IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA
CASE NO.: 2025-CA-000982 BOND VALIDATION

MILKAWAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT,
Plaintiff,
v.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND THE TAXPAYERS, PROPERTY OWNERS, AND CITIZENS OF MILKAWAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, INCLUDING NON-RESIDENTS OWNING PROPERTY OR SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS OR TAXATION THEREIN, AND ALL OTHERS HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY RIGHTS, TITLE, OR INTEREST IN PROPERTY TO BE AFFECTED BY THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS HEREIN DESCRIBED, OR TO BE AFFECTED IN ANY WAY THEREBY,
Defendants.

NOTICE AND ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
WHY SAID BONDS
SHOULD NOT BE VALIDATED AND CONFIRMED
TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND THE TAXPAYERS, PROPERTY OWNERS, AND CITIZENS OF MILKAWAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, INCLUDING NON-RESIDENTS OWNING PROPERTY OR SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS OR TAXATION THEREIN, AND ALL OTHERS HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY RIGHTS, TITLE, OR INTEREST IN PROPERTY TO BE AFFECTED BY THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS HEREIN DESCRIBED, OR TO BE AFFECTED IN ANY WAY THEREBY:
The Milkaway Community Development District (the “District”) having filed its Complaint for Validation of a not to exceed principal amount of $71,000,000 Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds, in one or more series (the “Bonds”), and it appearing in and from said Complaint and the Exhibits attached thereto that the District has adopted a resolution authorizing the issuance of the Bonds for the purpose of providing funds, together with other available funds, for paying the costs of acquiring, constructing, and equipping the Project (as defined in said Complaint), and it also appearing that all of the facts required to be stated in said Complaint and Exhibits by Chapter 75 of the Florida Statutes are contained therein, and that the District prays that this Court issue an order as directed by said Chapter 75, and the Court being fully advised in the premises:
NOW, THEREFORE,
IT IS ORDERED that all taxpayers, property owners and citizens of the District and Hernando County, Florida, including non-residents owning property or subject to assessments or taxation therein, and the State of Florida, through the State Attorney of the Fifth Judicial Circuit, in and for Hernando County, Florida, and all others having or claiming any rights, title or interest in property to be affected by the issuance of the bonds herein described, or to be affected in any way thereby, appear on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. by Zoom and show cause why the prayers of the Complaint for the validation of the Bonds should not be granted and the Bonds, the proceedings therefor, and other matters set forth in said Complaint, should not be validated as prayed in said Complaint. Zoom credentials are:
https://zoom.us/j/95459894058?pwd=aBHaP0aRCveB9tWKtIxJFjsQPOlxn1.1.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that prior to the date set for the hearing on said Complaint for validation, the Clerk of this Court shall cause a copy of this Notice and Order to be published wherein said Complaint for validation is filed, once each week for two (2) consecutive weeks, commencing with the first publication which shall not be less than twenty (20) days prior to the date set for said hearing.

DONE AND ORDERED at the Courthouse in Hernando County, Florida, this 22nd day of September, 2025.

/s/ PAMELA VERGARA
HONORABLE PAMELA VERGARA
FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE

Copies furnished to:
Kathryn C. Hopkinson, Esq.
Straley Robin Vericker
Via email: khopkinson@srvlegal.com; a.delamora@srvlegal.com; jvericker@srvlegal.com

Conrad Juergensmeyer, Esq.
Assistant State Attorney
Via email: cjuergensmeyer@sao5.com; jwhite1@sao5.org

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Certificate of Service
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the Notice and Order to Show Cause Why Said Bonds Should Not Be Validated And Confirmed has been sent via Electronic Mail to the following: Kathryn C. Hopkinson, Esq. (khopkinson@srvlegal.com; a.delamora@srvlegal.com) and Conrad Juergensmeyer, Esq. (cjuergensmeyer@sao5.org; jwhite1@sao5.org) on this 22nd day of September, 2025.

Jospeh White, Judicial Assistant

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