May 7, 2020 - Task Force Meeting

Meeting Presentations:

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Meeting Minutes, May 7, 2020

1. Administrative Items

   • Agenda

   • Meeting Minutes, October 2019

2. Task Force Member Introductions and Opening Remarks

3. Restoration in the time of COVID-19

   • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)

   • South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD)

   • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)

4. Director’s Report

5. OERI Update

6. Report on WG and SCG Activities

7. REstoration COordination & VERification (RECOVER) Briefing

8. Tamiami Trail Next Steps, Phase 2

9. WERP, CEPP and EAA

10. Curtain Wall as Part of a Comprehensive Flood Protection and Restoration Strategy in South Dade

11. Task Force Consultation on the Interagency Agreement with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for Independent Scientific Review of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan

October 29, 2019 - Task Force Meeting

MEETING PRESENTATIONS:

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October 29, 2019 Minutes

1. Administrative Items

   • Agenda

   • Minutes, April 2019 meeting

   • Lunch Options

2. Task Force Member Introductions

   • Task Force Membership Roster

   Task Force Member Bios

   • Dr. Timothy R. Petty

   • Noah Valenstein

   • Ron Bergeron

   • Jeff Clark

   • Henry Darwin

   • Jose (Pepe) Diaz

   • Truman Duncan

   • RD James

   • Nicole LeBoeuf

   • Bill Northey

   • Kevin Ruane

   • Jim Shore

   • Edward Smith

   • Eric Sutton

   • Adam Gelber

3. Science Coordination Group (SCG) Leadership

   • SCG Charter

4. Report on Working Group and Science Coordination Group Activities

   • Presentation

   • WG Charter

5. SFWMD Program and Project Update

6. Corps Program and Project Update

7. Consultation on the Integrated Delivery Schedule

   • Task Force Consultation Fact Sheet

   • Presentation [Revised]

   • 2019 IDS Final Placemat

8. Consultation on Project Implementation Reports

   • Loxahatchee River Watershed Restoration Project (LRWRP)

   • Fact Sheet - Loxahatchee River Watershed Restoration Project (LRWRP)

   • Lake Okeechobee Watershed Restoration Project (LOWRP)

   • Fact Sheet - Lake Okeechobee Watershed Restoration Project (LOWRP)

9. Python Management - One Mission, Many Hands

10. Florida Coral Reef Tract Discussion

    • FDEP Presentation

    • NOAA Presentation

11. Background Information

    • Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 1996 Section 528

12. Miccosukee Tribe Comments

    • COP Impacts to Miccosukee Tribe access to WCA-3A

    • History of Miccosukee Tribe’s SGGE aka Picayune Strand Property

    • Draft EA and proposed FONSI 2019 Plan Deviation Water Control Plan for Lake Okeechobee

    • Lands within Big Cypress National Preserve

    • SFWMD’s Section 203 PACR

13. Seminole Tribe Comments

    • WERP Alternative H

    • LOWRP

April 26, 2019 - Task Force Meeting

Handouts and Presentations for the April 26, 2019 Task Force Meeting:

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April 25‐26, 2019 Meeting Minutes

1. Administrative Items

   Agenda

   Minutes, July 25, 2018 Meeting

2. Task Force Member Introductions

   Task Force Membership Roster

   Task Force Member Bios:

   Andrea Travnicek

   Jeffrey Bossert Clark

   Derek Kan

   Jose Diaz

   Truman E. Duncan Jr.

   R.D. James

   Nicole LeBoeuf

   Kevin Ruane

   Jim Shore

   Eric Sutton

   Noah Valenstein

   Andrew Wheeler

3. Corps of Engineers Program and Project Update

   a. Program and Project Overview

   b. Integrated Delivery Schedule (IDS) Placemat

4. South Florida Water Management District Program and Project Update

5. National Academies of Sciences

   a. Presentation

   b. 2018 Biennial Review

6. Working Group and Science Coordination Group Priorities

7. Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM) Study

8. Combined Operational Plan (COP)

9. Harmful Algal Blooms

   a. Coral Disease Outbreak Response Efforts

   b. Corps Harmful Algal Bloom Investigation Activities for 2019

10. Update on Florida Reef Tract

    a.Coral Disease Outbreak Response Efforts

    b.Connections Between the Florida Reef Tract and the South Florida Ecosystem

11. 2018 Biennial Report Update (Update will be provided at meeting)

12. Additional Information

    WRDA 1996 Excerpt

    Task Force Charter

    Vice Chair Protocol

    Voting Protocols

July 25, 2018 - Task Force Meeting

Meeting Handouts and Presentations:

July 25, 2018 Meeting Minutes

1. Administrative Items

   Draft Agenda

   Meeting Summary for December 2, 2016 Meeting

2. Task Force Member Introductions

   Task Force Membership Roster

   Task Force Charter

   Vice Chair Protocol

   Voting Protocols

3. WG and SCG Leadership Appointments and Updates

   Power point Presentations

   Working Group Membership Roster

   Working Group Charter

   Science Coordination Group Membership Roster

   Science Coordination Group Charter

4. 2018 Reporting Requirements

   Strategy, Biennial Report and Integrated Financial Plan

   System-wide Ecological Indicators

5. Lake Okeechobee: Herbert Hoover Dike Construction/ Water Management

6. Corps Program and Project Update

7. South Florida Water Management Program and Project Update

8. Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP)- Post Authorization Change Report Update

9. Tamiami Trail Next Steps, Phase 2 Update

10. Integrated Delivery Schedule (IDS) Update

    Power point Presentation

    IDS Placemat

11. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Report Update

12. Additional Information

    WRDA 1996 Excerpt