Village Community Development District No. 7

Seven, the board meeting for the seventh 10th. Um, let's do roll call before we have pledge alle. Present. Present. All, all supervisor here. Except, except Ed. Uh, ed Coleman. He's out. He's on the cruise. God bless him. So, uh, let's do a pledge. Allegiance first. Everybody stand please. I pledge Allegiance. Allegiance to flag. Flag of the United States of, of America. Republic stands one nation under God, individual for liberty, Liberty and justice for all. Please stand for a few seconds for moment of silence. Thank you. Please be seated. Ah, good. Beautiful. Okay, audience. Well, we got three people here. I'm so sorry. I see you moving. I really do. Uh, anybody in the audience has anything? Item that's not on the agenda? I'd like to speak now. Yeah, I real quick. Come on. Come on. Sure. You know this, your name? He always does. Yeah. Yes. Good morning everyone. My name is Keith Cruz. K-R-U-S-E 2 7 3 3. Ellen Dairy Lane. Um, basically it's about the male situation. I had personally experienced it. Uh, a couple weeks ago I got a delivery, uh, notice on my phone saying that a package was delivered at 1:12 PM And so later that day, I went up to the mail station to get my package and it wasn't there. So I waited a day, figured, you know, you know, this is what happens all the time. So nothing came. So I filed a service request with the post office and three days later I got a email saying that they're looking for it and they'd find it and get back with me. Well, they did. It was like five days, whatever, my package arrived back at the, at the mail station in the boxes where it was supposed to be. So I don't, I don't know what happened to it in between that period of time, and it doesn't really matter. But, um, if you follow next door, occasionally there's a lot going on with the DeVol mail station packages being sent back up to the post office packages missing, not in the box. Say they're in the box. Uh, my per personal carrier, I, I know who she is, she arrives at 12 o'clock, three o'clock, whatever time it day it is. Uh, she was there at six o'clock the other night, and she got there at three. Was there less than three hours? Uh, I was told by the supervisor that they had to have the mail done by five, and sometimes it's not. Now I understand it's a busy time, but again, we've talked about this many times about their contract, uh, what their obligations are, how far they deliver. Um, it just seems like now that we're getting into the Christmas season with packages and cards and letters, it's gonna get worse. Not better. So I just thought I'd bring that back up again. 'cause I know district had the contract, but I've not heard whether they're following the contract or what they're doing is on their own. You know, in the Deval station, the supervisor, Stephanie, has put up notices that you have to speak through the box. So, like, the one woman that was here one day said she had to climb down to the floor to talk to her box to talk to her. I tried talking to her one time and she told me, you know, go to the post office. She didn't want to hear it. So, a again, I'm just bringing up the same stuff that's been brought up that it's not getting any better. I don't know how much worse it can get. So that's all I have to say. Thank you. Anybody in yours? Anybody else? I've seen that, unfortunately myself, where they're claiming delivery even though it never happened, which is falsification of an official government document with charges that could be applied. And only until I started threatening him did I start getting everything delivered, at least to the box. It should be. Unfortunately, I've seen it before. Yeah, no, it's sad. Brittany, I hate to bring this. It's going on for almost a year, honestly. We, and it seems like not seems it is, let's be very blunt. There's problems once in a while in almost all the post office mail, but very seldom do in any in District seven. It seems like it's always in Val. You know, it honestly, always in Doval. Um, I don't think the problem is with the mail. I think there's the problem with people that work there. 'cause if it happens to always of the valve, it's going on for a year. We wrote letters to the, um, to the post office, uh, uh, whatever, whoever, it seems like they just BS us. You know what, this is getting old and it's getting frustrating. You know? I don't know what you should do. I honestly believe it's the people that work there. 'cause how come it's not happening? The other three, the other three mailboxes in, in, uh, district seven. So it's always about, it seems like it's going on for a year. We pursued it to a higher level. We're getting nowhere. Somebody's gotta look at the people working at Duval. I don't even be, you know, I hope they're nice people, but obviously they don't seem like they're doing a good job. So, good morning Board members, all of these issues were presented to the postmaster. They were presented to Congressman Webster's office. Um, the contract that is in place is a federal contract, and it's directly with those employees. Um, really we reached the point where we, you know, the letter was drafted to advocate for contract changes. Um, the postmaster did indicate, um, that she had received it, but it is a nationwide contract. It's not just a contract for the villages or for, you know, these zip codes. It is a nationwide contract. Um, so really, I, I know this is not the answer that anyone wants to hear, but we've, we've really pursued it to the extent possible from this board's perspective. Um, but individuals are certainly encouraged, and Congressman Webster's office did indicate this to open up cases individually with the congressman's office. So they can, they are his constituents as well. They can open up individual cases with the post office or with, um, the congressman's office to pursue, you know, whatever federal issue it is. So that, that's what we would encourage them to do. Not a shame. I mean, it's only happening at, I mean, you don't need to go to college to figure this one out, honestly. I mean, it's, if it's only at Deval, it's happening for over a year. We have pursued everybody. But the president of the United States, there's something, something that's so minor shouldn't be so major. You know, uh, somebody's incompetent that works at Deval, that's doing the, uh, in the, and we can't get to the bottom and their shame on us. Now, do we have a copy of the contract that we required or requested? No, we have the, the one page that pertains to the, um, delivery radius. Um, but the, the balance of it, they did claim an exemption, um, because it is an employment contract. So they did not provide the contract in its entirety, but they did communicate that the delivery radius question, um, and the copy of the document that we had is what is applicable to that section, but that they were not going to release the contract in its entirety. How do we it Should be available under freedom of information. Yeah, yeah. Well, we, It, it was an exemption because it's an employment contract, But it seems like the higher, higher up, I'm sorry, Steve, and you're right. I'm sorry, but, but seems like this is, we've been talking about this for a year, I mean mm-hmm. I mean, we wrote a letter. The only one didn't get a letter yet, is the president, the bottom line. I'm being facetious, but between me and you, this is really