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Downtown Community Development District. Call to order.

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Would the clerk please read the roll?

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I have four supervisors in attendance with Supervisor Dom Затем at,

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uh, a later point.

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Thank you. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic

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for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice

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for all. We have a moment of silence for our first responders and military.

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Thank you.

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Welcome, all meeting attendees.

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We'll see if there's any audience comments if we have an audience.

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Seeing none, we'll move into the consent agenda.

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Are there any items on the consent agenda that the supervisors would like to

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discuss? If not, I'll have a motion for approval of the consent.

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I'll make a motion to approve.

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Second.

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Been moved and second. All in favor, please signify by saying aye.

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Aye.

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Aye.

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Opposed? Passes. We'll now move into the public hearing.

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Yes, Chairman. We have two public hearings today.

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The first one is to adopt Resolution 2026-04 establishing Chapter 2 of the

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district's rule. And with that, I will turn it over to Mr. Stone.

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He'll give you a little preamble, and then Mr.

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Plenzler from PFM will actually address the public hearing.

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Good morning.

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Good morning.

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As you all know, these districts here in the villages are financially supported

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through the imposition of special assessments, or at least that's what happens once

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they're up and running. So far, Middleton Downtown has been supported by

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contributions from the developer to maintain Middleton Downtown facilities and also

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to cover Middleton Downtown's contribution to the Project Life program, which is

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the bulk of the budget, as we'll see in a few minutes.

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As the parcels within Middleton Downtown are

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created and conveyed to other parties, for example, there's a bank parcel that's

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now been created, the intention is that next year this will appear on the tax bill

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instead of just being invoiced directly to the developer.

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To prepare for that, we have to adopt a methodology that describes how the total

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cost, the total budget, is divided up amongst the properties within Middleton

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Downtown. The rule is that that methodology must be fair and reasonable and must

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apportion the costs to the benefits that are received by each parcel.

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To adopt that methodology, we hold a hearing and make it part of a district rule.

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And so we're going to be opening a hearing, we're going to hear some testimony and

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any interested parties from the public, then we will close the hearing, and if the

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board likes the methodology that it hears about, we will adopt that rule.

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So with that, Mr. Plenzler, Kevin Plenzler, is here from PFM.

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He's going to present. We're going to go ahead.

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We'll officially open the hearing right now. The hearing is now open.

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He's going to present testimony with respect to PFM's recommended methodology,

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which for your information is very similar, if not identical, to the methodology

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used in the other village's downtown districts.

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Sure. Yeah.

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Good morning. For the record, Kevin Plenzler, PFM. As Mr.

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Stone has done a very good job summarizing, before the board is the O&M methodology

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for the Downtown Middleton CDD. And the point of this

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methodology here is to provide a summary of our analysis regarding the fair and

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reasonable allocation of assessments as well as benefit.

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Ultimately, from a benefit perspective, certainly the properties within the

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district gain a benefit from the operation and maintenance activities provided by

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the district. From an allocation perspective, we believe using the square footage

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of buildings, building square feet, is reasonable and equitable for a

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non-residential commercial district, and that's pretty standard for most types of

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districts such as yours. So this methodology goes through that process, identifies

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the budget that's being used, in this case, this fiscal year budget.

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However, on a going-forward basis, we believe this is a reasonable and equitable

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method to use going forward as you adopt budgets in the future and allocate to

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development as it comes online, as buildings and square footages are developed.

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Ultimately, we believe we've developed a fair and reasonable allocation.

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You'll note that depending on the nature of the areas that are being assessed, you

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do have certain areas. You have a common area, maintenance area, and then a

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community-wide roads area.

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For allocation purposes, you'll see that for the common area maintenance area,

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there are certain types of uses that will receive a discount based on trips, which

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is also a pretty typical use or allocation of assessments.

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And for the other budget elements that are non-trip related, we just use the total

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square footage without using any discounted factors for budgets for your community

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wider roads.

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But ultimately, we believe the assessment methodology is fair and reasonable and

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that there's a benefit received by the district's property owners.

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But happy to answer any questions from the board or the audience.

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Are there any questions?

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No, sir.

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Thank you. Seeing none, I see if there are any questions from the public.

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Seeing none, we'll close the public hearing.

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Thank you. So we'll now move to the adoption of Resolution 2026-04,

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establishing Chapter 2 of the district rule, operation and maintenance assessment

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methodology. Is there a motion to approve?

