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COUNTY

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AN ORDINANCE BY THE COUNTY COMMISSION OF WALTON COUNTY, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING THE SOMERSET COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT; NAMING THE DISTRICT; DESCRIBING THE EXTERNAL BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT; GRANTING SPECIAL POWERS; NAMING THE INITIAL MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT'S BOARD OF SUPERVISORS; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

WHEREAS,

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Gulf

Coast  Development,  Inc.  ("Petitioner"),  has  petitioned  the

Board

of

County Commissioners

of

Walton County,

Florida ("Board"),

a political

subdivision

of

the

State

of

Florida, to

adopt an ordinance establishing the

Somerset

Community

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District ("District"), pursuant to Chapter 190, Florida Statutes (2004 ); and		
WHEREAS,	Petitioner is a Florida corporation authorized to conduct		

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WHEREAS,

all interested persons

and affected units

of

general-purpose

locit;v;~ent

were afforded an opportunity to noticed public hearing conducted

present oral and by the County on

written comments on the  Petition at	a duly	
March 22, 2005; and		

WHEREAS, determined that the

upon  consideration	of	the  record	established  at  that  hearing,  the  County		
					
statements within the Petition were true and		
			correct, that the establishment of		

the District is not inconsistent with any	applicable element or portion of the state comprehensive		
			
plan or the local government comprehensive plan, that the land within the District is of sufficient		
size,  is sufficiently compact,  and sufficiently contiguous to  be developable  as a functionally		
interrelated  community,  that  the  District  is  the  best  alternative  available  for  delivering		
community  development  services  and	facilities  to  the  area  served  by  the  District,  that  the		

services and facilities

of

the District will  not be incompatible with the capacity and uses

of

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existing local and regional community development services and facilities, and that the area to be		
served by the				
District is amenable to separate		
		special-district governance; and		
WHEREAS,  establishment  of the	District will  constitute  a timely,  efficient,  effective,		
			
responsive and economic way to deliver community development services in the area described		
in the petition.				
NOW,   THEREFORE,   BE	IT	ORDAINED   BY   THE   COUNTY		
COMMISSION OF WALTON COUNTY, FLORIDA, THAT:		

SECTION 1.	AUTHORITY. This ordinance	
to the Uniform Community Development District	

is adopted in compliance with and pursuant		
Act	of	1980,	Chapter 190, Florida Statutes		

(2004).

SECTION 2.	DISTRICT  NAME.	There  is  hereby  created	a		
					
district situated entirely within unincorporated Walton County, Florida,		
the "Somerset Community Development District" (the "District").			

community which shall

development be known as

SECTION

3.

EXTERNAL

BOUNDARIES

OF

THE

DISTRICT.

Encompassing approximately

158.49 acres,

the

external boundaries

of

the District are

described in

Exhibit A

attached hereto.

SECTION 4.	FUNCTIONS  AND  POWERS.  The  general  powers  and  functions  of the		
District are set forth in Chapter 190, Florida Statutes.  Consent is hereby given to the District's		
Board of Supervisors to	exercise additional powers to finance,  fund,  plan, establish, acquire,		
				
construct, reconstruct, enlarge or extend, equip, operate, and maintain systems and facilities for		
parks and facilities for indoor and outdoor recreational, cultural, and educational uses, security,		
as well as waste collection and disposal as authorized and	described by Section  190.012(2),		

(a)(d) and

(t),

Florida Statutes.

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SECTION

5.

BOARD

OF

SUPERVISORS.

The five persons designated to serve as initial

members of the District's Board of			
Supervisors are as follows: Aaron Papero; Britten Bartlett;	
George Hartley; Sharon Robertson; and Jason Comer.			
All of the above-listed persons are residents	of the state	of Florida and citizens of the	
United States of America.			

SECTION

6.

SEVERABILITY.

If

any

provision

of

this ordinance is held to

be illegal

or

invalid, the other provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 7.

PASSED AND

EFFECTIVE

ADOPTED by

DATE. This Ordinance shall become the Board of County Commissioners

effective upon passage. of Walton County,

Florida,

this 22nd day

of

March, 2005.

