LAND AND WATER ADJUDICATORY COMMISSION
Notice of Receipt of Petition to Expand the Tolomato Community Development District
On October 3, 2012, the Florida Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission (“FLWAC” or “Commission”) received a petition to expand the Tolomato Community Development District. The petition was supplemented on October 26, 2012. The Commission will follow the requirements of Chapter 42-1, F.A.C., and Chapter 190, F.S., as amended, in considering the petition, as supplemented.
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS OF PETITION: The supplemented petition, filed by the Tolomato Community Development District (“Tolomato CDD” or “District”), requests the expansion of the District to add approximately 11.54 acres of land. The lands to be added to the District consist of five parcels of vacated County Road 210 right-of-way in St. Johns County. The Tolomato CDD currently consists of approximately 13,376.91 acres of land located within St. Johns County and the City of Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. A general location map of the existing District is provided in Exhibit 1 to the petition, as supplemented. Sketches and metes and bounds descriptions for the expansion parcels are provided in Exhibit 3. After expansion, the District will encompass a total of approximately 13,388.45 acres.
SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: The statement of estimated regulatory costs (SERC) supports the supplemented petition to expand the Tolomato CDD. The complete text of the SERC is contained as Exhibit 8. The requirements for a SERC are found in Section 120.541(2), F.S., (2012). In summary, the SERC represents the following: The owners of the expansion parcels and the District are expected to be affected by the inclusion of the expansion parcels within the District. FLWAC and the State of Florida may incur administrative costs associated with review of the petition. St. Johns County and the City of Jacksonville may incur costs resulting from the initial review and on-going costs resulting from the on-going administration of the proposed expanded District. The expansion of the District is not expected to have any negative impact on State and local revenues. The District plans to fund public road construction, storm water management improvements, and recreation facilities. Non-ad valorem assessments to fund the District’s capital improvement project costs and its ongoing operations and maintenance expenses will be spread over all lands within both the District and the expansion parcels that receive a special benefit from those improvements. The petition provides an estimate of the non-ad valorem assessments that will be levied on the single-family lots ultimately planned to be developed within the expansion parcels. No negative impact to small businesses is expected as a result of expansion of the District. The expansion of the District will not have an impact on small counties as St. Johns County is not a small county as defined by section 120.52, F.S.
A local hearing will be held at the time, date and place shown below:
DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 3:00 p.m.
PLACE: Nocatee Amenity Center, Crosswater Hall, 245 Nocatee Center Way, Ponte Vedra, Florida
Any person requiring a special accommodation to participate in the hearing because of a disability should contact Jonathan Johnson, Hopping Green & Sams, 119 S. Monroe Street, Suite 300, Tallahassee, Florida 32301, telephone (850) 222-7500 at least two business days in advance in order to provide sufficient opportunity to make appropriate arrangements.
Copies of the petition may be obtained by contacting: Jonathan Johnson, Hopping Green & Sams, 119 S. Monroe Street, Suite 300, Tallahassee, Florida 32301, telephone (850) 222-7500, or Barbara Leighty, Office of the Governor, The Capitol, Room 1801, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0001, telephone (850) 717-9513.