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I'll make a motion.

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Is there a second?

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Second.

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Been moved and second. All in favor, please signify by saying aye.

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Aye.

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Aye.

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Opposed? Passes. Thank you.

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Very good. Thank you.

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Mr. Chairman, the next public hearing is to adopt Resolution 2026-05, Fiscal Year

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2026-27 Final Budget. Ms. Clary is here to address.

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Just note that this was also presented to the Middleton Maintenance Advisory

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Committee this morning, who, uh, that committee did approve to move it to this

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district for final approval. Karen?

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Thank you. Good morning, board. Karen Clary, Assistant Budget Director.

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I'm here today to request adoption of Resolution 2026-05 to approve your Fiscal

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Year 2026-27 Final Budget. As you know, the Middleton Maintenance Advisory

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Committee has reviewed and discussed the Fiscal Year 2026-27 Middleton Project Wide

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Fund budget at their June regular meeting.

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Staff continued to work on the budget over the past few months while monitoring the

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final cost allocation amounts and incorporating any final adjustments into the

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final budget. The budget presented to you today reflects the final budget for the

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Middleton Downtown and Middleton Project Wide funds, along with any changes since

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the proposed budget approved in June.

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The total Fiscal Year 2026-27 final budget consists of

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$342,261 for Middleton Downtown and

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$2,558,454 for the Middleton Project Wide fund.

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The Fiscal Year 2026-27 Middleton Downtown final budget is unchanged from the

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approved proposed budget. The Fiscal Year 2026-27 Middleton Project Wide fund final

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budget reflects an increase of $57,123 from the proposed budget

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approved in June. This increase is due to additional funding for aquatic weed

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maintenance for ponds in the Middleton B area.

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These costs will be offset by developer contributions as bonds have not been issued

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for this area, and the final engineering report has not been reviewed and approved

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by the Middleton B Board of Supervisors.

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The district allocation will be updated to reflect the assessable acreage for

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Middleton B for maintenance responsibility following that bond issuance.

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At this time, staff recommends adoption of Resolution 2026-05 to approve your

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Fiscal Year 2026-27 final budget in the amounts of Middleton Downtown Fund,

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$342,261, and the Middleton Project Wide Fund at

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$2,558,454. Staff is here for any questions you may

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have. Otherwise, I would request that you open the public hearing at this time.

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Supervisors, any questions?

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No.

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No.

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Seeing none, we will now open for public comment.

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Seeing none, we'll close the public hearings for the Middleton Downtown Community

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Development District Fiscal Year 2026-27 Final Budget and Maintenance Assessments.

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Thank you. I will now entertain a motion for the approval of that budget.

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I'll make a motion.

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Is there a second?

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Second.

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Been moved and second. All those in favor, please signify by saying aye.

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Aye.

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Aye.

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Opposed? Passes. Thank you.

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Thank you very much.

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Moving on to district management reports. Manager reports.

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Yes, sir. A couple items just to save the date.

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Night Out with DPM is September 23rd at the Rohan Rec Center from 4:00 to 6:00, I

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believe it is. It's a night when residents can come out and talk to the DPM staff

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about different projects and different things going on throughout the community.

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It's a heavily attended event, so it's just a save the date for yourself.

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Also, National Night Out is on October 6th at Rohan as well.

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That is the night that Community Watch manages and puts together all the local

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first responders, law enforcement, EMS staff.

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They come out and put on presentations for the community, and the community comes

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out in large numbers. They love this event to come out and meet their local

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sheriff's office, police department, firefighters, et cetera, and just to actually

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thank them for a great job that they do and the service they provide to the

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community. So that's on October 6th.

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The other one, just as a reminder, your next meeting is November 10th at 10:30 here

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in this room. We did move up the time to 10:30.

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We're trying to consolidate these meetings on a Tuesday morning. And lastly, Mr.

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Bruce Brown will be sitting in this chair as the district manager representative.

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Every year, we look through our districts and what we manage and reallocate them as

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appropriate. So Mr. Brown will be taking on the role as district manager

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representative for this board. So with that, those are all my reports, sir.

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Mr. Counsel.

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Nothing else. Thank you.

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Supervisors, any comments?

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No, sir.

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No, sir.

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Seeing none, meeting is adjourned. Thank you.

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Thank you.