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Village Community Development District No. 6 (2026-09-09)

Wednesday, September 9, 2026 · Community development district meeting record

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4.A. Adoption of Resolution 2026-07: FY2026-27 Final Budget

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I'd like to call to order the meeting for Community Development District number 6. First of all, I'd like to welcome all those of you who are here to probably what is the longest agenda that I can remember in the 15 years that I've been on this board. So we will try to move through very quickly. I have a number of things to explain. But first, I'd like to ask you to, first for the record, please show that all members of the board are here. I'd ask all members of the audience to join us in the Pledge of Allegiance, and please stay standing for a couple of minutes of reflection. And since this is kind of an interesting week for many of our age, reflect on where we were 25 years ago on the 11th of this month. Okay. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Please be seated. Okay, before we get into our agenda, we have something that we would like to handle. I'm going to ask Brittany, the assistant director for Community Development District, to have something she wants to share with us. Yes. Good afternoon, board members. Just a slight deviation from the agenda. If I can please invite Ms. Pamela Webb, who is our executive director of human resources and risk management to the podium. Hi. Good afternoon. I'm Pamela Webb, the executive director of human resources. I would like to take this opportunity, actually I'm going to introduce my HR director here, Debbie Powell Brown. On behalf of the pension advisory committee for our employees, we would like to recognize and express our sincere appreciation for our longtime resident volunteer, John Calandro. As one of the district pension advisory committee's original members and its longest serving chair, John has been instrumental in developing the procedures, metrics, and oversight practices that guide our pension program today. And through your dedication, professionalism, and steadfast commitment to the district employees, you've helped shape the PAC from its earlier days into the strong, reliable body it is now, and we are grateful for the many years that you've devoted to ensuring the best retirement outcome for our staff. On behalf of the district, we'd like to thank you for your exceptional service, your leadership, and your continuity that you've provided for nearly two decades. And with that, we would like to present you with the Challenge Coin. We reserve these for very special circumstances, and we would love to present this to you today. Thank you. Working with good people for good people has always been reward enough, but thank you very much for it. And I've enjoyed being part of that group for almost her entire tenure. Thank you. It's been an honor. Thank you, Brittany. Difficult year. Are you- Thank you. Wow, I wasn't expecting that, but thank you. Okay, moving into this robust agenda. Our agenda is really just for those of you who are joining us for the first time today, there are several items on our agenda. Some of them will be handled in what they call the consent agenda. These are items that we have looked at previously and studied, and these are the final resolutions of that. And unless there are some specific questions, they will be handled that way. Also today, we have on our schedule eight public hearings. A public hearing is an individual circumstance that needs to be dealt with within the statutes that govern the operation of the district, and shortly our counsel will do an overview of that. If you are here and you want to speak on one of the issues, you'll need to be sworn in, and we'll do that in a moment for anyone who will be speaking on any of those eight items that will come up eventually on the agenda. We will follow the agenda. We will not be deviating from it. There will also be a portion of the public hearing basically will be opened, public comment will be received, it'll be closed, and then the board will deliberate on the issue of that specific item on the agenda. And then each will be handled individually, as I said. Also, during the discussion, there may be questions that will come up among the board. It is appropriate that if we have a question specifically, it can be addressed during the public hearing. But after we close the public hearing, all discussion is between the board for looking for a resolution. Finally, after some staff reports, there will be a period of time where anyone who is here today, again, we thank you for being here, will be able to address any matter that you would like to the board, and we'll do our very best to understand, respond, and hopefully be helpful in that matter. With that, the first item on our agenda is the report from our sheriff's department. I would ask Sergeant to move forward and hear, bring us up to speed on what's happening relative to the sheriff's department. Fantastic. Thank you for the opportunity. Good afternoon, board. My name's Sergeant Adam Dodge with the Sumter County Sheriff's Office, and I'm here to provide you with the quarterly law enforcement update. And we typically attend and provide statistics on motor vehicle crashes, golf cart crashes, uniform traffic citations, as well as citations issued to golf carts. I would like to also share with you a new program the sheriff's office is offering and share with you some information about an emerging scam which is affecting our citizens here in the villages. So for the period between May and August of 2026, Sumter County Sheriff's Office responded to 361 automobile crashes. We also responded to 66 golf cart crashes. During the period, we issued 43 golf cart uniform traffic citations, and we issued 2,266 automobile uniform traffic citations. Now, that number is an increase from our typical numbers during the same time span, and I don't believe it's attributed to a lower percentage of warnings given, so it's not that we've stopped giving warnings and we're only giving tickets now. We've just had an increase in law enforcement presence and enforcement on our major thoroughfares. Sheriff Rena has encouraged our deputies to spend their time, if they're not handling calls for service, to be present and visible on those major roadways and slowing traffic down, and that's what we're doing there with those uniform traffic citations. The program I'd like to make you aware of is the sheriff's office's new golf cart registration. It's a voluntary program. There's no cost associated with it. What we're asking our citizens is to consider registering your golf cart with us. You take one of these cards home, fill out the back portion. We're just looking for information about you and your golf cart, so year, make, model, serial number, those sorts of things. Once you have this card filled out, you bring it to the sheriff's office, whether it be the location I work out of up at 466 and Morris or our office just behind the Golden Dome building there off of Powell, and we'll exchange you for your filled out card a decal which you place on the back of your golf cart. It identifies your golf cart by number, and it helps us in locating your golf cart if it's ever misplaced or lost or stolen. We also identify it as being a theft deterrent because it would be readily identified. And very often, people reach out to us, they say, "Hey, I was at Lake Sumter Landing and someone stole my golf cart. It was parked somewhere over, I think over there. I don't know. I can't find it." And we usually help them in locating their golf cart. It hasn't been stolen. They just can't seem to locate it. It's frustrating for us when they describe their golf cart as the white Yamaha with the green seats. Okay. It's kind of difficult to find that golf cart. So this is something that's going to aid us in locating golf carts, especially if they're lost or misplaced. It's been a great program thus far. The Lake County Sheriff's Office and Marion County Sheriff's Office have both reached out to us looking for information about this program to see how we've structured this registration. I'm not certain if they're going to be moving forward with their own golf cart registration. They have not just yet. But I'm hopeful that they will. We believe it's a benefit to our citizens. We think they'll find the same. The Wildwood Police Department has launched a very similar golf cart registration, and our two databases work together to identify golf carts. The scam I'd like to bring to your attention has come about recently. It involves architectural review committee applications We've had some of our residents contacted after submitting an architectural review application, and by a fictitious email that says, "We received your application. Great news. We look forward to hearing you at your date to have your case heard, but we've not received your payment yet. Click the link below to go ahead and submit your application fee." There is no application fee for an ARC submittal. The district's been very proactive in looking for ways to notify residents that there is not a fee associated with that. We say the sheriff's office will never call and say you have a warrant for your arrest if they do with the scam. Similarly, the district will never call and say, "You submitted an ARC application, you need to pay a fee." Just something to be aware of, your constituents and those you may interact with. That's all the information I have for you this morning. If you have any questions, I'd be more than happy to answer those. Again, as always, we are very appreciative of the strong support that we receive in this district and throughout the villages from the sheriff's department and other law enforcement agencies. And as always, go out and do good work for us. Certainly will. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Yeah, they deserve it for us. Thank you. Okay, moving right along to the portion of our agenda that's called the consent agenda. A motion to approve the consent agenda is a motion to approve all recommendations and actions. All matters on the consent agenda are considered routine. No discussion is required unless desired by a board member and specific supervisor or a member of the public. Several of the items on our consent agenda, such as our meeting schedule, the objectives for the performance in the upcoming year, have been previously discussed. And so unless there are some specific questions, a motion in order would be to approve the consent agenda. I move to approve the consent agenda. Is there a second? I second. All in favor? Aye. Okay, moving right along. Okay, now we're going to get into the interesting part of our-- Let me ask legal counsel if he would give us an overview of the purpose and the requirements in order to properly handle a public hearing. So at this point, we're dealing with the final budget along with the uniform method of collection. Each will be held separately. Once we get to 4D, we'll start the public hearing process, and I can go over that at that time. Very good. Okay, the item is 4B, which is the adoption of the resolution for our final budget for the upcoming fiscal year. And with that, please, staff, go ahead and take us through it. Thank you. Good afternoon, Board. Karen Cleary, assistant budget director. I'm here today to request adoption of Resolution 2026-07 to approve your fiscal year 2026-27 final budget and to set your maintenance assessment rates. As you know, the board reviewed the fiscal year 2026-27 recommended budget, five-year capital improvement plan, fund balances, and recommended maintenance assessment rates as prepared by staff during your May regular meeting. At that time, you provided direction to bring back a proposed budget with no change to maintenance assessment rates. Staff made adjustments based on additional appropriations and presented a balanced proposed budget of $4,701,572 at your June regular meeting. During that meeting, the board discussed the structural imbalance caused by reoccurring operating expenses outpacing your revenues and the ongoing reliance on reserve funds, which is projected to deplete total reserves within five years. The board approved the fiscal year 2026-27 proposed budget and proposed maintenance assessment rates with a 5% increase. Staff continued to work on the budget over the summer to finalize changes for contract rates and final cost allocations, and the budget presented for you today is an increase of $1,719 from the proposed budget approved in June due to a final cost allocation adjustment to your D compliance services. And the accounts for changes have been identified within your packet for your review. The fiscal year 2026-27 final budget is $4,703,291, which includes additions to your working capital of approximately $117,000 in fiscal year 2026-27 to balance the annual budget. Maintenance assessment rates include a 5% increase from the current fiscal year, and the projected ending unrestricted fund balance is $9.6 million. At the direction of the board, staff has prepared the works in capital and reserve balance schedule, which is included in your packet, and staff will bring back recommendations for assessment rates in future fiscal years based on the requested budget amounts at that time. As previously stated during your May budget review, staff presented your five-year capital improvement plan. With the adoption of your fiscal year 2026-27 budget, the five-year capital improvement plan for fiscal years 2026-27 through 2030-31 will be considered approved as well. At this time, staff recommends approval of Resolution 2026-07 to approve the fiscal year 2026-27 final budget in the amounts of general fund, $4,703,291, your 2022 debt service fund at $2,396,048, and your 2017 debt service fund at $2,225,109. Staff is here for any questions you may have. Otherwise, I would request that you open the public hearing at this time. Okay. We will open the public hearing. Any member of the public-- Oh, I think we said we need to swear our people in, right? Not at this point. At this point, we'll open a public hearing for public comment. We'll swear individuals in for the public hearing in that case. Oh, very good. Okay, the floor is open for anyone who wishes to address any items on this. If you would, step forward and please give us your name and your address for the record and share your comments with us. Leona Bailey, 725 Hammond Place in Carolyn. Yes, ma'am Bailey. I have questions about the fit clubs in the rec centers. I saw where there was a million dollars for fit clubs, and I wondered, is that a million dollars per CDD or a million dollars split amongst them all? Linda, I'm not sure what you're- Yes, just for the purposes of this public hearing, that's not under the purview of the residential districts. That falls under the amenity division as an enterprise fund to the amenity division. So where do I go? So I can give you the information for the meetings. They're going through budget adoption actually between Monday and this afternoon. But that's all a fee-based service. Then why is a million dollars on our budget for them? So it's not in the District 6 budget. It's not a part of your maintenance budget. Okay. Let me make a couple comments just so everybody has similar thing. A couple of these. First of all, this is the first time in 10 years that those of us who live in CDD number six will see an increase in our maintenance fee. The maintenance fee is what this board is approving. It is what we're responsible for. We are