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Item F1 F.1 County of Monroe P W ;� w 1rJ� BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS r,�� Mayor Craig Cates,District 1 The Florida Keys Mayor Pro Tem Holly Merrill Raschein,District 5 y Michelle Lincoln,District 2 James K.Scholl,District 3 Ij David Rice,District 4 County Commission Meeting February 15, 2023 Agenda Item Number: F.1 Agenda Item Summary #11663 BULK ITEM: Yes DEPARTMENT: County Land Acquisition and Land Management TIME APPROXIMATE: STAFF CONTACT: Cynthia Guerra(305) 289-2588 9:15 am AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval of a Resolution granting approval of a purchase agreement of property pending final DEO approval, funded by the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Voluntary Home Buyout Program (VHBO) in the amount of $380,000.00, execution of a restrictive covenant running with the land, and moving one (1) Market Rate - Rate of Growth Ordinance (ROGO) Exemption from the acquired property to the Administrative Relief pool for market rate allocation(s). ITEM BACKGROUND: NOTE: Consistent with State Statute 119.071(5)(f)(1.)(b), staff has omitted/redacted the homeowner's names, address and other identifying information as adopted during the 2020 legislative session. This statute provides an exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying information for the purpose of disaster recovery assistance. Properties proposed for acquisition by the Voluntary Home Buyout Program were affected by Hurricane Irma in 2017. The Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) awarded Monroe County $15 million in CDBG- DR funding, via Subrecipient Agreement I0092, to acquire Irma-damaged properties in low to moderate income areas or from households with low to moderate income. The State established Rebuild Florida Voluntary Home Buyout Program Guidelines (attached) and the County adopted priority scoring in Resolution 56-2021 (attached) to assist with program implementation. With the assistance of Tetra Tech, the consultant retained to assist in program administration, the County is acquiring property that was damaged by Hurricane Irma. The acquisition is being made to reduce the impact of future disasters by acquiring properties that are in high-risk flood areas. The Subrecipient Agreement requires the County to restrict VHBP acquired properties to uses stated in the County's grant application. The application included Resolution 224-2019 which stated the county's intention was to deed-restrict the properties in perpetuity to open space uses, storm water improvements or to restore and conserve the natural floodplain functions. The property owner has agreed to sell the property for the price of$380,000.00. The purchase price is based on an appraisal completed pursuant to the program's requirements. The property owner has also agreed to surrender Packet Pg. 1550 F.1 all development rights or ROGOs vested in the property. DEO has reviewed and provided approval of the acquisition per the terms of the Subrecipient(grant) Agreement. The redacted Purchase Agreement and Restrictive Covenant are attached. Monroe County has identified 1 ROGO exemption on the property. Upon adoption of this resolution, the Planning and Environmental Resources Department shall move one (1) Market Rate ROGO Exemption into the ROGO Administrative Relief pool for market rate allocations. The seller is being evaluated to determine if they are eligible for an additional financial incentive award provided under the CDBG-DR program for assistance in securing replacement housing in the County. The assistance is to help retain an area's population as well as to assist property owners to relocate to lower risk flood prone areas. If the seller is ultimately eligible for the incentive award, that award will be brought back for BOCC approval prior to disbursement. PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: On July 22, 2019, the BOCC approved the CDBG-DR VHBP grant application to DEO (Agenda Item B.1). On May 20, 2020, the BOCC approved Resolution 150-2020 allowing the county to execute the CDBG-DR VHBP Subrecipient Agreement with DEO (Agenda Item D.2). On February 17, 2021, the BOCC approved Resolution 56-2021 updating the local program prioritization criteria for the Voluntary Home Buyout Program (Agenda Item D.5). CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: NA STAFF RECOMMENDATION: APPROVAL. DOCUMENTATION: DEO Voluntary Home Buyout Program Guidelines Resolution 056-2021 Final approved -Updating County Criteria Resolution Approving Purchase Agreement and Restrictive Covenant 00059 Restrictive VHBP Covenant_Redacted 00059 Restrictive VHBP Covenant Redacted FINANCIAL IMPACT: Effective Date: Effective upon execution by Monroe County and closing of real estate transaction Expiration Date: NA Total Dollar Value of Purchase Agreement: $380,000 Total Cost to County: $0 Current