MINUTES OF MEETING SOUTH KENDALL
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT

The regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of the South Kendall Community Development District was held on April 28, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. at Tuscany Village Clubhouse, 12801 SW 133rd Terrace, Miami, Florida.

Present and constituting a quorum were:
Jesus Hernandez	Chairman
Sergio Valdes	Vice Chairman
Betty Fayad	Assistant Secretary
Laura Montanez	Assistant Secretary

Also present were:
Luis Hernandez	District Manager
Ginger Wald	District Counsel
Derek Montanez	Resident

FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS	Roll Call
Mr. Luis Hernandez called the meeting to order and called the roll.

SECOND ORDER OF BUSINESS	Organizational Matters
Consideration of Appointment of Supervisor to Unexpired Term of Office
- Seat #4 (11/2026)
Oath of Office for Newly Appointed Supervisor
Election of Officers
Mr. Luis Hernandez: Moving on to Item #2, which is Organizational Matters, the first thing is that I will remind the Supervisors that there is a vacant seat on the Board. Is there anyone that the Board would like to appoint at this time?
There not being anyone to appoint, these items were tabled until a future meeting.

THIRD ORDER OF BUSINESS	Approval	of	Minutes	of	the
February 24, 2023 Meeting
Mr. Luis Hernandez: Item #3 is Approval of Minutes of the February 24, 2023 Meeting.  This would be the time to make any changes, corrections, additions, or

deletions. If there are none, then a motion to approve the minutes would be in order at this time.

On MOTION by Ms. Fayad seconded by Mr. Jesus Hernandez with all in favor, the Minutes of the February 24, 2023 Meeting were approved as-presented.

FOURTH ORDER OF BUSINESS     Consideration  of  Resolution
#2023-04 Approving the Proposed Fiscal Year 2024 Budget and Setting the Public Hearing
Mr. Luis Hernandez: Moving forward, next we have Consideration of Resolution #2023-04 Approving the Proposed Fiscal Year 2024 Budget and Setting the Public Hearing. Before we consider the resolution, let’s look at the proposed budget. You will find that on page 12 of your agenda package. Most of you are familiar with the budget process. We must wait at least sixty days after we approve the proposed budget to set the public hearing to adopt the final budget. This year, there are several line items that are seeing increases. This year, GMS, the District’s management company, is going to be exercising the right to increase the cost of living, which is estimated 5%. The other increases we are finding are insurance and utilities. Any of those items have been going up so we have to take those into consideration. My office has been working with the vendors who provide services, as well to make sure that all of the normal expenditures have been contemplated. As the end result, the operations and maintenance assessment will increase. With that being said, does anyone have any questions about the budget?
Ms. Montanez: How much is the total increase going to be?
Mr. Luis Hernandez: If you live in Phase I, the increase is going to be $106.37. Keep in mind that we give the gross increase in case someone pays it in November, then they get the discount. The second phase is going to be $93.30, and the last part will be
$31.58. This is per year, which is around $7.00 a month. Does anyone have any other questions about the budget? Not hearing any, we can move on to the resolution. Resolution #2023-04 approves the proposed budget and also sets the public hearing to adopt the final budget. As I was indicating before, the District needs to wait at least sixty

days to set the public hearing to adopt the budget. Our next advertised meeting is in April, but it does not give us the sixty days timeframe. So, we have two options. We can either schedule a special meeting in June that will be past the sixty days, or we can wait until our next meeting, which is in August. That meeting date is August 25th. That will give us plenty of time, but we do need to make sure that works for everyone because we need to advertise the public hearing and also send a mailed notice to the homeowners, so we need to ensure we will have quorum then. Does that work for everyone?
Mr. Valdes: Yes.
Ms. Montanez: I am good with that.
Mr. Jesus Hernandez: I don’t have any problem with that. Ms. Fayad: I don’t have any problem with that date either.
Mr. Hernandez: Then I will just need a motion to approve Resolution #2023-04, which will be filled in to read that the public hearing will be held on August 25, 2023, with the time being at 9:00 a.m., here at the Tuscany Village Clubhouse, located at 12801 SW 133rd Terrace, Miami, Florida.

On MOTION by Mr. Valdes seconded by Mr. Jesus Hernandez with all in favor, Resolution #2023-04 Approving the Proposed Fiscal Year 2024 Budget and Setting the Public Hearing was approved; and the public hearing was scheduled to be held on August 25, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. at the Tuscany Village Clubhouse, 12801 SW 133rd Terrace, Miami, Florida.

FIFTH ORDER OF BUSINESS	Staff Reports
Attorney
Mr. Luis Hernandez: Staff Reports. Ginger, anything to report? Ms. Wald: Nothing.
Mr. Luis Hernandez: Excellent report.

Engineer
There not being any report, the next item followed.

