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    3.A. Acceptance of Audit Report for Fiscal Year 2023/2024 - Voted yes on the motion “The Board accepted the Middleton Community Development District – A Audit Report for Fiscal Year 2023/2024”; the record reports passed.

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    New Business - Voted yes on the motion “The Board approved took formal action on the following items included on the Consent Agenda: 2.A. Approval of the Minutes for the Board Meeting held on January 15, 2025”; the record reports passed.

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Call the meeting to order. Let's do roll call. We got four out of five. We got a quorum. Let's stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. Please. Thank you. Uh, welcome meeting attendees. I see none, therefore, I assume there are no audience comments. Yes. We move on to administering the oath of office to our newly elected supervisor, Mr. Munz. Mr. As the state Florida, be an officer and a recipient hereby the state of Florida. Yes. Thank you. Congratulations. Congratulations, Wayne. All right. Consent agenda. Motion to, uh, pass via consent agenda. Motion. Second, please. Second. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye. Motion passes. New business? Yes, sir. Ms. Chairman, supervisor. So the first, uh, item on new business is the acceptance of the audit report for fiscal year 23, 24. We do have representatives from Purvis Gray here to briefly go over the report, answer any questions that you have, uh, and then upon her completion, we would then accept, uh, ask for a motion to accept the audit. So, Ms. Helen Painter is here representing Purvis Gray. Good morning. Helen Painter, uh, audit partner with Purvis Grain Company. And, uh, with me, uh, is part of your audit team, Catherine Eno, the audit director, uh, and a welcome new board member. Um, on an annual basis, uh, each of the special districts are required to have an annual financial audit. Uh, your year end is September 30th, and, uh, we come out as a team in the month of December, January, and we complete the audit of all of the districts. And then we present our auditor's report, uh, to the Board of Supervisors. Uh, so in front of you or in your, uh, package there, I'd like to direct you to page four. And on, uh, page four of the document, uh, is the independent Auditor's, uh, report, and it is addressed to the Board of Supervisors. Uh, we work with management, uh, but we report to the board. Uh, and in this report it's saying that we have concluded our audit, uh, for the year ending September 30th for Middleton Community Development District, A, uh, and that we have issued an unmodified opinion, a clean opinion, saying that based on the works of our audit, we believe these financial statements and note disclosures are fairly presented in all material respects. So, uh, that's, uh, giving you assurance that the information that we have audited, that we believe that there's been no material modifications to the financial statements. Uh, I'd like for you to turn to page 20, just part of the audit procedures. Uh, you'll be getting into your budget process and just the importance of, uh, an annual budget. Uh, so you'll see here on page 20, you'll see the original budget and then, uh, the amended budget, uh, and then the final year to date actual. So you want to make sure that you have budgetary control over your financial statements. So you see that the revenue sources are the special assessments that are assessed in this particular case, just the maintenance assessments. Uh, so there was 1.6 million that was budgeted, and you know, pretty much what's going to be put on the tax roll. Uh, so those numbers are, are fairly easy to budget for based on the, the units of measure within your district. So you had 1.6 million of revenues, and of course, you have some investment earnings on your excess reserves from the prior year. And then you have your expenditures, which primarily is maintenance, utility, landscaping, et cetera. And you'll see that you had budgeted for 1.3 million and operating expenses, and you were under budget by 218,000. So that's good that you had good budgetary control there, and you did not exceed your expenditures. Also, of course, you have your, make your, uh, debt, uh, assessments, and, uh, there's no budget to actual vets required on that. So this is the second year of operations for Middleton. A uh, subsequent to year end, you had your phase two bond issue where you issued 25 million in bonds for the construction of phase and acquisition of infrastructure For phase two, uh, the developer donated land valued at 540,000. And, uh, this was the first year. Of course, as we discussed, that you started receiving special assessments. Uh, in addition to issuing the independent auditor's report, we would have to let the board of supervisors know if there was any, um, mature weaknesses or significant deficiencies in internal controls. Uh, we'd have to also let you know if there was any non-compliance with your investments. Uh, and, uh, there's a lot of disclosures and reports that the state, uh, order auditor general's office requires, and we're happy to say there were no issues that we noted in the audit. So, that concludes the presentation. I don't know if you, uh, have, uh, any questions that you'd like to ask about the audit process or anything about the financial statements. So I'm happy to answer any questions you have. Any questions from the group? Nope. Okay. Thank you, Ms. Pay. Thank you. So, can I get a motion to accept the audit report, please? Motion to accept. Second. Second. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Motion Passes. Very good, thank you. The next time, um, Mr. Chairman and supervisors is a, uh, presentation from DPM in reference to the cameras. Um, this board has been, uh, requested us to look and, uh, review, uh, cameras, locations where we could be most advantageous in securing our recreational facilities, pools, et cetera. So I did challenge DPM with putting together a project, uh, with some costs. You'll see the costs are embedded in this presentation that Ryan will go over. Um, this is for presentation. So from from this standpoint, we would just ask, after you review it, ask Ryan any questions, um, to give us some direction if you want this to be, uh, considered for next year's budget, or if you want us to bring this to the Middleton Maintenance Advisory Committee this year to consider, um, uh, for, you know, deployment this year. So, some questions afterwards that we can discuss. But I wanted to lay the foundation for Ryan in his presentation. So, Ryan, Good morning, board of supervisors, Ryan Mellinger, district Property Management. Um, as you can see on your computers and also on the screen, uh, during the 20 January, 2025 board meeting district property management was requested to provide information and cost impacts for the implementation of security cameras throughout the recreational areas of Middleton. Uh, in particular Lake Harlow, dry Creek Thurston and Den, which is not done yet or constructed, but once it's complete will be installed, all hardware, software, and installation will be provided by the Villages Technology Solutions Group for an estimated total of $30,911 and 88 cents for all locations. The next slides that you will see are all of the recreation centers and the orange areas are kind of your line of sight views. Uh, for the cameras themselves, um, they're gonna be kind of a, there's gonna be Vera Focal and there's gonna be, uh, fixed focal vera. Focal is gonna be allowing you to zoom in and zoom out. Uh, the fixed focal, there's gonna be four of them per location. Um, and they're just gonna be fixed. You're not gonna be able to zoom in or zoom out or anything. They're going to focus on the postal stations and the pools. There will be maintenance that's associated with this. There will be an annual maintenance and camera monitoring, uh, would be provided by the Village Technology Support Group and Community Watch, uh, for an estimated total of $16,500 for all locations. Estimated total would include continuous monitoring of all camera and views. This would be done by a community watch, uh, daily management of camera systems and security protocols, and then periodic video requests for law enforcement and risk management. I didn't see Ryan, the initial capital outlay, was that on the screen? What was it? I'm sorry? The initial capital outlay On The, yeah, I don't know that. Did you, if you just wanted to go over that. I don't know that you hit that highlighted number. It's at the bottom of that. Uh, I think he mentioned the 30. Did He? Thousand did. Okay. Yeah, sorry. So I gained round numbers initially, 30,000 and then the annual maintenance, um, was what, 13 or 16,000 a year after 16,500 a Year for. So those are the things that you would have to consider as far as outlay, uh, this year and or next year. If you wanna look at it for, uh, this project. I don't know if anyone had any, I know there's a couple, you guys are some residents. I know Ryan's a resident, so I dunno if there's other locations or any thoughts you had on those camera locations and how they would work. So certainly Ryan's here to, uh, answer that. There's a couple Go ahead. Uh, from a DPM perspective, have you Had a lot Of damage That you guys have had to repair or At the park pools, things like that? The only things that we've had to kind of repair have been, you know, we have ballards that are up. Sometimes those get hit by a golf cart or something like that. So it's not really, it's not graffiti or damage to the area. Um, that's just typical. That's some of the constant repairs that we have. Um, and then also the windscreens on the basketball courts and the, the pickleball courts, those do come down. They do wear and tear, um, But those aren't really vandalism. It's, it's, it hasn't really been tied to vandalism at all. Um, and then sometimes the, the doors that come in and out, uh, of the pool and those courts themselves, they, they stick and kind of get funky. So we have to come in there and take care of that. I have also been in constant communication when I get information from residents down there with the City of Wildwood and communicating with the city manager to inform Wildwood Police Department to, you know, step up patrols, make sure they're aware of these issues. So we're constantly communicating with Wildwood, uh, looking at, uh, uh, additional patrols down there and making sure they're aware that there are, that there are issues or potential issues that they just need to be, you know, have a presence in, in making sure they're down there. So, Right. In the villages itself, rec rec areas, are there cameras that are monitored today by community watch? Will this be u unique to Middleton? There is not. There's cameras of postals typically, or the gates. I, they're not the postals, but the gate. The, the gate. Um, but not the rec centers? No. Okay. So currently right now, community watch is an amenity for the age restricted area. Right. So that's paid for by their amenity fee. So that's why there's an additional charge for community watch to function in this capacity. We'd have to have an agreement, uh, but they do not, um, currently right now have cameras at rec centers or anything. And as Middleton Grove and More Rec is added down the road, they would be continuing to add cameras and monitoring. And so this expense could grow over time. That's correct. Yeah. Okay. That's all, I mean, right now that's all four planned parts. So yeah, there Wouldn't be any more parts or anything added at least to R Into the Middleton A area. Middleton A. Right. But as B comes on board, they're gonna want a similar Would B, So remember in the Middleton maintenance advisory, um, agreements, so all those rec funds flow through there and the shared between A and then potentially through B, because there'll be reciprocal use agreement that anyone that lives in B can use A facilities and likewise A to B. So it would be a pool concept, But that would still be split amongst lots. Yeah. And you'd have more. That's right. You'd have more and did Some quick math. And I mean, we have 1300 lots or so right now, so that 16 K maintenance is like $12 a year. Mm-hmm. Um, to the residents. Right. So yeah. And then once we act, 'cause we just voted on six units, 6, 7, 8, I mean, that takes up to 1800 lot. Mm-hmm. So drops it down to $9 a year. Okay. Sounds like That's good math. No, thanks for doing that. That was my question is what is that, is it just even like divided? Is That how that works? It's through the accessible acreage methodology. So it's not just a lot per se, but that's just a good rule of thumb, but Got it. It might, it would vary by, yeah. Yeah. By Ing, once we come back in May we'll start, if we wanna wait to, if we're thinking that we're going to do this in next year's budget, in our May uh, meeting, we