA on June 14,
2010.
The County used the $459,250 for gravel surfacing of 21.17 miles of roads or 111,777.60 linear
feet at a cost of $3.50 per linear feet. ESG is provided $65,625 for labor and equipment support.
The gravel surfacing of the roads at the historic Wakulla Gardens subdivision was intended to
stabilize the roads so the gravel remains pervious as to not exacerbate flooding and yet keep the
road surface stable enough for ease of access by the residents, emergency service providers and
responder and school system transport vehicles. The flooding conditions experienced during
Tropical Storm Fay in 2008 is a perfect example of the dangerous road conditions generated by
water that this gravel was intended to remedy.
Since the placement of this gravel in Wakulla Gardens, there has been issues with the amount of
dust that is generated as a result of this improvement. While stability of the road has allowed for
easier passage during storm events for both citizens and emergency vehicles, citizens have been
complaining that the dust has increased and is now causing a health hazard. As of the writing of
this agenda item, Public Works is in the process of mixing asphalt into the rock base in an
attempt to mitigate the amount of dust created; however, this will be a short term solution to this
very serious long term problem.
Date: May 21, 2012
Page: 4
SECTION #2. COST ESTIMATES FOR PROVIDING INFRASTRUCTURE:
It would cost approximately $30-40 million to provide the comprehensive infrastructure needed
in Wakulla Gardens in today’s dollars. This would include road paving, stormwater maintenance,
sewer, sidewalks, and street lighting. Financially, Wakulla County is not in a position to fund
this project now or in the near future. Even Wakulla County dedicated all the current available
funding in sewer, roads and stormwater countywide, it would take additional millions of dollars
to meet the needs in this one community. With that in mind, staff has worked diligently to
indentify “outside” sources of income in the form of grants, legislative appropriations and other
revenues to help offset the costs. Staff has met with various state agencies, our Legislative
Delegation, Congressman Southerland and Senator Nelson’s office to ask for their help in
resolving the issues that plague Wakulla Gardens. Unfortunately, at this time, nor anytime in the
near future, will there be “free money” available to address the infrastructure needs in Wakulla
Gardens.
As a result of this research and analysis, staff has determined that the number one issue for
residents of Wakulla Gardens is the condition of the roads. Staff realizes that the “natural” order
of infrastructure improvement priorities in similar projects such as this are as follows: 1) sewer
and water utilities; 2) full stormwater, and then; 3) road paving and sidewalks. However, in
realizing the impossibility of meeting all the infrastructure needs due to a lack of funding, staff
decided to narrow the focus to paving roads first. This would alleviate the most pressing
infrastructure improvement concern for residents as well as remedy a potential health hazard for
the community a direct result of the current road base.
The following table illustrates an estimate of what the infrastructure improvements in the
Wakulla Gardens could cost in today’s dollars.
Estimate Cost of Paving and Minimal Stormwater-Wakulla Gardens
Miles of Roads-Wakulla Gardens
Estimated Cost Per Mile of Paving
Total Cost of Paving Wakulla Gardens
Minimal Stormwater
Total Cost of Paving and Stormwater:
$
$
$
$
21.17
200,000
4,234,000
1,000,000
5,234,000
In summary, it would cost an estimated $5.3 million to provide paving and minimal stormwater
infrastructure within Wakulla Gardens in today’s dollars.
SECTION #3. NEXT STEPS MOVING FORWARD
The following outlines the Short-term and Long-term plans for the future infrastructure
improvement in Wakulla Gardens.
Date: May 21, 2012
Page: 5
SHORT-TERM PLAN:
Should the Board approve moving forward with just paving and minimal stormwater
infrastructure improvements for Wakulla Gardens, staff is recommending the following shortterm plan. There are two major steps in the short term plan (Attachment #1). The first step in the
plan is to prepare and release the ballot survey to every property owner in Wakulla Gardens.
Depending on the results of the survey, the next step would be to offer the option of lot
consolidation. The final step would be to begin preparing of the assessment. This will involve
finalizing the cost analysis, preparing the tax roll and noticing all property owners of the
assessment.
I. Ballot Survey
As directed by the BOCC, staff has developed a proposed ballot to be sent to every landowner
that may be affected by the proposed improvements (Attachment #2). Approval of the initiative
will be considered approved if at least 50% plus 1 vote of the returned ballots approve of the
initiative.
Highlights of Ballot Survey
•
•
•
Send to every lot owner in Wakulla Gardens
Infrastructure improvements will include paving and minimal storm water
Estimated cost of assessment will be between $190-$236 per lot, per year
The survey will be mailed on by July 2nd to ever lot owner in Wakulla Gardens with a selfaddressed stamped envelope. The deadline for responses will be July 31st.
II. Lot Consolidation
If the ballot responses received are positive, staff recommends a program to property owners to
consolidate contiguous lots. This would allow property owners with numerous lots to avoid
paying multiple assessments. This would also reduce density in an environmentally sensitive
area of Wakulla County. The anticipated deadline for property owners to consolidate lots and
avoid multiple assessments would be December 3, 2012. Property owners would receive a
letter from the County in September reminding them of this option. After the deadline, no
further consolidations would be allowed in order to finalize the roll and begin the assessment
process.
III. Non Ad-Valorem Assessment/Municipal Services Benefit Unit (MSBU):
A non-ad valorem assessment is a legal financing mechanism or method wherein the County
establishes a special assessment to allow a group of citizens to fund a desired improvement such
as utilities, storm water, solid waste and roads. This process allows the property owner to
finance the amount of the assessment over a period of time, generally ten (10) to fifteen (15)
years depending on the project cost and type of improvements. The assessment will appear
annually on the property tax bill as a non-ad valorem assessment.
Date: May 21, 2012
Page: 6
Two requirements exist for the imposition of a valid assessment:
1)
2)
The property assessed must derive a special benefit from the improvement or
services provided within 5 to 7 years.
The assessment must be fairly and reasonably apportioned among the properties
that receive the special benefit.
Staff has determined based on the estimated costs of paving road and minimal stormwater
improvements ($5,234,000), what a non-ad valorem assessment would be for each of the
households in these neighborhoods for these infrastructure improvements. The range of the nonad valorem assessment that would be needed is estimated to be between $190-$236 per lot. Such
action could be begun based upon further Board direction.
Advantages
• Dedicated source of funding.
• No referendum or voter approval required.
• Efficient collection of funds since an MSBU can be placed on tax bill procedures for
collecting these taxes is already in place.
• An equitable funding mechanism that can be established to collect funding from only
those who are benefiting from the improved service/infrastructure.
LONG TERM PLAN:
The potential Long-term plans for bringing the additional needed infrastructure to Wakulla
County include a number of funding mechanisms that staff will be asking the Board to consider
at a future date should the initial ballot survey results prove position and the Board approves
moving forward with the MSBU for Wakulla Gardens. The portions Long-term plan will
include the creation of Community Redevelopment Area(CRA) as well as potentially utilizing a
portion of the One Cent Sales Tax-Roads to this area to supplement MSBU to meet the
improvement needs. Staff is not recommending Board action on any portion of the Long-term at
this time. They are being presented to merely to introduce these options for future consideration.
I. Community Redevelopment Areas/Tax Increment Financing
Under Florida law (Chapter 163, Part III), local governments are able to designate areas as
Community Redevelopment Areas when certain conditions exist. Since all the monies used in
financing CRA activities are locally generated, CRAs are not overseen by the state, but
redevelopment plans must be consistent with local government comprehensive plans. Examples
of conditions that can support the creation of a Community Redevelopment Area include, but are
not limited to: the presence of substandard or inadequate structures, a shortage of affordable
housing, inadequate infrastructure, insufficient roadways, and inadequate parking. To document
that the required conditions exist, the local government must survey the proposed redevelopment
area and prepare a Finding of Necessity. If the Finding of Necessity determines that the required
conditions exist, the local government may create a Community Redevelopment Area to provide
the tools needed to foster and support redevelopment of the targeted area.
Date: May 21, 2012
Page: 7
There are currently 178 Community Redevelopment Areas in the State of Florida. The
designation is used by Florida cities of all sizes, from Jacksonville and Tampa to Madison and
Apalachicola. Many familiar locations, such as Gaines Street in Tallahassee, Church Street in
Orlando, Ybor City in Tampa and the beachfront in Ft. Lauderdale are successful examples of
Community Redevelopment Areas.
II. One Cent Sales Tax
In the Roads Portion (60%) of the One Cent Sales Tax the county generates approximately
$1million dollars annually. For the current fiscal year, the budget for the Roads portion is
$1,004,686. Wakulla Gardens road improvements and maintenance including stormwater could
be funded with One Cent Sales Tax by an allocation process designed and approved by the
Board. One recommended allocation method would be to divided the total number of roads in
Wakulla Gardens (21.17 miles) by the total county –owned roads in Wakulla County (762 miles)
to determine a percentage of the funding that could be allocated to Wakulla Gardens.
762miles/21.17miles=2.778%
Based on that allocation method, 2.7% percent of the roads in the Wakulla County are in
Wakulla Gardens. If you apply that percentage to the Roads portion of the One Cent Sales Tax,
approximately $28,000 annually could be utilized for Wakulla Gardens.
$1,004,686/2.778%=$27,829
Over 30 years, factoring in a modest 2% increase One Cent Sales Tax funding compounded
annually, this could generate approximately $1.2 million dollars in funding for infrastructure
strictly dedicated to Wakulla Gardens.
III. ADDITIONAL FUNDING ALTERNATIVES:
The following alternatives are available for the various “pieces” of the infrastructure puzzle
presented in the beginning of this agenda item that were not fully addressed in the prior sections.
CDBG
A further option is the Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program
(CDBG). CDBG is a federal program which provides funding for housing and community
development. Neighborhood revitalization is one of the program’s 5 primary categories.
Counties having a population of less than 200,000 are eligible to apply with applications allowed
at any time. Grant contracts are written for two year periods.
The CDBG grant program could be utilized for Wakulla Gardens for any of the future
infrastructure improvements including stormwater and sewer. This funding could be used in
concert with county funding. If Wakulla County wishes to apply for CDBG funds, a Citizen
Advisory Task Force must be created and two hearings be held prior to submitting an
application. At the hearings, community needs and potential projects must be discussed.
Date: May 21, 2012
Page: 8
SECTION #4. SUMMARY / CONCLUSION:
Staff has been working tirelessly to try to find a solution to address the many infrastructure needs
of Wakulla Gardens. Staff has been trying to identify available and creative funding options to
pay for needed infrastructure improvements. Section 3 of the analysis provides a Short-term and
Long –term plan with viable funding mechanisms and policy options that the Board may
consider with regard to this important issue.
Finally, staff worked diligently and openly to generate new policy alternatives for Board
consideration and to boil down the identified “best alternatives” that have successfully been
utilized by other Florida jurisdictions to address these similar issues of paying for infrastructure.
Therefore, staff is recommending at this time, moving forward with the Ballot initiative as
discussed previously by the Board to assess the interest of Wakulla Gardens property owners in
making these improvements through utilization of a combination of the funding options
presented which include an assessment and potentially a CRA and utilization of the One Cent
Sale Tax. If and when grant funding becomes available for neighborhood improvements, every
attempt to secure that funding will be made to offset the costs of these improvements.
Additionally, staff is recommending a workshop to be held on July 12, 2012 @ 5:00pm to review
the Short-term plan presented earlier in this agenda item. This will be an informational
opportunity for the Board and community regarding the plan as well as provide a forum for
meaningful decision regarding this very important issue.
Options:
1. Authorize Release of Ballot Survey
2. Schedule a Short-term Plan for Wakulla Gardens workshop for July 12, 2012 @ 5:00pm.
3. Do not Authorize Release of Ballot Survey
4. Do not schedule a Short-term Plan for Wakulla Gardens workshop for July 12, 2012 @
5:00pm.
5. Board Direction.
Recommendation:
Option #1 & #2
Attachments:
1.
Short-Term Plan Timeline
2.
Proposed Ballot Survey
3.
Wakulla Gardens Map
4.
Phased Project Timeline
Wakulla County
County Administrator
P.O. Box 1263
Crawfordville, FL 32326
Survey to Assist the County Commission in a Decision Regarding the
Wakulla Gardens Roadway Improvements Assessment Program
«OwnerName»
«OwnerName2»
«OwnerAdd1»
«OwnerAdd2»
«City» «State» «Zip»
Date: July 1, 2012
Sequence # WCBH«SeqNum»
Tax Parcel # «PID»
Wakulla County (County) has prepared this survey to determine the support of property owners for the
development and implementation of a special assessment program to fund roadway, and minimal
stormwater improvements within the Wakulla Gardens Subdivision. In the past, the neighborhood has
experienced problems with poor road conditions on unpaved roadways and stormwater drainage
problems. These factors have led the Board of County Commissioners to explore ways to provide and
fund these needed improvements. This ballot has been sent to every landowner that may be affected by
the proposed improvements.
Proposed improvements include paving of all roadways within Wakulla Gardens
with some minor stormwater drainage work.
The County Commission is seeking your input on whether it should create a mechanism, such as a
Municipal Service Benefit Unit (MSBU), to collect the funds necessary to provide these improvements
from the property owners within the subdivision. If the project proceeds, an engineering study will be
conducted to determine the improvements needed and the cost of these improvements. These funds will
be reimbursed from the benefited property owners through the proposed MSBU, if approved. The
County may decide to borrow money to fund the improvements and a special assessment is under
consideration to re-pay the borrowed amount. The assessment would allocate the project costs to all
affected property owners based on a study that would be developed if a majority of property owners who
respond indicate their support of the project.
Based upon current projections, the anticipated per year assessment would be in the range of
$180 to $236 dollars per year per assessed parcel. This assessment is based upon an estimated
construction cost of $5.3 million.
Property owners would have the option of paying the entire assessment in full or paying the assessment
over a period of years (along with financing costs including interest). If the assessment is paid over a
period of years, the special assessment would be on the same bill as your property taxes until the costs
are repaid. If a majority of property owners responding to this survey indicate their support for this
project, the next step is to develop the final costs of the project and identify the affected property
owners.
A positive response to this ballot is not binding on you or the County (and does not represent
any type of commitment) as this round of surveys is intended only to determine whether there is
sufficient interest to merit further investigation and development of specific costs.
If you have any questions, contact the Administration Office at (850) 926-0919, 3093 Crawfordville
Highway, Crawfordville, Florida 32327. Thank you for your cooperation in this effort. Please complete
the attached ballot and return it in the envelope provided by July 31, 2012.
PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN THIS SURVEY
Do you think the Wakulla County Board of County Commissioners should create a special assessment
program and assess each of the affected property owners in the Wakulla Gardens Subdivision an
estimated annual non ad-valorem special assessment of $180 - $236 per year for 15 to 20 years to fund
the proposed roadway paving, and minor storm water drainage, improvements? The special assessment
program will fund the cost of these improvements within the project area. Please mark your choice
below, sign where indicated, and return this ballot in the enclosed self-addressed stamped envelope.
**This ballot must be postmarked on or before July 31, 2012 to be valid and included in the survey
results**
YES, the County should move
NO, the County should not move
forward with pursuing this assessment
forward with pursuing this assessment
I, ________________________________ of ___________________________________________
(Print name)
(Print mailing address)
affirm that I am the owner of record of the indicated parcel or have been duly authorized by the owner(s) of record
of the indicated parcel to cast this ballot. I understand that this ballot represents an attempt to solicit extraordinary
landowner input and is not binding upon the Wakulla County Board of County Commissioners.
Date: _________________________, 2012
By: ____________________________________
(Signature)
This Ballot must be returned to the Wakulla County Administrator’s Office by July 31, 2012 by mail to P.O. Box
1263, Crawfordville, Florida, 32326 or fax to (850) 926-0940. A self-addressed, stamped envelope has been
included for your convenience.
If you have any questions, contact the Administration Office at (850) 926-0919. Thank you for your cooperation in
this effort.
Parcel Number: «PID»
Sequence Number: WCBH«SeqNum»
PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN THIS SURVEY
Wakulla Gardens
Proposed Paving Project
Phase 1-3 Estimated Cost of Paving
Length
Phase (miles)
1
4.23
2
7.02
3
9.92
Cost
$846,000
$1,404,000
$1,984,000
Agenda Request
Date of Meeting:
May 21, 2012
Date Submitted:
May 11, 2012
To:
From:
Jessica Welch, Public Information Director
Subject:
Request Board to Select a Nominee to Represent Wakulla County on the
North West Florida Transportation Corridor Authority and Request
Approval to Submit a Letter of Recommendation to the Governor
Statement of Issue:
This agenda item requests the Board select a nominee to represent Wakulla County on the North
West Florida Transportation Corridor Authority and approval to submit a letter of recommendation
to the Governor.
Background:
The primary purpose of the Authority is to improve mobility along the U.S. 98 corridor in N.W.
Florida to enhance traveler safety, identify and develop hurricane evacuation routes, promote
economic development along the corridor, and implement transportation projects to eliminate current
or anticipated traffic congestion.
The previous County appointee was Maurice Langston. Staff has been notified that Mr. Langston no
longer serves on this Authority.
Analysis:
The governing body of the Authority shall consist of eight voting members, one each from Escambia,
Santa Rosa, Walton, Okaloosa, Bay, Gulf, Franklin, and Wakulla Counties, appointed by the
Governor to a four year term. The appointees shall be a resident of their respective counties and may
not hold an elected office. The Authority shall meet at least quarterly but may meet more frequently
at the call of the chair. The Authority should alternate the locations of its meetings among the seven
counties.
Staff sent an email to the BOCC Interested Parties Group as well as placed on the County website to
seek citizens who may be interested in serving on this Authority. The following citizens have
expressed an interest in serving on this Authority and have submitted a resume or statement of
Agenda Request: Request Board to Select a Nominee to Represent Wakulla County on the North
West Florida Transportation Corridor Authority and Request Approval to Submit a Letter of
Recommendation to the Governor
May 21, 2012
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relevant experience:
• James Parham (Attachment #1)
• Scott Gaby (Attachment #2)
• Robert Seidler (Attachment #3)
• Diane Delaney (Attachment #4)
This appointment is made by the Governor; therefore staff is requesting the Board to select one of the
interested citizens above to represent Wakulla County on the North West Florida Transportation
Corridor Authority and authorize staff to submit a letter of recommendation to the Governor.
Budgetary Impact:
None
Options:
1.
Select citizen to represent Wakulla County on the North West Florida Transportation
Corridor Authority and authorize staff to submit letter of recommendation to the Governor.
2.
Do not select citizen to represent Wakulla County on the North West Florida Transportation
Corridor Authority and do not authorize staff to submit letter of recommendation to the
Governor.
3.
Board direction.
Recommendation:
Option #1.
Attachment(s):
1.
James Parham
2.
Scott Gaby
3.
Robert Seidler
4.
Diane Delaney
Red Hills Land Company
Appraisal & Land Agent Services
QUALIFICATIONS AND RESUME
L. James Parham, MAI, SREA
EXPERIENCE:
Broad based. Providing an understanding of innovative thought and evolving markets that has
been distilled from:
 Education,... in concepts of marketing,
 Training,... in land use rights and technical issues from governmental employment, and
 An appreciation for creativity,... from the financial industry and private sector.
Eminent Domain and Litigation: Florida Department of Transportation,
 Appraiser Trainee, Chipley 1974-1976.
 Staff and review appraiser, St. Petersburg, 1976-1978;
Financial Industry: St. Petersburg Federal Savings & Loan Association, 1978-1982.
 Staff appraiser rising to chief appraiser in 3 years; served double duty on an interim basis
as vice president of investment subsidiary (service corporation) to analyze potential
investments for equity participation.
 Purchased appraisal department from St. Petersburg Federal to start The L. James Parham
Company.
 Advisory Board Member; Mercantile Bank, St. Petersburg, 1993-1995.
Private Sector: The L. James Parham Company, 1982-1995
 Mortgage: Land developments, shopping centers, small retail, light industrial and
residential properties.
 Eminent Domain:
o Roadway projects throughout central Florida with emphasis in the Tampa Bay
and Orlando areas.
o Powerline projects in the Tampa Bay area, inclusive of 500kv powerline projects
 Litigation:
o Contaminated properties in the Tampa Bay area and the Virgin Islands
o Assignments inclusive of testimony for eminent domain, tax appeals, mortgage
deficiency judgments, construction deficiencies, bankruptcies and fraud.
Sabbatical: 1995-1997
2519 Surf Road – Ochlockonee Bay, FL 32346-2641
Land Line: 850.539.1046 - 850.509.0406 Cell
[email protected]
Private Sector: Red Hills Land Company, 1997 - present.
Subcontract appraisals for eminent domain and assistance to other appraisers in preparation for
litigation.
Recent projects of note:
 Florida Gas Transmission Line:
o Numerous individual parcels for individual property owners via their attorneys.
 Gadsden County contamination case:
o Valuation of adjoining lands for remediation of Old Chattahoochee Landfill.
 Wakulla County civil rights case:
o Valuation of losses due to discrimination against investor/developer by
withholding (or creating impediments to) changes in land use; also discriminatory
enforcement of ordinance(s) against the same party.
 Panama City-Bay County Airport and Industrial District (The Airport Authority):
o Airport relocation; buildings and long term land leases for hangars and fixed base
operation (FBO).
 Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority:
o Maitland Boulevard Extension; development lands (light industrial and
residential), ornamental nursery, residential.
 Florida Department of Transportation Third District (Chipley):
o SR 73 Jackson County; rural residential, agricultural, large tract timberland,
mixed-use development lands.
o SR 79 Washington County; small town commercial (full breadth), office
residential, church, rural residential, rural commercial, mixed-use development
lands.
 Progress Energy:
o Atwater-Lowry Powerline Gadsden County; agricultural, timberland, rural
residential, small town commercial, small town residential.
o Hines-West Lake Wales Powerline, Polk County; citrus groves, semi-rural
development lands, reclaimed mine land, rural residential.
 City of Ocala:
o Nuby’s Powerline (Silver Springs); retail commercial properties.
 Tampa Bay Water:
o Brandon South Central Corridor; 84” waterline project through industrial area in
east Tampa (acquisition agent).
o Cypress Creek Utility Corridor, Pasco County; valuation of an existing corridor
assembled from mixed-use lands.
Consultant to Premier Bank, Tallahassee 2010-2011:
 Preparation of procedures for to improve the process of obtaining and reviewing
appraisals for mortgages;
 Consultant for problem properties either bank-owned or on which the bank held
mortgages; assist in work-out of problem loans.
 Acting as review appraiser on an interim basis.
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EDUCATION:
 Georgia Military College, High School, 1964, Milledgeville, GA; Honor Guard and
Dean’s List.
 Florida State University, B.S. Marketing Management with emphasis in real estate
research, 1973, Tallahassee, FL. Worked 30 hours per week, graduated on Dean’s List;
Lifetime Member FSU Alumni Association.
PROFESSIONAL:
 Appraisal Institute, Member; various committee positions including Admissions and
Public Relations. Chapter President of Society of Real Estate Appraisers prior to merger
of Society and Institute; committee and board positions including Public Relations and
Professional Practice.
 Former REALTOR, St. Petersburg Suncoast Board
CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSING:
 State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser, #RZ135
 Florida Real Estate Broker, #BK135356
 Florida Real Estate Corporation, #CQ1010874
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
 St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce;
o Leadership Program 1984,
o Chairman Transportation Council, 1989-90
o Metropolitan Planning Organization - Transportation issues, 1989-90
 Pinellas Economic Development Council;
o Transportation committees/task forces, 1989-1993
 District VII Transportation Coalition; board member 1991-93
 Museum of Fine Arts; Marly Group President 1981-82
 Pinellas Arts Council; PierFest committee chairman 1989
 First Unity Church; board treasurer 1988-90
 The Nature Conservancy; Life Member
 Tallahassee Little Theater; Backstage Booster; Shakespeare in the Park
 St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Quincy; board (vestry) member 2009; Jr. Warden 2010
CLIENTS: Various attorneys, lenders, developers, accountants, engineering firms; local, state
and federal agencies as well as utility companies, and other appraisers.
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“…Scott would be an asset to any bank – both with his experience and his customer service – he has been a great banker and financial advisor to me… David Miller Superintendent of Schools Wakulla County Schools, Crawf ordville, FL (known for 35 ye ars) “…Scott’s most outstanding attribute – he is a MAN OF INTEGRITY. The level of which is shared in my lifetime of experiences by only a handful of people. Scott’s word is his bond!” Dr. William C . Gallups Ret ired Florida State Professor T allahassee, FL (known f or 35 ye ars) Scott W. Gaby 208 Roland Harvey Road  Crawfordville, FL 32327  850‐926‐7689  [email protected] Banking Professional Dedicated and loyal banking professional eager for a new opportunity in the banking industry in which I can use my 30 plus years of financial experience to help gain market share and profitability for a financial institution in the Big Bend market. Core Values & Assets 
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Honesty Forward Thinking Community Involvement 
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Customer Centric Ability to Manage others Experienced Experience WAKULLA BANK, Crawfordville, FL 1977‐2010 Executive Vice President, 1998‐2010 Director, 1992‐2010 Vice President ‐ Lending Officer, 1980‐1998 Operations Officer, 1977‐1980 Originally hired as an operations officer at a fledgling Wakulla Bank in 1977, I’ve been an integral part of the growth and maturity of a 500‐million dollar financial institution. Wakulla Bank grew from one small location to 18 branches located across the entire Big Bend of Florida. As a Director of Wakulla Bank, I was involved in high‐level management decisions and planning that helped establish Wakulla Bank as one of the key community banks in the Big Bend. Key Contributions: 
Supervised loan collections as well as loan administration – experienced in all aspects of Community Banking 
Help gain the public, commercial, and customer trust and loyalty in Wakulla Bank 
Built employee relationships that have been loyal to our customers and Wakulla Bank 
Helped Wakulla County grow through financial infusion and constant community involvement 
Built strong working relationships in all surrounding communities – Leon, Liberty, Calhoun, Jefferson, and Franklin Counties “ I have known Scott for 30 years and his honesty and integrity can’t be matched by any other banker…He cares about his customers and their success and he is truly the definition of a community banker…he has my highest recommendation…” Tim Reve ll C o‐Owner of University C hevrolet T allahassee, FL (known f or 30 ye ars Civic Activities 
Served as Wakulla County Chamber President in 1984 and 2008 
Served as member of Board of Trustees of the Tallahassee Community College from 1991‐
1999. Served as Chairman of the Board in 1996‐97 and in 1997‐98 Personal Interests: 
Active member of The Crawfordville United Methodist Church 
Married to my Wife, Julie Buttram Gaby for 37 years ‐ 3 Children – Millie Bruce, Wiley Gaby, and Maggie Gaby – 4 Grandchildren. 
Outdoor Activities – Hunting, Fishing, Traveling Education & Credentials WAKULLA HIGH SCHOOL ‐ Crawfordville, FL 1969 CHIPOLA COLLEGE ‐ Marianna, FL 1971 FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY — BS in Finance ‐ Tallahassee, FL 1973 FLORIDA SCHOOL OF BANKING – UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA – Gainesville, FL 1980 BRANCH MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE – UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA – Tampa, FL 1981 THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BANKING – LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY – Baton Rouge, LA 1986 ROBERT D. SEIDLER
367 Buckhorn Creek Road, Sopchoppy, FL 32358
Seidlerproductions.com  [email protected]
OBJECTIVE
Continue to contribute to community health, environmental health and personal safety by utilizing and
applying skills and expertise in instructional and informational film making.
EXPERIENCE
1984 – present
Seidler Productions, Inc.
Sopchoppy, FL
Producer/Director/Film-maker
Responsible for grant and project proposal writing, bidding, team management and production of film
and videotape including scripting, budgeting, shooting, and editing informational, interactive, and
educational programs. Projects include many educational and instructional segments on bicycle and
pedestrian safety for adults and children in local communities and nationally. Ongoing development of
nature-based programming that links people to nature with sustainable results.
1989 – 1995
Visual Litigation Group, Inc.
Tallahassee, FL
Producer/Director
Responsibilities encompassed conceptualizing and producing real time visual aids for courtroom use.
Projects included accident reconstructions, documentary videos, product tests, animations, on film or
video tape.
1984 – 1990
FSU-Center for Instructional Development
Tallahassee, FL
Producer/Technical Director
Contracted co-producer of interactive video discs. Duties included conceptualizing, treatment review,
and supervision of production crew, actors, and post-production. Producer of various film and linear
video projects.
1982 –1983
Digital Controls Video Group
Tallahassee, FL
Director of Photography/Producer
Responsibilities included shooting and editing various instructional videotapes and interactive video
discs. Managed and maintained editing and production department.
1981 – 1982
Coloney Productions
Tallahassee, FL
Director of Photography
Responsible for supervision of production crew and shooting of interactive video discs for Florida
Health and Rehabilitative Services.
1979 – 1984
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
Cinematographer/Producer
Duties encompassed shooting, developing, and editing 16mm film of seasonal FSU football games for
broadcast on CBS affiliate stations. Main responsibility was editing a 30 minute program of the games’
highlights for airing on commercial television nationally.
1978 – 1983
WFSU-TV
Tallahassee, FL
Cinematographer
Responsible for shooting, processing, and editing 16mm film and videotape program material along with
shooting and printing 35mm and 4x5” still film for local and national programs and promotions. Trained
and supervised part-time employees in the department.
ROBERT D. SEIDLER (Resume Cont’d.)
ACHIEVEMENTS
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1980 – “One to One” Third Annual Media Award winner, Television news, for a profile on an
individual who is handicapped.
1980 – National broadcast award on PBS of The New Refugees, an one-hour documentary of the
Cuban refugee plight.
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1986 – Nebraska Video Disc Awards for best series JTPA Employability Skills
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1990 – John Muir International Medical Film Award Aids 101
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1994 – Best of Florida award for Energy awareness documentaries Innovations and Solutions
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1999 – Emmy award for Florida The Outdoor Adventure the Southwest Region of Florida. PBS
Documentary on the Nature Based agenda that is guiding tourism in new directions.
2003 – Florida International Film Festival. Third place for Mullet Madness: a film on the 1994
net limitation and its effect on the multigenerational culture of fishing families.
Published Author, Photographer and award winning Chef
EDUCATION
Florida State University
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Major – Mass Communication and Biology
Tallahassee, FL
SAMPLE OF BICYCLE & PEDESTRIAN RELATED FILMS & VIDEOS
* Produced and marketed by Seidler Productions, Inc.
1984:
2 - 6 minute film fillers on bicycle racing for Florida PBS
1985*: 20 minute videotape on Bicycle Law Enforcement to inform law officers about the need
educate cyclists on traffic safety.
to
1986*: 20 minute videotape on Professional Drivers' Look at Bicycles shows the professional driver how to deal
with all types of cyclists.
1987*: 20 minute videotape on Basic Adult Bicycle Education instructs beginning cyclists about the law, types of
riding and correct cycling technique.
1987*: 13 -10, 20, & 30 second PSA's on Safe Bicycle Encouragement cover areas of helmet use, alternative
transportation, and responsible cycling.
1988*: 8 minute videotape pilot for Tour of Scioto River Valley bicycle event. This mass touring event attracts
over 6000 cyclists each year. This program is filled with interviews from the organizer, volunteers and
participants.
1989: 8 minute videotape pilot to educate children in traffic for Outdoor Empire Publishing, Seattle, WA.
1989*: 8 minute videotape on Florida's Emerald Line: Rails-to-Trails highlights the St. Marks hiking/biking Trail in
Tallahassee, FL and the 24 year old Elroy-Sparta trail in Wisconsin.
1989:
2-10 & 30 second PSA's for National Head Safety (Helmets) were produced to push for bicycle helmet
awareness.
1989*: 50 minute videotape on “Planners’/Engineers’ Guide to Bicycle/Pedestrian Facilities” encompasses the
policies and facilities of other cities throughout the U.S. for Florida planners and engineers. This is a nuts
and bolts approach with interviews of planners and engineers.
1989:
Professional Drivers Training: Understanding Bicycles as Vehicles This 24 minute program discusses the
procedures needed for road-sharing between bicycles and large vehicles. It educates the professional driver
on what types of cyclist are on the road and what precautions to take when approaching each of these
cyclist.
1989*: 30 minute videotape on “What a Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinator Can Do” highlights how active planning
in Lee County, Florida has changed the community. The economics of cycling and Rails-to-Trails are
critiqued.
1990:
Series of video ads on the laws of drinking and driving for the State of Maryland.
1990*: “Ace of Cycling” 30 minute dramatic videotape for Junior and Hi-school. Deals with the attitude aspects of
driving and models the behavior needed to become an empowered cyclist.
1990*: “How to Bicycle Tour” 25 minutes. So you want to see the country side try it from the seat of a bike.
Includes safety aspects, how to pack and gear to take.
1992*: “Effective Cycling” 41 minutes co-production with John Forester author of the “Effective Cycling Book”
Road riding is the place for cyclist and this tape reveals the process the A to Z guide to serious road cycling.
1994*: Elementary Traffic Education Program A series of lessons for kindergarten through 5th grade that teach
survival skills to children on getting along predictably, confidently and safely in traffic
1993*: How to Use and Fit a Bicycle Helmet This video tells you how to fit and wear a helmet properly.
1993*: Railroad Conversion Advocacy This 10 minute video helps with your local abandoned railroad conversion
project. It features interviews with users and property owners of St. Marks, Florida trail and the ElroySparta, Wisconsin trail.
1994*: Bicycling Advocacy: The Community Enhancement Video Series A set of programs designed to educate
and lobby to community officials on the benefits of bicycling. The four videos include: The History of the
Bicycle, Rails to Trails, The Utilitarian Cyclist, and Transportation Evolution.
1995*: Over 30 cycling and pedestrian PSA’s airing nationally
1999:
Everyone Has a Story: A 12 minute program developed to generate awareness to both drivers and bicyclists
on bicyclists needs. Format is a radio talk show and callers stating issues with an on are expert visually
explaining the solution.
2001, 2003: Documentary on Bike Florida the 7 day event that brings 1000 plus cyclists to Florida to explore and
relax. Program intent is to generate further interests in Florida as a destination for these types of events and
people. Aired on PBS and Commercial Television.
2003, 2004, 2005: Three Bicycle Law Enforcement programs: Programs targeted at officers and their need to
become more involved with bicycle law enforcement. The 3 programs are delivered on a DVD with a How
to Use segment that gets officers engaged. Options for customization of content delivery are at the users
fingertips.
2005:
Bicycle Middle School Helmet Program: A countermeasures program designed to get middle school
children in tune with safer behaviors. Helmet use is increased through positive reinforcement and positive
challenges. Delivered on DVD this program give many option for use.
2005:
How to Ride Safety in Groups: This is a visual tour of how riders can prevent injury by understanding the
simple errors that cause crashes. Riders get to see and dissect crashes. The types of crashes they have been
having or will have if they do not change their behaviors. A DVD with user options and much adaptability.
2006:
All about the Florida National Scenic Trail. A guide to walking off the highway on the 1400 miles of hiking
trails that travel from Pensacola to the Everglades. The DVD highlights the economic successes that
follow the trail as Trail Gateway Communities develop to serve users and train volunteers.
SAMPLE OF PEDESTRIAN RELATED FILMS & VIDEOS
* Produced and marketed by Seidler Productions, Inc.
1988:
Post, Buckley, Shue & Jernigan, Tallahassee, FL. “The Pedestrians’ Future in Florida”. Production of an
18 minute videotape on the history and future of pedestrian programs in Florida including policy and
facilities. The target group for this video is engineers and planners involved with design and
Implementation of pedestrian programs in Florida.
1988:
JHK & Associates, Orlando, FL. “Think Pedestrian” This 27 minute video program covered safety and
mobility of the suburban pedestrian including case histories of famous U.S. pedestrian facilities followed by
an interactive pedestrian planners skill analysis.
1989:
Applied Science Associates, Produced three public service announcements to encourage walking as
alternative mode of transportation.
1990*: “K, 1 and 2, Traffic Safety Ed” 60 minute linear program for schools developed to teach specific
countermeasures when crossing the street. The 6 countermeasures taught represent the cause of 85% of all
serious young pedestrian accidents.
1991:
FHWA “Willie Whistle and Keep on Looking” Elementary and Middle school tapes that model
behavior for crossing the street.
1993:
FHWA “ Willie Whistle and the Senior Pedestrian” Senior Pedestrians are guided by Willie towardssafer
behaviors.
2005:
Courtesy Promotes Safety: A DVD program that explains how courtesy assists in changing pedestriancrash
outcomes. Simple changes to behaviors of pedestrians can alter driving habits of motorists.CPS also
promotes new behaviors for the pedestrian that make them more active and visual.
REFERENCES
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References and presentations of work are available upon request.
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Examples of work products can be found at: Seidlerproduction.com
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May 1, 2012
Diane G. Delaney
Director, Applied Sustainability Enterprises
2489 Surf Road
Panacea, Florida 32346
850/984-0663
[email protected]
I am submitting my application to serve as a member on the Northwest Florida Transportation
Corridor Authority. I am very interested in the work of the NWFTCA and believe that my
understanding of transportation issues, detailed knowledge of the US 98 corridor in Wakulla
and Franklin Counties, and background in economic development through expanded nature
and heritage-based tourism, uniquely qualify me for this appointment.
Background Profile
Diane G. Delaney (Communication and English Major, Florida State University; Graphic Art and
Metal Design, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts).
• Director, English Department, Berlitz School of Languages, Caracas, Venezuela
• Director, Global Tomorrow Coalition Western Office, Portland, Oregon
• Vice President, Global Tomorrow Coalition, Washington D.C.
• Co-Founder and C0-Director, Applied Sustainability Enterprises (ASE), Arlington, Virginia
(relocated to Wakulla County in 1997)
• Co-Founder, President, Florida Foresight, Wakulla County, Florida
Relevant Work Experience
Since relocating our ASE office in Wakulla County, I have consulted on several transportationrelated initiatives, including the Big Bend Scenic Byway (BBSB) project – a 220-mile scenic
corridor through Franklin, Wakulla, and Leon Counties. The Coastal route includes the entire
US 98 corridor from New Port, in Wakulla County, to Apalachicola, in Franklin County.
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2000-03 ASE was the only consultant working through FDOT on Florida Scenic Highway
designation for the Big Bend Scenic Byway. At the initiative of the Apalachicola National
Forest, in partnership with the Wakulla County Tourist Development Council (WCTDC),
ASE was asked to form a Wakulla County CAG, facilitate community presentations, draft
a Wakulla County Letter of Intent, prepare graphic materials and photographs, produce
press releases, and document materials for the Eligibility Application.
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2004-07 FDOT District 3 supplied funding for consulting services for both ASE and
Kimley-Horn and Associates (KHA) to finalize the Wakulla Eligibility Application and
conduct parallel work in Franklin and Leon Counties. Following the completion of the
Eligibility Applications, ASE and KHA completed the subsequent Designation
Applications, assisted in the formation of the 31-member Corridor Management Entity,
and finalized the Corridor Management Plan.
In addition, ASE’s work included: (1) design and production of marketing materials for
the CME; (2) facilitation of the founding meetings of all six BBSB Trail Teams; (3)
participation in meetings of the CME; (4) organization and facilitation of the following
workshops for the CME and its Committees: “Administrative Choices,” “BBSB Marketing
Plan,” and “Comparative Analysis of the BBSB within the National Scenic Byway
Collection.”
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2008-09 ASE was awarded the contract to complete the National Designation
Application for the Big Bend Scenic Byway. The application was approved, making the
Big Bend Scenic Byway the first National Scenic Byway on Florida’s Gulf Coast. In
addition, ASE developed new collateral materials to promote the Byway.
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2009-10 ASE continued to develop marketing materials for the CME and was awarded
the contract to be the “local consultant” to the Center for Design and Interpretation
(CDI) in Colorado, to prepare a Wayshowing and Interpretation Master Plan for the Big
Bend Scenic Byway. The Plan, which is considered a national model, was unanimously
approved by the Corridor Management Entity.
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ASE’s work included: (1) compilation of baseline information; (2) site evaluation; (3)
interagency coordination (Florida Department of Transportation, Office of Greenways
and Trails, Apalachicola National Forest, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Florida State
Parks, Florida Division of Forestry, Florida Fish and Wildlife Service); (4)
intergovernmental coordination (Wakulla, Franklin, and Leon Counties, the
cities/municipalities of St. Marks, Panacea, Sopchoppy, Carrabelle, Eastpoint, St. George
Island, and Apalachicola); (5) creation of an FDOT Wayshowing Signage Plan for the 220mile corridor; (6) evaluation of roadside exhibit design standards, construction
guidelines, and facilities; and (7) coordination of and photographic illustrations for
interpretive themes and storylines.
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2010-present ASE is continuing to serve as a consultant to the CME. Current work
includes updating and redesign of The Guide to the Big Bend Scenic Byway, developing
marketing material for the Byway, such as the 2012-2014 BBSB Calendar, and promoting
broader identification with the Byway among attractions and businesses along the
corridor.
2011-present ASE is teamed with Kimley-Horn and Associates to develop the Marketing Plan
for the Wakulla County Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Blueway Facility Master Plan, which will
support:
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A Countywide system of paved multiuse trails
A series of sidewalk, crosswalk, and safety recommendations
Safe school route recommendations
Policies and design guidelines supporting bicycling, walking, and transit
A Blueway Plan that capitalizes on the County’s attributes
A Multiuse trail feasibility report completed to accelerate implementation
A Funding plan that takes advantage of the CRTPA box funds and other funding sources
In connection with this project, I have studied the economic / health benefits of Bike Trails
throughout the country. If fully implemented, the Master Plan will support the connection of
Bike Trail Networks to US 98 and related roadways in Wakulla and neighboring communities.
Thank you for considering my submission and I would be honored by your appointment.
Sincerely,
Diane Delaney
Agenda Request
Date of Meeting:
May 21, 2012
Date Submitted:
May 4, 2012
To:
From:
J. David Edwards, County Administrator
Tim Barden, Deputy County Administrator
Sheree Keeler, Grants Coordinator
Subject:
Request Board Approval of the Proposed Potential Coastal Improvement
Projects for Wakulla County and Approve Staff to Submit to Florida
Department of Environmental Protection for Funding
Statement of Issue:
This agenda item requests Board approval of the proposed Potential Coastal Improvement Projects for Wakulla
County and approve staff to submit to Florida Department of Environmental Protection for funding.
Background:
In July 2011, the Wakulla BOCC approved several projects for submission to the Department of Environmental
Protection (DEP) for potential Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Early Restoration funding
(Attachment #1). It was determined however, that project applications were not completed or submitted to DEP.
DEP however placed two projects on the list on behalf of Wakulla County and recommendations were made to
follow-up with NRDA applications:
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Shell Point Beach Restoration
Mashes Sands Beach Restoration
Current Situation for NRDA Early Restoration:
BP committed to provide $1 billion toward implementation of early restoration projects under the Oil Petroleum Act
of 1990 (OPA) and the Natural Resource Damage Assess (NRDA). The one billion was divided as follows:
• $500 million split equally among Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Texas
• $200 million split equally between Federal Trustees
• $300 million to fund additional state-proposed restoration projects to be selected by Federal Trustees.
An announcement was made last month that 8 projects totaling $62 million were approved for funding. Florida
projects totaled $5.7 million and include Pensacola Beach Restoration ($644,487) and the Escambia County Boat
Ramp Enhancement Construction ($5,057,255). That leaves an estimated $94 million dollar balance of the $1
Agenda Request: Request Board Approval of the Proposed Potential Coastal Improvement Projects for Wakulla
County and Approve Staff to Submit to Florida Department of Environmental Protection for Funding
May 21, 2012
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billion allocated to the State to fund the remaining Florida projects submitted to DEP for funding (Attachment 2).
Projects for NRDA funding must have a nexus to the “injury” occurring due to the BP Spill. Before BP will approve
a project they must know the damage, cost and outcome, i.e., repair beach to the point it would have been the day
before had the incident not occurred. Injury sustained can be ecological and/or human loss of the resource (e.g.,
could not access the beach due to oil slicks, tar balls). DEP is still accepting applications for NRDA projects, which
go through the following process:
1. Projects can be submitted to DEP by public and private organizations as well as citizens using the
NRDA application.
2. DEP reviews projects to determine those that meet NRDA requirements for nexus of injury.
3. Recommended projects must go through public meetings held by DEP.
4. All recommended projects are then evaluated by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Trustee Council,
authorized by OPA. The Trustees are comprised of federal and state agencies representing the public
interest and work together to access the injury to natural resources and develop plans to restore the
injured resources through the NRDA process.
5. BP evaluates each project recommended and works through the Trustees and DEP to approve
projects as well as the credits that BP will receive for each project funded. Credits are based on
numeric values such as amount of land/marine habitats, etc. restored back to and/or beyond the day
before injury occurred.
Current Situation for the RESTORE ACT:
The U.S. RESTORE ACT is part of a larger proposed federal transportation bill. The differences between the House
and Senate bills will be addressed in conference, with June 2012, being the earliest possible date for passage. U.S.
Senator Bill Nelson and U.S. Representative Steve Southerland are appointed to the conference committee for this
legislation. Conferees met May 8th in D.C., and were instructed to pass the federal transportation legislation no later
than June 30, 2012. At this time congressional staff is working to close gaps between the Senate Bill 1400/1813 and
House Resolution 3096.
Funds that will be available to states and counties with the passage of the RESTORE ACT will come from fines
levied on BP pursuant to the U.S. Clean Act and not subject to OPA/NRDA requirements for projects. Currently,
the RESTORE ACT proposes to direct a percentage of the fines levied in BP into a Trust for Restore the Gulf with
further allocation of the funds to the affected states.
Last month Chairman Brock and County Administrator Edwards met with other state and local representatives in
Mississippi for a briefing on the RESTORE ACT. BOCC staff is actively engaged in weekly status updates through
conference calls facilitated by FAC. Staff will continue to monitor progress of this very important legislation.
Summary
Wakulla County must continue to identify potential projects and be positioned to apply for any and all funds that
Agenda Request: Request Board Approval of the Proposed Potential Coastal Improvement Projects for Wakulla
County and Approve Staff to Submit to Florida Department of Environmental Protection for Funding
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may be available from NRDA Early Restoration and the RESTORE ACT upon passage. Therefore, the attached
Potential Coastal Improvement Projects List was developed that run along Wakulla County’s coast line and
communities.
Analysis:
This agenda item seeks Board approval to make application and seek funding for all projects on the attached
“Potential Coastal Improvement Projects List” from DEP for NRDA Early Restoration and the RESTORE ACT
upon passage and funds availability (Attachment #3). The BOCC approval of these projects will indicate the
County’s priorities in moving forward to restore, enhance and improve the public natural resources and local
economy of the County as a result of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
Following approval of the “Proposed Coastal Improvement Projects List” staff will move forward to finalize
project details and cost for making application to DEP for NRDA Early Restoration, which will also position the
County to pursue RESTORE ACT funds when available. Staff will provide regular updates to the Board on the
progress of the RESTORE ACT and the application of projects to DEP, ensuring that the Board approves the
acceptance of any award should any project be approved for funding.
Budgetary Impact:
No budgetary impact associated with this agenda item at this time. Only if the projects become funded would there
be a budget impact. Should projects be funded, additional information will come before the Board for consideration.
Options:
1.
Approve the Proposed Potential Coastal Improvement Projects for Wakulla County and approve staff to
submit to Florida Department of Environmental Protection for funding.
2.
Do not approve the Proposed Potential Coastal Improvement Projects for Wakulla County and do not
approve staff to submit to Florida Department of Environmental Protection for funding.
3.
Board Direction.
Recommendation:
Option #1.
Attachment(s):
1. BOCC Agenda Item, July 18, 2011
2. Florida NRDA Projects
3. Potential Coastal Improvement Projects List
Agenda Request
Date of Meeting:
July 18, 2011
Date Submitted:
July 1, 2011
To:
From:
Timothy P. Barden, Interim County Administrator
Jennifer Langston, Special Projects Director
Subject:
Request Board Approval of Wakulla County’s Natural Resource Damage
Assessment (NRDA) projects for submittal to FDEP.
Statement of Issue:
This agenda item seeks Board approval of Wakulla County’s Natural Resource Damage Assessment
(NRDA) projects for submittal to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) for
potential funding.
Background:
Natural Resource Damage Assessment
Under OPA, BP, the responsible party, is liable to the public and the environment for damages
caused by the oil spill and the cost of removal. The NRDA process gives the Responsible party an
option to cooperate with the trustee council to assist with response and restoration instead of
pursuing costly litigation. Cooperation with the responsible party allows the trustees to focus on
response and restoration efforts. Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Process is the
process to evaluate the impacts to natural resources and lost use of those resources by humans. The
purpose of this NRDA process is to quantify injuries to our natural resources, the subsequent loss of
the resource services, and the time for the natural resources to recover as a result from the Deepwater
Horizon oil spill. The outcome of the NRDA process is a restoration plan or series of plans that will
compensate the public for natural resource injuries and lost use of those resources (loss of use
includes use by other natural resources and by people). Projects submitted for evaluation are required
to be directly tied to an injury suffered.
What is early restoration?
According to FDEP early restoration projects are those that can be implemented prior to the
completion of the process where injuries to natural resources are known, ongoing or believed to have
occurred. Early restoration projects are utilized when the trustees and those responsible for a spill can
agree to initiate some restoration work without having to wait for the results of the NRDA and
resolution of the claim. The decision to undertake early restoration does not mean that no other
restoration will take place or that the responsible parties are absolved of liability. Because the early
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restoration is expected to compensate for only part of the injuries caused by the spill, additional
restoration planning, implementation and monitoring will occur following the traditional NRDA
restoration process.
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Trustee Council
The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Trustee Council is authorized by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990
(OPA). The council is comprised of federal and state agencies, known as trustees, to evaluate the
impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on natural resources. The trustees represent the public
interest and work together to assess the injury to natural resources and develop plans to restore the
injured resources through the Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) process. DEP serves
as the trustee agency for the State of Florida, along with co-trustee agency, the Florida Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). Other trustee agencies include the U.S. Department of
the Interior (DOI), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (USFWS) and trustees from each of the other affected Gulf States - Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.
Actions to date
In February, Wakulla County received notice from FDEP of soliciting potential NRDA projects for
consideration from affected counties. Staff, including Emergency Management and theExtension
Office, reviewed the criteria and determined that impacts were insignificant as far as endangered
habits were concerned. It was noted that Wakulla County experienced minor damages to sea grass
beds from the Vessels of Opportunity process and was communicated with FDEP.
$1 Billion Agreement to Fund Early Gulf Coast Restoration Projects
On April 21, 2011 an agreement was announced by the Natural Resource Trustees for the Deepwater
Horizon oil spill (Trustees), BP agreed to provide $1 billion toward early restoration projects in the
Gulf of Mexico to address injuries to natural resources caused by the spill. The selection of early
restoration projects for all Gulf States will follow a public process, and will be overseen by the
Deepwater Horizon Trustee Council. Trustees will determine projects that qualify under the Oil
Pollution Act. Trustees will use the money to fund projects such as, but not limited to, the rebuilding
of coastal marshes, replenishment of damaged beaches, conservation of sensitive areas for ocean
habitat for injured wildlife and restoration of barrier islands and wetlands that provide natural
protection from storms.
