Village Community Development District No. 1

Okay, my clock says eight o'clock. So, uh, we'll call the Villages Community Development District One meeting to order. At this time. We will, uh, stand for a Pledge of Allegiance, followed by a moment of silence. Pledge of Allegiance, United States of America. Republic stands one Nation. Thank you. Okay, I see we have four supervisors present today. Uh, and I'd like to welcome everyone to our meeting. If you would like to address the board, please come to the podium, give us your name and address for the record, and then give us your comments hopefully within three minutes. Thank you, sir. Uh, my name is John Schafer. I'm from 1326 Balboa. If, if you're here for the public hearing, sir, uh, that is agenda item number three B. Uh, so, um, we, we can't hear that until that time, sir. Good morning. Yes, sir. My name is Robert. We're Bob Brighton and B-R-I-G-H-T. The minutes from the last meeting did not reflect my proper name for my comments. If that could be corrected for the minutes, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you. Okay, thank you. Morning, Jim Vaccaro 5 0 2 Herra Court, uh, uh, village of Ula Vista West. Um, I, and I, I'm not sure that people know, but you know, there was another accident at G***o and North Morris Boulevard on the 11th, and I tried to get some details to bring to the meeting, but I couldn't get 'em at least in time for this meeting. And I just hope that, uh, we continue to move forward because those folks have one in it and one out onto that North Morris Boulevard. And I really hope that we can continue to build a plan to make it much safer for the residents here. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Okay. Any further comments? Seeing none, we'll move along. Uh, the next thing on our, uh, agenda is the approval of the minutes, and if the, uh, the staff will just reflect the change for Mr. Brightman, we'd appreciate that. Yes, sir. Any comments regarding the, uh, the minutes or the, uh, the resolution or the budget amendment? They are individual items, sir. We'll have to take them to two Different motion. Okay. Alright. Got it. I was thinking consent agenda and then we didn't have one of those, did we? Okay. So, uh, we'll entertain a discussion or a motion to approve the minutes as amended. Motion to approve the minutes for the meeting held on February 14th, 2025. Second. All in favor say aye. Any opposed? Alright. And now we have the, uh, the resolution for our budget amendment. Yes. Good morning, Karen Clary, budget Department. I'm here today to request adoption of resolution 2025 dash zero six to amend the fiscal year 20 24 25 budget. The board adopted the fiscal year 20 24, 25 budget at a public meeting held on September 13th, 2024. On October 9th, 2024, hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida as a category three hurricane. Hurricane Milton traveled from west to east through central Florida and caused damage statewide. Approximately 824 cubic yards of debris were left in district one needing to be removed. Excuse me. Debris removal services were procured to monitor and remove any debris that was left on district property and district one. This resulted in a total amount of $46,789 and 25 cents in invoices for the monitoring and removal of debris executed through our contracted vendors series for debris hauling and Volker for monitoring. These operations included debris, collections reduction, and final disposal. All work was completed within FEMA's timeframe for 100% reimbursement eligibility, and these operations were meticulously documented and monitored to ensure compliance with fema. Requirements. Resolution 2025 dash six amends the fiscal year 20 24 25 budget in the amount of $46,790 to cover the cost of debris monitor monitoring and removal within district one. The district has applied for FEMA reimbursement for the total cost incurred for the storm event. Now, at this time, staff recommends adoption of resolution 2025 dash zero six to amend the fiscal year 20 24 25 budget, and the amount of $46,790 from FEMA reimbursement funds. Thank you. Quick summary, could you just give us a quick summary? A quick summary, quick Summary Of what we're looking for just to amend the budget where we've applied for FEMA funds to reimburse us for the debris hauling and monitoring. Right. So this is just amending the budget to, uh, include these funds. Got it. Um, just to, before we vote, I'll just let you know, as far as I know, there's still a pause on the reimbursement funding. We, we don't expect that to, uh, to last forever, but, uh, until some things get straightened out with fema, I think we can expect that pause to remain. That's the last I heard is, is that the update that you have at this point? Okay. Alright. That's all I have regarding that. Any further discussion? Alright. We'll entertain a motion Move to adopt resolution 20 25 0 6 to amend the fiscal year 2024 to 25. Budget. Second. We have a motion a second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Alright, unanimously. Thank you. I Don't expect payment anytime soon. Uh, last big hurricane, I think it was close to two years and there was no pause that I remember, but it there low. I I think the staff's done an excellent job. Yeah. Regarding documentation. So I don't expect us to have any problems. I just think it's the process at this point. Yep. Okay. Alright, we'll move along to public hearings. Our first, uh, case is number D one dash zero five dash 25, Uh, VC VCDD one versus Wayne Vo. Uh, and I'll turn it over to District Counsel at this point in time. Yes, sir. Just a quick overview of the public hearing process, and this is gonna be an overview. It'll apply to both cases. Uh, 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 from district, district staff, the property owner of those that will be substantially and directly affected by the outcome of the board's decision. The board is required to limit testimony to relevant evidence as it relates to the matter before it, at the conclusion of the public hearing. The board will 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. With regard to case number one VCDD, number one v bodar, if there's anyone here to address the board, if you please stand and raise your right hand Testimony. I do. Alright. This time we'll open the public hearing. Good morning. Board Matter Armstrong Community Standards. So before you today, we do have case number D 1 0 5 2 5 Village Community Development District number one versus Wayne Evo of 1405 San Jose Place, unit four lots. 1 62. Violation of the district's rule to bring about decompliance, specifically the rule that states that vehicles incapable of operation shall be stored on any lot nor any junk vehicles or equipment be kept on any lot Rule two point 10. It shall be the responsibility owners to keep their lots neat and clean and the grass cut and edged at all times. The lot owners shall have the obligation to mow and maintain all areas up to the street pavement. 