Very short 30 minute meeting. The Southwest Florida Water Management District has approved a daily annual average withdrawal of 2,000 gallons per day for an agricultural well owend by one of the general developer land partners for use to replenish irrigation water used for the district. As we all know this is the dry season and to make things worse, the Englewood Water district has not been able to supply the amount of treated wastewater promised during this dry period. The added water from this well can make the difference between live and dead grass and plants in the district. The board approved a contract with the land partners to receive this well water and to pay the same rate for that water as they would be paying to the Englewood Water District.
The board also tied up all the loose legal ends surrounding the Unit 4, $13 million bond issue. That money is now in the bank and will be used to pay for infrastructure improvements to the new Matemy homes subdivisions going in along the West Villages Parkway between US 41 and River Rd. The future home owners in those new subdivisions will be responsible for paying back this bond money over the next 30 years.
The next scheduled meeting is set for January 12, 2017. Recall that a few months ago the WVID board decided to move their regular meetings back to City Council Chambers at North Port City Hall, and to begin meeting on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month at 11 am.
Before the meeting adjourned, I asked the board for clarification on the methodology being used to determine the "percent of urban development" in the district. This an important issue because the State Statute that governs our district allows for more and more of the board Supervisors to be elected by the public at a general election as the percentage of urban development increases over time within the district. I was told that the Urban Development Map prepared back in February, 2014 was the one still being used.
Please see my next post for a more in depth discussion of this important issue.
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