MINUTES OF
MEETING
NORTH SPRINGS IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT
The regular meeting of the Board of
Supervisors of the North Springs Improvement District was held on
Present and constituting a quorum
were:
Matt Lauritzen President
Salvatore J. Mendolia Secretary
Bob Miner Supervisor
Also present were:
Rich Hans Manager
Dennis Lyles Attorney
Tara Patton WCI
Joe Guttuso WCI
Paul
Hrynko Rhon
Ernest-Jones Consulting Engineers
Carl J. Becker Lennar
Homes
Peg McPherson South Florida Water Mgt.
District
Mr.
Lauritzen called the meeting to order and called the roll.
SECOND ORDER OF BUSINESS Approval of the Minutes of
the April 1, 2004 Meeting
Mr.
Lauritzen stated that each Board member had received a copy of the minutes of
the
There
not being any,
On MOTION by Mr. Mendolia seconded by Mr.
Lauritzen with all in favor the minutes of the
Mr.
Hans distributed the proposed budget for fiscal year 2005 and stated please
review the budget, and we will discuss any changes next month and adopt it in
two months.
SIXTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Co
A. Bleachers
Ms.
Early stated we received three bids. The
engineer’s estimate was $16,750.00, and the low bid was $14,818.00 submitted by
Contract Connection. We received a bid
from Awnings by Valrose in the amount of $8,218.50, but it was just for the
awning. The bid package consisted of the
bleacher seats with concrete slab and canopy.
The bid submitted by Accurate Tennis Courts was in the mount of $48,100. Staff recommends awarding the contract to
Contract Connection. This will be paid
out of the
Mr.
Mendolia asked have they ever worked for us before?
Ms.
Early responded no. However, I can get
some references. If there are any
problems, I will bring this back next month.
On MOTION by Mr. Mendolia seconded by Mr.
Lauritzen with all in favor the contract for the Heron Bay Commons bleacher
seats with concrete slab and canopy was awarded to Contract Connection, Inc. in
the amount of $14,818.00
B. Security
System
This
item was tabled.
SEVENTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Co
Mr.
Hrynko stated we have a plat that has 35 single-family units. We are proposing to dedicate the eastern
portion of the property to NSID, which abuts a maintenance facility with the
Golf & Country Club. In total, we
will have a private lake, which will connect into a private lake (Parcel B),
and Parcel C will be the lake dedication in addition to a lift station along
the south. It is off of Trails End
extension and directly east of the new park.
Mr.
Lauritzen asked what are the lot sizes?
Mr.
Hrynko responded between 1/3 and 1/2 of an acre. It has been through the City Commission and
the Planning and Zoning Board. The
community made the lake its amenity.
Mr.
Lauritzen asked will there be any parks?
Mr.
Hrynko responded there will be a gazebo and running trail around the lake.
Mr.
Moore stated I need to modify the language of the 12’ utility easement to
include the NSID. Currently, it only has
the City of
Mr.
Mendolia asked is this being coordinated with WCI?
Ms.
Early responded yes. We reviewed the
drainage requirements.
On MOTION by Mr. Mendolia seconded by Mr.
Lauritzen with all in favor the Parkland Estates Plat was accepted subject to
the conditions listed in the engineer’s review letter and Mr. Moore’s
recommendations outlined above.
EIGHTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Co
A.
Ms.
Early stated this item is a permit request from WCI to access the north dike.
On MOTION by Mr. Mendolia seconded by Mr.
Lauritzen with all in favor the permit request for the Heron Bay North and
Parkland Golf & Country Club right-of-way was approved subject to the
conditions listed in the engineer’s review letter.
B. Mary Help of Christians Church – Phase 2
C. Greenbriar at Heron Bay Northeast
D. Heron Bay Northeast “The Glen”
Ms.
Early stated these three items are all surface water management permits.
Mr.
Hans asked do you have any comments?
Ms.
Early responded the same standard comments apply to each item. They are working in the District right-of-way
and submitting as-builts.
On MOTION by Mr. Mendolia seconded by Mr.
Lauritzen with all in favor the permit request for the Mary Help of Christians
Church – Phase 2; Greenbriar at Heron Bay Northeast; and Heron Bay Northeast
“The Glen” were approved subject to the conditions listed in the engineer’s
review letter.
A. Change Order No. 2 with
Ms.
Early stated when we put this project out for bid, we knew we had to have some
revisions based on the development tying into the
On MOTION by Mr. Miner seconded by Mr.
Lauritzen with all in favor Change Order No. 2 with Florida Sewer & Water
for Osprey Trail and
B. Change Order No. 5 with Astaldi
Construction Corp. for
Ms.
Early stated WCI pays for all the paving and drainage, and everything under the
On MOTION by Mr. Miner seconded by Mr.
Lauritzen with all in favor Change Order No. 5 with Astaldi Construction Corp.
for
C. Change Order No. 9 with Astaldi
Construction Corp. for
Ms.
Early reviewed the change order.
On MOTION by Mr. Miner seconded by Mr.
Lauritzen with all in favor Change Order No. 9 with Astaldi Construction Corp.
for
D. Change Order No. 5 with
Ms.
Early reviewed the change order.
On MOTION by Mr. Miner seconded by Mr.
Lauritzen with all in favor Change Order No. 5 with Florida Sewer & Water
for Osprey Trail and Heron Bay recreation amenity offsite roadway improvements
for a net increase of $32,332.50.
TENTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Co
A. Work Authorization No. 123 for Parkland
Country Club Pod 6 Water and Sewer Engineering Services During Construction and
Funding Agreement with WCI
B. Work Authorization No. 124 for Parkland
Country Club Pod 15 Water and Sewer Engineering Services During Construction
and Funding Agreement with WCI
C. Work Authorization No. 125 for Parkland
Country Club Pod 16 Water and Sewer Engineering Services During Construction
Ms.
Early stated these three items are for engineering services during construction
within the Parkland Country Club for our inspection, and it requires a funding
agreement.
Mr.
Mendolia asked have the rates increased?
Ms.
Early responded they are the same hourly rates that were approved last April.
On MOTION by Mr. Miner seconded by Mr.
Mendolia with all in favor Work Authorizations 123, 124 & 125 and their
funding agreements for same were approved.
D. Work Authorization No. 126 for Heron Bay
Northeast Greenbriar Water and Sewer Engineering Services During Construction
This
item was tabled.
E. Work Authorization No. 127 for Heron
Bay North Cypress Pointe
This
item was tabled.
THIRD ORDER OF BUSINESS Presentation by South
Florida Water Management District Regarding the Everglades Task Force
Ms.
McPherson joined the meeting at this time and stated I am here to talk about
the Everglades Task Force. The Broward
County Department of Planning and Environmental Protection asked to be included
in the District’s long-term water quality plan.
The long-term plan has to do with the Everglades Forever Act and the
South Florida Water Management District’s requirement to have phosphorus levels
in surface canals down to ten parts per billion by December 31, 2006. We are hoping to establish a working group of
all the affected entities including municipalities, water control Districts,
government agencies and special interests such as nurseries to bring together
what the issue is, what we each have to input and what can be done voluntarily
to meet these requirements.
This
is a leadership issue. We have to
demonstrate that we are trying to get these water quality levels to the legal
limit, which is ten parts per billion.
The more things we can demonstrate that we are doing, the better off we
will be. I do not envision this group
holding long tedious meetings. In fact,
they will be fun. You will learn about
the issues and meet many people. Each
entity will have a representative there.
I am comfortable saying ‘all of them’ because I have gone before all of
the municipalities except one, and I have been before all of the Water Control
Districts except one. We will have a
good turnout, and there will be good leadership opportunities for everyone to
get to know each other. I envision
walking you through the problem and asking everyone to bring their regulatory
tool box or anything else they can bring to the table as well as their plan to
implement them. For example, a
municipality can implement an ordinance encouraging people to use fertilizer
with low phosphorus levels. The idea is
to do things we already have the ability to do that are common sense and if we
coordinate our efforts, we will be able to show real progress, which is the
goal. If we can get one or all of you to
come to the first meeting, that would be great.
Additionally, we have enjoyed our working relationship with Mr.
Moore. It is one thing for staff to be
there, but it is another thing for the decision-makers to be there. I am excited at the opportunity for you to
see what other decision makers are doing and what they are bringing to the
table to help meet this effort. Thank
you for this opportunity, and it was nice to meet everyone.
FIFTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Approval of Quit Claim
Deed for Portions of L-1
Ms.
Patton stated last month, I was before the Board to get the Greenbriar plat
approved. If you recall, the Greenbriar
plat consisted of an addition of seven lots.
We are adding to the already recorded Heron Bay northeast plat. Per the Heron Bay northeast plat, which was
approved by the Board approximately 18 months ago, we dedicated Lake L-1 as
part of Heron Bay Northeast. As
Greebriar, I am platting the lots within the lake.
The
quit claim deed contains two legal descriptions. The first shows the area that we deed back from
the District by a quit claim, and these areas mimic the areas that are going to
be platted which are 1 through 5, 6 and 7 and a buffer area. Since we are asking the District for that
back, this exhibit shows parcel J on the Heron Bay east plat, which is a sales
center parcel. That will simply become a
water body. This is an approximate
2-acre piece.
In
addition, we are also building some wetland areas that will be granted to the
District. All in all, when you take what is being asked to be given back to WCI
in the form of a few lots and buffer, you actually end up getting more lake
area with us returning Parcel J to you and adding more water. I sent these documents to Mr. Lyles for his
review and approval.
Mr.
Lyles responded these were transmitted to my office April 23, and I have
reviewed the proposed forms of deeds. It
was essentially a swap of property with the District, and I think everything is
in order. It is a simple transaction you
have seen before, and unless there are any comments, it is appropriate to take
up a motion to approve execution of the two quit claim deeds described in WCI’s
presentation.
On MOTION by Mr. Miner seconded by Mr.
Mendolia with all in favor the quit claims deed for portions of Parcel L-1 of
the Heron Bay Northeast Plat and Parcel J of the Heron Bay East plat were
approved.
ELEVENTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Co
Ms.
Early stated Supplement No. 3 had existing validated bonds in the approximate
amount of $7 million, and we only sold one bond in the amount of $1.5
million. WCI is not going to use the
additional bonds and simply do two separate bond issues; one for the balance of
Heron Bay and one for Parkland. For the
one bond that we did, we were doing some extra work because we had additional
monies left in the original bond, but we ran out of money and $6,000 still
needs to be paid. WCI can fund it and
when we sell the bonds, they will be reimbursed.
Mr.
Lyles stated I reviewed this, and everything is in order.
On MOTION by Mr. Miner seconded by Mr.
Mendolia with all in favor Funding Agreement No. 382 with WCI for Supplement
No. 3 invoices were approved.
Mr.
Lyles stated we are at the end of the legislative session. Our codification bill was sent to committee
and did not make it out of committee on the last day; therefore, it did not get
passed this year. I have discussed this
briefly with the District Manager. We
have some small hope that they will have a special session. They will try to get it out of that committee
and back in front of the legislature. If
we do that, we may be required to enlist the services of our former lobbyist to
make sure this happens. To my knowledge,
this is not the result of anyone trying to stop this bill from passing. Everybody was in favor of this. We will re-file the same bill next year. The same thing happened to the CSID bill, and
I suspect many other local bills.
Mr.
Lauritzen asked will we still have elections this year?
Mr.
Lyles responded we will have our landowner’s election. Everything stays the same. However, this does not affect our
operations. The reason for the
codification bill is Chapter 189, which applies to all special districts in the
State of Florida, requires us to combine all of our amendments into one special
act local bill that reads continuously from start to finish. In the midst of everything, we had some
requests for some changes regarding the method of electing Boards of
Supervisors, which we agreed to through the Board’s authority. It was going to be pursued through an
amendment to this bill or to a general amendment to Chapter 189 by
Representative Ritter. You had committed
on behalf of the Board to support that type of amendment in either case and to
send letters or resolutions as requested.
We had no requests for expressions for support or resolutions. We only had positive feed back from staff
that everything was going through the process and that our bill would be
passed. However, at the last minute, it
did not pass. At this point, it is
business as usual. We are required to
file this bill by the legislature, which in turn, did not finalize the passage
of the bill so we will have to file it again next year. We have done everything we are required to do
by law and more to facilitate the process but it did not happen. By all accounts, it was a contentious session
of the legislature this year.
B. Engineer
There
not being any, the next item followed.
C. Superintendent
– Letters of Recognition
Mr.
Hans stated we received a couple of letters commending our good work.
Mr.
Lauritzen asked do we have any follow up on the Heron Bay tennis situation?
Mr.
Hans asked we are still receiving some complaints on different issues; however,
we are directing them back to the management company to handle. We have not heard any more about the tennis
and whether they have a new committee.
THIRTEENTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Supervisor’s Requests and Audience
Comments
There
not being any, the next item followed.
FOURTEENTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Approval of Requisitions and Invoices
On MOTION by Mr. Miner seconded by Mr.
Mendolia with all in favor the invoices were approved.
There
being nothing further,
On MOTION by Mr. Mendolia seconded by Mr.
Lauritzen with all in favor the meeting was adjourned at 4:55 p.m.
Salvatore J. Mendolia Matt
Lauritzen
Secretary President
Agenda
Items
Co
Work Authorization No. 126 for Heron Bay
Northeast Greenbriar Water and Sewer Engineering Services During Construction
(tabled)
Work Authorization No. 127 for Heron Bay
North Cypress Pointe (tabled)