HERITAGE SPRINGS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT

CDD

S T E V E N W E R T O V I T C H C H A I R M A N H . S . C D D

WHAT IS A CDD ?

A LOCAL UNIT OF SPECIAL PURPOSE GOVERNMENT

IT’S A TAX DISTRICT FORMED BY A DEVELOPER TO FUND INFRASTRUCTURE ITEMS IN A COMMUNITY

IT REDUCES INITIAL HOME PRICES BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER DOESN’T HAVE TO BORROW $ TO CREATE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN PAY INTEREST ON THE LOANS

ONCE A CDD IS CREATED IT SELLS BONDS TO GENERATE $ TO FUND ITEMS LIKE PONDS , STORM WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND AMENITIES

EXAMPLE: IN H.S. CDD BOND MONEY WAS USED TO CREATE OUR SANITARY SEWER SYSTEMS BUT WAS LATER TURNED OVER TO PASCO COUNTY, SO THERE’S NO ONGOING MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY

STORM WATER DRAINAGE AND STORMWATER POND MAINTENANCE REMAIN AS THE ONLY CDD RESPONSIBILITIES

THERE IS ONE ANOMALY

THE ELECTRIC BILL FOR THE ALL THE COMMON GROUND LAMP POSTS IS PAID FOR BY THE CDD

NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO DOCUMENT WHY AND WHEN THAT ARRANGEMENT WAS MADE

A ‘SEAT’ ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS A STATE ELECTED POSITION
TERM OF OFFICE IS 4 YEARS. THERE ARE 5 SUPERVISOR SEATS ON THE BOARD

CURRENT SUPERVISORS ARE: STEVE WERTOVITCH, JOE DEPOMPA,
GEORGE KACHAVOS , LES ELWONGER AND KEN MCEWAN

THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CDD IS TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE STORM WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND STORM WATER PONDS

A BUDGET IS SET IN AUGUST FOR REVENUE AND EXPENSES
OUR ‘YEAR’ IS NOVEMBER TO NOVEMBER
FLORIDA STATUTE #190 GOVERNS CDD MEETINGS AND COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEEN SUPERVISORS AND OTHERS

CDD RULES ARE DIFFERENT THAN HOA RULES
THEY’RE MORE RESTRICTIVE SUPERVISORS CANNOT DISCUSS ANYTHING THAT HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED AT A PREVIOUS CDD MEETING

THE CDD EMPLOYS A MANGEMENT COMPANY TO INSURE WE COMPLY WITH STATUTE #190 AND OTHER STATE MANDATED REQUIRMENTS.
THEY RUN OUR MEETINGS, KEEP MINUTES AND MANAGE THE CDD’S WEBSITE

“INFRAMARK INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT SERVICES”

ANDREW P. MENDENHALL,
PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL TAMPA REGIONAL MANAGER
813-991-1116	X-102

THE CDD ALSO EMPLOYS A POND MAINTENANCE COMPANY TO SPRAY AND MAINTAIN PONDS. THEY MONITOR POND CONDITIONS AND ACT TO ELIMINATE PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY OCCUR.

ALL PONDS IN HERITAGE SPRINGS ARE INSPECTED MONTHLY AND SPRAYED ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS

AMERICAN ECOSYSTEMS INC.

CDD REVENUES ARE DERIVED FROM ASSESSMENTS ON EACH HOMEOWNER LOT

THE CDD MUST COLLECT ASSESSMENTS AND PAY THE INTEREST ON THE BONDS

THIS IS DONE VIA THE YEARLY COUNTY REAL ESTATE TAX BILLS
THE ASSESSMENT COVERS 2 ITEMS INTEREST ON BONDS
+
OPERATION + MAINTENANCE EXPENSES.

