Seeking volunteers to be engaged in helping protect and preserve The Acreage/Loxahatchee. Please review the list of topics at the link below. Your time and input is very valuable to the future of our community. Please share with your friends, family and social media pages!

Committee Registration – https://votelox.com/get-involved/

Also, a reminder for our upcoming meeting to be held at the Acreage Library on 01/10/2023 @ 6:30 PM where we will be discussing the VERY IMPORTANT meeting on 01/12/2023 (more info on that below) as well as discussing financials if we incorporate. The agenda can be viewed/downloaded here.

The Delegates meeting is our most important meeting and our community needs your presence at the Local Delegation’s local bill and public hearing. The delegates need to hear your voice to let them know you request your right to vote. That meeting will be held in Jupiter, Thursday, 01/12/2023 @ 1:30 PM at the Els Center of Excellence, 18370 Limestone Creek Rd, Jupiter FL 33458. Please note this meeting location and time is decided by the Delegates, no one else. We have no control of this. We hope to see you there!

01/12/2023 Delegates meeting in Jupiter – URGENT!
Please note – The Delegates decide where and when meetings are held. Last year it was in Belle Glade.

Hello neighbors! The community needs you to show up to the meeting and show your support for the local bill sponsored by Rep. Rick Roth. This bill, if passed, will allow us to move forward towards a possible right to vote. Please come out and tell the local delegates that you want the right to vote; to determine your future!

Whether you are able to attend the meeting or not, please fill out the petition to demand your right to vote! The petition can be found here. https://votelox.com/petition/

PLEASE NOTE!!!! This is NOT a vote FOR or AGAINST establishing a self-government (incorporation), this is ONLY to obtain our right as US citizens to request that right which would take place in the future. Whether you are for or against incorporation, the Local Delegation should not be denying that right from us.

Hello fellow neighbors,

Our chance to self-govern is upon us again! Please sign the petition at your earliest convenience if you feel our community should have the right to vote for self-governance. This is ONLY for the right to vote, not to vote for or against incorporation. Our rights were taken away last year due to manipulation by surrounding communities and developers and we need to fight this. No government official should ever have the right to say that we DON’T have a right to vote. The Delegates Meeting will be held on Jan 12th, 2023. We now have newly elected Local Delegates that we need to reach out to and get beyond the point where we ended last year. This is a new petition so we would like to ask for 30 seconds of your time. The petition will automatically be sent to the Delegates. You can review the letter prior to filling it out so you can see what is being sent.

The petition can be found at https://votelox.com/petition/

We need as many to attend as possible, let’s not allow the surrounding communities and developers speak louder than us! If you wish to attend and need transportation, please let us know and we will see what arrangements can be made. Email us at info@votelox.com for any questions you may have.

The meeting details are as follows, be sure to mark your calendars;

January 12, 2023 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Els Center of Excellence
18370 Limestone Creek Rd.
Jupiter, FL 33458

Upcoming meetings: MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

January 10th, 2023 – Acreage Library @ 6:30 PM
January 12th, 2023 – Els Center of Excellence @ 1:30 PM – 18370 Limestone Creek Rd., Jupiter, FL 33458

We thank you in advance for your support and consideration!

The Citizens Group – Lou Calantuoni, Bob Morgan & Elizabeth Accomando

Hello neighbors, we hope you are having an enjoyable holiday season! We just wanted to let you know that the updated information that was submitted to the Palm Beach Local Delegates Committee was completed on 12/19/2022 and is now in their hands. We are hoping to speak to them directly before their decision at the Local Delegates meeting being held on 01/12/2022 in Jupiter. If you feel we deserve the right to vote on this smatter, there is petition on the site and your attendance at the meeting would be greatly appreciated! Please reach out to us if you need further details. Here is the complete package that was submitted.

https://votelox.com/2023-palm-beach-legislation-delegation-submittal/

We have created a proposed municipal tax calculator for you to preview what the tax impact would be to you, if we were to become a municipality. The calculator asks for you to input current 2022 Tax Values and ITID Assessment values and it does the rest of the work for you.

To get the information, it can be found at the Palm Beach County Property Appraiser’s site by entering your last name or address, for your convenience click the link https://www.pbcgov.org/papa/

Instructions for how to find the data needed is set out below with screenshots and the tax calculator can be found below that.

First, find your Taxable Value of your property, as shown below and write this number down.

Second, find your ITID non-ad valorem assessment and R3 values by clicking the “Property Tax Detail” link on the screen as shown below:

You will need to write both the Indian Trail Assessment and the R3 assessment values down.

Now that you have the required information, you can enter the data in the fields below as prompted on the form.

Below is an explanation of the calculation used for your proposed taxes and ITID assessment if we were to become a municipality.

1. The Taxable Value is the amount that is used to calculate ad valorem assessments by Counties and municipalities. The proposed millage rate for the Town of Loxahatchee is 3 mills. If you multiply the 2022 Taxable Value by .003, you will get what the municipal taxes will be ie. $199,246 x .003 = $597.74
2. It is proposed that Indian Trail Improvement District will reduce their services to primarily drainage. There will be an interlocal agreement between the ITID Board and the future council of the municipality, outlining the turnover of responsibilities and assets thereby reducing the budget requirements to run ITID to 1/3 of the current budget. We project that this will reduce the tax assessment needed for ITID to 33.33% of the current assessment plus the R3 Bond debt. Therefore if you multiply your current ITID assessment by 33.33%, this will give you the new ITID assessment, not including the Bond. It is projected that the R3 Bond amount will remain the same for the time being. ie. $1238 x .3333 (or 33.33%) = $412.63 plus the R3 Bond amount, $91.00 = $503.63 is what will be paid to ITID.
3. Now if you add the calculated amount from #1 to #2, you will get what the proposed taxes will be, if incorporated to the municipality and to ITID. ie. $597.74 + $503.63 = $1101.37
4. If you take the total from #3 and subtracted what you currently pay to ITID including the R3 Bond, you will get the Tax Impact amount. If it is a positive number, this is the amount your taxes are projected will increase. If it is a negative number, this is the amount your taxes are projected to decrease ie. $1101.37 – $1238.28 = $-136.91. Therefore, this resident’s taxes will decrease by $136.91 with incorporation.