will also include a budget workshop. We can embed those numbers so you can kind of see the real impact included in that. We're gonna bring back the, uh, this, the, uh, request about the lights at the sports courts. We'll show you that cost as well, because I know Deon has been working on that, uh, and have some preliminary numbers to share in the budget information in the May workshop for that too. So what are our thoughts, any thoughts on, um, tabling this for next year's budget or trying to incorporate now using existing resources? Um, my thoughts, I mean, if he, if they're saying there's not a whole lot of damage that they're having to repair right now, it's happening, I think we can wait. Um, Consider It. I mean, not just here incidents, but not so much damage Yeah. Gonna be able to wait. Because I was more curious if, you know, kids are, because I know a lot of high schoolers come in, if they're damaging the fences, damaging the gate and then that cost is coming back to the residence to repair them if Right. You know, paying for the cameras and then that cost can push to, you know, the people who do the damage. Yeah. Right. Keep The itself out. That's a good point. Yeah. Hopefully it's a deterrent if they don't continue to damage. Yeah. Yeah, I would, I I would support Waiting. And the reason why is we've got other items. I'd like to see what all the items are and then we can prioritize which items are most important to the residents to see the funds. Absolutely. Okay. So, so if I'm hearing correctly, I think at the May meeting we, we have our regular meeting, then we'll have a budget workshop embedded in that same meeting. We'll present all the items and look at the potential budget for next year and embed the, or you know, we'll carve out, but embed the cameras and as well the lights so you can see what that cost is. But if for say like during the summer, you know, incidents start increasing or there starts having to be some damage or things happening, can we bring it back up to Absolutely. Mm-hmm. Yep. Okay. So if it's table, it doesn't have to be tabled all the way to next year's budget, like state bringing up if incidents do start occurring. Yep. It can be, we can pivot and get it going. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. And may we'll be talking about the budget anyway. So, um, no, we did, uh, we did get a, a complaint from a resident of, you know, uh, folks doing illicit things at the pool and, and Kenny uh, referred that to the Wildwood Police Department, I think just this week. So, um, they're gonna potentially step up some visibility enforcement, whatever. Uh, maybe they can come to our main meeting as well and present sort of what they're seeing and what they've been, um, the efforts they've put forth so far. So If the clerk, clerk can make a note that we want to invite while will PD to main meetings. Okay. I'd also like to see if DPM is seeing a increase in things happening, you know, keep us updated on, Right. Yeah, so I think in, I think the DPM and the information items, you do have a DPM monthly report. Mm-hmm. Um, I just don't know, I know if there's anything addressed in that report, Ryan, but, uh, there's nothing on that report that addresses anything that we've seen. It's more of like a construction update, any enhancements that we've done, things we've had to repair that are not, you know, vandalism associated. Maybe you add a section to that report so the supervisor can see if there's been any infractions or any damage done. Sure. And you can add it in there. Any other comments or questions on this topic? Okay. Brian, thanks for putting this together. It's very helpful. Absolutely. Thank you. Alright, so we have our direction in May. We'll bring back some more information for the budget we invite while with PD to come to. Okay. Alright. Where are we here? Uh, the informational items information here. If there's any questions, you'll certainly address Any questions on the informational items listed on section four? Seeing none, district manager reports? Yes, sir. So I have two items. The first one you see under the architects for review committee meeting update. So just so you know that it has been moved to a new location, I think it was at Franklin Rec before now. It's gonna be a EL uh, rec center, same time, same date, but it'll just be moved to the different rec center EL rec center, uh, February 19th, uh, will be, or as of that date, the means will stay the same at one o'clock. So no change in the day and time, just the locations at EL. Uh, and lastly, I did wanna introduce, uh, a new team member. We hired our new CFO, um, Mr. Sean Boyle, who's behind me. Uh, we wanted to welcome Sean on board. Certainly, uh, I'm grateful that he's on board 'cause that takes away some, some of that duty that I've been carrying for the last seven years. Oh, wow. Um, so, uh, I know that the team will, uh, be appreciative of his added support to the finance budget and purchasing department. Uh, so we're, we just wanted to welcome Sean On board. Welcome, Sean, what are you gonna do with all that extra free time, Ken, Uh, start up district 16, et cetera. So, uh, with that, those are all my reports, sir. All right. Any supervisor comments before we adjourn? Yep. Mark Did ask, oh, I'm sorry. That's okay. I skipped right over District council reports. Normally I don't have anything to ask, but today, my apologies. Mark asked that I, I'll remind the supervisors that the next training in public of record, sunshine Law and Ethics scheduled for March 31st at 9:00 AM at Laurel Manor Recreational Center, if anyone's interested in, to get the ask from the court office. And that's it. Thank you, Sir. Thank you. Do y all get the schedule in your email trainings coming up? Yep. Is that A yearly thing we have to do every year? Yeah, that's correct. Yep. Four hours, right? Four hours, yeah. So I'm signed up for August. Expect to see some of you guys there. Um, just one comment for me. Um, I think the next meeting in May, I am out of town and I let Jennifer know that, right? Yes. So Brandon's gonna be in charge. Maybe we all hope that goes well, so it'll be fine. But, uh, it sounds like I'm gonna miss some pretty important stuff. I apologize for that. We will, uh, certainly. Um, when you get back, I can catch you up. Yeah, we, I'll come over and see you. Sure. All right. Anything else, guys? All right. Thanks for being here today. Go Blue Meeting adjourned That on record. Am I allowed to do that? You did.

