Item G08 G8
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY of MONROE Mayor Craig Cates,District 1
The Florida Keys Mayor Pro Tern Holly Merrill Raschein,District 5
Michelle Lincoln,District 2
James K.Scholl,District 3
David Rice,District 4
Board of County Commissioners Meeting
July 19, 2023
Agenda Item Number: G8
2023-1165
BULK ITEM: No DEPARTMENT: Land Authority Governing Board
TIME APPROXIMATE: STAFF CONTACT: Christine Hurley
9:25 AM
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval of a contract to purchase Tier 1 property for conservation—
Lot 1, Block 16, in Government Lot 3, Section 25, Township 66 South, Range 27 East, according to a
map entitled North Sugarloaf Acres Section Two, in Sections 25 and 36, Township 66 South, Range 27
East, recorded in Official Records Book 427, Page 1048, less and except Hawksbill Lane as shown on
the plat of Vacation Harbour, recorded in Plat Book 6, Page 47 on Sugarloaf Key near mile marker 19
from the Marjorie Allen Living Trust dated March 2, 1994, the Joseph B. Allen, Jr. Living Trust a/t/d
March 2, 1994, the Michael D. Atkinson Revocable Living Trust dated July 21, 2000, and the Sugarloaf
Trust a/t/a dated January 4, 2011 for the price of$600,000.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
This acquisition is proposed to protect property rights and the natural environment and to reduce the
County's potential liability for takings suits.
The subject property is located at the corner of Crane Boulevard and Hawksbill Lane on the bay side of
Sugarloaf Key.
Purchase Price and Estimated Closing Costs:
• Purchase Price: $600,000.00
• Cost of Appraisal: $9,145.00 (paid by the BOCC and eligible for reimbursement by DEP)
• Cost of Survey: $2,800
• Title Fees &Insurance: $3,550.00
• Attorney Fee and Mobile Notary Fees: $1,475.00
• Recording Fees: $35.50
• Total Costs: $617,005.50
Attributes of the Subject Property:
• Parcel ID#: 00 117490-001500
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• Size: 17.71 acres
• Tier Designation: Tier 1 —Natural Area
• Zoning Designation: Native Area (NA) and Sparsely Settled (SS)
• Future Land Use Map Designation: Residential Conservation (RC), Residential Low (RL), and
Conservation(C)
• Vegetation: Developed land, tropical hardwood hammock, freshwater wetlands, buttonwood, salt
marsh, mangrove, and scrub mangrove.
• Acquisition List Qualification: This property qualifies because it is Tier 1.
• Florida Forever Boundary: This property is inside the Florida Forever boundary.
• Transferrable Development Rights (TDRs): 5.45 TDRs
• Cost per TDR: $110,092
• ROGO Dedication Points: 68 points
• Cost per ROGO Dedication Point: $8,824
The subject property could potentially be sold to the State of Florida, which would result in some or all
of the acquisition costs being reimbursed.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACTION: On June 28, 2023 the Committee voted 510 to recommend
purchasing this property for the price of$600,000.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
The Board has approved the purchase of other conservation properties in this area.
