AMENDED NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF PETITION
TUSCANY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
(Amended as to Hearing Date)
On August 25, 2006, the Florida Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission (the Commission) received a Petition to adopt an amendment to Chapter 42GG-1, F.A.C., to amend the boundary of the Tuscany Community Development District (the District) pursuant to Chapter 190, F.S. The Petition was supplemented on December 1, 2006. Petitioner asserts a copy of the Petition was filed with Citrus County. The Commission will follow the requirements of Chapter 190, F.S., and Chapter 42-1, F.A.C., in ruling on this Petition.
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS OF PETITION: The Petition, as supplemented, was filed by the Tuscany Community Development District with its registered office located at 123 South Calhoun Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32301. The Petition, as supplemented, proposes to modify the land area presently serviced by the District by amending its boundary to add 332.07 acres to the District located solely within Citrus County, Florida. The District currently covers approximately 1,378.86 acres of land and after amendment the District will encompass approximately 1710.93 acres. Petitioner has obtained written consent to amend the boundaries of the District from the owners of 100% of the real property comprising the expansion parcel. Further, Petitioner indicates the landowners of all the property within the current boundaries of the District are the same landowners whose consent to the creation of the District was documented in the original Petition to establish the District. The consenting landowners within the current District boundaries are also the consenting landowners of all the property within the parcel proposed by the Petition to be added to the District. Each landowner consent documents ownership for all the lands owned, both within the parcel to be added to the District by the Petition and within the current external boundaries of the District. According to the Statement of Estimated Regulatory Costs, although the Districts boundary will be expanded through the amendment process, the Districts development plan will remain the same as when the District was established. The District will continue to support 4,138 single-family residential units, 1,258 multi-family residential units, 400 life care center units, 400,000 square feet of business/commercial/ office and 41,368 square feet of community/neighborhood services. The 322.07 acre expansion is planned for 842 single-family residential units, which are already included in the above totals. No additional residential or non-residential development is anticipated due to the expansion of the Districts boundary. The District intends to finance road, water, wastewater, stormwater, entry monumentation, landscaping, irrigation and recreational facilities in the expansion area.
SUMMARY OF THE STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: In association with the Petition, as supplemented, the Petitioner has caused a Statement of Estimated Regulatory Costs (SERC) to be prepared in compliance with Section 120.541, F.S. The complete text of the SERC is contained at Exhibit 10 to the Petition, as supplemented. By way of summary, the SERC estimates the principal individuals and entities likely to be required to comply with the amended rule are the households within the geographic area of the amendment. The SERC estimates that rule amendment implementation and enforcement costs to state government entities and Citrus County will be modest and/or are offset by the payment of requisite filing and annual fees; and, estimates there will be no negative impact on state and local revenues from the proposed amendment of the rule. With respect to an estimate of the transactional costs likely to be incurred by individuals and entities required to comply with the requirements of the rule, the SERC indicates that to fund the cost of maintaining infrastructure, assessments and fees will be imposed on the District property owners. Finally, the SERC concludes that the amendment of the Districts boundary will have no impact on small businesses and should not have negative impact on small counties and cities as defined in Section 120.52, F.S. Citrus County is not a small county as defined by Section 120.52, F.S. The SERC analysis is based on a straightforward application of economic theory and input was received from the Districts Engineer and other professionals associated with the District.
A LOCAL HEARING WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: Thursday, March 22, 2007, 11:15 a.m. (EST)
PLACE: Citrus County Resource Center, Conference Room, 2804 West Marc Knighton Court, Lecanto, Florida
Any person requiring a special accommodation to participate in the hearing because of a disability should contact Brian A. Crumbaker or Joseph A. Brown, telephone (850)222-7500, at least five (5) business days in advance in order to provide sufficient opportunity to make appropriate arrangements.
COPIES OF THE PETITION MAY BE OBTAINED BY CONTACTING: Brian A. Crumbaker or Joseph A. Brown, Hopping Green & Sams, 123 South Calhoun Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32301; or Barbara Leighty, Florida Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission, The Capitol, Room 1801, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0001, (850)487-1884.