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. As stated in the Village Community Development District number one, external de restriction standards. Inoperable vehicles are vehicles that one are incapable of operation two are not licensed and or registered. Three have a flatter missing tires, vehicles must be capable of operation and proof of such shall be demonstrated to district staff. Upon request, we did receive a complaint regarding the condition of the property, property and an inoperable vehicle back in December. Staff did go and verify these concerns regarding both issues. We reached out to the homeowner and he was said he was working on at one point in time attempting to sell the vehicle. Um, but at this time it is still on the property. Uh, we did receive communication last night from the homeowner via email that someone will remove the car from the lot next week and the grass and weeds will be taken care of on Monday. So he's looking to within a week to remedy both situations, but at this time, the property is still out of compliance. So it is staff's recommendation to find the owner in violation of the district's Decompliance rule. As cited by Decompliance staff, the owner has seven days to remove the weeds to bring that portion of the property into compliance. The weeds are removed within seven days. The order of enforcement, that portion of the case number D 1 0 5 2 5 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 oppose 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. The owners prohibit the district from maintaining the property. Then the owner shall be charged an initial $150 fine and an additional $50 daily fine until the property provides compliance. Owner has five days to remove the inoperable vehicle from the lot to bring that portion of the property into compliance. If the inoperable vehicle is removed within the five days of the order of Enforcement, that portion of the case shall be closed. If the inoperable vehicle is not removed from the lot within the five days of the Order of Enforcement, impose a $150 fine to be paid within 10 days of the invoice and impose a $50 daily fine until that portion of the property is brought into compliance. If the weeds have been removed from the lot within the seven days of the Order of Enforcement and the Inable vehicle has been removed within the five days of the order of Enforcement and the property is brought into compliance as required herein, case number D 1 0 5 2 5 shall be closed. If the property is not brought into compliance as required herein, staff shall record this Order of Enforcement claim of lien of the public records of Sumter County, Florida. It is the property owner's responsibility to contact Community Standards Department to request a decompliance officer revisit the property to confirm compliance. If the fines reach $1,500, the case shall be turned over to district Council 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 attorney's fees, costs, and expenses associated with or related to this Order of Enforcement claim of lien. If her property is brought into compliance and all fines are pay. The chairman authorize the staff to execute and record a satisfaction release claim of Lien Chairman to execute the order of enforcement. Thank you sir. This time we'll close the public hearing. Any, uh, discussion with the board looks straightforward to me. Okay. Would you say it, it looks straightforward. The the photographs straightforward, obviously document the violations, so it's, it's not a matter of whether or not it's there. Alright. We'll entertain a motion if there's no further discussion. Uh, I move that Wayne e Bo 1405 San Jose Place be, uh, cited in violation for an inoperable vehicle, an overgrown grass and weed. Um, And you can accept staff recommendation case Number. Okay, D 1 0 5 25 And we accept staff's recommendation. Uh, if the owner does bring the property into compliance within a week as promised, then case should be closed. Okay, we have a motion. Second, we have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Hearing none. All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries unanimously. Thank you. Okay, now we'll move along to case number D one dash zero six dash 25. There's anyone here who wishes to address the board. If you please stand and raise your right hand. Do you swear upon your testimony you're about to? Sir, You need to stand and raise your right hand, sir. Do you swear affirm testimony? I do. Yes. Thank you, sir. Okay. At this time we'll open a public hearing. Hello Board Matter Armstrong Community Standards. So before you today we have case number D 1 0 6 2 5 Village Community Development District number one versus Patricia, a Schafer trustee of the Patricia a Schafer Trust dated April 11th, 2013 for Unit 6 84, lot 64 violation of the district's rule to bring about Decompliance and specifically the rule that states no owner of a lot shall park store or keep any vehicle except wholly within the driveway, garage, or other non-visitor parking spaces. On January 2nd, a complaint was received regarding a vehicle parked on Rocked planting bed. The violation was verified and a deed restriction reminder was written on January 3rd. The property owner's son John Schafer, has previously instructed staff not to enter the property or contact the residence by phone in accordance with these instructions, staff did not attempt to make direct contact with the homeowner and proceeded with the standard mailing of Decompliance correspondences. The initial and second letters were sent on January 17th and January 31st. The property was brought into compliance on February 13th. On February 19th, a complaint was received regarding a vehicle parked on a rock planning bed. 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 February 28th, 2025. The term reoccurring violation means a violation of a provision of a 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, at different locations. If the Community Standards Department staff 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 procedures of compliance as outlined. And the outlining in, in this case is steps three and four are first and second letters. The fifth step is always just the letter of notice for the public hearing before the board. If a reoccurring violation is brought into compliance prior to the public hearing, the board shall make a finding of guilt but not impose a fine. During a recent inspection of the property on March 11th, it was determined the property is currently out of compliance. And the staff's recommendation to find the owner have violated the Decompliance rule. 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 developed District number one. If the property is not brought into compliance, the owner has five days to remove the vehicle that is parked on the Rock Planting Landscaping bed. If the vehicle is not removed from the parked on the Rock Planting landscaping bed within five days of the Order of Enforcement, impose a $150 fine to be paid within 10 days of the invoice and impose a $50 daily finance of the properties brought into compliance. The owner violates the same provision of the rule within 12 months of today's date. March 14th, 2025. 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 notices shall of state owners who have been, who have found to 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. 