Village Community Development District No. 9 (2026-10-07)

The October meeting of District Nine to order. Begin with Pledge of Allegiance, followed by a moment of silence. 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 all. Welcome to the attendees. Anybody want to address the board before we begin? Okay. Then we'll move on to new business, the approval of minutes of the September meeting. I presume everybody's aware of them. Do we have a motion? Mr. Chairman, I make a motion to approve as written. And second? I'll second that. Is there any discussion on the matter? I'll second that. Okay. Any discussion on the motion on the floor? No. Okay. Those in favor? Aye. Against? Okay, moving right along. We will go to public hearings. We'll do adoption of Resolution 2027-01. It's imposing a special assessment for the Series 2026 project. These are the new villas in the area known as Shanty Creek. Yes. Good morning, board members. This is a public hearing to formally adopt resolution number 2027-01. And for the record, this resolution makes the final findings and imposing of the special assessments for the Series 2026 project, for, excuse me, approving the final engineer's report, final assessment methodology report, and the final assessment roll. This also confirms the special benefit and fair apportionment, providing for the assessment lien, authorizing collection, recording, acquisition, reimbursement, and implementation actions, and providing for an effective date. So the supporting documentation to this resolution includes the final assessment report, the final engineer's report, and the assessment roll for this phase. Just to note that the final assessment report was updated. Initially, the estimated issuance cost was $1.5 million, and it is, for the record, $1.475... Excuse me, and with an interest rate of 5.25%. So Mr. Plunsler is here in the audience today with PFM, if you have additional questions pertaining to the assessment report and methodology that supports this resolution. Okay. And this has no area-wide impact on District Nine, this is just for Shanty Creek? That is correct. Are there any questions? On this report? Yes. Yeah. Just a couple clarifications for me. This says that the district is in Sumter County, Florida, entirely within the city limits of the city of Wildwood. That's not correct. The district is not, is it? No, the district is not. Just this area. Yeah, I know that, but this report says the whole district is on page 22, page 1.2. For the record, this is Kevin Plunsler with PFM. To the extent that we need to modify that to say this area specific to the district is within the city, we can make that adjustment if that would be at the board's direction. But we certainly understand the nature of the location of the legal description of where the assessments would be placed once platted, so we can make that adjustment as needed. If I didn't read it wrong, I guess that's the question I'm asking. Yeah, if it's stating that the whole district is in the city, then yeah, if we want to make that adjustment to the specific area, that's fine. Table two. I'm sorry, I'm a lender. When there's a chart with numbers on it and lines, it means something totals. I can't figure out where the 145 comes from on the bottom of the net benefit per acre. Yeah, the net benefit should be the delta. And I can't see the chart there in front of me. Yeah, the net benefit would be the calculation of two... It should be the delta between the estimated value of the finished lot for land per acre less the total cost of land improved per acre. So that should be the net delta there. If it's not calculating, it should be. Well, listen, the estimated value of finished home and lot, shouldn't it include the 74,000, couldn't it? That is the value of the lot. Could you repeat? Sorry, say that question again. Well, the first line says the estimated value of furnished home and lot is 400,000. And I'm assuming that's going to be the future sale price. Correct. Yep. So you wouldn't add the 75,000 or 74,000 to that because that's already in the lot. Right. Well, the value of the lot is 74. Okay. We're calculating the estimated value of the finished home and lot package, and that's the 400,000. Right. Yes. Or were you saying something different? I apologize. I agree. I understand that. But then you add, if this is a column, you're adding 74,000 to it, which is an additional 74,000 to the number above it then. No, we're not adding to that. Well, then that's why I tried to calculate this 145 seven times, different ways, and I could never get to it. Okay. Yeah, because the 145 should be the delta between 342 and the 190, I believe 196 above, could be the delta between those two. Let me find my pencil number here. Yes, that is the difference between the two, the 145, 875. Yep. So the intent is to show that the value of the installed infrastructure is creating additional value, that there's a benefit to the property overall. And that is just a calculation of looking at the estimated value of the finished lot, land per acre, the 342, less the total cost of the improved land per acre above to get to the net number of 145. It's just another calculation to make sure that we're not getting into a negative number, that number being a negative at the end of the day, and that there's no benefit received. All I was trying to do was calculate the numbers to be sure. You had the right number there. That's