Habitat
Community Development District

The regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of the Habitat Community Development District was held in the Bella Terra Clubhouse at 20070 Bella Terra Boulevard in Estero, Florida and also via web conference on Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 4 p.m.

Present and constituting a quorum were:

Larry Roth – Chair
James Meek – Vice Chair
Matthew Elliott – Assistant Secretary
Linda Lea Gibson – Assistant Secretary
Jenny Licht – Assistant Secretary

Also present:

Mandie Rainwater – Assistant District Manager, PDM
Chris Pepin – Field Manager, Community Field Services
John Baker – Engineer, Bowman Engineering
4 Residents

Attending remotely:

Greg Urbancic – Attorney, Coleman, Yovanovich & Koester, P.A.
Melissa Gindling – Assistant District Manager, PDM


The following is a summary of the actions taken at the Habitat Community Development District Board of Supervisors Meeting.

Chair Roth called the meeting to order at 4:00 pm and asked Assistant District Manager Mandie Rainwater to call the roll. In attendance were Supervisors Roth, Meek, Gibson, Licht, and Elliott. Also in attendance were ADM Rainwater, PDM; John Baker, engineer; Chris Pepin, field services manager; and 4 residents. Online were Melissa Gindling, PDM and Greg Urbancic, attorney.

An amended agenda was presented adding in items 7Eii – Emergency Exit inspection.

There were no audience comments.

A. Committee recommendations

Mr. Urbancic instructed the Board that they should score the firms based off the packets of information and their discussions from the workshop and give the sheets to ADM Rainwater. Once collected, Ms. Rainwater informed the Board that the score was 3-2 in favor of Grau and Associates.

The Board discussed adding a proviso to the contract to have the audit completed by a certain date and to also include a monetary penalty if the audit is delivered late.

A. Items to be Pulled for Discussion

Supervisor Elliott would like to pull the Workshop Minutes.

B. Motion to Approve Consent items

C. Consideration of items pulled for Discussion

D. Consent Items

i. Draft Regular Meeting Minutes for August 19, 2025

ii. Draft Workshop Meeting Minutes for August 19, 2025

Supervisor Elliott said page 25 of the agenda packet, lines 18-19 are incorrect. ADM Rainwater said she would correct is for the Board.

iii. Financial Report for August 2025

iv. Project Tracking Logs

A. Irrigation Contractor

i. Mainline Flushing September 4th update

Mr. Pepin informed the Board that on September 4th, Insight started the snail treatment including photos of the treatment. Supervisor Roth asked for any additional suggestions for mitigating the snails and Mr. Pepin will research and pass it to the Board.

ii. Multi Year Flushing Agreement Update

ADM Rainwater sent an agreement to Mr. Urbancic for feedback but it had not been returned yet. The agreement contains the termination dates and deadline that the Board had discussed. Once it is available, it will be sent to Insight for consideration.

B. District Manager

i. Consideration of Goals and Objectives Reporting FY2026

ADM Rainwater informed the Board that it was time to re-establish goals and objectives. A report will be provided in November or December outlining the progress towards the goals and objectives. The FY26 Goals and Objectives will be the same ones.

C. Field Manager

i. Current Field Report

Mr. Pepin provided his field report to the Board. Supervisor Meek asked about Lake 17. Mr. Pepin informed them that they have checked the breakers, GFICs, and he can’t explain why the power keeps going out. He has called Premier Lakes to diagnose. Mr. Pepin reported some poly tubing floating to Premier as well. Discussion was had about the possibility of having a fish survey done. Supervisor Meek asked if it would be a good thing to have done on a larger lake so that the CDD can know the health of the lakes and what kind of fish there are. Mr. Pepin will do additional research.