MINUTES OF MEETING MIDDLETON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT-A A meeting of the Board of Supervisors of the Middleton Community Development District-A was held on Friday, March 21, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. at the Everglades Recreation Center, 5497 Marsh Bend Trail, The Villages, Florida, 32163. Board members present and constituting a quorum: Joe Ricciardi Chair David Rees Supervisor Lane Munz Supervisor Bob Trinh Supervisor Staff Present: Kenny Blocker District Manager Stephanie Brionez District Counsel Kacie Linton Assistant Director of Recreation & Parks Karen Clary Budget Assistant Director Emilly Morrison Purchasing Manager Karen Briggs Finance Project Manager Mike Harris District Property Management Director Jennifer Farlow District Clerk FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS: Call to Order 1.A. Roll Call Chair Ricciardi called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. and stated for the record that four (4) Supervisors were present representing a quorum. Brandon Matulka was absent. 1.B. Pledge of Allegiance The Chair led the Pledge of Allegiance. 1.C. Observation of Moment of Silence

Middleton CDD-A Minutes March 21, 2025 Page 2 Chair Ricciardi led the Board and audience members in attendance in a moment of silence to observe those who have served our Country and community. 1.D. Welcome Meeting Attendees The Board welcomed all those in attendance. 1.E. Audience Comments There were no audience comments received. 1.F. Administer Oath of Office to Newly Elected Supervisor Munz Jennifer Farlow, District Clerk, administered the Oath of Office to newly elected Supervisor Lane Munz. SECOND ORDER OF BUSINESS: New Business Chair Ricciardi advised the Board that a motion to approve the Consent Agenda is a motion to approve all recommended actions. All matters on the Consent Agenda are considered routine and no discussion is required unless desired by a Board Supervisor or a member of the public. On MOTION by David Rees, seconded by Lane Munz, with all in favor, the Board approved took formal action on the following items included on the Consent Agenda: 2.A. Approval of the Minutes for the Board Meeting held on January 15, 2025. 2.B. Authorized Staff to close the Cost of Issuance account for the Series 2022 Bond (Account No. 278435009) as soon as practical. 2.C. Adoption of Resolution 2025-06 accepting and conveying the Common Tracts and Roadways and Join in the Dedication of those Common Tracts and Roadways on the following plat, ratify the Chair/Vice Chair’s signature on the Mylars and Resolutions finding certain services, maintenance and repair activities to be in the public interest and accept the obligation to perform those services within the following units: Middleton Unit No. 6. 2.D. Adoption of Resolution 2025-08 accepting and conveying the Common Tracts and Roadways and Join in the Dedication of those Common Tracts and Roadways on the following plat, ratify the Chair/Vice Chair’s signature on the Mylars and Resolutions finding certain services, maintenance and repair activities to be in the public interest and accept the obligation to perform those services within the following units: Middleton Unit No. 7. 2.E. Adoption of Resolution 2025-09 accepting and conveying the Common Tracts and Roadways and Join in the Dedication of those Common Tracts and Roadways on the following plat, ratify the Chair/Vice Chair’s signature on the Mylars and

Middleton CDD-A Minutes March 21, 2025 Page 3 Resolutions finding certain services, maintenance and repair activities to be in the public interest and accept the obligation to perform those services within the following units: Middleton Unit No. 8. 2.F. Acceptance of the Quit Claim Deeds for Middleton Unit No. 6 from The Villages Development Company, LLC. 2.G. Approval of the Right-of-Way Deed for Middleton Unit No. 6 with the City of Wildwood and authorized the Chair/Vice Chair to execute the document. THIRD ORDER OF BUSINESS: New Business 3.A. Acceptance of Audit Report for Fiscal Year 2023/2024 Helen Painter of Purvis Gray, the District’s Auditor, stated that it is the auditors’ objective to ensure that the accounting records are kept in accordance with government auditing standards and follow GASB for government accounting. The Independent Auditor’s Report states that the District has received an unmodified clean opinion and based on the results of the audit procedures performed, the accounting information presented was accurate, and no audit adjustments were made. Ms. Painter reviewed the Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in the Fund Balance. On MOTION by Bob Trinh, seconded by David Rees, with all in favor, the Board accepted the Middleton Community Development District – A Audit Report for Fiscal Year 2023/2024. 3.B. Middleton-A Camera Project Presentation Ryan Mellinger, District Property Management Assistant Manager, advised that during the January 2025 Board meeting, District Property Management (DPM) was requested to provide information and cost impacts for the implementation of security cameras throughout the recreational areas of Middleton at Lake Harlow, Dry Creek, Thurston and Kewadin, once complete. A total of 6 cameras, two (2) varifocal lens cameras and four (4) fixed lens cameras, is recommended for each location. All hardware, software and installation would be provided by The Villages Technology Solutions Group for an estimated total of $30,911.88 for all locations. Mr. Mellinger reviewed the placements of the cameras and advised that annual maintenance and camera monitoring would be provided by The Villages Technology Support Group and Community Watch for an estimated total of $16,500 for all locations. The estimated total would include: continuous monitoring of all camera

