WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.500 --> 00:00:02.960 Here, right? You do see me moving? 2 00:00:03.140 --> 00:00:04.420 Right. We will call the 3 00:00:05.380 --> 00:00:09.240 Village Community Development District Number 1 meeting to order. 4 00:00:09.280 --> 00:00:13.240 It's August the 14th, 2026, and it looks like 5 00:00:13.300 --> 00:00:16.660 we have four of five supervisors present. 6 00:00:17.460 --> 00:00:21.380 So at this time, we will stand for the pledge of allegiance, followed 7 00:00:21.440 --> 00:00:22.880 by a moment of silence. 8 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:27.600 I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United 9 00:00:27.820 --> 00:00:31.700 States of America, and to 10 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:35.300 the Republic for which it stands, one nation under 11 00:00:35.380 --> 00:00:39.220 God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for 12 00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:39.520 all. 13 00:00:48.460 --> 00:00:48.860 Thank you. 14 00:01:01.060 --> 00:01:04.740 Okay, so at this time, we will welcome our meeting 15 00:01:04.800 --> 00:01:08.740 attendees, and if you have something to say to the board, please come 16 00:01:08.760 --> 00:01:12.000 to the podium, give us your name and address for the record, 17 00:01:12.780 --> 00:01:16.720 and then give us your comments. And please walk around to the side and 18 00:01:16.960 --> 00:01:20.920 try not to go over the cords there in front of the camera. All right. 19 00:01:20.980 --> 00:01:21.400 Thank you. 20 00:01:23.620 --> 00:01:24.000 Good morning. 21 00:01:24.680 --> 00:01:24.960 Good morning. 22 00:01:25.460 --> 00:01:27.400 Thank you for allowing me to speak. 23 00:01:28.760 --> 00:01:30.760 Bob Brightman, 730 Cimarron Avenue. 24 00:01:31.660 --> 00:01:33.380 Lady Chair Del Sol. 25 00:01:35.280 --> 00:01:39.200 I'm unable to track consistently the voting 26 00:01:39.240 --> 00:01:39.960 and the 27 00:01:41.760 --> 00:01:43.640 approvals of the 28 00:01:45.560 --> 00:01:49.180 two-foot extensions on either side of Morris Boulevard proposed through the 29 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:50.980 AAC on the county roadway. 30 00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:55.980 One of the comments I did see was potentially putting roadway markings down 31 00:01:56.080 --> 00:01:58.640 to create a buffer in that area. 32 00:02:00.440 --> 00:02:04.360 I have tremendous traffic safety certifications in traffic engineering in my 33 00:02:04.420 --> 00:02:07.740 career. I do recommend that if that's a consideration, 34 00:02:08.380 --> 00:02:12.020 it does not currently fit within the Federal Manual for Uniform Traffic Control 35 00:02:12.040 --> 00:02:13.180 Devices that's also 36 00:02:14.100 --> 00:02:16.460 passed down through Florida Department of Transportation. 37 00:02:16.880 --> 00:02:18.900 What I do recommend at this time is 38 00:02:20.740 --> 00:02:21.940 working with the county. 39 00:02:23.460 --> 00:02:25.280 It does not require an engineering report. 40 00:02:26.200 --> 00:02:29.960 We have plenty of those. But working with the county to determine whether or not 41 00:02:30.040 --> 00:02:33.740 those roadway markings can be placed with roadway 42 00:02:33.900 --> 00:02:37.380 reflective markers if that wants to be included in a 43 00:02:37.500 --> 00:02:39.740 temporary project, a one-year project. 44 00:02:40.200 --> 00:02:44.010 If it's built, that will allow for those roadway markings to be approved 45 00:02:44.100 --> 00:02:47.960 temporarily as a test. I've done that successfully in the 46 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:51.800 state of New Jersey. I've left the mark in the Federal Manual for Uniform 47 00:02:51.880 --> 00:02:55.460 Traffic Control Devices. It's accepted after the study, and it was 48 00:02:55.520 --> 00:02:57.359 functional. It's just a recommendation. 49 00:02:57.370 --> 00:02:59.420 It's low cost, but if it is pursued, 50 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:04.220 if that's already in pocket, it allows for the project to move on 51 00:03:04.540 --> 00:03:06.380 affordably and safely. Thank you. 52 00:03:07.140 --> 00:03:08.200 Thank you, Mr Brightman. 53 00:03:12.340 --> 00:03:12.760 Yes, ma'am. 54 00:03:15.960 --> 00:03:19.900 Good morning. My name is Leslie Healy. I live in the Villa Marbella community. 55 00:03:19.980 --> 00:03:23.060 My address is 1196 Cadiz Terrace. 56 00:03:23.700 --> 00:03:27.600 And thank you for this meeting, and thank you for adding 57 00:03:27.740 --> 00:03:31.680 our request to your agenda. Our request 58 00:03:31.720 --> 00:03:34.900 is to add lighting to the walls to the entry of the 59 00:03:34.940 --> 00:03:38.640 community. And as a community member now 60 00:03:38.720 --> 00:03:42.540 living here permanently, it really is a safety hazard. 61 00:03:44.020 --> 00:03:47.980 It's a safety concern for us because oftentimes, especially at night, it's very 62 00:03:48.140 --> 00:03:51.640 easy to just drive right by that, and then all of a sudden you're slamming on your 63 00:03:51.680 --> 00:03:55.280 brake. And Morris Boulevard is a very well-traversed 64 00:03:56.360 --> 00:03:58.560 road, and it's like a 65 00:03:59.540 --> 00:04:03.450 main artery for this community. And it becomes 66 00:04:03.860 --> 00:04:07.160 quite the hazard when doing something like that, and I get very concerned. 67 00:04:08.080 --> 00:04:11.540 So we would appreciate you considering putting those lights in. 68 00:04:11.600 --> 00:04:12.400 And thank you. 69 00:04:12.820 --> 00:04:14.340 Thank you, Ms. Healy. 70 00:04:16.760 --> 00:04:17.159 Yes, ma'am. 71 00:04:19.041 --> 00:04:22.240 Good morning. My name is Diane Schofield, and I live at 72 00:04:22.480 --> 00:04:26.380 1223 Cadiz Terrace in 73 00:04:26.420 --> 00:04:27.720 the same subdivision, 74 00:04:28.700 --> 00:04:31.520 Marbella Villas. And 75 00:04:32.720 --> 00:04:36.580 we're really excited to think 76 00:04:36.620 --> 00:04:39.180 that you guys would work with us to get those lights out front. 77 00:04:40.280 --> 00:04:41.200 We've had a couple of 78 00:04:42.640 --> 00:04:46.260 scared factors that when we tried to pull into our 79 00:04:46.320 --> 00:04:50.080 subdivision coming down Morris Boulevard directly 80 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:53.700 in front of where we would turn into our 81 00:04:53.760 --> 00:04:57.020 subdivision, it's just one way in and one way out. 82 00:04:58.460 --> 00:05:02.220 There is a merge lane. So people are speeding up in that 83 00:05:02.340 --> 00:05:05.900 merge lane, and then I would have to slam on my brakes and 84 00:05:07.580 --> 00:05:08.910 pray I'm not killing -- 85 00:05:10.280 --> 00:05:14.060 So we've realized it. We've been there two 86 00:05:14.200 --> 00:05:17.700 years and really would appreciate some of your help with that. 87 00:05:18.680 --> 00:05:19.620 Thank you, Ms. Schofield. 88 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:20.800 Thank you. 89 00:05:26.100 --> 00:05:29.340 Good morning, Board District One. My name is Jim Cipollone. 90 00:05:29.360 --> 00:05:32.700 I live at 2162 Madeira Drive. I'm a District 2 91 00:05:32.780 --> 00:05:33.440 supervisor. 92 00:05:34.620 --> 00:05:37.640 I don't mean to interrupt your meeting, but there's a couple things we have in 93 00:05:37.700 --> 00:05:39.980 common with both District 1 and District 2. 94 00:05:40.720 --> 00:05:41.240 Number one, 95 00:05:42.240 --> 00:05:45.940 there seems to be an uproar among the residents 96 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:48.760 about Airbnbs. The 97 00:05:50.740 --> 00:05:54.400 villages, when they made these deed restrictions and covenants 98 00:05:54.860 --> 00:05:58.340 30 years ago, Airbnb didn't exist at that particular 99 00:05:58.400 --> 00:06:01.730 time. There needs to be, and 100 00:06:01.940 --> 00:06:05.910 collectively, something you don't tell a developer what to do, but 101 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:06.380 you 102 00:06:07.280 --> 00:06:09.822 ask them or to Take into 103 00:06:09.872 --> 00:06:13.652 consideration that these short-term rentals are no 104 00:06:13.772 --> 00:06:17.652 good. The lady directly across the street from me complained about the house next 105 00:06:17.732 --> 00:06:21.232 door to her, that they had a party. It was going on till 106 00:06:21.432 --> 00:06:23.752 2:30 in the morning. She said she didn't sleep. 