Post on 18-Jan-2016
Bay Area IRWMPNorth Bay Process for Project
Selection• I Background
• II- Decisions-Subareas and Funding
• III Regional Acceptance Process (RAP)
• IV North Bay Process
• V Issues
Bay Area Integrated Regional Water Management Planhttp://www.bairwmp.org/
• 2002-prop 50 passed-IRWMP-chapter 8• 2005 – NBWA funds IRWMP• NBWA-dual track-plan adopted 12/2005• 2006-Prop 84- targeted funds-11 regions• BA-IRWMP-Adopted by NBWA -12/2006• 2007-Plan submitted• Grant received-Prop 50 Round 1
$12.5 million
Prop 84
Funds allocated to regions
II- Decisions-Subareas and Funding*4 Sub-areas
- North bay-Marin Napa, Solano, Sonoma
- East bay- Contra Costa, Alameda
- South bay- Santa Clara
- West bay- San Francisco, San Mateo
*Target Allocations (After Regional project allocation)-
½-No. of sub regions, ¼ pop. ¼ area
-N bay- 25%
-E bay-29 %
-S bay-25%
-W bay-22%
III Regional Acceptance Process• DWR process under SB11X-Sep. 2008• http://www.grantsloans.water.ca.gov/grants/irwm
/integregio_rap.cfm.
• Final guidelines –March 11, 2009• BA IRWMP approved submittal- April 27• http://bairwmp.org/events/coordinating-commitee
-meetings/
* Step 1-Application due- April 29• Step 2-DWR review• Step 3- Interview• Step 4- Public Comment
RAP Submittal• Introduction• Chapter 1 Submitting Entity
• Chapter 2 Composition of Regional Water Management Group
• Chapter 3 Stakeholder Involvement
• Chapter 4 Public Awareness
• Chapter 5 Governance
• Chapter 6 Region Boundary
• Chapter 7 Historical IRWM Efforts
• Chapter 8 Adjacent and Overlapping Regions
• Chapter 9 Region Acceptance Process Interview • Conclusion
IV North Bay Process
• Lead for Sub- region-NBWA
• NBWA Watershed Council will advise
• Propose 3 steps– 1) Meeting of all counties to review Guidance– 2) Integrated County meetings to include all
stakeholders– 3) All counties in one meeting to review input
North Bay ProcessCounty Leads
* Liz Lewis, Marin County (Chris Choo)
*Rick Thomasser, Napa County
*Dave Okita, Solano County Water Agency(Chris Lee)
* Brad Sherwood, Sonoma County Water Agency
Guidance from CC(drafting by Project Screening Sub-committee)
• Bay Area Modified ranking system and guidance on use
• State Preferences (Conservation,DACs, Drought)
• State Grant requirements(match)• Target allocations for sub-regions• Schedule and milestones• Cost for application
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Possible “Regional” projects• Conservation• Recycling• Green Infrastructure• Human Health Risk Reduction (HG)• Regional Mapping ( several concepts)• ? Fisheries enhancement/monitoring• ??? Greywater,
Proposals due May 4
Funding IRWMP Implementation and SWFM (1E) Grants Schedule
• DWR Draft Guidelines-May??
• Public comment-May->June
• RAP Review Process- May-September
• Final Guidelines-September ??
• Application Proposal Period-Sep-Nov??
• DWR Review/Draft Decision/Public Review- Nov.->Jan 2010
V Issues• Scheduling timely meetings
• Match( 25% for IRWM and 50%-SWFM)
• Allocation for Regional Projects
• Target allocations for each County
• DAC projects?
• Other funding sources– SWRCB Stormwater Grants program(Prop-84)– EPA/ SFEP funds-$ 5 million for Bay Area