Heritage Landing Community Development District

ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT

September 30, 2020

Heritage Landing Community Development District ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT	
September 30, 2020		
TABLE OF CONTENTS		
	Page Number	
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS	1-2	
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS	3-8	
BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:		
Government-wide Financial Statements:		
Statement of Net Position	9	
Statement of Activities	10	
Fund Financial Statements:		
Balance Sheet – Governmental Funds	11	
Reconciliation of Total Governmental Fund Balances		
to Net Position of Governmental Activities	12	
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances – Governmental Funds	
13	
Reconciliation of the Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances of Governmental Funds		
to the Statement of Activities	14	
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances – Budget and Actual – General Fund	
15	
Notes to Financial Statements	16-27	

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ON COMPLIANCE AND OTHER MATTERS BASED ON AN AUDIT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS	28-29
MANAGEMENT LETTER	30-31
INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT’S REPORT/COMPLIANCE WITH
SECTION 218.415, FLORIDA STATUTES	32

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

To the Board of Supervisors
Heritage Landing Community Development District St. Johns County, Florida

Report on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying basic financial statements of Heritage Landing Community Development District as of and for the year ended September 30, 2020, and the related notes to financial statements as listed in the table of contents.

Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditor’s Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

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To the Board of Supervisors
Heritage Landing Community Development District

Opinion

In our opinion, the basic financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the governmental activities, and each major fund of Heritage Landing Community Development District as of September 30, 2020, and the respective changes in financial position and the budgetary comparison for the General Fund for the year then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Other Matters

Required Supplementary Information

Governmental Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that the Management’s Discussion and Analysis be presented to supplement the basic financial statements. Such information, although not a part of the basic financial statements, is required by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board who considers it to be an essential part of financial reporting for placing the basic financial statements in an appropriate operational, economic, or historical context. We have applied certain limited procedures to the required supplementary information in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, which consisted principally of inquiries of management regarding the methods of measurement and presentation of the supplementary information. We do not express an opinion or provide any assurance on the information because the limited procedures do not provide us with sufficient evidence to express an opinion or provide any assurance.

Other Reporting Required by Government Auditing Standards

In accordance with Government Auditing Standards, we have also issued a report dated February 5, 2021 on our consideration of the District’s internal control over financial reporting and on our tests of its compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations and contracts.

The purpose of that report is to describe the scope of our testing of internal control over financial reporting and compliance and the results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on internal control over financial reporting or on compliance. That report is an integral part of an audit performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards in considering Heritage Landing Community Development District’s internal control over financial reporting and compliance.

Berger, Toombs, Elam, Gaines & Frank Certified Public Accountants PL
Fort Pierce, Florida February 5, 2021

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Management’s discussion and analysis of Heritage Landing Community Development District (the “District”) financial performance provides an objective and easily readable analysis of the District’s financial activities. The analysis provides summary financial information for the District and should be read in conjunction with the District’s financial statements.

OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The District’s basic financial statements comprise three components; 1) Government-wide financial statements, 2) Fund financial statements, and 3) Notes to financial statements. The Government-wide financial statements present an overall picture of the District’s financial position and results of operations. The Fund financial statements present financial information for the District’s major funds. The Notes to financial statements provide additional information concerning the District’s finances.

The Government-wide financial statements are the statement of net position and the statement of activities. These statements use accounting methods similar to those used by private-sector companies.   Emphasis is placed on the net position of governmental activities and the change in net position. Governmental activities are primarily supported by special assessments.

The statement of net position presents information on all assets and liabilities of the District, with the difference between assets and liabilities reported as net position. Net position is reported in three categories; 1) net investment in capital assets, 2) restricted, and 3) unrestricted. Assets, liabilities, and net position are reported for all Governmental activities.

The statement of activities presents information on all revenues and expenses of the District and the change in net position. Expenses are reported by major function and program revenues relating to those functions are reported, providing the net cost of all functions provided by the District. To assist in understanding the District’s operations, expenses have been reported as governmental activities. Governmental activities financed by the District include general government, public safety, physical environment, culture/recreation and debt service.

Fund financial statements present financial information for governmental funds. These statements provide financial information for the major funds of the District. Governmental fund financial statements provide information on the current assets and liabilities of the funds, changes in current financial resources (revenues and expenditures), and current available resources.

OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

Fund financial statements include a balance sheet and a statement of revenues, expenditures and changes in fund balances for all governmental funds. A statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balances – budget and actual is provided for the District’s General Fund. Fund financial statements provide more detailed information about the District’s activities. Individual funds are established by the District to track revenues that are restricted to certain uses or to comply with legal requirements.

The government-wide financial statements and the fund financial statements provide different pictures of the District. The government-wide financial statements provide an overall picture of the District’s financial standing. These statements are comparable to private-sector companies and give a good understanding of the District’s overall financial health and how the District paid for the various activities, or functions, provided by the District. All assets of the District, including buildings and improvements, and infrastructure are reported in the statement of net position. All liabilities, including principal outstanding on bonds are included.   The statement of activities includes depreciation on all long-lived assets of the District, but transactions between the different functions of the District have been eliminated in order to avoid “doubling up” the revenues and expenses. The fund financial statements provide a picture of the major funds of the District. In the case of governmental activities, outlays for long lived assets are reported as expenditures and long-term liabilities, such as general obligation bonds, are not included in the fund financial statements. To provide a link from the fund financial statements to the government-wide financial statements, reconciliations are provided from the fund financial statements to the government-wide financial statements.

