THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS	ORDINANCE NO.  T;)C\.  D I

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 02-19 TO CONTRACT THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MEADOW POINTE 111 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PURSUANT TO CHAPTERS 189 AND 190, FLORIDA STATUTES; PROVIDING FOR AUTHORITY AND POWER OF THE DISTRICT; PROVIDING FOR POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DISTRICT; PROVIDING FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE DISTRICT; PROVIDING FOR THE DISTRICT BUDGET; PROVIDING FOR FUNCTIONS OF THE DISTRICT; PROVIDING FOR MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

WHEREAS, on September 12, 2000, the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners (the County)
adopted Ordinance No. 00-16 establishing the Meadow Pointe Ill Community Development District pursuant to Chapter 190, Florida Statutes; and,
WHEREAS, on August 20, 2002, the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners (the County) adopted Ordinance No. 02-19 amending the Meadow Pointe Ill Community Development District pursuant to
Chapter 190, Florida Statutes; and,
WHEREAS, Meadow Pointe Ill Community Development District through its Board of Supervisors (the
Petitioner) has petitioned the County to adopt an ordinance to contract the boundaries of the Meadow Pointe 111 Community Development District (the District) pursuant to Chapter 190, Florida Statutes; and,
WHEREAS, the County has considered and finds that the contraction of the District is not inconsistent with any applicable element or portion of the State of Florida Comprehensive Plan or the Pasco County
Comprehensive Plan; and,
WHEREAS, a duly noticed public hearing on the Petition was held prior to the adoption of this ordinance contracting the boundaries of the District.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, as follows:
SECTION 1.	AUTHORITY AND POWER OF THE DISTRICT
External boundaries of the Meadow Pointe Ill Community Development District are hereby contracted as described in Attachment A, Exhibit B, and incorporated herein, which shall operate in accordance with the Uniform Community Development District Act of 1980 and those requirements as set forth in Florida Statutes, Chapters 189 and 190.
The contraction of the District shall not affect any requirements for governmental
approval of any construction within the District. Any Development of Regional Impact requirements and all State and local development regulations shall apply. Planning, environmental, and land development regulations shall apply to all development and construction within the District regardless of who undertakes the

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activity. Further, the District shall not have the authority to adopt a comprehensive plan, building code, or land development code.
The District shall have no eminent domain powers outside its boundaries without first obtaining the expressed written approval of the Board of County Commissioners.
The District shall comply with all applicable provisions of Chapter 189, Florida Statutes, including, but not limited to, the requirement that a "Public Facilities Report" be made and submitted to the County in accordance with Section 189.415, Florida Statutes.
SECTION 2.	POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DISTRICT
The exclusive charter for the District shall be the uniform community development district charter as set forth in Florida Statutes 190, which includes, but is not limited to, the following:
The contracted District shall provide financial reports to the Department of Banking and
Finance in the same form and in the same manner as all other political subdivisions, including the County.
The contracted District shall fully disclose information concerning the financing and maintenance of real property improvements undertaken by the District. Such information shall be made available to all existing and prospective residents of the Community Development District and the County.
All contracts for the initial sale of real property and residential units within the contracted District shall disclose to the buyer the existence of the entire District and the District's authority to levy taxes and assessments. Both the text and the placement of the text in the contract of sale must appear as mandated by law.
The contracted District shall maintain an office in Pasco County and said office shall be reasonably accessible to the landowners of the District.
The contracted District shall have the authority to pledge only the District's funds, revenues, taxes, and assessments to pay the District's short-term indebtedness.
All bonds issued by the contracted District shall be secured by a trust agreement between the District and a corporate trustee or trustees.
In the event of a default on District Bonds, the obligations of the contracted District shall not constitute a debt or obligation of the County, any municipality, or the State.
The contracted District shall be subject to the Florida Constitution provision requiring
approval of ad valorem taxes by referendum; the millage rate for such taxes shall be limited by statute.   In
addition to the millage cap, the aggregate principal amount of general obligation bonds outstanding at any one ( 1)  time shall not exceed thirty-five  (35) percent of the assessed value of the property within the  District.
Should the residents of the contracted District impose ad valorem taxes upon themselves, such taxes shall be in addition to the County's and other ad valorem taxes and shall be assessed, levied, and collected in the same manner as the County's taxes.

