Delta Stewardship Council Meetings
The Delta Stewardship Council’s monthly meetings are the definitive place for the public to learn about and comment on implementation of the Delta Plan. Below you will find a list of Council meetings beginning with July 2019. Simply click on the date of the meeting you are interested in reviewing to access the corresponding meeting notices, agendas, background materials, presentations, and more.
To watch our live or archived meeting webcasts, visit the Cal-Span website.
To learn more about participating in the Council’s work, visit our public participation web page.
To access meeting notices and materials older than July 2019, contact archives@deltacouncil.ca.gov.
2022
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
- Agenda Item 5 - Public Comment
- To view the attachments to this public comment, please email engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov
- Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer's Report
- Legal Update
- Legislative Update
- Delta Stewardship Council 2021 Annual Report
- Environmental Justice Issue Paper Update
- San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission Bay Adapt Letter
Updated San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission Bay Adapt Letter
- Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist's Report
- Agenda Item 8 - Delta Watermaster Update
- Presentations:
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
- Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer’s Report
- Outreach Highlights Report
- Active Projects List
- Legal Update
- Legislative Update
- Proposed 2022 Delta Stewardship Council Priorities
- Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy and Delta Protection Commission Updates
- Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist's Report
- Agenda Item 8 - Department of Water Resources’ Setback Levee Monitoring Pilot Project
- Presentations:
- Agenda Item 6c - Delta Stewardship Council 2022 Priorities
- Agenda Item 8 - Department of Water Resources’ Setback Levee Monitoring Pilot Project
- To view the presentation, please email engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
- Agenda Item 7 - Public Comment
- Agenda Item 8 - Certification of Consistency Number C202110 for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project and Consideration and Possible Dismissal of Issues on Appeal
- Agenda Item 10 - Executive Officer’s Report
- Legal Update
- Legislative Update
- Agenda Item 11 - Consideration of and Possible Delegation of Authority to Approve Ministerial Amendments for Agreements and Increase of Delegated Authority to Award and Execute Agreements
- Agenda Item 12 - Lead Scientist’s Report
- Agenda Item 13 - Appointment of Members to the Delta Independent Science Board
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
- Agenda Item 8 - Consideration and Possible Adoption of Written Findings Regarding Appeals of the Revised Certification of Consistency Number C202110 for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project
Revised Agenda Item 8 - Consideration and Possible Adoption of Written Findings Regarding Appeals of the Revised Certification of Consistency Number C202110 for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project- Attachment 1 - included in staff report
- Attachment 2 - Delta Stewardship Council Findings on Appeal of the Revised Certification of Consistency C202110 for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project
Revised Attachment 2 - Delta Stewardship Council Findings on Appeal of the Revised Certification of Consistency C202110 for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project - Attachment 3 - Proposed Determination Regarding Appeals of the Revised Certification of Consistency Number C202110 of the California Department of Water Resources for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project (Revised Certification Number C202110)
- Attachment 4 - Redline Changes to the Staff Draft Determination on the Appeals of the Certification of Consistency by the California Department of Water Resources for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project (Revised Certification Number C202110)
- Agenda Item 10 - Executive Officer’s Report
- Legal Update
- Legislative Update
- Agenda Item 11 - Lead Scientist's Report
- Agenda Item 12 - Presentation from Staff to the Council to Receive for Consideration, and Potentially Accept, the 2022-2026 Science Action Agenda
- Agenda Item 13 - Delta Independent Science Board Update
- Meeting Notice