Notes to financial statements provide additional detail concerning the financial activities and financial balances of the District. Additional information about the accounting practices of the District, investments of the District, capital assets and long-term debt are some of the items included in the notes to financial statements.

Financial Highlights

The following are the highlights of financial activity for the year ended September 30, 2020.

The District’s total assets were exceeded by total liabilities by $(3,858,805) (net position). Net investment in capital assets for the District was $(294,485). Restricted net position was $144,505. Unrestricted net position was $(3,708,825).
Governmental activities revenues totaled $2,248,516 while governmental activities expenses totaled $2,057,396.

OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

Financial Analysis of the District

The following schedule provides a summary of the assets, liabilities and net position of the District and is presented by category for comparison purposes.

Net Position

 	
Governmental Activities

 	2020		 	2019		
Current assets Restricted assets Capital assets
Total Assets	$	1,250,062	$	1,217,165
853,184	835,014
               5,773,303  	 	6,203,442  
               7,876,549  	 	8,255,621  	
Deferred amount on refunding	 	292,608  	 	311,369  	
Current liabilities Non-current liabilities
Total Liabilities	779,067
 	11,248,895  
 	12,027,962  	822,579
 	11,794,336  
 	12,616,915  	

Net Position
Net investment in capital assets Restricted for debt service Unrestricted
Total Net Position	

  $		
(294,485)
144,505
              (3,708,825)
(3,858,805)	

$	
(144,465)
120,526
          (4,025,986)
(4,049,925)	

The decrease in capital assets is related to depreciation in the current year.

The decrease in non-current liabilities is primarily due to bond principal payments in the current year.

The decrease in net investment in capital assets is related to depreciation exceeding principal payments in the current year.

OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

Financial Analysis of the District (Continued)

The following schedule provides a summary of the changes in net position of the District and is presented by category for comparison purposes.

Change In Net Position

Governmental Activities

Program Revenues Charges for services
General Revenues Miscellaneous revenues Investment earnings
Total Revenues		2020		2019	
	$	2,190,136	$	2,191,145	
		43,887		51,635	
		                  14,493  		                 38,081  	
		            2,248,516  		            2,280,861  	
Expenses			
General government	155,809	161,442	
Public safety	52,590	66,602	
Physical environment	590,833	625,459	
Culture/recreation	751,289	841,696	
Interest on long-term debt	 	506,875  	 	519,338  	
Total Expenses	 	2,057,396  	 	2,214,537  	
Change in Net Position		191,120		66,324	
Net Position - Beginning of Year	 	(4,049,925)	 	(4,116,249)	
Net Position - End of Year	  $		(3,858,805)	  $		(4,049,925)	

The decrease in investment earnings is related to decreased interest on balances in investments.

The decrease in general government is related to decreased engineering in the current year.

The decrease in public safety is related to the decrease in off duty sheriff deputy expenses in the current year.

The decrease in physical environment is related to the decrease in repairs and maintenance expenses in the current year.

The decrease in culture/recreation in the current year is related to the lighting replacement project in the prior year.

OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

Capital Assets Activity

The following schedule provides a summary of the District’s capital assets as of September 30,
2020 and 2019:	
 	Governmental Activities		
2020		2019	

Land and improvements	
$	935,000		
$	935,000	
Infrastructure	10,425,437		10,425,437	
Equipment	151,021		151,021	
Accumulated depreciation	   (5,738,155)		   (5,308,016)	
Total Capital Assets, net	  $ 5,773,303  		  $ 6,203,442  	

The capital asset activity in the current year was depreciation of $430,139.

General Fund Budgetary Highlights

The final budget exceeded actual expenditures in the current year because RV/Boat storage maintenance and capital reserve expenditures were less than anticipated.

The budget was not amended in the current year.

Debt Management

Governmental Activities debt includes the following:

In March 2015, the District issued $14,435,000 of Special Assessment Refunding Bonds Series 2015 maturing in May 2036, with a fixed interest rates ranging from 2% to 4.35%. Interest is to be paid semiannually on each May 1 and November 1. Principal on the bonds is payable annually on each May 1 commencing in May 1, 2016. The balance outstanding at September 30, 2020 was $11,870,000.

OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

Economic Factors and Next Year’s Budget

Heritage Landing Community Development District does not expect any economic factors to have any significant effect on the financial position or results of operations of the District in fiscal year 2021.

Request for Information

The financial report is designed to provide a general overview of Heritage Landing Community Development District’s finances for all those with an interest. Questions concerning any of the information provided in this report or requests for additional information should be addressed to the Heritage Landing Community Development District’s Finance Department at 12750 Citrus Park Lane, Suite 115, Tampa, FL 33625.

