Big Cypress Basin Agenda 08/22/2019 1
Big Cypress Basin Board Meeting Agenda of the South Florida Water Management District – August 22, 2019
South Florida Water Management District
BIG CYPRESS BASIN BOARD
AGENDA
This meeting is open to the public
August 22, 2019
1:30 PM
Collier County Government Center
Commission Chamber, 3rd Flr
3299 Tamiami Trail East, Naples, FL 34112
FINAL
1. Call to Order - Charlette Roman, Chair, Big Cypress Basin Board
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Agenda Revisions - Lisa Koehler
4. Agenda Item Abstentions by Board Members
5. Consider Approval of the Minutes for the July 8th Meeting
6. General Public Comment
7. The Southwest Protection Feature for Picayune Strand Restoration Project, a
Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan Project: Project Feature
Update by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Lt. Col. Jennifer Reynolds,
Deputy District Commander for South Florida, USACE and Staff contact, Lisa
Koehler, ext. 7603)
8. Ground Water Seepage Monitoring Project Update for Lake Trafford (Dr.
Serge Thomas, Associate Professor of Marine and Ecological Sciences,
Florida Gulf Coast University and Staff contact, Lisa Koehler, ext. 7603)
9. Big Cypress Basin Capital Plan Project Update (Staff contact, Lucine Dadrian,
ext. 2685)
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Big Cypress Basin Board Meeting Agenda of the South Florida Water Management District – August 22, 2019
10. Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Budget Presentation (Staff contact, Candida Heater,
ext. 6486)
Resolution No. BCBB 2019 - 0801 A Resolution of the Big Cypress Basin
Board of the South Florida Water Management District approving the
submittal of the rolled-back millage rate (0.1192) for Fiscal Year 2019-20;
requesting the Governing Board of the South Florida Water Management
District to levy ad valorem taxes within the Big Cypress Basin based on that
rate to finance Basin functions contained in the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Basin
budget.
Resolution No. BCBB 2019 - 0802 A Resolution of the Big Cypress Basin
Board of the South Florida Water Management District submitting the Fiscal
Year 2019-20 Basin budget in the amount of $13,984,146 to the Governing
Board of the South Florida Water Management District for inclusion in the
District budget.
Technical Report
11. Field Station Activity Report - Juan Bethencourt
12. Water Conditions Report - Brad Jackson
Staff Reports
13. Monthly Financial Report - Candida Heater
14. Basin Administrator Report - Lisa Koehler
15. General Public Comment
16. Board Comment
17. Adjourn