Village Community Development District No. 3 (2026-10-09)

Call our meeting to order. We'll note that Supervisor Franklin is not here, but all the supervisors are. So we'll still stand for our pledge allegiance in a moment of silence. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Welcome meeting attendees. If all you can participate in any of the agenda items. To do so, you have to come to the podium, state your name and address of where you live. And if you have any comments you want to make before we get into the agenda items, you can do so now. Okay. Nothing's coming up. Good morning. Joseph DeMaio, 1642 Bell Grove Drive, Villages at Some Chase. Anyway, it's not on the agenda, but I read something in the paper that might be interesting. Loomis, the fiber optic company, months ago, said they're the ones who were going to be installing fiber optic cable. They said they were going to do this with little interruption. So in the paper Wednesday, 10/7, there was two breaks, and it was in District 1 or 2, but they're still going to service 1, 2, and 3. There was a disruption where they broke a water line, 28 homes without water- Yeah ... until it was corrected. That's major interruption. And then on the 29th, fiber optic crew cut a sanitation line, 55,000 gallons of waste poured out. Them are major interruptions. So it's either Dig Safe or the third-party construction company who are not being supervised. Now it's coming here with District 3. It's coming. I think they should be talked to and say, "Hey, you had some issues. Hopefully, we're not going to have the issues in District 3," because they were major interruptions. So I just wanted to bring it to the board's attention. Okay, thanks. Is that something you want to- Mike, you have somebody who probably deals with that issue, do you not? We've been working with them. Okay. Yeah. Through the utilities. It's been utility breaks, and they've been in communication with us and Jacob, so that already has been communicated. Thanks for bringing that to our attention. All right. Thanks. But we understand also that anything that happens, the company will be responsible for resolving the issue. That's correct. Yeah. Correct. Doesn't involve us. Okay. We'll move on to the next one is new business. No, wait. Another comment. Another one? Why not? You have to come to the podium. State your name, and address where you live. First of all, I'd like to return the gentleman's keys. Was it Ray? Oh. Sorry, Jake. Good morning. My name is Doug Taylor, and I am a resident of Villa Valdosta, 1960 Peachtree Avenue. And my purpose for being here today is to bring up an issue that we have experienced over the life of Villa Valdosta, and that is the definition and discussion regarding temporary parking areas. Right now, and it has been for the last several years, we've had a lot of neighbors who have parked in these temporary areas as defined by The Villages, and it causes a bunch of grief for those who have guests coming. There's no place to park. Parking in areas, I think the term you use is the Peachtree stubs, where they just park back there by the fence. I understand those are to be used for egress and emergencies. What we're asking of the board is, we have a petition, is to better define or provide a definition of what is temporary parking. And the signage that went up after the last resolution, I have that here, does not dictate or describe what temporary is. It's ambiguous at best. So with that, I'd like to present to the board a petition. And I have several questions I'd like to ask of the board at this time, if it would be possible. Yes. My first question would be, what is the district's definition of temporary parking? And what we feel we need to know by definition, is there a timeframe? Are we talking 24 hours, 48, whatever? Secondly, are the three non-street dead ends approved for parking? Which, like I say, I think they call them stubs. Is lot hopping allowed? In other words, if they park in one spot, move the car each day or whatever, is that authorized? Are only current licensed vehicles permitted to park in the lots as well as golf carts? When is a vehicle considered abandoned? Are vehicles permitted to park on the street overnight or park half on, half off the street on their lots? And lastly, the question would be, who is responsible for monitoring these areas of parking? Bill. Is that a- Bill. Is that something we're supposed to do as homeowners, or is that something Neighborhood Watch is supposed to observe or monitor? These are some of the burning questions that we have. And like I say, I guess there's probably a misunderstanding of what the rules and restrictions are by one side or the other, or both. So clarity at this point is our goal, so that if we are breaking the restrictions or the rules, we need to correct it. If we're not, we need to identify that we're not. You want to go ahead? I guess you're keeping me. I guess so. So to address your questions, the first question is probably the most difficult one, which is what is the definition of temporary parking? As you are aware, board, we have struggled with the definition of temporary parking, and not necessarily coming up with a definition, but how do you enforce it? Because we don't have somebody that is available to go and chalk tires and determine if they have, in fact, exceeded that temporary parking. Further- If you were to designate a definition of temporary and enforce it, that would apply to everybody. So we looked at various potential definitions. For example, you could not park there longer than 12 hours or 24 hours. But again, if you had a situation in which a friend or family was coming to stay with you for three days, they would no longer be eligible to park in that. So once you establish the rule, it then has to apply to everybody regardless of the situation. So then it was- What everybody mean? Anybody. You don't mean just our district? I mean anybody parking in those seats. Anybody parking there. In those spots. Correct. Okay. So currently, this board, nor do any of the other districts, have definitions for temporary parking, nor do we enforce the temporary parking, because again, we have not found a good way to do that. The second question, are the dead ends approved for parking? That answer is, again, they're not approved for parking. The intent is not parking, but we don't necessarily have an enforcement mechanism for that, unless there is something else wrong with the vehicle, which we'll get into in a different question. Is lot hopping allowed? Again, that's not something that we prohibit or enforce, so we have no way of enforcing whether or not somebody's moving their vehicle around. Number four, is current license fully allowed? That is correct. What we do have the ability to enforce is what the board and other districts have considered abandoned vehicles. Mm-hmm. Abandoned vehicles can be ones that do not have current tags or registration. It can be ones that are incapable of moving, flat tires, or even ones that are just there for extended periods of time. Again, not ones that are there every night, because that's obviously not an abandoned vehicle. But if we get a complaint that a vehicle has been there for two weeks straight, we will then attempt to notify the property owner, and we will notice that it could potentially be towed, because it just sitting there for two weeks could be considered abandoned. Number six, is parking permitted on the street? There's nothing in the deed restrictions that prohibits parking on The Village streets unless it is a truck and exceeds a three-quarter ton, a boat, or an RV. Mm-hmm. So again, parking, unless it's an abandoned vehicle, then there's nothing that prohibits that on your street. Carrie, I have a question on that. Those are our streets? Correct. Yeah. What precludes us from writing some kind of ordinance