MINUTES OF MEETING

NORTH SPRINGS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

The regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of the North Springs Improvement District was held on Thursday, March 2, 2000, at 4:00 P.M. at Heron Bay Commons, 6100 Heron Bay Boulevard, 2nd Floor, Everglades Room, Coral Springs, Florida.

Present and constituting a quorum were:

Thomas Grossjung President

Matt Lauritzen Vice President

William Bell Secretary

Also present were:

Gary Moyer Superintendent

Rennie Quinn Severn Trent

Donna Holiday Recording Secretary

Roger Moore District Staff

Dennis Lyles Attorney

Jane Early Gee & Jenson

Patti Hitchcock WCI Communities

Scott Davidson WCI Communities

Chris Richard WCI Communities

FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS Roll Call

Mr. Grossjung called the meeting to order at 4:15 P.M. with roll call and stated the record will reflect that all Supervisors are present.

SECOND ORDER OF BUSINESS Approval of the Minutes of the January 6, 2000 Meeting

Mr. Grossjung stated item two on the agenda is the approval of the Minutes of the January 6th 2000 meeting which were included in our agenda package. Are there any comments or modifications to the January 6th Minutes?

On MOTION by Mr. Bell seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor the Minutes of the January 6, 2000 meeting were approved.

THIRD ORDER OF BUSINESS Ratification of Contracts

A. Concierge Services at Heron Bay Commons

Mr. Grossjung stated item three is the Ratification of Contracts. Item 3-A is Concierge Services at Heron Bay Commons.

Mr. Moyer stated because we were unable to have our meeting in February, these items are listed as ratifications and we will go through them with you since it was necessary for us to take action on them. Let me ask Ms. Archer to introduce to the Board the Heron Bay Commons staff and the Manager of the facility will review with you the concierge services contract.

Ms. Archer stated I would like to introduce to you Mary Maita. She is the Manager of Heron Bay Commons, she works for the District and she is responsible for everything that goes on at the facilities. She made the arrangements for our meeting today and if you are available for a few minutes after the meeting, she would like to take you on a tour of the facilities. Then we have Rosie who is with WCI Property Management.

Ms. Maita stated the concierge service comes on duty after the normal hours of operation to staff Heron Bay Commons. We generally work from eight o'clock to about six o'clock during the course of the day and they come on at five o'clock in the evening and stay until 10:00 p.m. closing. They have been instructed to answer the telephones, to help out residents in any way that they can at any of the facilities, and to answer any questions. They have read our rules and regulations, we have reviewed those with them so they can enforce anything that may be in violation of that and they shut down the facility at ten o'clock, set the alarm and go home. That is their duty. We come in at eight o'clock in the morning; my cleaning people come in at seven o'clock in the morning and start cleaning the facility. We are opening now at six o'clock in the morning because we have residents asking us to open the fitness center earlier so we have our security at the front gate coming down at 6:00 a.m. to open the clubhouse and the cleaning service comes in at seven and we are here at eight o'clock. Are there any questions?

Mr. Moyer asked is the company WCI?

Ms. Maita replied yes, they are engaging the concierge.

Mr. Bell asked is there no security concern for that hour from six to seven? You have six to seven with no supervision and from six to eight with no management supervision.

Ms. Maita replied there has not been a problem. It is generally working people who want to come in and work out for an hour before they go to work and then leave. We have not had a problem at all.

B. Pool Heater at Heron Bay Commons

Ms. Archer stated on the pool heater item, Jane Early will give you an update on that.

Ms. Early stated since we didn't have the February Board meeting, I spoke to Ms. Archer and I did get Manny Synalovski who got the electrical engineer who worked on this building, gave him the information from the pool pump supplier that bid on the pool heaters and he went through his numbers and he said based on the numbers that he had today that he is correct on the savings but prices fluctuate depending on the season and the use. He said that overall we would experience that much of a cost savings and if not in two years, in three years, we would get the money back that we were putting out for the electrical heater in lieu of the propane so we decided to award him the contract for the three electrical heaters. He has ordered them. Mr. Davidson had the tree moved and I had a call in to him today to find out when they were going to start on the slab but he did order the heaters. We met with an electrician and got him in touch with the electrical engineer as well to make sure that they knew what was needed. I guess they added a panel and I am not sure what he has to do but he did have to do some additional work that was outside of the pool heater contract, so we have gotten all of those people in touch with each other and that should be moving along.

Mr. Grossjung asked are there any other questions or comments?

On MOTION by Mr. Grossjung seconded by Mr. Bell with all in favor the Contract for Concierge Services at Heron Bay Commons with Don Rugh and the Contract for the Pool Heater at Heron Bay Commons with Zager Plumbing were ratified.

FOURTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Consideration of Change Orders

A. Change Order No. 2 with Butterfly Landscape for Parkland Isles Phase II Landscape & Irrigation Contract for a Net Increase of $174,537.05

Mr. Grossjung stated item 4-A is Change Order No. 2 with Butterfly Landscape for Parkland Isles Phase II Landscape & Irrigation Contract.