On June 17, 2011 the Tourist Development Council Director and staff attended a meeting with the 8
affected gulf counties where the Special Advisor to the FDEP Secretary presented information
related to the NRDA and the Framework Agreement for Early Restoration projects (Attachment #1).
Additionally, the draft list of Florida’s early restoration projects were reviewed which contained 180
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projects totaling $2.2 billion in estimated costs. Wakulla County projects included: Restoration of
Oyster habitat, Shell Point Beach Restoration, Mashes Sands Beach Restoration. After having
clarification of project criteria, staff is recommending that Wakulla County submit additional
appropriate projects for consideration of early restoration project funding at this time.
Projects will be reviewed by FDEP and FWC staff in accordance with the framework and NRDA
criteria, as well as, reviewed by Independent consultants. The final projects are made by the State
Trustee on projects to move forward to the Trustee Council as described above. Once selected, the
full council reviews and must be approved by the majority, then to BP for review and approval.
Analysis:
This agenda item seeks Board approval of Wakulla County’s Natural Resource Damage Assessment
(NRDA) projects for submittal to FDEP for potential funding. Staff has identified 5 potential
projects for consideration. The Board approving these projects will represent the county’s priorities
moving forward to restore public natural resources as a result of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
Staff is finalizing the actual funding request amounts at this time. Following approval of the
identified project ideas, staff will be meeting with FDEP, Sopchoppy, and St. Marks to further vet
them moving forward. As of June 24, 2011, 187 Florida projects have been submitted to DEP.
Proposed Projects
1. Mashes Sands Re-nourishment and Recreation Project
2. St. Marks Public Boat Ramp Recreation Projects
3. Rock Landing Public Boat Ramp Recreation Projects
4. Shell Point Beach Re-nourishment Project
5. Big Bend Maritime Center Project
6. Big Bend Scenic Byway Wayshowing & Interpretation Project
Budgetary Impact:
No budget impact associated with this agenda item, only should projects be funded would there be a
budget impact. Should projects be funded, additional information will come before the Board for
consideration.
Options:
1.
Approve Recommended NRDA Projects to FDEP.
2.
Do Not Approve recommended NRDA projects to FDEP.
3.
Board Direction.
Recommendation:
Option #1.
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Attachment(s):
1. NRDA powerpoint presentation by FDEP
Florida Potential Restoration Projects
Updated 5/3/12
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has received project proposals for the projects described below submitted by the party listed in the description. Projects are not listed in priority order. The inclusion
of a project on this list does not indicate that it has been fully reviewed for meeting project selection criteria, nor is it guaranteed to be selected and approved. All projects approved by the trustees will be subject to public
review and comment.
Description
County
Estimated Cost
Project
$300,000
Sea turtle monitoring, data collection, and nest protection will be conducted at Bald Point, St. George Island, St. Joseph Peninsula, St. Andrews, Escambia,
M-1 Coastal Threatened and
Walton, Bay,
Camp Helen, Deer Lake, Grayton Beach, Topsail Hill Preserve, Henderson Beach, Perdido Key State Parks. The project includes daily Gulf of
Endangered Species Monitoring in
Mexico shoreline monitoring of sea turtle nesting, data collection, nest marking and nest protection during the period May 1 through October 30 Gulf, Franklin
Florida Panhandle State Parks
for a period of 5 years. Project size is 39.6 miles.
Submitted by: Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Recreation & Parks
M-2 Florida Gulf Coast Marine Fisheries This facility will consist of three components: 1) A state of the art recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) for the production and eventual release Escambia,
of sportfish species such as red snapper, red drum, and spotted seatrout. 2) An integrated coastal habitat plant production facility that provides Walton, Bay,
Enhancement Center
Gulf, Franklin
both wastewater treatment for the fish production system and source plants for ecosystem restoration. 3) A venue for public
outreach/education for marine resources conservation.
$13,000,000
Submitted by: Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
M-3 Urban Stormwater Retrofits –
Pensacola Bay System
Stormwater treatment; estuarine water quality improvement.
Escambia, Santa
Rosa
$1,500,000
Okaloosa,
Walton
$1,500,000
Franklin,
Wakulla, Dixie,
Levy
$2,620,000
Escambia, Santa
Rosa, Okaloosa,
Bay, Gulf,
Franklin
$11,500,000
Escambia, Santa
Rosa, Okaloosa
$3,500,000
By creating a “living shoreline” - an erosion management technique - natural coastal processes and the ecosystem services they provide to the
Escambia, Santa
environment and public can be restored. The objective of this project is to help restore the long-term ecosystem functioning of Pensacola Bay,
Rosa
Florida. We propose creating living shoreline along approximately eight miles of Blackwater Bay and East Bay of Pensacola Bay, including portions
in the Yellow River Marsh Aquatic Preserve.
$8,000,000
Submitted by: Northwest Florida Water Management District
M-4 Urban Stormwater Retrofits –
Choctawhatchee Bay
M-5 Restoring Oyster Habitat in
Create and enhance degraded oyster reef habitat.
Franklin, Wakulla, Dixie, Levy Counties
Submitted by: Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
M-6 Dune Habitat Restoration: Specific
sites: St. George Island, Gulf Islands
National Seashore, Pensacola Beach,
Panama City Beach, Cape San Blas, St.
Joe Peninsula.
Response activities associated with the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) event have resulted in damage to dunes in the Panhandle that were already
heavily impacted by the last decade of tropical storm activity. Targeted areas have been restored, but there is still a large scale need. One of the
limiting factors is capacity for growing and providing dune plants. This project should incorporate nursery development (perhaps expanding
FDEP's current successful effort), dune crossings, large scale plantings/dune fencing. Submitted by: Florida Department of Environmental Protection
M-7 GINS Dune Restoration
The proposed project seeks to restore 145 acres of degraded dune habitat at three GINS (Gulf Islands National Seashore) locations (PKI, SRI-FP
and SRI-OB) using diverse, native vegetation propagated from local stock found within the GINS areas.
Submitted by: Florida Department of Environmental Protection Northwest District, partnering with the National Park Service, University of
Florida, and IFAS/UF Extension (Santa Rosa, Escambia and Okaloosa/Walton Counties)
M-8 Living Shorelines and Oyster Reef
Restoration in Pensacola Bay, FL
Submitted by: The Nature Conservancy, partnering with the Emerald Coastkeeper, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and
Santa Rosa County/IFAS Extension
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Project
M-9 Living Shoreline Restoration in
Pensacola Bay, FL
Updated 5/3/12
Description
5-year project to create up to 8 miles of living shoreline and oyster reef in Pensacola Bay. Restoration to enhance oyster reefs and salt marsh
shorelines.
County
Escambia, Santa
Rosa
Estimated Cost
$6,000,000
Submitted by: The Nature Conservancy
M-10 Shorebird Research and
Management at Florida Panhandle
State Parks
Multiple
panhandle
counties
$340,000
Assessment of over 150 archaeological sites in the park affected by the oil spill to determine their current condition and any effects on the sites Multiple
from the oil spill. Assessment by a professional archaeologist of each site. Interpretive panels for the following parks: Perdido Key, Big Lagoon, panhandle
Rocky Bayou, Henderson Beach, Topsail Hill, Grayton Beach, Deer Lake, Camp Helen, St. Andrews, St. Joe Peninsula, St. George Island, Bald Point, counties
and Ochlocknee River. Project size is 150 acres.
$200,000
The goal of this project is to increase shorebird productivity and survival through an increase in shorebird monitoring, management, and
protection of nesting habitat over a 3 year period. 1) Protection of nesting habitat with symbolic fencing. 2) continued predator removal
programs contracted with the USDA (e.g., we observed 80% predation rate at some parks), 3) monitoring of color marked shorebirds to
understand the long term impacts on shorebird survival and continued collaboration with BP to minimize disturbance (e.g., we observed a 10%
reduction in fledge rates during the spill), 4) sharing of data and results with partner agencies to improve current management throughout the
gulf. Project size is 62 miles.
M-11 Enhancement of Visitation to
Coastal Archaeological Sites
Franklin, Gulf
$105,000,000
Acquire 67,000 acres. Connects Lake Wimico to St. Vincent Sound; keystone piece in the completion of the National Wildlife Refuge. Hot spot of Franklin, Gulf
regional biodiversity. Protection of 2 major estuarine systems would provide significant water quality benefits to oyster and scallop populations
in Apalachicola and St. Joseph’s Bays. Diverse habitat for resident, migrating and nesting spill-affected species.
$101,000,000
M-12 St. Vincent Sound-to-Lake Wimico The 69,453-acre St. Vincent Sound-to-Lake Wimico Ecosystem (SVSLWE) project is a mosaic of pine uplands, wet prairies, hardwood and cypress
swamps that flank portions of three rivers, coastal bluffs and salt marshes fronting on St. Vincent Sound. Fee acquisition of the SVSLWE project
Ecosystem
will forge an interconnected conservation area of 900,000+ acres that includes Apalachicola River WMA, Apalachicola River WEA, Apalachicola
NF, Tate’s Hell SF, Box-R WMA, Apalachicola Bay NERR and St. Vincent NWR.
Submitted by: The Nature Conservancy, partnering with Florida Department of Agricultural and Consumer Services/Division of Forestry, United
States Fish and Wildlife Service, and FL Department Environmental Protection/Office of Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas
M-13 St. Vincent National Wildlife
Refuge Lake Wimico Land Acquisition
Submitted by: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, on behalf of the National Wildlife Refuge Association and Defenders of
Wildlife
M-14 Oyster Reef Restoration in the
Pensacola Bay System, Florida
Restore oyster reefs in the Pensacola Bay system in Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties by placing 12,000 cubic yards of shell on debilitated oyster Escambia, Santa
Rosa
reefs over a 60 acre area.
$788,600
M-15 Rattlesnake Bluff Road and
Riverbank Restoration Project
The objective of this project is to stabilize Rattlesnake Bluff Road and nearby eroded riverbank sites in order to reduce sediment pollution to the Santa Rosa,
Okaloosa
Yellow River and Pensacola Bay and provide a reliable thoroughfare for the public.
Submitted by: The Nature Conservancy, partnering with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the Department of Defense, and Florida Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission
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$3,000,000
Updated 5/3/12
Project
Description
County
M-16 Large Scale Seagrass Restoration Vessels of opportunity, boom placement and recovery have resulted in damage to seagrasses in ecologically sensitive areas. This project would Escambia, Bay,
restore and benefit seagrass habitat in the Panhandle. This would be implemented as a state-lead program. There are multiple sites throughout Gulf
and Protection (MERGED INTO
EMERGENCY RESTORATION PROJECT) the Panhandle that have been impacted by oil spill response efforts. These sites would benefit from a mixture of direct prop scar restoration and
signage/posting to protect shallow and sensitive areas. Specific locations include Perdido Bay, Big Lagoon, St. Joe Peninsula, St. Andrew Bay. Estimated Cost
$5,000,000
Submitted by: Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Franklin,
Wakulla
$30,112,000
Multiple
M-18 Coastal Habitat Conservation for Land acquisition is one of the most important tools to promote short and long-term restoration of coastal habitats following major damage
Recovery of Florida's Coasts
events. This project would provide much needed funding for acquisition of priority coastal habitats critical to the recovery of impacted species,
habitats and communities. Priority habitat acquisition targets have already been identified in federal and state plans (e.g., Coastal and Estuarine
Land Conservation Plans, Protected Species critical habitat plans). This project would draw from these and other sources in a collaborative effort
to identify, target and conserve the most important coastal habitats for recovery of impacted species and communities.
Unknown
M-17 Dickerson Bay-Bald Point Florida
Forever Project/Bald Point State
Park/Alligator Harbor Aquatic
Preserve/St. Marks National Wildlife
Refuge
Acquisition of approximately 4,464 acres. Moderate restoration may be required in some communities where silviculture practices where
employed. Minor other restoration is anticipated in other areas given the good-quality of most of the natural communities in the project.
Wildlife
M-19 Econfina Recharge Area
Inholdings Acquisitions
This project proposes acquiring land for conservation and enhancement in Washington, Bay and Jackson Counties.
Washington,
Bay, Jackson
$11,445,000
Walton,
Holmes,
Washington,
Jackson
$9,000,000
M-20 Choctawhatchee Watershed
Sedimentation Abatement
Abatement of sedimentation from unpaved road stream crossings.
M-21 Flint Rock Land Acquisition
Project
Transfer 17,273 acres to the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge to protect a restorable buffer, estuarine watershed and sea level rise migration
corridor in Jefferson and Wakulla counties, Florida.
Wakulla,
Jefferson
$30,000,000
M-22 Big Bend Florida Forever Coastal
Wetland Acquisition Project/Big Bend
Wildlife Management Area/Big Bend
Sea Grasses Aquatic Preserve
Land acquisition project acreage (remaining coastal project acres): 2,907. Pristine coastal wetlands, with no restoration or enhancement
anticipated; maritime forests and coastal barriers.
M-23 Oyster Reef Restoration in
Waccasassa Bay, Florida
This project will use a combination of proven technique to replace substrate and re-seed oyster populations on impaired oyster reefs in
Waccasassa Bay in Levy County.
Taylor, Dixie
$9,600,000
Dixie, Levy
$1,000,000
Wildlife
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Updated 5/3/12
Project
Description
M-24 Charlotte Harbor Estuary Florida Land acquisition project acreage (remaining project acres): 13,547 combined from numerous parcels in 3 project areas. Restoration will include
maintenance of hydrological process; prescribed burning to maintain native vegetation.
Forever Project/ Charlotte Harbor
Aquatic Preserve /Charlotte Harbor
Buffer State Preserve
Wildlife
M-25 Shellfish, Clams and Scallops at
Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserves
County
Sarasota,
Charlotte, Lee
Estimated Cost
$88,500,000
Charlotte, Lee
$1,900,000
Restore seagrass scars in vulnerable shallow seagrass areas throughout the Charlotte Harbor Estuary with a combination of pre/post-restoration Charlotte, Lee
monitoring, scar repair as needed and activities aimed at modifying boater behavior (education, channel marking, etc.).
$1,000,000
Restore hard & wedge clams and scallops in Pine Island Sound 12,000 acres, Lemon Bay 2,000 acres, Mouth of Peace & Myakka Rivers 1,000
acres.
M-26 Seagrass in Charlotte Harbor
Aquatic Preserves
M-27 Hydrologic Restoration in the
Coral Creek Ecosystem on the Cape
Haze Peninsula, Florida
Charlotte, Lee
Phase I of this project encompasses a ~200 acre portion of the site. This phase will involve the restoration and/or enhancement of historic
hydrologic flows and wetland hydroperiods, removal of exotic plant species, creation of a littoral shelf, and construction of a filter marsh system
to improve water quality entering the East Branch of the creek and, ultimately, Charlotte Harbor and the Gulf of Mexico.
$1,200,000
M-28 Ecosystem and Shellfish
Restoration, Lee and Charlotte
Counties
Restoration of hydrologic functions, shellfish, seagrass, and mangrove habitats in Charlotte Harbor Estuary.
Charlotte, Lee
$14,000,000
Lee, Hendry
$80,000,000
M-29 Caloosahatchee National Wildlife Acquire a 42,000-acre easement. Completes protection of 90,000-acre ranch; 45,000 acres already under easement through NRCS Wetlands
Refuge Blue Head Ranch Acquisition
Reserve Program. Protects water quality of San Carlos Bay, which is critically important to brown pelican, skimmers, royal terns, Wilson’s
plovers, laughing gulls, and juvenile sea tea turtle nurseries. Part of Fish eating Creek Watershed. T&E species: grasshopper sparrow, wood
stork, caracara, red cockaded woodpecker, gopher tortoise, indigo snake, scrub jay, Florida panther, Florida black bear. Dry and wet prairie.
Wildlife
M-30 Staghorn and Elkhorn Coral
Recovery Project, FL
Actively enhance the populations of Caribbean Acropora corals by outplanting over 15,000 coral colonies in waters off Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe, Dade,
Monroe Counties, FL.
Broward
$4,584,000
M-31 Seagrass Restoration and WQ
Management in Old River Estuary
Installing an ocean inlet pipeline across the barrier island to deliver transparent, high-salinity, low-nutrient seawater into the degraded estuary.
The objectives include active regulation of residence time, salinity, nutrient concentration and water clarity with the goal of providing optimum
conditions for proliferation of seagrasses and increased aquatic species diversity.
Escambia, FL
and Baldwin, AL
$12,000,000
Gulf, Franklin
$24,000,000
Submitted by: Gannett Fleming, Inc.
M-32 Seagrass Restoration and WQ
Management in Saint Joe Bay Estuary
Installing 2 ocean inlet pipelines across the barrier island to deliver transparent, high-salinity, low-nutrient seawater into the degraded estuary.
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Project
M-33 Restoring the Night Sky Over
Panhandle Conservation Lands
Updated 5/3/12
Description
County
Proposal to reduce the impact of beachfront lights on marine turtles, shorebirds, and beach mice within and adjacent to state, federal, and local Eight coastal
panhandle
conservation lands in the Florida Panhandle. Periodic and annual surveys to identify and to replace problem lights with more appropriate,
counties
wildlife “friendly” lights; training programs for local government staff; training and educational workshops for local residents and property
owners; and development and implementation of site-specific light management plans for conservation lands and adjacent private properties in
each of the eight coastal counties.
Estimated Cost
$3,243,163
Submitted by: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Proposal includes monitoring and posting of important nesting sites (combined with training, outreach, and enforcement to ensure effectiveness
M-34 A Comprehensive Program for
Restoration and Management of Beach- of such efforts) and predator control.
Nesting Sea- and Shorebird Populations
in the Florida Panhandle
Submitted by: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
M-35 Scallop Enhancement for
Increased Recreational Fishing
Opportunity in the Florida Panhandle
Proposal to use existing restoration methodology (wild harvest of juveniles and supplemental hatchery production) to enhance bay scallop
populations in the bays of Florida’s panhandle.
Escambia, Santa
Rosa, Okaloosa,
Walton, Bay,
Gulf, Franklin
$2,376,600
Escambia, Santa
Rosa, Okaloosa,
Walton, Bay
$1,460,000
Submitted by: Fish & Wildlife Research Institute, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
M-36 Dune Habitat Restoration: Gulf
Islands National Seashore and Santa
Rosa Sound/Navarre, FL
The project consists of restoring 145 acres of dune habitats at three Gulf Islands National Seashore locations and 130 acres of dune habitats
along Santa Rosa Sound. The project also includes plant propagation and dune vegetation plantings. In addition, the project would include the
infrastructure development of a series of greenhouses across the panhandle.
Escambia, Santa
Rosa, Okaloosa
$9,500,000
Submitted by: NOAA, NMFS, OHC
M-37 Health and Impact Assessment of The Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance (CBA) has "pre" oil impact information, and is requesting funding to create a "post" water quality database to Okaloosa,
the Choctawhatchee Bay and Coastal accurately assess the health of the Choctawhatchee Bay, Choctawhatchee River, and the globally rare Coastal Dune Lakes. Projects also include Walton, Bay
Dune Lakes
installation of bridges in place of culverts on four coastal dune lakes in south Walton County, as well as living shoreline projects within
Choctawhatchee Bay.
$11,900,000
Submitted by: Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance of Northwest Florida State College
Escambia,
Okaloosa,
Walton, Bay,
Gulf, Franklin,
Wakulla
$500,000
The Bear Creek project comprises a significant portion of the watershed flowing into Apalachicola and St. Andrews Bays on the Gulf of Mexico. As Bay, Calhoun,
stated in the Bear Creek Florida Forever project summary, public acquisition of this project would help establish the Northwest Florida Ecological Gulf
Greenway, a proposed system of natural areas forming a significant corridor connection between State, Federal, and Non-Profit conservation
lands in the central Florida Panhandle.
$160,000,000
M-38 High Definition Baseline Shoreline Propose to establish a baseline of the Gulf coastal shoreline using a repurposed Hurricane Damage Assessment Rapid Response Team (HDARRT)
vehicle which records GPS encoded HD video with multiple cameras. The Pilot Project would record 300 miles of HD video and photography of
Characterization in a Geospatial
high value coastline in a geospatial database.
Database: Gulf Coast Pilot Project
Submitted by: Environmental Monitoring, Mapping, Analysis and Planning System (EMMAPS) Laboratory, University of North Florida
M-39 Bear Creek
Submitted by: The Conservation Fund
Escambia, Santa
M-40 Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration This project increases the ability of local non-profit environmental groups, state and federal land management and environmental protection
agencies to implement permitted and approved restoration projects by supplying motivated and capable volunteer support on a large scale. The Rosa, Okaloosa,
and Community Service
Walton, Bay
proposal requests support to recruit and deploy these volunteers December 2011 through April 2012.
Submitted by: Community Collaborations International
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$500,000
Updated 5/3/12
Project
Description
M-41 Coastal Habitat Restoration:
This project proposes to build on a successful lighting retrofit program funded in 2010 by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Recovered
Eliminating Light Pollution on Sea Turtle Oil Fund for Wildlife. STC requests NRDA Early Restoration funds to extend the project into the Panhandle.
Nesting Beaches
Submitted by: Sea Turtle Conservancy
M-42 An Integrated Water Quality
Monitoring Plan for Northwest Florida
and Alabama Watersheds
County
Escambia, Santa
Rosa, Okaloosa,
Walton, Bay,
Gulf, Franklin
Estimated Cost
$600,000
An integrated plan for measuring water quality in the Florida Panhandle and associated Alabama watersheds will enhance the information
Escambia, Santa
available to resource managers and the public. Perdido Bay, Pensacola Bay (including Escambia, Blackwater, and East Bay), Choctawhatchee Bay, Rosa, Okaloosa,
and St. Andrews Bay will be included. Objectives: 1) Define status and trends of key water quality parameters and conditions, 2) Provide data to Walton, Bay
determine whether restoration efforts are working, 3) Provide data to identify and rank existing and emerging problems within the watersheds.
$300,000
Submitted by: University of West Florida
E-1 Escambia County Artificial Reef
Construction
Construction of approximately 32 artificial reefs in Escambia Nearshore East and West Artificial Reef Sites and/or other permitted artificial reef
sites. Each reef will consist of concrete and/or steel materials consistent with existing permits issued by Florida Dept. of Environmental
Protection and US Army Corps of Engineers.
Escambia
$2,240,000
(E-1 and E-31 are duplicates)
Submitted by: Escambia County Board of County Commissioners
Escambia
$1,750,000
Escambia
$210,000
Escambia
$2,030,000
Escambia
The project is seeking to enhance the opportunity for marine turtles to successfully nest and to minimize opportunity for hatchlings to become
disoriented. As a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the entire 2010 recruitment of turtles was relocated to the Atlantic coast. To offset
this loss off recruitment, Escambia County is seeking funding to enhance monitoring, education, and night lighting reduction programs within our
jurisdiction.
$500,000
E-2 Project GreenShores- Seagrass, Salt Proposal to complete restoration at Project GreenShores with the addition of 3.5 acres of salt marsh and seagrass habitat and 8 acres of oyster
Marsh and Oyster Habitat Restoration habitat.
Submitted by: The Florida Department of Environmental Protection, partnering with the City of Pensacola, Ecosystem Restoration Support
Organization, and Emerald Coastkeepers
E-3 Perdido Key Dune Crossovers
(Can be combined with E-5 and E-9)
The project is seeking to construct three dune crossovers on Perdido Key to enhance public access to the Gulf beaches and protection of dune
resources, while providing a structure that will support human safety response activities. This project will include installing sand in the access
points to match neighboring dune elevations and construction of a 12-foot wide wooden crossover capable of supporting emergency vehicular
vehicles (length will vary at each location). Benefits will include improving connectivity of Perdido Key beach mouse habitat, improved storm
protection, and providing for dune protection.
E-4 Public Boat Ramp Enhancement:
Escambia Bay System
This proposal seeks funding to repair one existing boat ramp (Navy Point Park Public Boat Ramp N30-22.8'/W087-16.9'), and construct one new
boat ramp facility (Mahogany Mill Public Boat Ramp N30-23.9'/W087-14.9') to restore the past condition of Escambia County boat ramps and to
offset the lost opportunity of boating access.
Submitted by: Escambia County Board of County Commissioners, partnering with the Escambia County Marine Advisory Committee
E-5 Marine Turtle Program - Escambia
County
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Updated 5/3/12
Project
Description
County
E-6 Dune Restoration, Pensacola Beach The western boundary of Pensacola Beach lies approximately 7.5 miles east of Pensacola Pass. From that point of origin the project would
Escambia
progress approximately 4.1 miles to the east. This beach segment has been engineered and augmented through two prior nourishment projects.
The project will consist of planting appropriate dune vegetation approximately 40' seaward of the existing primary dune on one foot centers to
provide a buffer to the primary dune and enhance dune habitats.
Estimated Cost
$585,898
E-7 Big Lagoon State Park Boat Ramp
Improvements
E-8 Dune Restoration, Perdido Key
This project would involve improving the boat ramp area to expand and enhance its use by park visitors. It would include adding an additional
lane to the boat ramp, expanding boat trailer parking, improving circulation at the boat ramp and providing a new restroom. This project would
rely on the completion of the project to connect the park to the city sewer septic system drainfield. This would require coordination with
Escambia County to connect park facilities to the county's central sewer line. Project area is 10 acres.
The project area on Perdido Key is within Escambia County, FL. Perdido Key is located primarily in Escambia County, is approximately 15 miles
long, and extends from Pensacola Pass to the east to Perdido Pass to the west. The project area begins approximately 2.2 miles east of Perdido
Pass at the Florida/Alabama state line and extends approximately 6 miles to the east. The project will consist of planting appropriate dune
vegetation approximately 40' seaward of the existing primary dune on one foot centers to provide a buffer to the primary dune and enhance
dune habitats.
Escambia
$610,000
Escambia
$1,300,000
Escambia
$500,000
E-9 Shorebird Program - Escambia
County
The project is seeking to enhance the opportunity for shorebirds to successfully forage and nest on Escambia County's barrier islands. To offset
projected loss of recruitment of shorebird nests resulting from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Escambia County is seeking funding to acquire,
restore, enhance and monitor habitat and establish an education program regarding shorebirds.
E-10 Perdido Key, Beach Nourishment
The project area on Perdido Key is within Escambia County, FL. Perdido Key is located primarily in Escambia County, is approximately 15 miles
long, and extends from Pensacola Pass to the east to Perdido Pass to the west. The project area begins approximately 2.2 miles east of Perdido
Pass at the Florida/Alabama state line and extends approximately 6 miles to the east. The first two miles consists of dune restoration, the next
1.7 miles within Perdido Key State Park consists of low sand placement on the upper beach, and the remainder as a traditional beach
nourishment project extending into the Gulf.
(Same area as E-16)
Escambia
$14,600,000
Escambia
$2,376,309
This project would involve the replacement of the boardwalks leading to the beach. The existing boardwalks were reconstructed too low to the Escambia
ground after Hurricane Ivan and are now being inundated by the recovering dune system. Replacement of the boardwalks would greatly improve
and protect the federally listed Perdido Key Beach Mouse and its habitat that exist in the park, allow for greater recovery of the dune system and
provide improved access for visitors. Project size is 5 acres.
$5,000,000
E-11 Public Boat Ramp Enhancement:
Perdido Bay System
This proposal seeks funding to repair/modify one existing boat ramp (Galvez Landing Public Boat Ramp N30-18.8'/W087-26.5'), and acquire
property and construct one new boat ramp facility (Perdido Public Boat Ramp N30-31.4'/W087-26.7') to restore the past condition of Escambia
County boat ramps and to offset the lost opportunity of boating access.
Submitted by: Escambia County Board of County Commissioners, partnering with the Escambia County Marine Advisory Committee
E-12 Perdido Key State Park Beach
Boardwalk Improvements
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E-13 Big Lagoon State Park Seagrass
Buoy Installation
Updated 5/3/12
Description
Install 17 permitted “Swim Area -Vessel Exclusion” buoys or signs at East Beach use area of Big Lagoon State Park for sea grass protection, and
recreational swimming area. Project will create buffered zone for shorebirds by excluding boat landings in areas and will establish a managed
swim area to focus impacts from swimmers in appropriate areas. Project are is 1.1 miles.
County
Escambia
Estimated Cost
$25,250
E-14 Restoring Marsh Habitat,
Pensacola Bay, FL
Provide additional funds to Greenshores site II to create 10 additional acres of oyster reef.
Escambia
$1,804,808
Escambia
E-15 Sanders Beach Habitat Restoration The objective of the proposed project is to restore long-term ecosystem functioning to the Pensacola Bay System through the restoration/
creation of approximately 30 acres of seagrass beds, salt marsh habitat and oyster reefs on City of Pensacola owned submerged lands. Project
design is in the conceptual phase but the intention is to expand on the successful Project GreenShores restoration effort located approximately 5
miles to the east along the northern shore of Pensacola Bay.
$6,000,000
Submitted by: Florida Department of Environmental Protection, partnering with the City of Pensacola and Sanders Beach Homeowners
Association
E-16 Perdido Key, Beach Nourishment, 6.45 mile segment of already critically eroded beach with additional impacts as a result of the oil spill and the response efforts. The borrow area Escambia
Escambia County
will now need to be assessed for oil contamination prior to the restoration project.
(Same area as E-10)
Submitted by: Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Beaches and Coastal Systems
E-17 Pensacola Beach, Beach
Nourishment
Pensacola Beach, FL is located towards the western end of Santa Rosa Island in Escambia County, FL. The western boundary of Pensacola Beach
lies approximately 7.5 miles east of Pensacola Pass. From that point of origin the project would progress approximately 8.2 miles to the east.
This beach segment has been engineered and augmented through two prior nourishment projects.
$20,000,000
Escambia
$28,000,000
Escambia
$10,465,000
Escambia
Currently all park facilities are on a septic system. All of the wastewater is pumped via lift stations to a central collection point and is then
distributed through a large drain field. This project would be to connect the central collection point for the wastewater to the city sewer system.
Project size is 2.66 miles, 5 acres.
$650,000
E-18 Pensacola Beach
8.2 mile segment of already critically eroded beach with additional impacts as a result of the oil spill and response efforts. The borrow area will
need to be assessed for oil contamination prior to construction of the hurricane recovery project.
E-19 Big Lagoon State Park Sewer
Connection
E-20 Tarkiln Bayou/Yellow River Marsh Rental of MarshMaster II with a cutter for creating needed or maintaining existing wet prairie firelines within the two state parks. Prescribed fire Escambia
can then be implemented to restore pitcherplants in wet prairie and flatwoods salamander breeding pond fuel reduction. Prescribed fire also
Preserve State Parks Fireline
increases the overall health of the wet prairies which help to improve water quality which eventually enters into adjacent rivers, bays and
Installation/Maintenance
bayous. Rental of this needed equipment would take place annually for a period of five years. Project size is 7.3 miles.
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$91,495
Updated 5/3/12
Description
Monitor impacts of the removal of 750,000 pounds of sand for beach renourishment, tag 25 sea turtles; remove marine debris.
Project
E-21 Marine Debris Removal within
inshore site, offshore and inshore
biological and physical monitoring of
sand source borrow areas used for
beach restoration, Big Lagoon (Perdido
Key NS)
County
Escambia
Remove unknown number of creosote piling from Bayou Chico (an EPA impaired waterway).
E-22 Restoring Water Quality:
Improvements through the removal of
submerged creosote timbers from
Submitted by: Pensacola Environmental Services, Inc.
Bayou Chico, Escambia County
Escambia
$1,960,965
Remove approximately 17,500 pier pilings which are likely sources of contamination in the Pensacola and Perdido Bay area.
E-23 Restoring Water Quality and
Estuarine Benthic invertebrate habitats
Submitted by: Pensacola Environmental Services, Inc.
through the removal of abandoned
marine structures within the Pensacola
and Perdido Bay Systems
Escambia
$1,960,965
This proposed project will restore 100 acres of benthic infauna habitat in the Pensacola Bay System. The restoration of benthic infauna habitat Escambia
will mitigate the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, as well as make Pensacola Bay more resilient to future accidents. These benthic
infauna restoration projects will improve water quality, increase aquatic habitat, and increase aquatic nursery areas in the Pensacola Bay System.
$10,000,000
E-24 Pensacola Bay Benthic Infauna
Restoration for Water Quality
Improvement
Estimated Cost
$1,088,000
E-25 Pensacola Bay Stream Restoration This proposed project will restore 50 miles of streams in the Pensacola Bay System. The restoration of these streams will mitigate the impacts of Escambia
for Water Quality Improvement
the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, as well as make Pensacola Bay more resilient to future accidents. These natural stream channel restoration
projects will improve water quality, increase aquatic habitat, and increase aquatic nursery areas in the Pensacola Bay System.
$10,000,000
E-26 Pensacola Bay Wetlands
Improvement
This proposed project will restore 100 acres of wetlands in the Pensacola Bay System. The restoration of these wetlands will mitigate the impacts Escambia
of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, as well as make Pensacola Bay more resilient to future incidents. Restoring and creating Pensacola Bay coastal
emergent marsh wetlands will improve water quality, improve fishery habitat, improve bird habitat, and reduce shoreline erosion.
(Can be combined with E-29)
E-27 Perdido Bay Benthic Infauna
Improvement
This proposed project will restore 100 acres of benthic infauna habitat in the Perdido Bay System. The restoration of benthic infauna habitat will Escambia
mitigate the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, as well as make Perdido Bay more resilient to future accidents. These benthic infauna
restoration projects will improve water quality, increase aquatic habitat, and increase aquatic nursery areas in the Perdido Bay System.
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$10,000,000
$10,000,000
Project
E-28 Perdido Bay Stream Restoration
Updated 5/3/12
Description
This proposed project will restore 50 miles of streams in the Perdido Bay System. The restoration of these streams will mitigate the impacts of
the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, as well as make Perdido Bay more resilient to future accidents. These natural stream channel restoration
projects will improve water quality, increase aquatic habitat, and increase aquatic nursery areas in the Perdido Bay System.
County
Escambia
Estimated Cost
$10,000,000
Escambia
$10,000,000
This proposal seeks funding to monitor and renourish existing oyster reefs and to construct new oyster reefs within Pensacola Bay and Escambia Escambia
Bay. Escambia County will coordinate to renourish existing permitted oyster reefs and establish new oyster reefs within local waterways.
$4,000,000
E-29 Perdido Bay Wetlands Restoration This proposed project will restore 100 acres of wetlands in the Perdido Bay System. The restoration of these wetlands will mitigate the impacts
of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, as well as make Perdido Bay more resilient to future incidents. Restoring and creating Perdido Bay coastal
emergent marsh wetlands will improve water quality, improve fishery habitat, improve bird habitat, and reduce shoreline erosion.
E-30 Escambia County Oyster Reef
Restoration and Monitoring
Submitted by: Escambia County Board of County Commissioners, partnering with the Florida Division of Aquaculture, Ecosystem Restoration
Support Organization, and Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Escambia
$2,240,000
Escambia
$18,000,000
Escambia
E-33 Escambia County Passenger Ferry A passenger ferry service connecting various points along the Escambia County mainland, Perdido Key and Santa Rosa Island waterfronts will
Service
provide alternative transportation for residents and visitors desiring an enjoyment of the journey as well as the destination. Four, shallow-draft
diesel (bio-diesel) vessels 50-65 feet in length, with passenger capacity of 75-150 persons, will be acquired and operated for two years under this
proposal.
$4,000,000
E-31 Escambia County Artificial Reef
Construction
Construction of approximately 32 artificial reefs in Escambia Nearshore East and West Artificial Reef Sites and/or other permitted artificial reef
sites. Each reef will consist of concrete and/or steel materials consistent with existing permits issued by Florida Dept. of Environmental
Protection and US Army Corps of Engineers.
E-32 Perdido Key Land Acquisition
The project is seeking to acquire land on Perdido Key to enhance public access to the Gulf beaches and Perdido Bay, protect listed species
habitat, and provide for passive recreational activities.
Submitted by: Escambia County Board of County Commissioners, partnering with the Escambia County Area Transit Authority and the Santa Rosa
Island Authority
E-34 Bayou Chico Mooring Field
Escambia County boaters, marine dealers and water-dependent businesses were impacted by the loss of the 2010 boating season due to the
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. This proposal seeks to mitigate those losses via construction of a mooring field to stimulate and support increased
boating and tourism on local waterways. Escambia County has conducted a preliminary analysis to establish a mooring field to provide safe
mooring of vessels. This proposal seeks funding to construct a mooring field in Bayou Chico.
Escambia
$100,000
Escambia
$2,500,000
Submitted by: Escambia County Board of County Commissioners, partnering with Bayou Chico Association
E-35 Bayou Chico Municipal Marina
This proposal seeks to mitigate those losses via construction of a municipal marina, paddle craft access launch, and public waterfront area to
stimulate and support increased access, boating and tourism on local waterways. This proposal seeks funding to construct a municipal marina,
waterfront public meeting area, paddle craft access launch in Bayou Chico.
Submitted by: Escambia County Board of County Commissioners, partnering with Bayou Chico Association
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E-36 Perdido Bay Stormwater
Improvement
Updated 5/3/12
Description
County
Escambia
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill negatively affected water quality, aquatic habitat, and aquatic nursery areas in Escambia County, Florida. This
proposed project will restore and retrofit 4000 acres of stormwater discharges in the Perdido Bay System. The restoration and retrofit of these
stormwater discharges will mitigate the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, as well as make Perdido Bay more resilient to future
accidents. These stormwater restoration projects will improve water quality, increase aquatic habitat, and increase aquatic nursery areas in the
Perdido Bay System.
Estimated Cost
$10,000,000
E-37 Pensacola Bay Stormwater
Improvement
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill negatively affected water quality, aquatic habitat, and aquatic nursery areas in Escambia County, Florida. This
Escambia
proposed project will restore and retrofit 4000 acres of stormwater discharges in the Pensacola Bay System. The restoration and retrofit of these
stormwater discharges will mitigate the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, as well as make Pensacola Bay more resilient to future
accidents. These stormwater restoration projects will improve water quality, increase aquatic habitat, and increase aquatic nursery areas in the
Pensacola Bay System.
$10,000,000
E-38 Bayou Chico Estuarine Restoration This project proposes estuarine restoration and sediment removal in Escambia County.
Escambia
$2,625,500
E-39 Restoration / Creation of Regional Create 2 new artificial reef sites with 304 new patch reefs.
Fish Habitat, Escambia County
Escambia
$1,860,000
E-40 Escambia County Gulf Water
This proposal seeks funding to conduct monitoring for four years, and can be paired with enhanced artificial reef construction to document
Quality and Marine Species Monitoring restoration of water quality and marine/estuarine species. Monitoring will include collection and analysis of water samples, underwater
fish/marine life census via SCUBA divers, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), SONAR and other means. Data will be quantified and shared with
other research entities as well as the public.
Escambia
$2,000,000
Escambia
$12,000,000
Escambia
$957,000
Escambia
$900,000
Submitted by: Escambia County Board of County Commissioners, partnering with University of West Florida and Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission
E-41 Seagrass Restoration and WQ
Management in Big Lagoon Estuary
E-42 Bob Sikes Pier, Parking and Trail
Restoration
Enhancement of pier, parking, and trail in the Pensacola area. Improvements will include the addition of solar lighting, minor modifications to
more readily accommodate the handicapped, renovation of parking areas, informational signage, and widening the bicycle/pedestrian trail.
Submitted by: Escambia County
E-43 Quietwater Beach Restoration
This project seeks to restore both the recreational amenity value and storm protection function of the Quietwater Beach shoreline along the
Santa Rosa Sound at Pensacola Beach, Florida. Based on existing conditions, a placement of approximately 20,000 cubic yards of beach quality
sand along the eastern 2,000 feet of shoreline would significantly restore recreational beach space, recapture sewer infrastructure from the
water back into uplands, and provide more predictable storm protection along the project shoreline.
Submitted by: Santa Rosa Island Authority, partnering with Escambia County Board of County Commissioners
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E-44 Restoration, Improvement and
Cleanup in Bayou Chico in Escambia
County, Pensacola Bay, Florida
Updated 5/3/12
Description
County
The Bayou Chico Watershed, located in south Escambia County, has a 10 square mile drainage area. Large scale restoration and improvement will Escambia
include clean-up of the channeled areas, modifications of entries of any toxic potential influx of pollutants, solar and mechanical ingenuity to
increase water clarity, promote fish habitat and overall water quality. In addition, this project includes natural resource filtering in some areas of
pollutant entries and protection and prevention methods of future contaminants.
Estimated Cost
$1,200,000
Submitted by: The Bayou Chico Association
E-45 Bayou Chico/Pensacola Bay
Stormwater Project
The proposed project will provide new stormwater treatment for over 75 acres that discharge into 303(d) listed impaired waterbodies in
Pensacola Bay. The design consists of two primary treatment systems: a wetland detention system and a dry retention system. Underground
Contech Vorsentry stormwater treatment vaults will provide added stormwater treatment benefit. An exfiltration system with an underdrain
will provide new stormwater treatment for the runoff from the road and right-of-way. Currently, this untreated stormwater flows down a
concrete ditch to Jones Creek and Bayou Chico. Since this stormwater project is located in a County-owned park, a recreational jogging trail will
be constructed around the perimeter of the stormwater systems.
Escambia
$600,000
Escambia
$10,000,000
Submitted by: Escambia County Water Quality & Land Management Division, Escambia County, FL
E-46 Bayou Chico Restoration
The proposal seeks to restore the floor of Bayou Chico as a second phase to E-38 Bayou Chico Estuarine Restoration.
Submitted by: Bayou Chico Association
SR-1 Navarre Beach Marine Sanctuary
Reef Project
Phases I and II of The Navarre Beach Marine Sanctuary project consist of installing a Gulf-side snorkeling reef and two Sound-side snorkeling
reefs.
Santa Rosa
$235,000
Submitted by: Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Inc., partnering with Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Council
(TDC), Walter Marine Artificial Reefs/”Reefmaker," and Escambia County Marine Resources
SR-2 Garcon Point (Pensacola Bay)
Restoration
Oyster reefs provide important habitat and act as storm barriers for upland marshes and forested wetlands. Installing oyster reef (oyster shell
Santa Rosa
mounds and Reef Block) along 2 miles of shoreline at 2 sites on opposite sides of Garcon Point and restoring oyster reef and salt marsh habitat in
eroded areas will speed the recovery of salt marsh and wetlands potentially impacted by oil. Includes public access component.
$835,000
Submitted by: Bay Area Resource Council
SR-3 Estuarine Coastal Restoration,
Stabilization and Protection using the
creation of an intertidal oyster reef,
Blackwater Bay, Milton, FL
Construct oyster reef breakwater to prevent further erosion of coastline.
Santa Rosa
$1,081,640
SR-4 Santa Rosa Island Dune
Restoration
The proposed project will provide an education/outreach strategy to disseminate educational materials and project overview demonstrating the Santa Rosa
relationship between coastal resources, community/humanity, endangered species impacts, and socioeconomic effects.
$3,500,000
Submitted by: Florida Department of Environmental Protection Ecosystem Restoration Section, partnering with Santa Rosa County, the University
of Florida and UF/IFAS Extension
SR-5 Navarre Beach Restoration
- Navarre Beach Berm & Dune
Renourishment Project
The project consists of restoring the two-tiered beach berm and dune over a 4.1 mile project shoreline and planting of native plants on top of the Santa Rosa
constructed dune.
Submitted by: Santa Rosa County
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$8,460,000
Project
SR-6 Relocation of the Navarre Beach
Waste Water Treatment Plant Outfall
Updated 5/3/12
Description
County
Design and construct a pipeline, public-access reuse distribution system, and a rapid rate infiltration basin site to provide alternative locations for Santa Rosa
discharging the effluent. In addition to discharge of the effluent in rapid rate infiltration basins, the project will include distributing reuse water
to various residential and commercial customers connected to other wastewater utilities in the area; as well as provide disposal capacity for
other utilities that also discharge to the sound.
Estimated Cost
$17,300,000
Submitted by: Santa Rosa County
SR-7 Garcon Ecosystem Florida Forever
Project/Yellow River Marsh State Park/
Garcon Point Water Management
Area/ Yellow River Marsh Aquatic
Preserve
Santa Rosa
Land acquisition of approximately 7,724 acres among multiple parcels. Management will include restoration of disturbed natural communities
and perpetuation and maintenance of natural communities including regular prescribed burns to manage and maintain native vegetation. A burn
management plan will be developed and ongoing species surveys and other management activities conducted.
SR-8 Bring the Bayous Back
This proposal addresses the restoration and long term recovery of the Bayous in Gulf Breeze using oyster devices as a monitoring tool using the
latest technology of saltwater circulators and to restore the health of the ecosystem by providing oxygen and breaking down any oil which is
present in the bayous to increase ecosystem populations. Installed oyster devices are proposed to monitor the progress of the water quality
through tissue testing during and after the project.
$19,435,000
Wildlife
Santa Rosa
$343,000
Baseline monitoring was performed before the oil breached Pensacola Pass. It was unknown if the oysters which are essential for this breakwater Santa Rosa
were affected, until post sampling was performed. It is proposed to test a small subsample population of the game fish within the reef system
present at Deadman’s Island.
$100,000
Submitted by: The City of Gulf Breeze, partnering with Santa Rosa County
SR-9 Deadman's Island Post Oil Spill
Monitoring
Submitted by: The City of Gulf Breeze, partnering with the National Wildlife Foundation, Florida Fish and Wildlife, and US Army Corps of
Engineers
SR-10 Source Monitoring of Pensacola
Bay Using Oyster and Permeable
Membranes
This proposal is to use oysters and membranes to test and monitor submerged sites that would eventually affect down current areas such as the Santa Rosa
City of Gulf Breeze, its residents and environmental resources. This proposal is for a five year study. Testing and monitoring will be performed by
using oyster and membrane devices as monitoring tools. This evaluation is to monitor the health of the ecosystem to allow healthy oysters,
seagrass and marsh restoration in the future.
$495,000
Submitted by: The City of Gulf Breeze, partnering with Santa Rosa County
SR-11 Conservation, Restoration and
Education on Navarre Beach
Expand Programming at the Navarre Beach Marine Science Station to provide field related experience to students and community members
impacted by the spill. Students will plant bitter panicum in Navarre park, and student to student educational programs.
Santa Rosa
$61,450
Santa Rosa
$408,600
Submitted by: Santa Rosa County, partnering with Santa Rosa County School District, Navarre High School, Navarre Beach Marine Science Station,
University of Florida IFAS Sea Grant and 4-H Extension
SR-12 Yellow River Marsh Aquatic
Preserve Shoreline Stabilization and
Restoration
Restore and enhance approximately 10 acres of shoreline and submerged lands within the Yellow River Marsh Aquatic Preserve. Provide
protection and enhancement of the coastal upland 400 acre continuous parcel of the Yellow River Marsh Preserve State Park.
Submitted by: Florida Three Rivers Resources Conservation and Development
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Updated 5/3/12
Project
Description
SR-13 Escribano Point Florida Forever Land acquisition of approximately 1,748 acres among three different parcels.. Management Plan goals include enhancement, maintenance and
restoration of the diverse natural communities including regular prescribed burns to manage and maintain native vegetation. A burn
Project/Yellow River Wildlife
Management Area/Yellow River Marsh management plan has been developed and ongoing species surveys and other management activities conducted.
Aquatic Preserve/Eglin Air Force Base
Buffer Parcels
Wildlife
SR-14 Deadman's Island Long Term
Deepwater Horizon Oil Monitoring
(Duplicate of SR-9)
County
Santa Rosa
Estimated Cost
$17,480,000
Santa Rosa
$100,000
This project involves design, permitting and construction of a "Dune Walkover Complex" on the gulf within the Navarre Beach Park. The Complex Santa Rosa
consists of an entrance/driveway and parking area, restroom facility, pavilions with boardwalk connections and dune walkover with access to
the shoreline.
$680,000
The Deadman’s Island Restoration Project is a Federal grant funded restoration project involving an oyster reef breakwater, living shoreline
stabilization, seagrass restoration, fill/wetland creation and future snorkel park. It is important to monitor the presence of toxins within the
oysters over a period of five years to develop a trend to determine concentration and length of time toxins are present in the oysters, whether
mortality is apparent. The three replicates of oysters will be sampled on the bayside and shore side at the three stations of the oyster reef.
Testing performed will evaluate TPH and PAH with full chromatograms to evaluate any matrix interference. It is proposed to test a small
subsample population of the game fish within the reef system present at Deadman’s Island.
Submitted by: The City of Gulf Breeze
SR-15 Navarre Beach Park Gulfside
Walkover Complex
Submitted by: Santa Rosa County Board of Commissioners
SR-16 Bagdad Mill Site Passive Park
Coastal Access Improvements
The Bagdad Mill Site Passive Park is a 18 acre unimproved park located at the confluence of Blackwater River and Pond Creek in Bagdad, Florida. Santa Rosa
The park is owned by the State of Florida and leased through the Office of Greenways and Trails to Santa Rosa County BOCC for development of a
passive park. There are several water access improvements planned for the Park including: fishing piers, boat tie-up, and kayak launch with
support features including boardwalks and parking lot.
$609,833
SR-17 Navarre Beach Park Coastal
Access, Restoration & Resource
Conservation Project
Santa Rosa
The first component involves new infrastructure, including design and construction of two Beach Access Boardwalks from existing
pavilion/parking lot areas to the Santa Rosa Sound, and a kayak/canoe launch. The second component involves conservation and restoration of
habitat including enhancing native coastal vegetation and dune plants for habitat restoration and erosion control. The third component involves
design and construction of a sea turtle rehabilitation center with the means to assist with the local Sea Turtle Stranding Network. Rescued turtles
would be housed until they could be transferred to a larger facility.
$1,534,000
SR-18 Deadman's Island Oyster Reef
Habitat Breakwater and Living
Shoreline
Place an 850 foot ecodisc oyster reef within the permitted breakwater footprint of Deadman’s Island. Move from upland, by track hoe, about
9,000 cubic yards of sand for gradual succession dune building over two years and plant 20,000 dune plants and 30,000 shoreline vegetation.
Santa Rosa
$420,000
Santa Rosa
Propose to transplant eight hundred cores of Thallassia species and Halodule species from an area which will be dredged and place them in a
study site area of 86.15 acres in Santa Rosa Sound. This area is a designated undisturbed site to monitor the success of seagrass transplantation.
In addition, a control area and an area dredged for seagrass placement will be used. Monitoring will be five years.
$120,000
SR-19 Santa Rosa Shores Seagrass
Transplanting Pilot Project
Submitted by: Santa Rosa Shores Homeowners and Santa Rosa County
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Project
SR-20 Shoreline Boat Ramp
Updated 5/3/12
Description
This proposal seeks funding to repair/modify one existing boat ramp (Shoreline Park Public Boat Ramp, N 30-21'/W 087-10'). The modification
will include ADA compliant parking with handicap accessibility. Ramp, parking and other work will be accomplished using Best Management
Practices which meet or exceed local, state and federal environmental standards.
County
Santa Rosa
Estimated Cost
$150,000
SR-21 Wayside Boat Ramp
This proposal seeks funding to repair/modify cracks and damages at the existing boat ramp (Wayside Park East Public Boat Ramp, N 30-22'/W 087- Santa Rosa
10'). This facility was used as a primary staging and launching location for BP cleanup operations. The proposal also seeks funding to
repair/enhance the asphalt parking area and provide a guard house with a restroom facility. The restroom and parking area will be ADA
compliant with handicap accessibility.