or writing some kind of a rule that would prohibit that type of thing? If we own the street, it's kind of like Lady Lake. Lady Lake decides who's permitted to park where, and they write those kinds of things. We could have signage to that effect. Could we not? We could work with Mr. Briones. We would have to look and see how the streets were dedicated on the plaque. But as you own the streets, there could be an opportunity for you to adopt a rule that says no parking on the streets. Again, it would have to apply to everybody if you found that that was a health, welfare, or safety concern. But we'd want to look at the plaques and see how they're dedicated to see if there's anything that would prohibit you from doing that. But certainly, we'd be happy to work with Mr. Briones if you would like us to. Well, I'd be the first one to have health and safety to Gail. He's been around with the fire and safety department. Surely they would have some input on that. As far as the enforcement ability, I can't believe we can't get community watch for someone to do something. If we come with the right kind of rules, we promulgate them, and this is what's going to happen, and then we follow through and do things. It's like trying to discipline a child. You can go ahead and say, "If you don't do this, we're going to do this. We're going to do this. We're going to do this." You never do it. I think we need to put some meat into this thing and then come up with a way to enforce it. I mean, to let it become ambiguous and everybody's not knowing what's going on. We knew it would come to this point. I think it's just a logical progression where we need to be. Yeah. And I think that we, as a board, need to address this as best we can. If it only applies to our district, so be it. But I think we need to absolutely put some meat into this thing- Dr. Curry ... and let these people know because we're going to find scofflaws all the time who are going to go by everything they can. And I think it would be one thing if they weren't our streets. They're our street. So I think, the deed restriction and the plaque, certainly we have to address that issue. But I think beyond that, we then need to get together again. Well, I certainly see us being able to restrict parking on the street- Yeah ... based upon the fact that they're our streets. They're not the county's. The county did not sign off on those. They're not made to standard with regard to code, and as a result, they're narrower. And yes, my 12 years with public safety, we encountered a whole bunch of problems. Obviously, a number of these homes get serviced by individuals who are mowing lawns- Right ... who are doing plumbing work, and they frequently park in the street. Well, the biggest problem you get is somebody who comes along to visit and parks on the other side of the street, and the opening to get through is just fine for a car, but it's a little tough for a half-a-million-dollar firetruck. Yep. Now, our answer was real simple. We'll move it. They may not like how we move it, but we would move it. But the bottom line is if we're talking about the parking, yes, I think we can probably move an ordinance through that says no parking on the streets for more than, pick a time. Right. We'll have to hash that out because obviously if somebody's there with a lawn service and is going to trim shrubs, is going to do other work, they're not going to be there for 15 minutes. So- Well, right ... I think that's an issue that we need to deal with. As for the parking in Valdosta, I've been working on-- Well, first of all, the board has worked on this for years. As a matter of fact, we had a workshop a few years ago that dealt specifically with this issue, and we could never, no matter how hard we tried, we could not come up with an answer to temporary, as you said. And the wording that's on the sign now may not fully satisfy need. However, we all knew what our intent was. The intent was overflow parking for guests. This is not a case of using overflow parking. My wife and I, our first home in The Villages, 150 years ago- ... was a patio villa, and we actually lived at the end of the street, a stub street. We got told very quickly and very loudly the stub street was not a place to park, period. And we had the traditional car and a half garage. My wife had a car. I had a car. Yeah. Every time my wife wanted to go out, I had to go out and move my car. Okay. We did that for six years, and that's the way it was because we lived in a patio villa, and we didn't have the room, and I was not about to park on the lawn. So as a result, it had to get moved. This issue with regard to the overflow parking, the one thing that we walked away from with that meeting was the intent, and the intent was it's not resident parking. If you've got two cars in the household, that is not your private parking spot for that second car. And in some cases, you've got two cars, maybe even three cars if there are three adults living in the home. Supervisor Biddle and I are very familiar with this and the fact that we have a home on Russian Drive, car and a half garage. Yeah. There is a truck parked in the driveway, big truck parked in the driveway, and it's evidently the son of the owner, and the owner, who has a Subaru Forester, naturally parks on his driveway. He pulls in so that he's across the driveway, but the whole car is on the driveway. It's not in the street to accommodate us. I think that's wonderful that he does that. And he doesn't really have to do that because since Russian Drive is county controlled, county owned, basically- Yeah ... they can park in the street. He could park that car in the street if he wanted to. Now, I think he also recognizes that parking in the street puts him in a position where that car may very well get hit because it's right there on a curve, too. But we've wrestled with this, and I know that there are three cars in particular that you people are dealing with. Blue Honda, red Jeep, and the Kia at the sub-street. I've been working with Caitlin. Mm-hmm. And the Kia at the sub-street won't be a problem. That has expired tags. Evidently, the owner, the husband is deceased, and the wife is in memory care, and the house has been, for all intents and purposes, abandoned. So that car can be taken care of relatively easily. We are awaiting something from Mr. Briones, our attorney, so that we can do this through due process and do it legally so that car can be towed. As for the other two, again, it's due process about getting the intent dealt with about it's not resident parking. I can understand if you come home and you need to drop something off and you park there. Again, Mr. Biddle and I went through part of this. We had a resident who, every day, would come home from a part-time job and park his truck in the overflow parking. He lived right around the corner from the overflow parking. This went on for years until we dealt with part of this issue, and he was made to understand you can't do that. Because while it may be okay for most of the year, when it comes time for Christmas, Easter, summer vacation, whatever, those overflow parking spots become quite precious when family comes to visit. So this is not new, and I've spent quite a bit of time on the phone. I know that I spoke with you and I spoke with Martin Grubb. Is he here? I don't think so. I've been dealing with both you and him, and I've been dealing with Ms. Masoni at district office. We're working on it, trying to get there, and I believe at this point, all three of those vehicles, we can get a resolution to all three of those vehicles after Mr. Briones provides the appropriate paperwork. Well, we did think it was in the past. I know that Carrie, you addressed that issue, and we did too. It would seem to me like on those sub-street, those questions could certainly be answered very quickly by