asinine. Something's gotta be done. What's our next move to make somebody talk to somebody there, maybe hire new people that care about people doing the job. Why is it always that do out? I would recommend that if presidents have issues, that they contact the congressman's office directly. Oh, that's a shame. So that the cases can be opened For something, an issue like this, a shame. You gotta go that high and in so long and nobody could clarify it. It's, I I, it's, it's really a, a shame Now, those, those employees are not civil service. They're, They're contractors. Contractors. And as such, they're very easy to get rid of. Well, obviously you just re don't interrupt me, please. All that has to be done to get rid of the employee is just, uh, prohibit them access to the mail room. And that's not under the district's purview. No. That's where we've really, we really took it to the extent that's under this board's purview. But the residents still have the opportunity to address it with their congressional representatives. It Seems, it seems like, I, it doesn't make any sense. It doesn't make any sense that we can, an issue that's So I easy to take care of becomes a problem for a year, and we gotta write letters to the, uh, the head of the post office and, and we can't get it done. I just don't understand it. Well, Our, your perception of easy obviously isn't the same reception that post office has, Obviously, and it's only at one post office. Yeah, but, but it's only at, I mean, by way, I supervise a few people and I get my person for 65 people. You go right to the source. The bottom line is when you got one problem at one area, it's usually the people that work at that area. Well, again, Yeah. So that means the supervisors that their bosses must stink too. I mean, somebody's not doing their job. I, I, I don't know what to do. I know. Maybe you should put an email out to everybody and I have no problem doing it. Say, listen, make, I don't know what to do. Write letters to the, uh, you know, to somebody. It makes no sense. Who you, who you gonna go to fire file criminal charges for. Uh, you know, people are not gonna get into that. You know, that all they wanna do is get the mail. Let's Be realistic. Yeah. Yeah. All they wanna do is get their mail. They can't get the damn mail this way back, file it once and everything gets straightened out quickly. Well, I was, we've been writing letters for almost a year. I, I know Brittany, I know you, you did your best. But understand the people that work that live in Doval, how frustrated they must be, you know? And it seems like the people that work there got a little attitude when it comes to residents. What idea, uh, you see, and you know, whoever the her supervisor is and they're outside contractors. We can't control outside contractors. No, No. It, it's a federal operation. It's the USPS falls under federal. Yeah. But we should tell, right? Obviously we tell the, the federal part of the post office to take care of the contract, you know, but it seems like it's not getting done. And it's like, I, fifth time I said it, it's isolated to one area that that's the key. I mean, you can figure that out. I don't know, whatever. What do you think board, what do you wanna do? Obviously we've Done what we can do And the Board, we can encourage the citizens to do what they can do individually, but at this point in time, we just need to move on. So tell the people that live in juvenile, you know, nothing they could do when they get their mail, they get their mail. I mean, come on. I disagree with that. I disagree with that. Unless You have, we have. No, I know we have. I understand. Understand. So we can encourage them to do what we've encouraged them to do for a year. What a shame. And, and if, you know, 75 residents reached out, then there'd probably be more action than if one or two reached Out. That's all. Well, obviously we have no, no, no authority with five of us reaching out. No, I'm sorry. It's frustrating and it isn't. Right. You know, I Don't want to take up any more of your time. Keith Cruz, uh, Allen Dairy Lane. Every time I see or hear something on Nextdoor, I do tell them to, uh, refer to Webster's office. I've emailed them three times myself personally. Right. So, um, there was one just the other day where it said not deliverable, and I emailed or messaged her and told her to do the same thing, contact Webster's office. A lot of 'em are like, why bother? But I said, they'll have a report of it, uh, the incident number, like you said, or whatever it is. So there'll be a combination of, uh, all of us together, whether Webster's office can do anything or not. Who knows? It's been a year you've contacted them. We all have, uh, emailed 'em ourselves. And like you said, it may take a hundred people to make a move on it. Maybe, um, two more people might get 'em to get up and do something. Uh, you said Jerry, their subcontractors, the post office can easily go in and Stephanie's the supervisor. I know her personally. Uh, and I think she needs to be removed, and her crew needs to be removed, and the new crew needs to be put in and they'll do a better job. And like, they have attitudes. They don't care. They just show up when they want, do what they want. And it's a shame. And it's just that post office, that box. Yeah. And it's, it's, it is limited to them that I know of. Uh, I don't see any other complaints throughout the villages as much as I see Deval. Right. And it's, it's constantly there. So, uh, if Webster can do something about it, that'd be great. Yeah. And if not, then there's another election coming up and you can, you know, speak at the vote. Well, obviously we wrote two letters to, well, um, the politician, we wrote two of them already to him. Three. Three. Yeah. So let me tell you, I mean, my daughter learned to sit before. I told three times. Come on. I mean, obviously they're not gonna do anything about it. Uh, and I'm not, and I, obviously, I live in Hemingway, and I could tell you their people are great. I, I have a pretty big club and I get the mail. I get probably 80, a hundred, uh, envelopes in, like one day. They'll put 'em in the, in in the thing. They'll put it in my big box for me. They treat me like they know me for years. I don't even know their name. Okay. I go there now, and now I know them. So it tells you it's up to the people working at that individual, uh, location. That's just tells me. 