Village Community Development District No. 9 (2024-11-14)

At this time, I'd like to call to order the November meeting of CDD number nine. Uh, roll call shows that we have a hundred percent attendance from the board. And at this point, I'd like to stand for the pledge, United States of America. Sand One Nation undergone Invis, liberty and justice for all. You could please remain standing. Although a couple days late, I would still like the honor of moment of silence to all of our active duty military investors and honor veterans. Thank you all for your service. At this time, I'd like to welcome those of you in our audience today. Uh, thank you for taking the time to come. Does anyone in the audience have any comments they'd like to make at this time? Good afternoon board. My name is Cliff Weiner. I live on Duvet Lane in the village of Piedmont. I am the District four supervisor, and I am the supervisor that is trying to resurrect the multimodal path. Discussion group. Four or five months ago, there was a, a resolution that was put out to the district's. 1, 2, 3, 4, A, a C, and PA pwac turned it down so the resolution never got approved. I'm back before you today to ask you if you're would consider being interested in joining. If you are, you need the resolution brought back to you at your next meeting. So far, a a c districts 1, 2, 4, 7, 12, and 13 have agreed to be part of the multimodal path discussion group. Your input is really important. I know at our last meeting, which Dan was at, we had about 50 or 60 people there. The two meetings we've had so far, we've had at least 60 people. So there, it, there's interest from residents. Safety seems to be the big concern. So I'm asking you to consider helping us and join and ask staff to bring it back. If you have any questions, I'm sure Brittany can answer 'em. Uh, our next meeting is scheduled for January 21st at two o'clock at Savannah Center. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Thank you. Any other feedback? Comments? Comments from the audience? Mr. Chairman? Are we gonna do anything with that right now? Well, how's the board feel? Thank you. You can sit down momentarily. Any feedback, uh, on the message that we just received there? Yeah. My position was never a popular one on this board, but it was to, uh, keep after this. In looking at the safety of it, some people thought, well, it's, it's safe or not. I think we could do better. I, I would have interest, I don't know whether the board feels about that. Is there enough interest to put it on the January agenda? Are there new issues that what weren't discussed previously? I mean, because we, we spent a lot of time, or It is been a while. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know if we have, I don't know if we have any new data. We looked for data. Yeah. I didn't know if we were gonna just re plow the same ground again and, you know, if there's new issues or somebody's got some new ideas, but we're just gonna go back and re plow the same ground. I just might to help you. Yeah. At our last meeting, it was requested of the people that were there, that we tried to seek some data from the Public Safety Department and Sumter County Sheriff's Office, which I am doing. And hopefully we will have that by our January meeting. As you know, the sheriff's department computers had a little issue, so they're a little slow in trying to get that information together. But the last time I talked to, uh, captain Seamer, he assured me he would have it before January. So that would help. And that would be a big issue as to what the issues were and how many things and incidents they had. And also from the public safety department, just throwing it out there. So it might make it a little bit easier for you guys. Uh, uh, cliff, what was that date and time again? January 20th, J January 21st, 2:00 PM Savannah Center. Thank you. I know at the, at the meeting there was, uh, uh, some people, one lady that was, Had trouble understanding, but I think she was run over by a golf cart on the path. And there's some issues like that. Some other people that have had near misses, bicyclists, et cetera. Uh, so there is, uh, before the multimodal path, as I remember all those years ago, it was whether to put strikes down or not. And that was the main reason for the multimodal path. I think the citizens now are looking at how we can increase safety on the path that's a wide, uh, uh, system there. And without data, it's hard to say, or do we need to look at it or not. But I, I think I will, I will be assuming I'm here on the 21st, I will attend that meeting as the board rep. I think that would be good to attend the meeting and see what happens at that time, and then we can proceed from there. I mean, my personal experience as a biker, I, I've run into the issue of walkers going in the wrong direction. And then some of these divided sections, you get behind a walker going the same direction as the biker and it, you know, and then there's a golf cart and next thing you know, there's it's opportunity for a problem. But a lot of it's just, I dunno if it's lack of understanding of what side of the road they should, There was a lot of issues that I, I think that people don't remember the lessons they were taught in first grade. Yeah. Right, right. So we'll suggest after the January meeting to, uh, review it as a board and decide where to go from there. Okay. And Mr. Chairman, um, we can circulate out the resolution if you'd like to take a look at that by email prior to it being placed on an agenda. Um, but as, uh, Mr. Weiner stated, it was really at the request of staff that he attend the meetings to determine whether or not you want it placed on your