NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT BY THE BLACK CREEK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND PUBLIC HEARING THEREON In accordance with Chapters 120 and 190, Florida Statutes, the Black Creek Community Development District (the "District") hereby gives notice of its intention to enact and establish certain Division of Environmental Resources Management ("DERM") Rules governing the operations of and within the District pertaining to one or more Declaration of Restrictive Covenants (collectively, the "DRC") recorded against the lands within the District and which provide that the District is responsible for certain obligations described in the Engineering Control Maintenance Plans ("ECMP") and Miami-Dade County Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources, Division of Environmental Resources Management requirements within the District (collectively, the "DERM Rules"). The proposed DERM Rules provide for the inspection, maintenance, compliance, and reporting requirements regarding properties situated within the District boundaries and as described in the DRC. The District is required to conduct certain routine inspections of property within the District boundaries, including residential private property, to ensure compliance with the DRC and ECMP, require notification by the individual property owners of any penetration of the engineering controls on their property and any interaction with groundwater and reporting to DERM. Pursuant to the ECMP, the District is responsible for the maintenance of engineering controls, disclosing environmental conditions to prospective contractors, retention of a Florida licensed professional engineer to oversee and document work performed below the engineering controls, and submit Source Removal Reports and Engineering Control Repair reports, as necessary, as described in the DRC and ECMP. The DERM Rules require property owners within the District to comply with the DRC and ECMP, to inform the District of any intention of digging holes or trenches that would disturb or penetrate the engineering controls or any intention to interact with groundwater, provide proof to the District of Miami-Dade County permits in compliance with the DRC, notify the District of any violations of DRC or DERM requirements received from DERM, and disclose the environmental conditions and requirements of the DRC and ECMP to prospective contractors, engage a professional engineer to oversee any such work, and provide reports to the District. The DERM Rules further provide for the District to repair and restore any damage to engineering controls and recoup the costs thereof, plus interest, from the property owner. The District has the need to enact reasonable rules and regulations to perform its obligations under the DRC and ECMP regarding inspection and necessary repairs of properties within the District boundaries and ensuring compliance with the DRC and ECMP. A public hearing on the adoption of the proposed DERM Rules will be conducted by the District's Board of Supervisors on May 20, 2026, at 10:30 A.M. at the offices of Lennar Homes, LLC located at 5505 Waterford District Drive, Miami, Florida 33126, to receive public comment on the adoption of the DERM Rules pertaining to DERM and DRC requirements. A copy of the proposed DERM Rules may be obtained by contacting the District Manager at 2501 A Burns Road, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33410 or by calling (786) 313-3661 or toll free 1-877-737-4922 or via email at asilva@sdsinc.org. Participants and interested persons are strongly encouraged to submit questions and comments to the District Manager's Office at asilva@sdsinc.org, in advance of the meeting and public hearing to facilitate the Board's consideration of such questions and comments during the meeting. Pursuant to provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), any person requiring special accommodations at this hearing because of a disability or physical impairment should contact the District Office at 561-630-4922 at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the 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. Pursuant to Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes, the Black Creek Community Development District advises the public that: If a person decides to appeal any decision made by this Board with respect to any matter considered at its meeting or hearing, he or she will need a record of the proceedings, and that for such purpose, affected persons may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. This notice does not constitute consent by the Board for the introduction or admission of otherwise inadmissible or irrelevant evidence, nor does it authorize challenges or appeals not otherwise allowed by law. District Manager Black Creek Community Development District www.BlackCreekcdd.org IPL0330218 Apr 14 2026