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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY of MONROE i Mayor Holly Merrill Raschein,District 5
The Florida Keys Mayor Pro Tern James K.Scholl,District 3
Craig Cates,District 1
Michelle Lincoln,District 2
' David Rice,District 4
Budget Meeting Meeting
September 11, 2024
Agenda Item Number: C 1
2023-2748
BULK ITEM: No DEPARTMENT: Land Authority Governing Board
TIME APPROXIMATE: STAFF CONTACT: Christine Hurley
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: A Public Hearing and approval of a resolution of the Monroe County
Comprehensive Plan Land Authority adopting a Final Budget for Fiscal Year 2025.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
Since review of the tentative budget on September 4, 2024, no changes have been made to the FY25
budget.
The budget includes funding for moving a County employee from the Planning Department to the Land
Authority mid-year as the Volunteer Buyout Program is ending and that employee will transition to
Senior Property Acquisition Specialist to purchase lands for conservation, affordable housing, density
reduction, less than fee, and other assignments.
See attached resolution for the FY25 budget.
Also attached is the budget memorandum from the July 16, 2024 budget meeting.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
July 16, 2024 - The Board reviewed the proposed budget.
September 4, 2024 - The Board approved the Tentative Budget for Fiscal Year 2025
INSURANCE REQUIRED:
No
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval
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DOCUMENTATION:
2025 ResolFinal.doc
Budget2025-AgendaltemPacket7-16-24.pdf
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
N/A
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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE MONROE COUNTY
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND AUTHORITY ADOPTING
A FINAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025.
WHEREAS, the Monroe County Comprehensive Plan Land Authority (hereinafter "Land
Authority"), a land authority pursuant to Section 380.0663, Florida Statutes, held a
public hearing on September 4, 2024 after 5.00 PM at the Harvey Government Center
in Key West, Monroe County, Florida to adopt a Tentative Budget for Fiscal Year 2025;
and
WHEREAS, the Land Authority held a final public hearing on the proposed budget on
September 11, 2024 after 5.00 PM at the Murray Nelson Government Center in Key
Largo, Monroe County, Florida to adopt a Final Budget for Fiscal Year 2025; and
WHEREAS, the public hearing participants were also provided the option of
participating in said hearings via Communications Media Technology using a Zoom
Webinar platform; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MONROE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND
AUTHORITY that the Budget of $42,667,281 in Attachment A is hereby adopted as the
Final Budget for Fiscal Year 2025.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Monroe County Comprehensive Plan Land Authority
at a meeting on this 11th day of September 2024.
Commissioner Craig Cates
Chairwoman Michelle Lincoln
Commissioner Holly Raschein
Commissioner James Scholl
Chairman David Rice
(Seal)
ATTEST: MONROE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN LAND AUTHORITY
Christine Hurley David P. Rice
Executive Director Chairman
Approved as to form and legality:
Gregory Oropeza, Esquire
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ATTACHMENT A
MONROE COUNTY LAND AUTHORITY
FY 2025 BUDGET
Budget
FY 2025
Revenues:
Intergovernmental
Tourist Impact Tax- Restricted - Key West $3,512,450
Tourist Impact Tax- Restricted - FL Keys $4,068,733
Park Surcharge - Restricted $439,623
Tourist Impact Tax& Park Surcharge -Administration $447,857
Fund Balance Forward
Tourist Impact Tax- Restricted - Key West $15,361,697
Tourist Impact Tax- Restricted - FL Keys $0
Park Surcharge - Restricted $0
Assigned and Unassigned $15,905,878
Miscellaneous
Interest Income $500,000
BOCC Reimbursement for MCLA Employee $195,688
Sale of Land $4,481,000
Less 5% -$2,245,646
Total Revenues $42,667,281
Appropriations:
Salaries, Benefits, and General Operating Expenses $1,517,500
Operating FL Keys ACSC - Forgivable Mortgages $0
Operating FL Keys ACSC -Construction Funding $2,240,000
Operating Key West ACSC- Forgivable Mortgages $0
Operating Key West ACSC-Construction Funding $18,728,500
Capital Outlay
Office Equipment $10,000
FL Keys Area of Critical State Concern $15,732,386
ROGO Reserve $3,293,248
Key West Area of Critical State Concern $145,647
Reserves
Contingency $500,000
End of Year Cash $500,000
Total Appropriations $42,667,281
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY of MONROE Mayor Holly Merrill Raschein,District 5
The Florida Keys Mayor Pro Tern James K.Scholl,District 3
Craig Cates,District 1
Michelle Lincoln,District 2
David Rice,District 4
Budget Meeting Meeting
July 16, 2024
Agenda Item Number: D1
2023-2534
BULK ITEM: No DEPARTMENT: Land Authority Governing Board
TIME APPROXIMATE: STAFF CONTACT: Christine Hurley
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Review of the Monroe County Comprehensive Plan Land Authority
Fiscal Year 2025 Budget.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
See attached Memorandum. The Governing Board has not reviewed the three projects Key West has
currently requested be funded in an amount of$17,728,500. Key West Commission are expected to
request an additional $1 Million for one of those three project(The Lofts) at their August 8, 2024
meeting.