agenda. Um, but also from staff's perspective, if the group is going to continue to meet, to give it some structure for sunshine law purposes, meeting notices, ads, things of that nature. Um, so that's just something to consider that if you wanna continue participation to look at the resolution from a structural standpoint. Could you bring that January meeting or before the January meeting? Yes, we can place it on the next agenda if you'd like to. And it, it will be up to the board to take action on it, but if you'd like to review it on the agenda, we'll include it. Brittany could, uh, we also gather and publish the concerns so far from the other districts so we don't overlook something When you say other concerns, The minutes of the last Oh, Yes, yes. We'll do that as, as Well. Thank you. The other comments in the audience question your name and address, please? Uh, yes. My name is Herb Schumaker. Uh, I live in the, uh, village of Gilchrist. I'm on the, uh, seventh hole of Evans Prairie, the Kil Deer nine. Your address, Please. 1504 Rest Haven Way. Uh, it's on the seventh hole of, uh, the Kil Deer Golf Course. Well, uh, it seems like it's becoming a common dumping site that the water is being dumped on Evans Prairie, uh, almost for the last month. Uh, I'd like an explanation of why do the people on Evans Prairie have any, uh, uh, rights. I paid, uh, some dear money for a view lot back in 2012, for example, there were 14 trees on this lot that were in this backdrop, and I'm sure that that was priced into the, uh, price of the lot. Currently, there are six left and four of them are Century Oaks that are standing in water through the, uh, past years on Evans Prairie, especially on the Egret nine, uh, or on the other two nines, there have been no less than three dozen century oak trees that have been drowned, cut down and just going away with. And then on top of that, there's been nothing put in or nearby to replace that. And this is why I'm wondering all the people that live on Evans Prairie, uh, do they have a voice? Uh, do they get any respect? All the golf courses have been opened in the villages, uh, two to three weeks ago and up until yesterday, they continue dumping water. Why are we the ones that are getting all of the abuse? I'm all about fairness. If there's water to be distributed, everybody gets their turn in the barrel or takes their fair share. I pay just as much money as anybody else did for a view lot, and it's being destroyed. I, I, I would like some answers. I talked to a person from the, uh, uh, the village, uh, oh, what the outfit, uh, named Bob, uh, the main, uh, Ken Steven. Well, let, Let me just interject. I hear your complaint. All the district have nothing to do with the championship golf course, first of all, because nothing we as a board can do relative to championship course. Secondly, they did just announce that they are opening that course for play starting next week. And they have stopped the dumping, which I know was done because of whether it's water controls or they're not responsible for it until, but, uh, they were dumping there. And I suspect this because it was one of the lower lying areas, and therefore, you know, it was the last place to dump. But we have nothing to say about it. So you'd have to speak to who would they have to speak to Brittany? Yes. Well, luckily district staff will still, um, evaluate that to determine if it's on the, the golf course, the, the residential district may not be responsible for it, but the golf division, um, potentially. So we will review that and we'll provide an update, um, to you. If you can, I can get your contact information or if, if Mr. Wiley, um, if you wanna speak to him and provide your contact information, we'll follow up and get a response for you. Yeah. Uh, I, I, I just, uh, you know, uh, think it's so unfair in, in regards to this situation that's going on. And we did receive a significant amount of rainfall and there has been extensive efforts to reduce the water levels throughout the community, but there are various types of basins and whether or not they're interconnected and how they reduce those water levels. So we'll definitely take a look at that and follow up. One other thing on that, I read a lot of residents ask me the same, similar question about the trees. 'cause a lot of trees have been, you know, were lost recently with the hurricanes and the water, and it doesn't seem to be a replacement program going on. It's not apparent if there is, but you might address that too. They are, I actually have updated information that they are working, um, through issuing those pos, um, to begin the replacement throughout the community of, of the trees. Okay. It would just depend on, um, and I say that if it's on district property, so I, I can't speak to like a championship golf course if it's a private property, but on district property, we're working through that now. District property. Yeah. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. The unfortunate thing is you lose a a hundred year old tree and they replace it with a new tree. So, um, but that's just the way it goes. Can't afford the other, I don't like those. Yeah. Um, any other comments? Okay. And let's proceed with the agenda. The first item on the agenda is the consent agenda. Motion to approve the consent agenda is a motion to approve all recommended actions. All matters on the consent agenda are considered routine, no discussions required unless desired by a board supervisor or a member of the public. Mr. Chairman, um, that gentleman is coming back and I think the lady in the corner. Did you have something or was that okay? I was Okay. The, uh, uh, thing I wanted to add before were that I, I, I contacted property management and Bart Graham and his underling came out. He looked at the situation and, uh, I, I thought the guy was so rude, it was beyond. And, uh, he said, you know, all these people do that live on a golf course because as you complain about too much water, not enough water. And, uh, he looked around and he said, well, you know, he says, uh, he says, you're just lucky you don't have hauls on your property, you know, that come out of the swamp or et cetera. And that was his comment. And, and he walked off. And I thought it was just so bad. Uh, and, and just so crude and rude, that's all I got to say. And on behalf of district staff, I, I do apologize for that type of interaction and we'll certainly look to address that. Uh, yeah, it would, at this time, I'd like to call to order the November meeting of CDD number nine. Uh, roll call shows that we have a hundred percent attendance from the board. And at this point, I'd like to stand for the pledge, our pledge of vision to flag the United States of America, two Republic, which stands one nation under undergone liberty and Justice. Justice for all. You could please remain standing. Although a couple days late, I would still like to honor a moment of silence to all of our active duty military and veterans and honor our veterans. Thank you all for your service. At this time, I'd like to welcome both of you in our audience today. I thank you for taking the time to come. Does anyone in the audience have any comments they'd like to make at this time? Good afternoon board. My name is Cliff Weiner. I live on Duvet Lane in the village of Piedmont. I'm the District four supervisor, and I am the supervisor that is trying to resurrect the multimodal path discussion group. Four or five months ago, those a, a resolution that was put out to the district's. 1, 2, 3, 4 A C, and P-A-P-A-C turned it down so the resolution never got approved. I'm back before you today to ask you if you would consider being interested in joining. If you are, you need the resolution brought back to you at your next meeting. So far, a a c districts 1, 2, 4, 7, 12, and 13 have agreed to be part of the multimodal path discussion group. Your input is really important. I know at our last meeting, which Dan was at, we had about 50 or 60 people there. The two meetings we've had so far, we've had at least 60 people. So there, it, there's interest from residents. Safety seems to be the big concern. So I'm asking you to consider helping us and join and ask staff to bring it back. If you have any questions, I'm sure Brittany can answer 'em. Uh, Our next meeting is scheduled for January 21st at two o'clock at Savannah Center. Thank you for your time. Thank You. Thank you. Any other feedback, comments from the audience? Mr. Chairman? Are we gonna do anything with that right now? Well, how's the board feel? Thank you. You can sit down momentarily. Any feedback, uh, on the message that we just received there? Yeah, my, my position was never a popular one on this board, but it was to, uh, keep after this. In looking at the safety of it, some people thought, well, it's, it's safe enough. I think we could do better. I, I would have interest. I don't know what the board feels about that. Is there enough interest to put it on the January agenda? Are there new issues that what weren't discussed in previously? I mean, because we, we spent a lot of time or it, It's been a while. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know if we have, I don't know if we have any new data. We look for data. Yeah. I didn't know if we were gonna just re re plow the same ground again and, you know, if there's new issues or somebody's got some new ideas. But if we're just gonna go back, andile the same ground, If I just might to help you. Yeah. At our last meeting, it was requested of the people that were there, that we try to seek some data from the Public Safety Department and Sumter County Sheriff's Office, which I am doing. And hopefully we will have that by our January meeting. As you know, the sheriff's department computers had a little issue, so they're a little slow in trying to get that information together. But the last time I talked to, uh, captain Seamer, he assured me he would have it before January. So that would help. And that would be a big issue as to what the issues were and how many things and incidents they had. And also from the public safety department, just throwing it out there. So it might make it a little bit easier for you guys. Uh, uh, cliff, what was that date and time again? January 20th, Ja. January 21st, 2:00 PM Savannah Center. Thank you. I know at the, at the meeting there was, uh, uh, some people, one lady that was, had trouble understanding, but I think she was run over by a golf cart on the path. And there's some issues like that. Some other people that have had near misses, bicyclists, et cetera. Uh, so there is, uh, before the multimodal path, as I remember all those years ago, it was whether to put strikes down or not. And that was the main reason for the multimodal path. I think the citizens now are looking at how we can increase safety on the path that's a wide, uh, uh, system there. And without data, it's hard to say, or do we need to look at it or not. But I, I think I will, I will be assuming I'm here on the 21st, I will attend that meeting as the board rep. I think that would be good to attend the meeting and see what happens at that time. And then we can proceed from there. I mean, my personal experience as a biker, I, I've run into the issue of walkers going in the wrong direction. And then some of these divided sections, you get behind a walker going the same direction as the biker in it, you