- Revised Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
- Adoption of April 28, 2022, Meeting Summary
- Consider Resolution #2022-04 to approve the following:
- Lead Scientist's Report
- Meeting Notice
- Revised Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 6 - Public Comment
- Agenda Item 7 - Public Hearing, Consideration, and Possible Approval of the Final Program Environmental Impact Report for the Revised Chapter 4 of the Delta Plan
- Agenda Item 9 - Consent Calendar
- Agenda Item 12 - Delta Independent Science Board Update
- Agenda Item 13 - Executive Officer's Report
- Legal Update
- Legislative Update
- Agenda Item 14 - Lead Scientist's Report
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar (includes Resolution 2022-06)
- Agenda Item 9 - Executive Officer’s Report
- Outreach Highlights Report
- Active Projects List
- Quarterly Contract Report
- Comments on Draft Environmental Impact Report for the City of Lathrop General Plan, SCH#2021100139
- Legal Update
- Legislative Update
- Agenda Item 10 - Lead Scientist’s Report
- Agenda Item 11 - 2022 Science Fellows Cohort Introduction
- Agenda Item 12 - San Joaquin Council of Governments 2022 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy Comment Letter
- Presentations:
- Agenda Item 11 - 2022 Delta Science Fellows
- Agenda Item 12 - To view the presentation, please email engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov
- Meeting Notice
- Revised Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
- Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer’s Report
- Outreach Highlights Report
- Active Projects List
- Comments on National Register Posting COE-2022-006-0001 - Proposed Modernization of Army Civil Works Policy Priorities
- Legal Update
- Legislative Update
- Executive Fellow Debrief
- 2023 Delta Plan Five-Year Review Approach
- Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy and Delta Protection Commission Update
- Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist’s Report
- Agenda Item 8 - San Francisco Estuary Blueprint
- Agenda Item 9 - Environmental Justice Issue Paper Interview Results
- Attachment 1 - Summary of Delta Environmental Justice Interviews
- Attachment 2 - Review of Environmental Justice Comments - Preliminary Results
- Presentations:
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
- Agenda Item 9 - Executive Officer’s Report
- Outgoing Correspondence:
- Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the West False River Drought Salinity Barrier Project
- Comments on Notice of Preparation of a Program Environmental Impact Report for the Yolo Bypass Cache Slough Partnership Multibenefit Program Master Plan, SCH #
- Comments on Notice of Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report for the Proposed Regulation to Implement Lower San Joaquin River Flows and Southern Delta Salinity Objectives in the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, SCH#2022080184
- Outreach Highlights Report
- Legal Update
- Legislative Update
- Outgoing Correspondence:
- Agenda Item 10 - Lead Scientist's Report
- Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
- Attachment 2 - Climate Whiplash in the San Francisco Estuary: Residence time and water temperature are key correlates to Microcystis bloom amplitude
- Attachment 3 - Adult Sturgeon Mortality and Life History in the San Francisco Estuary
- Attachment 4 - Sturgeon Carcass Reporting: What’s that smell?
- Agenda Item 11 - Delta Watermaster Update
- Agenda Item 12 - Workshop: Draft Amendments to Administrative Procedures Governing Appeals
- Presentations:
- A meeting notice will be posted 10 days before the meeting
- A meeting notice will be posted 10 days before the meeting
- A meeting notice will be posted 10 days before the meeting
2021
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
- Agenda Item 5 - Executive Officer's Report
- Agenda Item 6 - Lead Scientist's Report
- Presentations:
- Agenda Item 5 - Annual Report
- Agenda Item 7 - Delta Conveyance Project (please email engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov to have the presentation sent to you)
- Second Revised Meeting Notice
- Revised Meeting Notice
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
- Agenda Item 4 - Revised Approval of an Interagency Agreement with the State Water Resources Control Board
Approval of an Interagency Agreement with the State Water Resources Control Board
Public Comment on Item 3A - Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer's Report
- Agenda Item 7 - Delta Watermaster Update