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 Suffolk County, Florida. If the fines reached $1,500, the case shall be turned over to district counsel to seek all available remedies which may include initiating a lawsuit or seeking an injunction against the owner. The owner is responsible for reimbursing the district for attorney's fees, costs, and expenses associated with or related to the Order of Enforcement claim of lien. If the property is brought into compliance and all fines are paid. Chairman authorize this staff to execute and record a release satisfaction release Claim of lien Chairman shall execute the order of enforcement. Thank you. We'll hear from the, uh, the owner representative. The reason I can't park on my driveway. Sir, Sir, we need your name and your address for the record, Please. John Schafer. 1326 Alboa Court. Thank you. The reason I can't park on my driveway is because the house next door is roof, keeps blowing off and breaking my windshields and my garage door screens and everything. It's been going on for 10 years now. The one picture showed the roof is topped, which just happened in December, but now the tarp is off and I just had to get another new windshield in November before that tarp was even up there. So if you want me to change, move my car into the garage, which I do want it rains or storms, fix the roof right now. The roofing material's been out there for two and a half weeks. Just sitting on the front there where you see trash. Now there's roofing material. Is that it? Any further testimony? That is all you have. Thank you. Alright. Thank you sir. We'll close the public hearing now. Okay, it's time for board discussion. And again here, we just need a motion to accept staff's recommendation To move forward. Say that again. We would just need a motion to accept staff's recommendation to move forward with the order of enforcement. I make a motion to accept the staff's recommendation. Move forward. Second. We have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries unanimously. So Are you gonna fix the roof? What's gonna go on there? This has been going on for 15 years. Since 2015. This roof has been off the original roof of 1993. I'm the only one that has to pay three windshields. A whole set of garage door screens, paint all the damage. Where am I supposed to park? Sir? That is the matter between you and your neighbor. My neighbor is deceased. This is a HUD home. This board has addressed the matter with the roof, uh, adjacent to you, but the matter of the materials blowing off of your neighbor's property onto you is a matter between you and your neighbor. Aren't you supposed to keep the area safe? Right. I'm supposed to have a safe environment, Sir, I would just advise you to be aware that the order enforcement is, has been voted on and, uh, and, and it is in effect at this point in time, Five days, You have to remove that car immediately. Yeah. Alright. Okay. Moving along to old business. Yes sir. The first item on old business is the, um, l Largo logo pond. Um, we are, we have purchased the fish and I'm not sure how they're in transit, but at some point fish will be delivered and, um, put into that pond. So we are continuing to move forward on that. Um, the second item was an update with fema, uh, which we have already discussed. Um, and we provided the cost of the debris hauling and monitoring. We will, uh, continue to provide updates as we receive them from fema. Okay. The third item was for staff and district property management to reduce the height of shrubs for line of sight concerns that has been completed. Updates on Morse Boulevard Work Group is, um, further on the agenda, um, which includes the next item, which was the invitation to the Board of county commissioners. And then finally provide the number of complaints submitted to CCO by community watch. Um, chief Nehemiah Wolf of Community Watch did provide that information and it is attached to your agenda. Alright, so at this point I will turn it over back to the chair, um, for the Morris Boulevard work group. Okay. And that's the next item on our agenda. So, um, I'll turn that over to our vice chair. Okay. First of all, I appreciate the, uh, letter to Sun County, and I thought, uh, there was a very nice response back from, um, Mr. Wiley. So appreciated that. And they did give us a point of contact. So we've got that into the project now. Awesome. Um, I provided a letter to the board of supervisors kind of outlining what I was doing. So at this time I'd like to see if you have any questions or anything you'd like for me to address with that, Any questions from the board? I think you've done what you're able to do. Um, You know, It's a county matter. Mm-hmm. And I applaud you for all of your effort. That's great. Well, we'll see what happens next. Um, I wanted to skip ahead and, um, it's a little bit out of sequence here. If we could go to the slides that have the work breakdown structure on it looks like an work chart and get that in here. It would be in that pocket. It's, this looks like this. I got an old business. Are you on old business? I can't see the Okay. She going down. Yes, ma'am. Um, it was, it was in the packet. It looks like this. There were, it was a PowerPoint. What's the title of the packet? It Says CDD One more Boulevard Safety Improvement Alternative Analysis Project. There You go. It's in the, uh, third one down. There you go. You're there now. No, I'm not even there on my, no, this is, this is the one that was provided by Kimberly Horn. Oh, correct. Okay. You're referencing that is what you're doing. That's what I didn't understand. I'm sorry, I didn't understand that you were referencing that report. That's okay. I, I read through this and I remember seeing this organizational chart that she provided somewhere, but, um, I can't tell you which one here. Okay. Travis solution. Okay. Okay. This is, they must not have it. This is from the Kimberly. The reason I wanted to go over this chart and I can just talk through it, is, um, It's under the survey requirement tab. They have it. Okay, let me go back. I Thought I saw it too. Survey requirement. Survey requirement tab. There we go. Thank you, Rocky. You're welcome. So I wanted to go to this, um, because one of the things that may be a little different is I'm looking at the whole process on this instead of just the survey. Um, so in the package was a proposal, a notional, um, what would be the announcement which would go out from the district office? We would put in every publication possible. So if you have any wording changes on that or updates, um, I'd like to have you think about that between now and the next meeting. Uh, also then I wanted to talk about, um, the webpage, the survey you had indicated that the, your staff could look at putting together the survey tool. And I wanted to follow up with that and see if that's still a possibility. And then I wanted to see if the board had, I'd like to go over what I'm asking in the survey, because there are some things that are a little bit different. Uh, so that's the, um, webpage request is the kind of the letter announcing it, which would have the link in it. Then we have the actual survey electronic, and then a portion