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Peace River Basin Board Meeting (change in time and location): Consideration of Basin business including Basin Board review of Cooperative Funding proposals and associated budgetary implications, and the amendment of the Peace River Basin fiscal year (FY) 2009 budget to include $324,344 in unanticipated revenue from the State’s Water Management Lands Trust Fund (WMLTF) as follows: • $231,844 to implement projects in the District’s Surface Water Improvement and Management Program. This would include the Coral Creek Habitat Restoration project for $200,000; Biennial Seagrass Mapping of Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay and Charlotte Harbor project for $17,500; and Charlotte Harbor Water Quality Monitoring project for $14,344; and • $92,500 to fund the remaining amount required for the Conceptual Land Use/Recreation Master Plan and Conceptual Natural Resources Management Plan as the final phase of the Lake Hancock Land Use Alternatives Study. The proposed amendment will result in a $324,344 increase in the FY2009 budget of the Peace River Basin from $17,310,392 to $17,634,736 to reflect the additional revenue from the WMLTF, with no impact on Basin ad valorem taxes. Ad Order 23856.