WEST VILLAGES IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT PUBLIC HEARING & REGULAR BOARD MEETING MAY 15, 2025

CALL TO ORDER
The May I 5, 2025, Regular Board Meeting of the West Villages Improvement District ("WVJD" or the "District") was called to order at I :00 p.m. in the Chambers Room of the City of North Pott located at 4970 City Hall Boulevard, North Port, Florida 34286.
PROOF OF PUBLICATION

Proof of publication was presented which showed the notice of the Regular Board Meeting had been published in the Sarasota Herald-Trjbune on May 6, 2025, as legally required.

ESTABLISH A QUORUM
It was determined that the attendance of the following Supervisors constituted a quorum, and it was in order to proceed with the meeting:

Chairman	John Luczynski	Present in person	
Vice Chairman	Steve Lewis	Present in person	
Supervisor	Tom Buckley	Present in oerson	
Supervisor	Christine Masney	Present via phone	
Supervisor	John Meisel	Present in oerson	

District Manager	William Crosley	Special District Services, Inc.	
District Operations Manager	Kvle Wilson	Soecial District Services, Inc.	
District Counsel	Lindsav Whelan	Kutak Rock LLP	
District Engineer	Giacomo Licari	Dewberrv	
DISCUSSION REGARDING PUBLIC DECORUM AT BOARD MEETINGS

Chairman Luczynski read aloud the Public Decorum Policy.

COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ALL AGENDA ITEMS
Victor Dobrin commented that in his opinion it was a bad idea for Gran Paradiso to be removed from the District's irrigation system, and that he was not in favor of House Bill 4061 and wanted the lobbying fees be paid by Mattamy.
Chris Lundberg, a resident of Gran Paradiso and new Gran Paradiso Property Owners' Association Inc. (GPPOA) board member, commented that in his opinion the needs of the residents were not at the forefront of the District, but should be. He stated that he is not against the well availability fee, but Gran Paradiso is different in that in his opinion the GPPOA owns the irrigation wells in that community. He indicated that he believed that the Gran Paradiso irrigation system was segmented from the District system due to nonpayment of irrigation fees, but the Court ordered the escrow of the fees during the litigation.

He went on to state that as far as usage was concerned, according to a report from Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD), he believed that Gran Paradiso's permitted usage was lower than the permitted application and that usage has leveled off in Gran Paradiso after build-out of the community. He stated that be believes the issue for the over-usage is not due to excessive homeowner/GPPOA use, but is instead due to a transfer of 5,868,000 gallons in January, 309,000 gallons in February and 184,000 gallons in June from the wells located within Gran Paradiso to Primary Irrigation Lake 1.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES
April 17, 2025, Regular Board Meeting

The minutes of the April 17, 2025, Regular Board Meeting were presented for consideration.

A MOTION was made by Supervisor Lewis, seconded by Supervisor Buckley approving the minutes of the April 17, 2025, Regular Board Meeting, as presented. The minutes of the April 17, 2025, Regular Board Meeting were approved on a vote of 4 to 1, with Supervisor Meisel abstaining.

Ms. Whelan advised that a Board Supervisor can only abstain from voting if there is a conflict of interest and asked Supervisor Meisel if that was the reason for his abstention so that it could be noted in the record. Supervisor Meisel responded that he was not going to answer any questions regarding his conflicts of interest at the advice of his attorney.
GENERAL DISTRICT MATIERS
Consider Work Authorization 2025-5 - GIS Master System Monitoring and Updating

This work authorization provides that Dewberry will continue to work on the GIS master system monitoring and updating for the District through this fiscal year.

A MOTION was made by Supervisor Lewis, seconded by Supervisor Buckley and passed unanimously approving Dewberry Work Authorization 2025-5 for an amount not to exceed $8,000 for work on the GlS master system monitoring and update the District through this fiscal year, as presented.