Middleton CDD-A Minutes March 21, 2025 Page 4 views, daily management of camera systems and security protocols and periodic video requests for law enforcement/risk management. Supervisor Munz inquired if there have been a lot of repairs needed due to vandalism. Mr. Mellinger advised that any repairs made have been due to wear and tear. Kenny Blocker, District Manager, advised that if residents report concerns they are forwarded to the City of Wildwood Police Department. Supervisor Munz inquired if there are cameras at The Villages recreation centers. Mr. Blocker advised that the cameras are located at the gates entrances and exits in The Villages. Mr. Blocker advised that during the budget review that will be held at the May 8, 2025 meeting, Staff can include the cameras and lights at the sports courts as items for consideration. The Board provided consensus to include the projects as part of the Fiscal Year 2025/2026 budget review. The Board requested that the Wildwood Police Department (WPD) attend the May 8, 2025 meeting to discuss any incidents that are occurring and requested DPM keep the Board updated on any needed maintenance. Mr. Blocker advised WPD will be invited to the May meeting and DPM will include an infraction section on the DPM Monthly Report. FOURTH ORDER OF BUSINESS: Informational Items Only 4.A. Financial Statements The Financial Statements as of January 31, 2025were provided to the Board as information. 4.B. DPM Monthly Report The DPM Monthly Report was provided to the Board as information. 4.C. Assessment Presentation - Unit Nos. 5 and 6 The Assessment Presentation - Unit Nos. 5 and 6 was provided to the Board as information. 4.D. Tract A of Middleton Unit No. 6 The Tract A of Middleton Unit No. 6 was provided to the Board as information. FIFTH ORDER OF BUSINESS: District Manager Reports 5.A. Architectural Review Committee (ARC) Meeting Updates

Middleton CDD-A Minutes March 21, 2025 Page 5 Mr. Blocker advised that the District Office has moved to Brownwood Town Square on January 13, 2025. A satellite office will remain in Lake Sumter Landing to provide resident services. Beginning February 19, 2025, the Architectural Review for Middleton-A Modification Applications Modification Applications will be held at Ezell Recreation Center at 1:00 p.m. Mr. Blocker introduced Shawn Boyle, the new Chief Financial Officer. SIXTH ORDER OF BUSINESS: District Counsel Reports 6.A. Ethics and Public Records Training Stephanie Brionez, District Council, stated that the next Ethics and Public Records Training will be provided on March 31, 2025 at 9 a.m. at the Laurel Manor Recreation Center. SEVENTH ORDER OF BUSINESS: Supervisor Comments Chair Ricciardi advised he is unable to attend the May meeting. EIGHTH ORDER OF BUSINESS: Adjourn Chair Ricciardi adjourned the meeting at 9:20 a.m. Kenneth C. Blocker Joe Ricciardi Secretary Chair

Call the meeting to order. Let's do roll call. We got four out of five. We got a quorum. Let's stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. Please. Thank you. Uh, welcome meeting attendees. I see none, therefore, I assume there are no audience comments. Yes. We move on to administering the oath of office to our newly elected supervisor, Mr. Munz. Mr. As the state Florida, be an officer and a recipient hereby the state of Florida. Yes. Thank you. Congratulations. Congratulations, Wayne. All right. Consent agenda. Motion to, uh, pass via consent agenda. Motion. Second, please. Second. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye. Motion passes. New business? Yes, sir. Ms. Chairman, supervisor. So the first, uh, item on new business is the acceptance of the audit report for fiscal year 23, 24. We do have representatives from Purvis Gray here to briefly go over the report, answer any questions that you have, uh, and then upon her completion, we would then accept, uh, ask for a motion to accept the audit. So, Ms. Helen Painter is here representing Purvis Gray. Good morning. Helen Painter, uh, audit partner with Purvis Grain Company. And, uh, with me, uh, is part of your audit team, Catherine Eno, the audit director, uh, and a welcome new board member. Um, on an annual basis, uh, each of the special districts are required to have an annual financial audit. Uh, your year end is September 30th, and, uh, we come out as a team in the month of December, January, and we complete the audit of all of the districts. And then we present our auditor's report, uh, to the Board of Supervisors. Uh, so in front of you or in your, uh, package there, I'd like to direct you to page four. And on, uh, page four of the document, uh, is the independent Auditor's, uh, report, and it is addressed to the Board of Supervisors. Uh, we work with management, uh, but we report to the board. Uh, and in this report it's saying that we have concluded our audit, uh, for the year ending September 30th for Middleton Community Development District, A, uh, and that we have issued an unmodified opinion, a clean opinion, saying that based on the works of our audit, we believe these financial statements and note disclosures are fairly presented in all material respects. So, uh, that's, uh, giving you assurance that the information that we have audited, that we believe that there's been no material modifications to the financial statements. Uh, I'd like for you to turn to page 20, just part of the audit procedures. Uh, you'll be getting into your budget process and just the importance of, uh, an annual budget. Uh, so you'll see here on page 20, you'll see the original budget and then, uh, the amended budget, uh, and then the final year to date actual. So you want to make sure that you have budgetary control over your financial statements. So you see that the revenue sources are the special assessments that are assessed in this particular case, just the maintenance assessments. Uh, so there was 1.6 million that was budgeted, and you know, pretty much what's going to be put on the tax roll. Uh, so those numbers are, are fairly easy to budget for based on the, the units of measure within your district. So you had 1.6 million of revenues, and of course, you have some investment earnings on your excess reserves from the prior year. And then you have your expenditures, which