Placement: Second Reading of Ordinances / Public Hearing
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Ordinance 26-23, Public Hearing, an Ordinance of the City of Port St. Lucie, Florida, Dissolving the Sundance Community Development District Pursuant to Section 190.046(10), Florida Statutes, and Repealing City Ordinance No. 2024-26; Providing for Conflict; Providing for Severability; and Providing an Effective Date.
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Submitted By: Russell Ward, Deputy City Attorney
Strategic Plan Link: The City's Goal of Strategic Growth for a Resilient Future.
Executive Summary (General Business): The Board of Supervisors of the Sundance Community Development District (“Sundance CDD”) has requested that the City Council dissolve the Sundance CDD pursuant to Section 190.046(10), Florida Statutes.
Presentation Information: Questions will be answered upon request.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council approve the Ordinance.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and approve the Ordinance.
2. Move that the Council reject the Ordinance.
Background: The City Council adopted Ordinance 2024-26 establishing the Sundance CDD. The Ordinance described the Sundance CDD’s boundaries and named the initial members of the Board of Supervisors.
Chapter 190, Florida Statutes, authorized the establishing of the Sundance CDD and governs the dissolution of the Sundance CDD. The existing Sundance CDD consists of approximately 427 acres generally located east of Rangeline Road, south of Hegener Road and north of Becker Road. On December 1, 2025, Sundance CDD’s attorney submitted a petition to dissolve the Sundance CDD pursuant to Section 190.046 (10), Florida Statutes.
Issues/Analysis: A CDD serves it property owners by financing, providing, and managing certain basic infrastructure systems, facilities, and services. Only property owners within the established boundaries of the CDD are assessed through the district for these improvements. Section 190.046 (10), Florida Statutes, permits a district with no outstanding financial obligations and no operating or maintenance responsibilities to petition the local governmental entity that established the district for dissolution of the district by a nonemergency ordinance.
Resolution No. 2025-05, adopted by the Sundance CDD Board of Supervisors on October 9, 2025, represents to the City that the Sundance CDD indicating that the planned community development services that remain to be provided to the lands within the boundaries of the District may be provided by the developer in a manner as efficiently as the District and at a level of quality equal to the level of quality to be delivered to the users of those services by the District, at an annual cost that would be equal to or lower than the annual assessment amount that could be levied by the District, that the Board of Supervisors has determined it in the best interest to dissolve the CDD, that the District has no remaining debt obligations, and that the District is to transfer all district property to appropriate entities. The CDD Manager has submitted an affidavit indicating that Resolution No. 2025-05 is true and correct and that the District does not have any outstanding financial obligations except for the costs to complete the dissolution, does not have any operating or maintenance responsibilities, does not presently own any real property or infrastructure improvements, does not presently have any outstanding bonds, notes or other debt instruments, and that any remaining expenses associated with this dissolution or the continued administrative operation of the District during the pendency of this dissolution are being funded under an agreement between the District and the landowners.
All rights and obligations accepted by Sundance CDD in Wilson Groves Parcel A Plat 1, as recorded in Plat Book 126, at Pages 30 thorough 37, of the Public Records of St. Lucie County, Florida, have been transferred to Catalina Palms Homeowners Association, Inc. Sundance CDD recorded a Quit Claim deed conveying all interest in S.M.T. 1, S.M.T. 2, and S.M.T. 3 to Catalina Palms Homeowners Association, Inc. in the Public Records of St. Lucie County, Florida in Book 5294, Page 2407 on April 8, 2025. In addition, Sundance CDD and Catalina Palms HOA executed and recorded an Assignment and Assumption of Property Interest and Obligations in the Public Records of St. Lucie County, Florida in Book 5419, Page 484 on January 14, 2026, whereby Sundance CDD assigned and Catalina Palms HOA accepted all rights, title, interest, powers, privileges, benefits, options, and obligations of Sundance CDD described in the plat.
Furthermore, Catalina Palms Homeowners Association, Inc., will enter into an Agreement for Amendment of Dedications on Plat acknowledged its responsibility to maintain the water management tracts (S.M.T. 1, S.M.T. 2, and S.M.T. 3) and any other interests in property dedicated to Sundance CDD in the plat. The Landowners has also acknowledged that that the dissolution of the CDD does not relieve the Landowners of any land development requirements, including infrastructure and maintenance obligations.
Financial Information: N/A
Special Consideration: N/A
Location of Project: approximately 427 acres generally located east of Rangeline Road, south of Hegener Road and north of Becker Road
Business Impact Statement: Yes
Attachments: 1. Petition
2.Proposed Dissolution Ordinance
a. Exhibit “1” to Dissolution Ordinance “Resolution of Sundance CDD Board of Supervisors”
b. Exhibit “2” to Dissolution Ordinance “Affidavit of the Sundance CDD District Manager”
c.Exhibit “3” to the Dissolution Ordinance “Consent and Joinder of Landowners”
3. Ordinance 2024-26
4. Location Map
NOTE: All of the listed items in the “Attachment” section above are in the custody of the City Clerk. Any item(s) not provided in City Council packets are available upon request from the City Clerk.
Internal Reference Number: 25335-09
Legal Sufficiency Review:
Reviewed by Russell Ward, Deputy City Attorney. Approved as to Legal form and sufficiency by Richard Berrios, City Attorney.