$150,000
SR-22 Riverwalk East
Santa Rosa
This proposal seeks funding to expand the Milton Riverwalk facility, a walking dock bordering the river to provide easy access to the city's
attractions. The expansion east approximately 2,500 feet will include construction of a 20' wide boardwalk with handrails and structural support
columns. Construction and other work will be accomplished using Best Management Practices which meet or exceed local, state and federal
environmental standards.
$3,400,000
Submitted by: The City of Milton
SR-23 Riverwalk North
Santa Rosa
attractions. The expansion north approximately 2,500 feet will include construction of a 20' wide boardwalk with handrails and structural support
$1,000,000
SR-24 Riverwalk South
attractions. The expansion south approximately 600 feet will include construction of a 20' wide boardwalk with handrails and structural support
Santa Rosa
$1,800,000
Santa Rosa
$1,500,000
SR-25 Quinn St. Marina
This proposal seeks funding to modify the Quinn St. Marina. The newly constructed marina will be the focus of the city's Riverwalk.
Modifications will include construction of a new building that is ADA compliant with handicap accessible parking and restroom facilities.
Construction and other work will be accomplished using Best Management Practices which meet or exceed local, state and federal
O-1 Choctawhatchee Bay Oyster Reef
and Salt Marsh Restoration
Construct multiple oyster reefs and salt marsh restorations along the Choctawhatchee Bay shoreline in coastal Okaloosa County. This effort will Okaloosa
include an educational component for oyster gardening with instruction on how to construct oyster cages and raise oyster “spat” for propagating
new oysters to replenish each reef site.
$3,000,000
Submitted by: Okaloosa County, partnering with the City of Fort Walton Beach, The Northwest Florida Water Management District, and the
Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance
O-2 Okaloosa Island Dune Restoration
Plant sea oats in the dunes of Okaloosa Island with local resident volunteers.
Submitted by: The Condo Alliance of Okaloosa Island
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Okaloosa
$34,452
Updated 5/3/12
Project
Description
The proposed project aims to restore and protect habitat for many important waterbird and inshore species found in the Greater Ft. Walton
O-3 Northwest FL Estuarine Habitat
Restoration, Protection and Education, Beach area of Northwest FL, including several state and federal listed species. This will be accomplished through estuarine shoreline plantings,
oyster reef restoration, shoreline protection zones, and educational boardwalk complete with bird viewing stations and educational signage.
Ft. Walton Beach
County
Okaloosa
Estimated Cost
$5,755,743
Submitted by: The City of Ft. Walton Beach
O-4 Fort Walton Beach Shorewalk Habitat Restoration and Education
Restore estuarine shoreline of Santa Rosa Sound in Fort Walton Beach by installing native estuarine grasses, an artificial reef, and an interactive
educational boardwalk.
Okaloosa
$3,880,000
Okaloosa
$17,000,000
The western 1.7 miles of Destin was designated as a critically eroded beach and had additional impacts as a result of the oil spill and response
Okaloosa
efforts. The Department issued a Notice of Intent to Issue a Joint Coastal Permit for the Western Destin Beach Restoration Project, R16.6 - R25.5.
Because the area between R17 and R20 (Holiday Isle) suffered severe erosion from storm events, including Tropical Storm Ida, the Department
issued an Emergency Joint Coastal Permit for emergency restoration on April 6, 2010. While this portion of emergency restoration was
completed at a cost of $2,000,000 on September 22-23, 2010, R20 through 25.5 remains un-renourished (local sponsor is withdrawn for R22.6R23.2) and the entire R16.6 through 25.5 remains in need of restoration for project completion.
$11,400,000
Submitted by: The City of Fort Walton Beach
O-5 Ft. Walton Beach and Okaloosa
Island, Beach Restoration and
Nourishment, Okaloosa County
2.8 mile segment of critically eroded beach as well as additional impacts as a result of the oil spill and response efforts this year. The borrow
area may need to be assessed for oil contamination prior to the restoration project.
O-6 Western Destin, Okaloosa County
O-7 Eastern Destin, Okaloosa County
The eastern segment of Destin, R39 through R50, was designated as a critically eroded beach and had additional impacts as a result of the oil spill Okaloosa
and response efforts.
$7,000,000
O-8 Okaloosa Island and Western
Destin Beach Restoration Projects
Designed to construct pre-Hurricane Opal beach widths on Okaloosa beach and Destin beach.
Okaloosa
$25,000,000
Okaloosa
$5,000,000
Stabilize Norriego Point by constructing erosion control structures, replacing eroded sand, and restoring the dune. The point covers 17-20 acres Okaloosa
of undeveloped sandy beach and dunes.
$6,930,000
Submitted by: Okaloosa County, partnering with the City of Destin
O-9 Choctawhatchee Bay Water Quality Install stormwater separators at multiple saltwater outfall locations throughout the bay to reduce continued pollutant loading.
Initiative
Submitted by: Okaloosa County, partnering with the City of Fort Walton Beach
O-10 Stabilization of Norriego Point
Submitted by: The City of Destin, partnering with the Army Corps of Engineers, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and Okaloosa
County
O-11 Seagrass Restoration and WQ
Management in Santa Rosa Sound
Estuary
Installing 3 ocean inlet pipelines across the barrier island to deliver transparent, high-salinity, low-nutrient seawater into the degraded estuary.
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Okaloosa
$36,000,000
Project
O-12 Gary Smith Honda Stormwater
Retrofit
Updated 5/3/12
Description
County
Stormwater Retrofit along Coral Court SW and U.S. Highway 98 in the City of Fort Walton Beach in front of 225 Miracle Strip Parkway SW (Gary
Okaloosa
Smith Honda). This infrastructure directly discharges into Santa Rosa Sound and eventually Choctawhatchee Bay in Okaloosa County, Florida. This
proposal is to install new piping to stop the system from further polluting Santa Rosa Sound and Choctawhatchee Bay and prevent these
pollutants from entering receiving waters.
Estimated Cost
$1,300,000
Submitted by: The City of Fort Walton Beach
O-13 Lake Lorraine Estates Stormwater The stormwater system in Lake Lorraine Estates subdivision is failing because of deteriorating pipes. This proposal is to install new stormwater
Retrofit
pipes throughout the Lake Lorraine Estates subdivision to reduce continued pollutant loading.
Okaloosa
$500,000
Okaloosa
The Valparaiso Blvd. Drainage Project is designed to improve the water quality of Boggy Bayou and the Choctawhatchee Bay System. The
proposed improvements include the construction of roadside swales with ditch blocks to capture runoff and direct it to a proposed stormwater
management facility located at the intersection of Valparaiso Boulevard and Bayshore Drive. This project retrofits existing impervious areas and
in no way increases impervious surface.
$400,000
Submitted by: Okaloosa County
O-14 Valparaiso Boulevard Drainage
Improvements
Submitted by: The City of Niceville
O-15 First Baptist Church Drainage
Improvements Project
The 1st Baptist Church Drainage Improvements Project is designed to improve the water quality of Boggy Bayou and the Choctawhatchee Bay
watershed. There is no stormwater management, water quality treatment and limited conveyance for this part of the city. This drainage
improvement project would include construction of a new closed conveyance system to capture and transport the runoff to a proposed
stormwater management facility.
Okaloosa
$432,000
Okaloosa
$1,624,700
Okaloosa
$500,000
Submitted by: The City of Niceville
O-16 West County Regional
Stormwater Retrofit
The stormwater system in southwest Okaloosa County is failing due to deterioration of pipes. In this proposal the County intends to install new
stormwater pipes throughout three subdivisions to reduce continued pollutant loading.
O-17 Okaloosa Island Shoreline
Protection and Boardwalk
Okaloosa County proposes to develop shoreline property owned by the county to be used for pedestrian access and enjoyment of natural
resources, while safeguarding against further erosion. The existing dune system, hammocks and inland ponds shall remain in their native state,
while the relatively flat southerly portion of the property will likely be developed to accommodate picnic areas, wildlife viewing stations,
playground space and an outdoor amphitheater. Installation of a shoreline retaining wall along 1300' of Choctawhatchee Bay frontage with an
attached 10' wide boardwalk.
O-18 Okaloosa County Nearshore
Artificial Reef Construction
The scope of this project includes the siting, design, permitting, construction and monitoring of a nearshore artificial reef (site 1) that will be
Okaloosa
accessible from shore and designed for use by snorkelers, kayakers, fishermen and divers. Projects at two additional sites (2 and 3) include the
construction and monitoring of a nearshore artificial reef network designed for use by kayakers, fishermen and divers. The network will consist of
two construction areas, a quarter mile square each. This project will incorporate the use of Eco Systems reef systems.
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$1,010,532
Project
O-19 Creation of a Regional Wildlife
Refuge Facility and Restoration of a
Public Coastal Dune Park
Updated 5/3/12
Description
Propose to construct a wildlife rehab center on Okaloosa Island. The proposal includes marine animal pools and a necropsy lab; observation
areas and outreach classrooms; restoration of sensitive wildlife habitats on the public property: public trails and wildlife viewing areas;
development of a living shoreline; and a manager to supervise the facility and park for a 5-year period.
County
Okaloosa
Estimated Cost
$3,500,000
Submitted by: Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge
O-20 Okaloosa County Marine Life
Center
The Marine Life Center project has four major components: 1) a marine hatchery to implement advanced technology for production and stock
enhancement of Gulf of Mexico fisheries; 2) a modern, interactive marine life center with aquatic exhibits and learning curricula to support &
enhance education and ocean conservation; 3) creation of shellfish reefs to protect shorelines, to create complex habitats for juvenile fish, and
to enhance water quality and seagrass habitat in Choctawhatchee Bay and the Gulf of Mexico; and 4) a coastal plant production facility for
shoreline restoration projects using re-circulated water and fish nutrients.
Okaloosa
$14,500,000
Submitted by Okaloosa County and AquaGreen, Inc. [Florida 501(c)(3)]
W-1 Live Oak Point Acquisition and
Enhancement
This project proposes estuarine marsh enhancement and wetland buffer acquisition in Walton County.
Walton
$1,750,000
Walton
$10,800,000
Walton
$5,000,000
Walton
$500,000
Walton
$10,000,000
Walton
5.0 mile segment of critically eroded beach that includes unincorporated Miramar Beach, Tang-O-Mar Beach, Gulf Pines, Sandestin, and Four
Mile Village. This area had additional impacts as a result of the oil spill and response efforts this year. Strategy: Maintain restoration projects
through monitoring and nourishment using sand from offshore sources; monitor the East Pass ebb shoal borrow area and east end of Santa Rosa
Island for possible adverse long term effects requiring mitigation.
$15,000,000
W-2 Walton County Fishing Pier
1000-foot pier into the Gulf of Mexico in Walton County. Five miles, five acres. Located at Grayton Beach State Park.
Submitted by: Walton County
W-3 Recreation loss projects: land
acquisition, boardwalks and dune
crossovers
This parcel is approximately 3.57 acres of beach and dunes. Funding is requested for land acquisition of Angelos Property , and installation of
boardwalks and dune crossovers.
W-4 Deer Lake Park Development
Deer Lake is an minimally developed park with limited facilities for public use. This project
would add a paved access road, parking, picnic shelters and a restroom to Deer Lake State
Park. The project is already designed and permitted. Project size is 7 miles.
W-5 Sand Dune Monitoring and
Restoration
Monitor 20 miles/70 acres.
W-6 Western Walton County
W-7 ( a-g) Walton County, 30-A Beach
Restoration and Nourishment
13.5 mile area of critically eroded shoreline has been impacted as a result of the oil spill and response efforts this year. Walton County is working Walton
with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to obtain federal authorization for the restoration project. The borrow area may need to be assessed for
oil contamination prior to the restoration project. Includes Beach Highlands and Dune Allen Beach through Seacrest Beach. Project includes
Western Walton County, Beach Highlands and Dune Allen Beach, Blue Mountain Beach, Gulf Trace, Grayton Beach, Seagrove Beach, Inlet Beach,
and Seacrest Beach.
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$45,000,000
Project
(a) Beach Highlands and Dune Allen
Beach, Walton County
Updated 5/3/12
Description
County
2.7 mile segment of critically eroded beach in need of restoration had additional impacts as a result of the oil spill and response efforts this year. Walton
Strategy: Facilitate the county-wide feasibility study underway by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Construct a beach restoration project.
(Included in Walton County 30-A project).
Estimated Cost
Included in W-7
(b) Blue Mountain Beach, Walton
County
1.0 mile segment of critically eroded beach has had additional impacts as a result of the oil spill and response efforts this year. Strategy: Facilitate Walton
the county-wide feasibility study underway by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Construct a beach restoration project. (Included in Walton
County 30-A project).
Included in W-7
(c) Gulf Trace, Walton County
0.2 mile segment of critically eroded beach which had additional impacts as a result of the oil spill and response efforts this year. Strategy:
Facilitate the county-wide feasibility study underway by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Construct a beach restoration project. (Included in
Walton County 30-A project).
Walton
Included in W-7
(d) Grayton Beach, Walton County
0.1 mile segment of critically eroded beach and had additional impacts as a result of the oil spill and response efforts this year. Strategy:
Walton
Included in W-7
(e) Seagrove Beach, Walton County
Walton
Included in W-7
(f) Inlet Beach, Walton County
Facilitate the county-wide feasibility study underway by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (Included in Walton County 30-A project).
Walton
Included in W-7
(g) Seacrest Beach, Walton County
Walton
Included in W-7
Walton
$60,000,000
Walton
$400,000
Walton
Unknown
Biannual water quality monitoring is proposed for 10 years in the coastal dune lakes at stations that were sampled before the spill. Water quality Walton
monitoring and biological sampling is proposed in Choctawhatchee Bay and the coastal dune lakes to assess restoration needs. The project size
is 50 acres.
$10,000,000
W-8 Walton County Beach Restoration Restore 25.6 miles/5,714 acres of beach.
(Duplicate of W-7)
W-9 Restoration of Species Diversity
and Hydrologic Function in Coastal
Wetlands
Project area is 55 acres, distributed throughout Grayton Beach, Deer Lake and Topsail Hill Preserve state parks and supports varied wetland
communities in the watersheds of seven coastal dune lakes. Restore original species composition and structure to the wetland communities by
removal and control of woody vegetation. Reduce duff and leaf litter by 60% over time to return seepage slopes, wet prairie to historic soils
properties of low organic, nutrient poor, composition. Establish photo points, vegetative transects, and depth of duff measurements to monitor
groundcover composition and structure, and soil condition over time. Reintroduce fire over seven years to 100% of the cleared project area.
W-10 Live Oak Point Peninsula
Erosion prevention through shoreline stabilization, buffer upland areas from storm surges, provide nursery and foraging habitat for a variety of
aquatic organisms, restore bird habitat, and enhance natural filtering of runoff from adjacent uplands. This project further seeks the acquisition
of "Section 16" school lands, outparcels and other tracts.
W-11 Water Quality Monitoring and
Restoration of 15 Coastal Dune Lakes
(Can be combined with W-15)
Submitted by: Walton County, partnering with the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance
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Project
W-12 Restoring Coastal Dune Lakes,
Watersheds, Wetlands
Updated 5/3/12
Description
County
Remove large woody species from wetlands in three state parks (Topsail Hill Preserve, Grayton Beach, Deer Lake); maintain with prescribed burn. Walton
Estimated Cost
$7,684,529
Submitted by: Florida Three Rivers Resources Conservation and Development
W-13 E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center
Various educational programs focused on conservation.
Walton
$2,000,000
Walton County is working with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), the Wildlife Foundation of Florida, the Northwest Walton
Florida State College (NWFSC), and the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance of NWFSC (CBA) to develop a saltwater plant nursery and fish hatchery in
Churchill Bayou (Walton County, Florida). This facility will have a dual purpose; (1) serving as the primary Gulf Coast plant nursery for
marine/estuarine aquatic plants needed for coastal restoration and (2) providing a recreational fish hatchery for restoring fishing activity (i.e.,
increase angler participation and the number of fishing trips) by providing hatchery production and eventual release of highly sought-after
sportfish species such as red snapper, red drum, spotted seatrout, and Florida pompano.
$30,671,975
Submitted by: The E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center
W-14 Walton County Marine Fisheries
Hatchery/Enhancement Center
W-15 Water Quality Monitoring and
Restoration of Choctawhatchee Bay
Walton
$10,000,000
The Habitat Conservation Plan is a multi-species program to protect and enhance federally endangered and threatened species and their habitat. Walton
Species include nesting marine turtles, shorebirds such as Piping Plover, and the Choctawhatchee Beach Mouse. It will provide a mechanism by
which property owners can legally protect their beachfront property in the event of future shoreline impacts while maintaining compliance with
federal law. Project size is 25.6 miles, with an affected area of 5,714 acres.
$10,000,000
The proposal seeks funding for water and sediment monitoring in Choctawhatchee Bay to determine potential post-oil spill impacts. Conduct
species inventory, including fisheries, long-term seagrass and phytoplankton monitoring. Establish living shorelines and habitat improvement
projects in the Choctawhatchee Bay.
(Can be combined with W-11)
W-16 Walton County Beaches Habitat
Conservation Plan
W-17 Offshore and Inshore Artificial
Reef Construction
This proposal is to renourish three existing near shore artificial reef sites and create three new snorkeling reef sites and four new fishing/diving
reef sites in the Gulf of Mexico.
Walton
$2,457,875
Walton
$40,000,000
The project proposes to enhance monitoring, education, and night lighting reduction programs for marine turtle conservation. Project size is 25.6 Walton
miles, with an affected area of 5,714 acres.
$70,000
W-18 Infrastructure to Offset Water
Quality Impacts
In Choctawhatchee Bay and the coastal dune lakes: a) stormwater upgrade retrofits, b) stream and shoreline restoration, and c) wetland
restoration for water quality improvement. Project size is 15 miles, with an affected area of 37,000 acres.
W-19 Marine Turtle Monitoring and
Population Restoration
The project will acquire, restore, enhance and monitor habitat and provide education programs about shorebirds. Project size is 25.6 miles, with Walton
W-20 Shorebird Nesting Species
Monitoring and Restoration of Nesting an affected area of 5,714 acres.
Areas and Population
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$1,250,000
Project
W-21 Walton County Restoration
Updated 5/3/12
Description
County
Walton
The proposal lists the following five projects 1) Coastal Dune Lakes restoration, 2) Beach Front Land Acquisition, 3) Choctawhatchee Bay
monitoring and restoration, 4) Coastal Waters monitoring, and 5) Beach monitoring and compensation to Walton County for periodic loss of use
of heavily impacted beach areas.
Estimated Cost
Unknown
Submitted by: South Walton Community Council
Wa-1 Brunson Landing Acquisition and This project proposes acquiring land for conservation, restoration, and enhancement in Washington County.
Restoration
B-1 Bay County Tourist Development
Council (TDC)/Sea Turtle Lighting
Retrofits
Provide financial assistance to property owners that are required to retrofit property to comply with 2009 county and city lighting ordinances.
B-2 Beach Outfall Restoration with
Environmental Enhancements
This project includes the restoration, replacement and enhancement of fourteen continuous stormwater outfalls.
Washington
$1,470,000
Bay
$1,000,000
Bay
$16,550,000
Bay
$1,400,000
Submitted by: Bay County Tourist Development Council
Submitted by: The City of Panama City Beach
B-3 St. Andrew Bay Shoreline
Restoration, West Bay, Panama City
The goal of this project is to stabilize and restore eroding shorelines in St. Andrew Bay. Restoration will be accomplished by establishment of 4
miles of 6' tall wave attenuation devices, shell substrate, marine debris clean up, and appropriate shoreline vegetation - resulting in 1,000 acres
seagrass, 20-100 acres marsh, and 1-5 acres oyster.
Submitted by: St. Andrew Bay Environmental Study Team
B-4 Restoration Near Shore Large Area The proposal is to build five Small Area Artificial Reef Sites. The area of each site will be ¼ square mile, and will hold as many as 63 individual reef Bay
Artificial Reef Sites
modules.
$581,900
Submitted by: Bay County Board of County Commissioners, Artificial Reef Program
B-5 Panama City Beach-Community
Redevelopment Agency (CRA)/Long
Beach Park Educational Beach/Dune
Lake Walk/Paddle Trail
Bay
The Long Beach Park Educational Project will provide access for visitors and residents to experience the natural ecosystems that exist within
Historic Long Beach. The Project consists of the purchasing of the old Gulf of Mexico Beach Club motel property for public beach access and use;
the purchase of an adjoining five acres for an upland park to support non-beach education and wetland restoration; and the donation of some
nine acres of privately owned wetlands and uplands for a 1.5-mile walking trail around extensively impacted Lake Flora head waters to Grand
Lagoon.
$9,000,000
Submitted by: Panama City Beach Community Redevelopment Agency
B-6 Mexico Beach, Bay County
2 miles of critically eroded beach that encompasses the City of Mexico Beach, east of Mexico Beach Inlet. Area in need of sand-bypassing and
was impacted by oil and response efforts.
Bay
$100,000
Bay
Unknown
Bay
$51,500,000
B-7 St. Andrews Inlet, Shoreline
Stabilization and Breakwaters
Construction, Bay County
0.2-mile segment of critically eroded inlet shoreline on the west side of St. Andrews Inlet fronting Gator Lake and had additional impacts as a
result of the oil spill and response efforts this year. The west inlet shoreline is in need of stabilization to protect Gator Lake.
Council (TDC)/Beachfront
Acquisition/Development of
Environmental Education Center
Purchase beachfront property to remove derelict buildings and other debris, restore the natural dune ecosystem, increase public access to the
beach. 20.32 miles along Panama City Beach, Front Beach Road.
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Project
B-9 West Bay of the St. Andrew Bay
Estuary and Ecosystem
Updated 5/3/12
Description
About 14,500 acres in the WBPA area already protected through mitigation agreements,
and additional lands are protected by easements. At least 4,500 acres are available
for conservation purchase or easement.
County
Bay
Estimated Cost
Unknown
Bay
$144,000,000
Bay
$1,700,000
Bay
B-12 St. Andrews State Park Concession The current concession building is located within the beach dune system. Over the years the dunes have migrated landward and are now
Building Replacement
severely encroaching on the building. The design and permitting phase for the replacement of the building is underway and will be completed in
the next 6 months. Demolition and removal of the existing structure from the dune line and constructing the building further landward will also
increase the habitat for the federally listed St. Andrews Beach Mouse. Project area is 1 acre.
$400,000
Submitted by: Bay County c/o West Bay Preservation Advisory Committee
B-10 Panama City Beach-Community
Redevelopment Agency (CRA)/Front
Beach Road-Stormwater
The Front Beach Road Stormwater project will capture and treat stormwater where there is currently no treatment. This project will capture,
attenuate and treat all stormwater for a 1.2-mile section of US 98 adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico. The CRA has completed 1.1 miles and is
currently 50% complete on another 1.3-mile section. The existing direct outfall structures removed will also reduce pollutants and beach
shoreline erosion. The stormwater ponds will also provide reuse-water for landscape irrigation.
Submitted by: Panama City Beach Community Redevelopment Agency
B-11 Urban Stormwater Retrofits – St.
Andrew Bay
B-13 Oyster Reef Restoration in the St. Restore oyster reefs in the St. Andrew Bay system in Bay County by placing 12,000 cubic yards of shell on debilitated oyster reefs over a 60 acre
Andrew Bay System, Florida
area.
Bay
$702,300
Bay
Unknown
Bay
B-15 Panama City Beaches, Restoration 18.6 mile segment of critically eroded beach (Panama City Beaches and St. Andrews State Park). The federal project was initially constructed
between August 1998 and April 1999, and nourished in 2005, and then suffered storm damage from multiple storms in 2005. In addition to the
and Nourishment, Bay County
damage from 2005, there are impacts as a result of the oil spill and response efforts. Therefore, areas of the project are in need of nourishment.
The area between appx. 500 feet east The borrow areas may need to be assessed for oil contamination prior to construction.
of R4 and R93 is included in the Federal
Panama City Beaches Erosion Control Submitted by: Florida Department of Environmental Protection
and Storm Damage Reduction Project.
$25,000,000
B-14 Lynn Haven
Restore salt marsh habitat and restore shoreline protection through enhancement of the breakwater, constructed in 2005, with herbaceous
plantings.
B-16 Bay County Tourist Development Nourishment of the Pinnacle Port/Carillon Beach segment of Panama City beaches.
Council (TDC)/Pinnacle Port/Carillon
Beach Segment of Panama City Beaches Submitted by: Bay County Tourist Development Council
Shore Protection
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Bay
$6,000,000
Project
Council (TDC)/Bay County Beach
Renourishment
B-18 City of Panama City Beach/PCB
Laguna Beach Sanitary Sewer System
Project
Updated 5/3/12
Description
Renourishment of 18.5 miles of Panama City Beach and 3.0 miles of Mexico Beach.
County
Bay
Estimated Cost
$49,500,000
Bay
$7,461,800
Bay
$12,000,000
Bay
$100,000
Gulf
$800,000
Gulf
$1,335,000
Gulf
$4,000,000
Gulf
$10,600,000
This is a 7.1 mile segment of critically eroded beach, which was restored in 2008 but damaged by Hurricane Gustav in August 2008. This shoreline Gulf
was impacted by oil and cleanup/response efforts. Gulf County has applied for but not obtained funding assistance from FEMA for hurricane
recovery. Numerous habitable structures are in imminent danger due to erosion. Borrow area will need to be assessed for oil contamination
prior to hurricane recovery project.
$10,850,000
The project is part of the City of Panama City Beach's long term plan to provide sanitary sewer service in older beach communities that predate
the City municipal sewer system.
Submitted by: The City of Panama City Beach
B-19 Seagrass Restoration and WQ
Management in Grand Lagoon Estuary The objectives include active regulation of residence time, salinity, nutrient concentration and water clarity with the goal of providing optimum
B-20 Marine Turtle Protection in Bay
County, FL
The proposal is to increase sea turtle hatchling survival by educating beachfront owners and local agencies about turtle-friendly lighting and
installing turtle-friendly lighting in existing structures to decrease hatchling disorientation.
Submitted by: St. Andrew Bay Resource Management Association, Inc. (RMA), partnering with Bay County Board of County Commissioners
G-1 Gulf County Sand Dune &
Vegetation Project
Evaluate and restore sand dunes, fencing, sea oats and native vegetation.
Submitted by: Gulf County
G-2 Gulf County Habitat Conservation
Project
Plan and develop a habitat conservation plan for wildlife, including birds, turtles and mice.
G-3 Gulf County Oyster Reef & Scallop
Monitoring Project
Test, monitor, and restore scallop and oyster reefs in St. Joseph Bay.
G-4 Gulf County Artificial Reef Project
Purchase an old ship as an artificial reef offshore, and construct smaller reefs in St. Joseph Bay.
G-5 St. Joseph Peninsula, Gulf County
G-6 Cape San Blas, Gulf County
1.2 mile segment of critically eroded beach along Cape San Blas that includes the Stump Hole area. In 1998, the FLDEP sponsored a feasibility and Gulf
design study of the hurricane evacuation route (County Road 30E) and beach management on St. Joseph Peninsula between survey monuments,
with emphasis on the segment of shoreline in the vicinity of Stump Hole. This study recommended replacement of the road with a bridge in the
area subject to overwash by storm tides and waves.
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$55,000,000
Updated 5/3/12
Project
Description
G-7 Gulf County Beach Nourishment & Testing and boring of 36 miles of coastline, removing oil contaminated sand, and renourishing beaches. Proposal includes testing borrow areas.
Borrow Pit Evaluation Project
G-8 Gulf County Recreation Projects
Gulf
Estimated Cost
$114,000,000
Gulf
$8,100,000
Gulf
Task 1 : survey seagrass injuries, manufacture, fill and deploy, sediment tubes to stabilize scars, place buoys around the restoration area to
prevent re-injury, and further provide a post-activity report upon restoration completion. Central Panhandle Aquatic Preserve will monitor longterm success of the project including biannual surveys, underwater photography, and video documentation. Task 2: The second component will
involve a partnership with the University of Florida's Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (Coop Unit) and the Dauphin Island Sea
laboratory (DISL) to establish baseline conditions and monitor restoration progress. The boater outreach education component of this task will
install Shallow Seagrass Area signage, generate 2,500 brochures, and install education signage at 3-4 popular boat ramps, and provide
community and volunteer opportunities.
$2,046,458
Land acquisition of Presnell's Marina property (14 acres), boat ramp renovation, boardwalks, dune walkovers, construction of a marine biology
center, and a mooring field.
County
(Can be combined with G-9)
G-9 St. Joseph Bay Seagrass Propeller
Scar Recovery Project: Restoration,
Monitoring, and Management of
Propeller Scars in St. Joseph Bay
Aquatic Preserve
(Can be combined with G-8)
G-10 Debris Removal and restoration of Identify marine debris; remove from beach and nearshore; sea oat planting/dune restoration; tag turtles.
barrier island critical to nesting
loggerhead turtles along St. Joseph
Submitted by: University of Florida
Peninsula, FL
Gulf
$1,235,240
G-11 Gulf County Seagrass Restoration Test waters to evaluate seagrass beds for damages, test for product, and implement a buoy system to protect seagrasses from boaters in the
& Buoy Project
future.
Gulf
$1,500,000
Gulf
$1,400,000
Gulf
$1,000,000
Gulf
$353,000
Gulf
$7,200,000
G-12 Gulf County Marine Species &
Human Health Monitoring Project
Monitor seafood for health and human safety and give information to the public.
G-13 Gulf County Water Quality
Monitoring Project
Water quality testing for contaminant and provide for restoration in St. Joseph Bay, Gulf of Mexico, Indian Lagoon, St. Joe Canal, Intracoastal
Waterway and Lake Wimico.
G-14 Gulf County Geospatial Data
Quality Assurance
Three year plan, staffing 2 geospatial professionals to bring county data up to date with available current geospatial data. Including threatened
species, aquatic preserves, protected seagrasses, beaches located in the "3 black diamond" areas ranked with high priority for protection
according to the USCG.
G-15 Gulf County Infrastructure
Projects
Test for water quality and provide for design and construction of major stormwater retrofit projects to offset quality impacts resulting from the
Oil Spill, extend sewer services to areas near the coastline and water affected by tidal flow.
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Description
G-16 St. Joe Bay Buffer Florida Forever Land acquisition project; remaining acres = 3,263. Minimal restoration is anticipated given the high-quality of the natural communities in the
project.
Project/ St. Joe Bay State Buffer
Preserve/ St. Joe Bay Aquatic Preserve
Wildlife
F-1 Franklin County Boat Ramp
Improvement
Construction of new boat ramps to offset the lost opportunity of use of boat ramps during spill response when existing ramps were not
accessible due to use by boats with boom and equipment deployment.
County
Gulf
Estimated Cost
$22,188,000
Franklin
$5,000,000
Franklin
$200,000
Franklin
$1,000,000
Franklin
$30,000,000
Franklin
Unknown
Franklin
$10,000,000
Franklin
Unknown
F-8 Franklin County Beach Nourishment Renourish Alligator Point, Dog Island and Carrabelle Beach, and do sand fencing and dune vegetation for St. George Island. Franklin County does Franklin
not allow vehicles on beaches, but had government and BP vehicular traffic due to the spill.
Submitted by: Franklin County Board of County Commissioners
$15,000,000
Acquire 1,355 acres on St. Marks River. Juncus and Spartina marsh along ¾ mile of riverbank, hydric hardwood hummock, several hundred acres Franklin
pine flatwoods restorable to longleaf pine flatwoods. Protects habitat for egrets, woodstorks, reddish egret, royal terns.
$4,700,000
F-2 St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
Lanark Reef Acquisition
Acquire 8.5 acres. Important habitat for nesting terns, skimmers, brown pelicans, piping plover, American oystercatcher, royal terns, and
laughing gulls. Supports bird species affected by the oil spill.
Wildlife
F-3 Apalachicola National Estuarine
Research Reserve
Shoreline stabilization and marsh creation on a critically eroding bay shoreline, includes creation of a living shoreline, trail, and pier as well as
educational signage and information.
F-4 Apalachicola Bay Oyster Industry
Restoration
Repair and replenish the natural oyster bars with proper substrate so spat will continue to have a place to grow.
F-5 St. George Island, Franklin County
4.5 mile segment of critically eroded beach along the eastern gulf shoreline of St. George Island within the state park. Strategy: Landward
relocation or rebuilding of damaged or existing structures; perform feasibility study; monitor; conduct dune restoration.
F-6 Alligator Point (southwest cape)
and Lighthouse Point, Franklin County
R210-R225
A 2.8 mile segment of critically eroded beach on the east end of Alligator Point between the Southwest Cape and Lighthouse Point on St. James
Island. The borrow area may need to be assessed for oil contamination prior to the restoration project.
F-7 Dog Island, Franklin County
3.6 mile segment of critically eroded beach along the eastern gulf shoreline of Dog Island. Strategy: Landward relocation or rebuilding of
damaged or existing structures.
F-9 St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
St. Marks River Land Acquisition
Wildlife
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Project
F-10 St. Vincent National Wildlife
Refuge St. Vincent Island Access Land
Access
F-11 Bald Point State Park
Campground/Cabins
Updated 5/3/12
Description
Acquire 5 acres. Provides access to St. Vincent Island. Maritime liveoak vegetation important to migrating neotropical birds.
County
Franklin
Estimated Cost
$1,300,000
Wildlife
Franklin
Completion of the phase 1 development at Bald Point State Park. This project is completely designed and permitted. The project was only
partially completed due to lack of funding. Included in this project is construction of a ranger station, a visitor day-use area, a canoe/kayak
launch, 30 RV campsites with the associated facilities, a primitive group camp with associated facilities and two back country primitive campsites
and six rental cabins. Project size is 100 acres.
$4,675,000
F-12 Cat Point Breakwater
Restore approximately one acre of salt marsh, originally created to mitigate impacts associated with the St. George Island Bridge, through the
enhancement/restoration of the breakwater and planting marsh vegetation.
Franklin
Unknown
Franklin
Unknown
Franklin
$2,714,000
Franklin
$200,000
Franklin
$1,940,000
F-13 Cat Point Marsh and Oyster
Habitat
This project will create salt marsh and oyster habitat in Apalachicola Bay through four phases: 1) construction and 2) establishment of oyster
reefs, 3) shoreline and shallow water plantings, and 4) pre and post-restoration monitoring. In addition to providing a buffer zone and habitat
enhancement, marsh creation and associated oyster bar creation will compensate transportation impacts through habitat expansion, water
quality improvement, and shoreline vegetation stabilization.
F-14 Hydrologic Connectivity and
Wetland Function in Apalachicola Bay
Watershed
Restore historic hydrology to over 88,000 acres of freshwater and estuarine marshes through the installation of bridges, culverts, low water
crossings. Previously submitted to ARRA.
F-15 Apalachicola Riverkeeper
Community Website to Enhance
Disaster Resiliency
Community website for education and real time disaster response information updates.
F-16 Tate's Hell Swamp, New River
Basin Hydrologic Restoration
Hydrologic and wetland habitat restoration.
Submitted by: Franklin County Board of County Commissioners, partnering with the Apalachicola Riverkeeper Organization
F-17 Oyster Reef Restoration in the
Apalachicola Bay System, Florida
Restore oyster reefs in the Apalachicola Bay system in Franklin County by placing 18,000 cubic yards of shell on debilitated oyster reefs over a 90 Franklin
acre area.
$1,052,650
F-18 WRAP: Watershed Restoration,
Apalachicola Project
This proposal contains Part Two of a Solutions Action Plan (SAP) which addresses problems in the watershed located from the Waste Water
Treatment facility in Franklin County to the Apalachicola Bay. The proposed project includes watershed testing for toxins and active bacteria
above normal levels, bay and watershed bioremediation, food handlers' health and safety, waste water plant improvements, and economic
reparations.
Submitted by: Bioremediation, Inc.
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Franklin
$65,000,000
Project
Wk-1 Shell Point, Wakulla County
Updated 5/3/12
Description
1.0 mile segment of critically eroded beach. A feasibility study was initiated in 2007. Strategy: Conduct a small scale beach restoration of the
public beach area using sand from upland borrow sources; complete feasibility study; monitor.
County
Wakulla
Estimated Cost
$750,000
Wk-2 Mashes Sands County Park,
Wakulla County
0.3 mile segment of critically eroded beach. A terminal groin has been authorized but not yet constructed by the county near the west end of the Wakulla
park. A feasibility study was initiated in 2007. Strategy: Conduct a small scale beach restoration project using sand from upland borrow sources
or from maintenance dredging of an adjoining canal entrance; complete feasibility study; monitor.
$2,100,000
Wk-3 Wakulla Springs Basin Acquisition This project proposes acquiring land for conservation and karst/springshed water quality protection in Wakulla County.
Wakulla
$5,050,000
Wk-4 St. Marks NWR
Federal land acquisition plan for 1,350 acres of property to be added to St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge.
Wakulla
$6,350,000
Submitted by: St. Marks NWR
D-1 Lower Suwannee River and Gulf
Watershed Conservation Easement
This project will protect the water quantity/quality of the Big Bend Seagrasses Aquatic Preserve, a 945,000-acre area designated to protect fragile Dixie
seagrass beds, located just offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. The Lower Suwannee CE project will buffer and protect this vast system of public
lands, which are increasingly becoming stressed by forces beyond their boundaries, including development pressure, off-site impacts to water
quantity/quality, and climate change. It will also protect listed species such as, Wood stork, Florida black bear, Gulf sturgeon, and American
alligator.
$25,000,000
D-2 Freeman Tract/Steinhatchee River Propose to acquire the Freeman Tract within the Big Bend Wildlife Management Area. Located at the mouth of the Steinhatchee River, the tract Dixie
will protect the water quality of the gulf and river, preserve habitat for wildlife, and provide recreational opportunities for the public.
$850,000
L-1 Oyster Reef Restoration in the
Suwannee Sound Region, Florida
This project will use a combination of proven technique to replace substrate and re-seed oyster populations on impaired oyster reefs in
Suwannee Sound in Levy County.
Levy
$1,000,000
Levy
$38,805,000
Levy
$1,600,000
L-2 Caber Coastal Connector Florida
Forever Project/Cedar Key Scrub State
Reserve/Lower Suwannee National
Wildlife Refuge
Land acquisition project acreage(remaining project acres): 7,052. Project area has some areas that are disturbed as a result of silviculture
management practices and some that are relatively intact. Restoration will be a high priority for future management, especially in the scrub
communities and in other areas that are currently in pine plantations.
Wildlife
L-3 Chambers Island/Withlacoochee
River Estuary
Land acquisition and protection at the mouth of the Withlacoochee River, with an affected area of 83,000 acres.
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Project
Description
County
C-1 Crystal River National Wildlife
Acquire 2.17 acres adjacent to canal into Three Sisters Springs. Manatee, bottlenose dolphin, laughing gull, brown pelican. Site of USGS manatee Citrus
Refuge Paradise Point Land Acquisition health assessments – capturing and tagging. Potential USGS/FWS manatee research facility.
Estimated Cost
$2,400,000
Wildlife
C-2 Crystal River National Wildlife
Refuge Cool Springs Land Acquisition
Acquire 6,000 acres. Documented T&E species: wood stork, brown pelican, whooping crane, more than 3,000 gopher tortoises, Florida sandhill
cranes. Drains into Withlacoochee, an important nursery for multiple Gulf species.
Citrus
$35,000,000
Hernando
$31,625,000
Wildlife
H-1 Chassahowitzka Florida Forever
Project/Chassahowitzka Wildlife
Management Area/Chassahowitzka
National Wildlife Refuge
Land acquisition project acreage (remaining project coastal acres) : 5,746. The area has received minimal human disturbance, the primary
exception being logging operations at the turn of the century. The subtropical climate and organic soils of the swamp have assisted in healing
many of the scars from logging operations, and the swamp is currently in near-pristine condition.
Wildlife
Hb-1 Egmont Key Visitor and Education Propose to develop a visitor center at the Egmont Key NWR with exhibits to educate the visiting public on the value of the land, its wildlife and
Center
the mission of the Refuge.
Hillsborough
$1,000,000
Submitted by: Tampa Bay National Wildlife Refuges
Mt-1 Terra Ceia Florida Forever
Project/Terra Ceia Buffer Preserve/
Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve
Land acquisition project acreage (remaining project acres): 3,084. Management for invasive species and restoration of coastal communities are
priorities.
Manatee
$20,400,000
Wildlife
Ds-1 Lower Peace River Project
Proposal to acquire and preserve almost 10,000 acres of natural lands along the Peace River, including both floodplain and adjacent uplands. The DeSoto
project encompasses 30 miles of Peace River frontage, approximately 6 miles along Horse Creek, one of the river's major tributaries, and 2.3
miles of Joshua Creek, another significant tributary.
$10,000,000
Submitted by: Wildlands Conservation, Inc.
Le-1 Oyster Reef in Caloosahatchee
River Estuary
Lee
$3,000,000
Le-2 Oyster Reef and Seagrass in
Restore 18 miles of propeller scars in 1200 acres of seagrass beds; Restore/create 10 acres of oyster reefs; Examine the habitat use and status of Lee
Caloosahatchee Estuary and Estero Bay seagrasses, oyster reefs and adjacent creeks by recreationally important fish (snook, red fish); Engage in adaptive management to manage water
flows (and salinity) that will enhance and sustain oyster reefs and seagrasses in the Caloosahatchee Estuary and Estero Bay and thereby allow
public officials to recognize and promote conservation; Engage the public in education and outreach on the value of oyster reefs, seagrasses and
their role in enhancing the ecology and economy of SW Florida.
$4,000,000
Restore 5 acres of oyster reef and 5 acres of seagrass in the vicinity of the Intracoastal Waterway to ameliorate the effects of wakes from boat
traffic and reclaim oysters lost to erratic Lake Okeechobee releases down the Caloosahatchee River.
Restore 1 acre of oyster reef and 1 acre of seagrass.
Le-3 Oyster Reef and Seagrass in
Charlotte Harbor, Tarpon Bay and Clam
Bayou
Lee
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$750,000
Updated 5/3/12
Project
Description
Le-4 Hydrologic Restoration in Sanibel Reestablish altered land elevations to restore hydrology and native plant communities for colonial wading and migratory song birds. This work
and Captiva Islands in Charlotte Harbor will be done within the 1,850 acres of land owned and managed by the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation.
County
Lee
Estimated Cost
$750,000
Le-5 Mangroves in "Ding" Darling
National Wildlife Refuge
Restoration of mangroves along J.N. Wildlife Drive (Alligator Curve) by reintroducing tidal flushing. The refuge is part of the largest undeveloped Lee
mangrove ecosystem in the United States. Aerial imagery from 1944 shows a hydrologic connection of the "Alligator Curve" mangroves to Pine
Island Sound. The construction of Wildlife Drive in the 1960s bisected this tidal creek and isolated 125 acres of mangrove wetlands from tidal
flushing. The sub-basin is cut off from tidal activity on the north and south sides by upland ridges and to the east by a road that provides access
to power lines which bisect Refuge property. A cross-dike separates the project area into 2 potential restoration efforts. The culvert on "Alligator
Curve” will open water flow to approximately 50 acres, and installing one or more structures along the cross-dike will allow us to restore an
additional 43 acres.
$500,000
Le-6 Pre-restoration monitoring and
mapping
Pre-restoration monitoring of restoration projects and mapping of existing oyster reefs is necessary in order to determine the most appropriate
place for restoration and the most appropriate methodologies.
Lee
$500,000
Lee
$36,150,000
Collier
$38,800,000
Co-2 Restoration of Mangroves at Fruit Phase 1 includes restoring approximately 250 acres of mangroves and 800 acres of estuarine mangrove habitat including tidal creeks. Conduct
topographic and bathymetric surveys; and remove non-native vegetation.
Farm Creek Within the Rookery Bay
National Estuarine Research Reserve,
Collier County, Florida. Phase 1.
Submitted by: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, partnering with Coastal Resources Group, Inc., Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve,
and The Conservancy of Southwest Florida.
Collier
$124,395
Co-3 Fruit Farm Creek Mangrove
Restoration
Collier
$1,000,000
Le-7 Estero Bay Florida Forever
Project/Estero Bay Buffer Preserve
Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve
Land acquisition project acreage (remaining project acres) = 5,561 acres. Exotic species eradication activities are the primary restoration
management regime projected within the pristine mangrove, salt marsh and flats with minimal if any restoration anticipated.
Wildlife
Co-1 Rookery Bay Florida Forever
Project/Rookery Bay Aquatic
Preserve/Rookery Bay National
Estuarine Research Reserve
Land acquisition project acreage(remaining project acres): 2,558. Remaining parcels are all adjacent to other conservation lands, connecting to
Rookery Bay Estuarine Research Reserve, Rookery bay Aquatic preserve, and Lands will be managed as part of the Rookery Bay Buffer Preserve.
Wildlife
The goals of the project are to restore tidal flows, restore blocked tidal creeks, and plant mangroves.
Submitted by: Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium (on behalf of Coastal Resources Group, Inc.)
(Includes project Co-2)
Mn-1 Florida Keys Water Quality,
Monroe County, FL
Completion of the Florida Keys Wastewater Master Plan’s remaining wastewater treatment systems to restore environmental quality and protect Monroe
human health.
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$172,000,000
Updated 5/3/12
Description
Land acquisition project acreage (remaining project acres): 6,244 acres, consisting of parcels on 17 different sites throughout the Keys.
Restoration will include management of invasive species necessary throughout most of the project area.
Project
Mn-2 Florida Keys Ecosystem Florida
Forever Project/Florida Keys Wildlife
and Environmental Area/Coupon Bight
Aquatic Preserve/Lignumvitae Key
Wildlife
Aquatic Preserve/Key Deer National
Wildlife Refuge
Mn-3 Sugarloaf Beach
Ecological/Historical Conservation
Project
County
Monroe
Estimated Cost
$99,700,000
Monroe
$2,500,000
Islamorada, Village of Islands proposes the acquisition and preservation of the Webster Wetlands, a 56.4-acre environmentally sensitive property Monroe
on Lower Matecumbe Key comprised of two privately-owned parcels stretching approximately 2,400 linear feet from the Overseas Highway to
the Florida Bay.
$325,000
Land acquisition, Parcel acreage: 6.4. Some areas of the property are infested with exotic invasive species, but have been targeted for
restoration. Recent hurricanes have created sand deposits or raised elevations, while other areas have been scarified. High priority property for
restoration.
Wildlife
Mn-4 Webster Wetlands
Submitted by: Islamorada, Village of Islands
Mn-5 Johnson Tract/Sugarloaf Key
The project proposes to acquire 100,000 acres, including more than 10 miles of shoreline within the Florida Keys. Protection of the Johnson Tract Monroe
will help reduce development pressure in the Keys, prevent the negative impacts to water quality that would result from development, and allow
the site to be managed for the survival of imperiled species.
$3,000,000
Propose to restore corals to a near-shore coral reef in Broward County, FL. Four hundred small colonies (5 cm in length) of Acropora cervicornis
Bd-1 Restoration of Threatened
Staghorn Coral, Acropora cervicornis to will be produced and allowed to grow for approximately 4 months in the National Coral Reef Institute (NCRI) Land-based Coral Nursery, located
at Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center in Dania, FL. Corals will be transplanted to at least one 1,000-m2 (0.25 acre) reef site in
a Historically Abundant Site
Broward County, FL. Survivorship, growth, size, and condition of each transplanted coral will be monitored for one year.
Broward
$125,043
Submitted by: Nova Southeastern University
Multiple-State Projects that include Florida
MSP-1 Informed Restoration: Assessing
the Uptake of Deepwater HorizonDerived Heavy Metals and Organic
Contaminants by Coastal Molluscan
Species in the Gulf of Mexico
Proposal to monitor oysters (Crassostrea virginica ), mussels (Geukensia demissa ) and marsh periwinkle snails (Littoraria irrorata ) for impacts of
the spill by studying the shells and soft tissues of these three species for heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Also
propose to examine predators of these three species to model the potential distribution of these components into the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem.
Proposal to extend this work for the next two years.
States: LA, AL,
FL
County/Parish:
Jefferson,
Mobile, Franklin
$90,000
States: LA, FL,
TX
County/Parish:
Lafourche,
Walton, Pointe
Coupee, Sabine,
Cameron
$405,154
Submitted by: California Academy of Sciences
MSP-2 Deployment of VisNIR DRS for
Rapid, On-Site Quantification of Total
Petroleum Hydrocarbons
Propose to use visible near infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (VisNIR DRS) to assess hydrocarbon levels. The non-destructive, proximal
sensing technology uses visible and near infrared light to assess total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH).
Submitted by: Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
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Project
MSP-3 Habitat Mapping for Improved
Stock Assessments and Developing an
Integrated Habitat Restoration
approach for Marine Habitats
Updated 5/3/12
Description
Habitat mapping will facilitate comparisons of species distributions and abundances across like habitats, allowing scientists to better stratify
fishery-independent sampling by habitat type and improve the quality of information used to assess the health of fish populations.
County
States: AL, FL,
LA, MS, TX
Estimated Cost
Unknown
MSP-4 Increased Catch and Effort
Proposal to compensate the public for lost access to fishing grounds during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill by increasing sampling to one States: AL, FL,
Reporting for the Gulf of Mexico's
LA, MS, TX
month survey reporting waves versus the current two month reporting waves of the Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey (MRFSS),
Marine Recreational Fishery Based on 1- which collects data to estimate total catch.
Month Waves
Submitted by: Ocean Conservancy
$10,000,000
MSP-5 Saving the Gulf Coast One Bale
at a Time
Propose to use locally grown hay and wheat straw to mitigate, prevent, and ultimately reverse coastal erosion.
States: AL, FL,
LA, MS, TX
$250,000
Tracking of charter for-hire (CFH) fishing effort in the Gulf of Mexico is derived from the MRFSS For-Hire telephone survey. Propose to extend the States: AL, FL,
enhanced (weekly tracking) CFH telephone survey for another five years for vessels targeting reef fish species.
LA, MS, TX
$5,000,000
Submitted by: Gulf Coast Preservation and Reclamation, Inc.
MSP-6 Five-Year Extension of the
Enhanced MRFSS Charter For-Hire
Telephone Survey
MSP-7 Gulf of Mexico CommunityBased Restoration Partnership
A proposal for the Gulf of Mexico Foundation (GMF) to lead further development of the Gulf of Mexico Community-Based Restoration
Partnership (GCRP), a regional multi-year partnership between the NOAA Community-Based Restoration Program (CRP, the EPA Gulf of Mexico
Program Gulf Ecological Management Sites (GEMS) Program, and the GMF.
States: AL, FL,
LA, MS, TX
$1,500,000
States: LA, MS,
AL, FL
$5,000,000
Submitted by: Gulf of Mexico Foundation
MSP-8 Restoring Finfish of Importance Proposal to produce marine finfish species to help restore northern Gulf of Mexico coastal waters. The following juvenile marine finfish species
to the Northern Gulf of Mexico
can be produced by the aquaculture firm Aqua Green, LLC: red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus), cobia
(Rachycentron canadum), southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma), Florida pompano (Trachinotus carolinus), and Atlantic croaker
(Micropogonias undulates).
