19-01192K

NORTH BOULEVARD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2019/2020 BUDGET; NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE IMPOSITION OF OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS, ADOPTION OF AN ASSESSMENT ROLL, AND THE LEVY, COLLECTION, AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE SAME; AND NOTICE OF REGULAR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS' MEETING.

Upcoming Public Hearings, and Regular Meeting

The Board of Supervisors (“Board”) for the North Boulevard Community Development District (“District”) will hold the following two public hearings and a regular meeting:
DATE:
TIME: July 24, 2019
10:15 a.m.
LOCATION: Offices of Cassidy Homes
346 East Central Avenue
Winter Haven, Florida 33880
The first public hearing is being held pursuant to Chapter 190, Florida Statutes, to receive public comment and objections on the District's proposed budget (“Proposed Budget”) for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2019 and ending September 30, 2020 (“Fiscal Year 2019/2020”). The second public hearing is being held pursuant to Chapters 170, 190 and 197, Florida Statutes, to consider the imposition of operations and maintenance special assessments (“O&M Assessments”) upon the lands located within the District, to fund the Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2019/2020; to consider the adoption of an assessment roll; and, to provide for the levy, collection, and enforcement of assessments. At the conclusion of the hearings, the Board will, by resolution, adopt a budget and levy O&M Assessments as finally approved by the Board. A Board meeting of the District will also be held where the Board may consider any other District business.
Description of Assessments
The District imposes O&M Assessments on benefitted property within the District for the purpose of funding the District's general administrative, operations, and maintenance budget. Pursuant to Chapters 170, 190, and 197, Florida Statutes, a description of the services to be funded by the O&M Assessments, and the properties to be improved and benefitted from the O&M Assessments, are all set forth in the Proposed Budget. A geographic depiction of the property subject to the proposed O&M Assessments is identified in the map attached hereto. The table below shows the schedule of the proposed O&M Assessments, which are subject to change at the hearing:
Land Use Total # of Units / Acres ERU Factor Proposed O&M Assessment (including collection costs / early payment discounts)
Phase 1
(platted) 137 1.00 $769.70
Phase 2 (platted) 79 1.00 $769.70
Phase 3 (platted) 173 1.00 $769.70
The proposed O&M Assessments as stated include collection costs and/or early payment discounts, which Polk County (“County”) may impose on assessments that are collected on the County tax bill. Moreover, pursuant to Section 197.3632(4), Florida Statutes, the lien amount shall serve as the “maximum rate” authorized by law for O&M Assessments, such that no assessment hearing shall be held or notice provided in future years unless the assessments are proposed to be increased or another criterion within Section 197.3632(4), Florida Statutes, is met. Note that the O&M Assessments do not include any debt service assessments previously levied by the District and due to be collected for Fiscal Year 2019/2020.
For Fiscal Year 2019/2020, the District intends to have the County tax collector collect the assessments imposed on certain developed property, and will directly collect the assessments imposed on the remaining benefitted property by sending out a bill prior to, or during, November 2019. It is important to pay your assessment because failure to pay will cause a tax certificate to be issued against the property which may result in loss of title, or for direct billed assessments, may result in a foreclosure action, which also may result in a loss of title. The District's decision to collect assessments on the tax roll or by direct billing does not preclude the District from later electing to collect those or other assessments in a different manner at a future time.
Additional Provisions
The public hearings and meeting are open to the public and will be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Florida law. A copy of the Proposed Budget, proposed assessment roll, and the agenda for the hearings and meeting may be obtained at http://northboulevardcdd.com/, or at the offices of the District Manager, located at PFM Group Consulting LLC, 12051 Corporate Boulevard, Orlando, Florida 32817, Ph: 407-723-5900 (“District Manager's Office”), during normal business hours. 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 Manager's Office at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the Florida Relay Service by dialing 7-1-1, or 1-800-955-8771 (TTY) / 1-800-955-8770 (Voice), for aid in contacting the District Manager's Office.
Please note that all affected property owners have the right to appear at the public hearings and meeting, and may also file written objections with the District Manager's Office within twenty days of publication of this notice. 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.
