April 19,2026

To: The UPRD Board of Directors
Re: Status of Open Board of Directors Position Vacated by Sally Dickson

Dear Steve and Members of the Board:

My name is Dean Miller, my wife and I have been residents of University Park for the past 10 years. In my former life, I spent the last 7 years of my career as President, CEO and Chairman of the Board for a Division of Bridgestone/Firestone, a Fortune 500 company which generated in excess of $100M in proﬁt to the organization as a Limited Purpose Credit Card Bank which managed a private label credit card program for the company’s 2,200 company owned retail locations, and an additional 4,600 aﬃliated dealer locations nationwide.
I share this information not to inﬂate my ego, but for you to respect the fact that I understand the responsibilities incumbent upon you as Board members to represent the best interests of “all” of the residents of UPCC, not just special interest groups or those that share your personal beliefs. That said, it has come to my attention that members of the Board that share similar interests have taken steps to not only identify a candidate of interest to ﬁll this open position, but have also interviewed this candidate without involving all members of the Board, which if true, is at best a breach of your ﬁduciary duties.

To that point, I am writing to endorse the candidate who is the obvious replacement of choice, Mr. Rusty Piersons. I have known Rusty for over 50 years, long before we chose to relocate to University Park for our retirement. Although sometimes opinionated which I acknowledge, his integrity is beyond reproach and during his ﬁrst term he represented the majority interests of all of our residents in search of the most viable options to beneﬁt every homeowner. Furthermore, he is the only past member of the board to my understanding that has established a repour with the one dissident who has challenged our ability to issue a bond to cover current and future expenses above and beyond the current revenues we enjoy from outside play. . . NO ONE, wants to see an assessment of upwards to $25,000 over time to cover both current and future planned expenses when we can issue a 30 year bond to achieve the same outcome, and in my opinion, Rusty is our best option to help navigate this mine ﬁeld and accomplish this outcome. Lastly, it is a matter of record that Rusty received the next highest vote count in our last election, therefore he should be the obvious candidate of choice, and any other decision by the Board would represent a breach of your fediciary duties, as one former Chairman of the Board to another.
Sincerely, Dean S. Miller
6724 Curzon Terrace University Park, FL 34201