Those three projects are expected to be reviewed at the September 11, 2024 Board meeting. Since
adoption of the budget is also on September 11, 2024, there will be an opportunity to adjust the budget
if needed before final adoption. The three projects are currently included in an amount of$17,728,500,
which is expected to change for final budget adoption to $18,728,500. This would basically allocate all
Land Authority funds for the Key West geographical area through September 30, 2025.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
N/A
INSURANCE REQUIRED:
No
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval
DOCUMENTATION:
Proposed MCLA Budget FY2025
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FINANCIAL IMPACT:
N/A
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• 824 MONROE COUNTY LAND AUTHORITY
1200 Truman Avenue, Suite 207, Key West, FL 33040
Phone: (305)295-5180 Fax: (305)295-5181
MEMORANDUM
To: Land Authority Governing Board
From: Christine Hurley, AICP, Executive Director
Date: June 15, 2024
Subject: Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2025
Attached please find the Land Authority's proposed budget for fiscal year 2025. This memo provides an
overview and discussion of the proposed budget, revenues, and trends.
Total Budget Summary:
The proposed budget for FY 2025 is $42,667,281, which corresponds to a $7,127,281 increase compared to
the amended FY24 Budget of$35,540,000. The primary reason for this increase is the increase in revenue by
selling land to the State of Florida, Florida Forever Program. This increases revenue and therefore, increases
the amount of funds available for future buying.
Revenue Summary:
Of the total budget, anticipated revenues for FY 2025 is $42,667,281 are expected to be:
• $7,581,183 from incoming tourist impact tax ($3,512,450 from Key West and $4,068,733 from the
County/Other Cities, as well as Park Surcharge and administrative revenue ($439,623 + 447,857)
• $15,361,697 Fund balance forward (Key West $15,361,697)
• $5,176,688 Miscellaneous Revenue (Interest estimated at $500,000 + BOCC Reimbursement for
Employees $195,688 + Sale of Land to the State of Florida *estimated $4,481,000)
• Less a 5% reserve of(-$2,245,646)
*As you know, the Land Authority has been working in partnership with the State of Florida Department of Environmental
Protection (DEP) to pre-acquire lands in the Florida Forever boundary and then "resell" the conservation land to DEP to
help them fulfill their$5 Million goal from the Florida Keys Stewardship Act.
Appropriations Summary:
Key Appropriations for FY 2025 land purchases or affordable housing (capital outlay) and reserves are:
• $15,732,386 for use in the Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern (Unincorporated County and
incorporated Cities, except Key West)
• $2,240,000 for Construction Funding for Sugarloaf Landings 54 units of affordable housing
• $3,293,248 for ROGO Reserve Account (used for Administrative Relief and lawsuit settlements)
• $1,145,647 for use in Key West Area of Critical State Concern
• $10,000,000 for Construction Funding for Key West Housing Authority (KWHA) Poinciana Plaza 56
units of affordable housing
• $2,800,000 for Construction Funding for Key West Continuum of Care at Poinciana Plaza 16 units total
with 4 new units
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• $1,000,000 for Reserves (Contingency and End of Year Cash)
• $1,517,500 for Salaries and General Operating Expenses
Overview of Revenues
The Land Authority receives no property tax revenue and therefore the Board does not need to adopt a millage
rate for this budget. The Land Authority's two primary sources of recurring revenue are collected at rates
previously fixed by the Florida Legislature and by local ordinance. These revenues consist of:
1) Park Surcharge: a surcharge on admissions and camping at the State parks in unincorporated Monroe
County and
2) Tourist Impact Tax: half of the one-penny tourist impact tax charged on lodging in the Keys.
By statute, the other half of the tourist impact tax goes to the County general fund as a payment in lieu of taxes
(since purchasing land by government removes the value from the tax roll) and therefore does not appear in
the Land Authority budget. Additionally, over the years the Land Authority has also received various other
revenues such as grants, proceeds from the sale of land, mortgage loan repayments, and interest income.
