EUUTH MANAGEMENT DISTRICT

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Nov. 3, 2013

Statement From Governing Board Chairman Federico
Fernandez Re: Lease in Everglades Agricultural Area

The South Florida 1 Mater Management District  Governing Board
todav followed the letter of the law and the intent of its promise to

Gov. Flick Scott and the Florida Legislature to ful?ll the requirements of
Senate Bill 10 and expedite the Everglades Agricultural Area 
Storage Reservoir project. The actions taken bv this Board allow for
immediate reservoir site work to proceed.

Regarding the lease on the reservoir site approved todav, Florida law
clea states that I1the district shall execute, renegotiate, extend, or
amend agreements, including reasonable notice and termination
provisions, so that land does not sit fallow and provides the maximum
public bene?t. Ant:r such agreements shall provide that agricultural
operators shall be permitted to continue to farm on a ?eld?bv-field basis
until such time as the agricultural operations are incompatible with site
preparation, on?site investigation, or construction for an Everglades
Agricultural Area reservoir project, as reasonablv determined bv the
lessor.?

stand behind Executive Director Ernie Marks and this
Governing Board. Both Governor-Elect Hon De?ant?is and Senator?Elect
Flick Scott want to get this reservoir built.  [Slur actions todav align with
this prioritv.