Lake Ashton Community Development District Conduct for Public Meetings 

The Lake Ashton Community Development District is committed to listening to its citizens and allowing participation and public comment in all phases of its decision-making processes. The purpose of this policy is to encourage public participation, while balancing the right to participate with maintaining decorum during each meeting and allowing the orderly conduct of the district's governmental decision-making. All speakers shall be subject to the guidelines of conduct for public meeting, set forth below.

Each person wishing to speak should complete a "comment card" and submit it to the District Manger at the beginning of the meeting.

Each person who is recognized by the Chairman shall speak audibly into the microphone, provide his or her name, and provide a residential or business address (or lot number). All comments shall be limited to three (3) minutes, unless additional time is granted by the Chairman,

All remarks should be relevant and addressed to the Board as a whole, and not to anyone member thereof. The Chairman shall rule as to the relevancy of any remarks, as appropriate.

No person, other than a member of the Board or staff and the person having the floor shall enter into any discussion, without the permission of the Chairman.

Speakers should make their comments concise and to the point, and may present any documents they wish the Board to consider to the District Manager prior to their comments.

Speakers and members of the public should be respectful of others' opinions, and refrain from making personal attacks. Anyone who makes impertinent, intimidating or threatening remarks, or fails to comply with the requirements for audience behavior, or who becomes disorderly or fails to confine remarks to the identified subject or business at hand, shall be cautioned by the Chairman and, if a speaker, given the opportunity to conclude remarks in a decorous matter (and within the time limit allocated to each speaker). Any person who fails to comply as cautioned may be barred from making additional comments during the meeting, or may be removed from the meeting.

Persons in the audience' will refrain from behavior which will disrupt the meeting. This will include loud noises, verbal outbursts, clapping, shouting, heckling, booing, hissing or engaging in any other activity in a manner that disturbs, disrupts or impedes the orderly conduct of meeting.

Persons entering or exiting the room while a speaker is presenting comments, shall do so quickly and quietly. The audience shall remain quiet and respectful during all public comment periods.

In the event, anyone continues to disrupt the meeting or disturbs the peace, and/or has refused to leave the meeting room, a peace officer or other police official shall be immediately called.