'cause people at the Hemingway, let me tell you, they are unbelievable. You know, obviously not everybody gets three, 400 letters in one day, you know? But I do. And I can tell you they are fantastic. Uh, now you, you got the other extreme doval, forget it. What you're telling me, they're kind of rude. Everyone get your meal on time. Um, there's something wrong with that procedure and you really, you have, you got the right to some higher up to get that fixed. And you can't do it after a year. I don't know. Let's change the subject, because I'm Well, Yeah. Have we sent any communications to actually moody our, So it, they've gone to Congressman Webster. Yeah. Okay. But Yeah, haven't sent anything to, uh, moody. I would need to check her Congressional district. Yeah. She may not be in The Senate or Moody. What a shame. Hmm. It's just a shame. Yeah. All right, let's move on. I'm sorry. Yeah, sorry. Okay, let's, uh, oh boy. Get too much involved. You know, At Hemingway, I can always speak for Hemingway. Our carrier gives us a little, you know, Christmas card thing. Obviously they're looking for a Christmas gift, which probably occurs at Duval. Maybe everybody at Duval should just take and put a piece of coal on that and give it back to them, Or 2 cents. Um, okay. Hard to find pennies, though. They're becoming more valuable. Yeah. And, and people are not gonna write to, uh, you know, the commission is, or the judge. People are not gonna do that. They're not gonna make a fuss, you know, uh, certain people do, but you're not gonna see that. You know, the individuals end up getting kind of screwed, you know? But it's a shame, obviously, we can't do nothing about it. Say we gotta live with it. That's what I hear. You know, if you wanna, you know, right to your higher up. Uh, what a shame. Okay. Consent agenda. Motion to approve consent agenda is a motion to approve all recommended actions. All matters on the consent agenda are considered routine, and no discussion is required unless desired by board supervisors or members of the public. We got approved, uh, minutes and project wide, monthly invoice. Do I get a motion? Motion to approve? No questions on it. Nothing. Okay. All in favor? Aye. Any, uh, opposed? None. Seeing none. Thank you. Okay. We got new business. Yes. Mr. Boyle is gonna present. Item three, a Good morning board. Sean Boyle Finance. How are you? All? Good. It's, um, exciting times. Um, as you know, the, uh, federal Reserves meeting today, we expect some policy decisions here around two o'clock two 30, um, which will have direct impact on the subject that we're talking about. So it's, uh, it's exciting times. Um, seems like there's some dissension on the board whether to decrease those rates, but what we anticipate is about a 25%, uh, 25 basis point reduction. So a quarter point reduction in, in interest rates. So what I wanted to do this morning is just take a little bit of time. Um, I tend to rush through these things and I, I forget that you guys don't deal with it on a daily basis like we do. So, I wanna back up a little bit for, uh, and frame this conversation. So, primarily, uh, your board policy, uh, dictates that we use asset allocation in the following fashion. Uh, 85% of the assets should be in your fixed income type portfolio. So those are gonna be your shorter term cash type investments. Um, the, the target for the long term, which is inclusive of domestic and international equities, is 15%. So that's the first thing we look at when we look at cash rebalancing within those, um, categories. We look, we have two basic options for investing in what we call, uh, investment or, uh, income, uh, vehicles. And we have our ultra short term cash options, and we have what we call core. The difference between the two is the short term, what I call the alter. Short term is zero to 90 days maturity. So we, we talk about duration, but it's, the maturity of those investment vehicles are typically somewhere between 30 days and 90 days. Um, so they're very liquid. The second thing we have is core, which those core assets are typically somewhere around greater than 90, but we stay less than three years. So they're still liquid. Um, but, but it's a little bit of, we're, we're trying to nip away at the yield curve a little bit differently. It's kind of moving out to the right, picking up a little, a little bit more time. And hopefully along that time, the, the yield curve we're, we're picking up a little bit more yield too. Um, and then we have our long term, which typically the strategy that we're aiming for is we're trying to beat inflation, right? We're trying to make sure that this portfolio generates enough investment income to make sure that you're not losing the, the purchase power of those dollars. And that's how we, uh, try to beat inflation as we use that long-term portfolio to try to do that. So let me, let me slow down a little a little bit more again. Um, so the problem that we find ourselves in right now is when, when you're talking about your short-term portfolio and the core, the core portfolio, when you look at the yield curve, it's been inverted, which is an, an anomaly for the last, well, it's been inverted for about four years. So what that means is that short term, especially the space that we occupy was generating more. Then as you move out on the yield curve, it was generating more, uh, investment income. Then if you move out on the yield curve, even all the way, almost out to the 10 year, that is starting to normalize. And so this rebalancing is trying to take advantage of that. So when you look at the yield curve today, which is different than it was actually two weeks ago, everything from zero almost out to uh, three years is pretty much flat. There's only a five basis point difference in that yield curve from zero all the way out to three years, which is the space we occupy. So what this rebalancing is doing is we're moving about 8% of the assets into what we call the alter short term, uh, portfolio. We're looking at liquidity, and we're looking at, um, maintaining, uh, the purchase power. We're trying to beat that 3%, which I think we're gonna do. I think we're gonna beat inflationary 3% with that portfolio. It is actually also, when you look at the core piece of it, we're moving, uh, a lot of money out of most of those core funds over into the palm term, which we've, we've met with the investment, the chief investment officer for Palm Core. Um, and we, we think he's got a good strategy. Where we are is, we've got monetary easing, and so rates are coming down. This gentleman has a nice, uh, uh, strategy in that, within that portfolio to, to try to maintain the purchase power of that, of those dollars. I think that's a great strategy right now. So overall, we're, we're increasing, uh, a large portion of the ultra short and the, uh, the, the core, I think that's a good strategy. When rates are doing what they're doing, there's a lot of volatility in there. The curve's starting to change. Um, I really, this is one of the few, uh, portfolios that I've looked at, and I said, I'm really on board with this, especially when it comes to government investing. Not personally, but when it comes to government investing, because remember, we're trying to protect your asset safety is number one, liquidity is number two, and investment returns are number three. We don't chase investment returns. This portfolio really does a very good job of that. The other major change that we've got is the long-term portfolio. Since we've had a lot of capital appreciation over the last year, primarily we're invested in the Russell 3000. That's passive management. Um, we've had a lot of escalation in capital gains there. So the portfolio became a little out of balance with that 15% target. Um, we were actually up to 26.5 in the long term portion. We're gonna take our foot off that gas pedal a little bit, um, and we're gonna reduce that down to about 20%. Again, we've had a long run with equities. Um, if you look at the core piece of what the Russell 3000 is about, it's about the magnificent seven. We all know it's about, um, the AI driven type stocks. Um, we're taking our foot off a little bit of that gas pedal, and again, moving things into a little bit shorter term, which will protect you against interest rate risk. It'll maintain your liquidity. I think the portfolio is really very well balanced for where you guys are today. Um, there