Ms. Early stated this is the landscape for the berms in Parkland Isles. It goes along Holmberg Road, Pine Island Road and Trails End Road and we had Change Order No. 1 which was for his increase in unit prices due to the delay of the contract. This change order is for his additional quantity. We have added trees and you will remember that we took an additional landscaping area on Holmberg Road so this takes care of his additional items, shrubs, trees, etc. I think the majority of the number is in the trees. We couldn't get the Live Oak Trees and this is a different size than what we had originally specified so we have added 133 Oak Trees along Holmberg Road and that is the $113,000 which is the majority of the $174,000 increase.

Mr. Bell asked why are they 25' Royal Palms instead of 20' ones?

Ms. Early replied because we couldn't get the 20' ones.

Mr. Grossjung stated that was the previous problem I believe.

Ms. Early stated that is right. The 20' tree was what was in the bid and we couldn't get that size tree.

Mr. Grossjung stated this is not a final change order.

Ms. Early stated that is correct. He has the majority of the work done up to the area along Holmberg Road and then up to the first entrance, the entrance at 66th on Pine Island Road to Parkland Isles. He has the majority of that work finished and then he will go across that entrance and start that work.

Mr. Grossjung asked are there any other questions on Change Order No. 2 with Butterfly Landscape?

On MOTION by Mr. Bell seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor Change Order No. 2 with Butterfly Landscape for Parkland Isles Phase II Landscape & Irrigation Contract for a Net Increase of $174,537.05 was approved.

B. Change Order No. 4 & Final with W. Jackson & Sons for the Parkland Isles Phase II Contract for a Net Increase of $53,542.31

Mr. Grossjung stated item 4-B is Change Order No. 4 & Final with W. Jackson & Sons for the Parkland Isles Phase II Contract for a Net Increase of $53,542.31.

Ms. Early stated this project is Parkland Isles Phase II for the remainder of the entrance road and parcels to the north and south. This is a balancing change order to adjust the quantities to as-builts.

Mr. Grossjung stated so we had to add more to this.

Ms. Early stated one of the items is brick pavers and the brick pavers is an item being paid by WCI. When we first bid the job we didn't have all of the areas marked where we were going to use brick pavers so as he proceeded we kept changing each intersection. That was a $36,000 item. The rest of the items were just to adjust the quantities to the as-built numbers.

Mr. Grossjung asked do I understand that the $36,000 is being paid by WCI?

Ms. Early replied this particular job had several different fundings. Part of it was Parkland Isles, part of it was paid directly by WCI. They paid for the asphalt, the brick pavers, the striping, the sidewalk. One of the items is we took the sidewalk out of this contract. It is not all paid out of North Springs money.

Mr. Grossjung asked are there any other questions or comments on Change Order No. 4 & Final with W. Jackson & Sons?

On MOTION by Mr. Lauritzen seconded by Mr. Bell with all in favor Change Order No. 4 & Final with W. Jackson & Sons for the Parkland Isles Phase II Contract for a Net Increase of $53,542.31 was approved.

C. Change Order No. 1 & Final with Bergeron for Parkland Isles Phase III for a Net Increase of $38,546.57

Mr. Grossjung stated item 4-C is Change Order No. 1 & Final with Bergeron for Parkland Isles Phase III for a Net Increase of $38,546.57.

Ms. Early stated this was the final phase of Parkland Isles northeast subdivision and the southeast subdivision. This is also a change order to adjust the quantities to the as-built numbers. We added a few manholes. We were getting too close to the lake with the sewer so we decided to add a couple of manholes to make it safer. There isn't anything that is really a large number.

Mr. Grossjung stated it is just the fittings that appears to be the largest. Are there any questions on Change Order No. 1 & Final with Bergeron for Parkland Isles Phase III?

On MOTION by Mr. Bell seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor Change Order No. 1 & Final with Bergeron for Parkland Isles Phase III for a Net Increase of $38,546.57 was approved.

D. Change Order No. 1 & Final for Heron Bay Commons Landscape, Irrigation & Berms with Mark Tomberg, Inc. for a Net Increase of $14,103.79

Mr. Grossjung stated 4-D is Change Order No. 1 & Final for Heron Bay Commons Landscape, Irrigation & Berms with Mark Tomberg, Inc. for Net Increase of $14,103.79.

Ms. Holiday stated this is not in your book but I put it on the agenda for today and Ms. Early has that.

Ms. Early stated this is for the Heron Bay Commons landscape project and we had only one change order. This is a change order to adjust these quantities to as-builts. We did add some additional trees and sod. Mr. Davidson and I went over the additions and we agreed on them. We also removed some items that weren't acceptable. We decided to take them out of the contract in order to have somebody else put in some additional Bougainvillea.

On MOTION by Mr. Bell seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor Change Order No. 1 & Final for Heron Bay Commons Landscape, Irrigation & Berms with Mark Tomberg, Inc. for a Net Increase of $14,103.79 was approved.

