CHNEP Management Conference 2011 Meeting Dates

The Policy, Management, Technical Advisory and Citizens Advisory committees each meet four times a year to consider issues. The dates listed here are tentative. As meeting details, including location and agenda packets, are known they are provided on this page as PDF files. Meeting agenda packets are kept on this website for as long as three years (2012, 2010). Minutes from meetings since 2000 are available.

As of May 2007 some information may also be available on the CHNEP FTP site; however, these files are not let on this site for long term. The user name is chnep and the password is chnepaccess.

Policy Committee
Friday, March 18 from 9:30 to 12:30
Shamrock Park (3900 Shamrock Dr in Venice)
Agenda packet (PDF @ 1,386 KB)

Friday, May 20 from 9:30 to 12:30
South Florida Community College (2251 NE Turner Ave in in Arcadia
Agenda packet (PDF @ 959 KB)

Monday, August 22 from 9:30 to 12:30
Southwest Florida Planning Council (1926 Victoria Ave, Fort Myers)
Agenda packet (PDF @ 461 KB)

• Agenda 5: Water Quality Target Refinement Project by Mike Wessel, Janicki Environmental (PDF @ 175 KB)
• Agenda 5: Numeric nutrient criteria reports 7, 8, 8 supplemental, 9, 10 and 11 approved
• Agenda 6: CHNEP Southwest Florida Oyster Workshop Group and Shellfish Habitat Restoration Plan (PDF @ 3,084 KB) by Judy Ott, CHNEP (presentation not given during meeting)

Friday, November 18 from 9:30 to 12:30
East Port Environmental Campus (25550 Harborview Rd, Port Charlotte)
Agenda packet (PDF @ 9,075 KB)

Management Committee
Friday, March 4 from 9:30 to 12:30
Shamrock Park (3900 Shamrock Dr in Venice)
Agenda packet  (PDF @ 1,142 KB)

Friday, May 6 from 9:30 to 12:30
South Florida Community College (2251 NE Turner Ave in in Arcadia)
Agenda packet (PDF @ 1,206 KB)

• Agenda 8: A Watershed Analysis of Permitted Coastal Wetland Impacts and Mitigation Methods within the Charlotte Harbor  National Estuary Program Study Area (PDF @ 15 MB, added 5/5/11)

Friday, August 5 from 9:30 to 12:30
Southwest Florida Planning Council (1926 Victoria Ave, Fort Myers)
Agenda packet (PDF @ 461 KB)

• Agenda 5: Estuarine Nutrient Criteria for CHNEP (PDF @ 3,069 KB)
• Agenda 6: CHNEP Shellfish Habitat Restoration Process (PDF @ 3,084 KB)
• Agenda 8: CHNEP Water Atlas Water Quality Contour Maps (PDF @ 2,329 KB)

Friday, November 4 from 9:30 to 12:30
East Port Environmental Campus (25550 Harborview Rd, Port Charlotte)
Agenda packet (PDF @ 1,554 KB)

• Agenda 5: Lower Myakka MFL (PDF @ 1,534)
• Agenda 6: Sustainable Water Resource Management Plan for the Peace Creek Watershed (PDF @ 5,036 KB)

Citizens Advisory Committee
Wednesday, February 16 from 9:30 to 12:30
Shamrock Park (3900 Shamrock Dr in Venice)
Agenda packet  (PDF @ 1,905 KB) not including:

• CHNEP Strategic Communications Plan
• Charlotte Harbor Numeric Nutrient Criteria: Task 8 - TN and TP Loading and Concentration Based Criteria (PDF @ 4,457 KB)
• Charlotte Harbor Numeric Nutrient Criteria: Task 9 - Downstream Protection Values (PDF @ 3,703 KB)

Wednesday, April 20 from 9:30 to 12:30
DeSoto County Public Schools Environmental Learning Lab and Outdoor Classroom (8152 Environmental Lab St, Arcadia)
Agenda packet (PDF @ 1,300 KB)

• Presentation: Revised Watershed Analysis of Permitted Coastal Wetland Impacts and Mitigation Methods within the CHNEP Study area: Whitney Gray, SWFRPC (PDF @ 2,812 KB)

Wednesday, August 3 from approximately 9:30 to 12:30
Southwest Florida Planning Council (1926 Victoria Ave, Fort Myers)
NOTE: On Feb. 16, the CAC changed this meeting day from July 20.
Agenda packet

• Agenda 5b: Watershed report (PDF @ 7 MB)
• Update 7/29: An agenda item will be added. The CAC will review and comment on the water quality contour maps for the water atlas (PDF @ 2,051 KB).
• Further the development of the CHNEP 2012 calendar. This meeting will begin immediately after the CAC meeting and lunch (likely at about 12:30). These meetings often take four hours.

Wednesday, October 19 from 9:30 to 12:30
El Jobean Community Center (14344 Jamison Way, Port Charlotte)
Agenda and directions  (PDF @ 104 KB)
Agenda packet (PDF @ 1,737 KB)

• Presentation: Sustainable Water Resource Management Plan for the Peace Creek Watershed by Mike Britt with City of Winter Haven (PDF @ 5,631 KB)
• Presentation: CHNEP Water Atlas by Jan Allyn with USF (PDF @ 3,736 KB)
• CAC Environmental Progress Subcommittee: This subcommittee will likely continue to meet the afternoons of many of the regularly scheduled CAC meetings.