primarily is maintenance, utility, landscaping, et cetera. And you'll see that you had budgeted for 1.3 million and operating expenses, and you were under budget by 218,000. So that's good that you had good budgetary control there, and you did not exceed your expenditures. Also, of course, you have your, make your, uh, debt, uh, assessments, and, uh, there's no budget to actual vets required on that. So this is the second year of operations for Middleton. A uh, subsequent to year end, you had your phase two bond issue where you issued 25 million in bonds for the construction of phase and acquisition of infrastructure For phase two, uh, the developer donated land valued at 540,000. And, uh, this was the first year. Of course, as we discussed, that you started receiving special assessments. Uh, in addition to issuing the independent auditor's report, we would have to let the board of supervisors know if there was any, um, mature weaknesses or significant deficiencies in internal controls. Uh, we'd have to also let you know if there was any non-compliance with your investments. Uh, and, uh, there's a lot of disclosures and reports that the state, uh, order auditor general's office requires, and we're happy to say there were no issues that we noted in the audit. So, that concludes the presentation. I don't know if you, uh, have, uh, any questions that you'd like to ask about the audit process or anything about the financial statements. So I'm happy to answer any questions you have. Any questions from the group? Nope. Okay. Thank you, Ms. Pay. Thank you. So, can I get a motion to accept the audit report, please? Motion to accept. Second. Second. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Motion Passes. Very good, thank you. The next time, um, Mr. Chairman and supervisors is a, uh, presentation from DPM in reference to the cameras. Um, this board has been, uh, requested us to look and, uh, review, uh, cameras, locations where we could be most advantageous in securing our recreational facilities, pools, et cetera. So I did challenge DPM with putting together a project, uh, with some costs. You'll see the costs are embedded in this presentation that Ryan will go over. Um, this is for presentation. So from from this standpoint, we would just ask, after you review it, ask Ryan any questions, um, to give us some direction if you want this to be, uh, considered for next year's budget, or if you want us to bring this to the Middleton Maintenance Advisory Committee this year to consider, um, uh, for, you know, deployment this year. So, some questions afterwards that we can discuss. But I wanted to lay the foundation for Ryan in his presentation. So, Ryan, Good morning, board of supervisors, Ryan Mellinger, district Property Management. Um, as you can see on your computers and also on the screen, uh, during the 20 January, 2025 board meeting district property management was requested to provide information and cost impacts for the implementation of security cameras throughout the recreational areas of Middleton. Uh, in particular Lake Harlow, dry Creek Thurston and Den, which is not done yet or constructed, but once it's complete will be installed, all hardware, software, and installation will be provided by the Villages Technology Solutions Group for an estimated total of $30,911 and 88 cents for all locations. The next slides that you will see are all of the recreation centers and the orange areas are kind of your line of sight views. Uh, for the cameras themselves, um, they're gonna be kind of a, there's gonna be Vera Focal and there's gonna be, uh, fixed focal vera. Focal is gonna be allowing you to zoom in and zoom out. Uh, the fixed focal, there's gonna be four of them per location. Um, and they're just gonna be fixed. You're not gonna be able to zoom in or zoom out or anything. They're going to focus on the postal stations and the pools. There will be maintenance that's associated with this. There will be an annual maintenance and camera monitoring, uh, would be provided by the Village Technology Support Group and Community Watch, uh, for an estimated total of $16,500 for all locations. Estimated total would include continuous monitoring of all camera and views. This would be done by a community watch, uh, daily management of camera systems and security protocols, and then periodic video requests for law enforcement and risk management. I didn't see Ryan, the initial capital outlay, was that on the screen? What was it? I'm sorry? The initial capital outlay On The, yeah, I don't know that. Did you, if you just wanted to go over that. I don't know that you hit that highlighted number. It's at the bottom of that. Uh, I think he mentioned the 30. Did He? Thousand did. Okay. Yeah, sorry. So I gained round numbers initially, 30,000 and then the annual maintenance, um, was what, 13 or 16,000 a year after 16,500 a Year for. So those are the things that you would have to consider as far as outlay, uh, this year and or next year. If you wanna look at it for, uh, this project. I don't know if anyone had any, I know there's a couple, you guys are some residents. I know Ryan's a resident, so I dunno if there's other locations or any thoughts you had on those camera locations and how they would work. So certainly Ryan's here to, uh, answer that. There's a couple Go ahead. Uh, from a DPM perspective, have you Had a lot Of damage That you guys have had to repair or At the park pools, things like that? The only things that we've had to kind of repair have been, you know, we have ballards that are up. Sometimes those get hit by a golf cart or something like that. So it's not really, it's not graffiti or damage to the area. Um, that's just typical. That's some of the constant repairs that we have. Um, and then also the windscreens on the basketball courts and the, the pickleball courts, those do come down. They do wear and tear, um, But those aren't really vandalism. It's, it's, it hasn't really been tied to vandalism at all. Um, and then sometimes the, the doors that