Submitted by: Aqua Green, LLC
MSP-9 Coastal Land Acquisition in
Alabama
Proposal for land acquisition and management in a consistent manner at several landscape-scale sites in coastal Alabama, including Perdido
River, Fort Morgan Peninsula (Baldwin County), the Mobile Delta, and Grand Bay Savanna, Dauphin Island (Mobile County).
MSP-10 BioRestore®
Proposal to effectively "rescue" a small proportion of post-larval fish before predation, then rear and release them to boost marine ecosystem
recovery. BioRestore simultaneously aims to monitor biodiversity losses, to mitigate impacts and help rebuild stock of local species.
States: AL, FL
Counties:
Baldwin,
Mobile,
Escambia
$125,000,000
$300,000
States: AL, FL,
LA, MS, TX
Submitted by: ECOCEAN
MSP-11 Low-Cost, 10-km Range Oil Spill This project will establish a low-cost, remote oil spread monitoring system with a low-power, low-cost, weather-robust oil spill sensor with 10-km States: AL, FL,
LA, MS, TX
Sensor and Spread-Predictive Sensor
data transmission and corresponding sensor operation control software. The proposal also includes an oil spread boundary estimation model
Deployment
based on the analysis of data from oil spill sensors.
Submitted by: University of Alabama
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$350,000
Updated 5/3/12
Project
Description
County
MSP-12 Electronic Video Monitoring of Electronic video monitoring (EM) uses technology to better understand fishing-related impacts on the Gulf ecosystem. Data derived from EM will States: FL, LA,
TX
Commercial Catch and Discards at Sea help scientists detect population-level changes (both initial declines and subsequent recovery) and will enable managers to make responsive
decisions in the fishery. EM involves a system of onboard closed circuit video cameras, GPS, hydraulic pressure sensors, data storage and user
interface designed for the commercial reef fish fishery, with approximately 40 commercial and federally permitted vessels.
Estimated Cost
$741,960
MSP-13 Quantitative Fish and Habitat
Assessment and Monitoring, Using
Scientific Acoustics
The BioSonics DT-X Digital Scientific Echosounder system is a suite of tools for collection of acoustic data and analysis software for assessment of States: AL, FL,
LA, MS, TX
substrate and habitat characteristics - as well as fish abundance and distribution in deeper waters. BioSonics provides hardware, software,
training, support, and technical services.
$30,000
Submitted by: BioSonics, Inc.
MSP-14 Bioremediation of Estuaries
and Oil Affected Intertidal Areas
Mitigation of polluted waters through filtration by mussel clusters.
States: AL, FL,
LA, MS, TX
Unknown
MSP-15 BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill A restoration evaluation and monitoring program is proposed to: 1) evaluate the effectiveness of early restoration projects; 2) track the recovery States: AL, FL,
Restoration Evaluation and Monitoring of specific injured natural resources or lost or reduced services; and 3) report to the public on the status of injured resources, lost services, and LA, MS, TX
progress toward restoration. Each year NOAA and USFWS would serve as joint custodians of this program and produce a report on the results of
Program
restoration measures, recovery of injured species, and newly discovered injuries.
Unknown
Submitted by: T/A Earth Creations
MSP-16 Response and Recovery of the The project proposes to sample seagrass leaves using standardized protocols, and create a database that identifies the organisms (images of
Periphyton in the Near-Shore Habitats species), physiological status, and community structure indices at key locations. This information will be collected across seasons to understand
natural variability, and through time, to determine the impacts to the ecosystem.
of the Gulf of Mexico
States: AL, FL,
LA, MS
$850,000
States: AL, FL
Counties:
Baldwin,
Escambia
Unknown
States: AL, FL,
LA, MS, TX
Unknown
Submitted by: United States Geological Survey
MSP-17 Headwaters Coastal Forest
Protection - Baldwin County, AL &
Escambia/Santa Rosa Counties, FL
Protection of approximately 100,000 acres of working forested lands in the Mobile Bay/Perdido/ Pensacola Bay Basins. The acquisition of a
working forest easement over these lands would permanently protect the integrity of each of the respective estuarine systems through
permanent protection of the water quality and avoidance of further sedimentation through land fragmentation and conversion. The protection
from further fragmentation of this land base will ensure long-term timber management, which will continue to provide jobs for the region.
MSP-18 GOM Marine Sanctuaries
Funds and Trustee influence should be used to promote the legislative effort to expand the marine sanctuaries in the GOM to cover all the
natural reef systems as well as the bridging artificial reefs. Protecting this important habitat may help to offset some of the fisheries impacts of
the oil spill.
Submitted by: University of Houston Clear Lake
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Project
MSP-19 Integrated Approach to
Wetland Damage Assessment,
Vegetation Monitoring, and
Restoration Tracking in the Gulf of
Mexico
Updated 5/3/12
Description
County
A unified systematic approach using airborne remote sensing coupled with land-based restoration technologies is proposed to be implemented States: AL, FL,
to 1) efficiently identify the extent of impacted wetlands, 2) effectively guide the restoration process from planning to completion, and 3) provide LA, MS
a calibrated measurement of the effectiveness of the restoration efforts over the long-term. 2000 sq km of VNIR/SWIR baseline imagery has been
collected from the following NWR areas: Delta NWR, St. Marks NWR, Lower Suwannee NWR, Cedar Key NWR, Crystal River NWR, and
Chassahowitzka NWR.
Estimated Cost
$3,000,000
Submitted by: SpecTIR, LLC
MSP-20 Deployment of New Turtle
Excluder Devices in Shrimp Fisheries
The full deployment of new turtle excluder devices (TEDs) on all shrimp vessels required to use TEDs would reduce sea turtle injury and mortality, States: AL, FL,
GA, LA, MS, NC,
increase the effectiveness of public and private efforts to protect and restore threatened and endangered sea turtles, and contribute to the
SC, TX
mitigation of the adverse impacts of the spill and clean-up activities on these species.
$10,800,000
Submitted by: Southern Shrimp Alliance, partnering with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
MSP-21 Gulf of Mexico Hatchery and
Fisheries Restoration Consortium
Marine aquaculture of key species can be employed to restore fisheries through restocking and to restore economic vitality through technology
transfer and stimulation of small businesses resulting in job creation. The Consortium will direct its efforts toward estuarine, inshore, nearshore
and offshore fish species including migratory species found in the Gulf of Mexico.
States: AL, FL,
LA, MD, MS, TX
Submitted by: Gulf Coast Research Laboratory/ University of Southern Mississippi, partnering with University of Texas Marine Science Institute
(UTMSI), Louisiana University Marine Consortium (LUMCON), Auburn University (AU), Mote Marine Laboratory (MML), University of MarylandBaltimore (UMB)
MSP-22 Continued Shrimp Fishing
Complement an electronic logbook (ELB) study with onboard observers to collect data on fishing effort, red snapper bycatch, and shrimp landings States: AL, FL,
Effort Data Collection Through the Use within the Gulf of Mexico.
LA, MS, TX
of an Electronic Logbook System in the
Gulf of Mexico
Submitted by: Gulf and South Atlantic Fisheries Foundation, Inc.
MSP-23 Introduction and Evaluation of
New Designs of Propellers and Nozzles
in the Gulf Shrimp Fishery for Enhanced
Efficiency and Fuel Economy
The scope of this project will involve rigging out several collaborating vessels throughout the Gulf of Mexico with new designs of propellers and States: AL, FL,
nozzles. Evaluations of fuel savings potential during actual fishing conditions will be performed using fuel flow meters. The results of this project LA, MS, TX
will be shared with the fishing industry throughout the Gulf through printed reports, local workshops, and through direct contact with the
industry.
$60,000,000
$500,000
$750,000
MSP-24 Development and Distribution Proposal to conduct a series of experiments aimed at documenting the fuel savings achieved by cambered trawl doors and continue to improve
the bycatch reduction capability already in use in the fishery.
of Gear Technology to Improve Fuel
Economy and Reduce Bycatch in the
Gulf Shrimp Fishery
Total 271 Projects
States: AL, FL,
LA, MS, TX
$1,500,000
$2,991,327,782
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Potential Coastal Improvement Projects List – updated 5/14/2012
#1 Mashes Sands (Panacea Area)
• Beach Rehabilitation
• Boat Ramp Rehabilitation
• Canoe Launch
• Parking Lot Improvements
• OBBT Bike Trail Head
• Observation platform(s)
• Entrance Gate
• Signage/Educational Kiosks
• Restroom Facilities, Beach and Boat Ramp Areas
• Dredging and Navigation (Boat Ramp Canal and Sunshine Canal)
• Add walking paths and board walks throughout the park area.
• Extension of wooden board walk for observation
• Beach sand matting for wheelchair accessibility to beach
• Picnic Pavilions
• Pedestrian bridge over to small island
#2 Shell Point Beach
• Beach Restoration
• Boat Ramp
• Dredging and Navigation
#3 Wooley Park,
• Paving of parking area
• Repaving walking path
• Rehab restroom facility
• Seasonal RV Parking in Park area
• Pier Turtle Protection Plan and signage
• Signage and education kiosks, informational brochure/map
• Park lighting
• Pier – ADA compliance
• Observations deck
• Parking near pier
• Existing Pier Renovations (both piers)
• Boardwalk connecting both piers.
#4 Rock Landing – Phase II
• Fish cleaning area
• Board walk
• Commercial vessel pier
• Boat slips
• Parking expansion, land acquisition
• Stormwater Management
#5 Purify Bay
• Canoe Launch
• Signage and educational kiosk with brochure/map (also on list for “blue way” designation)
#6 Spring Creek Canal
• Canal dredging and Navigation
#7 Bayside Marina (Panacea Area)
• Land Acquisition
• Mariana Rehab
• Build boat ramp
• RV park
• Restroom, picnic, retail area
• Ochlockonee Bay dredging
#8 Brothers Three Boat Ramp (Panacea Area)
• Boat Ramp Rehab
• Add Dock
• Add parking
#9 Seafood and Shellfish Habitat Restoration and Improvement
• Oyster Relay
• Artificial Reefs
• Other marine life and habitats, i.e., shrimp, crab, fish
NOTES:
1)
If County could purchase Bayside Mariana and secure funding for needed restoration and
upgrades, the Brothers Three Boat Ramp would be removed from the Coastal Improvement
Project list. Also, the cost for demolition and clean up of Brothers Three Boat Ramp would be
need to be included.
2) Panacea Waterfront Committee requested that focus be on Rock Landing and Wooly Park and
provided additional improvements and recommendations to both of these areas. They see
Wooly Park as an event park benefitting the entire county. Walker Street Pier could be
removed from the Coastal Improvement Project.
Agenda Request
Date of Meeting:
May 21, 2012
Date Submitted:
May 14, 2012
To:
From:
Timothy P. Barden, Deputy County Administrator
William Wright, OMB Analyst
Subject:
Request Board Approval to Amend the Board Workshop Calendar
Statement of Issue:
This agenda item requests Board approval to amend the upcoming Board Workshop Calendar.
Background:
The Board has a number of workshops scheduled for the months of May and June and this item will
be seeking approval to amend the dates of some of these key workshops in order for staff to be better
prepared as well as accommodate presenters who will be participating.
Analysis:
The Board had scheduled three (3) workshops as per the Board Workshop calendar for May 17,
2012.
May 17, 2012
5:00pm-8:00pm
1. Workshop to discuss the Airport
2. Workshop on Public Works 5-Year Plan
3. Bike/Pedestrian Master Facilities Plan
Due to the number of scheduling conflicts regarding the availability of presenters and staff as well as
readiness of workshop materials to present for consideration, staff determined that two(2) of the
scheduled workshops for May 17th should be rescheduled to a later date. The two rescheduled
workshops were: 1) Workshop to discuss the Airport; and 2) Workshop on Public Works 5-Year
Plan. The Bike/Pedestrian Master Facilities Plan workshop was conducted as scheduled.
This agenda item is requesting approval to reschedule the two cancelled workshops as well as
reschedule the budget workshop currently set for June 21, 2012. A number of commissioners and
Agenda Request: Request Board Approval to Amend the Board Workshop Calendar
May 21, 2012
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staff as well as the County Attorney will not be available on June 21, 2012 because they will be at
the Florida Association of Counties’ Annual Conference. As such, staff is recommending the
rescheduling of all workshops for the month of June as follows:
June 26, 2012
2:00pm-4:00pm - Workshop Regarding the Airport
5:00pm-7:00pm - Workshop Regarding Public Works
June 28, 2012
4:00pm-5:00pm - Workshop on EMS and Fire.
5:00pm-7:00pm - Workshop on Budget (Operating including General Fund)
Since we are moving into the last month before the Tentative Budget is due to the Commissioners,
time is of the essence on some of the issues of discussion included in these workshops. Therefore,
staff is requesting all workshops relating to the budget remain scheduled within the month of June
should the Board not approve the recommended revised calendar. The entire revised Board workshop
calendar is included as Attachment #1.
Budgetary Impact:
None
Options:
1.
Approve the Revised FY2011/2012 Workshop Calendar.
2.
Do not approve the Revised FY2011/2012 Workshop Calendar.
3.
Board Direction.
Recommendation:
Option # 1
Attachments:
1. Revised FY2011/2012 Workshop Calendar
Agenda Request
Date of Meeting:
May 7, 2012
Date Submitted:
April 25, 2012
To:
From:
Timothy Barden, Deputy County Administrator
Subject:
Requests Board Approval of the 2012 Legislative Update.
Statement of Issue:
This agenda item requests Board approval of the 2012 Legislative Update.
Background:
The 2012 Legislative Session concluded on Friday, March 9, 2012 where the final $70 billion State budget was
approved. The legislative session for this year started early because of redistricting which was one of the dominant
issues for this legislative session and was anticipated to be a drawn out process. The dominant issues included
casino gaming, regulation of internet cafés as well as the closure of 11 correctional facilities by the Department of
Corrections.
Analysis:
Legislative Impacts Update
This item is to present an update to the Board with the impact of the Legislative Session on Wakulla County,
particularly as they relate to the upcoming budget. A full detailed legislative report detailing every bill considered by
the Legislature prepared by Chris Doolin of the Small County Coalition and Robert Jones and Associates is attached
for you review (Attachment #1). The information listed below includes the various sources and amount of funding
that Wakulla County anticipates receiving from the State based as a result of the 2012 legislative session. In
addition, other information regarding various programs that Wakulla County relies on included in the State budget
are listed.
2012-2013 Estimated State Funding to Wakulla County
Source of Funding
Description
Estimated Wakulla
County Share
Unless otherwise
indicated
Agenda Request: 2012 Legislative Update
May 7, 2012
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Small County Solid
Waste Grants
State Aid to Libraries
Small County Outreach
Program (SCOP)
Small County Resurface
Assistance Program
(SCRAP)
Funds are distributed through DEP to
counties with populations less than 100,000.
These grants are distributed equally among
those counties. Activities supported with
these grants include general solid waste
management, litter prevention and control,
and recycling and education programs.
This is funding distributed by formula to
enable libraries to provide services such as
access to government services, education
and reading.
This program assists small county
governments
in
resurfacing
or
reconstructing county roads or in
constructing
capacity
or
safety
improvements to county roads. Small
counties are eligible to compete for funds
that have been designated for the Small
County Outreach Program for projects on
county roads. State funds 75% of project
costs on county roads funded under the
program.
A revision was made in 2009 to allow for
expenditures on repairing or rehabilitating
county bridges, addressing road-related
drainage and paving un-paved roads.
This program assists small county
governments
in
resurfacing
and
reconstructing county roads. The primary
criterion is the physical condition of the
road as measured by the Department. In
2009, revisions were made to remove the
previous millage eligibility requirement,
and added a criterion to benefit fiscally
constrained counties in prioritization of
projects.
$ 2.4 million STATE
$70,000
Approximately same as
last year—will be slightly
less
$91,600
Same as last year
$26,840,778 million
(STATE AMOUNT)
Increase of $5,478,588
over last year
Funded at $25,685,535
Increased by $14,685,535
from last year.
OTHER BUDGET ITEMS OF INTEREST
Other State Funded Programs included in the State Budget which Wakulla County receives a portion of includes:
May 7, 2012
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o
Fiscally Constrained Amendment 1 Offset(+$800,000)
o
Small County ½ Cent Sales Tax Distribution-$16,167,042(-$60,000)
o
½ cent Sales Tax Supplemental Distribution Kicker-$592,958 (No Change)
o
Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT)-$1,360,000-(No Change)
o
Mosquito Control-$2,166,168-(-$250,000)
o
LIHEAP-$124,264,000 (+$33,400,000)
o
Affordable Housing-$37,500,000 (+$7,700,000)
o
Weatherization-$13,000,000-(No Change)
o
Affordable Housing(SHIP) $0
o
County Health Department $981,093,405(-$110,319,308)
o
Florida Forever Program (+$8,377,966)
Correctional Facility Closures- The Department of Corrections slated 7 correctional institutions and 4 work camps
for closure. Jefferson County CI was one of the 7 to close. While efforts were successful in getting the Legislature
keep Jefferson County CI open for the upcoming fiscal year, there is the potential that this facility could be closed
next year. If closed, this will impact Wakulla County directly by the loss of jobs associated with this closure.
Mandatory Septic Tank Inspection Program Repealed - Repealed and replaced with Model Ordinance providing
local government can opt out.
County Health Departments in Rural Counties Protected - County Health Departments will not be transferred to
Local Level. They will continue to be part of Department of Health. If the County had to incur the cost of the Health
Department and funding was not provided, the costs would be over $2 million dollars.
Tangible Personal Property Proposal Focused to Benefit Small Businesses HJR 1003 / SJR 1064-Compromised
reached to provide additional $25,000 exemption for business with TPP valued at less that $50,000. This proposal
provides additional exemptions for “TPP” for values less than $50,000 and local home-rule authority to provide
further exemptions. This item is one the November ballot for approval and could have potential impacts on annual
ad valorem revenue receipts.
Regional Planning Councils Protected- Removed language that would have threatened ability of RPC’s to provide
consulting services to local governments.
Work Force Boards Protected - Secured language allowing the Governor to remove Work Force Board members for
cause. Governor will not appoint Executive Director or Chair.
Florida Forever- Funding for this program is distributed by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to a
number of state agencies and programs to purchase public lands in the form of parks, trails, forests, wildlife
management areas and more. All of these lands are held in trust for the citizens of Florida. Wakulla County typically
seeks funding from this program. Zero funding was allocated last year. However, $8,377,966 was included in the
FY12-13 Budget.
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Special Funding Provided for Development of Innovative Strategies in Rural Florida
From the funds in Specific Appropriation 2304A from the State Economic Enhancement and Development Trust
Fund, Enterprise Florida, Inc. (EFI), in conjunction with the Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) and
Workforce Florida, Inc., may use up to $150,000 to conduct a study - to identify innovative strategies for expanding
the economic activity of each rural area in the state. Expanding economic activity includes increasing employment
through: existing businesses and through new businesses locating to the area; increasing the total production of
goods and services; and increasing the need for expanded infrastructure due to increasing population in that area.
The rural areas to be included in the strategies shall be all those counties and municipalities defined as rural for the
Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI) in section 288.0656, Florida Statutes, as well as any other counties
or municipalities included in any of the designated Rural Areas of Critical Economic Concern (RACEC).
Major Disappointments
Change in State/County Medicaid Program – Change from billing system to a Revenue Sharing Deduction.
• Removes the ability of the local county to question residency issues prior to having county funds deducted.
• Forces counties to pay prior billings that are under dispute - (over the next 3 years the back log of questioned
billings will be paid through an automatic deduction from the County Revenue Sharing).
• Provides that future Medicaid costs determined by ACHA be automatically deducted by the Department of
Revenue from counties ½ cent Sales Tax Revenue Sharing funds without allowing counties to question the
bills.
• Substantially increases the amount counties will pay over what counties are currently billed.
Staff had meeting with AHCA on Wednesday April 4, 2012 to discuss the procedures and the impact this will have
on our county. There are still a number of details that need to be worked out and staff will keep the Board appraised
of any significant changes. As it stands today, it appears that Wakulla County is actually owed a credit for
overpaying when ACHA changed their billing system in 2008-09 and double billed the county. Staff, ACHA and
the Clerk’s office will be working to clarify any backlog issues regarding Wakulla County. The budgetary impact of
this legislation is unknown this time and will be determined in the upcoming months once ACHA has finalized each
counties certified backlog.
County Clerk Funding Cut – 7% reduction in funding. At this time, the Clerk’s office is working with the Courts
and the Clerk’s Association to determine the impact of this reduction and avoid any impact on the public access to
the court system.
Florida Recreation Development Assistance Program-FRDAP is a competitive grant program that provides financial
assistance to local governments for development or acquisition of land for public outdoor recreational purposes.
Wakulla County typically seeks funding from this program, but was not funded this year.
Budgetary Impact:
This agenda item has no immediate fiscal impact to the County outside of what is stated under the Analysis section
of this item.
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Summary
Despite the economic climate, it appears that the impacts of the legislative session to Wakulla County were not as
drastic as once thought. The major impact to our county will be determined by the overall state revenue sharing
funds and fiscally constrained funding. Funding these and the other areas mentioned above will allow for
continuation of services to be provided for Wakulla County citizens.
Options:
1. Accept Staff’s Report on 2012 Legislative Update.
2. Do not accept Staff’s Report on 2012 Legislative Update.
3. Board direction.
Recommendation:
Option #1.
Attachment(s):
Legislative Report by Chris Doolin
THE 2012 REGULAR
LEGISLATIVE SESSION
END OF SESSION REPORT
This report provides the following information:
•
Statistical Data on Legislation Filed, Considered and Passed
•
Directions on accessing Enrolled Bills or bills that passed and are being sent
to the Governor to become law.
•
A Complete Listing of Bills That Passed with a brief descriptive narrative.
o Bills listed that are important to local governments are bolded.
o Bills listed that are important to School Districts are Italicized.
o Bills listed that are important to local governments and schools
districts are bolded and italicized.
•
A Weblink to the 2012-13 General Appropriation Act with directions to find
key program and local funding.
•
A Weblink to School District Funding and District by District Summary of the
Florida Education Funding Program.
Report Compiled
By
Chris Doolin
President, Christian B. Doolin & Associates
V.P., Robert Jones & Associates
[email protected]
March 11, 2012
2012 REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION
END OF SESSION REPORT
Statistics on Legislation Considered
The 2012 Regular Legislative Session ended on Friday, March 9, 2012. During the 2012 session of the Florida
Legislature, 2,052 concurrent resolutions, general bills, local bills, joint resolutions and memorials were filed for
consideration in the House and the Senate. By the end of the Legislative Session, Friday evening at midnight,
292 pieces of legislation had passed both the House and the Senate. These included 1 concurrent resolutions, 238
general bills, 42 local bills, 5 joint resolutions, and 6 memorials.
A LISTING OF ALL BILLS THE PASSED DURING THE 2012 REGULAR SESSION
The final section of this report is a listing of all of legislation that passed the 2012 Regular Session of the Florida
Legislature. Detailed information on each of the bills listed can be accessed and reviewed at the following
website:
http://www.flsenate.gov/Welcome/index.cfm?CFID=81241306&CFTOKEN=84116356
To access this website you can simply put your cursor on the hyperlink and click. This will take you to the
Florida Senate Home Page.
• To review a specific bill - Type in the Bill Number in the GO TO BILL section at the top of the page. A
complete bill history will show up for the bill.
• Scroll down to the section entitled BILLS - click on the version of the bill with the initials ER following
the number – this is the Enrolled version of the bill that passed both the House and Senate.
This bills that passed are listed in numeric order. All bills that PASSED are listed. Bills will not become law
until they are signed or allowed to become law without the Governors signature.
WEBLINK TO THE APPROPRIATIONS BILL
The 2012-13 Appropriations Bill is House Bill 5001 –
To search for a particular program or project – put cursor in the text of the bill and right click – the word FIND
will pop-up. Type in Keyword.
http://www.myfloridahouse.com/filestores/Adhoc/Appropriations/GAA/2012-House/CB_HB_5001.pdf
Florida Education Funding Program Summary
A district-by-district breakdown of the FEFP is available at the following link:
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/filestores/Adhoc/Appropriations/GAA/2012House/Education%20Finance%20Program.pdf
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A Listing Of All Bills That Passed
The 2012 Legislative Session
•
•
•
•
Bills impacting School Districts are Italicized;
Bills impacting Local Governments are Bolded;
Bills impacting to Both Local Government and School Districts are
bolded and italicized.
The symbol next the a bill number indicates that the bill was tracked during the
session.
Bill
Date of Last
Title of the Bill
Sponsor
Number
Action
Relating to Relief of William Dillon by State of
SB 0002
Haridopolos
03/01/12
Florida
Relief of William Dillon by State of Florida; Providing for the relief of William Dillon, who was wrongfully
incarcerated for 27 years; providing an appropriation to compensate William Dillon for his wrongful incarceration;
directing the Chief Financial Officer to draw a warrant for the purchase of an annuity; providing for a waiver of
certain tuition and fees; providing conditions for payment; providing that the act does not waive certain defenses or
increase the state’s liability; providing a limitation on the payment of fees and costs; providing that certain benefits
are void upon any future finding that William Dillon is not innocent of the alleged crime, etc. CLAIM WITH
APPROPRIATION: $1,350,000 Effective Date: March 1, 2012
Relating to Relief of Eric Brody by the
SB 0004
Benacquisto
03/09/12
Broward County Sheriff's Office
Relief of Eric Brody by the Broward County Sheriff's Office; Providing for the relief of Eric Brody by the Broward
County Sheriff's Office; providing for an appropriation to compensate Eric Brody for injuries sustained as a result
of the negligence of the Broward County Sheriff's Office; providing a limitation on the payment of fees and costs
related to the claim against the Broward County Sheriff's Office; providing legislative intent regarding lien interests
held by the state, etc. CLAIM: $10,750,000 EFFECTIVE DATE: upon becoming a law
HB 0013 Relating to Sovereignty Submerged Lands
Frishe
03/08/12
Sovereignty Submerged Lands; Provides for lease of sovereignty submerged lands for private residential singlefamily docks & piers, private residential multifamily docks & piers, & private residential multislip docks; provides
for term of lease & lease fees; provides for inspection of such docks, piers, & related structures by DEP; clarifies
authority of Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund & DEP to impose additional fees &
requirements; provides appropriation. APPROPRIATION: $1,000,000 Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to Knowingly and Willfully Giving
HB 0037 False Information to a Law Enforcement
Diaz
03/08/12
Officer
Knowingly and Willfully Giving False Information to a Law Enforcement Officer; Provides that it is third-degree
felony for person to knowingly & willfully give false information to law enforcement officer conducting missing
person investigation involving child 16 years of age or younger with intent to mislead officer or impede
investigation if child suffers great bodily harm, permanent disability, permanent disfigurement, or death. Effective
Date: October 1, 2012
Relating to Postsecondary Education Course
HB 0045
Smith (J)
03/08/12
Registration for Veterans
Postsecondary Education Course Registration for Veterans; Requires certain Florida College System institutions &
state universities to provide priority course registration for veterans; provides eligibility requirements; encourages
certain independent postsecondary educational institutions to provide priority course registration for veterans.
Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB 0059 Relating to Spaceport Territory
Ray
03/05/12
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Spaceport Territory: Revises spaceport territory to include certain properties. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB 0083 Relating to Congressional Term Limits
Caldwell
03/02/12
Congressional Term Limits: Urges Congress to propose to states amendment to U.S. Constitution that limits
consecutive terms of office which member of U. S. Senate or U. S. House of Representatives may serve. Effective
Date: Not Specified
Relating to Homestead Property Tax
HB
Harrison
03/09/12
Exemption for Surviving Spouse of Military
0093
Veteran or First Responder
Homestead Property Tax Exemption for Surviving Spouse of Military Veteran or First Responder: Proposes
amendment to State Constitution to allow Legislature by general law to provide ad valorem homestead property tax
relief to surviving spouse of military veteran who died from service-connected causes while on active duty or
surviving spouse of first responder who died in line of duty, provide definitions with respect thereto, & provide
effective date. Effective Date: Not Specified
Relating to Homestead Property Tax
HB 0095
Harrison
03/10/12
Exemptions
Homestead Property Tax Exemptions; Creates "Fallen Heroes Family Tax Relief Act"; exempts from taxation
homestead property of surviving spouse of first responder who dies in line of duty; provides definitions; provides
construction, including application with respect to certain deaths preceding effective date of act; provides
appropriation; provides effective dates, including contingent effective date. APPROPRIATION: $100,302 Effective
Date: contingent
SB
Relating to Education
Siplin
03/08/12
0098
Education; Authorizing a district school board to adopt a policy that allows an inspirational message to be
delivered by students at a student assembly; providing policy requirements; providing purpose, etc. Effective Date:
July 1, 2012
HB
Fresen
03/08/12
Relating to Sexual Exploitation
0099
Sexual Exploitation; Cites act as "Florida Safe Harbor Act"; provides legislative intent & goals; revises definitions;
authorizes delivery of children alleged to be dependent & sexually exploited to short-term safe houses; requires
assessment of certain children for placement in safe house; provides for use of such assessments; requires annual
report concerning placements; requires circuits of DCFS to address child welfare service needs of sexually
exploited children in master plans; provides duties, responsibilities, & requirements for safe houses & their
operators; provides for training for law enforcement officials who are likely to encounter sexually exploited
children; provides for increased civil penalty for soliciting another to commit prostitution or related acts; provides
for disposition of proceeds; allows victim compensation for sexually exploited children. Effective Date: January 1,
2013
HB 0103 Relating to Transfer of Tax Liability
Wood
03/07/12
Transfer of Tax Liability: Revises provisions relating to tax liability when person transfers or quits business;
provides transfer of assets of business or stock of goods of business is considered transfer of business; requires
DOR to notify business before circuit court temporarily enjoins business activity; provides liability for certain taxes
unless specified conditions are met; requires department to conduct certain audits; requires DOR to notify transferee
before circuit court enjoins business activity; specifies that transferor & transferee of assets of business are jointly
& severally liable up to maximum amount; specifies maximum liability of transferee; provides methods for
calculating fair market value or total purchase price of specified business transfers to determine maximum tax
liability of transferees; excludes transferees from tax liability when transfer consists only of specified assets;
authorizes DOR to provide tax information to transferee against whom tax liability is being asserted; repeals
provisions relating to tax liability & criminal liability of dealers of communications services who make certain
transfers related to communications services business; repeals provisions relating to dealer's tax liability & criminal
liability for sales tax when business transferred. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
HB 0107 Relating to Special Districts
Caldwell
03/01/12
Special Districts: Revises provisions relating to merger & dissolution procedures for special districts;
provides for certain merger & dissolution procedures to include referenda; provides that such provisions
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SB 0116
HB 0119
SB 0140
HB 0169
HB 0171
HB 0173
HB 0177
preempt certain special acts; provides for local governments to assume indebtedness of, & receive title to
property owned by, special districts under certain circumstances; deletes provision relating to conditions
under which merger of independent special districts or dependent fire control districts with other special
districts is effective & conditions under which merged district is authorized to increase ad valorem taxes;
revises criteria by which special districts are declared inactive by governing body. Effective Date: July 1,
2012
Wise
03/07/12
Relating to Freeholder Voting
Freeholder Voting; Permitting the submission of a written declaration to establish that an elector is a freeholder and
qualified to vote in an election or referendum limited to freeholders who are qualified to vote, etc. EFFECTIVE
DATE: July 1, 2012
Boyd
03/09/12
Relating to Motor Vehicle Insurance
Motor Vehicle Insurance: Revises provisions relating to contents of reports of motor vehicle crashes; requires that
application for licensure or exemption from licensure as health care clinic include specified statement regarding
insurance fraud; requires that insurance policies provide medical care coverage to specified persons after specified
date; provides limits of coverage; establishes schedule of maximum charges; requires DOH to adopt list of
diagnostic tests deemed not to be medically necessary; directs FSC to adopt disclosure & acknowledgment form;
requires insured to submit to examinations under oath; limits scope; prohibits use of contingency risk multipliers in
calculating attorney fee awards; provides requirements for mailing or delivery of such notice; provides for
mandatory joinder of specified claims; provides for insurer's right of reimbursement for medical care benefits paid
to person injured by commercial motor vehicle; provides for application of law; provides for requirements for forms
& rates for policies issued or renewed on or after specified date; requires specified notice to existing policyholders;
provides that it is insurance fraud to present claim for personal injury protection benefits payable to person or entity
that knowingly submitted false, misleading, or fraudulent applications or other documents relating to licensure as
health care clinic; conforms provisions. Effective Date: December 1, 2012
Relating to Repeal of a Workers'
Bennett
03/07/12
Compensation Reporting Requirement
Repeal of a Workers' Compensation Reporting Requirement; Repealing provision relating to the duty of the
Department of Financial Services to make an annual report on the administration of ch. 440, F.S., the Workers'
Compensation Law, to specified officials, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2012
Relating to Additional Homestead Tax
Oliva
03/09/12
Exemption for Seniors
Additional Homestead Tax Exemption for Seniors; Proposes amendment to s. 6, Art. VII of State Constitution to
authorize Legislature, by general law, to allow counties & municipalities to grant additional homestead tax
exemption equal to assessed value of homestead property, if property has just value lower than specified amount, to
owner who has maintained permanent residency on property for specified duration, who has attained age 65, &
whose household income does not exceed specified amount. Effective Date: Not Specified
Trujillo
03/01/12
Relating to Osteopathic Physicians
Osteopathic Physicians; Revises requirements for licensure or certification as osteopathic physician in this state;
revises provisions relating to registration of physicians, interns, & fellows. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Pilon
03/07/12
Relating to Department of Juvenile Justice
Department of Juvenile Justice: Revises types of diversified & innovative programs to provide rehabilitative
treatment that may be developed or contracted for by DJJ, to include mother-infant programs; authorizes
department, at secretary's discretion, to pay up to specified amount toward basic funeral expenses for youth who
dies while in custody of department & whose parents or guardians are indigent & for which no other source of
funding is available. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Porth
03/09/12
Relating to Inmate Reentry
Inmate Reentry; Directs DOC to develop & administer reentry program for nonviolent offenders; requires substance
abuse treatment & rehabilitative programming; specifies eligibility criteria; requires notice to court & state attorney;
authorizes state attorney to object; directs court to screen & select eligible offenders for program based on specified
considerations; requires court to notify DOC of decision within specified period, with failure to timely notify
constituting disapproval; requires education & substance abuse assessment; requires enrollment in adult education
in specified circumstances; requires assessments of vocational skills & career education be provided; provides that
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HB 0189
SB 0198
SB 0226
HB 0227
HB
0231
offender is subject to disciplinary rules; requires that DOC report to sentencing court before offender is scheduled
to complete program; requires court to hold hearing to consider modifying sentence & authorizing placement on
drug offender probation if performance is satisfactory; authorizes revocation of probation & imposition of original
sentence in specified circumstances; requires annual report; authorizes administrative or protective confinement;
authorizes incentives to promote participation & orderly operation; directs DOC to develop system for tracking
recidivism; provides for nonseverability of certain provisions. Effective Date: October 1, 2012
Relating to Misdemeanor Pretrial Substance
Ring
03/07/12
Abuse Programs
Misdemeanor Pretrial Substance Abuse Programs; Providing that a person who is charged with a nonviolent,
nontraffic-related misdemeanor and identified as having a substance abuse problem or a person who is charged with
certain other designated misdemeanor offenses, and who has previously been convicted of a felony, may qualify for
participation in a misdemeanor pretrial substance abuse program, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2012
Young
03/07/12
Relating to Criminal Restitution
Criminal Restitution; Provides that crime victim entitled to restitution may include trade association representing
owner or lawful producer of recording who sustains loss as result of physical piracy; provides limitation of
restitution obligation to specifically exclude acts of online piracy; defines "trade association." Effective Date:
October 1, 2012
Relating to State University System Optional
Thrasher
03/08/12
Retirement Program
State University System Optional Retirement Program; Increasing to no more than six the number of companies
from which contracts may be purchased under the program; providing a procurement process for additional
provider companies, etc. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Margolis
03/07/12
Relating to Disabled Parking Permits
Disabled Parking Permits; Providing for a parking enforcement specialist or agency to validate compliance for the
disposition of a citation issued for illegally parking in a space provided for people who have disabilities; revising
requirements for renewal or replacement of a disabled parking permit; prohibiting applying for a new disabled
parking permit for a certain period of time upon a second finding of guilt or plea of nolo contendere to unlawful use
of such permit; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to randomly review disabled
parking permitholders, verify certain information, and invalidate the permit of a deceased permitholder; directing
the department to implement a means for reporting abuse of disabled parking permits, etc. Effective Date: July 1,
2012
Stargel
03/08/12
Relating to Prescription Drug Abuse
Prescription Drug Abuse: Creates Statewide Task Force on Prescription Drug Abuse & Newborns; provides
purpose; provides membership of task force; provides for reimbursement of per diem & travel expenses for
members of task force; requires that DLA provide task force with necessary staff; specifies date for task force's
organizational session; provides meeting times; provides duties of task force; requires that task force submit reports
to Legislature. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Relating to Intergovernmental Cooperation
Horner
03/06/12
Intergovernmental Cooperation; Revises definition of "electric utility"; authorizes certain parties to interlocal
agreement to conduct public meetings & workshops by means of communications media technology; provides
notice requirements; provides definition; provides legislative intent that electric utilities included in revision to
definition of "electric utility" may exercise powers & authority granted by ch. 163, F.S.; provides legislative intent
that revision is enacted in furtherance of & is consistent with application of Joint Power Act. Effective Date: July 1,
2012
Relating to Substance Abuse Education and
HB 0233
Rouson
03/02/12
Intervention Programs
Substance Abuse Education and Intervention Programs; Provides that probation supervision services for defendants
found guilty of certain misdemeanor controlled substance offenses may be provided by licensed substance abuse
education & intervention programs; authorizes certain entities providing probation services to provide licensed
substance abuse education & intervention programs; requires private entities providing such programs to contract
with county & comply with other applicable provisions. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
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HB 0249 Relating to Public Lodging Establishments
Bembry
03/08/12
Public Lodging Establishments: Revises definition of "public lodging establishment" to exclude certain apartment
buildings designated primarily as housing for persons at least 62 years of age & certain roominghouses,
boardinghouses, & other living or sleeping facilities; authorizes Division of Hotels & Restaurants to require written
documentation from apartment building operator that such building is in compliance with certain criteria; authorizes
division to adopt certain rules; revises public lodging establishment classifications. Effective Date: October 1, 2012
Relating to East Naples Fire Control and
HB 0267
Hudson
03/05/12
Rescue District, Collier County
East Naples Fire Control and Rescue District, Collier County: Amends district charter; provides for incorporation;
provides that district is independent special district; provides for charter amendments; revises boundaries; provides
for annexation; revises provisions relating to board of commissioners; revises board duties, powers, & authority;
revises powers of district; provides for financing of district; provides savings clause for district's millage authority;
provides for bonds; provides for reimbursement to county when referendum is required; provides for impact fees;
provides for collection & disbursement of such fees; provides for deposit of taxes, assessments, & fees & authority
to disburse funds; provides for elections; requires district planning; provides for immunity from tort liability;
provides for dissolution procedures; provides for exemption from taxation; provides for liberal construction;
provides for severability. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Relating to Sponsorship of State Greenways
SB 0268
Wise
03/07/12
and Trails
Sponsorship of State Greenways and Trails; Creating the “John Anthony Wilson Bicycle Safety Act”; providing for
the Department of Environmental Protection to enter into concession agreements for commercial sponsorship
displays to be displayed on certain state greenway and trail facilities or property; providing requirements for
concession agreements; specifying which greenways and trails are included in the initial sponsorships; authorizing
the department to enter into sponsorship agreements with entities to sponsor other state greenways and trails;
providing for distribution of proceeds from the concession agreements; authorizing the department to adopt rules,
etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2012
Relating to Recognition of Military Personnel
SB 0276
Sachs
03/07/12
and Veterans
Recognition of Military Personnel and Veterans; Creating the Florida Veterans' Hall of Fame Council within the
Department of Veterans' Affairs; designating August 7 of each year as "Purple Heart Day", etc. EFFECTIVE
DATE: July 1, 2012
Relating to Preventing Deaths from DrugSB 0278
Sachs
03/07/12
related Overdoses
Preventing Deaths from Drug-related Overdoses; Cites this act as the "911 Good Samaritan Act;" providing that a
person acting in good faith who seeks medical assistance for an individual experiencing a drug-related overdose
may not be charged, prosecuted, or penalized for specified offenses in certain circumstances; providing that a
person who experiences a drug-related overdose and needs medical assistance may not be charged, prosecuted, or
penalized for specified offenses in certain circumstances; providing that the protections from prosecution for
specified offenses are not grounds for suppression of evidence in other prosecutions; amending mitigating
circumstances under which a departure from the lowest permissible criminal sentence is reasonably justified to
include circumstances in which a defendant was making a good faith effort to obtain or provide medical assistance
for an individual experiencing a drug-related overdose, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2012
HB
Relating to Sick Leave for School District
Harrell
03/01/12
0285
Employees
Sick Leave for School District Employees; Authorizes district school system to provide policy allowing donation of
accrued sick leave to district employee; provides standards for sick leave transfer policy. Effective Date: July 1,
2012
HB
Relating to Youth Athletes
Renuart
03/08/12
0291
Youth Athletes: Requires independent sanctioning authority for youth athletic teams & FHSAA to adopt guidelines,
bylaws, & policies relating to nature & risk of concussion & head injury in youth athletes; requires informed
consent for participation in practice or competition; requires removal from practice or competition under certain
circumstances & written medical clearance to return. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
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HB 0309 Relating to Radiological Personnel
Oliva
03/06/12
Radiological Personnel: Defines term "specialty technologist" as it relates to certification of radiological personnel;
provides titles for persons who hold certificate as specialty technologist; authorizes person holding certificate as
specialty technologist to perform specific duties allowed for specialty technologist as defined by DOH; requires that
duties fall within scope of practice of specialty as set by national organization for particular advanced, postprimary,
or specialty area; provides criteria for certification as specialty technologist; provides for applicant for certification
as specialty technologist to be certified only by endorsement rather than by examination; authorizes department to
issue certificate by endorsement to practice as specialty technologist to applicant who meets certain criteria.
HB 0313 Relating to Premises Liability
Bembry
03/07/12
Premises Liability: Provides that owner or lessee who makes area available to another person for hunting, fishing,
or wildlife viewing is entitled to certain limitations on liability if certain notice is provided; provides that owner of
area who enters into written agreement with state for area to be used for outdoor recreational purposes is entitled to
certain limitations on liability; deletes requirement that area be leased to state in order for limitations on liability to
apply; defines term "area." Effective Date: July 1, 2012
SB 0326 Relating to State Symbols/State Flagship
Bullard (L)
03/07/12
State Symbols/State Flagship; Designating the schooner Western Union as the official state flagship, etc.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2012
Relating to College Credit for Military
HB 0347
Harrell
03/01/12
Training and Education Courses
College Credit for Military Training and Education Courses: Requires Board of Governors of SUS & State Board of
Education to adopt regulations & rules, respectively, that enable U.S. Armed Forces servicemembers to earn college
credit for college-level training & education acquired in military. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB 0357 Relating to Homestead Exemptions for Seniors Oliva
03/09/12
Homestead Exemptions for Seniors: Authorizes board of county commissioners of county or governing
authority of municipality to adopt ordinance granting additional homestead tax exemption equal to specified
amount, or additional homestead tax exemption equal to assessed value of property with just value lower
than specified amount, or both such exemptions, to owner who has maintained permanent residency on
property or permanent residency on property for specified duration, who has attained age 65, & whose
household income does not exceed specified amount; provides definitions applicable to such additional
exemption; provides applicability of requirements relating to adoption of local ordinance granting such
exemption; provides appropriation; provides application. Effective Date: upon the approval of House Joint
Resolution 169, or a similar joint resolution having substantially the same specific intent and purpose, at the
general election to be held in November 2012 or at an earlier special election specifically authorized by law
for that purpose, and shall first apply to the 2013 tax roll
HB 0363 Relating to Physician Assistants
Kreegel
03/09/12
Physician Assistants: Revises requirements for physician assistants to prescribe or dispense medicinal drugs;
authorizing, rather than requiring, DOH to issue prescriber number to physician assistants granting authority to
prescribe medicinal drugs; providing that physician assistant applying for prescribing authority must submit course
transcripts and copy of course description in addition to other licensure application requirements. Effective Date:
July 1, 2012
SB 0364 Relating to Blood Establishments
Gaetz (D)
03/09/12
Blood Establishments; Prohibiting local governments from restricting access to public facilities or infrastructure for
certain activities based on whether a blood establishment is operating as a for-profit organization or not-for-profit
organization; prohibiting a blood establishment from considering whether certain customers are operating as forprofit organizations or not-for-profit organizations when determining service fees for selling blood or blood
components; requiring that certain blood establishments disclose specified information on the Internet; exempting
certain blood establishments from the requirements to be permitted as a prescription drug manufacturer and register
products; authorizing the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to adopt rules regarding the
distribution of prescription drugs by blood establishments, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2012
SB
Relating to Financial Emergencies
Gaetz (D)
03/07/12
0368
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SB 0374
HB 0377
HB
0387
HB 0393
HB 0401
HB 0413
HB
0435
Financial Emergencies; Requiring the Auditor General to notify each member of the governing body of a local
governmental entity, district school board, charter school, or charter technical career center of certain fund
balance deficits; authorizing the Governor or Commissioner of Education to require a local governmental entity
or district school board to include provisions implementing the consolidation, sourcing, or discontinuance of all
administrative direction and support services in certain plans; providing that the members of the governing body
of a local governmental entity or the members of a district school board who fail to resolve a state of financial
emergency are subject to suspension or removal from office, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to Public Records/Donor
Information/Florida Historic
Detert
03/07/12
Capitol/Legislative Research Center and
Museum
Public Records/Donor Information/Florida Historic Capitol/Legislative Research Center and Museum; Exempting
from public record requirements all identifying information of a donor or prospective donor to the direct-support
organization of the Florida Historic Capitol and the Legislative Research Center and Museum; providing for future
repeal and legislative review of the exemption under the Open Government Sunset Review Act; providing a
statement of public necessity, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2012
Relating to Miami-Dade County Lake Belt
Nuñez
03/02/12
Mitigation Plan
Miami-Dade County Lake Belt Mitigation Plan: Deletes references to Miami-Dade County Lake Belt Plan
Implementation Committee report; deletes obsolete provisions; redirects funds for seepage mitigation projects;
requires proceeds of water treatment plant upgrade fee to be transferred by DOR to SFWMD to be deposited into
Lake Belt Mitigation Trust Fund; provides criterion when transfer is not required; provides for proceeds of
mitigation fee to be used to conduct mitigation activities that are approved by Miami-Dade County Lake Belt
Mitigation Committee; clarifies authorized uses for proceeds from water treatment plant upgrade fee. Effective
Date: upon becoming a law
Relating to Electronic Filing of Construction
Ahern
03/06/12
Plans
Electronic Filing of Construction Plans: Provides for certain documents to be electronically signed & sealed by
licensee & electronically transmitted to building code administrator or building official for approval. Effective
Date: July 1, 2012
Broxson
03/02/12
Relating to Recreational Vehicle Dealers
Recreational Vehicle Dealers: Authorizes RV dealers to obtain certificates of title for recreational vehicles; provides
limitations & requirements. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to Effect of Dissolution or Annulment
Moraitis, Jr.
03/08/12
of Marriage on Certain Designations
Effect of Dissolution or Annulment of Marriage on Certain Designations; Provides that designation made by or on
behalf of decedent providing for payment or transfer at death of interest in asset to or for benefit of decedent's
former spouse becomes void if marriage dissolved or declared invalid before decedent's death, if designation was
before dissolution or order; provides for disposition of assets; specifies assets subject to provisions; provides
exceptions; provides that payors are not liable for payments or transfers contrary to provisions in certain
circumstances; provides that certain provisions apply notwithstanding payor's knowledge; provides that provisions
do not affect specified interests & rights; provides applicability. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Mayfield
03/09/12
Relating to Chiropractic Medicine
Chiropractic Medicine: Revises requirements for obtaining chiropractic medicine faculty certificate; authorizes
Board of Chiropractic Medicine to approve continuing education courses sponsored by chiropractic colleges under
certain circumstances; revises requirements for person who desires to be licensed as chiropractic physician; requires
that chiropractic physician preserve identity of funds or property of patient in excess of specified amount; provides
that services rendered by certified chiropractic physician's assistant under indirect supervision may occur only at
supervising chiropractic physician’s address of record; revises provisions relating to proprietorship by persons other
than licensed chiropractic physicians. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to Gilchrist County
Porter
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03/05/12
Gilchrist County: Authorizes school board to issue bonds to finance & refinance construction of educational
facilities & purchase of equipment; authorizes school board to issue refunding bonds & bond anticipation notes;
requires school board to pay principal of, premium for, & interest on such bonds out of funds that accrue annually
to county & are allocated to school board & from certain other moneys of school board; provides for investment of
proceeds of sale of bonds; makes bonds legal investments, lawful collateral for public deposits, & negotiable
instruments; provides that referendum is not required to exercise any powers under such act, unless required by
State Constitution; affirms distribution of funds that accrue to county & are allocated to district school board &
board of county commissioners; provides construction. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
SB 0436 Relating to Video Voyeurism
Storms
03/07/12
Video Voyeurism; Revising the definition of the term "place and time when a person has a reasonable expectation
of privacy" to include the interior of a residential dwelling; increasing the classification of specified video
voyeurism offenses, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2012
HB 0437 Relating to Protection of Minors
Eisnaugle
03/09/12
Protection of Minors; Designates act "Protect Our Children Act of 2012"; requires person convicted of second
or subsequent violation of specified video voyeurism provisions to register as sexual predator; provides that if
more than one child is involved in violation of provisions prohibiting sexual performance by child, each child
involved in violation creates separate offense; requires person convicted of video voyeurism violations to register
as sexual offender; revises definition of term "sexual offender" to include persons convicted of specified video
voyeurism provisions; increases classification of specified video voyeurism offenses involving minors. Effective
Date: October 1, 2012
Relating to OGSR/Insurance Claim Data
SB 0446
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
03/07/12
Exchange Information/Past Due Child Support
OGSR/Insurance Claim Data Exchange Information/Past Due Child Support; Amending provisions relating to a
public records exemption for insurance claim data exchange information used for identifying parents who owe past
due child support; saving the exemption from repeal under the Open Government Sunset Review Act; removing the
scheduled repeal of the exemption, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2012
HB 0449 Relating to Public Fairs and Expositions
Steube
03/02/12
Public Fairs and Expositions: Revises requirements for proposed charter of fair association; revises primary
objective of fair association for purposes of oath required to be taken by subscribers; revises public notice
requirements for fair association charter applications; authorizes fair association to file charter with DOS in
addition to DACS; revises requirements for amendments to fair association charters; exempts certain money
& property of fair association from taxation; revises provisions for use of remaining property upon
dissolution of fair association; revises powers of fair associations; revises authority of fair associations to
contract with state & local governments for use of land; revises exemptions from certain local business taxes
for annual public fairs held by fair association; revises provisions that prohibit making false statements in
annual public fair permit or application for distribution of certain licenses taxes; prohibits fair association
from conducting more than one annual public fair; revises requirements for annual public fair permit fees;
revises waiver requirements from minimum exhibit requirements; revises provisions that prohibit
trespassing upon public fair grounds; removes limitations on use of certain buildings for public fairs.
