SCAR (Southport Connector Alternative Route) was started to stop CFX from building the 30’ tall TOLL elevated expressway down the middle of Cypress Parkway. It has 1,000 Nextdoor members. 7,000 people and 93% of the businesses (the remaining could not due to corporate rules) in Poinciana’s town center signed the petition to stop the elevated expressway from dividing Cypress Parkway.

Hear what CFX has to say about their plans at our SDC February Membership Meeting on Wednesday, February 12. (Click here to see our Calendar of Events of more details.)

According to CFX’s Southport Connector PD&E Study of September 2024, it still proposes building the elevated expressway down the middle of Cypress Parkway. It included some infrastructure adjustments that it claims will help our traffic situation. There were so many of us who disagreed with the comments in the article in the Orlando Sentinel dated November 23rd titled “Begrudging shift in community mindset paves way for future tolled Osceola expressway” and in the article in the Osceola News Gazette dated December 12th titled “Residents warming to revamped Southport Connector plan” that we decided to start a new group called NO BUILD ON CYPRESS PARKWAY and will continue the fight to stop this elevated expressway.

CFX is only building this elevated expressway to connect I-4 to the Turnpike. It is NOT being built to help the traffic congestion in Poinciana, and it will NOT help the traffic congestion in Poinciana. Our group is in the process of getting together with other organizations who see the need for a connection between Poinciana and St. Cloud, and who also oppose the elevated expressway down the middle of Cypress Parkway. We will continue to explain the negative impact this expressway will have on the stores, the traffic on Cypress Parkway and Pleasant Hill Road, the homeowners whose property values will decrease, and the residents who will breathe in the pollution and hear the noise from the trucks traveling 30 feet above Cypress Parkway 24 hours a day.

If you, or your club would like to join the No Build on Cypress Parkway group, please contact Mike at [email protected].

Our dear friend Karen Welzel has shared a call to action and it is one that we should all heed. Every one of us has a woman we owe our lives to and it’s past time that we recognize and honor them- by enshrining equality into law. Please read below and let’s all take a minute or two and do our part!

Click here or on the image below to view the presentation.

There are three board seats open in the upcoming election.

President Larry Anson and Director Jim Edge are completing their terms and their seats are up along with the seat previously vacated by former Vice President Marie Sepe.

Five residents have stepped up to the plate and have submitted their resumes for review: Larry Anson, Jim Edge, Carl Warren, Faye Davis and Gene Foster. There are community wide meet and greets scheduled for all residents to attend and ask questions of the prospective candidates: Wednesday, January 8th from 10-1 in the Ballroom.
Thursday January 23rd from 4-7 in the Palms and
Tuesday February 4th from 10-1 in the Palms.

All candidates have been invited. Please free your calendar to attend one of these important meetings. This is your opportunity to get all the information you need to make an informed decision on who will represent us. Voting will take place between February 10-21. The top candidates will be announced in the February 25th annual meeting in the Ballroom at 10:00. Watch for upcoming emails with important information on the details of when and how to vote.

The deadline to register for electronic voting is January 10th. Voting electronically is the easiest, most efficient and cost effective way to make your voices heard. If you haven’t already registered for electronic voting, please consider signing up now.

Click the link for the electronic voting, registration, and election process:
https://mailchi.mp/evergreen-lm/important-election-information-12-20-24?e=1e11891229

Serving on an HOA is a thankless job. These are residents that have stepped up to the plate to VOLUNTEER their time to work for the community in order to help make it the best place to live. They have a huge task of making decisions that impact all of us and in a community of this size, it’s impossible to make every single person happy. Are they perfect? Of course not, but they strive to do what’s best and correct any mistakes along the way. I commend all of those who have chosen to run, but I am saddened by the fact that in a community of over 5400 homes, we are only able to get 5 people willing to put themselves out there. There are many vocal residents who complain about the BOD members on a regular basis and claim they know the right way to do things but when the time comes to actually show what they can do to help us, they seem to be silent. We need people actually willing to do the work, not just complain about those who do. Our BOD members represent us and work for us. We need to support them in their efforts. Be a part of the solution, not a part of the problem.

Please join us at our next membership meeting on Wednesday, January 8 starting at 6:30pm in the Ballroom or Zoom. The topics of discussion will be leadership opportunities with the Club, most urgently the Officer and Director positions scheduled for vote at our March 12 membership meeting.

The following positions are scheduled for election to 2-year terms: President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Membership Chair, Ways & Means Chair, and Publicity Chair. Which position is best for YOU?

See our current board here. It’s time for new leaders. The Club needs YOU.

Note: only current paid members will be eligible to run for positions or vote in our March Club elections.

If you haven’t yet renewed your annual membership for 2025 you can print and mail the form from our website https://solivitademocrats.org/club-membership/ with your check, or submit your payment online from there (click Donate), or come to the January 8 meeting, or see us at the Solivita Market on Monday mornings, or at the Solivita Club Expo on Saturday, January 18 from 10am to 1pm.

Brian Fillette
President, Solivita Democratic Club
[email protected]
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 The Distribution Hearing was held Tuesday, Dec. 17.

A proposed Order approving the Distribution Plan that was filed on Dec. 8 was to be submitted to the Court on Dec. 18, 2024. Once we receive the signed Order, a Notice will be sent by the Class Administrator via US Mail to each Class Member which includes your name, address of record, your claim number, instructions on what you need to do if a homeowner is deceased or you need a name or address change, the amount of Club Fee payments you made as reported to the Class Administrator by Taylor Morrison, etc.

There will be a deadline to respond to the Class Administrator, SO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THIS NOTICE IN YOUR MAIL!! (See address below.) The Distribution Plan includes a partial distribution so we can get some of your refund to you while Taylor Morrison’s appeal goes through the court.

On Dec 2, 2024, TM filed a Notice of Appeal appealing the amount of prevailing party attorney fees awarded (approx $23 million). In response, on Dec. 17, 2024, we filed a cross appeal, appealing the denial of a claim for “fees on fees.” What that means is, for the time our attorneys had to prepare and go to court to get the Class their prevailing party fees, we want TM to have to pay for that time and those costs too. Had TM not appealed first, it is likely we would not have cross appealed.

That process may take some time. Once the appellate court has ruled, an additional distribution can be made. Please don’t ask for specific numbers at this time.

Watch for mail from:

AVATAR/TAYLOR MORRISON SOLIVITA CLASS ACTION
C/O A.B. DATA, LTD.
P.O. BOX 170500
MILWAUKEE, WI  53217

Wishing you Happy Holidays!
Brenda Taylor