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All right.

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Let's call it an order of the Middleton Community

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Development District, a meeting.

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We have a full quorum. Thanks all for being here today.

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We appreciate it. I'd like everyone to stand, please,

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for the Pledge of Allegiance.

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States of

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Please.

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Thank you.

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I'd like to welcome our meeting attendees.

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Thank you for being here today.

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We don't always get a crowd here,

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so it's nice to see you coming out.

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We appreciate it. So typically in this, uh, part

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of the meeting, we, uh, offer audience comments,

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but I want to couple caveats with that.

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If you're here to talk about

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or want to comment on the budget,

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there'll be a public hearing

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after we talk about the budget up here in a little bit.

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If you hear about deed restrictions,

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we are gonna have a presentation near the end of the agenda,

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and then we're gonna open it up for audience comments.

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So I'd kind of like you to hear that presentation first,

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and then we'll talk about that then.

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So if you have comments about anything else, uh,

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we can bring those up now,

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but if it's about those two things,

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let's just hold off if that's okay.

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Sound good? Come on up.

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I'll Be the brave one. Hi, my name's Jesse Colback.

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I live on Chastain in Middleton in phase one.

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Now, not normally when to complain.

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This is a kind of long story,

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so I'll just keep it a little short.

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We are sick and tired of the anonymous complaints. There

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Have been this, this would fall under the deed

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restrictions discussion we're gonna have later.

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Okay, Well, so I'd just like to have,

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have the presentation.

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I wasn't, I wasn't sure what category it fell under.

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Sure, no, that's fine. So this is my first time coming. No

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Problem. No problem at

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All, as one can imagine that. Yeah,

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Absolutely. So then

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If that is it, I will wait.

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Yeah, please. But thank you for the information.

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Yeah, we had no idea what it fell under, so I'll

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Be back there. Yeah, definitely. Uh,

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come back up

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after we have that presentation.

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Thank you.

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Good morning.

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Good morning Mitchell. Um, question on the annual report

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that was sent out on, in 2024, there was a goal related

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to community engagement and communications.

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Um, it says that there are three

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communication outlets maintained.

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Can you identify those three communication outlets?

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So we have a weekly bulletin that goes out.

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We have a communication through the newspaper.

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We have the web, I'm sorry. Couldn't hear you.

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Can you speak up? We have the website.

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That's one big communication factor. Okay.

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We do put out articles in the newspaper

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that has another, um, outlet.

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We do put out weekly information communication we put on

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your postal stations,

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et cetera. So those are all the communic.

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The postal station is where you put stuff

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Out to at the, at your rec centers?

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We have the boards.

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We don't have a rec center Where you have the

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pools. We have some, uh Oh,

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Okay. So on those

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boards out, there's Right.

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Is where you put it's okay. Okay. All right.

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And do you know when the 2025

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annual report will be coming out?

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So the 2025 annual report typically comes out in the

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spring after all the audits are complete. So,

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So it actually gets, uh,

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distributed in 26 after That's right.

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The year. Okay. Perfect.

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Mm-hmm. Thank you so much for your time.

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Thank you.

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Good morning. Good morning.

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Uh, I would like to talk about deep compliance,

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and I heard you told her to hold hers,

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But yeah, we're gonna do that at the end

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after the presentation, if that's okay.

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Uh, okay. We'll just do it all at one time. Okay. Thank you.

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Okay. See no other comments. We have the consent agenda.

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Is there anything on the consent agenda you guys would like

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to discuss before we have a motion to approve it?

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Yeah, I'd like to poll the minutes for the June meeting,

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just for a quick discussion.

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Okay. Um, but we can go ahead

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and approve the rest if we, if there's no other,

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Okay. Motion

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to approve consent agenda.

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Less the minutes. Less the minutes. Motion.

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Second, second, second. All approved. Aye,

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Aye. All

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against motion passes.

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So, with the minutes, I just wanted to point out

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that within the minutes for the June 6th meeting

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for the budget, that the information on the motion piece,

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I just wanted to clarify if we could go back

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and listen to that.

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It has me as making the motion.

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I didn't make the motion for that.

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And there was a three, two vote for it.

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So I'd like that reflected in there as well. So,

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Madam Clerk, I review, review those minutes.

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I think you're referencing the,

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The overall budget that we're voting on today.

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It passed, but I just wanted it to accurately reflect

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what happened. I,

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I did not, I listened to the section,

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but I did not listen it who made a motion?

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So we'll just pull the

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minutes and we'll bring them back and,

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Okay. Perfect.

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No, thank you for bringing that to our attention.

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So we'll just, we'll push that to the next agenda. Okay.

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Thank you, Brandon. All right. Next up. Budget.

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Yes, sir. So, Ms. Cleary will present the, uh,

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annual budget for 25 26 under the resolution 20 25, 13.

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This is a public hearing. She'll go through the information.

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One of the, uh, items

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that you'll still need discussion on is to fully vet

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through whether you want to fund the cameras out

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of your working capital, uh,

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and make sure that is still, uh, the plan.

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As you know, Middleton maintenance advisory Committee did

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hear that this morning and along of Middleton downtown.

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Uh, so those items were presented to them.

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It has been approved in the budget.

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But knowing that if you have any discussion here

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that you want to not appropriate the funds

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that are working capital for that project,

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then it would not be appropriately, uh,

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approved through dermo as well.

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Uh, so we just wanna have that discussion

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and make sure everyone completely understands.

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We had a long discussion last, uh, in June about this,

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so we wanna make sure it's in here

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now under our working capital.

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But you can still make

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that decision whether to fund it or not.

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So I just wanna make sure everyone understands

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that you can have the discussion once Ms.

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Cleary goes through the pro the process here. Alright.

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Basically very hard. I'm having a hard time hearing.

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I'm a person. I will, uh, certainly make sure volume

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Control.

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I'll just get closer. Does that help? Yeah. I apologize.

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I'm a soft speaker, so

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I'm sorry.

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So, Ms. Cleary, presume

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Good morning, Karen Clary budget.

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I'm here today to request adoption

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of resolution 2025 dash 13

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to approve your fiscal year 20 25, 26 final budget,

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and to set your maintenance assessment rates.

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As you know, a public budget workshop was held on

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May 16th, 2025, during which the board

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of supervisors reviewed

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and discussed the fiscal year 20 25, 26 budget,

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five year fund, balance forecast,

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maintenance assessment schedule, working capital

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and reserve balances, and potential sport court lighting

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and security camera capital projects.

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After much discussion, the board directed staff

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to include the security camera capital project to be funded

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through the Milton project wide fees

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and the proposed budget.

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The board approved the fiscal year 20 25, 26,

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proposed budget at their regular June meeting.

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Proposed maintenance assessment rates

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were approved during the same meeting.

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And resolution 2025 dash 11 was adopted,

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setting a public hearing for today, September 5th, 2025,

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to adopt the fiscal year 20 25, 26 final budget.

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Ultimately, the board of supervisors PRO

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provided direction to staff to prepare a balanced budget

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with no change to the maintenance assessment rates.

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Staff continued to work on the budget over the past few

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months to include updates for the final cost allocations.

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The fiscal year 20 25 26 budget is

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$3,140,460, which is an increase

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of $880,628 from the current year amended budget,

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mainly due to increased costs associated

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with new areas being turned over

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to the district for maintenance.

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However, the final budget is only an increase

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of $3,327 from the proposed budget approved in June due

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to an increase in management fees that was partially offset

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by a decrease in deed compliance services.

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At this time, staff recommends adoption

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of resolution 2025 dash 13

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to approve your fiscal year 20 25, 20 26,

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final budget in the amounts

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of general fund $3,140,460,

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your 2022 debt service fund,

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$2,986,046,

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your 2024 debt service fund at

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$1,616,813.

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And we're here if you have any questions.

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Thank you. You guys have any questions about the budget?

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And we can also talk about the cameras at this point.

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Uh, one question. I know

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we had received the email about cleaning Lake Eleanor.

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Mm-hmm. Where does that come from?

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So that's through your project wide allocation. Okay.

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To Middleton Maintenance Advisory Committee.

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And we had a presentation this morning about that. Mr.

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Mellinger is here. He can also present information to you

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as well, if you'd like to hear that.

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Um, I just, that that's not gonna be an increased

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No. Okay. No, it's

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already, it's actually a new RFP was, um,

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issued and we have, uh, recommended approval for Tigris

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as a new, uh, vendor, which that was approved this morning.

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Uh, they will start taking over October 1st,

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but actually we're going bring 'em in early

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because we terminated the contract with the previous

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or the current, uh, vendor.

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They'll start the process now.

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They already have a plan of attack for Lake Eleanor, uh,

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and doing something different than

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what the previous, uh, vendor was doing.

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So that is certainly, uh, first

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and foremost on our, on our radar to get that taken care of.

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Okay. And then the, uh, lake Harlow depression stuff,

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it's already coming out of That's

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Right. It's through the Middleton Maintenance

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advisor. Okay. Yep.

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Mm-hmm.

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And as far as the cameras, I mean, there's, I continue

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to hear about more issues going on at the parks, so mm-hmm.

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I mean, it's seems like it's only getting worse, so,

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okay. I still approve it.

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So we do have funds in the budget

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for next year for the camera project.

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So any other opinions or comments on that?

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Just to make sure It's the parks or the pool.

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It's all the recreational

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Facilit pool. Okay. Have you said parks? So

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I just wanna

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make sure it, you know, pool Pool, yeah.

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Yeah. The rec rec facilities.

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And I guess with the, the cameras, just so I'm clear, um,

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that's coming out of Working Capital this year

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and then future, if there's any maintenance associated

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that is coming out of maintenance fees.

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Right. You'll have to look at your assessments then

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this year, the capital outlay

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for the cameras are within your working capital.

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And the first year, I believe for Community Watch

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to actually, uh, if they, if they got View 'em, any issues,

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they have to make sure they're able to, um,

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take care of the operations.

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That's all coming outta Working Capital this

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year, future years.

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You'll have to address that with within your regular budget.

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It's not a significant amount though, in the future year.

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So it's something that we can work in to the, to the budget.

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It shouldn't be anything in

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and of itself that would request additional funds.

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Okay. And then a follow up question on just the Working

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Capital Fund, that's for

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one Time Capital purchases.

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This falls under that.

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That's right. It's also for your reserves for any type of,

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you know, things that happen that are not accounted for.

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And also one type type of capital purchases.

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It's not really for recurring ongoing maintenance.

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Can You have questions about we're not allowed

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To join the session?

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Yeah, we we're gonna have a public hearing here.

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Just a second. We're gonna get

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a resolution on the camera thing.

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So Yeah, that'll be an opportunity. I, who, who said that?

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It's, oh, there. I think it's hard. Yeah, definitely.

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I'll be opening it up in a second.

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Any other comments on the cameras? Sorry?

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Do we need a motion for that or

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No, I think you open up the public hearing, listen

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to the public first and then

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finally you have a motion after that. Alright,

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Thank you.

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Okay, let's open up for public hearing.

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So come on up if you have comments

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or questions about the budget.

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Laura Mitchell again, sorry.

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Um, I didn't get a chance

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to review the budget, so I apologize.

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So my questions are more around, um,

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the usage of the cameras.

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Would it be 24 7 recording

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or would it only be during like when it's supposed

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to be closed, you know,

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in like basically the overnight evening hours?

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Or is it during the day as well?

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The cameras run 24 7. Right.

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And then we have, we'll have a monitoring agreement

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with Community Watch that if they have to go back

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and review for some type of incident

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that brings law enforcement in,

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or if there's any type of questions,

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then Community Watch will be able to view those.

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Okay. So they record 24 7. Mm-hmm.

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But you don't have someone sitting behind a desk No.

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Watching them 24 7? No. No.

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It's only when an incident is reported. That's right.

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That then Community Watch.

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Is there a cost associated

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with community watch? There is to review

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The footage? There is, yes. We'll

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have to get a contract with Middleton a

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and with uh, uh, community watch to engage that service.

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And that cost isn't currently built into the budget.

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It is under working capital.

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So right now, first year capital expenditure

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for the cameras is, and we're using the working capital

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to fund the operations for that.

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For year. You're using labor cost and working capital

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For the first year? That was

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the decision of this board. Oh, okay.

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Okay. Ongoing. That's why they

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asked the question ongoing. Is there gonna be, yeah,

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Yeah. No, I understand.

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And then Ms. Cleary rectified

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and said that it'll be a, a minimal cost if you work through

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The process. Yes. Understood.

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And then any future replacement

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of cameras would have to come outta capital.

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That's correct. Okay. Understood. Okay.

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Um, lemme see if there was

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any other questions I had about that.

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Um, has anyone done a cost price analysis between, well,

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guess you're doing overnight, so nevermind.

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Okay, thank you. You're

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Welcome. Thank you.

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Any other, uh, budget

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expense questions?

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Nope. Seeing none, I will close the public hearing

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and ask for a motion.

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Oh, come on up.

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Nope. Ask for, ask for a motion to adopt the budget.

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Motion to approve. Thank you Bob. A second please.

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I'll second. All in favor to pass the motion? Aye. Aye.

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All opposed? Aye. Motion passes.

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Alright, thank you very much. Thank you.

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The next item, sir, is adoption of resolution 20 25 14

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to use the uniform collection, uh, method of collection,

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which is certify the assessment role

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and Ms. Leon Norris will present that information.

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Good morning board Jennifer Leon Norris Finance requesting

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adoption of resolution 2025 dash 14 authorizing the use

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of uniform method of collections,

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approving the assessment role

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and providing for the certification

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of the non-ad valor assessment role.

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The district adopted resolution 2025 dash 13 earlier in the

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agenda regarding its budget, which included bond benefit

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and maintenance assessments for the fiscal year,

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beginning October 1st, 2025,

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including a first time assessment for phase two

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for the bond benefit assessment

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and maintenance assessments to provide for necessary funding

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for public improvement and operation

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and maintenance of the district's infrastructure.

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The district de desires to use the procedures

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provided for in section 1 97 0.3632, uh,

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Florida statutes called the Uniform Collection Method

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to levy bill and collect all assessments, beginning

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with the November 1st, 2025 annual property tax bill issued

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by the Center County Tax Collector.

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In addition, by September 15th of each year,

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the non-ad valor assessment rule shall be certified

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to the tax collector.

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In order to utilize the uniform collection methods,

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certain procedural steps must be taken by a unit

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of local government to order, um, uh, adopt

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this collection methodology.

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A newspaper ad and individual letters

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to each effective property owner have been issued noticing

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the required public hearing

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to adopt the uniform collection method.

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A public hearing must now be held in order

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to complete the process to use the

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Uniform Collection Method.

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The method substantially increases the efficiency

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and effectiveness of the collection process while minimizing

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costs to the district following the required public hearing.

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It's recommended that the Middleton Community Development

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District, a board of supervisors, adopt resolution 2025 dash

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14 authorizing the use of uniform method of collections,

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approving the assessment rule

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and providing for certification

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of the non at alarm assessment goal.

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Thank you. Before I open, uh,

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public hearing on this, any questions?

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No. Okay.

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I'd like to open the public hearing now on uniform

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collection method if there's any

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questions or comments about this?

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Yes, sir. I can't

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Hear at at all,

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but I just heard her say something about phase two

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and I didn't hear the proceeding or following.

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What, what about phase two? I

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Didn't, go ahead Jennifer, go ahead and just,

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This is the first time collection, uh,

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on the uniform method using the uniform method

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collections for phase two.

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So there's the bond

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and the maintenance assessment will,

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that will be showing up on their

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Sumter County tax Collector.

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Um, bill, uh, under the non-ad loan section,

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So Middleton A is, is consisted

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of phase one and phase two.

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This is just using the uniform collection method now

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to increase it to phase two as well.

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Phase one was already us utilizing this method.

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Now it's for phase two. So your bond as assessments, the

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Money, they're not raising the Money.

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That's right. They're

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just, when you get your

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tax bill, it'll be on there.

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Now, as far as the non assessment,

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ab non assessment tax. Yeah.

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Cool. Yep. I also think there's a confusion in

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phases versus units.

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Yeah. Phase one is, phase two is how I

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Ference them. Yeah. Phase one is

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basically all

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of current Middleton right now.

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Um, we live in unit two,

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so we call it phase, but it's actually unit.

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Oh. So that's

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just a little clarity on that. No, I don't think,

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Huh? Get one more.

