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;� 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
March 22, 2023
Agenda Item Number: H.4
Agenda Item Summary #11768
BULK ITEM: No DEPARTMENT: Land Authority Governing Board
TIME APPROXIMATE: STAFF CONTACT: Christine Hurley (305) 295-5180
9:25 A.M. Land Authority
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Monroe County Land Authority Executive Director Monthly
Report for March, 2023 (through February 28, 2023).
ITEM BACKGROUND: N/A
PREVIOUS RELEVANT GOVERNING BOARD ACTION: N/A
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
DOCUMENTATION:
Monthly Report
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Effective Date:
Expiration Date:
Total Dollar Value of Contract:
Total Cost to County:
Current Year Portion:
Budgeted:
Source of Funds:
CPI:
Indirect Costs:
Estimated Ongoing Costs Not Included in above dollar amounts:
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Revenue Producing: If yes, amount:
Grant:
County Match:
Insurance Required:
Additional Details:
REVIEWED BY:
Christine Hurley Completed 03/07/2023 8:59 AM
Lindsey Ballard Completed 03/07/2023 9:56 AM
Board of County Commissioners Pending 03/22/2023 9:00 AM
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MEMORANDUM
Office of Monroe County Land Authority
TO: Board of County Commissioners
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FROM: Christine Hurley, AICP
Executive Director
DATE: March 7, 2023
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SUBJECT: Monroe County Land Authority (MCLA) & County Monthly Acquisition/Disposition Report '-
ending—February 28, 2023
*Certain programs may not be reporting as of this date because of the way their revenues are C4
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MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
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The MCLA receives recurring revenue for property acquisitions from two primary sources. Pursuant to section E
380.0685, Florida Statutes, the Authority receives a park surcharge on admission and overnight occupancy at 2
state parks within the unincorporated area of Monroe County and pursuant to section 125.0108, Florida Statutes, 0
and sections 23-178 and 23-179, Monroe County Code, the Authority receives a 50% share of the 1% tourist a
impact tax charged on lodging in the Keys.
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In addition to these recurring revenues,the Authority has received land acquisition grants from the State of Florida
and the US Army Corps of Engineers in past.
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Beginning in FY22, MCLA has successfully worked with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection
(FDEP) to allow MCLA to pre-acquire lands within Florida Forever and then resell the parcels to the State of
Florida. The chart demonstrates the "revenue" MCLA is receiving as FDEP purchases the land from MCLA.
The goal is for MCLA to sell $5 Million of land per year to FDEP, based on the Stewardship Bill. This is
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explained in more detail in the report.
The following chart demonstrates the previous 10 years of park surcharge and tourist impact tax revenue for the 5
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Munroe County L�/a13d Authority Revenue-1q Years o,f Historic Data
Year Ko West TIMP Florida Ke s TIMP Sales[o CEP
2013 $1,300,730 $1.430.255 $0
2014 $2,162,785 $1.650.640 $0
2015 $2398704 $1.900.434 $0
2016 $2=,956 $2.016.206 $0
2017 $2482,974 $2.081.999 $o
2018 $2.413,497 $1.681.963 $0
2019 $2 69c 797 $2.290.491 $0
2020 $1,98",f,o69 $2.078.894 $o
2021 $3278139 $3.787.030 $0 CN
2022 HM $4,142,366 $4.493.321 $677,509
2023 U59,902,71 $841,66919 $1.541.453 25 C14
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The MCLA manages the following programs, of which, progress is being reported as follows:
• MCLA Acquisitions/Dispositions
o City of Marathon
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• Less Than Fee Acquisition Program 0
• Code Compliance Foreclosure Properties Reuse
• Affordable Housing
• Community Development Block Grant — Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Voluntary Home Buyout O
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• Florida Forever Program ,
• Density Reduction Resale Program Q
• Conservation Land Stewardship Program