Year Portion: NA Packet Pg. 1551 F.1 Budgeted: No Source of Funds: CDBG-DR Voluntary Home Buyout Program CPI: NA Indirect Costs: NA Estimated Ongoing Costs Not Included in above dollar amounts: NA Revenue Producing: NA If yes, amount: Grant: $ 15 Million CDBG-DR Voluntary Home Buyout Program Grant County Match: $ 0 Insurance Required: NA Additional Details: NA REVIEWED BY: Christine Hurley Completed 01/20/2023 8:08 AM Kelly Dugan Completed 01/30/2023 11:28 AM Cynthia Guerra Completed 01/31/2023 3:22 PM Purchasing Completed 01/31/2023 3:24 PM Budget and Finance Completed 01/31/2023 3:27 PM Risk Management Completed 01/31/2023 3:32 PM Lindsey Ballard Completed 01/31/2023 3:36 PM Board of County Commissioners Pending 02/15/2023 9:00 AM Packet Pg. 1552 F.1.b RESOLUTION NO. 056 -2021 0 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 U IN THE VOLUNTARY HOME BUYOUT PROGRAM UTILIZING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT - DISASTER RECOVERY FUNDING AND UPDATING AND REPLACING RESOLUTION 224-2019. U) WHEREAS, Hurricane Irma impacted the Florida Keys in September 10, 2017 destroying or CL majorly damaging over 4000 residential structures in Monroe County severely augmenting the workforce housing crises; and > 4- WHEREAS, The Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) developed a Community o Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Action Plan that detailed how the CL CL 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 U 0 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 CL space uses or to restore and/or conserve the natural floodplain functions; and WHEREAS the program specifies prioritization criteria which must be implemented within CL CL 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 CN the program's purpose to reduce community risk; and LO WHEREAS,the County adopted Resolution 224-2019 on August 21,2019 providing the local 0 prioritization criteria for selection of properties interested in the VHBP; and 0 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 c� Page i of 3 Packet Pg. 1553 F.1.b owner/applicant and to provide clarification under Section 1. eligibility criteria to provide that o tenant occupied homes will not be eligible; NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS: 0 U Section 1. To be eligible for consideration by Monroe County for volunteer home buyout, the applicant must be: 2 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: 0 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; U 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 c0 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 5. 5 pts for when the home was the property ownerlapplicant(s)' primary residence at the time of Hurricane Irma. Primary residency will be based upon homestead status with the Monroe County Property Appraiser. 0 CL Section 3.This resolution will be effective on February 17, 2021 and updates and replacesCL Resolution 224-2019. LL PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, CN CN Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 17th day of February 2021. LO Mayor Michelle Coldiron, District 2 Yes Mayor Pro Tern David Rice, District 4 Yes Commissioner Craig Cates, District 1 YCs Commissioner Eddie Martinez, District 3 Yes Commissioner Mike Forster, District 5 Yes c� Page 2 of 3 Packet Pg. 1554 F.1.b 0 C �•,�o• A EVIN MADOK, CLERK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE C P?11� 0 uBy: By: � As Deputy Clerk Mayor 2 U) U) MONROE COUNTY ATTORNEY r r.',.{�PPR .bAS70PO CNRISTINE LIM BERT-HARROW S ASSISTANT LIN��T��YryryATTORNEY UATE _. ortl_.._._ 4- 0 0 CL CL n n u 0 u �9 C= �i rrl CL CL CL La W V— C®1 C®1 a 0 U) E U Page 3 of 3 Packet Pg. 1555 F.1.c RESOLUTION NO. -2023 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY > COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, U GRANTING APPROVAL OF A PURCHASE AGREEMENT OF PROPERTY FUNDED BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT—DISASTER RECOVERY VOLUNTARY HOME a� BUYOUT PROGRAM, APPROVING EXECUTION OF A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT RUNNING WITH THE LAND, AND APPROVING THE MOVEMENT OF A MARKET RATE ROGO c� EXEMPTION FROM THE PROPERTY TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF POOL FOR MARKET RATE CL ALLOCATIONS. °0 4- 0 WHEREAS, Hurricane Irma impacted the Florida Keys on September 10, 2017 destroying or 0 majorly damaging over 4,000 residential structures in Monroe County; and CL 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 funding for the Voluntary U a� Home Buyout Program (VHBP) for the unincorporated portions of Monroe County. The County .c was awarded $15 Million in funding; and U) WHEREAS, the County adopted Resolution 1 SO-2020 to accept and execute the VHBP Subrecipient Agreement for the CDBG-DR funding on May 20, 2020, which was amended by an a� Amendment to the VHBP Subrecipient Agreement approved on March 17, 2021; and a� 