AGENDA

Meeting of the DELTA VISION BLUE RIBBON TASK FORCE
Thursday, September 18 and Friday, September 19, 2008
Holiday Inn Capitol Plaza
Balboa/Calaveras Room 300 J Street
Sacramento CA

DAY 1: Thursday, September 18, 2008 (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.) [Webcast Link]

9:00 a.m.

1. Introductions and Opening Remarks

9:05 a.m.

2. Overview of Meeting; (a) Context; (b) Administrative Matters; (c) Identify Possible Action Items

   Presentation #1: BRTF Opening Presentation

9:15 a.m.

3. Panel: State Government Administration Members

11:00 a.m. BREAK

11:15 a.m.

4. Legal and Legislative Update

   Attachment 1: Response from OAG on Questions Regarding a Potential State Coastal Management Program for the Delta

11:45 a.m. LUNCH

12:45 p.m.

5. Panel: Stakeholder Coordination Group Members

   Attachment 1: Summary of Main Discussion Themes from SCG: Wednesday, September 17, 2008

2:45 p.m. BREAK

3:00 p.m.

6. Presentation of Fourth Staff Draft Strategic Plan

Presentation #1:  Strategic Plan draft #4
Attachment 1:  Includes the following:

• Delta Vision Strategic Plan Fourth Staff Draft
• Delta Vision Strategic Plan Fourth Staff Draft Volume 2:  Strategy Descriptions
• Volume 2:  Strategy Descriptions – Redline Version
• Delta Vision Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Goals, Strategies and Actions Summary

Attachment 2: Table Comparing Delta Vision Near-Term Actions, Draft Strategic Plan Strategies, and Water User Comments Regarding Near-Term Actions

Attachment 3: Comment Matrix.

4:00 p.m.

7. Public Comment

5:00 p.m. ADJOURN

DAY 2: Friday, September 19, 2008 (8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.) [Webcast Link]

8:30 a.m.

8. Opening Remarks

8:35 a.m.

9. Meeting Day Overview

8:45 a.m.

10. Task Force Discussion of Fourth Staff Draft Strategic Plan

9:45 a.m. BREAK

10:00 a.m.

11. Continuation of Task Force Discussion of Fourth Staff Draft Strategic Plan

12:00 p.m. LUNCH

1:00 p.m.

12. Task Force Discussion of (a) Fourth Staff Draft Strategic Plan and Direction to Staff; (b) Letters and Requests from the Task Force; (c) Other Items (Action Items)

Action Items

2:45 p.m. BREAK

3:00 p.m.

13. Public Comment

Comment from Jessica Lundy & Lindsey Fransen on Relief Cuts as A Flood Management Strategy

4:00 p.m. ADJOURN

Other Materials Included in Meeting Binder:

• Correspondence
• “Authority and Effectiveness of the State Water Resources Control Board” Prepared by David Nawi and Jeannette MacMillan
• Executive Summary – “More with Less: Agricultural Water Conservation and Efficiency in California” Prepared by Heather Cooley, Juliet Christian-Smith, Peter Gleick
• “Still Imperiled, Still Important” – The Little Hoover Commission’s Review of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program

Other Materials Included in Bucket

• Correspondence
• SWRCB “The Water Right Process”
• Proposed 2006 CWA Section 303 (d) List of Water Quality Limited Segments
• Proposed 2006 CWA Section 303 (d) List of Water Quality Limited Segments Being Address by USEPA Approved TMDLs – Region 5
  
• Draft Report, “Delta Infrastructure – Drivers of Change, Strategies, and Policy Options” Prepared by Will B. Betchart
• Draft Report, “Financial Statement Analysis of CVP Contractors” Prepared by ENTRIX, Inc.
• “Financing Delta Improvements and Environmental Mitigation” by Dean Misczynski
• California Regional Water Quality Control Board’s Response to BRTF’s Request for Water Quality Information
• Figure I-3 Total Statewide Urban and Agricultural Water Demand Projections and Water Used for   Public Supply in California (Municipal and Industrial, 1970-2000)