MINUTES OF
MEETING
NORTH SPRINGS
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
The regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of the North Springs
Improvement District was held
Present and constituting a quorum were:
Matt Lauritzen
President
Salvatore J. Mendolia
Secretary
Bob Miner
Supervisor
Also present were:
Rich Hans
Manager
Donna Holiday
Recording Secretary
John McKune
Gee & Jenson
Roger Moore
Engineer
Bill Joyce
District Staff
Paul C. Wachter
Barney's Pumps, Inc.
FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS
Roll Call
Mr. Lauritzen called the meeting to order at
SECOND ORDER OF BUSINESS
Consideration of Appointment of Supervisor to Fill Unexpired Term of
Office
Mr. Lauritzen stated I asked Mr. Miner to be here today. He is a resident of
Mr. Miner stated I am married and have two children, have lived in the
On MOTION by Mr. Mendolia
seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor Mr. Miner was appointed as
Supervisor to fill the unexpired term of office.
Mr. Hans being a Notary Public administered the oath of office, copy of
signed oath will be made a part of the minutes of this
meeting.
Mr. Hans distributed the financial disclosure form and advised Mr. Miner
to fill out the form and send it to the Supervisor of Elections within 30
days. You need to be aware that
discussion of District business needs to take place in a public forum. If there are issues that relate to the
District it can only be discussed at one of these meetings that are noticed and
open to the public.
Mr. Lyles stated we can discuss this after the meeting and what the
Manager has just told you is very important. It is against the law for a member of
this Board to discuss District business or something that is likely to come
before this Board, outside of a meeting such as this one that has been
advertised in a newspaper and is open to the public. You are in the same position as a city
commissioner. You will have to file
a financial disclosure form within 30 days of today with the Supervisor of
Elections office. If you need any
help with that the Manager's office or I can assist you and we can talk about
the sunshine law and public records law and those sorts of things that apply to
you and to the documents you will be involved in on behalf of the District. You can always call us any time if you
need anything or have any questions regarding these matters. I encourage you to call if there is
anything you are not quite sure of.
THIRD ORDER OF BUSINESS
Approval of the Minutes of the July 10, 2003
Meeting
Mr. Lauritzen stated that each Board member had received a copy of the
minutes of the
There not being any,
On MOTION by Mr. Mendolia
seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor the minutes of the
FOURTH ORDER OF BUSINESS
Acceptance of the Audit for Fiscal Year Ended
Mr. Hans stated the audits were sent to you under separate cover to give
you time to review. The audit was
completed using governmental auditing standards and their tests disclosed no
instances of non compliance that are required to be reported. There were no matters involving internal
control over financial reporting in its operations that are considered to be
material weaknesses. The audit was
a clean audit and they reported nothing that was wrong and have no
recommendations for doing anything different.
On MOTION by Mr. Mendolia
seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor the audit for fiscal year ended
FIFTH ORDER OF BUSINESS
Consideration of Change Orders
A. Change
Order No. 1 with Accurate Tennis Courts, Inc. for the
B. Change
Order No. 2 with Accurate Tennis Courts, Inc. for the Tennis Court Expansion
Contact for a Net Increase of $3,560.00
C. Change
Order No. 6 with Florida Sewer and Water, Inc. for the 80
D. Change
Order No. 7 with Astaldi Construction Corp. for the Trails End Road Contract for
a Net Increase of $25,533.54
Mr. McKune outlined the items contained in each change
order.
On MOTION by Mr. Mendolia
seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor the change orders listed above were
approved.
SIXTH ORDER OF BUSINESS
Consideration of Permit Requests
A. Surface
Water Management Permit for
Mr. McKune pointed out the area on the map and stated this is a typical
surface water management permit request and we find it to be in
order.
On MOTION by Mr. Mendolia
seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor the surface water management permit
for
B.
Excavation and Earthwork Permit for a 29
Mr. McKune pointed out the location of the project on the map and stated
in connection with the
On MOTION by Mr. Mendolia
seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor the excavation and earthwork permit
for the 29 acre site Heron Bay Northeast Creekside was approved subject to the
conditions outlined in the engineer's review letter.
SEVENTH ORDER OF BUSINESS
Staff Reports
A.
Attorney
Mr. Mendolia asked has anything happened in
Mr. Lyles stated there was a big lawsuit in
B.
Engineer
Mr. McKune distributed the bid tabulation for Osprey Trail and Heron Bay
Recreation Amenity Offsite Roadway Improvements and stated on July 31, five bids
were received for the Osprey Trail and Heron Bay Recreation amenity offsite
roadway improvements for N.S.I.D. with funding from WCI as is normally
done. The lowest responsive bid was
submitted by Florida Sewer and Water with a total base bid of
$1,310,524.15. The engineer's
estimate for this work was $1,346,298.40.
It was a very competitive bid.
We have reviewed the bids and recommend the Board award the contract to
Florida Sewer and Water.
Mr. Mendolia asked have we used them before?
Mr. McKune responded Florida Sewer and Water have done the majority of
the work in
On MOTION by Mr. Mendolia
seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor the contract for Osprey Trail and
Heron Bay Recreation Amenity Offsite Roadway Improvements was awarded to Florida
Sewer and Water in the amount of their low bid of
$1,310,524.15.
On MOTION by Mr. Mendolia
seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor the Developer Funding Request was
approved.
C.
Superintendent
Distribution of Water and Wastewater
Mr. Hans distributed the water and sewer budget and stated the budget was
prepared by Ms. Archer and I ask that you review it during the month and call if
you have any questions. We will
notice the September meeting as the public hearing to consider the adoption of
this budget.
Proposed Meeting Schedule for Fiscal Year 2004
Mr. Hans stated the proposed meeting schedule was included in your agenda
package and is the same as in previous years.
Letter from Tom Grossjung
Mr. Hans read into the record the letter received from Mr.
Grossjung.
EIGHTH ORDER OF BUSINESS
Supervisor's Requests and Audience Comments
There not being any, the next item followed.
NINTH ORDER OF BUSINESS
Approval of Requisitions and Invoices
On MOTION by Mr. Mendolia
seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor the requisitions and invoices were
approved.
On MOTION by Mr. Mendolia
seconded by Mr. Lauritzen with all in favor the meeting adjourned at
Salvatore J. Mendolia
Matt Lauritzen
Secretary
President