- Agenda Item 8 - Overview of the Delta Landscapes Scenario Planning Tool
- Agenda Item 9 - Update and Public Comment on the Delta Adapts Public Review Draft Vulnerability Assessment
- Agenda Item 10 - Lead Scientist's Report
- Agenda Item 11 - Environmental Justice
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
- Adoption of February 25, 2021 Meeting Summary
- Approval of an Amendment to a Contract with California State University, East Bay
- Approval of a Contract Amendment with Michigan State University
- Approval of a Contract Amendment with San Francisco State University
- Approval of a Contract Amendment with the University of California, Merced
- Approval of a Contract Amendment with the United States Geological Survey (Chinook Salmon Study)
- Approval of a Contract Amendment with the United States Geological Survey (Sediment Study)
- Agenda Item 8 - Executive Officer's Report
- Legal Update
- Legislative Update
- Agenda Item 9 - Lead Scientist's Report
- Agenda Item 10 - 2022 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan Update
- Agenda Item 11 - Delta Protection Commission’s Recreation and Tourism Update to the Economic Sustainability Plan
- Presentations:
- Agenda Item 10 CVFPP (please email engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov to have the presentation sent to you)
- Agenda Item 11 DPC ESP (please email engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov to have the presentation sent to you)
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
- Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer's Report
- Legal Update
- Legislative Update
- Lead Scientist's Report
- Delta Adapts Adaptation Strategy Kick-Off
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 4 - Public Hearing Regarding Appeals of the Certification of Consistency for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project
- Agenda Item 7 - Public Comment
- Public Comment - Letter from Hood Community Council. Please email engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov for a copy of this material.
- Agenda Item 8 - Executive Officer's Report
- Legal Update
- Legislative Update
- Agenda Item 9 - Lead Scientist's Report
- Agenda Item 10 - Delta Levees Investment Strategy Update
- Agenda Item 11 - Delta Independent Science Board Update
- Attachment 1: The Science of Non-native Species in a Dynamic Delta by the Delta Independent Science Board
- Public Comment – Letter from San Joaquin Audubon Society. Please email engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov for a copy of this material.
- Presentations:
- Hearing Presentations:
- Notice of Public Hearing and Supplements to the Notice
- Certification of Consistency
- Appeals, Appeal Letters, and Attachments
- Written Submissions from the Parties and Attachments
- Public comments and Attachments
For the Lookout Slough Hearing (Agenda Item 4), the councilmembers have received, and will continue to receive, submissions by the Department of Water Resources, the appellants, the Delta Protection Commission, and the public.
These materials include:
Each of these submissions can be found on the hearing webpage (https://coveredactions.deltacouncil.ca.gov/profile_summary.aspx?c=ba3c59bf-e359-49f7-b866-60fa781325d0). If you have any questions about these materials and what the councilmembers received, please contact engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov.
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
- Agenda Item 5 - Public Comment
- Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer's Report
- Outgoing Correspondence
- Outreach Highlights Report
- Active Projects List
- Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist's Report
- Revised Agenda Item 8 - Consideration and Possible Approval of the Delta Science Program Research Awards Pursuant to the 2021 Joint Delta Science Proposal Solicitation Notice
Agenda Item 8 - Consideration and Possible Approval of the Delta Science Program Research Awards Pursuant to the 2021 Joint Delta Science Proposal Solicitation Notice - Agenda Item 9 - Consideration and Possible Approval of the Delta Adapts Vulnerability Assessment and California Environmental Quality Act Exemption
- Agenda Item 10 - Update on the Department of Water Resources’ 2021 Emergency Drought Salinity Barrier in the Delta
- Presentations:
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 4 - Public Hearing Regarding Appeals of the Certification of Consistency for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project
- Agenda Item 5 - Consent Calendar
- Adoption of June 24, 2021 Meeting Summary
