Villages Daily Sun, The
September 28, 2026
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
VILLAGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DISTRICT NO. 16
The Board of Supervisors of the Village Community Development District No. 16 will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. at the Olympia Recreation Center, 1210 McPherson Terrace, The Villages, 34762 for the purpose of hearing comments and objections on the dedication of special assessments on certain property within the District and the adoption of the assessment roll and the advisability and propriety of said assessments. The description of the property to be assessed and the amount to be assessed to each piece/parcel of property may be obtained at the District Clerk's Office, 3571 Kiessel Road, The Villages, Florida. Resolution 2026-51 declaring the District's intent to impose special assessment was adopted on August 13, 2026 and is published below. A copy of the Resolution can be obtained from the District Office, 3571 Kiessel Road, The Villages, Florida 32163.
RESOLUTION NO. 2026-51
A RESOLUTION OF VILLAGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NO. 16 DECLARING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR ITS PHASE II AREA OF DEVELOPMENT; INDICATING THE LOCATION, NATURE AND ESTIMATED COST OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WHOSE COST IS TO BE DEFRAYED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS; PROVIDING THE PORTION OF THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS TO BE DEFRAYED BY THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS; PROVIDING THE MANNER IN WHICH SUCH SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS SHALL BE MADE; PROVIDING WHEN SUCH SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS SHALL BE MADE; DESIGNATING LANDS UPON WHICH THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS SHALL BE LEVIED; PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF SUCH SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS; PROVIDING FOR AN ASSESSMENT PLAT; ADOPTING A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT ROLL; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF THIS RESOLUTION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Village Community Development District No. 16 (the "Board") has determined to undertake, install, plan, establish, construct or reconstruct, enlarge or extend, equip, and/or acquire certain public improvements (the "Improvements") described in the Preliminary Engineer's Report for Village Community Development District No. 16 Phase II, dated August 13, 2026, attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference (the "Engineer's Report"), a copy of which is also on file and available for public inspection at 3571 Kiessel Road, The Villages, Florida 32163; and
WHEREAS, the Board finds that it is in the best interest of Village Community Development District No. 16 (the "District") to pay all or a portion of the cost of the Improvements through the levy and collection of special assessments pursuant to Chapters 170 and 190, Florida Statutes (the "Assessments"); and
WHEREAS, the District is empowered by Chapter 190 (the Uniform Community Development District Act of 1980), Chapter 170 (Supplemental and Alternative Method of Making Local Municipal Improvements) and Chapter 197 (Tax Collections, Sales and Liens), Florida Statutes, to finance, fund, plan, establish, acquire, construct or reconstruct, enlarge or extend, equip, operate, and maintain the Improvements and to impose, levy and collect the Assessments; and
WHEREAS, the Board hereby determines that benefits that will accrue to the properties improved (such properties being located within Phase II of the development within the boundaries of the District), the amount of those benefits, and that Assessments will be made in proportion to the benefits received as set forth in the report prepared by PFM Financial Advisors LLC and dated August 13, 2026, attached hereto as Exhibit B and incorporated herein by reference, a copy of which is also on file and available for public inspection at 3571 Kiessel Road, The Villages, Florida 32163, phone (352) 751 3939.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED BY THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS OF
VILLAGE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
DISTRICT NO. 16:
1. The foregoing recitals are hereby incorporated as findings of fact of the Board.
2. Assessments shall be levied to defray all or a portion of the cost of the Improvements. The amount of such Assessments will not exceed the benefits accrued to the property subject to the Assessments.
3. The nature and general location of, and plans and specifications for, the Improvements are described in Exhibit A.
4. The total estimated cost of the Improvements is approximately $313,932,566.00 (the "Estimated Cost").
5. The Assessments will defray up to approximately $179,000,000 of costs, which includes a portion of the Estimated Cost of the Improvements plus financing-related costs, which shall be financed by the District's proposed special assessment bond issuance in one or more series.
6. The manner in which the Assessments shall be apportioned and paid is based on an allocation of the benefits among the parcels of real property in Phase II specially benefited by the Improvements, as set forth in Exhibit B, including provisions for supplemental assessment resolutions.
7. In the event the actual cost of the Improvements exceeds the Estimated Cost, such excess is expected to be paid by contributions from other entities. No portion of the Estimated Cost of the Improvements is apportioned to be paid from any general improvement fund of the District.
8. The Assessments shall be levied on Phase II of the District on all lots and lands adjoining and contiguous or bounding and abutting upon such Improvements or specially benefited thereby and further designated by the assessment plat hereinafter provided for.
9. There is on file, at the offices of the District Office located at 3571 Kiessel Road, The Villages, Florida 32163, an assessment plat showing the area to be assessed, with certain plans and specifications describing the Improvements and the Estimated Cost of the Improvements, all of which are and shall be open to inspection by the public.
10. Commencing with the year in which the Assessments are first certified for collection, subsequent to any capitalized interest period, the Assessments shall be paid in not more than thirty (30) annual installments. The Assessments may be payable at the same time and in the same manner as are ad-valorem taxes and collected pursuant to Chapter 197, Florida Statutes (the "Uniform Method"); provided, however, that in the event the Uniform Method of collecting the Assessments is not available to the District in any year, or if the District otherwise determines the Uniform Method not to be in its best interest, the Assessments may be collected in any other manner permitted by law.
11. The District Manager has caused to be made a preliminary assessment roll, which is attached as part of Exhibit B hereto, and which shows the lots and lands assessed, the amount of benefit to and the Assessment against each lot or parcel of land and the number of annual installments into which such Assessment may be divided, which is hereby adopted and approved as the District's preliminary assessment roll.
12. The Board shall adopt a subsequent resolution to fix a time and place at which the owners of the property to be assessed or any other persons interested therein may appear before the Board and be heard as to the propriety and advisability of the Assessments or the making of the Improvements, the cost thereof, the manner of payment therefor, or the amount thereof be assessed against each property as improved.
13. The District Manager is hereby directed to cause this Resolution to be published twice (once a week for two (2) weeks) in a newspaper of general circulation published within Sumter County and to provide mailed notices to the owners of the property subject to the proposed Assessments and such other notice as may be required by law or deemed in the best interest of the District.
14. This Resolution shall become effective upon its passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of August, 2026.
Kenneth Blocker
District Manager
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