10:00 - 12:30 Elihu Harris Building, 1515 Clay St, Oakland, CA 94612

Date: October 13, 2017

Time: 10:00 am – 12:30 pm

Location: Bay Area Metro Center, 375 Beale St., Yerba Buena Room, 1^st Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105

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1. Call to Order

Chair Luisa Valiela, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

 

2. Determination of Quorum

Anna Schneider, Clerk of the Advisory Committee

 

3. Public Comment (3 min)

Each speaker is allowed three minutes.

 

4. Announcements (INFORMATION) (5 min)

 

5. Approval of Advisory Committee (AC) Meeting Minutes of August 11, 2017 (ACTION) (3 min)

 

Item 5: Meeting Minutes for August 11, 2017

 

6. Chair’s Report from September 8, 2017 Governing Board Meeting (INFORMATION) (5 min)

 

7. Bay Restoration 101: Baylands Goals Science Update (INFORMATION) (45 min)

Letitia Grenier, Resilient Landscapes Program Director and Senior Scientist, San Francisco Estuary Institute

Roger Leventhal, Senior Engineer, Marin County Flood Control & Water Conservation District

 

Item 7: The Baylands and Climate Change: What We Can Do (pp. 95-118)

 

 

8. Brainstorming Session: Set AC Goals for Coming Year (INFORMATION) (45 min)

Note: AC goals may include, for example, developing a recommendation to the Governing Board regarding the measures of success to be included in the Authority’s FY 2017/2018 Annual Report and other future reports on the effectiveness of public expenditures, e.g.,

• After 1 year: # of projects funded, # of dollars awarded (total and by region);
• After 5 years: # of acres restored, # of dollars of flood risk reduction, # of miles of Bay Trail?

 

9. Restoration Authority Grant Reviewer Selection Process (INFORMATION)         (15 min)

Jessica Davenport, Project Manager

 

10. Set AC Meeting Dates for 2018 (ACTION) (5 min)

Item 10: Proposed 2018 Meeting Dates and Locations

 

11. Appointment of New Ad Hoc Subcommittees, As Needed (ACTION) (3 min)

Chair Valiela

 

12. Next Meeting Date and Location (INFORMATION) (2 min)

 

December 8, 2017: Harris State Office Building, 1515 Clay St, Oakland

 

13. Meeting Process Check-In: What’s Working, What’s Not (10 min)

Chair Valiela

 

14. Public Comment (3 min)

 

15. Adjourn

 

Note: Any person who has a disability and requires reasonable accommodation to participate in this public meeting should contact Taylor Samuelson no later than five days prior to meeting. Questions about reasonable accommodation can be directed to Taylor Samuelson at (510) 286-4182 or Taylor.Samuelson@scc.ca.gov or at the Restoration Authority:

 

c/o State Coastal Conservancy

1550 Clay Street, 10th Floor

Oakland, CA 94612