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Non-Residents Having Access to Facilities
AAC Considers Guest ID Changes


Non-Residents Having Access to Facilities

You have no doubt read the email currently circulating The Villages via email:
 

To my neighbors and Friends in The Villages:

On April 8, 2009 the AMENITY AUTHORITY BOARD (AAC) voted to allow local non-Village residents to our recreation center by a vote of 3 to 2.

This means that each support group/club in The Villages will be allowed to have 10 NON-RESIDENTS at each meeting or function. There are presently 31 Support Groups/Clubs using our recreation centers, with no limit as to how many groups may be formed in the future. Presently, this would allow 310 additional NON-RESIDENTS to use our facilities.

These NON-RESIDENTS DO NOT PAY OUR AMENITY FEES... and I believe that a Group/Club should be required to pay a USER FEE if they want to bring in Non-Residents.

For your information:  CDD1 and CDD2 VOTED AGAINST ALLOWING NON-RESIDENTS USE OF THE FACILITIES... BUT CDD3, CDD4 AND LADY LAKE VOTED TO ALLOW NON-RESIDENTS TO USE THE FACILITIES.

You can contact your Representative and let them know that you do not want NON-RESIDENTS using the Recreational Facilities at:

     CDD1 CARL BELL 750-1251
     CDD2 MARTY ROTHBARD 753-9065
     CDD3 JOHN WILCOX 259-4380
     CDD4 RICH LAMBRECHT 751-4380
     LADY LAKE ELDON SHELDON 750-0198

NOW IS THE TIME TO VOICE YOUR DISAPPROVAL or APPROVAL of what the AMENITY AUTHORITY BOARD has authorized with your money. If the action by the AAC upsets you... SEND THIS MESSAGE OUT TO ALL YOUR NEIGHBORS IN THE VILLAGES.


Even though our Community Development District (CDD5) is not included, I wrote John Rohan for verification.

5/15/2009 12:22 PM

John,
The following (the information shown in the box above) was sent to me by several people for the website. Is it true? Does it contain distortions? Why, what was their reasoning? Your prompt response is appreciated.
Barbara Kalmin
Lynnhaven Webmaster

He asked Diana Ryon, Executive Assistant, Village Community Development Districts (VCDD), to send me the "factual details and actual agenda" that went before the committee.

5/21/2009 5:00 PM

Barbara,
Please see the attached documents for clarification regarding the Support Group issue (click on one of the links below).

Agenda Request — Non-Qualified Guests Support Groups (5-14-09)
(This is a letter issued by John Rohan to the Sumter Landing Community Development District (SLCDD) Board of Supervisors to put the issue on the agenda, with a recommendation to accept this amendment. I presume the issue will be discussed at the June 19th meeting, but there is also a meeting on June 5th at 2:30 p.m. listed.)

Support Groups List
(This is a list of clubs & support groups that Recreation staff believed fit the criteria that this amendment addresses.)

If you have any questions please feel free to contact John Rohan.

Thank you,

Diana Ryon
Executive Assistant
Village Community Development Districts
 

NOTE:  It turns out that AAC decisions influence use of the facilities south of Rt. 466, as well as north of it, but no CDDs south Rt. 466 are included or represented on the AAC.

That being said, according to the list prepared for the Board of Supervisors, only 15 support groups were identified by staff that meet the criteria that this amendment was meant to address — a non-funded group that addresses recognized “medical”-related health conditions that are recognized through the American Medical Association — not 31 as stated.

The Minutes of the April 8th meeting are online. Go to page 6 to read about the issue. It does say that the approval was on a trial basis, to be re-evaluated by staff after year's end. However, charging a nominal fee to non-residents certainly is not unreasonable.

I don't know when this issue will be on the SLCDD Board of Supervisors' agenda, but their next meetings are:

       SLCDD Board of Supervisors
     Friday, June 5th
     (special meeting, agenda not posted yet)
     2:30 p.m.
     District Offices on Laurel Manor Drive		 SLCDD Board of Supervisors
Friday, June 19th (usual meeting)
8:00 a.m. for CDD5
District Offices on Laurel Manor Drive
 

For more information about the AAC, where and when it meets, click on the Community Development District's web page for the Amenity Authority Committee.


AAC Considers Guest ID Changes

"The Guest ID policies for Villages residents will be reviewed and possibly altered at the next Amenities Authority Committee meeting."

That is the opening to the Saturday, May 23rd, online issue of The Villages Daily Sun article by Curt Hills. Want to know more about how these policies are determined, attend the next AAC meeting:

Wednesday, June 10th
1:30 p.m.
Savannah Center, Ashley Wilkes Room

According to Mr. Hills, AAC members met on Wednesday (May 13th) and decided to evaluate suggestions provided by a resident Guest ID focus group next month. Some of the suggestions include:

  • Allow an in-area, non-resident Guest ID to be valid for 30 days out of the year.
  • Impose penalties when Guest ID policies are violated, with a possible 6-month deactivation of a resident's Guest pass for a second infraction and a year for a third infraction.
  • Require people to get out of the pool and produce their Villages or Guest ID for pool monitors.
  • Charging a nominal fee for Guest passes.

To read the article in its entirety, click on AAC considers Guest ID changes.


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