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• Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) Acquisition and Demolition
• Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)Elevation 0
• Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA)Elevation 0
• Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Acquisition and Demolition 2
• Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA)Mitigation Reconstruction 21
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MCLA Acquisitions /Dispositions Contact: Mark Rosch 305-295-5180 L-
The following table summarizes all acquisition projects where MCLA has acquired or assisted in the acquisition U
of real property interests since MCLA's first acquisition in Fiscal Year 1988 through Fiscal Year 2022. 2
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All Projects By Type
FY 1988 -FY 2022
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Project Type Transactions Parcels Acres Units Expenditures
Conservation 1,680 4,431 3,946 0 $52,144,900
Density Reduction - FS 21 24 5 0 $0
Density Reduction - LTF 63 78 10 0 $0
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Density Reduction - 9 10 3 0 $0
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Affordable Housing 77 162 111 1,312 $55,795,340 0
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Recreation 30 156 126 0 $7,276,697
Solid Waste 1 4 74 0 $2,212,500
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Total 1,881 4,865 4,274 1,312 $117,429,436
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The following budget outlook table demonstrates land the MCLA is currently working on acquiring or selling
February 1, 2023 through February 28, 2023:
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FY 23 Potential Balance $7,844,680
Outside Key West-General Acquisitions
FY 23 Revenues for general acquisitions
FL Keys ACSC $12,784,185
FY 23 Expenditures to date ($2,622,640)
Garcia/North Sugarloaf Acres Section One ($95,513)
Pilafian/Key Largo Park ($91,490)
Suarez/Big Pine Key,Inc. ($233,498)
Harrison Dam ron/Cahill Pines and Palms ($116,623)
Hernandezlnvestments/KeyLargo ($386,273)
Conch Republic Housing Alliance LLC/Sands ($473,958)
Stiles/Pine Cove ($744) N
KRZ LLC/Hibiscus Park ($855)
Glidden/Pine Crest ($51,260)
HFHLK/Rocky Road-Sugarloaf Key ($192,299)
Sager Management Corp/Cutthroat Harbor Estates ($99,661)
Sager Estate/Buccaneer Beach Estates ($880)
Valle/Maggie and Mary ($20,155)
Klimeck/Palm Villa ($51,260)
SpechUPalm Villa ($51,260)
Cutler/Key Largo Park ($103,192)
GersonStoler/Harbor Shores ($52,269)
Murphy/Port Pine Heights Second Addition ($52,110)
Nall/Bay Haven Section 2 ($51,260) t%
Barnes/Bay Haven Section 3 ($51,260)
Quincoses/Amended Plat of Key Largo Park ($91,490)
Gil/Sugarloaf Key ($95,513)
HFHLK/Sugarloaf Acres Section 2 ($153,808)
HFHLK/Cudjoe Acres ($68,559)
HFHLK/Hilda Subdivision ($16,153)
HFHLK/Rainbow Beach ($21,301)
FY 23 Encumbered/Under contract ($722,794)
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Denton/Doctors Arm 3rd Addition Section C ($61,331)
Page/Port Pine Heights 2nd Addition ($52,023)
Dalsin/Summerland Key Properties ($175,461)
Pass/Marion Park(36 lots) ($308,061)
Pass/Marion Park(2 lots) ($52,573)
HFHLK/Sugarloaf Townsite ($27,116) 0
FY 23 Potential Balance $9 438 751
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Outside Key West-Dispositions to Housing Authority
FY 23 Sales to MCHA $0
FY 23 Potential Revenue $0
Outside Key West-MCLA Pre-Acquired to State of Florida State of Florida Acquisitions County FY,Not State FY
FY 23 Revenue to date $1,540,453 FY 23 Revenues for acquisitions
Epifano/Crains $37,496 Florida Forever/Stewardship $5,000,000
Jattan Ram persad/Sands $49,496
Koleda/Southern Pines,Kinercha,Sands $949,496
VeroAtlantic2/Crains $208,496 0
Ackert/Sugarloaf Key Acreage $49,496
CarawanHacker/Crains $56,496
Wagner/Largo City $39,496
Adams/Big Pine Key $18,496
Coto/Thompsons $18,496
Silva/Crains $75,496
Pilafian/Harris Ocean Park Estates $37,496
FY 23 Expenditures to date $100,000
Farrior/Grassy Key $100,000
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* Alessandrini/Palma Sola $160,000
* Morris/Little Torch Key Acreage $300,000 0
* McCullough/Ocean Heights $125,000
* Pilafian/Key Largo Park $90,000 0
* DaCostafWindward Beach Estates $228,000
* Sea Air Holdings,LLC/Big Pine Key(1 lot only) $19,000
* Knowles/Southern Pines $76,000 ,
* Garcia/Sugarloaf Key $94,000 0
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* Sierra/Palma Sola ?
