WINDING CYPRESS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT

COLLIER COUNTY LANDOWNERS’ MEETING NOVEMBER 3, 2020
1:00 P.M.

Special District Services, Inc.
The Oaks Center 2501A Burns Road
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410

www.windingcypresscdd.org 561.630.4922 Telephone 877.SDS.4922 Toll Free 561.630.4923 Facsimile

AGENDA
WINDING CYPRESS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
Clubhouse at Winding Cypress 7180 Winding Cypress Drive Naples, Florida 34114 LANDOWNERS’ MEETING
November 3, 2020
1:00 p.m.

Call to Order
Proof of Publication…	Page 1
Establish a Quorum
Consider Adoption of Election Procedures…	Page 2
Election of Chair for Landowners Meeting
Election of Secretary for Landowners Meeting
Approval of Minutes
November 6, 2018 Landowners’ Meeting Minutes.	Page 5
Election of Supervisors
Determine Number of Voting Units Represented or Assigned by Proxy…	Page 8
Nomination of Candidates
Casting of Ballots…	Page 9
Ballot Tabulations
Certification of the Results
Landowners’ Comments
Adjourn

Published Daily Naples, FL 34110

WINDING CYPRESS COMM DEV DISTRICT
2501 BURNS RD# A

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL 33410-5207

Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF WISCONSIN COUNTY OF BROWN

Before the undersigned they serve as the authority,  personally appeared said legal clerk who on oath says that he/she serves as Legal Clerk of the Naples Daily News, a daily newspaper published at Naples, in Collier County, Florida; distributed in Collier and Lee  counties  of  Florida; that the attached copy of the advertising was published  in said newspaper on dates listed. Affiant further says that the said Naples Daily News is a  newspaper  published  at Naples, in said Collier County, Florida, and that the said newspaper has heretofore been continuously published in said
Collier County, Florida; distributed in Collier  and  Lee counties of Florida, each day and has been entered  as second class mail matter at the  post  office  in  Naples,  in said Collier County, Florida, for a period of one year next preceding the first publication of the attached copy of advertisement; and affiant further says that he has neither paid nor promised any person, or corporation any discount, rebate, commission or refund for the  purpose  of  securing this advertisement for publication in the said newspaper.

Published: 10/07/2020, 10/14/2020

WINDING CYPRESS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NOTICE OF LANDOWNERS' MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Winding Cypress Community Development District will hold a Landowners' Meeting at 1:00
p.m. on November 3, 2020, in the Clubhouse at Winding Cypress located at 7180 Winding Cypress Drive, Naples, Florida 34114.
The primary purpose  of  the  Landowners'  Meeting  is  to  elect three (3) Supervisors to the Board Supervisors for the Winding Cypress Community Development District. A copy of the  agenda for this meeting may  be  obtained  from  the  District's  website  or by contacting the District Manager  at  561-630-4922  and/or  toll free at 1-877-737-4922 at least five (5) days prior to the date  of these meetings.

The meeting is open to the public and will be conducted in ac­ cordance with the provisions of Florida law  for  special  districts. The meeting may be continued to a  date,  time  and  place  speci­ fied on the record at the meeting. Also, there may  be  occasions when Staff and/or other individuals may participate by speaker telephone.

In accordance with the provisions of the Americans with Disabil­ ities Act, any person requiring special accommodations or an in­ terpreter because of a disability or physical impairment to par­ ticipate at this meeting should contact the District Manager at 561-630-4922  and/or  1-877-737-4922  at  least  48  hours  before the meeting. If you are hearing  or speech  impaired,  please  con­ tact the Florida Relay Service  at  1-800-955-8770,  who  can  aid you in contacting the District Office.