responsible for infrastructure in the district. And I think, and I'm going to look to staff here, on average, I think that 5% comes up to about 10 to $12 per household for the year, something in that nature. $5 per resident. It is, yep. That's correct, Linda. $5 per resident. $25. Yeah. So, okay. Annually. Yeah, annually. Okay. It's the cost of a Starbucks. This board has been very, very fortunate over the last several years that we have been well-funded, and we've been very conservative in our expenditures, and the key is that our infrastructure, remember, we're talking about infrastructure, is now only beginning to age to the point where we need to be concerned about replacements and repairs. And we had a lot of discussion in our deliberations that we want to make sure that we have adequate funding should we have any infrastructure problems that we need to address. There are districts elsewhere, particularly some of the older districts from time to time, that found themselves overfunded, or underfunded rather, and would have to come back to the residents and pass along very large increases. We chose not to do that. We felt that the 5%, and we had a lot of discussion about that, would be adequate funding to maintain because we also have a very aggressive preventative maintenance program through the district's offices. So hopefully, this increase, while 5% seems to be large, is really a very small part of your actual cost of living in such a great place. Okay. I hope that helps for some of you. Okay. Amenities fees are a totally different issue outside of our province. But we're always happy to share or hear your comments. Okay. Anyone else care to address this item? Okay, hearing none, board members. Oh. Oh, I'm sorry. Yes, ma'am. Hi. Lorna Litton, 885 Chappelle Drive. Yes, ma'am. I have an ongoing issue that since May 23rd, I've been trying to get a refund on a forcefully billed water bill. Ma'am, that's not- Maybe you can tell me I'm not at the right meeting. Yeah, I'm sorry. Yeah. We need to stay focused on our budget agenda here. What- There'll be time later in the meeting where you can share with us your concerns. Okay, thanks. Okay, board members. Chair will entertain a motion for approval. Oh, we got to close the public hearing. Let's close the public hearing. I'm sorry. We didn't close the public hearing. No sir, then we'll go to number seven after. Okay. All right. Hearing no further comments, we will close the public hearing and I will turn it over to the board. Linda. I move that we approve Resolution 2026-07 for this next fiscal year. Is there support? You got to read the figures into the record as well. Oh, yeah. I'm sorry. There's a 5% increase in the maintenance assessment rates for fiscal year 2026-27. The fiscal year 2026-27 final budget totals are general fund $2,022,000, debt service funds-- The general fund, I'm sorry, is $4,703,291. The 2022 debt service fund is $2,396,048, and the 2017 debt service fund is $2,225,109. Correct. Okay. Is there a second? I second it. Okay. Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Okay, it moves. Thank you. Okay, moving on to the next item on our agenda. Yes, you get me again, board. Okay. I'm here today to request adoption of Resolution 2026-08, authorizing the use of the uniform method of collection, approving the assessment roll, and providing for certification of the non ad valorem assessment roll. Just before this in the agenda, you approved Resolution 2026-07, approving the fiscal year 2026-27 budget, which included maintenance assessments for the fiscal year beginning October 1st, 2026. The maintenance assessment rate increased from last year to provide the necessary funding for the operation and maintenance of the district's infrastructure. The district desires to continue to use the procedures provided for in Section 197.3632 Florida Statutes, called the Uniform Collection Method, to levy, bill, and collect the maintenance assessments through the annual property tax bill issued by the Sumter County Tax Collector beginning November 1st, 2026. In addition, by September 15th of each year, the non ad valorem assessment roll shall be certified to the tax collector. As required, notice of this public hearing was provided through a newspaper advertisement, and individual notices were mailed to affected property owners. A public hearing must now be held in order to complete the process to utilize the uniform collection method. This method substantially increases the efficiency and the effectiveness of the collection process while minimizing costs to the district. If there are no questions at this time, staff recommends the board open the public hearing. Okay, we'll open the public hearing on Resolution 2026-08, the uniform method of collection, and certify the assessment roll. If there's any member of the audience who would like to speak to this, please step forward, identify yourself. Hearing or seeing none, I'll close the public hearing and turn it over to the board. Questions? May I do a motion? Yes, you may. Okay. I motion to adopt Resolution 2026-08, electing to use the uniform collection method provided for in 197.3632 Florida Statutes to levy, bill, and collect the maintenance assessments, and further approving and certifying the non ad valorem assessment roll. Is there a second? Second. Are there any questions or comments? For the record, if any of you would like to read this, this is what was in my board pack. That's what, about 200 and some pages? Okay. Call the question. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Okay. All right. Thank you, board. Okay, now we're going to move into the public hearings on- 4C. Oh, I'm sorry. We have one more. We have a decompliance. Yes. Okay. Yep. Good afternoon, board. Shannon Boyd, Community Standards. Today, I'm here to discuss the adoption of Resolution 2026-09, amending and restating chapter two of the district's rule to bring about decompliance. At the June 10th board meeting, the Board of Supervisors authorized the publication of the district's intent to amend and restate chapter two of its rule to bring about decompliance. The purpose of these updates is to add additional language to the standards to further clarify requirements related to nuisance, landscape lighting, exterior lighting, and seasonal displays. Please see the attached documents which highlight the changes to the standards. Staff recommends the board adopt Resolution 2026-09, amending and restating chapter two of its rule to bring about decompliance as provided herein and in accordance with the documents included with this agenda item. Thank you. Okay. At this point, we'll open the public hearing. Let me get my notes back here. On the adoption of Resolution 2026-09, amending and restating chapter two of the district's rules will bring about decompliance. If there's any member of the audience who would like to speak to that? Just as a point of information, periodically, we have to review and see if there are any significant changes in terms of application for the decompliance documents. Generally, that's based on some issues that come up with some change or in some cases, a statutory requirement. We review those, staff makes recommendations, and then it goes to public hearing. And again, we spend a lot of time trying to make sure we understand, make sure it's in the best interest of the district. So with that, I will close the public hearing and turn it over to the board. Oh, okay. The chair would entertain a motion. Do we have a motion? I move. Oh. Go ahead, Jordan. I move we adopt Resolution 2026-09, amending and restating chapter two of the district's rules to bring about decompliance. I second it. Okay. Any further discussion? All in favor? Aye. Okay. Thank you. Now, we're going to now move into... I understand we only have six now? Six, okay, of the cases under consideration for violations of the covenants and restrictions. And this is a point where, again, if anybody would like to speak to any of these, you need to be sworn in. We will do that at this time. And then when it's the specific item that we're talking about, we will open a public hearing so that individuals can speak to that specific resolution. Okay? Correct. Council will take us through some overview on that. Yes, sir. Before we get started, I just want to go over the public hearing process for the board as well as for the residents here. In public hearings, the Board of Supervisors acts as both the judge and jury. In that capacity, the board will consider evidence, make findings of fact, and draw conclusions of law. During the hearing, the board may only receive evidence and testimony from district staff, the property owner, and those that will be substantially and directly affected by the outcome of the board's decision, like a neighbor. At the conclusion of the public hearing, the board will need to determine whether staff presented competent substantial evidence to support a finding of the alleged violation, and if so, the board must enter an order of enforcement against the property owner. We have, as you mentioned, six public hearings, and this overview applies to them all. If you are here to testify today as to any one of these six public hearings, please stand and raise your right hand. The clerk will do the swearing in, please. You must be sworn in to testify at the public hearing. So if you're going to do that, please stand up and raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you are about to give in this hearing today will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Yes, I do. We can now open the public hearing for case D6-06-26. Okay. The chair declares this public hearing open. Let me make a quick comment, so that, again, for the audience. This is the first time any member of the board is seeing this information, so we may have some discussions among ourselves. There may be some things we need to clarify. Also, in order to keep ourselves moving along, we do have a rule that says we will entertain any comments for up to five minutes. We ask you to be concise and hit your salient points as we go through these. Three minutes. So, three? Okay. I just corrected again. Sorry. Three minutes. Okay. Thank you, Linda. All right. With that, we'll open the public hearing. Good afternoon, board. Shannon Boyd, Community Standards. Today, I have before you case number D6-06-26, Village Community Development District number six versus Linda A. Brogden, John D. Brogden, and Daniel B. Brogden, individually and as joint tenants with full rights of survivorship. 1057 Reedville Road, unit 663, lot six. Violation of the district's rule to bring about deed compliance, and specifically the rule that states, "Each home site owner shall be responsible for maintaining in a mowed, edged, neat, and clean manner. If an owner does not adhere to the above regulation, then the work may be performed on behalf of the owner, and the cost shall be charged to the owner." As stated in the Village Community Development District number six, external deed restriction standards, "Maintenance means exercising reasonable care to keep buildings, landscaping, lighting, lawn, and other related improvements in good condition." On June 1st, a complaint was received regarding weeds. Staff verified the violation and also observed a bush growing against the neighboring home. After being unable to establish contact with the homeowner, a deed restriction reminder was issued on June 2nd. The initial and second compliance letter were sent out on June 9th and June 23rd. And following the established procedures for compliance of external deed restrictions, a notice of public hearing was sent by regular and certified mail on July 15th. Staff were unable to reach the homeowner or the emergency contacts listed on file. On June 23rd, the homeowner called and explained that she was unaware of the violations because her mail was not being forwarded to Canada. She stated she learned of the notice only once her son had brought the mail from Florida to Canada, and that she would have her landscaper address the issues. During follow-up inspections, staff observed that some of the weeds had been removed. However, weeds remained present in the landscaping beds, and the bush remained against the neighboring home. During a recent inspection conducted on September 3rd, it was determined that the property remained out of compliance. Staff's recommendation would be to find the owners in violation of the district deed compliance rule, as cited by the deed compliance staff. The owners have seven days to remove the weeds to bring that portion of the property into compliance. If the weeds are removed and that portion of the property is brought into compliance within seven days of the order of enforcement, that portion of case number D6-06-26 shall be closed. If the weeds are not removed and that portion of the property is not brought into compliance within seven days of the order of enforcement, authorize the district to maintain the property and impose a minimum of a $250 fine or the actual cost of maintenance, whichever is more, to be paid within 10 days of the invoice. Authorize the district to maintain the property twice a month in the summer and once a month in the winter as needed, and impose a $250 fine each time the district maintains the property. If the owners prohibit the district from maintaining the property, then the property owners shall be charged an initial amount of $150 and an additional $50 per day until the property is brought into compliance. The owners have seven days to trim the bush two feet away from the neighboring home to bring that portion of the property into compliance. If the bush is trimmed two feet away from the neighboring home and that portion of the property is brought into compliance within seven days of the order of enforcement, that portion of D6-06-26 shall be closed. If the bush is not trimmed at least two feet away from the neighboring home within seven days of the order of enforcement, authorize the district to maintain the property and impose $150 per maintenance hour fine, plus a $100 administrative fee to be paid within 10 days of the invoice. If the owners prohibit the district from maintaining the property, then the owners shall be fined an initial amount of $150 and an additional $50 per day until the property is brought into compliance. If the weeds are removed and the bush is trimmed two feet away from the neighboring home within seven days of the order of enforcement, case number D6-06-26 shall be closed. If the property is not brought into compliance as required herein, staff shall record this order of enforcement claim of lien in the public records of Sumter County, Florida. It is a property owner's responsibility to contact the Community Standards department to request a deed compliance officer revisit the property to confirm compliance. If the fines reach $1,500, the case shall be turned over to district counsel to seek all available remedies, which may include initiating a lawsuit and seeking an injunction against the property owners. The property owners are responsible for reimbursing the district for all attorney's fees, costs, and expenses associated with or related to this order of enforcement claim of lien. If the property is brought into compliance and all fines are paid, the chairman authorizes staff to execute and record a satisfaction and release of claim of lien. Chairman to execute the order of enforcement, and I'm here to answer any questions that you may have. Okay. At this point, if there were any individuals who were here that was sworn in who wish to speak to this deed compliance issue? Hearing none, I'll close the public