Consider Work Authorization 2025-6 - General Stormwater System Inspections and Reporting
This work authorization provides that Dewberry will continue to work on general stormwater system inspections and reporting specifically related to the environmental resource permit program through this fiscal year.

A MOTION was made by Supervisor Lewis, seconded by Supervisor Buckley and passed unanimously approving the Dewberry Work Authorization 2025-6 for an amount not to exceed $10,000 for work on general stormwater system inspections and reporting to the District, specifically related to the environmental resource permit program, through this fiscal year. as presented.

UNIT OF DEVELOPMENT NO. 1

A MOTION was made by Supervisor Lewis, seconded by Supervisor Buckley and passed unanimously opening the Public Hearing regarding the Unit of Development No. I Revised Plan of Improvements.

Public Hearing on Unit 1 Revised Plan oflmprovements
Consider Resolution No. 2025-15 - Approving a Revised Plan of Improvements and Setting a Public Hearing on Revised Plan of Improvements and Revised Assessments Report of Benefits
Resolution No. 2025-15 was presented, entitled:
RESOLUTION 2025-15
[UNIT NO. 1 2025 BOUNDARY AMENDMENT]
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE WEST VILLAGES IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT RATIFYING THE RESETTING OF PUBLIC HEARING; APPROVING CONSIDERATION OF THE ADOPTION OF THE REVISED PLAN OF IMPROVEMENTS FOR UNIT OF DEVELOPMENT NO. 1 RELATIVE TO THE AMENDMENT OF THE BOUNDARY OF SUCH UNIT; FILING THE PROPOSED REVISED ASSESSMENT REPORT OF BENEFITS WITH THE DISTRICT SECRETARY; PROVIDING FOR PUBLISHED NOTICE AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 298.301, FLORIDA STATUTES; SETTING PUBLIC HEARINGS TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 21, 2025, AT 1:00 P.M. AT THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS, 4970 CITY HALL BOULEVARD, NORTH PORT, FLORIDA 34286, FOR THE PURPOSE OF HEARING PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSIDERATION OF THE FINAL ADOPTION OF THE REVISED PLAN OF IMPROVEMENTS AND THE REVISED ASSESSMENT REPORT OF BENEFITS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Ms. Whelan explained that this matter was pa11 of the process to allocate special assessments to properties being added into Unit of Development No. I. This is the second step of the process where the Board considers the revised plan of improvements and then sets a public hearing on both the revised plan of improvements and the revised assessment report of benefits, and Resolution 2025-15 approves those items. The exhibits in the resolution are the same exact reports that were reviewed and approved by the Board at the March meeting kick starting the assessment reallocation process.

Chairman Luczynski asked if there were any comments from the public. There were no comments from the public on this agenda item.

A MOTION was made by Supervisor Lewis, seconded by Supervisor Buckley adopting Resolution No. 2025-15, as presented, setting the Public Hearing for August 21, 2025, in the Commission Chambers at 4970 City Hall Boulevard, North Port, Florida 34286.

Chairman Luczynski asked if this resolution relates to Boca Royale East and a small piece of land near the Taylor Mon-ison property located around the Myakka Pines Golf Course into the Unit 1 assessment allocation. Ms. Whelan responded affirmatively and stated it also includes a small piece of property intended to be developed as South West Villages Parkway.

A MOTION was made by Supervisor Buckley, seconded by Supervisor Lewis and passed unanimously closing the Public Hearing.

Consider Change Order No. 12 between the District and Demoya, Inc. for Walden Park Boulevard Roundabout and US 41/State Road 45 Improvement Project
As staff presented Change Order No. 12 which brings the total contracted amount for the US 41 roadway project to$] 0,982,937.53. The total amount paid for the project is $9,678,494.52, which brings the total contract savings to $1,232,223.0 I from what was initially anticipated, including the $72,220 paid to Shipps Inc. for US 41 turn lane modifications relative to the HCA parcel.
There was a consensus of the Board to ratify Change Order No. 12 consistent with Board direction at the April meeting, and for Mr. Licari to review and sign off on final figures, including this final change order and any final pay application, including all final updated quantities. The Board thanked Mr. Licari for providing the closeout figures related to the US 41 project. No further action is required on this matter.

