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Home My WebLink AboutItem G08 G8 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COUNTY of MONROE Mayor James K.Scholl,District 3 The Florida Keys Mayor Pro Tern Michelle Lincoln,District 2 Craig Cates,District 1 David Rice,District 4 Holly Merrill Raschein,District 5 Board of County Commissioners Meeting June 18, 2025 Agenda Item Number: G8 2023-4046 BULK ITEM: No DEPARTMENT: Land Authority Governing Board TIME APPROXIMATE: STAFF CONTACT: Cynthia Guerra 9:25 AM AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval to add Block 28, Lots 17 and 18, Sands on Big Pine Key to the Acquisition List as a conservation site with a ROGO exemption that will be transferred offsite for affordable housing. ITEM BACKGROUND: This agenda item is to add a ROGO-exempt property to the 2025 Acquisition List for the dual purposes of conservation and affordable housing. The property is Block 28, Lots 17 and 18 in Sands subdivision on Big Pine Key. The Land Authority has a contract to purchase the property for $265,000. After purchase, the property will be restored as conservation land and the ROGO exemption will be transferred to an affordable housing site to be determined. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACTION: On May 28, 2025 the Advisory Committee voted 4/0 to recommend approval of the addition to the Acquisition List. PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: None INSURANCE REQUIRED: No CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: N/A STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval DOCUMENTATION: Proposed 2025 Acquisition List.pdf 1401 FINANCIAL IMPACT: N/A 1402 MONROE COUNTY LAND AUTHORITY (MCLA) 2025 ACQUISITION LIST Approved by MCLA Advisory Committee 5/28/25 and Adopted by MCLA Governing Board 6/18/25 This Acquisition List has been developed to guide purchases using MCLA funding. Florida Statutes 380.0667. Advisory committee: acquisitions, Section (3) indicates: The land authority shall approve the list of acquisitions, in whole or in part, in the order of priority recommended by the advisory committee. Ordinance 031-1986, Section 8, further indicates: The Advisory Committee shall establish, on or before January 15 of each year, an identification and prioritization of land acquisition for the Land Authority. The list also incorporates by reference the Florida Keys Stewardship Act that took effect on July 1, 2016, as amended, the land acquisition priorities in Policy 102.4.2 of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan, the Memorandum of Understanding between DEP and Monroe County revised on October 20, 2021 and House Bill 1173 that took effect on April 6, 2018. PROPERTY IN FLORIDA KEYS AREA OF CRITICAL STATE CONCERN (OUTSIDE OF KEY WEST) The MCLA Advisory Committee will promote acquisition of conservation land as follows: Property Type Acquisition Objectives Intended Proposed Development Owner/Manager Property Designated Tier Property Rights Protection None MCLA, Local, State, 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3A with Environmental Protection or Federal priority being properties Government located within the Big Pine Habitat Conservation Plan Property Designated Tier 3 Property Rights None MCLA, Local, State, with significant habitat or Protection Retire or Federal connectivity Development Rights Government Environmental Property Designated Tier 3 Either affordable housing To be determined BOCC Preferred, MCLA without significant habitat or or Density Reduction connectivity Property Eligible for ROGO Property Rights Protection None MCLA, Local, State, Administrative Relief Environmental Protection or Federal Government Property Impacted by Local Property Rights Protection None MCLA, Local, State, Government Regulations or Environmental Protection or Federal prioritized by a local Government government for acquisition for density reduction, environmental protection, and conservation purposes Property Within Florida Environmental None MCLA, Local, State, Forever Projects (with Protection or Federal priority for those with Property Rights Government potential for resale to the Protection State of Florida DEP) Page 1 of 3 1403 The MCLA Advisory Committee will promote acquisition, by fee simple purchases or other means provided in HB 1173, to address affordable workforce housing damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Irma by adding to the Acquisition List, on a case- by-case basis, affordable housing sites that are preferably ROGO-exempt to be acquired by government partners provided the sites do not include environmentally sensitive habitat or possible wetlands, and are not located in areas prohibited for development by Comprehensive Plan Policy 601.1.11 as interpreted by ADMINISTRATIVE INTERPRETATION NO: AI-18- 139. The Monroe County Code defines environmentally sensitive lands as "areas of native habitat requiring special management attention to protect important fish and wildlife resources and other natural systems or processes. Environmentally sensitive lands typically include wetlands and other surface waters, tropical hardwood hammocks and pinelands." Native habitat includes Species Focus Areas identified by the US Fish and Wildlife Service but does not include Species Focus Area Buffers. Therefore, MCLA shall not purchase or fund affordable housing on vacant land that has never been previously developed with a residential dwelling unit that impacts any habitat defined as environmentally sensitive or is located in any of the following areas: Species Focus Areas; areas designated Tier 1,2, or 3A;V flood zones; offshore islands; or areas within a Coastal Barriers Resource System unit. Evidence of environmental sensitivity includes, but is not limited to, a determination to be made by the County Environmental Resources Office of whether the construction of affordable housing requires habitat to be removed and mitigated. Favorable factors in the analysis and consideration of affordable housing sites will include the record of the partner in the project; quality of the project; ability of the project to serve individuals, couples and families; leverage from additional non- MCLA funds brought to the project; and the MCLA funds price per unit. Property Acquisition Objectives Intended Proposed Owner/Manager Development A portion of Tracts A and B, Revised Affordable Housing Affordable Housing Rural Neighborhoods, Inc. Plat of Amended Plat of Sugarloaf Construction Funding (The Landings At Developer Shores Section F Sugarloaf) Block 28, Lots 17 and 18, Sands, Big Lot 17—Conservation None Lot 17— MCLA Owner Pine Key(PB 1-65) Lot 18—Conservation None Lot 18— MCLA Owner ROGO Exemption— Affordable Housing ROGO Exemption —transfer Affordable Housing offsite as affordable Page 2 of 3 1404 PROPERTY IN KEY WEST AREA OF CRITICAL STATE CONCERN In Key West,the MCLA Advisory Committee will consider adding to the Acquisition List,on a case-by-case basis, affordable housing sites to be acquired by government partners provided the sites do not include environmentally sensitive habitat or possible wetlands (see above). Favorable factors in the analysis and consideration of affordable housing sites will include the record of the partner in the project; quality of the project; ability of the project to serve individuals, couples, and families; leverage from additional non-MCLA funds brought to the project; and the MCLA funds price per unit. Property Acquisition Objectives Intended Development Proposed Owner/Manager Metes and Bounds Affordable Housing Permanent Affordable Key West Housing Authority Parcel ID#: Construction Funding Housing 00054250-000000 Legal Description: (Poinciana Housing A portion of Lot 5, Lots 6- Project) 12, Block 17, and Lots 1-8, a portion of Lots 9-12, Block 18, and land lying North of said Blocks Metes and Bounds Affordable Housing Permanent Affordable City of Key West Parcel ID# Construction Funding Housing for Continuum of 00064740-000000 Care Legal Description: Block 19, Lots 2 through (Poinciana Housing 10, Part of Lot 11 and Part Complex— Permanent of land lying North of Said Homeless Housing Project) Block, KW FWDN Subdivision Metes and Bounds Affordable Housing Permanent Affordable City of Key West/Vestcor Parcel ID# Construction Funding Housing— Homeownership 00001630-000801 Units Legal Description: A portion of lands (The Lofts at Bahama described in Quitclaim Village) Deed from US Government to City of KW as recorded in Official Records book 1839, Page 410, of the Public Records of Monroe County, Florida. 318 Fort Street (3.2 Acre Site) Page 3 of 3 1405