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SILVERLEAF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE IMPOSITION OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS, ADOPTION OF AN ASSESSMENT ROLL, AND THE LEVY, COLLECTION, AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE SAME; AND NOTICE OF REGULAR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS' MEETING.
The Board of Supervisors for the Silverleaf Community Development District will hold a public hearing and a regular meeting on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at 8131 Lakewood Main Street, Bradenton, FL, 34202.
The purpose of the public hearing is to consider the imposition of special assessments to fund the District's proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2016 upon the lands located within the District, a depiction of which lands is shown below, consider the adoption of an assessment roll, and to provide for the levy, collection, and enforcement of the assessments. The second public hearing is being conducted pursuant to Florida law including Chapters 190 and 197, Florida Statutes. At the conclusion of the public hearings, the Board will levy assessments as approved by the Board. A regular board meeting of the District will also be held where the Board may consider any other business that may properly come before it.
A copy of the proposed budget, preliminary assessment roll, and the agenda for the hearings and meeting may be obtained at the offices of the District Manager, located at 12051 Corporate Blvd, Orlando, FL 32817, Ph: (407) 382-3256, during normal business hours.
The special assessments are annually recurring assessments and are in addition to previously levied debt assessments. The table below presents the proposed schedule of operation and maintenance assessments. Amounts are preliminary and subject to change at the hearing and in any future year. The amounts are subject to early payment discount as afforded by law.
The proposed assessment rate for one ERU is $297.18 for fiscal year 2016 and as much as $1239.68 per ERU per year when the community is built out. The assessment per developable acre is $2,048 for fiscal year 2016 and as much as $9,188 per acre when the community is built out.
It is anticipated that in future years, the tax collector will collect the assessments for platted lots. The District will directly collect the assessments for unplatted acreage, and will be sending out a bill to each property owner. For delinquent assessments that were initially directly billed by the District, the District may initiate a foreclosure action or may place the delinquent assessments on the next year's county tax bill. The decision to collect special assessments by any particular method - e.g., on the tax roll or by direct bill - does not mean that such method will be used to collect special assessments in future years, and the District reserves the right in its sole discretion to select collection methods in any given year, regardless of past practices.
If collected by the tax collector, a failure to pay the assessments will cause a tax certificate to be issued against the property which may result in a loss of title. All affected property owners have the right to appear at the public hearings and the right to file written objections with the District within twenty (20) days of publication of this notice.
The public hearings and meeting are open to the public and will be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Florida Law for Community Development Districts. The public hearings and meeting may be continued to a date, time, and place to be specified on the record at the hearings or meeting.
There may be occasions when staff or board members may participate by speaker telephone.
Any person requiring special accommodations at this meeting because of a disability or physical impairment should contact the District Office at (407) 382-3256 at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the Florida Relay Service at (800) 955-8770 for aid in contacting the District Office.
Each person who decides to appeal any decision made by the Board with respect to any matter considered at the public hearings or meeting is advised that person will need a record of proceedings and that accordingly, the person may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, including the testimony and evidence upon which such appeal is to be based.
Jill Cupps Burns
District Manager
October 17, 24, 2014 14-03038M