107 00:06:24.272 --> 00:06:26.872 Now, the guy that owned the 108 00:06:28.292 --> 00:06:32.192 place inherited it from his uncle, and he lives down 109 00:06:32.232 --> 00:06:33.552 in Dunedin. But he 110 00:06:34.852 --> 00:06:37.952 don't have it anymore. He rents that house long-term rental 111 00:06:38.532 --> 00:06:40.572 to responsible, respectable people. 112 00:06:40.972 --> 00:06:42.932 Now, that's not in the village's 113 00:06:44.492 --> 00:06:48.152 plan to have something that 114 00:06:48.952 --> 00:06:52.532 is harmonious with the neighborhood, to have short-term rentals. 115 00:06:52.592 --> 00:06:56.492 You don't know who's there. There's three, four families sometimes rent them places 116 00:06:56.532 --> 00:07:00.512 for a weekend to have parties. But that should not be 117 00:07:00.572 --> 00:07:04.152 allowed because we have a development here for 118 00:07:04.212 --> 00:07:07.152 retired people and something that 119 00:07:07.212 --> 00:07:12.372 trend 120 00:07:12.412 --> 00:07:14.352 of thought should be maintained in the villages. 121 00:07:14.712 --> 00:07:18.472 I'm asking you guys to put that into consideration 122 00:07:18.972 --> 00:07:22.432 because collectively, maybe we can go to developer and say, "Look, 123 00:07:23.272 --> 00:07:26.972 we cannot live with Airbnbs the way they are." 124 00:07:27.252 --> 00:07:30.412 You can't restrict the sale of a house. Anybody can buy a house. 125 00:07:30.752 --> 00:07:33.852 There's a lot of money around. There's people, they buy 126 00:07:33.892 --> 00:07:36.602 houses for investment purposes. But 127 00:07:36.612 --> 00:07:40.352 they buy them houses to make a profit, 128 00:07:40.382 --> 00:07:43.232 and they rent them for weekends or a week at a time. 129 00:07:43.602 --> 00:07:47.392 They're not long-term rental, and they don't screen the people 130 00:07:47.402 --> 00:07:50.232 that come into them places. That's one of them. 131 00:07:50.592 --> 00:07:54.332 The other issue is, and I don't mean to take any of 132 00:07:54.552 --> 00:07:58.392 your time, there's a common lake between District 133 00:07:58.452 --> 00:08:02.372 1 and District 2. Now, we only had one complaint, and the one 134 00:08:02.392 --> 00:08:06.202 complaint was that the guy had enough nerve to get up and 135 00:08:06.232 --> 00:08:10.092 complain about people coming in and fishing or walking through 136 00:08:10.132 --> 00:08:13.972 his property to go to the lake. Now, we maintain that property 137 00:08:14.112 --> 00:08:17.392 down to the lake shore, but the problem 138 00:08:17.551 --> 00:08:20.572 with the lake is that there's people coming in. 139 00:08:20.632 --> 00:08:23.332 You know, they can be pernicious people. They go fishing there. 140 00:08:23.772 --> 00:08:26.992 Now, it's a two-edged sword. If you put signs up and say, 141 00:08:27.632 --> 00:08:30.512 "No trespassing," or, "You're not allowed to fish in that lake," 142 00:08:32.212 --> 00:08:34.432 what happens is we're not allowed to go there either. 143 00:08:34.793 --> 00:08:37.372 So you need to take that into consideration whether that 144 00:08:38.172 --> 00:08:40.472 should be something that 145 00:08:42.092 --> 00:08:45.962 you say, "Let's put a sign up and that nobody can go in the 146 00:08:46.032 --> 00:08:46.912 lake," or 147 00:08:47.852 --> 00:08:50.372 you put "No trespassing" signs up there where 148 00:08:50.392 --> 00:08:54.232 they just don't walk through people's property to go to 149 00:08:54.272 --> 00:08:55.772 that lake or the district property. 150 00:08:56.092 --> 00:08:59.512 Because we own it, the district owns that lake, District 1 and District 2, 151 00:09:00.152 --> 00:09:01.032 and we maintain the 152 00:09:02.212 --> 00:09:04.052 property lot down to the lake shore. 153 00:09:04.512 --> 00:09:06.712 But again, we don't have the say over that. 154 00:09:06.752 --> 00:09:10.552 And the police don't have any jurisdiction because we didn't declare that 155 00:09:10.612 --> 00:09:12.912 as their property. Thank you, gentlemen. 156 00:09:12.972 --> 00:09:13.492 Thank you, sir. 157 00:09:16.712 --> 00:09:19.792 Let us think about those couple of things for a little bit so we 158 00:09:19.832 --> 00:09:23.612 can work toward a general consensus of thought 159 00:09:23.652 --> 00:09:26.472 there. All right? Any further comments? 160 00:09:28.572 --> 00:09:30.751 All right, hearing none, we'll move along with the agenda. 161 00:09:33.552 --> 00:09:37.352 Next up on new business, we have the approval of the minutes from the last 162 00:09:37.472 --> 00:09:41.012 meeting. Any discussion about that? 163 00:09:43.052 --> 00:09:43.232 Yes. 164 00:09:43.692 --> 00:09:44.192 Okay, sir. 165 00:09:44.532 --> 00:09:44.952 Yes, on the 166 00:09:45.852 --> 00:09:49.372 resolution of 2026-06, 167 00:09:50.092 --> 00:09:52.212 it was documented as 168 00:09:54.212 --> 00:09:55.312 Brian Miller and 169 00:09:56.272 --> 00:09:56.972 Michael Goodman. 170 00:09:57.852 --> 00:09:58.412 Just a typo. 171 00:09:58.792 --> 00:09:59.032 Okay. 172 00:09:59.212 --> 00:09:59.492 Thank you. 173 00:10:01.112 --> 00:10:02.732 Motion? We'll correct that. 174 00:10:03.972 --> 00:10:04.112 Okay. 175 00:10:04.932 --> 00:10:08.552 Do we have a motion with the one correction brought up by Supervisor Miller? 176 00:10:09.292 --> 00:10:11.312 I move approval of the minutes as corrected. 177 00:10:11.552 --> 00:10:11.932 Okay. 178 00:10:13.072 --> 00:10:13.852 And the second? 179 00:10:14.852 --> 00:10:15.032 Aye. 180 00:10:15.492 --> 00:10:17.572 All in favor say aye. 181 00:10:17.882 --> 00:10:17.882 Aye. 182 00:10:19.172 --> 00:10:20.912 Motion carries unanimously. 183 00:10:22.592 --> 00:10:24.552 Okay, the fiscal year 184 00:10:24.752 --> 00:10:28.132 2026-2027 meeting schedule. 185 00:10:29.751 --> 00:10:30.992 Any comments about that? 186 00:10:32.152 --> 00:10:34.592 Looked over that, and for this particular year, 187 00:10:36.052 --> 00:10:38.712 all of our meetings fall on the very same date. 188 00:10:38.772 --> 00:10:42.352 Sometimes it's a little tricky with Veterans Day that 189 00:10:42.692 --> 00:10:45.132 comes up, but not in this particular case. 190 00:10:45.172 --> 00:10:48.052 So we're still on the second Friday of every month. 191 00:10:49.272 --> 00:10:52.452 I make a motion to approve the financial year 192 00:10:52.612 --> 00:10:56.292 2026-2027 meeting schedule and 193 00:10:56.332 --> 00:10:58.172 authorize staff to publish it. 194 00:10:59.012 --> 00:11:01.152 Okay, we have a motion on the floor. Do we have a second? 195 00:11:02.162 --> 00:11:02.492 Second. 196 00:11:02.732 --> 00:11:05.412 Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. 197 00:11:05.912 --> 00:11:06.192 Aye. 198 00:11:06.352 --> 00:11:08.132 Motion carries unanimously. 199 00:11:11.352 --> 00:11:11.972 Okay, 200 00:11:13.152 --> 00:11:15.622 now old business. I'll turn it over to Ms. Duncan. 201 00:11:15.752 --> 00:11:19.352 Yes, sir. The first item on old business is the centerline reflective pavement 202 00:11:19.432 --> 00:11:23.242 markers, which is included in next year's budget and will be done 203 00:11:23.332 --> 00:11:26.042 after the first of the fiscal year '26-'27. 204 00:11:26.312 --> 00:11:26.652 Okay. 205 00:11:27.052 --> 00:11:30.832 The second item was for staff to contact the FWC to 206 00:11:30.852 --> 00:11:34.392 determine what action needed to be taken to address the impact on the 207 00:11:34.452 --> 00:11:38.132 wildlife based on the contractor over-mowing the 208 00:11:38.232 --> 00:11:42.222 preserve. We did provide an email to the board on August 3rd, and it is 209 00:11:42.272 --> 00:11:45.452 attached to the agenda for the benefit of the residents. And Mr. 210 00:11:45.692 --> 00:11:48.652 Harris is here if you have any questions on that specific item. 211 00:11:50.552 --> 00:11:54.152 Any questions on that? I stopped by the preserve the other day and just 212 00:11:54.172 --> 00:11:56.532 looked over. It's growing back very nicely. 213 00:11:56.572 --> 00:11:56.582 Yes. 214 00:11:56.592 --> 00:11:58.272 It really is, so that's good. 215 00:11:59.292 --> 00:11:59.302 Yeah. 216 00:11:59.332 --> 00:12:01.692 Thank you, Mike. I appreciate your efforts on that one. 217 00:12:01.812 --> 00:12:05.752 And that is the only update that staff has on old business, but I believe 218 00:12:05.792 --> 00:12:08.692 there are still items if the board would like to discuss. 