is a little bit of adjusting going into the long term portfolio. Just to give you a little bit of, uh, uh, looking forward a little bit. Um, again, we've had a great run with the Russell 3000. We're gonna take our foot off that a little bit. We're gonna reduce that, uh, exposure by about 10%. We're gonna move about 5%, reducing the Russell 3000. We're gonna take about 5% of those assets. And we're gonna look at, um, government infrastructure. Okay? Depending on who you talk to, the economy looks like it's starting to weaken a little bit. So what we're looking for is fiscal policy, um, and government infrastructure is one of the key targets for that. Bridges, roads, et cetera. So we're gonna take a little bit of of money out of the Russell 3000, moving down to, um, some, uh, infrastructure governmental funds. Um, the other piece that we're gonna do, um, is we're gonna take about 5% of that 10% from the Russell and move it over into some res. Um, as you know, res are, uh, institutional investments in both residential and commercial properties. Um, it, it is a, it's a good play right now. Re typically pay, uh, returns. Uh, as far as income above inflation, they're required to distribute 90% of their, their earnings in, uh, form of dividends. But there's also a capital play there too. What we're seeing is, um, you know, over the last decade we've seen an erosion in commercial, uh, utilization of properties, people working from home, et cetera, et cetera. But now what we're seeing is we're seeing a lot of folks taking those commercial properties that used to be office spaces, and they're actually converting 'em into, uh, rental properties. And so that commercial space is fairly inexpensive right now. And so we think these, these REITs are a good play. I I'm telling you out of a lot of the different portfolio I looked at. I think this is a, a really good approach that PFMs put together for you. Um, and I'm very comfortable with this because we, we tend to be a lot more conservative when it comes to financial investing, when it's, when they're government funds. We wanna protect those. And so, um, I'll end it there. And, uh, I'm available for any questions. Um, if there are any, any questions. Ken, want me to show a little bit of ignorance here? Uh, no, no comment. I didn't say a word. A friend over here on The Bonds issued at each new homer obtains, can we get our hands on that? That's five point a half percent. Um, I don't know if we can get our hands on That. Yeah. So state statute limits what we can actually invest in. Really, it's the, the term of the bonds. Uh, we're really in bills and notes. We even, you know, bills are fairly short notes, are we, we start to touch those a little in the Florida palm. But the bonds actually, the, the maturities are too long for us to, to jump into, um, with these, because what you do is you, you start to, you've got interest rate risk, and then really more importantly, you've got liquidity risk. Um, some of those are difficult to liquidate. Um, and then when you do, you're not really sure where you are in the cycle. And you may have, you may realize some pretty significant capital losses on 'em when you do that. That's why we, we tend to gravitate to the shorter end of the yield curve because they're liquid and you're not picking up that investment, uh, or that, uh, interest rate risk. So, um, Thank you. Appreciate it. Any other questions? No, all No, no. It's cool. I mean, I think you, you, you have a lot of limitations on how you can invest your money. Yes, sir. And as a result of that, you have, you're basically conservative. Conservative means you just don't get as big a yield, but you may not get as big as losses. Yes, sir. So that's just kind of the rules. You gotta stay down the middle of the highway, so to speak. Yeah. Well, with the stock market going up constantly, you know, I shouldn't say constantly, but it is pretty good. When it does go down, it always goes back up again. We're at almost at the, uh, the highs again. And it looks like rates going down, it looks like the next few years. You know? Uh, yeah. If the stock market keeps going on and it keeps going in this big, beautiful bill takes effect and everything, uh, works well, I'm sure people will be spending more money, stocks will keep going up, which helps us. Um, obviously long as at this time, let me know what you think of this. Maybe it's not a great idea to be so safe now. Right? And, and I see what you're doing. You're moving out of the safe and going into a little bit more, uh, vulnerability. You would say it may be a good idea 'cause the stock keeps going up. You wanna be part of that. Am I correct about that? And You are, you're, you're all we're doing is taking our foot off. 26 starts to get outside the allocation that we're comfortable with, but you're still allocated 20% of the portfolio toward, uh, domestic and international equities. So you're, you're still gonna get some of that upside. Um, and as I said, our target is to beat inflation and that, that equity portion of the portfolio helps us get there. And how come 20%, was that something that we have to do? We did. Who decided on the 20%, Uh, PFM that what, basically what we do is we give them the, uh, the, the cash flows for multiple years and they look at what cash is parked and never really touched from year to year. Mm-hmm. And those are the assets that they start to look at. Well, maybe we can go a little further out on these because the, the board probably not gonna need these unless it's an emergency. And that's a whole different set of criteria to liquidate your, your assets. So that's really how they come up with it. Um, but your board, your, your, your board policy is that, uh, 85 15, this portfolio takes you to 80 20 still in line with that long term. If you, if you have excess funds and, and the fund balances continue to grow, um, the board could always revisit those fund balance policies. But we're just following what criteria you all set out. So we're not gonna violate those. Okay. And I think that, um, I, I'm, I'm the board person that does the meetings with the, for your group. It's very interesting how they've chosen what they've chosen and they've been very conscious about what they're doing. So I see no problem with this change. We, and, and even within the staff of the district, um, when PFM does a recommendations, if we think if we see anomalies in there that we're not comfortable with, we do push back on 'em. And we do have that conversation. Um, we had that conversation with NASCA this year with one of the utilities, um, and, uh, um, you know, that we, they weren't long enough. They had a lot of cash parked. Um, and so we weren't long enough. And so we, we did go back and rebalance again. Um, this one seems appropriate for the levels that you guys have as far as the unbalanced. Um, one of the more, I guess what I'm trying to say is one of the more, I, I feel very comfortable presenting this to you. So Nice for a change. No more questions. We good. Motion To approve. So, yeah, Mr. Chair, what we're looking for is a motion to approve as presented. Motion to Approve. Okay. Second. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Seeing none. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. We got public hearing. Yes. Ms. Boyd is making her way to the podium And here she is for the first. Alright, let me get my first one up. Good morning Board, Shannon Boyd, community standards. Today I'll be presenting before you case number D seven dash 0 3 2 6. Village community development District number seven versus Georgia C Sikorsky life estate grantee 2 4 4 Iver in court. Okay. Okay. Uh, we get, um, wanna open up the hearing. So public or you wanna do the swearing first? I think you have to open it first. Yeah. Do I get a motion? Motion to, uh, start the public hearing? Uh, the second. All in favor? A. Any opposed? And Anyone who will be providing testimony in case you can please rise. Do you solemnly swear affirm that the testimony and evidence you're about to give the hearing today will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing, but Yes, I do. Okay. Good Morning board, standing board. I'm sorry. Just before we go into the, um, public hearing portion would just like to remind for the board that you are acting in a EQU residential capacity to afford due process to the individuals noted in violation of the district's de compliance role with each of these hearings taking place today. Um, the process includes that the proper notice to be alleged violator was given and that the violator has the opportunity to be heard and that the board's decision is made upon evidence presented to you only today. Um, so with that said, would, um, any of the board at this time, um, who may have spoken to the, um, staff or homeowners involved? Um, no. For the record or confirmed that they have not had any, um, outside interactions at this time? Um, Jerry, you not aware? I'm not, not, I'm not aware that I have Steve Lap not aware of any. Peter Ruthford Not aware. Gerald Linco Not aware. That's gonna sound great. The paper. We're not aware, right? Could you may have. You never know. All right, Michelle. Thank you. Okay, let's, uh, get the facts, uh, present it to present the facts. Yes. Good Morning board Shannon Boyd, community Standards. Today I have case number D seven dash zero three dash 26 Village Community Development District number seven versus Georgia c Sikorski, life of grantee 2 4 4 0 Iverson Court Unit 7 1 1. Lot nine violation of the district's rule to bring about de compliance. And specifically the rule that states each home site owner shall be responsible for maintaining in a mode edge, neat and clean manner. If an owner does not adhere to the above regulation, then the work may be performed on behalf of the owner and the cost shall be charged to the owner. As stated in the village Community Development District number seven, external deed restriction, definitions and interpretations. Maintenance of landscaping is defined as the exercise of generally accepted garden management practices necessary to promote a healthy weed-free environment for optimum plant growth. On September 19th, 2025, a complaint was received regarding overgrown grass, weeds, and bushing touching the neighboring home. Staff verified that there were weeds at the property, but did not observe any overgrown grass or bushes touching, touching the neighboring home. A deed restriction was written for the weeds on September 22nd. The initial and second letters were sent out on October 3rd and October 21st. And after following the procedures of compliance of external deed restrictions, a notice of public hearing was sent by regular and certified mail on November 14th. The homeowner is deceased and the property is currently in foreclosure proceedings. Staff contacted MSI, the property Preservation Company, assigned to the property to notify them of the violation. MSI confirmed that they would issue a work order for the property maintenance. During a recent inspection of the property on December 8th, it was determined that the property does remain out of compliance. I did just receive an email a few minutes ago that they emailed us stating that the property was taken care of. So we will send a deed compliance officer back out to the property today. Um, but when we went out on the eighth, it was not so 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 seven days to remove the weeds to bring the property into compliance. If the weeds are removed within seven days of the order of enforcement, case number D seven dash zero three dash 26 shall be closed. If the weeds are not removed, the property is not brought into compliance. Within seven days of the Order of enforcement, authorize a district to maintain the property and impose a minimum of a $250 fine, or the actual cost of maintenance, whichever is more to be paid within 10 days of the invoice. Authorize a district to maintain the property twice a month in the summer, once a month in the winter as needed, and impose a $250 fine each time the district maintains the property. If the owners prohibit the district from maintaining the property, then the owners shall be fined an initial amount of $150 and a daily fine of $50 per day until the property is brought into compliance. It is the owner's responsibility to contact the Community Standards Department to request a deed compliance officer revisit the property to confirm compliance. If the fines reach $1,500, the case shall be turned over to district counsel to seek all available remedies, which may include initiating a lawsuit or seeking an injunction against the property owner. The property owner is responsible for reimbursing the district for all attorney's fees, costs, and expenses associated with or related to this order of enforcement and Chairman to execute the order of enforcement. And I'm here to answer any questions that you may have. Uh, I I think it's great. Hopefully when you go there today, it's all, uh, it's all okie dokey. I hope so. Any questions? Uh, Can we, can we take an, uh, take action against the property pending the inspection? Other words, put the fines in place If it hasn't Been done. If it hasn't been Yes. To go away. Yes. So if you go ahead with staff's recommendation, that would give them the seven days. And if we go out today and it's still in violation, then they still only have that seven days. It Takes a second. Mm-hmm. Motion to approve the staff's recommendations. Hold on. Yeah. One second. Any questions? No, no Questions. Okay. Yeah. I'm sorry. Julian. Motion. Motion to approve the staff's recommendation? No, close. Okay. Motion to close the public hearing. Yes. Getting second. Decided to go with the Yes. Let's, let's close the public hearing and then we'll, we'll make a motion. All right. Yeah. Do I get a second on closing? I'll second it. Okay. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Seeing none, public hearings closed. Now we'll address the, uh, so right, The motion as requested by the staff gives seven days to go inspect it. Exactly. If you inspect it today and it's fixed, then, Then it's closed today. So that, that answers your question. Okay. So do we get a motion on, on the proposal I move that we impose fines based on staff recommendation, right. All, all. Um, do I get second? I'll second. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? See you none. Thank you. Board. I have one question. So you go out there today and it's all nice and mm-hmm. You know, brought up, done. When would be the next look at it? So like in 60 or 90 days you have to wait for another complaint to come in? Yeah, we wouldn't look at it again. It's done. Mm-hmm. It's done. The case is closed. Mm-hmm. Okay. So then they can sit back for Yes. Two or three months and not do anything again. Mm-hmm. It just falls back to a similar state until somebody files a complaint. We do have a process that's a reoccurring violation process. Yeah. Where if within the next year we do get the same complaint for weeds, it would, they don't have the three letters. They only get the third letter. So it would be coming to before you a lot sooner. Um, and then at that time you could determine whether or not they were in violation. And Yeah. Just to make sure I'm clear on the process, if it's all cleaned up today and you go out there and say, okay, they're good. Basically community standard wipes their hands on it until somebody comes and says something goes, you're never gonna go back out there in two or three months and say, wait, it's fallen back into remission here and we gotta do something. Correct. Yeah. That there would've to be another complain. I Want to make sure I that part of the rule. Right. Okay. Okay. Would you like to go to the next one? Yes, I would. Good Morning Board Shannon Boyd Community Standards. Today I have case number D seven dash zero four dash 26 Village Community Development District number seven versus Patricia a Fagan individually and as trustee of the Patricia a Fagan Trust dated February 23rd, 2023 for 2 4 1 7 Heat Springs Drive. Can I have a motion open up the public hearing please? Motion to open the public hearing you Second. Second. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Seeing none. Public hearing is open. Anyone's gonna provide testimony in this case and raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony and evidence you're about given the hearing today will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Yes, I do. And at the time, would board members, um, confirm again for the record that they've not, um, had any External communication? Yes, I have. Um, I have none. I have none. I've had none. None. Okay. Good morning. Thank You. You're welcome. Thank you. Michelle. Facts. Okay. Good Morning Board, Shannon Boyd, community Standards. Today I have case number D seven dash zero four dash 26 Village Community Development District number seven versus Patricia a Fagan individually and as trustee of the Patricia a Fagan Trust dated February 23rd, 2020 3, 2 4 1 7 Heath Springs Drive, unit 1 4, 1. Lot two six violation of the district's rule to bring about deed compliance. And specifically the rule that states owners shall keep their and eat and clean. If an owner does not adhere to this regulation, then the work may be performed on behalf of the owner and the cost shall be charged to the owner. As stated in the Village Community Development District number seven, external deed restrictions, definitions, and interpretations. Maintenance of landscaping is defined as the exercise of generally accepted guarded management practices necessary to promote a healthy weed-free environment for optimum plant growth. On September 26th, 2025, a complaint was received regarding dead missing grass, weeds and EPT landscaping that verified the violations. And a deed restriction reminder was written that same day. The initial and second letters were sent out on October 17th and October 31st. And after following the procedures of a compliance of external deed restrictions, a notice of public hearing was sent by regular and certified mail. On November 20th, staff made contact with the homeowner's son Michael, who reported that soil treatment was underway and that the yard was going to be fully otd. Um, with completion date anticipated for December 8th, um, during staff's inspection of the property on December 8th, 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 deep compliance rule as cited by the deep compliance staff. The owner has 30 days to reseed or resod the missing grass, and to restore the barren landscaping beds with pine straw to bring the property into compliance. If the property is reseeded or resodded in the missing grass no longer exists and the pine straw has been replaced in the landscaping beds and the property is brought into compliance. Within 30 days of the order of enforcement case number D seven dash zero four dash 26 shall be closed if the property's not receded or resetted and the missing grass still exists and or the pine straw has not been replaced in the landscaping beds and the property is not brought into compliance within 30 days of the order of enforcement imposed $150 fine to be paid within 10 days of the invoice and impose a $50 daily fine until the property is brought into compliance. It is the owner's responsibility to contact the Community Standards Department to request a deed compliance officer revisit the property to confirm compliance. If the fines reach $1,500, the case shall be turned over to district counsel to seek all available remedies, which may include initiating a lawsuit or seeking an injunction against the owner. The owner is responsible for reimbursing the district for all attorney's fees, costs, and expenses associated with or related to this Order of enforcement chairman to execute the order of enforcement. And I'm here to answer any questions that you may have. Um, board anybody. It looks like in the last photo that it's been stripped And prepped. Correct. Okay. That was December the eighth, correct. Any questions? The only question I guess I have is reseeding. It's, nothing's gonna grow very much for the next couple months, so I don't see where Reeding does anything to remedy. It'll still look the same. We give am I, am I wrong? We give residents the option when it comes to debt or missing grass. We always give 'em the option of reseeding or oting. I mean, obviously in this case where there's no grass, they're gonna need to resod. Okay. Because I was say, we can go by five pounds of, uh, you know, grass seed and throw it all over out there, but it's not gonna do anything to speak up in the next couple months. Yeah. Just a question we, I see. Is there a person in the audience that has, would you like to speak on? On this subject? On Michael Fagan? Thank you, Michael. So She has been trying to take care of the property. She had true green. They showed up three times, never did any application. I finally figured it out, had to fire them. They were billing her so the grass actually was dying. They were saying they were doing the work. They weren't doing the work. Apparently that very rampant that happens in the villages. And Tru Green is notorious for that. Hired Zo, the Green, they didn't do a good job either, so it was patchy. So I spoke with Jackie, who's the compliance officer, gave her dates, which she kind of misconstrues when I said, I didn't say December 8th. I said the week of December 8th. And then prior to that, when I prepped the lawn, I said the week of whatever the date was, she took it as that exact date. So I have been complying, trying to help. My mom came back from New York, staying here on a regular basis to resolve this. So instead of just doing patches on the lawn, I'm replacing the whole lawn, the entire side, the entire back. It was za now it's going to be St. Augustine. I spoke with Susie Bellen, who's in a RC, got approval from her to change it to St. Augustine and had been in constant, consistent contact with her, have Jackie's number communicate with her on a regular basis. So this is something that's not being ignored. So from the photographs and from the testimony, it almost seems like this is being ignored. It's