MINUTES OF MEETING RIDGECREST
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT

The regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of the Ridgecrest Community Development District was held Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 2:16 p.m. at the Holiday Inn – Winter Haven, 200 Cypress Gardens Blvd., Winter Haven, Florida.

Present and constituting a quorum:
Halsey Carson	Vice Chairman
Timothy Todd	Assistant Secretary
Cody Hatmaker	Assistant Secretary Also present were:
Jill Burns	District Manager, GMS
Monica Virgen	District Manager, GMS
Katie O’Rourke	District Manager, GMS
Chris Loy	District Counsel, Kilinski Van Wyk

FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS	Roll Call
Ms. Burns called the meeting to order at 2:16 p.m. and called roll. Three Board members were present constituting a quorum.

SECOND ORDER OF BUSINESS	Public Comment Period
There were no members of the public present for the meeting or joining by Zoom.

THIRD ORDER OF BUSNESS	Organizational Matters
Administration of Oaths of Office to Newly Elected Board Member Karen Ritchie (Seat #4) (Elected/Appointed at the November 4, 2024 Board Meeting)
Appointment to Fill Vacant Board Seat #1
No appointment was made for the vacant seat. This item was tabled to a future meeting
agenda.
Administration of Oath to Newly Appointed Supervisor
Consideration of Resolution 2025-38 Electing Officers
Ms. Burns asked if the Board would like to make Mr. Todd the Chair, Halsey the Vice Chair and the other two Supervisors Assistant Secretaries along with George Flint and she would be Secretary.

On MOTION by Mr. Todd, seconded by Mr. Carson, with all in favor, Resolution 2025-38 Electing Officers as slated above, was approved.

FOURTH ORDER OF BUSINESS	Approval of the Minutes of the January 8,
2025 Board of Supervisors Meeting
Ms. Burns presented the minutes of the January 8, 2025 Board of Supervisors meeting and asked for any questions, comments, or corrections. The Board had no changes to the minutes.

On MOTION by Mr. Todd, seconded by Mr. Carson, with all in favor, the Minutes of the January 8, 2025 Board of Supervisors Meeting, were approved.

FIFTH ORDER OF BUSINESS	Consideration of Resolution 2025-39 Approving the Proposed Fiscal Year 2025/2026 Budget (Suggested Date: July 9, 2025) and Setting the Public Hearing on the Adoption of the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budget
Ms. Burns stated the public hearing will be August 13, 2025 at 2:15 p.m. at this location. This is developer funded. No cost is anticipated. It will only be billed as incurred. She noted the full admin budget is shown in case the project does go forward; everything is accounted for.

On MOTION by Mr. Todd, seconded by Mr. Carson, with all in favor, Resolution 2025-39 Approving the Proposed Fiscal Year 2025/2026 Budget and Setting the Public Hearing for August 13, 2025 at 2:15 p.m. on the Adoption of the Fiscal Year 2025/2026 Budget, was approved.

SIXTH ORDER OF BUSINESS	Consideration of Agreement for Professional Engineering Services with Hunter Engineering, Inc.
Ms. Burns noted Brian Hunter was named the District Engineer at the prior meeting and asked for a motion to approve that agreement.

On MOTION by Mr. Todd, seconded by Mr. Carson with all in favor, the Agreement for Professional Engineering Services with Hunter Engineering, Inc., was approved.

SEVENTH ORDER OF BUSINESS	Ratification of Notice of Special Assessments
Ms. Burns stated this is the master lean on the property from the assessment hearing that was held at the prior meeting. This has already been approved and recorded so just looking for a motion to ratify.

On MOTION by Mr. Todd, seconded by Mr. Carson, with all in favor, Notice of Special Assessments, was ratified.

EIGHTH ORDER OF BUSINESS	Ratification of 2025 Data Sharing & Usage
Agreement with Polk County Property Appraiser
Ms. Burns noted this is the annual renewal for the property appraiser. They do not anticipate using the property appraiser tax collector to collect assessments for the upcoming year but that agreement is left in place so that they are ready when the District is ready to do so. She asked for a motion to ratify.

NINTH ORDER OF BUSINESS	Ratification of 2025 Contract Agreement
with Polk County Property Appraiser
Ms. Burns noted this is the annual renewal for the property appraiser. They do not anticipate using the property appraiser tax collector to collect assessments for the upcoming year but that agreement is left in place so that they are ready when the District is ready to do so. She asked for a motion to ratify.

On MOTION by Mr. Todd, seconded by Mr. Carson, with all in favor, the 2025 Data Sharing & Usage Agreement with Polk County Property Appraiser and the 2025 Contract Agreement with Polk County Property Appraiser, were ratified.

TENTH ORDER OF BUSINESS	Staff Reports
Attorney
Mr. Loy reminded the Board of the 4-hour ethics training requirement.

Engineer
Mr. Hunter had nothing today.

District Manager’s Report

Ratification of Funding Requests #2 through #4
Presentation of Funding Request #5
Ms. Burns asked for ratification of funding requests #2 through #5. These have already been approved and need to be ratified by the Board.

On MOTION by Mr. Todd, seconded by Mr. Carson, with all in favor, Ratifying Funding Requests #2 through #4 and Approving Funding Request #5, was approved.

Balance Sheet & Income Statement
Ms. Burns stated financial statements were included in the package for review and offered to take any questions. No action is necessary from the Board.

ELEVENTH ORDER OF BUSINESS	Other Business
There being no comments, the next item followed.

TWELFTH ORDER OF BUSINESS	Supervisors	Requests	and	Audience
Comments
There being no comments, the next item followed.

Secretary/Assistant Secretary

ELEVENTH ORDER OF BUSINESS	Adjournment

On MOTION by Mr. Todd, seconded by Mr. Carson, with all in favor, the meeting was adjourned.

Chairman/Vice Chairman