Item H2 Monroe County
State Legislative Overview
2023
PRESENTATION TO :
MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
State Session Schedule/Dates
2023 Legislative Session Dates -,
o November 15: Approval of BOCC Legislative Agenda
November 30-Dec 2: FAC Legislative Conference
December-February : Interim Committee Weeks
March J : First Day of Regular Session
TBD: Local Delegation Meeting
March 15: Florida Association of Counties Legislative Day
TBD: Keys Day
April 25 : Last Day for Committee meetings
May 5 : Last Day of Regular Session
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Elected Delegation : Sen . Rodriguez, Rep. Mooney
County Staff: County Administrator, County Attorney, Leg Director
Professional Lobbying Team:
Capitol Group: Robert Reyes
Anfield Consulting: Frank Bernardino
Gray-Robinson: Dean Cannon, Ryan Matthews
Capital City Consulting: Nick larossi
o erightwater Strategies: Noah Valenstein
Legislative Associations:
o Florida Association of Counties lcomm;::rope.: oar m ieoaer:nip/acrme members)
Small County Coalition (Commissioners are ieme.:nio/oceoe members)
o Southeast Florida Climate Compact
Tools
o Legislative Agenda to Set Priorities (also provides the explanation/background
on all priority issues.)
One Pagers, Issue Briefs, Resolutions, Agenda items doll on county website)
Lobby corps provides daily presence/meetings in Tallahassee
Weekly lobby team meetings and progress tracking
Weekly updates to BOCC
Monthly updates at BOCC meetings
Bill Tracking (House and Senate, interest organizations)
FAC/SCC weekly briefings/meetings (Jar commissioners, county managers,
county attorneys, and leg staff)
o End of session accomplishments report
State Priority Issues
FLORIDA KEYS STEWARDSHIP ACT FUNDING
o Support $20M appropriation for the Florida Keys
Stewardship Act to construct water quality projects to
improve/protect the quality of the Florida Keys' nearshore
waters and the marine environment of the Florida Keys
National Marine Sanctuary, and $5M set-aside within Florida
Forever for land acquisition the Florida Keys.
o Support funding for Florida Keys Stewardship Act from the
State's Land Acquisition Trust Fund ( LATE).
Priority Issues
MARINE PROTECTION FUNDING
- Support $1.6M appropriation for new moorings to reduce
and prevent derelict vessels to comply with SB 1432 (2022)
that requires Monroe to install 100 new moorings.
* Continued state support for DV removal costs.
* Continued state support for Pump Out program .
Priority Issues
EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER FUNDING
Support $6M appropriation for Monroe's Emergency
Operation Center to assist with funding shortfall resulting
from unanticipated cost escalations driven by current
market conditions.
Project began October 2022 with expected completion
February 2024.
Priority Issues
PENNY SALES TAX FOR ROAD ELEVATION AND
TRANSPORTATION
o Support authorization for Monroe, anon-charter county,
to levy a Charter County and Regional Transportation
System penny surtax (subject to local voter approval ) to
help fund the County's transportation -related infrastructure
like road elevation and transportation capital projects.
Priority Issues
BALANCING PROTECTION OF MONROE COUNTY'S RATE OF
GROWTH ORDINANCE WITH NEEDS FOR ADDITIONAL
WORKFORCE HOUSING — "EARLY EVAC ROGOS"
o Support legislation to amend FS 380.0455 (9 ) (Hurricane
Evacuation) and/or FS 166.04151 (Affordable Housing) that
enables use of "early evacuation ROGOS" (without
undermining ROGO. )
Priority Issues
WORKFORCE HOUSING
o Clarify that affordable housing statutes that help advance affordable
housing do not override ROGO.
. Allow flexibility in SHIP funds to ensure that we can utilize the
County's full SHIP allocation.
c: Clarify MCLA's public disclosure requirements (exemption for
appraisals, offers, counteroffers) related to property acquisition in
furtherance of conservation, affordable housing, and reducing the
number of buildable lots (to reduce takings) .
- Support full funding/allocation of Sadowski Funding, Keys TC set-
aside,. and SHIP and SAIL funding to Monroe.
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o LOCAL OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING PREEMPTION
• Support amendment of HB 735 (2021) to reinstate local government
licensing programs for local small contractors.
o AGRITOURISM PREEMPTION
• Support legislation to exempt ACSC or clarify that use/structures on
agricultural land are not exempt from federal/state environmental
regulations, which the County is required to enforce.
c VACATION RENTAL REGULATION PREEMPTION
101 Support legislation to exempt ACSC from preemptive vacation rental
regulations or legislation that would allow local governments with
grandfathered ordinances to amend and update those regulations without
losing grandfathered status.
. . ONGOING SUPPORT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT HOME RULE AUTHORITY
Ongoing Advocacy
WIND INSURANCE
Citizens, OIR, legislators; premium increase cap, depopulation
MARINE ISSUES
FWC, DEP
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS and FUNDING
. . Inclusion of prioritized projects into Work Plan, FDOT match for USACE
Coastal Resilience project, State SLOP funding
RESILIENCE / FLOOD MITIGATION FUNDING
o DEP's Resilient Florida Grant Program for projects submitted to oEc through the
Resilient Florida grant program for road elevation/flood mitigation projects.
DEM's HMGP and FMA Grant Programs for projects submitted to oEnn through
demol tuond/reb M�6P and FMA grant programs for residential home elevations, buyouts and
County Contact info
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C 0 II'vAl II'vAl I S:"s"i�0 �1:"i S Roman Gastesi
Commissioner Craig Cates, ct 1 Gostesi-roman@monroecounty-fl.gov
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Commissioner Michelle Lincoln, District 2 CO,J I') ["Y XFTORNEY
gQQ2@12ionroecour7ty.......... 305-292-4512 Bob Shillinger
Shillinger-bob@monroecounty-fl.gov
Commissioner Jim Scholl, District 3 Office: 305-292-3470
RQCI @!27onroecounty ggy 305-292-3430
Commissioner David Rice, District 4 Lisa Tennyson
OQC("4@!2,,iotiroecoL,,Irit'y:fl,gQy 305-289-6000 Tennyson-liso monro @ecounty-fl.gov
Office: 305-292-4441
Commissioner Holly Merrill Raschein, District 5 Cell: 305-509-1709
305-453-8787