St. Augustine Lakes Community Development District

ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT

September 30, 2022

St. Augustine Lakes Community Development District ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT
September 30, 2022 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page Number

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS	1-3
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS	4-8
BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
Government-wide Financial Statements:
Statement of Net Position	9
Statement of Activities	10
Fund Financial Statements:
Balance Sheet – Governmental Funds	11
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund
Balances – Governmental Funds	12
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund
Balances – Budget and Actual – General Fund	13
Notes to Financial Statements	14-20
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ 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	21-22
MANAGEMENT LETTER	23-25

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

To the Board of Supervisors
St. Augustine Lakes Community Development District St. Johns County, Florida

Report on Audit of the Financial Statements

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of the governmental activities and each major fund of St. Augustine Lakes Community Development District (the “District”), as of and for the eleven months ended September 30, 2022, and the related notes to financial statements, which collectively comprise the District’s basic financial statements as listed in the table of contents.

In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the respective financial position of the governmental activities and each major fund of St. Augustine Lakes Community Development District as of September 30, 2022, and the respective changes in financial position and the budgetary comparison for the General Fund for the eleven months then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAS), and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are required to be independent of the District and to meet our other ethical responsibilities, in accordance with the relevant ethical requirements relating to our audits. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Responsibilities of Management 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; and for 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.

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To the Board of Supervisors
St. Augustine Lakes Community Development District

In preparing the financial statements, management is required to evaluate whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the District’s ability to continue as a going concern for one year beyond the financial statement date, including currently known information that may raise substantial doubt thereafter.

Auditor’s Responsibility for the Audit of the Financial Statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not absolute assurance and therefore is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with GAAS and Government Auditing Standards will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control. Misstatements are considered material if there is a substantial likelihood that, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users made on the basis of these financial statements.

In performing an audit in accordance with GAAS and Government Auditing Standards, we:

Exercise professional judgement and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit.
Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, and design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks. Such procedures include examining on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit 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 District’s internal control. Accordingly, no such opinion is expressed.
Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluate the overall presentation of the financial statements.
Conclude whether, in our judgement, there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the District’s ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time.

We are required to communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit, significant audit findings, and certain internal control related matters that we identified during the audit.

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To the Board of Supervisors
St. Augustine Lakes Community Development District

Required Supplementary Information

Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that Management’s Discussion and Analysis be presented to supplement the basic financial statements. Such information is the responsibility of management and, 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 of inquiries of management about the methods of preparing the information and comparing the information for consistency with management’s responses to our inquiries, the basic financial statements, and other knowledge obtained during our audit of the basic financial statements. 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 July 26, 2023 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 St. Augustine Lakes Community Development District’s internal control over financial reporting and compliance.

Berger, Toombs, Elam, Gaines & Frank Certified Public Accountants PL
Fort Pierce, Florida July 26, 2023

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Management’s discussion and analysis of St. Augustine Lakes 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. 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, 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 capital assets, are reported in the statement of net position. All liabilities, including principal outstanding on bonds are included. In the statement of activities, 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, reconciliation is 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, 2022.

The District’s total liabilities exceeded total assets and deferred outflows of resources by
$(22,282) (net position).

Governmental activities revenues totaled $66,932 while governmental activities expenses totaled $89,214.

OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

Financial Analysis of the District

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

Net Position
Governmental
	Activities	
	2022	

Current assets	 $	24,808 

Current liabilities		47,090 

Net position - unrestricted	 $	(22,282)

This is the initial period for the District.

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	
	2022	

Program Revenues Operating contributions

 $	66,932 

Expenses
General government	66,932	
Interest and other charges		22,282 	
Total Expenses	89,214	

Change in Net Position	
(22,282)	
Net Position - Beginning of Year		- 	
Net Position - End of Year	 $	(22,282)	

This is the initial period for the District.

OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

General Fund Budgetary Highlights

Budgeted expenditures exceeded actual expenditures primarily due to less legal and engineering fees expenditures than were anticipated.

The September 30, 2022 budget was not amended.

Economic Factors and Next Year’s Budget

St. Augustine Lakes Community Development District issued $7,070,000 Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2022 in December 2022. The District cannot anticipate the effect on the financial position or results of operations of the District in fiscal year 2023.

Request for Information

The financial report is designed to provide a general overview of St. Augustine Lakes 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 St. Augustine Lakes Community Development District, Governmental Management Services, 475 West Town Place, Suite 114, St. Augustine, Florida 32092.

