View original fileNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING RELATING TO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND LEVY OF NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS
The Board of Supervisors of the Epmore Community Development District (the “Board”) will hold a public hearing on _September 12th , 2025, at 9:30 am at Lennar Homes, 5505 Waterford District Drive, Miami, Florida 33126, to consider the adoption of an assessment roll and the imposition of non-ad valorem special assessments to finance, fund, construct, acquire and/or secure certain public improvements of the Epmore Community Development Dis- trict (the “District”) as described in the Engineer’s Report Infrastructure Improvements for Epmore Community Development District prepared by Alvarez Engineers, Inc., dated as of and accepted by the Board on July 11, 2025 (“Engineer’s Report”). The Board will consider the levy of non-ad valorem special assessments on benefited prop- erties within the District, a depiction of which properties are shown below, and will provide for the levy, collection and enforcement of the special assessments.
The public hearing will be conducted pursuant to Chapters 170, 190 and 197, Florida Statutes. Developable areas within the District (as shown below) will be improved. The District is in unincorporated Miami-Dade County (the “County”). The District’s proposed improvements includes stormwater management and control facilities, including, but not limited to, related earthwork, water and wastewater facilities, including any applicable connection fees; public roadway improvements including any applicable mobility fees; and related soft and incidental costs. A description of the property to be assessed, the nature of the improvements proposed, as described in the Engi- neer’s Report, and the amount to be assessed to each piece or parcel of property may be reviewed at the District Manager’s Office at 5385 N. Nob Hill Rd., Sunrise, FL 33351 or at the local District’s Records Office at GMS, Miami office, located at 2804 NE 8th Street, Suite 202, Homestead, Florida 33033 (collectively, the “District Offices”) or by contacting the District Manager’s Office at 954-721-8681.
The District intends to impose special assessments on benefited lands within the District in the manner set forth in the Master Assessment Methodology for Special Assessment Bonds prepared by Governmental Management Services-South Florida, LLC, dated as of and accepted by the Board on July 11, 2025 (“Assessment Methodolo- gy”), which is available to the public for inspection or copying at the District Offices. Property within the District will be assessed in the principal not to exceed amount as follows: $_143,956.52 and in the manner described in the Assessment Methodology. The total amount to be levied against benefited lands within the District is $_16,555,000 exclusive of fees and costs of collection or enforcement, discounts for early payment and the annual interest costs. The special assessments may be prepaid in whole in some instances or may be paid in not more than thirty (30) annual installments, excluding any capitalized interest period, subsequent to the issuance of debt to finance the improvements. These annual special assessments will be collected on the Miami-Dade County tax roll by the Tax Collector. Alternatively, the District may choose to collect and enforce these special assessments directly or as otherwise permitted by law.
The District also intends to levy and collect special assessments on property within the District to cover the op- eration and maintenance of the District’s improvements. Such annual assessments will also be collected on the Miami-Dade County tax roll by the Tax Collector. Alternatively, the District may choose to collect and enforce these special assessments for operation and maintenance directly or as otherwise permitted by law.
All affected property owners have the right to appear at the public hearing and the right to file written objections with the District within twenty (20) days of the publication of this notice.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this hearing and meeting is asked to contact the District Offices at 954-721-8681 at least five calendar days prior to the hearing and meeting. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the Florida Relay Service at 1-800-955-8770, for aid in contacting the District Offices.
There may be occasions when one or more Supervisors will participate by phone. At the above-referenced location a speaker phone will be available so that any interested person may attend the meeting and be fully informed of the discussions taking place either in person or by telephone communication.
If anyone chooses to appeal any decision of the Board with respect to any matter considered at the hearing or at the meeting, such person will need a record of the proceedings and should accordingly ensure that a record of the proceedings is made, which includes the testimony and evidence upon which such appeal is to be based. The public hearing may be continued to a date and time certain that will be announced at the hearing.
Juliana Duque, District Manager
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