hearing and turn it over to staff. Questions? I have a question. Do we now have a contact with the owner since she lives in Canada? Do we have an email or anything which you can contact her? Unfortunately, when she did call in, staff did not get an updated number for her. Because of the numbers we have, we have not been able to get in touch with her. Is this property a result of offspring now of the ownership, and the original owner is gone, or how is this working as far as survivorship is concerned? No, she's alive. She's just located in Canada. Okay. When she called, she called the office and stated that she was unaware of it because her mail hadn't been forwarded. But we've had no contact with her since? We have not, no. We've sent our letters, but no, we have not heard from her since then. To the Florida address or the Canada address? Both. Okay. We've sent to both. There's been contact then. Yes. We have been mailing the letters to- That address ... we did go ahead and send it to Canada once we found out that she was having an issue with her mail. We didn't know that there was, and so we went ahead and sent a copy of everything to her and made sure everything went to Canada as well. And did she respond to that then? She knows. So, whatever addresses you used to forward things to her, she got that? Yes. Okay. This question that I don't remember having before. I know that when we get into this, unfortunately, we will cut lawns and trim some bushes, but we don't do weeding, right? It looks like a lot of the problem here is within the beds. Mm-hmm. Will they actually go in and weed? They will. Oh, okay. Yeah. I guess- Yeah, they use the- I don't ever remember this being quite the issue in the past, but okay. Yes. Depending on the weeds, they'll either spray or we do have contractors that will pull the weeds as well. Okay. Board pleasure. I want to ask a question- Yes, sir ... just about this. I'm listening to the whole thing. It appears this person lives in Canada. She's owned this home for a while. She has some type of contract with somebody to maintain their home, which has failed to come up to our standards. She then supposedly contacted either that agency or another agency to correct the discrepancies that we found. We don't have a good line of communication to her to talk to her directly. Has she ever asked for a- A service officer to come out and reinspect the property after she fixed it? No, we have only heard from her that one time when she called to say that she was unaware of it, that she did now have our copy of our letter, and that she would go ahead and have a landscaper take care of it. And you've then sent her the additional notifications indicated here? Correct. Yes, everything that you have in that packet. Thus far with no either written or verbal response. Is that correct? That is correct. We have not heard any response. Okay. Motion to receive and act on staff recommendation. I move to accept staff recommendation on case number D6.06.26. Second. Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Moving right along to... Which item is off our agenda? Is that four? We can go on to case number D6-12-26, and we can open the public hearing on that one. Okay, very good. Okay. Good afternoon, board. Shannon Boyd, Community Standards. Today I have before you case number D6-12-26, Village Community Development District number 6 versus Ginger E. Abb, Living Trust Agreement 2117 Welcome Way, Unit 101, Lot 138, violation of the district's rule to bring about deed compliance, and specifically the rule that states, "Owners shall keep their home sites neat and clean, and the grass cut, irrigated, and edged at all times. If an owner does not adhere to this regulation, then the work may be performed on behalf of the owner, and the cost shall be charged to the owner." On June 1st, staff received a complaint regarding weeds and overgrown shrubs. An inspection confirmed the presence of weeds, overgrown grass, and a dirty driveway. No shrubbery was found to be out of compliance. After unsuccessful attempts to contact the homeowner, a deed restriction reminder was issued on June 4th. The initial and second compliance letters were sent out on June 10th and June 25th, and following the procedures of compliance of external deed restrictions, a notice of public hearing was sent via regular mail and certified mail on July 16th. In light of the phase 3 water shortage restrictions effective February 8th through October 1st, enforcement of the pressure washing requirement is temporarily suspended until the drought order is lifted, so staff is not addressing the dirty driveway at this time. During a follow-up inspection conducted on June 25th, it was noted that the grass had been mowed, but the weeds were still present. On August 27th, the homeowner contacted staff and indicated that she has someone coming out to spray the weeds next week. She indicated that once she has the date that they will maintain the property, that she will let staff know. During a recent inspection conducted on September 3rd, it was determined that the property is not in compliance. Staff recommendation would be to find the owner in violation of the district's deed compliance rule, as cited by the deed compliance staff. The owner has seven days to remove the weeds to bring the property into compliance. If the weeds are removed and the property is brought into compliance within seven days of the order of enforcement, case number D6-12-26 shall be closed. If the weeds are not removed and the property is not brought into compliance within seven days of the order of enforcement, authorize the district to maintain the property and impose a minimum of a $250 fine or the actual cost of maintenance, whichever is more, to be paid within 10 days of the invoice. Authorize the district to maintain the property twice a month in the summer and once a month in the winter as needed, and impose a $250 fine each time the district maintains the property. If the owner prohibits the district from maintaining the property, then the owner shall be fined an initial amount of $150 and an additional $50 per day until the property is brought into compliance. If the property is not brought into compliance as required herein, staff shall record this order of enforcement claim of lien in the public records of Sumter County, Florida. It is the property owner's responsibility to contact the Community Standards Department to request a deed compliance officer revisit the property to confirm compliance. If the fine reaches $1,500, the case shall be turned over to district counsel to seek all available remedies, which may include initiating a lawsuit and seeking an injunction against the property owner. The property owner is responsible for reimbursing the district for all attorneys' fees, costs, and expenses associated with or related to this order of enforcement claim of lien. If the property is brought into compliance and all fines are paid, the chairman authorizes staff to execute and record a satisfaction and release of claim of lien. Chairman, to execute the order of enforcement, and I'm here to answer any questions that you may have. Is there anyone here to speak on behalf of this? Okay, hearing none, I'll close the public hearing. I have a question. Has there been any contact with the resident between July 10th and September 3rd? Yes. The homeowner contacted us in August to let us know that someone would be out to spray the weeds, and that would've been last week. Maybe they were out this week. Yeah. She called on August 27th. And the reason I ask that question, I'm looking at the picture that was taken on 9/3 and the picture that was taken on 7/10, and it would appear that while some progress was made, it was incomplete. Correct. It mostly goes to the weeds up around the trees and all that. Mm-hmm. Correct. Yeah, the grass looks great and that's the weeds. Do we happen to know whether or not the owner of the home is aware of that discrepancy on August? We spoke to her just a couple weeks ago to make her aware of it. No, it wasn't completed. Yeah. Okay. Very good. When I see the difference here, I was just curious about that. Okay, other questions, comments? Okay. Is there a motion for action? I move we take staff's recommendation for case number D6-12-26. Second. Okay. It's been moved and seconded. Any further discussion? Hearing none, all in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Moving right along to... D6-13-26. We can open the public hearing for it. Okay. I will open the public hearing on case number D613-26, the estate of James Ferguson and Sally Ferguson. Good afternoon, board. Shannon Boyd, Community Standards. Today I have before you case number D6-13-26, Village Community Development District number 6 versus to the estate of James E. Ferguson and Sally E. Ferguson, 1442 Honeysuckle Path, Unit 107, Lot 1/8, violation of the district's rule to bring about deed compliance, and specifically the rule that states, "Owners shall keep their home sites neat and clean, and the grass cut, irrigated, and edged at all times. If an owner does not adhere to these regulations, then the work may be performed on behalf of the owner, and the cost shall be charged to the owner." On June 15th, a complaint was received regarding overgrown grass and weeds. Staff verified the violations, and after being unable to establish contact with the homeowner, a deed restriction reminder was issued on June 16th. The initial and second compliance letters were sent out on June 25th and July 6th. And following the established procedure of compliance of external deed restriction, a notice of public hearing was sent via regular and certified mail on July 27th. Both homeowners are deceased, and the property is reverting back to bank ownership. Staff identified 24 Asset Management as the property manager, indicated by a sign posted on the property, and contacted them to notify them of the violations. 24 Asset Management indicated they would maintain the property. During a recent inspection conducted on September 2nd, it was determined that although the grass had been mowed, the property remained out of compliance for the weeds. Staff's recommendation would be to find the owners in violation of the district deed compliance rule as cited by the deed compliance staff. The owners have seven days to remove the weeds to bring the property into compliance. If the weeds are removed and the property is brought into compliance within seven days of the order of enforcement, case number D6-13-26 shall be closed. If the weeds are not removed and the property is not brought into compliance within seven days of the order of enforcement, authorize the district to maintain the property and impose a minimum of a $250 fine or the actual cost of maintenance, whichever is more, to be paid within 10 days of the invoice. Authorize the district to maintain the property twice a month in the summer and once a month in the winter as needed, and impose a $250 fine each time the district maintains the property. If the owners prohibit the district from maintaining the property, then the owners shall be fined an initial amount of $150 and an additional $50 per day until the property is brought into compliance. If the property is not brought into compliance as required herein, staff shall record this order of enforcement claim of lien in the public records of Sumter County, Florida. It is the property owner's responsibility to contact the Community Standards Department to request a deed compliance officer revisit the property to confirm compliance. If the fine reaches $1,500, the case shall be turned over to district counsel to seek all available remedies, which may include initiating a lawsuit and seeking an injunction against the property owners. The property owners are responsible for reimbursing the district for all attorneys' fees, costs, and expenses associated with or related to this order of enforcement claim of lien. If the property is brought into compliance and all fines are paid, the chairman authorizes staff to execute and record a satisfaction and release of claim of lien. Chairman to execute the order of enforcement, and I'm here to answer any questions that you may have. Okay. Is anyone here from... Yes, ma'am. Please step forward, and please give us your name and your address. She was. Were you sworn in, ma'am? No, I was not. You need to be sworn in. Please raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear the testimony or evidence you're about to give in the hearing today will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Yes, ma'am. Patricia Potter. I live at 885 Lucky Lane, not really near that property. My question is more of a legal one. I am an attorney. Well, okay, because we're specific to this public- Yeah, but the owners are dead. Any claim that the board files against this property is going to be junior to the mortgage. The management company has no liability. What I'm looking at is you're spending money to do liens, and I understand the procedure, but it's totally uncollectible. It's basically a raffle. I would ask you if you would. We need to deal with this specific item. Yes. If you would like to, counsel, at the end, we'd be happy to talk to you about it. I have some similar questions, but- Yeah. No, this is a waste of money ... this is inappropriate at this point in this hearing. So... Okay. Thank you. Yes, ma'am. My name is Maria Baglione. I live at 961 Mayo Court, opposite this house. The Sally has passed away in March. From March to now, the house has been in ruins. At one point, somebody went in the house and put a sign up on the window that it is now owned by a management company. Okay? It was turned over to the bank when she passed away. There were no heirs in touch with this, and then this management company has a phone number on the window. Okay? The gentleman who came to the house, the first time I showed him that, he took a picture of it and must have called it. One man came, mowed the lawn, nothing else. Just the very high grass was mowed. He came back recently, I don't know, it was the September 2nd or something, took more pictures. Again, somebody came out, mowed again. But the weeds are as high as the bushes. There's no sense in sending a letter to the heirs because they're not responsible, and this management company is. So what can be done? They're not a- Okay. We appreciate your questions. Okay. We'll come back to that. Is there anybody else who'd like to speak to this? Okay. If not, I'll close the public hearing. Counsel, I know we'll come back because the person that you spoke is raising some of the issues I was concerned with. We'll hold that till the end of the discussion because I think there is some concern. As our district ages, and I can say that because I'm aging with it, we are starting to see more of these, and I guess we need to have a little bit of understanding of where third parties fall into some of this, so maybe we can save that discussion for a little later in the agenda. With that, I'll turn it over to the board for action. I just have a quick question on this. Is this property getting to the extent where we need to go in and do physical maintenance to maintain it for safety or appearance? No, because the management company did go out there and mow the grass. It's just the weeds that are there. We did notify them after our inspection that saw that the grass was cut, but the weeds were still there. We did reach back out to them and let them know, "You cut the grass, but you still need to remove the weeds." So we did reach out to let them know that that's still in violation. When did that take place? That took place... Our pictures were taken on the 2nd, so it would've been either the 2nd or the 3rd that we notified them. And they understand that they will be fined if they don't do it? Mm-hmm. Yeah. They're a 24 Asset Management. They're a frequently used property management company that banks use, so we're familiar with that company and- Our fines begin to go into effect on which date here? If you choose staff's recommendation, it would be seven days from today's date. We'd go back out, see if it was in compliance. If not, at that point, we would schedule our- Then you've been in contact with the people who are responsible for maintaining the property. For maintaining, yes. Okay. I move we accept staff's recommendation for case number D6-13-26. Is there support? Second. Okay. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Okay. Shannon, do you need to take a breath? I think I'm all right. I took a little sip of water over there. Again, we have to follow statute, and so while it seems highly redundant, and it is- It's three to go ... it is a requirement that everything in a public hearing be satisfied as a standalone entity. So with that, I'll open the public hearing, and ask Shannon for that. Good afternoon, board. Shannon Boyd, Community Standards. Today, I have before you case number D6-16-26, Village Community Development District number 6 versus Roy E. Sinkovich and Clarice Munn Harrington. 1153 Elizabeth Court, Unit 668, Lot 6, violation of the district rule to bring about deed compliance, and specifically the rule that states, "No owner other than the declarant or its transferee shall make any structural alteration or shall undertake any exterior repainting or repair of, or addition to his residence, which would substantially alter the exterior appearance thereof without the written approval of the plans and specifications, therefore, by the declarant or the architectural review committee." As stated in the Village Community Development District number 6 external deed restriction standards, the district is responsible for approving alterations, changes, and modifications to home sites and their exterior appearance and structure of the home. No aftermarket change should be made to any home site or home without first obtaining district approval. On June 4th, a complaint was received regarding landscaping without ARC approval. Staff verified the violation and spoke to the homeowner, who indicated that he would contact the landscaper who completed the work and have them submit for ARC. A deed restriction reminder was issued on July 6th. The initial inspect and compliance letters were sent out on July 13th and July 28th, and after following the established procedures of compliance of external deed restriction, a notice of public hearing was sent by regular and certified mail on August 24th. On August 19th, ARC application number 9136 was denied pending additional information on the modification. Staff subsequently informed the homeowner that any landscaping wall may extend only to the property line, which is seven and a half feet back from the road. Staff assisted the homeowner in submitting a new ARC application number 10163, scheduled for review on September 9th. During a recent inspection conducted on September 3rd, it was determined that the property is not currently in compliance. Staff's recommendation would be to find the owners in violation of the district deed compliance rule, as cited by the deed compliance staff. The owners have 45 days to submit and receive an approved ARC application for the landscaping modifications and bring the property into accordance with the approved ARC application, or restore the property back to its originally constructed design. If an approved ARC application is received for the landscaping modifications and the property is brought into accordance with that approved ARC application, or if the property is restored back to its originally constructed design within 45 days of this order of enforcement, case number D6-16-26 shall be closed. If the property is not brought into compliance within 45 days of the order of enforcement, impose $150 fine to be paid within 10 days of the invoice, and impose a $50 daily fine until the property was brought into compliance. If the property is not brought into compliance as required herein, staff shall record this order of enforcement claim of lien in the public records of Sumter County, Florida. It is the property owner's responsibility to contact the Community Standards Department to request a deed compliance officer revisit the property to confirm compliance. If the fine reaches $1,500, the case shall be turned over to district counsel to seek all available remedies, which may include initiating a lawsuit and seeking an injunction against the property owner. The property owners are responsible for reimbursing the district for all attorneys' fees, costs, and expenses associated with or related to this order of enforcement claim of lien. If the property is brought into compliance and all fines are paid, the chairman authorizes staff to execute and record a satisfaction and release of claim of lien. Chairman to execute the order of enforcement, and I'm here to answer any questions that you may have. Yeah, I'd like to know the- Oh, does that- Bottom. Still public hearing. Okay. Okay, would anybody from the public like to speak to this? Hearing none, I'll close the public hearing. Randall? The modifications, are we talking about this curving wall or the horseshoe wall or both? It's both of them. Okay. So they're too close to the road. Correct. The one that's set back closer to the home, that one should get approved without an issue. It's the one that's surrounding the whole bed that's too close. That one needs- That's 67 1/2. Correct, 6 AM. And it's actually going through ARC approval today. So they're having ARC right now. Let's go back to the sequence here. Yes. It was done without approval. Correct. They went in after the fact when they found out they were out of compliance and requested approval, which was denied? It was originally denied for missing information. The only thing that was sent was a picture of that. Okay. So- So now it's back before them, and it will be denied probably most likely because it's not in compliance. It's not in compliance, but they're trying to bring it into compliance. So the application- So they have 45 days to do that. Correct. If you go with staff's recommendation. Because if ARC approves it today- Okay. The staff recommendation has given 45 days for completion. Okay. Correct. If not, then it would not be coming back to us then. If they fail to comply, it would move forward based on whatever action we take today. Correct. That's fine. They get 45 days to correct the problem. Correct. Okay. Oversimplification. Thanks. I move to accept staff's recommendation for case number D6-16-26, giving them 45 days. I second. Okay. Any further discussion? Hearing none, all in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Moving right along. Okay. No. We got caught up with moving paperwork here. All right. Are we on to 4-I? No. No? Sixteen- We still have two more ... 16, 17. Yeah, that's 4I. D61726. 17. Yeah. Oh, okay. Yes. Open public hearing. Okay. We can deliberate on this one. We'll open the public hearing on D617-26, the Lewis estate. Shamboie, Community Standards. Today I have case number D6-17-26. Village Community Development District number 6 versus Shirley W. Lewis, life estate, 2167 Darwin Terrace, Unit 131, Lot 147. Violation of the district's rule to bring about deed compliance, and specifically the rule that states, "Owners shall keep their home sites neat and clean, and the grass cut, irrigated, and edged at all times. If an owner does not adhere to this regulation, then the work may be performed on behalf of the owner, and the cost shall be charged to the owner." On May 1st, 2026, a complaint was received for overgrown bushes. The violation was verified, and staff spoke to the homeowner, who indicated she would have the bushes trimmed. A deed restriction reminder was issued on May 20th. The initial letter was sent on May 29th, and the property was brought into compliance on June 4th. On August 20th, a complaint was received regarding overgrown bushes. The violation was verified, and a deed restriction reminder was issued on August 31st. Since this was a reoccurring violation offense, the owner was immediately given a notice of public hearing that was sent by regular mail and certified mail on August 31st. The term reoccurring violation means a violation of the provision of the rule by an owner who has been previously notified to have violated the same provision of the rule within 12 months prior to the current violation, notwithstanding the violation occurred at different locations. If the Community Standards Department receives a complaint regarding a reoccurring violation, staff is not required to give the owner a reasonable time to correct the violation. Instead, staff shall follow the procedure of compliance as outlined with the exception of steps three and four, which is the initial and second letter. With regards to step five, the third letter, the case may be presented to the board, even if the reoccurring violation has been corrected prior to the public hearing, and the notice shall so state. If the reoccurring violation is brought into compliance prior to the public hearing, the board may make a finding of guilt but shall not impose a fine. Staff spoke to the homeowner, who indicated she would have the bushes trimmed. Staff inspected the property on September 3rd, and it was determined that the property is currently in compliance. Staff's recommendation would be to find the owner to have violated the district's deed compliance rule, as cited by the deed compliance staff. Find the owner to be in violation of the reoccurring violation policy, as listed in Appendix B, Procedures for Compliance of External Deed Restrictions and Schedule for Fines for Village Community Development District number 6. If the property is currently in compliance, no fine shall be imposed at this time, and case number D6-17-26 shall be closed. If the owner violates the same provision of the rule within 12 months of today's date, September 9th, 2026, the violation will be considered a repeat violation. Staff is not required to give the owner reasonable time to correct the violation. Staff shall present the case to the Board of Supervisors, even if the repeat violation has been corrected prior to the public hearing, and the notice shall so state. Owners who have been found to have repeat violations may be fined up to $500, and the Board of Supervisors may impose a $500 daily fine until the property is brought into compliance. Chairman shall execute the order of enforcement, and I'm here to answer any questions that you may have. Is there any member of the audience here to speak to this violation? I'm the owner. I'm Shirley Lewis. I'm sorry, ma'am, we did not hear you. She's the owner. She'll have to come up to the microphone. Oh. Please come up to the microphone, identify yourself and- And I don't think she was sworn in. Oh, is she sworn in? I'm glad I got the pictures because- Ma'am, you have to wait till you get to the microphone. Were you- I've been trying to call- Ma'am, excuse me. Were you originally sworn in? Yes. You were? Okay, fine. Please. I've been trying to call all week. This is a list of all the calls I've made. I could never get anybody. I'm glad to see they got pictures. They're done because- Her name and address ... they said she never- Name and address, ma'am. I'm sorry. 2167 Darwin Terrace. The name? Shirley Lewis. Okay. Sorry. Go ahead, ma'am. Anyway, I'm just glad that you got pictures because all I've been told, well, I haven't been told anything. Nobody ever returns calls. And I've got the list of all the times that I've been. So, those bushes that they call them, they're actually called Loropetalum or Chinese fringe trees. They're trees with no height limit, and I did not plant them. My neighbor said, as you saw, the vinyl wall is not particularly appealing. They have to look at it all the time. They asked if they could please plant something. They did that in 2015, and they said they would take care of them, and they have This is the first year anybody's complained because they're gone from March to October. That's the breeding season for the cardinals. It's a wildlife habitat certified nationally. It's not here for people to judge humanly. It's for the birds, literally, for the birds. And so we try. She and neighbors surrounding me have no problem with it, but there's a new person that doesn't know that system I just shared as far as for about seven to nine months when the cardinals are there and then th

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I'd like to call to order the meeting for Community Development District number 6. First of all, I'd like to welcome all those of you who are here to probably what is the longest agenda that I can remember in the 15 years that I've been on this board. So we will try to move through very quickly. I have a number of things to explain. But first, I'd like to ask you to, first for the record, please show that all members of the board are here. I'd ask all members of the audience to join us in the Pledge of Allegiance, and please stay standing for a couple of minutes of reflection. And since this is kind of an interesting week for many of our age, reflect on where we were 25 years ago on the 11th of this month. Okay. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Please be seated. Okay, before we get into our agenda, we have something that we would like to handle. I'm going to ask Brittany, the assistant director for Community Development District, to have something she wants to share with us. Yes. Good afternoon, board members. Just a slight deviation from the agenda. If I can please invite Ms. Pamela Webb, who is our executive director of human resources and risk management to the podium. Hi. Good afternoon. I'm Pamela Webb, the executive director of human resources. I would like to take this opportunity, actually I'm going to introduce my HR director here, Debbie Powell Brown. On behalf of the pension advisory committee for our employees, we would like to recognize and express our sincere appreciation for our longtime resident volunteer, John Calandro. As one of the district pension advisory committee's original members and its longest serving chair, John has been instrumental in developing the procedures, metrics, and oversight practices that guide our pension program today. And through your dedication, professionalism, and steadfast commitment to the district employees, you've helped shape the PAC from its earlier days into the strong, reliable body it is now, and we are grateful for the many years that you've devoted to ensuring the best retirement outcome for our staff. On behalf of the district, we'd like to thank you for your exceptional service, your leadership, and your continuity that you've provided for nearly two decades. And with that, we would like to present you with the Challenge Coin. We reserve these for very special circumstances, and we would love to present this to you today. Thank you. Working with good people for good people has always been reward enough, but thank you very much for it. And I've enjoyed being part of that group for almost her entire tenure. Thank you. It's been an honor. Thank you, Brittany. Difficult year. Are you- Thank you. Wow, I wasn't expecting that, but thank you. Okay, moving into this robust agenda. Our agenda is really just for those of you who are joining us for the first time today, there are several items on our agenda. Some of them will be handled in what they call the consent agenda. These are items that we have looked at previously and studied, and these are the final resolutions of that. And unless there are some specific questions, they will be handled that way. Also today, we have on our schedule eight public hearings. A public hearing is an individual circumstance that needs to be dealt with within the statutes that govern the operation of the district, and shortly our counsel will do an overview of that. If you are here and you want to speak on one of the issues, you'll need to be sworn in, and we'll do that in a moment for anyone who will be speaking on any of those eight items that will come up eventually on the agenda. We will follow the agenda. We will not be deviating from it. There will also be a portion of the public hearing basically will be opened, public comment will be received, it'll be closed, and then the board will deliberate on the issue of that specific item on the agenda. And then each will be handled individually, as I said. Also, during the discussion, there may be questions that will come up among the board. It is appropriate that if we have a question specifically, it can be addressed during the public hearing. But after we close the public hearing, all discussion is between the board for looking for a resolution. Finally, after some staff reports, there will be a period of time where anyone who is here today, again, we thank you for being here, will be able to address any matter that you would like to the board, and we'll do our very best to understand, respond, and hopefully be helpful in that matter. With that, the first item on our agenda is the report from our sheriff's department. I would ask Sergeant to move forward and hear, bring us up to speed on what's happening relative to the sheriff's department. Fantastic. Thank you for the opportunity. Good afternoon, board. My name's Sergeant Adam Dodge with the Sumter County Sheriff's Office, and I'm here to provide you with the quarterly law enforcement update. And we typically attend and provide statistics on motor vehicle crashes, golf cart crashes, uniform traffic citations, as well as citations issued to golf carts. I would like to also share with you a new program the sheriff's office is offering and share with you some information about an emerging scam which is affecting our citizens here in the villages. So for the period between May and August of 2026, Sumter County Sheriff's Office responded to 361 automobile crashes. We also responded to 66 golf cart crashes. During the period, we issued 43 golf cart uniform traffic citations, and we issued 2,266 automobile uniform traffic citations. Now, that number is an increase from our typical numbers during the same time span, and I don't believe it's attributed to a lower percentage of warnings given, so it's not that we've stopped giving warnings and we're only giving tickets now. We've just had an increase in law enforcement presence and enforcement on our major thoroughfares. Sheriff Rena has encouraged our deputies to spend their time, if they're not handling calls for service, to be present and visible on those major roadways and slowing traffic down, and that's what we're doing there with those uniform traffic citations. The program I'd like to make you aware of is the sheriff's office's new golf cart registration. It's a voluntary program. There's no cost associated with it. What we're asking our citizens is to consider registering your golf cart with us. You take one of these cards home, fill out the back portion. We're just looking for information about you and your golf cart, so year, make, model, serial number, those sorts of things. Once you have this card filled out, you bring it to the sheriff's office, whether it be the location I work out of up at 466 and Morris or our office just behind the Golden Dome building there off of Powell, and we'll exchange you for your filled out card a decal which you place on the back of your golf cart. It identifies your golf cart by number, and it helps us in locating your golf cart if it's ever misplaced or lost or stolen. We also identify it as being a theft deterrent because it would be readily identified. And very often, people reach out to us, they say, "Hey, I was at Lake Sumter Landing and someone stole my golf cart. It was parked somewhere over, I think over there. I don't know. I can't find it." And we usually help them in locating their golf cart. It hasn't been stolen. They just can't seem to locate it. It's frustrating for us when they describe their golf cart as the white Yamaha with the green seats. Okay. It's kind of difficult to find that golf cart. So this is something that's going to aid us in locating golf carts, especially if they're lost or misplaced. It's been a great program thus far. The Lake County Sheriff's Office and Marion County Sheriff's Office have both reached out to us looking for information about this program to see how we've structured this registration. I'm not certain if they're going to be moving forward with their own golf cart registration. They have not just yet. But I'm hopeful that they will. We believe it's a benefit to our citizens. We think they'll find the same. The Wildwood Police Department has launched a very similar golf cart registration, and our two databases work together to identify golf carts. The scam I'd like to bring to your attention has come about recently. It involves architectural review committee applications We've had some of our residents contacted after submitting an architectural review application, and by a fictitious email that says, "We received your application. Great news. We look forward to hearing you at your date to have your case heard, but we've not received your payment yet. Click the link below to go ahead and submit your application fee." There is no application fee for an ARC submittal. The district's been very proactive in looking for ways to notify residents that there is not a fee associated with that. We say the sheriff's office will never call and say you have a warrant for your arrest if they do with the scam. Similarly, the district will never call and say, "You submitted an ARC application, you need to pay a fee." Just something to be aware of, your constituents and those you may interact with. That's all the information I have for you this morning. If you have any questions, I'd be more than happy to answer those. Again, as always, we are very appreciative of the strong support that we receive in this district and throughout the villages from the sheriff's department and other law enforcement agencies. And as always, go out and do good work for us. Certainly will. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Yeah, they deserve it for us. Thank you. Okay, moving right along to the portion of our agenda that's called the consent agenda. A motion to approve the consent agenda is a motion to approve all recommendations and actions. All matters on the consent agenda are considered routine. No discussion is required unless desired by a board member and specific supervisor or a member of the public. Several of the items on our consent agenda, such as our meeting schedule, the objectives for the performance in the upcoming year, have been previously discussed. And so unless there are some specific questions, a motion in order would be to approve the consent agenda. I move to approve the consent agenda. Is there a second? I second. All in favor? Aye. Okay, moving right along. Okay, now we're going to get into the interesting part of our-- Let me ask legal counsel if he would give us an overview of the purpose and the requirements in order to properly handle a public hearing. So at this point, we're dealing with the final budget along with the uniform method of collection. Each will be held separately. Once we get to 4D, we'll start the public hearing process, and I can go over that at that time. Very good. Okay, the item is 4B, which is the adoption of the resolution for our final budget for the upcoming fiscal year. And with that, please, staff, go ahead and take us through it. Thank you. Good afternoon, Board. Karen Cleary, assistant budget director. I'm here today to request adoption of Resolution 2026-07 to approve your fiscal year 2026-27 final budget and to set your maintenance assessment rates. As you know, the board reviewed the fiscal year 2026-27 recommended budget, five-year capital improvement plan, fund balances, and recommended maintenance assessment rates as prepared by staff during your May regular meeting. At that time, you provided direction to bring back a proposed budget with no change to maintenance assessment rates. Staff made adjustments based on additional appropriations and presented a balanced proposed budget of $4,701,572 at your June regular meeting. During that meeting, the board discussed the structural imbalance caused by reoccurring operating expenses outpacing your revenues and the ongoing reliance on reserve funds, which is projected to deplete total reserves within five years. The board approved the fiscal year 2026-27 proposed budget and proposed maintenance assessment rates with a 5% increase. Staff continued to work on the budget over the summer to finalize changes for contract rates and final cost allocations, and the budget presented for you today is an increase of $1,719 from the proposed budget approved in June due to a final cost allocation adjustment to your D compliance services. And the accounts for changes have been identified within your packet for your review. The fiscal year 2026-27 final budget is $4,703,291, which includes additions to your working capital of approximately $117,000 in fiscal year 2026-27 to balance the annual budget. Maintenance assessment rates include a 5% increase from the current fiscal year, and the projected ending unrestricted fund balance is $9.6 million. At the direction of the board, staff has prepared the works in capital and reserve balance schedule, which is included in your packet, and staff will bring back recommendations for assessment rates in future fiscal years based on the requested budget amounts at that time. As previously stated during your May budget review, staff presented your five-year capital improvement plan. With the adoption of your fiscal year 2026-27 budget, the five-year capital improvement plan for fiscal years 2026-27 through 2030-31 will be considered approved as well. At this time, staff recommends approval of Resolution 2026-07 to approve the fiscal year 2026-27 final budget in the amounts of general fund, $4,703,291, your 2022 debt service fund at $2,396,048, and your 2017 debt service fund at $2,225,109. Staff is here for any questions you may have. Otherwise, I would request that you open the public hearing at this time. Okay. We will open the public hearing. Any member of the public-- Oh, I think we said we need to swear our people in, right? Not at this point. At this point, we'll open a public hearing for public comment. We'll swear individuals in for the public hearing in that case. Oh, very good. Okay, the floor is open for anyone who wishes to address any items on this. If you would, step forward and please give us your name and your address for the record and share your comments with us. Leona Bailey, 725 Hammond Place in Carolyn. Yes, ma'am Bailey. I have questions about the fit clubs in the rec centers. I saw where there was a million dollars for fit clubs, and I wondered, is that a million dollars per CDD or a million dollars split amongst them all? Linda, I'm not sure what you're- Yes, just for the purposes of this public hearing, that's not under the purview of the residential districts. That falls under the amenity division as an enterprise fund to the amenity division. So where do I go? So I can give you the information for the meetings. They're going through budget adoption actually between Monday and this afternoon. But that's all a fee-based service. Then why is a million dollars on our budget for them? So it's not in the District 6 budget. It's not a part of your maintenance budget. Okay. Let me make a couple comments just so everybody has similar thing. A couple of these. First of all, this is the first time in 10 years that those of us who live in CDD number six will see an increase in our maintenance fee. The maintenance fee is what this board is approving. It is what we're responsible for. We are responsible for infrastructure in the district. And I think, and I'm going to look to staff here, on average, I think that 5% comes up to about 10 to $12 per household for the year, something in that nature. $5 per resident. It is, yep. That's correct, Linda. $5 per resident. $25. Yeah. So, okay. Annually. Yeah, annually. Okay. It's the cost of a Starbucks. This board has been very, very fortunate over the last several years that we have been well-funded, and we've been very conservative in our expenditures, and the key is that our infrastructure, remember, we're talking about infrastructure, is now only beginning to age to the point where we need to be concerned about replacements and repairs. And we had a lot of discussion in our deliberations that we want to make sure that we have adequate funding should we have any infrastructure problems that we need to address. There are districts elsewhere, particularly some of the older districts from time to time, that found themselves overfunded, or underfunded rather, and would have to come back to the residents and pass along very large increases. We chose not to do that. We felt that the 5%, and we had a lot of discussion about that, would be adequate funding to maintain because we also have a very aggressive preventative maintenance program through the district's offices. So hopefully, this increase, while 5% seems to be large, is really a very small part of your actual cost of living in such a great place. Okay. I hope that helps for some of you. Okay. Amenities fees are a totally different issue outside of our province. But we're always happy to share or hear your comments. Okay. Anyone else care to address this item? Okay, hearing none, board members. Oh. Oh, I'm sorry. Yes, ma'am. Hi. Lorna Litton, 885 Chappelle Drive. Yes, ma'am. I have an ongoing issue that since May 23rd, I've been trying to get a refund on a forcefully billed water bill. Ma'am, that's not- Maybe you can tell me I'm not at the right meeting. Yeah, I'm sorry. Yeah. We need to stay focused on our budget agenda here. What- There'll be time later in the meeting where you can share with us your concerns. Okay, thanks. Okay, board members. Chair will entertain a motion for approval. Oh, we got to close the public hearing. Let's close the public hearing. I'm sorry. We didn't close the public hearing. No sir, then we'll go to number seven after. Okay. All right. Hearing no further comments, we will close the public hearing and I will turn it over to the board. Linda. I move that we approve Resolution 2026-07 for this next fiscal year. Is there support? You got to read the figures into the record as well. Oh, yeah. I'm sorry. There's a 5% increase in the maintenance assessment rates for fiscal year 2026-27. The fiscal year 2026-27 final budget totals are general fund $2,022,000, debt service funds-- The general fund, I'm sorry, is $4,703,291. The 2022 debt service fund is $2,396,048, and the 2017 debt service fund is $2,225,109. Correct. Okay. Is there a second? I second it. Okay. Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Okay, it moves. Thank you. Okay, moving on to the next item on our agenda. Yes, you get me again, board. Okay. I'm here today to request adoption of Resolution 2026-08, authorizing the use of the uniform method of collection, approving the assessment roll, and providing for certification of the non ad valorem assessment roll. Just before this in the agenda, you approved Resolution 2026-07, approving the fiscal year 2026-27 budget, which included maintenance assessments for the fiscal year beginning October 1st, 2026. The maintenance assessment rate increased from last year to provide the necessary funding for the operation and maintenance of the district's infrastructure. The district desires to continue to use the procedures provided for in Section 197.3632 Florida Statutes, called the Uniform Collection Method, to levy, bill, and collect the maintenance assessments through the annual property tax bill issued by the Sumter County Tax Collector beginning November 1st, 2026. In addition, by September 15th of each year, the non ad valorem assessment roll shall be certified to the tax collector. As required, notice of this public hearing was provided through a newspaper advertisement, and individual notices were mailed to affected property owners. A public hearing must now be held in order to complete the process to utilize the uniform collection method. This method substantially increases the efficiency and the effectiveness of the collection process while minimizing costs to the district. If there are no questions at this time, staff recommends the board open the public hearing. Okay, we'll open the public hearing on Resolution 2026-08, the uniform method of collection, and certify the assessment roll. If there's any member of the audience who would like to speak to this, please step forward, identify yourself. Hearing or seeing none, I'll close the public hearing and turn it over to the board. Questions? May I do a motion? Yes, you may. Okay. I motion to adopt Resolution 2026-08, electing to use the uniform collection method provided for in 197.3632 Florida Statutes to levy, bill, and collect the maintenance assessments, and further approving and certifying the non ad valorem assessment roll. Is there a second? Second. Are there any questions or comments? For the record, if any of you would like to read this, this is what was in my board pack. That's what, about 200 and some pages? Okay. Call the question. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Okay. All right. Thank you, board. Okay, now we're going to move into the public hearings on- 4C. Oh, I'm sorry. We have one more. We have a decompliance. Yes. Okay. Yep. Good afternoon, board. Shannon Boyd, Community Standards. Today, I'm here to discuss the adoption of Resolution 2026-09, amending and restating chapter two of the district's rule to bring about decompliance. At the June 10th board meeting, the Board of Supervisors authorized the publication of the district's intent to amend and restate chapter two of its rule to bring about decompliance. The purpose of these updates is to add additional language to the standards to further clarify requirements related to nuisance, landscape lighting, exterior lighting, and seasonal displays. Please see the attached documents which highlight the changes to the standards. Staff recommends the board adopt Resolution 2026-09, amending and restating chapter two of its rule to bring about decompliance as provided herein and in accordance with the documents included with this agenda item. Thank you. Okay. At this point, we'll open the public hearing. Let me get my notes back here. On the adoption of Resolution 2026-09, amending and restating chapter two of the district's rules will bring about decompliance. If there's any member of the audience who would like to speak to that? Just as a point of information, periodically, we have to review and see if there are any significant changes in terms of application for the decompliance documents. Generally, that's based on some issues that come up with some change or in some cases, a statutory requirement. We review those, staff makes recommendations, and then it goes to public hearing. And again, we spend a lot of time trying to make sure we understand, make sure it's in the best interest of the district. So with that, I will close the public hearing and turn it over to the board. Oh, okay. The chair would entertain a motion. Do we have a motion? I move. Oh. Go ahead, Jordan. I move we adopt Resolution 2026-09, amending and restating chapter two of the district's rules to bring about decompliance. I second it. Okay. Any further discussion? All in favor? Aye. Okay. Thank you. Now, we're going to now move into... I understand we only have six now? Six, okay, of the cases under consideration for violations of the covenants and restrictions. And this is a point where, again, if anybody would like to speak to any of these, you need to be sworn in. We will do that at this time. And then when it's the specific item that we're talking about, we will open a public hearing so that individuals can speak to that specific resolution. Okay? Correct. Council will take us through some overview on that. Yes, sir. Before we get started, I just want to go over the public hearing process for the board as well as for the residents here. In public hearings, the Board of Supervisors acts as both the judge and jury. In that capacity, the board will consider evidence, make findings of fact, and draw conclusions of law. During the hearing, the board may only receive evidence and testimony from district staff, the property owner, and those that will be substantially and directly affected by the outcome of the board's decision, like a neighbor. At the conclusion of the public hearing, the board will need to determine whether staff presented competent substantial evidence to support a finding of the alleged violation, and if so, the board must enter an order of enforcement against the property owner. We have, as you mentioned, six public hearings, and this overview applies to them all. If you are here to testify today as to any one of these six public hearings, please stand and raise your right hand. The clerk will do the swearing in, please. You must be sworn in to testify at the public hearing. So if you're going to do that, please stand up and raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you are about to give in this hearing today will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Yes, I do. We can now open the public hearing for case D6-06-26. Okay. The chair declares this public hearing open. Let me make a quick comment, so that, again, for the audience. This is the first time any member of the board is seeing this information, so we may have some discussions among ourselves. There may be some things we need to clarify. Also, in order to keep ourselves moving along, we do have a rule that says we will entertain any comments for up to five minutes. We ask you to be concise and hit your salient points as we go through these. Three minutes. So, three? Okay. I just corrected again. Sorry. Three minutes. Okay. Thank you, Linda. All right. With that, we'll open the public hearing. Good afternoon, board. Shannon Boyd, Community Standards. Today, I have before you case number D6-06-26, Village Community Development District number six versus Linda A. Brogden, John D. Brogden, and Daniel B. Brogden, individually and as joint tenants with full rights of survivorship. 1057 Reedville Road, unit 663, lot six. Violation of the district's rule to bring about deed compliance, and specifically the rule that states, "Each home site owner shall be responsible for maintaining in a mowed, edged, neat, and clean manner. If an owner does not adhere to the above regulation, then the work may be performed on behalf of the owner, and the cost shall be charged to the owner." As stated in the Village Community Development District number six, external deed restriction standards, "Maintenance means exercising reasonable care to keep buildings, landscaping, lighting, lawn, and other related improvements in good condition." On June 1st, a complaint was received regarding weeds. Staff verified the violation and also observed a bush growing against the neighboring home. After being unable to establish contact with the homeowner, a deed restriction reminder was issued on June 2nd. The initial and second compliance letter were sent out on June 9th and June 23rd. And following the established procedures for compliance of external deed restrictions, a notice of public hearing was sent by regular and certified mail on July 15th. Staff were unable to reach the homeowner or the emergency contacts listed on file. On June 23rd, the homeowner called and explained that she was unaware of the violations because her mail was not being forwarded to Canada. She stated she learned of the notice only once her son had brought the mail from Florida to Canada, and that she would have her landscaper address the issues. During follow-up inspections, staff observed that some of the weeds had been removed. However, weeds remained present in the landscaping beds, and the bush remained against the neighboring home. During a recent inspection conducted on September 3rd, it was determined that the property remained out of compliance. Staff's recommendation would be to find the owners in violation of the district deed compliance rule, as cited by the deed compliance staff. The owners have seven days to remove the weeds to bring that portion of the property into compliance. If the weeds are removed and that portion of the property is brought into compliance within seven days of the order of enforcement, that portion of case number D6-06-26 shall be closed. If the weeds are not removed and that portion of the property is not brought into compliance within seven days of the order of enforcement, authorize the district to maintain the property and impose a minimum of a $250 fine or the actual cost of maintenance, whichever is more, to be paid within 10 days of the invoice. Authorize the district to maintain the property twice a month in the summer and once a month in the winter as needed, and impose a $250 fine each time the district maintains the property. If the owners prohibit the district from maintaining the property, then the property owners shall be charged an initial amount of $150 and an additional $50 per day until the property is brought into compliance. The owners have seven days to trim the bush two feet away from the neighboring home to bring that portion of the property into compliance. If the bush is trimmed two feet away from the neighboring home and that portion of the property is brought into compliance within seven days of the order of enforcement, that portion of D6-06-26 shall be closed. If the bush is not trimmed at least two feet away from the neighboring home within seven days of the order of enforcement, authorize the district to maintain the property and impose $150 per maintenance hour fine, plus a $100 administrative fee to be paid within 10 days of the invoice. If the owners prohibit the district from maintaining the property, then the owners shall be fined an initial amount of $150 and an additional $50 per day until the property is brought into compliance. If the weeds are removed and the bush is trimmed two feet away from the neighboring home within seven days of the order of enforcement, case number D6-06-26 shall be closed. If the property is not brought into compliance as required herein, staff shall record this order of enforcement claim of lien in the public records of Sumter County, Florida. It is a property owner's responsibility to contact the Community Standards department to request a deed compliance officer revisit the property to confirm compliance. If the fines reach $1,500, the case shall be turned over to district counsel to seek all available remedies, which may include initiating a lawsuit and seeking an injunction against the property owners. The property owners are responsible for reimbursing the district for all attorney's fees, costs, and expenses associated with or related to this order of enforcement claim of lien. If the property is brought into compliance and all fines are paid, the chairman authorizes staff to execute and record a satisfaction and release of claim of lien. Chairman to execute the order of enforcement, and I'm here to answer any questions that you may have. Okay. At this point, if there were any individuals who were here that was sworn in who wish to speak to this deed compliance issue? Hearing none, I'll close the public hearing and turn it over to staff. Questions? I have a question. Do we now have a contact with the owner since she lives in Canada? Do we have an email or anything which you can contact her? Unfortunately, when she did call in, staff did not get an updated number for her. Because of the numbers we have, we have not been able to get in touch with her. Is this property a result of offspring now of the ownership, and the original owner is gone, or how is this working as far as survivorship is concerned? No, she's alive. She's just located in Canada. Okay. When she called, she called the office and stated that she was unaware of it because her mail hadn't been forwarded. But we've had no contact with her since? We have not, no. We've sent our letters, but no, we have not heard from her since then. To the Florida address or the Canada address? Both. Okay. We've sent to both. There's been contact then. Yes. We have been mailing the letters to- That address ... we did go ahead and send it to Canada once we found out that she was having an issue with her mail. We didn't know that there was, and so we went ahead and sent a copy of everything to her and made sure everything went to Canada as well. And did she respond to that then? She knows. So, whatever addresses you used to forward things to her, she got that? Yes. Okay. This question that I don't remember having before. I know that when we get into this, unfortunately, we will cut lawns and trim some bushes, but we don't do weeding, right? It looks like a lot of the problem here is within the beds. Mm-hmm. Will they actually go in and weed? They will. Oh, okay. Yeah. I guess- Yeah, they use the- I don't ever remember this being quite the issue in the past, but okay. Yes. Depending on the weeds, they'll either spray or we do have contractors that will pull the weeds as well. Okay. Board pleasure. I want to ask a question- Yes, sir ... just about this. I'm listening to the whole thing. It appears this person lives in Canada. She's owned this home for a while. She has some type of contract with somebody to maintain their home, which has failed to come up to our standards. She then supposedly contacted either that agency or another agency to correct the discrepancies that we found. We don't have a good line of communication to her to talk to her directly. Has she ever asked for a- A service officer to come out and reinspect the property after she fixed it? No, we have only heard from her that one time when she called to say that she was unaware of it, that she did now have our copy of our letter, and that she would go ahead and have a landscaper take care of it. And you've then sent her the additional notifications indicated here? Correct. Yes, everything that you have in that packet. Thus far with no either written or verbal response. Is that correct? That is correct. We have not heard any response. Okay. Motion to receive and act on staff recommendation. I move to accept staff recommendation on case number D6.06.26. Second. Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Moving right along to... Which item is off our agenda? Is that four? We can go on to case number D6-12-26, and we can open the public hearing on that one. Okay, very good. Okay. Good afternoon, board. Shannon Boyd, Community Standards. Today I have before you case number D6-12-26, Village Community Development District number 6 versus Ginger E. Abb, Living Trust Agreement 2117 Welcome Way, Unit 101, Lot 138, violation of the district's rule to bring about deed compliance, and specifically the rule that states, "Owners shall keep their home sites neat and clean, and the grass cut, irrigated, and edged at all times. If an owner does not adhere to this regulation, then the work may be performed on behalf of the owner, and the cost shall be charged to the owner." On June 1st, staff received a complaint regarding weeds and overgrown shrubs. An inspection confirmed the presence of weeds, overgrown grass, and a dirty driveway. No shrubbery was found to be out of compliance. After unsuccessful attempts to contact the homeowner, a deed restriction reminder was issued on June 4th. The initial and second compliance letters were sent out on June 10th and June 25th, and following the procedures of compliance of external deed restrictions, a notice of public hearing was sent via regular mail and certified mail on July 16th. In light of the phase 3 water shortage restrictions effective February 8th through October 1st, enforcement of the pressure washing requirement is temporarily suspended until the drought order is lifted, so staff is not addressing the dirty driveway at this time. During a follow-up inspection conducted on June 25th, it was noted that the grass had been mowed, but the weeds were still present. On August 27th, the homeowner contacted staff and indicated that she has someone coming out to spray the weeds next week. She indicated that once she has the date that they will maintain the property, that she will let staff know. During a recent inspection conducted on September 3rd, it was determined that the property is not in compliance. Staff recommendation would be to find the owner in violation of the district's deed compliance rule, as cited by the deed compliance staff. The owner has seven days to remove the weeds to bring the property into compliance. If the weeds are removed and the property is brought into compliance within seven days of the order of enforcement, case number D6-12-26 shall be closed. If the weeds are not removed and the property is not brought into compliance within seven days of the order of enforcement, authorize the district to maintain the property and impose a minimum of a $250 fine or the actual cost of maintenance, whichever is more, to be paid within 10 days of the invoice. Authorize the district to maintain the property twice a month in the summer and once a month in the winter as needed, and impose a $250 fine each time the district maintains the property. If the owner prohibits the district from maintaining the property, then the owner shall be fined an initial amount of $150 and an additional $50 per day until the property is brought into compliance. If the property is not brought into compliance as required herein, staff shall record this order of enforcement claim of lien in the public records of Sumter County, Florida. It is the property owner's responsibility to contact the Community Standards Department to request a deed compliance officer revisit the property to confirm compliance. If the fine reaches $1,500, the case shall be turned over to district counsel to seek all available remedies, which may include initiating a lawsuit and seeking an injunction against the property owner. The property owner is responsible for reimbursing the district for all attorneys' fees, costs, and expenses associated with or related to this order of enforcement claim of lien. If the property is brought into compliance and all fines are paid, the chairman authorizes staff to execute and record a satisfaction and release of claim of lien. Chairman, to execute the order of enforcement, and I'm here to answer any questions that you may have. Is there anyone here to speak on behalf of this? Okay, hearing none, I'll close the public hearing. I have a question. Has there been any contact with the resident between July 10th and September 3rd? Yes. The homeowner contacted us in August to let us know that someone would be out to spray the weeds, and that would've been last week. Maybe they were out this week. Yeah. She called on August 27th. And the reason I ask that question, I'm looking at the picture that was taken on 9/3 and the picture that was taken on 7/10, and it would appear that while some progress was made, it was incomplete. Correct. It mostly goes to the weeds up around the trees and all that. Mm-hmm. Correct. Yeah, the grass looks great and that's the weeds. Do we happen to know whether or not the owner of the home is aware of that discrepancy on August? We spoke to her just a couple weeks ago to make her aware of it. No, it wasn't completed. Yeah. Okay. Very good. When I see the difference here, I was just curious about that. Okay, other questions, comments? Okay. Is there a motion for action? I move we take staff's recommendation for case number D6-12-26. Second. Okay. It's been moved and seconded. Any further discussion? Hearing none, all in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Moving right along to... D6-13-26. We can open the public hearing for it. Okay. I will open the public hearing on case number D613-26, the estate of James Ferguson and Sally Ferguson. Good afternoon, board. Shannon Boyd, Community Standards. Today I have before you case number D6-13-26, Village Community Development District number 6 versus to the estate of James E. Ferguson and Sally E. Ferguson, 1442 Honeysuckle Path, Unit 107, Lot 1/8, violation of the district's rule to bring about deed compliance, and specifically the rule that states, "Owners shall keep their home sites neat and clean, and the grass cut, irrigated, and edged at all times. If an owner does not adhere to these regulations, then the work may be performed on behalf of the owner, and the cost shall be charged to the owner." On June 15th, a complaint was received regarding overgrown grass and weeds. Staff verified the violations, and after being unable to establish contact with the homeowner, a deed restriction reminder was issued on June 16th. The initial and second compliance letters were sent out on June 25th and July 6th. And following the established procedure of compliance of external deed restriction, a notice of public hearing was sent via regular and certified mail on July 27th. Both homeowners are deceased, and the property is reverting back to bank ownership. Staff identified 24 Asset Management as the property manager, indicated by a sign posted on the property, and contacted them to notify them of the violations. 24 Asset Management indicated they would maintain the property. During a recent inspection conducted on September 2nd, it was determined that although the grass had been mowed, the property remained out of compliance for the weeds. Staff's recommendation would be to find the owners in violation of the district deed compliance rule as cited by the deed compliance staff. The owners have seven days to remove the weeds to bring the property into compliance. If the weeds are removed and the property is brought into compliance within seven days of the order of enforcement, case number D6-13-26 shall be closed. If the weeds are not removed and the property is not brought into compliance within seven days of the order of enforcement, authorize the district to maintain the property and impose a minimum of a $250 fine or the actual cost of maintenance, whichever is more, to be paid within 10 days of the invoice. Authorize the district to maintain the property twice a month in the summer and once a month in the winter as needed, and impose a $250 fine each time the district maintains the property. If the owners prohibit the district from maintaining the property, then the owners shall be fined an initial amount of $150 and an additional $50 per day until the property is brought into compliance. If the property is not brought into compliance as required herein, staff shall record this order of enforcement claim of lien in the public records of Sumter County, Florida. It is the property owner's responsibility to contact the Community Standards Department to request a deed compliance officer revisit the property to confirm compliance. If the fine reaches $1,500, the case shall be turned over to district counsel to seek all available remedies, which may include initiating a lawsuit and seeking an injunction against the property owners. The property owners are responsible for reimbursing the district for all attorneys' fees, costs, and expenses associated with or related to this order of enforcement claim of lien. If the property is brought into compliance and all fines are paid, the chairman authorizes staff to execute and record a satisfaction and release of claim of lien. Chairman to execute the order of enforcement, and I'm here to answer any questions that you may have. Okay. Is anyone here from... Yes, ma'am. Please step forward, and please give us your name and your address. She was. Were you sworn in, ma'am? No, I was not. You need to be sworn in. Please raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear the testimony or evidence you're about to give in the hearing today will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Yes, ma'am. Patricia Potter. I live at 885 Lucky Lane, not really near that property. My question is more of a legal one. I am an attorney. Well, okay, because we're specific to this public- Yeah, but the owners are dead. Any claim that the board files against this property is going to be junior to the mortgage. The management company has no liability. What I'm looking at is you're spending money to do liens, and I understand the procedure, but it's totally uncollectible. It's basically a raffle. I would ask you if you would. We need to deal with this specific item. Yes. If you would like to, counsel, at the end, we'd be happy to talk to you about it. I have some similar questions, but- Yeah. No, this is a waste of money ... this is inappropriate at this point in this hearing. So... Okay. Thank you. Yes, ma'am. My name is Maria Baglione. I live at 961 Mayo Court, opposite this house. The Sally has passed away in March. From March to now, the house has been in ruins. At one point, somebody went in the house and put a sign up on the window that it is now owned by a management company. Okay? It was turned over to the bank when she passed away. There were no heirs in touch with this, and then this management company has a phone number on the window. Okay? The gentleman who came to the house, the first time I showed him that, he took a picture of it and must have called it. One man came, mowed the lawn, nothing else. Just the very high grass was mowed. He came back recently, I don't know, it was the September 2nd or something, took more pictures. Again, somebody came out, mowed again. But the weeds are as high as the bushes. There's no sense in sending a letter to the heirs because they're not responsible, and this management company is. So what can be done? They're not a- Okay. We appreciate your questions. Okay. We'll come back to that. Is there anybody else who'd like to speak to this? Okay. If not, I'll close the public hearing. Counsel, I know we'll come back because the person that you spoke is raising some of the issues I was concerned with. We'll hold that till the end of the discussion because I think there is some concern. As our district ages, and I can say that because I'm aging with it, we are starting to see more of these, and I guess we need to have a little bit of understanding of where third parties fall into some of this, so maybe we can save that discussion for a little later in the agenda. With that, I'll turn it over to the board for action. I just have a quick question on this. Is this property getting to the extent where we need to go in and do physical maintenance to maintain it for safety or appearance? No, because the management company did go out there and mow the grass. It's just the weeds that are there. We did notify them after our inspection that saw that the grass was cut, but the weeds were still there. We did reach back out to them and let them know, "You cut the grass, but you still need to remove the weeds." So we did reach out to let them know that that's still in violation. When did that take place? That took place... Our pictures were taken on the 2nd, so it would've been either the 2nd or the 3rd that we notified them. And they understand that they will be fined if they don't do it? Mm-hmm. Yeah. They're a 24 Asset Management. They're a frequently used property management company that banks use, so we're familiar with that company and- Our fines begin to go into effect on which date here? If you choose staff's recommendation, it would be seven days from today's date. We'd go back out, see if it was in compliance. If not, at that point, we would schedule our- Then you've been in contact with the people who are responsible for maintaining the property. For maintaining, yes. Okay. I move we accept staff's recommendation for case number D6-13-26. Is there support? Second. Okay. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Okay. Shannon, do you need to take a breath? I think I'm all right. I took a little sip of water over there. Again, we have to follow statute, and so while it seems highly redundant, and it is- It's three to go ... it is a requirement that everything in a public hearing be satisfied as a standalone entity. So with that, I'll open the public hearing, and ask Shannon for that. Good afternoon, board. Shannon Boyd, Community Standards. Today, I have before you case number D6-16-26, Village Community Development District number 6 versus Roy E. Sinkovich and Clarice Munn Harrington. 