Tuesday, March 22nd at 11am, IslandWalk Event Center
I will not be able to attend. But, the proposed Atlanta Braves Training Center is on the agenda! Please, go if you can.
Outline of Agenda (after open comments and previous minutes, etc):
H. General District Matters
1. Request Board Authorization for Chairman and Staff to Begin Discussions with Atlanta Braves to Locate within the District Audience Comment
2. Announcement of General Election for Seat No. 3 Audience Comment
3. Consider Approval Work Authorization No. 14 for Services Associated with the District Master Water and Wastewater Planning and Evaluation…………………………………………..Page 8 Audience Comment
I. Unit of Development No. 1
1. Consider Approval of Change Order No. 2 for Sod Replacement along US-41…………………...Page 12 Audience Comment
2. Consider Resolution No. 2016-01 – Approving Amendment to the Plan of Improvements for Unit of Development No. 1……………………………………………………………………..Page 14 Audience Comment
3. Consider Approval Work Authorization No. 10 for Services Associated with the District Master Irrigation Plan………………………………………………………………………………Page 44 Audience Comment
J. Unit of Development No. 2
K. Unit of Development No. 3
L. Unit of Development No. 4 (reports and financing - multiple items)
1. Consider Resolution No. 2016-02 – Designating Unit of Development No. 4..……………………Page 50 Audience Comment
2. Consider Bond Financing Team Funding Agreement……………………………………………...Page 88 Audience Comment
3. Consider Investment Banking Engagement Letter – FMS, Bonds…………………………………Page 93 Audience Comment
4. Consider Bond Counsel Engagement Letter – Akerman, LLP……………………………………..Page 99 Audience Comment
5. Consider Resolution No. 2016-03 – Issuing Special Assessment Revenue Bonds………………..Page 101 Audience Comment
6. Consider Approval Work Authorization No. 13 for Services Associated with the Preparation of a Preliminary Engineer’s Report…………………………………………………...Page 104 Audience Comment
7. Consider Resolution No. 2016-04 – Declaring Special Assessments……………………………...Page 108 Audience Comment
a. Consider Approval of a Preliminary Engineer’s Report Report………………………………Page 109 Audience Comment
b. Consider Approval of Special Assessment Methodology Report……………………………..Page 110 Audience Comment
8. Consider Resolution No. 2016-05 – Setting Public Hearing on the Levy of Special Assessments..Page 111 Audience Comment
M. Administrative Matters
1. Operations Manager Report………………………………………………………………………...Page 112
2. Miscellaneous Consultant Reports N. Board Member Comments O. Adjourn
Friday, March 18, 2016
Monday, March 7, 2016
WVID Mar 8 Meeting Cancelled
FYI - the West Villages Improvement District Supervisory Board meeting for Tue, Mar 8, has been cancelled. The next meeting is scheduled for Tue, Mar 22nd, 11am at the IslandWalk event center.
Saturday, March 5, 2016
Next WVID meeting and Traffic light update
The next meeting of the West Villages Supervisory Board was scheduled at the last meeting for this Tuesday, March 8, 11am at the IslandWalk event center. They will be having more frequent meetings as they are setting up finances for a new unit of development for the next communities to start. Hope to see you there!
For those that have not signed the petition and/or have not 'opted-in' on the email updates there...
For those that have not signed the petition and/or have not 'opted-in' on the email updates there...
Looking good! Promise of a new traffic warrant study to be conducted very soon.
Posted Mar 4, 2016 — A new study is to be conducted soon and the resulting report expected to be submitted to FDOT in April.
Email received earlier today...
