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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS TO CONSIDER THE IMPOSITION OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 170.07 AND 197.3632, FLORIDA STATUTES, BY THE RIVER HALL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF
ASSESSMENT ROLL PURSUANT TO SECTION 197.3632(4)(b), FLORIDA STATUTES, BY RIVER HALL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DISTRICT
NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE RIVER HALL
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
In accordance with Chapters 170, 190 and 197, Florida Statutes, the River Hall Community Development District’s (“District”) Board of Supervisors (“Board”) hereby provides notice of the following public hearings and regular meeting:
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
DATE: September 17, 2026
TIME: 3:30 PM
LOCATION: River Hall Town Hall Center
Arts & Crafts Room
3089 River Hall Parkway
Alva, Florida 33920
The purpose of the public hearings announced above is to consider the imposition of
special assessments (“Debt Assessments”), and adoption of assessment rolls to secure proposed bonds, on benefited lands within Assessment Area 6 of the District (the “Assessment Area”), 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, environmental restoration, off-site road improvements, sanitary sewer systems, potable water systems and perimeter landscaping, and other infrastructure projects and services necessitated by the development of, and serving lands within, the District (collectively, “Project”), benefitting certain lands within the Assessment Area. The Project is described in more detail in the Supplement #4 to the River Hall Community Development District Engineer’s Report (Dated October 25, 2005) and Supplement #1 (Dated November 15, 2019; Revised July 2, 2020) and Supplement #2 (Dated February 2, 2023; Revised July 25, 2023) and Supplement #3 (Dated August 1, 2024; Revised October 24, 2024) prepared by Barraco and Associates, Inc. and dated August 6, 2026 (“Engineer’s Report”). The Debt Assessments are proposed to be levied as one or more assessment liens and allocated to the benefitted lands within the Assessment Area, as set forth in the River Hall Community Development District Sixth Supplemental Special Assessment Methodology Report for Assessment Area 6 prepared by Wrathell, Hunt & Associates, LLC dated August 6, 2026 (“Assessment Report”). The District and the Assessment Area to be assessed are geographically depicted below and in the Engineer’s Report. At the conclusion of the public hearings, the Board will, by resolution, levy and impose assessments as finally approved by the Board. A regular meeting of the District will also be held where the Board may consider any other
business that may properly come before it.
The District is located entirely within unincorporated Lee County, Florida, and encompasses approximately 1,958 +/- acres. The District is generally located in northeastern Lee County, south of Palm Beach Boulevard and east of Buckingham Road. All lands within the Assessment Area are expected to be improved in accordance with the reports identified above.
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 “District’s Office” located at c/o Wrathell, Hunt and Associates, LLC, 2300 Glades Road, Suite 410W, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, 561-571-0010. Also, a copy of the agendas and other documents referenced herein may be obtained from the District Office.
Proposed Debt Assessments
The District intends to collect total revenue not in excess of $9,945,000 (not including interest, costs of collection and enforcement and any applicable gross up for early payment discount). As described in more detail in the Assessment Report, the District’s Debt Assessments will be levied against benefitted lands within the Assessment Area 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 Debt Assessments for the Project to be funded by the District will initially be allocated within that area on a platted residential lot basis for platted residential lot and on an equal per gross acre basis for unplatted lands. Then,
as unplatted lands are platted, the Debt Assessments will be assigned to platted residential lots on a first-platted, first-assigned, Equivalent Residential Unit (“ERU”) basis, where each Single Family 50’ unit will have an ERU of 1.00. The proposed Debt Assessments are as follows:
Product Type
ERU Factor
# Units / Acres
Per Unit Proposed Debt Assessment / Total Revenue (Total Par, Excludes Interest and Collection Cost)
Per Unit Proposed Annual Debt Assessment (Including costs of collection and assumes payment in March*)
Single Family 50’
1.00
97
$33,780.57
$3,125.00
Single Family 60’
1.20
164
$40,536.68
$3,750.00
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 (not counting any capitalized interest period). These annual assessments will be collected on the Lee County tax roll by the Tax Collector. Alternatively, the District may choose to directly collect and enforce these assessments.
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 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.