Heritage Landing Community Development District
STATEMENT OF NET POSITION	
September 30, 2020			

Governmental	
		Activities	
ASSETS			
Current Assets			
Cash	$	1,215,098	
Special assessments receivable		500	
Prepaid expenses		32,779	
Deposits	 	1,685  	
Total Current Assets	 	1,250,062  	
Non-Current Assets		
Restricted Assets			
Investments		853,184	
Capital Assets, Not Being Depreciated			
Land and improvements		935,000	
Capital Assets, Being Depreciated			
Infrastructure		10,425,437	
Equipment		151,021	
Accumulated depreciation	 	(5,738,155)	
Total Non-Current Assets	 	6,626,487  	
Total Assets	 	7,876,549  	
DEFERRED OUTFLOWS OF RESOURCES			
Deferred amount on refunding, net	 	292,608  	
LIABILITIES			
Current Liabilities			
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		29,038	
Unearned revenues		1,799	
Bonds payable		550,000	
Accrued interest	 	198,230  	
Total Current Liabilities	779,067	
Non-Current Liabilities			
Bonds payable, net	 	11,248,895	
Total Liabilities	 	12,027,962	
NET POSITION			
Net investment in capital assets		(294,485)	
Restricted for debt service		144,505	
Unrestricted	 	(3,708,825)	
Total Net Position	  $		(3,858,805)	

See accompanying notes to financial statements.			
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Heritage Landing Community Development District STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES
For the Year Ended September 30, 2020

Program	Net (Expenses)
Revenues and Change in	
    Revenues		Net Position	
Charges for	Governmental	
Expenses	Services	Activities	

Functions/Programs
Governmental Activities
General government		
$	(155,809)		
$	160,732	
$	4,923	
Public safety		(52,590)		54,252	1,662	
Physical environment		(590,833)		384,923	(205,910)	
Culture/recreation		(751,289)		555,872	(195,417)	
Interest on long-term debt		 	(506,875)		 	1,034,357  	 	527,482  	
Total Governmental Activities		  $ (2,057,396)		  $ 2,190,136  	132,740	

General Revenues
Miscellaneous revenues	

43,887	
Investment income	 	14,493  	
Total General Revenues	 	58,380  	
Change in Net Position	191,120	
Net Position - Beginning of Year	 	(4,049,925)	
Net Position - End of Year	  $	(3,858,805)	

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Heritage Landing Community Development District	
BALANCE SHEET –	
GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS	
September 30, 2020	
						
Total	
				Debt		Governmental	
	 	General			 	Service			 	Funds		
ASSETS						
Cash	$ 1,215,098		$	-		$ 1,215,098	
Special assessments receivable		264		236		500	
Prepaid expenses		32,779		-		32,779	
Deposits		1,685		-		1,685	
Restricted assets							
Investments, at fair value	 	-  		 	853,184  		 	853,184  	
Total Assets	  $ 1,249,826  		  $	853,420  		  $ 2,103,246  	

LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCES							
LIABILITIES							
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	29,038		$	-		$	29,038	
Unearned revenues	 	1,799  		 	-  		 	1,799  	
Total Liabilities	 	30,837  		 	-  		 	30,837  	
FUND BALANCES							
Nonspendable:							
Prepaid expenses/deposits		34,464		-		34,464	
Restricted:							
Debt service		-		853,420		853,420	
Assigned to:							
Capital reserves		423,387		-		423,387	
Unassigned	 	761,138  		 	-  		 	761,138  	
Total Fund Balances	 	1,218,989  		 	853,420  		 	2,072,409  	
Total Liabilities and Fund Balances	  $ 1,249,826  		  $	853,420  		  $ 2,103,246  	

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

Heritage Landing Community Development District RECONCILIATION OF TOTAL GOVERNMENTAL FUND BALANCES TO NET POSITION OF GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES
September 30, 2020

Total Governmental Fund Balances	$	2,072,409	
Amounts reported for governmental activities in the Statement of Net Position are different because:			
Capital assets, land and improvements ($935,000), infrastucture ($10,425,437), equipment ($151,021) less accumulated depreciation ($(5,738,155))
used in governmental activities are not current financial resources, and therefore, are not reported at the fund level.		

5,773,303	
Long-term liabilities, bonds payable ($(11,870,000)), net of bond discount, net ($71,105) are not due and payable in the current period, and therefore,
are not reported at the fund level.	