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. The Subrecipient Agreement requires the County to restrict VHBP acquired properties to uses stated in the County's grant application. The application included Resolution 224-2019 which stated the county's intention was to deed-restrict the properties in perpetuity to open space uses, storm water improvements or to restore and conserve the natural floodplain functions. This deed-restriction is provided for in a c "Declaration of Restrictive Covenant Running with the Land and Declaration of Restriction on 0 a� Future Development"; and c� Page 1 of 3 Packet Pg. 1556 F.1.c WHEREAS, Monroe County is acquiring property through the VHBP for a purchase price of $380,000.00. This acquisition has been reviewed and approved by DEO per the terms of the Subrecipient Agreement; and WHEREAS, Monroe County has one (1)ROGO Exemption on the property; and WHEREAS,said one(1)market rate ROGO Exemption are not needed for the redevelopment of the site; and WHEREAS, the BOCC is moving one (1) market rate ROGO Exemption to the U) Administrative Relief pool for market rate allocations. 2- CL CL 4- NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY o COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA: > 0 Section 1. Recitals and Legislative Intent: The foregoing recitals and statements of legislative intent are true and correct and are hereby incorporated as if fully stated herein. > 0 Section 2. This resolution shall become effective upon its adoption by the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners. 2 Section 3. This resolution authorizes the Mayor to execute the Purchase Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A. Section 4. The resolution authorizes the Mayor to execute the Declaration of Restrictive E Covenant Running with the Land and Declaration of Restriction on Future Development, attached hereto as Exhibit B. a� U) Section 4. The resolution authorizes the Monroe County Planning Department to move one c� (1) market rate ROGO Exemptions to the Administrative Relief pool for market rate allocation. ROGO Exemption attached hereto as Exhibit C. 0 0 0 U) E c� Page 2 of 3 Packet Pg. 1557 F.1.c PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 15th day of February 2023. 0 U Mayor Craig Cates, District 1 Mayor Pro Tem Holly Merrill Raschein, District 5 Commissioner Michelle Lincoln, District 2 U) Commissioner James K. Scholl, District 3 Commissioner David Rice, District 4 U) c� Attest: KEVIN MADOK, CLERK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CL OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA 4- 0 By: By: As Deputy Clerk Craig Cates, Mayor CL 0 U 2 MONROE COUNTY ATTORNEY APPROVED AS TO FORM /s/ 1Kdllly I , IDu.ugwi Kelly Dugan ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY Date: 1/why/23 U) c� CL 0 CL CL c 0 U) c� Page 3 of 3 Packet Pg. 1558 0 U Exhibit A .2 U) Purchase Agreement Redacted pursuant to Fla. Stat. 119.071 U) 4- 0 0 CL CL 0 U .2 U) CL 0 CL CL 0 U) Packet Pg. 1559 0 U Exhibit B U) U) Restrictive Covenant Redacted pursuant to Fla. Stat. 119.071 (L (L 4- 0 0 CL CL 0 U .2 U) E CL 0 CL CL 0 U) E Packet Pg. 1560 0 U U) U) Exhibit C ROGO Exemption Letter M Redacted pursuant to Fla. Stat. 119.071 > 4- 0 0 CL CL 0 U .2 U) CL 0 CL CL 0 U) Packet Pg. 1561 Return to: The Law Office of Anthony J.Ba,rrows 540 Ke 0 y Deer Blvd 0 Big P'ime Key,FL 33043 0 305-872-1050 ----------------------- Space Above this Line for Recording --------------------------—-—-—- DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIVE COVEN ANT RUNNING WITHTHE, LAND AND DECLARATION OF RESTRICTION ON FUTURE DEVELOPMENT 0 This Declaration of Restrictive Covenant is executed as of the th day of _, 2023 (the "Effective Date"), by Nloriroe Cotinty. a political stibdivision of the State of Florida, whose post office address is 1 10O Simonton Street, Suite 205, Key West, FL 33040, in reference to the property ("'Property") known as: > 0 U 0 Legal Description: 2 .2 RE #: Addi,ess: conveyed by the Deed betweeii ,,participating in a federally assisted acquisition project (L ("Grantor"), and Monroe County, ("Gram tee"'), its successors and assigns- (L 00 WHEREAS, Hurricane Itura in:ipacted the Florida, Keys on September 10, 2017, destroying or > 4- infijorly damaging over 4,00O residential stiiictures in Monroe County; and 0 0 WHEREAS,in response to the impacts statewide of Hurricane h-ina, the Department of Economic CL Opportunity (DEO) developed a Conununity Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery (CI BG-DR) Action Plan that detailed how the State will adn'rinister the finids statewide, The Action Plan includes the Voluntary Home Buyout program (VHBP) which was created,to acquire properties that are in Ing 1 111 1 flood areas, to reduce the it )act of ftiture disasters, and to assist property owners to relocate to less risk prone areas; and,, WHEREAS, Monroe County was awarded $15 Million in CDBG-DR firuding