E. Change Order No. 1 & Final for Heron Bay Aquatic Plant Control with Siga, Inc. for a Net Decrease of $3,140.00 Bringing the Total Contract Price to $36,731.00

Mr. Grossjung stated 4-E is Change Order No. 1 & Final for Heron Bay Aquatic Plant Control with Siga, Inc. for a Net Decrease of $3,140.00.

Ms. Early stated Siga was the original contractor. He had a two-year contract to take care of all of the aquatics in the lakes in Heron Bay. I believe it was in July when we rebid as his two-year contract was up. Everglades Environmental now has the contract. It has taken us this long to get the paperwork out of Siga to finalize this project. It is a net decrease of $3,140.00.

Mr. Grossjung asked are there any questions on the change order for the Heron Bay Aquatic Plant Control?

On MOTION by Mr. Bell seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor Change Order No. 1 & Final for Heron Bay Aquatic Plant Control with Siga, Inc. for a Net Decrease of $3,140.00 Bringing the Total Contract Price to $36,731.00 was approved.

F. Change Order No. 2 with Southeast Drilling Services for the Potable Water Supply Wells Contract for a Net Increase of $43,375.00

Mr. Grossjung stated 4-F is Change Order No. 2 with Southeast Drilling Services for the Potable Water Supply Wells Contract for a Net Increase of $43,375.00.

Ms. Early stated this is was an item for John McKune and he was supposed to be here. I do not know what it is for.

Mr. Moyer asked Mr. Moore, are you familiar with this?

Mr. Moore replied not at this time.

Mr. Grossjung stated we can defer it at this time until Mr. McKune arrives and move on to Consideration of Permit Requests.

FIFTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Consideration of Permit Requests

A. Landscape Screening of Utility Easement for Pinehurst Woods (Grand Cypress Estates)

Mr. Grossjung stated item 5-A is the landscape screening of the Utility Easement for Pinehurst Woods (Grand Cypress Estates).

Ms. Early stated on the plat for Pinehurst Woods, we have an easement for our sanitary manhole to go out to Holmberg Road. It is a twelve foot utility easement. When the contractor went in and removed the trees, the City of Parkland didn't like that even though we had an easement to do that. They shut the job down and were very upset that we removed that twelve feet of trees and said that driving down Holmberg Road you could see through that area into the development. Shelby Homes was working with Keith & Schnars on a landscape plan to buffer that from Holmberg Road. It is in our easement but it is north of our last manhole. We have six feet from our manhole north to our easement. They are going to go across that easement with a landscape buffer in order to close off that view from Holmberg Road and that was the only thing we could do with the City of Parkland to get them to allow us to continue again. It is away from our sanitary sewer lines. It won't cause any problems with that.

Mr. Moyer stated this is a permit, you are not asking the District to spend money.

Ms. Early stated no, it is a permit, something to give them the right to go into that easement.

On MOTION by Mr. Bell seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor the Permit request for Landscape Screening of Utility Easement for Pinehurst Woods (Grand Cypress Estates) was approved.

B. Surface Water Management for Stor-All at Sawgrass Center

Mr. Grossjung stated 5-B is the consideration of a Surface Water Management for Stor-All at Sawgrass Center.

Ms. Early stated this is a typical surface water management permit that we reviewed.

Mr. Moyer stated the facility is located on Coral Ridge Drive just north of the Expressway. You have our Engineer's letter in your agenda package indicating that based upon their review they would recommend the Board approve it with special conditions and those special conditions are also standard.

On MOTION by Mr. Grossjung seconded by Mr. Bell with all in favor the Permit Request for Surface Water Management for Stor-All at Sawgrass Center was approved.

SIXTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Consideration of Amendment to the Management Agreement with Severn Trent Environmental Services

Mr. Grossjung stated item six is Consideration of Amendment to the Management Agreement with Severn Trent Environmental Services.

Mr. Moyer stated before we get to a discussion of this, let me take a moment to introduce Mr. Rennie Quinn. Rennie was the President and Chief Operating Officer and CEO of Severn Trent Environmental Services. That is the firm that acquired my company. Unfortunately for us who work in Severn Trent but fortunately for Rennie, he is down here because he is retiring and we are going to take him out tonight and wish him well on his retirement. I know that before the meeting Mr. Grossjung and Mr. Lauritzen got to meet him. Mr. Quinn has been a wonderful person to work for and a big supporter of what we are doing and we are going to miss him. Having said that, that is not the purpose of the amendment to the contract on the agenda. About three months ago we brought to the Board's attention that we had the opportunity to bring Roger Moore on board. He is an engineer who has been working for the District in one capacity or another for years.

Mr. Moore stated it has been a little over ten years.

