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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — A Port St. Lucie neighborhood almost lost their community clubhouse after a consultant engineer made a mistake.

The error has led to a tax dispute between the neighborhood’s homeowners association and the city of Port St. Lucie, centering around the property.

City officials said their consultant engineer originally agreed with the homeowner’s association that the property didn’t have to pay a special assessment, but later changed their mind and reinstated the duty worth about $20,000.

Kelly Finn, who is the president of the Veranda Gardens homeowners association, said the community didn’t know the city reinstated the tax. She said she got a notice from the St. Lucie County Tax Collector’s Office warning her about years of unpaid tax bills and a potential upc

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