23-00807T

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS TO CONSIDER THE IMPOSITION OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 170.07 AND 197.3632, FLORIDA STATUTES, BY
THE NORTH LOOP COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF
THE NORTH LOOP COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
In accordance with Chapters 170, 190 and 197, Florida Statutes, the North Loop Community Development District's (“District”) Board of Supervisors (“Board”) hereby provides notice of the following public hearings and public meeting:
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
DATE: September 12, 2023
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Sleep Inn & Suites Port Charlotte- Punta Gorda
806 Kings Hwy,
Port Charlotte, FL 33980
The purpose of the public hearings is to consider the imposition of special assessments (“Debt Assessments”), and adoption of assessment rolls to secure proposed bonds, on benefited lands within the District, and, to provide for the levy, collection and enforcement of the Debt Assessments. The proposed bonds secured by the Debt Assessments are intended to finance certain public infrastructure improvements, including, but not limited to, stormwater management, water and sewer utilities, entry roads, perimeter landscape/hardscape, and other infrastructure improvements (“Project”), benefitting certain lands within the District. The Project is described in more detail in the Engineer's Report, dated June 2023 (“Engineer's Report”).
At the conclusion of the public hearings, the Board will, by resolution, levy and impose the Debt Assessments as finally approved by the Board. A special meeting of the District will also be held where the Board may consider other business.
The Debt Assessments are proposed to be levied as one or more assessment liens and allocated to the benefitted lands within the District's boundaries, as set forth in the Master Special Assessment Methodology, dated June 23, 2023 (“Assessment Report”). Copies of the Engineer's Report and Assessment Report are attached hereto.
Proposed Debt Assessments
The proposed Debt Assessments for all properties within the District are as follows:

Product Type
EAU
Total Units
Maximum Total Debt Assessment Allocation per Unit**
Maximum Annual Debt Assessment per Unit*

Villas 35'
0.7
114
$40,000
$3,124

Single Family 50'
1.0
224
$57,143
$4,464

*Includes estimated 7% early payment discount and collection fees, which may vary.
**Excludes interest and collection costs.