Mr. Moyer stated he ended up working most of his time at Weston but because of some organizational changes down there, we were able to bring Roger back up here to work for us which was very timely in light of the fact that we are doing a lot of construction on the water treatment plant, we are in the process of renewing our Large User Agreement with Broward County, so there are a lot of items that Roger is involved in on the District's behalf. We are adding him under the Management Contract, so in order to do that, we need a formal amendment to the Severn Trent contract. He won't be a District employee, he is actually a Severn Trent employee. Ms. Archer, did you provide the Board with a breakdown?

Ms. Archer replied I gave it Mr. Lyles.

Mr. Lyles stated yes you did but I didn't bring it with me.

Ms. Archer stated to update the Board, we have in our Budget the money for Mr. Moore and the work that he is going to be doing. We share the cost between the Improvement Districts so he is a shared employee and everybody gets the benefit. We took the Agreement to the CSID Board last month for their portion of the shared amount and Mr. Lyles is going to make a change to the Agreement and update that change also on the North Springs Agreement. He is budgeted and the reason he is budgeted is you will recall we used to have Chuck Perron on the payroll and he did the same things that Roger is going to do for us. We never replaced Chuck Perron after he passed away and we kept that position open because we knew we would be starting construction on the water plant and we would have to eventually replace him but we didn't want to do it until we needed to do it. If you like you may approve it in concept and we will bring you back the actual numbers next month and the final Agreement.

Mr. Lyles stated it is just an amendment to the services outlined that are to be performed by Severn Trent. A field representative and engineering liaison are the primary duties that we are talking about and support for engineering activities and construction in the field and, as Ms. Archer said, it is within the Budget. It had been previously authorized and I neglected to connect the amendment to Roger Moore and didn't bring the document with me and I don't have it here for you to sign. You can either authorize it conceptually with that description and the final document can be submitted for signature between now and the next meeting or it can be brought to the next meeting and be signed at that time, however, you want to handle it. It is fairly routine.

Mr. Grossjung stated I have no problem with conceptual approval.

Mr. Lyles stated it would be in order for a motion to approve execution of an amendment to the Management Services Agreement with Severn Trent to include project representative services to be performed by Roger Moore.

On MOTION by Mr. Lauritzen seconded by Mr. Bell with all in favor the Board approved Execution of an Amendment to the Management Services Agreement with Severn Trent Environmental Services, Inc. to include Project Representative Services to be performed by Roger Moore.

SEVENTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Consideration of Work Authorizations

A. Work Authorization No. 47 to Prepare Construction Drawings for Paving, Drainage, Water Mains and Force Mains on Trails End Extending from Pine Island Road Easterly a Distance of 900 Lineal Feet

Mr. Grossjung stated item number 7-A is consideration of Work Authorization No. 47 to Prepare Construction Drawings for Paving, Drainage, Water Mains and Force Mains on Trails End Extending from Pine Island Road Easterly a Distance of 900 Lineal Feet.

Ms. Early stated east of Pine Island to the south they are getting ready to build a new school. The portion of the road is 900 feet east of Pine Island Road to serve that school site, paving, drainage, water and sewer. We are doing plans right now to bid just the water and force main portion of the project so they can get water and sewer in the next six months. It is out to bid now and we should get bids within the next four weeks for the water portion. In the meantime, we are finalizing the section in Parkland for the roadway and we will finalize those plans and get that permit for the paving and drainage.

Mr. Grossjung asked what is the timing for the school? Is that a next year time line?

Ms. Hitchcock stated it is 2001.

Mr. Bell asked is that the one that just got approved recently?

Ms. Hitchcock replied yes, it is Elementary School 86.

Mr. Lauritzen asked didn't the City Commission just approve a Wal Mart Center?

Ms. Hitchcock replied Coral Springs did recently approve a Wal Mart.

Mr. Grossjung asked isn't that in Heron Bay?

Ms. Hitchcock replied it is north of the Sawgrass Expressway on Coral Ridge Drive.

Mr. Lauritzen asked will Holmberg Road connect to that?

Ms. Hitchcock replied Holmberg Road already connects in the only alignment that it ever will and that is in the traffic roundabout going north and intersecting Coral Ridge Drive and Heron Bay Boulevard. This median opening that you see that now serves the Publix shopping center that is under construction will only serve the Wal Mart Center. It will not connect straight through to Holmberg Road.

Mr. Grossjung asked is that the Parkland Commission that approved that?

Mr. Lyles responded it is the City of Coral Springs.

Mr. Grossjung asked are there any questions on item 7-A for the constructions drawings for paving, drainage, water mains and force mains on the Trails End extension?

On MOTION by Mr. Bell seconded by Mr. Grossjung with all in favor Work Authorization No. 47 to Prepare Construction Drawings for Paving, Drainage, Water Mains and Force Mains on Trails End Extending from Pine Island Road Easterly a Distance of 900 Lineal Feet was approved.