A person  who  decides  to  appeal  any  decision  made  by  the Board with respect to any matter considered at the meeting  is advised that this same person will need a record  of  the  proceed­ ings and that accordingly, the person may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, including the  testi­ mony and evidence upon which such appeal is to be based.
Meetings may be cancelled from  time  to  time  without  adver­  tised notice.
WINDING CYPRESS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
www.windingcypresscdd.org Oct 7, 14, 2020 #4401412

Subscribed and sworn to before on October 14, 2020:

-	TAl",A MONDLOCH

Notary, State of WI, County of Brown

f	Notary F'ublic
f	State  of  Wisconsin-

My commission expires August 6, 2021

Publication Cost: $644.00 Ad No: 0004401412
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Special District Services, Inc.

SPECIAL DISTRICT (CDD) ELECTION PROCEDURES
Landowners’ Meeting
In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 190, Florida Statutes, it is required that an initial meeting of the Landowners of the District be held within ninety (90) days following the effec- tive date of the rule or ordinance establishing the District and thereafter every two (2) years during the month  of November for the purpose of electing Supervisors. The second election    by Landowners shall be held on the first Tuesday in November; thereafter, there shall be an election of supervisors every two (2)  years in November on a date established by the Board      of Supervisors. The assembled Landowners shall organize by electing a Chairperson, who shall preside over the meeting; and a Secretary shall also be elected for recording purposes.

Establishment of Quorum
Any Landowner(s) present or voting by proxy shall constitute a quorum at the meeting of the Landowners.

Nomination of Candidates
At the meeting, the Chairperson shall call for nominations from the floor for Candidates for the Board of Supervisors. When there are no further nominations, the Chairperson shall close the floor for nominations. The names of each Candidate and the spelling of their names shall be an- nounced. Nominees need not be present to be nominated.

Voting
Each Landowner shall be entitled to cast one (1) vote for each acre (or lot parcel), or any  fraction thereof, of land owned by him or her in the District, for each open position on the Board. (For example, if there are three (3) positions open, an owner of one (1) acre or less (or one lot parcel) may cast one (1) vote for each of the three (3) positions. An owner of two
(2) acres (or two lot parcels) may cast two (2) votes for each of the three (3) positions. Each Landowner shall be entitled to vote  either  in person or by a representative present with a  lawful written proxy.

Registration for Casting Ballots
The registration process for the casting of ballots by Landowners or their representatives hold- ing their proxies shall be as follows:
At the Landowners’ Meeting and prior to the commencement of the first casting of ballots for a Board of Supervisor position, each Landowner, or  their  representative  if  proxies  are  being sub-mitted in lieu thereof, shall be directed to register their attendance and  the  total number of votes by acreage (or lot parcels) to which each claims to be entitled, with the elected Secretary of the meeting or the District’s Manager.

Corporate Office The Oaks Center 2501A Burns Rd
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410

Contact Information
Toll Free:  877.737.4922
Fax: 561.630.4923
Web: www.sdsinc.org

Miami Branch
Crexent Business Center 6625 Miami Lakes Drive, Ste. 374
Miami Lakes, FL 33014

At such registration, each Landowner, or their representative with a lawful proxy, shall be provided a numbered ballot for the Board of Supervisor position(s) open for election. A District representative will mark on the ballot the number of votes that such Landowner, or their representative, is registered to cast for each Board of Supervisor position open for election.

All Landowner proxies shall be collected at the time of registration and retained with the Official Records of the District for subsequent certification or verification, if required.

Casting of Ballots

Registration and the issuance of ballots shall cease once the Chairperson calls for the commencement of the casting of ballots for the election of a Board Supervisor(s) and thereafter  no additional ballots shall be issued.

The Chairperson will declare that the Landowners, or their representatives, be requested to cast their ballots for the Board Supervisor(s). Once the ballots have been cast, the Chairperson will  call for a collection of the ballots.

Counting of Ballots

Following the collection of ballots, the Secretary or District Manager shall be responsible for the tabulation of ballots in order to determine the total number of votes cast for each candidate that is seeking election.

At the second and subsequent landowner elections*, the two  (2)  candidates  receiving  the  highest number of votes will be declared by the Chairperson as elected to the Board of  Supervisors for  four-year terms. The candidate receiving the next highest number of votes will  fill the remaining open position on the Board of Supervisors for a two-year term, as declared by the Chairperson.

