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Use this page if… you want to comment to an agency, contact a public official, prepare for a meeting, or understand the difference between commenting and seeking formal party status.

Campaign position, not an agency finding. Current campaign ask: Ask SWFWMD to deny Application 930235 unless and until the applicant supplies a complete, internally consistent, professionally certified, and publicly reviewable design. Ask Pinellas County to provide lawful public notice and the full review required for any separate future land-use, zoning, drainage, floodplain, traffic, or site-plan proposal affecting this landscape.

Record identifiers: SWFWMD Application 930235 · ERP 47575.002.

Open Current Status Open official permit record

Public comments

How to send a SWFWMD comment

Open SWFWMD’s official permitting contact page and use its Regulatory Inquiry Form.
Identify Pinellas County, Brooker Creek Mitigation Bank, Application 930235, and ERP 47575.002.
State first-hand facts: the date, location, what you observed, and how it relates to water resources or permit review.
Ask that the comment be associated with the application record. Keep your dated copy and any confirmation.

A public comment can inform review, but it is not an administrative-hearing petition and does not by itself establish party status or preserve a hearing right.

Verified SWFWMD channels

Regulatory comments, questions, or citizen complaints:
SWFWMD permitting contact page and Regulatory Inquiry Form

Permit and agency-action notices:
SWFWMD Noticing Information

Environmental Resource Permit Bureau / Tampa Service Office:
813-985-7481 · 800-836-0797 (Florida only)
7601 U.S. Highway 301, Tampa, FL 33637-6759

Verified August 21, 2026 from SWFWMD’s official permitting-contact and noticing pages.

General Florida procedure

Notice, party status, petitions, and hearings are different

Follow official notices

SWFWMD offers permit-noticing registration. An agency-action notice ordinarily identifies the action and available process. Read the actual notice; do not rely on a date copied from an older letter or social post.

Commenting does not automatically create party status

Submitting a comment, attending a meeting, or registering for notices does not itself make someone a party. Florida Statutes §§120.569 and 120.57 and Chapter 28-106, Florida Administrative Code, address proceedings that determine substantial interests, petitions, disputed material facts, and intervention.

Do not assume every reader has 21 days

SWFWMD’s third-party-noticing guidance describes a 21-day period after proper publication for many District actions and a shorter period for certain linked sovereign-submerged-lands authorizations. Other notice and procedural facts can matter. The 21-day language in the December 14, 2025 RAI addressed a challenge to that RAI under the notice’s stated facts; it was not a universal deadline to challenge a later permit decision.

Use the actual filing instructions

A comment is not a petition. Anyone considering a hearing request should use the filing address, deadline, and content requirements in the operative notice and current rules, and should obtain legal advice promptly.

SWFWMD Third-Party Noticing Chapter 28-106, F.A.C.Florida Statutes §120.569 Florida Statutes §120.57

Write in your own voice

Copyable message templates

Replace bracketed text. Keep only statements you can personally support.

SWFWMD comment

Template text

Subject: Comment on Brooker Creek Mitigation Bank — Application 930235 / ERP 47575.002

I am [name], a [resident/property owner/other relationship] in [community or area]. I ask SWFWMD to require a complete, transparent record before taking agency action on this application.

My first-hand observation is: [specific fact, date, and location]. This matters to the permit review because: [water-resource, flooding, habitat, access, or other relevant connection].

Optional — keep or delete: The withdrawn 889588 file includes the applicant’s 14 August 2024 description of scraping uplands and filling ponds, and an 18 April 2024 letter stating treated effluent would continue through the site into Brooker Creek. The conservation website’s “no earthwork” and water-quality lines are not the permit.

Please associate this comment with the application record and tell me where future notices and agency actions will be published.

Thank you,
[name]
[contact information, if you want a response]

Pinellas County message

Template text

Subject: Request for transparent review of Tarpon Woods property issues

Commissioners and County staff,

I am [name], a [resident/property owner/other relationship] in [community or area]. I ask Pinellas County to ensure that any land-use, zoning, drainage, floodplain, traffic, access, or development proposal affecting the Tarpon Woods golf-course property receives the public notice and review required for that proposal.

My specific concern or observation is: [fact, date, and location]. I am asking the County to: [specific action or answer within County authority].

Please identify the County record, department, agenda, or notice page I should follow.

Thank you,
[name]

About 90 seconds

Public-meeting script

Good [morning/afternoon/evening]. My name is [name], and I live in [community]. I am asking for a transparent review of any proposal that could change the Tarpon Woods golf-course property. Residents should be able to understand the water, flooding, wildlife, land-use, and neighborhood consequences before irreversible work or approvals occur.

My specific first-hand concern is [one concise observation with a date or location]. The action I am asking this body to take is [one specific request within its authority].

Please make the supporting records, staff analysis, notices, and future meeting dates easy for the public to find. Thank you.

Meeting or hearing preparation

Confirm the meeting, agenda, location, format, and comment cutoff on the official page.
Check whether Tarpon Woods is actually on the agenda; say plainly if it is not.
Choose one factual point and one request within the body’s authority.
Bring the source title, date, page number, or link.
Practice within the announced time limit and prepare a shorter version.
Submit written materials through the official channel and retain confirmation.
For a legal hearing, read the actual notice and obtain qualified advice.
Do not include private information you do not want in a public record.

Verified Pinellas County channels

District 4 Commissioner / 2026 Board Chair:
Commissioner Dave Eggers — official page and contact form

Board directory and general contact:
Contact the Board of County Commissioners

Meeting comments:
Official participation and agenda-comment instructions

Development review questions:
Development Review Services contact form

Verified August 21, 2026 from Pinellas County’s official commissioner, Board, meeting-participation, and development-review pages. Confirm the agenda before sending an agenda-specific comment.

Conduct protects safety and credibility

Do not trespass or enter active work areas.
Do not threaten, harass, or confront golfers, workers, consultants, officials, or neighbors.
Do not damage, move, mark, or collect property or evidence without permission.
Do not interfere with work, play, traffic, inspections, meetings, or emergency response.
Do not fabricate evidence, impersonate another person or organization, or claim authority you do not have.
Do not overstate observations, legal status, agency findings, or what a record proves.

Choose the route that matches your need

These tools have different purposes and do not automatically notify one another.

JoinGet campaign alerts and meeting notices.ContactAsk the Save Tarpon Woods team a question or request a correction.Submit EvidenceShare wildlife, documents, photos, research, or public-record leads privately for review.Flooding ReportDocument a flooding or drainage observation for private review and use the County channel too.Property Incident RecordsRecord golf-ball, maintenance, visibility, damage, or near-miss incidents. This does not contact government.