* Glidden/Pine Crest ?
* HFHLK/Rocky Road-Sugarloaf Key ?
* Murphy/Port Pine Heights Second Addition ?
* Valle/Maggie and Mary ?
* SpechUPalm Villa ?
* Klimeck/Palm Villa ?
* GersonStoler/Harbor Shores ?
* Nall/Bay Haven Section 2 ? '
* Barnes/Bay Haven Section 3 ?
* Quincoses/Amended Plat of Key Largo Park ?
* HFHLK/Sugarloaf Acres Section 2 ?
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* HFHLK/Rainbow Beach ?
* HFHLK/Sugarloaf Townsite ?
* Gil/Sugarloaf Key ?
* Page/Port Pine Heights 2nd Addition ?
* Dalsin/Summerland Key Properties ?
* Pass/Marion Park(36 lots) ?
FY 23 Potential Revenue $1 092 000 FY 23 Potential Balance $0
*Estimated net proceeds from sale
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MCLA Acquisitions—City of Marathon Contact: Mark Rosch 305-295-5180
The City of Marathon passed resolutions 2016-48 which requested the purchase of 432 parcels, mostly on the Q
Florida Forever list and they have agreed to maintain any purchase made by the MCLA within the City of 'CON
Marathon if MCLA purchases them and the State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection does not N
purchase them after they are pre-acquired. They have also provided back up data and analysis of habitat, density,
and Transfer of Development Rights information for the 432 parcels. This is used for appraisals when pursuing a
purchases.
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The Village of Islamorada passed Resolution 23-02-11 which requested the purchase of 68 parcels within the 2
Village of Islamorada,wholly within the Florida Forever list and they have agreed to maintain any purchase made 0
by the MCLA within the Village of Islamorada if MCLA purchases them and the State of Florida does not t
purchase them after they are pre-acquired. The resolution also provides acreage, assessed values, zoning,
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Density Reduction Acquisition Program Contact: Mark Rosch 305-295-5180
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The Density Reduction Program goal is to purchase lands that do not consist of significant habitat for the purpose
of retiring the associated density (Transferable Development Rights or TDRs).
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Since 2016, 23 properties were purchased through the end of FY 21 at a cost of$1,407,722.
FY 22 Progress: One additional property in Tropical Bay Estates has been acquired at a cost of$51,256.
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Less Than Fee Acquisition Program Contact: Cynthia Guerra 305-453-8756
The Less than Fee Program goal is to purchase Development Rights from owners of lots zoned IS, IS-M and
URM adjacent to the seller's primary residence. Property owners can continue to use the land for accessory
structures permitted by county land use regulations, such as a pool, open yard, or garage.
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At the beginning of FY22, the Board authorized staff to resume the program, which had been suspended during a
the Covid-19 pandemic. The application process was re-opened, and applications are being received for new
parcels proposed for the program. In the fall of 2022, eight site inspections were completed to finalize the
eligibility of potential parcels proposed for Less than Fee, and contracts were being prepared for the eligible
parcels. As of January 31, 2023, one owner accepted an offer and returned a signed contract, which is on the x
agenda for approval by the BOCC.
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Code Compliance Foreclosure Properties Reuse Contact: Christine Hurley 305-295-5180
The Monroe County Code Compliance Department forecloses on long term code liens through a process
designated by the County Commission. After foreclosure, the land may be suitable for multiple uses within
County Departments or may also be useful for conservation purposes or density reduction.It could also be eligible =
for the resale program. Because the Land Authority manages several of these programs on behalf of the County, U
recently the County Commission agreed through interlocal agreement to have the Land Authority coordinate the
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Affordable Housing Contact: Christine Hurley 305-295-5180
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Garden View Apartments — The City of Key West partnered with Key West Housing Authority (KWHA) to ..
build 103 one bedroom units, utilizing Community Development Block Grant— Disaster (CDBG-DR) funding
($8,000,000 for construction and $3,600,000 for land acquisition) through Florida Housing Finance Corporation
(FHFC), as well as $6,507,916 in funding from MCLA for affordable housing development. Key West also
requested MCLA reserve $2,000,000 for potential future needs of the project. MCLA Governing Board has not <
approved the latest request for the additional $2,000,000.