all. Okay. I understand it's X, but- Yeah. I couldn't get to it, the way I could calculate it. I think that's all I had on this one. Can we open public hearing? Yes, now would be the appropriate time, if there's no further questions, to open the public hearing. Oh, sorry. On this? Yes. On this. Well, on the entire- I had questions on this report too. Okay. To complete discussion, we'll open the public hearing on this. I think we've had the overview at this point. More questions? Well, we'll see. I had to print this off. I couldn't follow the numbers earlier. So on the CFB report, it talks about the villages of Southern Oaks on Schedule B, on Exhibit B, and I don't find it on Exhibit B. So I don't know where Southern Oaks is into this. Is that south of it? Way south, right? You look at Exhibit B, there's a box on the bottom that says Village of Southern Oaks, which should be highlighted in that gray, and I can't find it On the chart. What page are you on? I'm on, well, I don't know. 50. Exhibit B, 51 of... I printed the whole thing off. So Exhibit B calls out in the top right-hand corner the addition to District 9, which would be known as Shanty Creek. Right. And this is going to be located within the villages of Southern Oaks Development Order. So that is the correct reference. I don't understand this. Oh, off the village. Okay. Yes. But is that the shaded part that I'm supposed to be working off there? I'm making a big deal of this, aren't I? So the clerk's office has the exhibit pulled up. To what? And that is exhibit- Two. I see. We need to go back one to B. And that does include within the stretch between State Road 44 and County Road 44A is the Shanty Creek addition. Yes. If you look on the bottom left-hand side of the legend, the very bottom left is the shaded area that is the Villages Southern Oaks. Yes, that is the Shanty Creek portion. I know it's hard to tell from this, but it's got a solid box around it. Well, I'm talking about inside the box. That's what- Yeah, the District 9 boundary is the hashed lines that go through it. The Villages of Southern Oaks just shows a solid center. There's not depicted on this map. You guys are pointing at. Mind if you take a look at the computer here? Sure. See, he's referencing that. These are all the hashed marks. Right, it is. This one. Okay, that's hashed also- Yes ... is the problem. Okay. Yes. But in the legend, it doesn't show hashed lines on it, which may be confusing. I see. I knew that, but I didn't see this is what this is. It's got two sets of lines on it then, right? Don't believe your eyes. Okay. All right. Let's see. I think that may be the biggest role on my end. I'm trying to understand there on that one, but yeah. I'm good. Are there any additional questions pertaining to the exhibits or the resolution? What about the apartments in the Amtrak Villas? I don't think... Forget it. They're not here, but that's not pertinent to this. Okay, we move on. Are there any other questions? No, good. Any other comments? Okay. That line is sufficiently beaten. So we'll close the public hearing and move for adoption of Resolution 2027-01. I'll make that motion, Mr. Chairman. Thank you. And is there a second? Second. Okay, the motion is on the floor. Is there any further discussion of this resolution? Justin Brown. Those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion is adopted. Thank you. Yes. A little tedious, but... Sorry, I couldn't remember if I'd opened the hearing or not. Going on to our second hearing, for VCDD number nine, case number D902-27, Hapro Holdings. District Council overview of public hearing process. Thank you. Overview of public hearing process. In public hearings, the board acts as 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 staff, the property owner, and parties that are directly affected by the board's conclusion. 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 its finding of the alleged violation. If so, the board must enter an order of enforcement against the property owner. Thank you. Next up is swearing in those providing evidence of testimony. Katie? Do you solemnly swear the testimony and evidence you're about to give in the hearing today will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Yes, I do. Jen? Okay. Good morning, board. Shanna Boy, Community Standards. Today I have before you case number D9-02-27, Village Community Development District number nine versus Hapro Holdings, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, 3292 Silewood Avenue, unit 196, lot 101, violation of the district's rule to bring about deed compliance, specifically the rule that states, "If all or any portion of a residence is damaged or destroyed by fire or other casualty, it shall be the duty of the owner thereof with all due diligence to rebuild, repair, or reconstruct such residence and walls in a manner which will substantially restore it to its appearance and condition immediately prior to the casualty. Reconstruction shall be undertaken within two months after the damage occurs and shall be completed within eight months after the damage occurs, unless prevented by government authority. Such reconstruction is subject to the provision of these restrictions." On August 13th, 2026, a complaint was received regarding a home that had not been rebuilt following a fire that occurred in December of 2023. Staff verified the violation and a deed restriction reminder was