Kurt Harclerode
Kurt Harclerode
flooding lake lives pressures property protect relieve
It's done to relieve flooding pressures around Lake Okeechobee, protect lives and property around the lake, and that's why we had to do this.
hard people wanting
That will be hard for the people wanting to build.
became concern creating district include last low options point problems quantity summer test water whether
When the C-43 first became an Everglades restoration project, quantity was the issue. But then last summer we had all the problems with blue-green algae and concern over whether it would have low water quality. So at that point the district said we would include water-quality options when we are creating our test cell.
additional building mean severe
It doesn't necessarily mean a building moratorium, but it's severe enough we need to look at additional permitting.
last year
We need more rain. Last year we had a lot of rain, and that really helped.
call expert flood happens maybe orleans proper spend taxpayer testify witnesses
That's one way to spend taxpayer dollars. Maybe they should call expert witnesses from New Orleans to testify what happens when you don't have proper flood control.
conserve crunch
It's serious. We need to conserve year-round, but this is crunch time.
close
That isn't a whole lot. It's getting close enough that we're concerned, and we're having these meetings.
asked bring county elected federal money officials pleased state support
We have asked for state legislative support, and we are pleased that the county is working with our federal elected officials to try and bring money back to these projects.
ask atmosphere board campaign hope information informed local marketing media opportunity people present protest provide public staff wants whipped
An atmosphere has been whipped up by our local media with a marketing campaign that doesn't ask for or provide solutions, but only wants people to come protest and show their anger. We hope there will be an opportunity for our staff to present information to our board as well as for our board to take informed public comment.