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So can you clarify, you said

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Middleton's broken up in phases.

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That's right. So phase one is, you said

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where we are the current, so that includes up to unit six,

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Uh, or I don't know if, I think it's unit four, right?

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Yeah, I think phase one is one through four, one

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through phase two is five through nine? Yeah,

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I believe so. Five through nine because

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six is just now coming online.

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That's right. And whatnot. That's okay.

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So thank you for the clarification. Yep. Thank you.

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Okay. See no other, uh, people coming up for this one.

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We'll close the public hearing

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and ask for a motion to pass resolution 20 25 14.

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Motion to approve. Thank you Bob. I have a second please.

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Second. Thank you. All in favor? Aye. Aye. All opposed.

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Motion passes. Thank you.

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Okay, Mr. Chair. Supervisors, the next item is adoption

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of goals and objectives for fiscal year 25 26.

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So, as you know, the statute changed last year

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with the legislator legislation, um,

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amended statute 180 9 0.0694 to include CDs

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to adopt performance measures and goals annually.

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And we put those on your website as,

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uh, directed by the statute.

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And then we report back on that by December of every year.

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But every year now we have to adopt new goals

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and, uh, performance measures.

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Uh, as we have actually surveyed a lot

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of CDs throughout the state.

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A lot of 'em are very generic

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and very general, much like ours.

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I think sometimes they might have taken ours

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and used them, um, because we were kind of first

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and foremost out there, uh,

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implementing these goals and objectives.

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So this year we would recommend for the 25 26 goals

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and objectives to be the same as what you had this year.

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Uh, your financial management

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and budget oversight, long-term planning

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and resource allocation, vendor

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and contract management, board governance

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and accountability, and community

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engagement and communication.

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So we would recommend that we adopt these goals for 25 26.

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Okay. Can I have a motion to adopt the goals?

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Motion Second please. Second.

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All in favor of adoption of these goals? Aye. Aye.

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Opposed? Motion passes.

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Very good, thank you. Next item is consideration

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to adopt resolution 20 25 15 establishing the district's

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board meeting cancellation policy.

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So within your packet, you do have a resolution

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that has two options, uh, options for you to discuss on

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how we wish to proceed when we need

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to cancel a board meeting.

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And there are various times

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that come up with your scheduled meetings.

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There may not be any actionable items that need

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to be discussed in front of the board.

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So we would reach out to either the chair

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or all members of the board to get their approval to, um,

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um, cancel the meeting.

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So within this resolution, there are two options.

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One is option one, staff will contact the chair

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and inquire with each supervisor,

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and then the chair make the final determination whether

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to cancel a meeting or staff will just reach out

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to the chair to make that determination.

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So option one is staff reaches out to the chair

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and all members of the, of the board.

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Or option two is staff would just reach out to the chair

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and discuss it with, with him or her.

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Uh, so those are the options for one or two.

522
00:21:57.575 --> 00:21:58.715
So when you discuss it

523
00:21:58.715 --> 00:22:00.275
or make the motion for your resolution,

524
00:22:00.275 --> 00:22:03.075
just choose which option you would like. So that's the item

525
00:22:03.325 --> 00:22:04.325
Chair. Thank you, Kenny.

526
00:22:04.325 --> 00:22:07.315
So my, uh, my recommendation is we go

527
00:22:07.315 --> 00:22:09.675
with option two, just contact the chair to make that call.

528
00:22:09.875 --> 00:22:11.195
I think it's difficult to reach some

529
00:22:11.195 --> 00:22:13.915
of us at times if it's a cancellation in a timely manner

530
00:22:13.915 --> 00:22:15.195
or may not be able to get ahold of everybody.

531
00:22:15.375 --> 00:22:17.875
So I suggest we just go with option two.

532
00:22:18.255 --> 00:22:21.555
Any other comments or where we, uh, put, put to our motion?

533
00:22:23.485 --> 00:22:27.895
Okay. So, uh, motion to adopt option two. Second.

534
00:22:28.995 --> 00:22:32.815
All in favor? Aye. All opposed? All right. Option two.

535
00:22:33.565 --> 00:22:38.135
Very good, thank you. Uh, you have no old business

536
00:22:38.435 --> 00:22:40.095
and other items, informational items.

537
00:22:40.315 --> 00:22:42.295
Uh, they're there for your questions.

538
00:22:42.315 --> 00:22:43.735
If you have any questions of us, we're,

539
00:22:43.735 --> 00:22:45.015
we're certainly here to address

540
00:22:45.995 --> 00:22:48.255
Any questions from supervisors on any informational

541
00:22:48.255 --> 00:22:51.535
items. Okay. Moving on.

542
00:22:51.995 --> 00:22:54.175
Uh, my report, sir. So there's a couple of save the dates.

543
00:22:54.175 --> 00:22:56.735
Just want to make sure you, you see those dates out there.

544
00:22:56.895 --> 00:23:00.135
A night with DPM is September 17th, 2025.

545
00:23:00.395 --> 00:23:02.415
That's when they invite people, all the residents

546
00:23:02.415 --> 00:23:04.055
to come out and engage with DPM

547
00:23:04.055 --> 00:23:05.815
and kind of get to understand what their role is,

548
00:23:05.815 --> 00:23:07.575
what their responsibilities are, their projects,

549
00:23:07.575 --> 00:23:09.175
what they're doing for all the districts.

550
00:23:09.715 --> 00:23:12.215
Uh, the next thing, October 7th is National Night Out.

551
00:23:12.215 --> 00:23:14.335
That is with community watch that they, uh,

552
00:23:14.335 --> 00:23:15.455
have at Eisenhower Rec,

553
00:23:15.465 --> 00:23:18.335
where they bring out all the community law enforcement first

554
00:23:18.345 --> 00:23:20.415
responders and have the community come out

555
00:23:20.415 --> 00:23:22.695
and engage with them and just, uh, build some relationships

556
00:23:22.695 --> 00:23:23.975
with your first responders.

557
00:23:24.435 --> 00:23:26.855
And then lastly, government day is when we first, uh,

558
00:23:26.855 --> 00:23:29.775
that is at Eisenhower Rec from, uh, 10 to one.

559
00:23:30.235 --> 00:23:32.815
And then that is where all your local elected officials,

560
00:23:33.195 --> 00:23:35.775
all your governmental agencies are there for residents

561
00:23:35.775 --> 00:23:38.135
to come out and engage with 'em, talk to 'em

562
00:23:38.135 --> 00:23:39.935
and meet with them if you had any issues.

563
00:23:39.935 --> 00:23:42.375
They're certainly there for their, um, help and, and

564
00:23:42.815 --> 00:23:43.815
Communication. We've got a lot, a lot of activities

565
00:23:43.815 --> 00:23:44.895
coming up. We do. Yeah.

566
00:23:45.090 --> 00:23:46.445
Your events team Is busy. Yeah.

567
00:23:46.545 --> 00:23:49.445
And then the next thing, uh, just remember your, uh,

568
00:23:49.445 --> 00:23:51.765
fiscal year 25, 26 meeting schedule.

569
00:23:51.865 --> 00:23:53.165
We have changed that slightly.

570
00:23:53.705 --> 00:23:56.725
So the next meeting will be November 13th at Olympia

571
00:23:56.785 --> 00:23:57.805
Rec at four 30.

572
00:23:58.025 --> 00:24:00.605
So after this meeting, you'll start getting meeting invites

573
00:24:00.605 --> 00:24:02.205
for the whole year to put on your calendar.

574
00:24:02.705 --> 00:24:05.205
So remember Thursday, November 13th,

575
00:24:05.315 --> 00:24:07.045
four 30 at Olympia wreck.

576
00:24:07.105 --> 00:24:08.165
So where fingers are crossed,

577
00:24:08.165 --> 00:24:09.685
Olympia is up and going ready to go.

578
00:24:09.975 --> 00:24:12.085
It'll be a little bit closer for the residents in Middleton

579
00:24:12.085 --> 00:24:13.485
as well to come out there at four 30.

580
00:24:13.665 --> 00:24:14.885
So, okay. Just wanted to keep

581
00:24:14.885 --> 00:24:16.525
that under your, uh, under your radar.

582
00:24:17.025 --> 00:24:18.565
And lastly, I do want to have Mr.

583
00:24:18.825 --> 00:24:19.885
Uh, Armstrong come out

584
00:24:19.985 --> 00:24:22.045
and do a presentation for the community standards.

585
00:24:22.165 --> 00:24:24.165
I know that's been a topic of discussion,

586
00:24:24.785 --> 00:24:26.245
but the, uh, I think the crowd

587
00:24:26.245 --> 00:24:27.485
here is wanting to speak about that.

588
00:24:27.625 --> 00:24:29.725
But I wanted Matt to kind of go through the presentation,

589
00:24:30.195 --> 00:24:32.085
give some facts and figures process,

590
00:24:32.705 --> 00:24:33.725
and then, uh, have the

591
00:24:33.725 --> 00:24:35.045
discussion with the board and the residents.

592
00:24:35.045 --> 00:24:36.045
Okay. So Matt,

593
00:24:37.415 --> 00:24:39.365
Hello Board Armstrong Community Standards.

594
00:24:39.575 --> 00:24:40.965
Thank you today for the opportunity

595
00:24:41.085 --> 00:24:43.005
to come talk about the community Standards department

596
00:24:43.005 --> 00:24:44.645
and how we serve the Middleton community.

597
00:24:46.005 --> 00:24:47.465
So the community standards department

598
00:24:47.465 --> 00:24:48.625
is made up of two divisions.

599
00:24:48.625 --> 00:24:49.905
We have a deed compliance division

600
00:24:49.965 --> 00:24:51.825
and we have an architectural review division.

601
00:24:52.045 --> 00:24:53.945
And we're gonna go over each one of these divisions.

602
00:24:54.325 --> 00:24:55.545
So what are your deed restrictions?

603
00:24:55.695 --> 00:24:58.185
Your deed restrictions are a contract between you

604
00:24:58.245 --> 00:25:01.145
and the declarant, or in this case the developer, on

605
00:25:01.205 --> 00:25:03.545
how you will maintain your properties.

606
00:25:03.605 --> 00:25:05.145
How you keep things in a nice, neat

607
00:25:05.145 --> 00:25:06.465
and clean manners for the aesthetics

608
00:25:06.465 --> 00:25:08.065
and the value of your properties.

609
00:25:10.095 --> 00:25:11.675
So new residents may be unfamiliar with

610
00:25:11.675 --> 00:25:12.875
what the deed restrictions are,

611
00:25:13.295 --> 00:25:15.315
and it is our job as community standards

612
00:25:15.315 --> 00:25:18.075
to help educate residents through those processes where

613
00:25:18.075 --> 00:25:20.195
to find the information through their deed restrictions.

614
00:25:20.195 --> 00:25:23.795
And we do that on a routine basis. Uh, community standards.

615
00:25:24.055 --> 00:25:27.115
We are only permitted to enforce external deed restrictions,

616
00:25:27.295 --> 00:25:28.835
and that is what we focus on.

617
00:25:28.895 --> 00:25:30.755
So anything that you see on the exterior of your home,

618
00:25:30.985 --> 00:25:32.635
that is where our primary focus is.

619
00:25:34.755 --> 00:25:36.535
So who can enforce deed restrictions?

620
00:25:37.395 --> 00:25:39.815
Any property owner can enforce, uh, deed restrictions,

621
00:25:39.845 --> 00:25:41.655
both internal and external.

622
00:25:42.475 --> 00:25:43.735
The declarant, the developer,

623
00:25:43.735 --> 00:25:45.495
they can enforce the deed restrictions as well.

624
00:25:45.845 --> 00:25:48.335
Both that's internal and external enforcement

625
00:25:48.335 --> 00:25:49.575
of external deed restrictions.

626
00:25:50.275 --> 00:25:53.735
The, the developer, through an agreement with

627
00:25:54.435 --> 00:25:56.935
our department, with our district one won,

628
00:25:56.935 --> 00:25:59.775
enforce the external component of those deed restrictions.

629
00:26:00.595 --> 00:26:03.175
You, the board of supervisors may choose to accept anonymous

630
00:26:03.315 --> 00:26:06.255
or not anonymous complaints within Middleton.

631
00:26:06.475 --> 00:26:09.415
So let's just make sure we emphasize that one paragraph,

632
00:26:09.525 --> 00:26:12.215
Matt, about who is enforcing the deed restrictions.

633
00:26:12.235 --> 00:26:13.615
So just go over that one more time.

634
00:26:13.725 --> 00:26:15.575
Make sure we completely understand that

635
00:26:15.875 --> 00:26:17.855
The developer may seek to enforce external

636
00:26:17.955 --> 00:26:19.095
and internal deed restrictions.

637
00:26:19.355 --> 00:26:21.815
And the enforcement of the external deed restrictions

638
00:26:21.815 --> 00:26:23.775
through a service agreement with Village Center Community

639
00:26:23.775 --> 00:26:25.415
Development District is

640
00:26:25.415 --> 00:26:27.455
to utilize the Community Standards Department.

641
00:26:27.455 --> 00:26:29.375
And we are the ones that enforce those deed restrictions

642
00:26:29.375 --> 00:26:30.495
on a complaint driven process.

643
00:26:32.915 --> 00:26:35.255
So the districts through their adopted rules, when

644
00:26:35.255 --> 00:26:36.815
that does come up before this board, when

645
00:26:36.815 --> 00:26:40.055
that time does come under Florida statute, you will be able

646
00:26:40.055 --> 00:26:42.415
to adopt rules for enforcement

647
00:26:42.415 --> 00:26:44.085
of external deed restrictions.

648
00:26:44.185 --> 00:26:47.925
And that will occur in the fiscal year 20 30, 20 31.

649
00:26:48.265 --> 00:26:50.325
So currently the developer is the one

650
00:26:50.325 --> 00:26:51.605
who enforces the deed restrictions,

651
00:26:51.605 --> 00:26:53.045
but through a contract for Village Center,

652
00:26:53.045 --> 00:26:54.245
we're doing that on their behalf.

653
00:26:54.665 --> 00:26:58.485
And we utilize a, uh, consultant that actually does the, uh,

654
00:26:58.575 --> 00:27:01.925
architects review and also the decompliance hearings.

655
00:27:01.925 --> 00:27:05.245
That's correct. Uh, but in 20 30, 31 it will turn over

656
00:27:05.245 --> 00:27:06.685
to this board to make that decision.

657
00:27:06.785 --> 00:27:08.165
So right now we're doing it on

658
00:27:08.165 --> 00:27:09.805
behalf of the, of the developer. Okay.

659
00:27:10.145 --> 00:27:12.565
And it is a complaint driven Process? That is correct.

660
00:27:12.565 --> 00:27:14.845
Because a complaint driven process's, a lot

661
00:27:14.845 --> 00:27:16.845
Of thoughts that you guys are just driving around

662
00:27:17.225 --> 00:27:18.845
And No sir, we do not drive around.

663
00:27:19.065 --> 00:27:21.845
We do not go out and seek these type of deed restriction.

664
00:27:21.985 --> 00:27:24.125
We only act on it when we receive a complaint.

665
00:27:24.465 --> 00:27:26.805
And that's how it works with normal a

666
00:27:26.805 --> 00:27:27.805
RD, correct? That is correct,

667
00:27:27.805 --> 00:27:28.325
yes, sir.

668
00:27:29.685 --> 00:27:31.945
So what are the most common forms

669
00:27:32.045 --> 00:27:34.625
of complaints received at community standards?

670
00:27:35.055 --> 00:27:38.065
Overgrown lawns, weeds, overgrown hedges,

671
00:27:38.465 --> 00:27:39.665
algae mold growth on homes

672
00:27:39.665 --> 00:27:43.065
and driveways, lawn ornaments, signage,

673
00:27:43.565 --> 00:27:45.465
and then on occasion, uh,

674
00:27:45.705 --> 00:27:47.665
external projects performed without architectural approval.

675
00:27:47.665 --> 00:27:49.545
Those are the most common types of concerns

676
00:27:49.545 --> 00:27:51.545
that we receive in community standards.

677
00:27:52.605 --> 00:27:55.185
So our next slide's gonna go over, currently for this year,

678
00:27:55.525 --> 00:27:58.635
uh, this is through July.

679
00:27:58.775 --> 00:28:01.115
Let me verify. That is correct. Yep.