written on August 14th. The initial and follow-up notices were sent out on August 25th and September 3rd, and after following the procedures of compliance of external deed restriction, a notice of public hearing was sent by regular and certified mail on September 25th. Staff contacted Michael Ludlow, the manager for Hapro Holdings. During the most recent email communication on September 22nd, Mr. Ludlow indicated the property should be completed within a couple of weeks. During a follow-up inspection conducted on the property on October 5th, it was determined that the property does remain out of compliance. Staff's 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 30 days to repair the home to restore it to its appearance immediately prior to the fire to bring the property into compliance. If the house repair is completed and the property is brought into compliance within 30 days of the order of enforcement, case number D9-02-27 shall be closed. If the house repair is not completed and the property is not brought into compliance within 30 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 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 a property owner's responsibility to contact the Community Standards Department to request a deed compliance officer, revisit the property, their 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's 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. Shannon, when did you have the discussion with them that it was going to be a couple of weeks? With Hapro. Yeah. Is Hapro and the other developer closely related? They are related in some way, yes. Yeah. He was here in August of '24. He's on it, he had his permits, he was moving forward, when in fact, he'd never even applied for permits. I just don't trust anything they say. And the people in that neighborhood have been put through hell with this. We can do? There is litigation regarding that property in regards to the InvestWorks, when the property was owned by that company. So we have forwarded this homeowner, or excuse me, yeah, this gentleman, Mr. Ludlow, he has stated that he was unaware of anything outstanding with InvestWorks, and he was not aware of any of that. So, we have forwarded that email communication to Mr. Briones to reach out. Well, I have a question for counsel, if you will. This new entity acquired the property in June of last year, '25. Well over a year ago and did nothing for months and months and months. Why cannot now we at this point consider this to be a recurring violation based upon what happened previously? I suspect the new property owner would have to be given a reasonable time to bring the property into violation. I'm not privy to the background. If the property ownership changes, you have to give the new property owner a reasonable time to bring the property into compliance. What options do we have, given the fact that it's a new entity, and even though it's a year later, more than a year later since they acquired it, what options do we have other than giving him 30 days from today? That is something I would have to talk to Mr. Briones about. I know if it was in litigation, we have certain things that we could do. We could file an order to show cause or ask them into court to make them show the court, as well as the board, the district, why they haven't brought the property into compliance. This isn't an active case in litigation to my understanding, so I would have to defer to the parameters of your governing documents. If Mark wanted to handle it differently, I would need to discuss that with Mr. Briones. I do apologize. No, I understand. But my suggestion is, and I think the board is well aware of my position on this, we need to do whatever we can legally to get this thing taken care of as soon as possible. And if it means getting around this 30-day provision now somehow, we need to do something about this. Yeah, and I was just sending Mr. Briones a message about this property, and I'll have him follow up with the board about this property to see what exactly can be done. And Mr. Chairman, the board does have the ability to shorten the amount of time to come into compliance. And what that would do is it would potentially, they would start incurring fines quicker if they did not come into compliance within the timeframe given. But you do have to put on record your justification for doing that. Well, I think there's plenty of justification based upon all of our prior actions. So I'm going to move that we- Oh, Mr. Chairman, before we do a motion- We did. I thought the- No, we're just presenting evidence. The next step is to open the public hearing. Sorry. Can I get a clarification? Yeah. The last three pictures that are in this that were taken on 9 or 10/5, it appears that the correction of the pictures from before, they're fixed. So what's still out of compliance? They're somewhat fixed. Okay. They have what looks like stucco now around the windows and whatnot, but it's still not painted, and you can still see the marks of stucco around the window. Okay. So they have done some of the stucco work around the windows that they had not previously done, but it's still just not- Okay ... there yet. All right. Thank you. Well, and one other question before we proceed with the public hearing. Am I correct that the district or the Villages is maintaining the property, the land? I would have to check. I know we have taken it to public hearing