posting the no parking sign. So the Kia on the sub-street, as Mr. Lazoni stated, Mr. Briones has, as soon as he provides us with a notice, which we're hoping for today, that will get posted, and if it's not moved within, I believe we give them 48 or 72 hours, that one will be towed. I think it's 72. Yeah. So we do have teeth. When it comes to abandoned vehicles, this board has authorized us to tow vehicles, and we have towed more out of District 3 than probably the other districts. The problem comes in, as Mr. Lazoni stated, is we have talked for hours about how to define temporary, and that's where we haven't been able to come up with a good option as staff or as partnership with the board of how to get the homeowners who are just using it and jumping around to the different spaces. But when it comes to the Jeep, the Kia, and the Honda, I believe the Honda just came back and Caitlin's reaching out to them today. We are moving forward, and as long as they meet that definition of the abandoned, which most of them do, then they will be towed per your policy. And from what I understand from Caitlin, all of the owners of the vehicles in question have received communication from the district- That's correct ... and have told them, "This has got to be fixed, period." I would further request when they tow it, turn their lights on so everybody in the whole village know that we're there towing those vehicles. Yeah. Joseph DeMaio, 1642 Bilbo Drive, Cottages of Summerchase. I do not live in the Valdosta Village, but I live in Village at the Cottages of Summerchase. We addressed this board regarding street parking months ago, where I found in the district amendments that this board revised on-street parking in October 29th of '24. Whereas this board can designate or tell Village Watch that we've got a problem with a car parking on the street, and Village Watch will put a tag on cars that are parking on the street, and that's how that issue got resolved for the Cottages of Summerchase. This board has that authority for on-street parking. I just wanted to bring that to your attention. Yeah, I think we can work with Chief Wolfe because I don't know how he has his people assigned, but in District 3, there should certainly be a cadre of individuals, even though they rotate, who specifically cover District 3. I don't think he'd send them all over the other districts. So they should know exactly where we stand on that, and particularly if we're talking about on-street parking. If we don't have signage, we hate to clutter up these streets. But if it needs to be done, then it needs to be done. So therefore, we'll have a basis upon which we're going to do this. But I think that there's no reason why we can't get in touch with Community Watch and let them let us know what's going on. I have two more inputs, if you will. When we purchased our homes over there, we got a plot map, and this is the territory or the area that you have purchased, your home and everything. Nowhere does it include the village's temporary parking area as part of your deed. It is an opportunity to park there if you need it for whatever purposes, not extended. Knowing that there's times when people come to visit, especially this time of the year at the holidays, and they may come for four days, a week, or two weeks. The way that I would recommend to address that is through the guest ID cards. That tells you how long you're going to be here, and they could probably print out a little paper that they can put in the window of the car so that they could park there without being picked on, for lack of a better term. Just saying that I'm a guest of Doug Taylor, parking here from November 15th to November 19th, and that should cover that for the extended times of year or if you're having work done on your home where you can't get into your driveway. The same thing would occur. You just put something in your window for Neighborhood Watch to look at and say, "Okay," and they jot that down. And that way, you have an accountability. Yep. But again, we go back to the question of if we're not going to put teeth into it, if it's not, why even have it? Because- We thought when we did this after the workshop, what, a year and a half ago or so? Yeah, it's a while ago. We thought that we had brought some resolution. Well, it's obvious that we haven't because we can't agree on how you deal with that issue of temporary. I mean, is temporary, "Okay, I'm having the house renovated and I need to be out of the garage and it's going to be three months." I would look at that as being temporary because I'm going to go back in the house after it's renovated. But when it comes to parking the car in there, not hardly temporary. So we can't come to a resolution with regard to temporary. I do believe after looking at this issue again, probably now about the fourth time for me, after looking at it again, I think we probably do need to come up with something that may tighten up the issue because once again, there's no intent for that temporary parking, for that overflow parking to accommodate a resident who simply needs a place to park their car. That's correct. It's not intended for that purpose. Agreed. And I recognize that the sub-street may be inviting But that's not what it's for either. So I think we're going to have to revisit this issue. Carrie, in working with the people that, say, right here at Tavanis Center that issue the ID cards and so on and so forth, would it be possible that if a homeowner, let's say Doug knows he's going to have somebody be there for two weeks, that Doug very much like coming up here and getting an ID, at the same time would say, "Oh, I also need a parking permit for my people for two weeks." Is there anything that would prevent us from being able to ask that person to be able to-- Because we're only talking a few villas within District 3. We're not talking about 11 of these things. 110. Pardon? We have 110 villas. Yeah. I mean, in terms of Valdosta and Berea, and all the other villas that we have within our District 3, I'm not concerned about four. But is there any reason why we couldn't maybe look at that being something that we could, again, it would be incumbent upon the property owner living in that villa needing a permit to come up here, and telling them you need a permit for so long, and they're coming up here to get the IDs anyhow. Why couldn't we do that? You could. You can do anything when it comes to that type of process. You would just need to have a process in place, and then as you are only funded through maintenance assessments and community watch, recreation, all of the staff is funded through amenity fees- Right ... you would have to compensate the amenity fund for those services. So we would just have to come up with some type of a- Well, I wouldn't have a problem with that. So, certainly if this is something you would like to put on your agenda for next month and have staff start coming up with some ideas, we can certainly do that. Yeah, please do. Yeah. Sure. I think Doug might be a good resource. It seems to me, if you've got a pulse and a sense in the field, and you have a vested interest, that's- Sure ... and if you want to provide your input and your suggestions or anyone here, if you want to come forth and do that and help us, then we can do that as well. The problem is we have a finite number of minutes that we meet here once a month. Right. And in the mean-- We have a sunshine now that precludes us from talking to each other about these issues, which is a bunch-- Well, the only problem where I have mixed feelings about is nobody wants to be the person who is going to be pointed out as, "Well, you told on me." No, I know that. Okay. Which I don't have a problem with that. Good. But the point of the matter is, I think it's a misunderstanding. Like I say, those of us who have been in our villas 19 plus