Club – Update on Pool Repairs
Mr. Luis Hernandez: There are a couple items under Club. The first one is about is the pool repairs that were done. We shared some pictures so everyone can see what

was done and how drastic and difficult it was to find the pipe that was leaking and all of the work that had to be done. With that being said, one item the District has been working around, and it is getting time to consider re-doing the DiamondBrite. It needs to be done, but the entire process will take almost two months, so for that reason, it is not reasonable to do it now because it wouldn’t be done until the middle of the summer. So, we are suggesting entering into the contract so that by the end of September we can start the work. We are using the same vendor we currently have, and the reason and recommendation for that is because if we were to try to get another quote from another vendor, if there are any problems, you have two different vendors blaming the other. So, based on that, we contacted McGrath and included a proposal in your agenda package. This is what we have discussed with them, and they understand why we cannot start the project yet, and they believe that the work can be done in less than two months, but we don’t want them to cut any corners. So, the intent is to start the work at the end of September, beginning of October at the latest, and the recommendation would be to approve this proposal to all the District to enter into an agreement, pay the 30% so that the materials can be purchased, and therefore the total amount of the proposal will be retained. They are estimating the total cost will be around $70,000.
Ms. Montanez: Is it in the budget already?
Mr. Luis Hernandez: Yes, we already have this included in the budget, so it will not affect the District at all. The fact that we are dividing it, and if we approve it as I have just indicated, half will be paid for from this fiscal year, and the other half will be during the following fiscal year. So, unless anyone has any questions or there is any further discussion, I think it would be prudent at this point to accept this proposal and authorize District Counsel to work on an agreement so that the District can enter into and execute an agreement to allow McGrath to perform these services.

On MOTION by Mr. Valdes seconded by Mr. Jesus Hernandez with all in favor, the proposal from McGrath Property Services for swimming pool interior restoration was approved; and staff was authorized to draft an agreement for the District to enter into and execute based on the proposal.

Mr. Luis Hernandez: The last one I have is something I just received yesterday. The price of any landscape materials is going through the roof. There is a proposal from Tony’s Nursery & Garden Service Corp., which Derek had referenced at the last meeting about the entrance. I think that at the time this statement is being said, it is important to let everyone know that several items are taking place. It is not the first time we have encountered whitefly. In the past, we have treated it, and have been successful. Right now, we have at least one section that is dead. The other areas, we are still hopeful, but we don’t know how long it is going to need to be treated. I think it would be prudent for the community to work on some of the sections to solve the issue. What this will do, and to make it easier for everyone, I tried to get some pictures this morning. it is completely dead, and as you can see there is nothing you can actually still use in that landscaping area. What makes it worse, on the other side of the street, you can see it is fine. So, we will need to remove and completely replace the dead section. The cherries that are being suggested are not susceptible to whitefly. It has been on the contrary resistant, so that is what the landscaper is suggesting. Although, as you can see, the entire project for materials and installation is over $18,000. The total of the proposal is $23,000. So, now I will ask the Board to discuss what you would like to do. It would cost less if you were to put in smaller items, but it would also require some type of fencing to avoid people from walking on them and stepping on them. Any time you do a new planting that is not mature or big enough, residents will often walk through them or step on them, which creates even more problems. This size and the number of units we believe will be close enough together that there won’t be a huge gap that people will want to walk through, but at the same token, it was discussed by staff what other options we might have, but we don’t think there are many others that are better. So, with that being said, as I am presenting this, I will say that this is entirely up to the Board to define what you want to do.
Mr. Valdes: I don’t really think we have an option to be honest at this point. If you don’t, you expose all of the backyards of those properties.
Mr. Luis Hernandez: Aesthetically, it is really for the Board to define which you believe is the best solution.
Ms. Montanez: What exactly is it? It just says cherries. Mr. Luis Hernandez: They will grow into a hedge.

Ms. Montanez: Okay.

On MOTION by Mr. Valdes seconded by Ms. Fayad with all in favor, the proposal from Tony’s Nursery & Garden Service Corp. for cherries and installation was approved; not-to- exceed the amount of $23,300.00.

Manager
State Board of Administration Account Discussion
Mr. Luis Hernandez: Under Manager, I need to let the Board know that with everything that was going on with the banks last month, there were some concerns with the State Board of Administration Accounts. The State Board is the only entity where the District can put funds that will earn interest. Based on the concerns of the liquidity of that entity, the District pulled all of its funds from that account, so we are just letting the Board know about this. Nothing will affect the District, other than the fact that we will not be earning any interest until we can put the funds back. If we find it only to be a rumor, we will do so, but until then, we are keeping the funds safe.

Discussion of Potential Chain-Link Fence and Plants to be installed at a portion of the Phase I Entrance
Mr. Luis Hernandez: Item #2, we already discussed this item, so we can move on.

SIXTH ORDER OF BUSINESS	Financial Reports
Acceptance of Check Run Summary
Acceptance of Balance Sheet and Income Statement
Mr. Luis Hernandez: Moving forward, next you will find the Financial Reports. Tab A contains the check run summary and tab B has the balance sheet and income statement. Unless anyone has any questions on the financials, I will be asking the Board for a motion to approve them at this time.

On MOTION by Mr. Jesus Hernandez seconded by Mr. Valdes with all in favor, the check run summary and the balance sheet and income statement were accepted.

SEVENTH ORDER OF BUSINESS	Supervisors	Requests	and
Audience Comments
Mr. Luis Hernandez: Are there any Supervisors’ requests? Hearing none, are there any comments from the audience? Derek?
Mr. Montanez: None.
Mr. Luis Hernandez: Excellent.

EIGHTH ORDER OF BUSINESS	Adjournment
Mr. Luis Hernandez: Unless anyone has anything else to discuss, a motion to adjourn the meeting would be in order.

On MOTION by Mr. Jesus Hernandez seconded by Mr. Valdes with all in favor, the meeting was adjourned.

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