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Peary Court — MCLA assisted in this project by providing $12.5 million to maintain affordable housing.
Recently KWHA provided a report indicating that some of the units did not meet the MCLA affordability criteria.
In other words, the family income exceeds the maximum allowed income. MCLA staff, working with legal
counsel, wrote a memorandum to Key West staff explaining non-compliance issue and correspondingly wrote a
letter to the owner notifying him of the 4 non-compliant units and explaining that the leases of those 4 units should
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not be renewed unless the families occupying the units meet the income requirements found in the Statues. 0
MCLA staff met with Peary Court owners and their attorney, and they have proposed a revision to the deed cN
restriction that would allow them to use three new code provisions the City of Key West adopted into their most UT
recent Land Development Code, since the original deed restrictions were put in place in 2016. MCLA staff
requested the property owners seek a resolution of support from the City of Key West Commission related to this 2
request, prior to it being brought to the MCLA Governing Board. Key West staff have indicated they expect this Z-
to be reviewed by the Key West Commission in February 2023. The three changes would allow Peary Court unitsCN
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In summary, generally, these changes allow:
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• Income to be qualified by counting individual income (in the case of roommates), with a caveat that the t
grand total of all income must still be below the Land Authority maximum income of 160% of area median.
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• Units to be rented to Monroe County residents(either already as residents or those moving into the County
for work) as evidenced by driver's license, voter registration, and an employer verification as opposed to proving 5
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• Units to be rented to income qualified workers within Monroe but allow them to remain tenants if they a
retire or become disabled.
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12 Scattered Sites —Monroe County partnered with MCLA and MCLA purchased 12 scattered sites, primarily
on Big Pine,with one site on Little Torch. These properties were submitted by Monroe County Housing Authority
(MCHA) for reimbursement of land acquisition funding through FHFC. MCHA also applied for $4,696,591 in
construction funding. The cost of construction has increased since the grant applications and therefore,the MCLA
approved a resolution to forgive the total amount($1,353,989) of the land acquisition grant so those funds can be
used for construction. Monroe County Land Authority staff requested an affordable ROGO allocation be reserved 5
for one of the scattered sites on Little Torch, so the market rate unit associated with the property can be turned tS
back into the County for administrative relief. That was approved on the September 2022 BOCC agenda. The 8
project was approved for funding by the FHFC Board in August 2022 with an extension for closing granted in 5
October 2022, which gives MCHA until April 6, 2023, to close on the grant funding. They are awaiting permits �~
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Howards Haven Trailer Park Redevelopment— 10 Units - Monroe County partnered with MCLA and MCLA
provided the funding for Monroe County to purchase the Howards Haven Trailer Park land on Big Pine Key.
This property was submitted by MCHA for reimbursement of land acquisition funding through FHFC. MCHA
also applied for construction funding (a total of$7,099,048 for both Howards Haven and Conch Key [outlined
below]). The cost of construction has increased since the grant applications and therefore, the BOCC approved a 'CID
resolution to forgive the total amount ($856,154) of the Howards Haven Trailer Park land acquisition grant so 6
those funds can be used for construction. MCLA staff are continuing to coordinate with MCHA for site work cN
permitting. The project was approved for funding by the FHFC at the October 28th Board meeting in Tallahassee.
MCHA has 120 days from that date to close on the grant funds.Due to delays out of MCHA's control, specifically 0
the modular manufacturer's engineered drawings, MCHA will be requesting a 90-120 extension with an 0-
anticipated closing in April/May timeframe.