From: King, Tanya
Sent: Thursday, March 3, 2016 1:38 PM
To: ali-johnston@live.com
Cc: Hattaway, Billy; Hollingsworth, Lora; May, JoAnn A; Blanchard, Brian; Tillander, Trey; Nandam, L. K.; Slater, Keith
Subject: RE: Request for Traffic Light Approval at US41 and Corradino/Galleria
Mr. Johnston,
The department understands your urgency for a traffic signal at the in US 41 at Corradino Blvd. According to the developers’ development order, they are responsible for the traffic signal warrant analysis and ultimately the design and construction of the signal at this location when it is warranted. Keep in mind that the department’s approval of a signal at this location is dependent upon the intersection meeting the signal warrants outlined in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). There are certain thresholds that have to be met in order for a signal to be approved. According to the MUTCD these thresholds include volume, crashes and delay. I recently spoke with the developer and the developer’s consultant for the Grand Paradiso development located on the north side of US 41. They both assured me that a traffic study will be submitted to us for our review for approval of a signal at this intersection very soon. I should be receiving a report sometime in April.
Should you need anything else, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Best regards,
Tanya N. King, P.E., CPM
Traffic Studies Engineer
Florida Department of Transportation
District One MS 1-8
801 North Broadway Avenue
P.O. Box 1249 | Bartow, FL 33830
: 863.519.2509 : 863.534.0915
: tanya.king@dot.state.fl.us
Email received earlier today...
From: King, Tanya
Sent: Thursday, March 3, 2016 1:38 PM
To: ali-johnston@live.com
Cc: Hattaway, Billy; Hollingsworth, Lora; May, JoAnn A; Blanchard, Brian; Tillander, Trey; Nandam, L. K.; Slater, Keith
Subject: RE: Request for Traffic Light Approval at US41 and Corradino/Galleria
Mr. Johnston,
The department understands your urgency for a traffic signal at the in US 41 at Corradino Blvd. According to the developers’ development order, they are responsible for the traffic signal warrant analysis and ultimately the design and construction of the signal at this location when it is warranted. Keep in mind that the department’s approval of a signal at this location is dependent upon the intersection meeting the signal warrants outlined in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). There are certain thresholds that have to be met in order for a signal to be approved. According to the MUTCD these thresholds include volume, crashes and delay. I recently spoke with the developer and the developer’s consultant for the Grand Paradiso development located on the north side of US 41. They both assured me that a traffic study will be submitted to us for our review for approval of a signal at this intersection very soon. I should be receiving a report sometime in April.
Should you need anything else, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Best regards,
Tanya N. King, P.E., CPM
Traffic Studies Engineer
Florida Department of Transportation
District One MS 1-8
801 North Broadway Avenue
P.O. Box 1249 | Bartow, FL 33830
: 863.519.2509 : 863.534.0915
: tanya.king@dot.state.fl.us
Friday, February 26, 2016
West Villages Improvement District Meeting Tuesday February 23 2016
http://wvidfl.blogspot.com/2016/02/west-villages-improvement-district.html
This past Tuesday was
another meeting of the West Villages Improvement District Supervisory Board.
Meetings are now held at the IslandWalk Event Center, which has certainly
increased public attendance. To open, the District Manager, Todd Wodraska,
introduced himself and clarified to those in attendance that these meetings are
for the board to conduct business. Basically, these are business meetings which
the public is invited to observe and make comment.
When the forum was
opened for public to make comment regarding items not on the agenda, naturally,
the first item to come up was asking about a traffic light at the community
entrances. It was explained that this is not a WVID ability or responsibility.
The responsibility for installation lies with the developers (Lennar and
Pulte), and they are not holding back either. They need the FDOT to give them
the 'go ahead' in order to begin the work. The FDOT has not approved the
installation of the traffic light as the previously conducted warrant study did
not meet criteria to allow for a traffic light. Warrants need to be in place
before FDOT will approve. Unfortunately, a severe enough accident will trigger
automatic warrants, but until that time, it doesn't meet their criteria.
With that said, to
push the issue forward trying in trying to avoid a tragedy, it is recommended
that all residents contact the sector FDOT office and/or our local State
Representative's office. Contact them once, or even daily if you have time, and
share the information to get your neighbors to do the same!
