Griffin Lakes Community Development District
www.griffinlakescdd.com

Danielle Christie, Chair Benny Barak, Vice Chairman
Teresa West, Assistant Secretary Anina Venuti, Assistant Secretary Karen Warfel, Assistant Secretary

April 2, 2026

Seat 5: Danielle Christie – (C)		
Seat 3: Benny Barak – (V.C)		
Seat 1: Teresa West – (A.S.)		
Seat 2: Anina Venuti – (A.S.)		
Seat 4: Karen Warfel – (A.S.)		

Griffin Lakes
Community Development District
Agenda
Thursday		The Villas at Harbor Isles HOA Offices April 2, 2026	2317 Clipper Place, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 9:00a.m.			Join the meeting now
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Roll Call

Approval of Minutes of the March 5, 2026 Meeting – Page 4

Consideration of Resolution #2026-02 Approving the Proposed Fiscal Year 2027 Budget and Setting the Public Hearing – Page 38

Discussion of:
Procedures for the General Election – Page 50

CDD Flyer from Supervisor Warfel Page 51

Website Services

Ratification of Interlocal Agreement for Uniform Collection Non-Ad Valorem Special Assessments – Page 54

Staff Reports
Attorney
Engineer
Field
Monthly Report – Page 88
Consideration of Proposals to Remove Green Buttonwood on Mariner Ct/Neptune Ln
Cutters Edge – Page 91
Just Call James, Inc. – Page 93

Pricing for Hotel Meeting Rooms – Page 94

Manager
Monthly Landscape Maintenance Services Agreement with Cutters Edge (to be provided under a separate cover)

Email Discussion with Resident Regarding Lake Bank Restoration Project – Page 96

Financial Reports
Approval of Check Register – Page 104

Approval of Unaudited Financials – Page 106

Supervisors Requests and Audience Comments

Adjournment

Meetings are open to the public and may be continued to a time, date and place certain. For more information regarding this CDD please visit the website: https://www.griffinlakescdd.com

MINUTES OF MEETING GRIFFIN LAKES
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
The regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of the Griffin Lakes Community Development District was held on Thursday, March 5, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. at 2317 Clipper Place, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Present and constituting a quorum were:

Danielle Christie	Chairman
Benny Barak	Vice Chairman
Teresa West	Assistant Secretary
Karen Warfel	Assistant Secretary
Anina Venuti	Assistant Secretary

Also present were:

Ginger Wald	District Counsel
Patrick Burgess	District Manager
Jason Gitel	Governmental Management Services
Angel Camacho	District Engineer (by phone)
Amber Venzal	HOA Property Manager
Nicole Vernon	Resident (by phone) Several Residents

FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS	Roll Call
Mr. Burgess called the meeting to order and called the roll.

SECOND ORDER OF BUSINESS	Organizational Matters
Consideration of Appointment of Supervisor(s) to Unexpired Term(s) of Office – Seat #2
Mr. Burgess: The second item on the agenda is organizational matters, 2A, consideration of appointment of Supervisor to the unexpired term of office for seat #2. So, as you guys know there is an open seat, seat #2 and you guys have the option of appointing someone to that seat if you would like, or interviewing them if you’d like, asking them to speak about their background.
Ms. Christie: I think everyone needs to speak on their behalf, tell us what you do, tells us a little bit about yourself.

Ms. Wald: Well, let’s see who’s here and who’s interested.
Mr. Burgess: Right, exactly, so we’ll just start with you, state your name for the record.
Ms. Venuti: Sure, Anina Venuti, I live at 4927 Leeward Lane, I’ve been here 20 years, I actually served on the regular Board about 10 years ago for almost 2 years, so I’m not always visible but, I know what’s going on, I’m in the office a lot, I’m a licensed realtor, so I have a couple of listings in here and I love this community, I have no intentions of leaving anytime soon. I know we have a lot of issues and challenges and things as the property ages and so I’m interested in seeing how I can help.
Mr. Burgess: Ok, thank you.
Ms. Eager: Good morning, my name is Alison Eager, I live at 4925 Tradewinds Terrace, I have been here over a decade, about 13 years, and I’m currently sitting on our condo Board, and I will echo what Anina said, I have no intentions of leaving anytime soon, I also love the community, I’m also a licensed realtor, and essentially I care and I’d like to learn more about what the CDD does, how I can apply my skill and knowledge base to it and I look forward to potentially working with you.
Mr. Burgess: Ok, next.
Ms. Mejia: Good morning, my name is Lorecy Mejia, I work for the Department of Health so I already work with community and that’s why I want to be part of the Board. I am a resident, I’ve been living here a few years at 5006 S. Harbor Isles. I love the community and actually want to be more involved, so I would love to be a part of the community and help.
Mr. Burgess: Thank you.
Ms. Capuano: Good morning, Cheri Capuano, 2318 Coral Reef Court, I’ve live here for about 5 year now. I’m very active in the neighborhood, always out and about picking weeds or cleaning up something or reporting something to Amber, and the reason I would like to join the Board is because I’m always out in the community speaking with all of our neighbors and I don’t think they have a clear understanding of the CDD, so I’m hoping being here could bridge that gap and understanding. All people know right now is that we got another assessment and they don’t know why, they don’t know what’s going on and right now tensions are very high between the community and the Board so I’m hoping to help with the CDD, that’s my goal.

Mr. Burgess: Ok, thank you. Anyone else?
Ms. Wald: So as you know the requirements are, they’re very simple, you have to be a resident of Griffin Lakes Community Development District, so you have to live here. You have to be a Broward County registered voter, you have to be 18 years or older, and you have to be a U.S. citizen, those are the minimum requirements. This Board, the four of you have the complete autotomy to decide as through nominations who you want to proceed forward of the individuals that have shown up with an interest, and thank you very much for coming here, and also remember that for all of you who are interested that you would be a public official if you are appointed in the State of Florida, and you’re going to have to take an oath of office. It’s different than being an HOA Board member, or condo association Board member, I want you to understand you have to do ethics, you’re going to have to do 4 hours of ethics training every year, you’re going to have to fill out what’s called a Form 1 which is a statement of financial responsibility, providing certain information to the State of Florida. Some people don’t like providing that information but, it is a requirement, so that is something that you have to keep in mind if your appointed to the CDD Board. The other portion of being appointed to the CDD Board that’s very important is to come to meetings, to attend the meetings whether it’s in person, whether it’s virtually but we need people in person and here’s why, you have to have, or we have to have as a CDD Board at least 3 live bodies, so 3 of the members must be here in person to have the meeting, the other two can attend virtually, we do that here but, we have to have those 3 people. So, being able to come here for the meeting schedule that we have which is 9:00 o’clock in the morning on a Thursday is important to be able to do that to participate, so that’s basically it for the Board. You can proceed forward with making nominations, or the individual that you would like to see if you want to go through the nomination process, and you can obviously discuss and ask any questions and then if not, and you’re all in consensus then you could just make the motion to appoint to the unexpired term which does expire November, 2026, so whoever gets appointed to this position in June, if you want to stay in, you’re going to have to, and we’ll explain that later on, you’re going to have to go to the Supervisor of Elections and qualify.
Mr. Barak: So, what does that means, that means that their seat is up for the election.
Ms. Wald: Yes, up for election.

Mr. Barak: So, they’d be on the ballot. Ms. Wald: If they go and qualify, yes. Mr. Barak: Right, ok.
Ms. Warfel: Then you’re on the ballot, it’s a regular voting process.
Ms. Wald: Yes, and we will make that announcement, it won’t be in this meeting but we’ll make that announcement in the follow meeting because that’s the time period that you’re going to have to do it.
Ms. West: So, what’s next?
Ms. Wald: Next is whatever you guys want to do, now it’s up to you, do you want to talk together.
Mr. Barak: So, it has to be a majority, I’m assuming.
Ms. Wald: You’re going to do it by motion like you do everything else. Mr. Barak: Ok.
Ms. Wald: So, here’s the thing, do you want to ask these lovely ladies any questions? Any of you, any of the Board members, you don’t have to but, my question is, do you want to ask any questions?
Ms. West: I don’t.
Ms. Wald: Ok, alright, so let’s bring it back to the Board, talk among yourselves, or does someone just want to make a nomination.
Ms. Christie: Because I thought nobody was going to come. Ms. Wald: Right, nobody came last time that why she said that.
Ms. Christie: Because I talked to Lorecy and she seemed very interested, very passionate, Anina, I know I’ve spoken to you as well and you were supposed to be here a while ago, and then Cheri says you weren’t sure you wanted to do it.
(At this point several people were talking at one time, and no one conversation could be heard)

Ms. Wald: Keep in mind that you have to run again in November, so this is going to be and I’m not going to say temporary because if you qualify and you win, that’s fine but, you have people here, you should proceed forward with making a motion to nominate someone.
Ms. Christie: Who really wants it now.

Ms. Venuti: I think question could be, like what do you feel that you are going to bring forward that’s better than everyone else, in general. Like the property was 2 years old when I move here, and so then understanding what the CDD was about, what the function is, and now that I have the whole school thing figured out, and I have a 9 year old, I have no reason to go anywhere else. So, in my defense I would have been here for the January meeting but, my mother passed away, so it’s not that I didn’t want to do it I just wasn’t in a position at that time, I was just running crazy. I’d like to see how I can help with my skill set, with my knowledge of community, like Cheri said, with knowing a lot of the neighbors, I know a lot of the old timers that have been here even before me, what can we do. A lot of people will come to me and ask me questions, what’s this mean, and I’d say well did you read it. So, I think that being able to be a voice for those that I do know and those that have a need obviously through this, it would be very helpful because like Cheri said, a lot of people say, what is this, I don’t know what this is, what does this mean, and I’d say, did you read your condo docs, so it’s not a bad thing, they’re responsible for X, Y, and Z and this is what it’s all about, so I’d like to be able to kind of be their voice and bridge the gap.
Ms. Eager: Ok, for myself, and again my name is Alison, so in addition to my real estate current license, I have a background in education, I spent over 10 years in the Broward County Public School System. So, I’d say my strength that I bring to the table is the capacity to communicate and connect with people of very different standings, so from whatever your field, wherever you’re coming from I can meet you regarding that, I can understand what you’re saying and then I can translate that and potentially communicate it to someone else. I think there’s big gaps in communication in our community, a lot of misinformation, a lot of misconception and I think that the ability to comprehend and communicate freely and be with a bigger Board of people that will have different fields and different points of view, and I believe a strength of people-ness to the table.
Ms. Christie: Ok.
Ms. Eager: Thank you all.
Ms. Mejia: Hello, my name is Lorecy again, I feel that I can bring to you with my government background bring information and I’m very known in the community.
Ms. Christie: Thank you, Cheri.

Ms. Capuano: Yes, you have very good candidates here, and I stepped up because I was concerned about the community, concerned about what’s happening with the CDD and I wanted to make a difference. So, I always say, I go where I’m needed, and that’s where I felt I was needed right now but, you have very good candidates. I didn’t think anybody was going to run, so I said, you know what I will be more than happy to do it, and I see that, so for me, I work fulltime, I just got back from Liverpool last week, I do travel a little bit, not much but, I would be more than happy to help, and I’d be happy to be a liaison between the community and your eyes out there also. There was a sheen on the lake last week, and I sent it to Terry, and a dead duck, Terry acted on it immediately, she called Patrick, we got the duck removed and cleaned up. So, I just want to make sure that we’re taking care of things right away, so it’s not a problem, I’m ok either way you have great candidates.
Mr. Barak: Ok, so my question is, do we have to decide right now? Ms. Wald: No.
Mr. Burgess: No.
Mr. Barak: Because it almost sounds like, it’s just we’re under pressure to make a decision.
Ms. Wald: No, you’re not being put under pressure, and let me answer your question. The answer is no you do not but, what the law says is that upon the resignation, which you accepted of the Board members which creates a vacancy, you are supposed to fill that vacancy if you can within 90 days. Sometimes you can’t because you don’t have people, so you don’t have to but, you also have these lovely people who have shown up expecting some type of action but, again, that’s why I said, communicate, talk, and every single one of these people can run for the seat when it’s up for election and qualify in June.
Mr. Barak: So, just out of curiosity, the announcement of whoever it is that we end up choosing, does that have to happen at then next meeting or can we make a choose let’s say this meeting, we let these lovely ladies go and make a decision as to who we’re going to pick but, then notify them after the meeting.
Ms. Wald: Here’s what would happen, if an appointment occurs today then one of these lovely ladies is going to be sworn in, and they are going to be your Board member

for the meeting today. If you do not make a decision today, then this will be deferred to the next meeting.
Mr. Barak: Got it, but we’ll still be within the 90 days.
Ms. Wald: I don’t know that I’d have to look at the records, actually she resigned, the effective date was November 20, 2025, so I think you should do that today, and that’s why they’re here, that’s why the questions, if they weren’t here it would be a different story.
Ms. Christie: Should we do a race or something?
Ms. Wald: No, what you need to do is you need to do a motion to nominate and again, every single one of you have made it clear, every single person here is qualified, and it’s just like if you were going into the ballot box, I notice we don’t have those any more but, if there was a ballot box then you would do that.
Mr. Barak: Right because you’re doing that more personally.
Ms. Wald: It doesn’t matter, and let me help you. These lovely people on this Board for anyone that wants to be on the Board that has spoken today as to their interest, they feel like they want all of the advice was, as was stated by Danielle so they feel very nervous about choosing one over the other, and they’re going to feel bad if somebody had bad feelings about it, I’ve known these people for way too long, and so understand that they are under the obligation under Chapter 190 to make that decision but, they’re feeling very nervous because they don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings, and you’re all qualified, so it’s ok to do that today because they’re here.
Mr. Barak: Alright.
Ms. Wald: So, what you do is you’re going to nominate, and who do you want to nominate.
Ms. Christie: So I motion to nominate Anina just because and I’ve known her a long time, she’s been in the community a really long time, I think you are all great candidates for real but, she was originally who we had in mind and I picture her in our group so I nominate Anina.
Ms. Wald: Ok, so we have one nomination. Ms. Christie: Right.
Ms. Wald: Well, we have more nominations, so let’s go down the list, are there any others?

Ms. Warfel: I would second that nomination, just based on experience.
Ms. Wald: Ok, so we have two nominations, so we’re doing nominations right now, and then we’ll do the appointment.
Mr. Barak: I would like to nominate Cheri Capuano. Ms. West: I’m go to go for Cheri.
Ms. Wald: Ok, so I have two nominations for Anina and two nominations for Cheri, so those are our nominations. Right now somebody has to make a motion to appoint from our two nominations.
Mr. Barak: So, how do we do that if there’s 2 & 2?
Ms. Warfel: I’ll make a motion to appoint Nina Venuti based on what Cheri said that she’s comfortable with the people that are also here, unless someone stepped up.
Ms. Wald: Ok, so we have a motion to appoint Anina, do we have a second to appoint?
Ms. Christie: Yes, I second.
Ms. Wald: We have a second by Danielle and now we’re going to vote, all in favor for Anina.
Ms. West: I vote for her because I think everybody will be fine with Anina. Ms. Wald: Ok, so we have 3 ayes. Do you want to vote Benny?
Mr. Barak: Ok, I vote yes as well.
Ms. Wald: Ok, so we have a unanimous vote for Anina, so congratulations.