219 00:12:08.792 --> 00:12:09.032 Okay 220 00:12:12.120 --> 00:12:15.580 Is the issue about speed bumps just out there for 221 00:12:15.720 --> 00:12:18.620 consideration, or is that a done deal? 222 00:12:19.140 --> 00:12:23.090 That was an issue that we put on old business at the request of some of 223 00:12:23.120 --> 00:12:26.080 our residents in the Villa neighborhoods. 224 00:12:26.180 --> 00:12:26.320 Right. 225 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:30.920 Because the speed limit there is supposed to be 10 miles an hour, and a lot 226 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:34.700 of people don't observe that speed limit, including some of the 227 00:12:34.760 --> 00:12:37.700 delivery folks and things like that. So, that was an idea. 228 00:12:38.220 --> 00:12:42.080 It's not anything we have to take action on, but it's something to 229 00:12:42.120 --> 00:12:42.600 think about. 230 00:12:43.290 --> 00:12:43.310 Good to keep it on the back burner. 231 00:12:43.320 --> 00:12:46.549 Yeah, because next year we'll actually get into 232 00:12:46.900 --> 00:12:49.680 repaving some of the Villa roads, and 233 00:12:50.580 --> 00:12:53.980 that's something we should consider when we're in the process of that. 234 00:12:54.800 --> 00:12:58.740 Yes, staff will not move forward with adding any speed bumps, but before 235 00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:02.780 we do the road repaving, we will approach the board to see if that's something 236 00:13:02.820 --> 00:13:03.830 you would like to discuss further. 237 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:04.100 Okay. 238 00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:05.560 And 239 00:13:06.440 --> 00:13:10.280 when we're getting quotes on the repaving, I think it's probably a good idea for us 240 00:13:10.340 --> 00:13:14.140 to just have the idea of what additional cost the 241 00:13:14.540 --> 00:13:18.220 speed tables or speed bumps would be, whatever that case may be. 242 00:13:18.280 --> 00:13:18.560 Okay? 243 00:13:18.840 --> 00:13:20.860 Mr. Harris will make sure that's on his to-do list. 244 00:13:20.940 --> 00:13:21.840 All right. Thank you. 245 00:13:23.860 --> 00:13:25.360 All right. Anything else? 246 00:13:26.340 --> 00:13:29.500 Moving along, we'll go to the architectural review manual 247 00:13:29.800 --> 00:13:33.380 modifications, and we have Matt Armstrong coming forward. 248 00:13:41.740 --> 00:13:43.840 Good morning, board. Matt Armstrong, Community Standards. 249 00:13:44.940 --> 00:13:48.200 So before you today, we brought back the architectural review manual after last 250 00:13:48.300 --> 00:13:50.900 month's meeting, where we just had some tweaks that wanted to be made, 251 00:13:52.220 --> 00:13:55.300 a few grammatical, there was a Telsa versus Tesla, 252 00:13:56.300 --> 00:14:00.040 and then also Supervisor Miller had some bullet points that we wanted to 253 00:14:00.140 --> 00:14:03.820 split into a couple bullet points to make it easier for understanding 254 00:14:04.100 --> 00:14:04.500 what the 255 00:14:06.400 --> 00:14:09.180 new additions were about. So we modified those and put those- 256 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:11.080 Matt, can you speak just a little closer? 257 00:14:11.180 --> 00:14:11.960 Sorry. There we go. 258 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:12.280 Thank you. 259 00:14:13.160 --> 00:14:16.860 So we split out those bullet points to make it easier to understand what we were 260 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:20.169 adding into the manual. So before you today, we're just asking the request for the 261 00:14:20.219 --> 00:14:23.500 approval of the architectural review manual that we've presented. 262 00:14:27.380 --> 00:14:29.780 Okay. Further discussion from the board? 263 00:14:31.300 --> 00:14:34.190 Yeah, I just have one question on it because I've 264 00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:38.760 got some feedback on it. Except if it's a portable 265 00:14:38.900 --> 00:14:42.160 flagpole, there's no regulation of the flags that 266 00:14:43.460 --> 00:14:44.900 people can fly. 267 00:14:44.960 --> 00:14:45.520 That is correct. 268 00:14:46.180 --> 00:14:46.540 Oh, okay. 269 00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:50.560 I get feedback on that as well. 270 00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:53.420 I just want to make sure I'm on... 271 00:14:53.460 --> 00:14:56.220 That's what I tell people. We can't regulate what's on the flag, 272 00:14:57.560 --> 00:14:59.540 just the safety of the flagpole itself. 273 00:15:00.920 --> 00:15:02.660 All right. Mr. Miller, I think you had one. 274 00:15:04.060 --> 00:15:07.860 One thing, I will make a motion to approve, but we need to correct the 275 00:15:07.900 --> 00:15:08.320 typing 276 00:15:09.160 --> 00:15:12.940 in the motion. It says "architecture review application." I make a 277 00:15:13.020 --> 00:15:17.000 motion to approve in the updated architectural review 278 00:15:17.120 --> 00:15:17.660 manual. 279 00:15:18.500 --> 00:15:18.700 Okay. 280 00:15:19.200 --> 00:15:19.740 That's in the 14th 281 00:15:21.100 --> 00:15:21.480 at the bottom. 282 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:22.400 All right. 283 00:15:23.920 --> 00:15:25.400 That's understood. Okay. 284 00:15:28.660 --> 00:15:30.880 No further discussion. We've got a motion on the floor. 285 00:15:31.900 --> 00:15:32.160 Second. 286 00:15:32.600 --> 00:15:33.280 And a second. 287 00:15:34.460 --> 00:15:35.460 All in favor say, "Aye." 288 00:15:35.920 --> 00:15:36.280 Aye. 289 00:15:36.320 --> 00:15:38.300 Any opposed? All right, motion carries. 290 00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:38.800 Thank you, board. 291 00:15:38.810 --> 00:15:39.100 Thank you, Matt. 292 00:15:46.760 --> 00:15:49.560 Any questions about our informational items, 293 00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:51.340 financial statements? 294 00:15:53.740 --> 00:15:57.640 I will refer back to the financial statement later on when we talk about the 295 00:15:57.720 --> 00:15:58.220 Marbella 296 00:15:59.820 --> 00:16:02.600 Villas and the lighting project 297 00:16:02.610 --> 00:16:05.500 there. Okay. District manager. 298 00:16:07.060 --> 00:16:10.920 Yes, sir. The first item is the Amenity Authority Committee after agenda, which is 299 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:14.740 attached for your convenience. And then I believe that your District 300 00:16:14.860 --> 00:16:18.680 One AAC rep is also in the audience, if you would like to defer to 301 00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:18.920 him. 302 00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:21.360 All right. Mr. Vaccaro, you have the floor. 303 00:16:23.040 --> 00:16:23.480 Good morning. 304 00:16:24.340 --> 00:16:26.560 Jim Vaccaro, 502 Herrera Court. 305 00:16:28.640 --> 00:16:32.200 It was an interesting AAC meeting as usual. 306 00:16:34.560 --> 00:16:34.780 And 307 00:16:36.100 --> 00:16:39.660 we covered the... The first one that was really 308 00:16:39.700 --> 00:16:40.369 interesting was 309 00:16:41.460 --> 00:16:45.300 we have this extra money in the budget, and they came to us with 310 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:48.580 suggestions on what to do with that extra money. 311 00:16:48.640 --> 00:16:52.540 And one of them was to buy the property behind Rio 312 00:16:52.660 --> 00:16:53.360 Grande 313 00:16:54.520 --> 00:16:57.000 swimming pool and that shooting range over there, 314 00:16:58.040 --> 00:17:00.520 and then do something with that land. 315 00:17:00.560 --> 00:17:03.900 And they're going to try and come up with a proposal to 316 00:17:04.780 --> 00:17:07.220 what could you do with that empty land. 317 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:08.940 It's not cheap 318 00:17:11.161 --> 00:17:15.100 because people are saying, "We want some more amenities." Everyone wants 319 00:17:15.181 --> 00:17:15.500 more. 320 00:17:16.760 --> 00:17:20.340 So that was a pretty lengthy discussion on that particular 321 00:17:20.421 --> 00:17:24.220 topic. And if people have ideas, we'd like to 322 00:17:24.300 --> 00:17:27.901 hear them, and I know that the district's going to go through some of those ideas. 323 00:17:29.120 --> 00:17:29.540 And then, 324 00:17:30.600 --> 00:17:33.440 the people from Lady Lake want to put sidewalks 325 00:17:34.600 --> 00:17:38.160 around Lady Lake in the areas where it's safer 326 00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:40.280 for the pedestrians to walk, 327 00:17:41.360 --> 00:17:44.920 which that's a safety issue, and I suppose it's worth considering because they're 328 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:46.120 saying they're having a hard time 329 00:17:47.060 --> 00:17:48.880 walking to Spanish Springs. 