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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem G06COUNTY of MONROE The Florida Keys BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Mayor Michelle Lincoln, District 2 Mayor Pro Tem David Rice, District 4 Craig Cates, District 1 James K. Scholl, District 3 Holly Merrill Raschein, District 5 Regular Meeting February 18, 2026 Agenda Item Number: G6 26-0324 BULK ITEM: No DEPARTMENT: Land Authority Governing Board TIME APPROXIMATE: 9:25 AM STAFF CONTACT: Cynthia Guerra AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval to add 1) Block 2, Lots 13, 14, 15, and 16, Largo Beach, Key Largo to the Acquisition List as a conservation site with a ROGO exemption that will be transferred offsite for affordable housing; and 2) Block 4, Lots 5 and 12, Amended Plat of Key Largo Park, Key Largo to the Acquisition List for affordable housing. ITEM BACKGROUND: This agenda item is to add two properties to the Acquisition List. 1) A ROGO-exempt property for the dual purposes of conservation and affordable housing. The property is Block 2, Lots 13, 14, 15, and 16 in Largo Beach on Key Largo. The Land Authority has a contract to purchase the property for $380,000. 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. 2) A property for the development for affordable housing. The property is Block 4, Lots 5 and 12, Amended Plat of Key Largo Park, Key Largo. The Land Authority has a contract to purchase the property for $287,000. After purchase, Habitat for Humanity of the Upper Keys will use two reserved affordable housing ROGO exemptions to develop two residences. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACTION: On January 29, 2026 the Advisory Committee voted 4/0 to recommend approval of the additions to the Acquisition List. PREVIOUS RELEVANT GOVERNING ACTION: None INSURANCE REQUIRED: No CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval DOCUMENTATION: FINANCIAL IMPACT: G6. Approval to add 1) Block 2, Lots 13, 14, 15, and 16, Largo Beach, Key Largo to the Acquisition List as a conservation site with a ROGO exemption that will be transferred offsite for affordable housing; and 2) Block 4, Lots 5 and 12, Amended Plat of Key Largo Park, Key Largo to the Acquisition List for affordable housing. MONROE 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 Development Proposed Owner / 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. Property Acquisition 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 One ROGO exemption ROGO exemption 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 ROGO exemptions Lot 7 — Conservation None Lot 7 — MCLA owner ROGO Exemption One ROGO exemption transfer offsite as affordable Block 2, Lots 13, 14, 15, and 16, Lot 13 — Conservation None Lot 13 — MCLA owner Largo Beach, Key Largo (PB 1-108) ROGO Exemption One ROGO exemption with one ROGO exemption transfer offsite as affordable Lot 14 — Conservation None Lot 14 — MCLA Owner Lot 15 — Conservation None Lot 15 — MCLA Owner Lot 16 — Conservation None Lot 16 — MCLA Owner Block 4, Lots 5 and 12, Amended Plat Lot 5 — Affordable Housing Affordable Lot 5 — BOCC of Key Largo Park, Key Largo (PB 3- Lot 12 — Affordable Housing Housing Lot 12 - BOCC 62) Page 2 of 3 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 / 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 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 00054250-000000, 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 3 of 3