FDOT website says that
they respond to public requests in this area..."The District Traffic Operations
Offices respond to written letters from the public, civic organizations,
businesses, etc. requesting the need for a traffic signal to be installed or
modified" (Website Link). Maybe we should flood them with letters or a petition? Our DOT district
contact Information:
1.
District 1 Secretary, Billy Hattaway, 801 N. Broadway Ave. , Bartow, FL
33830-3809, Phone: (863) 519-2300
PETITION link Change.org
Petition
I have shared this
information here, Facebook, Nextdoor, and asked the two community associations
to forward to residents as well. Let's together push to get this done. There is
nothing more that can be done by our district or the developers until FDOT says
ok.
Back to the meeting
notes...
A question was also
asked about the expansion of River Road. The district funded West Villages
Parkway in order to alleviate some of the congestion. (from another meeting...The
County needs funding to move forward, and their latest grant request was
denied. We are waiting on the County for that.)
The minutes of the
last meeting were approved with a noted typo to be changed, then they delved
into the regular business items on the agenda. The first item was an agreement
for lease between the WVID and Main Street Ranch Lands. The offices moved from
a trailer on the property to Thomas Ranch Welcome Center which does not provide
the same storage space. So, the new office and keeping a storage space required
a new lease agreement amounting to $14000 per year.
The district then
brought up consideration of application for a new unit of development. This is
to be 900 new homes in the Northeast section of the district, along West
Villages Parkway North of US41. The development partners are petitioning to
issue bonds for development at this time. This will require more frequent
meetings for a while to organize the finance aspect. The permits have already
been obtained and clearing has begun for this project.
The board accepted
two appraisals each for two parcels of land to be acquired by the district. The
first is a 60 acre tract that is to be later donated as a site for a school.
The appraisals came back at $4.5 million by Bass & Associates and $5.4
million from Integra Realty. The second parcel is the SCF access road amounting
to about 5 acres. The appraisals were $273k by Bass and $710k by Integra. Some
residents at the meeting questioned the rationale for and necessity of
purchasing the privately owned tract of the SCF access road. The district
engineer said that it is uncommon for a district public access road to remain
privately owned.
The sod replacement
project is almost wrapped up now. A couple of cars ran off the road which
caused additional repairs to be required. The Valley Crest bill is still
outstanding.
Request was made to
authorize a topo study in order to continue sidewalks along 41 on both sides.
The emergency pump
repair for irrigation is complete and went smoothly. It was explained that the
district runs short on irrigation water every dry season. A new pump was put in
that is sunk lower to increase utilization ability from the irrigation lake
behind the welcome sign.
Crepe myrtles are
being cut back (for the first time ever), and you could hear collective
approval and relief from many of those in attendance. They are working with
Valley Crest on winter trimming. And, the pedestrian node on WV Pkwy should be
complete by the next meeting.
The next scheduled
meeting is March 8th at 11am.
Thursday, February 18, 2016
2016 Parade of Homes Is Underway!
2016 HBA Parade of homes has started. Builders throughout Sarasota and Manatee county feature their model homes and compete for awards. Download the official magazine at www.NewHomeVenice.com and check out what the local builders have to offer!
Friday, February 12, 2016
The upbeat goes on ... ?in 2015 housing market by: GARY ROBERTS of the Charlotte Sun
The upbeat goes on ...
?in 2015 housing market
by: GARY ROBERTS, Staff
Writer, Charlotte Sun Updated: Feb 10, 2016 - 10:46 PM
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA -- Year-end totals in the regional housing
market show single-family homes posting another solid gain in both sales and
price in 2015, while condos made a strong comeback.
Closed sales for single-?family homes in the Punta Gorda
metropolitan statistical area, which covers all of Charlotte County, climbed
11.5 percent year-over-year, with 4,762 last year compared to 4,271 in 2014.