Consider Agreement between the District and Wellen Park Construction, LLLP Regarding Design and Construction Services for Preto Boulevard Roadway Improvements
Staff presented the cost share agreement and indicated that pricing was obtained from several vendors and that Shipps Excavating, Inc. was selected as the most advantageous vendor for this project. One section is a turn lane into the new Westlake community, which is a developer cost of$428,714, and the other section is the widening of Preto Boulevard, including additional parallel parking where those costs are
$1,569,102.63.

Chairman Luczynski noted that the District had recently received $3,859,896.06 from the City of North Port for Transportation Impact Fees. That brings the total amount of impact fees received since 2021 to
$15,693,376.57, which can be used for road projects without any additional debt incurred to residents. As a result, the District's pottion of the project for Preto Boulevard will be funded by the road construction/widening reserve account and any needed deficiency from the transportation impact fees collected from the City of No1th Port. The master developer is responsible for the costs for their portion of the work for the Westlake turn lanes.
Supervisor Meisel inquired as to the purpose behind entering into an agreement with Wellen Park Construction for this project. Chairman Luczynski responded that there were time and cost efficiencies gained if the District and the master developer partnered together on adjacent roadway construction projects that were occurring simultaneously. He indicated that although this project is under the District's statutorily-required public bidding threshold, the master developer did obtain multiple bids for this work before recommending that the construction contract be let to Shipps as the lowest responsible bidder. Chairman Luczynski also mentioned that the master developer is often in a better position to negotiate cost savings with construction vendors, which benefits residents and landowners. He estimated that the master developer has been able to negotiate an approximately 30% savings in construction costs by directly contracting for construction work since 2019.

Supervisor Meisel asked if we ever do a sanity check and go out for bids outside of Wellen Park Construction to see if there are any cheaper alternatives. Chairman Luczynski responded that there was no markup from Wellen Park Construction LLLP and the District Engineer reviews all bids to confirm reasonableness. He stated that the bids from this project received were from Shipps Excavating. Inc. and LPS Contracting, which are also vendors prequalified by the District for construction services.

Supervisor Lewis stated he wanted to try to clear up confusion because he thought Supervisor Meisel thought that because this construction contract will be let by the master developer, that there was not a bidding process where multiple bids were obtain, but that is not the case and multiple bids were obtained.

A MOTION was made by Supervisor Buckley, seconded by Supervisor Lewis and passed unanimously approving the agreement between the District and Wellen Park Construction LLLP regarding design and construction services for the Preto Boulevard roadway improvements, as presented.

UNIT OF DEVELOPMENT NO. 6
Consider Work Authorization 2025-4- Master Irrigation/Reclaimed Systems Coordination and Modeling

A MOTION was made by Supervisor Lewis, seconded by Supervisor Buckley and passed unanimously approving the Dewberry Work Authorization 2025-04 in an amount not to exceed $25,000 for work on the Master Irrigation/Reclaimed Systems Coordination and Modeling for the District through this fiscal year,
as presented.

This work authorization provides that Dewberry will continue to work on the Master Irrigation/Reclaimed Systems Coordination and Modeling for the District through this fiscal year.

