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Old 09-06-2015, 06:34 AM
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Maybe your question is rhetorical? The CDDs self govern wrt managing budgets, setting maintenance fees, amenities fees, maintaining executive golf courses and other amenities (MMP, Rec centers) once the developer sells them to the CDDs. I think the CDDs can also change district standards (lawn ornaments, signs, etc). I think an example, although not a major impact, is the MMP striping in CDD4. I believe CDD2 is building a new Santiago Rec center from the ground up. Last year or earlier this year, CDD1 completed a complete remodel of Paradise Rec center. I agree that the developer will always have influence and impact just because of it's control over the town centers and all the commercial property, not to mention the endless "build outs".
Outlaw, some of the above statements are absolutely wrong. None of the numbered CDD's control any amenity facility(executive golf course, pool, courts, recreation center, etc.). They are controlled by the town center CDD's which in reality are controlled by developer who is the sole landowner there. Because of the settled lawsuit, certain expenditures on facilities north of 466 are controlled by resident elected Amenity Authority Committee representatives. The numbered CDD do not collect amenity fees, either the developer or the town center CDD collect those, depending on whether an amenity facility has been sold to the town center. Only infrastructure, such as cart paths, landscaping, etc. is controlled by numbered CDD's. You really need to go to an orientation class before making comments on CDD structure and responsibility. Your statements perpetuate falsehoods that have been espoused by others in the past.