24-00744P

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER IMPOSITION OF MASTER SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR ASSESSMENT AREA 3 PURSUANT TO SECTION 170.07, FLORIDA STATUTES,
BY THE WIREGRASS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ASSESSMENT ROLL PURSUANT TO
SECTION 197.3632(4)(b), FLORIDA STATUTES, BY THE WIREGRASS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE WIREGRASS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
The Wiregrass Community Development District Board of Supervisors (“Board”) will hold public hearings on May 24, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. at 5844 Old Pasco Road, Suite 100, Wesley Chapel, Florida 33544, to consider the adoption of an assessment roll, the imposition of master special assessments for “Assessment Area 3” to secure proposed bonds on benefited lands within the Wiregrass Community Development District (the “District”), a depiction of which lands is shown below, and to provide for the levy, collection and enforcement of the master special assessments. The streets and areas to be improved are geographically depicted below and in the District's preliminary Second Amended and Restated Master Infrastructure Cost Report of District Engineer, dated March 2024 (the “Capital Improvement Plan”). The public hearing is being conducted pursuant to Chapters 170, 190 and 197, Florida Statutes. A 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 office of the District's Records Office located at 5844 Old Pasco Road, Suite 100, Wesley Chapel, Florida 33544.
The District is a unit of special-purpose local government responsible for providing infrastructure improvements for lands within the District. The infrastructure improvements (“Improvements”) for Assessment Area 3 are currently expected to include, but are not limited to, stormwater management, wastewater collection system, water distribution system, reclaimed water distribution system, public roadways, underground electrical service system and street lighting, landscaping and signage, and other improvements, all as more specifically described in the Capital Improvement Plan, on file and available during normal business hours at the address provided above.
The District intends to impose assessments on benefited lands within Assessment Area 3 within the District in the manner set forth in the District's preliminary Master Special Assessment Allocation Report (Assessment Area 3), dated March 22, 2024 (the “Assessment Report”), which is on file and available during normal business hours at the address provided above.
The purpose of any such assessment is to secure the bonds issued to fund the Improvements. As described in more detail in the Assessment Report, the District's assessments will be levied against all benefitted lands within Assessment Area 3 within the District. The Assessment Report identifies maximum assessment amounts for each land use category that is currently expected to be assessed. The method of allocating assessments for the Improvements to be funded by the District will initially be determined on an equal assessment per acre basis, and will be levied on an equivalent assessment unit (“EAU”) basis at the time that such property is platted or subject to a site plan.
The annual principal assessment levied against each parcel will be based on repayment over thirty (30) years of the total debt allocated to each parcel. The District expects to collect sufficient revenues to retire no more than $7,850,000 in debt to be assessed by the District, exclusive of fees and costs of collection or enforcement, discounts for early payment and interest. The proposed annual schedule of assessments is as follows:

TABLE 6: ASSESSMENT ALLOCATION - MAXIMUM ASSESSMENTS - ASSESSMENT AREA 3 (1)

PRODUCT
UNITS
EAU FACTOR
PRODUCT TOTAL PRINCIPAL (2)
PER UNIT PRINCIPAL
PRODUCT ANNUAL INSTLMT. (2)(3)
PER UNIT ANNUAL INSTLMT. (3)

Townhome
75
0.60
$4,307,927
$57,439
$407,087
$5,428

Single Family
37
1.00
$3,542,073
$95,732
$334,716
$9,046

TOTAL
112

$7,850,000

$741,804

(1) Represents maximum assessments for Assessment Area 3 and allocated by EAU. (2) Product total shown for illustrative purposes only and are not fixed per product type. (3) Includes estimated Pasco County collection costs/payment discounts, which may fluctuate.

