Hi Everyone! This is urgent try and come out and support Your EEL programs !!!! Read all this info and help if you can!!! You don't want to lose all these programs HELP NOW !!! Thanks...
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Emailing or calling all 5 Commissioners, in addition to attending their Budget Workshop this Thursday,
especially if you are unable to attend, is important! They need to hear why you would like them to continue fully funding the EEL Program. Click on http://www.brevardcounty.us/commission/ to contact them prior to the Workshop (tonight or tomorrow at the latest).
Also, please see the IMPORTANT information below on proposed budget cut impacts to the EEL Program, and the County's press release on the workshop.
Thank you all for your support, and I look forward to seeing you in your GREEN SHIRTS to UNITE FOR EELS this Thursday!
750-2953
Public Information Release
Kimberly Prosser
SCGTV/Communications Director
Office: 321-690-6843
kimberly.prosser@brevardcounty.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 19, 2010
Budget Workshop to be held Thursday Evening in
Commission Room
VIERA, Fla. Ð The Brevard County Board of County
CommissionersÕ budget workshop scheduled for Thursday, July
22 will be held at 6 p.m. in the first-floor commission room at the
Government Center in Viera.
To better accommodate members of the public who would
like to participate in the budget discussions, the workshop has
been scheduled during the evening, and has been moved to the
larger meeting room, which can hold more than 250 people.
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Program Impacts to EEL
Program Area Fiscal Year 10/11 Fiscal Year 11/12
Acquisition · No new willing seller · All acquisition efforts would
applications accepted cease.
· Acquisition of current willing · All mitigation acquisitions and
seller in-holdings only. other land donations would
· Acceptance of new mitigation cease.
lands would cease.
Habitat · Management priority focuses · 9300 additional staff hours lost
Management on urban interface fire related to management of exotic
preparations and species, prescribed fire, and
implementation. restoration.
· 6200 staff hours lost related to · Prescribed fire operations
management of exotic species, become number one priority.
prescribed fire, and
restoration.
Environmental · 4600 school children will not · An additional 240 school
Education participate in center children would not participate
programming. in center programs.
· Centers will be closed 2 days · Enchanted Forest would be
per week representing a loss closed representing 25,000
of 9,000 visitors. visitors.
· Festivals and outreach will be · Barrier Island would close 4
eliminated representing days per week representing
11,000 visitors. 7600 additional visitors.
· Additional center programs
would be eliminated
representing an additional 6,000
visitors.
Public Use · The maintenance of 38 miles · The maintenance of remaining
Trails of trails would be reduced to 20 miles of trails would be
20 miles. reduced to 10 miles or less.
***Educational visitation / participation includes: Center walk-ins, school groups,
sponsored festivals, community programs, tours, room use, turtle walks, and summer camp.