680
00:28:01.115 --> 00:28:02.715
This is the statistics through July.

681
00:28:03.175 --> 00:28:05.075
Uh, we are just finished August,

682
00:28:05.095 --> 00:28:06.755
so we don't have those compiled yet for here.

683
00:28:06.755 --> 00:28:08.995
But when we were making this presentation, so,

684
00:28:09.015 --> 00:28:11.195
so far this year, as you can see, the neat

685
00:28:11.195 --> 00:28:13.595
and clean rule is the number one rule

686
00:28:13.595 --> 00:28:16.515
that when we receive concerns, and again, overgrown grass

687
00:28:16.595 --> 00:28:19.155
and hedges, weeds, deadlines, algae growth,

688
00:28:19.225 --> 00:28:20.555
it's the condition of the property.

689
00:28:20.925 --> 00:28:24.315
Three concerns for architectural review, 13 calls

690
00:28:24.375 --> 00:28:26.955
for parking, parking in the street, um,

691
00:28:27.225 --> 00:28:28.595
something along those lines.

692
00:28:29.095 --> 00:28:30.715
And then you have lawn ornament

693
00:28:30.715 --> 00:28:32.675
or seasonal display concerns that you've come up.

694
00:28:32.695 --> 00:28:35.195
And then we've had one con one concern

695
00:28:35.355 --> 00:28:36.835
regarding a miscellaneous item,

696
00:28:36.835 --> 00:28:38.635
which could have been something as

697
00:28:39.305 --> 00:28:40.715
they're playing music too loud.

698
00:28:41.135 --> 00:28:42.635
And we, we look at it

699
00:28:42.635 --> 00:28:44.155
and we say that that's the county ordinance

700
00:28:44.155 --> 00:28:45.435
and we work with them on reaching out

701
00:28:45.435 --> 00:28:46.355
to the county when it comes to

702
00:28:46.355 --> 00:28:47.235
those things. Something like that.

703
00:28:47.975 --> 00:28:49.035
So once again, the,

704
00:28:49.055 --> 00:28:51.355
the numbers look at 230 on the eat and clean.

705
00:28:51.355 --> 00:28:52.995
That seems to be the biggest issue

706
00:28:52.995 --> 00:28:56.675
that been receiving complaints about overgrown lawns,

707
00:28:56.675 --> 00:28:58.355
dead grass, weeds, et cetera.

708
00:28:58.735 --> 00:29:01.355
That's correct. Our next slide is actually gonna break

709
00:29:01.385 --> 00:29:04.115
down by month when those concerns are received.

710
00:29:07.535 --> 00:29:09.115
We have our summer months, which typically

711
00:29:09.115 --> 00:29:10.195
when grass grows the most.

712
00:29:10.735 --> 00:29:13.035
And you see that we've had quite a few concerns

713
00:29:13.035 --> 00:29:14.515
regarding neat and clean concerns.

714
00:29:15.905 --> 00:29:19.785
We oftentimes will receive questions about, yeah,

715
00:29:19.785 --> 00:29:21.105
you're just getting complaints

716
00:29:21.165 --> 00:29:23.545
and there aren't really complaints to be found out there.

717
00:29:23.615 --> 00:29:28.545
Whereas you can see from these totals, 81%, eight out

718
00:29:28.545 --> 00:29:30.825
of 10 or four out of five concerns received

719
00:29:31.445 --> 00:29:32.945
are verified concerns that we need

720
00:29:32.945 --> 00:29:34.345
to act upon with that homeowner.

721
00:29:35.005 --> 00:29:38.105
So these are not concerns where we are being called out just

722
00:29:38.105 --> 00:29:40.345
to drive around because somebody has some type

723
00:29:40.345 --> 00:29:41.805
of vindictive vendetta against somebody

724
00:29:41.805 --> 00:29:43.085
and they're just trying to cross problems.

725
00:29:43.335 --> 00:29:45.805
These are concerns that are acted upon

726
00:29:46.445 --> 00:29:48.565
'cause they are reviewed when we go out there.

727
00:29:50.015 --> 00:29:53.565
Quick question there. When something's not observed

728
00:29:53.625 --> 00:29:54.885
or there's not a violation

729
00:29:55.195 --> 00:29:57.645
that homeowner never gets contacted, correct?

730
00:29:57.825 --> 00:29:58.925
That's right. That is correct.

731
00:29:58.985 --> 00:30:00.525
We do not go knocking on the door saying,

732
00:30:00.525 --> 00:30:02.605
we received a concern, but there's nothing here.

733
00:30:02.605 --> 00:30:04.485
Have a nice day. That does not happen. Is

734
00:30:04.485 --> 00:30:06.405
There a But if you do receive a call and you go out

735
00:30:06.405 --> 00:30:08.685
and validate it, you do then reach out to the homeowner

736
00:30:08.745 --> 00:30:10.725
to try to educate and rectify,

737
00:30:10.835 --> 00:30:12.365
Correct? We absolutely do.

738
00:30:12.865 --> 00:30:14.205
Is there, is there any communication back

739
00:30:14.205 --> 00:30:16.485
to the complainant on, on these? Either way

740
00:30:17.145 --> 00:30:18.145
No. Unless they,

741
00:30:18.145 --> 00:30:19.525
unless they physically

742
00:30:19.525 --> 00:30:21.405
or they ask us for a follow up.

743
00:30:21.405 --> 00:30:24.005
Like they, okay. They'll say, Hey, I submitted this concern.

744
00:30:24.315 --> 00:30:26.765
What is the status of it? We will provide a status. Okay.

745
00:30:26.785 --> 00:30:29.125
To that individual. Correct.

746
00:30:29.785 --> 00:30:32.245
So our next slide kind of breaks down again

747
00:30:32.435 --> 00:30:33.885
what those concerns received.

748
00:30:34.625 --> 00:30:39.165
Of the 249 complaints received, we had nine name somewhere

749
00:30:39.165 --> 00:30:40.485
where someone gave their name nine times,

750
00:30:40.665 --> 00:30:42.085
the other times 240 times.

751
00:30:42.185 --> 00:30:43.525
It was an anonymous individual.

752
00:30:44.275 --> 00:30:46.975
We ended up with 63 written violations.

753
00:30:47.705 --> 00:30:50.255
62 of those again were anonymous, one with a name given.

754
00:30:50.355 --> 00:30:52.335
And at that time we had three public hearings.

755
00:30:52.355 --> 00:30:54.935
In August, we did have some additional public hearings.

756
00:30:55.035 --> 00:30:57.055
And I know in September we'll have again,

757
00:30:57.055 --> 00:30:58.295
some additional public hearings.

758
00:30:58.295 --> 00:30:59.815
But as of the statistics

759
00:30:59.815 --> 00:31:01.975
for the time we collected this, we were at three.

760
00:31:04.425 --> 00:31:07.045
So how can someone submit a concern to community standards?

761
00:31:07.045 --> 00:31:08.525
Various ways? You can call us,

762
00:31:09.185 --> 00:31:12.485
you can email us at the decompliance@districtgov.org.

763
00:31:12.785 --> 00:31:15.885
You can mail something to us, you can submit it online

764
00:31:15.905 --> 00:31:17.925
by hitting the reported deed violation button.

765
00:31:18.265 --> 00:31:19.525
Or you can stop by our office.

766
00:31:20.305 --> 00:31:21.685
Now we are subject to public records.

767
00:31:22.065 --> 00:31:23.165
We are a government entity.

768
00:31:23.225 --> 00:31:26.245
So if you provide an email, if you provide a written letter,

769
00:31:26.945 --> 00:31:28.605
we hold it, we hold onto all of that.

770
00:31:29.105 --> 00:31:32.565
If someone says, who turned in my property,

771
00:31:32.625 --> 00:31:33.965
we will provide what we have.

772
00:31:34.185 --> 00:31:36.405
If we don't have something, we can't provide it.

773
00:31:36.665 --> 00:31:38.925
But if somebody in an instance said, you know, Hey,

774
00:31:39.085 --> 00:31:41.605
I want the email that was submitted for this property,

775
00:31:41.785 --> 00:31:44.005
we will turn it over in accordance with Florida statute.

776
00:31:44.385 --> 00:31:45.965
And we have, people have asked

777
00:31:45.965 --> 00:31:47.605
before in the past, you know, who turned in our property,

778
00:31:47.605 --> 00:31:50.045
we take a look to see, oh, it was submitted via email.

779
00:31:50.105 --> 00:31:52.005
And we provide that email to that individual.

780
00:31:53.135 --> 00:31:55.995
So is there a, I need some little education here.

781
00:31:55.995 --> 00:31:58.115
Is there a perception that the complaint process is

782
00:31:58.115 --> 00:32:01.275
anonymous, but if you send an email and my name's on it

783
00:32:01.495 --> 00:32:03.435
and someone asked for that, you can provide that to them?

784
00:32:03.915 --> 00:32:04.915
I would have provide, provide That to,

785
00:32:04.915 --> 00:32:05.995
so you would have to, so yes.

786
00:32:06.505 --> 00:32:07.955
Potentially Could not be anonymous

787
00:32:08.015 --> 00:32:10.155
and that person complaining may not realize

788
00:32:10.235 --> 00:32:11.515
that. Correct? Correct.

789
00:32:11.545 --> 00:32:14.235
Okay. Well on all of our emails are when our responses,

790
00:32:14.255 --> 00:32:15.835
we have a disclaimer that says emails

791
00:32:15.895 --> 00:32:16.995
are subject to public record.

792
00:32:16.995 --> 00:32:18.995
Yeah. Okay. So that's all on every single one of our emails.

793
00:32:18.995 --> 00:32:20.315
You've got that covered. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Okay.

794
00:32:22.635 --> 00:32:25.775
So where can you find your deed restrictions on your

795
00:32:25.775 --> 00:32:26.775
family district website?

796
00:32:26.795 --> 00:32:28.375
My family district.org.

797
00:32:29.405 --> 00:32:31.435
Right on the top Bar deed compliance.

798
00:32:31.455 --> 00:32:33.755
And you see the various units, um,

799
00:32:33.755 --> 00:32:35.115
that are, that are listed there.

800
00:32:35.535 --> 00:32:37.115
Uh, they, they're referred to as phases,

801
00:32:37.115 --> 00:32:39.325
but those are your units and those would be the deed

802
00:32:39.325 --> 00:32:41.485
restrictions for your particular units.

803
00:32:41.625 --> 00:32:44.645
And that's where they can be found on your district website.

804
00:32:44.905 --> 00:32:47.845
So the procedures for compliance, here's a flow chart.

805
00:32:48.085 --> 00:32:49.485
I will kind of surmise it for you.

806
00:32:49.745 --> 00:32:52.605
We receive a concern, my staff will log the concern,

807
00:32:52.625 --> 00:32:53.845
the decompliance officer for

808
00:32:53.845 --> 00:32:55.365
that area will go visit that property.

809
00:32:55.985 --> 00:32:59.645
If the violation is confirmed, we will then try to attempt

810
00:32:59.645 --> 00:33:01.805
to knock on the door and have a conversation

811
00:33:01.805 --> 00:33:02.965
with the homeowner regarding that.

812
00:33:03.285 --> 00:33:05.605
Whatever that concern may be. If we are not able

813
00:33:05.625 --> 00:33:07.645
to make contact with that homeowner,

814
00:33:07.935 --> 00:33:09.005
we'll come back to the office.

815
00:33:09.185 --> 00:33:10.885
We will look through our communication tools

816
00:33:10.885 --> 00:33:12.565
and we'll see if for a phone number or an email

817
00:33:12.945 --> 00:33:14.725
and then, which we'll try communication via

818
00:33:14.725 --> 00:33:17.365
that way if we're able to make contact with them, great,

819
00:33:17.375 --> 00:33:18.885
we'll have that conversation that way.

820
00:33:18.945 --> 00:33:20.365
If not, we come out the next day.

821
00:33:20.365 --> 00:33:21.445
Again, try to make contact

822
00:33:21.985 --> 00:33:23.885
and we will leave a notice on the door.

823
00:33:23.885 --> 00:33:24.885
There's a little door hanger

824
00:33:24.885 --> 00:33:26.765
and we'll say specifically what the concern is

825
00:33:26.865 --> 00:33:27.965
and what the violation is

826
00:33:27.965 --> 00:33:29.085
and please contact us

827
00:33:29.085 --> 00:33:30.685
so we can talk about how to remedy the situation.

828
00:33:31.305 --> 00:33:33.025
We then go through a series of letters.

829
00:33:33.055 --> 00:33:34.105
There's a first, second,

830
00:33:34.125 --> 00:33:36.985
and third letter that are sent depending on the concern

831
00:33:36.985 --> 00:33:39.025
of whether or not it, the concern has been remedied.

832
00:33:39.045 --> 00:33:42.065
So if it's for a deadline, we do understand that

833
00:33:42.065 --> 00:33:43.865
that may take some time to bring your lawn back.

834
00:33:44.405 --> 00:33:45.865
So we will end up sending a letter

835
00:33:46.365 --> 00:33:47.945
and it'll say something along the lines of,

836
00:33:47.945 --> 00:33:49.945
you have seven days to bring the property into compliance.

837
00:33:50.685 --> 00:33:52.545
If we come back after seven days, the violation,

838
00:33:52.545 --> 00:33:55.145
if it's a spot you didn't aught it, whatever it may be,

839
00:33:55.395 --> 00:33:56.865
we'll then send a second letter saying,

840
00:33:56.865 --> 00:33:58.305
this is your second notice of violation.

841
00:33:58.325 --> 00:34:00.785
You know, please remedy the situation you have

842
00:34:00.785 --> 00:34:02.225
until this day when we come back.

843
00:34:02.225 --> 00:34:04.945
If not, you may be subject to a public hearing at which time

844
00:34:04.945 --> 00:34:05.985
we come back to the property.

845
00:34:06.085 --> 00:34:07.745
If the violation is still not remedied,

846
00:34:08.135 --> 00:34:10.345
then we give a notice of public hearing and that it goes

847
00:34:10.345 --> 00:34:14.065
before the decompliance hearing officer at a scheduled

848
00:34:14.065 --> 00:34:16.345
meeting date, which we have on another slide,

849
00:34:16.345 --> 00:34:18.425
but it's gonna be the third Monday of the month.

850
00:34:18.845 --> 00:34:21.345
We had to move it due to our new board schedule.

851
00:34:21.445 --> 00:34:22.545
So we'll have it on the third Monday

852
00:34:22.545 --> 00:34:24.185
of the month at Brownwood at our main office

853
00:34:24.645 --> 00:34:26.825
and the hearing officer will preside over the case.

854
00:34:27.045 --> 00:34:28.225
We have sworn testimony.

855
00:34:28.225 --> 00:34:30.145
We provide evidence the individual

856
00:34:30.165 --> 00:34:32.945
of the homeowner may provide evidence as well, uh,

857
00:34:33.345 --> 00:34:34.545
testimony to the, to the case.

858
00:34:34.805 --> 00:34:36.505
And then the hearing officer will render a verdict

859
00:34:36.565 --> 00:34:38.665
as whether or not a violation exists or doesn't exist.

860
00:34:38.885 --> 00:34:40.545
And then also may extend

861
00:34:40.545 --> 00:34:42.425
or grant additional time if necessary to bring

862
00:34:42.425 --> 00:34:43.705
that property into compliance.

863
00:34:43.925 --> 00:34:47.145
And Matt, how successful is your, um, attempts

864
00:34:47.145 --> 00:34:49.585
to remedy the situation with the residents?

865
00:34:49.845 --> 00:34:53.385
How successful y'all are y'all being in, in fact, going out

866
00:34:53.385 --> 00:34:55.865
and talking to 'em, educating them, getting them the letters

867
00:34:55.885 --> 00:34:59.225
and getting them back up to speed successful compared to

868
00:34:59.225 --> 00:35:00.945
how many have actually gone to a public hearing?

869
00:35:01.695 --> 00:35:04.425
Very minimal. Typically we have, uh, when it comes

870
00:35:04.425 --> 00:35:05.665
to public hearings,

871
00:35:05.925 --> 00:35:08.665
and I can go back to the previous slide,

872
00:35:08.685 --> 00:35:12.345
we have a statistic on that 1.2% made it

873
00:35:12.345 --> 00:35:13.905
to public hearing of those complaints.

