East Beach Water Control District

 

General Information

Full Legal Name: East Beach Water Control District
Public Purpose: Comprehensive water management and control pursuant to Chapter 298, Florida Statutes.
Boundaries: Beginning at a point on the east beach of Lake Okeechobee in Palm Beach County, Florida, where the section line dividing Section 4 and Section 9, Township 42 South, Range 37 East, intersects the (east right of way boundary line of the Federal Lake Okeechobee Levee).
Thence in a southwesterly direction along the east right of way boundary of said Federal Levee to a point where the said right of way boundary intersects the section line dividing Section 23 and Section 26, Township  42 South, Range 36 East, (and the Everglades Drainage District Levee).
Thence due east along (the Everglades Drainage District Levee) and the  section lines dividing Sections 23 and 26 and Sections 24 and 25, Township 42 South, Range 36 East, to a point of intersection with the east  shore of Pelican Bay (being a point of the Everglades Drainage District  Levee).
Thence southerly along the said shore line of Pelican Bay (and the Everglades Drainage District Levee) to a point of intersection with the township line dividing Township 42 South and Township 43 South and (the East Shore Water Control District Levee).
Thence east along the said Township line (and Levee separating the East  Shore Water Control District) to a point being the intersection with the  section line dividing Section 32 and Section 33, Township 42 South,  Range 37 East (and the Levee separating the East Unit of the Pahokee  Water Control District).
Thence North along (the levee separating the East Unit of the Pahokee  Water Control District and) the section lines dividing Sections 32 and 33,  Sections 29 and 28 and Sections 20 and 21 of Township 42 South, Range  37 East to a point of being the Northeast corner of Section 20.
Thence East along (the said East Unit separation levee and) the section line dividing Section 16 and 21, same Township and Range, to a point being the Southeast corner of said Section 16.
Thence North along (the said East Unit separation levee and) the section line dividing Section 16 and 15, same Township and Range, to a point being the northeast corner of said Section 16.
Thence go East along the South line of the District C-4 canal levee as now  laid out and in use across Sections 10, 11 and 12, Township 42 South,  Range 37 East, to the Southwesterly right of way line of the West Palm  Beach Canal; Thence go Northwesterly along the Southwesterly right of way line of the West Palm Beach Canal to the North line of the District  C-4 canal levee as now laid out and in use; Thence go West along the  North line of the District C-4 canal levee as now laid out and in use  across Sections 12, 11, and 10, Township 42 South, Range 37 East to  point of intersection with the Northeasterly line of the District levee as  now laid out and in use running along the East line of State Lot 1,  Section 10, Township 42 South, Range 37 East, of the Plat of the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund Subdivision of that Part of Pelican  Lake Bottom Lying East of the Florida East Coast Railway as approved  on November 9, 1932, a copy of which is attached to a deed recorded in  the Public Records of Palm Beach County, Florida, in Deed Book 821, Page 369; Thence go Northwesterly along the said North line of said  levee and being the East line of said State Lot 1, Section 10 to a point  of intersection with the East line of Section 9, Township 42 South, Range  37 East.
Thence North along (the levee separating the Pelican Lake Water Control District and) the section line dividing Section 9 and 10, same Township and Range, to a point being the Northeast corner of said Section 9.
Thence West along (the said Pelican Lake separation levee and the  section line dividing Section 4 and Section 9, Township 42 South, Range  37 East, to a point of beginning.
Services Provided: Comprehensive water management and control.
Creation Documents: Chapter 2000-487, Laws of Florida
Statutory Authority: Chapter 298, Florida Statutes
Date Established: June 27, 1945
Establishing Entity: Legislature

Contact Information

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 969, Belle Glade, FL 33430
Email: districtmanager@sflcd.com
Telephone: (561) 996-2940
Fax: (561) 996-2960
Registered Agent: David R. Davis, P.O. Box 969, Belle Glade, FL 33430

Governing Body Members

Paul Allen, President (2020-2023)
P.O. Box 969
Belle Glade, FL 33430
Term: 3 years

Benton Tyson, Vice President
P.O. Box 969
Belle Glade, FL 33430
Term: 3 years

Craig Korbly, Supervisor
P.O. Box 969
Belle Glade, FL 33430
Term: 3 years

Manager: David R. Davis
Engineer: Karen Brandon, P.E.
General Counsel: Charles F. Schoech, Esq.

Board Meetings

2021
2020
2019

Revenue Information

2020-2021 Adopted Assessment Rate
2019-2020 Adopted Assessment Roll
2018-2019 Assessment Roll
2017-2018 Assessment Roll

Statutory Authority: Chapters 189, 197 and 298, Florida Statutes

Financial Information

Proposed Budget Hearing: Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 8:30 A.M., 2832 N. Main Street, Belle Glade, FL 33430
Adopt Budget Hearing: Wednesday, August 17, 2022, 8:30 A.M., 2832 N. Main Street, Belle Glade, FL 33430
Fiscal Year Period: October 1 to September 30
Annual Financial Report
Audit Report
 
Budgets:

Florida Department of Financial Services-Local Government Section

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