Relating to Relief/Denise Gordon Brown &
HB 0457
Nehr
03/09/12
David Brown/North Broward Hospital District
Relief/Denise Gordon Brown & David Brown/North Broward Hospital District; Provides for relief of Denise
Gordon Brown & David Brown, parents of Darian Brown, by North Broward Hospital District; provides for
appropriation to compensate them for injuries & damages sustained by Darian Brown as result of negligence of
Broward General Medical Center; provides limitation on payment of fees & costs. CLAIM: $2,000,000 Effective
HB 0463 Relating to Weapons or Firearms
Kreegel
03/02/12
Weapons or Firearms; Provides that otherwise qualified members & veterans of U.S. Armed Forces be issued
concealed weapon or firearm license regardless of age in certain circumstances; provides additional methods for
taking of fingerprints from such license applicants; provides that members & veterans of U.S. Armed Forces be
granted reciprocity regardless of age; prohibits reckless or negligent discharge of firearm in certain locations;
provides criminal penalties. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
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HB
0465
Relating to District School Board Bonds
Diaz
03/08/12
District School Board Bonds: Revises provisions relating to issuance & retirement of bonds. Effective Date: July 1,
2012
HB 0473 Relating to Alzheimer's Disease
Hudson
03/02/12
Alzheimer's Disease; Establishes Purple Ribbon Task Force within DEA; provides for membership; provides that
members shall serve without compensation or reimbursement for per diem or travel expenses; requires department
to provide administrative support; requires task force to submit interim study to Governor & Legislature regarding
state trends with respect to persons having Alzheimer's disease or related form of dementia; provides duties of task
force; authorizes task force to hold meetings by teleconference or other electronic means, or in person without
compensation or reimbursement for per diem or travel expenses; requires task force to submit report in form of
Alzheimer's disease state plan to Governor & Legislature; provides for termination of task force. Effective Date:
upon becoming law
HB 0479 Relating to Animal Control
O'Toole
03/07/12
Animal Control: Requires animal control officers, wildlife officers, & disease laboratories to report potential
health risks to humans from animals; provides for use of additional prescription drugs for euthanasia &
chemical immobilization of animals; provides for rulemaking to expand list of additional prescription drugs;
provides that Board of Pharmacy or DOH may revoke or suspend permit upon determination that permittee
or its employees or agents is using or has used authorized drug for other purposes or if permittee has
committed specified violations; restricts use of intracardial injection for euthanizing animals; prohibits
delivery of lethal solution or powder by adding it to food. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB 0483 Relating to Uniform Commercial Code
Passidomo
03/02/12
Uniform Commercial Code: Revises & provides provisions of Florida Uniform Commercial Code relating to
secured transactions to conform to revised Article 9 of Uniform Commercial Code as prepared by National
Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Effective Date: July 1, 2013
HB
Relating to Environmental Regulation
Patronis
03/08/12
0503
Environmental Regulation: Creates, amends, & revises numerous provisions relating to: development,
construction, operating, & building permits; permit application requirements & procedures, including
waivers, variances, & revocation; local government comprehensive plans & plan amendments;
programmatic general permits & regional general permits; permits for projects relating to stormwater
management systems, coastal construction, dredge & fill activities, intermodal logistics centers & commercial
& industrial development; sanitary program surveys of certain water systems; innocent victim petroleum
storage system restoration, ambient air quality & water quality standards, & solid waste disposal; sale of
unblended gasoline for certain uses; exemption from payment to authorizing agencies for use of certain
extensions; provides 2-year permit extension. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB 0509 Relating to Pharmacy
Logan
03/07/12
Pharmacy; Revises types of vaccines that pharmacists may administer; authorizes pharmacists to administer vaccine
or epinephrine autoinjection within framework of established protocol; revises continuing professional
pharmaceutical educational requirements with respect to administering such vaccines or autoinjection. Effective
Date: July 1, 2012
SB 0520 Relating to Veteran's Guardianship
Braynon
03/07/12
Veteran's Guardianship; Repealing provisions relating to guardians of incapacitated world war veterans, etc.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2012
Relating to State Preemption of the Regulation
HB 0521
Artiles
03/08/12
of Hoisting Equipment
State Preemption of the Regulation of Hoisting Equipment: Preempts to state regulation of certain hoisting
equipment; provides that act does not apply to regulation of elevators or to airspace height restrictions. Effective
Relating to Restraint of Incarcerated Pregnant
SB 0524
Joyner
03/09/12
Women
Restraint of Incarcerated Pregnant Women; Citing this act as the “Healthy Pregnancies for Incarcerated
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Women Act"; prohibiting use of restraints on a prisoner known to be pregnant during labor, delivery, and
postpartum recovery unless a corrections official makes an individualized determination that the prisoner
presents an extraordinary circumstance requiring restraints; restricting the use of certain restraints during
the third trimester of pregnancy unless there are significant security concerns documented by the
Department of Corrections or correctional institution, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2012
HB
0541
SB 0570
HB 0575
HB 0577
HB 0579
Relating to Administrative Procedures
Brandes
03/02/12
Administrative Procedures: Directs agency under Administrative Procedure Act to send written notice of certain
rules affecting small businesses to rules ombudsman in EOG rather than to DEO; revises provisions with respect to
revision & publication of Florida Administrative Code to provide that Department of State is not required to publish
printed version of code but may contract with publishing firm for printed publication; provides that electronic
version of code is official compilation of administrative rules of state; provides for adopted rules & material
incorporated by reference to be filed in electronic forms; renames "Florida Administrative Weekly" as "Florida
Administrative Register"; requires continuous revision & publication of Florida Administrative Register on Internet
website managed by department; revises content & website search requirements; deletes requirement to provide
printed copies of Florida Administrative Register to certain federal & state entities; provides directive to Division of
Statutory Revision. Effective Date: October 1, 2012
Relating to Public Records/Donor
Identity/Publicly Owned Performing Arts
Ring
03/07/12
Center
Public Records/Donor Identity/Publicly Owned Performing Arts Center; Defining the term "publicly owned
performing arts center"; creating an exemption from public records requirements for information that
identifies a donor or prospective donor of a donation made for the benefit of a publicly owned performing
arts center if the donor desires to remain anonymous; providing for future legislative review and repeal of
the exemption under the Open Government Sunset Review Act, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2012
Relating to Hillsborough County Aviation
Young
03/05/12
Authority
Hillsborough County Aviation Authority; Codifies, amends, & repeals Authority's special acts; provides editorial &
other technical changes; clarifies definitions; provides that independent special districts operate to serve public
purpose; incorporates specific references to existing practices; clarifies procedure for election of members; clarifies
that advertisement provisions pertain to sealed bids & other competitive selection processes when & as required;
clarifies employment responsibilities; clarifies procedures for manual execution of instruments on behalf of
Authority; provides that Authority can dispose of personal property, derelict or abandoned aircraft, & derelict or
abandoned vehicles in accordance with existing statutory law; deletes requirement that Authority may not hold
alcoholic beverage licenses exceeding certain number; clarifies requirements for award of contracts & clarifies
when such requirements do not apply; provides for recodification; provides savings clause. Effective Date: upon
becoming a law
Relating to City Pension Fund for Firefighters
Young
03/05/12
and Police Officers in the City of Tampa,
Hillsborough County
City Pension Fund for Firefighters and Police Officers in the City of Tampa, Hillsborough County; Authorizes city
to enter into supplemental contract with certain firefighters & police officers to increase amount of pension received
by widow or widower or child or children should member lose his or her life or later die from injuries or causes
occurring while in discharge of duties; allows joint annuitant who is also lawfully wedded spouse to be eligible for
13th check; confirms in part City of Tampa Firefighters & Police Officers Pension Contract. Effective Date:
October 1, 2012
Relating to Relief/Lopez, Guzman, Lopez, Jr.,
Nuñez
03/09/12
Lopez-Velasquez, and Guzman/Miami-Dade
County
Relief/Lopez, Guzman, Lopez, Jr., Lopez-Velasquez, and Guzman/Miami-Dade County: Provides for relief of
Ronnie Lopez & Robert Guzman, as co-personal representatives of Estate of Ana-Yency Velasquez, deceased, &
for minor children of Ana-Yency Velasquez, by Miami-Dade County; provides for appropriation to compensate
estate & minor children for death of Ana-Yency Velasquez as result of negligence of employee of Miami-Dade
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HB 0593
HB 0599
HB 0601
HB 0605
SB 0608
HB 0611
HB 0619
HB 0629
County; provides limitation on payment of fees & costs. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Relating to North St. Lucie River Water
Mayfield
03/05/12
Control District, St. Lucie County
North St. Lucie River Water Control District, St. Lucie County: Provides expiration date for North St. Lucie River
Water Control District in St. Lucie County contingent upon district's submission of draft codified charter to
Legislature; provides repeal date for act if bill to codify charter of district is not filed by specified date. Effective
Relating to Transportation and Mitigation
Pilon
03/09/12
Programs
Transportation and Mitigation Programs: Authorizes DOT to indemnify against loss & purchase liability insurance
for National Railroad Passenger Corporation subject to specified terms & conditions; revises legislative intent to
encourage use of certain mitigation options; provides DOT or transportation authority option of participating in
mitigation projects; requires DOT or transportation authority to submit list rather than survey of threatened or
endangered species & species of special concern affected by proposed projects; provides conditions for release of
certain mitigation funds; prohibits implementation of mitigation plans under certain conditions; provides criteria
that DOT must use in determining which projects to include in or exclude from mitigation plans; authorizes
governmental entity to provide or create mitigation for projects other than its own under specified circumstances.
Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Relating to Sebastian Inlet Tax District,
Mayfield
03/05/12
Brevard and Indian River Counties
Sebastian Inlet Tax District, Brevard and Indian River Counties: Requires members of district's board of
commissioners to be elected by plurality of qualified electors of district. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Harrison
03/05/12
Relating to Hillsborough County
Hillsborough County: Authorizes purchases of goods & services by county & other public bodies operating in
county under bids submitted by tax-exempt organizations under provisions of s. 501(c)(3) of Internal Revenue Code
which are organized exclusively to assist governmental entities in serving & representing citizens. Effective Date:
upon becoming a law
03/07/12
Relating to Florida Healthy Kids Corporation Flores
Florida Healthy Kids Corporation; Revising the membership of the board of directors of the Florida Healthy Kids
Corporation to include a member nominated by the Florida Dental Association and appointed by the Governor, etc.
EFFECTIVE DATE: upon becoming a law
Smith (J)
03/05/12
Relating to Kings Bay
Kings Bay: Urges Congress to direct U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to reconsider proposed rule to designate Kings
Bay as manatee refuge & in lieu of rule partner with state & local governments in seeking joint long-term solutions
to manatee protection. Effective Date: Not Specified
Relating to Fort Pierce Farms Water Control
Mayfield
03/05/12
District, St. Lucie County
Fort Pierce Farms Water Control District, St. Lucie County: Provides expiration date for Fort Pierce Farms Water
Control District in St. Lucie County contingent upon district's submission of draft codified charter to Legislature;
provides repeal date for act if bill to codify charter of district is not filed by specified date. Effective Date: upon
becoming a law
Relating to Pub. Rec./Agency Personnel
Hooper
03/07/12
Information/Dates of Birth
Pub. Rec./Agency Personnel Information/Dates of Birth: Includes dates of birth within types of personal identifying
information of specified agency personnel & spouses & children of such personnel that are exempt from public
records requirements for specified agency personnel; clarifies exemption for personal identifying information of
active or former law enforcement personnel & spouses & children thereof; revises exemption for personal
identifying & location information of Supreme Court justices, district court of appeal judges, circuit court judges, &
county court judges, & spouses & children of such justices & judges, to include former Supreme Court justices,
district court of appeal judges, circuit court judges, & county court judges, & spouses & children thereof; provides
for retroactive application of exemptions; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemptions; defines
term "telephone numbers"; provides statement of public necessity. Effective Date: October 1, 2012
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SB 0634 Relating to Spaceport Facilities
Benacquisto
02/16/12
Spaceport Facilities; Defining the term "launch support facilities"; deleting the term "spaceport launch facilities,"
HB
Relating to Citrus County
Smith (J)
03/05/12
0637
Citrus County: Revises criteria for special alcoholic beverage licenses for restaurants in Citrus County;
provides construction. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Relating to Florida Motor Vehicle Theft
SB 0638
Hays
03/07/12
Prevention Authority
Florida Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Authority; Repealing provisions relating to the Florida Motor Vehicle
Theft Prevention Authority; repealing provisions relating to a short title, purpose, definitions, establishment,
compensation of members, personnel, powers and duties, and expenditures, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2012
HB
Relating to Reclaimed Water
Young
03/09/12
0639
Reclaimed Water: Provides legislative findings relating to use of reclaimed water; provides that reclaimed
water is eligible for alternative water supply funding; authorizes specified contract provisions for
development of reclaimed water as alternative water supply; prohibits exclusion of reclaimed water use in
regional water supply planning; prohibits water management districts from requiring permits for use of
reclaimed water & from requiring or restricting services provided by reuse utilities; requires DEP & each
water management district to initiate rulemaking to adopt specified revisions to water resource
implementation rule. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB 0643 Relating to Title Insurance
Moraitis, Jr.
03/07/12
Title Insurance: Specifies continuing education requirements for title insurance agents; specifies additional grounds
to deny, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew or continue license or appointment of title insurance agent or agency;
requires attorney serving as title or real estate settlement agent to deposit & maintain certain funds in separate trust
account & permit account to be audited by applicable title insurer, unless prohibited by rules of Florida Bar;
provides procedures & requirements relating to approval or disapproval of title insurance forms by OIR; requires
title insurance agencies & certain insurers to submit specified information to office to assist in analysis of title
insurance premium rates, title search costs, & condition of title insurance industry; requires FSC to adopt rules.
Relating to Pub. Rec./Title Insurance
HB 0645
Moraitis, Jr.
03/07/12
Data/Office of Insurance Regulation
Pub. Rec./Title Insurance Data/Office of Insurance Regulation: Provides exemption from public records
requirements for proprietary business information provided by title insurance agencies & insurers to Office of
Insurance Regulation; authorizes disclosure of aggregated information; provides for future review & repeal of
exemption; provides statement of public necessity; provides for contingent effect. Effective Date: on the same date
that HB 643 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation is adopted in the same legislative session, or an
extension thereof, and becomes law
HB 0653 Relating to Health Care Fraud
Cruz
03/09/12
Health Care Fraud: Revises grounds under which DOH or corresponding board is required to refuse to admit
candidate to examination & refuse to issue or renew license, certificate, or registration of health care practitioner;
provides exception; provides that all persons who were denied renewal of licensure, certification, or registration
under s. 456.0635(3), F.S., may regain licensure, certification, or registration only by completing application
process for initial licensure; provides exception. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB 0655 Relating to Biomedical Research
Coley
03/07/12
Biomedical Research: Extends period during which certain expenditures may be made from Biomedical Research
Trust Fund; revises composition, terms, & duties of Biomedical Research Advisory Council; exempts grant
programs under purview of council from ch. 120, F.S.; requires council to submit progress report & specifies
contents thereof; revises provisions relating to James & Esther King Biomedical Research Program & William G.
"Bill" Bankhead, Jr., & David Coley Cancer Research Program; provides that certain types of applications may,
rather than shall, be considered for funding under programs; revises provisions relating to appointment, duties, &
meetings of peer review panels; removes reporting requirement; revises composition of advisory council under
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Florida Center for Universal Research to Eradicate Disease. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority,
HB 0665
Roberson
03/05/12
Charlotte and Lee Counties
Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority, Charlotte and Lee Counties: Corrects scrivener's error; revises requirements for
election of voting members of authority's board of supervisors; clarifies & revises financial disclosure requirements
for board members; revises authority's fiscal year. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
HB 0667 Relating to Murder
Corcoran
03/02/12
Murder: Designates act "Deputy John C. Mecklenburg Act"; provides that unlawful killing of human being when
committed by person engaged in perpetration of, or in attempt to perpetrate, offense of aggravated fleeing or
eluding with serious bodily injury or death, is murder of specified degree in certain circumstances; conforms
provisions; reenacts provisions. Effective Date: October 1, 2012
HB
Relating to Beach Management
Frishe
03/07/12
0691
Beach Management; Renames Parts I & II as Dennis L. Jones Beach & Shore Preservation Act; specifies
that adequacy of design & construction for projects is supported by certain evidence; authorizes DEP to
issue permits for incidental take authorization; requires department to adopt & amend rules involving
excavation & placement of sediment, guidelines, & permit streamlining; provides permit life for certain joint
coastal permits; requires DEP to justify items listed in certain requests; provides legislative intent with
regard to permitting for periodic maintenance of certain beach nourishment projects & inlet management
activities; requires DEP to maintain certain project information on its website & notify Governor &
Legislature of certain changes; provides permit exemption for specified exploratory activities. Effective Date:
July 1, 2012
SB 0692 Relating to Local Government
Bennett
03/09/12
Local Government; Revising the deadline for submission of a feasibility study of a proposed incorporation of
a municipality; providing that qualified electors of certain independent districts may commence a municipal
conversion proceeding by filing a petition with the governing body of the independent special district;
requiring the governing body to meet, prepare, and approve by resolution, a proposed elector-initiated
combined conversion and incorporation plan; prohibiting a conversion process from being initiated for 2
years if the referendum fails; prohibiting the municipal conversion of home rule counties, hospital districts,
or children’s services districts, etc. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Relating to Business and Professional
HB 0693
Ingram
03/10/12
Regulation
Business and Professional Regulation: Deletes provision requiring business & nonmedical professional licensees of
DBPR to complete licensure cycle on active status before returning to inactive status. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
SB 0694 Relating to Adult Day Care Centers
Fasano
03/08/12
Adult Day Care Centers; Citing this act as the "Specialized Alzheimer's Services Adult Day Care Act"; prohibiting
an adult day care center from claiming to be licensed or designated as a specialized Alzheimer’s services adult day
care center under certain circumstances; providing educational and experience requirements for the operator of an
adult day care center seeking licensure designation as a specialized Alzheimer’s services adult day care center;
requiring that dementia-specific services be documented in a participant’s file; requiring that the center coordinate
and execute discharge procedures with a participant who has a documented diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or a
dementia-related disorder and the caregiver if the participant’s enrollment in the center is involuntarily terminated,
Relating to Relief/Don Brown/District School
HB 0697
McBurney
03/10/12
Board of Sumter County
Relief/Donald Brown/District School Board of Sumter County; Provides for relief of Donald Brown by District
School Board of Sumter County; provides for appropriation to compensate Donald Brown for injuries sustained as
result of negligence of employee of DSBSC; provides limitation on payment of fees & costs. CLAIM: $1,400,000
Relating to East Lake Tarpon Community,
HB 0699
Nehr
03/05/12
Pinellas County
East Lake Tarpon Community, Pinellas County: Provides requirements for municipal annexation of East Lake
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HB 0701
SB
0704
HB 0711
HB 0715
HB 0725
HB 0729
Tarpon Community; requires referendum of electors within community prior to such annexation; provides
exceptions; describes community boundaries; provides for expiration. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Logan
03/08/12
Relating to Florida Evidence Code
Florida Evidence Code: Provides that statement offered against party that wrongfully caused declarant's
unavailability is not excluded as hearsay. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Relating to Building Construction and
Bennett
03/08/12
Inspection
Building Construction and Inspection; Revising the authorized methods of sending notices to violators of local
codes; requiring a county or municipality, a department or agency of the state, a county, or a municipality, or
any other public body or institution to open a sealed bid and announce the name of each bidder and the price
submitted in the bid at a public meeting and make such information available upon request; authorizing a
building code administrator or building official to approve the electronic filing of building plans and related
documents, etc. Effective Date: except as otherwise expressly provided in this act and except for section 20,
which shall take effect upon this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 2012
Relating to Sale or Lease of a County, District,
Hooper
03/08/12
or Municipal Hospital
Sale or Lease of a County, District, or Municipal Hospital: Requires that governing board of county, district, or
municipal hospital evaluate possible benefits to affected community from sale or lease of hospital facility to not-forprofit or for-profit entity within specified time period; requires governing board to make public required findings &
documents & to publish notice of proposed transaction in one or more newspapers of general circulation in county
in which majority of physical assets of hospital are located; provides that sale or lease is subject to approval of
Secretary of Health Care Administration; provides that purposes for which special taxing district may appropriate
funds from sale or lease of hospital or health care system include promotion & support of economic growth in
district & county in which taxing district is located & furthering of purposes of taxing district. Effective Date: upon
becoming a law
Caldwell
03/08/12
Relating to Self-service Storage Facilities
Self-service Storage Facilities: Revises definition of term "last known address"; revises notice requirements relating
to enforcing owner's lien; authorizes notice by e-mail or first-class mail with certificate of mailing; provides
requirements for e-mail notice; revises provisions relating to when notice given is presumed delivered; requires
rental agreements & applications for rental agreements to contain provision for disclosure of applicant's
membership in uniformed services. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Hager
03/07/12
Relating to Insurance Agents and Adjusters
Insurance Agents and Adjusters: Revises definitions of "adjuster" & "home state"; revises provisions relating to
who may bind insurance coverage; provides applicant is responsible for information in application even if
completed by third party; requires application to include statement about method used to meet certain requirements;
revises provisions relating to when applicant may apply for license after initial application is denied by DFS;
revises provisions relating to license examinations; deletes exemption from examination for certain adjusters;
deletes requirement that applicant for public adjuster or public adjuster apprentice be resident of the state; provides
for submitting application for examination on designee's website; requires public adjusting firm that adjusts claims
exclusively for institutions that guarantee or service mortgages to provide affidavit to insurer with certain
information; provides requirements relating to surety bonds; revises scope of examination for all-lines adjuster;
provides for e-mailing notices of examinations; specifies how many times applicant may take examination during
year; revises provisions relating to continuing education requirements; provides that persons on active military duty
may seek waiver; provides for update course & contents of such course; eliminates continuing education advisory
board; revises provisions relating to all-lines adjuster license; requires persons transacting mortgage guaranty
insurance to be licensed & appointed as credit insurance agent. Effective Date: October 1, 2012
Relating to Hiring, Leasing, or Obtaining
03/09/12
Personal Property or Equipment with Intent to Pilon
Defraud
Hiring, Leasing, or Obtaining Personal Property or Equipment with the Intent to Defraud: Provides that failure to
redeliver property or equipment within specified time after receiving demand for return is prima facie evidence of
abandonment or refusal to redeliver property or equipment; provides that notice mailed by delivery by courier with
tracking capability to address given by renter at time of rental is sufficient & equivalent to notice having been
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received by renter, if notice is returned undelivered; provides that failure to redeliver property or equipment after
rental period expires, & after demand for return is made, is prima facie evidence of abandonment or refusal to
redeliver property or equipment; provides that demand for return of overdue property or equipment & for payment
of amounts due may be sent by courier service with tracking capability; provides that possession of personal
property or equipment by third party does not eliminate lessee's obligation to return such property or equipment
according to contract; provides exception when personal property or equipment was obtained without lessee's
consent; provides that lessor of vehicle that is not returned at conclusion of lease is entitled to report vehicle as
stolen. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB 0733 Relating to Probate
Kiar
03/02/12
Probate: Excludes real property owned in tenancy by entireties or in joint tenancy with rights of survivorship from
definition of term "protected homestead"; clarifies application of amendments to s. 732.102, F.S., made by ch.
2011-183, LOF, relating to spouse's share of intestate estate; revises period of time during which attorney in fact or
guardian of property of surviving spouse may petition for approval to elect to take one-half interest in decedent's
homestead; specifies minimum duration of extension of time; bars inheritance rights of natural or adoptive parent
whose parental rights have been previously terminated pursuant to law; provides for application of act. Effective
HB
Young
03/09/12
Relating to Consumer Services
0749
Consumer Services: Revises powers & duties of DOACS's Division of Consumer Services & merges Division of
Standards into division; revises requirements for licensure, discipline, & continuing education of land surveyors &
mappers; revises licensee application & disciplinary requirements for enforcement of child support orders;
authorizes waiver of license fees upon excess trust fund balance; authorizes DOACS to administer oaths, take
depositions & issue subpoenas; authorizes waiver of firearms training for private investigators, security officers, &
recovery agents; provides for disciplinary action against certain licensees & schools or training facilities; revises
notice requirements for health studio contracts; revises requirements for no sales solicitation calls listings; revises
application requirements for commercial telephone sellers & telemarketing salespersons; revises registration
requirements for antifreeze brands; authorizes temporary waiver of certain requirements for generators at retail
motor fuel outlets used in emergency or major disaster in another state; revises requirements for registration,
branding, & enforcement of brake fluid regulations; replaces criminal penalties with noncriminal fines & sanctions;
revises notice by pawnshops for change of location; eliminates requirements that social security numbers of
independent agents of sellers of business opportunities or sellers of travel be provided to DOACS; repeals
provisions for financial assistance for motor vehicle repair shop employee training; repeals provisions establishing
Division of Standards. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB 0763 Relating to Motor Vehicle Registration
Rogers
03/09/12
Motor Vehicle Registration: Specifies that vehicle may not be operated after expiration of renewal period or, for
natural person, after midnight on owner's birthday unless registration was renewed before then; authorizes person
who has renewed vehicle registration during early registration period to apply for refund of specified license taxes
upon surrendering registration license plate before end of renewal period. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB 0769 Relating to Public Accountancy
Ford
03/08/12
Public Accountancy; Revises & updates education & work experience requirements for applicants for licensure as
certified public accountant; revises provisions governing licensure by endorsement; revises requirements for
reactivation of inactive license as certified public accountant; requires Board of Accountancy to conduct study to
assess privatization of Division of Certified Public Accounting. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to Criminal Penalties for Violations of
HB 0777
Eisnaugle
03/09/12
Securities Laws
Criminal Penalties for Violations of Securities Laws: Increases offense severity ranking for failing to register
securities with OFR; specifies offense severity ranking for failure of dealer, associated person, or issuer of securities
to register with OFR. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB 0787 Relating to Nursing Home Facilities
Trujillo
03/09/12
Nursing Home Facilities: Revises provisions relating to other needed services provided by licensed nursing home
facilities, including respite care, adult day, & therapeutic spa services; revises provisions relating to facilities
eligible to share programming & staff; deletes requirements for submission of certain reports to AHCA; provides
requirements for nursing home facility operated by licensee that provides respite care services; provides for rights
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of persons receiving respite care in nursing home facilities; requires prospective respite care recipient to provide
certain information to nursing home facility; provides exemption from certain certificate-of-need requirements to
provide for creation of pilot project in any of specified AHCA subdistricts; requires nursing home to be affiliated
with accredited nursing school that offers certain degree programs; provides requirements for affiliation with
private accredited university; provides for pilot project to proceed notwithstanding any moratorium under certain
conditions; provides for expiration of exemption; defines "day" for purposes of day care services provided to adults
who are not residents; provides funding limitation on sheltered nursing home beds used to provide assisted living,
rather than extended congregate care, services; authorizes certain sharing of areas, services, & staff between such
sheltered beds & nursing home beds in those facilities; redefines "geriatric outpatient clinic" & "resident care plan"
& defines "therapeutic spa services" applicable to regulation of nursing home facilities. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
SB 0792 Relating to Financial Institutions
Gaetz (D)
03/07/12
Financial Institutions; Requiring a financial institution that is chartered in this state and that maintains certain
accounts with a foreign financial institution to establish due diligence policies, procedures, and controls reasonably
designed to detect whether the foreign financial institution engages in certain activities facilitating the development
of weapons of mass destruction by the Government of Iran, provides support for certain foreign terrorist
organizations, or participates in other related activities; requiring the Office of Financial Regulation to adopt rules
establishing minimum standards for the due diligence policies, procedures, and controls; requiring the Office of the
Chief Financial Officer to make the annual report available to the public on its website; authorizing the Office of
Financial Regulation to impose a civil penalty against a financial institution that fails to make the annual
certification required by the act, etc. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
HB 0799 Relating to Physical Therapy
Goodson
03/09/12
Physical Therapy; Authorizes issuance of temporary permit to practice as physical therapist or physical therapist
assistant; provides requirements for issuing temporary permit; provides for voiding of temporary permit; provides
requirements for supervision of temporary permittees. Effective Date: June 1, 2012
SB 0800 Relating to County Boundary Lines
Negron
03/09/12
County Boundary Lines; Incorporating a portion of St. Lucie County into Martin County; revising the legal
description of Martin County; revising the legal description of St. Lucie County, to conform; transferring
roads; providing for transition pursuant to an interlocal agreement; providing requirements for such
agreement; providing for Martin County to compensate St. Lucie County for certain loss of revenue, etc.
Effective Date: July 1, 2013, upon its approval by a majority vote of certain qualified voters in conjunction
with next election in St. Lucie County, except for section 5 which shall take effect upon becoming a law
HB 0801 Relating to Emergency 911 Service
Steube
03/09/12
Emergency 911 Service; Provides exception to certain confidentiality provisions when coronary emergency is
taking place; revises membership of E911 Board & qualifications for members; revises provisions for
implementation of E911 fee & provisions limiting local carrier liability in connection with 911 or E911
service; provides for entity to notify local public safety answering point regarding location of defibrillator;
revises provisions for appointment of representatives to advisory committee to PSC. Effective Date: July 1,
2012
HB 0803 Relating to Child Protection
Diaz
03/08/12
Child Protection: Revises definitions; revises provisions relating to criminal history records check on persons
considered for child placement; provides procedures for certain hotline calls that do not meet criteria for report of
child abuse, abandonment, or neglect, but indicate need for assistance; revises requirements for child protective
investigations; revises provisions relating to required services; revises requirement for DCFS's training & quality
assurance programs; revises provisions relating to child protective injunction; requires home study report if child
has been removed from home & will be remaining with parent; provides additional requirements for case plans;
provides that Children & Youth Cabinet shall meet at least 4 times but no more than 6 times each year. Effective
Date: July 1, 2012
HB 0809 Relating to Communications Services Taxes
Grant
03/09/12
Communications Services Taxes; Revises legislative intent; modifies definitions; removes definition of term "cable
service"; adds definition for term "Internet access service"; revises definitions of terms "communication services,"
"information service," "sales price," "service address," and "video service"; revises provisions relating to
communications services dealer's liability for tax underpayments that result from incorrect assignment of service
addresses to local taxing jurisdictions & provides requirements & conditions with respect thereto; prohibits DOR
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from denying dealer of communications services deduction of specified amount as collection allowance; requires
DOR to aggregate monthly & make available to public on jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction basis certain sales & net tax
information; provides for retroactive effect; creates Communications Services Tax Working Group; houses working
group in DOR for administrative purposes. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB 0827 Relating to Limited Agricultural Associations Porter
03/09/12
Limited Agricultural Associations: Provides for conversion of limited agricultural associations to
corporations not for profit; specifies fee for filing limited agricultural association's certificate of conversion
to domestic corporation; provides procedures for conversion of limited agricultural association to domestic
corporation not for profit; requires filing of certificate of conversion & articles of incorporation with DOS;
provides for effective date of conversion; provides that conversion does not affect any obligation or liability
of association; provides that all rights, property, & obligations of association are vested in corporation;
specifies that association is not required to wind up its affairs or pay its liabilities & distribute its assets;
provides for association's approval before certificate of conversion is filed; authorizes association to provide
plan or other record of conversion. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
HB 0843 Relating to Department of the Lottery
Roberson
03/09/12
Department of the Lottery: Deletes provision relating to player-activated vending machines; revises requirement
that Department of the Lottery lease certain vending machines; allows vending machines to dispense lottery tickets
if certain requirements are met. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB
Relating to Florida Tax Credit Scholarship
Corcoran
03/09/12
0859
Program
Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program; Revises student eligibility requirements for participation in program;
increases tax credit cap amount applicable to program; provides that private school may choose to offer &
administer statewide assessments at school; revises DOE duties relating to site visits; provides conditions under
which statewide assessments may be administered at private school; revises conditions upon which Commissioner
of Education may base denial, suspension, or revocation of private school's participation in program or suspension
of scholarship fund payment. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Relating to Pinellas Suncoast Transit
HB 0865
Hooper
03/09/12
Authority, Pinellas County
Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority, Pinellas County: Provides for alternative income revenues through specified
discretionary sales surtax under certain conditions; prohibits authority from levying & collecting ad valorem tax
revenue after it elects to accept discretionary sales surtax proceeds. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
HB 0867 Relating to City of Clearwater, Pinellas County Hooper
03/05/12
City of Clearwater, Pinellas County: Authorizes Division of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco of DBPR to issue
temporary permits to nonprofit civic organizations for sale of alcohol for consumption on premises at outdoor
events on public right-of-way in downtown Clearwater, subject to statutory requirements. Effective Date: upon
becoming a law
Relating to Pinellas Planning Council, Pinellas
HB 0869
Frishe
03/05/12
County
Pinellas Planning Council, Pinellas County: Codifies, amends, reenacts, & repeals district's special acts; reorganizes
council; provides intent that countywide plan be broadly defined & policy-based; provides that primary focus of
council be land use & transportation planning; provides that membership of council be same as that of county MPO;
provides for election of officers, council meetings, quorum requirements, & member expenses; provides for council
powers & duties, including revising required components of countywide plan, consistent with stated legislative
intent; provides for countywide staff & committees; provides for budget & annual independent audit; recognizes
countywide planning authority of board of county commissioners as provided by county charter; provides for repeal
of existing countywide plan, adoption of new countywide plan, future amendment of plan, & standards &
procedures for such actions; provides timetable for consistency review after adoption of new countywide plan;
provides for public hearing & notice requirements; requires authority to adopt specific notice standards in
countywide rules; provides for compliance with pt. II, ch. 163, F.S., relating to growth policy. Effective Date: upon
becoming a law or upon the final approval of the Pinellas County Metropolitan Planning Organization's
reapportionment plan increasing its membership from 11 to 13 members ("the MPO reapportionment plan"),
whichever occurs later
HB 0877 Relating to Relief/Odette Acanda and Alexis
Trujillo
03/09/12
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Rodriquez/Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade
County
Relief/Odette Acanda and Alexis Rodriguez/Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County: Provides for relief of
Odette Acanda & Alexis Rodriguez by Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County, d.b.a. Jackson Memorial
Hospital; provides for appropriation to compensate Odette Acanda & Alexis Rodriguez for death of their son, Ryan
Rodriguez, as result of negligence of employees of Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County; provides limitation
on payment of fees & costs. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Relating to Florida College System Personnel
SB 0878
Benacquisto
03/07/12
Records
Florida College System Personnel Records; Specifying records that constitute limited-access records, etc. Effective
Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to Transactions by Secondhand
HB 0885
Ford
03/09/12
Dealers and Secondary Metals Recyclers
Transactions by Secondhand Dealers and Secondary Metals Recyclers: Deletes exemptions for flea market
transactions & auction businesses; revises provisions relating to recordkeeping; provides requirements for
salvaged motor vehicles & mobile homes; revises requirements information recyclers must obtain &
maintain; limits liability for conversion of motor vehicles to scrap metal; revises requirements for payments;
provides methods of payment for restricted regulated metals property; requires that purchases of certain
property be made by check or by electronic payment; prohibits secondary metals recyclers from purchasing
regulated metals property, restricted regulated metals property, or ferrous metals during specified times,
from certain locations, or from certain sellers; prohibits purchase of specified restricted regulated metals
property without certain proof of seller's ownership & authorization; preempts to state regulation of
secondary metals recyclers & purchase transactions; provides exceptions; amends provisions relating to theft
of copper or other nonferrous metals from utility or communications services provider; prohibits removing
or assisting with removal of copper or other nonferrous metals from electrical substation site without
authorization of utility; provides civil liability & civil & criminal penalties. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to Business and Professional
HB 0887
Ingram
03/08/12
Regulation
Business and Professional Regulation: Authorizes credit for sale of tobacco products to be extended to retail dealer
under specified conditions; provides for suspension of sale of tobacco products to retail dealers delinquent in their
credit payments until certain conditions are met; waives initial licensing, application, & unlicensed activity fees for
certain military veterans; revises continuing education provider & course approval procedures; limits to DBPR
authority to reinstate license that has become void; provides for certain notices by e-mail; authorizes distance
learning courses as acceptable alternative to classroom instruction for renewal of real estate instructor permit;
provides that distance learning courses are under discretion of school offering real estate course; requires distance
learning courses to adhere to certain requirements; revises definition of terms "appraisal management company" &
"appraisal management services"; defines term "subsidiary"; revises requirements for issuance of registration or
certification upon receipt of proper documentation; revises provisions relating to titles appraisal management
company must be registered to use; provides exemptions from registration requirements; provides additional
grounds for discipline of appraisal management companies, to which penalties apply; revises procedures for
cosmetology licensure by endorsement; authorizes performance of cosmetology & specialty services in location
other than licensed salon; deleting definition of "glass & glazing contractors"; reenacts & revives grandfathering
provisions & establishes new deadline for applications for certification of certain registered contractors; deletes
exemptions from certain restrictions on specified amateur matches & other events; repeals provisions relating to
requirement that each person or club that holds or shows pugilistic matches on closed circuit telecast viewed within
state must file certain reports;... Effective Date: October 1, 2012
HB 0891 Relating to Hillsborough County
Harrison
03/09/12
Hillsborough County: Provides that act supersedes inconsistent provisions of ch. 2001-299, Laws of Florida;
provides that holder of certificate of public convenience & necessity for taxicabs or taxicab permit issued by
Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission has property rights in certificate or permit; provides
transfer of such certificate or permit; provides for creation of Driver Ownership Program to assist taxicab drivers in
acquiring certificates or permits; provides for adoption of rules; provides definitions. Effective Date: upon
becoming a law
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HB
0897
HB 0909
HB 0917
SB 0922
SB 0924
HB 0931
HB 0937
Relating to Construction Contracting
Moraitis, Jr.
03/09/12
Construction Contracting: Provides that public entity may not make payment to contractor unless entity has
received certified copy of bond; provides that part of payment bond furnished for public works contract that
limits or expands effective duration of bond or adds conditions precedent is unenforceable; revises bond form
provisions & requirements; provides that payment to contractor who has furnished payment bond on public
works project may not be conditioned upon production of certain documents if surety has given written consent;
provides prerequisites for action against payment bond; requires that public body open sealed bids for
competitive solicitation at public meeting; revives grandfathering provisions & sets new deadline by which
certain registered contractors may apply for certification; provides that specified notice concerning lessor's
liability for liens for improvements made by lessee prohibits liens in certain circumstances; revises provisions
relating to service of specified items; specifies requirements for certain written instruments; clarifies
applicability of certain provisions. Effective Date: October 1, 2012
Relating to Relief/Anais Cruz Peinado/School
Gonzalez
03/09/12
Board of Miami-Dade County
Relief/Anais Cruz Peinado/School Board of Miami-Dade County: Provides for relief of Anais Cruz Peinado by
School Board of Miami-Dade County; provides for appropriation to compensate Anais Cruz Peinado, mother of
Juan Carlos Rivera, deceased, for death of Juan Carlos Rivera as result of negligence of School Board of MiamiDade County; provides limitation on payment of fees & costs. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Bileca
03/07/12
Relating to Jurisdiction of the Courts
Jurisdiction of the Courts: Includes as additional basis for subjecting person to jurisdiction of courts of this state
provisions which state that person submits to jurisdiction of courts of this state by entering into contract that
designates law of this state as law governing contract & that contains provision by which such person agrees to
submit to jurisdiction of courts of this state; clarifies that arbitral tribunal receiving request for interim measure to
preserve evidence in dispute governed by Florida International Commercial Arbitration Act need consider only to
extent appropriate potential harm that may occur if measure is not awarded or possibility that requesting party will
succeed on merits of claim; revises application dates of provisions relating to jurisdiction of courts. Effective Date:
July 1, 2012
Relating to Current and Former Military
Bennett
03/08/12
Personnel
Current and Former Military Personnel; Creating the Florida Veterans’ Hall of Fame Council; creating the "T. Patt
Maney Veterans' Treatment Intervention Act."; creating a court program for certain servicemembers and military
veterans who suffer from mental illness, traumatic brain injury, substance use disorder, or psychological problems
as a result of their military service; requiring certain Florida College System institutions and state universities to
provide priority course registration for veterans; providing honorary designations of certain transportation facilities
in specified counties, etc. Effective Date: except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect
July 1, 2012
Simmons
03/07/12
Relating to Special Observances
Special Observances; Designating April 4 of each year as "Everglades Day", etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2012
Relating to Board of Governors/Student
Gaetz (M)
03/08/12
Member of Board of Governors
Board of Governors/Student Member of Board of Governors: Proposes amendment to s. 7, Art. IX of State
Constitution to revise selection process for student member of Board of Governors of State University System.
Effective Date: Not Specified
Workman
03/09/12
Relating to Legal Notices
Legal Notices: Requires that, after specified date, if legal notice is published in newspaper, newspaper shall also
place notice on website at no additional charge; requires free online access; requires that legal notices published in
newspapers also be published on specified statewide website; requires that, after specified date, newspapers that
publish legal notice must provide e-mail notification of new notices; authorizes electronic proof of publication
affidavits; limits rate that may be charged for certain government notices required to be published more than once;
requires that website publication of certain legal notices include maps that appear in newspaper advertisements;
deletes requirements that certain notices be published in Leon County; requires that notice to certain professional
licensees be posted on website & provided to certain news outlets; deletes requirements relating to newspaper
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publication of certain notices relating to marketing orders & provides for Internet publication & for information to
certain news outlets. Effective Date: July 1, 2012, and shall apply to legal notices that must be published on or after
that date
Relating to Commercial Lines Insurance
HB 0941
Holder
03/10/12
Policies
Commercial Lines Insurance Policies; Authorizes insurer to transfer commercial lines policy; requires insurer to
provide notice before transferring policy; provides application. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
HB 0943 Relating to Background Screening
Holder
03/07/12
Background Screening: Revises exemptions from background screening requirements for certain mental
health personnel & law enforcement officers; eliminates rule that requires AHCA to stagger rescreening
schedules; revises provisions relating to background screening for persons rendering care in consumerdirected care program; revises provisions relating to general vocational rehabilitation programs; requires
registration of service providers; requires background screening & rescreening of certain persons having
contact with vulnerable persons; provides exemptions; provides disqualifying offenses; provides that cost of
screening shall be borne by provider or person being screened; provides conditions for denial, suspension,
termination, or revocation of registration or other agreements; provides for notice; provides applicability;
includes person who has access to client's personal identification information within definition of term
"direct service provider"; exempts certain professionals licensed by DOH, attorneys in good standing,
relatives of clients, & certain volunteers from level 2 background screening; exempts certain licensed
professionals & persons from further screening; provides requirements for screening of direct service
providers; requires vendors who submit fingerprints on behalf of employers to meet specified criteria;
authorizes employer to hire employee to position that otherwise requires background screening before
completion of screening process for purpose of training employee; prohibits employee from having direct
contact with vulnerable persons until screening process is complete; creates Care Provider Background
Screening Clearinghouse under AHCA, in consultation with FDLE; provides for specified agencies to share
results of criminal history checks; provides exemption for certain employees who have undergone criminal
history check before clearinghouse is operational; requires application for initial licensure or license renewal
in profession regulated by DOH to include fingerprints submitted by approved vendor after specified date;
requires applicant to pay costs of fingerprint processing; Effective Date: upon becoming a law
HB
Relating to Broadband Internet Service
Holder
03/09/12
0945
Broadband Internet Service; Transfers Broadband Initiative Program from DMS to DEO & revises provisions to
promote adoption of broadband Internet service if certain conditions are met. Effective Date: upon approval of
the budget amendment required under section 3
Relating to Possession of a Firearm or
HB 0947 Destructive Device During Commission of an Boyd
03/09/12
Offense
Possession of a Firearm or Destructive Device During the Commission of an Offense; Provides that exception
to 10-year minimum term for persons convicted of certain offenses during which person actually possessed
firearm or destructive device does not to apply to offenders convicted for possession of firearm by felon who
have certain prior convictions & actually possessed firearm or destructive device during commission of prior
felony. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to State and Local Government
HB 0959
Bileca
03/09/12
Relations with Cuba or Syria
State and Local Government Relations with Cuba or Syria; Prohibits SBA from being fiduciary with respect
to voting on any proxy resolution advocating expanded U.S. trade with Cuba or Syria; prohibits SBA from
being fiduciary with respect to having right to vote in favor of any proxy resolution advocating expanded
U.S. trade with Cuba or Syria; creates reporting requirements; prohibits state agency or local governmental
entity from contracting for goods & services of more than certain amount with company that has business
operations in Cuba or Syria; requires contract provision that allows for termination of contract if company
is found to have business operations in Cuba or Syria; provides exceptions; requires certification upon
submission of a bid or proposal for contract, or before company enters into or renews contract, with agency
or governmental entity that company is not engaged in business operations in Cuba or Syria; provides
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procedures upon determination that company has submitted false certification; provides for civil action;
provides penalties; provides attorney fees & costs; provides statute of repose; prohibits private right of
action; requires DMS to notify U.S. Attorney General after act becomes law. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to Relief/Aaron Edwards/Lee
HB 0965
Diaz
03/07/12
Memorial Health System/Lee County
Relief/Aaron Edwards/Lee Memorial Health System/Lee County: Provides for relief of Aaron Edwards, a minor, by
Lee Memorial Health System of Lee County; provides for appropriation to compensate Aaron Edwards for damages
sustained as result of medical negligence by employees of Lee Memorial Health System of Lee County; provides
limitation on payment of fees & costs. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Relating to Relief/Kristi Mellen/North
HB 0967
Diaz
03/09/12
Broward Hospital District
Relief/Kristi Mellen/North Broward Hospital District: Provides for relief of Kristi Mellen as personal representative
of Estate of Michael Munson, deceased, by North Broward Hospital District; provides for appropriation to
compensate estate & statutory survivors for wrongful death of Michael Munson as result of negligence of NBHD;
provides limitation on payment of fees & costs. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Relating to Pasco County Housing Authority,
HB 0975
Nehr
03/05/12
Pasco County
Pasco County Housing Authority, Pasco County: Provides for appointment of commissioners of the Pasco County
Housing Authority; provides exception to general law. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
HB
Relating to Developments of Regional Impact Diaz
03/08/12
0979
Developments of Regional Impact: Requires that comprehensive plan amendments proposing certain
development follow state coordinated review process; limits scope of certain recommendations & comments
by reviewing agencies regarding proposed developments; revises review criteria for regional planning agency
reports; provides that specified changes to development orders are not substantial deviations; provides
exemption from development-of-regional-impact review for certain proposed developments; revises
conditions under which local government is required to rescind development-of-regional-impact
development orders; provides presumption that certain agricultural enclaves do not constitute urban sprawl;
establishes qualifications for designation as agricultural enclave for such purpose & establishes exceptions
from definition for designated protected areas. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
SB 0990 Relating to Natural Guardians
Joyner
03/07/12
Natural Guardians; Revising provisions relating to the authority of natural guardians to act on behalf of their
children, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2012
HB 1001 Relating to Timeshares
Eisnaugle
03/08/12
Timeshares: Revises purposes of ch. 721, F.S., relating to vacation & timeshare plans, to include provision of
certain disclosure; revises definition of "resale service provider"; defines "consumer resale timeshare interest,"
"consumer timeshare reseller," "resale broker," "resale brokerage services," "resale advertiser," & "resale
advertising service"; deletes provision requiring resale service providers to provide certain fee or cost & listing
information to timeshare interest owners; specifies information resale service provider must provide to consumer
timeshare reseller; prohibits certain services related to offering of resale advertising by resale advertisers; provides
certain restrictions on offering of resale advertising services by resale advertisers; provides voidability of certain
contracts; provides duties of resale service provider; provides that provision of resale advertising services in this
state constitutes operating, conducting, engaging in, or carrying on business or business venture for purposes
relating to jurisdiction of courts of this state; provides penalties. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB
Relating to Tangible Personal Property Tax
Eisnaugle
03/08/12
1003
Exemptions
Tangible Personal Property Tax Exemptions: Proposes amendment to s. 3, Art. VII & creation of s. 32, Art. XII
of State Constitution to provide additional exemption from ad valorem taxes on tangible personal property
valued at more than $25,000 but less than $50,000, to authorize county or municipality to provide additional
exemption from ad valorem taxation for tangible personal property by ordinance as provided by general law, &
to provide effective date. Effective Date: Not Specified
HB 1011 Relating to Warranty Associations
Abruzzo
03/09/12
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Warranty Associations: Provides criteria for motor vehicle service agreement company, home warranty association,
& service warranty association to effectuate refunds through issuing salesperson or agent; provides recordkeeping
requirements; requires salesperson or agent to provide copy of document to service agreement company if requested
by DFS or Office of Insurance Regulation; provides requirements of office; authorizes rather than requires office to
examine service agreement companies, home warranty associations, & service warranty associations; limits
examination period & costs; authorizes certain entities to provide money to DFS to pursue unauthorized entities
operating as motor vehicle service agreement company, home warranty association, or service warranty association;
provides that funds shall be available for carrying out duties & responsibilities of department or office. Effective
Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to Residential Construction
HB 1013
Artiles
03/08/12
Warranties
Residential Construction Warranties: Provides legislative findings; provides legislative intent to affirm limitations
to doctrine of implied warranty of fitness & merchantability or habitability associated with construction & sale of
new home; prohibits cause of action in law or equity based upon doctrine of implied warranty of fitness &
merchantability or habitability for off-site improvements, except as otherwise provided by law; provides for
applicability of act; provides for severability. Effective Date: July 1, 2012, and applies to all cases accruing before,
pending on, or filed after that date
HB 1015 Relating to Tourist Development Tax
Hooper
03/08/12
Tourist Development Tax; Provides for proceeds of tourist development tax to be used for benefit of certain
aquariums. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to Lealman Special Fire Control
HB 1033
Ahern
03/05/12
District, Pinellas County
Lealman Special Fire Control District, Pinellas County: Lowers millage rate; provides for future annexation.
HB
Relating to Florida School for the Deaf and the
Broxson
03/09/12
1037
Blind
Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind: Authorizes Board of Trustees of Florida School for Deaf & Blind to
exercise power of eminent domain after receiving approval from Administration Commission; requires board of
trustees to provide student housing in compliance with specified law; deletes requirement that Florida School for
Deaf & Blind & local government submit interlocal agreement to state land planning agency & Office of
Educational Facilities for review; provides for vesting of Florida School for Deaf & Blind facilities; requires
local government cooperation in restoration of school facilities; requires school facilities to comply with
specified law. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to Relief/James Feurtado/Miami-Dade
HB 1039
Steube
03/09/12
County
Relief/James Feurtado/Miami-Dade County: Provides for relief of James D. Feurtado, III, by Miami-Dade County;
provides for appropriation to compensate him for injuries sustained as result of negligence of employee of MiamiDade County; provides limitation on payment of fees & costs. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
SB 1040 Relating to Practice of Dentistry
Bogdanoff
03/08/12
Practice of Dentistry; Revising the eligibility requirements for taking the examinations required to practice dentistry
if the applicant is a graduate of a certain dental college or school; revising the eligibility requirements for taking the
examinations required to practice dental hygiene; revising the licensing requirements to practice as a dental
hygienist; authorizing dental hygienists to administer certain local anesthesia under the direct supervision of a
licensed dentist if certain educational requirements are met; requiring dental hygienists to maintain current
certification in basic or advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation or advanced cardiac life support with
recertification every 2 years, etc. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
SB 1050 Relating to Fiduciaries
Bogdanoff
03/07/12
Fiduciaries; Requiring a mortgage holder to provide certain information within a specified time relating to the
unpaid loan balance due under a mortgage if a mortgagor, a record title owner of the property, a fiduciary or trustee
lawfully acting on behalf of a record title owner, or any person lawfully authorized to act on behalf of a mortgagor
or record title owner of the property makes a written request under certain circumstances; deleting a provision
authorizing a trustee to release the power to adjust between principal and income if the trustee desires to convert the
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form of certain trusts, etc. Effective Date: January 1, 2013
SB 1080 Relating to Vietnam Veterans
Dean
03/08/12
Vietnam Veterans; Urging Congress to initiate and support nationwide efforts to commemorate the 40th anniversary
of the end of the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War and demonstrate the nation's appreciation for the
honorable service and sacrifice of Vietnam Veterans, etc.