Mr. Pepin went on to discuss the clock tower pools. Someone has been cutting off the refill valves and the pools have been getting low and very dirty. He has informed Estate and other vendors that they should not be turning off the whole system, just the spigot. He has let the pool company know they may need to increase cleaning. Supervisor Meek would like to see a list of what the pool cleaners are doing during their visits.

ii. Project Updates

a. Storm Water Management System Cleaning Update

Mr. Pepin reported that the vendor is still behind schedule, but he believes they should be at Habitat soon because they have started work in another community.

iii. Pressure Washing Update

This has been scheduled for October. Supervisor Meek inquired about when the driveways will be completed and when will it be communicated to the residents. ADM Rainwater will communicate the to residents once she has the schedule from the vendor. Mr. Pepin will communicate with the management office as soon as there is a schedule

Supervisor Gibson asked Mr. Pepin about irrigation covers in Villas I. She said that owners are unhappy about the appearance and would like to have them changed. After a discussion, it was determined that HOA is responsible for that section of the system.

D. Attorney

i. Ethics Reminder

Mr. Urbancic reminded the Board about the Ethics course due by the end of the year. Supervisor Roth complained that the courses are old and Mr. Urbancic agreed, but said it is up to the state to keep the courses updated. Supervisor Roth asked if Supervisor Elliott was bound by the same rules. Supervisor Elliott said that Mr. Dudak said it wasn’t required until next year, Mr. Urbancic agreed.

Mr. Urbancic also wanted to let the Board know that the SFWMD has increased enforcement in the area and they may come into the community.

E. Engineer

i. Lake Bank Restoration Planning

Mr. Baker informed the Board that his office has a software upgrade which has cause him to be behind on the lake bank project. He has the information from Mr. Pepin and will get more information to the Board for the next meeting.

Supervisor Roth asked Mr. Baker if he knew of any reason why there are so many main line breaks. Mr. Pepin let the Board know that it is usually joint failing. Mr. Baker will investigate and ask his colleagues for input.

ii. Emergency Exit Inspection

Mr. Pepin informed the district that during his inspection, he observed that county workers had dug up some of the turf blocks at the exit. This was relayed to Mr. Baker who then reached out to the county. My. Baker reported t o the Board that the county will be replacing the turf blocks, hopefully by the end of the year. Mr. Pepin needs to share the information with Mr. Baker to source the blocks..

A. Clock Tower Lightning Surge Prevention Update

Mr. Pepin told the Board that West Coast Electrical has completed the installation of the lightning arrestors on the clock tower.

B. Guardhouse Lightning Rod Update

Mr. Pepin let the Board know that West Coast Electrical has also installed the lightning prevention to the guardhouse as well.

Supervisor Elliott asked about the bonding method that West Coast used since it didn’t appear to match the drawings for the guardhouse. Mr. Pepin said the contractor said they used the most current methods. The Board asked Mr. Baker if he could look at the attachments and provide an opinion.

C. Cul De Sac Ride Around

Supervisor Licht provided her cul de sac ride around report. Overall things are improving. She agrees with the proposal Estate provided in September to add flowers and additional plants for $1,660.00. She will continue to work with Estate to monitor the improvements to the cul de sac.

D. Resident Request: Holiday Decoration Request

ADM Rainwater let the Board know that resident Brenda Njiwaji has submitted a request to decorate their cul de sac on Cerdeto Court for the holidays. Supervisor Meek said that the Board looks forward to this request every year.

HOA President Bob Lieberman addressed the Board. He reported about a hiccup with the cell tower but it should be corrected soon. He reported the President’s Council meetings will be starting back up and Chair Roth is invited. President Liberman will add responsibilities of individual Sub Associations to that meetings agenda. The HOA has added additional rovers to combat the golf carts and ebikes. They will let the Board know how that works out. Christmas Decorations this year will be white lights mad a few other changes. Supervisor Meek recommended checking the outlets before installation.

Supervisor Licht informed the Board that during the Landscaping Committee meeting discussion was held about replacing the plants at the base of the clock tower because there are some flowers that are pink and they would like just red and white.

None.

The next Regular Meeting: October 21, 2025 at 3:30p.m.