years, when we moved here, we knew what the rules were. Right. We knew what they're-- We read our restrictions. We know what they are. As the newer replacements, as people have passed on, moved on, whatever, maybe it wasn't explained to them as well as it was to us. So that being said, education for them by giving some solid, concrete information as, "This is the rules. You can't do that," would be beneficial. I don't see a problem with that. I also think that would be something I'd direct to you, Carrie, that if you come up with something that you think that we could have it reproduced and distributed. Again, there's not that many households in- Right ... in those villas that we couldn't have it distributed and have some official clout behind it because it'd become under the letter head of the villages, and it'd be signed by yourself or someone that has- Right ... significant input. And I think that's probably a great idea rather than going around and trying to individually address it. One last suggestion. Oh, and just before we move on. Okay, that's enough of you. I have been here to this committee two years ago. I came twice. Did you state your name and address? My name is Sharon Molina. I'm from Valdosta as well. I've been here since the year 2005. I came here two years ago to this, and my complaint was the same, and nothing had been done about it. Not true. No. We've towed vehicles, ma'am. Wait a minute. We have towed vehicles. Can I speak, please? Yes, but don't be speaking lies. I beg your pardon. I do, too. First of all, I have not seen that red Jeep move in four years, and I can tell you why, because I know for a fact that it's broke. It doesn't work. I try to help them jump it myself personally. I try to help them move it with my own body. So hang on there. What did we tow, Carrie? I don't have them all in front of me. I know we're working with the owners of the red Jeep right now. They indicated to staff that within two weeks they were supposed to have sold the red Jeep. So we were working with Mr. Briones as to providing notice, and then on that day after the two weeks, I believe we've communicated with Mr. Lazenby that it would be towed. And I believe it has been towed in the past, but that was one that they also moved from one parking space to another. See, that's part of the problem. It may look like the vehicle has not moved in the four years or so, but what they've done in a couple of cases is move from that one spot to the spot next, and then move it right back. No. Thank you. And I had also called Kathleen, D-E-F-F-O-N-I. Defoni. She is a standard-- Yeah. And she told me that she would handle it, and she would get in touch with these people. So she did, just recently. Well, guess what? The person that she went and talked to on the phone or knocked on the door, I don't know. All I know that I had a nasty note taped on my door from this person about mind your own business, get a hobby, and was cursed at. All right? Now, I wasn't going to come today, but just about half of the people that are concerned at Valdosta and they're fed up with this is like, "When are you going to do something?" Another thing, on the back side of this where the other parking lot is, we have a resident that is running a business in his garage, a car business. So he gets cars, he parks them in the vacant parking lot, works on them in the car, and then it's a rotation type of thing. All right? So that's something that needs to be said and addressed. Yeah, I don't believe they can run a business like that, can they? No. So- Do we have an address on who's doing it? Yeah, I was going to say, have you turned that in? The people that live on the other side probably do. I live in the front, very close in the parking lot. To indicate that nothing has been done isn't correct. We may not have satisfied or resolved this problem, but I can tell you that in the past, there have been a number of cars that have been towed. Yeah. Based upon the change in the direction from this board. And this is currently being worked on, is that correct? I hope so, because I'm looking at it every day. Okay, she's saying yes, it is. Okay. So hopefully we can get a resolution to this because it's obviously been there a long time. Okay. I don't want to come back here in the new year and still seeing the same thing. No, I understand. I agree. Okay. Thank you. And Mr. Chair, it says to the board, if you prefer us not wait the two weeks to tow their Jeep, it does qualify for towing under your rule. We can certainly move forward now. We'll move forward now- Absolutely ... I would say, wouldn't you? Absolutely. Don't wait two weeks. And then please somebody notify her that we've done it. See, and I was told by Caitlin that we have to wait for some type of in-writing action by Mr. Briones. We do, and Mr. Briones, you, I'm sure you hear this conversation. Can we get that notice by the end of today, please? Yeah, I'll do it after this meeting between District 4 and District 3. So it will be posted this afternoon, and if it's not moved within the time allotted, again, I can't remember off the top of my head if it's 48 or 72, then we'll have it towed. Okay, very good. Thanks. If the red Jeep can be towed, then certainly the Kia can be towed. That's a fair comment. Agreed. It'll be both of them. Okay. Can you look into the thing of someone running a business out of their- I believe we've already gotten that and provided it to the developer because as you know- Yeah ... we cannot enforce- Okay ... that restriction. Yes, sir. Hi, Andre Mochan, 1936 Peachtree, Villa Valdosta. Red Jeep's been there four years in the exact same space. Last time they refinished all of the asphalt in the Villa, which was a couple weeks ago, a month ago, there was a note put on the red Jeep that it was immobile, and they had to paint around it. So it's been there for way longer than you think it is. You guys did do something. You changed the sign, which now has new signage, which is now more confusing because it simply says resident and guest, correct? Yeah. So that makes it more confusing. My parents lived here 25 years, my wife's parents lived here 27 years. Many other districts deal with it differently. It says guest parking. It does not say resident parking. So that's one of the first things. You guys changed the sign, this all happened, and it kind of gave the red burgundy Jeep kind of like a, "Oh, well, we have an ID card, so now we can park it." And so that's really what the call out is, is that burgundy Jeep and the car flipping on the other side. There's only 11 spaces in Villa Valdosta. There's 110 homes. So that's 10%. One person parks there as a resident, that takes up 10% of the parking. Mm-hmm. 2, 20%, 3, 30%, 4, 40%, et cetera. I went to the dentist 6:45 in the morning, all five spaces on the one side were taken, and all six spaces on the left side were taken at 6:30 in the morning on Wednesday. So you can't tell me they're all guests. They're all residents. It's okay. You want to park in the street, you need to make a rule that they can park on the street. They want to park and hang their tires off in the street in front of their driveway, that's great. Make a rule for it. You need to make rules for it. And if they don't follow the rules, then you need to impose what you need to impose. Well, I can tell you- The other districts will tow in 48 hours. I can tell you the issue will definitely be revisited in the long run. In the short term, we can deal with two of the vehicles at least. Right. But we're going to wind up having to look again at the signage to make sure that the intent-- The problem is we couldn't come up with language to hit the intent either about the fact that this is not resident parking. There's a time limit, right? There's a time limit. But you're going to look at this and- So you also want a time limit? You're going to look back at this- So the time limit- ... with some ideas and put it on the agenda. Seven days in a 30-day period. Okay. There's a time limit. You just got to pick one. Right. 