of this is the collaboration with the sources. In other words, if, if a solution is brought forward and that is within the purview of Sumter County, then that's who we would talk to. If also a stakeholder in that is Florida Highway, then we would include them in the conversation, probably having individual conversations and then at some point trying to bring those parties together. Mm-hmm. So it would start out with getting information between who owns it, who has the ability to give the solution. Okay. And then seeing who the other stakeholders are and kind of bringing them in one at a time. I like to find out the individual positions first and then bring them together for a collaboration. Okay. So that's what that is. Um, I'd like to be able in the tool to put that documentation right into the survey tool, even though it wouldn't be part of the survey. I'd like to, in the end, have a electronic source that has this project documented from beginning to end so that in the future when we hopefully have a projects page like the a c now has a projects dropdown. Okay. Mm-hmm. I just now saw that recently would be great for us to have that we would be able to put the electronic tool that we use to capture all of this on there. So that, as I said in my comments later on, when residents are going, oh, hey, something you know should be done about Morris, we can simply say, go and look at this link and here's the information, everything that was done. So, so that's what my intent is to have a solution that covers, we used to call it womb to tomb, but I'll say end to end, um, um, process here. Also then the ability to merge data from the existing survey that you have from Kimberly Horn. I think there was also a, or analysis rather, I think there was an analysis done before on Morris. Yes. Could we have that? And also, can I get, this is the PowerPoint, but can I get the written document? Yes. Okay. So if I could get both of those, that would be great. One of the things that I would like to be able to do in the tool is to be able to cut and paste things from those documents as well as when you had the meeting and the people came in and they gave their ideas, which are in the minutes. I would like to be able to do a cut and paste and create a problem in the collection tool on what was provided previously. Even though we would be cutting and pasting. So we kind of have new information and we would be capturing old information if we're able to see that the person submitting that already submitted, we would probably put in two entries, but it would be noted in some form or fashion that this was a new versus a previous submission. Uh, the, um, and then reports, you know, because that's an important feature of this is to be able to report out. That's gonna be the most important part for me when I go forward to talk to the source owners or the, um, other stakeholders. Um, so I just wanted to show, I think that this, um, illustrates that. And then here, this was just a notional hot topic, but I saw that a c has a project drop down, so something like that would work. I was kind of excited when I saw that. I was like, oh, okay, they're already thinking about this. So, um, we don't need to have a big red box. But, you know, it was, I think people, um, are becoming more willing to go to electronic sources for their information if they know where to go and if it doesn't require our five or six clicks. And I think there's kind of an industry standard for how many clicks you should have to get to information. Um, and you guys are doing a great job with the reinvention of the website. So I know, I feel like, um, the other thing about doing this in the reports is, and this is something I brought up in my letter, um, in my previous life, I'm migrated a lot of projects to where people briefed right? From the collection tool. And so there was not creating agenda packets and all of that. We went when the process owner, like when, uh, Mr. Armstrong comes up, he would open up the tool and we would brief right from whatever he had put in. So it cuts down on having to recreate something. It's just a concept that I'm just throwing out, um, as, as something in the future. And so this tool would allow me to report to you without having to create additional documentation. I would brief directly from the tool and here's the submissions and here's what they look like and here's what the reports are. So, um, then what I'd like to do is I'd like to go now, if we can go to the actual survey, uh, requirements. The requirements and the plans. Let me see how that's worded here. Yep. Nope, it's, um, I apologize for having this so complicated. Is it the giraffe, the one that I, the one that I would like to look at? That's, that's it, Yeah. Okay, perfect. So what happens here is basically I took those boxes that I had and then they are all defined. And so what you have at 1.2 is the notional draft announcement. This is where I'd like to ask my fellow, um, board members if, and can we go to the beginning of this? And I think this is in your packet as well. It's, um, right here. Right there. So, so under 1.2, this would be the draft announcement. So what I would like to ask my, uh, colleagues to do, um, is between now and the time that we meet the next time, if you would go through this and if you have any changes or additions or whatever, uh, that you would like to have made to this, I would appreciate that. Do we have that packet? Yes, sir. This is in your packet. I didn't get it. I didn't get it. No, it's in your agenda. It's part of your agenda. It's, it's, It's not, it's not paper copies. It's part of your agenda. It's In the electronic agenda. Okay. Yeah. All, everything that I've talked about is in there. So you can can review that how, how what in whatever, uh, format is comfortable for you. Yes. So that's what, um, we have here. And then when you go to, uh, 1.3, uh, these are to establish the project's points of contact. Right now my points of contact are the district staff, um, Sumter County Commissioners, uh, Sumter County Sheriff's Office, and Florida Highway. Again, when you look down through this, if you see something that I'm missing, you know, please provide that to Ms. Duckett and then she can provide that to me. Correct. Okay. Um, obtain additional input, uh, determine which data to add to the analysis and how, and then establish a test group. And I have two people who have, uh, agreed to be my testers. Once we have a tool, uh, Jim Bacaro and Ken Nole have both agreed to that. Um, and we will have additional people on that as well. And it'll be not only just a test of the tool, but the whole process. In other words, when they read the, uh, announcement. Does that make sense? The whole thing. Um, okay. Again, I'm an end to end person. We'll have, once we get this together, then we would have an interim review from the board of supervisors before proceeding. Um, Okay. And let's see. So the big thing is with the questions when we go to two, actually let's go to three on this. I would suggest a 30 day collection period and require all fields be completed, each submission creates a unique identifier corresponding to account. And the first green instructions, you know, thank