previously regarding the yard. I would have to check. Well, I thought that it was either last month or the month before. I think it was last month. It was indicated that at this point we were taking care of it, and they were being fined $250 a month. Then yes, if that's the case- To maintain it ... I would have to just look at that. I'd have to just- Okay ... defer to my paperwork and take a look- Thank you ... regarding the lawn. Yeah, we did say last week that fines would be instant. I believe it was like 24 hours or- Yes ... whatnot that was provided. Yeah. And I don't think they did anything in 24 hours. And are we providing the lawn service on a regular basis? Yes. Once we go ahead and when a property is not brought into compliance, when we follow up after the order of enforcement, staff are trying to see if it needs to be maintained. Okay. Looking at exhibit D2, it looks like it's been longer than two weeks. Scroll down to the bottom of D2. Can't see it quite so well on that computer, but the weeds look to be 8 to 12 inches tall there. Yeah, I can take a look and see when the last time we maintained the property was. Yeah. Okay. This picture doesn't show it, were the soffits ever repaired? They were hanging down. Yes. The soffits were repaired. Yeah, I can see a drain pipe in the bushes. Yeah. Okay. Anybody else have comment on this? And I presume there's nobody here from the... Yes, ma'am. I live across the street. Ma'am, can you come-- You've got to come to the microphone to speak again, please. She'll need to be sworn in before she provides. Yes. Yeah. A couple of administrative things. Do you solemnly swear the testimony and evidence you're about to give in this hearing is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Yes. And just for the record, that you've opened the public hearing. Hi, I'm Linda Comar. I live across the street from this property. Address, please. State your address. Oh, 3293 Syonwood Avenue. Thank you. The Villages. Couple of things. It's amazing that we're going to be going on three years in December. And that picture of the frame they didn't paint when they painted the rest of the house, there was a board over it, so it never got painted. So that's not work they're trying to do, that's work they're leaving behind. I know you guys have been working on it. I know I've just had personal visits from some of the board members. I wonder how many of you board members have actually gone by and seen the house when it was bad at first. I have, even recently. I was biting, actually doing the- You know, it's- Yeah. If you don't see it every day- Exactly ... it's easy to let it go. And it seems like when they switch owners, then we're back at square one, giving them so many days to do something. And from what I understand, there is also evidence that these owners are somehow intertwined Are they gonna do this again, change owners again, and try to get another year on it? I know there's laws and things you have to file, but it's really sad. You have a valid question, but our normal attorney has been working on that, and because he's not here, I cannot answer that. Yeah. And Mr. Chairman, for the purpose of this public hearing, there is other ongoing litigation, but to keep that separate from the public hearing and the facts and evidence presented during today's case. And that's all I really have to say. Thank you. Thank you for your patience, as much as it may be strained. Anybody else here to come forward? Okay. Shannon, thank you for your presentation, as we will close the public hearing now. Any discussion on the board? Well, I would like to move that we change the, excuse me, 30 days to 10 days. And then within the 10-day period, then we can start hitting them with heavy fines. Motion to reduce the fine window from 30 days to 10 days. I would second that. Discussion by the board? If we follow last month's minutes, we did a... I don't want to ruin all, if there's a motion made by Mr. Hallberg, but- For 24 hours on the lawn Yeah. Within seven days and there's... Sorry, that was for the landscaping on the property. Okay. This today relates to the structure itself. Okay. All right. Excuse me. I would like to see the house again. Well, I have got an engineering report on this as to where they stand, because at one point there was a window that was still boarded up, and the last time we saw pictures, there was no electric meter. No, what I'm saying, give them 10 days, and then if it's not done, then more fines. That motion is up. Those in favor of giving them a 10-day window? Aye. Motion is unanimous. We'll go to 10 days on them, and to notice- There had to be an accompanying statement of why? Through the course of your discussion, that was the justification based on the evidence and testimony provided to move forward with the- Okay. I didn't know whether we had to develop a statement, but that's... Okay. Thank you. Can we close the public hearing? We've had our discussion. I think that matter's done. Thank you, board. And just for your update, two days after that picture, the property was maintained. Thank you. The property was what? Maintained. Oh, grass cut. Yes. By the district. Yes, by the district. Status on old business. Let me get out of here. Yes. Sorry, welcome back up. Two items on old business are the Salwood property. Mr. Brandes will be able to give you an update individually on the proceedings of that case. And then the second item