Below is an email from the United States Department of Agriculture in response to a Records Request I made. This email relates to the transcript of the recording of the Board of Director's Meeting from 1 minute, 33 seconds until to 7 minutes, 12 seconds.

Click on this link to see the USDA activity report for 940 Douglas Avenue referenced in the August 5, 2025 - 2:47 PM email.

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Subject: RE: FW: Record Request
From:"____, ____ - XXXX-XXXXX" <____.X.____@usda.gov>
Date: 8/8/2025 3:10 PM
To: "D. Hefele" <dave4vth@att.net>

Hi Mr. Hefele,

There was no cause for the initial inspection like someone calling us out for some concern over the trees. It's just part of our pest surveillance program we do throughout the state for citrus pests and diseases. We have thousands of properties all over central and south Florida that we visually inspect every quarter. We are always looking to add new trees to our program and back in 2021 we added a bunch of new properties in Seminole county because it was underrepresented in our program. We just drove by , saw the tree, and then added it.

Hope that clears it up.

Take care,
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______ ______ ___________ ___ Officer USDA-_____-___-____ ____ ______ Orlando, FL _____ United States Department of Agriculture   Desk: ___-___-____

From D. Hefele <dave4vth@att.net>
Sent: Friday, August 8, 2025 2:47 PM
To:____, ____ - XXXX-_____ <____.X.____@usda.gov>
Subject: Re: FW: Record Request

Mr. ____,

Thank you so much for your reply. It answered almost all of our questions.

However, when you have the time, could you please tell me what caused the initial inspection of unit 147 on May 26, 2021.

Sincerely,
David Hefele

On 8/5/2025 2:47 PM, ______, ______ - ___-_____ wrote:

Hi Mr. Hefele,

I enjoyed talking to you today and I hope I cleared up any confusion some of the homeowners might have had over our visit to your community. Attached is a report of our activities over the years.Please feel free to reach out if you have any further questions.

Take care.

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______ ______ ___________ ___ Officer USDA-_____-___-____ ____ ______ Orlando, FL _____ United States Department of Agriculture   Desk: ___-___-____