*At the final landowner election (after the 6th or 10th year), the candidate receiving the highest number of votes will be elected to the Board of Supervisors for a four-year term (two {2} supervisors are elected by General Election).

Contesting of Election Results

Following the election and announcement of the votes, the Chairperson shall ask the Landowners present, or those representatives holding proxies for Landowners, whether they wish to contest   the election results. If no contests are received, said election results shall thereupon be certified.

If there is a contest, the contest must be addressed to the Chairperson and thereupon  the  individual casting a ballot that is being contested will be required to provide proof of ownership  of the acreage (or lot parcels) for which they voted at the election within five (5) business        days of the Landowners' Meeting. The proof of ownership shall be submitted to the District Manager who will thereupon consult with the District's General Counsel and together they will review the material provided and will determine the legality of the contested ballot(s). Once the contests are resolved, the Chairperson  shall  reconvene  the  Landowners'  Meeting  and  thereupon certify the election results.

Recessing of the Landowners’ Meeting

In the event there is a contest of a ballot or of the election, the Landowners’ Meeting shall         be recessed to a future time, date and location, at which time the election findings on the    contest shall be reported in accordance with the procedure above and the newly elected Supervisor(s) shall thereupon take their Oath of Office.

Miscellaneous Provisions

Each Landowner shall only be entitled to vote in person or by means of a representative attending in person and holding a lawful written proxy in order to cast said Landowner’s votes.

Proxies will not require that proof of acreage ownership be attached. Rather, proof of ownership must be provided timely by the holder of the proxy, if the proxy is contested in accordance with the procedure above.

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WINDING CYPRESS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
LANDOWNERS’ MEETING NOVEMBER 6, 2018

CALL TO ORDER

The Landowners’ Meeting of the Winding Cypress Community Development District was called to order at 1:44 p.m. in the Clubhouse at Winding Cypress located at 7180 Winding Cypress Drive, Naples, Florida 34114.

PROOF OF PUBLICATION

Proof of publication was presented that Notice of the Landowners’ Meeting had been published in the
Naples Daily News on October 10, 2018, and October 17, 2018, as legally required.

ESTABLISH A QUORUM

It was determined that the attendance of the following Supervisors constituted a quorum and it was in order to proceed with the meeting:

Scott Brooks	Present	
Mike Hueniken	Absent	
Laura Ray	Present	
Patrick Butler	Present	
John Fiesler	Absent	

Also present were the following Staff members:

District Manager	Kathleen Dailey	Special District Services, Inc.	
District Counsel	Alyssa Willson (via telephone)	Hopping Green & Sams	
District Engineer	Josh Evans (via telephone)	J.R. Evans Engineering, P.A.	

Also in attendance was District resident, Dr. James P. Verbist.

CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ELECTION PROCEDURES

A motion was made by Ms. Ray, seconded by Mr. Brooks and passed unanimously approving the adoption of the Election Procedures, as presented.

ELECTION OF CHAIRPERSON FOR LANDOWNERS’ MEETING

Mr. Brooks nominated Patrick Butler as the Chairman for the Landowners’ Meeting, seconded by Ms. Ray and passed unanimously. There were no further nominations.

ELECTION OF SECRETARY FOR LANDOWNERS’ MEETING

Mr. Brooks nominated Kathleen Dailey as the Secretary for the Landowners’ Meeting, seconded by Ms. Ray and passed unanimously. There were no other nominations.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES
November 1, 2016, Landowners’ Meeting

The November 1, 2016, Landowners’ Meeting minutes were presented for consideration. A motion was made by Ms. Ray, seconded by Mr. Brooks and passed unanimously approving the November 1, 2016, Landowners’ Meeting minutes, as presented.

ELECTION OF SUPERVISORS
Determine Number of Voting Units Represented or Assigned by Proxy

There were no issues with the proxy. It was determined there were 356 votes were assigned by proxy from Pulte to Laura Ray.

