This is what I found at The Villages
Village Community Development Districts website.
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A Community Development District is a public non-profit unit of local government with the special purpose of providing the services described above. As a unit of local government, the District is subject to many of the same State Statutes that regulate cities and counties; of particular interest are those statutes related to ethics in government for the elected Board of Supervisors, Government in the Sunshine, a cornerstone of local government in the State of Florida which requires that decisions made by any governmental agency be done at a public meeting; the public records law, which means the records of the District are open for review by any citizen; the auditing requirements in which annually the accounting records of the District are audited by an independent certified public accountant and the results of such audit are provided to the State Controller and Auditor General; competitive bidding requirements for construction and maintenance contracts, and various other statutory provisions that protect the interest of the public."
VCDD Your Community District
describing district 3, which is north of SR 466.
Now that you are generally familiar with the District concept, let's describe the election process and the Board of Supervisors who oversee the activities of the District.
Initially, the Board of Supervisors, consisting of five, are elected based upon land ownership. The legislature, in creating Chapter 190, recognized that in order to maintain continuity of the facilities provided to the newly developing community, that the developer, who then owns the majority of the land should be granted the right to substantially complete the project as envisioned by the various land use and zoning approvals that were obtained as part of the development review process.
However, the legislature also recognized that at the time prescribed by statute, control should begin a process of transition to the residents. Therefore, at the election in 2000, three Supervisors of the five were elected by landowner vote (one vote per lot owned and one vote per acre owned). The same process occurred in 2002. In 2004 one supervisor was elected by landowners and two supervisors were elected by "qualified electors" (registered voters) residing in CDD No. 3. From that point forward, all elections will be qualified based elections. This election conversion format ensures that the residents ultimately control the level of service provided to the infrastructure facilities that the District maintains."
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Similarly for District 1
The legislature also recognized that at the time prescribed by statute, control should begin a process of transition to the residents. Since 2000, all supervisors in District No. 1 have been elected by 'qualified electors' (registered voters) residing in the District. They are elected on a non-partisan basis on the general election ballot.
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and similarly for District 2
Since 2004, all five supervisors in District No. 2 have been elected by "qualified electors" (registered voters) residing in the District. They are elected on a non-partisan basis on the general election ballot.
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Ultimately district 4 and other residential districts will be resident controlled
" However, the legislature also recognized that at the time prescribed by statute, control should transition to the residents. Therefore, at the election held in 2006, one supervisor was elected by a landowner vote (one vote per lot owned and/or one vote per acre owned). In addition, two supervisors were elected by "qualified electors" (registered voters) residing in CDD No. 4. From this point forward, all elections in District 4 will be qualified based elections. This election conversion format ensures that the residents ultimately control the level of service provided to the infrastructure facilities that the District maintains."
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and similarly for all CDD's
" This election conversion format
ensures that the residents ultimately control the level of service provided to the infrastructure facilities that the District maintains."
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Now for the commercial centers
Village Center CDD
"Maintenance of the infrastructure is provided through an annual assessment to property owners based upon square footage of properties benefited. The assessment programs are managed through the Village Center District Accounting Department, and may be collected on the Lake County tax bill, by agreement with the Lake County Tax Collector, utilizing the uniform method of assessment adopted by the Board of Supervisors.
Governance of the Village Center Community Development District is accomplished by a five member Board of Supervisors, elected biannually, as described in Chapter 190.006, Florida Statutes. Inasmuch as there are no residential properties contained within the boundaries of the Village Center Community Development District, members of the Board of Supervisors will continue to be elected by the landowners of property within the boundaries of the District."
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Sumter Landing CDD
"Maintenance of the infrastructure is provided through an annual assessment to property owners, again based upon acreage benefited. The assessment programs are managed through the Sumter Landing District Accounting Department, and may be collected on the Sumter County tax bill, by agreement with the Sumter County Tax Collector, utilizing the uniform method of assessment adopted by the Board of Supervisors.
Governance of the Sumter Landing Community Development District is accomplished by a five member Board of Supervisors, elected biannually, as described in Chapter 190.006, Florida Statutes.
Inasmuch as there are no residential properties contained within the boundaries of the Sumter Landing Community Development District, members of the Board of Supervisors will continue to be elected by the landowners of property within the boundaries of the District."
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