UNIT OF DEVELOPMENT NO. 12
Consider Resolution No. 2025-16 -Ratifying Series Bonds

Resolution No. 2025-16 was presented, entitled:

RESOLUTION 2025-16

A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE WEST VILLAGES IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT RATIFYING, CONFIRMING, AND APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF THE WEST VILLAGES IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT REVENUE BONDS (UNIT OF DEVELOPMENT NO. 12), SERIES 2025 (ASSESSMENT AREA ONE); RATIFYING, CONFIRMING, AND APPROVING THE ACTIONS OF THE CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN, TREASURER, SECRETARY, ASSISTANT SECRETARIES, AND ALL DISTRICT STAFF REGARDING THE ISSUANCE AND CLOSING OF THE WEST VILLAGES IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT REVENUE BONDS (UNIT OF DEVELOPMENT NO. 12), SERIES 2025 (ASSESSMENT AREA ONE);
DETERMINING SUCH ACTIONS AS BEING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORIZATION GRANTED BY THE BOARD; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

Ms. Whelan advised that after the April meeting, the District closed on its Series 2025 bonds that were kicked off several months ago. This resolution ratifies all of staffs actions and signing of all of the closing certificates and other documents, which was approved by the Board at the April meeting.

A MOTION was made by Supervisor Buckley, seconded by Supervisor Lewis ratifying and adopting Resolution No. 2025-16, as presented. Upon being put to a vote, the MOTION carried 4 to I with Supervisor Meisel dissenting.

Supervisor Meisel left the meeting at approximately I :38  p.m. and indicating that he would not be returning.

ATTORNEY-CLIENT SESSION RELATIVE TO LITIGATION

Ms. Whelan confirmed that the court reporter had started transcribing and stated for the record and the audience that Florida law provides for limited exception to the Sunshine Law requirements that allows the Board to meet privately with Counsel and the District Manager when the District faces litigation. The litigation at issue and for the purposes of this shade session is Gran Paradiso Property Owners Association Inc. vs West Villages Improvement District in the Circuit Cou1t for the 12th Judicial Circuit for Sarasota County, Case No. 2022CA005368-SC as well as Jeffery O'Sullivan and John Coughlin vs West Villages Improvement District in the Circuit Court for the 12th Judicial Circuit for Sarasota County Case No. 2023CA007 I65-SC.
Ms. Whelan stated that as Board Litigation Counsel, at this public meeting she desired advice concerning the litigation and that notice had been published that the Board would meet today both in a public meeting and holding an attorney-client session. The notice that was published identified that the attorney-client session would take approximately 30 minutes and identified who would be attending, which included Supervisors John Luczynski, Steve Lewis, Torn Buckley, Christine Masney, District Counsel Joe Brown, Co-Counsel Lindsay Whelan, in addition to District Manager William Crosley and a court reporter, who today is Hillary Kobe who will transcribe the entire proceeding. During the litigation, the transcript is not public record and will be made part of the record at the conclusion of the litigation.

Chairman Luczynski stated, '"I hereby announce the commencement of the private attorney-client session. The estimated length of the session is thirty minutes. The names of the people who will attend this session are Board Supervisor Members Luczynski, Lewis, Buckley and Masney, District Counsel Lindsay Whelan and Joseph Brown, District Manager William Crosley, and court reporter Hillary Kobe. At this time, the Board will go into the attorney-client session. The public meeting will resume after the attorney-client session has concluded. The attorney-client session is hereby commenced, and members of the public are asked to please to leave the room."

Members of the public and staff left the meeting room at this time and District Board Supervisors John Luczynski, Steve Lewis, Torn Buckley and Christine Masney (via telephone), District Counsel Lindsay Whelan and Joe Brown (via telephone), District Manager William Crosley, and Court Reporter Hillary Kobe remained and attended the closed shade session.

At the conclusion of the session, members of the public were notified and invited to re-enter the meeting room and the telephone line was re-established for members of the public. The District's website was updated at this time to indicate that the attorney-client shade session had ended and the public telephone line had been re-established.

Chairman Luczynski stated for benefit of the audience that the attorney-client session had concluded and asked the cou1t reporter to cease transcribing and that the audio only telephone line was re-established.

ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
District Engineer

Mr. Licari reported about a federal program called "Safe Streets and Roads For All" that can provide grant money from the Federal government. There are two phases to this program; phase one is to perform a study where you collect data and determine potential safety hazards that could exist and phase two is the implementation of the safety program such as adding crosswalks, advanced warning signs, reflective striping, cameras, and other improvements that could be identified in the study.