RESOLUTION NO. 2026-13
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF RIVER HALL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT DECLARING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS; INDICATING THE LOCATION, NATURE AND ESTIMATED COST OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WHICH COST IS TO BE DEFRAYED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS; PROVIDING THE PORTION OF THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS TO BE DEFRAYED IN WHOLE OR IN PART 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; PROVIDING FOR AN ASSESSMENT PLAT; ADOPTING A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT ROLL; PROVIDING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE ADVISABILITY AND PROPRIETY OF SAID ASSESSMENTS AND THE RELATED IMPROVEMENTS; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF SAID PUBLIC HEARING; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF THIS RESOLUTION; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, River Hall Community Development District (the “District”) is a local unit of special-purpose government organized and existing under and pursuant to Chapter 190, Florida Statutes (the “Act”); and
WHEREAS, the District is authorized by the Act 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 Board of Supervisors of the District (the “Board”) previously approved an overall original capital improvement program (“Original CIP”) described in that certain River Hall Community Development District Engineer’s Report prepared by Barraco and Associates, Inc. dated October 25, 2005; and
WHEREAS, the Board previously approved that certain report entitled “Supplement #1 to the River Hall Community Development District Engineer’s Report Dated October 25, 2005,” dated November 15, 2019 and revised July 2, 2020 prepared by Barraco and Associates, Inc. (“Supplement #1”), that certain report entitled “Supplement #2 dated February 2, 2023, as revised April 6, 2023, and further revised July 25, 2023 to the River Hall Community Development District Engineer’s Report Dated October 25, 2005 and Supplement #1 dated November 15, 2019 and revised July 2, 2020” prepared by Barraco and Associates, Inc. (“Supplement #2”), and that certain report entitled “Supplement #3 to the River Hall Community Development District Engineer’s Report Dated October 25, 2005 and Supplement #1 dated November 15, 2019, revised July 2, 2020 and Supplement #2 dated February 2, 2023, revised July 25, 2023,” dated August 1, 2024 and revised October 24, 2024 prepared by Barraco and Associates, Inc. (“Supplement #3”). Supplement #1, Supplement #2 and Supplement #3 contained updates on the status of the Original CIP, identified modifications to the overall development plan and described a capital improvement plan for the acquisition, construction and installation of additional assessable capital improvements; and
WHEREAS, Barraco and Associates, Inc. prepared a report entitled “Supplement #4 to the River Hall Community Development District Engineer’s Report (Dated October 25, 2005) and Supplement #1 (Dated November 15, 2019; Revised July 2, 2020) and Supplement #2 (Dated February 2, 2023; Revised July 25, 2023) and Supplement #3 (Dated August 1, 2024; Revised October 24, 2024),” dated August 6, 2026 (the “Engineer’s Report”). The Engineer’s Report serves as an update to the Original CIP, as previously supplemented, identifies modifications to the overall development plan, describes the next and final planned construction phase of the development, and describes a capital improvement plan for the acquisition, construction and installation of additional assessable capital improvements comprising the 2026 Project for Assessment Area 6; and
WHEREAS, the Board hereby determines to undertake, install, plan, establish, construct, reconstruct, enlarge or extend, equip, acquire, operate and/or maintain certain public improvements (the “Improvements”) described in the Engineer’s Report, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit “A” and maintained on file at the offices of Barraco and Associates, Inc., 2271 McGregor Boulevard, Suite 100, Fort Myers, Florida 33901 and the offices of the District Manager at Wrathell, Hunt and Associates, LLC, 2300 Glades Road, Suite 410W, Boca Raton, FL 33431 (“District Manager’s Office”); and
WHEREAS, the Board finds that it is in the best interest of the District to pay all or a portion of the cost of the Improvements by imposing, levying, and collecting special assessments pursuant to the Act and Chapters 170 and 197, Florida Statutes (the “Assessments”); and
WHEREAS, the District is empowered by the Act and Chapters 170 and 197, Florida Statutes, to finance, fund, plan, establish, acquire, construct or reconstruct, enlarge or extend, equip, operate, and maintain the Improvements and to impose, levy, and collect the Assessments; and
WHEREAS, the District hereby determines that special benefits will accrue to the property benefited by the Improvements, the amount of those benefits, and that the Assessments will be made in proportion to the benefits received as set forth in that certain River Hall Community Development District Sixth Supplemental Special Assessment Methodology Report for Assessment Area 6 prepared by Wrathell, Hunt & Associates, LLC dated August 6, 2026 (the “Assessment Report”), a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit “B” and maintained on file at the District Manager’s Office; and
WHEREAS, the District hereby determines that the Assessments to be levied will not exceed the benefits to the property benefited by the Improvements.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF RIVER HALL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT THAT:
Section 1. Recitals. The foregoing recitals are hereby incorporated as the findings of the Board.