SERIES 1999
BOND ISSUANCE DATE : OCTOBER 1999 AMOUNT OF BOND $1,190,000
TERM 20 YEARS	ORIGINAL MATURITY 2019 INTEREST RATE 6.75%

REFINANCED INTO A NEW BOND SERIES IN JUNE 2008
AMOUNT OF BOND $840,000 TERM 12 YEARS
MATURED MAY 2021
INTEREST RATE 4.77%

SERIES 2006
BOND ISSUANCE DATE AUGUST 2006 AMOUNT OF BOND $1,660,000
TERM 20 YEARS
MATURITY MAY 2026
INTEREST RATE 5.25%

WE MONITOR AND CHECK TO SEE IF REFINANCING WOULD BENEFIT US. NO BENEFIT AT THIS POINT.
AT MATURITY THE DEBT $ PORTION STOPS.
O/M $ ASSESSMENT CONTINUES

THE CURRENT BREAK OUT OF THE CDD ASSESSMENT

SERIES 2006 BONDS MATURES 2026

O/M	$298.75	DEBT	$198.63 TOTAL		$497.38

SERIES		2008 BONDS MATURED 5/2021 O/M	$298.75	DEBT	$168.54
WAS	$467.29
NOW	$298.75	NO DEBT

HOW DOES THE CDD OPERATE ?

THE CDD DIVIDES THE COMMUNITY UP INTO QUADRANTS

EACH SUPERVISOR HAS A QUADRANT TO INSPECT AND MONITOR FOR ISSUES THAT
NEED SOME FORM OF ATTENTION

PROBLEMS CAN/SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE CDD’S ATTENTION VIA THE
‘GREEN SHEET’ PROCESS. STEVE WERTOVITCH PRIMARILY
RESPONSIBLE FOR
ANSWERING ‘GREEN SHEETS’

THE HERITAGE SPRINGS STORM WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM IS MADE UP OF:

STORM WATER PONDS AND STORMWATER POND BANKS

STREET STORM WATER DRAINAGE INLETS
STREET STORM WATER GUTTERS

UNDERGROUND STORM WATER DRAINAGE PIPES
STORM WATER WETLANDS AND STORM WATER WEIRS

THE CDD REPRESENTS HERITAGE SPRINGS IN EXTERNAL STORM WATER DRAINAGE MEETINGS AND TASK FORCES

WE CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE ANCLOTE WEST DRAINAGE FLOODING TASK FORCE WHICH WAS RUN BY
PASCO COUNTY
* NO LONGER MEETING *

WE ARE REPRESENTED AT SOUTH WEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
(SWFWMD)	TASK FORCES

WE INVITE YOU ALL TO ATTEND THE CDD
MEETINGS
THEY ARE HELD AT THE CLUBHOUSE THE CDD’S WEB SITE
HERITAGESPRINGSCDD.COM

MEETING MINUTES AND SCHEDULES ARE POSTED THERE ALONG WITH OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION
STEVEN WERTOVITCH - CHAIRMAN SEAT4@HERITAGESPRINGSCDD.COM

GENERAL STORM WATER
DRAINAGE FLOW IN H.S.
+
DUCK SLOUGH DRAINAGE BASIN

FLOWING STORM AND GROUND
WATER

ENTERS
EAST, SOUTHEAST AND NORTHEAST NEW COMMUNITIES
THE NEW PARK LAKE
FROM THE FRONT OF STARKEY RANCH THE NEW PUBLIX
EXITS
TO THE NORTHWEST UNDER THE BRIDGE AT GARDENLAKES BLVD
NORTH UNDER TRINITY BLVD
GOES WEST AND UNDER LITTLE ROAD AT SOUTHSTATE BANK

TWO PUMPS ON LITTLE RD. EAST AND WEST SIDE
NEAR SOUTHSTATE BANK PROVIDED BY PASCO COUNTY

PASCO CTY STARTS THEM UP WHEN A RAIN EVENT IS FORECASTED
NOT WHILE IT’S RAINING
THEY PUMP WATER FROM THE WEST SIDE AND EAST SIDE OF LITTLE ROAD
BYPASSING THOUSAND OAKS AND OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS
THIS PROVIDES ROOM FOR WATER TO FLOW OUT OF HERITAGE SPRINGS

