School District staff and Calusa Trace Homeowners Association (the HOA) have been working to complete outstanding items contained in the original agreement between the developer and the School Board regarding the land dedication and sale for the Schwarzkopf Elementary School campus.  Paragraph 5 of the agreement states the developer include the school's drainage into on-site retention lakes as part of the overall master drainage system and provide maintenance. The HOA will now be taking ownership of this area to perform the required maintenance.

The School District has installed proper fencing along the School's updated boundary and will retain easements along Calusa Trace Boulevard for ingress/egress for sanitary sewer maintenance and underground utilities associated with the school site. 

Costs associated with the conveyance of the on-site drainage area to the Calusa Trace Master Association from the School Board are limited to attorney and document filing fees.  These costs will be derived from Local Millage.  The district will experience an average savings of $5,000 annually related to current periodic maintenance in and around the pond that will no longer be the district's responsibility.