The District's Project is expected to cost approximately $15,500,000, and the District intends to collect no more than a total revenue of $18,560,000 (plus interest and collection costs). On an annual basis, the District intends to collect no more than $1,348,263 per year in debt assessments necessary for the District to make its principal and interest payments on the District's tax-exempt bonds.
The assessments shall be paid in not more than thirty (30) annual installments subsequent to the issuance of debt to finance the improvements. These annual assessments will be collected on the County tax roll by the Tax Collector. Alternatively, the District may choose to directly collect and enforce these assessments.
The Debt Assessments constitute a lien against benefitted property located within the District just as do each year's property taxes. For the Debt Assessments, the District may elect to have the County Tax Collector collect the assessments, or alternatively may collect the assessments by sending out an annual bill. 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. 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.
The District is located within the City of Punta Gorda, Florida and consists of 115.63 acres of land. More specifically, the District consists of two site areas. Site 1 is generally located southwest of Taylor Road, west of Indian Springs Cemetery Road and north of Jones Loop Road. Site 2 is generally located south of Glasgow Avenue, west of Indian Springs Road, and northeast of Tamiami Trail. The lands within the District are expected to be improved in accordance with the reports identified above. A geographic description of the property to be assessed and the amount to be assessed to each piece or parcel of property may be ascertained at the “District's Office” located at c/o Artemis Connected, LLC d/b/a BREEZE, 1540 International Parkway, Suite 2000, Lake Mary, Florida 32746, (813)565-4663. Also, a copy of the agendas and other documents referenced herein may be obtained from the District Office.
The public hearings and meeting are open to the public and will be conducted in accordance with Florida law. The public hearings and meeting may be continued to a date, time, and place to be specified on the record. There may be occasions when staff or board members may participate by speaker telephone. Any person requiring special accommodations because of a disability or physical impairment should contact the District 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 Office.
Please note that all affected property owners have the right to appear and comment at the public hearings and meeting and may also file written objections with the District Office within twenty (20) days of issuance 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. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the District Office.
Patricia Thibault- District Manager
RESOLUTION 2023-27
[DECLARING RESOLUTION]
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE NORTH LOOP COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT DECLARING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS; DESIGNATING THE NATURE AND LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS; DECLARING THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, THE PORTION TO BE PAID BY ASSESSMENTS, AND THE MANNER AND TIMING IN WHICH THE ASSESSMENTS ARE TO BE PAID; DESIGNATING THE LANDS UPON WHICH THE ASSESSMENTS SHALL BE LEVIED; PROVIDING FOR AN ASSESSMENT PLAT AND A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT ROLL; ADDRESSING THE SETTING OF PUBLIC HEARINGS; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF THIS RESOLUTION; AND ADDRESSING CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the North Loop Community Development District (“District”) is a local unit of special-purpose government organized and existing under and pursuant to Chapter 190, Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, the District is authorized by Chapter 190, Florida Statutes, to finance, fund, plan, establish, acquire, install, equip, operate, extend, construct, or reconstruct roadways, sewer and water distribution systems, stormwater management/earthwork improvements, landscape, irrigation and entry features, conservation and mitigation, street lighting and other infrastructure projects, and services necessitated by the development of, and serving lands within, the District; and
WHEREAS, the District hereby determines to undertake, install, plan, establish, construct or reconstruct, enlarge or extend, equip, acquire, operate, and/or maintain the portion of the infrastructure improvements comprising the District's overall capital improvement plan as described in the District Engineer's Report, dated June 2023 (“Project”), which is attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the District to pay for all or a portion of the cost of the Project by the levy of special assessments (“Assessments”) using the methodology set forth in that Master Special Assessment Methodology Report, dated June 2023, which is attached hereto as Exhibit B, incorporated herein by reference, and on file with the District Manager at c/o Artemis Connected, LLC d/b/a BREEZE, 1540 International Parkway, Suite 2000, Lake Mary, Florida 32746, (813)565-4663 (“District Records Office”);
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE NORTH LOOP COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT:
Section 1. AUTHORITY FOR THIS RESOLUTION; INCORPORATION OF RECITALS. This Resolution is adopted pursuant to the provisions of Florida law, including without limitation Chapters 170, 190 and 197, Florida Statutes. The recitals stated above are incorporated herein and are adopted by the Board as true and correct statements.
Section 2. DECLARATION OF ASSESSMENTS. The Board hereby declares that it has determined to undertake the Project and to defray all or a portion of the cost thereof by the Assessments.
Section 3. DESIGNATING THE NATURE AND LOCATION OF IMPROVEMENTS. The nature and general location of, and plans and specifications for, the Project are described in Exhibit A, which is on file at the District Records Office. Exhibit B is also on file and available for public inspection at the same location.
4. DECLARING THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, THE PORTION TO BE PAID BY ASSESSMENTS, AND THE MANNER AND TIMING IN WHICH THE ASSESSMENTS ARE TO BE PAID.
A. The total estimated cost of the Project is $15,500,000 (“Estimated Cost”).
B. The Assessments will defray approximately $18,560,000, which is the anticipated maximum par value of any bonds and which includes all or a portion of the Estimated Cost, as well as other financing-related costs, as set forth in Exhibit B, and which is in addition to interest and collection costs. On an annual basis, the Assessments will defray no more than $1,348,263 per year (in addition to collection costs and early payment discounts), again as set forth in Exhibit B.
C. The manner in which the Assessments shall be apportioned and paid is set forth in Exhibit B, as may be modified by supplemental assessment resolutions. The Assessments will constitute a “master” lien, which may be imposed without further public hearing in one or more separate liens each securing a series of bonds, and each as determined by supplemental assessment resolution. With respect to each lien securing a series of bonds, the special assessments shall be paid in not more than (30) thirty yearly installments. The special assessments may be payable at the same time and in the same manner as are ad-valorem taxes and collected pursuant to Chapter 197, Florida Statutes; provided, however, that in the event the uniform non ad-valorem assessment method of collecting the Assessments is not available to the District in any year, or if determined by the District to be in its best interest, the Assessments may be collected as is otherwise permitted by law, including but not limited to by direct 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.
5. DESIGNATING THE LANDS UPON WHICH THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS SHALL BE LEVIED. The Assessments securing the Project shall be levied on the lands within the District, as described in Exhibit B, and as further designated by the assessment plat hereinafter provided for.
6. ASSESSMENT PLAT. Pursuant to Section 170.04, Florida Statutes, there is on file, at the District Records Office, an assessment plat showing the area to be assessed certain plans and specifications describing the Project and the estimated cost of the Project, all of which shall be open to inspection by the public.
7. PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT ROLL. Pursuant to Section 170.06, Florida Statutes, the District Manager has caused to be made a preliminary assessment roll, in accordance with the method of assessment described in Exhibit B hereto, which shows the lots and lands assessed, the amount of benefit to and the assessment against each lot or parcel of land and the number of annual installments into which the assessment may be divided, which assessment roll is hereby adopted and approved as the District's preliminary assessment roll.
8. PUBLIC HEARINGS DECLARED; DIRECTION TO PROVIDE NOTICE OF THE HEARINGS. Pursuant to Sections 170.07 and 197.3632(4)(b), Florida Statutes, among other provisions of Florida law, there are hereby declared two public hearings to be held as follows:
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
DATE: September 12, 2023
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Sleep Inn & Suites Port Charlotte- Punta Gorda
806 Kings Hwy,
Port Charlotte, FL 33980
The purpose of the public hearings is to hear comment and objections to the proposed special assessment program for District improvements as identified in the preliminary assessment roll, a copy of which is on file and as set forth in Exhibit B. Interested parties may appear at that hearing or submit their comments in writing prior to the hearings at the District Records Office.
Notice of said hearings shall be advertised in accordance with Chapters 170, 190 and 197, Florida Statutes, and the District Manager is hereby authorized and directed to place said notice in a newspaper of general circulation within the County in which the District is located (by two publications one week apart with the first publication at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of the hearing established herein). The District Manager shall file a publisher's affidavit with the District Secretary verifying such publication of notice. The District Manager is further authorized and directed to give thirty (30) days written notice by mail of the time and place of this hearing to the owners of all property to be assessed and include in such notice the amount of the assessment for each such property owner, a description of the areas to be improved and notice that information concerning all assessments may be ascertained at the District Records Office. The District Manager shall file proof of such mailing by affidavit with the District Secretary.
9. PUBLICATION OF RESOLUTION. Pursuant to Section 170.05, Florida Statutes, 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 the County in which the District is located and to provide such other notice as may be required by law or desired in the best interests of the District.
10. CONFLICTS. All resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, superseded and repealed.
11. SEVERABILITY. If any section or part of a section of this resolution be declared invalid or unconstitutional, the validity, force, and effect of any other section or part of a section of this resolution shall not thereby be affected or impaired unless it clearly appears that such other section or part of a section of this resolution is wholly or necessarily dependent upon the section or part of a section so held to be invalid or unconstitutional.
12. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Resolution shall become effective upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 23rd day of June, 2023.

ATTEST: NORTH LOOP COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
________________________ ________________________
Secretary/Asst. Secretary Chairman
Exhibit A: Engineer's Report, dated June 2023
Exhibit B: Master Special Assessment Methodology Report, dated June 23, 2023

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