The amount of park surcharge revenue and tourist impact tax revenue that can be spent on administrative
expenses is limited to 10% and 5%, respectively, and is therefore supplemented with other available revenue
and unassigned fund balance to fund operating expenses and maintain existing staffing levels.
Key West
Tourist Impact Tax
Within the City of Key West, the Tourist Impact Tax revenue collected from lodging establishments is dedicated
to be spent in Key West. This chart demonstrates the revenue since the creation of the Land Authority. As
you can see, 2023 started a downturn after the record breaking year, 2022, following COVID.
KW TAMP Revenue
$4,500,000
$4,000,000
$3,500,000
$1,500,000
$1,000,000
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The Florida Keys
Tourist Impact Tax
Within the unincorporated County and Cities, excluding the City of Key West, the Tourist Impact Tax revenue
collected from lodging establishments is dedicated to be spent in these areas. This chart demonstrates the
revenue since the creation of the Land Authority. Florida Keys TIMP saw the same dip as Key West.
FL Keys TIMP Revenue
$4,500,00
$3,500,00
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$1,500,00
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Park Surcharge
The State parks located within unincorporated Monroe County send the park surcharge revenue to the Land
Authority. The State parks located within a municipality send the park surcharge revenue directly to that
municipality and therefore, these funds are not available for the Land Authority programs.
Park Revenue
$6 50,000
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State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
Stewardship Act
The 2016 Stewardship Act documented the State and County partnership and outlined the urgency in
purchasing land in the Florida Keys to retire development rights, as well as protect the natural environment.
The goal within the Act is for the State to spend $5 million per year on land acquisition in the Florida Forever
Boundary. The table below demonstrates the annual expenditures by DEP, since passage of the Florida Keys
Stewardship Bill:
STATE FISCAL STATE PURCHASES STATE PURCHASES OF TOTAL STATE
YEAR FROM PRIVATE PRE-ACQUIRED LAND PURCHASES*
SELLERS* FROM MCLA*
2017 $0 $0 $0
2018 $709,246 $0 $709,246
2019 $2,037,381 $0 $2,037,381
2020 $1,177,841 $0 $1,177,841
2021 $695,492 $0 $695,492
2022 $89,732 $607,323 $697,055
2023 $210,828 $2,924,856 $3,135,684
2024 YTD $0 $1,604,583 $1,604,583
TOTAL $4,920,520 $5,136,763 $10,057,282
*Includes soft costs such as Appraisals,surveying,etc.
The real estate market in the Keys has been rapidly increasing since adoption of the Act. DEP has found it
difficult to purchase land quickly and to meet the sales price expectations of sellers. Decades ago, DEP would
allow the Land Authority to pre-acquire land and then purchase the land from the Land Authority at the price
they can using their appraisal standards. During 2022, Land Authority staff worked with DEP to renew this
model and during 2023 this effort increased.
As of May 8, 2024, the Land Authority resold $5,136,763 of land to the State of Florida, since 2016, with DEP
spending a total of $10,057,282. This is expected to increase for 2024 with the addition of another buyer
(consultant) on the Land Authority staff.
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Current Issues
The most important activity the Land Authority performs is the purchase of land for environmental protection
and retirement of development rights. The following table, prepared by the State Commerce show the results
of the recent Department of Economic Opportunity Hurricane Evacation Model Clearance Times scenarios in
Summary form. The next two tables, prepared by the Monroe County Planning Department, show those lots
within the cities of Key West, Marathon, Layton, Key Colony Beach, and Islamorada. The third table shows
those privately owned vacant lots within unincorporated Monroe by Tier designation. The MCLA will be
reviewing that data and will begin prioritizing purchases, first of those in the Florida Forever boundary, since
the State of Florida is willing to purchase those lots after pre-acquisition from the MCLA.
The BOCC will be working with DEO during 2024 to determine the appropriate number of ROGO allocations to
be issued by the State of Florida, since DEO ran a new Hurricane Evacuation Model and created scenarios of
possible ROGO allocation issuance options.
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2020 Census:" Hurricane Evacuation Modeling Update
FL Commerce's reference,to 7,954 units,was based on the number of privately-owned 'vacant parcels within the
Florida Keys (unincorporated MC, Illslarnorada, Layton, Key Colony Beach, Marathon, (Key,West).,
Ftirther,ainMysis kicficaties that a sginMcant poirflon of those parc0s rnay lye already riestiftted klq pirlotecteld
habttat andlor ex sting zoning clensky standards,
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Data Sent to DEO for Hurricane Modeling Oct 2023: 'Rernaved FDan.'rels Mai,kass rhani I jnit of densh�ll)er Zordrg/R LJ M
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Fortunately, revenues have been up since COVID ended, which has given the Land Authority the ability to
purchase more land than usual, and the flexibility to leverage DEP funds through resales.