The assessments may be prepaid in whole at any time, or in some instances in part, or may 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 Pasco County tax roll by the Tax Collector. Alternatively, the District may choose to directly collect and enforce these assessments. 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 the publication of this notice.
Also, on May 24, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. at 5844 Old Pasco Road, Suite 100, Wesley Chapel, Florida 33544, the Board will hold a regular public meeting to consider any other business that may lawfully be considered by the District. The Board meeting and hearings are open to the public and will be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Florida law for community development districts. The Board meeting and/or the public hearings may be continued in progress to a date and time certain announced at the meeting and/or hearings.
Additional information regarding this public hearing may be obtained by contacting the District Manager, Sean Craft, at [email protected] or by calling (813) 994-1001, or via the District's website at www.wiregrasscdd.org.
If anyone chooses to appeal any decision of the Board with respect to any matter considered at the meeting or hearings, such person will need a record of the proceedings and should accordingly ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which includes the testimony and evidence upon which such appeal is to be based.
Any person requiring special accommodations at the meeting or hearings because of a disability or physical impairment should contact the District Office at (813) 994-1001 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the Florida Relay Service at 1-800-955-8770 for aid in contacting the District office.
WIREGRASS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
RESOLUTION 2024-02
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE WIREGRASS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT DECLARING ITS INTENT TO ADOPT A REVISED MASTER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN; DECLARING MASTER SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR ASSESSMENT AREA 3; INDICATING THE LOCATION, NATURE AND ESTIMATED COST OF THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS WHOSE COST IS TO BE DEFRAYED BY THE MASTER SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR ASSESSMENT AREA 3; PROVIDING THE PORTION OF THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS TO BE DEFRAYED BY THE MASTER SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR ASSESSMENT AREA 3; PROVIDING THE MANNER IN WHICH SUCH MASTER SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR ASSESSMENT AREA 3 SHALL BE MADE; PROVIDING WHEN SUCH MASTER SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR ASSESSMENT AREA 3 SHALL BE PAID; DESIGNATING LANDS UPON WHICH THE MASTER SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR ASSESSMENT AREA 3 SHALL BE LEVIED; PROVIDING FOR AN ASSESSMENT PLAT; ADOPTING A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT ROLL; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF THIS RESOLUTION.
2024 Master Capital Improvement Plan
WHEREAS, the Wiregrass Community Development District (the “District”) is an independent local unit of special-purpose government, created pursuant to and existing under the provisions of Chapter 190, Florida Statutes, and established by the Florida Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission (“FLWAC”) Rule 42MMM-1; and
WHEREAS, the District previously adopted its Master Infrastructure Cost Report of District Engineer, dated February 27, 2014 (the “Master Engineer's Report”), which report describes the District's capital improvement plan (the “Original Master CIP”); and
WHEREAS, the District previously issued its $13,620,000 Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2014 (the “Series 2014 Bonds”) to fund a portion of the costs of the design, permitting, acquisition, construction, and installation of the portion of the Original Master CIP serving the area within the District designated as “Assessment Area 1;” and
WHEREAS, the District also previously issued its $9,430,000 Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2016 (the “Series 2016 Bonds”) to fund a portion of the costs of the design, permitting, acquisition, construction, and installation of the portion of the Original Master CIP serving the area within the District designated as “Assessment Area 2;” and
WHEREAS, effective October 9, 2018, FLWAC amended Rule 42MMM-1 to contract the boundaries of the District (the “Boundary Amendment”); and
WHEREAS, as a result of the Boundary Amendment, the District updated its Master Engineer's Report to reflect the then-current master capital improvement plan for the District (hereinafter, the “2018 Master CIP”), as described in that certain Amended and Restated Master Infrastructure Cost Report of District Engineer, dated January 23, 2020 (the “2018 Amended and Restated Master Engineer's Report”); and
WHEREAS, the 2018 Master CIP eliminated the public infrastructure improvements benefitting the “Persimmon Park” portion of the District (hereinafter, “Assessment Area 3”) from the scope of the District's master capital improvement plan as it was thought at the time that such project would be completed by one or more other community development districts (the “Assessment Area 3 Project”); and