Section 2. Declaration of Assessments. The Board declares that it has determined to undertake the Improvements and Assessments shall be levied to defray all or a portion of the cost of the Improvements.
Section 3. Designating the Nature and Location of Improvements. The nature and general location of, and plans and specifications for, the Improvements are described in the Engineer’s Report and maintained on file at the District Manager’s Office.
Section 4. Declaring the Total Estimated Cost of the Improvements. The total estimated cost of the Improvements is $9,324,000.00 (the “Estimated Cost”).
Section 5. Declaring the Portion of the Estimated Costs of the Improvements to be Paid by Assessments. The Assessments will defray approximately $9,945,000.00, 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 the Assessment Report, and which is in addition to interest and collection costs.
Section 6. Declaring the Manner in Which Assessments are to be Paid. The manner in which the Assessments shall be apportioned and paid is set forth in the Assessment Report attached hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit “B”, as may be modified by supplemental assessment resolutions. The Assessment Report is also available at the District Manager’s Office.
Section 7. Designating the Lands Upon Which the Special Assessments Shall Be Levied. The Assessments shall be levied on certain lots and lands within Assessment Area 6 of the District as described in the Assessment Report and as further designated by the assessment plat hereinafter contemplated.
Section 8. Assessment Plat. Pursuant to Section 170.04, Florida Statutes, there is on file at the District Manager’s Office, a preliminary assessment plat showing the area to be assessed, with the plans and specifications describing the Improvements and the Estimated Cost, all of which shall be open to inspection by the public.
Section 9. 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 levying the Assessments described, which is described in Section 5.7 and Table 6 of the Assessment Report and which shows the lots and lands to be assessed, the amount of benefit to and the Assessments against each lot or parcel of land and the number of annual installments into which such Assessment may be divided. The assessment roll is hereby adopted and approved as the District’s preliminary assessment roll.
Section 10. Payment of Assessments. Commencing with the year in which the Assessments are certified for collection and subsequent to any capitalized interest period, the Assessments shall be paid in not more than thirty (30) yearly installments (not counting any capitalized interest period), which installments shall include principal and interest as calculated in accordance with the Assessment Report. The Assessments shall be payable at the same time and in the same manner as are ad-valorem taxes and as prescribed in 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 the District otherwise determines not to utilize the provisions of Chapter 197, Florida Statutes, the Assessments may be collected as is otherwise permitted by law including, but not limited to, by direct bill. The decision to collect the 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.
Section 11. Resolution to Fix Public Hearing. 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 and the making of the Improvements, the cost thereof, the manner of payment therefore, or the amount thereof to be assessed against each property as improved; and to authorize such notice and publications of same as may be required by Chapter 170, Florida Statutes, or other applicable law.
Section 12. Publication of Resolution. 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 Lee County, Florida and to provide mailed notices to the owners of the property subject to the proposed Assessments and such other notice as may be required by law or deemed in the best interest of the District.
Section 13. Severability. If any one of the covenants, agreements or provisions herein contained shall be held contrary to any express provision of law or contract to the policy of express law, but not expressly prohibited or against public policy, or shall for any reason whatsoever be held invalid, then such covenants, agreements or provisions shall be null and void and shall be deemed separable from the remaining covenants, agreements or provisions and shall in no way affect the validity of the other provisions hereof.
Section 14. Conflicts. All resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, superseded and repealed.
Section 15. Effective Date. This Resolution shall become effective upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of August, 2026.
ATTEST: RIVER HALL COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
/s/ Chesley E Adams, Jr. /s/ Paul D Asfour
Chesley E. Adams, Jr., Secretary Vice Chair
Exhibits:
Exhibit “A”: Supplement #4 to the River Hall Community Development District Engineer’s Report (Dated October 25, 2005) and Supplement #1 (Dated November 15, 2019; Revised July 2, 2020) and Supplement #2 (Dated February 2, 2023; Revised July 25, 2023) and Supplement #3 (Dated August 1, 2024; Revised October 24, 2024) prepared by Barraco and Associates, Inc. and dated August 6, 2026
Exhibit “B”: River Hall Community Development District Sixth Supplemental Special Assessment Methodology Report for Assessment Area 6 prepared by Wrathell, Hunt & Associates, LLC dated August 6, 2026
August 21, 28, 2026 26-03402L
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