ROGO Reserves
In accordance with Policy 101.7.2 of the County Comprehensive Plan, funding is reserved for the
administrative relief provisions of the rate of growth ordinance (ROGO). Although this policy recommends an
annual set aside of 35% of the Florida Keys ACSC acquisition revenue, there have been very few expenditures
from this reserve over the last five years. For this reason, the ROGO Reserve that would result from a 35% set
aside has been reduced to the current year level of $3,293,248 and the difference has been allocated for
general use in the Florida Keys ACSC.
The budget also includes general reserves of$500,000 for contingency and $500,000 for end of year cash. All
funding not otherwise committed is budgeted in the general appropriation for property in the Florida Keys
ACSC.
With respect to administrative expenses, the implementation of merit or COLA salary increases, if any, will be
limited to the amount and policy the Board approves for all County employees.
The property acquisition policies established by the budget are very general in nature. The Land Authority's
annual Acquisition List and the Board's approval of purchase contracts provide more detailed direction about
the specific properties to be acquired.
M❑NR❑E C❑UNTY LAND AAUTH❑RITY
FY 2025 BUDGET
Proposed Amended Amended
Budget InCrease� Budget Budget Actual
FY 2025 (Decrease) %Change FY 2024 FY 2023 FY 2023
Revenues:
Intergovernmental
Tourist Impact Tax-Restricted-Key West 3,512,450 550,295 18.6% 2,962,155 2,634,201 3,398,447
Tourist Impact Tax-Restricted-FL Keys 4,068,733 788,305 24.0% 3,280,428 2,718,805 3,902,168
Park Surcharge-Restricted 439,623 60,786 16.0% 378,837 407,290 462,177
Tourist Impact Tax&Park Surcharge Administration 447,857 77,207 20.8% 370,650 308,379 430,461
Fund Balance Forward
Tourist Impact Tax-Restricted-Key West 15,361,697 2,473,794 19.2% 12,887,903 11,238,729 10,156,033
Tourist Impact Tax-Restricted-FL Keys 0 0 n�a 0 2,902,414 2,293,931
Park Surcharge-Restricted 0 0 n�a 0 0 0
Assigned and Unassigned 15,905,878 3,234,595 25.5% 12,671,283 8,903,722 9,521,418
Miscellaneous
Interest Income 500,000 250,000 100.0% 250,000 25,000 1,087,455
BOCC Reimbursement for MCLA Employee 195,688 67,419 52.6% 128,270
Sale of Land 4,481,000 0 0.0% 4,481,000 4,481,000 5,071,658
Donation 0 0 n�a 0 0 4,490,558
Tax Collector Excess Fees 0 0 n�a 0 0 248,026
Mortgage Receivable 0 0 n�a 0 0 7,419,025
Less 5Y. (2,245,646) (1,870,526) (1,680,977)
Total Revenues 42,667,281 7,127,281 20.1% 35,540,000 31,938,563 46,057,290
Appropriations:
Salaries and Benefits 1,196,500 200,000 20.1% 996,500 807,100 740,900
General Operating Expenses 321,000 13,000 4.2% 308,000 221,100 156,199
Special Operating Expenses:
Operating FL Keys ACSC-Forgivable Mortgages 0 0 n�a 0 0 0
Operating FL Keys ACSC-Construction Funding 2,240,000 2,240,000 n�a 0 1,353,989 0
Operating Key West ACSC-Forgivable Mortgages 0 0 n�a 0 0 0
Operating Key West ACSC-Construction Funding 17,728,500 17,728,500 n�a 0 0 0
Capital Outlay
Office Equipment 10,000 0 0.0% 10,000 10,000 0
FL Keys Area of Critical State Concern 15,732,386 1,650,192 11.7% 14,082,194 11,380,196 6,262,235
ROGO Reserve 3,293,248 0 0.0% 3,293,248 3,293,248 0
Key West Area of Critical State Concern 1,145,647 (14,704,411) -92.8% 15,850,058 13,872,930 0
Reserves
Contingency 500,000 0 0.0% 500,000 500,000 0
End of Year Cash 500,000 0 0.0% 500,000 500,000 0
Total Appropriations 42,667,281 7,127,281 20.1% 35,540,000 31,938,563 7,159,335
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