Nomination of Candidates

Ms. Dailey announced that Dr. Verbist had sent a letter of interest in serving on the Board. She stated that John Fiesler (Seat 1) was not interested in remaining on the Board. She added that Mike Hueniken (Seat 3) and Scott Brooks (Seat 5) would like to remain on the Board. Ms. Ray nominated Dr. Verbist to Seat #1, Mike Hueniken to Seat #3 and Scott Brooks to Seat #5.

Casting of Ballots

Ms. Dailey announced that the top two vote getters would receive 4 year terms and the other seat would receive a 2 year term. Ms. Dailey collected the Pulte proxy from Ms. Ray and the resident vote from Dr. Verbist.

Ballot Tabulations

Ballots were cast and Ms. Dailey announced the following tabulations:

Seat #1 – Dr. Verbist – 101 votes (2 year term) Seat #3 – Mike Hueniken – 356 votes (4 year term) Seat # 5 – Scott Brooks – 356 votes (4 year term)

Certification of the Results

The results were certified.

LANDOWNERS’ COMMENTS

Ms. Ray asked that Ms. Dailey let John Fiesler know about the financial report he needs to submit, as it was the end of his term.

ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business to address, the Landowners’ Meeting was adjourned at 1:55 p.m. on a
motion made by Ms. Ray, seconded by Mr. Brooks and passed unanimously.

Chairman/Vice Chairman	Secretary/Assistant Secretary

Date Approved	 	

LANDOWNER PROXY WINDING CYPRESS
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT LANDOWNERS’ MEETING

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, the fee simple owner of the lands described herein, hereby constitutes and appoints 	(“Proxy Holder”) for and on behalf of the undersigned, to vote as proxy at the meeting of the landowners of the Winding Cypress Community Development District to be held on November 3, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. in the Clubhouse at Winding Cypress located at 7180 Winding Cypress Drive, Naples, Florida 34114, and at any adjournments thereof, according to the number of acres of unplatted land and/or platted lots owned by the undersigned landowner which the undersigned would be entitled to vote if then personally present, upon any question, proposition, or resolution or any other matter or thing which may be considered at said meeting including, but not limited to the Board of Supervisors. Said Proxy Holder may vote in accordance with their discretion on all matters not known or determined at the time of solicitation of this proxy, which may be legally considered at said meeting.

This proxy is to continue in full force and effect from the hereof until the conclusion of the above noted landowners’ meeting and any adjournment or adjournments thereof but may be revoked at any time by written notice of such revocation presented at the annual meeting prior to the Proxy Holder exercising the voting rights conferred herein.

Printed Name of Legal Owner

Signature of Legal Owner	Date

Parcel Description*	# of Acres

* Insert in the space above the street address of each parcel, the legal description of each parcel, or the tax identification number of each parcel. [If more space is needed, identification of Parcels owned may be incorporated by reference to an attachment hereto.]

Pursuant to section 190.006(2) (b), Florida Statutes (2019), a fraction of an acre is treated as one (1) acre entitling the landowner to one vote with respect thereto.

TOTAL NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED VOTES:            
Please note that each eligible acre of land or fraction thereof is entitled to only one vote, for example, a husband and wife are together entitled to only one vote per their residence if it is located on one acre or less of real property.
If the Legal Owner is not an individual, and is instead a corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership or other entity, evidence that the individual signing on behalf of the entity has the authority to do so should be attached hereto. (e.g. bylaws, corporate resolution, etc.)

BALLOT #	 	

BALLOT

WINDING CYPRESS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
LANDOWNERS’ MEETING ELECTION OF BOARD SUPERVISORS
NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The undersigned certifies that he/she is the owner ( ) or duly authorized representative of lawful proxy of an owner ( ) of land  in  the  Winding  Cypress  Community  Development District, constituting 	acre(s) and hereby casts up to the corresponding number of his/her vote(s) for the following candidate/candidates to hold the above-named open position:

Name of Candidate	Number of Votes

Signature:  	

Printed Name:  	

Street Address or Tax Parcel Id Number for your Real Property: