On Tuesday, Dec. 3, the city of Marathon will hold another workshop to help determine Marathon’s future rate of growth. The public is encouraged to attend to voice their opinions on how many residential building permit allocations the city should request from the State Department of Commerce (or the Florida Legislature) through the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners. The workshop will be on Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall.
After taking input from the public, the council will consider a resolution with a number at its regularly scheduled Dec. 10 meeting of the Marathon City Council. That resolution will be presented to the Monroe County BOCC at its meeting on Dec. 11. The county is putting together its own recommendation to present to the Florida Legislature in Tallahassee in an effort to stave off “takings” lawsuits that could cost Keys municipalities millions of dollars.
Monroe County has been conducting surveys on its future rate of growth. Scan the QR code to see the results:
QR LINK: https://www.monroecounty-fl.gov/1321/ROGOBPAS-2024-Updates.
The city of Marathon estimates it has 575 vacant, buildable parcels and 182 parcels that are on the Florida Forever roster, a state-funded program that acquires and protects land for conservation and recreation.