Relating to Pub. Rec./Agency Personnel
HB 1089
Adkins
03/02/12
Information
Pub. Rec./Agency Personnel Information: Provides exemption from public records requirements for personal
identifying & location information of current & former investigators & inspectors of DBPR & spouses & children
of such investigators & inspectors; provides condition to exemption; provides for future review & repeal of
exemption; provides exemption from public record requirements for personal identifying & location information of
county tax collectors & spouses & children of such tax collectors; provides condition to exemption; provides for
future review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
HB 1097 Relating to Sexually Violent Predators
Kreegel
03/09/12
Sexually Violent Predators: Provides for prioritization of written assessment & recommendation for person
scheduled or up for review for release; revises provisions relating to petitions to hold person in custody following
release & transfer to DCFS to provide for extension of certain time periods that expire after normal business
hours; deletes exception for detainers for deportation to provisions requiring sexually violent predators to be
committed to custody of DCFS upon expiration of incarcerative portion of all criminal sentences & disposition of
any detainers; prohibits knowingly & intentionally bringing contraband into or its removal from grounds of any
facility for commitment or detention of sexually violent predators; specifies items that constitute contraband.
HB 1099 Relating to Stalking
Plakon
03/08/12
Stalking; Provides certain injunctions issued by foreign court be accorded full faith & credit; provides that
person who makes threat which places another person in reasonable fear for his or her safety or safety of his or
her family members or individuals closely associated with person commits aggravated stalking; requires that
sentencing court consider issuing injunction restraining defendant from contact with victim for up to 10 years;
provides for injunction for protection against stalking or cyberstalking; prohibits clerk of court from assessing
filing fee; provides exception; authorizes court to enforce violation of injunction for protection against stalking
or cyberstalking through civil or criminal contempt; authorizes state attorney to use criminal procedures for
violations; provides for award of economic damages for violations; provides that person may not possess any
firearm or ammunition if current final injunction restrains person from committing stalking or cyberstalking.
Effective Date: October 1, 2012
HB 1101 Relating to Insurance
Horner
03/08/12
Insurance: Exempts salvage motor vehicle dealers from having to carry certain types of insurance coverage under
certain circumstances; authorizes corporation not for profit self-insurance funds that are required to maintain
continuing program of excess insurance coverage & reserve evaluation to purchase excess insurance from eligible
surplus lines insurers or reinsurers; authorizes DFS to provide examinations in Spanish; revises provisions relating
to limited licenses for travel insurance; provides specified exemptions from requirement that insurer provide
notification of nonrenewal to insured; provides legislative intent relating to application of certain mandatory health
benefits regulated under ch. 627, F.S.; specifies interest rate applicable to accrual of interest on overdue payments
of personal injury protection benefits; expanding kinds of insurance for which captive insurer may seek licensure,
etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB 1117 Relating to Conservation of Wildlife
Harrison
03/09/12
Conservation of Wildlife: Authorizes certain zoos & aquariums to apply to Board of Trustees of Internal
Improvement Trust Fund or governing board of water management district to use state lands or water management
district lands for specified purposes; provides application requirements; provides criteria for approval of such uses;
requires FWCC to provide technical assistance in reviewing such applications. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to Citizens Property Insurance
HB 1127
Albritton
03/09/12
Corporation
Citizens Property Insurance Corporation: Reduces to 2 percent from 6 percent amount of projected deficit in coastal
account for prior calendar year which is recovered through regular assessments; requires that remaining projected
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deficits in personal & commercial lines accounts be recovered through emergency assessments after accounting for
Citizens policyholder surcharge; requires OIR of FSC to notify assessable insurers & Florida Surplus Lines Service
Office of dates assessable insurers shall collect & pay emergency assessments; removes reference to recoupment of
residual market deficit assessments; requires board of governors to make determination that account has projected
deficit before it levies Citizens policyholder surcharge; requires limited apportionment company begin collecting
regular assessments within 90 days & pay in full within 15 months after assessment is levied; authorizes OIR to
assist Citizens Property Insurance Corporation in collection of assessments; replaces term "market equalization
surcharge" with term "policyholder surcharge." Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB 1153 Relating to Broward County
Jenne
03/09/12
Broward County: Revises dates on which municipal candidates must file qualification papers & pay certain fees
with respect to certain elections. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
HB 1163 Relating to Adoption
Adkins
03/08/12
Adoption; Requires DCFS to inform parents of child of availability of private placement of child with adoption
entity in certain circumstances; revises provisions relating to scientific testing to determine paternity or maternity
of minor; requires that unmarried biological father comply with specified requirements in order for his consent to
be required for adoption; requires court to advise biological parent who is party to dependency proceeding of right
to participate in private adoption; revises language of adoption disclosure statement; requires publishers of
telephone directories to include certain statements at beginning of any classified heading for adoption and adoption
services. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to Identification Cards and Driver
HB 1165
McBurney
03/09/12
Licenses
Identification Cards and Driver Licenses; Revises requirements for documentation verifying veteran status;
provides for issuance of replacement identification card or replacement driver license with designation indicating
holder is veteran; requires documentation of veteran status; provides for fee & disposition of fee. Effective Date:
July 1, 2012
Relating to Establishing the Congressional
SB 1174
Reapportionment
02/16/12
Districts of the State
Establishing the Congressional Districts of the State; Redistricting the state's congressional districts in
accordance with the United States Decennial Census of 2010 (plan S000C9002); amending provisions relating to
the inclusion of unlisted territory in contiguous districts; reenacting provisions which provides for the election of
representatives to the United States House of Representatives; providing for severability; providing for
applicability, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: upon becoming a law, except as otherwise provided
HB 1175 Relating to Controlled Substances
Ingram
03/09/12
Controlled Substances; Adds to list of Schedule I controlled substances certain specified materials, compounds,
mixtures, or preparations that contain hallucinogenic substances or that contain any of these substances' salts,
isomers, & salts of isomers, if existence of such salts, isomers, & salts of isomers is possible within specific
chemical designation; provides reduced penalties for possession of 3 grams or less of certain such substances.
Effective Date: October 1, 2012
SB 1176 Relating to Joint Resolution of Apportionment Reapportionment
02/10/12
Joint Resolution of Apportionment; Providing for the apportionment of the House of Representatives and the
Senate (plans H000H9049 and S000S9008); adopting the United States Decennial Census of 2010 for use in
such apportionment; providing for the inclusion of omitted areas; providing contiguity for areas specified for
inclusion in one district which are noncontiguous; specifying that the apportioned districts constitute the
legislative districts of the state; providing for severability of invalid portions; providing for application beginning
in 2012, etc.
Relating to East County Water Control
HB 1183
Kreegel
03/05/12
District, Lee and Hendry Counties
East County Water Control District, Lee and Hendry Counties: Revises procedure for filling vacancies on district's
board of commissioners. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
HB 1193 Relating to Pub. Rec./Victims of Violence
Jones (M)
03/06/12
Pub. Rec./Victims of Violence; Provides exemptions from public records requirements for personal identifying &
location information of victims of domestic violence, repeat violence, sexual violence, & dating violence held by
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clerks & law enforcement agencies in conjunction with automated process developed by Florida Association of
Court Clerks & Comptrollers by which petitioner may request notification of service of injunction for protection;
provides that exemption is conditional upon petitioner's request; provides specified duration of exemption;
provides for access by state or federal agencies in furtherance of agencies' statutory duties; provides for future
review & repeal of exemptions; provides statement of public necessity. Effective Date: October 1, 2012
HB
1197
Relating to Agriculture
Horner
03/06/12
Agriculture: Defines term "governmental entity"; prohibits certain governmental entities from charging
stormwater management assessments or fees on certain bona fide farm operations except under certain
circumstances; revises powers & duties of DOACS to enforce laws & rules relating to use of commercial
stock feeds; authorizes apiaries to be located on certain lands; revises qualifications for certified Florida
Farm Winery; provides exemption from Florida Building Code for farm signs, etc. Effective Date: July 1,
2012
HB
1205
Relating to Drug-Free Workplace Act
Smith (J)
03/09/12
Drug-free Workplaces: Requires drug testing to be conducted within each state agency's appropriation;
authorizes agencies within state government to require employees to submit to periodic random drug testing;
revises provisions relating to discharging or disciplining certain employees; authorizes agency to refer employee,
at employee's expense, to employee assistance program or alcohol & drug rehabilitation program if not
discharged; requires employer to transfer employee to job assignment he or she can perform safely & effectively
while participating in employee assistance program or alcohol & drug rehabilitation program or place employee
on leave status if such position is unavailable; authorizes employee to use accumulated leave credits before being
placed on leave without pay; provides that employer remains qualified for insurer rate plan that discounts rates
for workers' compensation & employer's liability insurance policies if employer maintains drug-free workplace
program that is broader in scope than that provided for by standards & procedures established in act; authorizes
public employer to conduct random drug tests of certain employees under specified conditions; provides
requirements for public sector employer assigning public sector employee to position other than mandatorytesting position. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to Vehicles with Autonomous
HB 1207
Brandes
03/09/12
Technology
Vehicles with Autonomous Technology; Provides for operation of autonomous motor vehicles on public roads;
directs DHSMV to prepare report on safe operation of such vehicles; provides for content of report; requires
submission of report to Legislature. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to Highway Safety and Motor
HB 1223
Albritton
03/09/12
Vehicles
Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; Renames Office of Motor Carrier Compliance within Division of Florida
Highway Patrol as "Office of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement"; authorizes person who is mobility impaired to use
motorized wheelchair to temporarily leave sidewalk & use roadway under certain circumstances; revises safety
standard requirements for bicycle helmets that must be worn by certain riders & passengers; removes condition for
motorcycle or moped license plate that reads from top to bottom to be affixed perpendicular to ground; requires that
owners or operators of motorcycles or mopeds with vertical tags pay any required toll by whatever means available;
authorizes operation of swamp buggies on public road, highway, or street if local governmental entity has
designated public road, highway, or street for such use; provides that authorization does not apply to State Highway
System; provides that certain restrictions on number of consecutive hours that commercial motor vehicle may
operate do not apply to farm labor vehicle operated during state of emergency or during emergency pertaining to
agriculture; requires that application for certificate of title, corrected certificate, or assignment or reassignment be
filed within certain time period after consummation of sale of mobile home, etc. Effective Date: January 1, 2013
Relating to Certification of 911 Public Safety
HB 1227
Drake
03/02/12
Telecommunicators
Certification of 911 Public Safety Telecommunicators: Revises requirements for certification of 911 public
safety telecommunicators; provides conditions under which requirement for certification as 911 public safety
telecommunicator may be waived for certain law enforcement officers; provides for exemption from
examination fee. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
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Relating to Reorganization of the Department
Drake
03/09/12
of Children and Family Services
Reorganization of the Department of Children and Family Services; Changes name of Department of Children &
Family Services to Department of Children & Families; authorizes department to restructure its organizational units
to establish circuits, which are aligned geographically with judicial circuits, & regions, which include multiple
circuits in geographical proximity to each other; revises requirements relating to community alliances; deletes
provisions relating to service districts, prototype region, & procurement of health services; revises mission of
department; provides for appointment of Director for Substance Abuse & Mental Health to head state's Substance
Abuse & Mental Health Program Office; deletes provisions relating to service districts; revises provisions relating
to structure of & services provided by department; revises provisions aligning boundaries of service areas for
Department of Health to those of service districts of department to conform to changes made by this act; deletes
authority of Governor to appoint executive director of State Office on Homelessness; provides for future legislation
to conform Florida Statutes to changes made by act. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB 1237 Relating to Department of Citrus
Albritton
03/09/12
Department of Citrus: Revises Florida Citrus Code; provides for appointment of Department of Citrus' (DOC's)
executive director; revises terms of Florida Citrus Commission (FCC) members; provides for staggered terms of
members appointed from each citrus district; establishes staffing requirements for DOC; deletes requirements for
days, hours, & other conditions of employment for DOC employees; repeals various statutory standards &
authorizes DOC to prescribe such standards, including maturity & quality standards for grapefruit, oranges,
tangerines, canned orange juice, grapefruit juice products, canned blends of orange & grapefruit juices, frozen
concentrated orange juice, & high-density frozen concentrated orange, limits on spacing between stacked field
boxes caused by cleats, issuance of emergency quality assurance orders following freezing temperatures, & quality
of citrus exports; redesignates excise taxes on citrus fruit as assessments & revises maximum rates of such
assessments; revises number of FCC members required to issue marketing orders; & revises bond requirements for
citrus fruit dealer licensees. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB 1239 Relating to Pub. Rec./Department of Citrus
Albritton
03/09/12
Pub. Rec./Department of Citrus: Provides exemption from public records requirements for nonpublished reports or
data related to certain studies or research related to citrus fruit, citrus fruit juices, & products & byproducts thereof
that is conducted, caused to be conducted, or funded by Department of Citrus; provides for future legislative review
& repeal of exemption under OGSR Act; provides statement of public necessity. Effective Date: on the same date
that HB 1237 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an
extension thereof and becomes law
HB 1253 Relating to City of Jacksonville, Duval County Ray
03/09/12
City of Jacksonville, Duval County: Provides for amendment or repeal of any provision of article of charter relating
to Jacksonville Economic Development Commission by ordinance without approval by electors at referendum or
further action by Legislature. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Relating to Acme Improvement District and
HB 1255 Lake Worth Drainage District, Palm Beach
Abruzzo
03/05/12
County
Acme Improvement District and Lake Worth Drainage District, Palm Beach County: Transfers land referred to as
"Wellington Medical Arts District" from Lake Worth Drainage District to Acme Improvement District; provides
purposes. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
HB 1261 Relating to State Employment
Mayfield
03/09/12
State Employment: Revises employment policy of state system of personnel management; revises provisions
relating to employee background screening; revises provisions relating to administrative leave for serviceconnected disability; revises provisions relating to agency furloughs; revises provisions relating to authority
of DMS to administer oaths; revises duties of state agencies with respect to employment of OPS employees;
requires DFS to provide alternative retirement income security program for eligible temporary & seasonal
employees; provides reporting requirements; revises provisions relating to state employee telecommuting;
provides telework program; provides program requirements for agencies & employees; revises provisions
relating to Florida State Employees' Charitable Campaign; requires state officers & employees to designate
charitable organization to receive certain charitable contributions; deletes provisions relating to
establishment of local steering committees & distribution of funds; revises provisions relating to pay
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additives; deletes provision authorizing carrying forward of unused compensatory leave by certain
employees; revises provisions relating to change in employee's position status; deletes requirements for
agency that removes from promotional position career service employee who is serving probationary period
in such position to return such employee to employee's former position or comparable position, if such
position is vacant. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB
1263
HB 1277
HB 1287
HB 1297
HB 1299
Relating to Department of Health
Hudson
03/09/12
Department of Health; Revises purpose of DOH; revises duties of State Surgeon General; eliminates Officer
of Women's Health Strategy; eliminates Florida Drug, Device, & Cosmetic Trust Fund & Nursing Student
Loan Forgiveness Trust Fund as trust funds; provides that two or more counties may combine for operation
of county health department when such counties establish an interlocal agreement; requires DOH to be
responsible for state public health system; requires department to provide leadership for partnership
involving federal, state, & local government & private sector to accomplish public health goals; allows
counties to enact health regulations & ordinances consistent with state law; provides that certain actions that
interfere, hinder, or oppose official duties of department employees constitute second-degree misdemeanor;
requires department to establish rules for conditions & procedures for imposing & releasing quarantine;
provides that rules established under this section supersede all rules enacted by other state agencies, boards,
or political subdivisions; provides that violation of rules established under section, quarantine, or
requirement adopted pursuant to declared public health emergency is second-degree misdemeanor. Effective
Davis
03/08/12
Relating to Money Services Businesses
Money Services Businesses; Revises frequency & notice requirements for examinations & investigations by OFR of
money services business licensees; prohibits money services businesses, authorized vendors, & affiliated parties
from knowingly possessing certain paraphernalia used or intended or designed for use in misrepresenting customer's
identity; prohibits certain persons from providing customer's personal identification information to licensee;
prohibits certain acts by money services businesses, authorized vendors, & affiliated parties; revises conditions for
which money services business license may be suspended; requires licensee to maintain its own federally insured
depository account & deposit into account any payment instruments cashed; requires licensee to notify OFR &
cease to cash payment instruments if licensee ceases to maintain account; prohibits licensee from accepting or
cashing payment instrument from person who is not original payee except under certain circumstances; establishes
limit on amount of fees that licensees may charge for direct costs of verification; revises requirements for records
that licensee must maintain. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to Voluntary Contributions on
03/09/12
Registration, Driver License, and Identification Abruzzo
Card Forms
Voluntary Contributions on Registration, Driver License, and Identification Card Forms; Requires application
forms for motor vehicle registration & renewal of registration & original, renewal, or replacement driver license or
identification card to include language permitting applicant to make voluntary contribution to Autism Services &
Supports & to Support Our Troops. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to City of Dania Beach, Broward
Jenne
03/09/12
County
City of Dania Beach, Broward County: Extends corporate limits of City of Dania Beach to include area that extends
3 miles out into Atlantic Ocean from city's existing shoreline. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Relating to North Lake County Hospital
Metz
03/09/12
District, Lake County
North Lake County Hospital District, Lake County: Codifies special laws relating to district; provides legislative
intent; amends, codifies, reenacts, & repeals chs. 2002-348 & 2004-460, LOF, relating to district; re-creates district
& re-creates & reenacts charter; provides definitions & public purpose; prohibits person from seeking election to
board of trustees if person has previously served on board of certain entities within specified time; requires
publication of annual meeting notice on publicly accessible website; provides general powers of district, including
power to levy ad valorem tax not to exceed specified millage; establishes permitted uses of tax funds; provides
restrictions on district board's activities; prescribes requirements of board for fiscal responsibility, transparency, &
accountability; provides financial disclosure requirements & reporting, notice, & public meeting provisions for
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board; provides for sovereign immunity; provides for expiration of district at specified time without further
legislative action & permits continuation of district by referendum at end of 10-year intervals; provides for
referendum. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Relating to City of West Palm Beach, Palm
HB 1301
Abruzzo
03/05/12
Beach County
City of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County: Amends definitions; revises provisions relating to retirement
pension calculation, funding of share accounts, supplemental pension distribution, deferred retirement option plan
(DROP), duty disability pension, member contributions & refunds, rollovers from qualified plans, & actuarial
assumptions. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
HB
Relating to Pub. Rec./Officers-Elect
Adkins
03/07/12
1305
Pub. Rec./Officers-Elect: Declares that it is policy of this state that provisions of state's public records laws apply
to certain constitutional officers upon their election to public office; requires that such officers adopt &
implement reasonable measures to ensure compliance with public records obligations; requires that public
records of such officers be maintained in accordance with policies & procedures of public offices to which
elected; requires that online & electronic communication & recordkeeping systems preserve records on such
systems; requires that such officers timely deliver all public records kept or received in transaction of official
business during period following election to public office; revises public meeting requirements to apply such
requirements to meetings with or attended by newly elected members of boards & commissions. Effective Date:
July 1, 2012
HB 1323 Relating to Metal Theft
Drake
03/09/12
Metal Theft; Increases criminal penalties for specified violations relating to secondary metals recycling;
provides increased criminal penalties for third & subsequent criminal violations; prohibits removing copper
or other nonferrous metals from electrical substation site without authorization of utility. Effective Date:
October 1, 2012
Relating to City of West Palm Beach, Palm
HB 1325
Abruzzo
03/05/12
Beach County
City of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County: Revises provisions relating to West Palm Beach Firefighters
Pension Fund; revises definitions; provides for ch. 175 funds to be used to reduce member contributions to pension
fund for specified calendar years; provides that city shall make up certain shortfalls in member contributions;
provides for reduction in member contributions for 2 years; revises fixed rate for certain members; requires
members to take lump sum distribution of their entire share account balance within specified time after their
termination of employment in certain circumstances; deletes provision requiring members to elect to participate in
BackDROP within specified time or forfeit their benefits; provides lower interest rate for BackDROP benefits for
retirements after certain date; revises BackDROP benefits; revises availability of loans for certain members.
HB 1351 Relating to Homeless Youth
Glorioso
03/01/12
Homeless Youth: Defines term "certified homeless youth"; provides that minor who is certified homeless youth
or who has had disabilities on nonage removed under specified provisions may obtain certified copy of his or her
birth certificate; provides that unaccompanied youths who are certified homeless youths 16 years of age or older
who apply to court to have disabilities of nonage removed shall have court costs waived; requires court to
advance such cases on calendar. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB
Glorioso
03/09/12
Relating to District School Boards
1357
District School Boards: Requires that district school board organize & elect chair in November &, in election year,
elect chair in compliance with requirements for general election year; provides exception if chair is elected by
districtwide vote. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to West Palm Beach Downtown
HB 1381
Clemens
03/09/12
Development Authority, Palm Beach County
West Palm Beach Downtown Development Authority, Palm Beach County: Revises West Palm Beach Downtown
Development Authority's boundaries. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
HB 1383 Relating to Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Glorioso
03/08/12
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HB
1389
HB
1403
HB 1417
HB 1481
HB 1483
SB 1486
HB 1495
HB 1513
SB 1724
SB 1778
Commission
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Transfers & reassigns functions & responsibilities of Division of Law
Enforcement, excluding Bureau of Emergency Response, within DEP to Division of Law Enforcement within
FWCC; transfers & reassigns functions & responsibilities of specific positions within DACS to Division of Law
Enforcement within FWCC; provides for transition advisory working groups; provides authority for enforcement of
certain laws & rules of DEP & DACS to FWCC; confers full power to law enforcement officers of FWCC to
enforce certain rules; authorizes retention & transfer of benefits for certain employees. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to Water Storage and Water Quality
Perman
03/09/12
Improvements
Water Storage and Water Quality Improvements: Requires specified determination as condition of
agreement for water storage & water quality improvements on private agricultural lands; provides
methodology for such determinations; provides for regulation of such lands during agreement & after its
expiration. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to High School Athletics
Stargel
03/08/12
High School Athletics: Authorizes high schools, including charter schools, virtual schools, & home education
cooperatives to become members of FHSAA; prohibits FHSAA from taking retributory or discriminatory action
against any of its member schools under certain circumstances; prohibits FHSAA from withholding approval of any
other athletic organization that governs athletic competition in state; requires FHSAA to adopt bylaws relating to
transfers, recruiting violations, sanctions, investigators, & determinations of eligibility; provides requirements
relating to appeals. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Oliva
03/07/12
Relating to State Investments
State Investments: Increases amount of money that may be invested in alternative investments by State Board of
Administration. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to Loxahatchee Groves Water Control
Abruzzo
03/05/12
District, Palm Beach County
Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District, Palm Beach County: Revises procedures for election of members of
board of supervisors. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Chestnut
03/05/12
Relating to Alachua County
Alachua County: Revises location of law library; removes outdated & unnecessary sections relating to assessment
of certain fees & court costs. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Braynon
03/08/12
Relating to Taiwan Policy Act of 2011
Taiwan Policy Act of 2011; Urging Congress to pass H. R. 2918, the Taiwan Policy Act of 2011, etc.
Relating to Spring Lake Improvement District,
Albritton
03/05/12
Highlands County
Spring Lake Improvement District, Highlands County: Amends board, election, & terms of office provisions;
deletes eminent domain provisions; provides bond limitations; authorizes mosquito control; repeals language
proposing changes to district charter which did not take effect for failure of adoption at referendum; requires
referendum & provides ballot statement; provides for repeal of act if referendum fails. Effective Date: upon
becoming a law
Relating to Spring Hill Fire Rescue and
Schenck
03/05/12
Emergency Medical Services District,
Hernando County
Spring Hill Fire Rescue and Emergency Medical Services District, Hernando County; Abolishes district; transfers
assets & liabilities to county pursuant to general law. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Alexander
03/07/12
Relating to Mosquito Control Districts
Mosquito Control Districts; Repealing provisions relating to certain powers of the board of county commissioners
to hold, control, acquire, or purchase real or personal property, condemn land or easements, exercise the right of
eminent domain, and institute and maintain condemnation proceedings for a mosquito control district, etc. Effective
Date: July 1, 2012
Richter
03/08/12
Relating to Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform
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SB 1822
SB 1856
SB 1958
SB 1960
SB 1964
SB 1968
SB 1986
and Consumer Protection Act of 2010
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010; Urging Congress to repeal the Dodd-Frank
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, etc.
Hays
03/08/12
Relating to Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Urging Congress to repeal the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, etc.
Relating to Public Records and Public
Flores
03/07/12
Meetings/Peer Review Panels/Biomedical
Research Grants
Public Records and Public Meetings/Peer Review Panels/Biomedical Research Grants; Providing an exemption
from public meeting requirements for certain meetings of a peer review panel under the James and Esther King
Biomedical Research Program and the William G. "Bill" Bankhead, Jr., and David Coley Cancer Research
Program; providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain records related to biomedical
research grant applications; providing an exemption from public records requirements for research grant
applications provided to, and reviewed by, the peer review panel, etc. Effective Date: on the same date that SB 616
or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension
thereof and becomes law
Budget
03/09/12
Relating to Department of Health
Department of Health; Assigning, for administrative purposes, the Correctional Medical Authority to the Executive
Office of the Governor, rather than the Department of Health; conforming provisions to changes made by the act;
deleting an obsolete provision; providing for a transfer of the administration of the Correctional Medical Authority
from the Department of Health to the Executive Office of the Governor, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Budget
03/09/12
Relating to State Judicial System
State Judicial System; Revising the procedures by which a regional conflict counsel is appointed by the Governor;
requiring each regional counsel to designate a chief assistant to serve if the regional counsel is unable to fulfill his
or her responsibilities or until a replacement is appointed; authorizing the clerk to conduct a review of the county's
property records to confirm that an applicant seeking appointment of a public defender is indigent; authorizing
court-appointed volunteers to transport children who are abused, abandoned, or neglected; prohibiting a guardian ad
litem program or the court from requiring that volunteers transport children; requiring the clerk of court and the
Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation to submit reports on local traffic assessments in an electronic
format, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Budget
03/09/12
Relating to Court-related Assessments
Court-related Assessments;Providing for a monetary assessment mandated by statute to be imposed regardless of
whether the assessment is announced in open court; requiring the clerks of court to develop a uniform form to be
used in identifying and imposing mandatory assessments; revising requirements for the clerks of court to report on
the assessment and collection of certain fines or other monetary penalties, fees, costs, and charges; requiring the
clerks, rather than the Department of Financial Services, to develop a reporting form; providing for the clerks to
consult with the Office of the State Courts Administrator in developing the form and guidelines governing the
reporting of amounts assessed and collected, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Budget
03/09/12
Relating to Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice; Requiring a court to assess an additional amount against a defendant who pleads guilty or nolo
contendere to, or who is convicted of, violating certain specified offenses, and if the services of a criminal analysis
laboratory are used in the investigation of the offense; providing for the proceeds of the assessment to be deposited
into the Operating Trust Fund of the Department of Law Enforcement and used by the statewide criminal analysis
laboratory system, etc. Effective Date: October 1, 2012
Relating to Water Management Districts
Budget
03/09/12
Water Management Districts; Revising the maximum millage rates that may be levied by each water
management district for district and basin purposes; prohibiting a district from including in its budget or
expending funds from any source for certain programs and activities during the next fiscal year under
certain circumstances; providing for the process, manner, and timing by which water management districts
must submit a preliminary budget request to the Legislature and the Governor; requiring the Executive
Office of the Governor and the appropriations committees of the Legislature to jointly develop preliminary
budget instructions from which each water management district shall prepare the budget requests; limiting
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SB 1996
SB 1998
SB 2058
HB 4001
HB
4003
the authority of a district to fund proposed expenditures reviewed by the Legislature to the amount
authorized by the Legislature, the Governor, or the Legislative Budget Commission, etc. Effective Date: July
1, 2012
Budget
03/09/12
Relating to Postsecondary Education
Postsecondary Education; Deleting provisions creating the University of South Florida Polytechnic; requiring that
the Florida Polytechnic University meet certain criteria established by the Board of Governors by a specified date;
requiring that students enrolled at the University of South Florida Polytechnic be afforded the opportunity to
complete their degrees at the University of South Florida; transferring all real and personal property, licenses,
contracts, and associated funds from the University of South Florida Polytechnic to the Florida Polytechnic
University; transferring all Florida Industrial and Phosphate Research Institute programs, functions, offices, records,
faculty positions, and staff positions from the University of South Florida Polytechnic to the Florida Polytechnic
University, etc. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Relating to Department of Economic
Budget
03/09/12
Opportunity
Department of Economic Opportunity; Providing for the deposit of loan repayments, penalties, and other
fees and charges into the State Housing Trust Fund in the State Treasury; providing that expenditures from
the State Housing Fund for administrative and personnel costs are subject to appropriation by the
Legislature; requiring that the interest received on investments of moneys in the State Housing Fund in
excess of the amounts appropriated for the current fiscal year be credited to the State Housing Trust Fund;
creating the Florida Housing Finance Agency within the Department of Economic Opportunity as a state
agency and instrumentality, etc. Effective Date: except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act
shall take effect July 1, 2012.
Budget
03/09/12
Relating to Transportation
Transportation; Transferring control of the Mid-Bay Bridge Authority system to the Florida Turnpike Enterprise;
requiring that specific toll revenue be used for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of certain toll
facilities of the turnpike enterprise; requiring that all revenues collected from the surcharge on certain commercial
motor vehicles and the surcharge on certain license taxes be deposited into the State Transportation Trust Fund and
eliminating the requirement that a portion of such revenues be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; providing
for the Department of Environmental Protection to have exclusive permitting authority for certain activities
associated with the Wekiva Parkway and related transportation facilities, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Rules
03/07/12
Relating to Office of Legislative Services
Office of Legislative Services; Providing for duties related to the registration and reporting of legislative lobbyists
to be conducted by the office rather than the Division of Legislative Information Services within the office;
requiring that certain content relating to the published edition of the Florida Statutes be determined by the office
rather than by the Division of Statutory Revision within the office; requiring that the office, rather than the Division
of Statutory Revision, certify to the Legislature public records and public meetings exemptions that are scheduled
for repeal, etc. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Plakon
03/08/12
Relating to Florida Climate Protection Act
Florida Climate Protection Act; Repeals provisions for cap & trade regulatory program to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions from electric utilities. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to Growth Policy
Diaz
03/06/12
Growth Policy; Terminates Urban Infill & Redevelopment Assistance Grant Program. Effective Date: July
1, 2012
Relating to Community-Based Development
HB 4027
Rouson
03/06/12
Organizations
Community-Based Development Organizations; Repeals provisions relating to Community-Based
Development Organization Act, eligibility of community-based development organizations & eligible
activities for certain grant funding, award of grants by former DCA, & reporting of certain information by
grant recipients to former DCA. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB 4039 Relating to Recreation and Parks
Porter
03/06/12
Recreation and Parks: Repeals provisions relating to recreation centers, use & acquisition of land, &
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HB 4047
HB 4061
HB 4075
HB 4077
HB
4123
equipment & maintenance; supervision; playground & recreation boards; cooperation with other units &
boards; gifts, grants, devises, & bequests; issuance of bonds; petition for referendum; resolution or
ordinance providing for recreation system; tax levy; payment of expenses & custody of funds; & duties &
functions of Division of Recreation & Parks of DEP. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Bernard
03/07/12
Relating to Judicial Census Commissions
Judicial Census Commissions: Repeals provisions relating to judicial census commissions. Effective Date: July 1,
2012
Bernard
03/09/12
Relating to Uniform Home Grading Scale
Uniform Home Grading Scale: Repeals provisions relating to required adoption by Financial Services Commission
of uniform home grading scale to grade ability of home to withstand wind load from tropical storms or hurricanes.
Roberson
03/05/12
Relating to Charlotte County
Charlotte County; Repeals special act relating to county Animal Control Agency & animal control in county.
Metz
03/08/12
Relating to Actions for Damages
Actions for Damages: Repeals provisions relating to optional settlement conference in certain tort actions. Effective
Relating to Federal Environmental Permitting Burgin
03/01/12
Federal Environmental Permitting: Repeals provisions directing DEP to file specified reports with Speaker of the
House of Representatives & President of the Senate & to coordinate with Florida Congressional Delegation on
certain matters. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to Repeal of Health Insurance
HB 4139
Brodeur
03/06/12
Provisions
Repeal of Health Insurance Provisions: Deletes requirement that Florida Health Insurance Plan's board of directors
annually report to Governor & Legislature concerning Florida Health Insurance Plan; deletes redundant language
making implementation of plan by board contingent upon certain appropriations; deletes requirement that OIR of
DFS annually report to Governor & Legislature concerning Small Employers Access Program. Effective Date: July
1, 2012
HB
Relating to Continuing Education for Athletic
Hudson
03/06/12
4163
Trainers and Massage Therapists
Continuing Education for Athletic Trainers and Massage Therapists: Repeals provisions relating to requirement
for athletic trainers & massage therapists to complete continuing education on modes of transmission, infection
control procedures, clinical management, & prevention of human immunodeficiency virus & acquired immune
deficiency syndrome. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB 4175 Relating to Palm Beach County
Rooney, Jr.
03/05/12
Palm Beach County; Repeals special act relating to rabies vaccination & licensing & regulation of animals in
county. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
HB 5001 Relating to Appropriations
Appropriations Committee
03/09/12
Appropriations: Provides moneys for annual period beginning July 1, 2012, & ending June 30, 2013, to pay
salaries, & other expenses, capital outlay - buildings, & other improvements, & for other specified purposes of
various agencies of state government. Effective Date: July 1, 2012, or upon becoming law, whichever occurs
later; however, if this act becomes law after July 1, 2012, then it shall operate retroactively to July 1, 2012
HB 5005 Relating to Retirement
03/09/12
Retirement; Revises employer contributions for members of FRS who are employees of public community
colleges or charter technical career centers sponsored by public community colleges on certain date; revises
employer contributions for members of Senior Management Service Class of FRS on certain date; revises
employer contributions for members of optional retirement program for State University System on certain date;
revises required employer retirement contribution rates for members of each membership class & subclass of
FRS; revises allocations from FRS Contributions Clearing Trust Fund to investment plan member accounts on
certain date; revises employer contributions for members of State Community College System Optional
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HB 5007
HB 5009
HB 5011
HB 5101
HB 5103
HB 5201
HB
5203
Retirement Program on certain date; provides that act fulfills important state interest. Effective Date: July 1,
2012
03/09/12
Relating to State Employees
State Employees: Provides for resolution of collective bargaining issues at impasse between State of Florida &
certified bargaining units for state employees pursuant to specified instructions. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to Health Insurance Benefits for State
03/09/12
Employees
Health Insurance Benefits for State Employees; Provides for state's monthly contribution for employees under state
group insurance program; revises conditions under which pharmacies are provided reimbursement for prescription
medicines that are dispensed to members of state group health insurance plan under state employees' prescription
drug program; authorizes DMS to implement supply limit program for certain maintenance drugs; reenacts
provisions specifying copayment amounts for state employees' prescription drug program. Effective Date: July 1,
2012
03/09/12
Relating to State Information Technology
State Information Technology: Creates Agency for State Technology (AST); abolishes Agency for Enterprise
Information Technology & transfers its records, property, funds, trust funds, administrative authority & rules,
pending issues, & existing contracts to AST; nullifies specified rules relating to enterprise e-mail service; revises
provisions for consolidation of agency computing facilities into primary data centers system; revises provisions
relating to state data center system; provides duties of AST; revises duties of state agencies. Effective Date: July 1,
2012
Relating to Prekindergarten through Grade 12
PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
03/09/12
Education Funding
Prekindergarten through Grade 12 Education Funding: Deletes provisions that authorize DOE to provide
equipment, funds, & other services to extend & update educational radio systems; provides requirements relating to
student enrollment reporting & funding under VPK Program; revises provisions relating to calculations for
reducing school district's class size categorical allocation when class size requirements are not met; deletes
restriction relating to amount of capital outlay millage that may be used to fund payments for educational facilities
& sites due under certain lease-purchase agreements. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
03/09/12
Relating to School Readiness Programs
School Readiness Programs; Revises number of early learning coalitions (ELCs) & minimum number of children
that each coalition must serve; deletes certain provisions related to merger of ELCs; revises provisions related to
school readiness plans; deletes provisions for establishment of payment rates & sliding fee scales by ELCs; revises
eligibility criteria for enrollment of children in school readiness program & priorities by which children are
enrolled; provides for allocation of school readiness funds as specified in GAA & deletes provisions for
establishment of allocation formula by OEL; limits expenditures for administrative activities, quality activities, &
nondirect services; provides for payment of school readiness providers according to calculations of payment rates
& sliding fee scales specified in GAA; deletes provision relating to applicability of provisions that conflict with
federal requirements; prohibits school readiness providers & parents from knowingly submitting false information
related to child eligibility for & child attendance of school readiness program; revises provisions for calculation of
prevailing market rate schedule. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Higher Education Appropriations
03/09/12
Relating to Postsecondary Education Funding
Subcommittee
PPostsecondary Education Funding; Provides for transfer & restricts transfer of certain state university funds;
creates Florida Virtual Campus to provide access to online student & library support services & serve as resource &
clearinghouse for technology-based public postsecondary education distance learning courses & degree programs;
provides for pilot project to recruit, recover, & retain adult learners; revises provisions relating to payment for
excess credit hours; revises provisions relating to Bright Futures Scholarship Program eligibility & award amounts;
revises provisions relating to Florida Education Fund, various financial assistance programs, & remuneration of
certain postsecondary education employees; revises provisions relating to reporting for funding purposes of certain
coenrolled students. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Higher Education Appropriations
03/09/12
Relating to Reemployment Services
Subcommittee
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Reemployment Services: Repeals provisions relating to reemployment of injured workers; repeals provisions
relating to Workers' Compensation Administration Trust Fund within DOE; terminates trust fund & transfers
balance remaining in, & all revenues of, terminated fund; requires Division of Vocational Rehabilitation within
DOE to pay any outstanding debts or obligations of terminated fund; requires CFO to close out & remove
terminated fund from various state accounting systems; provides when judge of compensation claims may
adjudicate injured employee as permanently & totally disabled; requires employers & carriers to pay additional
training & education temporary total compensation benefits to certain employees. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Health Care Appropriations
HB 5301 Relating to Medicaid Services
03/09/12
Subcommittee
Medicaid Services; Creates, subject to appropriation, an Internet-based system for eligibility determination
for Medicaid & CHIP; requires system to accomplish specified business objectives; requires DCFS to
develop system contingent upon appropriation; requires system to be completed & implemented by specified
dates; requires department to implement governance structure pending implementation of program;
provides for membership & duties of executive steering committee; limits payment for emergency room
services for nonpregnant Medicaid recipient 21 years of age or older; eliminates Medicaid optional coverage
for chiropractic services & podiatric services for Medicaid recipient 21 years of age or older; continues
audited data specified for use in calculating amounts due to hospitals under disproportionate share program,
prohibition against distributing moneys under disproportionate share program for regional perinatal
intensive care centers, authorization for distribution of moneys to certain teaching hospitals under
disproportionate share program, & prohibition against distributing moneys under primary care
disproportionate share program; deletes references to Adult Day Health Care Waiver; expands scope of
home health agency monitoring pilot project & comprehensive care management pilot project; authorizes
AHCA to contract with certain organizations to provide services under federal Program of All-inclusive
Care for the Elderly in specified counties; exempts such organizations from ch. 641, F.S., relating to health
care services programs; authorizes, subject to appropriation, enrollment slots for such program in such
counties. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to Department of Children and
Health Care Appropriations
HB 5303
03/09/12
Family Services
Subcommittee
Department of Children and Family Services; Provides DCF options to provide equivalent savings at FSH
and NEFSH in lieu of outsourcing; Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB 5401 Relating to Juvenile Detention
Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
03/09/12
Juvenile Detention; Provides that detention care, for purposes of provisions relating to shared county & state
responsibility for juvenile detention costs, includes alternatives to secured detention. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB 5403 Relating to State Court Revenues
Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
03/09/12
State Court Revenues: Redirects revenue from filing fees for civil actions in circuit court relating to real property or
mortgage foreclosure from State Courts Revenue Trust Fund to General Revenue Fund. Effective Date: June 1,
2012
Government Operations Appropriations
Relating to One-Stop Business Registration
HB 5501
03/09/12
Subcommittee
Portal
One-Stop Business Registration Portal; Directs DOR to establish One-Stop Business Registration Portal through
which individuals & businesses may submit applications for various licenses, registrations, or permits, file various
documents, or remit payment for various fees to state department or agency; authorizes DOR to contract for
development & maintenance of portal's Internet website; requires certain state departments to cooperate with DOR
in development & implementation of portal; requires DOR to submit annual report to Governor & Legislature on
portal's implementation & expansion; authorizes DOR to provide certain information relative to portal to certain
state departments & agencies & local governments; authorizes DOR to adopt rules; deletes provisions relating to
One-Stop Permitting System of former STO; repeals provisions relating to One-Stop Permitting System Grant
Program & Quick Permitting County Designation Program. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to One-Stop Business Registration
HB 5503
03/09/12
Subcommittee
Clearing Trust Fund
One-Stop Business Registration Clearing Trust Fund; Creates One-Stop Business Registration Portal Clearing Trust
Fund within DOR; provides purpose of trust fund & sources of funds; provides requirement with respect to transfer
& distribution of funds; provides for future review & termination or re-creation of trust fund; provides for
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contingent effect. Effective Date: July 1, 2012, if HB 5501 or similar legislation is adopted in the same legislative
session or an extension thereof and becomes law
HB 5505 Relating to Department of Financial Services
03/09/12
Subcommittee
Department of Financial Services: Redefines term "employee" for purposes of workers' compensation; revises
requirements for submitting notice of election of exemption; revises duties of DFS relating to expiration of
certificates of exemption; expands applicability of requirements relating to certificates of exemption; repeals
provision relating to duty of DFS to make annual report on administration of ch. 440, F.S., Workers' Compensation
Law, to specified officials. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to Department of Management
HB 5507
03/09/12
Subcommittee
Services
Department of Management Services; Revises provisions relating to reimbursement of Department of Management
Services for actual costs of coordinating Florida State Employees' Charitable Campaign; provides for transfer of
funds generated by fees collected for use of DMS's electronic information services from DMS to DFS to support
statewide purchasing operations; establishes amount of transfer; repeals provisions which establish executive
aircraft pool within DMS; terminates Bureau of Aircraft Trust Fund within DMS; provides for disposition of
balances in & revenues of trust fund; prescribes procedures for termination of trust fund; revises expiration date of
provisions governing remission of surcharges for specified criminal offenses & noncriminal moving traffic
violations to DOR to fund state agency law enforcement radio system & provide technical assistance with respect to
statewide systems of regional law enforcement communications; requires contractors of private correctional
facilities to directly reimburse DMS for administration costs. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB 5509 Relating to State Data Center System
03/09/12
Subcommittee
State Data Center System; Revises duties of Agency for Enterprise Information Technology & state agencies
relating to consolidation of agency data centers into primary data centers; revises schedule of consolidations;
revises duties of primary data centers & boards of trustees of such centers; provides that certain administrative
overhead costs require specific appropriation in GAA. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to Department of Business and
HB 5511
03/09/12
Subcommittee
Professional Regulation
Department of Business and Professional Regulation; Creates Division of Drugs, Devices, & Cosmetics within
DBPR; conforms provisions to transfer by s. 27, ch. 2010-161, L.O.F., of regulatory authority for ch. 499, F.S.,
from DOH to DBPR; repeals provisions relating to Florida Drug, Device, & Cosmetic Trust Fund; terminates trust
fund & provides for disposition of balances in & revenues of trust fund; prescribes procedures for termination of
trust fund. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to License to Carry a Concealed
HB 5601
Williams (T)
03/09/12
Weapon or Firearm
License to Carry a Concealed Weapon or Firearm: Reduces specified nonrefundable license fees. Effective
Date: July 1, 2012
HB 5701 Relating to Corporate Income Tax
Finance & Tax Committee
03/09/12
Corporate Income Tax; Changes filing date for estimated tax; provides for future repeal; provides for emergency
rules. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Relating to Environmental Resource
HB 7003
03/06/12
Subcommittee
Permitting
Environmental Resource Permitting; Requires DEP, in coordination with water management districts, to develop
statewide resource permitting rules for activities relating to management & storage of surface waters; preserves
exemption from causes of action under "Bert J. Harris, Jr., Private Property Rights Protection Act"; provides
exemption from Administrative Procedure Act; requires counties, municipalities, & delegated local pollution
control programs to amend ordinances & regulations; provides applicability, effect, & repeal of specified rules;
provides presumption of compliance for certain stormwater management systems; provides exemptions for
specified stormwater management systems & permitted activities. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB 7005 Relating to Official Florida Statutes
Rules & Calendar Committee
02/24/12
Official Florida Statutes: Adopts Florida Statutes 2012 & designates portions thereof that are to constitute official
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law of state; provides that Florida Statutes 2012 shall be effective immediately upon publication; provides that
general laws enacted during 2011 regular session & prior thereto & not included in Florida Statutes 2012 are
repealed; provides that general laws enacted during 2012 regular session are not repealed by this adoption act.
Effective Date: on the 60th day after adjournment sine die of the session of the Legislature in which enacted
HB 7007 Relating to Florida Statutes
02/24/12
Florida Statutes: Deletes provisions that have expired, have become obsolete, have had their effect, have served
their purpose, or have been impliedly repealed or superseded; replaces incorrect cross-references & citations;
corrects grammatical, typographical, & like errors; removes inconsistencies, redundancies, & unnecessary repetition
in statutes; improves clarity of statutes & facilitates their correct interpretation; confirms restoration of provisions
unintentionally omitted from republication in acts of Legislature during amendatory process & removes genderspecific references applicable to human beings from Florida Statutes without substantive change in legal effect.
Effective Date: on the 60th day after adjournment sine die of the session of the Legislature in which enacted
HB 7009 Relating to Florida Statutes
02/24/12
Florida Statutes: Repeals provisions that have become inoperative by noncurrent repeal or expiration & pursuant to
s. 11.242(5)(b) & (i), F.S., may be omitted from 2012 Florida Statutes only through reviser's bill; conforms
provisions. Effective Date: on the 60th day after adjournment sine die of the session of the Legislature in which
enacted
HB
02/24/12
Relating to Florida Statutes
7011
Florida Statutes: Conforms to directive of Legislature in s. 12, ch. 2011-56, Laws of Florida, to prepare reviser's bill
to replace all statutory references to Division of Forestry with term "Florida Forest Service." Effective Date: on the
60th day after adjournment sine die of the session of the Legislature in which enacted
Relating to OGSR/U.S. Census Bureau
HB 7013
Government Operations Subcommittee
03/01/12
Address Information
OGSR/U.S. Census Bureau Address Information; Repeals exemption from public records requirements for U.S.
Census Bureau address information. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Relating to OGSR/Donor Information/Publicly
HB 7015
03/07/12
Owned House Museums
OGSR/Donor Information/Publicly Owned House Museums: Removes from scheduled repeal under Open
Government Sunset Review Act exemption from public records requirements for information that identifies donor
or prospective donor to publicly owned house museums designated by U.S. Dept. of Interior as National Historic
Landmarks. Effective Date: October 1, 2012
Relating to OGSR/Donor Information/Historic
HB 7017
03/02/12
Preservation of City of St. Augustine
OGSR/Donor Information/Historic Preservation of City of St. Augustine: Removes from scheduled repeal under
Open Government Sunset Review Act exemption from public records requirements for information identifying
donor or prospective donor to direct-support organization established to assist University of Florida in historic
preservation of City of St. Augustine. Effective Date: October 1, 2012
Relating to Department of Agriculture and
HB 7021
03/09/12
Subcommittee
Consumer Services
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Establishes Division of Food, Nutrition, & Wellness; renames
& revises jurisdiction of DOACS's Office of Energy & Water; creates Agricultural Fee, Seed, & Fertilizer Advisory
Council; repeals provisions for John A. Mulrennan, Sr., Arthropod Research Laboratory & Florida Agricultural
Exposition; repeals provisions for various councils, including Plant Industry Technical Council, Fertilizer Technical
Council, Seed Technical Council, Commercial Feed Technical Council, & Aquaculture Interagency Coordinating
Council; revises requirements for compensation & reimbursement for per diem & travel expenses of members of
various boards, including advisory bodies, Sturgeon Production Working Group, Private Investigation, Recovery, &
Security Advisory Council, Citrus Research & Development Foundation's board of directors, Soil & Water
Conservation Council, Florida Forestry Council, & Florida State Fair Authority; requires DOACS to perform
certain staff duties & functions related to conservation easements; authorizes DOACS to adopt federal model Food
Code; revises expiration dates of certain provisions regulating fertilizers; revises various provisions related to
mosquito control districts & Florida Coordinating Council, testing of milk or milk products, agricultural commodity
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marketing order assessments, reporting requirements for commercial feed or feedstuff, transportation & sale of
water hyacinths, membership & appointment of Soil & Water Conservation Council, jurisdiction & dissolution of
soil & water conservation districts, jurisdiction to enforce burning regulations, & waiver of aquaculture registration
fees for certain schools; repeals provisions for inspection & vaccination of cattle for brucellosis; & renames
"Wounded Warrior Special Hunt Areas" of state forests. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB
Business & Consumer Affairs
Relating to Regional Workforce Boards
03/08/12
7023
Subcommittee
Regional Workforce Boards: Requires certain funds to be expended on Individual Training Accounts;
revises items that qualify as account expenditures; amends & reenacts provisions relating to restrictions on
use of state & federal funds provided to regional workforce boards & contracts between regional workforce
boards & members of regional workforce boards; provides for maximum board membership; provides
additional membership requirements; authorizes Governor to remove board members for cause; requires
Department of Economic Opportunity to assign staff for performance & compliance review; requires each
board to develop budget for certain purposes, subject to the approval of chief elected official, & submit
budget to Workforce Florida, Inc.; requires Workforce Florida, Inc., to evaluate means to establish single,
statewide workforce-system brand for state; deletes expiration of provision providing that participants in
adult or youth work experience activities are employees of state for purposes of workers' compensation
coverage, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to Fish and Wildlife Conservation
HB 7025
03/07/12
Subcommittee
Commission
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission: Revises requirements for distribution of Florida panther license plate
annual use fees; revises source of funds provided to Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund; authorizes use of
funds from vessel registration fees for specified purposes; eliminates requirement for carryover & distribution of
certain funds; deletes requirements relating to publication of Florida Wildlife Magazine & creation of Florida
Wildlife Magazine Advisory Council; provides conditions under which scuba divers engaging in taking or
attempting to take saltwater products are exempt from certain license & permit requirements; removes limitation for
duration & frequency of issuance of special authorization for supervised hunting; reduces fee amount for soft-shell
blue crab endorsement; adds certain spiny lobster trap violations to offense severity ranking chart of Criminal
Punishment Code. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Business & Consumer Affairs
HB 7027 Relating to Unemployment Compensation
03/08/12
Subcommittee
Unemployment Compensation: Revises provisions to rename "unemployment compensation" as "reemployment
assistance"; renames Unemployment Appeals Commission as Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission;
defines "reemployment assistance"; revises requirements for establishing prima facie evidence of transaction history
& payment; provides scoring requirements relating to initial skills reviews; provides for workforce training for
certain eligible claimants; provides reporting requirements; provides work search requirements for certain
claimants; clarifies how disqualification for benefits for fraud is imposed; readopts & amends provision relating to
temporary extended benefits; provides for retroactive application; establishes temporary state extended benefits for
weeks of unemployment; provides for state extended benefits for certain weeks & periods of high unemployment;
prohibits benefits from being charged to employment record of employer forced to lay off workers as result of
manmade disaster of national significance; provides procedures & application for employee leasing companies'
reporting requirements; revises statute of limitations related to collection of unemployment compensation benefits
overpayments; revises provisions relating to exemption from public records requirements for unemployment
compensation records & reports; provides for severability; provides declaration of important state interest. Effective
Date: July 1, 2012
HB
Relating to Nullification and Repeal of
Rulemaking & Regulation Subcommittee 03/08/12
7029
Administrative Rules
Nullification and Repeal of Administrative Rules; Provides for repeal of administrative rules upon repeal of law
implemented; provides process for summary repeal of administrative rules that are no longer in full force & effect;
nullifies specific administrative rules adopted by Northwest Florida Water Management District, Suwannee River
Water Management District, St. Johns River Water Management District, Southwest Florida Water Management
District, South Florida Water Management District, former Department of Commerce, former Department of Health
& Rehabilitative Services, Health Program Office, former Advisory Council on Intergovernmental Relations, or
former Department of Labor & Employment Security; directs DOH & DOE to initiate necessary rulemaking before
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HB 7033
HB 7035
HB 7037
HB 7039
HB 7041
HB 7043
HB 7049
effective date of specified rule nullifications. Effective Date: 60 days after becoming a law
Relating to OGSR/Personal Injury Protection
03/01/12
and Property Damage Liability Insurance
Policies
OGSR/Personal Injury Protection and Property Damage Liability Insurance Policies: Removes from scheduled
repeal under Open Government Sunset Review Act an exemption from public records requirements for personal
identifying information & policy numbers regarding personal injury protection & property damage liability
insurance policies. Effective Date: October 1, 2012
Relating to OGSR/Physician Workforce
03/01/12
Surveys
OGSR/Physician Workforce Surveys; Removes from scheduled repeal under Open Government Sunset Review Act
exemptions from public records requirements for personal identifying information contained in physician workforce
surveys submitted to DOH by physicians & osteopathic physicians. Effective Date: October 1, 2012
Relating to OGSR/Sunshine State One-Call of
03/01/12
Florida, Inc.
