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MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA

Delta Protection Commission

Date: July 26, 2001

Time:  6:30 PM

Location:

  • Jean Harvie Community Center
    14273 River Road
    Walnut Grove, CA

AGENDA

  1. Call to Order.
  2. Public Comment Period.
  3. Minutes of Last Meeting.
  4. Chairman's Report.
  5. Commissioner Comments/Announcements.
  6. Attorney General's Report.
  7. Executive Director's Report.
    1. Pending Projects Memo
    2. Agriculture Conversion Table
    3. Update on the Grassland Bypass Project
    4. Update on State Route 160 Guardrails Project
  8. Consideration and Possible Adoption of Positions on Pending Legislation(For Possible Commission Action)
    1. The Commission will review and possibly adopt positions of support on pending State legislation regarding matters associated with the Commission's legislative mandate and adopted Land Use and Resource Management Plan for the Primary Zone of the Delta.
  9. Consideration and Possible Agreement to Appoint an Agriculture Committee to Develop Recommendations Regarding Possible Update of the Agriculture Findings, Policies and Recommendations in the Land Use and Resource Management Plan for the Primary Zone of the Delta (For Possible Commission Action)
    1. The Commission will consider, and possibly agree to appoint members of a new Agriculture Committee. Commissioners Curtis, Ferguson, Shaffer, van Loben Sels, and Wilson have volunteered to serve on the Committee.
  10. Update on CALFED Actions and Projects in the Delta (For Commission Information Only)
    1. Update on Delta Implementation Strategy Dennis Majors, CALFED
  11. Briefing on the Montezuma Wetland Project, Suisun Marsh, Solano County(For Commission Information Only)
    1. Jim Levine of Levine Fricke will brief the Commission on the proposed project which will use dredged material from Bay Area dredging projects to restore subsided agricultural land to tidal marsh. The project is located west of the Primary Zone; a small portion of the Suisun Marsh is in the Legal Delta. The Montezuma Wetland project is a large scale dredged material reuse project.
  12. Update on Levees in the Primary Zone of the Delta(For Public Hearing and Possible Commission Action)
    1. Staff will update the Commission on changes regarding levees, and levee programs in the Delta Primary Zone since the background report on levees was presented in 1994. The Commission will review the staff report and may direct staff to take further steps such as: work with DWR, Reclamation Districts, and CALFED to develop criteria to upgrade levees in the Delta Primary Zone; work with CALFED to streamline the permitting process; or other tasks.
  13. Adjourn.

Agenda and related information are available at www.delta.ca.gov. If you have any questions or need reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact Sheila Singleton, Delta Protection Commission, (916) 776-2290.