Item N6BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
g p _ Public Works and Engineering
Meeting Date: September 1 �i, �i� 1 Division:
Bulk Item: Yes No X Department: -Project Manageement
Staff Contact Person/Phone #: _Doug S osito X4416
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Discussion and presentation of the request to use the Vacant Monroe
County Property at Atlantic Ave in Key Largo for a satellite campus of the Florida Keys Community
College.
ITEM BACKGROUND: Renderings were developed by Pike Architects, Inc. to illustrate a potential
Florida Keys Community College building on vacant land owned by Monroe County on Atlantic
Avenue near the Key Largo Community Park. Proposed building can be up to 10,000 square feet with
8 potential dorm rooms on the lot. Vacant lot is described by Real Estate identification number
00453440-001100.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: None
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: N/A
TOTAL COST: NIA INDIRECT COST: BUDGETED: Yes No
DIFFERENTIAL OF LOCAL PREFERENCE:
COST TO COUNTY:
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes No AMOUNT PER MONTH Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty ; OMB/Purchasing Risk Management
DOCUMENTATION:
DISPOSITION:
Revised 7/09
Included Not Required
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I don't know what we will be doing for Mallory this semester. I don't know if there is anything you can do to help her at #ft point.
All I know is there is much work to be done to meet the needs of our Upper Keys' students. Building a new facility in the Upper
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I would very much like to participate in the expansion of services and facilities offered in the Upper Keys. Please let me know Crow
I can assist you in making this possible for our students.
Thank you for your time.
Marlen Weeks (Parent) and owner of
Coastal Title & Closing Services. Inc.
88101 Overseas Hwy.
Islarnorada, FL 33036
Phone: (305)852-1477
Fax: (308) 852-8"7
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From the Office of the llrer item
August 20, 2015
Mr. Roman Gastesi
County Administrator
Monroe County, Florida
1100 Simonton Street, Suite 205
Key West, FL 33040
RE: Requeslfi)r Transfer of Real Properly with RE Number 453440,001100
Dear Mr. Gastesi:
As you know, Florida Keys Community College ("I-KCC") is interested in expanding its
facilities to accommodate the growing demand of students in the middle and upper Florida Keys,
As part of this effort, FKCC is investigating the feasibility ofconstructing a North earnpus in the
Key Largo area.
The development of a North campus in Key Largo will allow FKCC to better serve the needs of
Monroe County residents, by bringing the educational services that FKCC offers to the highly -
populated and Under -served upper Keys area, In order to facilitate this endeavor, FKCC has
identified certain sites that Would be appropriate for expansion. Among those sites is a 1.12 acre
parcel, located at the intersection of Atlantic Boulevard and Homestead Avenue in Key Largo,
owned by the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners (the "Parcel"). The Parcel is
identified by the Monroe County Property Appraiser as RE Number 453440.001100, and is
currently vacant.
FKCC respectflully requests that Monroe County convey the Parcel to FKCC, in the interest and
f"or the benefit of Monroe County, Tile development of a North campus on the Parcel would put
FKCC's educational services in coriverlient proximity to many Monroe County residents, would
improve the character of the surrounding COMM Lill it)', and could bring revenue to Monroe County
by drawing Students from the ncarby I lornestead. Florida City, and Miami areas.
FKCC envisions development of the parcel with a mix of institutional transient and institutional
uses, consisting of dormitories for students, classroom buildings, and attendant facilities. Under
the Current land use parameters appiyiu- to the Parcel, FKCC could develop up to 19,000 square
feet or institutional facilities * rn
�. 16 do litory units, or some mix of the two with an attendant
reduction in the number of dormitories land institutional square footage. As FKCC progresses its
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plan for expansion into the middle and upper Keys from the conceptual stage, the mix of uses
that FKCC desires for the Parcel will become clearer.
If Monroe County determines to convey the Parcel to FKCC, FKCC would utilize the parcel
exclusively for education and housing of students. In order to ensure the Parcel is utilized for the
benefit of Monroe County and for the purpose of educations, FKCC is amenable to a reversionary
clause in the conveyance, which would ensure the Parcel would return to Monroe County's
ownership if at any time the Parcel was utilized for purposes other than education or housing of
students.
Please contact me with any questions you may have with respect to FKCC's request.
I look forward to your consideration of this mutually beneficial proposal.
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Gueverra, Ed.D.
President/CEO
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