WHEREAS, the District now desires to complete the Assessment Area 3 Project and accordingly desires to revise its 2018 Amended and Restated Master Engineer's Report to include such scope therein, as set forth in that certain preliminary Second Amended and Restated Master Engineer's Report, dated March 2024, attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference (the “2024 Amended and Restated Master Engineer's Report”); and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the District to complete the Assessment Area 3 Project and to adopt the 2024 Amended and Restated Master Engineer's Report; and
Master Special Assessments for Assessment Area 3
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors (the “Board”) of the District hereby determines to undertake, install, plan, establish, construct or reconstruct, enlarge or extend, equip, acquire, operate, and/or maintain the infrastructure improvements (the “2024 Improvements”) described in the District's 2024 Amended and Restated Master Engineer's Report; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the District to pay the cost of the 2024 Improvements by master special assessments pursuant to Chapter 190, Florida Statutes (the “Assessments”); and
WHEREAS, the District is empowered by Chapter 190, the Uniform Community Development District Act, Chapter 170, Supplemental and Alternative Method of Making Local Municipal Improvements, and Chapter 197, the Uniform Method for the Levy, Collection, and Enforcement of Non-Ad Valorem Assessments, Florida Statutes, to finance, fund, plan, establish, acquire, construct or reconstruct, enlarge or extend, equip, operate, and maintain the 2024 Improvements and to impose, levy and collect the Assessments; and
WHEREAS, the District hereby determines that benefits will accrue to the property improved, the amount of those benefits, and that special assessments will be made in proportion to the benefits received as set forth in the preliminary Assessment Area 3 Master Special Assessment Allocation Report, dated March 22, 2024, attached hereto as Exhibit B and incorporated herein by reference and on file at the office of the District Manager, c/o Rizzetta & Company, Inc., 3434 Colwell Avenue, Suite 200, Tampa, Florida 33614 (the “District Records Office”); and
WHEREAS, the District hereby determines that the Assessments to be levied will not exceed the benefit to the property improved.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE WIREGRASS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT:
SECTION 1. Recitals stated above are true and correct and by this reference are incorporated into and form a material part of this Resolution.
SECTION 2. Assessments shall be levied to defray a portion of the cost of the 2024 Improvements.
SECTION 3. The nature and general location of, and plans and specifications for, the 2024 Improvements are described in Exhibit B. Exhibit B is also on file at the District Records Office
SECTION 4. The total estimated cost of the 2024 Improvements is $5,590,618 (the “Estimated Cost”).
SECTION 5. The Assessments will defray approximately $7,850,000, which includes the Estimated Cost, plus financing-related costs, capitalized interest, a debt service reserve, and contingency.
SECTION 6. The manner in which the Assessments shall be apportioned and paid is set forth in Exhibit C, including provisions for supplemental assessment resolutions.
SECTION 7. The Assessments shall be levied, within the District, on all lots and lands adjoining and contiguous or bounding and abutting upon the 2024 Improvements or specially benefitted thereby and further designated by the assessment plat hereinafter provided for.
SECTION 8. There is on file, at the District Records Office, an assessment plat showing the area to be assessed, with certain plans and specifications describing the 2024 Improvements and the estimated cost of the Improvements, all of which shall be open to inspection by the public.
SECTION 9. Commencing with the year in which the Assessments are levied and confirmed, the Assessments shall be paid in not more than thirty (30) annual installments. The 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.
SECTION 10. 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.
SECTION 11. 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 adoption of the 2024 Amended and Restated Master Engineer's Report, the assessments or the making of the 2024 Improvements, the cost thereof, the manner of payment therefore, or the amount thereof to be assessed against each property as improved.
SECTION 12. The District Manager is hereby directed to cause this Resolution to be published twice (once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks) in a newspaper of general circulation within Pasco County, provided that the first publication shall be at least twenty (20) days before and the last publication shall be at least one (1) week prior to the date of the hearing, and to provide such other notice as may be required by law or desired in the best interests of the District.
SECTION 13. This Resolution shall become effective upon its passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 22nd day of March, 2024.






























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