48 hours and it's been a one-week period. Whatever it may be, you need to pick it, and you need to choose it. And then when that happens, then it can be addressed. Okay. If it's 90 days, it's 90 days. If it's the amount of time that a guest can have an ID, which is what, 29, 30 days, whatever it is, then that needs to be the time limit. You guys need to pick one. Because you're never going to solve it. They're all going to be upset. Everyone's going to be upset when they got to squeeze through cars. Everyone will be upset when my friend finally comes to visit from North Carolina, I haven't seen him in three years, and I had to tell him to go find somewhere, a hotel, because I don't have a place to put his car. Right? Mm-hmm. That's what's going to happen. So you guys need to figure it out. It can't be next month, it can't be next year. It can't be two years from now, which is what occurred here. The red Jeep's been there four years. That's an example of your progress. So you guys need to figure it out. We can figure it out for you. I would say 48 hours, and if it's still there in one of those 11 spaces, it's getting towed. The end. That's what I would say. I'm not diplomatic like them because that doesn't involve me. I'm in the very back of the parking lot. I never park in guest parking, but it affects all of them. And if I had my way, I wouldn't be diplomatic. "Well, there might be someone." No. 48 hours, it's still there, if it blocks spaces, it's gone. All those 11 spaces are one space. They're one space. They're not 11 spaces. They're one space. That would be my solution. 48 hours, you're gone. Hopefully, you'll find a better diplomatic solution to that. Anything I forget? Anybody? I think you got it. There's a woman behind you. Oh. Anything I forget? No. Okay. Thank you. Okay. And you're going to take a look further at what we can do within the district, and it will be on our agenda? It will be on the agenda. The difference in the signage is due to the plats. Some plats in the village say that it is designated for invitees and guests only. Uh-huh. Some, such as in District 2, say that it is for the use of residents and their guests. That's why your signage says residents on it and some others do not. That was when the original plats were filed through the county. Okay. What would it take to get a change on this? Mr. Briones? A change to the rule? To the plat. Oh, yeah. The plat can't be changed. So again, that doesn't mean that you can't come up with a definition for temporary, and maybe you don't want the signs there advertising that it is for the use of residents. I don't disagree about education. Always that is the first opportunity to try to prevent behavior such as this. But I will tell you, as being one of the ones who have contacted the individuals that are using these spaces, they know that they are not using it for the intent of what the spaces were. They are not, "Oh, thank you for informing me. I didn't know," when you have those conversations. So although typically I completely agree with education, this is not going to be one of those where you can just use education. Okay. I think if we take action and do it consistently with these vehicles, it's going to send a clear message, hopefully. So we're going to take action soon on this part, right? What you just have to determine is do you want to define temporary and say that you are only eligible to park a vehicle associated with this house for X amount of time- Yeah ... days in a row. Which again, keep in mind, then if you have somebody coming to your property for longer than that, then they're going to be towed. Yep. Or you can do it in, as Supervisor Biddle mentioned, maybe getting some type of a parking pass, and as long as that parking pass is valid, then it's not towed. However, again, you have to have somebody that goes out and monitors this. Yeah. Understand. Everything that we do is a complaint-driven process, so it could be that a neighbor sees that it's out of date, and they call us, and then we take action. You can do any of that. You just have to implement it and then, again, pay to have those services. Great. Understand. So we're going to deal with this at our next meeting. Go ahead, ma'am. Do we have to park 11 vehicles? So just again, for the residents, this board cannot take action on anything that has not been publicly noticed on the agenda. Right. So even if they wanted to do something today- Understood ... it was not noticed on the agenda, and they cannot take action on it. Right. Excuse me. The chair mentioned that the thing with you is still about the red- And Mr. Chair, these meetings are recorded, and you have to, if you're going to speak, come up to the microphone and state your name and address. Let this woman- Can I just speak for a couple minutes? Go ahead. Good morning. My name is Paula Raven. I live at 1824 Peachtree. We are new to the neighborhood. We now understand the rules and the regulations, and we will comply 100%. My concern of the neighborhood is the state law speed limit is 10 miles an hour. People go past my house so fast. Someone is going to get hurt. We keep our dog on a leash. We walk out like we're walking out onto a, I don't know what, because people are looking at their phones, texting, driving past my house, I'd say 25, 30 miles an hour. I do not appreciate it. I will abide by all the rules. I will, and that's why we are here. And we understand that. But the state law is 10 miles an hour, and I'm asking everybody, for the safety of my neighbor Jerry next door, our pets that we walk, and I'm visually impaired. I need someone to go 10 miles an hour past my house. That's all I ask. Thank you. All right. Andre Mochan, 1936 Peachtree Avenue, Villa Valdosta. So, Sharon? Yes. Just mentioned to you that she mentioned the burgundy Jeep Liberty two years ago. So it's on the record, so you shouldn't have to deal with it a month from now. You should deal with it today. I think the board just directed us to have a notice posted by the end of today and have it towed if it's not removed. Great. Yeah. Thanks. Correct. Man. Daniel Covas, 3033 Macon Court, Bethesda. USMC, 100% disabled. I'm noticing in my neighborhood and in some other areas That they've thrown up petitions and get signed documents. Oh, so many people agree to this. Nothing in reference to how many people disagree with it. Last time I checked, even though the villages have rules and regulations, I live in a democracy. I live in the United States of America. People have the right to voice their opinions. They do not have the right to come up to you on your property and harass you without an issue. They need to take the proper steps, mind their own business, stay in their lane. Now, addressing the parking, I've noticed that also, I'm also guilty of it at some point in time. Things were mentioned to the fact that these are guests only. Well, what if the person has five guests? They're taking up five parking places. That's not fair to the other people that live there also. I've also heard a lot of inferences to the fact that, "I'm a resident for nine years," "I'm a resident for 20 years." I'm a resident, and I have the same say as they do. Yes, I agree, I feel sorry for the woman that some people are flying through there at fast speeds. I've noticed it too. I have a dog. I've seen people out walking their dogs. They have to stay way over to the side of the road to avoid these people. They need to do the speed limit. I've done that by accident myself, but I'm trying to slow down, too. But we need people to stay in their lanes, follow proper procedures, not individually come up and harass an individual because of their feelings or what they think they want. Follow the rules. I've also noticed that people are saying that there's no rules concerning parking. Yeah, I think you need to pull up your bylaws. I found them. Didn't have that much of a problem. They're there. That's all I've got to say. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Okay. I believe we move on to the agenda. So next one is new business. First one has to do with approval of minutes. There's September 4th 2026 minutes. Move to approve. Move. Second. All in favor? Aye. None opposed. Next is the approval of the interlocal agreement for intersection improvement at Woodridge Drive and County Route 101 with Sumter County. Yes, sir. As was directed by the board, we approached Sumter County, and they did agree to let district staff purchase the sign. We have finally agreed upon a sign that is- Right ... UCCD compliant. Thank you, Supervisor Biddle, for your assistance with that. As you can see in the attached interlocal, Sumter County, it will be on their agenda for BOCC approval later this month as well. Well, important thing is we're getting the right thing approved. That's great. Do you know what the- And we're saving money ... what the cost of the sign was that we're going to be assessed? Just to get the- We're purchasing it directly. Mr. Harris, do you know off the top of your head how much that sign was? I know it was about half the price of what Sumter was going to... Mike Harris, district property management. I believe that they were right at $1,600 a piece, times the two signs, and they were considerably cheaper than the other alternative. So approximately $3,200 for the- Yes, sir ... two signs. What's the timeframe for installation? So the signs have been ordered. They were ordered the first of the week. The ship date showing right now is November 24th. Okay. I'm sure they manufacture these signs as they're ordered. I'm just concerned about Christmas, because traffic's going to pick up significantly- Oh, yes ... to get to Costco. Okay? They should be installed before then, right? I would hope so. Okay, very good. Thank you. Can we leave this on the agenda so we can get an update first part of November? Yes, sir. We'll put it on old business. Okay. Next is- We do need a motion to approve. I'll move to approve the interlocal agreement. Second. All in favor? Aye. None opposed. Thank you. Next is first public hearing case number D30127. And Mr. Chair, that one has cleared, so it would be D302-27. Okay, so the next then is case number D302-27. A quick overview of the public hearing process before Mr. Armstrong gets started. The public hearings, the board acts as both the judge and jury, and at the conclusion, the board will consider evidence and findings of fact to draw conclusions of law. During the hearing, the board may only receive evidence from district staff to the property owner and parties that will be substantially and directly affected by the outcome of the board's decision. At the conclusion of the public hearing, the board will need to determine whether staff presented competent substantial evidence to support a finding of an alleged violation. If so, the board must enter an order of enforcement against the property owner. If there's anyone here to testify to this case, could you please stand and raise your right hand? Yeah, we got one. Before 1:00, the testimony is not permitted. Only the- Yes. We can now open the public hearing. Yeah, open the public hearing. Hello, board. Matt Armstrong, community standards. So before you today, we have case number D30227, Village of Queen Development District number three, re: Marie Stacy and Charles Johnson, individually and as trustee of the Marie W. Stacy Revocable Trust, dated May 7th, 2013, for 3231 Woodridge Drive, unit 35, lot five, violation of the district's rule to bring about deed compliance, specifically the rule that states it shall be the responsibility of the owners to keep their lots neat and clean and the grass cut and irrigating the edge at all times. If the owner does not adhere to this regulation, then the work may be done on behalf of the owner, and the cost shall be charged to the owner. As described in your external deed restriction standards, maintenance means exercise of reasonable care to keep buildings, landscaping, lighting, lawns, and improvements in good condition. We received a complaint about the property having overgrown grass, weeds, shrubs. It was the whole yard. Yeah. Staff went out there. They did verify. We did confirm. We also received a concern that there were rodents from the property as well. So at this time, we're actually looking to enact this underneath your emergency order of enforcement so that we can get out there and get this taken care of as quickly as possible. While all that was going on, we received notification today, this morning. I believe it was his son had contacted us and said that he's going to have the property maintained today. So- Good ... we still want to move forward with the public hearing so that we could have the order of enforcement just to make sure everything is done correctly and everything's been taken care of. But hopefully by the time I drive over there after this meeting, we can take a look and see that it has been resolved. I have a procedural question, because my understanding in one of our meetings perhaps last month, if there were a property like this, and from an emergency standpoint, meaning that there were varmints or vermin or something, that you would be notified, your office would be notified, and it was going to be rectified prior to waiting an entire month, let's say, for the next meeting. And I did that. I contacted and let them know about that. I guess my question is, I want to know why they didn't do something about it. Why are we waiting till now to do something about that when I called it in, and nothing happened? Is that not the procedure that when something like this happens, and didn't we discuss that? I don't think so. Am I under a misunderstanding here? The emergency order of enforcement means that we can skip the notification process and bring it straight to you. We still can't enact any type of maintenance without being directed by the board. So rather than it taking two to three months of notices to come to you, it comes to you that month. Right. Could we not, as a part of the procedure, could we not... If we verify it, and we say to Matt, and they go out and check it out, why can't we give the authority to immediately then take care of it? Again, we're just wasting more time to come back before us. But emergency to me means emergency. That's- Yeah, so from the legal side, I think as a board, you could give the district manager or community standards the authority to take action Before it comes to you and give the authority to make that determination that it does affect the health, safety, and welfare. So that can be done, but we need to amend the rule to do that. I thought we did that. I want to amend that rule. I want to give that authority either through your office or through his office. I think his would probably be the better of the two, because he's there and on top of it, and he has some people that are out checking things. I don't want to wait another two weeks, a month, for us to hear about it, if in fact there is a problem that needs to be addressed. I think they need to be addressed, and I would have no problem in giving Matt the authority- Well, I agree. I thought that this was something that we had done, and if it hasn't been, we need to do it. Yeah. My answer is, if a complaint is made and you or your staff go out and verify the fact that the complaint is legitimate, action should be taken that afternoon. I mean- Right. Or as soon as possible. Yeah. Rather than getting into the details of that now, since we are in public hearing, I think we proceed with the public hearing. Once