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Conch Key Trailer Park Redevelopment - 10 Units - Monroe County purchased the Conch Key Trailer Park
land on Conch Key. This property was submitted by MCHA for reimbursement of land acquisition funding
through FHFC. MCHA also applied for construction funding (a total of $7,099,048 for both Howards Haven
[outlined above] and Conch Key. The cost of construction has increased since the grant applications and
therefore,the BOCC approved a resolution to forgive the total amount($1,000,000)of the Howards Haven/Conch 'CID
Key Trailer Park land acquisition grant so those funds can be used for construction. The project was approved for
funding by FHFC at the October 28th Board meeting in Tallahassee. MCHA has 120 days from that date to close
on the grant funds. Due to delays out of MCHA's control, specifically the modular manufacturer's engineered
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Scattered Sites/MC Employee Housing — MCLA presented a chart demonstrating MCLA and County owned
parcels for use in the Monroe County Employee Housing Program. BOCC funded $1 Million for construction in 2
FY23 to build 4 housing units. On 1/18/23, MCLA Governing Board approved conveyance of 4 lots on Big Pine ,:�
Key: (RE# 00300180-000100, 190 Sands Road; RE# 00300180-000200, 180 Sands Road; RE# 00300180- 0
001700, 170 Sands Road; and RE# 00300180-001800, 160 Sands Road) to the County and 1 ROGO exemption W
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from Suarez property to Monroe County for use in this program.
Habitat for Humanity (Lower Keys) —MCLA provided a $400,000 loan to Habitat for them to purchase a site 0
to construct 4 affordable housing units.
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Habitat for Humanity (Lower Keys) (Conch Republic 4 sites) — MCLA purchased 4 sites for $468,000 with
ROGO exemptions to convey to the County. The County can then lease the land to Habitat for redevelopment.
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Community Development Block Grant/Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Voluntary Home Buyout
Program Contact: Cynthia Guerra 305-453-8756
The Voluntary Home Buyout Program (VHBP) goal is to purchase property damaged by Hurricane Irma using a Q
$15 million grant from the State of Florida after Hurricane Irma, to eliminate future flood risk and assist 00;
vulnerable populations in low-moderate income areas.
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As of January 31, 2023, 86 VHBP applications have been received by staff and the County's consultants, Tetra a
Tech. As of January 31, 2023, 11 of those VHBP applications were actively being processed, 14 sold their parcels
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to the County via VHBP, and the remaining 61 either voluntarily withdrew or were deemed ineligible. Based on
current program participation and data, and assuming remaining parcels in process are acquired by the County,
staff has estimated the county will expend approximately $13 million of the $15 million grant on the parcels with 'CON
the remaining moneys being used for grant administration. Grant activities need to be completed by the grant
agreement deadline of June 3, 2023. An extension to the grant agreement was requested and conceptually
approved by DEO which will extend the grant term to May 31, 2024 to provide the time needed to fully expend 1�
the grant funds. DEO also initiated a program monitoring in January. C,
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have closed, expending a total of $7,963,113.68 for VHBP acquisitions. The 14 transactions have retired 14
development rights (market rate ROGO Exemptions). All of the market rate ROGO Exemptions available from 2
the VHBP transactions are being moved to the Administrative Relief Pool for market rate allocations. The BOCC 2
approved purchase contracts that have not yet closed are valued at over$1.1 million. Once closed,these contracts a
will bring the total for VHBP acquisitions to approximately $9 million and transfer 3 additional market rate
ROGO Exemptions to the Administrative Relief Pool.
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Florida Forever Program Contact: Mark Rosch 305-295-5180
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The State of Florida has made substantial investments in the Florida Keys purchasing conservation land pursuant
to the Florida Forever Program. This program is administered by the Florida Department of Environmental cu
Protection (DEP). The State has established three Florida Forever projects in the Keys:
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• Florida Keys Ecosystem 0
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As the end of ROGO approaches, the State's long-standing acquisition efforts are essential to reduce future �
liability. DEP should aggressively pursue land acquisition in the Keys because over 3,500 privately-owned
vacant, undeveloped parcels lie within the Florida Forever project boundaries.
The Land Authority is assisting in this effort by serving as a local partner with DEP, pursuant to a memorandum
of agreement between DEP and the County. In this role, the Land Authority helps locate suitable properties with 2
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willing sellers for DEP, obtains due diligence products for DEP, and pre-acquires conservation land for resale to
the State. Since July 1, 2016,with the passage of the Florida Keys Stewardship Bill,DEP has spent approximately E
$7,111,969 and retired 123 development rights as of February 28, 2023.
The goal is for DEP to spend $5 million annually on acquisition in the Florida Forever boundary.
