Item F1
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: April 19, 2001
Division:
Growth Management
Bulk Item: Yes
No X
Department: N/ A
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Growth Management Division Report (Oral)
1. RFP for consultant services to evaluate permitting process
2. Status on Proposed Program for '201' RaGa Affordable Housing Units
3. Follow-up on potential Big Pine Key park and recreation sites
ITEM BACKGROUND: N/ A
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: N/A
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: N/A
ST AFF RECOMMENDATIONS: N/ A
TOT AL COST:
X
BUDGETED: Yes N/A No
COST TO COUNTY: N/ A
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes N/A No
AMOUNT PER MONTH N/ A Year
Included
. sk Management N/ A
APPROVED BY: County Atty N/ A
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
DOCUMENTATION:
To Follow
Not Required---1L
DISPOSITION:
AGENDA ITEM -A'... !:(itfFl (.
Revised 2/27/01
DRAFT WORK FORCE HOUSING PROGRAM
Distribution:
111 ROGO allocations and nutrient reduction credits will for available for the Lower
Keys from the Key West city limits (Mile Marker 4) to end of Big Coppitt Key (Mile
Marker 11); and,
36 ROGO allocations and nutrient reduction credits will be available within the city
limits of Marathon.
54 ROGO allocations and nutrient reduction credits will be available for the Upper Keys
from the northern corporate limits of Islamorada (Mile Marker 90) to Mile Marker 106
in Key Largo.
Minimum Eligibility Requirements:
1. All units must be attached residential (two or more units). The minimum number
of units that may be applied for under a single application is four.
2. Each application for these units may be multiple sites; however, no single site
may have less than four units.
3. Each application is to compete with other applications submitted within one of the
three working housing target areas.
4. All units will be maintained as employee housing in perpetuity, which will be
guaranteed through a restrictive covenant running in favor of the County, City of
Marathon, or governmental agency. All future residents of these units must
derive at least 70 percent of their household income within Monroe County.
5. No proposed project site may receive negative points under Section 9.5-122.3 (a)
(7), (8), and (9) of the Monroe County Code.
6. Proposed sites must be located within the Lower Keys from Mile Marker 4 (Stock
Island) through Mile Marker 11 (Big Coppitt), City of Marathon, or Mile Marker
90 through Mile Marker 106 in the Upper Keys.
7. Each unit must have habitable floor space of no less than 600 square feet and no
more than 1,300 square feet. .
8. All units must be for rental housing.
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9. No more than 20 percent of the units in any application may be for units that are
to be available for rent within the 100 to 120 percent of median household income
range for Monroe County.
10. The highest rent than can be charged for any unit under this program must be no
more than the maximum allowable rent within the 120 percent of median
household income range.
11. All projects are required to provide landscaping that follows xeriscape principles
providing vegetation that is at least 80 percent native plants, and either collects
and directs rainfall to landscaped areas or reuses wastewater or treated seawater
for watering landscaped plants.
Point Ranking System
1. Connection to an existing central wastewater treatment plant: 5 points
2. Monthly rental ranges:
(50 percent of AGI) $684 or less per month % of units times 30=
(80 percent of AGI) $685 to $1,094 per month % of units times 40=
(100 percent of AGI) $1,095 to $1,369 per month _% of units times 20=
(120 percent of AGI) $1,369 to $1,643 per month _% of units times 10=
Total Points:
AGI refers to adjusted gross annual household income for Monroe County.
3. Development Approvals:
Project is permitted under current zoning
Has partial development approval
Has full development approval
5 points
10 points*
15 points**
* Partial development approval means an approved conditional use.
* * Full development approval means building permits ready to b~ issued subject to
ROGO award.
4. Site is within 500 feet of a fixed route transit stop:
5 points
5. Project and site design.
up to 30 points
(Note: criteria to be developed.)
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Total Score (possible number of points 100)
Work Force Housing Selection Committee
A three-person committee is to be established through a Memorandum of Agreement
between DCA, Monroe County, and City of Marathon. The committee will be
empowered to review applications for ROGOlNutrient Reduction Credits under this
Work Force Program, assign points for project design and layout, and recommend
projects to the Monroe County Commission for action on awarding ROGO allocations:
This committee will consist of one staff appointee each from the City of Marathon,
Monroe County and Department of Community Affairs.
The administration of the application process and administrative support to the committee
will be provided by the Monroe County Growth Management Division. All meetings
will be advertised and minutes kept.
Process:
A Request for Applications will be advertised by the County and a briefing session(s)
held to review the requirements and the competitive process for awarding an allocation
with potential applicants. A date will be established for receiving applications.
Applicants will submit completed applications on a form prescribed by the County
Planning Director, including a copy of all appropriate submitted development approvals,
to the Planning Department. The Planning Department staff will evaluate and score each
application for the scoring criteria 1 through 4.
The scored applications will be submitted to the Work Force Housing Selection
Committee for evaluation of criterion 5 (Project and Site Design) The Committee will
score criterion 5 for each application and submit score applications to the Board of
County Commissioners for final approval.
Applications will compete with other applications within the appropriate work force
housing target area. Awards will be made based on score and the number of available
allocations/nutrient reduction credits (awards). Ties will be settled by date and time of
submittal of the application.
Award Time Frames
Any applicant receiving an award must obtain building permits for all residential units
within 180 days of the award. No extensions may be granted. If the applicant fails to
obtain building permits within this time frame, the award is terminated and the
ROGO/nutrient reduction credits are returned to the pool.
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For projects of more than ten units, the successful applicant may request that building
permits be obtained on a phased basis. Any such request and schedule for obtaining
building permits must be approved by the Board of County Commissioners and must be
requested in the application package submitted.
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