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Originally Posted by Hancle704
Interesting in one report it says there are 50,000 invasive species in the US and one local online media reported that it will cost $100,000 to remove this mystery species. Several times over the past years laborers were brought in to manually cut back several feet of growth that surrounds this preserve. It helped the view for homes that abutted the preserve and in year with low rainfall they removed growth that could have resulted in a major fire if struck by lightning with almost certain damage to those same homes. Since there are rules that regulate what can and can't be done in these preserves as set forth by the South West Florida Water Management District, I am sure they must have the final say about what can/must be done about this "invasive species " whatever it is. If you live in CDD 1, take a look at your annual Sumter County Tax statement and you will find that you are paying the SWFWMD an annual tax. Maybe they should be paying for the removal of the invasive species that has moved into an area that they set rules for and supposedly manage.
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Hancle: This is what I was getting at not so much the name which to me was a beginning of an investigation but not the end of... The Mayor says
CDD1 owns it but who controls it and what relief is available for areas set aside by the state as being reserves...are their state funds, etc available
My real question is what are residents responsibilities as to properties in The Villages? what exactly should our amenities finance? And what role do our state/school taxes play in all of this?
For example the amenities fees have been paying to finance lawsuits and I often wondered why our Liabilty Insurance Policies have not been tapped ?
Our amenities fees have paid for what have been argued to be associated with Project program. Tree cutting etc
I get the hint that some poster felt my post was anti-developer which was not the case at all. Its never been about the developer for me its all about business (period)
So my intent was about knowing our financial obligations and preventing some other entity from shifting their burden to us. Secondly to not simply pay the bill but to look for financial resources available to us. I say this because if such practices continue unchallenged residents are one day going to face financial obligation, not ours, that they may well not be able to afford. and if they are ours we better have accounting methods to meet those future obligations