1153 Elizabeth Court, Unit 668, Lot 6, violation of the district rule to bring about deed compliance, and specifically the rule that states, "No owner other than the declarant or its transferee shall make any structural alteration or shall undertake any exterior repainting or repair of, or addition to his residence, which would substantially alter the exterior appearance thereof without the written approval of the plans and specifications, therefore, by the declarant or the architectural review committee." As stated in the Village Community Development District number 6 external deed restriction standards, the district is responsible for approving alterations, changes, and modifications to home sites and their exterior appearance and structure of the home. No aftermarket change should be made to any home site or home without first obtaining district approval. On June 4th, a complaint was received regarding landscaping without ARC approval. Staff verified the violation and spoke to the homeowner, who indicated that he would contact the landscaper who completed the work and have them submit for ARC. A deed restriction reminder was issued on July 6th. The initial inspect and compliance letters were sent out on July 13th and July 28th, and after following the established procedures of compliance of external deed restriction, a notice of public hearing was sent by regular and certified mail on August 24th. On August 19th, ARC application number 9136 was denied pending additional information on the modification. Staff subsequently informed the homeowner that any landscaping wall may extend only to the property line, which is seven and a half feet back from the road. Staff assisted the homeowner in submitting a new ARC application number 10163, scheduled for review on September 9th. During a recent inspection conducted on September 3rd, it was determined that the property is not currently in compliance. Staff's recommendation would be to find the owners in violation of the district deed compliance rule, as cited by the deed compliance staff. The owners have 45 days to submit and receive an approved ARC application for the landscaping modifications and bring the property into accordance with the approved ARC application, or restore the property back to its originally constructed design. If an approved ARC application is received for the landscaping modifications and the property is brought into accordance with that approved ARC application, or if the property is restored back to its originally constructed design within 45 days of this order of enforcement, case number D6-16-26 shall be closed. If the property is not brought into compliance within 45 days of the order of enforcement, impose $150 fine to be paid within 10 days of the invoice, and impose a $50 daily fine until the property was brought into compliance. If the property is not brought into compliance as required herein, staff shall record this order of enforcement claim of lien in the public records of Sumter County, Florida. It is the property owner's responsibility to contact the Community Standards Department to request a deed compliance officer revisit the property to confirm compliance. If the fine reaches $1,500, the case shall be turned over to district counsel to seek all available remedies, which may include initiating a lawsuit and seeking an injunction against the property owner. The property owners are responsible for reimbursing the district for all attorneys' fees, costs, and expenses associated with or related to this order of enforcement claim of lien. If the property is brought into compliance and all fines are paid, the chairman authorizes staff to execute and record a satisfaction and release of claim of lien. Chairman to execute the order of enforcement, and I'm here to answer any questions that you may have. Yeah, I'd like to know the- Oh, does that- Bottom. Still public hearing. Okay. Okay, would anybody from the public like to speak to this? Hearing none, I'll close the public hearing. Randall? The modifications, are we talking about this curving wall or the horseshoe wall or both? It's both of them. Okay. So they're too close to the road. Correct. The one that's set back closer to the home, that one should get approved without an issue. It's the one that's surrounding the whole bed that's too close. That one needs- That's 67 1/2. Correct, 6 AM. And it's actually going through ARC approval today. So they're having ARC right now. Let's go back to the sequence here. Yes. It was done without approval. Correct. They went in after the fact when they found out they were out of compliance and requested approval, which was denied? It was originally denied for missing information. The only thing that was sent was a picture of that. Okay. So- So now it's back before them, and it will be denied probably most likely because it's not in compliance. It's not in compliance, but they're trying to bring it into compliance. So the application- So they have 45 days to do that. Correct. If you go with staff's recommendation. Because if ARC approves it today- Okay. The staff recommendation has given 45 days for completion. Okay. Correct. If not, then it would not be coming back to us then. If they fail to comply, it would move forward based on whatever action we take today. Correct. That's fine. They get 45 days to correct the problem. Correct. Okay. Oversimplification. Thanks. I move to accept staff's recommendation for case number D6-16-26, giving them 45 days. I second. Okay. Any further discussion? Hearing none, all in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Moving right along. Okay. No. We got caught up with moving paperwork here. All right. Are we on to 4-I? No. No? Sixteen- We still have two more ... 16, 17. Yeah, that's 4I. D61726. 17. Yeah. Oh, okay. Yes. Open public hearing. Okay. We can deliberate on this one. We'll open the public hearing on D617-26, the Lewis estate. Shamboie, Community Standards. Today I have case number D6-17-26. Village Community Development District number 6 versus Shirley W. Lewis, life estate, 2167 Darwin Terrace, Unit 131, Lot 147. Violation of the district's rule to bring about deed compliance, and specifically the rule that states, "Owners shall keep their home sites neat and clean, and the grass cut, irrigated, and edged at all times. If an owner does not adhere to this regulation, then the work may be performed on behalf of the owner, and the cost shall be charged to the owner." On May 1st, 2026, a complaint was received for overgrown bushes. The violation was verified, and staff spoke to the homeowner, who indicated she would have the bushes trimmed. A deed restriction reminder was issued on May 20th. The initial letter was sent on May 29th, and the property was brought into compliance on June 4th. On August 20th, a complaint was received regarding overgrown bushes. The violation was verified, and a deed restriction reminder was issued on August 31st. Since this was a reoccurring violation offense, the owner was immediately given a notice of public hearing that was sent by regular mail and certified mail on August 31st. The term reoccurring violation means a violation of the provision of the rule by an owner who has been previously notified to have violated the same provision of the rule within 12 months prior to the current violation, notwithstanding the violation occurred at different locations. If the Community Standards Department receives a complaint regarding a reoccurring violation, staff is not required to give the owner a reasonable time to correct the violation. Instead, staff shall follow the procedure of compliance as outlined with the exception of steps three and four, which is the initial and second letter. With regards to step five, the third letter, the case may be presented to the board, even if the reoccurring violation has been corrected prior to the public hearing, and the notice shall so state. If the reoccurring violation is brought into compliance prior to the public hearing, the board may make a finding of guilt but shall not impose a fine. Staff spoke to the homeowner, who indicated she would have the bushes trimmed. Staff inspected the property on September 3rd, and it was determined that the property is currently in compliance. Staff's recommendation would be to find the owner to have violated the district's deed compliance rule, as cited by the deed compliance staff. Find the owner to be in violation of the reoccurring violation policy, as listed in Appendix B, Procedures for Compliance of External Deed Restrictions and Schedule for Fines for Village Community Development District number 6. If the property is currently in compliance, no fine shall be imposed at this time, and case number D6-17-26 shall be closed. If the owner violates the same provision of the rule within 12 months of today's date, September 9th, 2026, the violation will be considered a repeat violation. Staff is not required to give the owner reasonable time to correct the violation. Staff shall present the case to the Board of Supervisors, even if the repeat violation has been corrected prior to the public hearing, and the notice shall so state. Owners who have been found to have repeat violations may be fined up to $500, and the Board of Supervisors may impose a $500 daily fine until the property is brought into compliance. Chairman shall execute the order of enforcement, and I'm here to answer any questions that you may have. Is there any member of the audience here to speak to this violation? I'm the owner. I'm Shirley Lewis. I'm sorry, ma'am, we did not hear you. She's the owner. She'll have to come up to the microphone. Oh. Please come up to the microphone, identify yourself and- And I don't think she was sworn in. Oh, is she sworn in? I'm glad I got the pictures because- Ma'am, you have to wait till you get to the microphone. Were you- I've been trying to call- Ma'am, excuse me. Were you originally sworn in? Yes. You were? Okay, fine. Please. I've been trying to call all week. This is a list of all the calls I've made. I could never get anybody. I'm glad to see they got pictures. They're done because- Her name and address ... they said she never- Name and address, ma'am. I'm sorry. 2167 Darwin Terrace. The name? Shirley Lewis. Okay. Sorry. Go ahead, ma'am. Anyway, I'm just glad that you got pictures because all I've been told, well, I haven't been told anything. Nobody ever returns calls. And I've got the list of all the times that I've been. So, those bushes that they call them, they're actually called Loropetalum or Chinese fringe trees. They're trees with no height limit, and I did not plant them. My neighbor said, as you saw, the vinyl wall is not particularly appealing. They have to look at it all the time. They asked if they could please plant something. They did that in 2015, and they said they would take care of them, and they have This is the first year anybody's complained because they're gone from March to October. That's the breeding season for the cardinals. It's a wildlife habitat certified nationally. It's not here for people to judge humanly. It's for the birds, literally, for the birds. And so we try. She and neighbors surrounding me have no problem with it, but there's a new person that doesn't know that system I just shared as far as for about seven to nine months when the cardinals are there and then th

Community Development District 6 Seat 1 - Tweet Coleman, Supervisor Seat 2 - John Calandro, Chair Seat 3 - Gordon Platt, Supervisor Seat 4 - Linda Grzesik, Vice Chair Seat 5 - Randall Edgar, Supervisor September 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM SeaBreeze Regional Recreation Center 2384 Buena Vista Boulevard The Villages, Florida 32162 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ AGENDA The District encourages citizen participation in the democratic process and recognizes and protects the right of freedom of speech afforded to all. As the Board conducts the business of the District, rules of civility shall apply. District Board Supervisors, Staff members, and members of the public are to communicate respectfully. It is preferred that persons speak only when recognized by the Board Chair and, at that time, refrain from engaging in personal attacks or derogatory or offensive language. Persons who are deemed to be disruptive and negatively impact the efficient operation of the meeting shall be subject to removal after two verbal warnings. Audience Comments on all issues will be received by the Board. 1. Call to Order 1.A. Roll Call 1.B. Pledge of Allegiance 1.C. Observation of Moment of Silence 1.D. Welcome Meeting Attendees 2. Law Enforcement Quarterly Updates 3. Consent Agenda A motion to approve the Consent Agenda is a motion to approve all recommended actions. All matters on the Consent Agenda are considered routine and no discussion is required unless desired by a Board Supervisor or a Member of the Public. 3.A. Approval of Minutes 3.B. Architectural Review Manual Modifications 3.C. Approval of Fiscal Year 2026/2027 Meeting Schedule 3.D. Adoption of Goals and Objectives for Fiscal Year 2026/2027 3.E. Property/Casualty Insurance for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 4. Public Hearings 4.A. Adoption of Resolution 2026-07: FY2026-27 Final Budget A. Overview of Resolution 2026-07 Fiscal Year 2026/2027 Final Budget B. Open Public Hearing C. Close Public Hearing D. Adoption of Resolution 2026-07 adopting Fiscal Year 2026/2027 Final Budget 4.B. Adoption of Resolution 2026-08 – Uniform Method of Collection and to Certify the Assessment Roll A. Overview of Resolution 2026-08 - Uniform Method of Collection and to Certify the Assessment Roll B. Open Public Hearing

C. Close Public Hearing D. Adoption of Resolution 2026-08 approving the Uniform Method of Collection and Certifying the Assessment Roll 4.C. Adoption of Resolution 2026-09 amending and restating Chapter II of the District's Rule to Bring About Deed Compliance A. Review of Resolution 2026-09 amending and restating Chapter II of the District's Rule to Bring About Deed Compliance B. Open Public Hearing C. Close Public Hearing D. Adoption of Resolution 2026-09 amending and restating Chapter II of the District's Rule to Bring About Deed Compliance 4.D. VCDD No. 6 vs. Case No. D6-06-26 - Linda A. Brogden, John D. Brogden, and Daniel B. Brogden, Individually, and as Joint Tenants with Fully Rights of Survivorship - 1057 Reidville Road A. District Counsel Overview of Public Hearing Process B. Swearing In of Those Providing Evidence or Testimony C. Open Public Hearing D. Staff Presentation of the Facts E. Owner/Interested Party Presentation F. Close Public Hearing G. Board Discussion/Determination 4.E. VCDD No. 6 vs. Case No. D6-12-26 - Ginger E. Abbs, Living Trust Agreement - 2117 Welcome Way A. District Counsel Overview of Public Hearing Process B. Swearing In of Those Providing Evidence or Testimony C. Open Public Hearing D. Staff Presentation of the Facts E. Owner/Interested Party Presentation F. Close Public Hearing G. Board Discussion/Determination 4.F. VCDD No. 6 vs. Case No. D6-13-26 - To the Estate of James E. Ferguson and Sally E. Ferguson - 1442 Honea Path A. District Counsel Overview of Public Hearing Process B. Swearing In of Those Providing Evidence or Testimony C. Open Public Hearing D. Staff Presentation of the Facts E. Owner/Interested Party Presentation F. Close Public Hearing G. Board Discussion/Determination 4.G. VCDD No. 6 vs Case No. D6-15-26 - Scott Alexander Burd, Individually, and as Trustee of the West Highland Revocable Living Trust - 1321 Patrick Place A. District Counsel Overview of Public Hearing Process B. Swearing In of Those Providing Evidence or Testimony C. Open Public Hearing D. Staff Presentation of the Facts E. Owner/Interested Party Presentation F. Close Public Hearing G. Board Discussion/Determination

4.H. VCDD No. 6 vs. Case No. D6-16-26 - Roy E. Sinkovich and Clarice Munn Harrington - 1153 Elizabeth Court A. District Counsel Overview of Public Hearing Process B. Swearing In of Those Providing Evidence or Testimony C. Open Public Hearing D. Staff Presentation of the Facts E. Owner/Interested Party Presentation F. Close Public Hearing G. Board Discussion/Determination 4.I. VCDD No. 6 vs. Case No.D6-17-26 - Shirley W. Lewis, Life Estate - 2167 Darwin Terrace A. District Counsel Overview of Public Hearing Process B. Swearing In of Those Providing Evidence or Testimony C. Open Public Hearing D. Staff Presentation of the Facts E. Owner/Interested Party Presentation F. Close Public Hearing G. Board Discussion/Determination 4.J. VCDD No. 6 vs. Case No. D6-18-26 - Ronald F. Kwasnik and Elaine A. Scheer, as Joint Tenants with Full Rights of Survivorship - 1528 Gifford Court A. District Counsel Overview of Public Hearing Process B. Swearing In of Those Providing Evidence or Testimony C. Open Public Hearing D. Staff Presentation of the Facts E. Owner/Interested Party Presentation F. Close Public Hearing G. Board Discussion/Determination 5. Old Business 5.A. Old Business Status Update 6. Informational Items Only 6.A. Financial Statements 6.B. Auditor Required Communication Letter 6.C. DPM Monthly Report 6.D. Village Community Development District No. 6 Public Hearing Updates 7. District Manager Reports 7.A. Save the Date: A Night with DPM on September 23, 2026 7.B. Save the Date: National Night Out on October 6, 2026 7.C. Presentation of Future Public Hearing Packets 8. District Counsel Reports 9. Supervisor Comments

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