MANASOTA & PEACE RIVER BBDs Meeting Notebook 10-21-09.docx

B228
Evaluation and Demonstration of Soil Moisture Based On-demand
Irrigation Controllers for Vegetable P
Prior Cumulative FY 2009 FY2010
Funding Transfers Funding Funding
District Budgeted - Ad Valorem Based
Revenue
107,175 0 35,725
0
021 Manasota Basin 0 142,900
Total:
Future
Funding
Total
Funding
$142,900
Critical Project Milestones Projected Amended Actual
Agreement to Contracts 8/1/05 8/1/05
Agreement to Cooperator 9/1/05 9/1/05
District Executes Agreement 10/1/05 10/1/05
Notice to Proceed 11/1/05 11/1/05
Basin Board Notification 12/1/05 12/1/05
Governing Board Notification 12/1/05 12/1/05
Year 1. Data Collection 12/1/06 12/31/06
Year 2. Data Collection 12/1/07 12/31/07
Year 3. Data Collection 12/1/08
Completion Report 12/1/09
Project Ends 3/1/10
Status As Of: August 27, 2009
9/15/2005 - Developing final scope of work. 12/30/2005 - Mailed Agreement to Cooperator. 1/11/06 - Cooperator
reviewing agreement. 2/22/06 - Mailed notice to proceed. 3/2/2006 - Mobilizing equipment. 4/17/2006 - Instrumenting
site. 6/5/2006 - reviewed task 1 and 2. Normal research issues (calibrating controls) project continuing as planned.
7/18/06 - Process payment. 8/15/2006 - Dormant for summer. 10/12/2006 - Data collection continuing as planned.
12/4/2006 - Dormant for winter. 2/28/2007 - Planted crop data collection continuing as planned. 5/1/2007 - Data
collection continuing as planned. 67/26/2007 - Data collection continuing as planned. 8/31/2007 - Looking for cooperator
in Manasota Basin. The extension Agent has retired and there are problems finding a cooperator. 1/2/2008 - Continuing
to look for cooperator. Might have found site, but could have problems with irrigation system. 2/29/2008 - May have found
cooperator, working out details. 5/1/2008 - Working with cooperator in Manasota watershed. 7/1/2008 - Field testing
equipment. 9/1/2007 - Data collection on commerical growers site, continuing as planned 11/1/2008 - 9/1/2007 - Data
collection on commerical growers site, continuing as planned. 12/6/2008 - Palmetto growers event. 3/6/2009 - waiting for
report 5/18/2009 - waiting for report 6/10/2009 - waiting for report 9/1/2009 - Statring data collection, project continuing
as planned.
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