IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR SUMTER COUNTY, FLORIDA

GENERAL CIVIL DIVISION

CASE NO.: 2025-CA-000146-AXMX

VILLAGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NO. 16, a local unit of special-purpose government organized and existing under the laws of the State of Florida, Plaintiff,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND THE TAXPAYERS, PROPERTY OWNERS AND CITIZENS OF VILLAGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NO. 16, INCLUDING NON-RESIDENTS OWNING PROPERTY OR SUBJECT TO TAXATION THEREIN, AND OTHERS HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY RIGHTS, TITLE OR INTEREST IN PROPERTY TO BE AFFECTED BY THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS HEREIN DESCRIBED, OR TO BE AFFECTED IN ANY WAY THEREBY, Defendants.

NOTICE AND ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

WHY BONDS SHOULD NOT BE VALIDATED AND CONFIRMED

TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE TAXPAYERS, PROPERTY OWNERS AND CITIZENS OF VILLAGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NO. 16, INCLUDING NON-RESIDENTS OWNING PROPERTY OR SUBJECT TO TAXATION THEREIN, AND OTHERS HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY RIGHTS, TITLE OR INTEREST IN PROPERTY TO BE AFFECTED BY THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS HEREIN DESCRIBED, OR TO BE AFFECTED IN ANY WAY THEREBY:

Village Community Development District No. 16 (the "District"), having filed its Complaint for Validation of Bonds of not to exceed $606,575,000 in Village Community Development District No. 16 Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, in one or more series (the "Bonds"), and it appearing in and from said Complaint and the exhibits attached thereto that the District has adopted a resolution authorizing the issuance of the Bonds for the purpose of financing and managing the acquisition, construction, installation, maintenance, and operation of community development facilities, services, and improvements within and without the boundaries of the District (the "Project," as further defined in the Complaint), and it also appearing that all of the facts required to be stated by said Complaint and exhibits by Chapter 75, Florida Statutes, are contained therein, and that the District prays that this Court issue an order as directed by said Chapter 75, and the Court being fully advised in the premises:

NOW, THEREFORE,

IT IS ORDERED that all taxpayers, property owners and citizens of the District, and further including non-residents owning property or subject to taxation in the District, and the State of Florida through the State Attorney of the Fifth Judicial Circuit in and for Sumter County, Florida, appear on the 8th day of July, 2025, at the hour of 1:00 p.m. of said day, before Judge Erin Daly, Sumter County Courthouse, County of Sumter in said Circuit, via Zoom, and show cause why the prayers of the Complaint for the validation of the Bonds should not be granted and the Bonds, the proceedings therefor, and other matters set forth in the Complaint, should not be validated as prayed in said Complaint. The Zoom hearing login is:

Join Zoom Meeting Meeting URL:

https://zoom.us/j/94271926877?pwd=SQOOtAPUqbKBzVyHAzIDHglFjFvLli.1 Meeting ID: 942 7192 6877 Passcode: 759816

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that prior to the date set for the hearing on said Complaint for validation, the Clerk of this Court shall cause a copy of this Notice and Order to be published in The Villages Daily Sun, a newspaper published and of general circulation in Sumter County, being the County wherein said Complaint for validation is filed, once each week for two (2) consecutive weeks, commencing with the first publication which shall not be less than twenty (20) days prior to the date set for said hearing.

DONE AND ORDERED at the Sumter County Courthouse in Bushnell, Florida, this 14 day of April, 2025.

Erin Daly, Circuit Judge

Copies to:

Jennifer M. Taylor, Esq. jennifer.taylor@gray-robinson.com

Vanessa T. Steinerts, Esq. vanessa.steinerts@gray-robinson.com

Joseph O. Church, Esq. ESERVICEsumter@sao5.org

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