District Manager
RESOLUTION 2019-11
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE NORTH BOULEVARD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT DECLARING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS PURSUANT TO CHAPTERS 190, 170, AND 197, FLORIDA STATUTES; INDICATING THE NATURE AND ESTIMATED COST OF THE OPERATIONS WHOSE COST IS TO BE DEFRAYED BY THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS; PROVIDING THE PORTION OF THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE OPERATIONS TO BE DEFRAYED BY THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS; PROVIDING THE MANNER IN WHICH SUCH SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS SHALL BE MADE; PROVIDING WHEN SUCH SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS SHALL BE MADE; DESIGNATING LANDS UPON WHICH THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS SHALL BE LEVIED; ADOPTING A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT ROLL; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF THIS RESOLUTION.
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of the North Boulevard Community Development District (“Board”) hereby determines to undertake the maintenance and operations (“Operations”) described in Exhibit A, the District's approved budget for Fiscal Year 2019-2020, incorporated herein by reference; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the North Boulevard Community Development District (“District”) to pay the cost of the Operations by special assessments pursuant to Chapter 190, Florida Statutes (“Assessments”); and
WHEREAS, the District is empowered by Chapter 190, the Uniform Community Development District Act, to finance, fund, plan, operate, and maintain the Operations and to impose, levy and collect the Assessments; and
WHEREAS, the District hereby determines that benefits will accrue to the property maintained and/or operated by the District's Operations, the amount of those benefits, and that special assessments will be made in proportion to the benefits received, which amount is proportional to the benefit of each parcel; and
WHEREAS, the District hereby determines that the assessments to be levied will not exceed the benefits to the property improved.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE NORTH BOULEVARD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT:
1. Assessments shall be levied to defray the cost of the Operations.
2. The nature of the Operations are described in Exhibit A, which is also on file and available for public inspection at the District's office.
3. The total estimated cost of the Operations for Fiscal Year 2019-2020 is $278,455.32 (the “Estimated Cost”).
4. The Assessments will defray approximately $278,455.32, which is reflective of the Estimated Cost for the Fiscal Year 2019-2020.
5. The Assessments shall be apportioned based on equivalent residential unit (“ERU”) values.
6. The Assessments shall be levied, within the District, on all lots and lands specially benefitting from the Operations and further designated by the assessment roll hereinafter provided for.
7. There is on file, at the District Records Office, a preliminary assessment roll showing the area to be assessed, with specifications describing the Operations and the Estimated Cost of the Operations, all of which shall be open to inspection by the public.
8. The Assessments shall be due and payable during the 2019-2020 Fiscal Year. The Assessments may be certified for collection by the tax collector or may be collected directly by the District in accordance with Florida law.
9. The District Manager has caused to be made a preliminary assessment roll, in accordance with the method of assessment described in Section 5 above, which shows the lands assessed, the amount of benefit to and the assessment against each lot or parcel of land, which is attached hereto as Exhibit B and hereby adopted and approved as the District's preliminary assessment roll.
10. The Board shall adopt a subsequent resolution to fix a time and place at which the owners of property to be assessed or any other persons interested therein may appear before the Board and be heard as to the propriety and advisability of the assessments or the undertaking of the Operations, the cost thereof, the manner of payment therefore, or the amount thereof to be assessed against each property as improved.
11. The District Manager is hereby directed to cause this Resolution to be published twice (once a week for two (2) weeks) in a newspaper of general circulation within Polk County and to provide such other notice as may be required by law or desired in the best interests of the District.
12. This Resolution shall become effective upon its passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of June, 2019.
ATTEST: NORTH BOULEVARD COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
/s/Jane Gaarlandt /s/Warren K. Heath
Secretary/Assistant Secretary Chairperson, Board of Supervisors
Composite Exhibit A: Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Budget
Composite Exhibit B: Preliminary Assessment Roll
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