we close it and take action, then we can bring that up. But again- All right ... I do recall that conversation as well. All right. Understand. Okay. Good man. So we would like you to find the owner in violation of the district's compliance rule cited by compliance staff. We'll amend the order of enforcement listed here. Instead of saying, "Give the owner seven days to mow the grass, remove the weeds," it would be, "The owner needs to immediately remove the grass and the weeds to the property. If the property is not brought into compliance, then district staff will move forward with ordering maintenance on the property. If the grass is mowed and the weeds are removed, then case number D30227 shall be closed. If the grass is not mowed and weeded, then staff will do so and will impose a fine of $250 or actual cost of maintenance, whichever is more, to be paid within 10 days of the invoice. Authorize the district to maintain the property twice a month in the summer and once a month in the winter as needed, to 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 $150 and additional $50 daily fine until the property is brought into compliance. If the property is not brought into compliance as required herein, staff shall record this order of enforcement claim of lien to the public record of Sunter County, Florida. It is the owner's responsibility to contact community standards to request a compliance officer revisit the property to confirm compliance. If the fine reaches $1,500, the case shall be turned over to district counsel to seek all available remedies, which may include initiating a lawsuit with taking an injunction against the owner. The owners are responsible for reimbursing the district for all attorney's fees, costs, and expenses associated with or related to this order enforcement claim of lien. If the property is brought into compliance and all fines are paid, chairman authorizes staff to execute and record a satisfaction of release claim of lien. Chairman to execute the order of enforcement." So, Mr. Armstrong, when you say immediately, we need a timeframe. Would that be by the end of the day? End of today. Okay. Okay. I have a question in that regard. How did they contact you? How had you attempted to contact them? What was their excuse that nothing had transpired all during this whole time? So like I said, I just got the emails that my staff has been in contact with the son. We send out letters. We send out emails, if we have email addresses. We do phone calls. We were able to send out a letter to Mainesville, Ohio, which was another address that we have. So I don't know if the son is over there or not over there, but he reached out to us and said, "Hey, I'm sorry," from the email that I had, and that he then contacted us again and said, "I have someone scheduled to come out today to take care of it." So he's aware of what's going on now, and- Yes. Staff has been in communication with him. And so you feel reasonably confident that we're probably going to get this thing resolved and on an ongoing basis? Yep. Based upon my staff's response, that he wanted to expedite it to be resolved, and he said he'd have someone out today to take care of it. Very good. Okay. I would add, again, to this order of enforcement, one bullet, that the board finds that the property meets the standards for emergency services and that it affects the health, safety, and welfare of the residents. Yeah. So when you make a motion, if you could just make a motion to accept staff's recommendation as amended. So moved. Did we close the public hearing already on this? Hold on. What are you going to say, D**k? I'd like to apprise the whole board of the fact that everybody's got the same issue, and everybody wants to address it. We have to do something to address this. I mean, I, working with Matt, worked on getting an emergency, what was it called? Emergency- Order of enforcement? Order of enforcement. Yeah. And that got Matt looking into it. We had at least five, if not more people- Oh, sure ... who addressed this with Matt's team, with me, and it works that way. So I agree, Terry. We need to do what you did, Matt, needs to be done for every supervisor in this room. We had heard from Supervisor Bedell, we heard from you, Mr. Bellows as well, and also the community, and when they said, "Yeah, we've seen these rodents" and things like that, that's when we did the emergency today to get to hear and like- I think then we need to probably amend it, make the motion, get this hearing taken care of. Motion's been made, but it hasn't been seconded. I'll second the motion. And we do need to close the public hearing. We have to close the public hearing first. So the public hearing is closed. Now go ahead. Make the motion. I move to follow the staff recommendation. Second. That was as amended. As amended. All in favor? Aye. None opposed. Very good. So I think we're done with this. But I think the thing we want to make certain is that we give Matt the authority. Yeah. The notice to advertise your rule will be on next month's agenda because it does require a rule amendment. Right. So that will be on your board agenda next month. Yeah. Which is good. That'll satisfy what you want then, too, right? Oh, yes. Okay. So I'll move on to old business. Yes, sir. The first item on old business, I apologize, was we had several questions, follow-ups on the architectural review hearing officer that we have provided- Yep ... to the entire board. Were there any questions that you had of staff or- I do. I reviewed the answers to the questions I posed earlier concerning the ARHO position. It was stated that the architecture review hearing officer is an independent contractor retained under professional services contract, which the district is separately authorized to enter into. Further, the applicable assignment and interlocal agreements authorize the district to administer that architecture review function. It was stated that the appropriate Florida statutes authorize a community development district to make and exercise contracts necessary or convenient through the exercise of its power and to contract for consultants to provide engineering and other appropriate professional standards. Thereby, the ARHO is retained as an independent professional service provider to perform the architecture review function and that the district is otherwise authorized to administer. It's further stated that the contractor responsibilities are functionally similar to those performed by the Architecture Review Committee. A statement regarding my suggestion that community standards create a staff position for that person to decide ARC applications directly to save costs would bring several concerns. These decisions affect residents' property and need to be made by an independent decision-maker, a volunteer committee, or a contracted professional, not by staff who answer to the district as their employer. Putting staff in that role would expose the district to due process challenges, put personal liability risk on the employees involved, and lose the professional liability coverage the contractor, the ARHO, currently carries. I find it somewhat suspect that the district could not hire an individual who could or would not be an independent thinker and decision-maker. There are many employees in positions within the district framework who make decisions that potentially could bring about litigation. It seems to me to be a cop-out to not perform a necessary function to possibly avoid a lawsuit. Liability insurance surely provides protection for employees performing tasks in a legally accepted capacity consistent with their job descriptions. As an alternative Why could a CDD not execute a contract to exercise its power for a "consultant" to provide appropriate professional standards with a consultant being an ARC member? Surely, a CDD could hire a