B. Work Authorization No. 48 to Prepare Construction Drawings for Paving, Drainage and Force Mains on Nob Hill Road Extending from the Northern Entrance to Heron Bay Northerly a Distance of 1,600 Lineal Feet

Mr. Grossjung stated 7-B is Work Authorization No. 48 to Prepare Construction Drawings for Paving, Drainage and Force Mains on Nob Hill Road extending from the Northern Entrance to Heron Bay Northerly a Distance of 1,600 Lineal Feet.

Ms. Early stated currently we have designed north of Trails End, Nob Hill Road for which we had a bid opening yesterday which I will discuss in the Engineer's Report. This section is for the 1,600 feet north of that extension and that is for paving, drainage and water force mains as well.

On MOTION by Mr. Bell seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor Work Authorization No. 48 to Prepare Construction Drawings for Paving, Drainage and Force Mains on Nob Hill Road Extending from the Northern Entrance to Heron Bay Northerly a Distance of 1,600 Lineal Feet was approved.

C. Work Authorization No. 49 for the Preparation of Drawings for Water and Force Mains on Heron Bay Boulevard Extension

Mr. Grossjung stated 7-C is a work authorization No. 49 for the Preparation of Drawings for Water and Force Mains on Heron Bay Boulevard Extension.

Ms. Early stated Heron Bay Boulevard currently extends to Heron Bay Eight. Eventually it will loop all the way around to Nob Hill Road. The section that this work authorization is for is the water main, the force mains, the major mains. The paving and drainage will be paid for by WCI. It is for their northern entrance off of Nob Hill Road going 1,700 feet.

Mr. Grossjung asked are there any questions on Work Authorization No. 49?

On MOTION by Mr. Lauritzen seconded by Mr. Bell with all in favor Work Authorization No. 49 for the Preparation of Drawings for Water and Force Mains on Heron Bay Boulevard Extension was approved.

EIGHTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Staff Reports

A. Attorney - Consideration of Deeds

Mr. Lyles stated we have an item that has been brought to your attention once before involving a mitigation area and a Conservation Easement that is part and parcel of the development of Heron Bay in its entirety and we have conceptually in the past authorized receipt of a Quit Claim Deed from WCI to the North Springs Improvement District regarding this conservation area that is going to be maintained in perpetuity by the District going forward into the future as part of the Heron Bay mitigation effort so the project can be constructed in this area. Broward County requires that the District then convey to the County an easement and Agreement that is substantially in the form that Broward County uses. It is essentially saying we, the District, have lawful control and ownership of this property, we are conveying it to the County, it is to be locked into a mitigation area and a conservation area in perpetuity. The only uses that can be made of it are to maintain it for those purposes, no construction, no buildings, no roads, no nothing. There have been some problems along the way on this because there is a little bit of a difference between the instrument that the District is receiving in terms of a grant of ownership from WCI and the instrument that Broward County requires that we send out to Broward County, but staff from WCI is here if you have questions and the Engineers are involved in this and can describe what the property consists of and what kinds of things go into a wetland mitigation bank which is what this is. We are ready to have you authorize receipt of the Quit Claim Deed which has already been signed on behalf of WCI Communities today and it will require signatures on behalf of the Board and you will want to take these up separately and authorize execution of the Amended Conservation Easement and Agreement between this District and Broward County, Florida. You might want to supplement that with some of the details Ms. Hitchcock.

Ms. Hitchcock stated there are four Quit Claim Deeds. There are two from WCI, one from the Heron Bay Homeowners Association and one from the Tournament Players Club. The easement to Broward County would be granted over all of these areas that will be within District right-of-way and adjacent to the edges of the golf course. That is all of them on this map except for Area 1-A, 4-A, 6-A and 6-B. The four of those are not included in the Conservation Easement. Many of the areas have already been planted with the wetland material. The easement that we brought forward does not suggest that it should be a deed from the District to Broward County. There may need to be a change to one paragraph which I will work on with Mr. Lyles to make sure that it is clear. Broward County does not want to own the property, they just want a Conservation Easement over the mitigation areas.

Mr. Grossjung stated with these wetland areas being all contiguous to the golf course, I don't understand why we would take over the management of them versus the managers of the respective course. They seem to be adjacent to holes and fairways on the golf course. Is that true?

Ms. Early stated that is where we have a separate contract for the mitigation areas in Heron Bay. There is a special assessment for those. Everglades Environmental is under contract for that work.

Mr. Grossjung asked what do we have to do to maintain wetlands?

Mr. Moyer replied it is to remove non-indigenous aquatic species that may grow in there and to keep them in a wetland condition. There is not much more that we can do to a wetland or conservation area.

Mr. Grossjung stated this is something that we would typically do.

Mr. Moyer stated we are already in that business and that is why it is coming to us rather than the golf course. Rather than the golf course supervising work that we are already supervising in other areas of the District, it just makes sense to put it under our jurisdiction.

Mr. Grossjung asked what about the cost associated with this maintenance? How is that being taken care of?

Ms. Archer replied it is assessed separately to the residents of all of the property, not just the residents or commercial properties around Heron Bay. They receive a separate assessment. It is a separate project that is in our program and they get a special assessment for that.