330 00:17:49.760 --> 00:17:52.840 So there was a lot of discussion on that particular topic. 331 00:17:53.940 --> 00:17:55.980 And then as we moved along on the agenda, 332 00:17:57.420 --> 00:17:59.300 there was one more on the postal stations. 333 00:17:59.320 --> 00:18:00.640 And again, I 334 00:18:01.620 --> 00:18:05.120 never used the drop boxes for amenity fees on postal 335 00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:05.660 stations. 336 00:18:07.080 --> 00:18:10.940 But I did read a couple comments in "The Village News" and some online things 337 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:15.060 that people were, "Hey, why are you taking them boxes out?" I think 338 00:18:15.140 --> 00:18:19.000 Carrie could probably explain more why we're taking them out, but we are 339 00:18:19.060 --> 00:18:22.888 in the process of removing those. And there was a notification 340 00:18:23.008 --> 00:18:23.488 put out. 341 00:18:25.448 --> 00:18:25.908 And then we 342 00:18:26.728 --> 00:18:30.468 moved into my favorite topic, which is Morris Boulevard. 343 00:18:31.208 --> 00:18:31.448 And 344 00:18:33.988 --> 00:18:37.948 the discussion really didn't take off 345 00:18:38.008 --> 00:18:41.948 until the chairman handed out this piece of paper. 346 00:18:42.548 --> 00:18:43.928 And this piece of paper was 347 00:18:45.108 --> 00:18:45.748 how we're going to 348 00:18:46.948 --> 00:18:48.308 fix Morris Boulevard. 349 00:18:49.328 --> 00:18:49.588 And 350 00:18:50.928 --> 00:18:54.588 he was talking about the $1.5 million widening, 351 00:18:55.068 --> 00:18:58.368 making it two feet wider on both sides of Morris Boulevard, 352 00:18:59.208 --> 00:19:02.988 which is what is probably the only thing that we are going to do 353 00:19:03.548 --> 00:19:06.048 should we not be able to build an off-road path. 354 00:19:07.568 --> 00:19:08.528 The developer 355 00:19:09.368 --> 00:19:13.108 was asked formally to fix the road, 356 00:19:13.588 --> 00:19:15.847 and that answer came back no. 357 00:19:18.948 --> 00:19:22.848 And that's too bad, because I really do think he or the developer, 358 00:19:23.328 --> 00:19:27.108 male, female, the corporation, could have done it properly. 359 00:19:27.908 --> 00:19:30.148 And then, 360 00:19:32.008 --> 00:19:34.528 it was like, are we going to move forward with that? 361 00:19:34.628 --> 00:19:36.858 And then really, it actually got tabled, 362 00:19:37.988 --> 00:19:41.188 because on the bottom of this piece of paper that I handed out, 363 00:19:42.248 --> 00:19:45.547 the reasoning, the rationale was there's only been 364 00:19:46.168 --> 00:19:50.088 42 golf cart accidents over a period 365 00:19:50.128 --> 00:19:54.108 of 24 full years on 366 00:19:54.128 --> 00:19:54.948 Morris Boulevard. 367 00:19:55.828 --> 00:19:59.788 That's the last statement on this particular piece of paper if you read through 368 00:19:59.828 --> 00:20:00.448 the logic. 369 00:20:01.888 --> 00:20:02.188 And it 370 00:20:03.468 --> 00:20:06.508 kind of like, where is the support for that data? 371 00:20:06.568 --> 00:20:10.088 Because I've been calling Sumter County to give me some of that 372 00:20:10.168 --> 00:20:11.568 information, the statistics. 373 00:20:13.008 --> 00:20:15.268 The other piece of paper that I handed you 374 00:20:16.268 --> 00:20:20.188 is what I attended a meeting from Sumter County 375 00:20:20.288 --> 00:20:23.608 about the most dangerous sections of road 376 00:20:24.468 --> 00:20:28.188 in Sumter County. And I'm sorry I couldn't print it all 377 00:20:28.648 --> 00:20:32.587 so you could read it, but line number 14, L14, 378 00:20:33.708 --> 00:20:36.028 is Morris Boulevard North 379 00:20:37.068 --> 00:20:40.388 from County Road 466 to Rio 380 00:20:40.488 --> 00:20:41.068 Grande. 381 00:20:42.328 --> 00:20:45.548 That is, according to Sumter County, the 382 00:20:46.348 --> 00:20:48.848 14th most dangerous section of road 383 00:20:49.668 --> 00:20:50.668 in this county. 384 00:20:52.848 --> 00:20:55.928 And when I look at what I was really trying to 385 00:20:56.048 --> 00:20:56.888 achieve, 386 00:20:57.788 --> 00:21:00.668 building it from the Gate 466 to San 387 00:21:00.728 --> 00:21:04.648 Marino would've really taken a good bite 388 00:21:04.688 --> 00:21:06.348 out of this particular issue. 389 00:21:07.748 --> 00:21:11.448 And I'm still not done because I'm not 100% sure that the 390 00:21:11.468 --> 00:21:15.048 attorney who is, "Okay, we can build 391 00:21:15.088 --> 00:21:18.768 sidewalks over there in Lady Lake, and we can buy 392 00:21:18.888 --> 00:21:20.678 property over here, and we can build that, 393 00:21:21.528 --> 00:21:25.188 but we can't build a multimodal path with 394 00:21:25.228 --> 00:21:27.468 our amenity money." It's still that 395 00:21:28.348 --> 00:21:32.188 nip and tuck, why can't we? And I think he was 396 00:21:32.508 --> 00:21:34.888 thinking we were doing something on 397 00:21:35.728 --> 00:21:37.168 Sumter County property. 398 00:21:38.768 --> 00:21:42.728 This proposal that came in from Kimley-Horn that said 399 00:21:42.788 --> 00:21:46.568 we could do it on district property is the one I keep 400 00:21:46.728 --> 00:21:48.108 pushing myself to say, 401 00:21:49.008 --> 00:21:52.828 if we use amenity money and we do have enough to do at least 402 00:21:53.088 --> 00:21:53.408 this 403 00:21:54.268 --> 00:21:56.908 section, the mile of road from 404 00:21:56.928 --> 00:21:58.588 466 to 405 00:21:59.808 --> 00:22:03.208 Rio Grande. I'm not sure about Rio Grande, but San Marino. 406 00:22:04.488 --> 00:22:07.848 I think that would be a marvelous solution to start. 407 00:22:08.168 --> 00:22:11.788 And then you would think it's only a mile and a half, there's only 408 00:22:11.848 --> 00:22:15.248 another three-quarters of a mile to go at some other point in time. 409 00:22:15.968 --> 00:22:19.528 So that's where I'm at. I'm not done because I'm really kind of, 410 00:22:20.248 --> 00:22:23.368 can I get the attorney to understand it's on district property? 411 00:22:24.028 --> 00:22:25.988 Because we seem to do a lot on district property. 412 00:22:27.368 --> 00:22:30.068 So that's where we are on Morris Boulevard, and I hope 413 00:22:31.848 --> 00:22:35.588 I can get the real statistics on Morris Boulevard to present them to the board 414 00:22:35.648 --> 00:22:39.628 and everyone look at statistics and say, "Okay, maybe this is a 415 00:22:39.688 --> 00:22:43.168 little more dangerous than two per year over a 416 00:22:43.348 --> 00:22:44.528 25-year period." 417 00:22:45.608 --> 00:22:45.878 Which 418 00:22:46.688 --> 00:22:50.408 it doesn't seem right, because I know I've seen lots of them there myself. 419 00:22:51.148 --> 00:22:52.248 So, if you're 420 00:22:53.428 --> 00:22:56.008 all right with waiting just to try and 421 00:22:56.828 --> 00:23:00.668 persuade the attorney to say, "Let's look at every 422 00:23:00.748 --> 00:23:04.588 little variable." I know we tabled the whole thing for the month, so we're 423 00:23:04.628 --> 00:23:05.848 not moving again until next month. 424 00:23:05.928 --> 00:23:09.588 Should we not do a thing, then I think widening the 425 00:23:09.668 --> 00:23:12.208 road to two feet is where we're going to run down. 426 00:23:13.428 --> 00:23:15.828 But I would still like to get off-road. 427 00:23:17.128 --> 00:23:20.928 The off-road part offers me the center turn lane, 428 00:23:21.708 --> 00:23:25.477 which I think is a very safe feature for that section of 429 00:23:25.528 --> 00:23:25.768 road. 430 00:23:26.968 --> 00:23:29.448 Okay. Questions? Go ahead, please. 431 00:23:30.208 --> 00:23:33.868 I have my own thing, 432 00:23:34.488 --> 00:23:36.428 and I'm trying really hard to accomplish it. 433 00:23:37.248 --> 00:23:41.048 But if I don't get any support from anybody, then I just got to go along 434 00:23:41.108 --> 00:23:43.348 with two feet, and I'd like to paint. 435 00:23:43.608 --> 00:23:46.968 We'll paint, we'll do whatever Sumter County lets us do. 436 00:23:48.708 --> 00:23:48.788 Go ahead. 437 00:23:48.868 --> 00:23:52.788 I will add that two individuals have died 438 00:23:52.828 --> 00:23:56.298 at the intersection of San Juan and Morris in the last six months. 