consultant member for a considerably lower hourly rate. The present rate per hour, Architecture Review Committee primary representative, is zero per hour with an allowance for travel. If the ARHO is being paid $230 per hour to attend hearings and perform related tasks, plus compensable travel time from the officer's home to the hearings, and they're held at a separate location at a separate time from the CDD's regular monthly meeting, then the district is paying for an additional professional expense that would not exist if the board itself conducted a hearing during a board meeting such as we had today. Has there been sufficient history to provide additional answers to the following? Is there a minimum bill time? Are preparation and document review hours billable? What travel expenses are reimbursed? Is the ARHO paid if a hearing is canceled? How many hours were billed during the last fiscal year? How many hearings were conducted, and what was the annual cost? All of the questions that I opposed during the last couple of months should be considered by not only the CDD supervisors but also the district administration staff with the express objective of determining what is best for all parties concerned. Is there a collaborative benefit for all CDDs to utilize the services of an ARHO, realizing the recruitment and retention have been inconsistent throughout the Village? I would like to offer a request that the supervisors of CDD 3 schedule a workshop to address the concerns of the Architecture Review Committee. It would provide us an opportunity to have the adequate time to thoroughly review our objectives and alternatives. I would further like to secure the services of Jay Storiana, who was involved in a previous workshop we conducted regarding parking in our Village. The workshop was a catalyst resulting in a policy that we presently have in effect. It would be enlightening to discover what is being done in other CDDs to address this issue, and I would like to submit the following description of the workshop to be submitted for legal description regarding times and dates. It would be entitled Workshop Architectural Review Process, Hearing Officer Compensation, and External Deed Restrictions. The Village's Community Development District 3 supervisors will discuss and evaluate the district's current architectural review process, including the cost of retaining a paid architectural review hearing officer at $230 per hour compared to the existing volunteer Architecture Review Committee model. Discussion may include the respective duties, responsibilities, qualifications, costs, administrative support, consistency of decisions, and alternative approach to administering architectural review and applicable external deed restrictions. This is a discussion workshop. Any action requiring board approval will be taken at a properly noticed meeting in accordance with the applicable law. Well, I would support that significantly because I think we have a few items that can be done in a workshop. See, part of the problem is, of course, I can't talk to Bill. I can't talk to D**k. I can't even talk to my neighbor across- Outside of the meeting ... so I think we need a forum where if we post this and say it's going to be a workshop, no action will be taken. It's an opportunity for us to discuss the issues. We just heard from these people about an issue that we need to talk about and how to try and address this in particular. I agree with him also about the idea that I'm bristling at this whole thing of 200 and what is it, 240 an hour? I think it's 230. And well, it is adjusted annually based on the CPI, so it may have just had an adjustment as well. In my case, I'm still bristling over this whole issue of paying someone while we still have individuals who are doing so voluntarily, and the most that we can offer them is reimbursement for travel. So as a result, I agree with the idea that maybe it's time for us on a consultancy basis to hire something like a zoning officer who will deal with some of these issues. How much are we paying? We don't participate in it. the retired judge to do the- 125, is it? Plus CPI. I'm sorry, what? 125 an hour. And that comes out of the individual CDDs who have- And you said? Just like the architectural. Been doing it for them. Right. That's right. I guess the only re

Community Development District 3 Seat 1 - Steffan Franklin, Supervisor Seat 2 - Bill Ray, Chair Seat 3 - Terry Biddle, Supervisor Seat 4 - Dick Belles, Supervisor Seat 5 - Gail Lazenby, Vice Chair October 9, 2026 at 11:00 AM Savannah Regional Recreation Center 1545 Buena Vista Boulevard The Villages, Florida 32162 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ AGENDA The District encourages citizen participation in the democratic process and recognizes and protects the right of freedom of speech afforded to all. As the Board conducts the business of the District, rules of civility shall apply. District Board Supervisors, Staff members, and members of the public are to communicate respectfully. It is preferred that persons speak only when recognized by the Board Chair and, at that time, refrain from engaging in personal attacks or derogatory or offensive language. Persons who are deemed to be disruptive and negatively impact the efficient operation of the meeting shall be subject to removal after two verbal warnings. Audience Comments on all issues will be received by the Board. 1. Call to Order 1.A. Roll Call 1.B. Pledge of Allegiance 1.C. Observation of Moment of Silence 1.D. Welcome Meeting Attendees 1.E. Audience Comments 2. New Business 2.A. Approval of Minutes 2.B. Approval of the Interlocal Agreement for Intersection Improvement at Woodridge Drive and CR 101 with Sumter County 3. Public Hearings 3.A. VCDD No. 3 vs. Case No. D3-01-27 - To the Estate of Valma B. Allen - 1258 Niles Court A. District Counsel Overview of Public Hearing Process B. Swearing In of Those Providing Evidence or Testimony C. Open Public Hearing D. Staff Presentation of the Facts E. Owner/Interested Party Presentation F. Close Public Hearing G. Board Discussion/Determination 3.B. VCDD No. 3 vs Case No. D3-02-27 - Maree W. Stacy, and Charles M. Johnson, Individually, and as Trustees of the Maree W. Stacy Revocable Trust dated May 7, 2013 - 3231 Woodridge Drive A. District Counsel Overview of Public Hearing Process B. Swearing In of Those Providing Evidence or Testimony

C. Open Public Hearing D. Staff Presentation of the Facts E. Owner/Interested Party Presentation F. Close Public Hearing G. Board Discussion/Determination 4. Old Business 4.A. Old Business Status Update 4.B. Consideration of Utilization of an Architectural Review Hearing Officer 5. Informational Items Only 5.A. Financial Statements 5.B. DPM Monthly Report 5.C. Village Community Development District No. 3 Public Hearing Updates 6. District Manager Reports 6.A. Amenity Authority Committee After Agenda 6.B. Save the Date: Government Day on November 7, 2026 6.C. Authorization to Advertise Amendment of Towing Rule (Chapter III) 7. District Counsel Reports 7.A. Ethics and Public Records Training 8. Supervisor Comments 9. Adjourn HOSPITALITY STEWARDSHIP INNOVATION & CREATIVITY HARD WORK NOTICE Each person who decides to appeal any action taken at these meetings is advised that person will need a record of the proceedings and that accordingly, the person may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, incoming the testimony and evidence upon which such appeal is to be based. Audio recordings of Board meetings, workshops or public hearings are available for purchase per Florida Statute 119.07 through the District Clerk for $1.00 per CD requested. Any person requiring special accommodations at this meeting because of disability of physical impairment should contact the District Office at (352) 751-3939 at least five calendar days prior to the meetings.