Draft Agenda - Updated 9/30/2025

Friday, November 7, 2025

Cedar Key Public Library, 460 2nd St, Cedar Key, FL

Notes:

• Organizations interested in sponsoring the meeting may pay online here or contact Sam Palermo at 561-351-5278.
• Continuing Education Credits will be available for Professional Engineers and Professional Geologists
• There is no hotel room block for this meeting, but explore lodging here.

1. 9:30 am - 11:30 am - AWRA Florida Board Meeting - All are welcome
2. 11:45 AM Meeting Registration Opens & Lunch (Lunch TBD – Boxed lunch)
3. 1:00 pm- 1:15 pm - Welcome & Opening Remarks (Luna Phillips, President, AWRA Florida Board of Directors)
4. 1:15pm -1:30pm – Sue Colson – Cedar Key Hurricane Recovery Efforts
5. 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm – Haley Cox – UF/IFAS – Living Shoreline Performance Assessment in Cedar Key
6. 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm – Dr. Chris Anastasiou - SWFWMD – 2024 Springs Coast Sea Grass Mapping results
7. 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm – Casey Craig - FWC - FWC’s Oyster Integrated Mapping and Monitoring Program
8. 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Break
9. 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm – Dr. Sean King - SRWMD -Minimum Flows and Levels
10. 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm – Dr. Madison Trowbridge - SWFWMD – Into the Weeds: Assessing Drivers of Submerged Vegetation in Florida Springs
11. 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm – Sandra Chupinsky (FDEP) – Meet your Local Aquatic Preserve

Networking Happy Hour immediately following the meeting!

AWRA National 2025 Annual Conference

November 10 - 12, 2025 | Westminster, Colorado

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LOCATION

Florida Gulf Coast University Cohen Ballroom

10501 FGCU Blvd. S.

Fort Myers, FL 33965

DATE & TIME

Friday, January 23, 2026

7:30 am: Registration

8:00 am - 5:00 pm: Program

5:00 pm: Networking Reception

Agenda Preview:

City of Fort Myers Environmental Issues 

“Fort Myers' Trash Free Waters Program”

Legal Challenges update

 Water or Wastewater Update

Stormwater Treatment and Flood Control Planning

Lee County Flood Management

Babcock Ranch Stormwater Design - Lessons Learned

South Florida Water Management District Flood Control & Resiliency

Regulatory Updates

Citizen Environmental Stewardship Program

Emergency Preparedness Panel

Lee County Emergency Management

City of Fort Myers

Town of Fort Myers Beach

US Army Corps of Engineers

City of Naples

Collier County

AWRA National 2026 Geospatial Water Technology Conference

May 18 - 20, 2026 | Niagara Falls, New York

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