MINUTES OF MEETING VERANO #1
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT

The special meeting of the Board of Supervisors of the Verano #1 Community Development District was held on Thursday, October 30, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at 10291 S.
W. Visconti Way, Port St. Lucie, Florida.

Present and constituting a quorum were:

Max Krupo	Chairman
Rod Kennedy	Vice Chairman
Nigel Wirgowski	Assistant Secretary
Thomas Trammell	Assistant Secretary
Alan Fine	Assistant Secretary

Also present were:
Andressa Hinz Philippi	District Manager
Brandon Ulmer	Mills, Short & Associates
Jere Earlywine	District Counsel
Frank Ducci	Lang Management - Field Manager
Mr. La Plante	Resident
Several residents

FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS	Roll Call
Ms. Hinz Philippi called the meeting to order and called the roll. She then stated she would pass the gavel to the Chairman, Mr. Krupo to conduct the meeting.
Mr. Krupo suggested going out of order on agenda due to a resident, Mr. La Plante, attending the meeting with concerns relating to lake bank erosion at his residence and due to the fact the District engineer was also in attendance he would be able to address any of his questions or concerns.
(At this point Mr. La Plante briefly presented his concerns to the Board regarding erosion at his residence and around the community)(A discussion was then held among the Board members, Mr. La Plante, Mr. Ulmer and Mr. Ducci addressing Mr. La Plante’s questions and concerns regarding lake bank erosion within the community)

Mr. Krupo then passed the gavel back to Ms. Hinz Philippi to continue with the agenda.

SECOND ORDER OF BUSINESS	Approval	of	Minutes	of	the
September 18, 2025 Meeting
Ms. Hinz Philippi presented the minutes from the September 18, 2025 meeting, asked for any additions, deletions or corrections, and upon hearing none, she asked for a motion to approve the minutes.

On MOTION by Mr. Trammell seconded by Mr. Wirgowski with all in favor, the Minutes of the September 18, 2025 Meeting were approve

THIRD ORDER OF BUSINESS	Consideration	of	Resolution
#2026-01 Designating Jere Earlywine of Kutak Rock, LLC as the District’s Registered Agent
Ms. Hinz Philippi presented Resolution #2026-01 designating Jere Earlywine of Kutak Rock, LLC as the District’s registered agent and gave a brief explanation of this item. She then asked for any questions or comments, and upon hearing none, asked for a motion to approve the resolution.

On MOTION by Mr. Trammell seconded by Mr. Kennedy with all in favor, Resolution #2026-01 designating Jere Earlywine of Kutak Rock, LLC as the District’s Registered Agent was approved.

FOURTH ORDER OF BUSINESS	Ranking	of	Respondents	to
Engineering Proposals
Ms. Hinz Philippi presented the ranking of respondents to engineering proposals stating they had received only one response from Mills, Short & Associates and Mr. Brandon Ulmer was in attendance to answer any questions the Board may have regarding his proposal. She then stated the Board would need to rank Mills, Short & Associates as the #1 ranked engineering firm to move forward and authorize District staff to prepare an agreement. Ms. Hinz Philippi then asked for any questions or comments, and upon

hearing none, asked for a motion to rank Mills, Short & Associates as the #1 ranked engineering firm.

On MOTION by Mr. Krupo seconded by Mr. Kennedy with all in favor, accepting the ranking of respondents to the RFP, and ranking Mills, Short & Associates as the #1 ranked engineering firm and authorizing staff to enter into an agreement was approved.

FIFTH ORDER OF BUSINESS	Ratification	of  Addendum	to
Auditor Engagement Letter
(This item was inadvertently skipped over at this time)

SIXTH ORDER OF BUSINESS	Consideration	of	Landscape
Proposals
ProGreen Services, LLC
PHL Land Care, Inc.
BrightView Landscape Services
Toler Enterprises, Inc.
Ms. Hinz Philippi presented the consideration of landscape proposals and stated before they discuss this item she would like Mr. Ducci to give a brief overview of the current landscape vendor.
Mr. Ducci stated the existing vendor failed to meet their contractual obligations, and there was also lack of supervision and so the Verano Master Board had recently selected a new landscape company to start on December 1st. He then gave a brief explanation of the multi-month RFP process that took place and stated they also asked the new vendor to bid on the CDD portion of the maintenance relating to the lake banks, the C-24 canal and mowing of the C-24 canal. Mr. Ducci then stated his recommendation to the Board would be to move forward with PHL Land Care, Inc. for continuity of the lake banks.
Ms. Hinz Philippi stated that essentially the current landscaper, United Land Services, did not perform their contractual obligations and if the Board wished to move forward with Mr. Ducci’s recommendation they would need to terminate the current landscape vendor either with a 30-day notice or terminate with or without cause and then the Board could replace them immediately and start with the new company.