439 00:23:56.388 --> 00:23:56.868 Mm-hmm. 440 00:23:56.908 --> 00:24:00.868 But neither died at the scene. They both died because of complications 441 00:24:01.248 --> 00:24:05.228 due to the injuries. But two people at my road in the 442 00:24:05.268 --> 00:24:08.208 last six months have perished because of the situation of Morris. 443 00:24:08.468 --> 00:24:11.868 Now, one was a person making a turn that shouldn't have made a turn, 444 00:24:12.568 --> 00:24:14.348 and the other one was hit by a golf cart. 445 00:24:14.388 --> 00:24:16.948 But in both cases, it's speed at that end. 446 00:24:17.208 --> 00:24:17.408 Mm-hmm. 447 00:24:17.568 --> 00:24:20.288 Because what I see when the road goes from one lane to two lanes- 448 00:24:20.708 --> 00:24:20.908 Oh 449 00:24:20.928 --> 00:24:23.528 ... the person that was sitting behind me, they didn't like it, he's going to blow 450 00:24:23.588 --> 00:24:23.848 by me. 451 00:24:24.028 --> 00:24:24.908 Oh, absolutely. 452 00:24:24.948 --> 00:24:28.624 And that section of road, it's So the statistics are there, two 453 00:24:28.724 --> 00:24:29.004 people 454 00:24:29.804 --> 00:24:31.484 And that's a short period of time. 455 00:24:31.644 --> 00:24:32.084 Short period. 456 00:24:32.144 --> 00:24:32.724 I'm talking, this 457 00:24:33.624 --> 00:24:37.064 gentleman handed out a piece of paper that said that over 24 years or 458 00:24:37.184 --> 00:24:40.164 25 years, there's only been 42 golf cart 459 00:24:41.404 --> 00:24:45.114 accidents. I could probably get 24 myself just going out and 460 00:24:45.144 --> 00:24:48.904 talking to people. And who gets killed and who doesn't get killed, 461 00:24:48.964 --> 00:24:52.664 and even if you don't get killed immediately, you die six months later 462 00:24:52.764 --> 00:24:54.964 from the impact of all that. We're old. 463 00:24:55.904 --> 00:24:59.024 Your body can't take that crush. But yes, thank you. 464 00:25:02.004 --> 00:25:02.124 I 465 00:25:03.044 --> 00:25:03.384 think 466 00:25:06.484 --> 00:25:07.624 I'm baffled- 467 00:25:08.484 --> 00:25:08.644 Okay 468 00:25:08.884 --> 00:25:11.004 ... why the AAC cannot 469 00:25:11.984 --> 00:25:14.184 make a decision on something that seems 470 00:25:15.484 --> 00:25:19.144 to be such a great benefit to all the residents of our 471 00:25:19.204 --> 00:25:19.704 community. 472 00:25:20.704 --> 00:25:23.804 You guys keep finding ways to 473 00:25:23.904 --> 00:25:27.824 run down different rabbit holes and come up with 474 00:25:27.864 --> 00:25:30.324 different ideas or different 475 00:25:32.264 --> 00:25:33.224 scenarios. 476 00:25:34.264 --> 00:25:36.944 When you've been given a 477 00:25:37.524 --> 00:25:38.264 scenario 478 00:25:39.084 --> 00:25:42.004 that clearly benefits the people of this community, 479 00:25:43.384 --> 00:25:46.544 it's well-engineered and it provides 480 00:25:47.644 --> 00:25:49.804 a very logical 481 00:25:50.984 --> 00:25:54.784 approach to safety, which is giving more 482 00:25:54.844 --> 00:25:58.674 space for error for both the golf cart driver, the 483 00:25:58.744 --> 00:26:02.484 person that uses the multimodal path, the bicycle rider, the walker, 484 00:26:03.264 --> 00:26:06.964 and the person driving the car. And I 485 00:26:07.004 --> 00:26:10.784 drive that road every day like many of you do, and what I see 486 00:26:10.824 --> 00:26:14.184 mostly is people not being able to maintain their 487 00:26:14.224 --> 00:26:17.764 lane. And I understand that in the 488 00:26:17.804 --> 00:26:19.294 community that we live in. 489 00:26:20.284 --> 00:26:24.184 So I think there's a very obvious solution here, 490 00:26:24.824 --> 00:26:28.404 that for some reason, your committee can't pull it together 491 00:26:29.564 --> 00:26:33.524 in order to benefit the citizens of this community, and I'd like to 492 00:26:33.584 --> 00:26:34.284 see you do it. 493 00:26:34.584 --> 00:26:38.044 Okay. And that solution is to you widening the road two feet? 494 00:26:38.264 --> 00:26:41.784 Two feet on each side, and then we can talk about 495 00:26:41.884 --> 00:26:45.704 Supervisor Irwin's suggestion because I do believe 496 00:26:46.304 --> 00:26:50.104 what Mr. Brightman said about let's do that as a trial is 497 00:26:50.384 --> 00:26:51.804 a very logical 498 00:26:53.164 --> 00:26:56.124 next step to say, "Hey, if we identify 499 00:26:57.144 --> 00:27:00.504 the areas where there's conflict, intersection, 500 00:27:01.684 --> 00:27:02.344 by a 501 00:27:03.264 --> 00:27:06.934 color-coded paint, then maybe that brings people's 502 00:27:06.964 --> 00:27:10.804 attention more to the fact that, "Hey, there's a potential 503 00:27:10.884 --> 00:27:14.633 issue here." So doing that as a trial to say, "Hey, 504 00:27:14.804 --> 00:27:18.584 we'll see if this works," seems like a very logical approach to 505 00:27:18.624 --> 00:27:22.544 me. And I think it basically eliminates the need 506 00:27:22.604 --> 00:27:26.424 to do the cutouts as was proposed on the phase two 507 00:27:26.504 --> 00:27:30.364 of it, just for the time being. That may not be the case in the future, 508 00:27:30.444 --> 00:27:34.164 but I think it certainly is worth a try to see if that's 509 00:27:36.524 --> 00:27:40.204 as viable as the two-foot quarter on both 510 00:27:40.284 --> 00:27:40.684 sides. 511 00:27:41.584 --> 00:27:42.844 I agree with you totally. 512 00:27:43.144 --> 00:27:44.524 Okay. Thank you, sir. 513 00:27:45.624 --> 00:27:49.464 Okay, so you just want to push ahead with the two foot, let the rest of it 514 00:27:49.504 --> 00:27:49.684 go. 515 00:27:50.044 --> 00:27:52.723 No, let's start with that. Let's get something done. 516 00:27:52.764 --> 00:27:53.444 No, I understand. 517 00:27:53.454 --> 00:27:53.454 Yeah. 518 00:27:53.504 --> 00:27:53.824 Well, listen. 519 00:27:53.864 --> 00:27:55.124 Let's just get one thing done. 520 00:27:55.304 --> 00:27:58.524 The two foot, I guess, with the paint probably costs us a couple million, and 521 00:27:58.544 --> 00:28:00.524 here's a couple million. 522 00:28:01.704 --> 00:28:01.864 But 523 00:28:03.544 --> 00:28:07.304 the other one I thought was a really good solution that we paid for, that 524 00:28:07.784 --> 00:28:08.724 was on the books, but 525 00:28:10.484 --> 00:28:12.444 we shall take care of it at the next meeting. 526 00:28:12.624 --> 00:28:16.604 Thank you, sir. I'd appreciate if we could move forward, it'd 527 00:28:16.624 --> 00:28:17.004 be great. 528 00:28:18.024 --> 00:28:18.604 You got it. 529 00:28:18.644 --> 00:28:18.943 Thanks. 530 00:28:19.164 --> 00:28:22.284 Anything else? That's all? All right. 531 00:28:22.324 --> 00:28:24.064 Thank you. 532 00:28:28.584 --> 00:28:29.204 Save the date. 533 00:28:30.144 --> 00:28:34.024 Yes, sir. We would invite the board and all of the residents to attend 534 00:28:34.084 --> 00:28:37.904 our night out with District Property Management, in which you will have the 535 00:28:37.944 --> 00:28:41.764 opportunity to learn from all of the divisions of DPM, 536 00:28:41.824 --> 00:28:44.804 including water resources, facilities, and more. 537 00:28:44.844 --> 00:28:48.344 This event is on September 23rd from 4:00 to 6:00 at the Rohan 538 00:28:48.404 --> 00:28:51.463 Recreation Center, and we hope that we will see all of you there. 539 00:28:51.864 --> 00:28:52.344 All right. 540 00:28:53.724 --> 00:28:54.064 Thank you. 541 00:28:55.844 --> 00:28:59.744 Okay. District council. There are two more training opportunities for this 542 00:28:59.784 --> 00:29:03.574 year for supervisors, with the first being August 27 at 9:00 543 00:29:03.624 --> 00:29:07.224 a.m. and that will be held at Everglades, and the second being on 544 00:29:07.324 --> 00:29:08.894 October 29 at 2:00 p.m. 545 00:29:09.764 --> 00:29:11.434 That one will be at the district office. 546 00:29:11.684 --> 00:29:14.384 You can attend one or both by signing up through the clerk's office. 547 00:29:15.724 --> 00:29:19.624 And correct me, but our Form 4 has to be filed 548 00:29:19.664 --> 00:29:21.064 by June of each year. 549 00:29:22.184 --> 00:29:26.144 So this particular training would be for next year. 550 00:29:26.784 --> 00:29:29.704 Is that correct? 551 00:29:30.284 --> 00:29:31.324 I thought it was annual. 552 00:29:31.484 --> 00:29:32.344 This year and next year. 553 00:29:32.704 --> 00:29:34.204 Yeah, this year, but next year as well. 554 00:29:34.504 --> 00:29:34.844 Got you. 555 00:29:34.944 --> 00:29:37.264 So it's for 2026. 556 00:29:37.444 --> 00:29:38.064 2026. Okay. I 557 00:29:39.904 --> 00:29:43.384 get those dates mixed up sometimes. So this is for 2026. 