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Home My WebLink About2015 07 27 Informational 202 Hawk's Reserve Mailer &200,66,21$*(1'$ ,QIRUPDWLRQDO ; &RQVHQW ,7(0 3XEOLF+HDULQJV 5HJXODU -XO\ QRWHGDERYHDQGZKLFKLVDOVRDYDLODEOHRQWKH&LW\¶V:HEVLWH/DVHU)LFKHDQGWKH&LW\¶V 6HUYHUKDVEHHQVHQWWRDSSOLFDEOH&LW\6WDII0HGLD3UHVV5HSUHVHQWDWLYHVZKRKDYH UHTXHVWHG$JHQGDV$JHQGD,WHPLQIRUPDWLRQ+RPHRZQHU¶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ŶĨŽƌŵĂƚŝŽŶĂůϮϬϮW'ϮK&ϮͲ:ƵůǇϮϳ͕ϮϬϭϱ Hawk’s Reserve Assessment District Fact Sheet 1.What is the Hawk’s Reserve Assessment District and why was it created? Hawk’s Reserve, formally known as Tuscawilla Units 12/12a or Tuscawilla Phase 3, is a group of 88 lots (86 homes and 2 vacant, undevelopable lots) between Northern Way and Little Sparrow Court along Winter Springs Boulevard. In the 1980s, a brick wall was constructed along Winter Springs Boulevard and Northern Way, abutting these homes. No maintenance work was performed since the wall’s initial construction. By 2012, multiple areas of the wall were failing and in need of repair, therefore two assessment districts were created in 2013 to acquire the necessary funding to reinforce the wall (capital assessment), as well as to fund ongoing maintenance(maintenance assessment). These assessment funds are collected via the Seminole County Tax Collector. 2.How much did the wall repairs cost? The cost to reinforce the wall was approximately $50,000. There were also initial costs to establish the two assessment districts. Some residents chose to prepay the assessment and initial prepayments totaled $17,100. An internal loan from the City’s general fund was secured in the amount of $63,721. These funds were used to establish the assessment districts, rebuild the entrance walls, make initial wall repairs, and install landscaping at the entrances. This loan is set to be paid back over a 20-year time period. 3.How is the Hawk’s Reserve assessment amount determined? An assessment district can be created under Florida law if each lot receives a special benefit from the service or facility funded by the assessment and it must be fairly and reasonably apportioned among the benefited lots. The assessment for each parcel is determined by the benefit received and measured by a Benefit Unit (BU), as outlined in the table below. The total assessment is comprised of a capital component and a maintenance component. The current capital assessment is $85 per Benefit Unit (BU), with a maximum authorized assessment of $88 per BU. The capital assessment finances the payment of the loan for the wall repairs. The current maintenance assessment is $75 per BU with a maximum authorized assessment of $87 per BU. The maintenance assessment finances ongoing maintenance of the wall, entry landscaping, irrigation and legal and administrative oversight of the assessment district. There are no proposed rate increases for the next fiscal year. Parcel Location Benefit BU # Homes Levied # Homes Levied Maintenance Capital Parcels with brick wall Beautification frontage Noise reduction 1.2 19 19 Glare reduction Parcels without brick wall Beautification 1.0 67 67 frontage *PREPAYMENTS – Prepayment of the capital assessment may be accomplished from January 1 to July 1 of each calendar year. After July 1, the assessment rolls are certified and transmitted to the Tax Collector to be included as a non ad-valorem assessment in the annual tax bill. Subsequently, a [[694,2281,834,2332][10][B,I,][Calibri]]reduced [[833,2281,843,2332][10][,,][Calibri]] [[843,2281,2309,2332][10][,,][Calibri]]prepayment amount is calculated and will be available after January 1 of the following year. If the capital portion of the assessment is paid off, future assessments will only include the maintenance assessment. If a property owner is interested in paying off the capital assessment component, please contact Kelly Balagia at 407-327-7590 to determine the current pay-off amount. 4.What does the money collected for maintenance pay for? FY15 Budget Contractor Purpose $35 Seminole County Tax Collector Collection of assessment dues $1,200 City of Winter Springs Potable water for irrigation $2,150 Annan Landscape Install new plant material/mulch $1,080 NBS /Nabors, Giblin, & Nickerson Legal review and preparation of annual non-ad valorem tax rolls $1,587 City of Winter Springs City of Winter Springs Staff administration of assessment district July, 2015 5.Whom should I contact with questions or concerns regarding maintenance issues? If you notice broken sprinklers, damaged landscaping, wall damage, light outages, or other issues, please contact any of the following City staff: Sara Miller/Urban Beautification Coordinator/407-327-5976/smiller@winterspringsfl.org Stephanie Monica/Water Conservation-Arborist/407-327-6584/smonica@winterspringsfl.org Brian Fields/City Engineer/407-327-7597/bfields@winterspringsfl.org Kipton Lockcuff/Director Utilities and Public Works/407-327-5989/klockcuff@winterspringsfl.org July, 2015