MINUTES OF MEETING DOWDEN WEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT The regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of the Dowden West Community Development District was held Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. in the offices of GMS-CF, LLC, 219 E. Livingston Street, Orlando, Florida. Present and constituting a quorum were: Chuck Bell Chairman Gabe Madlang Vice Chairperson Tom Franklin Assistant Secretary Dane Hamilton Assistant Secretary Also present were: Jason Showe District Manager Jay Lazarovich District Counsel Rey Malave District Engineer by telephone Alan Scheerer Field Manager FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS Roll Call Mr. Showe called the meeting to order and called the rolL SECOND ORDER OF BUSINESS Public Comment Period There being no comments, the next item followed. TIDRD ORDER OF BUSINESS Approval of the Minutes of the April 18, 2024 Meeting On MOTION by Mr. Bell seconded by Mr. Franklin with all in favor the minutes of the April 18, 2024 meeting were approved, as presented. May 16,2024 Dowden West CDD FOURTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Consideration of Resolution 2024-12 Approving the Proposed Fiscal Year 2025 Budget and Setting a Public Hearing Mr. Showe: Resolution 2024-12 approves the proposed Fiscal Year 2025 budget, sets the public hearing for August 15.2024 and directs staffto post it on the District's website and provide it to the city and county. There will be more development this coming fiscal year and the developer will enter into a developer contribution agreement. so we were able to keep the assessments level. On MOTION by Mr. Franklin seconded by Mr. Bell with all in favor Resolution 2024-12 Approving the Proposed Fiscal Year 2025 Budget and Setting a Public Hearing was approved. FIFTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Consideration of Acceptance of Fiscal Year 2023 Audit Report Mr. Showe: In the report to management. you will see that there were no prior year or current findings or recommendation and it is a clean audit. On MOTION by Mr. Franklin seconded by Mr. Bell with all in favor the Fiscal Year 2023 audit was accepted and staff was directed to transmit the final report to the State of Florida. SIXTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Staff Reports A. Attorney Mr. Lazarovich: We are working on fmishing up some conveyances. B. Engineer Mr. Malave: We are working with Jay on some of the documents. C. Manager i. Approval of Check Register On MOTION by Mr. Madlang seconded by Mr. Bell with all in favor the check register was approved. ii, Balance Sheet and Income Statement A copy ofthe balance sheet and income statement were included in the agenda package. 2 May 16,2024 Dowden West CDD iii. Presentation of Number of Registered Voters -516 A copy ofthe letter from the Supervisor ofElections indicating that there are 516 registered voters residing within the District was included in the agenda package. iv. General Election Qualifying Period & Procedure -2 Seats Mr. Showe: You have two seats that are transitioning to the general election process. Seat 2 that is currently vacant and seat 5, which is held by Mr. Franklin will go to general election. Any resident who is interested will need to contact the supervisor of elections office. The qualifying period is from noon June 10 to noon June 14th . v, Designation of November 21, 2024 as the Landowners' Meeting Date -1 Seat Mr. Showe: We will have one landowner seat, seat 4, which is Mr. Madlang's seat and we would like to designate November 21, 2024 as the landowner meeting and election. That will not be a Board meeting, we will just need a representative ofthe landowner as well as residents to be there. On MOTION by Mr. Bell seconded by Mr. Madlang with all in favor November 21,2024 was designated as the landowners meeting and election. SEVENTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Supervisor's Requests There being no comments, the next item followed. EIGHTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Other Business There being no comments, the next item followed. NINTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Next Meeting Date -June 20, 2024 Mr. Showe: The next scheduled meeting will be held June 20, 2024. 3 May 16,2024 Dowden West CDD TENTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Adjournment On MOTION by Mr. Franklin seconded by Mr. Bell with all in favor the meeting adjourned at 9:14 a.m. 4