MINUTES OF MEETING

NORTH SPRINGS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

The regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of the North Springs Improvement District was held Thursday, August 7, 2003 at 4:00 P.M. in the District Office, 10300 N. W. 11 Manor, Coral Springs, Florida.

Present and constituting a quorum were:

Matt Lauritzen President

Salvatore J. Mendolia Secretary

Bob Miner Supervisor

Also present were:

Rich Hans Manager

Donna Holiday Recording Secretary

Dennis Lyles Attorney

John McKune Gee & Jenson

Roger Moore Engineer

Bill Joyce District Staff

Paul C. Wachter Barney's Pumps, Inc.

FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS Roll Call

Mr. Lauritzen called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. and Mr. Hans called the roll.

SECOND ORDER OF BUSINESS Consideration of Appointment of Supervisor to Fill Unexpired Term of Office

Mr. Lauritzen stated I asked Mr. Miner to be here today. He is a resident of Coral Springs and lives in the District.

Mr. Miner stated I am married and have two children, have lived in the Brookside subdivision for six years and have been a resident of Coral Springs for nine years. I have been active in the community and have been involved with the School District in southeast Florida.

On MOTION by Mr. Mendolia seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor Mr. Miner was appointed as Supervisor to fill the unexpired term of office.

Mr. Hans being a Notary Public administered the oath of office, copy of signed oath will be made a part of the minutes of this meeting.

Mr. Hans distributed the financial disclosure form and advised Mr. Miner to fill out the form and send it to the Supervisor of Elections within 30 days. You need to be aware that discussion of District business needs to take place in a public forum. If there are issues that relate to the District it can only be discussed at one of these meetings that are noticed and open to the public.

Mr. Lyles stated we can discuss this after the meeting and what the Manager has just told you is very important. It is against the law for a member of this Board to discuss District business or something that is likely to come before this Board, outside of a meeting such as this one that has been advertised in a newspaper and is open to the public. You are in the same position as a city commissioner. You will have to file a financial disclosure form within 30 days of today with the Supervisor of Elections office. If you need any help with that the Manager's office or I can assist you and we can talk about the sunshine law and public records law and those sorts of things that apply to you and to the documents you will be involved in on behalf of the District. You can always call us any time if you need anything or have any questions regarding these matters. I encourage you to call if there is anything you are not quite sure of.

THIRD ORDER OF BUSINESS Approval of the Minutes of the July 10, 2003 Meeting

Mr. Lauritzen stated that each Board member had received a copy of the minutes of the July 10, 2003 meeting and requested any additions, corrections or deletions.

There not being any,

On MOTION by Mr. Mendolia seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor the minutes of the July 10, 2003 meeting were approved as submitted.

FOURTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Acceptance of the Audit for Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2002

Mr. Hans stated the audits were sent to you under separate cover to give you time to review. The audit was completed using governmental auditing standards and their tests disclosed no instances of non compliance that are required to be reported. There were no matters involving internal control over financial reporting in its operations that are considered to be material weaknesses. The audit was a clean audit and they reported nothing that was wrong and have no recommendations for doing anything different.

On MOTION by Mr. Mendolia seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor the audit for fiscal year ended September 30, 2002 was accepted.

FIFTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Consideration of Change Orders

A. Change Order No. 1 with Accurate Tennis Courts, Inc. for the Tennis Court Expansion contract for a Net Increase of $1,980.00

B. Change Order No. 2 with Accurate Tennis Courts, Inc. for the Tennis Court Expansion Contact for a Net Increase of $3,560.00

C. Change Order No. 6 with Florida Sewer and Water, Inc. for the 80 Ft. Heron Bay Central contract for a Net Increase of $70,960.00

D. Change Order No. 7 with Astaldi Construction Corp. for the Trails End Road Contract for a Net Increase of $25,533.54

Mr. McKune outlined the items contained in each change order.

On MOTION by Mr. Mendolia seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor the change orders listed above were approved.

SIXTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Consideration of Permit Requests

A. Surface Water Management Permit for Heron Bay Information Center

Mr. McKune pointed out the area on the map and stated this is a typical surface water management permit request and we find it to be in order.

On MOTION by Mr. Mendolia seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor the surface water management permit for Heron Bay Information Center was approved subject to the conditions outlined in the engineer's review letter.

B. Excavation and Earthwork Permit for a 29 Acre Site Heron Bay Northeast Creekside

Mr. McKune pointed out the location of the project on the map and stated in connection with the Spine Road, WCI needs this permit to get the excavation underway. They are installing a spoil pile increasing the size of the berm around the ground storage tank facility.

On MOTION by Mr. Mendolia seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor the excavation and earthwork permit for the 29 acre site Heron Bay Northeast Creekside was approved subject to the conditions outlined in the engineer's review letter.

SEVENTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Staff Reports

A. Attorney

Mr. Mendolia asked has anything happened in Tallahassee?

Mr. Lyles stated there was a big lawsuit in Broward County over a validation for canal improvements involving the South Broward Drainage District that was tried this past week. The residents were unhappy with the fact that they were going to be assessed for some of these canals to be improved and they challenged the assessment that was authorized by that Board and the end result is that the Judge agreed with the District and its Board that they had done everything properly and legally and he had no basis for denying them the right to validate and issue the bonds they proposed. There were newspaper articles that this Board is a special act District similar to the North Springs Board and their Representative has gotten into the fray and wants to change the way the Board members are elected. We can anticipate further proceedings over the makeup of these Boards next year. My understanding is your position remains if Representative Ritter presents a bill that amends Chapter 189, F.S. and makes it voluntary on the part of the Board to convert to a one person one vote election system; no petitions, no referendum, no expenses, you can just do that and have the election that you still support that legislation. I suggested to them that they look into that and join with this Board in pursuing a reasonable modification to the state laws on membership to these District Boards.

B. Engineer

Mr. McKune distributed the bid tabulation for Osprey Trail and Heron Bay Recreation Amenity Offsite Roadway Improvements and stated on July 31, five bids were received for the Osprey Trail and Heron Bay Recreation amenity offsite roadway improvements for N.S.I.D. with funding from WCI as is normally done. The lowest responsive bid was submitted by Florida Sewer and Water with a total base bid of $1,310,524.15. The engineer's estimate for this work was $1,346,298.40. It was a very competitive bid. We have reviewed the bids and recommend the Board award the contract to Florida Sewer and Water.

Mr. Mendolia asked have we used them before?

Mr. McKune responded Florida Sewer and Water have done the majority of the work in Heron Bay for the last few years and they have done good work.

On MOTION by Mr. Mendolia seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor the contract for Osprey Trail and Heron Bay Recreation Amenity Offsite Roadway Improvements was awarded to Florida Sewer and Water in the amount of their low bid of $1,310,524.15.

On MOTION by Mr. Mendolia seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor the Developer Funding Request was approved.

C. Superintendent

Distribution of Water and Wastewater Enterprise Fund Budget

Mr. Hans distributed the water and sewer budget and stated the budget was prepared by Ms. Archer and I ask that you review it during the month and call if you have any questions. We will notice the September meeting as the public hearing to consider the adoption of this budget.

Proposed Meeting Schedule for Fiscal Year 2004

Mr. Hans stated the proposed meeting schedule was included in your agenda package and is the same as in previous years.

Letter from Tom Grossjung

Mr. Hans read into the record the letter received from Mr. Grossjung.

EIGHTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Supervisor's Requests and Audience Comments

There not being any, the next item followed.

NINTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Approval of Requisitions and Invoices

On MOTION by Mr. Mendolia seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor the requisitions and invoices were approved.

On MOTION by Mr. Mendolia seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor the meeting adjourned at 4:45 p.m.

Salvatore J. Mendolia Matt Lauritzen

Secretary President