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 BUILDING 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. THE HOMEOWNERS THEN PAY THE INTEREST
ON THE BONDS
IN H.S. CDD BOND MONEY WAS USED TO CREATE OUR SANITARY SEWER SYSTEMS THEN TURNED OVER TO PASCO CTY. SO THERE’S NO ONGOING MAINTENANCE.

THE STORM WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM 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

WE HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO DOCUMENT WHEN AND WHY THAT ARRANGEMENT WAS MADE

A ‘SEAT’ ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS A FL. 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 CDD BUDGET FOR REVENUE AND EXPENSE IS PROPOSED IN MAY FOR
ADOPTION IN AGUST
OUR YEAR IS NOVEMBER TO NOVEMBER

FLORIDA STATUTE #190 GOVERNS CDD MEETINGS AND COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN 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 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 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 AND TREATED ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS

AMERICAN ECOSYSTEMS INC.

CDD REVENUES ARE DERIVED FROM ASSESSMENTS ON EACH HOMEOWNER LOT

THE CDD COLLECTS ASSESSMENTS AND PAYS THE INTEREST ON THE BONDS

THIS IS DONE VIA YOUR YEARLY COUNTY REAL ESTATE TAX BILLS
THE ASSESSMENT COVERS 2 ITEMS INTEREST ON BONDS	(DEBT)
+
OPERATION + MAINTENANCE EXPENSES
( O/M)

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

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

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		41.44 $ MONTH

SERIES	2008 BONDS MATURED 5/2021

O/M	$298.75	DEBT	$168.54 TOTAL WAS	$467.29
NOW, NO DEBT	$298.75 24.89 $ MONTH

IT IS LIKELY IN THE FUTURE THAT THE O/M PORTION OF THE ASSESSMENT WILL RISE.

IT HASN’T RISEN IN 12 YEARS.

EXPENSE COSTS ARE RISING AS ARE ALL
COSTS FOR LABOR, GOODS, INSURANCE ETC.

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 FROM: NEW COMMUNITIES
THE PARK LAKE
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 !
WATER IS PUMPED FROM THE WEST 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
PERMITTING/CONSTRUCTION
OF NEW HOMES OR FOR DESIGNS OF NEW TRINITY 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 ,
EVEN OUR 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 WAS ‘HYDRATION’. KEEP WATER ON THE GROUND LONGER TO REPLENISH THE AQUIFER, THEREFORE DESIGNS CREATED MANY INTERCONNECTED PONDS AND
WETLANDS WITH ‘WEIRS’ TO SLOW THE MOVEMENT OF WATER THROUGH THE
DRAINAGE SYSTEM
THAT DOESN’T WORK ANYMORE !
OVER DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES TO REMOVE PERMEABLE GROUND, PASCO CTY STOPPED PUMPING IN
WELL FIELDS
GROUND WATER LEVELS HAVE RISEN, SEASONS/CLIMATE HAVE CHANGED

CAN’T REDSIGN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS ALREADY IN AND ON THE GROUND SO TODAY WE’RE BEING
FORCED INTO CHANGING/CONVERTING
MODIFYING
THE SYSTEMS WHERE POSSIBLE FROM

‘HYDRATION’ TO ‘CONVEYANCE’

MOVE WATER OUT AS QUICKLY 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

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

REPAIR OF STREET INLETS AND PIPES LATEST EXAMPLE: ASHBOURNE CIRCLE STREET DRAINAGE INLET. 17,000 $

INSTALLATION OF PUMP TO RELIEVE FLOODING ON WALSTONE CT.

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 FOR PUMP

“CUT THROUGH” WEIR FROM NORTHERN ADJACENT COMMUNITY

BLACK MAT ALGAE

BABY TEARS ON TOP OF BLACK MAT ALGAE

NATURAL FISH KILL 10/31/2021

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