Corps announces LOSOM Project Delivery Team Meeting via Web
February 27

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, announces the February Project Delivery Team (PDT) meeting for the Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM), to be held from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, February 27 as an online Web Meeting.

We invite LOSOM Project Delivery Team members and members of the public to join us for the LOSOM Project Delivery Team Meeting via Online Web meeting.

LOSOM PDT meeting February 27 (web meeting only)

1:30 - 4:00 p.m.
https://usace.webex.com/meet/lakeocomments
USA Toll-Free:   877-336-1831
USA Caller Paid/International Toll: 404-443-6397
ACCESS CODE: 8993438
Security Code: 1234

Agenda
1.   Introduction                                                                           1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
2.   Sub-team Updates                                                                1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
3.   Sensitivity Modeling Summary                                            2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
4.   Lake Schedule Formulation Methodology                        3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
5.   Schedule Look Ahead                                                           3:30 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.
6.   Public Comment Period                                                       3:40 p.m. – 3:55 p.m.
7.  Closing Remarks                                                                    3:55 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

The Project Delivery Team (PDT) members include only the federal officials and elected officers of state, local or tribal governments or their designated employees with authority to act on their behalf acting in their official capacities.

“During this Project Delivery Team Meeting, we are going to summarize our current status and set up the input process for the next steps,” said Tim Gysan, LOSOM Project Manager. “During the February meeting, the LOSOM PDT will meet via online web meeting only, to make it easier for everyone to join us without the need to travel. The sub-team leads will also provide updates on their progress.”

Sub-teams are working specifically on Economics, Ecology, Modeling, Plan Formulation, Water Supply and Water Quality.

The purpose of the Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM) effort is to reevaluate and define operations for the Lake Okeechobee regulation schedule that take into account additional infrastructure that will soon be operational. The additional infrastructure that will be taken into consideration includes the Herbert Hoover Dike rehabilitation, Kissimmee River Restoration Project, as well as the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) C-43 West Basin Storage Reservoir and C-44 Reservoir and Stormwater Treatment Area.

Additional PDT meetings and public workshops will be held periodically throughout the process. Visit www.saj.usace.army.mil/LOSOM/ for additional information.

The Project Delivery Team (PDT) members include only the federal officials and elected officers of state, local or tribal governments or their designated employees with authority to act on their behalf acting in their official capacities.

Members of the public are welcome to attend the government agency PDT meeting and provide comment during designated periods.

LOSOM PDT Meeting Comments: LakeOComments@usace.army.mil

LOSOM PDT Meeting Thursday April 23, 2020 (Web Meeting Online) 1:00   p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

1:30 - 4:00 p.m.
https://usace.webex.com/meet/lakeocomments
USA Toll-Free:   877-336-1831
USA Caller Paid/International Toll: 404-443-6397
ACCESS CODE: 8993438
Security Code: 1234

LOSOM PDT Meeting Tuesday March 31, 2020  (CANCELLED) (Okeechobee, location TBD and Web Meeting Online) 10:00 a.m. – 4 p.m.

LOSOM PDT Meeting Thursday February 27, 2020 ( Web Meeting Online Only) 1:30   p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

1:30 - 4:00 p.m.
https://usace.webex.com/meet/lakeocomments
USA Toll-Free:   877-336-1831
USA Caller Paid/International Toll: 404-443-6397
ACCESS CODE: 8993438
Security Code: 1234

Agenda

1.   Introduction                                                                           1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
2.   Sub-team Updates                                                                1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
3.   Sensitivity Modeling Summary                                            2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
4.   Lake Schedule Formulation Methodology                         3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
5.   Schedule Look Ahead                                                            3:30 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.
6.   Public Comment Period                                                        3:40 p.m. – 3:55 p.m.
7.  Closing Remarks                                                                     3:55 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

LOSOM PDT Meeting Thursday January 30, 2020 (West Palm Beach and Web Meeting Online)

South Florida Water Management District Headquarters (West Palm Beach)
January 30, 2020
9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Governing Board Auditorium
3301 Gun Club Road
West Palm Beach, Florida

If you are unable to join us in person in West Palm Beach, you may also attend via the Online Web meeting:

LOSOM PDT Meeting, 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. January 30 (Web Meeting)
https://usace.webex.com/meet/lakeocomments 
USA Toll-Free:   877-336-1831
USA Caller Paid/International Toll: 404-443-6397
ACCESS CODE: 8993438
Security Code: 1234

Agenda 
 1.   Introduction                                                 9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
 2.   Schedule Look Ahead                                 9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
 3.   Sub-team updates                                      10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
 4.   Public Comment Period                             11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
 5.   Break                                                             11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
 6.   Round 2 Sensitivity Modeling Runs          11:30 a.m. – 12:40 p.m.
 7.   Public Comment Period                             12:40 p.m. – 12:55 p.m.
 8.  Closing Remarks                                           12:55 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

The Project Delivery Team (PDT) members include only the federal officials and elected officers of state, local or tribal governments or their designated employees with authority to act on their behalf acting in their official capacities.
Members of the public are welcome to attend the government agency PDT meeting and provide comments during the two designated public comment periods.