you for investing your time, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Uh, required fields, uh, first name, last name, and resident id. Since we are looking for residents to do this, I would like to have the resident id, uh, as a requirement. The other thing where I want to confirm this, I think in something I read, um, from the staff indicated that we would invite all of the villages to participate. I'm suggesting really only people in district one. Um, and the reason being, we do have a lot of cross traffic and commercial traffic on this portion of Morris. However, I believe our focus should be the residents that are intersecting and are coming in and off of those streets. And we can start with a smaller population. If we feel we're not getting the answers, then we could open up wider. But I would like to see us put a constraint on that. Um, I'm not suggesting that we limit the tool, uh, let the tool do that, but because we're gonna also ask for the village, there's gonna be a dropdown where they put their village, then we would know. Um, but we are in all of our wording, we will indicate that it's just district one at this point in time for the population of that. Um, because we can end up getting, people become zealous when they have the ability to provide input. And we can have people who do not understand even what North Morris is and people who are moving into the new section, starting to provide input on something that they have no idea. And it could provide information that is skewing our results. So I would like to focus first on, uh, CDD one and on the residence. Yeah, that makes sense. So that's my rationale on that. Um, we have 13 questions. If you go to 3.14 here, here are the questions. And um, there there'll be a multiple choice. Some of them will are only one answer and some of them are a multiple answer. Okay. I'm not gonna go through those questions right now. Again, if you see something that you want a modification to please provide that back to me. Um, we're trying to focus in on root cause and then in the beginning part of this, and to set the frame. When they get done with the multiple choice questions, then we're asking them at 3.23 to provide a problem statement and an alternative solution. And I think this is where we start to really get into the meat of this. This is where people have their various opinions and some of the folks that have the opinions are very skilled. We have a lot of, uh, engineering type people, uh, in, in the villages. We're very fortunate to have that. So, you know, we could come, we could have something come out of this that we just haven't thought of yet. And so what'll hap one change that I'm looking to make, uh, already is if you'll go to 3.2, three two is, you'll see, you'll see that, um, define the safety problem. Yep. You're the, well, let's stop right there. You'll notice that I have a dropdown. And before they start to define the problem, I put an intersection for every one of the cross streets or intersections on Morris Boulevard. I'd like to collect the input. So a person could have multiple inputs into the system, but it will be for different locations on Morris. The, the stratification of information we'll get from this is where are the most concerns coming from and where are the most, um, suggestions coming from? Because I think if we just go out and we ask for North Morris and they come back, then the question is where were they really talking about? And I don't wanna have to go through the narrative to try to extract that out. So what I'm assuming, you know, we all go into assumptions. I'm assuming we're gonna see kind of a curve when we get closer to the gate on 4 66, because I think we, we can intuitively know that that's where the problem is. But I would like for the data to illustrate that for us. Mm-hmm. Um, one of, now if we'll go to three, um, if we'll go to 3, 2, 3 0.312, where it says alternative solution category dropdown. Thank you very much. Uh, you'll see that here's a dropdown, and I want to move this up at the problem statement. So the person would start saying, I think the problem is an enforcement problem. I a physical change education, other, the thing that I wanna add here is human error. Uh, as I started doing some research on my own, you know, from the Florida Highway, that's one of the things that comes back. And so I missed that in my category. So what would happen when they begin to write out the problem statement, they will make a selection here. Okay. And so then what'll happen is these kind of relate to who's gonna solve this and how will it be solved, if that makes sense. Or any questions so far? No. Is this too much? Are you, are, is it too complicated? No, But, uh, this issue of human error, it's involved in, I don't know, a very large percentage of accidents. And people tend to just shrug and say, oh, it was human error and pass it off. Whereas if the road were better, human error like that would not have caused the accident. So that's a sticking point for me. Mm-hmm. I tend to agree with Supervisor Cora. Okay. So don't put the human error and we'll force it. And if they, and if that comes out in the end, and I'm okay with that. Mm-hmm. It's like, I didn't think about it to begin with. As I had people review this, it was brought up to me. And I think that, um, that that will probably bubble up, uh, as an outcome of the discussions when we get to the, to the owner sources. You know, I'm sure that when we start talking to Florida Highway and we talk to Sumter County Sheriff, they're probably gonna say, okay, well in this case, you know, we categorize that as human error. Now we can say, okay, we get that. However, what other intervention could happen that would give more time? Uh, because certainly I think the decrease in speed gives more time for people to think and respond. And so it does decrease the effect of the human error. Uh, human error is so subjective, uh, because it doesn't take into account the, uh, people that may be utilizing the road, uh, which certainly changes, uh, the design or the, uh, the, the safety aspect to the road. And it also tends to be, don't you think it's a catchall? Mm-hmm. You know, it's just generalization that people can easily categorize into. And, uh, I, I'd like to see it more defined. Okay. And I, I, I'm have glad that you feel that way. I have The elderly population demographic and, uh, I think that medical emergency would be grouped in with the human error too. It's not a mechanical problem with a car or car, so, Okay. Well, I am actually very good with that. Good. And I, and I think it'll, if it, if it's an issue, it'll bubble out at the end. But obviously anything that comes out, my goal going back to all of the sources is yes, we hear what you're telling us. However, here's some ideas on how we think that it can help that. And so that's the way that, that, that would work. Um, I have a, I have a comment on number three. If you look at number three with the request for information, I think we need to point out in here that any information that's provided is gonna be a public record. Okay. So resident id name, address, that sort of thing's gonna be a public record. Um, the other thing is, again, from