874
00:35:14.285 --> 00:35:18.105
So you're, um, mitigating factors in your education seems

875
00:35:18.105 --> 00:35:20.905
to be working, educating the residents, going out there

876
00:35:20.905 --> 00:35:22.585
and talking to 'em and working with them,

877
00:35:22.615 --> 00:35:24.425
make sure they get they back into compliance.

878
00:35:24.445 --> 00:35:26.305
So it does seem to be, seems to be working

879
00:35:26.375 --> 00:35:27.375
Correct. Our goal

880
00:35:27.375 --> 00:35:28.665
is always voluntary compliance.

881
00:35:28.845 --> 00:35:30.465
We always wanna give individual due process

882
00:35:30.685 --> 00:35:33.185
and work with them on bringing their

883
00:35:33.185 --> 00:35:34.385
properties into compliance.

884
00:35:34.685 --> 00:35:37.605
Now once the time starts, I can't stop the time

885
00:35:37.905 --> 00:35:39.325
and that's when we go to the public hearing

886
00:35:39.345 --> 00:35:41.245
and the, the hearing officer is the one

887
00:35:41.435 --> 00:35:43.885
that may grant additional time if necessary

888
00:35:44.065 --> 00:35:45.805
for bringing a property into compliance.

889
00:35:46.825 --> 00:35:49.405
So our next slide is actually about the hearing officer.

890
00:35:49.505 --> 00:35:51.565
The hearing officer is a contracted official

891
00:35:51.565 --> 00:35:53.085
through Village Center Community Development District

892
00:35:53.345 --> 00:35:56.285
who presides over administrative hearings on behalf

893
00:35:56.285 --> 00:35:58.645
of the district board related to violations

894
00:35:58.645 --> 00:35:59.885
of deed restrictions, covenants,

895
00:35:59.885 --> 00:36:01.685
and other property related regulations.

896
00:36:02.105 --> 00:36:04.685
The primary role involves conducting formal hearings

897
00:36:04.745 --> 00:36:07.205
to determine whether property owners have violated deed

898
00:36:07.205 --> 00:36:09.485
restrictions and then they're the ones that render

899
00:36:09.515 --> 00:36:12.125
that verdict upon that public hearing.

900
00:36:13.955 --> 00:36:16.895
Public hearings, again, currently they're the first Monday

901
00:36:16.895 --> 00:36:20.095
of every month, but they will be going to the third Monday

902
00:36:20.115 --> 00:36:23.495
of every month, 2:00 PM at the Brownwood district office.

903
00:36:24.035 --> 00:36:26.695
And that will take place in October, beginning of October.

904
00:36:28.445 --> 00:36:29.985
So now onto architectural review.

905
00:36:30.125 --> 00:36:31.465
So the architects first, before

906
00:36:31.465 --> 00:36:32.945
You go there, any questions about

907
00:36:33.725 --> 00:36:34.905
the Decompliance process?

908
00:36:36.045 --> 00:36:37.215
What Matt's team does?

909
00:36:37.355 --> 00:36:39.695
Any conversation amongst the board in reference to that

910
00:36:39.695 --> 00:36:41.415
before we go to the architectural review?

911
00:36:42.205 --> 00:36:44.655
Just curious, when you go out, do you take pictures of the

912
00:36:45.455 --> 00:36:46.475
We do take pictures, yes.

913
00:36:46.475 --> 00:36:51.335
Okay. If for any reason we're not able to see the violation

914
00:36:51.455 --> 00:36:53.615
'cause we do not trespass on people's property

915
00:36:53.755 --> 00:36:55.015
to take a look to see where it is.

916
00:36:55.015 --> 00:36:56.615
So if someone says it's on the rear of the property,

917
00:36:56.715 --> 00:36:58.135
unless we can physically see the rear

918
00:36:58.135 --> 00:37:00.175
of the property from the street, we would have

919
00:37:00.175 --> 00:37:02.855
to clear the violation or we'll work with the complainant.

920
00:37:02.855 --> 00:37:04.175
If they do provide their information,

921
00:37:04.235 --> 00:37:06.695
say unfortunately we're not able to verify the concern,

922
00:37:06.795 --> 00:37:08.455
can you please provide the pictures for us?

923
00:37:08.835 --> 00:37:11.415
Or they may say, you can come on my property now you can

924
00:37:11.415 --> 00:37:12.455
see it from where I'm at.

925
00:37:12.965 --> 00:37:14.695
Then we'll be able to go with that person

926
00:37:14.755 --> 00:37:17.375
who submitted the concern onto their property with them

927
00:37:17.675 --> 00:37:18.815
to see where that concern is

928
00:37:18.815 --> 00:37:20.255
and get those pictures that are necessary.

929
00:37:20.785 --> 00:37:22.415
Thank you. You me,

930
00:37:22.575 --> 00:37:25.615
I think you mentioned first notification seven days rectify.

931
00:37:25.635 --> 00:37:26.655
If it's an issue that's gonna

932
00:37:26.655 --> 00:37:28.055
obviously take more than seven days.

933
00:37:28.555 --> 00:37:30.615
Are they able to negotiate that timeframe

934
00:37:30.615 --> 00:37:32.015
before they get another notice?

935
00:37:32.955 --> 00:37:35.455
No, no. The notices are pretty strict when

936
00:37:35.455 --> 00:37:36.575
it comes to the letter generation.

937
00:37:36.575 --> 00:37:37.815
Time to get to the hearing

938
00:37:38.115 --> 00:37:39.495
and the hearing officer's the one

939
00:37:39.495 --> 00:37:40.735
that can grant the additional time.

940
00:37:40.965 --> 00:37:43.295
Okay. Case in point, with the three public hearings

941
00:37:43.295 --> 00:37:45.975
that were at your July public hearings, uh,

942
00:37:45.975 --> 00:37:48.815
the hearing officer, we had staff had recommended 30 days

943
00:37:49.195 --> 00:37:50.815
to bring the properties into compliance

944
00:37:51.235 --> 00:37:52.935
and those are for deadlines

945
00:37:53.195 --> 00:37:55.175
and she granted 45 days to all three

946
00:37:55.175 --> 00:37:56.255
of those individuals to do that.

947
00:37:56.315 --> 00:37:57.575
So she has that description.

948
00:37:57.805 --> 00:37:59.935
Okay, thank you. If we were

949
00:37:59.995 --> 00:38:02.855
to remove the anonymous complaints, how does that work?

950
00:38:03.355 --> 00:38:06.855
Um, 'cause I see, you know, the options are email, whatever.

951
00:38:08.275 --> 00:38:11.615
Did, did they have to put their, you know, name, number?

952
00:38:11.725 --> 00:38:13.695
It's really an option that this board has to discuss.

953
00:38:13.695 --> 00:38:15.775
And I, and I, what I would say is we can certainly have the

954
00:38:15.775 --> 00:38:19.015
discussion today, but if you're wanting to move to

955
00:38:19.755 --> 00:38:21.615
go somewhere other than anonymous,

956
00:38:22.125 --> 00:38:23.935
then we would put it on the agenda for November

957
00:38:23.955 --> 00:38:25.215
for a complete discussion

958
00:38:25.315 --> 00:38:28.015
and make sure the residents are properly notified

959
00:38:28.015 --> 00:38:29.095
of that discussion that happened.

960
00:38:29.095 --> 00:38:31.655
But we can preliminary have the discussion today,

961
00:38:31.715 --> 00:38:33.055
but essentially it's,

962
00:38:33.055 --> 00:38:35.645
it's anonymous or you gotta give a name. I mean there's,

963
00:38:36.615 --> 00:38:38.515
So is there any verification if it's a fake

964
00:38:38.515 --> 00:38:39.755
name or anything like that?

965
00:38:39.815 --> 00:38:41.395
Or do they have to put their full name,

966
00:38:41.685 --> 00:38:43.515
their address, their phone number?

967
00:38:43.815 --> 00:38:45.195
So typically how have y'all been?

968
00:38:45.775 --> 00:38:47.995
It is a name, address and telephone number.

969
00:38:48.015 --> 00:38:49.555
So it's their full contact information.

970
00:38:49.555 --> 00:38:54.155
We do not verify that information in the number districts.

971
00:38:54.155 --> 00:38:56.795
There are opportunities where they want us to do some form

972
00:38:56.795 --> 00:38:59.235
of verification, but for the most part it's anonymous.

973
00:38:59.495 --> 00:39:01.915
Or not anonymous. Or you can be anonymous

974
00:39:02.055 --> 00:39:05.155
but you must reside within their particular district in

975
00:39:05.155 --> 00:39:06.715
Middleton and you're just Middleton.

976
00:39:06.715 --> 00:39:07.675
So there wouldn't be anything that

977
00:39:07.675 --> 00:39:08.675
you'd have to worry about with that.

978
00:39:10.115 --> 00:39:12.375
And I'll, this may be discussion for later time,

979
00:39:12.375 --> 00:39:14.695
but do we have the numbers of which, um,

980
00:39:16.415 --> 00:39:17.855
districts have gone anonymous versus,

981
00:39:18.555 --> 00:39:20.175
Uh, probably tell you as far

982
00:39:20.175 --> 00:39:21.735
as the age restricted districts?

983
00:39:21.735 --> 00:39:22.735
Yes.

984
00:39:23.675 --> 00:39:24.935
How many have gone anonymous

985
00:39:25.275 --> 00:39:28.375
Or have gone off of anonymous, like changed it

986
00:39:28.555 --> 00:39:31.325
to require versus not?

987
00:39:32.045 --> 00:39:33.605
I can think and rattle 'em off in my head,

988
00:39:33.605 --> 00:39:35.245
but I can provide 'em for the next board meeting.

989
00:39:35.265 --> 00:39:37.285
So I'm not sitting here. You have just a talk thinking

990
00:39:37.565 --> 00:39:40.285
A rough number, like Maybe I Okay.

991
00:39:40.515 --> 00:39:43.165
There's 15 districts. Oh, alright. So,

992
00:39:43.235 --> 00:39:44.235
Alright, just curious.

993
00:39:45.465 --> 00:39:46.885
But they've had, had that conversation.

994
00:39:47.085 --> 00:39:49.085
A lot of 'em are talking through the process. So,

995
00:39:51.035 --> 00:39:52.035
Okay.

996
00:39:52.275 --> 00:39:54.415
So the architectural review hearing, uh,

997
00:39:54.415 --> 00:39:55.615
architectural review process.

998
00:39:56.035 --> 00:39:58.415
So we conduct architectural review meetings

999
00:39:58.435 --> 00:40:00.375
for Middleton every Wednesday,

1000
00:40:00.435 --> 00:40:02.375
one o'clock at the Elle Recreation Center.

1001
00:40:02.395 --> 00:40:03.815
The meetings are open to the public.

1002
00:40:04.315 --> 00:40:05.935
Uh, we operate under Florida Sunshine Law.

1003
00:40:06.115 --> 00:40:09.535
It is roughly 30 minutes, uh, right now in 30 minutes

1004
00:40:09.655 --> 00:40:11.375
to an hour depending on, uh,

1005
00:40:11.775 --> 00:40:14.415
participation from community members about their

1006
00:40:14.415 --> 00:40:15.535
particular application.

1007
00:40:15.675 --> 00:40:17.055
And, um, questions

1008
00:40:17.055 --> 00:40:19.255
that the architectural view hearing officer may have

1009
00:40:19.255 --> 00:40:20.815
regarding particular projects.

1010
00:40:21.435 --> 00:40:22.975
And the application will be approved

1011
00:40:22.995 --> 00:40:25.255
or denied solely on the de restrictions

1012
00:40:25.795 --> 00:40:29.095
and the architectural review manual for Middleton.

1013
00:40:29.115 --> 00:40:31.375
So the hearing officer does not go, eh,

1014
00:40:31.395 --> 00:40:32.695
I'm not quite particular to this.

1015
00:40:32.895 --> 00:40:35.015
I don't think I, I would think this would look good.

1016
00:40:35.315 --> 00:40:37.935
Uh, I deny it. It's strictly whether it can be

1017
00:40:37.935 --> 00:40:39.455
or cannot be denied based on

1018
00:40:39.645 --> 00:40:41.695
what is currently in the community, the aesthetics

1019
00:40:41.695 --> 00:40:42.815
of the community and whether

1020
00:40:42.815 --> 00:40:43.815
or not the architectural review

1021
00:40:43.815 --> 00:40:45.095
manual due restrictions allow it.

1022
00:40:46.115 --> 00:40:49.495
So the architectural review hearing officer is a contracted

1023
00:40:49.495 --> 00:40:51.855
professional who administrative reviews the approval

1024
00:40:51.955 --> 00:40:53.695
and denial of the application seeking

1025
00:40:53.795 --> 00:40:55.495
to make external alterations.

1026
00:40:55.635 --> 00:40:58.175
So if you wanted to move a wall in your house,

1027
00:40:58.195 --> 00:40:59.255
we do not worry about that.

1028
00:40:59.275 --> 00:41:01.615
But if you wanted to extend the back of your house

1029
00:41:01.615 --> 00:41:03.495
and put in a building addition, then that, then

1030
00:41:03.495 --> 00:41:05.175
that's something that we would worry about.

1031
00:41:06.175 --> 00:41:10.995
Applications. Did I skip one?

1032
00:41:11.375 --> 00:41:13.115
No, you're good. I did. Sorry.

1033
00:41:13.635 --> 00:41:16.235
Architecture view approval is required prior

1034
00:41:16.235 --> 00:41:18.235
to any external modification or alteration.

1035
00:41:18.815 --> 00:41:21.315
The district's, the district's declaration of covenants

1036
00:41:21.315 --> 00:41:23.355
and restrictions are what we call deed restrictions.

1037
00:41:23.355 --> 00:41:25.635
Gives oversight to the A RB

1038
00:41:25.635 --> 00:41:28.035
and requires approval for those external modifications.

1039
00:41:28.455 --> 00:41:30.595
And this is again, an administrative review process

1040
00:41:30.785 --> 00:41:31.835
done by the hearing officer.

1041
00:41:33.795 --> 00:41:35.845
I'll skip one more slide. I just went over that one.

1042
00:41:36.305 --> 00:41:39.765
So applications, so when you're submitting an application,

1043
00:41:39.765 --> 00:41:41.725
there'll be a series of documents that you'll want

1044
00:41:41.725 --> 00:41:43.645
to provide with your application.

1045
00:41:43.905 --> 00:41:45.365
One is going to be your site plan.

1046
00:41:45.365 --> 00:41:48.165
This is going to help determine your property boundaries,

1047
00:41:48.465 --> 00:41:50.565
making sure that you're not putting anything in any

1048
00:41:50.805 --> 00:41:52.005
easements that you're not supposed to.

1049
00:41:52.745 --> 00:41:54.965
You're gonna want proof of home ownership.

1050
00:41:55.145 --> 00:41:57.005
If you are someone who's a landlord,

1051
00:41:57.065 --> 00:41:58.965
you do not wanna renter making modifications

1052
00:41:59.025 --> 00:42:01.085
to your home probably without your consent.

1053
00:42:01.225 --> 00:42:03.525
So you need to be able to provide some form of documentation

1054
00:42:03.525 --> 00:42:05.085
that proves that you are the home owner.

1055
00:42:05.465 --> 00:42:07.645
If you're doing some form of building alteration

1056
00:42:07.645 --> 00:42:10.885
or modification, uh, possibly site plan elevation,

1057
00:42:10.885 --> 00:42:12.805
something like that, that you'll include that with your,

1058
00:42:12.805 --> 00:42:14.765
with your landscape, or not your landscaper,

1059
00:42:14.765 --> 00:42:16.285
but your contractor, that they'll provide

1060
00:42:16.285 --> 00:42:17.605
that type of information for you.

1061
00:42:18.285 --> 00:42:21.525
A contractor can submit it on a homeowner's behalf.

1062
00:42:21.625 --> 00:42:23.325
The homeowner just needs to recognize

1063
00:42:23.325 --> 00:42:24.365
that on the application.

1064
00:42:24.365 --> 00:42:25.765
They're gonna have to sign the document twice.

1065
00:42:26.905 --> 00:42:29.445
So it is not something to where they're gonna be able

1066
00:42:29.445 --> 00:42:30.525
to forge your signature.

1067
00:42:30.525 --> 00:42:31.605
You're still have to sit down with them

1068
00:42:31.605 --> 00:42:33.085
and review the application with them,

1069
00:42:33.395 --> 00:42:36.165
sign it on the first page that says, I am the homeowner.