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The contracted District shall be required to advertise for bids and accept the lowest responsible bid for certain construction and purchasing activities as established by statute.
Rates, fees, rentals, and other charges for any facilities or services of the contracted District shall be established only after a noticed public hearing.
Within thirty (30) days after the effective date of this ordinance, the contracted District shall
record a Notice of Establishment in the property records of the County, which the said notice shall include at least the legal description of the property within the entire District and the notice required to be given to buyers
of property within the entire District.
SECTION 3.	BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE DISTRICT
The District Board of Supervisors shall exercise the powers and responsibilities granted to
the District.
The members of the District's Board of Supervisors shall be residents of Florida and citizens
of the United States.
After the Board of Supervisors shifts to being elected by the resident electors of the District, the supervisors shall also be residents and electors of the District.
Candidates for the District's Board of Supervisors seeking election to office by the qualified electors of the District shall be subject to the same campaign financing disclosure requirements and oath of
office requirements as candidates for any other public office.
The compensation of each supervisor is limited to Two Hundred and 00/100 Dollars ($200.00) per meeting (not to exceed Four Thousand Eight Hundred and 00/100 Dollars [$4,800.00] per year),
plus standard State travel and per diem expenses, unless a higher compensation is approved by a referendum of the residents of the District.
All meetings of the District's Board of Supervisors, which shall be held a minimum of four (4)
times per year during evening hours, must be open to the public and governed by the Government-in-the­ Sunshine requirements of Chapter 286, Florida Statutes.
The District's Board of Supervisors shall follow Chapter 120, Florida Statutes, procedures in adopting rules.
The records of the District's Board of Supervisors must be open for public inspection by any
person at any reasonable time, pursuant to Chapter 119, Florida Statutes, and the said records shall be kept in the manner and in the place mandated by law.

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SECTION 5.	DISTRICT BUDGET
The District budget shall be adopted annually by the District's Board of Supervisors, and prior to approval by the said Board, shall be the subject of a duly noticed public hearing at which the said Board must hear all objections to the budget.
Proposed District budgets shall be submitted by the District's Board of Supervisors to the County at least sixty (60) days before adoption by the District's Board of Supervisors.
SECTION 6.	FUNCTIONS OF THE DISTRICT
a. The contracted District may exercise the general powers provided for in Sections 190.011, Florida Statutes.
The contracted District may exercise the special powers provided for in Sections 190.012(1) and (3), Florida Statutes.
The contracted District may exercise the special powers provided for in Sections 190.012(2)(a), (c), (d), and (f), Florida Statutes.
The powers and functions of the contracted District do not replace, diminish, or obviate the applicability of any County ordinance to the property and the development of the said property, currently within the contracted District, as described in Attachment A, Exhibit B.
SECTION 7.	MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
The County may require, based upon the numbers of residential units planned within the entire District, that the District's community facilities be used to accommodate the establishment of a polling place by the Pasco County Supervisor of Elections.
The County, at its option, may adopt a nonemergency ordinance providing for a plan for the transfer of a specific community development service from the contracted District to the County. The plan shall provide for the assumption and guarantee of the contracted District debt that is related to the service and shall demonstrate the ability of the County to provide the service as efficiently as the District at a level of quality equal to or higher than that actually delivered by the District and at charge equal to or lower than the actual charge by the District.
The Petition to Contract the Boundaries of the District is attached hereto in its entirety as

Attachment A.
SECTION 8.	SEVERABILITY
To the extent that any portion of this Ordinance is in conflict with Chapter 190, Florida Statutes or any other Florida Statute, as amended, then the Florida Statutes shall govern, and the remainder of this Ordinance shall be construed as not having contained such section, subsection, sentence, clause, or provision and shall not be affected by such holding.

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SECTION 9.	EFFECTIVE DATE.
A certified copy of this Ordinance shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State by the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners within ten (10) days after adoption of this ordinance and shall
take effect upon filing.

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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA
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PAULA S. O'NEIL, PASCO COUNTY CLERK & COMPTROLLER

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