H.S AND THE TRINITY STORM WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM
WAS NOT
DESIGNED WITH THE CURRENT GROUND CONDITIONS CLIMATE CONDITIONS
OR
DRAINAGE CONDITIONS AS INPUT FOR
CONSTRUCTION OF HOMES
OR FOR DESIGNS OF STORM WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEMS

TRINITY WAS ORGINALLY PLANNED MID TO LATE 1980’S

WATER CONDITIONS WERE RADICALLY DIFFERENT
WELL FIELDS WERE BEING PUMPED OUT GROUND WATER LEVELS MUCH LOWER RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE RADICALLY
DIFFERENT IN OUR SEASONS SEASONS WERE DIFFERENT

DRAINAGE SYSTEMS WERE DESIGNED AND PERMITTED USING COMPUTER
‘MODELS’ FOR CONDITIONS THAT DO NOT EXIST TODAY

SWFWMD’S VIEW OF THE WORLD THEN WAS ‘HYDRATION’. KEEP THE WATER ON THE GROUND LONG PERIODS OF TIME TO REPLENISH THE AQUIFER, THEREFORE
DESIGNS CREATED MANY INTERCONNECTED PONDS AND WETLANDS WITH ‘WEIRS’ TO SLOW
THE MOVEMENT OF WATER THROUGH THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM
THIS DOESN’T WORK ANYMORE ! OVER DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES TO
REMOVE PERMEABLE GROUND STOPPED PUMPING IN WELL FIELDS GROUND WATER LEVELS HAVE RISEN
SEASONS/CLIMATE HAVE CHANGED

CAN’T REDSIGN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS ON THE FLY SO TODAY WE’RE BEING FORCED INTO CONVERTING THE SYSTEMS WHERE POSSIBLE FROM

‘HYDRATION’ TO ‘CONVEYANCE’

MOVE WATER OUT AS FAST AS POSSIBLE TO AVOID FLOODING

DID YOU KNOW STREETS ARE DESIGNED TO FLOOD ?

STREET DRAINAGE IS DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RAINFALL OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME
ABOVE THAT THE WATER WILL BACKUP ON THE STREETS UNTIL THE SYSTEM CAN DRAIN THE WATER AWAY
THESE DESIGN POINTS ARE KNOWN AS 5 YEAR, 10 YEAR, 25 YEAR, 50 YEAR AND 100 YEAR STORM EVENTS

IN FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES, HILLS. CTY + RAIN

WETLAND
WETLAND

OUT GARDEN LAKES TO TRINITY

IN FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES,
HILLS. CTY + RAIN

A LOT OF RAIN

WETLAND

WETLAND

OUT GARDEN LAKES TO TRINITY

EROSION AT GARDEN LAKES BLVD.

EXAMPLES OF CDD PROGRAMS

REMOVE ‘INVASIVE’ PLANT SPECIES FROM WETLANDS TO IMPROVE FLOW EX: WARRINGTON WAY WETLAND

POND SPRAYING
REPAIR OF STREET INLETS AND PIPES REVIEW AND DOCUMENTATION OF POND
BANKS, BOUNDARIES AND
DIMENSIONS

EXAMPLES OF ‘ONE OF A KIND’ CDD PROJECTS

REPAIR OF STREET DEPRESSIONS CAUSED BY LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORM
WATER PIPES

POND BANK RECLAMATION AND RESTORATION

REPAIR OF STREET INLETS AND PIPES

INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC SUMP PUMP – WALLSTONE CT

WETLAND WATER BACKS INTO CUL D’SAC DURING INTENSE RAINFALL
BECAUSE STREET ELEVATION IS CLOSE TO ELEVATION OF WETLAND RESULT FLOODING OF CUL D’SAC
REQUIRED
TRENCHING +ELECTRIC LINE INSTALL 3 SEPARATE PROPERTY EASEMENTS DUKE ENERGY + SWFWMD PERMISSION
CONSTRUCTION OF BERM AROUND SUMP LANDSCAPING AROUND POST WITH ELEC. METER
CDD OWNERSHIP OF ELECTRIC BILL AND MAINTENANCE CONTRACT

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