1070
00:42:36.185 --> 00:42:38.765
And the third page is verifying that it is a public meeting

1071
00:42:38.765 --> 00:42:40.205
and that you do understand that it will be

1072
00:42:40.205 --> 00:42:41.325
viewed in a public meeting format.

1073
00:42:44.525 --> 00:42:46.345
So, and it is the owner's responsibility

1074
00:42:46.345 --> 00:42:49.345
to obtain all necessary permits, governmental approvals

1075
00:42:49.345 --> 00:42:51.065
and maintain compliance with all governmental laws,

1076
00:42:51.065 --> 00:42:52.425
water management, district plans

1077
00:42:52.445 --> 00:42:53.665
and private restrictions, including,

1078
00:42:53.665 --> 00:42:55.345
but not limited to building regulations.

1079
00:42:55.845 --> 00:42:57.385
So what that means is

1080
00:42:58.445 --> 00:43:00.945
we are reviewing it from an aesthetic standpoint.

1081
00:43:00.945 --> 00:43:03.025
In your deed restrictions and architectural review process

1082
00:43:03.135 --> 00:43:05.665
with the manual, is it aesthetically pleasing

1083
00:43:05.665 --> 00:43:07.225
and did you violate your deed restrictions?

1084
00:43:07.245 --> 00:43:09.385
If the answer is no, it's not, uh,

1085
00:43:09.505 --> 00:43:10.705
a violation of the deed restrictions.

1086
00:43:10.705 --> 00:43:12.225
And yes, it's aesthetically pleasing.

1087
00:43:12.365 --> 00:43:14.425
If you're willing to put in a pool, you're still gonna need

1088
00:43:14.425 --> 00:43:15.905
to go get city permits

1089
00:43:15.925 --> 00:43:17.945
or a county permit to get the pool put in.

1090
00:43:18.005 --> 00:43:19.985
If you want building additions, you're still gonna go get

1091
00:43:19.985 --> 00:43:21.825
that city or county permit to put that in.

1092
00:43:22.085 --> 00:43:24.185
So just because you get approval from us does not stop

1093
00:43:24.185 --> 00:43:25.505
that process for that homeowner.

1094
00:43:25.505 --> 00:43:28.185
Depending on the project, if it's a simple landscaping bed,

1095
00:43:28.325 --> 00:43:30.705
the county probably, or the city probably doesn't really

1096
00:43:30.705 --> 00:43:32.105
require that you're gonna have to go out

1097
00:43:32.245 --> 00:43:35.225
and get a permit to put in a a a,

1098
00:43:35.425 --> 00:43:37.065
a border on your landscaping bed.

1099
00:43:37.085 --> 00:43:38.225
But if you're gonna put in a pool,

1100
00:43:38.225 --> 00:43:39.465
they're gonna wanna see those permits.

1101
00:43:39.465 --> 00:43:40.585
You're gonna have to get, you know,

1102
00:43:40.815 --> 00:43:42.625
sign offs when it comes to that pool construction.

1103
00:43:42.625 --> 00:43:45.465
So that's what that means. And with our last slide here,

1104
00:43:45.465 --> 00:43:47.745
the number of applications that we have received so far

1105
00:43:47.765 --> 00:43:51.305
for your fiscal year, 235 applications for various projects.

1106
00:43:51.925 --> 00:43:53.025
Do you have any questions about the

1107
00:43:53.025 --> 00:43:54.505
architectural review process? I

1108
00:43:54.505 --> 00:43:55.665
Don't suppose you have any idea the

1109
00:43:55.665 --> 00:43:58.745
percentage of that are approved. All of them,

1110
00:43:59.325 --> 00:44:00.325
For the most part. Um,

1111
00:44:00.325 --> 00:44:02.985
I don't have those statistics with me to review,

1112
00:44:03.245 --> 00:44:07.185
but I do know that, um, very few times denials do come in.

1113
00:44:07.185 --> 00:44:11.025
If there is a denial, it's not just an outright no denied,

1114
00:44:11.135 --> 00:44:12.785
it's sometimes we need

1115
00:44:12.785 --> 00:44:14.025
More information modification of the

1116
00:44:14.025 --> 00:44:15.025
Design. Yeah. We we need

1117
00:44:15.025 --> 00:44:15.665
more information

1118
00:44:15.805 --> 00:44:19.145
or no, you put it no right on your property line

1119
00:44:19.145 --> 00:44:22.185
and it needs to be three feet off of your property line.

1120
00:44:22.205 --> 00:44:23.425
You need to make that tweak.

1121
00:44:23.445 --> 00:44:24.585
And then we bring it back the

1122
00:44:24.585 --> 00:44:26.145
next month and then it gets approved. Okay.

1123
00:44:26.475 --> 00:44:27.945
Thank you. What's the, uh,

1124
00:44:27.945 --> 00:44:31.265
turnaround time from somebody submitting an application

1125
00:44:31.465 --> 00:44:33.965
to getting it on one of the Wednesday afternoon meetings

1126
00:44:33.965 --> 00:44:35.285
Within 14 business days?

1127
00:44:35.605 --> 00:44:37.405
14 business days? We request that they're in

1128
00:44:37.405 --> 00:44:38.445
by Friday at five o'clock

1129
00:44:38.445 --> 00:44:40.445
and we'll have it reviewed within 14 business days.

1130
00:44:40.665 --> 00:44:42.285
That's, yeah, if they have a complete

1131
00:44:42.285 --> 00:44:43.925
Application, if they have a complete application,

1132
00:44:43.925 --> 00:44:45.885
if there's missing information, my team will reach back out

1133
00:44:45.885 --> 00:44:47.245
to the homeowner and like, you're

1134
00:44:47.245 --> 00:44:48.365
still missing this information.

1135
00:44:48.865 --> 00:44:51.565
If they say submit it anyway, we'll submit it

1136
00:44:51.565 --> 00:44:52.565
with a cover sheet that says

1137
00:44:52.565 --> 00:44:53.805
they're missing this information.

1138
00:44:53.805 --> 00:44:55.245
And then usually that's a quick denial

1139
00:44:55.265 --> 00:44:57.685
by the hearing officer that goes, needs more information.

1140
00:45:01.405 --> 00:45:02.465
Any other questions for Matt

1141
00:45:02.465 --> 00:45:03.905
before we open up public comments?

1142
00:45:06.075 --> 00:45:07.285
Nope. Seeing none.

1143
00:45:08.015 --> 00:45:09.085
Thank you Matt. Thank you.

1144
00:45:09.935 --> 00:45:12.165
Let's, uh, yeah, one at a time. Come on up and

1145
00:45:13.695 --> 00:45:15.165
Let's try this again. Hi everybody.

1146
00:45:15.365 --> 00:45:16.445
Welcome Back. Thank you.

1147
00:45:16.665 --> 00:45:18.565
Um, so that was, uh, just, just

1148
00:45:18.565 --> 00:45:19.565
State your name and address please.

1149
00:45:19.665 --> 00:45:21.285
Uh, my name is Jesse Callback.

1150
00:45:21.305 --> 00:45:23.925
My address is 7 5 2 5 Chastain Circle.

1151
00:45:24.605 --> 00:45:29.315
I am in what we call phase one, whatever you guys call it.

1152
00:45:29.415 --> 00:45:32.315
We were the first ones there, original melatonin. Yay.

1153
00:45:32.815 --> 00:45:37.155
So that was very educational. But here comes the problem.

1154
00:45:37.815 --> 00:45:40.075
You, you don't knock on the doors of the house.

1155
00:45:40.175 --> 00:45:42.275
I'm a stay-at-home mom and I've been dealing

1156
00:45:42.275 --> 00:45:43.795
with the CDD since the beginning of May.

1157
00:45:44.225 --> 00:45:45.555
They knocked on my door once.

1158
00:45:46.865 --> 00:45:49.935
There have been multiple things left on my doorknob

1159
00:45:50.585 --> 00:45:52.735
while I'm home with my son.

1160
00:45:53.355 --> 00:45:55.335
So no, they don't come to our doors

1161
00:45:55.975 --> 00:45:57.655
'cause I knew about it, right?

1162
00:45:57.995 --> 00:45:59.535
The dog would bark, the baby would cry.

1163
00:45:59.835 --> 00:46:02.735
But you don't, you don't send emails, you don't call us.

1164
00:46:03.745 --> 00:46:06.895
You's a random piece of paper on our doorknob

1165
00:46:07.155 --> 00:46:11.505
and then a letter and out

1166
00:46:11.505 --> 00:46:16.025
of the 93% of those complaints, I'd love to know

1167
00:46:16.045 --> 00:46:18.865
how many are anonymous because we just recently learned

1168
00:46:19.015 --> 00:46:20.305
that Yeah, you can leave your email,

1169
00:46:20.305 --> 00:46:21.345
but it's not gonna leave your name.

1170
00:46:21.755 --> 00:46:25.125
There were 23 complaints from the email,

1171
00:46:25.145 --> 00:46:26.365
if I remember this correctly.

1172
00:46:26.795 --> 00:46:30.985
Middleton resident of florida@gmail.com. That's it.

1173
00:46:30.985 --> 00:46:32.225
That's all the information we have.

1174
00:46:33.405 --> 00:46:35.065
I'm here on behalf of all of phase one

1175
00:46:35.215 --> 00:46:38.105
because we were the first ones to deal with this.

1176
00:46:38.685 --> 00:46:41.745
Not only that, but bullying through a letter

1177
00:46:42.615 --> 00:46:44.185
from Concerned Neighbors.

1178
00:46:44.835 --> 00:46:45.825
We're not gonna get into that

1179
00:46:45.825 --> 00:46:47.105
today 'cause that's not what this is about.

1180
00:46:47.105 --> 00:46:49.425
This is about having,

1181
00:46:49.565 --> 00:46:52.705
if you're having these complaints, actually not be anonymous.

1182
00:46:52.895 --> 00:46:56.545
Because recently we also found out that in one

1183
00:46:56.545 --> 00:46:57.705
of the sections of the villages,

1184
00:46:57.845 --> 00:46:59.265
the anonymous complaints were done with

1185
00:46:59.725 --> 00:47:04.225
and about it decreased by about 83% in the complaints.

1186
00:47:04.955 --> 00:47:07.985
We're a family community. We're not a bunch of retirees.

1187
00:47:08.525 --> 00:47:11.465
We have families, we have kids, we have jobs.

1188
00:47:11.755 --> 00:47:14.005
We're doing our best. We can't

1189
00:47:14.005 --> 00:47:15.125
make the grass grow any faster.

1190
00:47:15.195 --> 00:47:18.045
Most of the complaints aren't about overgrown weeds

1191
00:47:18.045 --> 00:47:20.245
because the weed itself is actually the grass.

1192
00:47:20.955 --> 00:47:22.345
Let's be honest with ourselves.

1193
00:47:23.355 --> 00:47:25.695
The problem comes in, there are divots in the grass.

1194
00:47:25.805 --> 00:47:27.415
Well that could be from multiple things,

1195
00:47:28.295 --> 00:47:32.745
but who has the time to put forth that much effort

1196
00:47:32.935 --> 00:47:35.025
that you're, that they're asking us to put in?

1197
00:47:35.225 --> 00:47:36.745
I can't make grass grow in seven days.

1198
00:47:37.105 --> 00:47:38.825
I can't make grass grow in 15 days.

1199
00:47:39.465 --> 00:47:40.685
It depends on the weather.

1200
00:47:40.865 --> 00:47:43.005
It depends on if my dog is gonna be running around.

1201
00:47:43.445 --> 00:47:44.525
'cause I have two divots of grass

1202
00:47:45.045 --> 00:47:46.085
'cause of his launch points

1203
00:47:46.305 --> 00:47:48.085
and he likes to chase the kids and play with them.

1204
00:47:48.745 --> 00:47:52.405
So I have multiple times called the CBD

1205
00:47:52.405 --> 00:47:53.525
and said, what do I do?

1206
00:47:54.305 --> 00:47:56.365
So the fact that we're talking about educating

1207
00:47:58.025 --> 00:47:59.605
middle etonians, no you're not.

1208
00:48:00.195 --> 00:48:02.525
It's, well, I don't know. Here's the pictures.

1209
00:48:02.985 --> 00:48:05.005
See what's wrong. It's like playing, where's Waldo?

1210
00:48:05.215 --> 00:48:07.765
We're not actually told what's wrong. It's weeds.

1211
00:48:07.955 --> 00:48:10.685
Okay, cool. Why don't you come over to my house?

1212
00:48:10.755 --> 00:48:12.005
I'll let you come on my property.

1213
00:48:12.035 --> 00:48:14.525
Show me where, show me exactly what to do

1214
00:48:15.105 --> 00:48:17.125
so we don't all have to go through this.

1215
00:48:18.515 --> 00:48:20.645
It's frustrating, it's tiring.

1216
00:48:21.705 --> 00:48:26.525
And we all now dread it and we understand, at least I do.

1217
00:48:26.925 --> 00:48:28.125
C DD is just trying to do their job.

1218
00:48:28.125 --> 00:48:30.805
They have a job to do and I get it. They get a complaint.

1219
00:48:30.955 --> 00:48:32.005
They have to let me know.

1220
00:48:32.325 --> 00:48:35.565
I I I'm completely understanding, I'm completely sympathetic

1221
00:48:35.785 --> 00:48:38.565
and usually I'm a very kind person when we have to deal

1222
00:48:38.565 --> 00:48:40.165
with this 'cause they're just doing their jobs.

1223
00:48:41.025 --> 00:48:43.965
But for us, there's this weight

1224
00:48:44.475 --> 00:48:46.045
that falls on our shoulders.

1225
00:48:46.605 --> 00:48:49.245
'cause now we're scared. Now we're going to, well crap,

1226
00:48:49.705 --> 00:48:50.965
we have to go to a public hearing

1227
00:48:51.345 --> 00:48:53.765
and then we're gonna have to pay a fine of $250

1228
00:48:54.355 --> 00:48:55.405
that we can't afford.

1229
00:48:55.805 --> 00:48:56.965
'cause we've got kids. Do you know

1230
00:48:56.965 --> 00:48:59.165
how expensive string cheese and berries are?

1231
00:48:59.995 --> 00:49:01.605
Come on. Most of us have toddlers.

1232
00:49:01.605 --> 00:49:05.285
That's where our money goes. And then it's $50 per day

1233
00:49:05.495 --> 00:49:06.765
until you are in compliance.

1234
00:49:08.005 --> 00:49:10.425
So now we're all stressing as a community

1235
00:49:11.185 --> 00:49:13.105
together about this.

1236
00:49:13.535 --> 00:49:16.665
This isn't what should ban our community together to bond.

1237
00:49:16.805 --> 00:49:19.025
It should be positive things, not the fear

1238
00:49:19.045 --> 00:49:20.665
of the CDD coming around.

1239
00:49:22.035 --> 00:49:24.735
And we see them driving all the time

1240
00:49:25.005 --> 00:49:27.495
because even just on my house alone,

1241
00:49:28.275 --> 00:49:31.095
and most of them were baseless, they complained about

1242
00:49:32.095 --> 00:49:34.975
I had patio Christmas looking lights.

1243
00:49:35.645 --> 00:49:36.815
Well that one didn't go through,

1244
00:49:37.035 --> 00:49:38.615
but we've had multiple complaints on multiple

1245
00:49:38.615 --> 00:49:39.815
houses in one day.

1246
00:49:39.815 --> 00:49:41.135
There were 13 complaints.

1247
00:49:42.135 --> 00:49:45.985
It's, it's gotten to this really weird point where

1248
00:49:46.595 --> 00:49:47.865
we've all kind of had it.

1249
00:49:47.965 --> 00:49:50.225
And so on behalf of all of my neighbors

1250
00:49:50.225 --> 00:49:52.465
that are at work today or with their kids

1251
00:49:52.925 --> 00:49:56.045
and couldn't come the anon, the fact

1252
00:49:56.045 --> 00:49:57.125
that it's not, it has to go.

1253
00:49:57.385 --> 00:50:00.045
We can't as a community thrive.

1254
00:50:00.345 --> 00:50:04.765
And I would assume that that is what would be wanted

1255
00:50:04.865 --> 00:50:07.365
for us is to be able to thrive as a community

1256
00:50:07.945 --> 00:50:10.835
and not sit here and just go, what do we do?

