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Astonia Community Development District

Est. 2020 Located In Polk County

The Astonia Development District is a local, special purpose government entity authorized by Chapter 190 of the Florida Statutes as amended, and created by ordinance of 2020-002 as an alternative method of planning, acquiring, operating and maintaining community-wide improvements in planned communities. A CDD provides the “solution” to Florida’s need to provide valuable community infrastructure generated by growth, ultimately without overburdening other governments and their taxpaying residents. Community Development Districts represent a major advancement in Florida’s effort to manage its growth effectively and efficiently. This allows a developer to establish higher construction standards, meanwhile providing a long-term solution to the operation and maintenance of the community’s facilities. The Astonia CDD has been granted those general powers defined in Section 190.011, Florida Statutes, as well as those special powers defined in Section 190.012(1) and (2)(a), (d), and (e), Florida Statutes, all as more particularly described in the Polk County Ordinance. CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO CHAPTER 190, F.S.

For more Information regarding the CDD, Please contact:

Jill Burns
Governmental Management Services
Central Florida, LLC
219 E. Livingston St.
Orlando, FL 32801

Tel: (407) 841-5524
Fax: (407) 839-1526
jburns@gmscfl.com

 

Astonia Parking & Towing Policy
Please CLICK HERE to view the District’s Parking and towing policies. To contact the towing vendor please call Anytime Towing - 863.588.6671.

CLICK HERE to fill out Amenity Access Form

Note:

Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.

Public Records

District Documents

Agendas

Fiscal Year 2025

Fiscal Year 2024

Fiscal Year 2023

Fiscal Year 2022

  • 09-14-22 PDF | RTF
  • 08-10-22 PDF | RTF
  • 07-13-22 PDF | RTF
  • 05-11-22 PDF | RTF
  • 04-13-22 PDF | RTF
  • 10-13-21 PDF | RTF

NOTICE OF PUBLIC RECORD REQUEST

THE CUSTODIAN OF PUBLIC RECORDS FOR THE DISTRICT IS GOVERNMENTAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES- CENTRAL FLORIDA, LLC. TO REQUEST PUBLIC RECORDS FROM THE DISTRICT YOU MAY CONTACT THE CUSTODIAN AT 219 E. LIVINGSTON ST., ORLANDO FL, 32801 TELEPHONE: 407-841–5524 FAX: 407-839-1526 EMAIL: RECORDREQUEST@GMSCFL.COM

Minutes

Fiscal Year 2024

Fiscal Year 2023

  • 07-12-23: PDF | RTF
  • 05-10-23: PDF | RTF
  • 04-12-23 PDF | RTF
  • 01-11-23 PDF | RTF
  • 11-09-22 PDF | RTF
  • 11-01-22 PDF | RTF

Fiscal Year 2022

Budgets & Audits

  • Fiscal Year 2025 Adopted PDF | RTF
  • Fiscal Year 2024 Adopted PDF | RTF
  • Fiscal Year 2023 Adopted PDF | RTF
  • Fiscal Year 2023 Audit PDF | RTF
  • Fiscal Year 2022 Adopted PDF | RTF
  • Fiscal Year 2022 Audit PDF | RTF
  • Fiscal Year 2021 Adopted PDF | RTF
  • Fiscal Year 2021 Audit PDF | RTF

Additional District Documents

  • Parking & Towing Policies PDF | RTF
  • Amenity Policies PDF | RTF
  • Ordinance 2020-002 PDF | RTF
  • District Directory PDF | RTF
  • Rules of Procedure PDF | RTF
  • Fiscal Year 2025 Goals & Objectives PDF | RTF
  • District Map PDF | RTF
  • Boundary Amendment #1
  • Boundary Amendment #2