Mr. Grossjung asked does that assessment already include the anticipation of adding this wetland to our responsibility so we are fully reimbursed based on the current assessment?

Ms. Hitchcock stated these are the areas that have been planned from the beginning as part of this mitigation area.

Mr. Moyer stated if for some reason that isn't included, then we would go back to do that.

Mr. Lauritzen stated I assume it would be a very small assessment.

Ms. Archer stated it is.

Mr. Grossjung asked are you okay with the difference between what is being quit-claimed to us and what we have to provide to the County?

Mr. Lyles replied it is very minor and I think what we are going to do with Ms. Hitchcock's consent is just change one of the representations in the document that has been proposed where we tell Broward County we own it in fee simple. We are actually getting a Quit Claim Deed as everyone has explained. That is a little less than fee simple title. We are not being asked to convey fee simple title by Broward County; we are conveying an easement which should be fine. I just didn't want to make the representation to Broward County that we hold title in fee simple absolute when technically we don't. It is very minor, it will probably never amount to anything and they have agreed to make the change to the document and that is the only thing I had concern about, so we are ready to take action on it today.

Mr. Lauritzen asked does it increase our liability if somebody is bitten by a snake when he is chasing a golf ball?

Mr. Moyer replied I don't believe it would be greater liability than you already have. We are insured for it, we have sovereign immunity, so I think there is sufficient coverage.

Mr. Lyles stated it is not an area that is open to the public. It is not in a park, it is to provide habitat. It is a kind of infrastructure but to provide a better, more natural community you might say. It is in not an area where we would expect people to be. I don't know if we plan to post it or not, or fence it. It is allowed to be fenced.

Mr. Moyer stated I don't anticipate we would.

Mr. Lyles stated there won't be access points. There won't be walkways or roads or ways to get in but I suppose somebody might try to make a case down the line that as the property owner we had some duty to protect against snake bites. We would win that case but there is a hypothetical exposure as you explained and we do have insurance to cover that if it were to happen.

Mr. Grossjung asked are there any questions? If not, we need a motion to accept the Quit Claim Deeds.

On MOTION by Mr. Grossjung seconded by Mr. Bell with all in favor the Four Quit Claim Deeds were accepted as presented.

Mr. Lyles stated then you will need a motion to authorize the execution by proper District officials of the Amended Conservation Easement and Agreement between the District and Broward County, Florida.

On MOTION by Mr. Bell seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor the Board Authorized Execution by Proper District Officials of the Amended Conservation Easement and Agreement Between the District and Broward County, Florida.

Mr. Grossjung asked do you have anything further?

Mr. Lyles replied that is all that I have for my report.

Ms. Archer stated if it is okay with you, we can go back to item 4-F which was deferred because Mr. McKune was not here. Roger Moore has reviewed the change order and he can explain it.

Mr. Moore stated it is a basic change order. When you develop wells, you have a linear foot cost. Items 4.1 through 4.5 there is an addition or a deduction for the depth of the wells, however, in one of the wells we had some trouble developing it. We had to go out and redevelop which is the item under 4.6. That hourly rate was in the contract. The additional time was for problems in permitting with both Parkland and Coral Springs for the sites.

Mr. Grossjung asked in your opinion, it is reasonable for the work that was done?

Mr. Moore replied yes.

Mr. Bell asked under item 4.6 why was there additional staff that was required?

Mr. Moore replied on one of the wells, they had some trouble and they had to go out and redevelop it. In the contract, they allow for that. A lot of times, the well won't develop the first time. In that one well, it either collapsed or they could not get it pumping so they go back and do reboring and redevelop it. No one can guarantee you can get a well the first time. It is a little unusual but it happens. I would say it is reasonable.

Mr. Grossjung stated we need a motion to approve Change Order No. 2.

On MOTION by Mr. Bell seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor Change Order No. 2 with Southeast Drilling Services for the Potable Water Supply Wells Contract for a Net Increase of $43,375.00 was approved.

B. Engineer

Ms. Early stated I have one additional item. As I mentioned, we just had out for bid Nob Hill Road north of Trails End up to the northern entrance to Heron Bay Boulevard. I had the bid opening on Tuesday. The Engineer's Estimate was $1,095,503.60. We only had two bidders, Ryan Incorporated and Smith and Company. Ryan Incorporated was the low bidder with $1,393,746. We have reviewed the bids and we are recommending that we reject all of the bids and that we rebid the project and if you look at the earthwork items on page 2A, D-1, our estimate for embankment is $5.80 and their bid is $10. If you go down to the last page where the earthwork numbers are, it is the same thing for the embankment. They want $10 per cubic yard and that amounts to the $300,000 difference. Tom Martin and I have met with Chris Richard of WCI. The majority of the earthwork is being paid for by WCI because the District has already demucked and filled the eastern portion of Nob Hill Road and we have paid for that. We did that in order to get to the ground storage tanks so it is WCI's responsibility to do the west half. The majority of the earthwork is theirs so we have met with Mr. Richard and he has decided that he will do that demucking and refilling and we will rebid the remaining portion of the water force main and the paving and drainage of the project.