was to confirm the length of the multimodal paths and determine if the contractor would approve one mobilization fee. The length of the multimodal paths is included as the 19,866 linear feet, 7,462 on Buena Vista stretch, and the 12,414 on Morse Boulevard. That's the gross, right? Because a lot of it is already marked. No, this is the portion that would be within the quotes to proceed. Yes. Okay. But the question is, is that inclusive of what's- Linear feet of where the RPMs need to be placed on the paths that are under District 9 ownership. Okay. So there's no markers in any of this? No, not accounted for within these calculations. Okay. And then based on the contract for the contractor that would do this work, they are two distinct project locations, so the mobilization fee has been accounted for twice. And I still don't understand the explanation as to why it's two. Essentially, the mobilization is the hauling in of equipment and setting up the job site and any MOT that's needed, and there's a stretch on Buena Vista, and then they consider it a separate project for the stretch on Morse. So they're having to reload everything up, move everything over, do all their MOT and everything on a different segment. Did it go out for bid as two projects, or did the contractor just make that two projects? No, this is a contractor that's already under contract. Okay. And these are the terms and conditions with what every board has agreed to for their services. Oh, understand. But when you went to the contractor, you said, "I want you to do this," did that contractor make the decision to make it two projects, or did you go to them saying, "We want you to do these two projects?" Mr. Wiley, do you want to address that? Sure. Good morning. Herschel Wiley, district property management. The infrastructure division took this project to them, and it was determined that it was two separate areas because, like Mrs. Wilson said, it's two separate locations up at each location. So this is in their contract, and they are allowed to charge the mobilization fee if that helps clear it up. Well, it almost does. If I go out and say, "I want you to do this project," and you give the scope, it's at two roads. Right. That's one thing. But if you say, "I got two projects for you, this road and that road," and that's just the question I have, how was that approached? It's pretty typical when you have two locations. The standard for if we do seal and stripe or we do mill and overlay, it is considered two separate projects, and we've run into this before. When you get into mill and overlay, you get some really heavy mobilization fees. But if they're moving from two locations, it is standard. Okay. All right. Thank you. And we did inquire if they would reduce it to one, and the answer was no. Understand. So make a motion that we proceed with installing the markers on the multimodal paths from- We've got item B on the agenda is that actual project. Yes. There are two quotes included, the stretch from 466A to Evans Prairie, and then 466A to- Yes ... Hillsboro Trail. The two quotes combined are $20,759.50. Okay. Sorry, I'm looking at the other order. There it is. Does District 9 go all the way down to- And that's where I had brought up District 5 in particular. When District 5 elected to do their centerline RPM installation, it's all dependent upon which district's bonds funded segments of the transportation trails, the multimodal path. So- For example, District 5 extends beyond what you would consider their boundaries to be. Actually, to right out here, what you would generally consider to be the geographic area of District 8, but they are under the ownership and maintenance of District 5. So when you look at these segments, it's all dependent upon what your bond issuance can provide. Well, actually also, excuse me, Charlotte Court- Yeah ... pin center Hillsboro and a portion of the Village of Charlotte crosses Hillsboro. It's on the other side of Hillsboro- Okay ... up to Most Boulevard. And I guess more of a technical point, on Buena Vista, you come into Evans Prairie Golf Course. It's never been clear which district that one is in. Do you know where we stop on Buena? This is kind of a weird question, I'll admit that. So I'm going to pull up a map. So it's Evans Prairie Trail, is the paths that were constructed, originally constructed through District 9 bond issuance. Commissioner Wiley, again, if you would like, we can provide a map to display that, to show where the trails start and end on Morrison, Buena Vista. I think we- I think we can do without that. Okay. Thank you. It'd be nice informational later, Mister, if you would. We'll email that to you. Yeah. Thank you. There's a lot way, way back, there was a lot of land clearing, and some of it's in our bonds, but it doesn't appear to be ours. But then again, the sanctuary over by Belkade is in our bonds. Okay. For the amounts stated then, proceed with installing the markers. Mr. Chairman, I make a motion to approve. Second. Okay. Any further discussion? Okay. Motion made and seconded. No further discussion. Those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Okay. Thank you. We will follow back up with the installation timeline. Okay, let me go back to the summary. Financial statements. They are available. Are there any questions? By the way, the gentleman before that spoke on the bonds was from PFM. They do the investments for us. They are