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval
DOCUMENTATION:
Aerial Photograph.pdf
Property Record Card.pdf
Purchase Agreement.pdf
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
N/A
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Lot 1, Block 16, North Sugarloaf Acres Section Two less Hawksbill Lane
Sugarloaf Key
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Summary
Parcel ID 00117490-001500
Account# 1149691
Property ID 1149691
MillageGroup 100C
Location Address CRANE Blvd,SUGARLOAF KEY
Legal Description 25 66 27 SUGARLOAF KEY PT GOVT LOT 3(AKA LOT 1 BLK 16 NO SUGARLOAF ACRES SEC TWO)OR454-422 OR1742-1670/71 OR1742-1672/73
OR1782-765/66C OR2380-822 OR2464-1670ORD OR2743-741/42
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Neighborhood 340
Property Class VACANT RES(0000)
Subdivision
Sec/TWp/Rng 25/66/27
Affordable No
Housing
Owner
ATKINSON MICHAEL D REV LIV TR 7/21/00 ALLEN JOSEPH B J R LIV TR 3/2/1994 SUGARLOAF TRUSTI/4/2011
509 Naish Ave C/O ALLEN W I LLIAM N TRUSTEE 517 Naish Ave
Cocoa Beach FL 32931 3228 57th Ter Cocoa Beach FL 32931
Gainesville FL 32606
Valuation
2022 Certified Values 2021 Certified Values 2020Certified Values 2019 Certified Values
+ Market Improvement Value $0 $0 $0 $0
+ Market MiscValue $0 $0 $0 $0
+ Market Land Value $15,797 $8,526 $8,526 $8,526
= Just Market Value $15,797 $8,526 $8,526 $8,526
= Total Assessed Value $8,854 $8,049 $7,317 $6,652
School Exempt Value $0 $0 $0 $0
= School Taxable Value $15,797 $8,526 $8,526 $8,526
Historical Assessments
Year Land Value Building Value Yard Item Value Just(Market)Value Assessed Value Exempt Value Taxable Value Maximum Portability
2021 $8,526 $0 $0 $8,526 $8,049 $0 $8,526 $0
2020 $8,526 $0 $0 $8,526 $7,317 $0 $8,526 $0
2019 $8,526 $0 $0 $8,526 $6,652 $0 $8,526 $0
2018 $8,526 $0 $0 $8,526 $6,047 $0 $8,526 $0
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Land Use Number of Units Unit Type Frontage Depth
HARDWOOD HAMMOCK UNPERM ITTED(01HHM) 1.32 Acreage 0 0
TRANSITIONAL LANDS(OOOT) 7.87 Acreage 0 0
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENS(OOOX) 7.99 Acreage 0 0
Sales
Sale Date Sale Price Instrument Instrument Number Deed Book Deed Page Sale Qualification Vacant or Improved Grantor Grantee
5/2V2015 $100 Warranty Deed 2743 741 11-Unqualified Vacant
2/1/1970 $18,200 Conversion Code 454 422 Q-Qualified Vacant
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AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF LANDS
THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this day of , 20237 by
and between
The Marjorie Allen Living Trust dated March 2, 1994
The Joseph B. Allen, Jr. Living Trust u/t/d March 2, 1994,
The Michael D. Atkinson Revocable Living Trust dated July 21, 2000, and
The Sugarloaf Trust u/t/a dated January 4, 2011
(hereinafter "Seller(s)"), for themselves, their heirs, executors, administrators, successors and
assigns, and the MONROE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND AUTHORITY (hereinafter
"Land Authority") acting by and through the Executive Director of the LAND AUTHORITY.
WITNESSETH:
1. In consideration of Ten Dollars ($10.00) in hand, paid by the LAND AUTHORITY, the receipt of
which is hereby acknowledged, the Seller(s) agree to sell to the LAND AUTHORITY certain lands
upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, and for the price of $600,000.00 for all of the
lands and other interests, which lands shall include all tenements, hereditaments, together with all
water and other rights, easements, appurtenances, and any and all of the Seller's rights in or
arising by reason of ownership thereunto belonging, owned by them, situate and lying in the
County of Monroe, State of Florida, more particularly described as follows; to-wit:
Lot 1, Block 16, in Government Lot 3, Section 25, Township 66 South, Range 27 East,
according to a map entitled North Sugarloaf Acres Section Two, in Sections 25 and 36,
Township 66 South, Range 27 East, recorded in Official Records Book 427, Page 1048,
less and except Hawksbill Lane as shown on the plat of Vacation Harbour, recorded in
Plat Book 6, Page 47.