know, and then there's a golf cart and next thing you know, there's it's opportunity for the problem. But a lot of it's just, I don't, it's lack of understanding of what side of the road they should walk. There's a lot of issues that I, I think that people don't remember the lessons they were taught in first grade. Yeah. Right, right. So we'll suggest after the January meeting to, uh, review it as a board and decide where to go from there. Okay. And Mr. Chairman, um, we can circulate out the resolution if you'd like to take a look at that by email prior to it being placed on an agenda. Um, but as, uh, Mr. Weiner stated, it was really at the request of staff that he attend the meetings to determine whether or not you want it placed on your agenda. Um, but also from staff's perspective, if the group is going to continue to meet, to give it some structure for sunshine law purposes, meeting notices, ads, things of that nature. Um, so that's just something to consider that if you wanna continue participation to look at the resolution from a structural standpoint. Could you bring that January meeting or before the Yes, we can place it on the next agenda if you'd like to. And it, it will be up to the board to take action on it, but if you'd like to review it on the agenda, we'll include it. Brittany could, uh, we also gather and publish the concerns so far from the other districts so we don't overlook something When you say other concerns, The minutes of the last M Yes. Yes. We'll do that as Well. Great. Thank you. Any other comments? The audience question the name and address, please? Uh, yes. My name is Herb Schumaker. Uh, I live in the, uh, village of Gilchrist. I'm on the, uh, seventh hole of Evans Prairie, the Kil Deer nine. Your Address, please. 1504 Rest Haven Way. Uh, it's on the seventh hole of, uh, the Kilder Golf Course. Well, uh, it seems like it's becoming a common dumping site that the water is being dumped on Evans Prairie, uh, almost for the last month. Uh, I'd like an explanation of why do the people on Evans Prairie have any, uh, uh, rights. I paid, uh, some dear money for a view lot back in 2012, for example, there were 14 trees on this lot that were in this backdrop, and I'm sure that that was priced into the, uh, price of the lot. Currently, there are six left and four of them are century oats that are standing in water through the, uh, past years on Evans Prairie, especially on the Egret nine. Uh, or on the other two nine, there have been no left than three dozen century oak trees that have been drowned, cut down and just going away with. And then on top of that, there's been nothing put in or nearby to replace that. And this is why I'm wondering all the people that live on Evans Prairie, uh, do they have a voice? Uh, do they get any respect? All the golf courses have been opened in the villages, uh, two to three weeks ago. And up until yesterday they continued dumping water. Why are we the ones that are getting all of the abuse? I'm all about fairness. If there's water to be distributed, everybody gets their turn in the barrel or takes the fair share. I paid just as much money as anybody else did for a view lot, and it's being destroyed. I, I, I would like some answers. I talked to a person from the, uh, uh, the village, uh, oh, what the outfit, uh, named Bob, uh, the main, uh, camp say, well, Let, let me just interject. I hear your complaint. Uh, the district have nothing to do with the championship golf force, first of all, because nothing we as a board can do relative to a championship course. Secondly, they did just announce that they are opening that course for play starting next week. And they have stopped the dumping, which I know was done because of whether it's water controls or they're not responsible for it until, but, uh, they were dumping there and I suspect it's because it was one of the lower lying areas and therefore, you know, was the last place to dump. But we have nothing to say about it. So you'd have to speak to who They have to speak to Brittany. Yes. Well, luckily district staff will still, um, evaluate that to determine if it's on the, the golf course, the, the residential district may not be responsible for it, but the golf division, um, potentially. So we will review that and we'll provide an update, um, to you. If you can, I can get your contact information or if, if Mr. Wiley, um, if you wanna speak to him and provide your contact information, we'll follow up and get a response for you. Yeah, uh, I, I, I just, uh, you know, uh, think it's so unfair in, in regards to this situation that's going on. And we did receive a significant amount of rainfall and there have been extensive efforts to reduce the water levels throughout the community, but there are various types of basins and whether or not they're interconnected and how they reduce those water levels. So we'll definitely take a look at that and follow up. One other thing on that, I had a lot of residents ask me the same, similar question about the trees. 'cause a lot of trees have been, you know, were lost recently with the hurricanes and the water, and it doesn't seem to be a replacement program going on. It's not apparent if there is, but you might address that too. They are, I actually have updated information that they are working, um, through issuing those pos, um, to begin the replacement throughout the community of, of the trees. Okay. It would just depend on, um, and I say that if it's on district property, so I, I can't speak to like a championship golf course if it's a private property, but on district property, we're working through that now. District property. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. The unfortunate thing is you lose a hundred year old tree and they replace it with a new tree. So, um, but that's just the way it goes. You can't afford the other. I like that. Yeah. Um, any other comments? Okay. And let's proceed with the agenda. The first item on the agenda is a consent agenda. Motion to approve the consent agenda is a motion to approve all recommended actions. All matters on the consent agenda are considered routine, no discussions required unless desired by a board supervisor or a member of the public. Mr. Chairman, um, that gentleman is coming back and I think the lady in the corner. Did you have something or was that okay? I was gonna, okay. The, uh, uh, thing I wanted to add before were that I, I, I contacted property management and Bart Graham and his underling came out. He looked at the situation and, uh, I, I thought the guy was so rude, it was beyond. And, uh, he said, you know, all these people do that. They want a golf course because as you complain about too much water, not enough water. And, uh, he looked around and he said, well, you know, he says, uh, he says, you're just lucky you don't have halts on your property, you know, that come out of the swamp or et cetera. And that was his comment and, and he walked off and I thought it was just so bad. Uh, and, and just so crude and rude, that's all I gotta say. And on behalf of district staff, I, I do apologize for that type of interaction and we'll certainly look to address that. Um, yeah, it was Okay, back to the consent agenda. Do we have a motion to approve or any discussion? So moved. Second. Have a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Object to the old business. Uh, think you've seen an old business update. Is there any questions on the old business update? I, I would like to make a comment on the old business update. Uh, we have a, a item on there that's pending until budget review something. I think it's, uh, evaluate options to reduce the maintenance costs. Yes, I would like to expand that and do it sooner than budget review. I think we, it probably is time for us to have a good budget discussion because it'll be very easy to do the layup and come back and say, well, if you order reduce your maintenance fees, you can reduce 'em by 3%, 5%, 10%, 50%, or whatever. Just take it outta your reserves. And I think we probably ought to have a good open discussion about our entire budget. Uh, Brittany gave me a, a, a sheet about a couple of months ago that showed each district and what percent of their budget was funded for maintenance fees. Some are a hundred percent funded from the maintenance fees, others are 60%, 70%. And I don't know where they get their money. You know, we just get it out of the reserve account and we always have this reserve discussion and our budget, but we, we wait till it's budget time and we're trying to get through the process. I would just suggest in January or February when we have a little bit of time that we have a very open discussion. Everybody can bring their wishes, uh, to, to the table and talk about the budget because, you know, we have some members or residents come in and tell us, oh, you gotta lower those maintenance fees. You got too much, uh, in reserve. Others come in and say, you ought to balance your budget. You know, you shouldn't, your maintenance fees should pay pay for your, for your budget each year. So I think we just ought to have an open discussion about it before we expect the staff to come back with some recommendations. And I'll look for concurrence from Ms. Cook, but I believe the February timeframe would be a good timeframe in advance of your normal budget cycle. Um, that will give staff and the department's time to input their projects, funding requests to understand, you know, how your budget is progressing and developing and what any type of reduction would look like. Okay. I just think we need a philosophical discussion about our budget. I mean, I don't know how the other supervisor feel on that second. Yeah. So we'll include that in your February agenda. Okay. Just expand that a little bit. Thank you. Thank you. Anything else on old business? Um, you do have the courtyard, uh, villa front entry widening. Um, we did indicate last month that we would put this on as a presentation. Um, so Mr. Armstrong is here and he will step us through this PowerPoint. Alright. Alright. All right. Good afternoon board, Matt Armstrong. Good afternoon, director of Community standards. So at last month's meeting a resident to come before you requesting a, uh, petition process for the widening of the front entryway. So just really briefly, um, this was last month at the October 17th meeting as I just described. So the petition process is if something already exists, if you've already approved a petition process, what we would do is hand over a signature page to the residence and they would go out and try to get 75% of their neighborhood constituents to sign off that they would like to see this modification. If they do succeed in doing that, it would go before the architectural review committee in which they would sign off that they did receive the 75% requirement. And it would be added to your architectural review manual if it does not exist, just as the resident has done before, it comes before the board to request it. We add it to the agenda, which is done today for your approval as to whether or not you would like to see this petition process granted for, in this case, a modification to allow an extension of the front entryway. So, as a example, the front picture you see here is something that has landscaping bed in there. It has flowers in this small area. And what the request is, is to allow it to have pavers or