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The table below demonstrates the annual expenditures by DEP, since passage of the Florida Keys Stewardship
Bill through February 28, 2023:
STATE FISCAL STATE PURCHASES STATE PURCHASES OF TOTAL STATE Q
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2017 $0 $0 $0 _
2018 $709,246 $0 $709,246 cm
2019 $2,037,381 $0 $2,037,381
2020 $1,177,841 $0 $1,177,841
2021 $695,492 $0 $695,492 C
2022 $89,732 $607,323 $697,055 cN
2023 $100,755 $1,694,199 $1,794,954 cu
TOTAL $4,810,447 $2,301,522 $7,111,969
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Since the goal of DEP spending $5 million annually under the Stewardship Bill has not been achieved by the
State making direct purchases from private sellers, Land Authority and DEP staff established a system during
2022 where MCLA pre-acquires land in Florida Forever projects for resale to the State. As of February 28, 2023,
this system has successfully resulted in the State purchasing $2,301,522 of pre-acquired property from MCLA 0
since July 1, 2016 and $4,810,447 in direct purchases since July 1, 2016 for a total of$7,111,969. The following 8
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• MCLA/Radenhausen/Port Pine Heights 2nd Addition— Closed $ 46,123
• MCLA/Messera Selman/Cutthroat Harbor Estates— Closed $ 561,200
• MCLA/Carbonell/No Name Key —Closed $ 103,555
• MCLA/Epifano/Crains—Closed $ 38,686 W
• MCLA/Jattan/Sands—Closed $ 50,752
• MCLA/Koleda/Southern Pines, Kinercha, Sands - Closed $ 979,841
• MCLA/Vero Atlantic 2/Crains - Closed $ 215,891
• MCLA/Ackert- Closed $ 50,752
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• MCLA/CarawanHacker— Closed $ 57,507
• MCLA/Coto -Closed $ 20,455
• MCLA/Adams—Closed $ 19,755 0
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• MCLA/Silva—Closed $ 76,747
• MCLA/PilafianHOPE— Closed $ 39,561 2
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The pre-acquisition system is expected to result in considerably more State closings in the near future. As of
February 28, 2023, MCLA has either purchased or has a contract to purchase the following properties that are"in
the pipeline" for ultimate resale to the State:
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• Alessandrini/Palma Sola
• Morris/Little Torch Key Acreage
• McCullough/Ocean Heights
• Pilafian/Key Largo Park
• DaCosta/Windward Beach Estates
• Sea Air Holdings, LLCBig Pine Key Acreage
• Knowles/Southern Pines
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• Sierra/Palma Sola
• Garcia/Sugarloaf Key
• Suarez/Big Pine Key Inc.
• Glidden/Pine Crest
• HFHLK/Rocky Road/Sugarloaf Key Q
• Murphy/Port Pine Heights Seconds Addition 06
• Valle/Maggie and Mary N
• Specht/Palm Villa
• Klimeck/Palm Villa sr
• Gerson Stol er/Harb ors Shores
• Nall/Bay Haven
• Barnes/Bay Haven
• QuincosesRuiz/Key Largo Park
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• HFHLK/Hilda Subdivision
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• HFHLK/Sugarloaf Townsite
• Gil/Sugarloaf Key
• Page/Port Pine Heights 2nd Addition 0
• Dalsin/Summerland Key Properties
• Pass/Marion Park(36 lots)
Density Reduction Resale Program Contact: Christine Hurley 305-295-5180
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The Monroe County Land Authority manages the County's density reduction efforts. When buildable lots are >%
acquired under the Density Reduction Program, they may be resold to homeowners of contiguous properties or
to Property Owner Associations, without the ability of the purchaser to ask for a Rate of Growth Ordinance
(ROGO) allocation to build a residential unit with all density stripped from the land.
To date, 11 parcels have been resold on Duck Key. They were originally acquired for$927,000 with development i
rights. The County successfully resold them without development rights for$425,494, an average of$38.681 per
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The County Commission adopted an ordinance establishing a"Resale Program" on January 21, 2022. Following 8
the newly adopted ordinance, the BOCC adopted a resolution authorizing resale of 9 lots in Tropical Bay Estates 5
under this program. Staff issued direct bid notices to the contiguous property owners, as well as the Property
Owner Association. Of the 9 lots, staff received 1 bid for one lot, 1 bid for a 2nd lot, and no bids for the remaining 0
7 lots. Both bids were approved by the BOCC on May 18, 2022. Staff have closed both sales.