(11,798,895)	
Deferred amount on refunding are not current financial uses, and therefore, are not reported at the fund level.		
292,608	
Accrued interest expense for long-term debt is not a current financial use, and therefore, is not reported at the fund level.		
          (198,230)	
Net Position of Governmental Activities	  $ 	(3,858,805)	

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

Heritage Landing Community Development District STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES – GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
For the Year Ended September 30, 2020

Total
		Debt	Governmental	
	 	General		 	Service		 	Funds		
REVENUES				
Special assessments	$	1,155,779	$ 1,034,357	$	2,190,136	
Miscellaneous revenues	43,887	-	43,887	
Investment income	 	6,316  	 	8,177  	 	14,493  	
Total Revenues	 	1,205,982  	 	1,042,534  	 	2,248,516  	
EXPENDITURES				
Current				
General government	155,809	-	155,809	
Public safety	52,590	-	52,590	
Physical environment	373,134	-	373,134	
Culture/recreation	538,849	-	538,849	
Debt service				
Principal	-	535,000	535,000	
Interest	 	-  	 	489,128  	 	489,128  	
Total Expenditures	 	1,120,382  	 	1,024,128  	 	2,144,510  	
Net Change in Fund Balance	85,600	18,406	104,006	
Fund Balances - Beginning of Year	 	1,133,389  	 	835,014  	 	1,968,403  	
Fund Balances - End of Year	  $	1,218,989  	  $	853,420  	  $	2,072,409  	

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

RECONCILIATION OF THE STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES OF GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
TO THE STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES
For the Year Ended September 30, 2020

Net Change in Fund Balances – Total Governmental Funds	$	104,006	
Amounts reported for governmental activities in the Statement of Activities are different because:			
Capital outlay is reported as an expenditure at the fund level. However the cost of these assets are allocated over their estimated useful lives as depreciation at the government-wide level. This is the amount of depreciation in the current year.		

(430,139)	
Repayment of bond principal is reported as an expenditure at the fund level but the repayment reduces long-term liabilities at the government-wide level.		
535,000	
Bond discount is amortized as interest over the life of the debt. This is the amount of interest expense recognized in the current year.		
(4,559)	
Deferred amount on refunding is amortized over the life of the debt as interest expense. This is the current year amount amortized.		
(18,761)	
At the government-wide level, interest is accrued on outstanding bonds; whereas in the governmental funds, interest expenditures are reported when due. This is the change in accrued interest in the current period.		

             5,573  	
Change in Net Position of Governmental Activities	  $		191,120  	

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES – BUDGET AND ACTUAL – GENERAL FUND
For the Year Ended September 30, 2020

Original Budget		

Final Budget		

Actual	Variance with Final Budget Positive
(Negative)	

$ 1,141,270
41,850
 	-  		
$   1,141,270
41,850
 	-  		
$ 1,155,779
43,887
 	6,316  		
$	
14,509
2,037
               6,316  	
 	1,183,120  		 	1,183,120  		 	1,205,982  	 	22,862  	

130,990		
130,990		
155,809			
(24,819)	
58,500		58,500		52,590			5,910	
385,849		385,849		373,134			12,715	
532,781		532,781		538,849			(6,068)	
 	75,000  		 	75,000  		 	-  	 	75,000  	
 	1,183,120  		 	1,183,120  		 	1,120,382  

85,600	 	62,738  

85,600	
-		-				
-		-		1,133,389			1,133,389	

   $	-  		
   $	-  		
  $ 1,218,989  		
  $		
1,218,989  	

Revenues
Special assessments Miscellaneous revenues Investment income
Total Revenues

Expenditures Current
General government Public safety Physical environment Culture/recreation
Capital outlay
Total Expenditures Net Change in Fund Balances
Fund Balances - Beginning of Year Fund Balances - End of Year

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

NOTE A – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements of the District have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) as applied to governmental units. The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) is the accepted standard-setting body for establishing governmental accounting and financial reporting principles. The District's more significant accounting policies are described below.

Reporting Entity

The District was established on June 22, 2004, pursuant to the Uniform Community Development District Act of 1980, Chapter 190, Florida Statutes, as amended (the "Act"), by St. Johns County, Florida Ordinance #2004-46 as a Community Development District. The District was established for the purposes of financing and managing the acquisition, construction, maintenance and operation of the infrastructure necessary for community development within its jurisdiction. The District is authorized to issue bonds for the purpose, among others, of financing, funding, planning, establishing, acquiring, constructing district roads, landscaping, and other basic infrastructure projects within or outside the boundaries of the Heritage Landing Community Development District. The District is governed by a five-member Board of Supervisors who are elected on an at large basis by qualified electors that reside within the District. The District operates within the criteria established by Chapter 190, Florida Statutes.

As required by GAAP, these financial statements present the Heritage Landing Community Development District (the primary government) as a stand-alone government. The reporting entity for the District includes all functions of government in which the District’s Board exercises oversight responsibility including, but not limited to, financial interdependency, selection of governing authority, designation of management, significant ability to influence operations and accountability for fiscal matters.

Based upon the application of the above-mentioned criteria as set forth by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, the District has identified no component units.

Measurement Focus and Basis of Accounting

The basic financial statements of the District are composed of the following:

Government-wide financial statements

Fund financial statements

Notes to financial statements

NOTE A – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

Measurement Focus and Basis of Accounting (Continued)

Government-wide Financial Statements

The government-wide financial statements are reported using the economic resources measurement focus and the accrual basis of accounting.

Government-wide financial statements report all non-fiduciary information about the reporting government as a whole. These statements include all the governmental activities of the primary government. The effect of interfund activity has been removed from these statements.

Governmental activities are supported by special assessments and interest. Program revenues are netted with program expenses in the statement of activities to present the net cost of each program.