OGSR/Sunshine State One-Call of Florida, Inc.; Saves from scheduled repeal under Open Government Sunset
Review Act an exemption from public records requirements for proprietary confidential business information held
by Sunshine State One-Call of Florida, Inc. Effective Date: October 1, 2012
Transportation & Highway Safety
Relating to Transportation Facility
03/06/12
Subcommittee
Designations
Transportation Facility Designations; Provides honorary designations of various transportation facilities in specified
counties; directs DOT to erect suitable markers; revises designations in specified county. Effective Date: July 1,
2012
Economic Affairs Committee
03/06/12
Relating to Governmental Reorganization
Governmental Reorganization: Establishes Division of Information Technology within DEO; establishes additional
duties of department with respect to processing of state development approvals or permits; corrects references to
agency names & divisions & corrects cross-references to conform to governmental reorganization resulting from
enactment of ch. 2011-142, L.O.F.; makes technical & grammatical changes; deletes provisions that encourage
local governments to adopt countywide marina siting plans & use uniform criteria & standards for marina siting;
corrects reference to number of members of Acquisition & Restoration Council; authorizes EFI to contract with
Visit Florida for management & operation of welcome centers; revises membership of EFI's board of directors &
limits requirement that board members be confirmed by Senate to those members who are appointed by Governor;
replaces obsolete reference to former OTTED; corrects number of grant programs relating to Florida Economic
Reinvestment Initiative; revises membership of board of directors of Space Florida; provides for designation of
chair of board of directors; deletes provisions establishing Space Florida advisory council; repeals provisions
relating to powers & duties of Secretary of Community Affairs & functions of DCA with respect to federal grant-inaid programs; repeals provisions relating to designation of enterprise zones in communities suffering adverse
impacts from adoption of constitutional amendment limiting use of nets to harvest marine species. Effective Date:
upon becoming a law
Relating to Obsolete or Outdated Programs
03/08/12
and Requirements
Obsolete or Outdated Programs and Requirements: Repeals provisions relating to creation & duties of Florida State
Employee Wellness Council, Judah P. Benjamin Memorial at Gamble Plantation Historical Site Advisory Council,
Small Business Regulatory Advisory Council, small business advocate, creation & duties of Statewide Intermodal
Transportation Advisory Council, creation & duties of Health Information Systems Council, developmental
disabilities compact, & Florida Institute for Nuclear Detection & Security; revises provisions relating to rule
adoption by state agencies; requires rules ombudsman in EOG to assume certain duties formerly performed by
Small Business Regulatory Advisory Council; deletes provisions that require OPPAGA, upon request, to conduct
study & issue report to Governor & Legislature regarding impact on small business of certain proposed agency
rules that have been rejected; removes requirement to keep one hand on handlebars while operating bicycle.
Judiciary Committee
03/08/12
Relating to Human Trafficking
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Human Trafficking; Adds violations to jurisdiction of Office of Statewide Prosecution & statewide grand jury;
requires employee of massage establishment & any person performing massage therein to present, upon request of
investigator, valid government identification; provides documentation requirements for operator of massage
establishment; adds additional offenses to list of sexual predator & offender qualifying offenses; creates additional
offenses relating to human trafficking; increases criminal penalties for certain offenses; provides for forfeiture of
property used, attempted to be used, or intended to be used in violation of specified human trafficking provisions;
increases criminal penalty for human smuggling; revises provisions relating to selling or buying of minors into sex
trafficking or prostitution; provides additional authorization for interception of wire, oral, or electronic
communications; ranks offenses on sentencing guidelines chart. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to Rules Establishing Numeric
HB 7051
02/16/12
Nutrient Criteria
Subcommittee
Rules Establishing Numeric Nutrient Criteria: Exempts specified rules from legislative ratification under s.
120.541(3), F.S.; requires DEP to publish certain notice; requires ratification of certain subsequent rules or
amendments; directs department to submit specified rules to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for
review under federal Clean Water Act. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
HB 7055 Relating to Administrative Authority
Administrative Authority; Affirms that Executive Orders 11-72 & 11-211 are consistent with law & public policy of
this state; provides that gubernatorial appointees are generally subject to oversight, direction, & control of
Governor; specifies that agency head who is appointed by & serves at pleasure of Governor remains subject to
supervision, direction, & control of Governor; specifies that certain acts of agency head who serves at pleasure of
appointing authority are official acts, notwithstanding authority of appointing authority to direct & supervise agency
head; provides for removal of duplicative, redundant, or unused rulemaking authority as part of reviser's bill
process; repeals various statutory provisions granting rulemaking authority. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to Acceleration Options in Public
HB 7059
K-20 Innovation Subcommittee
03/07/12
Education
Acceleration Options in Public Education; Provides for Academically Challenging Curriculum to Enhance
Learning (ACCEL) options to provide eligible public school students educational options that provide academically
challenging curriculum or accelerated instruction; requires school district to adopt policy for early graduation;
provides for career-themed courses; revises provisions relating to articulated acceleration mechanisms & dual
enrollment programs; provides requirements for development & contents of school district & Florida College
System institution articulation agreement; requires comprehensive student progression plan to include information
on accelerated educational options; provides reporting requirements for student funding; provides for calculation
of additional FTE membership based on completion of career-themed courses & early graduation. Effective Date:
July 1, 2012
HB 7063 Relating to Digital Learning
K-20 Innovation Subcommittee
03/09/12
Digital Learning; Prohibits person from taking online course or examination on behalf of another person for
compensation & provides penalty; provides that Florida Virtual School may provide part-time instruction for
students in K-12; revises provisions relating to eligibility requirements for virtual instruction & virtual instruction
options; requires additional qualification of virtual instruction program provider to obtain DOE approval; places
restriction on online learning course required for graduation; provides requirements for blended learning courses;
provides responsibilities & requirements for enrollment of exceptional students in Florida Virtual School; provides
eligibility for certain students to participate in interscholastic extracurricular activities; revises definition of FTE
student in virtual instruction programs; provides that full-time virtual instruction programs are eligible to report
student membership in ESOL program for funding purposes. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Community & Military Affairs
HB 7075 Relating to Military Installations
03/06/12
Subcommittee
Military Installations: Authorizes Florida Defense Support Task Force to recommend to Legislature specified
changes in military installations & local governments under Community Planning Act; clarifies & revises
procedures related to exchange of information between military installations & local governments under such act;
revises legislative intent with respect to proposed closure or reuse of military bases; creates Military Base
Protection Program within DEO; provides for use of program funds; revises provisions relating to award of grants
for retention of military installations; eliminates the Florida Economic Reinvestment Initiative; establishes Florida
Defense Reinvestment Grant Program; specifies purposes of program & activities for which grant awards may be
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provided; eliminates the Defense-Related Business Adjustment Program, the Florida Defense Planning Grant
Program, the Florida Defense Implementation Grant Program, the Florida Military Installation Reuse Planning and
Marketing Grant Program, and the Retention of Military Installations Program; transfers functions &
responsibilities of Florida Council on Military Base and Mission Support to Florida Defense Support Task Force;
repeals Florida Council on Military Base and Mission Support; conforms provisions relating to exempt records &
meetings of Council on Military Base and Mission Support; revises provisions relating to Florida Defense Support
Task Force, to conform. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB 7079 Relating to State Retirement
03/08/12
State Retirement: Clarifies definitions of terms "normal retirement date" & "vesting"; authorizes distributions
to certain members who are terminated from employment for 1 calendar month if member has reached normal
retirement date; provides rulemaking authority to DMS & college board of trustees; clarifies provisions related
to prohibition of hardship loans or payments; clarifies that retiree who is reemployed in regularly established
position after certain date may not be enrolled as renewed member; makes conforming changes to DROP
regarding deferral age; provides that benefit for purposes of optional retirement program for State University
System includes certain distribution; clarifies when voluntary contributions may be paid out; specifies that
definition of term "eligible employee" does not include certain members reemployed in regularly established
position; clarifies when benefits may be paid out. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Community & Military Affairs
HB 7081 Relating to Growth Management
03/07/12
Subcommittee
Growth Management: Revises & provides provisions relating to growth management, local government
comprehensive planning, comprehensive plans, state land planning agencies, local planning agencies,
concurrency, interlocal agreements, public facilities reports, etc. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
HB 7087 Relating to Economic Development
03/10/12
Economic Development; Authorizes moneys transferred to board of directors of H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center &
Research Institute to be used to secure financing to pay costs for specified purposes at certain facilities & other
properties; revises payment & distribution of funds in Cigarette Tax Collection Trust Fund; provides sales tax
exemption for electricity used by packinghouses; expands sales tax exemptions on labor, parts, & equipment used in
repairs of certain aircraft; exempts certain items used to manufacture, produce, or modify aircraft & gas turbine
engines & parts; revises condition for exemption for machinery & equipment; revises eligibility for tax credits
under Urban High-Crime Area Job Tax Credit Program; increases amount of income that is exempt from corporate
income tax under certain circumstances; requires taxpayers to submit certain sworn statements to DOR as condition
of receiving exemption; increases amount of income that is exempt from franchise tax imposed on banks & savings
associations under certain circumstances; revises eligibility criteria for certain tax credits authorized under
entertainment industry financial incentive program; revises limits on tax credits that may be claimed by qualified
community development entities under New Markets Development Program; revises restrictions on qualified
community development entity making cash interest payments on certain long-term debt securities; authorizes
designation of enterprise zones in Charlotte & Citrus Counties; authorizes DOR to adopt emergency rules. Effective
Date: July 1, 2012
HB 7095 Relating to Clerks of Court
Judiciary Committee
03/08/12
Clerks of Court: Authorizes rather than requires clerk to review records to determine whether applicant for
public defender is indigent; requires clerks to use specified system & submit data based on designated case
types; revises provisions relating to fees to reopen proceedings; requires clerk to pursue collection of fees;
authorizes charge for electronic certified copy of summons; requires rescheduling fee if sale of property is
rescheduled by plaintiff; revises provisions relating to juries; provides that action to collect court costs or
fines owed to state may be commenced at any time; requires clerk to notify Commission on Ethics of certain
proceedings; requires state agencies that issue business or professional licenses to obtain information relating
to criminal convictions of licensees; authorizes court to require defendant to pay costs pursuant to payment
plan; provides that judgment & related costs are civil lien against real or personal property if judgment
recorded; requires, as condition of parole, payment of fines, fees, or other court-ordered costs; revises
provisions relating to suspension, revocation, & reinstatement of professional licenses due to convictions for
certain criminal offenses. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB 7097 Relating to Administration of Property Taxes Finance & Tax Committee
03/09/12
Administration of Property Taxes: Revises definitions of terms "assessed value of property" & "complete
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HB 7099
HB 7103
HB 7105
HB 7107
submission of the rolls"; provides that taxpayer has right to have hearing before value adjustment board
rescheduled if hearing is not commenced within certain period after scheduled time; deletes provisions
requiring that tax collector report amounts of deferred tax liability to DOR; provides for designation of
ownership share to be attributed to persons who abandon homestead property for purposes of determining
assessed value of newly established homestead; requires ad valorem tax exemptions be applied in certain
order; authorizes applicant for ad valorem tax exemption or discount available to specified persons to apply
for exemption or discount before receiving certain documentation from Federal Government; authorizes
DOR to provide certain forms electronically; provides that property of municipality is exempt from ad
valorem taxation under specified circumstances; provides for reversion of funds appropriated to offset
reductions in ad valorem tax revenue to fiscally constrained county if county fails to apply for distribution of
funds. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
03/09/12
Relating to Tax Administration
Tax Administration: Revises rate calculation procedures for tax on severance of phosphate rock; revises distribution
for tax on severance of phosphate rock; subjects dealer to monetary & criminal penalties for failure to collect taxes
or fees; deletes provisions relating to imposition of criminal penalties by DOR of requirements to register or collect
taxes; revises penalties for making false or fraudulent return with intent to evade payment of tax; authorizes DOR to
adopt rules for deposit of cash, bond, or other security; revises due date for funds collected by clerks of court;
provides retroactive application; subjects person to criminal penalties & monetary penalties for actions involving
automated sales suppression device, zapper, or phantom-ware; defines sales suppression devices & phantom-ware
as contraband; redefines term "qualified capital expenditures"; authorizes DHSMV to release photographs or digital
images to DOR to identify individuals for purposes of tax administration; revises date when imposition of ninthcent fuel tax will be levied; revises date when impositions & rate changes of local option fuel tax shall be levied;
imposes requirement on employers to produce records for DEO or its tax collection service provider as prerequisite
for reduction in rate of unemployment tax; provides for calculating interest rate for past due contributions &
reimbursements, & delinquent, erroneous, incomplete, or insufficient reports. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to OGSR/Florida Opportunity Fund
03/01/12
and Institute for the Commercialization of
Public Research
OGSR/Florida Opportunity Fund and Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research; Reorganizes
exemptions from public record & open meeting requirements for Florida Opportunity Fund & Institute for the
Commercialization of Public Research; removes references to institute & relocates institute's exemptions in new
statute; saves exemptions from repeal under Open Government Sunset Review Act & removes scheduled repeal
thereof; provides exemptions from public record & open meeting requirements for Institute for the
Commercialization of Public Research; provides exemption from public record requirements for materials relating
to methods of manufacturing, trade secrets, patents, & research by universities or other publically supported
organizations, materials supplied by proprietor, information that would identify investors or potential investors, &
information that is confidential & exempt under other laws; provides exemption from public meeting requirements
for portions of meetings of institute's board of directors at which confidential & exempt information is discussed;
provides exemption from public record requirements for transcripts & minutes of exempt portions of meetings of
institute's board of directors. Effective Date: October 1, 2012
Relating to OGSR/Florida Workers'
03/09/12
Compensation Joint Underwriting Association, Government Operations Subcommittee
Inc.
OGSR/Florida Workers' Compensation Joint Underwriting Association, Inc.: Removes from scheduled repeal under
Open Government Sunset Review Act exemption from public records requirements for certain records held by
Florida Workers' Compensation Joint Underwriting Association, Inc., & exemption from public meetings
requirements for certain meetings of association's board of governors, or subcommittee of association's board;
clarifies that public record exemption applies to medical information relating to medical condition or medical status
of individual. Effective Date: October 1, 2012
Relating to OGSR/Consumer Complaints and
03/06/12
Inquiries
OGSR/Consumer Complaints and Inquiries: Eliminates scheduled repeal under Open Government Sunset Review
Act of exemption from public records requirements for certain records relating to consumer complaints & inquiries
regarding matters or activities regulated under Florida Insurance Code or Employee Assistance & Ombudsman
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Office within DFS; provides additional exception to exemption. Effective Date: October 1, 2012
HB 7109 Relating to OGSR/Lifeline Assistance Plan
03/09/12
OGSR/Lifeline Assistance Plan: Eliminates scheduled repeal under Open Government Sunset Review Act of
exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying information of Lifeline Assistance Plan
participants; provides penalty for intentional disclosure of confidential & exempt information by officer or
employee of PSC. Effective Date: October 1, 2012
HB 7111 Relating to OGSR/Unclaimed Property
03/08/12
OGSR/Unclaimed Property; Removes exception to exemption from public records requirements for social security
numbers & property identifiers contained in reports of unclaimed property; provides for future legislative review &
repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Relating to OGSR/Economic Development
HB 7115
Government Operations Subcommittee 03/08/12
Agencies
OGSR/Economic Development Agencies: Saves from scheduled repeal under Open Government Sunset
Review Act public record exemptions for information held by economic development agencies; saves from
repeal exemption concerning plans, intentions, or interests of private corporation, partnership, or person to
locate, relocate, or expand any of its business activities in this state; provides that exemption applies if
request for confidentiality is made before economic incentive agreement is signed; specifies time period
during which information remains confidential & exempt when final project order for signed economic
development agreement is issued; saves from repeal exemption for trade secrets, exemption for proprietary
confidential business information, exemption for identification, account, & registration numbers & sales,
wage, & tax data relating to recipient of economic development incentive, & exemption for information held
pursuant to administration of economic incentive program; provides that taxes paid by businesses
participating in economic incentive program may be disclosed in aggregate; specifies duration of period in
which certain information held by economic development agency relating to specific business participating in
economic development program remains confidential & exempt. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
HB 7117 Relating to Energy
Energy & Utilities Subcommittee
03/10/12
Energy: Requires utilities' 10-year site plans to address existing & proposed renewable energy production and
purchases; provides for portion of proceeds of local government infrastructure surtax to be used to provide loans,
grants, & rebates to residential or commercial property owners who make energy efficiency improvements to their
residential or commercial property, subject to referendum; reestablishes corporate tax credit for certain costs related
to renewable energy technologies; directs DMS in coordination with DOACS to further develop state energy
management plan. APPROPRIATION: $250,000 Effective Date: July 1, 2012
HB 7121 Relating to Ratification of Rules
Ratification of Rules; Ratifies specified rule for sole & exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on
effectiveness pursuant to s. 120.541(3), F.S., which requires ratification of any rule meeting any of specified
thresholds for likely adverse impact or increase in regulatory costs. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Relating to Exemptions from Local Business
HB 7125
Economic Affairs Committee
03/08/12
Taxes
Exemptions from Local Business Taxes; Specifies individual licensed & operating as broker associate or sales
associate is not required to apply for exemption from local business tax or take actions relating to local business tax;
prohibits local governing authority from holding exempt individual liable for failure of principal or employer to
comply with obligations related to local business tax or from requiring exempt individual to take actions related to
local business tax; prohibits local governing authority from requiring principal or employer to provide personal or
contact information for exempt individuals in order to obtain local business tax receipt. Effective Date: October 1,
2012
Relating to School Improvement and Education
HB 7127
Education Committee
03/09/12
Accountability
School Improvement and Education Accountability: Revises provisions relating to implementation of public school
improvement, including use of school improvement plans, corrective actions, intervention & support strategies, &
school turnaround options; revises provisions relating to school grading system. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Relating to State Universities of Academic and
HB 7129
Education Committee
03/08/12
Research Excellence and National Preeminence
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State Universities of Academic and Research Excellence and National Preeminence; Establishes collaborative
partnership between BOG & Legislature to elevate academic & research excellence & national preeminence of
highest-performing state research universities; authorizes state research university that meets specified standards to
establish student tuition & fees at differentiated & market rates; specifies requirements relating to debt service
obligations; establishes procedures to obtain budget authorization for FY 2012-2013; establishes procedures for
institutional legislative budget requests for tuition & fee increases; authorizes state universities of national
preeminence to establish required courses for certain students. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Relating to Relief/Irving Hoffman and
HB 7131
Judiciary Committee
03/09/12
Marjorie Weiss/City of Tallahassee
Relief/Irving Hoffman and Marjorie Weiss/City of Tallahassee: Provides for relief of Irving Hoffman & Marjorie
Weiss, parents of Rachel Hoffman, deceased, individually & as co-personal representatives of Estate of Rachel
Hoffman, by City of Tallahassee; provides appropriation to compensate them for wrongful death of their daughter,
Rachel Hoffman, who was murdered while serving as confidential informant for Tallahassee Police Dept. Effective
HB 7135 Relating to Postsecondary Education
Education Committee
03/07/12
Postsecondary Education; Provides requirements for planning for system & institution goals & objectives; requires
unified state plan to improve STEM education; authorizes BOG to waive or modify regulations or fee requirements
or to modify or revoke certain powers or duties; revises general education course requirements; deletes exemption
from State Board of Education approval of certain Florida College System baccalaureate degree programs; requires
BOG to rank state universities that apply for performance funding & authorizes awards; requires DEO to prepare
economic security report of employment & earning outcomes for degrees or certificates earned at public
postsecondary institutions. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Relating to Joint Session to Receive Governor's
HB 8001
Aubuchon
01/10/12
Message
Joint Session to Receive Governor's Message: Provides that House of Representatives & Senate convene in
Joint Session for purpose of receiving message from Governor. Effective Date: Not Specified
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Agenda Item
Date of Meeting:
May 21, 2012
Date Submitted:
May 15, 2012
To:
Members of the Wakulla County Board of County Commissioners
From:
Subject:
Requesting Board Direction on Tax Initiatives
______________________________________________________________________________
Statement of Issue:
This agenda item request Board direction on tax initiatives for the upcoming ballot in 2012.
Background:
Wakulla 2020 Advisory Committee
On March 19, 2012, the BOCC adopted the Wakulla 2020 Advisory Committee. The Wakulla 2020
Committee’s responsibility is to review and prioritize proposed projects included in the town plan,
make recommendations to the BOCC as to the priority of such projects and to identify other needed
transportation projects throughout the County. This group has identified a half-cent sales tax that
would be available to fund these identified transportation projects if approved by referendum.
It has been recommended by the Wakulla County Chamber of Commerce that Wakulla County
place this half-cent sales tax referendum on the ballot and allow the citizens to decide if they
support this effort or not.
Children Services Council
On April 12, 2012 the BOCC held a Workshop allowing the Children Services Council (CSC) to
educate the Board and the public of their services. Wakulla County citizens often express concerns
for more activities and programs for our youth. One of the major impediments for more activities for
youth is funding. One source of funding that the state has provided for counties is a special district
known as a Children’s Services Council. A Children's Services Council (CSC) is a countywide
special district created by County ordinance. If approved by the voters, a property tax can be levied
against all property within the district to fund programs and services that improve the lives of
children and their families. During the Workshop, the CSC discussed placing a property tax
referendum on the ballot to fund such programs.
Subsequently, there was concern with having two referendums on the 2012 ballot. Concerns were
also expressed about the potential for either of these new taxes to negatively impact the chance of
having the County’s existing sales tax renewed in 2014.
Agenda Request: Requesting Board Direction on Tax Initiatives
May 21, 2012
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One-Cent Local Option Sales Tax
This is an existing sales tax for which goes to public safety, transportation and roads, public
facilities and parks and recreation. The County’s one-cent sales tax is scheduled to expire in
2017, and staff was planning to put this tax on the 2014 ballot for possible renewal.
Analysis:
In order for staff to pursue ballot language, staff is requesting Board direction as to which citizen led
tax initiatives should appear on the 2012 ballot.
• Wakulla 2020 Half-Cent Sales Tax
• CSC Ad Valorem Tax (amount to be determined by the BOCC)
• One-cent Sales Tax (Staff Recommends to be placed on the 2014 Ballot)
In addition, after selecting the tax to appear on the 2012 ballot, staff requests direction as to the
remaining tax initiatives that may be considered on future ballots.
Options:
1.
Board direction.
Agenda Request
Date of Meeting:
May 21, 2012
Date Submitted:
May 8, 2012
To:
From:
Mike Stewart, County Commissioner
Subject:
Request Board Approval to Direct Staff to Develop an Ordinance and Ballot
Summary for an Economic Development Ad Valorem Tax Exemption
Program
Statement of Issue:
This agenda item requests Board approval to direct staff to develop an ordinance and ballot summary
for an Economic Development Ad Valorem Tax Exemption Program for Wakulla County.
Background:
An economic development ad valorem tax exemption program is an economic incentive program
designed to encourage new businesses to relocate in the county and existing businesses to expand
and create new job opportunities for county residents.
PROCEDURES
Economic development ad valorem tax exemptions can be granted to qualifying new and expanding
businesses in Wakulla County, but only after the voters of the county vote in a referendum to allow
the County to grant such exemptions. Such referendum can only be called once in any 12-month
period.
Section 196.1995, F.S., requires that a referendum be held if:
1. The Board of County Commissioners of Wakulla County (“Board”) votes to hold
such a referendum, or
2. If the County receives a petition signed by 10% of the registered voters of the county.
Once exemptions are authorized by a referendum vote, new and expanding Wakulla County
businesses can apply to the County for an ad valorem tax exemption. In order to be eligible for an
Agenda Request: Request Board Approval to Direct Staff to Develop an Ordinance and Ballot
Summary for an Economic Development Ad Valorem Tax Exemption Program
May 21, 2012
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exemption, a business must first meet the definition of either a new or expanding business as stated
in Subsections 196.012(15) and (16), F.S. If a business meets one of these definitions as a new or
expanding business, it is eligible to file a written application with the BOCC. The BOCC must then
submit the application to the Property Appraiser for review. The Property Appraiser is required to
file a report with the BOCC as to the fiscal impact of granting the exemption. Upon receiving the
report, the BOCC shall schedule a public hearing to determine whether to adopt an ordinance
granting the requested exemption.
The authority to grant exemptions expires 10 years after the date of referendum, but may be renewed
for subsequent 10-year periods if each 10-year period renewal is approved in a referendum.
WHICH TAXES MAY BE EXEMPT?
Exemptions may be provided for county ad valorem taxes on the assessed value of improvements to
real property and on tangible personal property attributable to the expansion. The land on which the
new or expanding business is to be located will still be taxed.
A business cannot receive exemption from school taxes or water management district taxes. Also a
business must pay taxes that were voted by the voters of the county to pay for bond issues and other
special tax levies authorized by the voters of the county.
Analysis:
This item requests that the BOCC direct staff to develop the necessary ordinance and ballot language
to put this matter on the November 2012 ballot. If approved, an Economic Development Ad
Valorem Property Tax Exemption could become a critical tool for the county to attract new business
and to encourage expansion of our existing businesses. This will translate into greater jobs and
economic opportunities for our residents.
In the interest of time, this item is also requesting authority for staff to schedule a public hearing and
advertise the ordinance for a public hearing before this board.
Budgetary Impact:
Unknown.
Options:
1. Direct Staff to Develop an Ordinance and Ballot Summary for an Economic Development Ad
Valorem Tax Exemption Program and Authorize Staff to Schedule and Advertise a Public
Hearing on this Matter
Agenda Request: Request Board Approval to Direct Staff to Develop an Ordinance and Ballot
Summary for an Economic Development Ad Valorem Tax Exemption Program
May 21, 2012
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2. Do not Direct Staff to Develop an Ordinance and Ballot Summary for an Economic
Development Ad Valorem Tax Exemption Program
3. Board direction
Recommendation:
Option #1
Attachment(s):
1.
Section 196.1995, F.S.
2.
Sections 196.012(15) and (16), F.S
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TITLE 14. TAXATION AND FINANCE (Chs. 192-221)
CHAPTER 196. EXEMPTION
GO TO FLORIDA STATUTES ARCHIVE DIRECTORY
Fla. Stat. § 196.012 (2012)
Legislative Alert: LEXSEE 2012 Fl. ALS 5 -- See section 20.
§ 196.012. Definitions
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms are defined as follows, except where the context clearly indicates
otherwise:
(1) "Exempt use of property" or "use of property for exempt purposes" means predominant or exclusive use of
property owned by an exempt entity for educational, literary, scientific, religious, charitable, or governmental purposes,
as defined in this chapter.
(2) "Exclusive use of property" means use of property solely for exempt purposes. Such purposes may include
more than one class of exempt use.
(3) "Predominant use of property" means use of property for exempt purposes in excess of 50 percent but less
than exclusive.
(4) "Use" means the exercise of any right or power over real or personal property incident to the ownership of the
property.
(5) "Educational institution" means a federal, state, parochial, church, or private school, college, or university
conducting regular classes and courses of study required for eligibility to certification by, accreditation to, or membership in the State Department of Education of Florida, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, or the Florida
Council of Independent Schools; a nonprofit private school the principal activity of which is conducting regular classes
and courses of study accepted for continuing postgraduate dental education credit by a board of the Division of Medical
Quality Assurance; educational direct-support organizations created pursuant to ss. 1001.24, 1004.28, and 1004.70; facilities located on the property of eligible entities which will become owned by those entities on a date certain; and institutions of higher education, as defined under and participating in the Higher Educational Facilities Financing Act.
(6) Governmental, municipal, or public purpose or function shall be deemed to be served or performed when the
lessee under any leasehold interest created in property of the United States, the state or any of its political subdivisions,
or any municipality, agency, special district, authority, or other public body corporate of the state is demonstrated to
perform a function or serve a governmental purpose which could properly be performed or served by an appropriate
governmental unit or which is demonstrated to perform a function or serve a purpose which would otherwise be a valid
subject for the allocation of public funds. For purposes of the preceding sentence, an activity undertaken by a lessee
which is permitted under the terms of its lease of real property designated as an aviation area on an airport layout plan
which has been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration and which real property is used for the administration,
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operation, business offices and activities related specifically thereto in connection with the conduct of an aircraft full
service fixed base operation which provides goods and services to the general aviation public in the promotion of air
commerce shall be deemed an activity which serves a governmental, municipal, or public purpose or function. Any activity undertaken by a lessee which is permitted under the terms of its lease of real property designated as a public airport as defined in s. 332.004(14) by municipalities, agencies, special districts, authorities, or other public bodies corporate and public bodies politic of the state, a spaceport as defined in s. 331.303, or which is located in a deepwater port
identified in s. 403.021(9)(b) and owned by one of the foregoing governmental units, subject to a leasehold or other
possessory interest of a nongovernmental lessee that is deemed to perform an aviation, airport, aerospace, maritime, or
port purpose or operation shall be deemed an activity that serves a governmental, municipal, or public purpose. The use
by a lessee, licensee, or management company of real property or a portion thereof as a convention center, visitor center, sports facility with permanent seating, concert hall, arena, stadium, park, or beach is deemed a use that serves a
governmental, municipal, or public purpose or function when access to the property is open to the general public with or
without a charge for admission. If property deeded to a municipality by the United States is subject to a requirement that
the Federal Government, through a schedule established by the Secretary of the Interior, determine that the property is
being maintained for public historic preservation, park, or recreational purposes and if those conditions are not met the
property will revert back to the Federal Government, then such property shall be deemed to serve a municipal or public
purpose. The term "governmental purpose" also includes a direct use of property on federal lands in connection with the
Federal Government's Space Exploration Program or spaceport activities as defined in s. 212.02(22). Real property and
tangible personal property owned by the Federal Government or Space Florida and used for defense and space exploration purposes or which is put to a use in support thereof shall be deemed to perform an essential national governmental
purpose and shall be exempt. "Owned by the lessee" as used in this chapter does not include personal property, buildings, or other real property improvements used for the administration, operation, business offices and activities related
specifically thereto in connection with the conduct of an aircraft full service fixed based operation which provides goods
and services to the general aviation public in the promotion of air commerce provided that the real property is designated as an aviation area on an airport layout plan approved by the Federal Aviation Administration. For purposes of determination of "ownership," buildings and other real property improvements which will revert to the airport authority or
other governmental unit upon expiration of the term of the lease shall be deemed "owned" by the governmental unit and
not the lessee. Providing two-way telecommunications services to the public for hire by the use of a telecommunications
facility, as defined in s. 364.02(14), and for which a certificate is required under chapter 364 does not constitute an exempt use for purposes of s. 196.199, unless the telecommunications services are provided by the operator of a publicuse airport, as defined in s. 332.004, for the operator's provision of telecommunications services for the airport or its
tenants, concessionaires, or licensees, or unless the telecommunications services are provided by a public hospital.
(7) "Charitable purpose" means a function or service which is of such a community service that its discontinuance
could legally result in the allocation of public funds for the continuance of the function or service. It is not necessary
that public funds be allocated for such function or service but only that any such allocation would be legal.
(8) "Hospital" means an institution which possesses a valid license granted under chapter 395 on January 1 of the
year for which exemption from ad valorem taxation is requested.
(9) "Nursing home" or "home for special services" means an institution which possesses a valid license under
chapter 400 on January 1 of the year for which exemption from ad valorem taxation is requested.
(10) "Gross income" means all income from whatever source derived, including, but not limited to, the following
items, whether actually owned by or received by, or not received by but available to, any person or couple: earned income, income from investments, gains derived from dealings in property, interest, rents, royalties, dividends, annuities,
income from retirement plans, pensions, trusts, estates and inheritances, and direct and indirect gifts. Gross income specifically does not include payments made for the medical care of the individual, return of principal on the sale of a
home, social security benefits, or public assistance payments payable to the person or assigned to an organization designated specifically for the support or benefit of that person.
(11) "Totally and permanently disabled person" means a person who is currently certified by two licensed physicians of this state who are professionally unrelated, by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its predecessor, or by the Social Security Administration, to be totally and permanently disabled.
(12) "Couple" means a husband and wife legally married under the laws of any state or territorial possession of
the United States or of any foreign country.
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(13) "Real estate used and owned as a homestead" means real property to the extent provided in s. 6(a), Art. VII
of the State Constitution, but less any portion thereof used for commercial purposes, with the title of such property being recorded in the official records of the county in which the property is located. Property rented for more than 6
months is presumed to be used for commercial purposes.
(14) "Renewable energy source device" or "device" means any of the following equipment which, when installed
in connection with a dwelling unit or other structure, collects, transmits, stores, or uses solar energy, wind energy, or
energy derived from geothermal deposits:
(a) Solar energy collectors.
(b) Storage tanks and other storage systems, excluding swimming pools used as storage tanks.
(c) Rockbeds.
(d) Thermostats and other control devices.
(e) Heat exchange devices.
(f) Pumps and fans.
(g) Roof ponds.
(h) Freestanding thermal containers.
(i) Pipes, ducts, refrigerant handling systems, and other equipment used to interconnect such systems; however,
conventional backup systems of any type are not included in this definition.
(j) Windmills.
(k) Wind-driven generators.
(l) Power conditioning and storage devices that use wind energy to generate electricity or mechanical forms of
energy.
(m) Pipes and other equipment used to transmit hot geothermal water to a dwelling or structure from a geothermal deposit.
(15) "New business" means:
(a) 1. A business or organization establishing 10 or more new jobs to employ 10 or more full-time employees in
this state, paying an average wage for such new jobs that is above the average wage in the area, which principally engages in any one or more of the following operations:
a. Manufactures, processes, compounds, fabricates, or produces for sale items of tangible personal property
at a fixed location and which comprises an industrial or manufacturing plant; or
b. Is a target industry business as defined in s. 288.106(2)(t);
2. A business or organization establishing 25 or more new jobs to employ 25 or more full-time employees in
this state, the sales factor of which, as defined by s. 220.15(5), for the facility with respect to which it requests an economic development ad valorem tax exemption is less than 0.50 for each year the exemption is claimed; or
3. An office space in this state owned and used by a business or organization newly domiciled in this state;
provided such office space houses 50 or more full-time employees of such business or organization; provided that such
business or organization office first begins operation on a site clearly separate from any other commercial or industrial
operation owned by the same business or organization.
(b) Any business or organization located in an enterprise zone or brownfield area that first begins operation on a
site clearly separate from any other commercial or industrial operation owned by the same business or organization.
(c) A business or organization that is situated on property annexed into a municipality and that, at the time of
the annexation, is receiving an economic development ad valorem tax exemption from the county under s. 196.1995.
(16) "Expansion of an existing business" means:
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(a) 1. A business or organization establishing 10 or more new jobs to employ 10 or more full-time employees in
this state, paying an average wage for such new jobs that is above the average wage in the area, which principally engages in any of the operations referred to in subparagraph (15)(a)1.; or
2. A business or organization establishing 25 or more new jobs to employ 25 or more full-time employees in
this state, the sales factor of which, as defined by s. 220.15(5), for the facility with respect to which it requests an economic development ad valorem tax exemption is less than 0.50 for each year the exemption is claimed; provided that
such business increases operations on a site located within the same county, municipality, or both colocated with a
commercial or industrial operation owned by the same business or organization under common control with the same
business or organization, resulting in a net increase in employment of not less than 10 percent or an increase in productive output or sales of not less than 10 percent.
(b) Any business or organization located in an enterprise zone or brownfield area that increases operations on a
site located within the same zone or area colocated with a commercial or industrial operation owned by the same business or organization under common control with the same business or organization.
(17) "Permanent resident" means a person who has established a permanent residence as defined in subsection
(18).
(18) "Permanent residence" means that place where a person has his or her true, fixed, and permanent home and
principal establishment to which, whenever absent, he or she has the intention of returning. A person may have only one
permanent residence at a time; and, once a permanent residence is established in a foreign state or country, it is presumed to continue until the person shows that a change has occurred.
(19) "Enterprise zone" means an area designated as an enterprise zone pursuant to s. 290.0065. This subsection
expires on the date specified in s. 290.016 for the expiration of the Florida Enterprise Zone Act.
(20) "Ex-servicemember" means any person who has served as a member of the United States Armed Forces on
active duty or state active duty, a member of the Florida National Guard, or a member of the United States Reserve
Forces.
HISTORY: S. 1, ch. 71-133; s. 1, ch. 72-367; s. 1, ch. 73-340; s. 14, ch. 74-234; s. 13, ch. 76-234; s. 1, ch. 77-447; s. 6,
ch. 80-163; s. 1, ch. 80-347; s. 2, ch. 81-219; s. 85, ch. 81-259; s. 9, ch. 82-119; s. 29, ch. 84-356; s. 1, ch. 88-102; s.
45, ch. 91-45; s. 87, ch. 91-112; s. 1, ch. 91-121; s. 1, ch. 91-196; s. 3, ch. 92-167; s. 58, ch. 92-289; s. 9, ch. 93-132;
s. 3, ch. 93-233; s. 61, ch. 93-268; s. 67, ch. 94-136; ss. 59, 66, ch. 94-353; s. 1472, ch. 95-147; s. 4, ch. 95-404; s. 3,
ch. 97-197; s. 25, ch. 97-255; s. 2, ch. 97-294; s. 109, ch. 99-251; s. 11, ch. 99-256; s. 29, ch. 2001-79; s. 2, ch.
2002-183; s. 907, ch. 2002-387; s. 20, ch. 2003-32; s. 1, ch. 2005-42; s. 20, ch. 2005-132; s. 17, ch. 2005-287; s. 52,
ch. 2006-60, eff. May 30, 2006; s. 4, ch. 2006-291, eff. July 1, 2006; s. 14, ch. 2007-5, eff. July 3, 2007; s. 6, ch.
2008-227, eff. July 1, 2008; s. 54, ch. 2011-36, eff. July 1, 2011; s. 31, ch. 2011-64, eff. July 1, 2011; s. 1, ch. 2011182, eff. July 1, 2011.
NOTES:
AMENDMENTS
The 2003 amendment by s. 20, ch. 2003-32, effective May 23, 2003, in (6), substituted "s. 364.02(14)" for "s.
364.02(13)."
The 2005 amendment by s. 1, ch. 2005-42, effective July 1, 2005, added (20).
The 2005 amendment by s. 20, ch. 2005-132, effective June 2, 2005, substituted "s. 364.02(15)" for "s. 364.02(14)" in
(6).
The 2005 amendment by s. 17, ch. 2005-287, effective July 1, 2005, rewrote the second sentence of (19), which formerly read: "This subsection shall stand repealed on December 31, 2005."
The 2006 amendment by s. 52, ch. 2006-60, effective May 30, 2006, in (6), substituted "s. 331.303" for "s.
331.313(19)," and "Space Florida" for "the Florida Space Authority."
The 2006 amendment by s. 4, ch. 2006-291, effective July 1, 2006, inserted "or brownfield area" following "enterprise
zone" in (15)(b) and (16)(b).
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The 2007 amendment by s. 14, ch. 2007-5, effective July 3, 2007, deleted "However, property that is being used to
provide such telecommunications services on or before October 1, 1997, shall remain exempt, but such exemption expires October 1, 2004." at the end of (6).
The 2008 amendment by s. 6, ch. 2008-227, effective July 1, 2008, deleted the undesignated language following
(14)(m) which defined "renewable energy source device."
The 2011 amendment by s. 54, ch. 2011-36 substituted "s. 364.02(14)" for "s. 364.02(15)" in the last sentence of (6).
The 2011 amendment by s. 31, ch. 2011-64 substituted "s. 364.02(14)" for "s. 364.02(15)" in the last sentence of (6).
The 2011 amendment by s. 1, ch. 2011-182 added "or organization" throughout (15) and (16); added "new" following
"10 or more" in the introductory language of (15)(a)1. and in (16)(a)1.; substituted "paying an average
the following
operations" for "which" in the introductory language of (15)(a)1.; added the (15)(a)1.a. designation; added "or" at the
end of (15)(a)1.a.; added (15)(a)1.b.; added "new" following "25 or more" in (15)(a)2. and (16)(a)2.; in (15)(a)3., substituted "business or organization" for "corporation" following "used by a" and "employees of such" and added "organization" preceding "office first begins"; substituted "paying an average
to in subparagraph (15)(a)1." for "which manufactures, processes, compounds, fabricates, or produces for sale items of tangible personal property at a fixed location
and which comprises an industrial or manufacturing plant" in (16)(a)1.; in (16)(a)2., added "located within the same
county, municipality, or both" and added "or sales"; added "or organization under common control with the same business or organization" in (16)(a)2. and (16)(b); and added "located within the same zone or area" in (16)(b).
NOTE.-Section 3, ch. 2011-182 provides: "This act shall take effect July 1, 2011, and shall apply only to exemptions from ad
valorem taxation granted pursuant to referenda held on or after July 1, 2011, under the provisions of s. 196.1995(1),
Florida Statutes."
FLORIDA STATUTES REFERENCES
Chapter 196. Exemption, F.S. § 196.101. Exemption for totally and permanently disabled persons.
Chapter 196. Exemption, F.S. § 196.121. Homestead exemptions; forms.
Chapter 196. Exemption, F.S. § 196.198. Educational property exemption.
Chapter 196. Exemption, F.S. § 196.199. Government property exemption.
Chapter 196. Exemption, F.S. § 196.1995. Economic development ad valorem tax exemption.
Chapter 196. Exemption, F.S. § 196.24. Exemption for disabled ex-servicemember or surviving spouse; evidence of
disability.
FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE REFERENCES
Chapter 12D-1 General Rules, F.A.C. 12D-1.002 Definitions.
Chapter 12D-3 Taxation of Interests of Non-Governmental Lessees in Property Owned by Governmental Units,
F.A.C. 12D-3.002 Interests of Non-Governmental Lessees in Governmentally Owned Property Which Are Subject to
Ad Valorem Taxation.
Chapter 12D-7 Exemptions, F.A.C. 12D-7.003 Exemption of Property of Widows, Widowers, Blind Persons, and Persons Totally and Permanently Disabled; Disabled Ex-Service Members, Spouses.
Chapter 12D-7 Exemptions, F.A.C. 12D-7.015 Educational Exemption.
Chapter 12D-7 Exemptions, F.A.C. 12D-7.018 Fraternal and Benevolent Organizations.
LexisNexis (R) Notes:
CASE NOTES
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1. County property appraiser's action regarding aviation authority was a challenge to the constitutional validity of Fla.
Stat. § 196.012(6) and was therefore prohibited; the county property appraiser did not have standing to bring the action.
Turner v. Hillsborough County Aviation Auth., 739 So. 2d 175, 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 11828 (Fla. 2nd DCA 1999).
2. Statutes imposing ad valorem taxation on telecommunications facilities, namely Fla. Stat. § 166.047(3) and its
amendment of Fla. Stat. § 196.012(6), are not facially unconstitutional as telecommunications services are essential
services but, in providing those services, a municipality does not as a matter of law engage in an activity essential to the
welfare of the community. Where municipal telecommunications services fail to promote any of the public purpose
goals set forth in Fla. Stat. § 364.01, such property that provides such services is not exempted from ad valorem taxation. Fla. Dep't of Revenue v. City of Gainesville, 918 So. 2d 250, 2005 Fla. LEXIS 2507 (Fla. 2005).
3. County property appraiser's action regarding ad valorem tax status of property owned by the aviation authority was a
challenge to the constitutional validity of Fla. Stat. § 196.012(6) and was therefore prohibited; the county property appraiser did not have standing to bring the action. Turner v. Hillsborough County Aviation Auth., 739 So. 2d 175, 1999
Fla. App. LEXIS 11828 (Fla. 2nd DCA 1999).
4. Fla. Stat. § 166.047, imposing ad valorem taxes on property owned and used by a municipality to provide telecommunications services, and Fla. Stat. § 196.012(6), providing that a municipality's provision of two-way telecommunications services to the public did not constitute an exempt use for ad valorem tax purposes unless the services complied
with certain conditions, were unconstitutional; the legislature's attempt to condition the provision of the municipal services on the payment of an amount equal to an ad valorem tax liability was in direct conflict with Fla. Const. art. VII, §
3(a). Dep't of Revenue v. City of Gainesville, 859 So. 2d 595, 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 18074 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003), reversed by 918 So. 2d 250, 2005 Fla. LEXIS 2507, 30 Fla. L. Weekly S 829 (Fla. 2005).
5. Under Fla. Stat. § 196.199(2)(a), property leased from municipalities was exempt from ad valorem taxation if the
lessee performed a public function, and operating a marina was a valid public function under Fla. Stat. § 196.012(6).
Page v. Fernandina Harbor Joint Venture, 608 So. 2d 520, 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 11546 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992), review
denied by 620 So. 2d 761, 1993 Fla. LEXIS 796 (Fla. 1993), overruled by Sebring Airport Auth. v. McIntyre, 642 So. 2d
1072, 1994 Fla. LEXIS 1206, 19 Fla. L. Weekly S 389 (Fla. 1994).
6. Homeowners were entitled to Fla. Const. art. VII, § 6(a) exemption because, although the homeowners were Honduras citizens, it could not have been denied that they had adequately declared that whatever became of their ability to
remain in United States, they fully planned and intended for their U.S.-born children to "permanently reside" in United
States; the appraiser was not authorized to condition the exemption on the homeowners' legal status in the United States.
The phrase "who resides thereon" in Fla. Stat. § 196.031 was unenforceable and the appellate court declined to be guided by the statute. De La Mora v. Andonie, 51 So. 3d 517, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 19096 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010).
7. Because a county property appraiser did not impermissibly consider the homeowners' immigration status in denying
their application for a homestead exemption, and without a permanent visa, they could not form the requisite intent to
reside permanently on the property for which they sought the same, final summary judgment was properly entered
against them. DeQuervain v. Desguin, 927 So. 2d 232, 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 6866 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2006).
8. Appellant alien was ineligible for a homestead exemption under Fla. Stat. § 196.012 because, as a foreigner who did
not hold a permanent visa, he was not a permanent resident of the state and thus could not place his residence owned in
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the state beyond the reach of creditors. Alcime v. Bystrom, 451 So. 2d 1037, 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 13803 (Fla. 3rd
DCA 1984).
9. In a lessee's challenge to a tax assessment on lessee's leasehold interest in property that was sub-leased to another
party, the court found that Fla. Stat. § 196.001 permitted taxes to be imposed on leasehold interests in property, that the
requirements of Fla. Stat. § 196.199(2)(a) for an exemption were not satisfied by the sub-lessee's use of the property
because the actual use of the leased property determined whether it was taxable, and that the lessee's use of the property
was not for a public purpose as defined in Fla. Stat. § 196.012 such that the property would be exempt from taxation. St.
John's Associates v. Mallard, 366 So. 2d 34, 1978 Fla. App. LEXIS 17252 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978), writ of certiorari dismissed by 373 So. 2d 912, 1979 Fla. LEXIS 4736 (Fla. 1979).
10. Portion of Fla. Stat. § 196.012(6) which would have created ad valorem tax exemptions for private enterprises was
unconstitutional. Sebring Airport Auth. v. McIntyre, 783 So. 2d 238, 2001 Fla. LEXIS 629 (Fla. 2001).
party, the court found that Fla. Stat. § 196.001 permitted taxes to be imposed on leasehold interests in property, the requirements of Fla. Stat. § 196.199(2)(a) for an exemption were not satisfied by the sub-lessee's use of the property because the actual use of the leased property determined whether it was taxable, and the lessee's use of the property was
not for a public purpose as defined in Fla. Stat. § 196.012 such that the property was exempt from taxation. St. John's
Associates v. Mallard, 366 So. 2d 34, 1978 Fla. App. LEXIS 17252 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978), writ of certiorari dismissed by
373 So. 2d 912, 1979 Fla. LEXIS 4736 (Fla. 1979).
12. Racing district's leasehold interests were not exempt from taxation because it was not performing a governmental
function, and thus it did not qualify as a privately held leasehold of government property exempt under Fla. Stat. §
196.012(5). Volusia County v. Daytona Beach Racing & Recreational Facilities Dist., 341 So. 2d 498, 1976 Fla. LEXIS
4619 (Fla. 1976), appeal dismissed by 434 U.S. 804, 98 S. Ct. 32, 54 L. Ed. 2d 61, 1977 U.S. LEXIS 2699 (1977).