for the creation and iruplementation of a VHBP for unincorporated Portions of the County. The, County adopted 0 Resolution 150-2020 to accept and execute the VHBP DEO Subrecipient Agreenient for tineU CL m CDBG-DR ftinding on May 20, 2,02,0, which was arneirded by air Ainendinent to the VHBP m Subrec ipient Agreement approved on March 17, 2 02 1, making the County a, VHBP grantee; and > WHEREAS, the Subrecipient Agreement requires the, County to restrict VHBP acquired .2 properties to uses stated in the Courity's grant application. The application included Resolution U) 224-2019 which stated the county's intention was to deed-restrict the properties in perpetuity to open space uses, storms water improvements or to restore and conserve the natural floodplain LO ftinctions; and E Packet Pg. 1562 F.1.d NOW, THEREFORE, this DECLARATION is made from and after the Effective Date and subject to the following terms and conditions: 1. Terms. Pursuant to the terms of the Subrecipient Agreement I0092 dated June 4, 2020, the following conditions and restrictions shall apply in perpetuity to the Property described in the attached deed and acquired by the Grantee pursuant to CDBG-DR requirements concerning the acquisition of the Property: a. Compatible uses. The Property shall be dedicated and maintained in perpetuity to open space uses, storm water improvements or to restore and conserve the natural floodplain functions. b. Structures. Construction of new structures is only allowed where: i. A public building is open on all sides and functionally related to a designated open space use.; > ii. The structure is a public rest room; or U iii. The structure is compatible with the uses proposed included in paragraph l.a., and has DEO approval in writing before the construction of the structure begins. U) a� Any new structures built on the Property according to the subparagraph b. above will be elevated or flood-proofed to the Base Flood Elevation (BFE) plus two foot of freeboard as defined in the Federal Register 24 CFR 55.2(b)(10), or as amended and defined in the Federal Register, and meet applicable requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) floodplain management regulations or local codes. > 4- 0 C. Disaster Assistance and Flood Insurance. After settlement, no federal disaster assistance for any purpose from any federal source, nor flood insurance payments will be made with respect to the Property,and no person < or entity shall seek such amounts. a� c� d. Transfer. The subrecipient must obtain the approval of DEO before conveying ownership (fee title) of the Property to another public agency or qualified conservation organization.Property transfer to private citizens and corporations will not be approved. All development rights in the form of a conservation easement on the property must be conveyed to the conservation organization or retained by the subrecipient or other public U 0- entity. 00 2. Enforcement. The subrecipient must accept responsibility for monitoring and enforcing this deed restriction and/or easement. U) 0 3. Amendment. This agreement may be amended upon signatures of DEO and the Grantee only to the extent that such amendment does not affect the fundamental and statutory LO purposes underlying the agreement. c� Packet Pg. 1563 F.1.d 4. Severability. Should any provision of this grant or the application thereof to any person or circumstance be found to be invalid or unenforceable, the rest and remainder of the provisions of this grant and their application shall not be affected and shall remain valid 0 and enforceable. a� IN WITNESS WHEREOF,the undersigned has caused this DECLARATION to be signed by its duly authorized representatives, as of the day and year first above written. Grantee/ COUNTY: MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA ATTEST: Kevin Madok, CPA, Clerk By: U As Deputy Clerk Craig Cates, Mayor 2 (Seal) U) MONROE COUNTY ATTORNEY U) APPROVED AS TO FORM 2- Date: /s/ 1Kdllly I . I�jga. i KELLY DUGAN ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY Date: 1/why/23 0 CL CL c� i 0 U 2 U) c� Packet Pg. 1564 Return to: The Law Office of Anthony J.Ba,rrows 540 Ke 0 y Deer Blvd 0 Big P'ime Key,FL 33043 0 305-872-1050 ----------------------- Space Above this Line for Recording --------------------------—-—-—- DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIVE COVEN ANT RUNNING WITHTHE, LAND AND DECLARATION OF RESTRICTION ON FUTURE DEVELOPMENT 0 This Declaration of Restrictive Covenant is executed as of the th day of _, 2023 (the "Effective Date"), by Nloriroe Cotinty. a political stibdivision of the State of Florida, whose post office address is 1 10O Simonton Street, Suite 205, Key West, FL 33040, in reference to the property ("'Property") known as: > 0 U 0 Legal Description: 2 .2 RE #: Addi,ess: conveyed by the Deed betweeii ,,participating in a federally assisted acquisition project (L ("Grantor"), and Monroe County, ("Gram