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MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA

Delta Protection Commission

Date: September 23, 2004

Time:  6:30 PM

Location:

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

AGENDA

  1. Call to Order/Roll Call
  2. Public Comment
  3. Minutes of the 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. Update on Jones Tract Levee Breach/Machado Hearing
    3. Update on California Delta RC&D: Approve Amended Work Agreement with RC&D Consultant
    4. Update on Delta Recreation Planning
    5. Update on Meeting with City of Elk Grove
  8. CALFED Activities and Projects (For Commission Information)
    1. Briefing/Update (Ron Ott, Delta Coordinator)
  9. Report on California Performance Review Recommendations Regarding the Delta Protection Commission (For Commission Discussion and Possible Action)
    1. The CPR has recommended elimination of the Commission and transfer of its responsibilities to new Department of Natural Resources.
  10. Update on Pending Legislation (For Commission Discussion and Possible Action)
  11. Adoption of Environmental Justice Policy (For Commission Action)
    1. The Commission reviewed a draft environmental justice policy in November 2003; the draft has been posted on the Commission's web site since that time. The Commission will possibly adopt the revised draft environmental justice policy.
  12. Adoption of Budget and Work Plan for FY 04-05 (For Commission Action)
    1. The Commission will adopt a budget and work plan for FY 04-05.
  13. Report on Sphere of Influences of Cities in the Secondary Zone of the Delta (For Commission Action)
    1. The Commission reviewed a draft environmental justice policy in November 2003. The draft has been posted on the Commission's web site since that time. The Commission will possibly adopt the draft environmental justice policy.
  14. Report from Delta Land Use Impacts Committee Regarding Review of Projects in the Primary and Secondary Zones (For Commission Discussion and Possible Action)
    1. The Committee will recommend process for review of projects and activities.
  15. Plan to Update the Land Use and Resource Management Plan for the Primary Zone of the Delta: Utilities and Infrastructure and Levees (For Commission Discussion and Possible Action)
    1. The Commission has been directed to report on status of review of the Plan. Staff will present an overall plan to review the plan, and present analysis of Utilities and Infrastructure Polices and Levee Policies.
  16. Liberty Island: Strategies for Ownership and Management (For Commission Discussion and Possible Action)
    1. Liberty Island was purchased with CALFED funds granted to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and transferred to Trust for Public Lands. The Island was proposed to be included in a North Delta National Wildlife Refuge; a Refuge boundary has not been approved. The levees have breached and the Island is largely flooded. In the past, the Commission recommended that the Island be in State ownership over federal ownership. Staff will update the Commission on various management strategies under discussion regarding ownership and management of Liberty Island.
  17. Clarksburg Sugar Mill Specific Plan (For Commission Discussion and Possible Action)
    1. Staff will be preparing comments on a Draft Environmental Impact Report due October 25, 2004 and is seeking key issues and/or topics to include in the comment letter. Commission action would be direction to staff.
  18. 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.