The Project Board and the Board of Directors will meet to hold a regularly scheduled public meeting to address subjects dealing with organization, budgeting, water conservation, project selection, funding, planning, and development, all as provided ...

 

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Polk Regional Water Cooperative

The Board of Directors and Project Board of the Polk Regional Water Cooperative announces a public meeting to which all persons are invited.

DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, May 20, 2020, 2:00 p.m.

PLACE: Nora Mayo Hall located at 500 3rd Street NW, Winter Haven, Florida 33881

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: The Project Board and the Board of Directors will meet to hold a regularly scheduled public meeting to address subjects dealing with organization, budgeting, water conservation, project selection, funding, planning, and development, all as provided within the Interlocal Agreement creating the Cooperative. The meeting is open to the public.

Due to ongoing restrictions on public gatherings because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting will be conducted with applicable social distancing requirements in place, limiting the capacity of the meeting venue to approximately 50 persons. Wearing of masks is recommended but not required. Certain members of the Board may attend remotely through Communications Media Technology. Members of the public desiring to provide comment may do so in person or through submission of written comments before the meeting via mail at Polk Regional Water Cooperative, c/o Polk County Manager, Attn: Tabitha Alpers, P.O. Box 9005, Drawer CA01, Bartow, Florida, 33831-9005, or email to [e-mail]. To assure consideration of written public comments, written comments should be received at least forty eight hours prior to the public meeting. Public comments offered in writing shall be afforded equal consideration, regardless of the method of communication. The meeting may be remotely viewed via Zoom, a media technology free for the public to use. A link will be provided on the Cooperative’s website at www.prwcwater.org with instructions regarding viewing of the meeting.

A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Copies of the meeting agenda are available in the Documents & Agendas section of the Cooperative’s website, www.prwcwater.org, or may be obtained by writing to the Polk Regional Water Cooperative, c/o Polk County Manager, Attn: Tabitha Alpers, P.O. Box 9005, Drawer CA01, Bartow, Florida, 33831-9005, or by calling Tabitha Alpers at 1[phone].

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 48 hours before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Polk County Communications Office not later than forty eight hours prior to the proceeding. The Communications office is located in the Polk County Administration Building, 330 West Church Street, Bartow, Florida, 33830, telephone [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: For more information, you may contact Ryan Taylor, Executive Director, Polk Regional Water Cooperative, by telephone at 1(863)534-6444 or by email at [e-mail].