not being addressed on a regular weekly basis, if not daily basis. So I actually had sari sod and landscape finally showed up yesterday, stripped the entire side and the back. So now there's an issue, which Susie, when I went to her office, she pulled up the, uh, photograph of the adjoining property. She pulled up an adjoin, which I just don't want to say it publicly. She's pulled up something of an adjoining property. And there's an issue with the adjoining neighbor, which prevents a section of the SOD going in. They have to come in compliance. And my understanding, which I don't think any resident knows this, the only time HOA standards are enforced is if there's a complaint. So on this block, there's multiple lawns that are not in compliance, but the only way that is enforced is if someone complains. So if you have a neighbor, which this seems what it is, if a neighbor doesn't like you, if a neighbor feels that they have the best house on the block, they'll complain about everyone anonymously. And you have no recourse. So I don't know if there's a FOIA system that exists, but if the person is making complaints anonymously, there's no recourse. So you can have a continuance of complaints against any neighbor. I'm not even talking about my mom to anyone in the village. Mm-hmm. So that was brought to my understanding. 'cause I said, what about if this neighbor comes in compliance? She goes, the only way we can enforce it is if you or someone complaining. Right? Yeah. And she said, if you complain, the neighbor knows at this point, it really doesn't matter. You want to be nice to people, but the neighbor took advantage of landscape. It's eroding everything. Their irrigation is outta control, eroding the whole side. I saw it last night at 1:00 AM it's just shooting everywhere. And before the sod was taken out, if he tried to say that it was because the sod or the work was commenced, I took video months before, same situation. So it's been existing for actually years. It's encroaching over the property line, eroding the whole side. So hard to determine who's making complaints. I mean, whose property's well maintained since irrigation is not. So you have it, it's unfortunate that on this block there's other neighbors that don't like one another and then make a series of complaints. And I've heard this before when I've gone to a RC in Brownwood, and then when it used to be in Lee, um, sum Village, that that exists and there's nothing they can do about it. I know, I I I appreciate what you're saying. I really do. So I understand From, from the post office, it sounds like a similar situation. Yeah, no, no, I understand. But you are. But she's like, I'm on top of it so it's not being ignored. And I think she even said, you know, like, these photographs don't reflect, like that's Monday. They showed up yesterday, Tuesday, everything's gone. Your main, your main concern is to meet the compliance. But it's actually, and I understand the other issues. Hold on, hold on. I understand the other issues would have a process works, right? I agree. But your main concern is not the neighbors at this point, right? It is. So you need the compliance, you take care of that violation of the pro, the procedure of the violations. That's that. We can discuss that. What's wrong, what's right about it. But that's your main concern. When you feel this, when you feel that your property, your mother's property, your property will be up, will be up to de compliance. Would it be another week? Another, I'm Hoping it's this week, but they, I just discovered how bad that issue is with the adjoining neighbor. Yes. So it's just eroded everything and walk away, understand everything. So then now I have to go after your meeting today, I'm gonna go back over to Susie. She was going to look up this property. It was, you know, not on the computer. So she has to go through physical, uh, records to see if they had approval to do these landscaping, um, irrigation. So she was going to determine that. Like I met with her last week, so I still, she said just move forward with the So Do you feel you need more time to meet the compliance? Yeah, But not, I'm not saying like two months. It could be like, I'm hoping like to re if I can get this resolved this week, the, so like the so was going in this morning. Okay, hold on At am No problem. Is going to get, I understand. How, how many midday did we give him to meet the compliance? What, 30 days? 30, 30 days? Could you think? Could you think it's possible? You guys? I so yeah, Because actually Jackie told me this meeting was in January. Okay. So then I was in New York, got the, my mom got the letter, didn't understand the letter. Yeah. And she, so I read it. So it was, it was accelerated to this date instead of in January. So when I met with Susie, she goes, it's in December. I said, yeah. She goes, it's supposed to be in January. Yeah. Alright. I'm sorry about all that and I appreciate what you're doing. No problem. God bless you for trying to help, you know, help you, your people. I think it's great. My main concern is that you meet the compliance and my main concern is that you get, I sure the board feels the same. They can speak, um, that you get enough of time to meet Decompliance. Right. Because we, so if, if you think 30 days would be enough for you to meet. I think so, yeah. I mean, I'm in contact with Susie and I know Jackie doesn't make the decisions, but I'm giving Susie photograph. Gotcha. She's on top of it. She did the approval for anything else that needs to go within our house, uh, with a RC. And she's, I think she's on the, the board or she does the approval so she's aware of the whole situation has been briefed on it on a regular basis. If you can't meet the, uh, beach plan within the 30 days, make sure you, you contact officer, make sure, because this is gonna take effect. Right. If you need more time, let us know. I Think it, I don't think it will, but it's just, I don't wanna put all this like they were laying the sod at 8:00 AM this morning. I delayed it to meet with you guys. And then also the situation is worse than I thought with the neighbor with the irrigation. Yeah. If the sod goes in, it's just gonna be destroyed. Yeah. And then That's another problem. I Can't have, I can't have, yeah. I can't have a direct communication with the neighbor because it's a difficult neighbor. Understood. So I have to unfortunately, but I don't wanna be that way. But then you have to make a formal complaint to have it look Right. Yeah. And you may have to do that to help yourself. I to do why I have to do it today with, I understand. Uh, any questions from the board? Any the, uh, opinions, complaints? He's doing everything in its power to Rec situation. But the whole, so you're aware the whole launch, the front, the sides, the back, it's exceeding what your expectations were. It's all going from choice to Saint Augustine and that was actually approved from the a RC. Okay. My recommendation, we table this for 30 days and Yes. See if it doesn't, uh, magically go away. When's completed? Hopefully, I, I, I I agree. I wanna give him a, it's up to you. You know, we take a vote. I would like to give this, uh, resident, uh, a time if they need it. Um, and if let's say two weeks from now something comes up and they can't get it done, I hate to see this get take effect if he's actually in the, in the process of getting it done. I don't know if you feel the same. I'm just table this Have A procedural question. Can we table a public hearing? So staff's recommendation would be to enter the order of enforcement with 30 days to come into compliance. Can we make a 45 days? That's your discretion. Yes. Now you're reading me. Yeah. Okay. Okay. We're gonna give you a little extra time. Okay. Because you're being so, you know, most the parents don't have sons that do as much as you are doing. That's pretty good. Uh, uh, bottom line is, can we change it to, uh, what you say 45 days? 45 days? I, I forgot to add too. We're changing all the planting in the bed, so that's in the process as well. So it's not just going to be pine straw. It's actually all new plants. Good. Yeah. So I hope you get it done 45 days. Thank you. You're welcome. Thanks For all your time. Doug. Get a motion. Right? Make A motion to accept the recommendation of, Oh, Mr. Chairman, we need to close the public hearing. Let's change public hearing. Yeah, you go. I got, okay. Do I get a second? Absolutely second. So beautiful. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Any, any opposed? None. So hearing? Yeah. Public hearing's closed. Now do I get a motion? I make a motion to follow staff's recommendation, but change 30 days to 45 days. Second? Second. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? See none. Thank you. Board. Wait a minute. You got one more? Yep. Not going anywhere yet. Appreciate it. Thank you. Good. Take care of yourself. Mm-hmm. Okay. So today I have case number D seven dash 0 5 26 Village Community Development District number seven versus Mark Anderson and Patricia Anderson as joint tenant with full rights of survivorship 2 3 7 8 Ridgeway Court. Okay. Um, I'm gonna open up the public hearing motion to open the public hearing. Do I get a second? Second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Be opposed. Public hearings Open. Uh, Michelle, Michelle, you there? Yes. Please confirm for the record, um, that you have not had any external communications with the, um, owner of Yes. Okay. Um, I have none. None. Not that I'm aware of. And Darryl walked off, so I can't talk about, Darryl just went, uh, he left the room for a couple seconds. Do you wanna wait for him to come back or you? It is okay. It's okay. We can continue and then we can have him confirm once he reentries the room. Okay. We get swearing in. Please. Do You solemnly swear affirm that the testimony and evidence you're about to give in the hearing today will be the truth, the, and nothing but the Truth? Yes, I do. Okay. Good Morning board, Shannon Boyd, community Standards. Today I have case number D seven dash zero five dash 26 Village Community Development District number seven versus Mark Anderson and Patricia Anderson as joint tenants with full rights of survivorship 2 3 7 8 Ridgeway Court Unit 7 0 2 lot seven five violation of the district's rule to bring about deed compliance. And specifically the rule that states each home site owner shall be responsible for maintaining in a mode edge, neat and clean manner. As stated in the village Community Development District number seven, external deed restriction, definitions and interpretation. Maintenance of landscaping is defined as the exercise of generally accepted garden management practices necessary to promote a healthy weed-free environment for optimum plant growth. On September 25th, 2025, a complaint was received regarding dead grass, overgrown grass and weeds. Staff conducted an inspection and confirmed the presence of dead and missing grass. Though no overgrown grass or weeds were observed, a deed restriction was, uh, reminder was issued that same day. The homeowner reported that he was working with Massey to address the grass issues. The initial and second letters were sent out on October 21st and October 31st. And after following the procedures of compliance of external deed restrictions, a notice of public hearing was sent by regular and certified mail on November 20th. On December 1st, staff received a phone call from the homeowner's daughter who indicated that her parents were in and out of the hospital, and that she had contacted Massey to address the issue as well. She reported that Massey planned to install grass plugs. However, during the inspection that staff conducted on December 8th, it was determined that the property does remain out of compliance. We did actually just receive notification the other day that this home is up for sale and it's actually expected to close of this Friday. Um, the new homeowner is aware of the violation and they do intend to take care of the issue. Um, so we still wanna proceed with this in case the closing does not go through that way. This order enforcement is still in place. If the home does sell, then we will, um, you know, it'll start over with the new homeowners. Um, so staff's recommendation would be to find the owners in violation of the district's deed compliance rule. As cited by the deed compliance staff, the owners have 30 days to reseed or resod the dead grass and bear spots to bring the property into compliance. If the property is reseeded or ODed and the dead grass and bear spots no longer exists and the property is brought into compliance, within 30 days of the order of enforcement case number D seven dash zero five dash 26 shall be closed. If the property is not reeded or ODed, and the dead grass and bear spot still exists 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. It is the owner's responsibility to contact the Community Standards Department to request a deed compliance officer, revisit the property to confirm compliance. If the fines reach $1,500, a case shall be turned over to district council to seek all available remedies, which may include initiating a lawsuit or seeking an injunction against the property owner. The owners are responsible for reimbursing the districts for all attorney's fees, costs, and expenses associated with or related to this Order of enforcement chairman to execute the order of enforcement. And I'm here to answer any questions that you may have. Any questions? Um, so the house is under contract? Yes. And do the close When? Friday. This Friday. This Friday. So upon closure, if, if the house closes, then this goes away. Would there have to be another Complaint? There does not have to be another complaint when, uh, the home cell, this public hearing would be closed out because it's no longer this resident. Right. What we would do is we would wait until we could have the new information, like the property appraiser, the deed for the new homeowners, and then we would address it with them. Okay. So you would, you, you will Follow up. We will continue on this, yes. Right? Mm-hmm. Yeah. On that same initial viol, that initial complaint. Mm-hmm. Yes. And so the new homeowners would then have a month from when they closed? No, they would have to, we'd have to start the process all over again with them, with the three letters. Okay. That's, that's what I need to understand. Mm-hmm. I don't, I can't handle, I, I'd be concerned about committing a potential property. But you've talked to the new owners? Yes. We have spoken with the new homeowners. Yes. And they do intend to take care of it. And so they're aware. They are aware, yes. Okay. So would this enforcement follow the sale of the property so that we could be enforceable immediately? Or do we have to start again