Parcel ID# 00117490-001500
2. The Seller(s) agree that they have full right, power and authority to convey, and that they will
convey to the LAND AUTHORITY the fee simple title together with legal and practical access
thereto clear, free and unencumbered, except subject to the following easements or reservations:
Existing easements for canals, ditches, flumes, pipelines, railroads, public highways and roads,
telephone, telegraph, power transmission lines and public utilities.
The LAND AUTHORITY, at the LAND AUTHORITY'S expense, within the time allowed to deliver
evidence of title and to examine same, may have the real property surveyed and certified by a
registered Florida surveyor. If the survey discloses encroachments on the real property or that
improvements located thereon encroach on setback lines, easements, lands of others, or violate
any restrictions, contract covenants, or applicable governmental regulations, the same shall
constitute a title defect.
Seller(s) shall convey a marketable title subject only to the aforementioned liens, encumbrances,
exceptions or qualification set forth herein. Marketable title shall be determined according to
applicable title standards adopted by authority of the Florida Bar and in accordance with law. The
LAND AUTHORITY shall have sixty (60) days from the Effective Date in which to examine title. If
title is found defective, the LAND AUTHORITY shall, within this specified time period, notify
Seller(s) in writing specifying defect(s). If the defect(s) render title unmarketable the Seller(s) will
have one hundred twenty (120) days from receipt of notice within which to remove the defect(s).
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The Seller(s) will use diligent effort to correct defect(s) in title within the time provided therefore,
including the bringing of necessary suits, failing which the LAND AUTHORITY shall have the
option of either accepting the title as it then is or rescinding the Agreement herein.
3. The Seller(s) further agree not to do, or suffer others to do, any act by which the value or title to
said lands may be diminished or encumbered while this Agreement is pending. It is further agreed
that any loss or damage occurring prior to the vesting of satisfactory title in the LAND
AUTHORITY by reasons of the unauthorized cutting or removal of products therefrom, or because
of fire, shall be borne by the Seller(s); and that, in the event any such loss or damage occurs, the
LAND AUTHORITY may, without liability, refuse to accept conveyance of said lands.
4. The Seller(s) further agree that during the period covered by this instrument officers and
accredited agents of the LAND AUTHORITY shall have at all reasonable times the unrestricted
right and privilege to enter upon said lands for all proper and lawful purposes, including
examination of said lands and the resources upon them. The Seller(s) hereby waive their rights to
any and all claims against the LAND AUTHORITY, Monroe County, or the State of Florida
associated with, or arising from ownership of, said lands and this waiver shall survive closing.
5. The Seller(s) will execute and deliver upon demand of the proper officials and agents of the LAND
AUTHORITY a good and sufficient deed of warranty conveying to the LAND AUTHORITY a
marketable title to the said lands of such character as to be satisfactory to the legal counsel of the
LAND AUTHORITY and said deed shall provide that the use, occupation and operation of the
rights-of-way, easements and reservations retained therein, shall be subordinate to and subject to
such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the LAND AUTHORITY governing the use,
occupation, protection and administration of lands.
6. In consideration whereof the LAND AUTHORITY agrees that it will purchase all of said lands and
other interests at the price of $600,000.00. The LAND AUTHORITY further agrees that, after the
preparation, execution, and delivery of the deed, and after the legal counsel of the LAND
AUTHORITY shall have approved the title thus vested in the LAND AUTHORITY, it will cause to
be paid to the Seller(s) the purchase price. The LAND AUTHORITY shall pay the following
expenses associated with the conveyance of the property: deed recording fees, settlement fees,
abstract fees, title examination fees, the Buyer's attorney's fees, and title insurance, as well as the
prorata share of prepaid real property taxes allocable to the period subsequent to the vesting of
title in the LAND AUTHORITY, or the effective date of possession of such real property by the
same, whichever is earlier. The Seller(s) shall pay the expenses of documentary stamps to be
affixed to the deed and the removal of trash, debris, and structures from the property, if any, and
real estate commissions, if any. Full possession of the premises shall pass to the LAND
AUTHORITY as of the date payment is made to the Seller(s) subject only to the reservations
stated in Section 2 above.