13. Department properly issued tax assessments to fixed base operators (FBOs) under Fla. Stat. § 199.023(1)(d), because the FBOs paid rent for their leasehold interests in real property owned by government entities, and because the
department found that the FBOs used that real property predominantly for commercial purposes-a finding not challenged by the FBOs; the FBOs were not exempt from intangible personal property tax under Fla. Stat. §§ 196.199(2)(a),
196.012(6) because the definition of governmental or public purpose in Fla. Stat. ch. 196, was inapplicable to intangible
personal property taxes, imposed by Fla. Stat. ch. 199. Fla. Stat. § 199.103 imposed intangible taxes on all intangible
personal property, and Fla. Stat. ch. 199, did not contain any exemption for airports or "fixed-base operations." Boca
Airport, Inc. v. Fla. Dep't of Revenue, 56 So. 3d 140, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 3471 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011), review dismissed by 63 So. 3d 748, 2011 Fla. LEXIS 1144 (Fla. 2011).
14. There was no error when the trial court found in favor of county property appraiser's denial of an ad valorem property tax exemption pursuant to Fla. Stat. § 196.012(7) for the property on which community foundation proposed to develop affordable housing, because the practical dominion exercised by the foundation over the parcel overwhelmed any
use of the property by the corporation that had been established to hold title to the property; and the evidence did not
support the finding that the property was being used for a charitable purpose. Southlake Community Found. v. Havill,
707 So. 2d 361, 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 1202 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998), review denied by 718 So. 2d 170, 1998 Fla. LEXIS
1528 (Fla. 1998).
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15. Department properly issued tax assessments to fixed base operators (FBOs) under Fla. Stat. § 199.023(1)(d), because the FBOs paid rent for their leasehold interests in real property owned by government entities, and because the
department found that the FBOs used that real property predominantly for commercial purposes-a finding not challenged by the FBOs; the FBOs were not exempt from intangible personal property tax under Fla. Stat. §§ 196.199(2)(a),
196.012(6) because the definition of governmental or public purpose in Fla. Stat. ch. 196, was inapplicable to intangible
personal property taxes, imposed by Fla. Stat. ch. 199. Fla. Stat. § 199.103 imposed intangible taxes on all intangible
personal property, and Fla. Stat. ch. 199, did not contain any exemption for airports or "fixed-base operations." Boca
Airport, Inc. v. Fla. Dep't of Revenue, 56 So. 3d 140, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 3471 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011), review dismissed by 63 So. 3d 748, 2011 Fla. LEXIS 1144 (Fla. 2011).
16. Where property owned and used by a municipality to provide telecommunications services was being used by the
city for a municipal purpose, and the legislature attempted to condition the provision of these municipal services on the
payment of an amount equal to any ad valorem tax liability, this was in direct conflict with Fla. Const. art. VII, § 3(a);
therefore, the trial court properly declared facially unconstitutional 1997 Fla. Laws ch. 197, § 2, which created Fla. Stat.
§ 166.047, and a portion of 1997 Fla. Laws ch. 197(3), which amended Fla. Stat ch. 196.012. Dep't of Revenue v. City of
Gainesville, 859 So. 2d 595, 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 18074 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003), reversed by 918 So. 2d 250, 2005 Fla.
LEXIS 2507, 30 Fla. L. Weekly S 829 (Fla. 2005).
18. Airplane hangers, on airport land owned by a governmental entity but leased through a condominium association to
private users, were owned by the State and were exempt from ad valorem taxes under Fla. Stat. § 196.199(2)(a) and
Fla. Stat. § 196.012(6); the property appraiser's argument that the hangers were subject to the ad valorem tax because
they were real property under Fla. Stat. § 718.106 was rejected because ch. 718.106 does not address who owns the land
and improvements. Nikolits v. Runway 5-23 Hangar Condo. Ass'n, 847 So. 2d 1054, 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 8284 (Fla.
4th DCA 2003).
19. As the operation of a golf course by a for-profit business fell within the definition of governmental-proprietary operation, which was not a "public purpose" under Fla. Stat. § 196.012(6), it was not entitled to an ad valorem tax exemption. Turner v. Concorde Props., 823 So. 2d 165, 2002 Fla. App. LEXIS 9166 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2002), review denied by
842 So. 2d 843, 2003 Fla. LEXIS 535 (Fla. 2003).
20. Fla. Stat. § 196.012(6) provision which created an ad valorem tax exemption for certain private enterprises was unconstitutional where legislatively deeming a governmental-proprietary purpose to be a governmental-governmental purpose did not change its true nature. Sebring Airport Auth. v. McIntyre, 783 So. 2d 238, 2001 Fla. LEXIS 629 (Fla.
2001).
21. Exemptions contemplated under Fla. Stat. § 196.012 and Fla. Stat. § 196.199(2)(a) relate to governmentalgovernmental functions as opposed to governmental-proprietary functions; with the exemption being so interpreted, all
property used by private persons and commercial enterprises is subjected to taxation either directly or indirectly through
taxation on the leasehold. Sebring Airport Auth. v. McIntyre, 783 So. 2d 238, 2001 Fla. LEXIS 629 (Fla. 2001).
22. Lessors of city property used as a for-profit racetrack were not entitled to right of exemption from ad valorem tax
under Fla. Stat. § 196.012(6), as ch. 196.012(6) was an impermissible attempt by the legislature to create additional tax
exemptions not authorized by Fla. Const. art. VII, § 3, and was therefore unconstitutional. Sebring Airport Auth. v.
McIntyre, 718 So. 2d 296, 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 11526 (Fla. 2nd DCA 1998).
23. Because there is nothing in Fla. Const. art, VII, § 3, which provides for certain mandatory and permissive ad valorem tax exemptions, that allows the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation municipally owned property or any
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other property being used primarily for a proprietary purpose or for any purpose other than a government, municipal, or
public purpose, Fla. Stat. § 196.012(6) is unconstitutional to the extent that it attempts to exempt from taxation municipal property used for a proprietary purpose. Sebring Airport Auth. v. McIntyre, 718 So. 2d 296, 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS
11526 (Fla. 2nd DCA 1998).
24. Although a for-profit company's operation of a racetrack leased from a legislatively-created public instrumentality
may have served the public, such service did not fit within the definition of a public purpose in Fla. Stat. § 196.012(6);
hence, the company's operation of the racetrack for profit was a governmental-proprietary function, not a governmentalgovernmental function, and an exemption from ad valorem real estate tax on the real property and improvements leased
was not allowed under Fla. Stat. § 196.199(2)(a). Sebring Airport Auth. v. McIntyre, 642 So. 2d 1072, 1994 Fla. LEXIS
1206 (Fla. 1994).
25. City owned property that was dedicated as a public park was not exempt from ad valorem taxation, where the property was leased to a corporation that used the property to construct a commercial marina to generate profits for itself and
to pay the city a portion of the profits; the corporation was not performing a governmental function that would allow the
property to be exempt under Fla. Stat. § 196.012(6). Mikos v. City of Sarasota, 636 So. 2d 83, 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS
3079 (Fla. 2nd DCA 1994).
26. Trial court erred when it found that college support organization did not qualify for an ad valorem tax educational
use exemption pursuant to Fla. Stat. §§ 196.012 and 196.192(1) because the buildings were in the process of renovation
to qualify for the educational use exemption derived from these statutes and were actually being used for educational
purposes, and such renovation was an educational purpose to the fullest extent possible. Metropolitan Dade County v.
Miami-Dade County Community College Foundation, Inc., 545 So. 2d 324, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 2498 (Fla. 3rd DCA
1989), review dismissed by 563 So. 2d 633, 1990 Fla. LEXIS 335 (Fla. 1990).
27. Trial court's determination that on-campus faculty housing at a church school was not exempt from ad valorem taxes
was error where the faculty residences were used exclusively for educational purposes. St. Andrew's School, Inc. v.
Walker, 540 So. 2d 207, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 1500 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989).
28. Property appraiser properly declared that a portion of a tax exempt, charitable hospital's property was no longer tax
exempt, assessed it, and placed it on the ad valorem tax rolls because that portion of the property was leased by physicians and dedicated to a private, rather than a charitable purpose as defined in Fla. Stat. § 196.012; however, the challenge to the appraiser's back assessment was not barred because a challenge to an unauthorized or void assessment
could be brought at any time, and the back assessment imposed on the leased portion of the hospital was void because
there was no statutory authority for the appraiser to change the appraisal after the year for which the tax roll had been
certified. Underhill v. Edwards, 400 So. 2d 129, 1981 Fla. App. LEXIS 20221 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981).
373 So. 2d 912, 1979 Fla. LEXIS 4736 (Fla. 1979).
30. Racing district's leasehold interests were not exempt from taxation because it was not performing a governmental
function, and thus it did not qualify as a privately held leasehold of government property exempt under Fla. Stat. §
196.012(5). Volusia County v. Daytona Beach Racing & Recreational Facilities Dist., 341 So. 2d 498, 1976 Fla. LEXIS
4619 (Fla. 1976), appeal dismissed by 434 U.S. 804, 98 S. Ct. 32, 54 L. Ed. 2d 61, 1977 U.S. LEXIS 2699 (1977).
31. Appraiser filed no affidavits with the trial court to controvert the showing of "educational need" made by the school;
thus, there was no genuine issue of any material fact that the headmaster's home was used exclusively for educational
purposes in a broader sense and was an educational institute within the meaning of Fla. Stat. § 196.012(4). Walden v.
Berkeley Preparatory School, Inc., 337 So. 2d 1029, 1976 Fla. App. LEXIS 15535 (Fla. 2nd DCA 1976), writ of certiorari denied by 344 So. 2d 327, 1977 Fla. LEXIS 5418 (Fla. 1977).
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32. Fla. Stat. § 196.012(5) did not unconstitutionally impair the contracts of long term lessees of county owned land in
Santa Rosa County, where 196.012(5) defined public purpose so as to exclude the lessees' use of the lands for residential and business purposes from the public purpose tax exemption of Fla. Stat. § 196.199(2)(a), and where 196.012(5)
and 196.199(2)(a) repealed the tax exemption that Fla. Stat. § 196.25 and its predecessors gave to the lessees for many
years. Straughn v. Camp, 293 So. 2d 689, 1974 Fla. LEXIS 4225 (Fla. 1974), appeal dismissed by 419 U.S. 891, 95 S.
Ct. 168, 42 L. Ed. 2d 135, 1974 U.S. LEXIS 3931 (1974).
33. Exemptions contemplated by Fla. Stat. § 196.012 and Fla. Stat. § 196.199(2) related to governmental-governmental
functions as opposed to governmental-proprietary functions, and since lessee's leaseholds were being utilized for commercial, profit-making purposes, and were thus a governmental-proprietary function, they were not exempt from ad
valorem taxation. Walden v. Hillsborough County Aviation Authority, 375 So. 2d 283, 1979 Fla. LEXIS 4757 (Fla.
1979).
34. For purposes of Fla. Stat. § 196.1995 and Fla. Stat. § 196.012, electricity is tangible personal property and the generation of electricity in a plant is a manufacturing process in a manufacturing plant. Davis v. Gulf Power Corp., 799 So.
2d 298, 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 13872 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001), review denied by 819 So. 2d 134, 2002 Fla. LEXIS 978 (Fla.
2002).
35. In the tax appraiser's action which sought review under Fla. Stat. § 194.036 for a decision of the value adjustment
board which had overturned the appraiser's ad valorem tax assessment, the appraiser did not have standing to challenge
the constitutionality of Fla. Stat. § 196.012(6) and Fla. Stat. §192.042. Fuchs v. Robbins, 818 So. 2d 460, 2002 Fla.
LEXIS 545 (Fla. 2002), overruled in part by Crossings at Fleming Island Cmty. Dev. Dist. v. Echeverri, 991 So. 2d 793,
2008 Fla. LEXIS 1222, 33 Fla. L. Weekly S 445 (Fla. 2008).
36. County property appraiser's action regarding ad valorem tax status of property owned by the aviation authority was
a challenge to the constitutional validity of Fla. Stat. § 196.012(6) and was therefore prohibited; the county property
appraiser did not have standing to bring the action. Turner v. Hillsborough County Aviation Auth., 739 So. 2d 175, 1999
Fla. App. LEXIS 11828 (Fla. 2nd DCA 1999).
37. Although a for-profit company's operation of a racetrack leased from a legislatively-created public instrumentality
may have served the public, such service did not fit within the definition of a public purpose in Fla. Stat. § 196.012(6),
so the company's operation of the racetrack for profit was a governmental-proprietary function, not a governmentalgovernmental function, and an exemption from ad valorem real estate tax on the real property and improvements leased
was not allowed under Fla. Stat. § 196.199(2)(a). Sebring Airport Auth. v. McIntyre, 642 So. 2d 1072, 1994 Fla. LEXIS
1206 (Fla. 1994).
373 So. 2d 912, 1979 Fla. LEXIS 4736 (Fla. 1979).
39. Final summary judgment entered against a property appraiser, which found that approximately 2,400 acres of land
owned by a landowner were entitled to an exemption from ad valorem taxes for the years 2003 and 2004, was upheld as
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to all but a 30-acre portion of said land, as an Indian tribe that leased the property had cleared that portion to provide
ceremonial grounds, and thus, had altered the property from its natural state, which was a qualification for it to maintain
its exempt status. Sherman v. Red Bay Stronghold Found., 942 So. 2d 1033, 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 20321 (Fla. 4th DCA
2006).
41. Pursuant to Fla. Stat. § 196.012(7), a denial of an ad valorem property tax exemption was proper where the forprofit uses of a larger property outweighed any nonprofit uses of a smaller parcel and the property was not being used
for charitable purposes. Southlake Community Found. v. Havill, 707 So. 2d 361, 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 1202 (Fla. 5th
DCA 1998), review denied by 718 So. 2d 170, 1998 Fla. LEXIS 1528 (Fla. 1998).
42. Homeowners were entitled to Fla. Const. art. VII, § 6(a) exemption because, although the homeowners were Honduras citizens, it could not have been denied that they had adequately declared that whatever became of their ability to
remain in United States, they fully planned and intended for their U.S.-born children to "permanently reside" in United
States; the appraiser was not authorized to condition the exemption on the homeowners' legal status in the United States.
The phrase "who resides thereon" in Fla. Stat. § 196.031 was unenforceable and the appellate court declined to be guided by the statute. De La Mora v. Andonie, 51 So. 3d 517, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 19096 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010).
OPINIONS OF ATTORNEY GENERAL
1. A surviving spouse who is qualified under Fla. Stat. § 196.24 to carry over her deceased husband's exemption as a
partially disabled veteran, and who is herself qualified to receive an exemption as a partially disabled veteran under that
section, is entitled to claim both exemptions under the statute. AGO 2006-15, 2006 Fla. AG Lexis 12.
2. A person is not prohibited from claiming more than one exemption where that person meets the statutory requirements for each statute independently. AGO 2006-15, 2006 Fla. AG Lexis 12.
3. County charter may not be amended to waive ad valorem property tax immunity for property owned by the county,
but leased or used by a private entity for predominately proprietary purposes. AGO 2006-05, 2006 Fla. AG Lexis 1.
4. Counties have no inherent power to impose taxes, and likewise the authority to create exemptions from taxation or to
otherwise affect the immunity of property from taxation must emanate from the organic law of the state; absent a clear
constitutional provision to waive the immunity of state or county property from taxation, a county may not effect such a
change through the amendment of its charter. AGO 2006-05, 2006 Fla. AG Lexis 1.
5. Assuming that an individual otherwise meets the requirements for permanent residence in Florida, the federal designation as "indefinite" for purposes of the applicant's immigration status should not bar his entitlement to a homestead
exemption from ad valorem taxation pursuant to Fla. Const. Art. VII § 6 and Fla. Stat. § 196.031. AGO 2005-55, 2005
Fla. AG Lexis 56.
6. Real property improvements titled in a county are not subject to ad valorem taxes, but such improvements titled in a
private individual who has leased land from the county would be subject to ad valorem taxation. A determination of
whether a lessee owns improvements for purposes of taxation, however, is one that must be made by the property appraiser. AGO 2001-38, 2001 Fla. AG LEXIS 43.
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7. Real property and improvements owned by the Canaveral Port Authority which are leased to a nongovernmental lessee and which are not used for a governmental, municipal, public, literary, scientific, religious, or charitable purpose, is
subject to taxation; such property, which is owned by the Authority and used for private purposes, is subject to ad valorem taxation as real property. AGO 1992-32, 1992 Fla. AG Lexis 43.
8. If the additional tangible personal property (equipment) or improvements to real property were not listed in the initial
application for exemption and are placed in operation at the same location as the tangible personal property and improvements listed in that application, such additional property or improvements would qualify for the exemption only if
they facilitate an "expansion of an existing business" as defined in Fla. Stat. § 196.012(16); property acquired to replace
existing property may not be considered to facilitate a business expansion and therefore would not be exempt. AGO
1990-95, 1988 Fla. AG Lexis 95.
9. Until legislatively or judicially determined otherwise, the language of Fla. Stat. § 196.1995 does not limit the granting of an economic ad valorem tax exemption to a project determined by the board of county commissioners, in their
discretion, to constitute an "expansion of an existing business" with regard to when the real or tangible property involved was in place or in use or when the jobs involved were established; therefore, the board of county commissioners
may, in their discretion, and as qualified by provisions of the local legislation on this issue grant an economic development ad valorem tax exemption to a project determined by the board to constitute an "expansion of an existing business"
as defined in Fla. Stat. § 196.012(15) when the tangible or real property was in place and in use prior to the enactment
of the local exempting ordinance and, likewise, when the new jobs which were established and filled predated enactment of the ordinance. AGO 1984-89, 1984 Fla. AG LEXIS 17; 1984 Op. Atty Gen. Fla. 227.
10. The amendment by Ch. 76-234, Laws of Florida, to Fla. Stat. § 196.012(6), was merely intended to clarify rather
than change the law and as such does not affect the validity of the resolution of the Governor and Cabinet, acting as
head of the Department of Revenue, adopted on September 3, 1974, relating to fraternal and benevolent organizations
and promulgated as Rule 12D-7.18, F.A.C. Therefore, Rule 12D-7.18, F.A.C., as to tax exemptions for fraternal and
benevolent organizations, is still valid and in effect in Florida. It reads as follows1977-64, 1977 Fla. AG LEXIS 86;
1977 Op. Atty Gen. Fla. 141.
11. (1) The property of nonprofit fraternal and benevolent organizations is entitled to full or predominant exemption
from ad valorem taxation when used exclusively or predominantly for charitable, educational, literary, scientific or religious purposes. The extent of the exemption to be granted fraternal and benevolent organizations shall be determined in
accordance with those provisions of Chapter 196, F.S., which govern the exemption of all property used for charitable,
educational, literary, scientific or religious purposes. AGO 1977-64, 1977 Fla. AG LEXIS 86; 1977 Op. Atty Gen. Fla.
141.
12. (2) The exclusive or predominant use of property or portions of property owned by fraternal and benevolent organizations and used for organization, planning and fund-raising activity under Fla. Stat. § 196.193(3), for charitable purposes constitutes the use of the property for exempt purposes to the extent of the exclusive or predominant use. The
incidental use of said property for social, fraternal or similar meetings shall not deprive the property of its exempt status.
AGO 1977-64, 1977 Fla. AG LEXIS 86; 1977 Op. Atty Gen. Fla. 141.
13. (3) Any part of [sic] portion of the real or personal property of a fraternal or benevolent organization leased or rented for commercial or other nonexempt purposes, or used by such organization for commercial purposes, or for uses such
as a bar, restaurant or swimming pool shall not be exempt from ad valorem taxes. AGO 1977-64, 1977 Fla. AG LEXIS
86; 1977 Op. Atty Gen. Fla. 141.
14. Term "professionally unrelated" as it is used in the context of Fla. Stat. § 196.012(10) means that the two certifying
licensed physicians may not be associates, partners, or members of the same firm, employees of the same professional
association or corporation, hospital, clinic, or other health care unit or facility, practicing medicine together. AGO 1976166, 1976 Fla. AG LEXIS 113.
15. Term "professionally unrelated" should not be construed to mean that when two or more physicians are associated in
a medical group, in which each independently practices medicine, that they are professionally related within the context
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of Fla. Stat. § 196.012(10) when the only division of income from the association is that each physician pays a proportionate share of the rent for his respective facilities and likewise shares the expense of a common or group-employed
clerical staff. AGO 1976-166, 1976 Fla. AG LEXIS 113.
16. The City of North Miami does have the authority to impose ad valorem taxes upon private leaseholds of publicly
owned lands unless expressly exempted by law, and upon the fees of private owners whose land was formerly owned by
Interama. AGO 1976-143, 1976 Fla. AG LEXIS 137.
17. The City of North Miami may also impose occupational license taxes upon private leaseholds of publicly owned
lands unless exempted by law. AGO 1976-143, 1976 Fla. AG LEXIS 137.
18. A leasehold interest in lands and buildings owned by the Florida Department of Agriculture held by the Cotton Producers Association for operating a retail store is taxable to the lessee if the lease was in existence on January 1 of the
current tax year; fee interest of the state is immune from taxation. AGO 1975-302, 1975 Fla. AG LEXIS 166.
19. A person who is certified as blind by the Florida Bureau of Blind Services, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation,
Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, need not obtain additional certification from two licensed physicians
of this state who are professionally unrelated in order to qualify for the property tax exemption of $500 under Fla. Stat.
§ 196.202. AGO 1975-211, 1975 Fla. AG LEXIS 233.
20. If a blind person is certified as totally and permanently disabled pursuant to Fla. Stat. § 196.012(10), such a person
could be eligible, if all other criteria are met, for the exemption provided in Fla. Stat. § 196.202 and FLa. Stat. §
196.031(3)(b), notwithstanding the fact that such person may be substantially gainfully employed. AGO 1975-211,
1975 Fla. AG LEXIS 233.
21. Exemption from ad valorem property taxes may be granted, upon compliance with conditions provided in Fla. Ch.
196 for properties of a chartered nonprofit cemetery or a house of public worship owned cemetery, including land and
improvements and tangible personal property used in conjunction therewith to the extent of the statutory 30-acre minimum when applicable or to such other extent as may be reasonably necessary for early future cemetery use; such properties of a commercial cemetery are taxable. AGO 1975-180, 1975 Fla. AG LEXIS 161.
22. To the extent that promotional activity serves informational purposes ordinarily incident to cemetery operation, I
would conclude that such use may be considered either as an integral part of the cemetery function subject to the exemption standards applicable thereto, or as within the provision of Fla. Stat. § 196.196, that: "In no event shall an incidental use of property. .. impair the exemption of an otherwise exempt property," AGO 1975-180, 1975 Fla. AG LEXIS
161.
23. For the purpose of qualifying a person for an increased exemption under Fla. Stat. § 196.031(3)(b), a tax assessor
may accept certification of total and permanent disability only from two licensed physicians of the state who are professionally unrelated or the Veterans' Administration. Certification by the Federal Social Security Administration for the
purposes of Fla. Stat. Ch. 196 is unauthorized. AGO 1974-375, 1974 Fla. AG LEXIS 333.
24. The written certification by licensed practicing chiropractic or osteopathic physicians that a person is totally and
permanently disabled from a disabling ailment that chiropractic or osteopathic physicians, respectively, are qualified by
training and experience, and authorized by statute, to diagnose and treat satisfies the requirement of s. 196.012(10), F.
S., and is sufficient professional medical evidence that a person may be eligible for a tax exemption under ss. 196.202
and 196.031(3)(b), AGO 1974-366, 1974 Fla. AG LEXIS 74.
25. The Supreme Court in Presbyterian Homes of the Synod of Florida v. Wood, 297 So.2d 597 (Fla. 1974), held unconstitutional the income test codified in Fla. Stat. § 196.197(2), rendering the income of a tenant or patient in a home
for the aged irrelevant insofar as the taxable status of the home is concerned; the other statutory requirements for a charitable exemption from ad valorem taxation remain in effect, and thus an apartment rented to a 52-year-old employee is
not entitled to an exemption since the minimum age requirement is not met; the charitable exemption from ad valorem
taxation goes to the landlord and not the tenant. AGO 1974-326, 1974 Fla. AG LEXIS 337.
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26. The "income test" requirements of Fla. Stat. § 196.197 for exemptions from ad valorem taxation for homes for the
aged have been held to be constitutionally invalid by the Florida Supreme Court in Presbyterian Homes of the Synod of
Florida v. Wood, Case Nos. 44,718 and 44,775, Opinion filed June 12, 1974, rehearing denied August 9, 1974; the remaining criteria for tax exemptions for homes for the aged contained in Fla. Stat. Ch. 196 are still valid and must be met
before an exemption from taxation may be granted to property owned by and used for a home for the aged. AGO 1974275, 1974 Fla. AG LEXIS 309.
27. There is no "homestead exemption" for homes for the aged based on the total and permanent disability of the resident. AGO 1974-275, 1974 Fla. AG LEXIS 309.
28. A person may be considered totally and permanently disabled under the provisions of s. 196.202, F. S., when as a
result of any impairment of mind or body it would be impossible for the average person to follow a substantially gainful
occupation and that impairment is reasonably certain to continue throughout the life of the disabled person. AGO 1974235, 1974 Fla. AG LEXIS 27.
29. Land, although owned by a nonprofit organization as defined by Fla. Stat. § 196.195, is not exempt if used for purposes other than educational, charitable, literary, scientific, religious, or governmental. AGO 1974-231, 1974 Fla. AG
LEXIS 382.
30. Unless the tax assessor finds that the Girl Scout organization uses the land available for grazing more than 50 percent for exempt purposes, then exemption should be completely denied as to that portion upon which the cattle graze;
however, if there is a severable portion that is used for exempt purposes and assuming other statutory requirements as to
ownership and use are satisfied, such portion may be granted an exemption from taxation. AGO 1974-231, 1974 Fla.
AG LEXIS 382.
31. The Palm Beach County Shrine Club is eligible for a club liquor license, and, if granted, said license would not, in
and of itself, destroy the club's status as a nonprofit organization. Use of such license would affect the ad valorem tax
exempt status, if any, of the club's property and could affect the club's status as a nonprofit corporation if the sale of
alcoholic beverages is such that the club becomes a profit-making venture. AGO 1974-229, 1974 Fla. AG LEXIS 119.
32. If a church permits groups to use its meeting hall and charges said groups a fee to cover the cost of providing such
services as air-conditioning, lights, and janitorial service, the charging of such a fee would not, ipso facto, cause the
church property to lose its exemption from ad valorem taxation; however, regardless of whether such a fee for services
is charged, if the church permits its property to be used by groups which do not themselves use the property for exempt
purposes, then such would be a nonexempt use of the property by the church. AGO 1974-130, 1974 Fla. AG LEXIS
322.
33. Property belonging to the Young Men's Christian Association, American Legion Post, Elks, Moose, Masons, or similar fraternal organizations, or community or subdivision association clubs is not entitled to exemption from ad valorem
taxation simply because the property is being predominantly or exclusively used for the purposes for which the organization was organized; property belonging to such organizations may be exempt from ad valorem taxation in whole or in
part, if the property is being exclusively or predominantly used for exempt purposes within the purview of Fla. Stat. §
196.012(1) and other relevant sections of the Florida Statutes. AGO 1974-75, 1974 Fla. AG LEXIS 362.
34. Land owned by an individual is not entitled by law to exemption from ad valorem taxation merely as a result of its
use as a "county graded dirt road." Such land or roadbed is not entitled to exemption from taxation as a result of such
use by the county, as a governmental use, since the property is not owned by the county as required by Fla. Stat. §
196.199, for exemption of governmental property. AGO 1973-257, 1973 Fla. AG LEXIS 36; 1973 Op. Atty Gen. Fla.
428.
35. A person who has lost "a limb" but who is not certified as "totally and permanently disabled" and the loss of the
limb is not "service connected" is not entitled to the tax exemption provided by Art. VII, § 3(b), State Const., and Fla.
Stat. § 196.202, and applications for the exemption provided therein by such unqualified persons should be denied by
the tax assessor. Prior constitutional and statutory provisions which granted an exemption for persons who had lost "a
limb" have been repealed and constitutional and statutory provisions currently in effect do not grant an exemption to
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such persons. Fla. Stat. § 196.012(10), as amended by Ch. 72-367, Laws of Florida, no longer permits the tax assessor
to accept certification from the Federal Social Security Administration as to an individual's total and permanent disability for purposes of allowing an exemption under Fla. Stat. § 196.202, AGO 1973-36, 1973 Fla. AG LEXIS 288; 1973
Op. Atty Gen. Fla. 57.
36. Property owned and used by organizations such as a county farm bureau or a county cattlemen's association would
not be entitled to exemption from taxation, whether or not said organization was nonprofit, unless the property is utilized for exempt purposes (educational, literary, scientific, religious, charitable, or governmental) within the purview of
Fla. Stat. § 196.012, Distributors of butane, propane, or liquefied petroleum gas who furnish their customers with tanks
for storage of same but retain the ownership of such equipment, are liable for payment of tangible personal property
taxes levied on said equipment irrespective of contractual provisions purporting to make such customers liable for all
taxes. AGO 1972-295, 1972 Fla. AG LEXIS 72; 1972 Op. Atty Gen. Fla. 497.
37. Property used by the Jacksonville Electric Authority pursuant to Ch. 67-1569, Laws of Florida, should be considered as serving a "governmental purpose" for property tax exemption purposes, even though located in an adjacent
county. AGO 1972-228, 1972 Fla. AG LEXIS 6; 1972 Op. Atty Gen. Fla. 390.
38. Property in which two or more owners have an undivided interest, one of whom meets the requirements for tax exempt status and one of whom does not, may be tax exempt to the extent of the tax exempt owner's interest if the tax assessor finds that the use of the property meets the requirements for the use provisions of the exemption statutes (Ch.
196, F. S.). AGO 1972-48, 1972 Fla. AG LEXIS 278; 1972 Op. Atty Gen. Fla. 81.
39. An opera guild, owned and operated by a corporation not for profit, organized and functioning as a center dedicated
to instruction in and presentation of fine arts to the community, supported by contributions, private and public grants,
and operating without any expectation of gain or profit, may be entitled to exemption from taxation of its real and personal property under the provisions of Fla. Stat. § 196.191(3), AGO 1971-342, 1971 Fla. AG LEXIS 59; 1971 Op. Atty
Gen. Fla. 475.
TREATISES AND ANALYTICAL MATERIALS
1. Florida Real Estate Transactions, Part V. Financing, Liens and Taxes, Chapter 34. Liens and State Taxes, § 34.01
Florida Real Property Taxes and Tax Liens.
2. Florida Real Estate Transactions, Part V. Financing, Liens and Taxes, Chapter 34. Liens and State Taxes, § 34.110
Property Tax Exemption.
3. Southeast Transaction Guide, Unit IV. Real Estate Transactions, Division 2. Conveyances and Income Property, §
263.40 Nature of the Exemption.
LAW REVIEWS
1. 2000 Survey of Florida Law: Real Property, Ronald Benton Brown and Joseph M. Grohman, Fall 2000, 25 Nova L.
Rev. 115.
2. Estates, Trusts, and Guardianships: 1998 Survey of Florida Law, Michael D. Simon and William T. Hennessey, Fall
1998, 23 Nova L. Rev. 119.
3. Governmental Immunity and Taxation in Florida, David M. Hudson, Spring 1998, 9 U. Fla. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 221.
4. The New Burdens of Proof in Ad Valorem Tax Valuation Cases, Kent Wetherell, Winter 1998, 25 Fla. St. U.L. Rev.
185.
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5. Note & The Different Faces of "Public Purpose": Shouldn't It Always Mean The Same Thing?, Martin M. Randall,
Spring 2003, 30 Fla. St. U.L. Rev. 529.
6. Property Law: 2001 Survey of Florida Law, Ronald Benton Brown and Joseph M. Grohman, Fall 2001, 26 Nova L.
Rev. 109.
7. Public Funding of Sports Stadiums and Other Recreational Facilities: Can The Deal Be "Too Sweet"?, Emeline C.
Acton, Mary Helen Campbell, Winter 1998, 27 Stetson L. Rev. 877.
8. Recent Development: Constitutional Law, Ethan J. Loeb, Ann M. Piccard, Dustin Duell Deese, Betty Fitterman,
Christopher J. Kaiser, Elizabeth G. Bourlon, Brooke J. Bowman, Ashley N. Calhoun, Spring 2003, 32 Stetson L. Rev.
561.
9. Recent Development: Finance & Taxation, Pamela M. Dubov, Christopher J. Kaiser, Dustin Duell Deese, Spring
2003, 32 Stetson L. Rev. 605.
10. Recent Development: Government Property Municipal Finance: Taxation -- Ad Valorem Exemptions: Page v. City
of Fernandina Beach: 714 So. 2d 1070 (Fla. 1st Dist. Ct. App. 1998), Shadee Star, Winter 1999, 28 Stetson L. Rev. 795.
11. Taxation and Revenues: Only Property Owners Who Are "Exempt Entities" Are Entitled To Exempt Their Property
from Ad Valorem Property Taxation: Mastroianni v. Memorial Medical Center Of Jacksonville, Inc., 606 So. 2d 759
(Fla. 1st DCA 1992), Brian Abraham Wolf, Spring 1994, 23 Stetson L. Rev. 631.
12. The Un-Taxability of Computer Software as Tangible Personal Property by Florida County Governments, Anthony
M. Stella, Fall 2009, 34 Nova L. Rev. 281.
13. Using The Private Attorney General Theory to Protect Florida Charitable Corporations, Angela Gilmore, Fall 2006,
31 Nova L. Rev. 27.
LexisNexis Practice Insights
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Administrative Code
1. 12D-3.002 Interests of Non-governmental Lessees in Governmentally Owned Property Which Are Subject to Ad
Valorem Taxation.
2. 12D-7.015 Educational Exemption.
3. 12D-7.017 Exemption of Homes for the Aged. [Repealed 1-2-01]
4. 12D-7.018 Fraternal and Benevolent Organizations.
LexisNexis 50 State Surveys, Legislation & Regulations
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Agenda Request
Date of Meeting:
May 21, 2012
Date Submitted:
May 11, 2012
To:
Members of the Wakulla County Board of County Commissioners
From:
Alan Brock, County Commissioner District 1
Subject:
Summerwood Road Next Steps
______________________________________________________________________________
Statement of Issue:
The citizens along the first mile of Summerwood Road are seeking formal board direction to
waive County policy and assume ownership and maintenance of this roadway segment upon
receipt of deeds from all abutting property owners.
Background:
Earlier this fiscal year several citizens from the Summerwood Subdivision off of Bloxham
Cutoff in the Wakulla area of Wakulla County came to a BOCC meeting and expressed concerns
regarding their road and the fact that the School Board has discontinued school bus service.
At that meeting our board indicated that it may support maintaining the road as a dirt road if the
citizens would turn it over to the county. Bret Hammond led the effort in Summerwood to move
this forward. As a volunteer he has spent countless hours and expended nearly $5,000 in
personal funds to survey each lot, meet with each property owner, and has everyone ready to
deed their described Right of Way over to the county once we consent to moving forward with
the project officially.
We would be taking over possession and maintenance of a dirt road. We don’t have an official
procedure for taking over dirt roads and we would be making an exception to our policies which
ask that roads be brought up to county standards- which would be paved.
Analysis:
This road is not currently in a state where it could be graded and will require the County to invest
approximately $15,000 to bring the road to a state where it can be graded and meet minimum
requirements for an unpaved road. This assumes utilization of a milling/ mixing machine to mill
the rock out cropping. If the milling does not work the cost could exceed $50,000 to bring in
suitable fill material. If the County elects to assume this roadway and not make these
improvements, the County could be legally responsible for an unpaved road in less than optimal
conditions, resulting in potential financial and legal liabilities in the future.
Agenda Request: Summerwood Road Next Steps
May 21, 2012
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Budgetary Impact:
Public Works has estimated that the cost of this project would be $15,000 at first, and an annual
cost of $5,000 as long as it remains a dirt road. County Attorney time for deed preparation and
title searches would also be incurred.
Options:
1. Direct the county attorney to work with Summerwood property owners and public works to
take over the roadway and maintenance of Summerwood Road.
2. Do not direct the county attorney to work with Summerwood property owners and public
works to take over the roadway and maintenance of Summerwood Road.
3. Board direction.
Recommendation:
Option #1
Agenda Request
Date of Meeting:
May 21, 2012
Date Submitted:
May 14, 2012
To:
From:
Lynn Artz, County Commissioner, District 5
Subject:
Letter of Support & REDI Match Waiver for Healing Arts of Wakulla
County (HAWC) Grant Application
Statement of Issue:
This agenda item requests Board approval for a letter of support and REDI match waiver request
for a grant application seeking $25,000 in funding from Department of State, Division of
Cultural Affairs, for a Visual Arts Project proposed by Healing Arts of Wakulla County
(HAWC).
Background/Description:
Healing Arts of Wakulla County (HAWC) is preparing a Culture Builds Florida proposal for
seed funding from Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, for a new visual arts project
for Wakulla County. The project will be a photo journey into the faces and places in Wakulla
rich in fishing heritage -- and Wakulla’s working waterfront. Famed photographer Richard
Bickel
of Apalachicola has agreed to provide technical assistance. Many local photographers will be
engaged in the project, and as the work unfolds, the broader community will be engaged as well.
The final collection of 40 photographs will be healing to fishermen and our waterfront
communities – and valuable to our tourism industry, the Chamber of Commerce, and the
Historical Society.
HAWC requests a letter of support and a REDI match waiver request from Wakulla County.
REDI stands for Rural Economic Development Initiative and allows Wakulla County to be
waived for grant match requirements.
Analysis:
Agenda Request: Letter of Support & REDI Match Waiver for Healing Arts of Wakulla County
(HAWC) Grant Application
May 21, 2012
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The Wakulla County Coalition for Youth (as a 501c3) is the fiscal agent for HAWC and is applying
on behalf of HAWC. HAWC will manage the project. To show support, Wakulla County should
request a REDI match waiver on behalf of the applicant and provide a letter of support.
Budget Impact:
None. Wakulla County is not the applicant and will have no obligation or liability.
Options:
1. Direct Wakulla County staff to draft -- and authorize the Chairman to sign -- a letter of support
and REDI match waiver request for HAWC’s Culture Builds Florida seed funding proposal.
2. Do not approve a letter of support and REDI match waiver for HAWC’s proposal.
3. Board direction.
Recommendation:
Option #1.
Attachment:
Letter of Support
May 21, 2012
Ms. Laura Lewis Blischke
Florida Department of State
Division of Cultural Affairs
3rd Floor, R.A. Gray Building
500 South Bronough Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
Dear Ms. Blischke:
On behalf of the Wakulla County Board of County Commissioners, I am
providing this letter in support of an application from Healing Arts of Wakulla
County (HAWC) to the Department of State for a Specific Cultural Grant. The
project, a Culture Builds Florida proposal, is for seed funding for a new visual arts
project for Wakulla County with the goal to strengthen the economy, promote
learning and wellness, and build leadership.
The Wakulla County Coalition for Youth (WCCY) is serving as the fiscal agent
for HAWC, whose mission is “to promote health and well-being through the arts
for all of Wakulla County.” HAWC is also a partner member of the WCCY.
Pursuant to State of Florida, Executive Order 11-103, amending Executive Order
10-22, Wakulla County is designated a rural area of critical economic concern and
therefore, we request a REDI match waiver on behalf of the applicant.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Alan Brock
Chairman
Office of Management and Budget
Grants Coordination Section
Post Office Box 1263
Crawfordville, FL 32326
(850) 926-9500
(850) 926-9006 FAX
Agenda Request
Date of Meeting:
May 21, 2012
Date Submitted:
May 10, 2012
To:
From:
Lynn Artz, County Commissioner, District 5
Subject:
Request Board Ratification of an Update from Commissioner Artz
Regarding her Appointment as BOCC Representative to the Wakulla
County Coalition for Youth (WCCY)
Statement of Issue:
This agenda item requests Board ratification of an update from Commissioner Artz regarding her
appointment as BoCC representative to the Wakulla County Coalition for Youth (WCCY).
Background/Description:
On January 25, 2010, Commissioner Artz proposed periodic updates to keep the entire Commission
informed about the concerns and activities of her various board and committee appointments. The
Board approved receiving periodic updates in the form of a Commissioner Agenda Item, with recent
documents and meeting minutes attached.
In January 2012, Commissioner Artz was appointed to represent the BoCC at meetings of the
following organizations: District Healthcare Council, Our Region Tomorrow, Wakulla County
Coalition for Youth, Wakulla State Forest Liason, and Wakulla Health Care Task Force. She also
serves as the alternate to the Executive Board of the Apalachee Regional Planning Council.
Analysis:
The Wakulla County Coalition for Youth (WCCY) met on Wednesday, May 2, 2012. Brittany
Birken gave a presentation on Children’s Services Councils. (See attached minutes.) As a result
of this presentation, a spin-off group outside of WCCY called “Wakulla Youth are Worth It”
may be forming to work on ballot language and advocate for passage of a Children’s Services tax
in November.
Options:
1. Ratify the updates herein.
2. Do not ratify the updates provided herein.
3. Board direction
Agenda Request: (Insert Subject of Agenda)
(Date of Meeting)
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Recommendation:
Option #1
Attachment(s):
1. Wakulla County Coalition for Youth Meeting Minutes, May 2, 2012
Wakulla County Coalition for Youth
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Minutes
The Wakulla County Coalition for Youth is committed to working collaboratively cross
agencies and provider networks to prevent and reduce substance abuse among youth and
families by addressing individual and environmental factors that increase risk and
promoting those evidenced-based programs and strategies that minimize the risk of
substance abuse. (Adopted March 4, 2009)
Those in attendance included:
Gail Campbell, WCCY
JC Gamboa-Montgomery, Living Stones
Joanne Johnson, Avalon and Living Stones
Joyce Wilson, FCPR
Elma Gillette, OBay UMC
Brittany Birkan, Florida Children’s Council
Lisa Sherry/Cheryl Williams, DISC Village
Bill Jones, Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office
Jennie Jones, Wakulla Christian Coalition
Shelley Swenson, Wakulla County Extension
Sandy Porras-Gutierrez, DCF
James Gatchell/Greg Yevtich, FL. National Guard
Tonya Hobby, WCHD
Beth O’Donnell, Wakulla School District
Donald Wilson, DJJ
Jacquelyn McMillan, CCYS
Emily Smith, Candidate Dist. 5, BoCC
Jennifer Jensen, The Wakulla News
Stacy Harvey, Big Brothers/Big Sisters
Linda Easton, DJJ
Alan Brock, BoCC
Kathy Asbell, Refuge House
Ebony Yarbrough, Florida IMPACT
Charlotte Cobbs, Wakulla Christian School
In the absence of Bruce Ashley, Gail Campbell called the meeting to order at 12:30 p.m.
Stacy Harvey discussed the Town Hall Meeting ”Getting to Outcomes” held on April 3, 2012.
She felt there was a good turnout and would encourage it be held again next year.
Appropriate credit and thanks were given to Stacy for all of her efforts.
In a form of review, Gail Campbell briefly outlined the history of WCCY. It has existed for12
years with monies available through donations and grants. The community perception
seems to be that the Coalition has money which is not the case. In the past, grant funds
have financed Gail’s coordinative efforts through a small salary given periodically when
monies were available. Community members often look to the Coalition to write grants
because of WCCY’s 501c3 status. Our present funds are earmarked for food, Operation
SANTA, we serve as the fiscal agent for HAWK (these are not WCCY monies, we only serve
as the clearinghouse), and the remainder of the Fearless Grant funds dedicated to youth in
leadership. Scholarship, awards and other support funds came to WCCY two years ago
from Capital City Bank. These funds have supported youth scholarships, events and
programs targeted to youth. $363 remains of the original amount.
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Opportunities for Youth:
Project Graduation: Lt. Billy Jones, Wakulla County Sherriff’s Department presented an update on Project Graduation. It will be held on May 31 from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. at the Wakulla
Springs Lodge. In 1994 the first Project Graduation was held with the intent of keeping
graduates safe and indoors on graduation night. With time, attendance dropped. Then it
was developed into a trip to Fun Station with prizes and money. Sherriff Crum wanted to
revive it. Wakulla Springs Lodge was chosen as a location with a schedule developed. The
Lodge will serve a full course meal for all persons involved, including volunteers. The
changes include the expansion of the event being held for 10 hours, not 4. All prizes will be
electronics. A video will be made of the event. There have been on-going meetings with
many people involved with planning with the mission of reducing high-risk behaviors with
participants signing a pledge to not drink during this time of graduation.
He also reported on the 2012 Wakulla Children’s Fishing Tournament to be held on May 19,
2012 at Port Panacea Marina. Sherriff’s Office reps and other volunteers are involved with
the planning and details of this event.
The Sheriff Youth Ranch Camp will be held July 27-August 3 with the application deadline
of May 31. Anyone can go to the WCSO to pick up an application. Do so soon as there is
limited space. A Physical is required and this can be done free on Saturday, May 12 from 9
am - 1pm at the Tallahassee Memorial Family Medicine Office located at 15 Council Moore
Road (off Crawfordville Highway just south of the Courthouse. There is no cost for the
camp. Camp is offered to Boys and Girls, ages 10-15. The location is Camp Caruth in Inglis,
Florida (a beautiful location). Transportation will be provided although youth will meet up
at a central location to meet bus to/from camp.
Shelley Swenson made the motion and Tonya Hobby seconded that we give $300 for
Project Graduation, $100 for 4-H camp scholarships and $75 for the Kids Fishing Project.
Motion passed.
Funding Services:
The Children’s Service Council was explained by representative, Brittany Birken. The
Wakulla County Commissioners are enthusiastic about putting this on the ballot in the Fall.
They are waiting for a group such as WCCY to embrace this idea and become strong
advocates.
There are presently eight Councils in Florida. They work to provide dedicated funds for
addressing children’s issues. Funds are funneled where there is the greatest need as
identified by county representatives. They coordinate no services directly; they work with
county agencies and partners to deliver the services. Ms. Birken has the role of being the
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CEO of the 8 counties involved, representing 65% of all children in Florida. Their mission is
to facilitate the sharing of resources, best practices, etc. for those involved. Money can be
used for almost anything in support of youth but not directly to the school system. A
committee is formed to oversee the use of funds. $550,000 in revenues per year would
cost the taxpayers only a small amount each year, about the cost of two pizzas. Joanna
Johnson, a Wakulla County counselor volunteered to be involved. Gail reminded us of the
needs for funds to support youth programs, but that as a 501c3 non-profit, the WCCY
cannot lobby for this campaign. We can, as individuals, put our individual efforts behind
making this a reality.
One county put it on the ballot with a sunset clause so that the citizens could re-evaluate
the program after that period. The second ballot reflected overwhelming support. Many
felt it was necessary to have sound data to support this proposal because so many voters
will look at it solely as a tax increase. We were reminded of the need for outcome
evaluation tools, accountability and strategic planning. Many of these things can be
provided by Ms. Birken and her staff.
A summary of what needs to be done to accomplish this:
1. Write the proposal in ballot language. We were reminded that all services must be
based on the needs assessment and funds can only be used to enhance children’s
programs.
2. We need to become the spoken advocates. It was suggested that we make a
presentation to the Chamber of Commerce. We were reminded that WCCY members
should not take a stand on this issue but we can note our affiliation with WCCY. We
were reminded that there will also be a roads tax assessment on the ballot.
What is WCCY’s next step? A sign-up sheet was circulated to gain support of those who
want to be involved with making this a reality.
Food Insecurity: Ebony Yarbrough, Florida IMPACT addressed the attendees on the
Summer Food Service Program. The Feeding Sites can be in schools or elsewhere. Mount
Trial used to serve as sight. Crawfordville United Methodist Church served at a Sopchoppy
site. The program is now being organized by Department of Agriculture instead of the
Department of Education. Ebony and others confirmed our need to feed children.
Last summer the summer program was branded through cartooning. This year the
program will utilize a more sophisticated marketing tool, a business card format. Beth
O’Donnell reminded us that the feeding sites will be at the Wakulla County District’s
Education Center (old Shadeville School), Medart Elementary where breakfast and lunch
will be served, and at the high school where only lunch will be served from June 11 to July
12th, Monday through Thursday. The meals will be served at the Educational Center all
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summer long. Parents can get all the information on 211 and internet. Wakulla County
statistics used to reveal that the rate of 25-35% of our school district’s school children
qualifying for free or reduced lunches is now 50%. WCCY representatives discussed the
future of having a school bus, with installed tables and chairs to feed Wakulla County kids
in targeted areas. Ebony volunteered to send the latest target areas. A volunteer will
encourage counselors in the county to publicize this to their clients. The counselors have
the opportunity to reach many, many people. Publicity cards and distribution stands will be
available through Shelley Swenson, Extension Office. DJJ was encouraged to distribute the
publicity materials through the families involved with their probation officers. Ebony will
keep us abreast of the Department of Ag’s schedule of meetings to discuss how to make this
program more effective at which time volunteers will be recruited to attend.
Shelley Swenson moved and the motion was seconded by Elma Gillette that a
subcommittee be formed to address feeding children. Motion passed.
Intervention: Linda Eason, Assistant Probation Officer up-dated us that their office
personnel are trying to increase the number of civil citations given in Wakulla County. She
noted that a civil citation is not an arrest and will not be on the youth’s record. Cheryl
Williams, DISC Village is coordinating the program for the entire Circuit. A civil citation is
offered once for a misdemeanor charge. Law enforcement officers are encouraged to
utilize a civil citation as another “tool” in the tool box when working with youth. It is
considered a redemption program but youth are held accountable for their actions. If the
youth does not meet program requirements, they are referred back to the Sherriff’s
Department for further action.
Young Leaders: Lt. James Gatchell explained the new Fearless Coalition. At the present
time there are 4 young people. They have become involved with the process of making
youth more involved in volunteer service. Initially they are involved with working on a
MOU and by-laws with Lt. Gatchell serving as advisor. A membership packet is being
assembled. They are seeking volunteers to serve as a teacher and a sponsor. They want to
assemble a database of youth volunteer opportunities. They will develop the process to
insure that materials are developed so that students can coordinate their own volunteer
questionnaire to learn if a particular opportunity is a good match between a volunteer and
a volunteer site. A short meeting will follow the WCCY meeting for anyone interested in
participating. Note: Tonya Hobby of DOH SWAT and Jacquelyn McMillan of CCYS
volunteered to help Lt. Gatchell move this important work forward.
MISC.
Emily Smith, candidate for District 5, Wakulla County BoCC was introduced. She explained
that she had come to learn about the Coalition and the Children’s Services Council. She is a
FSU educator who lives in Sopchoppy.
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The WCCY meeting was adjourned at 2:30 p.m.
Next Meeting:
Wakulla County Juvenile Justice, Wednesday, June 6, 2012, 1-1:30 p.m.
Wakulla County Coalition for Youth: Wednesday, June 6, 2012, 12:30 -2:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Shelley Swenson, Secretary
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Board of County Commissioners

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