what I understand, the, the issue is sort of outside the purview of this district. You really have no control over what happens. So my concern is just we need to make sure that we don't spend an extraordinary amount of time on this using public funds. Okay. I totally agree. And that was my question. Ultimately, this would be presented to someone who could make a decision. That's correct. And the website as well. I mean, uploading the information, all that I think is fine, right. For exposure, but, uh, uh, ultimately the same people will have to make the decision that have been questioned before. And while that's true, I think what, uh, may be happening here is trying to, uh, organize a grassroots effort by the people who are affected the most by it in, in order to provide information to the people who can make the decisions. It's part of an o an overall larger process, is the way I see it. Yes. Yeah. And, and it's a good idea. Again, I just, we need to be careful as to how much time we spend as a whole That's right. Uh, addressing it. But I mean, I think the idea is great. Mm-hmm. But sir, would you take a look at this and then provide me language to put like the disclaimers? I mean, you made some really good points if you can tell me, um, some language that says, okay, this is, um, um, non-decision. You know what I mean? Yeah. I I can do that again. Um, it's sort of outside the purview of this board so long as you direct me to do it, because you're expending public funds to pay me to do something that you really have no purview over. But again, I I, I think the idea is good. I think, you know, providing this sort of information to the public is for a public purpose. Mm-hmm. Um, so I can spend a small amount of time on it. If, if You'd like, I mean, I can write it up myself and Jen just send it to you and you can say, yep, that's good enough. It's probably easier for me just to do it quicker. All right. I don't want to, again, I don't wanna overstep, you know, we're, we're kind of a little bit, I think this is more of a facilitation, really. You bring up a good point. We do not have the authority to fix it. Um, but I think we have the ability to influence, um, and to bring the parties together who do have the ability to do something and perhaps, uh, provide it in more of a quantitative manner to where they can see Exactly. I like to do things in a more surgical and a tactical way, uh, compared to a broad road where I try to be persuasive. Yes. Yes, ma'am. And the, uh, population input would have a big force toward that. It should have a big Factor. Yes. And, uh, you know, they're all voters. Yeah. So, so I can put a small amount of time in it if it's okay with the board and just provide my comments. I think that's a good idea. Did you wanna go to the podium? Jim, do you have a comment? Dearest? Uh, good morning. Jim Vicar, 5 0 2 Herrera Court dealer, Vista West. Uh, just a couple of comments. Um, when I was, you know, and I've been involved in this thing for three or four years now, it's kind of, kind of bubbles over in my head. But you know what, one of the things that, that I get when I go out there and talk to people about North Morris Boulevard are the near death experiences, as in, wow, we didn't get killed this time, but it was really close. Is there gonna be any, because the sheriff's department only has the statistics about those that did get hit, you know? Yeah. You, oh my God, you did that. But they don't really have the statistic about the guy that was going 50 miles an hour and weaved into the golf cart lane and just missed somebody. But the person in that golf cart has that experience. And I'm asking, is there a way to document that? Because there's hundreds of those Okay. Um, Experiences. Jim, if could we go to, I'm, I'm sorry to interrupt, if, Is it in there? I'm, but I wanna show it to you so that, So that you can, I believe you if it's in there. The second thing is, if, if you don't mind, I want to go one more, and I don't, you don't need the timer. I'm going to 10 seconds of, um, you know, CDD one is one thing, but everybody, well, you can't exclude cdd. Four people are using this road all the time, coming to play golf, coming that go to Spanish Springs. There are a lot of people, you know, that use this road, that really have concerns about it. A lot of people, and if you just say CDD one and make it so complicated that no one can figure out how to click their way through it, I just think you're limiting a lot of what could be good information. Well, you'll have the opportunity when you test it to give me your feedback. I will do that. I would have no fear that you wouldn't, I wanted to point out at, uh, three point 17, the question number four is, how comfortable are you driving a golf cart or crossing traffic on North Morris? Okay. Question five. Have you experienced a near miss or actual accident involving a golf cart and vehicle in the past three years? Well, that's a good one. Thank you. Okay. And then, uh, were you in and or operating a car or a golf cart? So we're looking for those two pieces of information. So it's almost like we were like synced. It's scary for both of us, isn't it? That would be for me. Yes, it would. Thank you. And, you know, I think, excuse me, Patsy. Yes, ma'am. I think Jim Ro brings up a very good point. Um, of course people in CDD 13 or CDD nine probably have no idea or very little concern about our problem, but maybe the c DDS north of 4 66 might be Sure included would get us more statistical points. And if somebody isn't concerned, well then they may just not respond. Yeah. And I, I, and we will be able to, there again, I, I'll, I would like to be able to use the wording then that we're focusing on north of 4 66, but the tool would not prevent someone from doing that. But when we do the report out of the tool, we'll be able to say, okay, this was the residence north of 4 66. These were other Right. You break it out. So we'll, we probably will see different, um, information coming from them. So Yes, ma'am, I'm okay with that. Okay. Um, I think that that pretty much explains what I'm doing. Uh, the only real question is, uh, what changes would you like to have? I think we talked about them. I'm absolutely fantastic with everything you mentioned. Uh, now it's a matter of, um, do you want me to go and find my own tool like SurveyMonkey? Or does is, can the staff work with me on that? So We have an account for SurveyMonkey. Okay. Um, and we can utilize our account on SurveyMonkey to build the survey. Keep in mind, SurveyMonkey isn't the, the most technical, so some of the, the questions you have may have to be altered. Um, and there's going to be no, um, like you said, verification so they can put their village in, but I don't know what the limitations are in SurveyMonkey as to how many fields that we can have Sure. And drop down. Certainly we can do any type of survey, um, through our website, but there would be a pretty significant programming cost to do that. SurveyMonkey is free. So Yeah. And let's, let's go that route So we can, like, free is good. We can start, um, working on that. I am certainly not a SurveyMonkey expert, so I'm gonna have to rely on, on members of my team to