Amounts paid to acquire capital assets are capitalized as assets, rather than reported as an expenditure. Proceeds of long-term debt are recorded as liabilities in the government-wide financial statements, rather than as an other financing source.

Amounts paid to reduce long-term indebtedness of the reporting government are reported as a reduction of the related liability, rather than as an expenditure.

Fund Financial Statements

The underlying accounting system of the District is organized and operated on the basis of separate funds, each of which is considered to be a separate accounting entity. The operations of each fund are accounted for with a separate set of self- balancing accounts that comprise its assets, liabilities, fund equity, revenues and expenditures or expenses, as appropriate. Governmental resources are allocated to and accounted for in individual funds based upon the purposes for which they are to be spent and the means by which spending activities are controlled.

Fund financial statements for the primary government’s governmental funds are presented after the government-wide financial statements. These statements display information about major funds individually.

NOTE A – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

2. Measurement Focus and Basis of Accounting (Continued)

b. Fund Financial Statements (Continued) Governmental Funds
The District classifies fund balance according to Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement 54 – Fund Balance Reporting and Governmental Fund Type Definitions. The Statement requires the fund balance for governmental funds to be reported in classifications that comprise a hierarchy based primarily on the extent to which the government is bound to honor constraints on the specific purposes for which amounts in those funds can be spent.

The District has various policies governing the fund balance classifications.

Nonspendable Fund Balance – This classification consists of amounts that cannot be spent because they are either not in spendable form or are legally or contractually required to be maintained intact.

Restricted Fund Balance – This classification includes amounts that can be spent only for specific purposes stipulated by constitution, external resource providers, or through enabling legislation.

Assigned Fund Balance – This classification consists of the Board of Supervisors’ intent to be used for specific purposes, but are neither restricted nor committed. The assigned fund balances can also be assigned by the District’s management company.

Unassigned Fund Balance – This classification is the residual classification for the government’s general fund and includes all spendable amounts not contained in the other classifications. Unassigned fund balance is considered to be utilized first when an expenditure is incurred for purposes for which amounts in any of those unrestricted fund balance classifications could be used.

Fund Balance Spending Hierarchy – For all governmental funds except special revenue funds, when restricted, committed, assigned, and unassigned fund balances are combined in a fund, qualified expenditures are paid first from restricted or committed fund balance, as appropriate, then assigned and finally unassigned fund balances.

NOTE A – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

Measurement Focus and Basis of Accounting (Continued)

b. Fund Financial Statements (Continued) Governmental Funds (Continued)
Governmental fund financial statements are reported using the current financial resources measurement focus and the modified accrual basis of accounting. Revenues are considered to be available when they are collected within the current period or soon thereafter to pay liabilities of the current period. For this purpose, the District considers revenues to be available if they are collected within 60 days of the end of the current fiscal period.

Expenditures generally are recorded when a liability is incurred, as under accrual accounting. Interest associated with the current fiscal period is considered to be an accrual item and so has been recognized as revenue of the current fiscal period.

Under the current financial resources measurement focus, only current assets and current liabilities are generally included on the balance sheet. The reported fund balance is considered to be a measure of “available spendable resources”.

Governmental fund operating statements present increases (revenues and other financing sources) and decreases (expenditures and other financing uses) in net current assets.   Accordingly, they are said to present a summary of sources and uses of “available spendable resources” during a period.

Because of their spending measurement focus, expenditure recognition for governmental fund types excludes amounts represented by non-current liabilities. Since they do not affect net current assets, such long-term amounts are not recognized as governmental fund type expenditures or fund liabilities.

Amounts expended to acquire capital assets are recorded as expenditures in the year that resources are expended, rather than as fund assets. The proceeds of long- term debt are recorded as an other financing source rather than as a fund liability.

Debt service expenditures are recorded only when payment is due.

Basis of Presentation

Governmental Major Funds

General Fund – The General Fund is the District’s primary operating fund. It accounts for all financial resources of the general government, except those required to be accounted for in another fund.

NOTE A – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

Basis of Presentation (Continued)

Governmental Major Funds (Continued)

Debt Service Fund – Accounts for debt service requirements to retire certain special assessment revenue bonds which were used to finance the construction of District infrastructure improvements. The bonds are secured by a first lien on and pledge of the special assessment revenues and pledged funds.

Non-current Governmental Assets/Liabilities

GASB Statement 34 requires that non-current governmental assets, such as land and improvements, and non-current governmental liabilities, such as general obligation bonds and due to developer be reported in the governmental activities column in the government-wide Statement of Net Position.

Assets, Liabilities, and Net Position or Equity

Cash and Investments

Florida Statutes require state and local governmental units to deposit monies with financial institutions classified as "Qualified Public Depositories," a multiple financial institution pool whereby groups of securities pledged by the various financial institutions provide common collateral from their deposits of public funds.   This pool is provided as additional insurance to the federal depository insurance and allows for additional assessments against the member institutions, providing full insurance for public deposits.