Technical Advisory Committee/Science Forum
Thursday, February 10 from 9:00 to 12:30
Shamrock Park (3900 Shamrock Dr in Venice)
Agenda packet  (PDF @ 1,562 KB) not including:

• Charlotte Harbor Numeric Nutrient Criteria: Task 8 - TN and TP Loading and Concentration Based Criteria (PDF @ 4,457 KB)
• Charlotte Harbor Numeric Nutrient Criteria: Task 9 - Downstream Protection Values (PDF @ 3,703 KB)

Thursday, April 14 from 9 to 3
South Florida Community College (2251 NE Turner Ave in Arcadia, 863/993-1757)
Agenda packet (PDF @ 1,592 KB)

• Item 5: Water Quality Target Refinement Project Task 3 Supplement: Evaluation Strategy for Water Clarity Targets by Mike Wessel, Janicki Environmental
• Item 6: Water Quality Target Refinement Project Task 7: Numeric Nutrient Criteria Development for TN Toni Janicki, Janicki Environmental
• Item 7: CHNEP Climate Change Conceptual Ecological Model by Whitney Gray, SWFRPC
• Agenda 8: Presentation Revised Watershed Analysis of Permitted Coastal Wetland Impacts and Mitigation Methods within the CHNEP Study area by Jim Beever, SWFRPC
• Item 9: CHNEP Water Atlas Beta Version by Jim Griffin, USF

Thursday, July 14 from 9:30 to 3
Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council (SWFRPC, 1926 Victoria Ave, Fort Myers)
Agenda packet (PDF @ 3,615 KB)

• Item 5b: Water Quality Target Refinement Project Task 7: Development of Numeric Nutrient Criteria for the Estuarine Waters of the CHNEP (PDF @ 7,856 KB)
• Item 5c: Water Quality Target Refinement Project Task 8: TN and TP Loading and Concentration Based Criteria (PDF @ 6,605 KB)
• Item 6a: Water Quality Target Refinement Project Task 8 supplemental: Numeric Nutrient Criteria: Tidal Creeks (PDF @ 555 KB)
• Item 6b: Water Quality Target Refinement Project Task 9: Downstream Protection Values (PDF @ 3,949 KB)
• Item 7a: Water Quality Target Refinement Project Task 10: Dissolved Oxygen (PDF @ 2,703 KB)
• Item 7b: Water Quality Target Refinement Project Task 11: Implementation Issues (PDF @ 980 KB)
• Presentation Item 6: Estuarine Nutrient Criteria for the CHNEP (PDF @ 3,063 KB)
• Presentation Item 9: Mapping Oyster Habitat in Sarasota County Waters (PDF @ 4,849 KB)
• Item 10: Cooperative Conservation Blueprint (PDF @ 3,272 KB)

Thursday, October 13 from 9 to 1:15 with field trip immediately following lunch
East Port Environmental Campus (25550 Harborview Rd, Port Charlotte)
Agenda and directions (PDF @ 172 KB)
Agenda packet (PDF @ 7,910 KB)

• Item 7: CHNEP Water Atlas by Jim Griffin, USF (PDF @ 2,928 KB)
• Item 8: Sustainable Water Resource Management Plan for Peace Creek Watershed by Mike Britt, Winter Haven (PDF @ 5,528 KB)
• Item 10: Status of Florida Bay Scallops in Pine Island Sound by Steve Geiger, FWC (PDF @ 2,141 KB)
• Item 11: Tampa Bay Tidal Tributary Research and Restoration Initiatives by Ed Sherwod, TBEP (PDF @ 5,868 KB)
• Item 11: Sarasota Bay Tidal Creek Monitoring Design by Jay Leverone, SBEP (PDF @ 314 KB)

CHNEP Water Quality and Quantity Objectives Subcommittee (WQQOS)
Tuesday, February 8 from 9 to noon
Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council
Agenda with directions (PDF @ 95 KB)
The meeting is to review and discuss the final proposed CHNEP total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) loading and concentration based criteria as well as the proposed CHNEP downstream protection values prior to the TAC meeting on February 10. The materials for this meeting were prepared by Janicki Environmental, Inc.

• Draft Charlotte Harbor Numeric Nutrient Criteria: Task 8 supplemental - Tidal Creeks (PDF @ 554 KB)
• Draft Charlotte Harbor Numeric Nutrient Criteria: Task 8 - TN and TP Loading and Concentration Based Criteria (PDF @ 4,457 KB)
• Draft Charlotte Harbor Numeric Nutrient Criteria: Task 9 - Downstream Protection Values (PDF @ 3,703 KB)

Wednesday, April 6 from 9 to approximately 1
Southwest Florida Planning Council (1926 Victoria Ave, Fort Myers)
People will be able to participate in person or via WebEx. The meeting will be to approve reports produced as part of tasks 7 to 9 and discuss reports produced as part of tasks 10 and 11.

• Task 7: NNC Total Nitrogen (TN) (PDF @ 3,600 KB) and Appendices (PDF @ 3,686 KB)
• Task 8: NNC Total Nitrogen (TN) and Total Phosphorus (TP) (PDF @ 1,148 KB)
• Task 9: Downstream Protection Values (PDF @ 3,386 KB)
• Task 10: NNC Implementation Plan
• Task 11: NNC Protection of Dissolved Oxygen Standards

CHNEP Water Quality and Quantity Objectives Subcommittee (WQQOS)
Tuesday, June 21 from 9 to 2 p.m.
Southwest Florida Planning Council (1926 Victoria Ave, Fort Myers)
Agenda
People will be able to participate in person or via WebEx. The meeting will be to approve reports produced as part of Numeric Nutrient Criteria project tasks 7 to 11 and discuss.