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Meeting Location

980 9th Street
2nd Floor Conference Center
Sacramento, California 95814

AGENDA

Order of agenda items and listed times are subject to change

Day 1: November 29, 2012 (9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. PST)

9:00 a.m.

1. Virtual Tour of the Delta

   Habitat restoration projects and other points of interest that will be viewed during this Google Earth tour may include: Hill Slough, Rush Ranch tidal marsh function at First Mallard Branch, Nurse Slough complex overview at mouth of Nurse Slough, Blacklock, Miens Landing, Suisun Marsh salinity control gate and boat lock, Montezuma Wetlands, Lower Sacramento River delta smelt research project, Decker Island and Lower Sacramento river restoration options, Lower Cache Slough; Sacramento River, Steamboat Slough; lower Prospect Island, example of a potential levee setback and view of island from cross levee; processes at mouth of Liberty Island; Wildlands mitigation bank; Yolo Ranch; Liberty Island, and Yolo Bypass.

   Speakers will include: Sarah Estrella, DFG; Chris Enright, Delta Science Program; Katie Shulte-Joung, DWR; Randy Mager, DWR; Dennis McEwan, DWR; Curt Schmutte, MWD; Jon Burau, USGS; Carson Jeffres and Jacob Katz, U.C. Davis.

   Overview of Restoration Projects

   • Delta ISB: Delta Tour Restoration Projects Overview 

   Presentations by Chris Enright

   • The Restoration Arc: Suisun Marsh to Cache/Yolo 
   • Challenges and Opportunities for Restoration at the Landscape Scale 
   • Suisun Marsh Physical Setting and Process Overview 
   • Pop up process talk: First Mallard Branch at Rush Ranch 

   Presentation by Sarah Estrella

   • Hill Slough Tidal Marsh Restoration Project

   Presentation by Dennis McEwan

   • Prospect Island Restoration Planning Update
2. Discuss Delta ISB business matters
3. Discuss and finalize Delta ISB memos on the Bay-Delta Science Conference
• Accolades, suggestions, and further comments on the 2012 Conference

4:30 p.m. – Adjourn

Day 2: November 30, 2012 – (9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. PST)

9:00 a.m.

1. Welcome & Introductions
2. Delta ISB Chair's Report – Dick Norgaard
3. Delta Stewardship Council Chair's Report and Executive Officer's Report – Phil Isenberg, Chris Knopp
   
   • Next Steps for the Delta Plan 
   • BDCP: A 21st Century Strategy
4. Federal Government Agency Managers
1. NOAA Fisheries
2. U.S. Fish and Wildlife
3. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
4. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
5. Lead Scientist's Report – Peter Goodwin
6. Discuss Google Earth virtual tour from previous day
7. Discuss "Draft Charge to Delta ISB for Review of the Draft BDCP EIR/S" 
8. Public Comment (For matters that were not on the agenda, but within subject matter jurisdiction of the Delta ISB.)
9. Recap outcomes of the meeting
• Review action items
• Discuss the Delta ISB workplan
• Prepare for the next Delta ISB meeting in January

4:30 p.m. – Adjourn