558 00:29:43.624 --> 00:29:43.674 Yes. 559 00:29:43.744 --> 00:29:44.684 Thank you very much, sir. 560 00:29:45.564 --> 00:29:49.484 And just to talk about a topic that was brought up earlier in 561 00:29:49.524 --> 00:29:52.964 our public comments. Certainly, we've all heard a lot 562 00:29:53.024 --> 00:29:56.804 about Airbnbs and things like that, and 563 00:29:57.064 --> 00:30:00.724 I understand that the issue is more complex, and it's not 564 00:30:00.784 --> 00:30:02.384 necessarily an issue that the 565 00:30:04.124 --> 00:30:05.434 development districts can 566 00:30:06.304 --> 00:30:09.794 necessarily remedy. But I also understand that 567 00:30:10.244 --> 00:30:14.144 we may have the authority to look at the 568 00:30:14.224 --> 00:30:18.144 nuisances that are created by some of these things. 569 00:30:18.304 --> 00:30:22.264 I'm not necessarily a proponent of limiting people's 570 00:30:22.324 --> 00:30:26.244 ability of what they can do with their own property, but I am a 571 00:30:26.284 --> 00:30:29.734 proponent of having a neighborhood that 572 00:30:29.764 --> 00:30:33.264 consistently provides a peaceful area for people to reside 573 00:30:34.040 --> 00:30:37.520 And if we could look at something that's more of a nuisance 574 00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:42.560 type of ordinance that could address some of that, then 575 00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:47.200 I think that may be an outlet for us to be able to 576 00:30:47.280 --> 00:30:50.700 at least address the bad 577 00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:51.400 issues. 578 00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:58.360 We don't have the ability, as you said, to do anything when it 579 00:30:58.420 --> 00:31:01.560 comes to the actual rental of the property. 580 00:31:01.800 --> 00:31:03.360 However, if there are 581 00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:08.230 deed restriction issues that are linked to the property, 582 00:31:08.600 --> 00:31:10.880 then certainly that is something we can move forward with. 583 00:31:11.360 --> 00:31:15.060 The problem comes in that it's against the homeowner, and it's not against the 584 00:31:15.120 --> 00:31:19.020 renter. And typically, they are gone, and the issue 585 00:31:19.080 --> 00:31:22.620 is resolved before we can even get there. 586 00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:26.600 Most of them, the complaints that we get from residents are more law enforcement 587 00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:30.300 issues, when it comes to people being 588 00:31:30.320 --> 00:31:30.830 vulgar, 589 00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:35.400 intimidating the neighbors. We've heard a lot of that. 590 00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:38.990 And that, we encourage the residents to call law 591 00:31:39.020 --> 00:31:42.740 enforcement. Most of them have indicated that they have not previously called law 592 00:31:42.760 --> 00:31:43.359 enforcement. 593 00:31:44.360 --> 00:31:47.860 But certainly, if there is issues that we can link to a deed 594 00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:51.880 restriction, we certainly will, even though, again, it's 595 00:31:51.900 --> 00:31:55.710 not a quick fix. And most of the time, the renters are gone 596 00:31:55.780 --> 00:31:57.680 before we can even get out there. 597 00:31:59.320 --> 00:32:03.240 Certainly understand that. But it may be time to 598 00:32:03.360 --> 00:32:07.340 start holding those property owners responsible 599 00:32:08.100 --> 00:32:10.620 for what is happening on their property. 600 00:32:10.760 --> 00:32:14.740 And even though we can't address the problem right away, maybe we 601 00:32:14.800 --> 00:32:18.720 can address it long term and get the compliance that we're 602 00:32:18.760 --> 00:32:20.560 looking for. So, thank you. 603 00:32:20.570 --> 00:32:24.280 So, I would encourage the board and any residents, if you are experiencing 604 00:32:24.340 --> 00:32:27.920 issues with this, or if you have neighbors that are, just have them file the 605 00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:31.240 complaint because it's a complaint-driven process, as you know. 606 00:32:31.280 --> 00:32:34.030 And all it takes is a complaint, and Mr. 607 00:32:34.380 --> 00:32:37.920 Armstrong's in the back, and hears that you want to be more proactive when it comes 608 00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:41.940 to... Because you do have the reoccurring provision within your rule that 609 00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:45.840 does allow, even if they keep bringing it into compliance, you still have the 610 00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:48.900 ability to fine if it continues to 611 00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:50.560 happen repeatedly. 612 00:32:51.600 --> 00:32:54.119 Thank you. I appreciate the insight into that. 613 00:32:55.280 --> 00:32:58.140 Okay. Moving forward with the supervisor comments. 614 00:32:59.060 --> 00:33:02.570 I'll go first. I think we all received a email from Ms. 615 00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:06.500 Healy regarding the lights or the lack of lights 616 00:33:06.660 --> 00:33:09.800 at Marabella Villas. 617 00:33:10.780 --> 00:33:14.760 And so on my way back from dinner one night, I drove 618 00:33:14.800 --> 00:33:17.320 by there. I see what they're talking about. 619 00:33:17.860 --> 00:33:21.800 I did also drive by a lot of our other villa 620 00:33:21.900 --> 00:33:25.360 neighborhoods, and all of those do have a lighted sign. 621 00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:28.800 So I certainly agree with the fact that even though we're 622 00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:32.040 not legally obligated to provide 623 00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:36.440 illumination for those, there certainly seems to be a standard 624 00:33:36.520 --> 00:33:38.040 here within our district. 625 00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:40.280 That being said, 626 00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:44.880 we have a particular quandary here because 627 00:33:46.080 --> 00:33:49.880 one of the core beliefs of providing good government is not to 628 00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:52.240 be funding unbudgeted items 629 00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:57.720 because that wrecks a budget and creates problems later 630 00:33:57.840 --> 00:34:00.320 on. So we've got a request here, 631 00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:05.140 or the staff put together a thorough estimate 632 00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:09.060 for us of 12,600 some odd 633 00:34:09.140 --> 00:34:09.560 dollars 634 00:34:10.520 --> 00:34:11.480 to provide that. 635 00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.281 And 636 00:34:14.740 --> 00:34:18.720 my proposal to you is because this is 637 00:34:18.781 --> 00:34:20.120 an unbudgeted item, 638 00:34:21.261 --> 00:34:25.020 but looking at our financial report, it looks like that staff's done a 639 00:34:25.080 --> 00:34:28.321 really good job of keeping us under budget. 640 00:34:29.040 --> 00:34:29.680 So by 641 00:34:30.801 --> 00:34:31.880 our next month's meeting, 642 00:34:32.761 --> 00:34:35.660 I believe Ms. Lenoris will be able to give us a 643 00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:40.640 fairly good estimate of whether or not we're going to be 644 00:34:40.720 --> 00:34:44.361 under budget and how much. And maybe if 645 00:34:44.660 --> 00:34:48.440 we find ourself under budget to the point that we can fund it, I would 646 00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:52.339 propose that we decide to fund that project at that 647 00:34:52.740 --> 00:34:55.620 particular time. So, it's open for your discussion. 648 00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.020 I 649 00:34:59.280 --> 00:35:02.980 did see that. One thing is, is there a possibility 650 00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:03.740 of... 651 00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:08.920 What would be the purpose of the 125 amp service? 