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08/13/2015 Minutes 1b I 1 MINUTES OF MEETING WENTWORTH ESTATES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT The Regular Meeting of the Wentworth Estates Community Development District's Board of Supervisors was held on Thursday, August 13, 2015, at 9:00 a.m., at the Treviso Bay Sales Trailer, 9014 Tamiami Trail East, Naples, Florida 34113. Present and constituting a quorum were: Russell Smith Chairman Dalton Drake Assistant Secretary Michelle May Assistant Secretary Joe Newcomb Assistant Secretary Board members absent: David Negip Assistant Secretary Also present were: James Ward District Manager Greg Urbancic District Counsel 1. Call to Order & Roll Call Mr. Ward called the meeting to order at 9:05 a.m., and roll call determined that all members of the Board were present with the exception of Supervisor Negip. 2. Consideration of Minutes: May 14, 2015 On Motion by Mr. Smith and seconded by Mr. Drake, to accept the Meeting 1 Minutes of May 14, 2015, and with all in favor the motion was approved. 3 Public Hearings a) Fiscal Year 2016 Budget I. Public Comment and Testimony 1On Motion by Mr. Smith and seconded by Mr. Newcomb to open the Public1 Hearing, and with all in favor the motion was approved. J There were no members of the public present in person at the meeting and there have not been any written comments regarding the proposed budget received. 1 Page 1611 On Motion by Mr. Smith and seconded by Mr. Drake to close the Public Hearing, and with all in favor the motion was approved. II. Board Comment and Consideration There were no questions or comments from the Board. III. Consideration of Resolution 2015-5, Adopting the Annual Appropriation and Budget for Fiscal Year 2016. On Motion by Mr. Smith and seconded by Mr. Drake to accept Resolution 2015-5 as described above, and with all in favor the motion was approved. b) Fiscal Year 2016 Imposing Special Assessments; Adopting An Assessment Roll, Approving the General Fund Special Assessment Methodology and Setting an Operations and Maintenance Cap for Notice Purposes Only. I. Public Comment and Testimony On Motion by Mr. Smith and seconded by Mr. Drake to open the Public Hearing, and with all in favor the motion was approved. There were no members of the public present in person at the meeting and there have not been any written comments regarding the proposed budget received. On Motion by Mr. Smith and seconded by Mr. Drake to close the Public Hearing, 1 and with all in favor the motion was approved. II. Board Comment and Consideration There were no questions or comments from the Board. III. Consideration of Resolution 2015-6 Imposing Special Assessments, Adopting an Assessment Roll, and Approving the General Fund Special Assessment Methodology. On Motion by Mr. Smith and seconded byMr. Newcomb to approve pprove Resolution 2015-6 as described above, and with all in favor the motion was approved. 4. Consideration Of Resolution 2015-7 Designating Dates, Time And Location For Regular Meetings Of The Board Of Supervisors Of The District for Fiscal Year 2016. 2 0 I 1 rOn Motion by Mr. Smith and seconded by Mr. Newcomb to approve Resolution 2015-7 as described above, and with all in favor the motion was approved. 5. Staff Reports i) District Attorney ii) District Engineer iii) District Manager 6. Audience Comments and Supervisor's Requests 7. Adjournment 7 On Motion was by Mr. Smith and seconded by Mr. Drake to adjourn the meeting, and with all in favor the motion was approved. — _ The meeting was adjourned at 9:10 a.m. //a% �/ James . Ward, Secretary Rus ell Smith, Chairman 3IPagc ib l l MINUTES OF MEETING WENTWORTH ESTATES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT The Regular Meeting of the Wentworth Estates Community Development District's Board of Supervisors was held on Thursday, May 12, 2016, at 9:00 a.m., at the Treviso Bay Sales Trailer, 9014 Tamiami Trail East. Naples, Florida 34113. Present and constituting a quorum were: Russell Smith Chairman Dalton Drake Assistant Secretary Michelle May Assistant Secretary Joe Newcomb Assistant Secretary Board members absent: David Negip Assistant Secretary Also present were: James Ward District Manager Cindy Calvert (via telephone) Auditor, Keefe McCullough 1. Call to Order& Roll Call Mr. Ward called the meeting to order at 9:00 AM, and roll call determined that all members of the Board were present with the exception of Supervisor Negip. 2. Consideration of Minutes: August 13, 2015 On Motion was made by Mr. Newcomb and seconded by Mr. Drake to accept the Meeting Minutes of August 13, 2015, and with all in favor the motion was approved. 3 Consideration of Acceptance of the Audited Financial Statements for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015. Cindy Calvert, partner in charge of the audit, from the firm of Keefe McCullough was available for questions via telephone. j61 Wentworth Estates Community Development District May 12,2016 Ms. Calvert explained that they have specific professional standards that require communication of certain things to those charged with governance, and briefly communicated said requirements..Ms. Calvert also stated that the balance sheet is pretty consistent with the prior year, with positive fund balances in the general fund and the debt service fund. She stated that all the principal and interest payments are current and that the debt service reserve requirement has been met. She stated that there were no deficiencies identified nor instances of non-compliance. She asked if there were any questions from the Board. There were no questions or comments from the Board. On Motion was made by Mr. Newcomb and seconded by Mr. Drake to accept the Audited Financial Statements for the Fiscal Year ended September 30, 2015. 4 Consideration of Resolution 2016-1 Approving the Proposed Fiscal Year 2017 Budget and setting the Public Hearing on Thursday, August 11, 2016, at 9:00 AM at the Treviso Bay Sales Trailer, 9014 Tamiami Trail East, Naples, Florida 34113. Mr. Ward reported that changes to the general fund have been negligible for fiscal year 2017; the rate changed from $129.16 to $129.19 and the debt service fund rates changed slightly based on the actual principal and interest that is due on the bond for next year. Motion was made by Mr. Drake and seconded by Mr. Newcomb to accept [Resolution 2016-1 as described above, and with all in favor the motion was approved. 5 Consideration of setting Thursday, November 10, 2016, at 9:00 AM at the Treviso Bay Sales Trailer, 9014 Tamiami Trail East, Naples, Florida 34113, as the date, time and location for the upcoming landowner's election for one seat on the Board of Supervisors. Mr. Ward explained that the District has reached 384 registered voters within the District, and as such has met both thresholds under the Statute to begin the transition of the Board from a landowner election to a qualified elector based election. He stated that this November, two of the three Board seats that are up with be elected by qualified electors and the third seat will be elected for its last four-year term for the landowner's election. Brief discussion ensued. 2 ;; Wentworth Estates Community Development District May 12,2016 lOn Motion was made by Mr. Drake and seconded by Mr. Newcomb to accept the I consideration above regarding the date, time and location of landowner's election for one seat on the Board of Supervisors. 6 Consideration of Resolution 2016-2 confirming the District's use of the Collier County Supervisor of Elections to conduct the District's election of the Board of Supervisors in conjunction with the General Election. On Motion was made by Mr. Drake and seconded by Mr. Newcomb to approve Resolution 2016-2 as described above, and with all in favor the motion was approved. 7. Staff Reports i) District Manager a. Report on the Number of Registered Voters was discussed above. b. Financial Statements as of March 31, 2016. 8. Audience Comments and Supervisor's Requests 9. Adjournment Motion was made by Mr. Drake and seconded by Ms. M- to ad" ting, and with all in favor the motion was approved. The meeting was adjourned at 9:12 AM fI James P ard, Secretary Russ: I Sri(th, Chairman 3IPagc