STATEMENT OF NET POSITION
September 30, 2022

Governmental Activities

ASSETS	
Current Assets	
Cash	
Due from developer	
Total Current Assets	

$	19,964
	4,844 
	24,808 

LIABILITIES	
Current Liabilities	
Accounts payable	
Due to developer	
Unearned revenues	
Total Current Liabilities	

15,762	
27,282	
        4,046 	
       47,090 	

NET POSITION	
Unrestricted	

 $	(22,282)

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES
For the Eleven Months Ended September 30, 2022

Functions/Programs	Expenses

$	(66,932)	
	(22,282)	
 $	(89,214)	

Governmental Activities General government

		Net (Expense)	
		Revenues and	
Program		Changes in	
Revenues		Net Position	
Operating		Governmental	
Contributions		Activities	

$	-	
	(22,282)	
(22,282)	

$	66,932

Interest and other charges Total Governmental Activities

	- 
 $	66,932 

Change in Net Position		(22,282) Net Position - November 2, 2021			- 

Net Position - September 30, 2022  $	(22,282)

BALANCE SHEET – GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
September 30, 2022

Total Governmental

ASSETS	
Cash	
Due from developer	
Total Assets	

$	19,964	$	-	
	4,844  	- 	
 $	24,808   $	- 	

$	19,964	
	4,844 	
 $	24,808 	

LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCES	
LIABILITIES	
Accounts payable	
Due to developer	
Unearned revenues	
Total Liabilities	

$	15,762	
5,000	
     4,046 	
    24,808 	

$	-	
22,282	
	- 	
	22,282 	

$	15,762	
27,282	
      4,046 	
     47,090 	

FUND BALANCES	
Unassigned	
Total Liabilities and Fund Balances	

	-  	(22,282)	
 $	24,808   $	- 	

	(22,282)	
 $	24,808 	

	General	  Capital Projects 	Funds	

There are no reconciling items from fund balance	
to net position.	

STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES – GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
For the Eleven Months Ended September 30, 2022

Total Governmental
	General	 Capital Projects 	Funds	

Revenues	
Developer contributions	

 $	66,932 

 $	- 

 $	66,932 

Expenditures	
Current	
General government	
Debt service	
Other	
Total Expenditures	

66,932	-	66,932

	-  	22,282  	22,282 
	66,932  	22,282  	89,214 

(22,282)	(22,282)	

Net Change in Fund Balances	-

Fund Balances - November 2, 2021		-  	-  	- 

Fund Balances - September 30, 2022

 $	- 

 $	(22,282)

 $	(22,282)

  

There are no reconciling items from net change	
in fund balances to change in net position.	

St. Augustine Lakes Community Development District STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES – BUDGET AND ACTUAL – GENERAL FUND
For the Eleven Months Ended September 30, 2022

Variance with	
Final Budget	
Positive	
(Negative)	

Original	
Budget	

Final	
Budget	

Actual

Revenues	
Special assessments	

 $	93,564 

 $	93,564 

 $	66,932 

 $	(26,632)

Expenditures	
Current	
General government	

	93,564 		93,564 		66,932 		26,632 

Net Change in Fund Balances		-		-		-		- Fund Balances - November 2, 2021		- 		 - 		 - 		- 

Fund Balances - September 30, 2022

 $	- 

 $	- 

 $	- 

 $	- 

   

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 November 4, 2021, pursuant to the Uniform Community Development District Act of 1980, Chapter 190, Florida Statutes, as amended (the "Act"), and Ordinance 2021-81 of the St. Johns County, Florida Board of County Commissioners. 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 St. Augustine Lakes Community Development District. The District is governed by a five member Board of Supervisors. The District operates within the criteria established by Chapter 190, Florida Statutes.

As required by GAAP, these financial statements present the St. Augustine Lakes 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 in Governmental Accounting Standards 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 developer contributions. 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, deferred outflows of resources liabilities, deferred inflows of resources, 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 reports 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.
Capital Projects Fund – The Capital Projects Fund accounts for the activity associated with the capital projects of the District

NOTE A – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

Basis of Presentation (Continued)

Non-current Governmental Assets/Liabilities

GASB Statement 34 requires that non-current governmental assets, such as construction in progress, and non-current governmental liabilities, such as general obligation bonds 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;

NOTE A – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

Assets, Liabilities, and Net Position or Equity (Continued)

Cash and Investments (Continued)

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

Cash and investments include time deposits, certificates of deposit, money market funds, and all highly liquid debt instruments with original maturities of three months or less.