652 00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:13.560 And have they considered using a less 653 00:35:13.600 --> 00:35:15.720 expensive alternative, such as solar 654 00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:20.680 lighting? And in addition, the Cordova 655 00:35:20.740 --> 00:35:21.200 sign 656 00:35:22.220 --> 00:35:25.680 for the entrance, I think that should be lit as well. 657 00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:30.360 So I'll defer to Mr. Harris on the first few questions. 658 00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:34.380 For Cordova, that would be an Amenity Authority Committee 659 00:35:34.600 --> 00:35:38.120 expenditure if they wish to move forward with that. And then I believe Mr. 660 00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:41.280 Ricard is still here, so if he would like to bring that up at AAC. 661 00:35:42.640 --> 00:35:44.400 Good morning. Mike Harris, District Property Management. 662 00:35:44.420 --> 00:35:45.120 The 663 00:35:46.180 --> 00:35:49.180 service amperage is dictated by Duke Energy. 664 00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:50.460 We don't really have a choice on that. 665 00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:50.920 They have a 666 00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:53.720 specified amperage that we have to use. 667 00:35:54.100 --> 00:35:57.600 We have used solar in the past, and it was a monumental disaster. 668 00:35:57.680 --> 00:36:01.520 We have removed them everywhere else because the batteries and as the 669 00:36:01.600 --> 00:36:03.660 landscape grows, it's cost 670 00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:06.920 a lot more to maintain those systems. 671 00:36:08.600 --> 00:36:08.900 All right. 672 00:36:09.160 --> 00:36:09.359 Thank you. 673 00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:11.060 Thank you, Mike. I appreciate the answer. 674 00:36:14.220 --> 00:36:15.080 Further discussion? 675 00:36:17.060 --> 00:36:20.680 If not, do we have kind of consensus to move forward and 676 00:36:21.240 --> 00:36:24.940 see where we stand next month? That's almost the end of fiscal year for us, so I 677 00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.870 think we're in that position. 678 00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:29.440 Yes. I drove by as well, and it is obviously 679 00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:33.860 different. We want to have these 680 00:36:35.648 --> 00:36:39.198 The aesthetics and everything being the same. So it definitely needs to keep up. 681 00:36:39.848 --> 00:36:40.168 All right. 682 00:36:40.448 --> 00:36:41.388 So we will have 683 00:36:42.468 --> 00:36:46.188 Miss Leonorris and the budget team look at the budget and come up with 684 00:36:46.808 --> 00:36:50.728 some areas in which you have had cost savings, and we can potentially move 685 00:36:50.768 --> 00:36:53.208 forward, and it will be on your agenda next month. 686 00:36:53.288 --> 00:36:54.808 All right. Thank you very much. 687 00:36:56.228 --> 00:36:57.608 Other supervisor comments? 688 00:36:59.088 --> 00:36:59.568 I got a few. 689 00:36:59.968 --> 00:37:00.208 Okay. 690 00:37:00.608 --> 00:37:03.388 Start with the easy ones first. We got some photographs we can throw up. 691 00:37:06.088 --> 00:37:07.228 Let's see which one you have first. 692 00:37:09.708 --> 00:37:13.648 My favorite. This pond was empty two years ago because of a failure in 693 00:37:13.668 --> 00:37:14.048 the liner, 694 00:37:14.888 --> 00:37:18.628 and doesn't it look beautiful now? Neighborhood is just tickled pink. 695 00:37:18.748 --> 00:37:21.508 The great work done by the district to get this problem resolved. 696 00:37:22.748 --> 00:37:25.828 Just thank you very much for everybody that had your hands in that. 697 00:37:26.448 --> 00:37:29.968 Great job. Second photograph is they've started doing the 698 00:37:30.508 --> 00:37:34.348 cabling in our neighborhood, and I want people to see what's going to happen here. 699 00:37:35.048 --> 00:37:38.728 This is called no-dig technology, but it's somewhat not labeled correctly. 700 00:37:39.547 --> 00:37:41.768 Every place they cross a utility, they have to dig it up. 701 00:37:42.088 --> 00:37:42.308 Okay. 702 00:37:42.548 --> 00:37:45.528 And the bullet or missile, whatever you want to call it, they have to dig a trench 703 00:37:45.538 --> 00:37:48.728 for that. But they did a fabulous job when they were 704 00:37:48.748 --> 00:37:52.118 done putting everything back in place, and I compliment that. 705 00:37:52.128 --> 00:37:55.048 When the man sat here and said they're going to do it good, they've done an 706 00:37:55.108 --> 00:37:57.108 excellent job in our neighborhood. So good report there. 707 00:37:57.268 --> 00:37:58.608 That's good to hear. Good. 708 00:37:58.848 --> 00:37:59.828 Okay, the third item. 709 00:38:01.408 --> 00:38:04.008 I think you all received Commissioner Butterfield's response. 710 00:38:05.568 --> 00:38:07.188 I was originally working with 711 00:38:08.268 --> 00:38:12.188 Mr. Matthew Padlock on a staff level to say, "Okay, here's 712 00:38:12.208 --> 00:38:15.228 something. You said you use FDOT as a standard. 713 00:38:15.728 --> 00:38:18.528 Here's something FDOT uses in Orlando. 714 00:38:18.628 --> 00:38:20.268 They use it in Jacksonville. They use it in St. 715 00:38:20.428 --> 00:38:20.748 Pete." 716 00:38:21.668 --> 00:38:25.348 The next time you hop off the Florida Turnpike to turn right to go to Leesburg, 717 00:38:25.888 --> 00:38:27.258 they use it there. It's everywhere. 718 00:38:27.298 --> 00:38:28.248 Yes, they do. Yeah. 719 00:38:29.148 --> 00:38:32.108 I was surprised. I didn't know about the meeting, didn't know it was going to come 720 00:38:32.148 --> 00:38:35.288 up at the meeting, but I was surprised the next day to get a call from Matt. 721 00:38:36.088 --> 00:38:39.448 I was at the gym, so I got a voicemail, but my telephone records what's in that 722 00:38:39.488 --> 00:38:43.378 voicemail. And what was most intriguing is he said he could no longer 723 00:38:43.408 --> 00:38:47.008 give me an official response. "You can come down and meet, but can't 724 00:38:47.048 --> 00:38:49.108 officially talk about the subject." 725 00:38:49.968 --> 00:38:51.228 I think I've asked the staff here, 726 00:38:52.128 --> 00:38:55.848 and I think I'm pretty clear that the county owns that multimodal 727 00:38:55.908 --> 00:38:56.248 path. 728 00:38:57.468 --> 00:38:58.608 We don't own a multimodal path. 729 00:38:59.528 --> 00:39:02.788 And then I see where Commissioner Butterfield has said we don't deal with 730 00:39:03.008 --> 00:39:04.568 multimodal paths, so there's a conflict there. 731 00:39:04.608 --> 00:39:08.428 So what I'm looking for, direction from my fellow supervisors, is my 732 00:39:08.468 --> 00:39:08.988 next steps. 733 00:39:09.928 --> 00:39:11.248 The easiest step is 734 00:39:12.168 --> 00:39:13.248 I have talked to 735 00:39:14.268 --> 00:39:18.008 Richard Benson, and we have a strategy to work through the 736 00:39:18.048 --> 00:39:21.908 AAC to keep the ball moving and keep this in the bucket of things 737 00:39:21.988 --> 00:39:22.368 to do. 738 00:39:23.788 --> 00:39:27.648 But maybe you can explain to me why the county commissioners 739 00:39:27.708 --> 00:39:30.608 are so opposed to even talking about 740 00:39:31.448 --> 00:39:35.208 their pathway. In my perception, these intersections are not 741 00:39:35.368 --> 00:39:39.328 marked at all. You don't know there's a multimodal path there if 742 00:39:39.348 --> 00:39:42.968 you don't live in the Villages. And what brought me to this is I'm going up the 743 00:39:43.028 --> 00:39:44.628 road one day and here comes a car, 744 00:39:45.588 --> 00:39:48.938 and in that split second, it was either run into the car or pull out into a lane of 745 00:39:48.938 --> 00:39:49.188 traffic. 746 00:39:50.148 --> 00:39:53.047 Fortunately, there was nobody there. And I did what any smart man would do. 747 00:39:53.568 --> 00:39:56.008 I went home and I called the guy and I said, "Can you put seat belts in my golf 748 00:39:56.048 --> 00:39:56.678 cart, please?" 749 00:39:58.108 --> 00:39:58.308 Yeah. 750 00:39:59.568 --> 00:40:03.068 So maybe you can explain why the county commissioners are 751 00:40:03.568 --> 00:40:07.468 pushing this effort for their property on 752 00:40:07.528 --> 00:40:08.828 others. How did we get there? 