concrete right there to allow for a seamless transition between the two. As, as a modification request, you have approved other petitions before in the past, such as screening your front entryway or painting your driveway. So, uh, petition process is definitely nothing new to this board. So it's whether or not you, as the board would like to authorize the approval of the petition. The petition does not automatically mean again, that this would be approved. The homeowner still is required to get out and did get the 75% of homeowners to sign off on it. Matt, could, could you clarify why people want that? The homeowner's right here, she can explain. Come on up. Well, several of my neighbors are interested. Can you, your address please address. I'm sorry. Sorry. Shirley Bevin, I live in, uh, Sharon Villa. And, um, these really don't serve a purpose other than to put some flowers or some, uh, shrubbery out there. Uh, several of the people have wanted to make it a smooth transition. If you come home at night and you have, especially in the village, they're very short and very, uh, this driveways curve. So to get two cars in there, especially now with so many people having SUVs and so forth, you are practically getting out and stepping into the shrubbery. And many of us have rocks in there. And I personally, I mean, I've stumbled over them and I, when I get out, I have to use my cane. If it's at night, I can't see where those rocks are. And I have stumbled several times over these. Um, and again, they're, I don't know that they serve an awful lot of purpose. Several people particularly, those are on the end, um, which have a larger area that allows them to make a larger, very nice looking areas. And many of the other villas have this, but, um, apparently we don't. So I would like to have that opportunity to do that. So, um, it is just this pictured spot here that you're Looking at that small Yeah, it, it's in there in between and it just, like I said, it really doesn't serve a purpose. And for me personally, it's a, it's a health hazard. Mm-hmm. Because I've simple over it in the evenings. I mean, I live, actually live at a courtyard FI mean, it serves no useful purpose having that strip there. It couldn't offend anyone if it was not, not there. I mean, it was just concrete from the sidewalk to the, to the front entry area. Right. I don't see the downside. I don't see how anyone could Object. The only issue that I would have is for Mr. Armstrong, there's, um, you can only concrete so much land for arability, et cetera, and there's permits out here for building that. You have to have so much percolation available. Does this? Okay. That's the only question I had. Well, it does say that you go to the, where the TD is petition process to substantially alter the appearance. That's not substantial. That's not even substantial. That's a minor. Yeah. And those that have them is in other villas areas that have, are, they're allowed to do it. They often put, you know, not concrete so much as pavers and it or something. Sometimes they paint it so it looks the same as the driveway. It gives an area where you can pull your, your golf cart in and still get in your house. If you wanna leave your golf cart out for a while and your car is there, uh, it just gives you a little more room. And for those of us, as we get older, I know myself, uh, when I went blind in my one eye, my stability in balance is not what it once was. So those things become a major concern, some of us. Any other questions? Do, do we have to put them through the, the pro the petition process or Mike? It's not substantial. Why, why can't they just do it? Well, some approval, but without a 71%. But it could be in the by, I think it's in the charter. Anything has to be done. It external modifications for the property. This is not in your architectural review manual. And this would be adding it via that process. A lot of homeowners, they purchased their bill units because it specifically looked that way. So that's why the petition process is specific to these courtyard villas because if we go all of a sudden making these substantial changes, they go, I didn't like that. Right. That's not the way I bought the community. I wanted it to look this way. This gives the voice to the resident says, yes, we unified like this look and this is what we want to do. Okay. But it, I I still hold. It's not a substantial change. If the plant dies, are you gonna find them? If there was like landscaping weeds and things like that, dead plants, then yeah, we would say that you have dead landscaping not being clean and that it would be a violation of the restrictions if the plant died. And the 75% comes from that neighborhood, just from that fillet area, the entire valet area. Right. Like if there's 60 homes of 45 people that have 4,500 have, but we're adding this to the, um, a RC manual. Yes. If you approve it, then we would add this to the manual so that, that we'd have to come back continuously. So if another village unit, courtyard Village wanted to do this, we would just hand them the petition saying it's already been approved by the board and they can go out and get the signatures without having to come back before you. Okay. So we don't have to make it 75%. It is not in the manual now. So Well, the 75% petition process before for all the other modifications, like the screening of the front entry as an example. So that's what you're, what you've been doing as far as requirements for applications in these court order vs I know, I, I just don't want to become an HOA where we monitor every detail. Um, and well, my position is still, this is not a substantial alteration. I I had a question. I I was a bit confused about