The District is authorized to invest in those financial instruments as established by Section 218.415, Florida Statutes. The authorized investments consist of:

Direct obligations of the United States Treasury;

The Local Government Surplus Funds Trust or any intergovernmental investment pool authorized pursuant to the Florida Interlocal Cooperative Act of 1969;

Interest-bearing time deposits or savings accounts in authorized qualified public depositories;

Securities and Exchange Commission, registered money market funds with the highest credit quality rating from a nationally recognized rating agency.

Restricted Net Position

Certain net position of the District is classified as restricted on the Statement of Net Position because their use is limited either by law through constitutional provisions or enabling legislation; or by restrictions imposed externally by creditors. In a fund with both restricted and unrestricted net position, qualified expenses are considered to be paid first from restricted net position and then from unrestricted net position.

Capital Assets

Capital assets, which include land and improvements, infrastructure, and equipment, are reported in the governmental activities column.

The District defines capital assets as assets with an initial, individual cost of $5,000 or more and an estimated useful life in excess of two years. The valuation basis for all assets is historical cost.

The costs of normal maintenance and repairs that do not add to the value of the asset or materially extend its useful life are not capitalized.

Major outlays for capital assets and improvements are capitalized as projects are constructed.

Depreciation is computed utilizing the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. The estimated useful life for infrastructure is 15-30 years and 5 years for equipment.

Deferred Outflows of Resources

Deferred outflows of resources represent a consumption of net position/fund balance that applies to a future period(s) and so will not be recognized as an outflow of resources (expense/expenditure) until then. The District only has one item that qualifies for reporting in this category. It is the deferred amount on refunding reported on the Statement of Net Position. A deferred amount on refunding results from the difference in the carrying value of refunded debt and its reacquisition price. This amount is deferred and amortized over the shorter of the life of the refunded or refunding debt.

Bond Discounts

Bond discounts are amortized over the life of the bonds.

Budgets

Budgets are prepared and adopted after a public hearing for the governmental funds, pursuant to Chapter 190, Florida Statutes. The District utilizes the same basis of accounting for budgets as it does for revenues and expenditures in its various funds. The legal level of budgetary control is at the fund level. All budgeted appropriations lapse at year end. Formal budgets are adopted for the general and debt service funds. As a result, deficits in the budget columns of the accompanying financial statements may occur.

NOTE B – CASH AND INVESTMENTS

All deposits are held in qualified public depositories and are included on the accompanying balance sheet as cash and investments.

Custodial Credit Risk – Deposits

Custodial credit risk is the risk that in the event of a bank failure, the District's deposits may not be returned to it. The District does not have a formal deposit policy for custodial credit risk; however, they follow the provisions of Chapter 280, Florida Statutes regarding deposits and investments. As of September 30, 2020, the District's bank balance was $1,234,113 and the carrying value was $1,215,098. Exposure to custodial credit risk was as follows. The District maintains all deposits in a qualified public depository in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 280, Florida Statutes, which means that all deposits are fully insured by Federal Depositors Insurance or collateralized under Chapter 280, Florida Statutes.

As of September 30, 2020, the District had the following investments and maturities:

 	Investment	Maturities         Fair Value    
First American Treasury Obligation Fund	46 days*        $      853,184  

*Weighted Average Maturity

The District categorizes its fair value measurements within the fair value hierarchy recently established by generally accepted accounting principles. The fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset, or paid to transfer a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The hierarchy is based on the valuation inputs used to measure the fair value of the asset. The District uses a market approach in measuring fair value that uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or similar assets, liabilities, or groups of assets and liabilities.

NOTE B – CASH AND INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)

Custodial Credit Risk – Deposits (Continued)

Assets or liabilities are classified into one of three levels. Level 1 is the most reliable and is based on quoted price for identical assets, or liabilities, in an active market. Level 2 uses significant other observable inputs when obtaining quoted prices for identical or similar assets, or liabilities, in markets that are not active. Level 3 is the least reliable and uses significant unobservable inputs that use the best information available under the circumstances, which includes the District’s own data in measuring unobservable inputs.

Based on the criteria in the preceding paragraph, the investment listed above is a Level 1 asset. Interest Rate Risk
The District does not have a formal investment policy that limits investment maturities as a means of managing its exposure to fair value losses arising from increasing interest rates.

Credit Risk

The District's investments are limited by state statutory requirements and bond compliance. The District has no investment policy that would further limit its investment choices. As of September 30, 2020, the District's investment in First American Treasury Obligation Fund Cl Z was rated AAAm by Standard and Poor's.

Concentration of Credit Risk

The District places no limit on the amount it may invest in any one fund.   The investments in First American Treasury Obligation Fund Cl Z represent 100% of the District’s total investments.

The types of deposits and investments and their level of risk exposure as of September 30, 2020 were typical of these items during the fiscal year then ended. The District considers any decline in fair value for certain investments to be temporary.

NOTE C – CAPITAL ASSETS

Capital Asset activity for the year ended September 30, 2020 was as follows:

Balance	Balance
October 1,	September 30,
 	2019	   	Additions	Disposals	2020	
Governmental activities:
Capital assets, not being depreciated:

Infrastructure	10,425,437	-	-	10,425,437	
Equipment	151,021	-	-	151,021	
Less accumulated depreciation	    (5,308,016)	 	(430,139)	 	-	(5,738,155)	
Total capital assets, being depreciated	 	5,268,442  	 	(430,139)	 	-	4,838,303  	

Land	$	935,000  $	-     $	-     $	935,000 Capital assets, being depreciated:

Governmental Activities Capital Assets	$ 6,203,442     $	(430,139)   $	-     $	5,773,303  

Depreciation was charged to physical environment, $217,699, and culture/recreation, $212,440.

