Beginning on November 15, 2019, and continuing through December 31, 2020, interested parties may view communications and documents posted electronically on the WebBoard. The WebBoard will be active and peer review panelists may post information and ...

 

WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS

Southwest Florida Water Management District

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

40D-2.302Reservations from Use

The Southwest Florida Water Management District announces a public meeting to which all persons are invited.

DATE AND TIME: A website (the “WebBoard”) will be used to allow public access to and participation in communications among the chairman and members of the independent peer review panel created to conduct a review of the proposed reservation for Lake Hancock and Saddle Creek in Polk County. The WebBoard will be available for public viewing from 8:00 a.m. November 15, 2019 through December 31, 2020, and will be available for public comment from 8:00 a.m. on November 15, 2019, through 5:00 p.m. on December 20, 2019.

PLACE: https://swfwmd.discussion.community/categories

For persons without access to the Internet, access to the WebBoard during the public comment period is available at the headquarters office of the Southwest Florida Water Management District, 2379 Broad Street, Brooksville, Florida, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: Beginning on November 15, 2019, and continuing through December 31, 2020, interested parties may view communications and documents posted electronically on the WebBoard. The WebBoard will be active and peer review panelists may post information and pose questions, revisions, additions, or deletions to one another, and the public can provide comment directly on any aspect of the proposed reservation for Lake Hancock and Saddle Creek from 8:00 a.m. on November 15, 2019, through 5:00 p.m. on December 20, 2019.

In addition to the WebBoard, the peer reviewers will participate in an in-person public kickoff meeting.

DATE AND TIME: November 15, 2019, 9:00 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.

PLACE: Polk’s Nature Discovery Center, Circle B Bar Reserve, 4399 Winter Lake Road, Lakeland, FL 33863, 9:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

PLACE: Lake Hancock, Circle B Bar Reserve, 4399 Winter Lake Road, Lakeland, FL 33863, 11:15 a.m. – 12:00 Noon

PLACE: Lunch and drive to P-11 Structure, 2240 U.S. Highway 98 South, Bartow, FL 33830, 12:00 Noon – 1:30 p.m. (lunch on your own)

PLACE: P-11 Structure, 2240 U.S. Highway 98 South, Bartow, FL 33830, 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

PLACE: Polk County Peace River Canoe Launch at the Peace River, State Road 60 at the Peace River, Bartow, FL 33830, drive from P-11 Structure to Peace River Canoe Launch, 2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m., visit from 2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Additionally, the peer reviewers will participate in a series of teleconferences on the proposed reservation for Lake Hancock and Saddle Creek, to be held as follows:

DATE AND TIME: November 21, 2019, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

PLACE: Teleconference. Call-in number: [phone]; Participant passcode: 504785307#. Skype link: https://meet.lync.com/swfwmd-state/doug.leeper/YC1SPHR1.

DATE AND TIME: December 17, 2019, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

PLACE: Teleconference. Call-in number: [phone]; Participant passcode: 158293929#. Skype link: https://meet.lync.com/swfwmd-state/doug.leeper/G25MKRL1.

NOTE: One or more members of the District’s Governing Board may attend these meetings.

A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Doug Leeper, MFLs Program Lead, at [phone], ext. 4272, or [e-mail]. Agendas will also be accessible at https://swfwmd.discussion.community/categories.

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 5 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: SWFWMD Human Resources Director, [phone], ext. 4703; 1(800)423-1476 (FL only), ext. 4703 or email to [e-mail]. 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).

For more information, you may contact: Doug Leeper at [phone], ext. 4272, or by email at [e-mail].