On MOTION by Ms. Warfel seconded by Ms. Christie with all in favor, appointing Anina Venuti to fill the unexpired term of office for seat #2 was approved.

Oath of Office for Newly Appointed Supervisor(s)
Ms. Wald: So, you get to do the fun thing now which is taking the oath of office, and you just have to raise your right hand.
Mr. Burgess: Yes, just raise your right hand, and state your name after I say the word I, so “I”.
Ms. Venuti: Anina Venuti.
Mr. Burgess: A resident of the State of Florida and citizen of the United States of America, being a Supervisor of the Griffin Lakes Community Development District and

recipient of public funds on behalf of the District, do hereby solemnly swear or affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States and of the State of Florida, and will faithfully, honestly, and impartially discharge the duties devolving upon me in the office of Supervisor of the Griffin Lakes Community Development District, Broward County, Florida.
Ms. Venuti: I do.
Mr. Burgess: Thank you.
Ms. Wald: Ok, so let’s get you to the table and give you one of these.
Mr. Burgess: And if you just want to fill in the information and I can notarize it after the meeting.
Ms. Venuti: Ok.
Mr. Burgess: So, welcome to the Board. Ms. Venuti: Thank you.

Election of Officers
Mr. Burgess: Then with new appointment you do have option of electing new officers, basically you can change the slate of officers as to the chairman, vice chairman or you can keep the slate the same and adding Anina as an assistant secretary. Currently it’s Danielle Christie as chairman, and Benny Barak as vice chairman, and everyone else as assistant secretaries.
Ms. Wald: And for Anina’s purposes, it doesn’t give anybody any more power than the other Board members, it’s just that we have to have the election of the officers because certain documents have to be signed by the Board on behalf of the District and we have to have either a chairman, or in the chairman’s absence a vice chairman to be able to do so, that’s the only reason.
Ms. Warfel: I would move to keep the current slate of officers. Mr. Barak: How long does that last?
Ms. Wald: Until the next go around, so when we have the election in November we’ll do it again.
Ms. West: And we used always change every time we got a new year. Ms. Wald: And you can do it anytime.

Ms. West: Yes, I know, and I like to change, I think Anina, and we used to do that, when someone new came in we give them that seat or president.
Ms. Wald: No you didn’t.
Ms. West: Well, sometimes we did because I did it for several years. Ms. Wald: Not when you were first elected.
Ms. West: No, but I’m not talking about then, right.
Ms. Wald: But let me say it again, it doesn’t matter who is chairman or vice chairman, the most important thing that I have seen over the number of years I’ve been practicing law in government is, whoever the chairman is going to be make sure they’re accessible so Patrick can get a hold of them, they can execute documents, we do a lot of things electronically now, it’s so much easier, than tracking someone down to sign, that’s the most important part, and then when the chairman is not around that the vice chairman is here.
Ms. Christie: And then we’re doing it again in November.
Ms. Wald: Yes, and we’re going to do it again in November, so Karen made a motion for the same slate of officers, is there a second?

On MOTION by Ms. Warfel seconded by Ms. Christie with all in favor, election of officers, electing to keep the existing slate of officers the same and adding Anina Venuti as an assistant secretary was approved.

THIRD ORDER OF BUSINESS	Approval	of	Minutes	of	the
January 8, 2026 Meeting
Mr. Burgess: Alright, item No. 3 on the agenda is approval of the minutes of the January 8, 2026 meeting.
Ms. Wald: I had one change that I provided to you that was a typographical error, it should have said “pad” instead of “pack” on page 14.
Mr. Burgess:	Ok, are there any other additions, deletions or corrections that anyone had noticed in the minutes? If not, I just need a motion to approve those.

On MOTION by Ms. Warfel seconded by Ms. Christie with all in favor, the Minutes of the January 8, 2026 Meeting with the indicated change were approved.

FOURTH ORDER OF BUSINESS	Discussion of:
Fiscal Year 2027 Budget
Mr. Burgess: Moving on to item No. 4 of the agenda, discussion of the fiscal year 2027 budget. So, I wanted to put this on here for discussion, and in April we’re going to be proposing the budget, and I wanted to provide you guys with a draft in case there’s any questions or concerns with what we are thinking about for the 2027 budget. Now, there is, let me just pull it up right now, so what we had done is decrease the assessment, and you guys assessed a $1,000 increase to everyone last time and the goal was to go back to no increase, and that’s what we are proposing with that draft budget. Now we do have the remaining lake projects for lake 1 and lake 2, and the accountants feel that we can get that project done based on the numbers that we received from Landshore with the funds available, with what you collected and assessed last year, and then with your budget currently. So, the goal is to get those projects done with what you guys assessed for it, and we’re able to do that without having an increase for fiscal year 2027. Now, it’s up to you guys but, that was the goal and that’s what I just wanted to put in front of you to look at and then if you have any input I can take that. There are a few increases with proposed numbers from Cutters Edge, later on in the agenda we’ll talk about a lake vendor which would be a decrease to the current budget line item but, I really just wanted to put this on here for discussion and any input so that we can have a proposed budget ready for you guys at the April meeting.
Ms. Wald: And I’m going to transfer to an associate at some point this year, so you’ll probably reduce that.
Mr. Burgess: Ok.
Ms. Wald: I mean back to where it was, and you’ll see that we’re asking for an increase of $25 per hour, but I’ll do that next, or whenever it’s my turn but, I don’t think you need to go that high, it might have been last year that we went to our budget number because you did have a few things going on and then I had to come back as a partner versus the associate but, I want to get you guys ok, I know you’re doing well, and also with Patrick here but, she did transfer this back to associate fee to save some money, and of course I’m always available as you know.
Mr. Barak: An associate would have been somebody like Greg.

Ms. Wald: Gregory was an associate, yes, but I came back, I wasn’t leaving because I have an institutional knowledge of this District.
Mr. Barak: And I’m just curious, it’s not a big increase but, I thought insurance kind of stabilized or lowered.
Ms. Wald: No, insurance has always gone up.
Mr. Barak: And is there a shopping around process at all?
Ms. Wald: Yes, they do shop around and they do put it out but, the problem is you’re limited, when you’re talking about insurance there are two different types, so you have your property insurance, your general liability, that’s been increasingly going up and up, even though it’s still less because the District has sovereign immunity, which I’ll talk about in a little bit but those numbers are going up as well but, then you have your POL, which want as an official of the Board to protect yourselves individually, so that’s part of it as well. There’s only a handful of insurance companies that provide that type of insurance for public officials, so you’re kind of limited in shopping around, and that has stayed stable, really what we’ve seen over the years and you’ve probably seen as individuals is property insurance just going up each year, and I don’t see that changing and nothing in the Florida Legislature right now to make that happen.
Mr. Barak: I thought there was.
Ms. Wald: No there isn’t and I’ll talk about that later.
Mr. Burgess: So, I think mainly the changes that I and Jason have been working on is landscaping, now that Cutters Edge has made their changes with their management, which we’ll talk about later as well but, their rates have gone up for annual tree trimming, so that’s stuff is what they presented to us which we will discuss later but, these numbers are as up to date as we can get them as far as the field line items but, the most important part is that the assessment would be decreased and that’s what you would be setting for the proposed budget to adopt the assessment.
Mr. Barak: When you say assessment decreased, what assessment?
Mr. Burgess: So, you increased your assessment $1,000 to fund the lake projects, now we have available funds to do the lake projects that are remaining which Angel will speak on further, we don’t have to have that increase, it’s up to you guys but, the goal was to decrease that based on the letter that you sent.

(At this point several people were talking at one time, and no one conversation could be heard)

Ms. Wald: Those were CDD special assessments, not condo assessments, but CDD assessments and remember it goes on your tax bill.
Mr. Barak: Right.
Ms. Wald: so they’re called special assessments and what we did for this fiscal year, last year is we did that increase across the board for everybody to pay for the lake project.
Mr. Barak: Right.
Ms. Wald: The money is in the bank, so to speak, for the lake project which as already commenced, we don’t need to have that extra money floating around, so you can go back down to what you had before.
Mr. Barak: Right, so when I hear it’s less of an assessment, it’s just sounds like there’s still an assessment.
Ms. Wald: Well, you still have an assessment, but you’re going back down to what you were before.
Mr. Burgess: And page 31 of your agenda it shows the assessment comparison, you can see it’s your annual maintenance assessment, so at fiscal year 2026 you’re at
$1,563.53, and fiscal year 2027 we’re proposing $563.54 which is a $1,000 decrease to your maintenance assessment. The debt assessment is going to stay the same and you can see the total assessed per unit will go down by $1,000.
Mr. Barak: Ok.
Ms. Wald: And that’s for this budget, now you’re not approving this budget right now, all you’re doing is having a discussion, so when we come back for the next meeting, that’s when you’re going to approve your proposed budget but, what Patrick wanted to do was give you these numbers now so you can look at them, have some discussions, tell him what you want right now, which you don’t have to, some changes thereto but, you’re not going to be making that decision until the next meeting.
Mr. Burgess: So, if you want to send me anything or call me about any questions or anything we can discuss it but, you have this draft and as of now that’s what we’re planning on proposing but, we’ll do that properly at the next meeting.

Ms. Wald: Right, so it’s just discussion, you’re not making any decisions. Mr. Burgess: So, if there are no further questions on that we can move on.
Ms. Christie: So, if we were to adopt this when the time comes, the amount on our tax bill will be what?
Mr. Burgess: It would be on page 31, and your total per unit assessment would be in fiscal year 2027 if you decrease it by $1,000 will be $1,230.10
Ms. Christie: Ok.
Ms. Wald: Going back down to what you had before. Ms. Christie: Yes.

Request from Condo Association Manager for Cost Share with CDD for Irrigation Improvements
Mr. Burgess: So moving on to item B we have a discussion request from condo association manager for cost share with CDD for irrigation improvements and this is something Amber wanted to discuss to the CDD Board about a possibility of going into a cost sharing agreement with the CDD to fund improvements to the irrigation system. Do you want to discuss it further Amber, the floor is yours.
Ms. Venzal: Yes. (inaudible comment) I was told we had a cost sharing document and then I was told, we’ll look into it and we’ll get back to you. I don’t think there is one, or there hasn’t been one, so I think as far as the condo Board would like to know, what are the common CDD areas that you share with us. Would the CDD replace the irrigation because we’re looking at roughly around $55,000, and things like that, so just out of curiosity what, if anything, would be done in a cost sharing.
Mr. Burgess: Well, that would be up to the Board if they want to explore a cost share agreement with the condo association and then I believe it would be up to the association’s attorney to draft something for the Board to even consider.
Ms. Warfel: I feel like it’s six of one, half a dozen of the other, it’s still our money as property owners.
Mr. Barak: So meaning there would be an assessment.
Ms. Venzal: We all have a budget for that, we would have to add that to our budget and then that would come out of your tax bill.
Mr. Barak: And there’s already a looming assessment for the roofs for the condos.

Mr. Burgess: And this is really for discussion, like Amber said, it’s not something that’s urgent but, there’s always going to be a need for improvements, I mean there’s going to be a need for replacement and I’m not sure about the existing pump condition, but they don’t last forever. So, she’s just saying in the future there is a possibility to do this, and if the Board is interested in a cost sharing agreement, she wanted to know.
Ms. Wald: For instance, what you’ll have is, you have an improvement, a system that is shared equally for plumbing but, it’s shared as to the condo association, or homeowners association, and the CDD. What can happen is the two parties can enter into an agreement with one of them taking control over the replacement or the repairs for that improvement, that capital improvement, and then making a determination who’s going to pay what percentage. So, you can do that as you used to have, you used to have an agreement with the condo associations which they took over some of the maintenance items and then that was terminated when that wasn’t working out. So, this is one of those items that is the irrigation system which is serving the purposes of the condo association for their property and their private parts, and then also part of it also is dealing with the CDD. So, the condo association is coming to you and saying, we got a quote for $55,001.10 and we’ll just say $55,000 and the request is would you be interested in contributing to that, that’s what they’re talking about with cost sharing.
(At this point several people were talking at one time, and no one conversation could be heard)

Ms. Venzal: And let me also just explain one thing to you, obviously we draw from the retention ponds, so the retention ponds are not being managed correctly and we need that for and I don’t know the technical term for the pipe to go into the lake, so I don’t manage the lake so why should I have to pay for the full cost of those types of repairs and things like that, so I just wanted to mention that.
Ms. Wald: Forget improper maintenance for a second, and by the way the condo association used to maintain them, and it wasn’t that long ago, and it’s also a function of with the lakes, as long as you have water in the lakes you can continue to use the irrigation.
Mr. Burgess: And these are purely retention ponds, they can empty out if there’s no ran.

Ms. Wald: Exactly.
Ms. Warfel: And I’ve raised concerns, like why are we watering every single day, I don’t think that’s general practice of good behavior to begin with, it’s deteriorating the water levels, all through dry season watering every single day, so there’s some stuff that’s out of our control too that they’re drawing on this water but, it shouldn’t be us versus them.
Ms. Wald: And I agree, I think it should be something where it should be cooperative, which is why we had the agreements in the past. It should be a cooperation, it works better when it’s that way, I agree with you100% Karen, and when we had that many years ago it did work well here and in other communities, and so I think that could also be part of the concerns is having an overall agreement where those items are placed. So, I’ll just give you a caution of warning and luckily you don’t have it here yet but, I do have another District in which the water levels got so low and then sludge got into the retention system that they no longer could use the lakes for irrigation, and so the entire irrigation system which was for CDD property and also for homeowner association property, and also for homeowners had to cease and they had to all connect up to city water. So, it’s the circle of life type of thing, and it’s everybody has to cooperate to make sure that not just the maintenance of the system, but that the system is properly being utilized when you have those instances of the water levels going low, sludge coming in I mean that’s why you’re doing all these things to get your stormwater system back up to an approved functioning system, it’s not bad, it’s working but, to get it where it was but, again, if you’re interested in doing something like that, you have to look at your budget, how much money do you have that can be provided thereto and what other things you want to see in a cost sharing agreement.
Ms. Venuti: How old is the system now? Ms. Wald: How long have we been here? Mr. Barak: 20 years.
Ms. Venzal: (inaudible comment)
Ms. Christie: And who’s in charge of the timers that go off? Ms. Venzal: (inaudible comment)
Mr. Burgess: And we can discuss that with them, that’s an easy catch. Mr. Barak: Well the lakes look pretty low right now for example.

Ms. Wald: Well, everybody’s does.
Mr. Burgess: So, I think if it’s something you guys want to entertain we have to see some sort of proposal from the association for you guys to even consider but, really this is just for discussion it was put out there for you guys to think about, it’s not urgent.
Mr. Barak: So, this would just be a cost sharing agreement but, we would have no say whatsoever in terms of how it actually works.
Ms. Wald: Well, you can add anything you want to the agreement but, you have to tell me.
Mr. Burgess: You have control over the current CDD irrigation, we maintain that but, as far as the condo association, they’re doing their thing.
(At this point several people were talking at one time, and no one conversation could be heard)

Mr. Barak: Hold on, that’s the entire amount, they’re not asking for the CDD to pay the entire amount, they’re asking to share.
Ms. Wald: Well, we don’t know what they’re asking.
Mr. Burgess: So I think Amber, if you guys want to present something for them to look at we can add it on the agenda or future agendas but, until then we really just wanted to put it out there for you guys.
Ms. Wald: Are you asking for a certain percentage so they can mull that over?
Ms. Venzal: I have to confirm with the Board, so this was just something that was up for discussion because a prior manager had mentioned and Juliana had mentioned that there was a cost sharing agreement but, I have no record of that.
Ms. Wald: Well, we used to have, and it was before you, we used to have a maintenance agreement and that was amended a few times.
Mr. Barak: It was an easement, right? Ms. Wald: No.
Ms. Venzal: I had spent one weekend for it, but I don’t have any record of it, I really don’t.
Ms. Wald: Ok, and everything is a public record and you can have anything you want, Patrick has them all, but that was terminated a while ago, and so it’s no longer in existence. So, whatever you want to do has to be new, and it’s fine, I’m not saying don’t

do it, what I’m saying is, it just needs to be done and it needs to be done properly, and so the information needs to be provided because this Board for its budgeting as we just discussed can only do it once a year, and so they have to budget for money. Now can a portion of this, whatever that amount may be, if there’s reserves and it could be pulled from there, of course, but they need to know because they need to figure out where they’re going to pull that money from if it’s going to be this fiscal year, that’s all.
Ms. Warfel: And what we can and cannot do as the governing body that we are.
Ms. Wald: That’s correct, and you do have that easement over basically everything, or almost everything in this community that was provided to the condo association to the CDD over 10 years ago but, let’s not get back into it. The percentage or basically what I always say is what’s being served, as Karen was stating, for the public portion thereof, and there is irrigation if this pump is serving that’s being replaced is serving the irrigation for the CDD portion, yes, can we figure out what that percentage is, probably yes, and once you figure out that percentage that’s what’s going to be fair.
Mr. Barak: Ok.
Ms. Venzal: Ginger, I have a question, because I know you mentioned that public information is available, are you suggesting I make a public records request?
Ms. Wald: No, Patrick can send it to you.
Mr. Burgess: Yes, I’ll send you the prior agreement, it terminated when GMS took over the field area, so that’s when those whole agreements were terminated and I can forward those to you.
Ms. Wald: Remember a public records request is just give it to me, nothing has to be formal.
Mr. Burgess: Yes, can you just state your name for the record.
Ms. Capuano: Yes, Cheri Capuano, 2318 Coral Reef Court, I remember when in a HOA meeting one time and they were talking about that the CDD has maintenance to just pick up the debris around the lakes, is that what you were referring to that we used to have that maintenance and we don’t anymore?
Mr. Burgess: Yes.
Ms. Wald: It was more than that, the agreements were everything.
Ms. Capuano: Because when I reported the dead duck the office said that’s the CDD responsibility.

Ms. Wald: Correct, there’s no longer a maintenance agreement between the condo association and the CDD.
Mr. Burgess: And we’ll discuss the duck situation later on in the agenda but, there’s no agreement with the condo association currently, it was terminated when GMS took over the field and that’s where it was ended. So, anything you want to send Amber, we can present it down the road.
Ms. Venzal: Thank you.
Mr. Burgess: You’re welcome.

FIFTH ORDER OF BUSINESS	Consideration of Southeast Land
and Water Management, LLC as the new District Lake Maintenance Vendor
Mr. Burgess: Moving on to item No. 5 of the agenda, consideration of Southeast Land and Water Management, LLC as the new District lake maintenance vendor, do you want me to speak on this or do you want to?
Mr. Gitel: You can go ahead.
Mr. Burgess: So, basically Southeast Land and Water Management has provided a proposal and Juliana provide this in the past but, it wasn’t approved. They are proposing to service the lakes for $400 a month.
Mr. Gitel: And just to interject, Southeast, we use them on a lot of other properties and they’re very good, they’re very helpful, and they are a little bit less and they’re very good in what they do, and very attentive and very easy to get a hold of and they’re always there.
Mr. Burgess: So currently this budget is at $5,514 and Southeast Land and Water is proposing $4,800, and like Jason said, we use them, we used to have Solitude at a bunch of Districts and they became a little too corporate and it was really hard to get to someone in charge, so we switched over to this vendor, it’s locally owned vendor, he’s the president and owner, we call and text him and he answers right away. So, kind of later on we discussed the duck situation and that’s something that would have been handled right away with this vendor, whereas we have to go through customer service channels and it took 5 days for them to get out here, and we can discuss it more but, they’re not a bad vendor, I just think in terms of your budget we have an option of

decreasing vendors, and having better service, the same service, just quicker response and we work with them currently and we have no complaints. So, I think if you guys would like to, it would be a motion to terminate Advanced Aquatic and hire Southeast Land and Water Management.
Mr. Barak: I’ll motion.

On MOTION by Mr. Barak seconded by Ms. West with all in favor, authorizing staff to terminate the current vendor, Advanced Aquatic and enter into a contract with Southeast Land and Water Management in the amount of $4,800 per month for lake maintenance services was approved.

Ms. Venuti: Do they come every month? Ms. Christie: Yes, every month.
Ms. Venuti: And they’ll get rid of the algae and everything because it seems like we have a lot of algae bloom.
Mr. Burgess: They will do proper maintenance that they’re allowed to do. So, we’ll go ahead get the termination sent out based on the agreement, and we’ll get them started and I think it’s a positive change.
Ms. Christie: And you guys have used them, you’ve worked with them on other properties.
Mr. Burgess: Yes, they do a good job, we use them all over, so we’re very happy with them.

SIXTH ORDER OF BUSINESS	Staff Reports
Mr. Burgess: Moving on to staff reports, attorney.

Attorney – Consideration of Request for Adjustment to District Counsel Fee Structure
Ms. Wald: Ok, a few things, we were talking about the Florida Legislature and what’s going on, so one the bills, and there’s two, but one of the bills that are pending is increasing the sovereign immunity. As you know or may not, the CDD because it is a local government has the right to sovereign immunity which means if something happens and somebody sues the CCD, you have limitations and liabilities to $200,000 to
$300,000, that’s going to go up, there’s no question in my mind that’s going to go up, how

high it’s going to go up depends on which bill proceeds forward or some kind of combination thereof. There hasn’t been an increase to that amount in many years so it hasn’t stayed with the cost of living.  So, that will probably increase to $400,000 or
$500,000 but, once the legislative session is complete and we have the bill sent to the Governor, as we do, each year we do that memo but, I do want to make my Boards aware of that because that becomes even more for that insurance. There are a lot of questions that have been asked of me as to property taxes, that doesn’t affect the CDD, because we have special assessments even though it’s on the bill, so that does not affect the CDD, that will affect you as a homeowner as to what you pay in the services that you will be getting from the county and from your city but, I don’t see that happening until the special session which they’re already talking about schedule in July but, that does not affect the CDD, but I am getting a lot of questions on that, so it does not affect the CDD, the answer is no. There are some other changes in the CDD, there’s one that is a bill that I think is going to pass this legislative session, the senate billed passed, and it only affects this CDD as to, you don’t like one of your Board members, and you’re someone in the community, you could start a recall petition, same as you do for cities and counties. It was proposed on the west coast because they were having some problems with those CDDs, we don’t have those problems over here but, it is something that I think is going to pass, and again, none of these have passed yet, we will do the memo, everybody has an opportunity to read the memo when it’s completed, so that’s that.
Ms. Venuti: Excuse me, I’m sorry to do this but, I have a doctor’s appointment I have to get to, I just overlapped today, so I’m going to excuse myself, and I want to thank everybody, so have a good evening.
Ms. Wald: So, we’re announcing for the record that you’re departing at 9:52. Ms. Venuti: Ok, thank you so much.
Ms. Wald: And we still have a quorum.
Ms. West: I have an appointment but, it’s not until 11:00.
Ms. Wald: Well, that’s up to you, we still have a quorum if you need to leave. Ms. West: Ok, well I need to go.
Ms. Wald: Ok, so same as the Anina 9:53, that’s ok. So, my second item that I have is the request for fee increase. So, what you’re paying right now is $275 an hour for partners and $225 an hour for associates, and this fee structure has been in place since

2023, we are making a request for a whopping $25 an hour increase, which would make partners $300 an hour and associates $250 per hour. This would not be going into effect until the next fiscal year, we doing this really early so when people like you, and the District manager can take that into account when you’re doing your budget for next fiscal year. So, when we were looking at it, which is probably why he did that increase, but as I said I want to transfer this over to an associate for next year, not that I don’t love you guys and coming here, and I’m always available but my schedule is insane, and you would save some money. So, the CPI increase is 6.6%, one of my lovely assistants did that for me, and that is the request that we’re asking for.
Mr. Barak: And just doing the quick math, so the only difference is $50 per hour between he partner and associate, and let’s say we have 10 meetings out of the year, we’re talking about saving $500.
Ms. Wald: If you can do that math, sure.
Mr. Barak: Assuming meetings are an hour long. Ms. Wald: Yes, that’s usually how long they are. Mr. Barak: Ok.
Ms. Wald: And as I said before, if you need me, I’m always available, I’m always here, if you don’t like who we put as associate, but you’ll be in good hands, if you want me back, I’m more than happy to help you guys and come back but, anyone we’re not doing it right yet. So, that is the request, and if that is acceptable we would request that you make a motion to approve the fee increase which goes into effect October 1, 2026.

On MOTION by Ms. Warfel seconded by Ms. Christie with all in favor, accepting the request for adjustment to District Counsel fee structure effective October 1, 2026 was approved.

Engineer
Mr. Burgess: Moving on to the engineer, Angel is on the phone, can you hear us Angel?
Mr. Camacho: Yes, can you hear me? Ms. Wald: Yes.

Mr. Camacho: Great, good morning everyone. I have two items, the first item is the status on the outfall cleaning. We have Raptor Vac who just confirmed that they will be onsite one day next week, and it will take approximately two days to actually the clean those outfalls, they apologize for the delay, which was scheduled previously but, we’re expecting them onsite next Wednesday until Friday.
Mr. Burgess: Ok, thank you.
Mr. Camacho: Then to touch base on lakes 1 and 2, between meetings we received a proposal from Landshore which was about $441,000 I believe.
Mr. Burgess: $421,000.
Mr. Camacho: Ok, and during that meeting it was said for us to seek out other proposals, and you can correct me if I’m wrong, it doesn’t meet the threshold for a public bid which would increase cost to the District, so I was able to go out and submit requests for proposals from different vendors.
Ms. Wald: Angel, I need you guys to do the calculation, because you have the books, Juan does it every year, I don’t have the numbers memorized but, it’s the
$300,000 and then they multiple that, whatever that percentage is called, but you people have it in your books, and so you need to apply that and make sure that it stays within that threshold, and I know it’s $400,000 something but, if it is within that threshold then you’re fine, if not, you do have to go out to bid.
Mr. Camacho: Yes, and we spoke to, or I had a meeting with Juan and we kind of touched base on that but, I will confirm with him but, I have prepared a package to send out to separate vendors to hopefully have three proposals by the next meeting.
Ms. Wald: Ok, good, that’s fine.
Mr. Burgess: Ok, then anything else on the lakes, or does anyone have any questions for Angel?
Mr. Barak: No. Ms. Christie: No.
Mr. Burgess: Ok, anything additional on the lakes?
Ms. Christie: When are they coming, when are the Raptor Vac people coming? Mr. Burgess: Raptor Vac will be here Wednesday next week.
Mr. Christie: Ok.
Mr. Barak: So the outfall is not right.

Mr. Burgess: Yes. Then I didn’t put it on the agenda so I apologize Angel but, I do have you handout for the fee increase for the engineers, so if you want to speak on that we have the handout and we can accomplish that.
Mr. Camacho: Ok, so currently our hourly billing rates are 5 years old, from 2021, so what we did is we created new job applications to kind of be in line from day one. We don’t expect this proposed rate to exceed the engineering budget that was adopted for fiscal year 2026, so we kind of added new qualifications for the junior engineers. (inaudible comment)
Mr. Burgess: So, if there is no concerns with this, and the Board does approve it, then it would be an amendment to the current agreement with Alvarez Engineers, so are there any questions on this?
Mr. Barak: No.
Ms. Vernon: May I ask a question about the lake, Patrick, it’s Nicole Vernon. Mr. Burgess: Yes, do you guys have any issues with Nicole asking a question? Mr. Barak: No.
Ms. Christie: No.
Mr. Burgess: Yes, go ahead Nicole.
Ms. Vernon: Just a question for Angel, with what he was talking about earlier, didn’t we receive a proposal for lakes 1, 2 and 3 in April, 2025 and are those proposals no longer valid, those proposals totaled $292,860?
Mr. Camacho: Yes, so the April one excluded the actual shoreline, specifically the east and west shoreline for lakes 1 and 2, and then lake 3 but, this proposal I think, and I’m not sure when the meeting was that the Board proposed it but, Landshore recommended that because they were talking about replacing the retaining walls as well, so lakes 1 and 2 to have full retaining wall replacement, as well as completion of the shoreline restoration, and that’s kind of where the Board left off on lake 1 and 2, and then leaving lake 3 because that retaining wall would compromise whatever shoreline restoration that was completed there.
Ms. Vernon: So the shoreline restoration proposal that was proposed in April, 2025 currently 1, 2 and 3 for the $292,000, that was corrected in November for $426,000 basically $1,000 per unit. (inaudible comment)

Mr. Camacho: Well, I think those proposals supersede the other ones, I’m not sure but, we are moving forward with lakes 1 and 2.
Ms. Vernon: (inaudible comment) Then the Board decided not to move forward with lake 3 which was I think was $54,000 proposal because they said that it wasn’t as bad, so if the proposals totaled $292,860 and we currently have $426,000.
Ms. Christie: I think that quote was older, right?
Ms. Warfel:  I think the quote is older, I think we added to it and that’s why it’s
$400,000 something, and then we had to wait until we collected all of that revenue through your tax bills in order to be able to move forward because we can bid something without the cash on hand, so now we’re getting the three quotes to see where we’re at in reality versus the one that we had last year as an estimate to know what to ask for.
Ms. Vernon: Ok, so the work isn’t going to commence until we I guess get more bids to do the wall, as well, I guess is what my question is.
Ms. Warfel: Yes.
Ms. Vernon: Ok, that was my question, thank you, and will the shoreline deteriorate more, and are there plans if the erosion gets worse?
Mr. Camacho: Yes, so upon completion of lakes 1 and 2, we could asked the vendor put eyes on lake 3 to get recommendations at that time.
Ms. Vernon: Ok, alright thank you.
Mr. Burgess: Thank you Angel. Going back to the fee increase request from Alvarez Engineering, are there any issues with that, or is there a motion to accept the increase and amend the agreement?
Ms. Wald: It’s just the hourly rate, they go hourly, so it would be the current rates for the principal, which is Juan, and then they just increase the hourly rate. So, I think and Angel are you a junior or a senior?
Mr. Camacho: I’m actually a project engineer.
Ms. Wald: Ok, I just wanted to see what line item you would be. Mr. Camacho: It’s about a $4.00 increase from the original rate.

On MOTION by Ms. Warfel seconded by Ms. Christie with all in favor, accepting the updated hourly billing rate increase from Alvarez Engineers and authorizing staff to amend the agreement was approved.

Mr. Burgess: Does anyone have anything else for Angel? Mr. Barak: No.

Field
Monthly Report
Advanced Aquatic Email Regarding Recent Complaints in Lakes 1 and 2
Mr. Burgess: Moving on to the field report on page 37 is the monthly report, and Jason can take it from here.
Mr. Gitel: Yes, so Advance Aquatic continuing to maintain all the District lakes, special treatment for some of the plankton algae and that was conducted February 2nd for lakes 1 and 2, and Patrick will talk a little bit more about that and the situation that was discussed with the ducks and the algae. The big thing here is, the clusias were installed behind the dumpsters, and I’ve been taking a look every week or so and they are growing, so it’s looking good, and they’re growing quick which is nice. The royal poinciana when you first pull in at the main entrance to the right, it was kind of hanging over the lake, so it was kind of looking bad, so they trimmed that up. The hedges near lake 4 on the wall were trimmed, there was also some vines in there that were taken out, so we are just going to be monitoring that along that wall, just so it doesn’t do any damage to the current hedges. I’m not sure if you know this or not but, Anglers Avenue, they have that new bus stop, the new shelter, so they dug that all up, they repaired everything and then they did replace the grass. The grass right now, that was damaged and they did put it back but, right now it’s turning brown for some reason, so we’re not sure if it was from the cold weather but, it should come back, and we’re keeping an eye on that as well and Cutters Edge is aware so we’ll make sure that if it needs to be resodded, we’ll resod it.
Mr. Burgess: Well, the county paid for the new sod. Mr. Gitel: Yes.
Ms. Warfel: Was our irrigation in tack down there, or was it not getting water because they moved some irrigation?

Mr. Burgess: Yes, there’s probably clogged sprinkler heads because it was working when they installed it, so they’re probably just clogged sprinkler heads, and that area had a bad valve that Cutters Edge fixed, and a lot of Cutters Edge repairs have been something they’ve just eaten because they know it was kind of left it in the past, but they’ve done that for us which we appreciate but, they’re aware of the sod issues and the vendor even reached out but, it looked good when it was done.
Ms. Venzal: I’ve asked Cutters Edge to give a full sod proposal for the whole community to see if that’s something that we can do in phases. (inaudible comment)
Mr. Gitel: And that’s something different, this was the other thing but, that’s all I have so if anyone has any questions for the field let me know.
Mr. Burgess: Yes, so basically the vines that Amber is referencing bordering the hotel, the vines are coming from the oak trees from the hotel side, the account manager for Cutters Edge was there yesterday to try to discuss a removal and is going back today. If it gets down to it just not being something they’re maintaining, and it’s impacting our landscaping, and once those vines get inside our hedges they strangler them basically and basically kill them. So, I don’t know if down the road we need to send a letter or something or we can maintain anything that hangs over our property, but if it’s just going to continue to be a maintenance item, I don’t see why we would entertain that.
Ms. Warfel: Is it on their other side, is it just they’re not maintaining their landscaping or do they have a vine on that side or it’s coming over?
Mr. Burgess: It’s on their side.
Ms. Venzal: The vines are coming from their oak trees. (inaudible comment) Mr. Warfel: So it’s invasive all around.
Mr. Burgess: Yes, so Cutters Edge is going to try to offer them some kind of service to do it, it should be any expense for the CDD unless we decide to cut back what’s coming over to our side but again, trying to save money and not have a continuous maintenance item if they can just prevent it one time. So, if we need to we’ll talk about that but, we’ll let Cutters Edge do their research and get back to us but, it’s been good.
Ms. Venzal: Any chance that we have to do another duck removal in the area because it was very nice when there weren’t that many ducks the last time, and mother

nature kind of took care of the iguanas for us but, not we’re just getting over run with ducks and we just had the pressure wash done and they just poop on the sidewalk.
Mr. Gitel: I will say that I was here the other day and I brought that up when I was here, and there we still a lot of people feeding a bunch of ducks, and there were a lot of ducks around, so I’m just saying there are people still feeding the ducks.
Ms. Venzal: (inaudible comment)
Mr. Burgess: So, if that’s something the Board wants to talk about we can definitely discuss that.
Ms. Wald: You got to get people to stop feeding the ducks.
Mr. Burgess: So, moving to item #2 under field, I want to talk about the email, and based on the duck concern and the algae concern, we received a complaint from Teri that lake 1 had a dead duck and there was some sort of algae that fell on it, so I sent an email and this is the email back from the vendor, I emailed them on a Thursday, and they emailed be back on Friday, they go out there on Monday but, 10 days later they sent us an update after I had followed up so a reason why we terminated them but, we did our best to reach out to them and this is just for the record, that we were attempting to get it resolved and it wasn’t resolved as fast as we would have liked.
Ms. Venzal: (inaudible comment)
Mr. Burgess: The duck removal was to be a one-time service, and there’s two ways to do the duck removal as we have it.
Ms. Venzal: No but like the one that was on the lake.
Mr. Burgess: No, that’s something that our vendor would just come and do, that’s kind of why we like to use him, he’s going to just come and get that taken care of.
Ms. Venzal: Ok.
Mr. Burgess: So, unless there are any questions on that we can move on.

Manager – Discussion of Cutters Edge Maintenance Services for CDD
Mr. Burgess: Moving down to manager, discussion of Cutters Edge maintenance services, so we added this to the revised agenda because currently there is no agreement with Cutters Edge for the CDD to be maintained, there was an old agreement with the condo association that they honored for a long time, and currently we are just having them service the property monthly and paying them.  There’s no formal

agreement that is in place. So, we discussed last week on what you guys would like to do moving forward, is it keeping Cutters Edge for the CDD, is it going out to bid for other vendors, either way we’d like to have an agreement in place. They have provided us a proposal for fiscal year 2027 services which we’ll put on the next agenda for you guys to look at but, that wouldn’t go into effect until next year and that is included in your draft budget, their rates are, but currently we’re just paying them monthly and there’s really nothing accounted for besides what we want them to do and that they’re doing. I mean they’re doing the normal maintenance but, there’s nothing written out that says, hey you should be doing this or that.
Ms. Wald: Recommendation is to enter into an agreement. Mr. Burgess: Yes.
Ms. Wald: We need an agreement.
Mr. Barak: And how long has that been the case? Ms. Wald: A while.
Mr. Burgess: So, we can have them provide us a current proposal to draft an agreement and then come 2027 when they are renewing their services, there would be an amendment. So, if that’s something you guys would like we can add it to the next agenda but, I wanted to make you aware of that, that’s why there was pushback on the mulch job pricing, which why the tree trimming is going up, they have a ton of trees in the CDD to trim so I think their price is fair but, we just never really had something in place that says, you need to do 32 cuts a year here or whatever, at least for the CDD. So, the condo association may have something but, we never got anything.
Mr. Barak: So, we could just go back to whenever there was an agreement? Ms. Wald: No.
Mr. Barak: No, I’m saying like in terms of what they need to do or now all that is changed?
Ms. Wald: No.
Mr. Barak: So, it’s not like there’s a lot of time involved in drafting an agreement. Ms. Wald: No, I just need the proposal.
Mr. Barak: Ok.
Mr. Burgess: Amber do you have one? Ms. Venzal: (inaudible comment)

(At this point several people were talking at one time, and no one conversation could be heard)

Mr. Barak: It hasn’t been that bad to be honest with you, yes there’s issues here and there but, ultimately I think it’s something we can work with.
Mr. Burgess: Yes, but the CDD is very straight forward, a lot of it is just details, very minimal mowing.
Mr. Barak: Right.
Ms. Venzal: (inaudible comment) Just something you need to be aware, they’re charging you additional for certain trees, and the coconuts should be included. (inaudible comment)
Mr. Burgess: And we don’t have a current agreement with them but I appreciate it Amber. So, unless there are any questions, I’ll bring back a proposal to the next meeting to draft an agreement.
Ms. Wald: Give me the proposal, I’ll do the agreement and then you can have it on the agenda.
Mr. Burgess: Ok.
Ms. Warfel: I mean you still do it, whether we go out to bid or not, I think it just makes sense to stay with whoever the condo has.
Mr. Burgess: Ok.

SEVENTH ORDER OF BUSINESS	Financial Reports
Approval of Check Register
Acceptance of Unaudited Financials
Mr. Burgess: Moving on to financial reports, on page 42 is the approval of the check register, and page 47 starts the unaudited financials. So, unless there are any questions on those a motion to approve those would be in order.

On MOTION by Ms. Christie seconded by Mr. Barak with all in favor, the Check Register and the Unaudited Financials were approved.

EIGHTH ORDER OF BUSINESS	Supervisors	Requests	and
Audience Comments
Mr. Burgess: Are there any Supervisor’s requests?
Ms. Warfel: I have a question, I think a couple of ladies brought up to Cheri about communication, and we had the whole process where I created those flyers because I agreed that nobody knows what the CDD is and what we’re doing but, I never saw anything go out.
Mr. Burgess: I was contacted recently for a request, and I think it’s very informational and if you want to put it back on the agenda for you guys to maybe detail more, but I think it was really informative.
Mr. Barak: So, you’re suggesting to just send it out to everybody rather than just on a request basis.
Ms. Warfel: Yes, so that people are educated and know, because I know I didn’t know when I bought my property, my realtor was like, oh it’s fine, no big deal, don’t worry about it.
Ms. Venzal: Talking about that. (inaudible comment) If you think the CDD pushes something out like that would also help that would be good. (inaudible comment)
Ms. Wald: So, the audit is done every single year and it’s required to be on the website and it’s a link that brings you to the Florida Auditor General, so it brings you right to that link and all the reports are listed and I’m looking at them right now.
Ms. Venzal: Ok, is it under the audit that just passed? Mr. Burgess: Yes, there’s a link that says audit.
Ms. Venzal: Ok.
Mr. Barak: And that’s once a year in August?
Ms. Wald: No, so what happens is you are required because you are a local government, to have an independent auditor do the audit for every fiscal year, so it’s done after the fiscal year is over. We completed fiscal year 2025 on September 30, 2025.
Mr. Burgess: And you accepted that at your last meeting. Mr. Barak: Right.
Ms. Wald: So, some are a little bit more involved, so they don’t actually get done until like June but, some are done quicker because they’re easier to do like you guys and

you did yours, and once it’s done it goes up on to the website as a hyperlink to the state because it’s the state that actually maintains it and that’s who it gets sent to so that is on there. The other items that are required to be on there are your budget. So, it’s not your budgets when you began, but it’s a certain period of time for that but, that’s what is required now and a few other things but, you can add if you want to as a Board, and I talk to my Boards all the time about this, you must have the certain legal requirements, but if you want to add other things to your website, you can, and some want them, some don’t, it all depends on the District. Districts that do not have engaged HOAs or condo associations, they have more, because they don’t have anyone else to go to, or if they own more things, like the one I had last night, they own a clubhouse, so their website has lots of stuff on it but, yours is a basic one because you really don’t own much in this CDD. You have an easement that was given to you many years ago that you mentioned, I have a condo association, they give you the right as a CDD and you did install a lot landscaping back then and to maintain it, but other than that you have the lakes, that really all you have. It’s not owned by the CDD, it’s owned by the condo association, so there really is not a per se requirement that you have change your website but, it’s something you can always do if you want to as a Board. Your condo association is onsite which is why you’re relying on them with agreements over the years to have certain things being done because they’re here, they know what’s going on, you get see it, if you look out your window you get to see what’s happening in the community so it makes sense but, the unique difference between this CDD and others is you do have that easement, so that just gives you the right, not the obligations, and I had to make that clear to a few people, it is not an obligation of the CDD, you can always have the CDD say, we’re not doing this thing, it’s a perpetual easement but you could stop if you wanted to. Patrick and I just had this conversation not too long ago.
Mr. Barak: So, the CDD can say, hey we don’t have to, or is it the condo association.
Ms. Wald: No, it’s a perpetual easement, they can’t do it unilaterally, we can agree together as a group to completely terminate if you want to, but it’s not a unilateral, which is why you had those maintenance agreements over the years, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Again, things change, nothing is static, change is fine, and I agree with you, pointing fingers doesn’t get you anywhere but, being accurate is

important but, it’s up to you to provide it but for a community such as this where the ownership is limited, the issue usually is on a HOA or condo association to provide that information. They’re the ones that have those emails addresses, we don’t have any emails addresses unless they’re given to us because it’s not required by law for us to have them. What we have is the folio numbers to make sure your assessments get on the tax bill. So, it’s up to the Board.
Ms. Warfel: So maybe we can talk about at the next meeting again, and if there’s opportunity to improve the website, an opportunity to request again that the condo Board help with distribution if we agree on something.
Ms. Wald: Yes.
Mr. Burgess: And going back to your original point, we can add your back to the agenda and discuss it and we can have the webpage discussion. As Ginger mentioned there’s an audit link with our audits, the budgets are there, the financials, like she said, some Districts want us to add things, and some don’t, it’s a gray area because you’re adding things every single month, although we don’t meet every single month, and you’re not approving them, but they could always be requested from us.
Ms. Warfel: Are the agendas on there?
Mr. Burgess: Yes, the agendas are on there.
Ms. Warfel: So then the financials based on our agenda on that too.
Ms. Wald: All that’s required is an agenda page, not all the backup. If you want to add all the backup then yes, it can be placed on there but, all that’s required is this. Some Boards want everything, but some don’t because, like I said, I had a meeting last night, the agenda is like this so it takes up a lot of memory on the website, and so as long as you’re willing to pay extra for that, the storage and everything else, it’s fine but, this is all that’s required by law.
Mr. Burgess: Right, so what’s on there is your agenda package, the financials, and our boss had mentioned, we’re putting financials on the website, when the financials are in the agenda package, so you’re kind of doubling down but, it’s up to you guys definitely. You can have the full agenda package in there.
Mr. Barak: But there’s an added cost to that is what you’re saying. Ms. Wald: There could be.
Mr. Barak: Ok.

Ms. Wald: But remember also for financials and I kind of caution this to this, you approve your financials as a Board, that’s why they’re in your agenda package. If you’re putting all the financials without approval on to your website, they’re fine, they’re on there, but if something is not correct that it has to be revised and corrected, so that is a caution that I do say. Now, is it a public record, can anybody ask for it, of course, like I said, you don’t do anything formal, just say I need this and you have it.
Mr. Burgess: Are there any other Supervisor’s requests? Moving on to audience comments, and for the sake of the meeting time, there is a 3 minute public comment policy, and it’s not a Q&A, you guys don’t have to answer but, whoever is online, and Nicole I know you’re online so if you have any questions feel free.
Ms. Vernon: Yes, I just wanted to mention the last thing about the sprinklers, I know Juliana had worked on the sprinkler head issue and I know that she worked a lot with Cutters Edges on the invoices, and that we pay a lot for sprinkler repairs, so I’m on board with helping Amber again with getting the cost from Cutters Edge on that. (inaudible comment)
Mr. Burgess: Ok, thank you Amber. Anyone else have any questions?

NINTH ORDER OF BUSINESS	Adjournment
Mr. Burgess: Not hearing any, is there a motion to adjourn.

On MOTION by Ms. Christie seconded by Mr. Barak with all in favor, the meeting was adjourned.

Secretary / Assistant Secretary	Chairman / Vice Chairman

RESOLUTION 2026-02
A RESOLUTION OF THE GRIFFIN LAKES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT APPROVING THE DISTRICT’S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING THEREON PURSUANT TO FLORIDA LAW
WHEREAS, the District Manager has prepared the proposed budget for the Fiscal Year
2027; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors approves the proposed budget for purpose of submitting said budget to the local governing authorities not less than 60 days prior to the public hearing date in accordance with Chapter 190.008(b), Florida Statutes: and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors desires to set the public hearing date;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE GRIFFIN LAKES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT:
The proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2027 is hereby approved for the purpose of conducting a public hearing to adopt said budget.
A public hearing on said approved budget is hereby declared and set for the following date, hour and place:

Date: 	 Hour: 	 Place: 	

Notice of public hearing shall be published in accordance with Florida Law. Adopted this 	 day of 	, 2026

Chairman/Vice Chairman

Secretary/Assistant Secretary

Griffin Lakes

Griffin Lakes

Community Development District

Community Development District

Proposed Budget

Proposed Budget

FY 2027

FY 2027

Table of Contents

1-2

3-6

7-8

	General Fund

	Narratives

	Debt Service Fund Series 2020

9		Assessment Schedules

Griffin Lakes	
Community Development District	
Proposed Budget	
General Fund	

REVENUES:

Special Assessments - On Roll	$	627,571	$	567,648	$	59,923	$	627,571	$	226,192	
Interest income	10,000	7,690	2,310	10,000	7,000	
Miscellaneous Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	
Carry Forward Surplus	-	24,855	-	24,855	24,855	
TOTAL REVENUES	$	637,571	$	600,194	$	62,232	$	662,426	$	258,047	

EXPENDITURES:						
Administrative						
Supervisor Fees	$	12,000	$	2,800	$	7,000	$	9,800	$	12,000	
FICA Taxes	918	214	536	750	918	
Engineering	10,000	-	10,000	10,000	10,000	
Attorney	13,000	3,658	9,343	13,000	18,000	
Annual Audit	4,800	4,800	-	4,800	5,000	
Assessment Administration	4,200	4,200	-	4,200	4,452	
Dissemination Agent	1,113	464	649	1,113	1,180	
Trustee Fees	4,100	4,041	-	4,041	4,500	
Management Fees	25,071	10,446	14,625	25,071	26,575	
Property Appraiser	854	854	-	854	854	
Information Technology	557	232	324	557	590	
Website Maintenance	1,224	510	714	1,224	1,297	
Telephone	50	-	50	50	50	
Postage & Delivery	175	81	119	200	200	
Insurance General Liability	9,424	8,410	-	8,410	9,251	
Printing & Binding	400	38	362	400	400	
Legal Advertising	500	-	700	700	800	
Contingency	1,530	591	1,709	2,300	2,500	
Office Supplies	50	-	50	50	50	
Dues, Licenses & Subscriptions	175	175	-	175	175	
Total Administrative	$	90,141	$	41,513	$	46,181	$	87,694	$	98,793	

Operations & Maintenance
Field Expenditures

Field Management	$	20,034	$	8,348	$	11,687	$	20,034	$	21,236	
Lake and Wetland Maintenance	5,414	2,255	3,157	5,412	4,800	
Fountain Maintenance	2,030	810	690	1,500	2,030	
Landscape Maintenance	7,285	2,947	4,126	7,073	6,693	
Plant Replacement	25,000	4,528	20,472	25,000	25,000	
Mulch	9,620	4,949	5,758	10,707	11,520	
Tree Pruning/Trimming	8,755	-	8,755	8,755	16,701	
Irrigation Repair & Maintenance	6,604	1,196	5,361	6,557	8,280	
Pest Control	6,890	2,787	3,902	6,690	7,800	
Utility - Stormwater Tax	420	415	-	415	420	
Repairs & Maintenance	4,000	-	4,000	4,000	4,774	
Stormwater Drain System	10,000	-	10,000	10,000	10,000	
Contingency	10,000	-	12,356	12,356	10,000	
Reserve	30,000	-	30,000	30,000	30,000	

Total Field Expenditures	$	146,052	$	28,235	$	120,264	$	148,498	$	159,254	

Griffin Lakes	
Community Development District	
Proposed Budget	
General Fund	

Projects

Fence Repair	$	100,000	$	-	$	100,000	$	100,000	$	-	
Lake Restoration	301,378	1,249	300,130	301,378	-	

Total Projects	$	401,378	$	1,249	$	400,130	$	401,378	$	-	

TOTAL EXPENDITURES	$	637,571	$	70,997	$	566,574	$	637,571	$	258,047	

EXCESS REVENUES (EXPENDITURES)	$	-	$	529,197	$	(504,342)	$	24,855	$	-	

Product	Assessable Units	Total Gross Assessment	FY26
Gross Per Unit	FY27	Increase/
Gross	(Decrease) Per Unit	

Single Family	427	$	240,629.34	$	1,563.53	$	563.53	$	(1,000.00)	

Total	427	$	240,629.34	
Less: Discounts & Collections 5%			14,437.76 	
Net Assessments		 $	226,191.58 	

REVENUES	
Special Assessments-Tax Roll	
The District will levy a Non-Ad Valorem assessment on all sold and platted parcels within the District in order to pay for the operating expenditures during the Fiscal Year.	
Interest	
The District earns interest on the monthly average collected balance for each of their investment accounts.	
Expenditures - Administrative	
Supervisors Fees	
Chapter 190 of the Florida Statutes allows for members of the Board of Supervisors to be compensated
$200 per meeting in which they attend.  The budgeted amount for the fiscal year is based on all supervisors attending 12 meetings.	
FICA Taxes	
Payroll taxes on Board of Supervisor’s compensation. The budgeted amount for the fiscal year is calculated at 7.65% of the total Board of Supervisor’s payroll expenditures.	
Engineering	
The District's engineer will provide general engineering services to the District, i.e. attendance and preparation for monthly board meetings, review of invoices, and other specifically requested assignments.	
Attorney	
The District’s Attorney, will be providing general legal services to the District, i.e., attendance and preparation for monthly Board meetings, review of contracts, review of agreements and resolutions, and other research assigned as directed by the Board of Supervisors and the District Manager.	
Annual Audit	
The District is required to conduct an annual audit of its financial records by an Independent Certified Public Accounting Firm. The budgeted amount for the fiscal year is based on contracted fees from the previous year engagement plus anticipated increase.	
Assessment Roll Administration	
GMS SF, LLC provides assessment services for closing lot sales, assessment roll services with the local Tax Collector and financial advisory services.	
Dissemination Agent	
The District is required by the Security and Exchange Commission to comply with Rule 15(c)(2)-12(b)(5), which relates to additional reporting requirements for un-rated bond issues.	
Trustee Fees	
The District bonds will be held and administered by a Trustee. This represents the trustee annual fee.	
Management Fees	
The District receives Management, Accounting and Administrative services as part of a Management Agreement with Governmental Management Services-South Florida, LLC.	
Property Appraiser	
The Broward County Board of Commissioners provides the District with a listing of the legal description of each property parcel within the District boundaries, and the names and addresses of the owners of such property. The District reimburses the Board of Commissioners for necessary administrative costs incurred to provide this service. Per the Florida Statutes, administrative costs shall include, but not be limited to, those costs associated with personnel, forms, supplies, data processing, computer equipment, postage, and programming. The budget for Board
of Commissioners costs was based on a unit price per parcel.	

Expenditures - Administrative (continued)				
Information Technology				
The District processes all of its financial activities, i.e. accounts payable, financial statements, etc. on a main frame computer leased by Governmental Management Services – South Florida, LLC.	
Website Maintenance				
Per Chapter 2014-22, Laws of Florida, all Districts must have a website to provide detailed information on the CDD as well as links to useful websites regarding Compliance issues. This website will be maintained by GMS-SF, LLC and updated monthly.	
Communication - Telephone				
New internet and Wi-Fi service for Office.				
Postage and Delivery				
Actual postage and/or freight used for District mailings including agenda packages, vendor checks and other correspondence.	
Insurance General Liability				
The District's General Liability & Public Officials Liability Insurance policy is with a qualified entity that specializes in providing insurance coverage to governmental agencies. The amount is based upon similar Community Development Districts.	
Printing and Binding				
Copies used in the preparation of agenda packages, required mailings, and other special projects.	
Legal Advertising				
The District is required to advertise various notices for monthly Board meetings and other public hearings in a newspaper of general circulation.	
Contingencies				
This includes monthly bank charges and any other miscellaneous expenses that incur during the year.	
Office Supplies				
Supplies used in the preparation and binding of agenda packages, required mailings, and other special projects.	
Due, Licenses & Subscriptions				
The District is required to pay an annual fee to the Florida Department of Commerce for $175.	
Expenditures – Field				
Field Manager				
The District currently contracts with GMS to operate the Property and its contractors.	
Vendor	Description	monthly	Total	
GMS	Operating	$	1,770	$	21,236	
Lake and Wetland Maintenance				
Monthly maintenance will consist of inspection and treament including algae, border grass, and invasive exotic plant control. The vendor will visit the site monthly with treatments as nexessary to control udesired growth. [5 lakes]	
Vendor	Description	monthly	Total	
Southeast  Land	and	Water	Lake maintenance	$	400	$	4,800	

Expenditures – Field (continued)				
Fountain Maintenance				
The District has a contract with Fountain Design Group, Inc for preventive maintenance and repairs of the 2 lake fountains. Includes a 3% increase.	
Vendor	Description	quarterly	Total	
Fountain Design	Fountain maintenance	$	258	$	1,030	
Fountain Design	Repairs		$	1,000	
		Total	
$	2,030	
Landscape Maintenance				
The District has a contract with Cutters Edge to provide turf maintenance landscape detail for the District.	
Vendor	Description	monthly	Total	
Cutters Edge	Landscape maint (32)	$	533	$	6,400	
Cutters Edge	Turf maint 2x per year	$	147	$	293	
		Total	
$	6,693	
Plant Replacement				
This is for landscape enhancement projects.				
Mulch				
The District has a contract with Cutters Edge to provide mulching of the beds and brown mulch in April and November.	
Vendor	Description		Total	
Cutters Edge	Mulch April		$	5,760	
Cutters Edge	Mulch November		$	5,760	
		Total	
$	11,520	
Tree Pruning/Trimming				
This is for annual tree/palms pruning and trimming by Cutters Edge.	
Irrigation Maintenance				
The District has a contract with Cutters Edge to provide 12 irrigation wet checks for the District.	
Vendor	Description	monthly	Total	
Cutters Edge	Irrigation maintenance	$	273	$	3,280	
Cutters Edge	Repairs	n/a	 $	5,000 	
		Total	$	8,280	
Pest Control				
The District has a contract with Cutters Edge to provide pest control and turf/ornamental fertilization for the District. 10 IPM spotcheck treaments per year.	
Vendor	Description	monthly	Total	
Cutters Edge	Pest Control	$	650	$	7,800	
Utility Stormwater				
Broward County Tax Collector Dania storm water for non – ad valorem assessments for these account numbers: 504232-52-0580, 504232-52-0590, 504232-52-0600 and 504232-52-0610	
Repair and Maintenance				
Represents costs for repair and maintenance within the District property.	
Stormwater Drain System				
The District contracted Raptor Vac Systems to provide catch basins cleaning and inspections.	
Miscellaneous -Contingency				
The District may incur field expenses that may arise to maintain the District property (lakes and landscaping).	

Expenditures – Field (continued)	
Reserves	
Reserves for future projects.	
Expenditures – Projects	
Lake Restoration	
The second phase of the Lake Restoration Project involves installing GEO Tubes in Lakes 1, 2, and 3, and necessary repairs to pipes for the drainage system.	

Griffin Lakes	
Community Development District	
Proposed Budget	
Debt Service Series 2020 Special Assessment Refunding Bonds	

Adopted Budget	Actuals Thru	Projected Next	Projected Thru	Proposed Budget	
Description	FY2026	2/28/26	7 Months	9/30/26	FY 2027	

REVENUES:

Special Assessments-On Roll	$	267,544	$	241,770	$	25,774	$	267,544	$	267,544	
Interest Earnings	1,200	703	1,157	1,860	1,000	
Carry Forward Surplus (1)	89,014	66,934	-	66,934	67,570	

TOTAL REVENUES	$	357,757	$	309,407	$	26,931	$	336,338	$	336,114	

EXPENDITURES:

Interest 11/1	$	24,384	$	24,384	$	-	$	24,384	$	21,590	
Principal - 11/1	220,000	-	220,000	220,000	225,000	
Interest - 5/1	24,384	-	24,384	24,384	21,590	

TOTAL EXPENDITURES	$	268,768	$	24,384	$	244,384	$	268,768	$	268,180	

EXCESS REVENUES (EXPENDITURES)	$	88,989	$	285,023	$	(217,453)	$	67,570	$	67,934	

Interest Due 11/1/27	$	18,733	

(1) Carry Forward is Net of Reserve Requirement

Product	Assessable Units	Total Gross Assessment	FY26
Gross Per Unit	FY27
Gross Per Unit	Increase/ (Decrease)	

Single Family	427	$	284,621.12	$	666.56	$	666.56	$	-	

Total	427	$ 284,621.12	
Less: Discounts & Collections 5%			17,077.26 	
Net Assessments		 $	267,543.86 	

Griffin Lakes	
Community Development District	
AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE	
Debt Service Series 2020 Special Assessment Refunding Bonds	

Period	Outstanding Balance	Coupons	Principal	Interest	Annual Debt Service	

08/28/20	$	2,945,000	2.540%	$	-	$	13,091	$	13,091	
11/01/20	2,945,000	2.540%	-	$37,402		
05/01/21	2,945,000	2.540%	195,000	$37,402	$269,803	
11/01/21	2,750,000	2.540%	-	$34,925		
05/01/22	2,750,000	2.540%	200,000	$34,925	$269,850	
11/01/22	2,550,000	2.540%	-	$32,385		
05/01/23	2,550,000	2.540%	205,000	$32,385	$269,770	
11/01/23	2,345,000	2.540%	-	$29,782		
05/01/24	2,345,000	2.540%	210,000	$29,782	$269,563	
11/01/24	2,135,000	2.540%	-	$27,115		
05/01/25	2,135,000	2.540%	215,000	$27,115	$269,229	
11/01/25	1,920,000	2.540%	-	$24,384		
05/01/26	1,920,000	2.540%	220,000	$24,384	$268,768	
11/01/26	1,700,000	2.540%	-	$21,590		
05/01/27	1,700,000	2.540%	225,000	$21,590	$268,180	
11/01/27	1,475,000	2.540%	-	$18,733		
05/01/28	1,475,000	2.540%	230,000	$18,733	$267,465	
11/01/28	1,245,000	2.540%	-	$15,812		
05/01/29	1,245,000	2.540%	235,000	$15,812	$266,623	
11/01/29	1,010,000	2.540%	-	$12,827		
05/01/30	1,010,000	2.540%	245,000	$12,827	$270,654	
11/01/30	765,000	2.540%	-	$9,716		
05/01/31	765,000	2.540%	250,000	$9,716	$269,431	
11/01/31	515,000	2.540%	-	$6,541		
05/01/32	515,000	2.540%	255,000	$6,541	$268,081	
11/01/32	260,000	2.540%	-	$3,302		
05/01/33	260,000	2.540%	260,000	$3,302	$266,604	

TOTAL	$	2,945,000	$	562,112	$	3,507,112	

Griffin Lakes	
Community Development District	
Non-Ad Valorem Assessments Comparison	
2026-2027	

Neighborhood	O&M Units	Bonds Units
2020	
Annual Maintenance Assessments	
Annual Debt Assessments	
Total Assessed Per Unit	
	
FY 2027	
FY2026	Increase/ (decrease)	
FY 2027	
FY2026	Increase/ (decrease)	
FY 2027	
FY2026	Increase/ (decrease)	

Single Family	

427	

427	

$563.53	

$1,563.53	

-$1,000.00	

$666.56	

$666.56	

$0.00	

$1,230.09	

$2,230.09	

-$1,000.00	
Total	427	427										

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NOTICE OF QUALIFYING PERIOD FOR CANDIDATES FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE
GRIFFIN LAKES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
Notice is hereby given that the qualifying period for candidates for the office of Supervisor of the Griffin Lakes Community Development District will commence at noon on June 8, 2026, and close at noon on June 12, 2026. Candidates must qualify for the office of Supervisor with the Broward County Supervisor of Elections located at 4650 NW 21st Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 and the telephone number is 954-357-8683. All candidates shall qualify for individual seats in accordance with section 99.061, Florida Statutes, and must also be qualified electors of the District. A qualified elector is any person at least 18 years of age who is a citizen of the United States, a legal resident of the State of Florida and of the District, and who is registered to vote with the Broward County Supervisor of Elections. Campaigns shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 106, Florida Statutes.