NOTE D – LONG-TERM DEBT

Special Assessment Bonds – Series 2015

Long-term debt is comprised of the following:

Special Assessment Bonds

$14,435,000 Series 2015 Special Assessment Refunding Bonds, interest rates ranging from 2% to 4.35%, maturing May 1, 2036, payable on May 1 and November 1; collateralized by the pledged
revenues of special property owners.	assessments	levied	against	the	benefited		
Long-term debt at October 1, 2019 Principal payments				$	12,405,000
             (535,000)	

Long-term debt at September 30, 2020	11,870,000	
Less bond discount, net	 	(71,105)	
Bonds payable, net	  $	11,798,895  	

The annual requirements to amortize the principal and interest of bonded debt outstanding as of September 30, 2020 are as follows:

Year Ending
     September 30,  	 	Principal		 	Interest		 	Total		
2021	$	550,000	$	475,752	$	1,025,752	
2022		565,000		460,628		1,025,628	
2023		585,000		442,972		1,027,972	
2024		605,000		423,228		1,028,228	
2025		630,000		402,052		1,032,052	
2026-2030		3,550,000		1,622,176		5,172,176	
2031-2035		4,390,000		804,413		5,194,413	
2036	 	995,000  	 	43,282  	 	1,038,282  	
Totals	  $		11,870,000 	  $		4,674,503 	  $		16,544,503 	
 	 	
Significant Bond Resolution Terms and Covenants

The Series 2015 Bonds are subject to redemption at the option of the District prior to maturity. The Series 2015 Bonds are subject to mandatory redemption prior to maturity in the manner determined by the Bond Registrar if certain events occurred as outlined in the Bond Indenture.

The Bond Indenture established certain amounts be maintained in a reserve account. In addition, the Bond Indenture has certain restrictions and requirements relating to the procedures to be followed by the District on assessments to property owners. The District agrees to levy special assessments in annual amounts adequate to provide payment of debt service and to meet the reserve requirements.

Depository Funds

The bond resolution establishes certain funds and determines the order in which revenues are to be deposited into these funds. A description of the significant funds, including their purposes, is as follows:

SPECIAL ASSESSMENT REFUNDING BONDS, SERIES 2015

Reserve Fund – The 2015 Reserve Account is funded from the proceeds of the Series 2015 Bonds in an amount equal to a certain 50 percent of the maximum annual debt service requirement of the 2015 bonds. Monies held in the reserve accounts will be used only for the purposes established in the Trust Indenture.

Special Assessment
 		Refunding Bonds	 Reserve		Reserve Balance	Requirement
Series 2015 Special Assessment
Refunding Bonds	$	510,685	$	510,685  
NOTE E – SPECIAL ASSESSMENT REVENUES
Assessments are non-ad valorem assessments on benefitted property within the District. Operation and Maintenance Assessments are based upon adopted budget and levied annually. Debt Service Assessments are levied when bonds are issued and collected annually. The District may collect assessments directly or utilize the uniform method of collections (Chapter 197.3632, Florida Statues). Direct collected assessments are due as determined by an annual assessment resolution adopted by the Board of Supervisors. Per Section 197.162, Florida Statutes discounts are allowed for early payment at the rate of 4% in November, 3% in December, 2% in January, and 1% in February. Taxes paid in March are without discount.
Assessments and interest associated with the current fiscal period are all considered to be susceptible to accrual and so have been recognized as revenues of the current fiscal period. Only the portion of assessments receivable due within the current fiscal period is considered to be susceptible to accrual as revenue of the current period. All other revenue items are considered to be measurable and available only when cash is received by the government.

NOTE F – MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS

The District has contracted with a management company to perform management services, which include financial and accounting services. Certain employees of the management company also serve as non-voting officers of the District.

NOTE G – RISK MANAGEMENT

The District is exposed to various risks of loss related to torts; theft of, damage to and destruction of assets; errors and omissions; and natural disasters for which the government carries commercial insurance. The District has filed four claims, which did not exceed coverage amounts, under its commercial insurance policy over the last three years.

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ON COMPLIANCE AND OTHER MATTERS BASED ON AN AUDIT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS

To the Board of Supervisors
Heritage Landing Community Development District St. Johns County, Florida

We have audited, in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, the financial statements of Heritage Landing Community Development District, as of and for the year ended September 30, 2020, and the related notes to the financial statements, and have issued our report thereon dated February 5, 2021.

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

In planning and performing our audit, we considered Heritage Landing Community Development District's internal control as a basis for designing the audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances for the purpose of expressing our opinions on the financial statements, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of Heritage Landing Community Development District’s internal control. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of Heritage Landing Community Development District's internal control.

