District Governing Board to meet in Palm Bay

PALM BAY, Fla., Feb. 2, 2016 — The St. Johns River Water Management District’s Governing Board is holding its monthly meeting off site Feb. 9 at the Palm Bay City Council Chambers. One day prior, on Feb. 8, the board will hold a workshop at the district’s Palm Bay Service Center. The board will discuss the functions of the district’s inspector general and a resolution of the Central Florida Water Initiative.

Among the topics for the Feb. 9 regular board meeting are ranking of project applications for the fiscal year 2016 REDI Community and Innovative Projects Cost-Share Program, ranking and executing cost-share agreements under the Agricultural Cost-Share Program, and a status report by Dr. Duane DeFreese regarding the new IRL Council and Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program.

WHAT: Governing Board Workshop

WHEN: Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m. WHERE: Palm Bay Service Center, Blue Cypress Room 525 Community College SE, Palm Bay, FL 32909

WHAT: Governing Board Meeting

WHEN: Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, 9 a.m.-close 9 a.m., Project and Land Committee 10 a.m., Finance, Administration and Audit Committee 11 a.m., Governing Board Meeting WHERE: Palm Bay City Hall Council Chambers 120 Malabar Road SE, Palm Bay, FL 32907 While board meetings are routinely held at district headquarters in Palatka, the board holds periodic off-site

meetings to be more accessible to the public and enhance transparency in district business.