for all of the villages, and they've been pretty decent to work with. Well, actually, I do, because it... I'm sorry. Because it does potentially involve finances, I do have a question. Because some of my neighbors have been raising the issue. I'm sure you must be aware of the beaten and resulting mess that's on Hillsboro. So the question I've received is: Is there any future plans for doing any resurfacing within District 9? So we actually just had that conversation in District 10, and those concerns have been relayed to Sumter County, who is conducting that project. Based on their project planning, we do not see District 9 identified on there, but I've also requested DPM ask them if there's any areas in District 9 that are forthcoming. Thank you. DPM monthly report. Mike, sorry. Yes. Just I'm trying to learn all this finance stuff here. The only balance sheet that I can find is the villages in total. Yes. We don't do a balance sheet by district? No, that question has been posed before. From my background, yeah, I'd like to see a balance sheet and a P&L. But I was told at one point that it could not be... I don't see why not, but... Okay. So I kind of have to back into it by just one of the journals. A little bit of backing into it, but... And if you'd like, we can certainly schedule time for you to sit down with Mr. Boyle or Mr. Lionaris to go through the monthly financial statements that are presented from the government side. I understand. Yeah. I did that already. Okay. But I don't get a list of assets and liabilities. That's why. There's a statement- We got a ton of assets on the books, and I just don't know where they came from and how they get distributed, and there's a ton of debt against it. So I probably can create it myself, but I thought maybe if they did... I went to the annual report, and there is a balance sheet for the system as a whole, I guess, I don't know the right term, but not individual districts. Over the years, there doesn't seem to have been any individual district reports, and I've had this discussion over the years. Not with any of the current staff here. So- Well, when we came on board, and we had budget talks, there was paperwork came out where you had identified, it was what our liabilities were, like the signs welcoming you into this village and stuff like that. It was based on dollars that was built when the development was built. That's it. But they were things that we would not necessarily have to rebuild even in a hurricane. And so we had some massive dollar figures on that report, and that was specifically for District 9. And we went through that quite extensively at that time, I think two or three different meetings on there. But that's the only time I've seen that kind of report, and I'm not sure if that's what you're looking for, Dave. Kind of. We're moving a half a million dollars every year from some place. I forget now where it is to our budget. So it's coming out of excess assets, I guess. Sure is. No. $104 million of fixed assets assigned to it, and they wanted to put aside 100%. Right. Which is ludicrous. At least you save the basement. But then I went through the fixed assets, and a lot of this isn't ours. The site your house is on, that's in the bond, but we don't own that. The roadways. There were four categories. Only one of them applied for us. So our fixed assets went from $104 million to $7 million, and they had put money aside in reserves well beyond $7 million. They were going to go for the whole $100 million. Now there's a serious excess in there, and we're bleeding it back at half a million or so a year- Right ... to bring it back down. From 100 to 7? Well, it was at 13 million plus the roads, which were already in the 7 million. Okay. So it was about $15 million. That's the type of stuff that I'd like to see, that I can do my analysis on the financial condition of the district. That's all I'm looking for. But anyway, that's okay. I will share some emails with you from about eight years ago with prior staff that were rather heated. Okay. Mr. Lionaris. Mr. Chair, I don't have a whole lot, Sean Boyle Finance, to add to that conversation other than your full balance sheet, your income statements are all annually displayed on the audit. So you can look through there, and you'll have a complete accounting of everything we have. They're also out on your website under District 9. You'll find under financials, the annual audits are out there. You can look at those balance sheets. If you want more detail as far as like the fixed asset register, I can certainly provide that to you. You can go through there and review it and- I thought I looked at the financial statements online. I didn't see the balance sheet. For the year. Right. But Mr. Boyle's also referencing the fixed asset report If you'd like a report of all fixed assets within- I don't know what I want, but I want it. I have that. Just- I have the fixed asset report. Okay. If you want, you can just reach out to me, and I'll walk you through what we have, and I'm more than happy to give it all to you, and then you can sort through it and maybe refine your questions. Okay. Maybe talk about what I don't understand. No problem. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, not too unusual. Where are we again? Resolutions. Let's go back to where we were. District manager. Yes, just one save the date. Government Day is being held on Saturday, November 7th, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Eisenhower Recreation Center. So we would invite all board members and members of the audience to attend, and there's also a sign-up sheet circulating, so if everyone would review that and take a time block to represent District Nine at that event, we would appreciate it. And that concludes my reports. Thank you. For those that haven't done it, it's interesting. People are asking very good questions. Some of the comments are rivaled. District council, I know you're filling in and kind of on the spot, but... Yes, sir. Thank you. One agenda item, ethics and public records training date is October 29th, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. The training will be held at the district office, and that includes district council themselves. Thank you. Okay. Project wide. Yes, a couple things. Hang on. Okay, there it is. A couple of things happened. We got a discussion on the new long-range readers. That's going to go out now. It's in the new fiscal year. It's going to go out for a bid, probably sometime estimating maybe around January or so. And depending on that, they'll start installing. There's about 300 of those that they have to go through and install, check, and all that kind of junk. So maybe, the end of this fiscal year, the long-range readers will be at all the gates. The old system is going to be up and running in parallel for a while. That's not determined at this time. So for a while, we'll have both systems up and running. The PWAC asked for a briefing next time to kind of understand a little bit more about that process, how much is going to go on there. So we'll have that going. And very interesting discussion about golf. We had Silver Lake, Hilltop, El Diablo, and El Santiago are progressing well. They've installed it for those who go up to Hilltop all the way up there. They're installing a 5,000 square foot putting green up there, which they haven't had before. So it's an improvement going on there. Redfish Run, everybody saw Turtle Mound on the way up here, is in demo. Roosevelt is closed also. Renos for 26, 27 will be Oakley, Hawks Bay, Yankee. Just brought up another factoid out there that generally have to do a total renovation about every 30 years on most golf courses. But he said the extent of play we get, they will do a topical renovation about every 10 years. The difference in that is we're at about a 1.2 to 1.8 million every time we do what we're doing currently at the golf courses at Turtle Mound. All the dirt's moved around, and they go all the way down to the bottom of the irrigation. This top just takes the grass and the top mixture of dirt out, refreshes the dirt, refreshes the green. That's about $300,000 per course when that's done. So somewhere down the road, we'll start to see these, I'll call them mini renovations, to keep the course playable. So very well received, and they've got the new ops going in for golf, splitting executive and championship course management and maintenance. Mr. Jones will be still the head of maintenance, and there's no splitting of the maintenance with the way it's currently run. So expect golf to continue getting better. That's all. Okay. Not talking about any individual's golf getting better. Okay, that brings us to the last item, which is adjournment. Mr. Chairman, I make a motion to adjourn. Second. Discussion? Those in favor? Aye. Good night, folks.

Community Development District 9 Seat 1 - Michael Dollard, Chair Seat 2 - Richard Talbot, Supervisor Seat 3 - Dan Ruehl, Vice Chair Seat 4 - David Boone, Supervisor Seat 5 - Vacant October 7, 2026 at 11:30 AM 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 1.E. Audience Comments 2. New Business 2.A. Approval of Minutes 3. Public Hearings 3.A. Adoption of Resolution 2027-01 - Imposing Special Assessments for the Series 2026 Project - Phase V A. Overview of Resolution 2027-01 B. Open Public Hearing C. Close Public Hearing D. Adoption of Resolution 2027-01 3.B. VCDD No. 9 vs. Case No. D9-02-27 - HAPRO Holdings, LLC a Florida Limited Liability Company - 3292 Sylewood Avenue 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. Old Business

4.A. Old Business Status Update 4.B. Consideration to install centerline Reflective Pavement Markers (RPMs) on multi-modal paths 5. Informational Items Only 5.A. Financial Statements 5.B. DPM Monthly Report 5.C. Village Community Development District No. 9 Public Hearing Updates 6. District Manager Reports 6.A. Save the Date: Government Day on November 7, 2026 7. District Counsel Reports 7.A. Ethics and Public Records Training 8. Supervisor Comments 8.A. Vice Chair Ruehl: Project Wide Advisory Committee After Agenda 9. Adjourn HOSPITALITY STEWARDSHIP INNOVATION & CREATIVITY HARD WORK NOTICE Each person who decides to appeal any action taken at these meetings is advised that person will need a record of the proceedings and that accordingly, the person may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, incoming the testimony and evidence upon which such appeal is to be based. Audio recordings of Board meetings, workshops or public hearings are available for purchase per Florida Statute 119.07 through the District Clerk for $1.00 per CD requested. Any person requiring special accommodations at this meeting because of disability of physical impairment should contact the District Office at (352) 751-3939 at least five calendar days prior to the meetings.