Budgets

Budgets are prepared and adopted after public hearings 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, 2022, the District's bank balance was $20,900 and the carrying value was $19,964. 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.

Investments

As of September 30, 2022, the District did not have investments.

NOTE C – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Developer owns a significant portion of land within the District. The District’s activity is dependent upon the continued involvement of the Developer, the loss of which could have a material adverse effect on the District’s operations. All voting members of the Board of Supervisors are employed by the Developer. The District received $66,932 in operating contributions from the Developer for the year ended September 30, 2022. Additionally, the District has a net balance due to the Developer of $ $22,438 as of September 30, 2022.

NOTE D – RISK MANAGEMENT

The government 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. There were no claims or settled claims from these risks since inception.

NOTE E – SUBSEQUENT EVENT

In December 2022, the District issued $7,070,000 Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Series 2022 to finance a portion of the Series 2022 Project.

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ 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
St. Augustine Lakes 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, as listed in the table of contents, of St. Augustine Lakes Community Development District, as of and for the year ended September 30, 2022, and the related notes to the financial statements, which collectively comprise the basic financial statements and have issued our report thereon dated July 26, 2023.

Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

In planning and performing our audit, we considered St. Augustine Lakes Community Development District's internal control over financial reporting (internal control) as a basis for designing 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 St. Augustine Lakes Community Development District’s internal control. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of St. Augustine Lakes 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 or significant deficiencies may exist that have not been identified.

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To the Board of Supervisors
St. Augustine Lakes Community Development District

Report on Compliance and Other Matters

As part of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether St. Augustine Lakes 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 July 26, 2023

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MANAGEMENT LETTER

To the Board of Supervisors
St. Augustine Lakes Community Development District St. Johns County, Florida

Report on the Financial Statements

We have audited the financial statements of the St. Augustine Lakes Community Development District as of and for the year ended September 30, 2022, and have issued our report thereon dated July 26, 2023.

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 those reports, which are dated July 26, 2023, 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 taken to address findings and recommendations made in the preceding financial audit report. This is the initial year for the District.

Financial Condition and Management

Section 10.554(1)(i)5.a. and 10.556(7), Rules of the Auditor General, require us to apply appropriate procedures and communicate the results of our determination as to whether or not St. Augustine Lakes 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 St. Augustine Lakes 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
St. Augustine Lakes Community Development District

Pursuant to Sections 10.554(1)(i)5.b. and 10.556(8), Rules of the Auditor General, we applied financial condition assessment procedures for St. Augustine Lakes Community Development District. It is management’s responsibility to monitor the St. Augustine Lakes 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 as of September 30, 2022.

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.

Specific Information

The information provided below was provided by management and has not been audited; therefore, we do not express an opinion or provide any assurance on the information.
As required by Section 218.39(3)(c), Florida Statutes, and Section 10.554(1)(i)6, Rules of the Auditor General, the St. Augustine Lakes Community Development District reported:
The total number of district employees compensated in the last pay period of the District’s fiscal year: 4
The total number of independent contractors to whom nonemployee compensation was paid in the last month of the District’s fiscal year: 4
All compensation earned by or awarded to employees, whether paid or accrued, regardless of contingency: $6,649
All compensation earned by or awarded to nonemployee independent contractors, whether paid or accrued, regardless of contingency: $165,367
Each construction project with a total cost of at least $65,000 approved by the District that is scheduled to begin on or after October 1, 2021, together with the total expenditures for such project: The District did not have any construction projects.
A budget variance based on the budget adopted under Section 189.016(4), Florida Statutes, before the beginning of the fiscal year being reported if the District amends a final adopted budget under Section 189.016(6), Florida Statutes: The budget was not amended.
As required by Section 218.39(3)(c), Florida Statutes, and Section 10.554(1)(i)8, Rules of the Auditor General, the St. Augustine Lakes Community Development District reported:
The rate or rates of non-ad valorem special assessments imposed by the District: The District is funded by developer contributions.
The amount of special assessments collected by or on behalf of the District: Total special assessments collected was $0.
The total amount of outstanding bonds issued by the District and the terms of such bonds: The District had no outstanding debt as of September 30, 2022.

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To the Board of Supervisors
St. Augustine Lakes Community Development District

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 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 July 26, 2023

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