Broward County Commission Regular Meeting
Director's Name: Monica Cepero
Department: County Administration Division: Real Property
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Requested Action
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MOTION TO APPROVE Purchase and Sale Agreement (“Agreement”) between Broward County (“Purchaser”) and Hans P. Volkmeier (“Seller”) for the purchase of property located at NW 27th Avenue in Fort Lauderdale from Hans P. Volkmeier at a purchase price of $15,000; authorize the Mayor or Vice-Mayor to execute the Agreement and the County Administrator to attest to same; and authorize the Director of Real Estate Development to execute and process normal and customary title closing documents. (Commission District 8)
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Why Action is Necessary
Board of County Commissioners' approval is required to execute a purchase and sale agreement to acquire an interest in real property pursuant to Section 6.23, Broward County Administrative Code.
What Action Accomplishes
This acquisition allows the County to make the adjacent County-owned parcel buildable.
Is this Action Goal Related
No
Previous Action Taken
None
Summary Explanation/Background
This item relates to activities in the Broward Municipal Services District (BMSD) The Broward Municipal Services District, formerly known as Unincorporated Broward County, consists of 11.4 square miles and has a population of approximately 15,006.* The Broward County Board of County Commissioners is the governing body of the District, and provided municipal services for the area, including business and housing development, library and park facilities, roadway maintenance, street enhancements, and zoning and code enforcement.
*Source: Population data from the University of Florida’s 2017 Bureau of Economic and Business Research. Land area was updated by the Planning and Development Management Division GIS Section using the latest annexation information (August 2018). The 2016 Population by Neighborhood is from the U.S. Census Bureau, 2012-2016, American Community Survey.
The acquisition of this unbuildable parcel is made at the request of the Housing Finance Division. This parcel is adjacent to an unbuildable County-owned parcel. This acquisition allows for the combination of the two parcels to create a buildable parcel to be developed for affordable housing.
All documents have been reviewed and approved as to form by the Office of the County Attorney.
Source of Additional Information
Lary S. Mahoney, Director of Real Estate Development and Real Property, (954) 357-7357
Trevor Fisher, Director, Public Works Department, (954) 357-6410
Ralph Stone, Director Housing Finance Division, (954) 357-5320
Fiscal Impact
Fiscal Impact/Cost Summary
The contract purchase price of $15,000, plus any other close related costs, will be paid from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund.