Governing Board to discuss and consider District business, including regulatory and non-regulatory matters and the Governing Board to consider a budget amendment to the District’s Fiscal Year 2013-2014 budget in the amount of $650,000 to: • ...

 

WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS

South Florida Water Management District

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

DATE AND TIME: May 15, 2014, 9:00 a.m., Governing Board Meeting

PLACE: Headquarters, B-1 Building, 3301 Gun Club Road, West Palm Beach, Florida 33406

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: Governing Board to discuss and consider District business, including regulatory and non-regulatory matters and the Governing Board to consider a budget amendment to the District’s Fiscal Year 2013-2014 budget in the amount of $650,000 to:

• Increase the Upland Invasive Plant Control Special Revenue Fund ($400,000) from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for invasive plant for lygodium and melaleuca within the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge; and

• Increase the Invasive Plant Control Special Revenue Fund ($250,000) from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to perform waterway maintenance and aquatic plant control projects to treat large areas of torpedograss in Lake Okeechobee and harvest aggressive aquatic primrose from Lake Tohopekaliga

The proposed budget amendment is contingent upon approval by the Executive Office of the Governor and would increase the South Florida Water Management District’s budget to $623,215,173.

A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Jacki McGorty, [phone] or at https://www.sfwmd.gov.

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: Jacki McGorty, [phone]. 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.

For more information, you may contact: Jacki McGorty, [phone] or at https://www.sfwmd.gov.