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First Special Tax District 1997-1999 Drum Point is a
commonly owned community originally consisting of approximately 1800 platted
lots. The privileges afforded to the
property owners of Drum Point include a road and causeway system, beach, boat
ramp, and inland
lakes. The majority of the costs to
property owners is the maintenance of
the causeways and road system. Prior to 1996
the money for these costs was collected under a diverse covenant structure that
existed among
the property owners in Drum Point.
Approximately 1100 lots were governed by
Drum Point covenants with an
annual covenant road fee of $10/yr and approximately 625 lots were governed by Chesapeake Ranch Club
Estate (CRE) covenants with an annual road fee of approximately $105/yr. In
early
1996 the holders of CRE covenants voted to replace their CRE covenants with Drum
Point covenants. This common covenant is on file in the Calvert County
Homeowners Depository in the land records office. Therefore, all platted lots in
Drum Point became subject to the same set of Drum Point covenants and the
obligatory road fee for all lots became $10/year. Concurrent with this effort
the Drum Point Property Owners Association petitioned the Calvert County
Commissioners to declare a Special Tax District in Drum Point. The
Maryland Annotated Code, Section 4-101
through 4-104, the Public Local Laws of Calvert County Laws, Title 4 Special
Taxing Districts stipulates that a Home Owners Association, as defined under
Maryland Home Owners Association Statutes, may petition the Calvert County
Commissioners to establish a Special Tax
District to fund the cost of furnishing, providing, and maintaining community
roads, drainage, lakes, canals, community wide amenities, and benefits. The Drum
Point Property Owners Association (DPPOA), a
Home Owners Association
as defined under the appropriate Maryland statutes, petitioned the Calvert County Commissioners in
January of 1996 to establish a special tax district (STD) that would assess each
lot in the Drum Point subdivision $162 per year for the duration of four years
to support a community improvement program (after county administrative expenses
were added the total came to $163.62
per
year). Prior to the petition submittal, DPPOA sponsored a focus group to determine the priorities of the community and what the community was willing to spend to achieve these priorities. A four year program was developed based on the focus group findings and public meetings sponsored by DPPOA were held at the Southern Community Center on November 21, 1995 and December 13, 1995. At these meetings a detailed explanation of the State Legislation for Tax Districts and a four year improvement plan was presented. A motion was approved at the December 13, 1996 meeting to petition the Calvert County Board of Commissioners to create a Special Tax District for the discussed four year program. A summary of the petition was published in the March 1996 DPPOA Newsletter (sent to all property owners) and Calvert County gave a 30 day notice of the final public hearing to all Drum Point property owners via direct mail. On April 23, 1996 the county sponsored public hearing was held at the Southern Community Center and on June 18, 1996 the Calvert County Board of Commissioners approved the Drum Point Special Taxing District. Special Tax District Two(2) 2000-2004 Due to the great success of the first STD, the DPPOA Board and the community submitted follow-on petitions to extend the STD. For information on the second STD, please see the following documents: STD Reconciliation Report 042503 Special Tax District Three(3) 2005-2010 At this time the community has completed much of its road work goals and needs to make other improvements to Drum Point. For information on the proposed third STD, please see the following documents: STD3 Detailed Road Paving Budget Special Tax District Four(4) 2010-2012 Rather than approve the STD IV Petition as submitted by the DPPOA Board of Directors, the Calvert County Board of Commissioners chose to amend STD 3. Below is the full STD 3 Agreement as amended by the BOCC. STD 3a Agreement and Budget - click here STD3a Agreement For information on the proposal for STD 2013 - 2014 please click on the following link - STD 2013 - 2014
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