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MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA

Delta Protection Commission

Date: September 27, 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 Meetings.
    1. Minutes - July
    2. Minutes - August 23, 2001
  4. Chairman's Report.
  5. Commissioner Comments/Announcements.
  6. Attorney General's Report.
  7. Executive Director's Report.
    1. Pending Projects Memo
    2. Update on Pending State Legislation
    3. Status of Delta Dredging and Reuse Strategy
    4. Status of Acquisitions in Delta Primary Zone: Staten Island; Yolo Bypass
    5. Update on Big Break Regional Shoreline, Contra Costa County
  8. Briefing on CALFED In-Delta Storage Program
    1. Department of Water Resources staff will brief the Commission on the in-Delta component of CALFED's storage program. The Record of Decision directed project-specific study of a 250 TAF in-Delta surface storage project; one of 12 potential surface storage projects identified statewide in the programmatic EIR/EIS. An in-Delta storage facility could "provide fishery benefits and enhanced water project flexibility." (For Commission information only)
  9. Consideration and Possible Action on Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta Regional Implementation Plan (8/31/01 Draft) (For possible Commission action)
    1. The Commission will consider and possibly adopt comments on the proposed Delta Implementation Plan. The Plan has been reviewed twice by the CALFED Committee. The CALFED program and CALFED agencies are approaching many ecosystem and water management issues from a regional perspective because regional issues need regional solutions. Note: the Delta Ecosystem Restoration Plan is being prepared separately and is not included in the draft Implementation Plan.
  10. . Consideration and Possible Acceptance of Work Product: Delta Recreation Master Plan Request for Proposals (For possible Commission action)
    1. The Commission will review and possibly accept a work product from consultant, Dangermond Group. The consultant was asked to prepare a "request for proposals" that could be used to retain a consultant to prepare a Delta Recreation Master Plan once funds are obtained; no funds are currently available to prepare a Delta Recreation Master Plan. The draft Request for Proposals has been reviewed twice by the Recreation Citizens Advisory Committee/Ad Hoc Recreation Committee.
  11. Consideration and Possible Action on Creation of a Steering Group to Study Formation of a Resource Conservation and Development Program (For possible Commission action)
    1. The Commission will review and possibly authorize creation of a Steering Group, with the same membership as the Agriculture Committee, to meet and confer with interested parties in the Delta (Counties, land trusts, Resource Conservation Districts) regarding submitting an application to the federal Secretary of Agriculture to authorize and fund an RC&D in the Delta area. The Steering Group would report back to the Commission with a final recommendation. The purpose of the RC&D is to develop and implement regionally-specific policies and programs associated with economic and social issues of rural communities and agricultural land use. This issue was reviewed by the Agriculture Committee; a second review (September 11, 2001) was cancelled.
  12. Consideration and Possible Action Directing Staff to Work with a Nonprofit Partner to Seek Funds from the California Farmland Conservancy Program to Identify Agricultural Lands of Particular Importance in the Delta (For possible Commission action)
    1. The Commission will discuss and possibly direct staff to identify an appropriate nonprofit partner, and develop an agreement and proposed study outline for further consideration by the Commission. The American Farmland Trust has volunteered to serve as a nonprofit partner to the Commission. Grants from this program do not normally exceed $50,000. The purpose of the study would be to identify criteria to delineate critical agricultural land in the Delta with the goal of maintaining a viable agricultural economy in the Delta area. This issue was reviewed by the Agriculture Committee; a second review (September 11, 2001) was cancelled.
  13. Consideration and Possible Action to Work with American Farmland Trust on Development of Programs of Wildlife-Friendly Agriculture and Landowner Assurances in the Delta (For possible Commission action)
    1. Staff of American Farmland Trust will brief the Commission on AFT's grant application for CALFED Ecosystem Restoration funds submitted September 21, 2001 and seek support and participation by the Commission in developing these programs, and possible future implementation of developed programs.
  14. 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.