(CORPORATE SEAL)	BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS		
	OF W	TON COUNTY, FLORIDA		

By:

_______________

_

Chairman

Attest:

County Attorney's Office
Approved as to Form___and
Legal Suffici~__nc,. _

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LEGAL DESCRIPTION (OVERALL SITE)

THE WEST ONE-HALF (W 1/2)	OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (SW 1/4)	
TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE	18 WEST, WALTON COUNTY, FLORIDA:	
LESS AND EXCEPT: THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF COUNTY ROAD C-30-A	

OF

SECTION

26,

AND													
THE EAST ONE-HALF (E	1/2) OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (SE 1/4) OF	FRACTIONAL		
SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP	3 SOUTH,	RANGE	18 WEST, WALTON COUNTY,	FLORIDA.		
LESS AND	EXCEFT: THE	RIGHT-OF-WAY OF COUNTY ROAD C-30-A;					OF THE (E		
LESS AND EXCEPT: A 77.77 FEET WIDE STRIP OF LAND ALONG THE WEST LINE			
1/2) OF THE SE 1f4 OF SAID SECTION 27, LYING	NORTH OF COUNTY	ROAD C-30-A, MORE		
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:			(SE	1/4) OF	SECTION		
BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE (NE 1/4) OF THE					
27, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 18 WEST,	WALTON COUNTY, FLORIDA; THENCE NORTH		
89°29'08"EAST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID (SE 114), FOR A DISTANCE OF	77.77		
FEET: THENCE SOUTH 01 °20'28"WEST, ALONG	A LINE WHICH IS 77.77 FEET EAST OF ANO		
PARALLEL WITH THE WEST LINE OF THE (EAST 1/2) OF THE (SE 1/4) A DISTANCE OF		
1283.85 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF	COUNTY ROAD		
C-30-A; THENCE NORTH 66°55'13ffWEST ALONG SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE		
FOR A DISTANCE OF 83.72 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF THE	(E 112) OF THE		
(SE 1/4); THENCE NORTH 01 °20'28"EAST, ALONG SAID WEST LINE FOR A	DISTANCE OF		
1251.72 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.								
ALSO LESS AND EXCEPT: A 93.54 FEET WIDE STRIP OF LANO ALONG THE WEST LINE OF		
THE EAST ONE-HALF (E	1/2) OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (SE 1/4) OF	SAID	SECTION 27,		
LYING SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD C-30-A, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED	AS			
FOLLOWS:												
COMMENCE AT THE NORTHWEST (NW) CORNER OF THE (E 1/2) OF THE (SE 1/4) OF		
SECTION 27,	TOWNSHIP	3 SOUTH,	RANGE	18 WEST, WALTON COUNTY,	FLORIDA;		
THENCE S.01	°20'28"WALONG. SAID WEST	LINE	OF THE EAST 1/2 (E	112)	OF THE			
SOUTHEAST	QUARTER (SE 1/4) OF	SECTION 27	FOR A DISTANCE OF 1359.37	FEET TO A		
POINT ON	THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT	OF WAY LINE OF COUNTY ROAD	C-30-A ANO THE		
POINT OF	BEGINNING; THENCE S.66"55'13"E.ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY	RIGHT-OF-WAY		
FOR A DISTANCE OF 100.51 FEET; THENCE S.01	"22'00"W.ALONG A LINE WHICH	IS 93.54		
FEET EAST OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE WEST LINE OF THE (EAST	1/2)	OF THE	(SE 1/4)		
FOR A DISTANCE OF 1050.00 FEET	TO THE	MEAN HIGH WATER LINE	OF	THE GULF OF		
MEXICO; THENCE N.65"25'37-W.ALONG THE MEANDER OF THE MEAN HIGH WATER LINE		
OF THE WATERS OF THE GULF OF	MEXICO FOR A DISTANCE OF 101. TT	FEET; THENCE		
RUN N.01°22'00"EFORA DISTANCE OF 1047.15 FEET TO THE POINT	OF BEGINNING.		
AND													
FRACTIONAL	SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 18 WEST, WALTON COUNTY,		
FLORIDA. TOGETHER WITH ALL RIPARIAN AND LITTORAL RIGHTS AND ALL PRIVILEGES		
OFAN UPLAND OWNER APPERTAINING THERETO. PARCEL CONTAINS 158.49ACRES,		
MORE OR	LESS.											

STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Division

of

Library

and

Information

Services

I, GLENDA E. HOOD,

Secretazy

of

State

of

the

State

of

Florida,

do

hereby

certify

that

the

above

and

foregoing

is

a

true

and

correct

copy

of

Walton

County

Ordinance

No.

05-04,

which

was

filed

in

this

office

on

April

1,

2005,

pursuant

to

the

provisions

of

Section

125.66,

Florida

Statutes,

as

shown

by

the

records

of

this

office.

Given

under

my

hand and

the

Great

Seal

of

the

State

of

Florida

at

Tallahassee,

the

Capitol,

this

the

7th.

day

of

April, A.D.,

2005.

Secretary of State

DSDE

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