The Griffin Lakes Community Development District has two seats up for election, specifically seat #1 and seat #2. Each seat carries a four-year term of office. Elections are nonpartisan and will be held at the same time as the general election on November 3, 2026, in the manner prescribed by law for general elections.

For additional information, please contact the Broward County Supervisor of Elections.

GRIFFIN LAKES CDD

WHAT IS THE GRIFFIN LAKES CDD
The Griffin Lakes Community Development District

(CDD) was created when the Villas at Harbor Isles was built in 2005.
The purpose is to oversee and manage the maintenance and operations of the stormwater system, exterior perimeter wall infrastructure and associated landscaping.
Each property owner is assessed through their Property Tax Bill annually for two elements; paying toward the debt service from the original installation of the CDD infrastructure, and the cost for annual maintenance and operations of the CDD.
The annual Debt Service amount is set at $666.56 and is due to end in 2033. The operation and maintenance costs are necessary expenses to maintain the infrastructure.
GMS was hired in May 2021 to assist in the management of the CDD with a strong team of technical support.

Since that time, it has been identified that necessary larger scale maintenance activies had not been being budgeted. Those delayed maintenance activities are now being addressed including rotting wood retaining walls, cleaning of the stormwater system piping and catch basins, repairs of the erosion of the detention basin banks. The first phase was complete, the second is coming, but this will not address all needed repairs.

BACKGROUND
The CDD has an elected Board of residents of the CDD who are elected through the general elections of Broward County.

BOARD MEMBERS
Danielle Christie, Chair Benny Barak, Vice Chair
Teresa West, Assistant Secretary Linda Armstrong, Assistant Secretary Karen Warfel, Assistant Secretary

The CDD is managed by Governmental Management Services (GMS) with a team of technical support including:
Juliana Duque, District Manager Ginger Wald, District Counsel Angel Comacho, District Engineer
Patrick Burgess, District Field Manager

CONTACT INFORMATION

www.griffinlakescdd.com

Meetings: First Thursday of the Month @ 9:00 am

IN PERSON
2317 Clipper Place Place HOA Office

VIRTUAL
Microsoft TEAMs
Meeting ID: 263 493 486 250 4
Passcode: YL2nN26m

GRIFFIN LAKES CDD

STORMWATER INVESTMENT PROJECT PHASE I (COMPLETED 2024)
ISSUES IDENTIFIED
The focus of the Stormwater Investment Projects are to make necessary repairs to the Villas stormwater infrastructue to avoid catostrauphic issues in the future.

An engineering study of the detension basins in the Community was completed in 2022.

The critical items from this study were addressed through the Fiscal Year 2022 Assessment of $1,000 per property.
It did not address all of the issues. The items repaired in Phase I are below.
REPAIRS
LAKES 1 & 2 - Restoration of the bulk heads and the repair of some deteriorated wood as well as minor restoration of erosion around the bulk heads.

Repair of soil erosion Lake 4 Before

LAKE 4 & 5 - Soil erosion issues addressed which included the installation of EcoFilter Tubes and the restoring bulkhead wood.

Ducks were humanely removed due to the damage they were causing to the lakes.
Residents feeding the ducks causes damage to the detention basins which becomes an expess to all residents to repair.

Repair of bulkhead North end of Lake 2

Repair of soil erosion Lake 4 After

GRIFFIN LAKES CDD

The focus of the Stormwater Investment Projects are to make necessary repairs to the Villas stormwater infrastructue to avoid catastrophic issues in the future.

The focus of Phase II is on shoreline restoration.

Each property owner will be assessed
$1,000 in their FY26 Property Tax Bill. Work will not start until 2026 once the funds have been collected through the County property tax collection process. The scope of Phase II is below focused on bank restoration.
SHORELINE RESTORATION
Eco Filter Tubes will be installed in Lakes 1 and 2 which will consist of the following:
Installing a submerged tube to reinforce the underwater shelf.
Placing a base tube for stabilization and land reclamation.
Using a sacrificial tube to fill voids and achieve final grading that matches the existing slope.
Clean sand, brought in from off-site, will be used as fill material. An erosion control mat will be placed over the base tube to help sod take root and prevent material from washing away.

STORMWATER INVESTMENT PROJECT PHASE II (2026)

INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR UNIFORM COLLECTION OF NON-AD VALOREM SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS

THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) made and entered into this

 30th   day of   October	, 2025, by and between the Griffin Lakes Community Development District (the “District”), a local unit of special purpose government, located in Broward County, Florida, whose mailing address is 5385 N. Nob Hill Road, Sunrise, Florida 33351 and the Honorable Abbey Ajayi, the state-constitution Tax Collector in and for the Broward County, a political subdivision of the State of Florida, whose address is 115 S. Andrews Avenue, A100, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 (the “Tax Collector”)(collectively, District and Tax Collector referred to as the “Parties”).
SECTION I
Purpose

The District is authorized to impose and to levy, and by appropriate Resolution has expressed its intent to use the statutory uniform methodology form of collection of non-ad valorem special assessments (“Special Assessments”), pursuant to Sections 197.3631, 197.3632 and 197.3635, Florida Statutes, and other applicable provisions of constitutional and statutory law.
The purpose of this Agreement is to establish the terms and conditions under which the Tax Collector shall, pursuant to Section 197.3632, Florida Statutes, collect and enforce those certain non-ad valorem special assessments imposed and levied by District.
District acknowledges that the Tax Collector has no duty, authority or responsibility in the imposition and levy of any non-ad valorem special assessments,

including the Special Assessments, and that it is the sole responsibility and duty of the District to follow all procedural and substantive requirements for the imposition and levy of constitutionally lienable non-ad valorem special assessments, including the Special Assessments.
SECTION II
Term and Termination

The term of this Agreement shall commence upon execution, effective for 2025, and shall continue and extend uninterrupted from year-to-year, automatically renewed for successive periods not to exceed one (1) year each, unless the District shall inform the Tax Collector, as well as Property Appraiser and the Department of Revenue, by January 10th of that calendar year, that the District intends to discontinue to use the uniform methodology for such Special Assessments, by using Form DR-412 promulgated by the Florida Department of Revenue, as may be amended from time to time.
This Agreement may be terminated for cause by the aggrieved Party if the Party in breach has not corrected the breach within ten (10) days after receipt of written notice form the aggrieved Party identifying the breach.
SECTION III
Duties and Responsibilities of District

The District shall:

Reimburse the Tax Collector for the actual costs of collection of the non-ad valorem special assessments, which reimbursement amount will not exceed two (2%) percent of the amount of the Special Assessments collected and remitted pursuant to Section 197.3632(8)(c), Florida Statutes.
Reimburse the Tax Collector for necessary administrative costs for the

collection and enforcement of the Special Assessments by the Tax Collector under the uniform methodology, pursuant to Section 197.3632(2), Florida Statutes, and Rule 12D-18.004(2), Florida Administrative Code, to include, but not be limited to, those costs associated with personnel, forms, supplies, data processing, computer equipment, postage and programming.
Pay for or alternatively reimburse the Tax Collector for any separate tax bill (not the tax notice) necessitated by any subsequent inability of the Tax Collector to merge the non-ad valorem special assessment roll as certified pursuant to Section 197.3532(7), Florida Statutes, and Rule 12D-18.004(2) Florida Administrative Code.
Upon being billed timely, pay directly for necessary advertising relating to implementation of the uniform non-ad valorem special assessment law pursuant to Sections 197.3632 and 197.3635, Florida Statutes, and Rule 12D-18.004(2), Florida Administrative Code.
Timely certify the applicable non-ad valorem special assessment roll to the Tax Collector in accordance with the requirements of Section 197.3632(10), Florida Statutes, and Rule 12D-18.006, Florida Administrative Code.
To the extent provided by law, indemnify and hold harmless Tax Collector to the extent of any legal action which may be filed in local, state or federal courts or administrative agency against Tax Collector regarding the imposition, levy, roll preparation and certification of the Special Assessments.
SECTION IV
Duties of the Tax Collector

The Tax Collector shall take all actions legally required to collect the Special Assessments pursuant in accordance with Chapter 197, Florida Statutes.

The Tax Collector agrees to cooperate with the District in implementation of the uniform methodology for collecting the Special Assessments pursuant to and as limited by Sections 197.3632 and 197.3635, Florida Statutes.
If the Tax Collector discovers errors or omissions on such roll, Tax Collector may request that the District file a corrected roll or a correction of the amount of any special assessment. The District shall bear the cost of any such error or omission.
The Tax Collector hereby agrees to accept District Resolution No. 2002-21 attached hereto and incorporated as part of this Agreement as Exhibit A, as required by Section 197.3632(3)(a), Florida Statutes.
The Tax Collector will place the Special Assessments on the tax notice and collect the Special Assessments pursuant to the uniform method of collection and applicable procedures set forth in Section 197.3632, Florida Statutes.
Tax Collector shall distribute to the District the Special Assessment revenues collection pursuant to this Agreement in substantial compliance with the provisions of Section 197.383, Florida Statutes.
SECTION VI
Miscellaneous

Except to the extent sovereign immunity may be deemed waived by entering into the Agreement, nothing herein is intended to serve as a waiver of sovereign immunity by the Tax Collector or the District, nor shall anything included herein be construed as consent by the Tax Collector or the District to be sued by third parties in any matter arising out of this Agreement.

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter contained herein and may not be amended, modified or rescinded, except in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
Should any provision of this Agreement be declared to be invalid, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Florida.

This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together will constitute but one and the same instrument.
Written notice shall be given to the parties at the following address, or such other place or person as each of the parties shall designate by similar notice:
As to Tax Collector:	Hon. Abbey Ajayi
Broward County Tax Collector 115 S. Andrews Avenue, A100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

With a copy to:	Timothy R. Qualls, Esq.
Young Qualls, P.A.
Post Office Drawer 1833 Tallahassee, FL 32302-1833

As to District:	District Manager
Griffin Lakes Community Development District 5385 N. Nob Hill Road Sunrise, FL 33351
c/o Jennifer McConnell

With a copy to:	Michael J. Pawelczyk, Esq.
Billing Cochran, P.A.
515 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 600 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have hereunto set their hands and seals and such of them as are corporations have caused these presents to be signed by their duly authorized officers.

ATTEST:	BROWARD COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR

Signature	Abbey Ajayi, Tax Collector

Nadia Alcide
Printed Name

1/14/2026

Date

ATTEST:

GRIFFIN LAKES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT

Signature

Name: Danielle Christie	

________________

_______________

Title:  Chair	

Paul Winkeljohn
Printed Name

2025-10-30	
Date

EXHIBIT A

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Griffin Lakes CDD
Field Report

April 2026 Meeting

Green Buttonwood hazard. Removal suggested by our consultant.

Dotter vine area located. The hotel has been reached out to. We will monitor the growth and take action as needed.

  
Proposal #2641

Green Buttonwood Tree Removal
Date	3/19/2026
Customer	Patrick Burgess | Governmental Management Services | 5385 N Nob Hill Rd | Sunrise, FL 63351
Property	Griffin Lakes CDD | 2317 Clipper Pl | Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312

The work shall be performed in accordance with the International Society of Arboriculture “Best Management Practices”, ANSI A 300 “Pruning Standards” and Broward County Code of Ordinances Chapter 27- Pollution Control- Article XIV “Tree Preservation and Abuse Ordinance”.

Removal & Flush Cut 40+' Green Buttonwood tree on SE Perimeter (Neptune Ln)

TREE REMOVAL
TREE REMOVAL

TREE REMOVAL Price:	$2,450.11

Subtotal	$2,450.11	
Estimated Tax	$0.00	
Total	$2,450.11	

Green Buttonwood Tree Removal at Griffin Lakes CDD	3/19/2026

Terms & Conditions

By	By
Alexy Hernandez

Date

3/19/2026

Date

	
Cutters Edge	Griffin Lakes CDD

JUST CALL JAMES INC
2546 NW 120th Ter
Coral Springs, FL 33065-3371 USA
(754) 245-2069
justcalljamesclm@gmail.com

Estimate		
ADDRESS	ESTIMATE	1551		
Griffin Lakes CDD c/o GMS CDD	DATE	03/20/2026		
5385 N. Nobhill rd.				
Ft Lauderdale, Fl				
DESCRIPTION	QTY	RATE	AMOUNT	
Services	Removal- One Green Buttonwood.
Cut down to ground level and dispose of debris. Stump grinding- None.			1,200.00	

SUBTOTAL			
1,200.00	
TAX			0.00	

TOTAL			$1,200.00	

Accepted By Accepted Date

SpringHill Suites by Marriott Fort Lauderdale Airport & Cruise Port 151 SW 18th Ct, Dania Beach, FL 33004
$150

Residence Inn by Marriott Fort Lauderdale Airport & Cruise Port 4801 Anglers Ave, Davie, FL 33312
$250

Courtyard by Marriott Fort Lauderdale Airport & Cruise Port 400 Gulf Stream Way, Dania Beach, FL 33004
$400

Outlook

Re: Lake Restoration Project Questions

From Patrick Burgess <pburgess@gmssf.com> Date Fri 3/20/2026 9:41 AM
To	Nicole Vernon <nicole.vhi@yahoo.com>
Cc		The Villas Manager <thevillaspm@campbellproperty.com>; Ginger E. Wald <gwald@bclmr.com>; Angel Camacho <Angel.Camacho@AlvarezEng.com>

® 2 attachments (597 KB)
04-03-25Minutes- Griffin Lakes.pdf; 8-7-25 Minutes-Griffin Lake.pdf;

Good morning Nicole,

Based on the District's records and the approved minutes:

In April 2025, the Board discussed the pending projects for Lakes 1, 2, and 3 and the associated budget impacts, including the lake restoration work and related improvements. At that time, the Board approved a proposed Fiscal Year 2026 budget that included sufficient funding (a "worst-case" amount) to move forward with the shoreline restoration work once final costs and engineer recommendations were confirmed.
Public Hearing on the Fiscal Year 2026 budget was held in June 2025, where the lake restoration funding was further discussed, and the budget was formally adopted.
In mid-2025, after further technical review, the District Engineer advised that proceeding with shoreline restoration on Lake 3 before replacing the bulkheads there would likely result in redundant work and additional cost to the community. The Engineer recommended that shoreline restoration for Lakes 1 and 2 move forward, together with bulkhead replacement there, and that Lake 3 shoreline work be deferred until the bulkhead replacement on Lake 3 could be done in the same phase. This recommendation is reflected in the August 7, 2025, minutes, where the Engineer explained that:
Lakes 1 and 2 are in the worst condition and should be prioritized.
Lake 3 is currently stable and can be safely deferred for "another year or two" and potentially to 2027, when bulkhead replacement and shoreline restoration can be combined
At the August 7, 2025, meeting, the Board accepted the Engineer's recommendation and directed staff to move forward with bidding the project for Lakes 1 and 2 only, using the Landshore proposal (approximately $421,894.30) as the basis for the scope of work and minimum specifications. As the Engineer noted on the record, the $421,894.30 figure is for completing the remaining shoreline restoration and bulkhead work for Lakes 1 and 2, not all three lakes.