The BOCC approved a site on Jamaica for resale, not for a dog park; but for contiguous property owners and the 1
POA. MCLA staff issued written letters to contiguous property owners and the POA soliciting bids for the Z
property.
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Conservation Land Stewardship Program Contact: Beth Bergh 305-289-2511
The Monroe County Conservation Land Stewardship Program manages conservation properties owned by the
Monroe County Land Authority as well as those conservation properties owned by the Board of County
Commissioners (like lots dedicated to the County for conservation). Additionally, the program manages state-
owned conservation properties where the County is the designated land manager,via lease agreements. Currently,
the Land Stewardship staff manages approximately 3,907 County parcels (MCLA& BOCC combined) and 637
state-owned parcels.
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Management activities on the conservation properties include invasive exotic plant removal, habitat restoration,
native planting projects, cleanup of solid waste, and hazard tree trimming. CN
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Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) Elevation Contact: Mike Lalbachan 305-453-8796 X
The HMGP Elevation program goal is to apply for grants on behalf of eligible homeowners to fund elevation of
existing homes and bring the finished floor above the minimum flood elevation required,to eliminate future flood
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After Hurricane Irma, the County submitted 23 applications for funding for home elevation. CU
As of August 24, 2022, there are 4 applicants being reviewed by FEMA and pending funding with a total project
cost of$756,147.00. The match amount of$189,036.76 will be paid by the applicants. U
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On October 24, 2022, one of the four applicants informed the County that she is in the process of selling her home
due to personal reasons. Staff will be contacting the new buyer about whether they want to participate in the grant 0
process of elevation.
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On December 16, 2022, FEMA approved the grant in the amount of $720,140.00 with a federal share of
$540,105.00 and a homeowner share (non-federal cost) of $180,035.00. FEMA also allocated an additional21
$18,000.00 for management cost for the implementation of the project within the first year. An additional
$18,000.00 is available for allocation if needed by the county as management cost for the implementation process 0
beyond the first year. Staff are reviewing the grant agreement with the Legal Department and expect to bring this
to the Board of County Commissioners in April, 2023. Following approval of the grant agreement between the
County and State, the County will contract with each of the 4 property owners. Once the 4 property owner
agreements are approved, the 4 property owners will work directly with contractors to complete the elevation of
their homes, with reimbursement from the County utilizing the funding from FEMA.
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HMGP-Post Fire Grant: Elevation
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is funding available through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)Post-Fire, authorized by Section N
20602 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. The incident period includes those counties that have been 0
declared for a Fire Management Assistance (FMA)between the dates of March 4, 2022, through March 6, 2022. a
The State of Florida received two FMA declarations during this time period: FM-5424 (1707 Adkins Ave), and
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FM-5426 (Chipola Fire Complex). The State of Florida was awarded a flat amount of HMGP funding per
declaration ($1,048,736.00), which was then aggregated into one HMGP Post-Fire declaration, FM-5424-FL.
FDEM also informed Monroe county that funding not utilized by affected counties listed above can be
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Mitigation Assistance (FMA) grant program; however, FEMA notified the County that there was not enough 2
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funding to approve these elevation projects. As a result, the staff worked with these homeowners to resubmit
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There is a total number of 6 applicants in this application of total project cost of$1,207,445.00 with a federal 0
share of$905,583.80. The difference of$301,861.25 will be paid by each property owner for their respective 2
share of the project costs. Finally, 3 of the applicants were from the City of Key West, 2 were from Big Pine
Key and 1 from Summerland Key.
