Scheduled Events for: April 2024


Title Description Event Type
Big Cypress Basin Board Meeting

DATE AND TIME: 
Friday, April 26, 2024 at 11:00 a.m.

LOCATION:
Collier County Board of County Commissioners Chambers 
3299 Tamiami Trail East, 3rd Floor 
Naples, FL 34112 
Zoom Registration Link

CONTACT INFORMATION:
For more information, you may contact: Lisa Koehler at lkoehler@sfwmd.gov.

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED:
This is a public meeting of the Big Cypress Basin Board to discuss and consider activities impacting the Big Cypress Basin of the South Florida Water Management District.

The Big Cypress Basin Board may take official action at the meeting on any item appearing on the agenda and on any item that is added to the agenda as a result of a change to the agenda approved by the presiding officer of the meeting pursuant to Section 120.525, Florida Statutes.

A copy of the agenda and additional information may be obtained by contacting: Lisa Koehler at lkoehler@sfwmd.gov, or at sfwmd.gov/meetings, seven days prior to the meeting.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this meeting is asked to advise the agency at least seven days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Molly Brown, District Clerk, at mobrown@sfwmd.gov. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).  

If any person decides to appeal any decision made by the Board with respect to any matter considered at this meeting or hearing, he/she will need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceeding is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence from which the appeal is to be issued.

Big Cypress Basin Board
2024 Lower Kissimmee Basin Water Supply Plan Update Stakeholder Meeting #1

DATE AND TIME: 
Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 9:00 AM

LOCATION: 
Members of the public may participate and provide public comment via Zoom, a media technology free for the public to use.
Zoom Registration Link

CONTACT INFORMATION: 
For more information, you may contact Chad Brcka via phone at 561-682-2816 or via email at cbrcka@sfwmd.gov.

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE DISCUSSED: 
The 5-year update to the Lower Kissimmee Basin Water Supply Plan Update (LKB Plan Update) will assess current and projected water needs in the LKB Planning Area through 2045. The LKB Planning Area includes portions of Glades, Okeechobee, and Highlands counties (generally northwest of Lake Okeechobee) and the Seminole Tribe of Florida’s Brighton Reservation. Meeting content will include the 2024 LKB Plan Update overview, goals, objectives, and draft population and demand projections. The most recent LKB Plan Update was approved in 2019.

The meeting will be recorded, and the link will be made available on the LKB Plan Update webpage at SFWMD.gov/lkbplan at the conclusion of the meeting.

A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting Chad Brcka via phone at 561-682-2816, or via email at cbrcka@sfwmd.gov, or online at SFWMD.gov/lkbplan seven days prior to the meeting.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least seven days before the workshop/meeting by contacting Molly Brown, District Clerk, at mobrown@sfwmd.gov. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).

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