Governing Board Monthly Meeting and Attorney-Client Session
DATE & TIME:
Thursday, August 12, 2021 at 9:00 a.m.
LOCATION:
SFWMD Headquarters, B-1 Building, 3301 Gun Club Road, West Palm Beach, FL 33406. For the Governing Board monthly meeting, members of the public may participate and provide public comment in-person or via Zoom, a media technology free for the public to use:
The link will go live at approximately 9:00 AM on August 12, 2021. The approximate duration of the Attorney-Client session referenced below is 90 minutes.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For more information, you may contact Rosie Byrd at rbyrd@sfwmd.gov.
GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED:
The Governing Board of the South Florida Water Management District will discuss and consider District business, including regulatory and non-regulatory matters.
The Governing Board may take official action at the Governing Board monthly 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.
Contemporaneous with the Governing Board monthly meeting, there will be an attorney-client session pursuant to Section 286.011(8)(2020), Florida Statutes, to discuss strategy related to litigation expenditures or settlement negotiations in Blue Goose Growers, LLC d/b/a Blue Goose Construction v. South Florida Water Management District, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Case No. 2018-CA-014544. This is a breach of contract case related to construction on the C-44 Project.
ATTENDEES: Governing Board Members: C. Goss, S. Wagner, B. Butler, C. Martinez C. Meads, C. Roman, J. Steinle, J. Thurlow-Lippisch, Executive Director D. Bartlett, General Counsel C. Ansay; District Attorneys J. Levine, R. Glass; Outside Counsel B. Kirwin and J. Darr, Kirwin Norris, P.A. and the court reporter.
Pursuant to Florida law, the entire attorney-client session shall be recorded by a certified court reporter. No portion of the session shall be off the record. A copy of the transcript will be made part of the District’s public record after the litigation has concluded.
Based on the discussion during the attorney client session, the Governing Board may take official action during the Governing Board monthly meeting upon conclusion of the attorney client session. Members of the public will have an opportunity to provide public comment prior to official action of the Governing Board relating to the attorney-client session.
A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: The agenda containing information for these meetings will be posted to the District’s website www.SFWMD.gov/meetings, seven days prior to the meeting. Or, you can email Rosie Byrd at rbyrd@sfwmd.gov.
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: Rosie Byrd, District Clerk, at rbyrd@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, 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.