start putting that together. As far as the website's concerned. Um, we can start that now if you'd like. Um, we can certainly have a project or a hot topic, um, added to the district one page. We can go ahead and upload the Morse Boulevard existing, um, the two existing surveys. Go ahead and just put them on there now, um, and then move forward from that, that that can be completed in the next week or two. That's Perfect. And then what I'll do, or if you tell me if you have a format, um, we can talk about this to where If we were gonna use this in the future to show this so that I can provide you the updates. I think one you had, the one comment I'll make on the one that's on the a a C for Paradise, I wanted to use that in a presentation, but the subsequent pieces of it were all separate HTMLs, so it caused me to have to go back. Whereas if the all of the HTMLs were reporting underneath of the primary, then you'd be able to put that one link in there and then you'd be able to decompose it, if that makes any sense. Yes. Um, and so if we could do that, because then on a regular basis, at least once a month, if not more, I can provide you, here's the latest update. And so when people wanna know what's going on with this project, they can simply click on that and they will see, okay, here's where it's at. Um, so ca um, Katie Evans with the clerk's department is the one that updates, Jennifer's probably giving me the side eye right now. It's the one that updates the districts, um, pages. So what I'll probably do is sit down with her and then have her reach out to you. Yeah. Um, so that when We're doing, you guys tell me how I wanna, you tell me how, what I can do that'll make it the easiest for you and the most streamlined. Um, and then when you, if you want me to come and talk with the people for SurveyMonkey, I'm great with requirements, but I, I have never actually done it myself. So I'm willing to you work with them and collaborate with them on that And just, and that, that's, that's great. Just following with Mr. What I've seen so far, um, you know, staff can do pretty easy. We can, it's not going to take a lot of time. Um, if at any point it gets to where I feel like it is excessive, then I would just reach back out to the board and, and get, you know, further direction or clarification. Um, the other thing is just like Mr. Briana said on the survey, we probably do wanna put some verbiage the same for the survey on that page, because my, my biggest concern for putting the survey out is that residents, even if you put a disclaimer, they are going to assume mm-hmm. That you have the ability to enact the changes that they are requesting. Right. And so, just, I just caution you on that, ma'am, because this is a, a struggle that we've had. You know, they, they come to the meeting and they want you to change something and we can't. So, and we'll do what we can as far as the verbiage to get it on it. And, um, And I will make sure in the things that I write that I start out with that, you know, so that it's a constant foot stomp. Um, so yeah, I appreciate that. And also, please, at any point in time when you feel like, okay, Patsy, we hear what you're saying, but this feels like it's growing in scope because I am famous for that, please come back and say, okay, can you, can you tone this down a little bit? Absolutely. And I'll do whatever. I'm not shy, absolu. Absolutely. Absolutely. Okay. Thank you. Okay. I think that concludes my presentation on this. If you don't have any further questions. Alright. Looks like we have a consensus. Yes, sir. Alright. Uh, moving along to our financial statements. Any questions about those? These are just information items. Just a quick question. Yes sir. Have there been any, any major changes since, uh, we approve that state or our budget? Anything that's come up that's rocking the boat a Little bit? The, the only significant thing that that's happened to our budget is the, uh, the payment for the, uh, debris collection, which is, uh, we will consider that a reimbursable payment at this point in time. Um, and the only thing that, when I looked over the financial statement, that I think is a little bit outta line and that that is our utility expenses. Yep. And that's mostly because of cco. So just to let you know, we are gonna have to find the solution to that in the future. It's not immediate, but I'm looking forward to, to coming up with some solution, not be overcharged. Mm-hmm. Okay. Alright. Um, moving along, let me get out of this. Okay. So DPM monthly report, everything. It's pretty much standard for what they've told us already. So we'll go to district manager reports. Yes, sir. The first item is the amenity authority committee after agenda. Um, the district one representative, Mr. Ccao is in the audience if you would like to defer to him for any input or feedback. Jim. Okay. Jim Vaccaro 5 0 2 Herrera Court, um, deal Vista West. Uh, it was another quiet meeting at the a c you know, we're still pushing very hard for the amenity cap that, um, fee cap that, uh, you started. Uh, I wasn't for it originally, and then you brought it up as an issue, Rocky, uh, to move forward with that cap. And we have tried, uh, I'm not sure successfully, but we have moved a long way in trying to put a cap on those amenity fees right now. But I do think that, you know, as we do it, you're gonna have to somehow another rethink some of the things that we do here in the villages. And that would be one way to, uh, to cap on the other thing that came up. Dealer Vista Golf courses closed for renovation. Uh, that's, uh, one that's on the agenda now. And I'm not sure the, I, apparently it's the, a real thorough, uh, closing and redo the greens, the fairways and tee boxes and all that stuff. A very long shut down, although it's been shut down many times in the last, so I've been here seven years. Uh, but this time we're gonna shut it down and fix it properly. And, uh, I do believe that Mr. Bruce Brown, uh, we'll take care of business now, um, I think he's very good at doing his job. Uh, LA Hacienda is gonna shut down for renovation to put the air conditioning system in. And I thought they said in April, was that right, Carrie? April? Yes, I believe so. April this year. And, uh, that's gonna go down for three months to update that, uh, air conditioning system, which would, you know, move a lot of people around and a lot of things that promote. Mm-hmm. And then not really, not near world, but Amberwood is opening March 31st, which, uh, for the golfers, it's a nice thing. Questions? I, I do have a comment. Uh, Jim, I, I think the amenity, uh, authority committee's done a, a good job so far with the deferral rate. Um, and, uh, from my perspective, I'm not necessarily so much concerned is, is the actual dollar amount of the rate. I think, uh, the deferral rate or the cap is a management tool, uh, as well as, as a planning tool. Uh, I think it's a planning tool for the residents that live in our district, uh, so that they know what they can expect. And I think it's also a planning tool for, for the staff and the Amenity authority committee as well. So that, uh, we focus on maintaining and updating the amenities we have here now, we live in