TARAWOOD Special Dependent Taxing District NO. 32
MEETING MINUTES
June 10th, 2025 – 3103 Tarabrook Dr, Tampa, FL 33618
Trustee Osborne called the regular meeting of the TSDTD to order at 7:37 P.M. Trustees attending included: Bob Terri, James Osborne, Daniel Cinquegrano, Jim Carey, James Plunkett, and Stoney Morgado. A quorum was obtained. There were no property owners in attendance.
SECRETARY’S REPORT:
Trustee Osborne read the meeting minutes from May 13th, 2025. A motion was made by Trustee Cinquegrano to accept the minutes. Trustee Terri seconded.
TREASURER’S REPORT:
Our account balance as of 4/30/2025 was $8,128.94 with an ending balance of $7,424.72 as of 5/31/2025.
The following bills have been accrued since the last meeting and are presented for payment:
- $206.00 Reimbursement to Trustee Osborne for FY26 budget meeting AD
- $73.22 (TECO April/May)
- $525 Big League Lawn Service
Trustee Cinquegrano made a motion to approve the above payments, seconded by Trustee Terri. The board unanimously approves.
OLD BUSINESS:
Trustee Terri engaged Big League to start the final drip irrigation work ($2,500) and to see what they could do for the remainder of the budgeted funding approved ($1,500) for an initial planting foundation to be installed (as pre-approved last month). Big League performed the irrigation repair work as planned, but said they couldn’t perform adequate plant work for $1,500. The board discussed moving the re-planting work to the following FY as funds have run out to complete the project this FY.
Trustee Cinquegrano re-engaged Hawkins Service Co. after it was found the signage lighting at the Ehrlich entrance (West side) was not working. Hawkins came back out and found a defective light, which they replaced under warranty, as a faulty seal was found which led to water intrusion. There should be no problem going forward with the sprinklers directly spraying on the lights.
Trustee Cinguegrano provided update that Hawkins Service Co. completed the repairs to the well pump for restoration of electricity and that $1,557 was paid. The well pump is now receiving power and appears to be working normally.
Property owner Zoe Edgington sent an email to the board that the County came out on 4/30/25 and added a cheap metal sign post at the corner of Taragrove and Rhett Ct. (SE corner) and mounted the street signs to the post, as opposed to the existing black post with the stop sign. Zoe commented the post looks out of place in the neighborhood because it does not match any of the other street sign posts in the neighborhood. It was requested the County be contacted again to remove what was put up and replace onto the existing post. The board discussed that it may be easier to do it ourselves and by using our subcontractor Alan B. who has performed signage work for the community before. Trustee Terri makes motion to contact Alan to swap the signage onto the existing post and to remove the newly installed post, pre-approved for an amount up to $400. Seconded by Trustee Cinquegrano.
Trustee Osborne makes motion to schedule the public budget meeting to take place at 8pm immediately following the June 10th regularly scheduled meeting. Trustee Osborne to place AD in TBT to advertise the upcoming budget meeting. Trustee Cinequegrano seconds.
Trustee Terri to contact Big League and dial back the watering to once a week and reprogram timer to be off before 8am or so, as the current watering schedule appears to be watering close to 9am.
NEW BUSINESS:
Trustee Osborne confirmed that the FY26 budget AD was run in the TBT on 5/21/2025 paper.
Trustee Terri confirmed our subcontractor Alan picked up the brackets for the signage to reinstall the street sign at the corner of Taragrove and Rhett, and to remove from the County installed metal signpost and place back upon the original black sign post with the stop sign. He was unable to complete the work as the brackets were rusted/stuck. Board to table the project until he comes back into town.
Trustee Terri spoke with A&B Aquatics to re-open discussion regarding our pond treatment. They provided a bid of $625/quarter which exceeds our existing quarterly payment of $460/quarter with Bay to Bay. Our current pond service provider is Bay to Bay, also provided a plan for next steps to bring the pond back to acceptable standards. Involves treating once a week, focusing on storm drains and weeds growing around the pond, and treating algae. A dragnet will be used, to treat the pond in sections to control overexposure. The board discussed the deteriorating pond condition and discussed switching our service to A&B as Bay to Bay has been given multiple opportunities to improve the condition without results over the past few years. Trustee Cinquegrano makes motion to call and approve service with A&B. Seconded by Trustee Osborne. Trustee Terri to call A&B to see if the bid could be improved and to initiate service.
Trustee Osborne/Cinguegrano both discussed the yellow water stains to the walls from the hard well water due to the running of the sprinkler system with no buffer as new vegetation has not yet been installed. It was discussed to call Big League to turn off the irrigation for now as it is only staining the walls further and new plantings have not been installed at this time. Long term solution is to potentially add podocarpus with the new plantings in front of the signage to prevent further staining and block view of the walls other than the signage.
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A motion was made by Trustee Osborne to approve all new business items. Trustee Terri seconded. The board unanimously approves.
A motion was made to adjourn by Trustee Osborne and seconded by Trustee Terri. The meeting was adjourned at 7:50 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
James Osborne
Secretary