1257
00:50:11.415 --> 00:50:12.715
And then we're asking questions.

1258
00:50:12.885 --> 00:50:15.355
There is only one person who actually has some sort

1259
00:50:15.355 --> 00:50:19.015
of answers and he's on the Facebook page giving us all

1260
00:50:19.015 --> 00:50:20.175
of the knowledge that he has.

1261
00:50:20.515 --> 00:50:24.415
And even then it's not good enough. We can even put in St.

1262
00:50:24.445 --> 00:50:27.605
Augustine grass ourselves and it's not good enough.

1263
00:50:27.905 --> 00:50:30.525
So I don't know what to tell you guys,

1264
00:50:30.625 --> 00:50:32.325
but I implore you to

1265
00:50:33.285 --> 00:50:34.605
strongly look into making these

1266
00:50:34.605 --> 00:50:36.885
complaints non anonymous anymore. Thank you.

1267
00:50:37.455 --> 00:50:39.765
Thank you. It's uh, good feedback.

1268
00:50:39.985 --> 00:50:42.365
Um, one thing before you stepped down, sorry,

1269
00:50:42.825 --> 00:50:45.005
you had said something early on about Yes.

1270
00:50:45.645 --> 00:50:47.445
Bullying letters. I just want to clarify those.

1271
00:50:47.445 --> 00:50:49.365
From residence or

1272
00:50:49.445 --> 00:50:50.445
I letter. I got a letter from

1273
00:50:50.445 --> 00:50:53.165
quote unquote my neighbor's on Chastain.

1274
00:50:53.555 --> 00:50:56.045
Okay. Scopey and rudder.

1275
00:50:56.945 --> 00:51:00.155
Basically talking about my lawn. So that's number one.

1276
00:51:00.155 --> 00:51:01.355
Calling me trailer trash.

1277
00:51:01.355 --> 00:51:03.875
That's number two saying my dog is vicious

1278
00:51:04.015 --> 00:51:06.595
and I should be glad that this is an anonymous letter from a

1279
00:51:06.795 --> 00:51:08.595
neighbor and not from animal control

1280
00:51:09.095 --> 00:51:11.715
and all of these other awful things about me and my family.

1281
00:51:12.175 --> 00:51:16.465
And uh, it was sent through the US Postal Service.

1282
00:51:16.605 --> 00:51:18.505
So technically if I really wanted to,

1283
00:51:18.505 --> 00:51:20.465
it's a federal offense, but that's besides the point.

1284
00:51:20.465 --> 00:51:22.185
Okay. But that started. Yeah, I just wanted to clarify.

1285
00:51:22.195 --> 00:51:24.185
Right around the time we got complaints from the

1286
00:51:24.265 --> 00:51:25.225
CDD. Okay.

1287
00:51:25.445 --> 00:51:26.705
So that's why it's kind of,

1288
00:51:26.885 --> 00:51:29.515
for us it's a little integrated.

1289
00:51:29.845 --> 00:51:31.475
Right. So. Right. Thank you.

1290
00:51:32.655 --> 00:51:34.355
Had, you had, uh, mentioned the number

1291
00:51:34.375 --> 00:51:35.675
of anonymous complaints.

1292
00:51:35.735 --> 00:51:37.675
We do have a slide on that. We do. Um,

1293
00:51:39.345 --> 00:51:40.345
It's in here. I am her

1294
00:51:40.345 --> 00:51:41.195
father-in-law.

1295
00:51:41.455 --> 00:51:42.875
So I just want you to know

1296
00:51:42.875 --> 00:51:44.395
that your name and address please.

1297
00:51:44.935 --> 00:51:46.555
My name is Richard Colback

1298
00:51:47.015 --> 00:51:49.195
and I have two houses, one in Citrus Grove

1299
00:51:49.295 --> 00:51:51.915
and one in Middleton that my son and my daughter-in-law

1300
00:51:51.915 --> 00:51:53.555
and my young grandson live in.

1301
00:51:54.015 --> 00:51:55.355
Uh, thank you for listening to me.

1302
00:51:55.435 --> 00:51:56.915
I do have two answers for some

1303
00:51:56.915 --> 00:51:58.155
of the questions that came up.

1304
00:51:58.995 --> 00:52:01.475
District 13, two weeks ago did away

1305
00:52:01.475 --> 00:52:02.675
with anonymous complaints.

1306
00:52:02.735 --> 00:52:05.955
That's Citrus Grove Hawkins, um,

1307
00:52:06.375 --> 00:52:08.075
and two other village, uh, St.

1308
00:52:08.075 --> 00:52:09.955
Catherine's and Cason Hammock.

1309
00:52:10.225 --> 00:52:12.235
They had the same exact meeting and,

1310
00:52:12.255 --> 00:52:14.475
and realized I would also suggest

1311
00:52:14.745 --> 00:52:16.435
that you were very nice about saying

1312
00:52:16.455 --> 00:52:17.675
it was nice of us to come.

1313
00:52:18.375 --> 00:52:21.395
All the people in Middleton are marketed to young,

1314
00:52:21.985 --> 00:52:23.515
married with young kids.

1315
00:52:23.515 --> 00:52:25.315
They're all working, they're all trying

1316
00:52:25.315 --> 00:52:26.315
to support their families.

1317
00:52:26.315 --> 00:52:28.235
They can't be here at nine o'clock in the morning.

1318
00:52:28.795 --> 00:52:29.995
I can, I'm retired.

1319
00:52:30.335 --> 00:52:34.035
So if you really want to hear what the Middleton people want

1320
00:52:34.035 --> 00:52:36.435
to hear, have a meeting when they can come

1321
00:52:36.535 --> 00:52:37.875
and not take off a day of work.

1322
00:52:38.155 --> 00:52:39.995
'cause they can't afford to do it.

1323
00:52:40.575 --> 00:52:43.435
So, um, most of the anonymous complaints,

1324
00:52:43.495 --> 00:52:45.355
and there's two things I want to get into.

1325
00:52:45.455 --> 00:52:48.275
The anonymous complaints are being made by, uh,

1326
00:52:48.295 --> 00:52:52.555
mostly one person who also has a secret Facebook page.

1327
00:52:52.935 --> 00:52:55.835
So when you say there's 14 complaints on one house,

1328
00:52:55.885 --> 00:53:00.075
which which I happen to have, it's one person tending, uh,

1329
00:53:00.075 --> 00:53:02.395
an email out to the secret Facebook page

1330
00:53:02.615 --> 00:53:05.115
and then they're all complaining about fill in the blank.

1331
00:53:05.255 --> 00:53:07.675
Yes. One day we put out the trash early

1332
00:53:08.055 --> 00:53:09.195
and we got a complaint.

1333
00:53:09.335 --> 00:53:11.675
We took the trash and we put it in the garage

1334
00:53:11.975 --> 00:53:13.515
and we were back in compliance.

1335
00:53:14.135 --> 00:53:17.275
One day we got a complaint that there was a statue on the,

1336
00:53:17.275 --> 00:53:19.035
sitting on one of the chairs on the patio.

1337
00:53:19.615 --> 00:53:21.635
We took the statue off and we put it in the garage

1338
00:53:21.635 --> 00:53:22.915
and we were back in compliance.

1339
00:53:23.265 --> 00:53:25.620
Then it became brown spots. Then it became weeds.

1340
00:53:25.620 --> 00:53:27.525
Then it became a whole bunch of things that we be,

1341
00:53:27.685 --> 00:53:29.125
I believe she wouldn't say it.

1342
00:53:29.365 --> 00:53:31.325
I believe some of this is religious do.

1343
00:53:31.325 --> 00:53:32.885
We had a religious sign on their house.

1344
00:53:33.145 --> 00:53:35.165
And I think that had part of what's going on here.

1345
00:53:35.435 --> 00:53:37.925
Nonetheless. The fact of the matter is, I,

1346
00:53:38.025 --> 00:53:39.565
I'm gonna cut this real short.

1347
00:53:39.705 --> 00:53:42.885
If there's a Hulk Hogan, a 10 foot Hulk Hogan on my lawn,

1348
00:53:43.125 --> 00:53:45.365
I expect compliance to come out and complain.

1349
00:53:45.625 --> 00:53:48.165
If I paint my house purple with, with pink spots,

1350
00:53:48.605 --> 00:53:50.805
I expect compliance to come out to complain.

1351
00:53:51.185 --> 00:53:53.165
We want it to look nice, we want it to do.

1352
00:53:53.385 --> 00:53:56.205
But with regard to, to, to the landscaping,

1353
00:53:56.745 --> 00:53:59.885
so far I've spent a thousand dollars on uh,

1354
00:53:59.995 --> 00:54:03.245
putting out fertilizer cut, getting a company

1355
00:54:03.345 --> 00:54:06.085
to kill the chich bugs, hiring a gardener.

1356
00:54:06.625 --> 00:54:08.925
And, and it it, there's nothing I can do

1357
00:54:08.925 --> 00:54:10.005
to make the grass grow.

1358
00:54:10.115 --> 00:54:11.645
It's starting to grow. I,

1359
00:54:11.755 --> 00:54:14.885
I'll go hire a seminal chief if you want me to,

1360
00:54:14.885 --> 00:54:16.885
to go dance on my lawn if you think that'll

1361
00:54:16.885 --> 00:54:17.965
make my grass grow quicker.

1362
00:54:18.425 --> 00:54:20.205
But I get a letter that says you have

1363
00:54:20.205 --> 00:54:21.845
to fix the grass in seven days.

1364
00:54:22.585 --> 00:54:24.445
The people who work on the golf courses

1365
00:54:24.585 --> 00:54:25.605
and you all play golf,

1366
00:54:25.665 --> 00:54:27.365
so you all know there's brown spots there.

1367
00:54:27.365 --> 00:54:29.725
There's brown spots on on all the roads.

1368
00:54:30.315 --> 00:54:32.285
They were given till October to come back

1369
00:54:32.285 --> 00:54:33.765
and report the problems.

1370
00:54:34.205 --> 00:54:35.205
I was given seven days.

1371
00:54:35.795 --> 00:54:37.805
This is a lot of pressure you're putting on us.

1372
00:54:37.985 --> 00:54:39.525
The compliance people are nice people.

1373
00:54:39.585 --> 00:54:42.845
But I, I went and got a, a landscape architect to come out

1374
00:54:42.985 --> 00:54:45.285
and he said, this is normal for the hot weather

1375
00:54:45.545 --> 00:54:47.125
and for the, the amount of rain.

1376
00:54:47.125 --> 00:54:50.405
We're getting weeds pop up and, and it happens.

1377
00:54:50.735 --> 00:54:53.485
We're doing everything humanly possible to be in compliant.

1378
00:54:53.485 --> 00:54:54.925
We love living here. We wanna live here,

1379
00:54:55.305 --> 00:54:58.885
but they need to have some common sense in compliance.

1380
00:54:59.265 --> 00:55:01.565
And only you guys, they say, we're just doing our job.

1381
00:55:01.945 --> 00:55:04.165
So you guys need to tell them, you know

1382
00:55:04.165 --> 00:55:05.485
what, let's suspend some.

1383
00:55:05.625 --> 00:55:08.365
If it's neglect, it's one thing. I'm with you totally.

1384
00:55:08.945 --> 00:55:11.245
But if it's a couple of weeds pop up on a Thursday

1385
00:55:11.245 --> 00:55:12.565
and the gardener doesn't come till Friday.

1386
00:55:13.545 --> 00:55:17.045
It it's crazy. So anyway, I'm gonna make it real short.

1387
00:55:17.405 --> 00:55:20.325
I will tell you if, if it continues the way it is.

1388
00:55:20.535 --> 00:55:22.565
These are a group of 30 and 40 year olds.

1389
00:55:22.805 --> 00:55:24.005
A lot of 'em are policemen

1390
00:55:24.225 --> 00:55:26.285
and a lot of 'em are very computer literate.

1391
00:55:26.315 --> 00:55:28.965
They're gonna put up surveillance equipment in Middleton

1392
00:55:29.115 --> 00:55:31.005
with face recognition software

1393
00:55:31.305 --> 00:55:33.845
and they're gonna catch this person making 34

1394
00:55:33.845 --> 00:55:35.525
complaints about houses.

1395
00:55:36.085 --> 00:55:37.685
'cause they obviously have nothing better to do.

1396
00:55:37.685 --> 00:55:40.685
They should go play pickleball or golf or do something.

1397
00:55:41.025 --> 00:55:42.605
But I I really wanna stop this.

1398
00:55:42.605 --> 00:55:44.285
This neighborhood really likes each other.

1399
00:55:44.675 --> 00:55:47.325
They, she knows all her neighbors. They meet on Fridays.

1400
00:55:47.325 --> 00:55:49.205
They have dinners. This is not a a,

1401
00:55:49.285 --> 00:55:51.165
a next door neighbor issue.

1402
00:55:51.585 --> 00:55:54.165
The one time, and I'm gonna stop the one time there was a

1403
00:55:54.165 --> 00:55:55.205
next door neighbor issue.

1404
00:55:55.545 --> 00:55:57.485
The the, actually the community got together

1405
00:55:57.485 --> 00:55:59.085
and it turned out the guy had hurt his leg.

1406
00:55:59.235 --> 00:56:01.085
They went out and cut his grass for him.

1407
00:56:01.385 --> 00:56:03.045
That's the kind of community it is.

1408
00:56:03.045 --> 00:56:04.965
And that's the kind of community they wanna live in.

1409
00:56:05.235 --> 00:56:08.415
This is forcing neighbors against the neighbors

1410
00:56:08.415 --> 00:56:09.935
and it's not, we don't even know if it's a neighbor.

1411
00:56:09.955 --> 00:56:12.695
It could be a real estate agent, it could be a gardener,

1412
00:56:12.695 --> 00:56:14.415
it could be somebody who lives north of here.

1413
00:56:15.195 --> 00:56:16.815
We, we need to get a handle on this

1414
00:56:16.835 --> 00:56:19.295
and get compliance to understand these are kids

1415
00:56:19.835 --> 00:56:21.015
and, and they need some help.

1416
00:56:21.745 --> 00:56:22.935
Thank you for listening. Thank

1417
00:56:22.935 --> 00:56:24.325
You you very much for the feedback.

1418
00:56:28.885 --> 00:56:30.755
Hello. Hello. Um, I'm Kirsten.

1419
00:56:30.955 --> 00:56:32.475
I live on 2 7 6 7 elder

1420
00:56:32.775 --> 00:56:34.355
and they pretty much covered

1421
00:56:34.355 --> 00:56:35.515
everything I wanted to talk about.

1422
00:56:35.575 --> 00:56:37.275
But the main thing I do wanna mention is

1423
00:56:37.275 --> 00:56:38.395
they do not come to your door.

1424
00:56:38.395 --> 00:56:40.915
I work from home and I've gotten

1425
00:56:42.255 --> 00:56:44.035
two complaints for weeds only.

1426
00:56:44.705 --> 00:56:46.955
They were, they were resolved within 24 hours.

1427
00:56:47.475 --> 00:56:49.795
'cause you got the email, just go out, pick it.

1428
00:56:50.295 --> 00:56:51.555
Um, and then I got one

1429
00:56:51.555 --> 00:56:54.315
for a dead spot within like a couple days of that dead spot.

1430
00:56:54.375 --> 00:56:58.415
Now we have a hearing and that's a, that's, that's insane

1431
00:56:58.445 --> 00:57:02.175
because you can't make grass grow, like I said.

1432
00:57:02.515 --> 00:57:03.615
And we did fertilizer.

1433
00:57:03.715 --> 00:57:06.975
We re we redid the flower bed thing

1434
00:57:07.115 --> 00:57:08.775
to make the wheats grow slower.

1435
00:57:09.595 --> 00:57:11.455
Um, we've done all these things

1436
00:57:11.455 --> 00:57:12.735
and we handle them very quickly.

1437
00:57:13.355 --> 00:57:15.535
So, and it's again, they need to get rid

1438
00:57:15.535 --> 00:57:17.815
of the anonymous thing because whoever it is is

1439
00:57:17.925 --> 00:57:20.205
like power hungry.

1440
00:57:20.245 --> 00:57:21.245
They're like insane

1441
00:57:21.635 --> 00:57:25.365
because I see people driving by my house all the time

1442
00:57:25.665 --> 00:57:27.205
and they're just like targeting people

1443
00:57:27.785 --> 00:57:30.925
and it's turning the whole neighborhood against each other.