come in and out, uh, of the pool and those courts themselves, they, they stick and kind of get funky. So we have to come in there and take care of that. I have also been in constant communication when I get information from residents down there with the City of Wildwood and communicating with the city manager to inform Wildwood Police Department to, you know, step up patrols, make sure they're aware of these issues. So we're constantly communicating with Wildwood, uh, looking at, uh, uh, additional patrols down there and making sure they're aware that there are, that there are issues or potential issues that they just need to be, you know, have a presence in, in making sure they're down there. So, Right. In the villages itself, rec rec areas, are there cameras that are monitored today by community watch? Will this be u unique to Middleton? There is not. There's cameras of postals typically, or the gates. I, they're not the postals, but the gate. The, the gate. Um, but not the rec centers? No. Okay. So currently right now, community watch is an amenity for the age restricted area. Right. So that's paid for by their amenity fee. So that's why there's an additional charge for community watch to function in this capacity. We'd have to have an agreement, uh, but they do not, um, currently right now have cameras at rec centers or anything. And as Middleton Grove and More Rec is added down the road, they would be continuing to add cameras and monitoring. And so this expense could grow over time. That's correct. Yeah. Okay. That's all, I mean, right now that's all four planned parts. So yeah, there Wouldn't be any more parts or anything added at least to R Into the Middleton A area. Middleton A. Right. But as B comes on board, they're gonna want a similar Would B, So remember in the Middleton maintenance advisory, um, agreements, so all those rec funds flow through there and the shared between A and then potentially through B, because there'll be reciprocal use agreement that anyone that lives in B can use A facilities and likewise A to B. So it would be a pool concept, But that would still be split amongst lots. Yeah. And you'd have more. That's right. You'd have more and did Some quick math. And I mean, we have 1300 lots or so right now, so that 16 K maintenance is like $12 a year. Mm-hmm. Um, to the residents. Right. So yeah. And then once we act, 'cause we just voted on six units, 6, 7, 8, I mean, that takes up to 1800 lot. Mm-hmm. So drops it down to $9 a year. Okay. Sounds like That's good math. No, thanks for doing that. That was my question is what is that, is it just even like divided? Is That how that works? It's through the accessible acreage methodology. So it's not just a lot per se, but that's just a good rule of thumb, but Got it. It might, it would vary by, yeah. Yeah. By Ing, once we come back in May we'll start, if we wanna wait to, if we're thinking that we're going to do this in next year's budget, in our May uh, meeting, we will also include a budget workshop. We can embed those numbers so you can kind of see the real impact included in that. We're gonna bring back the, uh, this, the, uh, request about the lights at the sports courts. We'll show you that cost as well, because I know Deon has been working on that, uh, and have some preliminary numbers to share in the budget information in the May workshop for that too. So what are our thoughts, any thoughts on, um, tabling this for next year's budget or trying to incorporate now using existing resources? Um, my thoughts, I mean, if he, if they're saying there's not a whole lot of damage that they're having to repair right now, it's happening, I think we can wait. Um, Consider It. I mean, not just here incidents, but not so much damage Yeah. Gonna be able to wait. Because I was more curious if, you know, kids are, because I know a lot of high schoolers come in, if they're damaging the fences, damaging the gate and then that cost is coming back to the residence to repair them if Right. You know, paying for the cameras and then that cost can push to, you know, the people who do the damage. Yeah. Right. Keep The itself out. That's a good point. Yeah. Hopefully it's a deterrent if they don't continue to damage. Yeah. Yeah, I would, I I would support Waiting. And the reason why is we've got other items. I'd like to see what all the items are and then we can prioritize which items are most important to the residents to see the funds. Absolutely. Okay. So, so if I'm hearing correctly, I think at the May meeting we, we have our regular meeting, then we'll have a budget workshop embedded in that same meeting. We'll present all the items and look at the potential budget for next year and embed the, or you know, we'll carve out, but embed the cameras and as well the lights so you can see what that cost is. But if for say like during the summer, you know, incidents start increasing or there starts having to be some damage or things happening, can we bring it back up to Absolutely. Mm-hmm. Yep. Okay. So if it's table, it doesn't have to be tabled all the way to next year's budget, like state bringing up if incidents do start occurring. Yep. It can be, we can pivot and get it going. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. And may we'll be talking about the budget anyway. So, um, no, we did, uh, we did get a, a complaint from a resident of, you know, uh, folks doing illicit things at the pool and, and Kenny uh, referred that to the Wildwood Police Department, I think just this week. So, um, they're gonna potentially step up some visibility enforcement, whatever. Uh, maybe they can come to our main meeting as well and present sort of what they're seeing and what they've been, um, the efforts they've put forth so far. So If the clerk, clerk can make a note that we want to invite while will PD to main meetings. Okay. I'd also like to see if DPM is seeing a increase in things happening, you know, keep us updated on, Right. Yeah, so I think in, I think the DPM and the information items, you do have a DPM monthly report. Mm-hmm. Um, I just don't know, I know if there's anything addressed in that report, Ryan, but, uh, there's nothing on that report that addresses anything that we've seen. It's more of like a construction update, any enhancements that we've done, things we've had to repair that are not, you know, vandalism associated. Maybe you add a section to that report so the supervisor can see if there's been any infractions or any damage done. Sure. And you can add it in there. Any other comments or questions on this topic? Okay. Brian, thanks for putting this together. It's very helpful. Absolutely. Thank you. Alright, so we have our direction in May. We'll bring back some more information for the budget we invite while with PD to come to. Okay. Alright. Where are we here? Uh, the informational items information here. If there's any questions, you'll certainly address Any questions on the informational items listed on section four? Seeing none, district manager reports? Yes, sir. So I have two items. The first one you see under the architects for review committee meeting update. So just so you know that it has been moved to a new location, I think it was at Franklin Rec before now. It's gonna be a EL uh, rec center, same time, same date, but it'll just be moved to the different rec center EL rec center, uh, February 19th, uh, will be, or as of that date, the means will stay the same at one o'clock. So no change in the day and time, just the locations at EL. Uh, and lastly, I did wanna introduce, uh, a new team member. We hired our new CFO, um, Mr. Sean Boyle, who's behind me. Uh, we wanted to welcome Sean on board. Certainly, uh, I'm grateful that he's on board 'cause that takes away some, some of that duty that I've been carrying for the last seven years. Oh, wow. Um, so, uh, I know that the team will, uh, be appreciative of his added support to the finance budget and purchasing department. Uh, so we're, we just wanted to welcome Sean On board. Welcome, Sean, what are you gonna do with all that extra free time, Ken, Uh, start up district 16, et cetera. So, uh, with that, those are all my reports, sir. All right. Any supervisor comments before we adjourn? Yep. Mark Did ask, oh, I'm sorry. That's okay. I skipped right over District council reports. Normally I don't have anything to ask, but today, my apologies. Mark asked that I, I'll remind the supervisors that the next training in public of record, sunshine Law and Ethics scheduled for March 31st at 9:00 AM at Laurel Manor Recreational Center, if anyone's interested in, to get the ask from the court office. And that's it. Thank you, Sir. Thank you. Do y all get the schedule in your email trainings coming up? Yep. Is that A yearly thing we have to do every year? Yeah, that's correct. Yep. Four hours, right? Four hours, yeah. So I'm signed up for August. Expect to see some of you guys there. Um, just one comment for me. Um, I think the next meeting in May, I am out of town and I let Jennifer know that, right? Yes. So Brandon's gonna be in charge. Maybe we all hope that goes well, so it'll be fine. But, uh, it sounds like I'm gonna miss some pretty important stuff. I apologize for that. We will, uh, certainly. Um, when you get back, I can catch you up. Yeah, we, I'll come over and see you. Sure. All right. Anything else, guys? All right. Thanks for being here today. Go Blue Meeting adjourned That on record. Am I allowed to do that? You did.

Middleton Community Development District - A Seat 1 - Joe Ricciardi, Chair Seat 2 - David Rees,Supervisor Seat 3 - Brandon Matulka,Vice Chair Seat 4 - Lane Munz, Supervisor Seat 5 - Bob Trinh, Supervisor March 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM Everglades Recreation Center 5497 Marsh Bend Trail The Villages, FL 32163 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 1.F. Administer Oath of Office to Newly Elected Supervisor Munz 2. Consent Agenda A motion to approve the Consent Agenda is a motion to approve all recommended actions. All matters on the Consent Agenda are considered routine and no discussion is required unless desired by a Board Supervisor or a Member of the Public. 2.A. Approval of Minutes 2.B. Adopt Resolution 2025-07 To Close Bond Series 2022 Cost of Issuance Account 2.C. Acceptance of the Conveyance of the Common Tracts and Roadways and Join in the Dedication of those Common Tracts and Roadways for Middleton Unit No. 6 and Adopting Resolution 2025-06 finding certain services, maintenance and repair activities to be in the public interest and accepting the obligation to perform such activities. 2.D. Acceptance of the Conveyance of the Common Tracts and Roadways and Join in the Dedication of those Common Tracts and Roadways for Middleton Unit No. 7 and Adopting Resolution 2025-08 finding certain services, maintenance and repair activities to be in the public interest and accepting the obligation to perform such activities. 2.E. Acceptance of the Conveyance of the Common Tracts and Roadways and Join in the Dedication of those Common Tracts and Roadways for Middleton Unit No. 8 and Adopting Resolution 2025-09 finding certain services, maintenance and repair activities to be in the public interest and accepting the obligation to perform such activities. 2.F. Acceptance of Quit Claim Deeds from The Villages Development Company, LLC Unit No. 6.

2.G. Approval of Right-of-Way Deed with the City of Wildwood for Middleton Unit No. 6. 3. New Business 3.A. Acceptance of Audit Report for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 3.B. Middleton-A Camera Project Presentation 4. Informational Items Only 4.A. Financial Statements 4.B. DPM Monthly Report 4.C. Assessment Presentation - Unit Nos. 5 and 6 4.D. Tract A of Middleton Unit No. 6 5. District Manager Reports 5.A. Architectural Review Committee (ARC) Meeting Updates 6. District Counsel Reports 6.A. Ethics and Public Records Training 7. Supervisor Comments 8. 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.

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