Welcome to our world at the Ridgewood Trails Community Development District! We are very proud of our community and have established this website as a means of communicating to our current and future residents. Please look through our site and learn more about the Ridgewood Trails CDD. If you have questions that require further assistance please see our Contact us page.

Community Development District Overview

The Ridgewood Trails Community Development District is a local, special purpose government entity authorized by Chapter 190 of the Florida Statutes 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.

CDD Organization

The Ridgewood Trails Community Development District is organized similar to other local governments in Florida, in that the legislative body is composed of a five-member board known as the Board of Supervisors. The Board establishes the policy of the District in accordance with Florida law. The Board, by law, must hire a District Administrator and District Counsel. Staff members operate utilizing the same formalities as a County Administrator and County Attorney. The Board, through review of advertised Requests for Qualifications, ranks and selects a District Engineer to perform the engineering needs of the District. District Administration staff and the District Attorney administer the operations of the District and implement the Board’s policies and contracts.

District Administration

The District Manager’s responsibilities include:

1. Preparation and submittal of a proposed operations and maintenance budgets for Board review and action
2. Coordination with operations and maintenance for preparation of contract specifications for District operations, including community appearance, waterway management, and facilities maintenance
3. File all required forms and documents with state and local agencies
4. Attend all Board of Supervisor meetings – implement the policies of the Board
5. Additional duties as directed by the Board

The District Engineer’s responsibilities include:

1. Preparation and supervision of construction projects within the CDD
2. Inspection and reporting on the District facilities
3. Assist in the preparation of the annual maintenance budget.
4. Attend Board of Supervisor meetings when requested – implement the policies of the Board
5. Additional duties as directed by the Board

The District Counsel’s responsibilities include:

1. Preparation and review of agreements and other CDD documents
2. Ensuring all provisions of the Florida Statutes are followed
3. Attend all Board of Supervisor meetings – implement the policies of the Board
4. Additional duties as directed by the Board

Contact the District Office to obtain more information. This website is currently under renovation to ensure accessibility by any disabled individual. Until such time as the website is made fully compliant with WCAG 2.0, Level AA standards, please contact District Manager Marilee Giles at (904) 940-5850 x 406 if you use assistive technology (such as a Braille reader, a screen reader, or TTY) and the format of any material on this website interferes with your ability to access information. To enable us to respond in a manner most helpful to you, please indicate the nature of your accessibility problem, the preferred format in which to receive the material, the web address of the requested material, and your contact information. Users who need accessibility assistance can also contact us by phone through the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 for TTY/Voice communication.

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