25-01281M

TARA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 1

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2025/2026 BUDGET; AND 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 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’ MEETING.

The Board of Supervisors for the Tara Community Development District 1 will hold two public hearings and a Board of Supervisors’ meeting on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at The Tara Community Center, 7340 Tara Preserve Lane, Bradenton, Florida 34203.

The purpose of the first public hearing is to receive public comments and testimony on the Fiscal Year 2025/2026 Proposed Budgets. The first public hearing is being conducted pursuant to Chapter 190, Florida Statutes. The purpose of the second public hearing is to consider the imposition of special assessments to fund the District’s proposed budgets for Fiscal Year 2025/2026 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 Chapters 190 and 197, Florida Statutes as well as additional applicable law. At the conclusion of the public hearings, the Board will, by resolution, adopt the budgets and levy assessments as finally 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 budgets, preliminary assessment roll, the description of each property to be assessed and the amount to be assessed to each parcel of property, and/or the agenda for the hearings and meeting may be obtained at the offices of the District Manager, Kristee Cole, Inframark, 313 Campus Street, Celebration, FL 34747, or on the District’s website: www.taracdd.org, 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 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.

TARA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 1
Table of Proposed Fiscal Year 2025-2026
Operation and Maintenance Assessments

TOTAL O&M BUDGET $885,153 COLLECTION COSTS @ 2.0% $17,703.06 EARLY PAYMENT DISCOUNT @ 4% ($35,406.12) TOTAL O&M ASSESSMENT $867,449.94

LOT SIZE
PER LOT UNITS
O&M

Multi Family
524
$366.54

Standard
232
$1,110.73

Deluxe
163
$1,299.55

Estates
126
$1,666.09

Golf Club
1
$48,127.85

1046 TOTAL UNITS

*Annual assessment will appear on the November 2025 Manatee County property tax bill. Amount shown includes all applicable collection costs. Property owner is eligible for a discount of up to 4% if paid early.

The Manatee County Tax Collector will collect the assessments for all lots and parcels within the District.

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 other individuals may participate by speaker telephone.

Any person requiring special accommodations at this meeting and/or hearings because of a disability or physical impairment should contact the District Office at 813-382-7355 at least five (5) calendar days prior to the meeting and/or hearings. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the Florida Relay Service at 711 for aid in contacting the District Office at least three (3) days prior to the date of the hearings and meeting.

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.

Kristee Cole
District Manager



























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