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Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Elevation Contact: Mike Lalbachan 305-453-8796
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For the first time, Monroe County pursued elevations of private property through this program. After extensive
outreach within the County and cities, staff worked with private property owners and submitted the following
2021 Flood Mitigation Assistance(FMA)grant applications into the FDEM/FEMA system by the State of Florida 5
Department of Emergency Management(FDEM) deadline of 11/12/21. The FEMA deadline was 01/28/2022. U
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11 Elevation Projects were submitted, for a total funding request of$2,142,210.00 with $535,552.00 to be paid 0-
by the private property owners. The applicants are located in the following geographic areas: 0
• 7 unincorporated Monroe
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On August 2"d 2022, the Florida Division of Emergency Management(FDEM) notified the County that FEMA a
has reviewed the 11 projects and they were not selected for funding consideration due the number of applications Z
received by FEMA for funding and the amount of funding that were allocated in the 2021 FMA application cycle. 2
Staff research indicated that FEMA prioritized Severe Repetitive Loss(SRL) and Repetitive Loss(RL)properties E
over other properties in the application cycle. Monroe County did not have any SRL or RL properties in the 2021
FMA elevation application cycle.
Staff worked with the applicants that were not funded to include them in the FY22 application if they so desired.
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FY22
For FY 2022, FEMA allocated $400 million for individual flood mitigation projects under the Flood Mitigation
Assistance grant program. Individual flood mitigation consists of home elevation, mitigation reconstruction and Q
acquisition and demolition. The most essential criteria to participate in this program is: the homeowners must
have an NFIP policy in effect at the application start date and must maintain it through completion of the flood N
hazard mitigation activity and for the life of the structure.
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As a result, staff assisted private homeowners throughout the Florida Keys to develop applications and then
submitted applications to the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) and FEMA. The FDEM 0
deadline for 2022 was November 14, 2022.
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The applications submitted for residential elevation included forty-four(44)residents:
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• Sugarloaf Key and Summerland Key-3 residents
• Long Key- 1 resident
• Tavernier-2 residents
• Key Largo-1 resident
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The total project cost for these 44 properties is: $11,070,832.00 with a federal share of $8,695,372.04 and a
homeowner share of$2,375,459.96.
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Finally, federal cost share funding is available for up to 75% of the eligible activity costs. However, FEMA may
contribute increased federal cost share for properties that are insured under the National Flood Insurance Program UO
at the time of application and meet the definitions of Severe Repetitive Loss or Repetitive Loss. There were seven w
(7) homeowners with either Severe Repetitive Loss or Repetitive Loss within these applications. .�
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For the first time, Monroe County pursued mitigation reconstruction (demolition/reconstruction) of private
property through this program. After extensive outreach within the County and cities, staff worked with private 20
property owners and submitted the following 2021 FMA grant applications into the FDEM/FEMA system by the
State of Florida Department of Emergency Management(FDEM)deadline 11/21/2021. The FEMA deadline was
01/28/2022.
5 Mitigation Reconstruction projects were submitted for a total funding request of$1,094,175 with $406,295.00
to be paid by the private property owners. The applicants are located in the following geographic areas:
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• I unincorporated Monroe
• 3 Marathon
• 1 Key West
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has reviewed the projects and 4 of the 5 properties will be moving forward for further review. The four properties c'
that were selected for further review were grouped together during the application cycle by staff, and within this cNo
group, one of the properties was considered an RL property.
The property that was not considered did not have any past flood losses to the NFIP and was submitted
individually because the mitigation value was greater than the others and needed a Cost-Benefit Analysis review
by FDEM. ,
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Of those requests, 4 Mitigation Reconstruction projects for a total funding request of $785,160.00 with
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$275,041.00 to be paid by the private property owners were recommended by FEMA for further review. 2
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Communities and only 6 were Identified BY FDEM for Further Review by FEMA. The funding for those 6
projects selected for further review is $3,899,974 in total project costs, with Monroe County being one of the 6, >'
that project includes 4 structures estimated to cost$785,160.00.
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For 2022, staff assisted thirteen (13) residents developed and submitted mitigation reconstruction applications to
the Florida Division of Emergency Management under the FMA program. The application submitted included xw
residents from:
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• City of Key West-8 residents
• Big Pine Key-1 resident
• City of Marathon-1 residents
• Little Torch Key-1 resident
• Key Largo-2 residents
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contribute increased federal cost share for properties that are insured under the National Flood Insurance Program
at the time of application and meet the definitions of Severe Repetitive Loss or Repetitive Loss. There were two
(2) homeowners with either Severe Repetitive Loss or Repetitive Loss within these applications.
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