"The COD has already collected the funds,_yet work has not commenced on Lakes 1 and 2 desP-ite the information P-rovided in the AP-ril 28, 2025 letter."

The funds for the lake projects were budgeted for Fiscal Year 2026, which began on October 1, 2025. As discussed at the April 3, 2025, meeting, the District does not receive its Non-Ad Valorem assessment revenues until property tax collections begin, which typically occurs starting in November and continues through the first quarter of the calendar year. The Board's direction has been to (1) secure funding in the adopted budget, (2) obtain and evaluate competitive bids for the work, and then (3) authorize a contract to proceed. The August 7, 2025, minutes show that the Board authorized staff to prepare the bid package and proceed with the competitive bidding process for Lakes 1 and 2, with the expectation that construction would begin in the next fiscal year, after funds became available. During the August 7, 2025, meeting, it was expected to be over the threshold where the District is required to go out to public bid but at this time, we are under that threshold and do not have to go through the time consuming and costly process. Nonetheless, the District Engineer is seeking additional bids at this time.

"Whether it is permissible for the Board to collect funds indicating work on three lakes and later reverse the decision to only complete two."
With respect to your question about whether the Board may collect assessments based on an overall lake restoration program and later proceed in phases (focusing first on Lakes 1 and 2 and deferring Lake 3), the District is permitted to adjust project sequencing and scope when doing so is supported by updated engineering recommendations and is documented in duly noticed public meetings. The April 3, 2025 and August 7, 2025 minutes reflect that the Board funded the lake restoration program in the FY 2026 budget, then, after receiving the District Engineer's updated advice, directed that the initial construction phase focus on Lakes 1 and 2 while Lake 3 is deferred to a later phase so that shoreline restoration there can be coordinated with bulkhead replacement. The assessments remain dedicated to lake and related infrastructure improvements; what has changed is the order and timing of which lake segments are completed first, based on professional engineering guidance, which is within the Board's authority.

No discussion in the minutes regarding solicitation of additional proposals / additional bids being sought 'retroactively'
The August 7, 2025, minutes expressly document that:
The Board reviewed the updated Landshore proposal for Lakes 1 and 2, totaling
$421,894.30.
District Counsel advised that, due to the dollar amount, the project must be competitively bid under Florida law and that the Prolock Omega system (and other technical requirements) should be built into the bid specifications.
Although at this time we are not at the threshold amount that is required to go through the public bid process
The Board unanimously authorized District staff to prepare the bid package and proceed with the competitive bid and advertisement process, with bids to be received later in the year and considered at a subsequent meeting.
Again, at this time we are not at the threshold amount that is required to go through the public bid process
In other words, additional proposals are not being sought "retroactively"; they are being solicited through the District Engineer so that the Board can compare qualified contractors. The earlier numbers you reference (approximately $292,860) pertain only to shoreline restoration and did not include the combined shoreline and bulkhead scope now being pursued for Lakes 1 and 2.

To address your core point: the Board did not "collect funds indicating work on three lakes and later reverse the decision to only complete two". The Board approved funding for the lake program, then, after receiving updated engineering guidance, it prioritized Lakes 1 and 2
and deferred Lake 3 so the District does not pay twice for the same area by restoring the shoreline and later disturbing it for bulkhead replacement. This is a technical,
engineering-driven adjustment intended to protect residents' money and deliver the work in the most efficient order.

For your convenience, I have attached the approved minutes from:
The April 3, 2025, meeting (budget, lake project discussion, and funding approach).
The August 7, 2025, meeting (Engineer's updated recommendation, the decision to proceed with Lakes 1 and 2, and authorization to bid).
These documents show the full discussions and motions referenced above.

In addition, this topic has been placed on the agenda for discussion at the next COD Board meeting so that the Board and the District Engineer can provide an updated status on the lake restoration program and project sequencing.

I hope you have a good weekendI

Regards,
Patrick Burgess
Governmental Management Services - South Florida, LLC
5385 N. Nob Hill Road Sunrise, Florida 33351
Office: 954-721-8681 Ext. 333
Mobile: 540-303-9619

Board members should not "reply to all" in order to maintain compliance with the Sunshine Laws.

From: Patrick Burgess <pburgess@gmssf.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2026 7:21PM
To: Nicole Vernon <nicole.vhi@yahoo.com>
Cc: The Villas Manager <thevillaspm@campbellproperty.com>
Subject: Re: Lake Restoration Project Questions

Hi Nicole,

See the attached email from the District Engineer and let me know if you have any issue opening it. Below is what he also included in the body of his email. In regard to your questions in yout last email, I will have time tomorrow to finish my research and respond.

"I am attaching an email that includes the original proposals to restore Lakes 1, 2, and 3, including the bulkhead replacements, as well as the bulkhead replacements for Lakes 4 and 5.

Please note that the $54,000 referenced applies only to the shoreline restoration for Lake #3 and does not include the bulkhead replacement cost of $366,175.00. The contractor had recommended, and the Board agreed, that proceeding with shoreline restoration for Lake #3 prior to completing the bulkhead replacement would result in redundant work, as the shoreline would likely need to be restored again after the bulkhead replacement."
Regards,

Patrick Burgess
Governmental Management Services - South Florida, LLC
5385 N. Nob Hill Road Sunrise, Florida 33351
Office: 954-721-8681 Ext. 333
Mobile: 540-303-9619

Board members should not "reply to all" in order to maintain compliance with the Sunshine Laws.

From: Nicole Vernon <nicole.vhi@yahoo.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2026 11:04 AM
To: Patrick Burgess <pburgess@gmssf.com>
Cc: The Villas Manager <thevillaspm@campbellproperty.com>
Subject: Re: Lake Restoration Project Questions

Hi Patrick,

Thank you for your response. Based on the information you shared and my review of the meeting materials, my understanding is as follows:
In April 2025, proposals were presented and the Board voted to collect funds for the lake work.
A Public Hearing was held in June 2025, during which residents were informed that work would be completed on all three lakes.
In August 2025, the Board revisited the matter and decided not to proceed with Lake 3 at that time, instead focusing on Lakes 1 and 2.
However, I do not see any discussion in the meeting minutes or agenda materials regarding the solicitation of additional proposals for restoration.

My concerns are the following:

The CDD has already collected the funds, yet work has not commenced on Lakes 1 and 2 despite the information provided in the April 28, 2025 letter.
Whether it is permissible for the Board to collect funds indicating work on three lakes and later reverse the decision to only complete two.
The posting of a bid on the website, which I believed the Board's initial "approval" was based on. I am unclear why the Engineer would now be seeking additional bids retroactively, particularly since I do not recall that being discussed at a meeting-at least to the best of my recollection. Those proposals do not total the $421,894.30 you referenced in your email below but a much lower amount ($292,860 respectively).
I appreciate you looking into this further with the Engineer and look forward to any additional information you're able to provide.

Thank you,

Nicole Vernon
Villas At Harbor Isles Board Treasurer Phone: (954) 937-6080
Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device

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From: Patrick Burgess <pburgess@gmssf.com> Date: 3/13/26 3:13 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Nicole Vernon <nicole.vhi@yahoo.com>
Cc: The Villas Manager <thevillaspm@campbellproperty.com> Subject: Re: Lake Restoration Project Questions

Hi Nicole,

Sorry for the delay. I have been very busy with meetings and travel this week and haven't had much time to sit down and research the past agenda packages and meeting minutes. I want to do my best to provide you with the most accurate information, so I have asked the Engineer to provide me with any input based on your email and he said he will do some research and get back to me asap with any information. I will send that your way once he has provided it to me.

What I can say is that during the August 7, 2025 meeting, the Engineer discussed the conditions of lakes 1,2, and 3. The board was in agreement that the FY26 projects focus would be for lakes 1 and 2 to be completed and to monitor lake 3 bulkheads for possible future repair. As of now, the current proposal to restore lakes 1 and 2 is $421,894.30, and the Engineer is seeking additional bids to compare with. No work was approved for lakes 1 and 2 as of now and we are doing our due diligence to seek additional bids and get this done correctly and professionally. I do not have an estimate for lake 3 repairs, but we can get that from the Engineer and Landshore if needed. Are you concerned about the cost to restore lake 3 and to make sure we have the funds available for when the time comes to do that project?

As far as the assessment goes, I presented at the last meeting a draft budget that had the $1000 increase removed. The Board did not have any comments at that time, but this is still going to be discussed at the next meeting when they are considering the FY27 budget.

Hopefully this helps for now and I will follow up once the Engineer responds. Have a good weekend!
Regards,

Patrick Burgess
Governmental Management Services- South Florida, LLC
5385 N. Nob Hill Road Sunrise, Florida 33351
Office: 954-721-8681 Ext. 333
Mobile: 540-303-9619

Board members should not "reply to all" in order to maintain compliance with the Sunshine Laws.

From: Nicole Vernon <nicole.vhi@yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2026 8:15 AM
To: Patrick Burgess <pburgess@gmssf.com>
Cc: The Villas Manager <thevillaspm@campbellproperty.com>
Subject: Re: Lake Restoration Project Questions

Hi Patrick,

I'm just following up on this. Thanks,

Nicole Vernon
Villas At Harbor Isles Board Treasurer Phone: (954) 937-6080

Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device

-------- Original message --------
From: Patrick Burgess <pburgess@gmssf.com> Date: 3/8/26 6:11 PM {GMT-05:00)

To: Nicole Vernon <nicole.vhi@yahoo.com>
Cc: The Villas Manager <thevillaspm@campbellproperty.com> Subject: Re: Lake Restoration Project Questions

Hi Nicole - I was out of the office right after the meeting on Thursday. I will be back tomorrow and will respond to your email. Just wanted to let you know that I received it.

Have a good evening!

Regards,

Patrick Burgess
Governmental Management Services - South Florida, LLC
5385 N. Nob Hill Road Sunrise, Florida 33351
Office: 954-721-8681 Ext. 333
Mobile: 540-303-9619

Board members should not "reply to all" in order to maintain compliance with the Sunshine Laws.

From: Nicole Vernon <nicole.vhi@yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2026 10:45 AM
To: Patrick Burgess <pburgess@gmssf.com>
Cc: The Villas Manager <thevillaspm@campbellproperty.com>
Subject: Lake Restoration Project Questions

Patrick,

Thanks for running another solid meeting today. As you know, I rarely miss meetings, so I'm still a bit confused about the lake restoration project and was hoping you could clarify a few things for me.

At the April 2025 meeting, Angel presented proposals for Lakes 1-3 totaling $292,860. The Board voted to assess $1,000 per unit, which meant approximately $426,000 was collected. Juliana mentioned at the time that the work would likely not begin until early 2026 after the funds were received through tax collections.

At a later meeting, the Board determined that Lake 3 was "not that bad" and decided not to move forward with that portion of the restoration (about $54,000). Based on that, I went into today's meeting thinking the CDD might have roughly a $113,000 surplus from the original plan.

I don't recall a meeting where additional work or new proposals were discussed as a prerequisite before restoration of Lakes 1 and 2 could begin. Could you clarify that point or point me to the meeting minutes where that was discussed?

Also, will the additional work increase the total cost beyond what was originally proposed and assessed? If so, is there a concern that delaying the work could allow erosion to worsen?