753 00:40:10.468 --> 00:40:13.968 I'll try to answer some of that at first because I 754 00:40:14.308 --> 00:40:16.637 think as most of you fellows know, I 755 00:40:17.728 --> 00:40:21.568 met with them multiple times to try to come up with a 756 00:40:21.608 --> 00:40:23.748 safety solution on Morse Boulevard. 757 00:40:24.768 --> 00:40:25.268 And 758 00:40:27.288 --> 00:40:29.408 they were always very 759 00:40:30.788 --> 00:40:31.208 nice, 760 00:40:32.108 --> 00:40:36.088 but very firm on the fact that they didn't want to spend any money 761 00:40:37.368 --> 00:40:41.268 on that road. And I really believe that it comes 762 00:40:41.288 --> 00:40:43.048 down to a precedent 763 00:40:44.168 --> 00:40:47.748 because there are multimodal paths that connect to roads all over this 764 00:40:47.768 --> 00:40:51.168 county. And if they go out of their way and do something 765 00:40:51.748 --> 00:40:53.328 on North Morse, 766 00:40:54.228 --> 00:40:57.848 they're setting themselves up in a position where they got to do a lot more road 767 00:40:57.908 --> 00:40:59.948 construction. They're already spending, 768 00:41:00.968 --> 00:41:04.148 I think, near $100 million south of 769 00:41:05.688 --> 00:41:07.688 State Road 44, building roads 770 00:41:09.348 --> 00:41:11.908 connecting the newer parts of The Villages 771 00:41:12.788 --> 00:41:14.528 with the rest of the world. And 772 00:41:15.528 --> 00:41:19.428 so I think their budget, when they step back and look at their budget, 773 00:41:19.548 --> 00:41:23.408 the reality is we don't have a lot of money to 774 00:41:23.508 --> 00:41:27.448 spend on things like that, and we don't want to put ourself in a position to 775 00:41:27.488 --> 00:41:30.528 be setting a precedent where we have to do that. 776 00:41:30.628 --> 00:41:33.188 So I believe that's what you've run into. 777 00:41:33.668 --> 00:41:37.638 They'll never say that in public, but I believe that's what 778 00:41:37.668 --> 00:41:39.408 you're up against. And 779 00:41:40.248 --> 00:41:43.988 I think from my personal standpoint, your approach with Mr. 780 00:41:44.268 --> 00:41:48.028 Benson and the AAC is going to be a lot more 781 00:41:48.088 --> 00:41:51.108 fruitful than trying to work with Sumter County. 782 00:41:51.128 --> 00:41:52.928 I think you've made an excellent case. 783 00:41:53.988 --> 00:41:57.968 I think Mr. Brightman has also brought up a pretty good idea 784 00:41:58.008 --> 00:42:00.648 of using it as a trial if we need to. 785 00:42:01.888 --> 00:42:02.628 I just think 786 00:42:03.768 --> 00:42:07.208 the funding is really the key issue to them, 787 00:42:08.288 --> 00:42:10.608 and that's why they don't want to talk about it. 788 00:42:11.008 --> 00:42:14.908 Yeah, I guess my pushback is, and I worked at Public Works for a million years, 789 00:42:15.608 --> 00:42:18.538 if somebody tells you that you have something that's 30 years 790 00:42:18.568 --> 00:42:20.358 behind practice, 791 00:42:21.328 --> 00:42:22.428 and it's on the public record, 792 00:42:23.668 --> 00:42:25.288 and somebody gets in an accident, 793 00:42:26.348 --> 00:42:28.428 then it's John Morgan's people you're talking to. 794 00:42:28.528 --> 00:42:29.048 Exactly. 795 00:42:29.128 --> 00:42:32.648 And you've got to wrestle with that threat of you were notified 796 00:42:33.228 --> 00:42:36.848 that you've got something that's 30 years old, there are much better practices out 797 00:42:36.888 --> 00:42:40.408 there, and you wouldn't even let your staff member talk to somebody about it? 798 00:42:41.456 --> 00:42:42.306 I didn't want to be in that position. 799 00:42:42.376 --> 00:42:45.056 I think the day that happens, you'll see a change in- 800 00:42:46.236 --> 00:42:46.356 Yeah 801 00:42:46.656 --> 00:42:47.256 ... the approach. 802 00:42:47.436 --> 00:42:48.465 But Rocky, I'll take your approach. 803 00:42:48.536 --> 00:42:49.666 I'll work with the AAC and- 804 00:42:50.076 --> 00:42:50.216 Okay 805 00:42:50.476 --> 00:42:51.356 ... we'll keep the ball moving. 806 00:42:51.996 --> 00:42:52.336 All right. 807 00:42:54.256 --> 00:42:55.656 Mr. Brightman, you had something. 808 00:42:55.716 --> 00:42:56.796 My subject matter expert. 809 00:42:58.656 --> 00:43:02.256 Supervisor Gurwin, I was a little bit confused by your 810 00:43:02.356 --> 00:43:04.655 comments. I wonder if you could provide some clarification. 811 00:43:04.716 --> 00:43:04.896 Sure. 812 00:43:05.276 --> 00:43:09.096 Was the comments regarding FDOT and the widening of the roadway 813 00:43:09.756 --> 00:43:13.156 consistent with the property use 814 00:43:14.316 --> 00:43:18.276 through paving onto the additional property, or was it a concern 815 00:43:18.336 --> 00:43:22.076 about the dedication, the continued county roadway, 816 00:43:23.156 --> 00:43:27.066 and the widening of the roadway to be acceptable for the FDOT standard? 817 00:43:27.756 --> 00:43:31.536 Yeah, the FDOT standard refers to nothing to do with the 818 00:43:31.576 --> 00:43:35.276 widening. It had to do that FDOT, when there's a bicycle path 819 00:43:35.496 --> 00:43:39.476 or a multimodal path, they have a green and white stripe pattern that they use 820 00:43:39.516 --> 00:43:41.166 throughout the county, throughout the state- 821 00:43:41.356 --> 00:43:41.616 Yes, sir 822 00:43:41.696 --> 00:43:43.976 ... to let people know that when you're coming through this intersection, the 823 00:43:44.016 --> 00:43:47.896 people on the bikes or the e-bikes or the golf carts have the right of way. 824 00:43:48.576 --> 00:43:50.756 So it's a different kind of subject. 825 00:43:51.436 --> 00:43:54.536 Thank you. Is the property that the widening is looking at, 826 00:43:55.776 --> 00:43:56.816 who owns that property? 827 00:43:58.896 --> 00:43:59.856 You're asking the wrong person. 828 00:44:00.556 --> 00:44:00.716 Yeah. 829 00:44:01.056 --> 00:44:01.316 I'm sorry? 830 00:44:01.396 --> 00:44:02.016 Sumter County. 831 00:44:02.116 --> 00:44:02.346 Sumter County. 832 00:44:02.346 --> 00:44:02.635 Sumter County. 833 00:44:03.916 --> 00:44:06.316 Yeah. No, I can show you what I'm talking about afterwards. 834 00:44:06.656 --> 00:44:07.096 Thank you, sir. 835 00:44:07.396 --> 00:44:07.536 Yeah. 836 00:44:10.896 --> 00:44:11.276 Okay. 837 00:44:11.756 --> 00:44:12.476 That's enough, isn't it? 838 00:44:12.576 --> 00:44:15.896 Thank you. I appreciate your comments, and I appreciate your work on that. 839 00:44:15.956 --> 00:44:17.676 I really do. You've done a good job, 840 00:44:18.576 --> 00:44:21.596 and I encourage you to keep working with Mr. Benson. 841 00:44:21.626 --> 00:44:21.626 I'll keep pressing. 842 00:44:21.656 --> 00:44:22.156 There we go. 843 00:44:24.536 --> 00:44:25.836 Any more comments? 844 00:44:26.456 --> 00:44:28.366 I would like to also say that- 845 00:44:28.776 --> 00:44:29.096 Sure 846 00:44:29.116 --> 00:44:32.996 ... Lumos, Michael Hopkins that came and gave the presentation, that 847 00:44:33.036 --> 00:44:33.596 he actually, 848 00:44:34.656 --> 00:44:38.616 anytime I'm out and during their construction, there's always a supervisor 849 00:44:38.656 --> 00:44:42.556 that's in the truck, and he'll pull up and say, "Do you have any questions?" 850 00:44:43.716 --> 00:44:46.336 Probably a half a dozen times just 851 00:44:47.356 --> 00:44:50.816 looking around, they come up and ask, "Do you have any questions?" I'm very 852 00:44:50.856 --> 00:44:54.596 impressed with the work that they're doing, and they'll get it 853 00:44:54.716 --> 00:44:54.996 back. 854 00:44:55.976 --> 00:44:59.776 One supervisor said, "Was that 855 00:44:59.816 --> 00:45:02.696 like that before?" And I said, "No, sir." He said, "It'll be today." 856 00:45:03.656 --> 00:45:05.956 I just want to praise them for doing a good job. 857 00:45:06.756 --> 00:45:10.716 Good. Well, the fact we haven't received a lot of complaints is 858 00:45:10.756 --> 00:45:12.316 a really good gauge as well, so- 859 00:45:12.436 --> 00:45:12.766 Yes, it is 860 00:45:12.776 --> 00:45:13.696 ... they're doing a good job. 861 00:45:14.296 --> 00:45:16.656 But people know. They're going to be digging up your front yard. 862 00:45:16.896 --> 00:45:17.096 Yes. 863 00:45:17.736 --> 00:45:18.896 But they're going to take care of it. 864 00:45:19.136 --> 00:45:20.896 But they'll fix it back. There we go. 865 00:45:22.836 --> 00:45:26.816 Okay. I think we've accomplished everything we need to accomplish today. 866 00:45:26.856 --> 00:45:28.456 We'll entertain a motion to adjourn. 867 00:45:29.296 --> 00:45:29.776 So moved. 868 00:45:31.236 --> 00:45:32.236 All in favor say aye. 869 00:45:32.716 --> 00:45:33.016 Aye. 870 00:45:33.356 --> 00:45:34.056 We're adjourned.