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Old 08-19-2020, 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by jacksonbrown View Post
You, like many others here in The Villages lack an understanding of who owns what, who pays for what, and what is an amenity and what isn't, HH was NOT an amenity, it was a privately owned business.

Don, although I appreciate your verbose response, and having read it twice, I am still not convinced just why the AAC voted to cede the major share of the amenity fees to the developer.

Maybe, fewer words and a more concise explanation would satisfy me feeble mind.
I could be wrong (I agree Don is amazing but he picks his words very carefully so I also get confused)...
I think The Developer is collecting and keeping the amenity fees because they will be responsible for staffing and maintaining the amenities at the new complex. (They staff and maintain the pool, they maintain all other amenities, etc. It's exactly like every CDD... they collect amenity fees which they use to staff and maintain all the amenities.) I think I also read that The Developer would provide some funds from this amenity fee to pay for Community Watch.
Am I close???