Median sale prices also were up during the same period, from $146,000 to
$168,950, marking a 15.7 percent boost, according to figures released Wednesday
by Florida Realtors.
The same happy ending to the year was told in the North
Port-Bradenton-Sarasota MSA, where home sales rose 6.3 percent, with 14,500
last year and 13,636 in 2014. Median sale prices did even better
percentage-wise, ascending to $240,000 in 2015 from $210,000 the year before, a
14.3 percent spike, Florida Realtors reported.
But the biggest positive change came in the condo and
townhouse market, which struggled in 2014 with fewer closed sales than the
previous year. In 2015, both Charlotte and Sarasota counties registered a 7
percent rise in year-over-year sales.
In addition, median sale prices for condos confirmed a
much-improved market. In Charlotte, prices were up 17 percent, from $119,700 in
2014 to $140,000 last year. This increase was much more robust than the 2.3
percent price hike that took place from 2013 to 2014.
In the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota MSA, condo prices rose
7 percent last year, up to $179,900 in 2015 from $168,159 the previous year.
Meanwhile, single-?family closed sales went from 13,636 to
14,500 during the same time, growing 6.3 percent.
"Sales volume and the demand for homes is up,"
said Lindsay Harrington, broker associate with Coldwell Banker Residential Real
Estate in Punta Gorda. ?"I think what’s driving the market somewhat are
the horrible winters up North."
Evidence of a healthy housing market could be found
everywhere in Charlotte County.
A 20-year-old Punta Gorda home, still showing damage from
Hurricane Charley and needing work, quickly drew eight offers. The modest
two-bedroom residence, on a canal, sold in just three weeks, reaping a cash
sale at the full asking price of $200,000.
"It was slam-bam, over and done with," Harrington
said.
An older home in Port Charlotte, currently for sale at
$139,000, attracted so much activity that Harrington is now reassessing. A
price boost is likely.
The rosy glow left by 2015’s setting sun shone on other
aspects of the marketplace as well. Harrington said rental properties are very
competitive, with a friend of his now getting more than $1,500 a month for a
three-bedroom, pool home on a Punta Gorda canal. And the owner is getting the
same rent in the summertime too, good news for year-round landlords.
Harrington believes both rentals and condos are benefiting
in today’s climate because they share an overlapping market, since condos are
easier to rent out than single family.
"There is a huge demand for condos near downtown,"
he said.
And downtown Punta Gorda is drawing more interest in
single-family lots.
"The lot demand for that area has gone up. It’s
hot," he said.
Statewide, closed sales of existing single-family homes
totaled 274,769 in 2015, up 12.4 percent compared to 2014, according to data
from Florida Realtors Industry Data and Analysis department in partnership with
local Realtor boards/associations.
The statewide median sale price for single-?family homes in
2015 was $196,000, gaining 10.1 percent from the previous year.
Looking at Florida’s year-to-year comparison for sales of
townhouse-condos, a total of 114,969 units sold statewide in 2015, up 6.1
percent from a year before.
The closed sales data reflected fewer short sales statewide
in 2015 compared to the previous year. Short sales for condo-townhouse
properties declined ?44.6 percent, while short sales for single-family homes
dropped 34.1 percent.
The statewide median price for condo properties last year
was $150,000, 7.1 percent above 2014.
Author Email:
groberts@sun-herald.com
If
you are considering purchasing a home, I can assist you. My services and
extensive resources are of no cost to you. I am even able to save home buyers
money...additional cash incentives to which even the builders' sales reps do
not have access. I do not
work for any of the wonderful builders/developers in the West Villages
Improvement District, or any others for that matter. My services and
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No other independent professional is more knowledgeable about this community,
and enlisting me to assist with your transaction also serves to fund these
resources to keep them available for you and others on an ongoing basis.
Look
forward to hearing from you!
Ali
Ali
H. Johnston, MHA, MBA in Real Estate
Realtor®,
Lic. Broker #BK3284964
West
Villages Realty LLC
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