Mr. Lauritzen stated you are asking us to reject this and go out and readvertise.

Ms. Early stated yes.

Mr. Grossjung stated it will be for a smaller scope of work.

Ms. Early stated that is correct. We are not going to have any earthwork. We will just have some roadway grading for them to get the highs and lows but there won't be any demucking and filling.

On MOTION by Mr. Bell seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor the Board voted to Reject the Two Bids received for Nob Hill Road Paving, Drainage, Water Distribution and Wastewater Collection for North Springs Improvement District and WCI Communities.

On MOTION by Mr. Lauritzen seconded by Mr. Bell with all in favor the Board voted to Rebid the Nob Hill Road Paving, Drainage, Water Distribution and Wastewater Collection for North Springs Improvement District and WCI Communities.

C. Superintendent

Mr. Moyer stated it is nice when I can bring letters to the Board that compliment our staff. There is such a letter in your agenda package from Mr. Templeton. Again, I think what he points out in his letter is routine practice for the District. What it is doing is complimenting Mr. Bill Joyce who is the District's Field Manager for water and sewer about a sewer problem in Mr. Templeton's house that we responded to and Bill and his crew deserve some thanks for that. We usually don't get it in written form and when we do, we like to bring it to the Board's attention.

We didn't have our February meeting and the other thing I want to report on that you are interested in is the proposed legislation that was being sponsored by Representative Ritter at the Delegation Meeting that took place four weeks ago, Ms. Ritter withdrew that bill. That is the good news. The bad news is that all of us think it is going to come up again next year.

Mr. Lyles stated in fact she promised that she is bringing it back next year in a more restrictive form than the form of the one this year. It would be a stronger bill which means she intends to clamp down more on Districts.

Mr. Grossjung asked on waste?

Mr. Lyles replied I don't think she has ever identified waste; she just doesn't seem to like Districts, especially this one.

Mr. Moyer stated her issue, which we have simply not been able to get her to understand is she receives on her tax bill an assessment for water management, as all of you do, and she also gets a water and sewer bill every month and for some reason she believes that we are double billing our residents for the same service because one says water management, and one says water and sewer. They both contain the same word, "water," so we must be billing her for the same thing twice and we have been unable to make her understand that one is drainage and one is drinking water and wastewater treatment so we will continue our efforts to get her to understand that.

Mr. Bell asked why did she withdraw it, other than she wanted to make it more restrictive? Is it apparently lack of support or she didn't like the form of the bill?

Mr. Moyer replied she is the one who controlled the form in which it was coming. There is a lot of conjecture and I wouldn't even want to guess why she did that.

Mr. Grossjung stated this is the item for which we had retained the lobbyist. Was there some value to us there?

Mr. Moyer replied yes there was. There was a lot of work done behind the scenes with various groups, not just the lobbyist that we hired but with a lot of the other Districts in Broward County and some fairly politically strong people who are involved in Districts that know just how good a job Districts do for the public.

Mr. Grossjung asked will our retainage of the lobbying efforts continue in light of this ending or will we wait until the bill is presented?

Mr. Moyer replied we will wait again until next year and try to get a head start on it. One of the reasons that was given that I can report to you that isn't conjecture is that Broward County has the Government Efficiency Study Commission and they are looking at a variety of areas. Some things are being driven by what used to be the Department of Natural Resource Protection of Broward County that is in charge of county-wide water management and their desire to have a regional approach to water management which is in my opinion a day late and a dollar short and the water management systems in the County are completed for the most part. You can't really look at it in terms of a regionalization because all of them were constructed to serve given geographical areas. To go back now and try to retrofit a system on a regional county-wide basis for somebody who has been in this business for twenty-six years doesn't have a lot of sense to it. They are pursuing that and they think the best way to do that is if all of the Districts were consolidated so there would be one District under one jurisdiction so these types of connections and changes could be made more easily. I can tell you as it relates to the City of Coral Springs at least, and I believe this is true for the City of Parkland as well, they do not want to be involved in County regionalization of drainage systems. For the most part, I think the cities are quite happy with what we do and how we do it and the effectiveness that we have shown in hurricanes and major storm events in being able to move water off of the properties within the cities. I think we are good city-wise and it will be an uphill battle to pass a bill like that without city support.

NINTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Supervisor's Requests and Audience Comments

Mr. Grossjung asked are there any requests from the Supervisors?

Mr. Bell stated to John Q. Public, looking at the movement of water out during high levels is very effective. Maybe to John Q. Public, the concern becomes how ineffective Water Management Boards are when drought time hits. Does that ever come up in any discussions as it relates to efficiency and effectiveness of boards? As you look out there right now, there are some lower levels that aesthetically create appearance problems. There is no way to address those issues. You cannot pump water in, you only pump water out.