The grant covers 80% of the costs for phase one and phase two. If the study is approved, phase two then implements the construction of the improvements approved in the study. The anticipated cost to apply for phase one is approximately $5,000-$10,000. The estimated cost for phase two is approximately $200,000.

The deadline to apply for phase one is June 26, 2025.

A MOTION was made by Supervisor Lewis, seconded by Supervisor Buckley and passed unanimously directing Stantec to submit the phase one application to be considered for the "Safe Streets and Roads For
All'' program in a not-to-exceed amount of$ I 0,000.

District Attorney
Ms. Whelan reported that she had several updates on the ongoing litigation cases. The District is still waiting for a motion for summary judgment ruling from the magistrate on the irrigation litigation case and in addition, the ruling from the judge regarding the motion filed against the District for alleged contempt is also outstanding.

She stated that a hearing has been set for June 17, 2025, at I 0:30 a.m. for the motion for protective order regarding Supervisor Meisel's apparent inappropriate contacts or relationship with Gran Paradiso Property Owners Association attorney Joseph Herbert.

She explained that a settlement offer has been received from the GPPOA in relation to irrigation litigation Case No. 2022CA005368-SC, which involves the claim against the District for an alleged Sunshine Law violation relative to its 2018 irrigation rate hearing as well as the District's counterclaims against the GPPOA for breach of contract for non-payment of irrigation fees. That settlement has been provided to the Board; however note that the Board is not legally permitted to discuss the specifics of the settlement offers in an open public session. The settlement does not appear to offer any major compromises, or really any compromises at all, that would be beneficial to the District or its residents and does not appear to be a serious attempt to actually resolve this case. She stated that there was a good question and answer discussion during the shade session, and asked if after the shade session there was any motion to either accept or refuse the GPPOA offer for settlement as previously provided to the Board?

A MOTION was made by Chairman Luczynski rejecting the GPPOA proposal as presented and requiring that any proposal moving forward include, at a minimum, that the GPPOA would pay past due monies owed to the District because Gran Paradiso needs to be treated like any other community and every other business in the District and not receive special treatment regarding the irrigation rates that it was charged. Chairman Luczynski's MOTION was seconded by Supervisor Tom Buckley and upon being put to a vote. the MOTION carried 4 to 0.

Ms. Whelan indicated that the Board's decision would be communicated to the GPPOA attorney.

Ms. Whelan went on to report that relative to the assessment litigation, the District's motion for summary judgment hearing has been set for June 18, 2025. She noted that there has also been a settlement offer

received in this case, which is 2023CA007 I 65-SC. She stated that there was a good question and answer discussion during the shade session, and asked if after the shade session there was any motion to either accept or refuse the plaintiffs' offer for settlement as previously provided to the Board?

A MOTION was made by Supervisor Lewis accepting the settlement offer relative to Case No. 23CA001765. Supervisor Lewis· MOTION was seconded by Supervisor Buckley and the MOTION carried 4 to 0.

Ms. Whelan stated that due to the specific terms of the settlement which were fairly simple and straightforward she recommended allowing her office to work with the Chairman, or whoever the Board designates, to work with the plaintiffs· counsel to get a settlement agreement finalized and executed, consistent with the terms that the Board has reviewed and approved, so that this can be accomplished expeditiously and prior to the next Board meeting.

A MOTION was made by Supervisor Lewis, seconded by Supervisor Buckley enabling the District Chairman to work with District Counsel in finalizing the settlement agreement consistent with the settlement offer. Upon being put to a vote, the MOTION carried unanimously.

Ms. Whelan finally reported that, relative to the urbanization litigation, the trial previously set for this summer has been reset to commence October 3, 2025.