LOSOM PDT meeting December 19, 2019 (web meeting)
1 - 4:00 p.m.
https://usace.webex.com/meet/lakeocomments
USA Toll-Free:   877-336-1831
USA Caller Paid/International Toll: 404-443-6397
ACCESS CODE: 8993438
Security Code: 1234
Agenda
1.   Introduction                                                                          1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
2.   LOSOM Performance Measures/Indicators                     1:15 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.
      a. Sub-teams Update on PM Matrix Input                                           
      b. Modeling presentation on existing PM data
          sets and RSM data output
      c. New RECOVER Performance Measure reviews                     
3.   Public Comment Period                                                     2:10 p.m. – 2:25 p.m.
4.   Break                                                                                     2:25 p.m. – 2:35 p.m.
5.   Round 2 Sensitivity Modelling Runs                                 2:35 p.m. – 2:55 p.m.
6.   Draft Modeling Assumptions Existing Condition and
      FWO Increments 1&2                                                         2:55 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
7.   LOSOM goal to maximize flexibility                                 3:15 p.m.– 3:25 p.m.
8.   LOSOM relationship to CERP Savings Clause                3:25 p.m. – 3:35 p.m.
9. Public Comment Period                                                      3:35 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.
10. Schedule Look Ahead and Closing Remarks                 3:50 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Note: There will not be a PDT meeting in November, to allow sub-teams to continue required meetings and make progress on the development of performance metrics, and to allow time for PDT members to submit ideas for round two of modeling sensitivity runs.

LOSOM PDT Meeting  (Thursday October 24, 2019 - Homestead and Web Meeting Online)
Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM)
Project Delivery Team Meeting

Meeting Location

John D. Campbell Agricultural Center
UF/IFAS Facility
18710 SW 288th Street
Homestead, FL 33030

Web Meeting Information

https://usace.webex.com/meet/lakeocomments
USA Toll-Free: (877)336-1831
USA Caller Paid/International Toll: (404)443-6397
Access Code: 8993438
Security Code: 123

Agenda

1. Introduction                                                                 9:30 AM – 9:50 AM
2. Review Final Planning Framework                              9:50 AM –  10:45AM
   1.  Goals, Objectives, and Constraints
   2.  Considerations       
   3.  No Action Scenarios                      
   4.  Project Area and Area of Effects                           
3. Break                                                                           10:45 AM – 11:00 AM
4. Continue Review of Final Planning Framework                       11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
5. Public Comment Period                                                           11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
6. Lunch                                                                          12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
7. Round 1 Sensitivity Modelling Results                        1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
8. Break                                                                           2:45 PM – 3:00 PM
9. Sub-teams Update                                                        3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
   1.  Plan Formulation
   2.  Modeling
   3.  Ecological/Environmental
   4.  Water Quality
   5.  Water Supply
   6.  Economic                           
10. Public Comment Period                                                           3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
11. Schedule Look Ahead and Closing Remarks               4:00 PM – 4:15 PM

Initial LOSOM PDT Meeting  (August 20 - Clewiston)

Aug. 20, 2019
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
 John Boy Auditorium
1200 W. C. Owen Avenue, Clewiston, FL 33440
LOSOM PDT Presentation Aug. 20 2019

Corps offers series of webinars on Lake O water management

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District will offer a series of lunchtime webinars to provide background information on water management in south Florida as it pertains to Lake Okeechobee and the region.

Please follow the instructions below to participate in the one hour webinars, starting at noon:

Webinar Link (accommodates 200 people):
https://usace.webex.com/meet/lakeocomments Security code: 1234
Dial in (accommodates 500 people):
USA Toll-Free:   877-336-1831
USA Caller Paid/International Toll: 404-443-6397
ACCESS CODE: 8993438 Security Code: 1234
NOTE: if participation exceeds 200, attendees may download the presentation from the LOSOM web page at www.saj.usace.army.mil/LOSOM and dial in.
You may submit questions during the webinar using the chat function or via email at LakeOComments@usace.army.mil.
Download the presentation May 20 - Fundamentals of the Central & Southern Florida (C&SF) Project
Download the presentation May 22 - Lake Okeechobee Ecology
Download the presentation May 24 - Dam Safety and the Herbert Hoover Dike
Download the presentation May 28 - Estuary Ecology
Download the presentation May 30- Water Management and the 2008 Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule
Download the presentation June 4 - Kissimmee River Restoration

Jacksonville District staff will conduct six webinars, the first beginning at noon, May 20. The intent is to provide information to the public on the Central & Southern Florida Project water management system as work continues on the new Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM).