one of the older sections of the villages, so it's reasonable to expect that we need to update, uh, the amenities that we have here and, and refurbish them and things like that. And I, I think you're in a great position financially to do that. Uh, so I wouldn't necessarily get, um, hung up on the, the Mount, but I think it is extremely important to, uh, to set a deferral rate so that the citizens of, uh, of the villages know what that they can expect and that know that there's, uh, there's some guidelines out there so that, uh, that planning is being done and, and, and we're not overspending on projects that we don't necessarily need to be doing. You bet. And, uh, you know, I think there is concern on the a a C for that. Um, and I certainly am, I mean, I'm, I'm a voice against, you know, just fixing that light bulb 'cause we think it's gonna burn out in six months. Yeah. You know, change it now. But, you know, there's a mentality, and again, to me, the mentality has to change. Certainly. And it's a very complicated process by the way, of putting some type of cap on our amenity piece north of 4 66 versus south of 4 66. That's a very complicated process and may cost some money to get that done. In reality, it, it very well may and, uh, it, it doesn't mean that it shouldn't be done though. I agree. Thank you. A real thorough notification to the residents of what you're doing in this case would be, you know, a major effort. Well, we have a budget meeting coming up, but we did have a, a full time this. So with regard to, with regard to the conversations concerning a c business Go ahead, mark. With regard to conversations concerning a a c business and what might take place at one of their meetings, uh, my understanding is that there's two members in here that are over the same board. So you probably should not be discussing that outside of Sunshine. Okay. Oh, didn't even realize that. Sorry about that. Well, thank you. Alright, anyways, there you go. Any other questions? Okay. The next item on district manager report is a, um, CCO update. We did have a conversation with Mr. Curtis Wynn, um, who is the CEO of cco and he indicated that their next board meeting is going to be held on March 31st. At that meeting, their board will be considering, um, the next increase that is scheduled for the area light rentals and will be making their determination on whether or not that increase will still take place, um, and other things as a result of that cost study that they did. He indicated that after that meeting he would provide a written letter to all of the CCO members who utilizes area light poles, each of the districts included. That will explain what their plan is moving forward on the rental rate. And that after that letter's provided, they will have a team's meeting on April 14th in which all CCO members that are impacted will have the ability to join in, um, and have conversations with cco. So that is the latest update that they have provided district staff. Okay. We'll, uh, conversion to solar, or I should say possible conversion to solar be part of that discussion. I know it's, it's focusing on the light tools, the light poles. It will not from CCOs perspective, um, from CCOs perspective, they are upgrading to the LED lights, which was part of the increase, um, that was, was provided to all of the districts. Mm-hmm. District seven is currently looking at solar options. Um, district two is looking at alternative options as well. Once we get a little further along in those district processes, um, we certainly will provide those updates to the district boards. We did provide you with the update that District seven is doing and in their, um, procurement solicitation, they wanted an option for other districts to join in. So as we get further along in that process, we'll make sure to provide that information to all of the boards. I agree the solar option is certainly something that we should consider. Um, it may be something we would consider implementing on a small scale before we go all out with it. Mr. Test market. That's right. Yeah. And Mr. Chair, I do just have, um, two other items. The first is to introduce our new CFO, Mr. Sean Boyle who is in the back. Uh, Mr. Boyle is going to be providing, um, support to our purchasing, finance and budget department. I know Mr. Blocker is very happy to have him on board and take some of that off of, um, his role. So please join me in welcoming Mr. Boyle to the district team. Welcome sir. And then finally, I would like to invite you to attend our third annual Water Matters event. This event is put on by district property management and it will be held on Saturday, April 12th from nine to 12 at the Lake Sumter Landing, um, market Square. So if you don't have plans on that Saturday, please join us for this event. What's The date on that again? 12th April 12th. Yes sir. Alright, thank you. District Counsel. Our next supervisor only training in Sunshine Law Public Records and ethics is scheduled for March 31st at 9:00 AM It will be held at Laurel Vander Rec Center. If you're interested in attending, you can sign up for the Clerk's office. Uh, we will also be offering additional training in October and well another day. So we have it scheduled three times this, um, year. Okay. And what I'll do is those dates approach, I'll remind the board so that if you can't make this one, maybe you can make another one. Alright, thank you. Is there there a time on that mark? It's at 9:00 AM 9:00 AM Yeah. Alright. Supervisor comments? Nothing. Okay. I have, okay, go ahead Patrick. So I notice on the a c they have added a category like for projects that are completed or falling off of all business. However, there is still discussion and there's still interest in knowing what's going on with it. And I find that to be the case here. Okay. And, uh, I would suggest to the board that we consider, we don't have to mirror exactly, but, you know, let's not recreate the wheel. Adding, I think they're calling it continuing concerns. Yes ma'am. Or something like that. And, and Tomy, it's not just things that are concerns, it's always continuing interest because I think things bubble up. They, and I think Carrie made a really, I'm sorry, Ms. Ett made a very good point, um, that things can come off of their, but as a board member, I like to continue to have visibility because, you know, my et of sketch, I walk out here, I move and the et of sketch moves and I kind of tend to forget. So it would be really nice to have that added, um, depending on how you all feel about that. Sounds like a good idea. We have. That was One thing. And then, uh, I'd like to find out what the status of getting the video, um, implemented for the meeting. So we met, uh, we had Mr. Mike Gross who videos the POA meetings, um, recorded several a, a C and district four meetings and provided us with those, um, files. We have provided those to our IT department to work on, um, how to put them either on a YouTube channel or, um, some other method to get them on the website. Um, we have Mr. Kevin Stone, who is counseled a village center, looking at it from a, um, public records, a DA standpoint, just to make sure he doesn't have any legal concerns. Um, and we have gotten t