SFWMD Board To Meet In Orlando Feb. 8

The South Florida Water Management District’s Governing Board will travel to the northern end of the Everglades basin for a regular monthly meeting Feb. 8.

The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. It will be held in the Carl T. Langford Board Room at the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, One Jeff Fuqua Blvd., Orlando. To authority, as you might have guessed, is located at Orlando International Airport.

No agenda for the meeting has been posted yet, but a press release said the meeting topics will include an update on efforts to secure more land along Shingle Creek at the top of the Kissimmee Chain.

Unlike the Southwest Florida Water Management District, which allows brief public comments on items not on the agenda at the beginning of the meeting, the SFWMD sets the time for general public comment near the end of the agenda. There is an opportunity for the public to comment earlier in the meeting on some specific agenda items.

The meeting is viewable via a webcast. Go to the agency’s website for details.

Interestingly, the meeting is the same day Ancient Islands will be hearing an update on Everglades issues from Cris Costello, senior organizing representative for Sierra Club. Costello will speak at 7 p.m. at Circle B Bar Reserve. The meeting will be in the classroom at the rear of the Nature Discovery Center building complex.

 

Posted in Group Conservation Issues.