Resolution 056-2021 RESOLUTION NO. 056 -2021
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 AND UPDATING AND REPLACING
RESOLUTION 224-2019.
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, The Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) developed a Community
Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Action Plan that detailed how the
State will administer the funds statewide. The Action Plan allocated$15 Million for the Voluntary
Home Buyout Program (VHBP) for the unincorporated portions of Monroe County; 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; and
WHEREAS,the County adopted Resolution 224-2019 on August 21,2019 providing the local
prioritization criteria for selection of properties interested in the VHBP; and
WHEREAS, this resolution seeks to update and replace Resolution 224-2019 to provide
additional prioritization criteria to allow for 5 points (pts) for primary residences of the property
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owner/applicant and to provide clarification under Section 1. eligibility criteria to provide that
tenant occupied homes will not be eligible;
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 not have tenants in the property at the time of application submission
and throughout the VHBP application process to remain eligible. (Properties that are
tenant occupied are not eligible).
3. The owner must be willing to relinquish all development rights to the property,
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;
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; and
6. 5 pts for when the home was the property owner/applicant(s)' primary residence at
the time of Hurricane Irma. Primary residency will be based upon homestead status
with the Monroe County Property Appraiser.
Section 3.This resolution will be effective on February 17, 2021 and updates and replaces
Resolution 224-2019.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 17th day of February 2021.
Mayor Michelle Coldiron, District 2 Yes
Mayor Pro Tem David Rice, District 4 Yes
Commissioner Craig Cates, District I Yes
Commissioner Eddie Martinez, District 3 Yes
Commissioner Mike Forster, District 5 Yes
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