1444
00:57:31.595 --> 00:57:33.325
Like some people are coming together

1445
00:57:33.325 --> 00:57:34.645
and being like, this is our common enemy.

1446
00:57:34.785 --> 00:57:36.645
And others are literally turning on each other,

1447
00:57:36.645 --> 00:57:39.925
getting all the dirt they can on everybody to see.

1448
00:57:39.985 --> 00:57:41.925
So, so they can, if they find out it's them,

1449
00:57:42.075 --> 00:57:43.165
they can destroy their lives.

1450
00:57:43.955 --> 00:57:46.415
It's completely out of control.

1451
00:57:46.435 --> 00:57:49.175
And like they said, we all work, we all have kids.

1452
00:57:49.335 --> 00:57:52.935
I have three kids. Um, one of them special needs, two

1453
00:57:52.935 --> 00:57:55.815
of them, um, have other special issues.

1454
00:57:56.045 --> 00:57:57.615
Like I got a lot going on

1455
00:57:58.155 --> 00:57:59.855
and my husband's not that competent.

1456
00:58:00.875 --> 00:58:03.655
So I'm handling all these things. I can't do all this.

1457
00:58:04.475 --> 00:58:06.975
Um, we don't have all this money.

1458
00:58:06.995 --> 00:58:10.335
We don't have all this time. Like my husband's the only name

1459
00:58:10.355 --> 00:58:12.655
on the house and he makes $21 an hour.

1460
00:58:12.715 --> 00:58:14.815
So obviously these are not super expensive houses.

1461
00:58:15.515 --> 00:58:19.495
You're, the demographic is lower middle class.

1462
00:58:20.265 --> 00:58:22.845
We don't have money to resod every other Wednesday

1463
00:58:22.845 --> 00:58:24.605
because you think our grass is ugly.

1464
00:58:25.165 --> 00:58:28.405
I got, like I said, the one dead spot we have is, you know,

1465
00:58:28.405 --> 00:58:29.725
where like the sidewalk is.

1466
00:58:29.915 --> 00:58:32.325
It's on the other side where neighbor kids run and stuff.

1467
00:58:32.485 --> 00:58:34.765
I can't control those kids. They're not mine.

1468
00:58:36.715 --> 00:58:38.815
So the anonymous complaints need to stop.

1469
00:58:39.255 --> 00:58:41.055
I think there needs to be a verification process.

1470
00:58:41.955 --> 00:58:45.475
Um, if they use fake names

1471
00:58:45.535 --> 00:58:47.435
or use fake email, they need to, they need

1472
00:58:47.435 --> 00:58:48.795
to use the one that's on their deed.

1473
00:58:49.225 --> 00:58:50.595
Like they need to do something

1474
00:58:50.595 --> 00:58:52.115
because these people are just driving around.

1475
00:58:52.115 --> 00:58:53.435
They got no lives, no jobs.

1476
00:58:53.555 --> 00:58:55.235
Husbands probably treat them bad.

1477
00:58:55.585 --> 00:58:57.275
They're driving around taking their

1478
00:58:57.275 --> 00:58:58.355
anger out on everyone else.

1479
00:58:58.975 --> 00:59:00.075
And that's not cool. 'cause

1480
00:59:00.075 --> 00:59:01.115
I'm trying to live in a good place.

1481
00:59:01.465 --> 00:59:04.715
Like I come, this is my first nice house.

1482
00:59:04.985 --> 00:59:07.195
I've come from the ghetto where you hear gunshots

1483
00:59:07.215 --> 00:59:09.795
and people fighting outside and those neighbors were better.

1484
00:59:10.175 --> 00:59:12.035
I'd rather hear gunshots than have letters

1485
00:59:12.095 --> 00:59:13.195
and threatens all the time

1486
00:59:13.665 --> 00:59:16.075
because at least then you know what you're getting.

1487
00:59:16.075 --> 00:59:17.155
You're getting a hoodlum

1488
00:59:17.705 --> 00:59:18.705
Here. Like are you,

1489
00:59:18.705 --> 00:59:20.275
uh, are you also getting letters from

1490
00:59:20.515 --> 00:59:22.045
neighbors or are you just talking about the uh,

1491
00:59:22.415 --> 00:59:23.645
compliance letters thing and

1492
00:59:23.645 --> 00:59:24.645
The, the compliance. Okay.

1493
00:59:24.645 --> 00:59:27.205
Um, she, as far as I know,

1494
00:59:27.205 --> 00:59:28.285
she's the only one who got the letter.

1495
00:59:28.465 --> 00:59:30.445
It was a one and that, and that letter was

1496
00:59:30.765 --> 00:59:31.485
Terrible. Oh, okay.

1497
00:59:32.105 --> 00:59:35.405
Oh my god. I read that letter. Whoever did that monsters.

1498
00:59:35.985 --> 00:59:38.525
Um, it's just out of control.

1499
00:59:38.595 --> 00:59:39.765
They need to do something

1500
00:59:39.765 --> 00:59:42.525
because we don't have money, we don't have time.

1501
00:59:43.995 --> 00:59:47.895
And three complaints, two being weeds,

1502
00:59:47.995 --> 00:59:50.175
one being a new dead spot from children running

1503
00:59:50.675 --> 00:59:52.975
and now we have to take off work and come to a hearing.

1504
00:59:53.445 --> 00:59:55.375
Like that doesn't make any sense to me. That's ridiculous.

1505
00:59:55.375 --> 00:59:58.695
That's, that's for retired people who have no lives.

1506
00:59:58.925 --> 01:00:03.365
Like we're busy, so. Okay. She, they were a little nicer.

1507
01:00:03.505 --> 01:00:04.505
I'm not that nice.

1508
01:00:05.695 --> 01:00:07.645
Thank you. Thank you. Appreciate the feedback.

1509
01:00:11.085 --> 01:00:13.725
I don't know whether to address y'all or Matt

1510
01:00:14.005 --> 01:00:15.205
'cause my question is going over

1511
01:00:15.555 --> 01:00:17.605
what Matt talked about. Sure. No, you

1512
01:00:17.605 --> 01:00:18.765
Can address The board. Say

1513
01:00:18.765 --> 01:00:19.765
It again. You can address the board. Just

1514
01:00:19.765 --> 01:00:19.845

1515
01:00:19.845 --> 01:00:20.725
your name and address please.

1516
01:00:20.985 --> 01:00:25.085
Oh, Ken Daniels 77 44 and I don't know the correct number.

1517
01:00:25.295 --> 01:00:28.605
Bevis or Bevis. I say Bevis, um,

1518
01:00:29.265 --> 01:00:31.405
but Matt, I don't know what, whether he mentioned it

1519
01:00:31.405 --> 01:00:34.405
or was one, one of the slides something about parking rule.

1520
01:00:35.305 --> 01:00:37.925
So what, what are the parking rules?

1521
01:00:37.995 --> 01:00:39.285
What, what was he talking about?

1522
01:00:40.505 --> 01:00:43.695
Um, Mr. Armstrong, we will address you on

1523
01:00:43.695 --> 01:00:45.255
That street parking overnight probably.

1524
01:00:46.035 --> 01:00:47.855
I'm not sure what the deed restrictions are on

1525
01:00:47.855 --> 01:00:50.255
parking, but I'm sure he will. Hi, inform us.

1526
01:00:50.805 --> 01:00:51.975
Nice to meet you. So

1527
01:00:51.975 --> 01:00:54.015
Parking rules pull up

1528
01:00:54.015 --> 01:00:56.255
that specific units deed restrictions,

1529
01:00:56.275 --> 01:00:59.015
but typically is no trucks in excess of one ton.

1530
01:00:59.795 --> 01:01:03.975
Um, aviation aircraft, recreational vehicles, your RVs,

1531
01:01:03.975 --> 01:01:05.735
those are the types of things that they're,

1532
01:01:05.735 --> 01:01:07.335
we're talking about when it comes to parking rules.

1533
01:01:07.615 --> 01:01:09.335
Somebody may say someone brought their RV

1534
01:01:09.335 --> 01:01:12.335
and parked it in the street rather than gonna look at the

1535
01:01:12.335 --> 01:01:14.135
deed restrictions and go, yeah, it says no,

1536
01:01:14.135 --> 01:01:15.695
no recreational vehicles are permitted.

1537
01:01:15.695 --> 01:01:18.095
Or they're, they have a truck in nexus of one ton

1538
01:01:18.095 --> 01:01:19.895
and they bring in a semi and we're going, okay,

1539
01:01:19.895 --> 01:01:21.135
you can't have your semi, you know,

1540
01:01:21.135 --> 01:01:22.775
parked in your driveway or on the street.

1541
01:01:22.775 --> 01:01:23.775
And that's the type of things we're

1542
01:01:23.775 --> 01:01:24.495
dealing with. Parking rules.

1543
01:01:25.155 --> 01:01:27.135
Are there any, um, not to put you on the spot,

1544
01:01:27.135 --> 01:01:28.655
on the deed restrictions, are there any overnight

1545
01:01:28.655 --> 01:01:29.735
parking rules in the street?

1546
01:01:30.055 --> 01:01:31.735
I know some neighborhoods have that.

1547
01:01:32.795 --> 01:01:34.255
Not within the deed restrictions. Okay.

1548
01:01:34.275 --> 01:01:36.495
You would need to reach out to the Cedar County ordinance

1549
01:01:36.495 --> 01:01:38.615
when it comes to Okay. To overnight parking for

1550
01:01:38.615 --> 01:01:39.615
Something like that. Okay.

1551
01:01:39.615 --> 01:01:40.125

1552
01:01:40.555 --> 01:01:44.015
So we're not talking like, um, parking too close

1553
01:01:44.015 --> 01:01:47.775
to a stop sign or cars parked, you know, next to each other.

1554
01:01:47.915 --> 01:01:49.775
So cars can't get through. That's all. That's

1555
01:01:49.795 --> 01:01:50.695
Law enforcement. That's law

1556
01:01:50.855 --> 01:01:51.295
Enforcement. That's law.

1557
01:01:51.525 --> 01:01:56.045
Okay. So it's just big large vehicles. Thanks Matt.

1558
01:01:57.065 --> 01:01:58.085
Uh, two other things.

1559
01:01:58.245 --> 01:02:02.125
I think for Matt, am I close enough to this thingy? Yeah.

1560
01:02:02.125 --> 01:02:04.045
Uh, and this is my own ignorance,

1561
01:02:04.185 --> 01:02:05.885
but he said the, um,

1562
01:02:08.405 --> 01:02:11.425
the architectural review meetings operate under the

1563
01:02:11.425 --> 01:02:13.585
Florida Sunshine Laws. I don't know what that is.

1564
01:02:13.855 --> 01:02:16.065
It's open to the public. Oh, that's all sunshine laws.

1565
01:02:16.065 --> 01:02:17.465
Yeah. Public records. Everything is open

1566
01:02:17.465 --> 01:02:18.505
to the public. Cool.

1567
01:02:19.425 --> 01:02:23.685
And, uh, one of your things talked about lawn ornaments

1568
01:02:23.705 --> 01:02:25.005
and seasonal display.

1569
01:02:25.945 --> 01:02:27.725
Can you elaborate?

1570
01:02:27.795 --> 01:02:31.005
Like whether it's Halloween, you can't put it out

1571
01:02:31.005 --> 01:02:33.445
until a certain date or can't be over so tall.

1572
01:02:33.875 --> 01:02:38.245
What, what exactly would be an issue

1573
01:02:38.245 --> 01:02:40.565
with a lawn ornament or seasonal display?

1574
01:02:51.255 --> 01:02:53.275
So I'm gonna pull up unit two as an example.

1575
01:03:14.005 --> 01:03:15.305
I'm trying to find, uh, that

1576
01:03:15.305 --> 01:03:20.305
particular, all

1577
01:03:26.635 --> 01:03:28.135
So the restrictions shall not apply

1578
01:03:28.135 --> 01:03:30.615
to holiday decorations from two weeks prior to the holiday

1579
01:03:30.635 --> 01:03:32.535
to which the decorations are related till

1580
01:03:32.635 --> 01:03:33.815
one week after said holiday.

1581
01:03:33.915 --> 01:03:36.335
Nor shall any apply to holiday decorations from a period

1582
01:03:36.415 --> 01:03:38.375
commencing on Thanksgiving and EX

1583
01:03:38.715 --> 01:03:41.095
and extending until January 10th to the following year.

1584
01:03:41.095 --> 01:03:43.255
So your deed restrictions have guidelines

1585
01:03:43.275 --> 01:03:44.775
for seasonal displays in them.

1586
01:03:44.835 --> 01:03:47.215
And it says when you are oftentimes permitted

1587
01:03:47.215 --> 01:03:49.615
to decorate your home for seasonal reasons.

1588
01:03:50.105 --> 01:03:53.015
Other than that, I believe I'm gonna look up long ornaments

1589
01:03:54.235 --> 01:03:56.375
and you're in the deed restrictions for,

1590
01:03:56.395 --> 01:03:57.575
for that particular unit.

1591
01:03:57.835 --> 01:04:00.575
So that's going back to my Family District Do Warrant

1592
01:04:00.575 --> 01:04:01.575
Website. You'll

1593
01:04:01.575 --> 01:04:03.215
find all the deed restrictions on the My

1594
01:04:03.215 --> 01:04:04.535
Family District website.

1595
01:04:04.535 --> 01:04:06.175
That is correct. And I believe one

1596
01:04:06.175 --> 01:04:08.295
of my slides showed exactly where you would,

1597
01:04:08.315 --> 01:04:10.575
you could navigate and find those types

1598
01:04:10.575 --> 01:04:12.055
of those deed restrictions.

1599
01:04:15.225 --> 01:04:17.485
Why, while you're up there, Matt, uh, quick question.

1600
01:04:17.505 --> 01:04:22.085
What's the time from first notice to public hearing?

1601
01:04:23.705 --> 01:04:26.365
So it depends on when the complaint is received.

1602
01:04:26.435 --> 01:04:30.005
Typically it's a six week timeline from date of the

1603
01:04:30.845 --> 01:04:32.685
complaint being received verified

1604
01:04:32.905 --> 01:04:34.285
to when a public hearing occurs.

1605
01:04:34.285 --> 01:04:36.165
Okay. It's typical. It's, it's on average about a six week

1606
01:04:36.345 --> 01:04:37.345
Ago. So the time

1607
01:04:37.345 --> 01:04:41.405
from the first notice at the house of the,

1608
01:04:42.185 --> 01:04:44.325
so you guys receive it, you go to their house.

1609
01:04:44.345 --> 01:04:46.245
What's when they get their, their first notice?

1610
01:04:47.125 --> 01:04:48.325
'cause you said it's seven days to the

1611
01:04:48.325 --> 01:04:49.365
second. I don't see seven

1612
01:04:49.645 --> 01:04:52.485
14 and then from 14 when is the public hearing?

1613
01:04:52.485 --> 01:04:54.445
Because statutorily we have to notice

1614
01:04:54.515 --> 01:04:57.765
that property one week, uh, for public hearing purposes.

1615
01:04:58.545 --> 01:05:02.725
So if we are within, um, a timeframe greater than one week,

1616
01:05:02.725 --> 01:05:04.485
we will notice it for that public hearing.

1617
01:05:04.545 --> 01:05:06.085
If it's anything shorter than that, then it has

1618
01:05:06.085 --> 01:05:07.925
to wait an additional four weeks to go

1619
01:05:07.925 --> 01:05:09.485
to the public hearing because of that

1620
01:05:09.805 --> 01:05:10.805
Timeline. Okay. So it's

1621
01:05:10.805 --> 01:05:14.765
seven then 14 and then could be a month or

1622
01:05:16.365 --> 01:05:17.405
Anywhere from a week to a month.

1623
01:05:17.475 --> 01:05:19.805
Okay. Depending on when, when the public hearing is

1624
01:05:19.805 --> 01:05:21.525
and how we have to statutorily notice those.

1625
01:05:21.785 --> 01:05:26.325
So we're talking yeah. Address in 14 days. Seven.

1626
01:05:26.325 --> 01:05:28.765
We appreciate it. Seven weeks I guess.

1627
01:05:28.835 --> 01:05:30.245
Yeah, that's about seven, seven weeks.