the, the pictures, the top picture. Whose gate is that? Does it that belong to the house on the right in Courtyard Villa? The Previous picture? Yes, the go back. Trying to see the orientation that we have here. I'm just going by the windows are on that, on the right hand side side. So that would be the whole dominant survey. You mean the top picture, the one that's on the screen? Yes. The top picture. Yeah. Right. Yeah. And I think the same thing goes on this other picture actually, doesn't it heard you tell. So just, just so for clarification on, on what the deed restrictions say, it, it, it references any modifications made by a property owner must be approved by, um, the architectural review committee or the developer. So it's not necessarily a substantial change, it's any modifications made to the property, to the exterior of the home after. Okay. So I, I guess the, again, the language in, in the presentation that sub says substantially is inaccurate, is any modification made, um, has to be approved either by the developer or the designee. And in this case, the district is the designee and you have designated that authority to the Architectural Review Committee. And so, again, although some may take the position that it's not substantial, it is a modification, a change to the plans, um, to the way it was developed by the developer. So again, it's just a matter of going through this petition process, which you have, uh, followed that process in the past for other changes. And I think that's all that we're asking for at this point in time. Mm-hmm. Mr. Armstrong did, did you figure out if that arrow's in the right place? No, the air, the arrow's in the right place. This is an example from another district. This is not from your district. This is a example picture that we've utilized in previous presentations, but that is the area of question with the arrow. Okay. And in the, in the bottom picture, that gate belongs to the house on the left. Is that correct? We have to put that picture back up again. Okay. That one, that one good space right there. Yeah, exactly. That's how they obtain access to the back on the left. Yeah. And so the reason I asked that and why I was confused is because I don't know if this has been Photoshop or just the way it is, but in that bottom picture, it shows those gray pavers in there that fills that in. Mm-hmm. And, and I understand that, but my caution is, is that a place that or people are gonna be parking their cart and, and that's no problem if it's their sidewalk, but what I'm figuring is that isn't their sidewalk, that is your sidewalk. I just this on this picture that's just display the house to the right and that's their entrance unit and their property is all of that gray area. The property line actually goes back on the neighbor's villa. In other words, if we walked through that gate, the section to the right of that concrete is owned by the house on the right. And from there point, that edge of that concrete walkway to the left is owned by the other person. Now, at least my neighbors and I, for instance, um, the person who lives on the left maintains that property, even though technically, uh, I think it's 18 inches or two feet of that property belongs to the neighbor. And each neighbor does the same thing. The property line isn't even straight. Okay. I live in a courtyard V and the property line comes through diagonally through the side yard. Okay. And you see, you see states or nails in the driveway that's over the property line is so it's really crazy. I mean, it is, it is. It doesn't make any logical Sense. So it, it is strange in that, um, although there are property lines, um, that doesn't necessarily matter in cases like this because there are enjoyment areas on the opposite side of the property that a property owner will have. So it's kind of confusing and it depends on the lots, um, and the area. So I mean, I think we really just need to focus on, on the question and the request. And that is ultimately it's up to the property owners to decide who has the right to use one side or the other, not this board. Does this board want to agree to permit the petition process to, um, pave that area? And again, if you do, that's fine. Go through the petition process, they pave it, and then there's a dispute between the neighbors as to who gets to use it. That's between them. This is just a question as to whether you wanna approve the petition process for that area there. Thank you. Okay. And in that picture, the gray area is totally owned by the house to the right. Who travels through the gate is my question, ma'am? The person to the left and that walkway there is his or her property. Yeah, but from that gray area where the pavers are over belongs to the other property. I gotcha. Okay. I just, but my question was, it was brought up, um, that people would like to probably use that to park their golf cart in some cases. My issue is now would we be splitting the difference in parking the part of the golf cart on the Neighbor's? Oh no. Yeah, I understand what you mean. No, you wouldn't wanna be parking on their, your access to their gate. They would park if, and and honestly I don't know if, if they would do that. Although I think that if I were just using my cart for the day and I knew I was gonna use it later to pull up and maybe park, uh, a little bit on the gray area and then on the walkway to the right, um, just to access my house and then come out and then get in, you know, if I had a car in the, in the driveway to be able to get the, the golf cart in and out and around it. Uh, but no, you wouldn't want to park on the neighbor's walkway because that's their access into the back. Correct. Move the question. I don't know that there's a motion or I don't Think at this point there is No. You Need one though. We need a motion, don't we? Yeah. We don't have a motion. You want a motion to approve the petition process? Approve the petition process to allow this second to second. Okay. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. I've lived in one of these for 11 years. Never been an issue. Okay. Um, then I think that's the end of old business, believe it or not. Yes. Okay. So that takes us to informational items. Yes. There's the DPM monthly report, your financial statements, as well as your public hearing updates. Um, I'll include it as information if you have any questions, we're happy to address them. Are there any questions, gentlemen? I don't have any. Seems like there are none. So that could take us to, uh, does that include the public hearing updates or is that where we are now? Uh, no, that concludes, um, informational items and we can move to district management report. Okay, fine. Um, so the first item is a brief presentation of the new district website. Um, so I'm going to be maneuvering the website from my seat here. Um, but we do have it up on the projector if you'd like to, uh, turn around and take a look while I stepped through this. Um, but hopefully you've been onto the website. Um, we did launch the new website on October 22nd. Um, this was a joint effort, uh, between district staff, um, the marketing team as well as TSG, who is our technology solutions provider. Um, and we did want to extend appreciation to all parties involved to get this out. It's a significant upgrade to what we, we had previously. Um, we are continuing, um, to make tweaks to this. Um, so as you can imagine, we had to do a crosswalk of a significant amount of information from the old platform to the new one. Um, so we certainly appreciate everyone's assistance that if you, if you can't identify something or if you feel like something is missing, please let us know as we continue to work through those, uh, minor issues. Um, and we are already, the phase two is in the works. Um, so this was just the initial launch of this. Okay. This new and improved, um, website. So some of the key features, um, are that anytime that you see a logo, um, on the district, regardless of where you are on the district webpage, it will take you back to the homepage. So you can, you can always click here. Um, you don't have to use the back button to get back to to home, um, at any time that you see a plus sign. So, for example, under our core values here, um, anytime there's a plus sign indicated, um, you can drop that down for additional information and the color does change as you, um, hover over that so you know that you're clicking an active link from that green to gold color. Um, one of the unique items that we did add is that if you navigate to districts, um, you can use the Find my District tool because as you can imagine, as we continue to grow, um, we get questions regularly about what district do I live in and what does that mean. Um, so if we select the Find my District feature, we can pull up, um, we're gonna use it. Looks like Chapman is still saved in there if I click on that. So as long as you know, a portion of your street address, you can identify the area by that. So we're just gonna enter Chapman, we're gonna look this up and you'll see that, um, this is in the village of Hemingway, that in Sumter County and District seven. Um, so, um, the same would happen if it was a property within District nine. You'd click View district, um, hop over to to nine to show your individual page. But this is the page that you would see pop up. It's going to have all of your establishing ordinances and overview of the district, um, meeting time, location. All the agendas, um, are posted through this link. Um, your quick fax, and of course we have everyone's picture posted down here. Um, with, you know, we, we do have a lot of activity through the email US functions. So what's nice about that is that the residents don't necessarily have to email individual supervisors. They can hit email us and it will go to the entire board. And then the same here, we're still working out some kinks, um, with these icons for each supervisor's picture. But this will pull up an individual, um, email account or, um, the telephone number that you've elected to have on record for the website. Also on this page, um, we do include all of your, your annual audit reports under the finance section, your monthly financial statements. Again, as long as you see that plus mark, you can drop that down. And all your historical information is there, um, that the same is applied to your budget. Um, deed compliance on here, you can report a violation, um, using the this feature. Um, and then if you, you're unsure of the, the unit, um, or if you don't have a copy of your Declaration of restrictions, um, you can drop that down, use your ID to identify your unit and then select, um, one of these hyperlinks to view your declaration. And then the same is broken out for the V unit On the bottom of every page. And I'll keep scrolling, but the, there's the a RC information. All of your policies and procedures are on here. Um, I know there was a question pertaining to the, um, fund balance policy and that is included under the budget section, um, district property management. And then every page features these quick links that are at the bottom of the page. Um, so you can, you know, if you decide you wanna look for guest IDs, you can navigate over there. Um, again, using that top left hand logo that will always take you back to that main homepage. Then we also have the contact us. Um, so when you select this, um, we.