A deficiency in internal control exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent, or detect and correct misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the entity's financial statements will not be prevented, or detected and corrected on a timely basis. A significant deficiency is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control that is less severe than a material weakness, yet important enough to merit attention by those charged with governance.

Our consideration of internal control was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph of this section and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses or significant deficiencies. Given these limitations, during our audit we did not identify any deficiencies in internal control that we consider to be material weaknesses. However, material weaknesses may exist that have not been identified.

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Board of Supervisors
Heritage Landing Community Development District

Compliance and Other Matters

As part of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether Heritage Landing Community Development District's financial statements are free of material misstatement, we performed tests of its compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements, noncompliance with which could have a direct and material effect on the determination of financial statement amounts. However, providing an opinion on compliance with those provisions was not an objective of our audit, and accordingly, we do not express such an opinion. The results of our tests disclosed no instances of noncompliance or other matters that are required to be reported under Government Auditing Standards.

Purpose of this Report

The purpose of this report is solely to describe the scope of our testing of internal control and compliance and the results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control or on compliance. This report is an integral part of an audit performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards in considering the entity’s internal control and compliance. Accordingly, this communication is not suitable for any other purpose.

Berger, Toombs, Elam, Gaines & Frank Certified Public Accountants PL
Fort Pierce, Florida February 5, 2021

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MANAGEMENT LETTER

To the Board of Supervisors
Heritage Landing Community Development District St. Johns County, Florida
Report on the Financial Statements

We have audited the financial statements of the Heritage Landing Community Development District as of and for the year ended September 30, 2020, and have issued our report thereon dated February 5, 2021.
Auditor’s Responsibility

We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States; the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States and Chapter 10.550, Rules of the Florida Auditor General.
Other Reporting Requirements

We have issued our Independent Auditor’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting and on Compliance and Other Matters Based on an Audit of Financial Statements Performed in Accordance with Government Auditing Standards and our Independent Auditor’s Report on an examination conducted in accordance with AICPA Professionals Standards, AT-C Section 315 regarding compliance requirements in accordance with Chapter 10.550, Rules of the Auditor General. Disclosures in that report, which is dated February 5, 2021, should be considered in conjunction with this management letter.
Prior Audit Findings

Section 10.554(1)(i)1., Rules of the Auditor General, requires that we determine whether or not corrective actions have been made to address findings and recommendations made in the preceding financial audit report. There were no findings or recommendations made in the preceding financial audit report.
Financial Condition

Section 10.554(1)(i)5.a. and 10.556(7), Rules of the Auditor General, requires us to apply appropriate procedures and communicate the results of our determination as to whether or not Heritage Landing Community Development District has met one or more of the conditions described in Section 218.503(1), Florida Statutes, and to identify the specific conditions met. In connection with our audit, we determined that the Heritage Landing Community Development District did not meet any of the conditions described in Section 218.503(1), Florida Statutes.

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To the Board of Supervisors
Heritage Landing Community Development District

Pursuant to Sections 10.554(1)(i)5.b. and 10.556(8), Rules of the Auditor General, we applied financial conditions assessment procedures as of September 30, 2020 for the Heritage Landing Community Development District. It is management’s responsibility to monitor the Heritage Landing Community Development District’s financial condition; our financial condition assessment was based in part on the representations made by management and the review of the financial information provided by the same.

Section 10.554(1)(i)2., Rules of the Auditor General, requires that we communicate any recommendations to improve financial management. In connection with our audit, we did not have any such recommendations.

Additional Matters

Section 10.554(1)(i)3., Rules of the Auditor General, requires us to communicate noncompliance with provisions of contracts or grant agreements, or abuse, that have occurred, or are likely to have occurred, that have an effect on the financial statements that is less than material but which warrants the attention of those charged with governance. In connection with our audit, we did not note any such findings.

Purpose of this Letter

Our management letter is intended solely for the information and use of the Legislative Auditing Committee, members of the Florida Senate and the Florida House of Representatives, the Florida Auditor General, Federal and other granting agencies, the Board of Supervisors, and applicable management, and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.

Berger, Toombs, Elam, Gaines & Frank Certified Public Accountants PL
Fort Pierce, Florida February 5, 2021

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INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT’S REPORT/COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 218.415, FLORIDA STATUTES

To the Board of Supervisors
Heritage Landing Community Development District St. Johns County, Florida

We have examined Heritage Landing Community Development District's compliance with Section 218.415, Florida Statutes during the year ended September 30, 2020. Management is responsible for Heritage Landing Community Development District’s compliance with those requirements. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on Heritage Landing Community Development District’s compliance based on our examination.

Our examination was conducted in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and, accordingly, included examining, on a test basis, evidence about Heritage Landing Community Development District’s compliance with those requirements and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our examination provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our examination does not provide a legal determination on Heritage Landing Community Development District’s compliance with the specified requirements.

In our opinion, Heritage Landing Community Development District complied, in all material respects, with the aforementioned requirements during the year ended September 30, 2020.

Berger, Toombs, Elam, Gaines & Frank Certified Public Accountants PL
Fort Pierce, Florida February 5, 2021

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