[Goldwingnut]

Originally Posted by Marathon Man

I absolutely will be at the CDD12 meeting this week to learn all about this. Unlike some, I plan to become informed before forming an opinion. Once that opinion is formed, I may well be giving it to the five supervisors. That is what I have always done.

Goldwing - Will PWAC2 be advising SLCDD, or will there be a second board formed for the south? One of the questions that I have and thought maybe I could get an answer before Thursday.

The current plan is for SLCDD to be the parent board over PWAC2. It's anticipated that at some point in the (near?) future that another commercial district (south of Monarch Grove?) will be formed, and the responsibilities be passed to them for the areas covered by PWAC2.

Before the haters and uninformed start their "commercial district doesn't pay it fair share" mantra again one needs to consider the possibilities of vesting the authority to sign the checks in the other possible parties. If vested in one of the numbered CDDs, all the other numbered CDDs will be constantly checking the numbers in search of inequities and self-favoritism by the "controlling" numbered CDD. Pitting CDD against CDD, neighbor against neighbor. Don't say it won't happen because it already is, this is exactly the situation that fuels the haters and uninformed argument over the assessable acreage calculation currently used to determine the cost allocations. (I'll not delve into this any deeper, it would fill too many pages).

Keeping the check signing authority in the hands of the CDD with the least possible to gain has great value in keeping the community peace.

Since its inception, all of PWAC's decisions and directions to SLCDD have always been accepted, endorsed, and acted upon by the SLCDD. This includes both the areas of the Project Wide Agreement/Fund as well as ALL actions related to Amenities. It is highly unlikely that they ever will take actions contrary to PWAC (or PWAC2) direction, they don't want to. The first-time action is taken contrary to PWAC (PWAC2) direction, PWAC is rendered impotent and ineffective, putting ALL RESPONSIBILITY ON SLCDD and by proxy on the developer, something neither wants. PWAC gives them plausible deniability, if the actions of PWAC turn out to be wrong, ineffective, or unpopular with the residents they can redirect the angst back to the resident elected representative on PWAC. Without a strong and effective PWAC supporting and representing the residents and providing the direction and guidance to SLCDD the responsibilities would then fall to SLCDD, something neither SLCDD nor the residents would want.

The current system with the PWAC and SLCDD relationship has worked well for all of us and should continue. There are new changes in the works for how these two boards interact. In the past PWAC would hold its meeting and make their decisions and staff would record these. Then 3 to 10 days later, depending on the schedule, the district staff would deliver the information to SLCDD. Last month we (PWAC, SLCDD, and staff) made some changes to this process. PWAC meets on a Monday morning, that same afternoon SLCDD now meets, and instead of staff providing the PWAC information, the PWAC Chairman (me) provides them with the synopsis of all of the PWAC's decisions, discussions, actions, and feedback of the board and residents. This is now a two-way conversation and SLCDD board members are able to ask questions and seek clarifications on PWACs actions. The goals of the changes are twofold, it should foster a closer relationship between the two boards, and should make for clearer and faster communications without the need of 3rd party interpretation and the previous time delays. If additional actions are needed this gives PWAC the opportunity to be able to meet again and not wait a full month, to take action.

I hope this helps to clarify thing a little on this issue. I would not be advocating this move if I didn't believe it was in the best interest of ALL the residents of The Villages.

If you have specific questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to me on this forum or at my district email address donald.wiley@districtgov.org

Don Wiley
CDD-10 Supervisor/Chairman
PWAC Chairman