(At this point there was a discussion among the Board members, District staff and Mr. Ducci relating to this item)

Ms. Hinz Philippi then asked for any further questions or comments, and upon hearing none, asked for a motion to terminate the current landscape vendor, United Land Services.

On MOTION by Mr. Trammell seconded by Mr. Kennedy with all in favor, authorizing staff to terminate the current landscape company, United Land Services, with a 30-day notice and authorizing District Counsel to prepare the termination letter was approved.

Ms. Hinz Philippi presented the landscape proposals included in the agenda and gave a brief explanation stating that a comparative spreadsheet of those proposals was provided by Mr. Ducci that was also included in the agenda.
Mr. Ducci then gave a brief summary of the comparable spreadsheet he had included in the agenda stating he was recommending Toler Enterprises, Inc. to do only the maintenance of the C-24 north canal for consistency purposes and then use PHL Land Care, Inc. for the lake banks.
(At this point there was a discussion among the Board members, District staff and Mr. Ducci relating to this item)
Ms. Hinz Philippi then asked for a motion to approve PHL Land Care, Inc. as the landscape vendor to do the lake banks.

On MOTION by Mr. Trammell seconded by Mr. Krupo with all in favor, accepting the proposal from PHL Land Care, Inc, to provide landscape maintenance services for the lake banks was approved.

Ms. Hinz Philippi also asked for a motion to approve Toler Enterprises, Inc. as the landscape vendor to do the maintenance of the C-24 north canal.

On MOTION by Mr. Trammell seconded by Mr. Krupo with all in favor, accepting the proposal from Toler Enterprises, Inc, to provide landscape mowing services for the C-24 north canal was approved.

SEVENTH ORDER OF BUSINESS	Staff Reports
Attorney
Mr. Earlywine stated he had nothing to report unless the Board had any questions for him. There were no questions for Mr. Earlywine.

Engineer
Mr. Ulmer stated he had nothing to report at this time.

Field Manager
Mr. Ducci stated he had nothing to report at this time.

Manager – Final Approval of the FY2024 Report Performance Measures and Standards
Ms. Hinz Philippi presented the final approval of the FY2024 report performance measures and standards which was included in the agenda. She then gave a brief explanation of the report and asked for any questions or comments. Upon hearing none, she asked for a motion to accept the report.

On MOTION by Mr. Wirgowski seconded by Mr. Krupo with all in favor, the final approval of the FY2024 Report Performance Measures and Standards was approved.

EIGHTH ORDER OF BUSINESS	Financial Reports
Check Run Summary
Acceptance of Unaudited Financials
Ms. Hinz Philippi presented the financial reports, indicating the check run summary was behind tab A. She then asked for any comments or questions, and upon not hearing any, asked for a motion to approve.

On MOTION by Mr. Krupo seconded by Mr. Kennedy with all in favor the Check Run Summary was approved.

Ms. Hinz Philippi presented the unaudited financials indicating those were behind tab B. She then asked for any comments or questions, and upon not hearing any, asked for a motion to approve.

On MOTION by Mr. Wirgowski seconded by Mr. Krupo with all in favor the Unaudited Financials were approved.

NINTH ORDER OF BUSINESS	Supervisors Requests and
Audience Comments
Ms. Hinz Philippi asked for any Supervisor’s requests or audience comments. There were no Supervisor’s requests at this time. She then asked for any audience comments.
A resident made a comment to the approved landscaping contracts, and asked if there were any penalties, consequences or financial requirements for bad service due to the fact that he’s had problems with his property for over a year.
(At this point there was a discussion among the Board members, District staff, Mr.
Ducci and the resident relating to his comment)

TENTH ORDER OF BUSINESS	Adjournment

Ms. Hinz Philippi stated if there was nothing else to discuss, she would ask for a motion to adjourn the meeting.

On MOTION by Mr. Trammell seconded by Mr. Wirgowski with all in favor, the meeting was adjourned.

Secretary / Assistant Secretary	Chairman / Vice Chairman

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