7. It is mutually agreed that an abstract, title insurance policy or other evidence of title to the property
herein contracted to be sold, satisfactory to the legal counsel of the LAND AUTHORITY will be
obtained by the LAND AUTHORITY at its expense. The Seller(s) expressly agree herein to
furnish to the LAND AUTHORITY any documents in Seller(s)'s possession establishing evidence
of title including, but not limited to, abstracts, title commitments, title policies and opinions of title.
8. It shall be the obligation of the Seller(s) to pay all taxes and assessments outstanding as liens at
the date title vests of record in the LAND AUTHORITY, whether or not such taxes and
assessments are then due and payable.
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9. It is mutually understood and agreed that notice of acceptance of this Agreement shall be given to
the Seller(s) by email to the following address:
c/o Donna Pezzi
Keller Williams Key West Compass Realty
pezzi@att.net
and shall be effective upon date of mailing and shall be binding upon all of the Seller(s) without
sending a separate notice to each, except as such obligation may be affected by the provisions of
paragraph 6 hereof.
10. The property shall be delivered at closing free of any tenant or occupancy whatsoever.
11. The Seller(s) shall close any open building permits or code enforcement proceedings prior to
closing.
12. The effective date of this Agreement (hereinafter "Effective Date") shall be that date when the last
one of the Seller(s) and the LAND AUTHORITY has signed this Agreement.
13. If the Seller(s) wish to proceed with this transaction, the Seller(s) have until June 26, 2023 to
sign and return this Agreement to the LAND AUTHORITY. This Agreement may be executed in
counterparts. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the closing of this
transaction is contingent upon approval by the Advisory Committee and Governing Board of the
LAND AUTHORITY, failing which the parties acknowledge that each shall be released of all
further obligations under this Agreement. In the event this transaction has not closed within sixty
(60) days from the Effective Date, then either party may terminate this Agreement at any time
thereafter by providing written notice, in which case the parties acknowledge that each shall be
released of all further obligations under this Agreement. The Sellers have every intention to close
during this time frame however if additional time is needed, a mutually agreed upon extension can
be made.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller(s) have hereunto signed their names and affixed their respective
seals on the day first above written and therefore the Seller(s) for and in consideration of the Ten
Dollars ($10.00) hereinabove acknowledge as received, have and do hereby grant unto the LAND
AUTHORITY or its authorized representative, or any other office or agent of the LAND AUTHORITY
authorized to purchase said lands, the option and right to enter into this Agreement for Purchase
within sixty (60) days from the execution thereof by the Seller(s).
Seller/ The Marjorie Allen Living Trust dated March 2, 1994
By: Joseph B. Allen, III, Successor Co-Trustee
Signature Date Phone Number Email Address
By: William Nathan Allen, Successor Co-Trustee
Signature Date Phone Number Email Address
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Seller/ The Joseph B. Allen, Jr. Living Trust u/t/d March 2, 1994
By: William Nathan Allen, Successor Co-Trustee
Signature Date Phone Number Email Address
By: Joseph B. Allen, III, Successor Co-Trustee
Signature Date Phone Number Email Address
Seller/ The Michael D. Atkinson Revocable Living Trust dated July 21, 2000
By: Lisa Atkinson Vitucci, Successor Trustee
Signature Date Phone Number Email Address
Seller/ The Sugarloaf Trust u/t/a dated January 4, 2011
By: William C. Atkinson, Sr.
Signature Date Phone Number Email Address
The MONROE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND AUTHORITY, acting by and through its
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR in accordance with Resolution 03-2016, has executed this Agreement on
behalf of the MONROE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND AUTHORITY this day of
12023.
MONROE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN LAND AUTHORITY
(Seal)
Christine Hurley, Executive Director
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