Lastly, I heard you mention that there may be no assessment for the upcoming year. Is that accurate? And given the relatively lower cost, would it be prudent to complete Lake 3 now while it's around
$54,000 rather than risk it becoming a $100,000+ project like the others? Thanks in advance for your help,
Nicole Vernon
Villas At Harbor Isles Board Treasurer Phone: (954) 937-6080
Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device

Griffin Lakes	
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT	
Check Register

Date

check #'s

Amount

Truist Bank

2/1 - 2/28/26	814 - 818	$15,519.49	

TOTAL	$15,519.49	

AP300R	YEAR-TO-DATE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE PREPAID/COMPUTER CHECK REGISTER	RUN	3/10/26	PAGE	1
*** CHECK DATES 02/01/2026 - 02/28/2026 ***	GRIFFIN LAKES GENERAL FUND
BANK A GENERAL FUND-TRUIST

	AMOUNT	#	
*	1,669.50			
*	2,089.25			
*	46.42			
*	92.75			
*	102.00			
*	45.21			
*	2.10			

CHECK	VEND#	.....INVOICE..... ...EXPENSED TO...		VENDOR NAME	STATUS	AMOUNT	....CHECK..... DATE			DATE	INVOICE	YRMO	DPT ACCT# SUB	SUBCLASS

2/04/26 00001	2/01/26	
	2/01/26	
	2/01/26	
	2/01/26	
	2/01/26	
	2/01/26	
	2/01/26	

98	202602 320-53800-34000
FEB 26 - FIELD SERVICES
99	202602 310-51300-34000
FEB 26 - MGMT FEES
99	202602 310-51300-35000
FEB 26 - COMPUTER TIME
99	202602 310-51300-31300
FEB 26 - DISSEMINATION
99	202602 310-51300-35100
FEB 26 - WEBSITE ADMIN
99	202602 310-51300-42000
FEB 26 - POSTAGE
99	202602 310-51300-42500
FEB 26 - COPIES
GMS-SF, LLC	4,047.23 000814
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2/04/26 00017	2/04/26 02042026 202602 300-20700-10100	*	7,413.99
TXFER TAX COLLECTIONS
GRIFFIN LAKES CDD	7,413.99 000815
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2/25/26 00005	2/01/26 10562287 202602 320-53800-46800	*	451.00
FEB 26 - LAKE MAINT
ADVANCED AQUATIC SERVICES INC.	451.00 000816
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2/25/26 00024	2/04/26 8991	202601 320-53800-60000	*	552.50
ENGINEER SVC THRU 1/31
ALVAREZ ENINGEERS, INC	552.50 000817
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2/25/26 00006	1/31/26 2527	202601 320-53800-46210	*	1,778.12
DUMPSTER CLUSIA
2/01/26 2485	202602 320-53800-46200	*	589.41
FEB 26 -TURF/LANDSC MAINT
2/01/26 2485	202602 320-53800-46600	*	557.46
FEB 26 - OUTD PEST CONTR
2/01/26 2485	202602 320-53800-46300	*	129.78
FEB 26 - WET CHECK TEST
CUTTERS EDGE LAWN & MAINTENANCE INC	3,054.77 000818
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
TOTAL FOR BANK A	15,519.49
TOTAL FOR REGISTER	15,519.49

GRIF GRIFFIN LAKES	NMARINO

Griffin Lakes

Griffin Lakes

Community Development District

Community Development District

Unaudited Financial Reporting

Unaudited Financial Reporting

February 28, 2026

February 28, 2026

Table of Contents

1		Balance Sheet	

2-3	
	General Fund	

4	
	Debt Service Fund Series 2020	

5-6	
	Month to Month	

7	
	Long Term Debt Report	

8	
	Assessment Receipt Schedule	

9	
	Lake Project	

Griffin Lakes	
Community Development District	
Combined Balance Sheet	
February 28, 2026		
General	Debt Service	Totals	
Fund	Fund	Governmental Funds	

Assets:	
Cash:	
Operating Account	
Due from General Fund	

$	21,740	
-	

$	-	
3,105	

$	21,740	
3,105	

Investments:	
State Board of Administration (SBA)	
Bank United (Money Market)	

559,550	
262,553	

-	
-	

559,550	
262,553	

Series 2020	
Reserve	
Revenue	

-	
-	

26,754	
281,918	

-	
26,754	
281,918	

Total Assets	$	843,843	$	311,777	$	1,155,620	
Liabilities:	
Accounts Payable	$	-	$	-		$	-	
Due to Debt Service	3,105		-	3,105	

Total Liabilites	$	3,105	$	-	$	3,105

Fund Balance:	
Restricted for:	
Debt Service	
Assigned for:	
General Fund Reserves	
Unassigned	

$	-	$

311,777	$

311,777

95,000	
745,737	

	
-	
-	

	
95,000	
745,737	

Total Fund Balances	$	840,737	$	311,777	$	1,152,515	
				
Total Liabilities & Fund Balance	$	843,843	$	311,777	$	1,155,620	

Griffin Lakes	
Community Development District	
General Fund	
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance	
For The Period Ending February 28, 2026	

Revenues:		
Special Assessments - Tax Roll	$ 627,571	
Interest	10,000	

	
$ 567,648	
4,167	

	
$ 567,648	
7,690	

	
$	-	
3,524	

Total Revenues	$ 637,571	$ 571,815	$ 575,339	$	3,524	
Expenditures:					
General & Administrative:					
Supervisor Fees	$	12,000	$	5,000	$	2,800	$	2,200	
PR-FICA	918	383	214	168	
Engineering	10,000	4,167	-	4,167	
Attorney	13,000	5,417	3,658	1,759	
Annual Audit	4,800	4,800	4,800	-	
Assessment Administration	4,200	4,200	4,200	-	
Dissemination Agent	1,113	464	464	-	
Trustee Fees	4,100	4,100	4,041	59	
Management Fees	25,071	10,446	10,446	0	
Property Appraiser	854	854	854	-	
Information Technology	557	232	232	(0)	
Website Maintenance	1,224	510	510	0	
Telephone	50	21	-	21	
Postage & Delivery	175	73	81	(8)	
Insurance General Liability	9,424	9,424	8,410	1,014	
Printing & Binding	400	167	38	129	
Legal Advertising	500	208	-	208	
Contingency	1,530	1,530	591	939	
Office Supplies	50	21	-	21	
Dues, Licenses & Subscriptions	175	175	175	-	
Total General & Administrative	$  90,141	$  52,190	$  41,513	$	10,677	

Griffin Lakes	
Community Development District	
General Fund	
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance	
For The Period Ending February 28, 2026	

Operations & Maintenance

Field Expenditures		
Field Management	$	20,034	
Lake and Wetland Maintenance	5,414	
Fountain Maintenance	2,030	
Landscape Maintenance	7,285	
Plant Replacement	25,000	
Mulch & Palm pruning	9,620	
Tree Pruning/Trimming	8,755	
Irrigation Repair & Maintenance	6,604	
Pest Control	6,890	
Utility - Stormwater	420	
Repairs & Maintenance	4,000	
Stormwater Drain System	10,000	
Contingency	10,000	
Reserve	30,000	

$	8,348	
2,256	
810	
3,035	
10,417	
4,949	
3,648	
2,752	
2,871	
420	
1,667	
4,167	
4,167	
12,500	

$	8,348	
2,255	
810	
2,947	
4,528	
4,949	
-	
1,196	
2,787	
415	
-	
-	
-	
-	

$	-	
1	
-	
88	
5,888	
-	
3,648	
1,555	
84	
5	
1,667	
4,167	
4,167	
12,500	

Subtotal Field Expenditures	$ 146,052	$  62,005	$  28,235	$	33,770	

Projects

Fence Repair	$ 100,000	$	41,667	$	-	$	41,667	
Lake Restoration	301,378	125,574	1,249	124,326	

Subtotal Projects Expenditures	$ 401,378	$ 167,241	$	1,249	$	165,992	

Total Operations & Maintenance	$ 547,430	$ 229,245	$  29,483	$	199,762	

Total Expenditures	$ 637,571	$ 281,436	$  70,997	$	210,439	

Excess (Deficiency) of Revenues over Expenditure	$	-	$ 290,379	$ 504,342	$	213,963	

Net Change in Fund Balance	$	-	$ 290,379	$ 504,342	$	213,963	
	
Fund Balance - Beginning	$	-		$ 336,395		
	
Fund Balance - Ending	$	-		$ 840,737		

Griffin Lakes	
Community Development District	
Debt Service Fund Series 2020	
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance	
For The Period Ending February 28, 2026	

Adopted	Prorated Budg	Actual	
Budget	Thru 02/28/26	Thru 02/28/26	Variance	

Revenues:		
Assessments - Tax Roll	$ 267,544	
Interest	1,200	

$ 241,770	
500	

$ 241,770	
703	

$	-	
203	

Total Revenues	$ 268,744	$ 242,270	$ 242,473	$	203	
Expenditures:		
Interest - 11/1	$	24,384	$	24,384	$	24,384	$	-	
Principal - 5/1	220,000	-	-	-	
Interest - 5/1	24,384	-	-	-	
Total Expenditures	$ 268,768	$  24,384	$  24,384	$	-	

Excess (Deficiency) of Revenues over Expenditure	$	(24)	$ 217,886	$ 218,089	$	203	

Net Change in Fund Balance	$	(24)	$ 217,886	$ 218,089	$	203	
		
Fund Balance - Beginning	$	89,014	$	93,688	
		
Fund Balance - Ending	$  88,989	$ 311,777	

Griffin Lakes	
Community Development District	
Month to Month	

Revenues:		
Special Assessments - Tax Roll	$	77	$	84,228	$  458,210	$	17,850	$	7,284	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$  567,648	
Interest	993	916	1,109	2,349	2,323	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7,690	
Miscellaneous Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	

Total Revenues	$	1,070	$  85,144	$ 459,319	$  20,199	$	9,607	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$ 575,339	

Expenditures:														
General & Administrative:														
Supervisor Fees	$	1,000	$	1,000	$	-	$	800	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	2,800	
PR-FICA	77	77	-	61	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	214	
Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	
Attorney	2,228	853	578	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3,658	
Annual Audit	-	1,000	3,800	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4,800	
Assessment Administration	4,200	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4,200	
Dissemination Agent	93	93	93	93	93	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	464	
Trustee Fees	4,041	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4,041	
Management Fees	2,089	2,089	2,089	2,089	2,089	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10,446	
Property Appraiser	-	-	854	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	854	
Information Technology	46	46	46	46	46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	232	
Website Maintenance	102	102	102	102	102	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	510	
Telephone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	
Postage & Delivery	4	13	5	13	45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	81	
Insurance General Liability	8,410	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8,410	
Printing & Binding	-	11	25	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	38	
Legal Advertising	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	
Office Supplies	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	
Dues, Licenses & Subscriptions	175	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	175	
Contingency	-	143	171	119	158	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	591	
Total General & Administrative	$  22,464	$	5,425	$	7,764	$	3,324	$	2,536	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$  41,513	

Griffin Lakes	
Community Development District	
Month to Month	

Operations & Maintenance		
Field Expenditures		
Field Management	$	1,670	$	1,670	$	1,670	$	1,670	$	1,670	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	8,348	
Lake and Wetland Maintenance	451	451	451	451	451	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,255	
Fountain Maintenance	310	250	-	250	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	810	
Landscape Maintenance	589	589	589	589	589	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,947	
Plant Replacement	1,270	1,480	-	1,778	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4,528	
Mulch & Palm pruning	-	-	4,949	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4,949	
Tree Pruning/Trimming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	
Irrigation Repair & Maintenance	130	130	677	130	130	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,196	
Pest Control	557	557	557	557	557	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,787	
Utility - Stormwater	-	415	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	415	
Repairs & Maintenance	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	
Stormwater Drain System	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	
Contingency	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	
Reserve	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	

Subtotal Field Expenditures	$	4,977	$	5,542	$	8,893	$	5,425	$	3,397	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$  28,235	

Projects

Fence Repair	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	
Lake Restoration	390	306	-	553	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,249	

Subtotal Projects Expenditures	$	390	$	306	$	-	$	553	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	1,249	

Total Operations & Maintenance	$	5,367	$	5,848	$	8,893	$	5,978	$	3,397	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$  29,483	

Total Expenditures	$  27,832	$  11,273	$  16,657	$	9,302	$	5,933	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$  70,997	

Excess (Deficiency) of Revenues over Expe	$  (26,762)	$	73,870	$  442,662	$	10,898	$	3,674	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$  504,342	

Net Change in Fund Balance	$ (26,762)	$  73,870	$ 442,662	$  10,898	$	3,674	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$ 504,342	

Griffin Lakes	
Community Development District	
Long Term Debt Report	

Series 2020, Special Assessment Revenue Refunding Bonds

Original Issuance - 8/28/2020	$2,945,000	
Interest Rate:	2.540%	
Maturity Date:	5/1/2033	
Reserve Fund Definition	10% of Maximum Annual Debt Service	
Reserve Fund Requirement	$26,754	
Reserve Fund Balance	26,754	
Bonds Outstanding	$2,945,000	
Less: Principal Payment - 5/1/21	($195,000)	
Less: Principal Payment - 5/1/22	($200,000)	
Less: Principal Payment - 5/1/23	($205,000)	
Less: Principal Payment - 5/1/24	($210,000)	
Less: Principal Payment - 5/1/25	($215,000)	
Current Bonds Outstanding	$1,920,000	

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Griffin Lakes
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT

Gross Assessments	$	667,627.31	$	284,621.12	$	952,248.43	
Net Assessments	$	627,569.67	$	267,543.85	$	895,113.52	
allocation in %	70.11%	29.89%	100.00%	

Special Assessment Receipts - Broward County Fiscal Year 2026

ON ROLL ASSESSMENTS

Date	
Distribution	
Gross Amount	Discoumt/ (Penalty)	
Commission	
Interest	
Net Receipts	
O&M Portion	Series 2020 Debt Service	
Total	

10/30/25	
interest	
$	-	
$	-	
$	-	
$	76.66	
$	76.66	
$	76.66	
$	-	
$	76.66	
11/21/25	11/01-11/14/25	126,437.11	5,088.14	1,213.49	-	120,135.48	84,227.73	35,907.75	120,135.48	
12/05/25	11/15-11/30/25	252,000.17	10,079.67	2,419.19		239,501.31	167,915.86	71,585.45	239,501.31	
12/19/25	12/01-12/12/25	435,513.99	17,279.76	4,182.36		414,051.87	290,294.35	123,757.52	414,051.87	
01/02/26	12/13-12/23/25	13,380.54	401.41	129.79		12,849.34	9,008.75	3,840.59	12,849.34	
01/16/26	12/01-12/31/25	12,449.66	373.48	120.76	-	11,955.42	8,382.02	3,573.40	11,955.42	
01/23/26	interest	-	-	-	458.97	458.97	458.97	-	458.97	
02/13/26	01/01-01/31/26	10,695.05	200.70	104.94	-	10,389.41	7,284.08	3,105.33	10,389.41	
		$	850,476.52	$	33,423.16	$	8,170.53	$	535.63	$	809,418.46	$	567,648.42	$	241,770.04	$	809,418.46	

89.31%
$	101,771.91

Percent Collected Balance Remaining to Collect

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Griffin Lakes	
Community Development District	
Lake Projects	

	

	Applications/	Amount of	Shoreline
Restoration	Lake-side Fence	Engineer/	
Contractor	Invoices	Payments	Lake 1 and 2	Restoration	Contingency	
					
Budget FY2025		$0.00	$0.00	$20,000.00	
Budget FY2026		$301,378.00	$100,000.00	$10,000.00	
Garnet Engineering and Contracting LLC	111	$8,600.00		$8,600.00		
Headley Construction Group Inc	78	$8,552.00	$8,552.00			
Alvarez Engineers	8129	$117.50			$117.50	
Alvarez Engineers	8181	$3,972.50			$3,972.50	
Alvarez Engineers	8218	$1,005.00			$1,005.00	
Alvarez Engineers	8272	$570.65			$570.65	
Alvarez Engineers	8363	$5,000.00			$5,000.00	
Alvarez Engineers	8362	$390.00			$390.00	
Alvarez Engineers	8435	$732.50			$732.50	
Alvarez Engineers	8498	$942.50			$942.50	
Alvarez Engineers	8688	$2,405.00			$2,405.00	
Broward County -Permits		$750.00	$750.00			
Alvarez Engineers	8734	$677.50			$677.50	
Alvarez Engineers	8792	$336.50			$336.50	
TOTAL FY 2025	$34,051.65	$9,302.00	$8,600.00	$16,149.65	

Alvarez Engineers	
8841	
$390.00			
$390.00
$306.00
$552.50	
Alvarez Engineers	8882	$306.00				
Alvarez Engineers	8991	$552.50				
TOTAL FY 2026	$1,248.50	$0.00	$0.00	$1,248.50	
					
TOTAL PAID	$35,300.15	$9,302.00	$8,600.00	$17,398.15	
	
	Total	Landshore Enterprises	Garnet Engineering	Engineer/ Contingency	
Contracts/Budget	$450,494.30	$421,894.30	$8,600.00	$20,000.00	
Total	$450,494.30	$421,894.30	$8,600.00	$20,000.00	
	
Remaining balance after change orders	$415,194.15	$412,592.30	$0.00	$2,601.85	

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