1628
01:05:32.325 --> 01:05:33.545
And then they can get, if you

1629
01:05:33.545 --> 01:05:35.025
Wish to address the board need to

1630
01:05:35.025 --> 01:05:36.225
Extension Please.

1631
01:05:36.255 --> 01:05:38.225
Correct. As I said, like in July the,

1632
01:05:38.225 --> 01:05:41.145
the hearing officer granted an additional 15 days on top of

1633
01:05:41.145 --> 01:05:42.785
what staff recommended and that was,

1634
01:05:43.165 --> 01:05:44.385
and she did that. Okay,

1635
01:05:44.595 --> 01:05:45.595
Thank you.

1636
01:05:48.205 --> 01:05:51.785
So lastly, will you all put it on your agenda?

1637
01:05:52.065 --> 01:05:55.505
I believe Kenny, you said it would be in November.

1638
01:05:55.865 --> 01:05:57.385
I would rec that is the next board meeting.

1639
01:05:57.445 --> 01:06:00.505
So if they wanna discuss whether to, um, do anonymous

1640
01:06:00.645 --> 01:06:01.985
or non anonymous, I would suggest

1641
01:06:01.985 --> 01:06:04.145
that we put on the agenda properly notice it

1642
01:06:04.145 --> 01:06:05.865
for their discussion and for approval

1643
01:06:05.925 --> 01:06:07.145
or non-approval in November.

1644
01:06:08.125 --> 01:06:09.985
So that means it will be on the November? Yes,

1645
01:06:09.985 --> 01:06:12.025
They, the chair and the supervisors do

1646
01:06:12.325 --> 01:06:13.325
To do that. When, when do you discuss

1647
01:06:13.325 --> 01:06:14.145
or discuss? They're

1648
01:06:14.145 --> 01:06:15.145
Gonna discuss it today. Right now. Okay,

1649
01:06:15.145 --> 01:06:15.745
cool.

1650
01:06:15.765 --> 01:06:17.025
Thanks. That's all. Thank you.

1651
01:06:22.845 --> 01:06:24.495
Okay. Uh, do I have to say my name again?

1652
01:06:24.595 --> 01:06:26.135
Yes ma'am. Okay. Lauren Mitchell.

1653
01:06:26.195 --> 01:06:28.135
I'm at 7 8 9 4 Dry Creek Trail.

1654
01:06:28.515 --> 01:06:30.455
Um, Matt, thank you for your presentation.

1655
01:06:30.725 --> 01:06:32.735
Will it be made available publicly?

1656
01:06:33.235 --> 01:06:34.815
It is currently on the agenda

1657
01:06:34.915 --> 01:06:37.135
and it is an attachment that is currently publicly out

1658
01:06:37.135 --> 01:06:38.135
There. Perfect. 'cause yesterday

1659
01:06:38.135 --> 01:06:38.975
when I looked on the,

1660
01:06:39.025 --> 01:06:41.295
there was only the agenda and not any of the attachments.

1661
01:06:41.315 --> 01:06:43.135
So I'm assuming they were added later it

1662
01:06:43.345 --> 01:06:45.895
after I attached issue

1663
01:06:46.155 --> 01:06:47.155
We had. Okay. We had a technical

1664
01:06:47.155 --> 01:06:47.695
issue because I

1665
01:06:47.695 --> 01:06:48.775
Looked last night, I was like, I don't see

1666
01:06:49.315 --> 01:06:51.215
It was resolved this morning, yesterday afternoon

1667
01:06:51.425 --> 01:06:52.425
There.

1668
01:06:52.925 --> 01:06:55.055
Yeah. Okay, perfect. Thank you. Appreciate it.

1669
01:06:55.515 --> 01:06:59.215
Um, on the false complaints, are they tracked?

1670
01:07:01.705 --> 01:07:02.885
Do you, do you understand my question?

1671
01:07:08.175 --> 01:07:09.555
So we do not register

1672
01:07:09.555 --> 01:07:11.595
or we do not recognize things as false complaints

1673
01:07:11.655 --> 01:07:13.955
as whether it's observed or not observed.

1674
01:07:14.135 --> 01:07:15.635
Is it verified or not verified

1675
01:07:15.635 --> 01:07:17.235
or something that's not been observed?

1676
01:07:17.335 --> 01:07:21.275
So we do keep a complaint log where we track, um,

1677
01:07:21.575 --> 01:07:22.795
how the complaint is received

1678
01:07:22.895 --> 01:07:24.875
and then we have a series of dropdowns

1679
01:07:24.875 --> 01:07:28.875
where it would either be active, uh, drd if it is something

1680
01:07:28.875 --> 01:07:31.755
that, uh, would call dr, that's a deed violation notice

1681
01:07:31.755 --> 01:07:34.275
that's left what's been DRD cleared.

1682
01:07:34.615 --> 01:07:36.355
And we have a notes comment section

1683
01:07:36.355 --> 01:07:38.035
where we says not observe d

1684
01:07:38.035 --> 01:07:38.995
and o is what we typically

1685
01:07:38.995 --> 01:07:40.035
would write in there, did not observe.

1686
01:07:40.295 --> 01:07:41.955
And as we talked about earlier, they don't,

1687
01:07:41.955 --> 01:07:43.955
there's no feedback back to the complainant on that.

1688
01:07:44.335 --> 01:07:45.355
Not unless they contact us,

1689
01:07:45.355 --> 01:07:47.155
unless they contact you. What was, just want to clarify

1690
01:07:47.155 --> 01:07:50.355
That I follow up to that?

1691
01:07:50.375 --> 01:07:51.795
Yep. Yeah, follow up to that.

1692
01:07:52.055 --> 01:07:53.395
Um, on the DNOs,

1693
01:07:53.415 --> 01:07:56.075
do you track them if there's any habitual people

1694
01:07:56.075 --> 01:07:59.435
that are constantly, um, not observed, like,

1695
01:08:00.305 --> 01:08:01.755
like they're filing a complaint

1696
01:08:01.755 --> 01:08:03.275
but continually it's not observed.

1697
01:08:03.495 --> 01:08:04.675
Do you track those sorts of things?

1698
01:08:08.855 --> 01:08:10.235
So are you asking whether

1699
01:08:10.235 --> 01:08:12.115
or not we track a particular property

1700
01:08:12.175 --> 01:08:13.995
and if we've been to that property multiple times

1701
01:08:14.095 --> 01:08:16.525
and whether or not a concern has been observed

1702
01:08:16.525 --> 01:08:17.885
or not observed multiple times?

1703
01:08:18.935 --> 01:08:20.315
Uh, complainant not against the

1704
01:08:20.315 --> 01:08:21.875
Particular property per se,

1705
01:08:21.875 --> 01:08:25.515
but as the person who's submitting the complaint, if the,

1706
01:08:25.985 --> 01:08:29.395
just like we're trying to educate homeowners on rectifying

1707
01:08:29.745 --> 01:08:34.155
deed restrictions, I'm wondering if we have, if there's um,

1708
01:08:34.165 --> 01:08:37.955
particular homeowners who are filing uh, complaints,

1709
01:08:38.415 --> 01:08:39.755
but they themselves need

1710
01:08:39.755 --> 01:08:41.795
to be educated on the deed restrictions.

1711
01:08:41.815 --> 01:08:44.155
Do you see what I'm saying? So they're filing complaints

1712
01:08:44.215 --> 01:08:45.515
but they're not observed

1713
01:08:45.725 --> 01:08:46.725
Habitually. I think she's

1714
01:08:46.725 --> 01:08:47.835
asking if you track the folks

1715
01:08:47.855 --> 01:08:49.275
who are complaining that have

1716
01:08:49.445 --> 01:08:51.115
complaints that are not observable.

1717
01:08:51.215 --> 01:08:53.275
Yes. They're anonymous. It's a little bit

1718
01:08:53.615 --> 01:08:55.635
Not as you can, So yeah, there's no anonymous

1719
01:08:55.775 --> 01:08:58.195
and even then we do not reach back out to the complainant

1720
01:08:58.215 --> 01:08:59.355
and say, what you submitted

1721
01:08:59.355 --> 01:09:01.355
to us was not a verifiable concern.

1722
01:09:01.365 --> 01:09:03.715
Right. Um, we do not reach back out to that individual.

1723
01:09:03.855 --> 01:09:05.235
It is just closed and we move on.

1724
01:09:05.685 --> 01:09:07.295
Yeah. Thank

1725
01:09:07.965 --> 01:09:08.965
You. Appreciate that.

1726
01:09:08.965 --> 01:09:09.485
Um,

1727
01:09:09.585 --> 01:09:12.925
and then just, I don't know if this is, I guess it's more

1728
01:09:12.925 --> 01:09:16.085
for you guys because you work with them, right?

1729
01:09:16.085 --> 01:09:17.565
They're kind of like a vendor to you guys.

1730
01:09:18.105 --> 01:09:21.325
Um, but it may be worthwhile a discussion

1731
01:09:21.625 --> 01:09:23.325
on, um, timeline.

1732
01:09:23.405 --> 01:09:25.885
I know we've kind of brought it up about the first offense

1733
01:09:25.945 --> 01:09:28.245
is seven days and then after that it's 14 days.

1734
01:09:28.705 --> 01:09:31.445
Um, it, it might be worthwhile to engage

1735
01:09:31.445 --> 01:09:33.685
and have some conversation and maybe that's not realistic.

1736
01:09:33.895 --> 01:09:35.805
Maybe there's, um, an unreasonable

1737
01:09:35.805 --> 01:09:37.405
expectation of seven days.

1738
01:09:37.595 --> 01:09:40.605
Obviously it's gonna be complaint dependent, right?

1739
01:09:41.025 --> 01:09:43.045
Um, obviously if there's, you know, something

1740
01:09:43.045 --> 01:09:44.045
that's easily removed,

1741
01:09:44.105 --> 01:09:45.685
it certainly can be removed in seven days.

1742
01:09:45.905 --> 01:09:47.565
But something that may take more time.

1743
01:09:48.225 --> 01:09:50.565
So I'm just ask that maybe there's a little bit more,

1744
01:09:51.345 --> 01:09:54.045
you know, thought, thought about the timeframe

1745
01:09:54.045 --> 01:09:56.845
of when supplement complaints are submitted.

1746
01:09:57.105 --> 01:09:58.165
So that's all. Yeah, that's, thank you.

1747
01:09:58.175 --> 01:09:59.405
Great, great feedback. Thank you.

1748
01:10:01.135 --> 01:10:02.925
Sorry, one last Question. Yes sir. Just

1749
01:10:03.795 --> 01:10:08.585
Argument's sake, why can I file a complaint anonymously

1750
01:10:08.855 --> 01:10:10.145
against Kevin's yard?

1751
01:10:10.685 --> 01:10:12.545
But to get up here and ask you a question, I have

1752
01:10:12.545 --> 01:10:13.625
to give my name and address because

1753
01:10:13.625 --> 01:10:14.705
We're in a public meeting, sir.

1754
01:10:14.705 --> 01:10:15.825
And we had we louder meeting.

1755
01:10:15.825 --> 01:10:17.105
We're in a public meeting Uhhuh,

1756
01:10:17.245 --> 01:10:18.545
and that is in a public meeting.

1757
01:10:18.545 --> 01:10:19.425
Have to address the board.

1758
01:10:19.425 --> 01:10:20.585
You have to give your name and address.

1759
01:10:20.605 --> 01:10:22.625
We, we do because we want it for the record. Okay.

1760
01:10:22.885 --> 01:10:25.835
Thanks. You got two. I Want 10 seconds.

1761
01:10:26.225 --> 01:10:29.155
Okay. Because I can say we That are really important.

1762
01:10:29.995 --> 01:10:33.875
I asked compliance, who are nice people, what do I do

1763
01:10:34.305 --> 01:10:36.555
with regard to make my lawn compliant?

1764
01:10:36.635 --> 01:10:38.955
I want to be compliant. And their answer was

1765
01:10:38.985 --> 01:10:39.995
make it pristine.

1766
01:10:40.965 --> 01:10:42.545
And I went pristine.

1767
01:10:42.545 --> 01:10:44.985
There's pristine anywhere in the villages.

1768
01:10:45.345 --> 01:10:46.785
Secondly to that, I said,

1769
01:10:47.525 --> 01:10:50.105
my house looks just like every other house on Chastain.

1770
01:10:50.805 --> 01:10:52.985
Why are you coming after me? And not all of them.

1771
01:10:53.045 --> 01:10:55.025
He said, well, they only complained against you.

1772
01:10:55.025 --> 01:10:57.105
We don't look at the ones that don't have complaints,

1773
01:10:57.435 --> 01:10:58.665
which is kind of unfair.

1774
01:10:58.965 --> 01:11:00.305
And, and we need some equal

1775
01:11:00.305 --> 01:11:02.225
justice. Thank you for listening.

1776
01:11:02.295 --> 01:11:04.105
I'll just tell you it's a complaint driven process.

1777
01:11:04.325 --> 01:11:06.625
We do not go out seeking any type of violations,

1778
01:11:06.625 --> 01:11:08.425
but when we receive them, that's when we react.

1779
01:11:08.565 --> 01:11:10.505
The process needs to be changed is I think

1780
01:11:10.505 --> 01:11:11.505
what we're trying to say.

1781
01:11:11.645 --> 01:11:12.705
The process is causing

1782
01:11:13.055 --> 01:11:14.325
Grief in Middleton.

1783
01:11:14.455 --> 01:11:15.685
We've heard some feedback and I

1784
01:11:15.685 --> 01:11:16.605
think the board will have some this

1785
01:11:16.605 --> 01:11:17.565
discuss. Thank you. Yep. Yep.

1786
01:11:18.505 --> 01:11:19.725
And we have what time is the next one?

1787
01:11:19.865 --> 01:11:21.525
It is the next, it was at 10 o'clock,

1788
01:11:21.545 --> 01:11:22.545
So Oh yeah. So we're over

1789
01:11:22.545 --> 01:11:24.325
our time. All right.

1790
01:11:24.325 --> 01:11:26.325
So I, you know, I'm gonna recommend we add this, uh,

1791
01:11:26.475 --> 01:11:29.405
anonymous complaint issue to the next agenda,

1792
01:11:29.545 --> 01:11:32.125
if any opposition to doing that for November?

1793
01:11:33.465 --> 01:11:34.525
No, I'd just ask,

1794
01:11:34.685 --> 01:11:38.285
I guess if we can have information on districts

1795
01:11:38.285 --> 01:11:42.175
that have switched from, uh, yeah, anonymous to,

1796
01:11:42.195 --> 01:11:46.775
to non-anonymous and what the percentage of complaint

1797
01:11:47.335 --> 01:11:48.815
fluctuation, if there was more or less,

1798
01:11:49.035 --> 01:11:51.895
and how that affected that, that would be good information

1799
01:11:51.895 --> 01:11:53.695
to have, uh, at that meeting.

1800
01:11:53.875 --> 01:11:55.095
So that would be my request.

1801
01:11:55.475 --> 01:11:57.215
Yep. We will make sure we provide that.

1802
01:11:58.715 --> 01:12:02.615
All right. What do we got left here? That's it.

1803
01:12:03.775 --> 01:12:05.575
District counsel. District Counsel?

1804
01:12:06.355 --> 01:12:08.575
Yes. Thank you. Uh, there is an ethics

1805
01:12:08.595 --> 01:12:10.815
and public records training being held on

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01:12:10.815 --> 01:12:13.135
October 27th, 2025.

1807
01:12:13.635 --> 01:12:15.135
The time is 1:30 PM

1808
01:12:15.315 --> 01:12:17.855
and it will be held at the district office. That's

1809
01:12:17.855 --> 01:12:18.855
It. Okay. Thank you. Thank you.

1810
01:12:18.855 --> 01:12:20.655
Any other supervisor comments?

1811
01:12:23.405 --> 01:12:26.615
Okay. No, just wanna say thank you again

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01:12:26.615 --> 01:12:27.655
for coming out today.

1813
01:12:27.835 --> 01:12:29.615
Uh, we do appreciate the feedback.

1814
01:12:29.615 --> 01:12:32.175
We take it seriously and, uh, we, uh, we appreciate

1815
01:12:32.175 --> 01:12:33.415
that you took the time to come see us.

1816
01:12:33.585 --> 01:12:36.735
Thank you. Have a great day. Have a good weekend adjourned.

1817
01:12:37.385 --> 01:12:38.055
Thank you board.