22-01734K

NOTICE AND ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA
GENERAL CIVIL DIVISION
CASE NO: 53-2022CA-003221000000
WOODLAND RANCH ESTATES
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DISTRICT, a local unit of special-purpose government organized and existing under the laws of the State of Florida,
Plaintiff, v.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND THE TAXPAYERS, PROPERTY OWNERS AND CITIZENS OF WOODLAND RANCH ESTATES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DISTRICT, INCLUDING NON-RESIDENTS OWNING PROPERTY OR SUBJECT TO TAXATION THEREIN, AND
OTHERS HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY RIGHTS, TITLE, OR INTEREST IN PROPERTY TO BE AFFECTED BY THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS HEREIN DESCRIBED, OR TO BE AFFECTED IN ANY WAY THEREBY,
Defendants.
TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND THE TAXPAYERS, PROPERTY OWNERS AND CITIZENS OF WOODLAND RANCH ESTATES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, INCLUDING NON-RESIDENTS OWNING PROPERTY OR SUBJECT TO TAXATION THEREIN, AND OTHERS HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, OR INTEREST IN PROPERTY TO BE AFFECTED BY THE ISSUANCE OF WOODLAND RANCH ESTATES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SPECIAL ASSESSMENT BONDS, OR TO BE AFFECTED THEREBY:
Note: All capitalized terms used in this Notice and Order to Show Cause and not defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the herein defined Complaint.
The above cause comes to be heard upon the Complaint filed herein by the Woodland Ranch Estates Community Development District, in the County of Polk, State of Florida, seeking to determine the authority of said District to issue its Woodland Ranch Estates Community Development District Special Assessment Bonds, in one or more series (the “Bonds”), in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed Eighteen Million Three Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($18,380,000) as sought by the Complaint, to determine the legality of the proceedings had and taken in connection therewith, and the legality of the provisions, covenants and agreements therein contained, and seeking a judgment of this Court that, among other things, (a) the District has been validly established and has power to undertake the Project, to issue the Bonds and to incur the bonded debt as set forth in the Complaint and has properly approved the issuance of the Bonds; (b) the Bonds when issued pursuant thereto, the Special Assessments pledged for the payment of the principal thereof, redemption premium, if any, and interest thereon, and the Bond Resolution and all of the proceedings attendant to all of the foregoing are valid and in conformity with law; (c) upon due issuance of the Bonds in conformance with the Bond Resolution and the Indenture, the Bonds will constitute valid and binding obligations of the District and will be enforceable by their terms as established by the Bond Resolution and the Indenture; (d) the Trustee appointed by the District Board is an acceptable trustee to the Court, but the District Board shall have the authority to replace such Trustee with another financial institution with similar qualifications; (e) the District has the power to plan, finance, acquire, construct, reconstruct, equip and install, in one or more stages, the Project; (f) the Project will serve a valid public purpose; and (g) this Court grant such other relief as is just and appropriate. The aforesaid Complaint having been presented to this Court, and this Court being fully advised in the premises:
NOW, THEREFORE,
IT IS ORDERED that all taxpayers, property owners and citizens of the District, including non-residents owning property or subject to taxation, and others having or claiming any rights, title, or interest in property to be affected by the issuance of the Bonds or to be affected thereby, and the State of Florida, through the State Attorney of the Tenth Judicial Circuit, in and for Polk County, Florida, appear on January 17, 2023, at 9:15 a.m., for an allotted time of 15 minutes, before Judge Michael P. McDaniel in Hearing Room 5A-1, at the Polk County Courthouse, 255 North Broadway Avenue, Bartow, Florida 33830, in the County of Polk in said Circuit, and show cause, if any there be, why the prayers of said Complaint for the validation of the Bonds should not be granted and the Bonds, the proceedings therefore, and other matters set forth in said Complaint, should not be validated as prayed for in said Complaint.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that prior to the date set for the hearing on said Complaint for validation, the Clerk of this Court shall cause a copy of this Notice and Order to be published in a newspaper published and of general circulation in Polk County, being the County wherein said Complaint for validation is filed, at least once each week for two (2) consecutive weeks, commencing with the first publication which shall not be less than twenty (20) days prior to the date set for said hearing.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that by such publication of this Notice and Order, the State of Florida, and the several taxpayers, property owners and citizens of the District, including non-residents owning property or subject to taxation therein, and others having or claiming any rights, title or interest in property to be affected by the issuance of the Bonds or to be affected thereby, shall be and are made party defendants to this proceeding, and that this Court shall have jurisdiction of them to the same extent as if specifically and personally named as defendants in said Complaint and personally served with process in this cause.
DONE AND ORDERED at the Courthouse in Polk County, Florida, this 9 day of November, 2022.
/s/ Dana Y. Moore
Dana Y. Moore, Circuit Judge
Copies submitted to:
Jacob S. Orr ([email protected])
Lauren M. Gentry ([email protected])
Roy Van Wyk ([email protected])
K. Grace Kobitter ([email protected])
Robert C. Gang ([email protected])
Ashton M. Bligh ([email protected])
November 18, 25, 2022 22-01734K