tee"'), its successors and assigns- (L 00 WHEREAS, Hurricane Itura in:ipacted the Florida, Keys on September 10, 2017, destroying or > 4- infijorly damaging over 4,00O residential stiiictures in Monroe County; and 0 0 WHEREAS,in response to the impacts statewide of Hurricane h-ina, the Department of Economic CL Opportunity (DEO) developed a Conununity Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery (CI BG-DR) Action Plan that detailed how the State will adn'rinister the finids statewide, The Action Plan includes the Voluntary Home Buyout program (VHBP) which was created,to acquire properties that are in Ing 1 111 1 flood areas, to reduce the it )act of ftiture disasters, and to assist property owners to relocate to less risk prone areas; and,, WHEREAS, Monroe County was awarded $15 Million in CDBG-DR firuding for the creation and iruplementation of a VHBP for unincorporated Portions of the County. The, County adopted 0 Resolution 150-2020 to accept and execute the VHBP DEO Subrecipient Agreenient for tineU CL m CDBG-DR ftinding on May 20, 2,02,0, which was arneirded by air Ainendinent to the VHBP m Subrec ipient Agreement approved on March 17, 2 02 1, making the County a, VHBP grantee; and > WHEREAS, the Subrecipient Agreement requires the, County to restrict VHBP acquired .2 properties to uses stated in the Courity's grant application. The application included Resolution U) 224-2019 which stated the county's intention was to deed-restrict the properties in perpetuity to open space uses, storms water improvements or to restore and conserve the natural floodplain LO ftinctions; and E Packet Pg. 1565 F.1.e NOW, THEREFORE, this DECLARATION is made from and after the Effective Date and subject to the following terms and conditions: 1. Terms. Pursuant to the terms of the Subrecipient Agreement I0092 dated June 4, 2020, the following conditions and restrictions shall apply in perpetuity to the Property described in the attached deed and acquired by the Grantee pursuant to CDBG-DR requirements concerning the acquisition of the Property: a. Compatible uses. The Property shall be dedicated and maintained in perpetuity to open space uses, storm water improvements or to restore and conserve the natural floodplain functions. b. Structures. Construction of new structures is only allowed where: i. A public building is open on all sides and functionally related to a designated open space use.; > ii. The structure is a public rest room; or U iii. The structure is compatible with the uses proposed included in paragraph l.a., and has DEO approval in writing before the construction of the structure begins. U) a� Any new structures built on the Property according to the subparagraph b. above will be elevated or flood-proofed to the Base Flood Elevation (BFE) plus two foot of freeboard as defined in the Federal Register 24 CFR 55.2(b)(10), or as amended and defined in the Federal Register, and meet applicable requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) floodplain management regulations or local codes. > 4- 0 C. Disaster Assistance and Flood Insurance. After settlement, no federal disaster assistance for any purpose from any federal source, nor flood insurance payments will be made with respect to the Property,and no person < or entity shall seek such amounts. a� c� d. Transfer. The subrecipient must obtain the approval of DEO before conveying ownership (fee title) of the Property to another public agency or qualified conservation organization.Property transfer to private citizens and corporations will not be approved. All development rights in the form of a conservation easement on the property must be conveyed to the conservation organization or retained by the subrecipient or other public U 0- entity. 00 2. Enforcement. The subrecipient must accept responsibility for monitoring and enforcing this deed restriction and/or easement. U) 0 3. Amendment. This agreement may be amended upon signatures of DEO and the Grantee only to the extent that such amendment does not affect the fundamental and statutory LO purposes underlying the agreement. c� Packet Pg. 1566 F.1.e 4. Severability. Should any provision of this grant or the application thereof to any person or circumstance be found to be invalid or unenforceable, the rest and remainder of the provisions of this grant and their application shall not be affected and shall remain valid 0 and enforceable. a� IN WITNESS WHEREOF,the undersigned has caused this DECLARATION to be signed by its duly authorized representatives, as of the day and year first above written. Grantee/ COUNTY: MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA ATTEST: Kevin Madok, CPA, Clerk By: U As Deputy Clerk Craig Cates, Mayor 2 (Seal) U) MONROE COUNTY ATTORNEY U) APPROVED AS TO FORM 2- Date: /s/ 1Kdllly I . I�jga. i KELLY DUGAN ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY Date: 1/why/23 0 CL CL c� i 0 U 2 U) c� Packet Pg. 1567