District Operations Manager

Kyle Wilson repo11ed that the intersection improvements at Playmore Road and West Villages Parkway would be completed within the week and that the canal cleaning maintenance project had begun. He noted that he was satisfied with the projects so far. It is intended that this project be completed before June Ist, the official start of hurricane season.

District Manager

Mr. Crosley reported, as many may know, the District and GPPOA are currently operating under a maintenance agreement where the GPPOA is to be solely responsible for all expenses, costs, and liabilities that are associated with or arise out of the Associations' provision of the maintenance services for District lands and assets within Gran Paradiso. However, this does not include expenses for damage that resulted from force majeure events like what was realized after Hurricanes Ian, Milton and Helene, which under the maintenance agreement become the responsibility of the District. These "force majeure expenses" from these storms, exceeding $270,000, were unbudgeted and have been paid from the District's Unit 3 operating account, which has negatively affected that unit's fund balance. As a result, in order to provide revenue to fund future expenses related to storm or landscape deficiencies, staff is looking at including some assessments in the FY 2025/2026 Unit 3 and Unit I budget to compensate for hurricane related expenses. He noted that there are also areas within Unit 3 that need maintenance attention, including areas of
maintenance that have been deferred by the GPPOA (for example: FPL meter stands that are deteriorating). Staff envisions presenting to the Board for consideration new line items in the FY 25/26 budget to allow for this situation with the funds being retained in a reserve account, just like the road resurfacing currently
being collected. This would allow for the reserved to be utilized only if necessary and reimbursed through future budgets if needed. Staff thought this was a good time to introduce these considerations, but we can further discuss this during the upcoming budget process.

Mr. Crosley went on to state that staff is proposing to hold a Budget Workshop on June 4, 2025 at 2:00
p.m. in the Public Safety Building, and that the next Board Meeting date is June 18, 2025, at I :00 p.m. and will include the Landowners' Meeting.

Chairman Luczynski commented that he thought the idea of creating a reserve as discussed made sense.

BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS

Chairman Luczynski reported Pat Neal's proposal had been approved at the County for the private partnership extension of Manasota Beach Road from Palmera to the west side boundary of the District near the FPL line, and that he was meeting with the lslandWalk HOA to discuss that roadway extension He also planned to meet with Pulte/DiVosta regarding the right of way property along the proposed route with an unofficial goal of trying to get that road open in conjunction with the opening of the high school in August of 2026.
ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business to come before the Board, the Regular Board Meeting was adjourned at 2:45 p.m. on a MOTION made by Supervisor Buckley, seconded by Chairman Luczynski and passed unanimously.

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The prevalence of disruptive behavior by some attendees has proven there is a need to strictly enforce the WVID public comment and public decorum policy. This Includes adding a law enforcement presence, who will have the authority to remove attendees who have been deemed unruly and out of order.

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The WVID policy Includes rules governing decorum at public meetings and workshops, particularly when addressing the Board of Supervisors. The policy, which was approved in 2016, definitively states:
Community members wishing to speak must direct their comments to the Board as a whole, not a specific member of the Board or any staff member.

No person, other than a Board member or staff member, can enter into a discussion with a public speaker while they are speaking, without the permission of the chairman or presiding officer.

Speakers and attendees must refrain from disruptive behavior, making vulgar or threatening remarks, or launching personal attacks against the Board, staff or community members.
The WVID policy gives the chairman or presiding officer the discretion to remove attendees who disregard the rulesfrom the meetings. In this scenario, the presiding officer may declare a recess and contact local law enforcement. If a person does not immediately leave the premise, the presiding officer may request that the person be placed under arrest.

The prevalence of disruptive behavior by some attendees has proven there is a need to strictly enforce the WVID public comment and public decorum policy. This Includes adding a law enforcement presence, who will have the authority to remove attendees who have been deemed unruly and out of order.

The WVID Board of Supervisors encourages citizen participation and appreciates civil feedback from attendees. Thank you for your cooperation and support so that we may conduct business in a respectful and professional manner.