“We are conducting this series of webinars to give people who are interested an opportunity to learn more about the various aspects of water management in south Florida,” said Tim Gysan, LOSOM Project Manager. “Each webinar will provide information on the fundamentals of water management, and an overview of some of the major considerations we must take into account when making decisions. We encourage everyone to attend these webinars so they come prepared with a good working knowledge of the basics of water management and associated issues in advance of the upcoming public workshops.”

The Corps will conduct the LOSOM webinars on the following dates:

May 20 - Fundamentals of the Central & Southern Florida (C&SF) Project
Learn more about the C&SF Project, the series of canals, pumps and associated infrastructure which makes it possible for us to live and work in south Florida.
Download the presentation May 20 - Fundamentals of the Central & Southern Florida (C&SF) Project
 
May 22 - Lake Okeechobee Ecology
Learn more about the ecology of Lake Okeechobee, and the special issues associated with alterations to the natural system.
Download the presentation May 22 - Lake Okeechobee Ecology

May 24 - Dam Safety and the Herbert Hoover Dike
Learn more about Dam Safety issues and the Herbert Hoover Dike, which surrounds Lake Okeechobee and protects the surrounding communities.
Download the presentation May 24 - Dam Safety and the Herbert Hoover Dike

May 28 - Estuary Ecology
Learn more about the ecology of the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee Estuaries, east and west of Lake Okeechobee, which are very different in both their size and requirements.
Download the presentation May 28 - Estuary Ecology

May 30  - Water Management and the 2008 Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule
Learn more about how the Corps and South Florida Water Management District work together currently to manage water in the large south Florida water management system and some of the many technical considerations they take into account when making decisions.
Download the presentation May 30- Water Management and the 2008 Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule

June 4 - Kissimmee River Restoration
Learn more about the Kissimmee River Restoration Project, which restored more than 40 square miles of river floodplain and provides storage and treatment for water coming from the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes, north of Lake Okeechobee.
Download the presentation June 4 - Kissimmee River Restoration

Each one hour webinar will begin at noon, with a 20 to 30 minute presentation, followed by a moderated question-and-answer period.

To ensure the best possible audio experience for the participants, all phone lines will be muted during the webinar. Questions may be asked in one of two ways: through the webinar’s chat function or through the email address LakeOComments@usace.army.mil (NOTE: please write “LOSOM Webinar Question” in the subject line of your email). Online questions will be addressed as time allows, and similar questions may be grouped together.

Please follow the instructions below to participate in the one hour webinars, starting at noon:

Webinar Link (accommodates 200 people):
https://usace.webex.com/meet/lakeocomments Security Code: 1234
Dial in (accommodates 500 people):
USA Toll-Free:   877-336-1831
USA Caller Paid/International Toll: 404-443-6397
ACCESS CODE: 8993438 Security Code:  1234
NOTE: if participation exceeds 200, attendees may download the presentation from the LOSOM web page at www.saj.usace.army.mil/LOSOM and dial in.
You may submit questions during the webinar using the chat function or via email at LakeOComments@usace.army.mil.
Download the presentation May 20 - Fundamentals of the Central & Southern Florida (C&SF) Project

The purpose of the Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM) effort is to reevaluate and define operations for the Lake Okeechobee regulation schedule that take into account additional infrastructure that will soon be operational. The additional infrastructure that will be taken into consideration includes the Herbert Hoover Dike rehabilitation, Kissimmee River Restoration Project, as well as the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) C-43 West Basin Storage Reservoir and C-44 Reservoir and Stormwater Treatment Area.

LOSOM public workshops
9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
The workshops are being held to engage the public in the LOSOM process, to provide information on the LOSOM process and planning framework, engage the public in a water management simulation exercise, and provide an opportunity for the public to ask LOSOM related questions.

Cape Coral
Monday, Sept. 16, 2019
Cape Vineyard Community Church, 923 SE 47th Terrace, Cape Coral, FL 33904
Stuart
Tuesday Sept. 17, 2019
Indian River State College
Wolf High Technology Center
Johnson Auditorium
2400 S.E. Salerno Road, Stuart, FL 34997