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Home My WebLink AboutItem G06 COUNTY of MONROE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Mayor Michelle Lincoln,District 2 The Florida Keys Mayor Pro Tern David Rice,District 4 J. Craig Cates,District 1 James K. Scholl,District 3 Holly Merrill Raschein,District 5 Regular Meeting January 28, 2026 Agenda Item Number: G6 25-0114 BULK ITEM: No DEPARTMENT: Land Authority Governing Boa rd TIME APPROXIMATE: 9:25 AM STAFF CONTACT: Cynthia Guerra AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval of the 2026 Land Authority Acquisition List. ITEM BACKGROUND: Each year the Land Authority Advisory Committee prepares an updated Acquisition List. Although this process takes place on an annual basis, the list may be, and often is, amended over the course of the year. The Advisory Committee has prepared the attached list for 2026 after holding a public meeting on December 17, 2025. Per section 3 80.0667, Florida Statutes, the Board of County Commissioners, sitting as the Land Authority Governing Board, "shall approve the list of acquisitions, in whole or in part, in the order of priority recommended by the Advisory Committee". Listing a property on the Acquisition List is a preliminary, non-binding step indicating the Board's desire to pursue acquisition. Further Board action is required before entering into a purchase contract. The following is a summary of the updates to the Acquisition List for 2026. Completed Projects (Projects Removed from the Acquisition List): • Block 28, Lots 17 and 18, Sands on Big Pine Key (a dual conservation/affordable housing land acquisition project). The Land Authority purchased this property on 6/30/25. • The Lofts at Bahama Village in Key West (an affordable housing construction funding project). The Land Authority disbursed $6,170,457 of construction funding to the City of Key West for this project on 9/22/25. New Projects (Projects Added to the Acquisition List): • Block 3,Lots 4 and 5, Summerland Estates Re-subdivision No.2 on Summerland Key(a dual conservation/affordable housing land acquisition project). The purchase of this property is on today's meeting agenda as a separate agenda item. • Block 1, Lots 6 and 7, Sam-N-Joe on Big Pine Key (a dual conservation/affordable housing land acquisition project). The purchase of this property is on today's meeting agenda as a separate agenda item. • Conversion of Poinciana Assisted Living Facility to Affordable Housing in Key West (an affordable housing construction funding project). Construction funding($1,382,856)for this project was approved in Resolution 38-2025 by the Land Authority Advisory Committee on 9/24/25 and the Land Authority Governing Board on 10/15/25. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACTION: On December 17,2025,the Committee voted 4/0 to recommend approval and forward the Acquisition List to the Governing Board. PREVIOUS RELEVANT GOVERNING BOARD ACTION: The Board has approved an Acquisition List each year since the Land Authority was established. INSURANCE REQUIRED: No CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: N/A STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval DOCUMENTATION: FINANCIAL IMPACT: N/A MON ROE COUNTY LAND AUTHORITY 2026 ACQUISITION LIST This Acquisition List has been developed to guide purchases using Monroe County Land Authority(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 land for conservation or protection of private property rights as follows: Property Type Acquisition Objectives Intended Proposed Owner/Development Manager Property Designated Tier 1, Tier 2, or Property Rights Protection, None MCLA, Local, State, or Tier 3A with priority being properties Environmental Protection Federal Government located within the Big Pine Habitat Conservation Plan Property Designated Tier 3 with Property Rights Protection, None MCLA, Local, State, or significant habitat or connectivity Retire Development Rights, Federal Government Environmental Protection Property Designated Tier 3 without Either affordable housing or To be BOCC Preferred, significant habitat or connectivity Density Reduction determined MCLA Property Eligible for ROGO Property Rights Protection, None MCLA, Local, State, or Administrative Relief Environmental Protection Federal Government Property Impacted by Local Property Rights Protection, None MCLA, Local, State, or Government Regulations or prioritized Environmental Protection Federal Government by a local government for acquisition for density reduction, environmental protection, and conservation purposes Property Within Florida Forever Environmental Protection None MCLA, Local, State, or Projects (with priority for those with Property Rights Protection Federal Government potential for resale to the State of Florida DEP) Page 1 of 3 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. PropertyAcquisition Objectives Intended Proposed Owner/ Development Manager A portion of Tracts A and B, Revised Affordable Housing Affordable Rural Neighborhoods, Plat of Amended Plat of Sugarloaf Construction Funding Housing Inc., Developer Shores Section F (The Landings At Sugarloaf Key Block 3, Lots 4 and 5, Summerland Lot 4—Conservation None Lot 4— MCLA Owner Estates Re-subdivision No. 2, Lot 5—Conservation None Lot 5— MCLA Owner Summerland Key(PB 4-2)with one ROGO Exemption— Affordable ROGO Exemption — ROGO exemption Affordable Housing Housing transfer offsite as affordable Block 1, Lots 6 and 7, Sam-N-Joe, Lot 6—Affordable Housing Affordable Lot 6— BOCC Owner Big Pine Key (PB 3-76)with two with one ROGO exemption Housing Lot 7— MCLA owner ROGO exemptions Lot 7—Conservation None One ROGO exemption transfer offsite as affordable Page 2of3 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 Proposed Owner/ p y q Development Manager Metes and Bounds Affordable Housing Permanent Key West Housing Parcel ID#: Construction Funding Affordable Authority 00054250-000000 Housing Legal Description: A portion of Lot 5, Lots 6-12, Block (Poinciana 17, and Lots 1-8, a portion of Lots 9- Housing 12, Block 18, and land lying North of Project) said Blocks Metes and Bounds Affordable Housing Permanent City of Key West Parcel ID# Construction Funding Affordable 00064740-000000 Housing for Legal Description: Continuum of Block 19 Lots 2 through 10 Part of g � Care Lot 11 and Part of land lying North of Said Block, KW FWDN Subdivision (Poinciana Housing Complex— Permanent Homeless Housing Project) Metes and Bounds Affordable Housing Permanent Key West Housing Parcel ID# Construction Funding Affordable Authority 00054250-0000007 Housing Legal Description: Block 18, Lots 1 through 12, (Conversion "Key West Foundation Company's of Assisted Plat No. 2", located at 1664 Dunlap Living Drive, Key West, Florida Facility) Page 3of3