Mr. Moyer stated for the better part of at least ten years that I recall the County and the South Florida Water Management District have been looking at aquifer recharge, and that is what we are talking about, during drought conditions and how we get water into systems. There has been virtually no progress made on that. What we would have to do is get a permit from South Florida Water Management District to backpump out of the Hillsboro Canal into our canal system and they are generally restrictive on giving those types of permits. I can tell you that in the center part of the City of Coral Springs, the Sunshine Water Control District does have such a permit. The reason for that is in Forest Hills because the City has their potable water wellfield in that immediate area, at least a concentration of potable wells, that they literally will dewater the whole lake system within Forest Hills and we have lived with that for a period of years and to solve that, we have been permitted to gravity flow from the C-14 Canal back into the Forest Hills area. That is regulated by the South Florida Water Management District and the studies that they are doing along with Broward County. There hasn't been a lot of progress made in that regard.

Mr. Grossjung asked how about the quantities pumped out? It is Mr. Bell's point that the levels are brought so low that after the hurricane season passes, we are still left with months' worth of depleted water levels.

Mr. Moyer stated usually we start the dry period in good shape. We won't pump unless there is a hurricane or a severe tropical storm. We don't pump in the latter part of the year exactly for that reason but the sprinkler systems of just about everybody who lives on a canal are hooked into this canal system. It does not take a long time to dewater the canals just for irrigation so it is not that we are doing anything to aggravate the problem as a District; it is just the consumption of the water from the canals.

Mr. Bell stated you cannot afford not to pump big volumes of water out with a pending storm and then with it being a dry storm or it skirts us, we look like as if we don't know what we are doing. Better that than the reverse of standing water for extended periods of time.

Mr. Moyer stated if we ever err, it will be on the side of drainage not on the side of having water in the canals. The field personnel who run this system have been excellent at making the right decisions at the right times. Generally we are not caught in a situation where we dewater the system going into the dry period so that we aggravate the problem.

Mr. Bell stated I don't disagree with that at all and certainly having the experience of sitting on this Board and watching how quickly the water is drained out when you have high volume, I can appreciate that but John Q. Public just expects that and what they seem to focus on is the level of the aesthetics that go along with a canal system.

Mr. Grossjung asked are there any other requests or comments? Are there any audience comments?

Mr. Moore stated as a note, since Mr. McKune isn't here now, last week our consultants received a permit from the City of Coral Springs for a North Springs Improvement District project and on Thursday we had a preconstruction meeting to start the expansion of the water treatment plant, so it is underway.

TENTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Approval of Invoices and Requisitions

Mr. Grossjung stated the next item is Approval of Invoices and Requisitions.

Mr. Moyer stated there are five pages of requisitions and in front of each of you are the invoices for the Water, Wastewater and General Funds.

Ms. Archer stated I wanted to point out to you that the reason the invoice list is so thick is because the new computer system prints out all of the checks that were written during the month. The majority of those checks were refunds of deposits and we do volumes of those, so we are going to try to sort those out and not provide those on your invoice list.

Mr. Bell asked did we buy $466.95 worth of tennis balls?

Mr. Grossjung stated I believe we did; I remember seeing that last month.

Ms. Maita stated those are our start-up supplies. We are going to be doing tennis clinics and lessons.

Ms. Archer stated we have a budget for all of those things.

Mr. Grossjung stated I remember asking whether we supplied tennis balls and the answer was yes.

Ms. Maita stated tennis balls are the only thing that we have bought. Everything else that is in the tennis center is at the expense of my Tennis Directors. There is a racquet stringer that is worth quite a bit of money.

Mr. Bell asked what size boat motor are we buying for $1,725? The little motors that I see on the little boats are in the four, five or six horsepower range. Do we have motors larger than that?

Ms. Archer replied yes.

Mr. Bell stated for a seventeen hundred dollar expenditure, we are probably into a ten or twelve horsepower motor. The little boats that I see do not strike me as having engines that size. Do we have anything other than the little john boats? We certainly don't need more than a five or six horsepower motor on those.

Ms. Archer stated let me make sure it is only one motor that we are talking about.

Mr. Moyer stated we will give you a memo on that.

Mr. Lauritzen stated there is an item for safety shoes. Is that the steel tipped boots?

Ms. Archer replied yes, we had a management inspection and all of our personnel are to wear the thick boots and we supply the uniforms.

Mr. Lauritzen stated there is also the Super Bowl item.

Ms. Maita stated that was the first kickoff event we had at Heron Bay.

Mr. Lauritzen asked was it a Super Bowl party?

Ms. Maita replied yes and we used the wide screen. It was a tremendous success. We had over one hundred people here that day.

Mr. Grossjung asked are there any questions or comments regarding the invoices or requisitions?

On MOTION by Mr. Bell seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor the Invoices and Requisitions were approved.

Mr. Grossjung asked is there any other business?

There being nothing further to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 5:15 P.M.

William Bell Thomas Grossjung

Secretary President