View original fileNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING RELATING TO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND LEVY OF NON AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS
The Westview North Community Development District Board of Supervisors (“Board”) will hold a public hearing at 8:00 a.m. on September 24, 2025, at the Westview Clubhouse, 12500 NW 24th Avenue, Miami, FL 33167, to consider the adoption of an assessment roll and the imposition of non-ad valorem special assessments (“Assessments”) to finance and secure certain public improvements of the Westview North Community Development District (the “District”) as described in the Engineer’s Report For the Acquisition of the Clubhouse Property, prepared by Alvarez Engineers, Inc., dated as of and accepted by the Board on August 14, 2025 (“Engineer’s Report”). The Board will consider the levy of the Assessments on benefited properties within the North Parcel of the District, a depiction of which properties is shown below, and will provide for the levy, collection and enforcement of the Assessments. The public hearing will be conducted pursuant to Chapters 170, 190 and 197, Florida Statutes. The North Parcel area within the District (as shown below) will be benefited and improved by the public improvements. The North Parcel of the District is approximately 88.12 acres of land, located in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida, South of NW 131st Street, East of NW 22nd Court, West of W. Golf Drive, and North of (theoretical) NW 116th Street. The District’s proposed improvements include acquisition of the clubhouse facilities, the construction and installation of certain improvements to the facilities, landscaping improvements to the facilities and to the North Parcel entrance, the creation of a Geographical Information System for the North Parcel, aeration and fountain improvements for the North Parcel stormwater facilities, and related costs. A description of the property to be assessed, the nature of the improvements proposed, as described in the Engineer’s Report, and the amount to be assessed to each piece or parcel of property within the North Parcel of the District may be reviewed at the local District’s Records office of GMS, Miami office, located at 2804 NE 8th Street, Suite 202, Homestead, Florida 33033, and the main office of GMS at 5385 N. Nob Hill Road, Sunrise, Florida 33351, or by contacting the District Manager’s Office at 954-721-8681 (the “District Offices”). The District intends to impose Assessments on benefited lands within the North Parcel of the District in the manner set forth in the Master Assessment Methodology for Special Assessment Bonds, dated August 14, 2025, (“Assessment Methodology”), which is available to the public at the District Offices. Property will be assessed in the principal not to exceed $16,983.05 for the single-family homes, for the townhomes, and for the villas in the manner described in the Assessment Methodology. The total amount to be levied against benefited lands within the District is $12,450,000 exclusive of fees and costs of collection or enforcement, discounts for early payment and the annual interest costs. The Assessments may be prepaid in whole or in part in some instances or 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 Assessments will be collected on the Miami-Dade County tax roll by the Tax Collector pursuant to the Uniform Method as authorized by Section 197.3632, Florida Statutes. Alternatively, the District may choose to directly collect and enforce these Assessments. The District also intends to levy and collect Assessments on property within the District to cover the operation 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 directly collect and enforce these Assessments. 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 Office 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 Office. 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 verbatim 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