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NOTICE OF LANDOWNERS’ MEETING AND ELECTION AND ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE GARDNER TRAILS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
Notice is hereby given to the public and all landowners within The Gardner Trails Community Development District (“District”) located in Polk County, Florida, advising that a meeting of landowners will be held for the purpose of electing five (5) persons to the District’s Board of Supervisors (“Board”). Immediately following the landowners’ meeting there will be convened an organizational meeting of the Board for the purpose of considering certain matters of the Board to include election of certain District officers, the appointment of staff including, but not limited to, manager, attorney, and others as deemed appropriate by the Board, and to conduct any other business that may come before the Board.
DATE/TIME: Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.
PLACE: Lake Alfred Public Library
245 N. Seminole Avenue
Lake Alfred, FL 33850
Each landowner may vote in person or by written proxy. Instructions on how all landowners may participate in the election, along with sample proxies, are available from the District’s Manager, c/o Governmental Management Services, 4530 Eagle Falls Place, Tampa, Florida 33619, (813) 344-4844 (“District Office”). At said meeting each landowner or his or her proxy shall be entitled to nominate persons for the position of Supervisor and cast one (1) vote per acre of land, or fractional portion thereof, owned by him or her and located within the District for each person to be elected to the position of Supervisor. A fraction of an acre shall be treated as one acre, entitling the landowner to one (1) vote with respect thereto. Platted lots shall be counted individually and rounded up to the nearest whole acre. The acreage of platted lots shall not be aggregated for determining the number of voting units held by a landowner or a landowner’s proxy. At the landowners’ meeting the landowners shall select a person to serve as the meeting chair, who shall conduct the meeting.
The landowners’ meeting and the Board meeting are open to the public and will be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Florida law. One or both of the meetings may be continued to a date, time, and place to be specified on the record at such meeting. A copy of the agendas for these meetings may be obtained from the District Office. There may be an occasion where one or more supervisors will participate by speaker telephone.
Any person requiring special accommodations to participate in these meetings is asked to contact the District Office, at least three (3) business days before the hearing. 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 assistance in contacting the District Office.
A person who decides to appeal any decision made by the Board with respect to any matter considered at the meeting is advised that such person will need a record of the 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 the appeal is to be based.
Jason Greenwood
District Manager
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