BOARD INFORMATION

  • Karen Ritchie
    Karen Ritchie Assistant Secretary

    4900 Dundee Road Winter Haven, FL 33884

    Term Expires: 11/2024 Seat #1

    E-mail: karen@centerstatedev.com

  • Brian Walsh
    Brian Walsh Assistant Secretary

    3020 S. Florida Avenue
    Lakeland, FL 33803

    Term Expires: 11/2026
    Seat #3

    E-mail: b.walsh@highlandhomes.org

     

  • Milton Andrade
    Milton Andrade Assistant Secretary

    3020 S. Florida Avenue
    Lakeland, FL 33803

    Term Expires: 11/2026
    Seat #4

    E-mail: m.andrade@highlandhomes.org

  • Brent Elliott
    Brent Elliott Chair

    1850 US Hwy 17 92 N
    Davenport, FL 33837

    Term Expires: 11/2024
    Seat #5

    E-mail: brent@centerstatedev.com

  • Halsey Carson
    Halsey Carson Vice Chair

    4900 Dundee Road
    Winter Haven, FL 33884

    Term Expires: 11/2024
    Seat #2

    E-mail: hcarsoncdd@gmail.com

Board of Supervisors
Meeting Dates

The Board of Supervisors of the Astonia Community Development District will hold their regular meetings for Fiscal Year 2024/2025 at the Holiday Inn-Winter Haven, 200 Cypress Gardens Boulevard, Winter Haven, Florida 33880, on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 1:00 PM unless otherwise indicated as follows:

October 9, 2024 – CANCELED
November 13, 2024 (Landowners’ Meeting & Board Meeting)
December 11, 2024
January 8, 2025
February 12, 2025
March 12, 2025
April 9, 2025
May 14, 2025
June 11, 2025
July 9, 2025
August 13, 2025
September 10, 2025

The meetings are open to the public and will be conducted in accordance with the provision of Florida Law for Community Development Districts. The meetings may be continued to a date, time, and place to be specified on the record at the meeting. A copy of the agenda for these meetings may be obtained from Governmental Management Services – Central Florida, LLC, 219 E. Livingston Street, Orlando, Florida 32801 or by calling (407) 841-5524.

There may be occasions when one or more Supervisors or staff will participate by telephone. Pursuant to provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations at this meeting because of a disability or physical impairment should contact the District Office at (407) 841-5524 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the Florida Relay Service by dialing 7-1-1, or 1-800-955-8771 (TTY) / 1-800-955-8770 (Voice), for aid in contacting the District Office.

A person who decides to appeal any decision made at the meeting with respect to any matter considered at the meeting is advised that person will need a record of the proceedings and that accordingly, the person may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, including the testimony and evidence upon which such appeal is to be based.

District Manager

Management Services

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GOVERNMENTAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC – CENTRAL FLORIDA

Governmental Management Services (GMS) is a family of limited liability companies that was established on November 26, 2004 for the purpose of providing special district management services to Community Development Districts (CDD). GMS currently has offices in Orlando, St. Cloud, Ft. Lauderdale, Tallahassee, Port St. Lucie, St. Augustine, and Jacksonville, Florida, and Knoxville, Tennessee. GMS currently manages over 130 Community Development Districts across the State of Florida.

219 E. Livingston St.
Orlando, Florida 32801
Tel: (407) 841-5524 or (877) 855-5251
Fax: (407) 839-1526

www.govmgtsvc.com

Contact Info

Astonia Community Development District

Governmental Management Services
219 E. Livingston St.
Orlando, FL 32801
(407) 841-5524 or (877) 855-5251
Fax: (407) 839-1526

HOA

Highland Community Management
4110 S. Florida Ave., Suite 200
Lakeland, FL 33813
E-mail: info@hcmanagement.org
Phone: 863-940-2863

Sharon Hardin
E-mail: s.hardin@hcmanagement.org

Contact Us

Jill Burns, District Manager
jburns@gmscfl.com
Email the District Manager

 

Florida Public Records Notice: Emails to and from Community Development District’s are public record according to Section 119 Florida Statutes. For more information, please see http://www.myflsunshine.com/.