Resolution 224-2019 RESOLUTION NO. 224 -2019
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIOINERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA,
PROVIDING FOR THE MONROE COUNTY VOLUNTARY
HOME BUYOUT LOCAL PROGRAM PRIORITIZATION
CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF PROPERTIES INTERESTED
IN THE VOLUNTARY HOME BUYOUT PROGRAM UTILIZING
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT - DISASTER
RECOVERY FUNDING.
WHEREAS, Hurricane Irma impacted the Florida Keys in September 10, 2017 destroying or
majorly damaging over 4000 residential structures in Monroe County severely augmenting the
workforce housing crises; and
WHEREAS, $75 Million dollars have been allocated from the Community Development
Block Grant — Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds with a $10 Million set aside for Monroe
County for the Voluntary Home Buyout Program; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of Rebuild Florida's CDBG-DR Voluntary Home Buyout Program
is to acquire properties that are in high-risk flood areas to help reduce the impact of future disasters,
and to assist property owners to relocate to less risk prone areas. These funds will support property
acquisition, structure demolition and conversion of the land to open space or storm water
improvements that alleviate flooding. The property must be deed-restricted in perpetuity to open
space uses or to restore and/or conserve the natural floodplain functions; and
WHEREAS the program specifies prioritization criteria which must be implemented within
each jurisdiction in compliance with CDBG-DR regulations; and
WHEREAS, the County may develop additional local prioritization criteria in order to fairly
and equitably prioritize homeowners for the voluntary home buyout program while focusing on
the program's purpose to reduce community risk;
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1.To be eligible for consideration by Monroe County for volunteer home buyout, the
applicant must be:
1. The owner of the property (A tenant in a rental property is not eligible).
2. The owner must be willing to relinquish all development rights to the property,
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including but not limited to allocations granted under the County's Rate of Growth
Ordinance (ROGO).
Section 2. The proposed Monroe County point allocation criteria is as follows:
1. 5 pts for homes that were substantially damaged as a result of Hurricane Irma;
2. 5 pts for homes that are located in the V Zone as designated by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency;
3. 5 pts for repetitive loss structures as designated by the National Flood Insurance Program;
4. 10 pts for severe repetitive loss structures as designated by the National Flood Insurance
Program, and
5. 5 pts for high probability of sea level rise inundation on the property or roads adjacent to the
property as that inundation data correlates to the map series as accepted by the Monroe
County Board of County Commissioners and incorporated into the County's GreenKeys Plan
Technical Appendix C. The County may consider other such data that is appropriate and
useful to determine inundation.
Section 3. This resolution will only be effective if Monroe County receives funding under the
CDBG-DR Voluntary Home Buyout Program.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 21st day of August 2019.
Mayor Sylvia J. Murphy, District 5 Yes
Mayor Pro Tern Danny L. Kolhage, District 1 Yes o -ri
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