- Revised Approval of a Contract with the Regents of the University of California, San Diego, California Sea Grant
Approval of a Contract with the Regents of the University of California, San Diego, California Sea Grant - Approval of a Contract Amendment with the Association of Bay Area Governments
- Agenda Item 8 - Executive Officer’s Report
- Legal Update
- Legislative Update
- Agenda Item 9 - Lead Scientist’s Report
- Lookout Slough Hearing Presentations:
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
- Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer's Report
- Legal Update
- Legislative Update
- Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist's Report
- Agenda Item 8 - Delta Protection Commission Recreation and Tourism Update to the Economic Sustainability Plan Comment Letter
- Agenda Item 9 - Delta Social Science Integration Update
- Agenda Item 10 - Public Participation Plan Update
- Agenda Item 11 - Delta Levees Investment Strategy Update, California Environmental Quality Act Addendum Approval, and Rulemaking Authorization
- Attachment 1 - Resolution 2021-02: Approval of the Delta Plan Amendments Program Environmental Impact Report Addendum and Rulemaking Authorization for Delta Plan Policy RR P1 (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 23, §§ 5001 and 5012)
- Resolution Attachment 1 - Delta Plan Chapter 7, Reduce Risk to People, Property, and State Interests in the Delta
- Resolution Attachment 2 - Delta Plan Amendments Program Environmental Impact Report - Delta Levees Investment Strategy Addendum
- Resolution Attachment 3 - Staff-Recommended DLIS Prioritization Table and Map
- Resolution Attachment 4 - Staff-Recommended Modified Preliminary Draft Regulatory Language for Delta Plan Policy RR P1
- Attachment 2 - May 2021 Council Meeting Delta Levees Investment Strategy Update Information Item
- Attachment 3 - Central Valley Flood Protection Board Resolution No. 2018-06 For the Acceptable Operation and Maintenance of the State Plan of Flood Control
- Attachment 1 - Resolution 2021-02: Approval of the Delta Plan Amendments Program Environmental Impact Report Addendum and Rulemaking Authorization for Delta Plan Policy RR P1 (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 23, §§ 5001 and 5012)
- Presentations:
- For reference, the Delta Plan Amendments PEIR documents referred to in the staff report and subsequent attachments are available here: https://deltacouncil.box.com/s/tvsolpv8b6t3v42fugpzzwpdqdz8piz1
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
- Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer's Report
- Legal Update
- Legislative Update
- Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist's Report
- Agenda Item 8 - Consideration and Possible Approval of a Contract with the Regents of the University of California San Diego, California Sea Grant for the 2022 Class of Delta Science Fellows and 2022/2023 Classes of State Policy Fellows
- Agenda Item 9 - Delta Watermaster Update
- Agenda Item 10 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission/Association of Bay Area Governments’ Draft Plan Bay Area 2050 Delta Plan Comment Letter
- Agenda Item 11 - San Francisco Estuary Partnership and Estuary Blueprint Update
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
- Agenda Item 5 - Public Comment
- Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer's Report
- Legal Update
- Legislative Update
- Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist's Report
- Agenda Item 8 - Department of Water Resources’ 2021 Emergency Drought Salinity Barrier in the Delta
- Agenda Item 9 - 2021 Van Sickle Flooding Event
- Agenda Item 10 - Draft 2022 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan Update
- Presentations:
- Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist Report - Visualizing Zooplankton Data from the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta
- Agenda Items 8, 9, and 10 - If you would like to receive a copy of any presentations not linked please email delta.engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
- Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer's Report
- Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist’s Report
- Agenda Item 8 - Workshop on the Draft Program Environmental Impact Report for the Proposed Amendment of Chapter 4 of the Delta Plan, Protect, Restore, and Enhance the Delta Ecosystem (Ecosystem Amendment)
- Agenda Item 9 - Carbon Capture and Storage in the Delta
- Presentations:
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
- Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer's Report
- Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist's Report
- Agenda Item 8 - Science Action Agenda Update
- Agenda Item 9 - Great Delta Trail Master Plan
- Agenda Item 10 - Performance Measures 2021 Year in Review
- Public Comment Letters:
- Outgoing Correspondence:
- Presentations:
2020
- Meeting Notice
- Revised Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Revised Meeting Agenda
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 6 - Adoption of December 19 Meeting Summary
- Agenda Item 8 - Executive Officer’s Report
- Legal Update
- Legislative Update
- Outreach Highlights Report
- Active Projects List
- Quarterly Contract and Budget Update
- Amendment of Contract with the University of California, San Diego/California Sea Grant to Revise the Scope of Work to Include Recruitment Activities for a UC Extension Specialist
- 2019 Council Accomplishments and Proposed 2020-2021 Priorities
- Agenda Item 9 - Bay Conservation and Development Commission’s Adapting to Rising Tides Project
- Agenda Item 10 - Lead Scientist’s Report
- Attachment 1: By the Numbers Report (provided at the Council Meeting)
- Attachment 2: Life History Strategies of Delta Smelt Visual Abstract
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials
- Meeting Agenda
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 5 - Adoption of January 23, 2020 Meeting Summary
- Agenda Item 7 - Executive Officer’s Report
Outreach Highlights Report
- Outgoing Correspondence
- Comments on Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project
- Meeting Notice
- Revised Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Meeting Agenda
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 5 - Adoption of February 27, 2020 Meeting Summary
- Agenda Item 7 - Executive Officer’s Report
- Legal Update
- Legislative Update
- Consideration of a Contract with the United States Geological Survey to Fund Operation Baseline 2.0 Investigations
- Operation Baseline (One pager)
- Amendment of a Contract with the University of California, Davis for Acoustic Telemetry
- Amendment of a Contract with the University of California, Davis for Chinook Salmon Re-introduction Investigations
- Agenda Item 8 - Lead Scientist’s Report
- Agenda Item 9 - Delta Levees Investment Strategy Regulation Update
- Attachment 1 - Council Resolution 2020-01
- Resolution Attachment 1 - Resolution 2018-1
- Resolution Attachment 2 - 2018 Adopted Chapter 7 (Available upon request)
- Resolution Attachment 3 - Resolution 2019-2
- Resolution Attachment 4 - Revised Chapter 7 Draft
- Resolution Attachment 5 - Notice of Decision Not to Proceed
- Attachment 1 - Council Resolution 2020-01
- Agenda Item 10 - Amendment of a Contract with Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. for Support for the Ecosystem Amendment to the Delta Plan and Delta Levees Investment Strategy
- Outgoing Correspondence
- PowerPoints
April 30
- Meeting Materials:
- Meeting Agenda
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 7: Executive Officer’s Report
- Legal Update
- Legislative Update
- Quarterly Contract and Budget Update
- Agenda Item 8: Consent Calendar
- Adoption of March 26, 2020 Meeting Summary
- Contract with the University of California, Davis to Fund San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science (SFEWS)
- Amendment of an Interagency Agreement with the California Department of Water Resources for Information Technology Services
- Amendment of an Agreement with Aquatic Science Center for Integrated Modeling Support
- Agenda Item 9: Lead Scientist’s Report
- Attachment 1: By the Numbers Summary (provided on meeting day)
- Attachment 2: Visual abstract - Impacts of Human Activities on Estuary Juvenile Salmon
- Attachment 3: FAQ for Science Review and Advice Services (provided on meeting day)
- Agenda Item 10: Delta Independent Science Board Update
- Attachment 1: Summary of the Delta ISB’s Review on the Interagency Ecological Program
- Attachment 2: Summary of the Delta Monitoring Enterprise Review Component 1
- Attachment 3: Delta ISB Memorandum – Preparing for Accelerating and Uncertain Environmental Change
- Attachment 4 Delta ISB Letter to Department of Water Resources Regarding Notice of Preparation for the Delta Conveyance Project
- Agenda Item 11: Appointment of Delta Lead Scientist (Water Code §85280(b))
- Presentations:
May 1
- Meeting Materials:
- Agenda Item 3: Consideration of Authorization to Commence California Environmental Quality Act Review of the Draft Ecosystem Amendment as the Proposed Project
- Attachment 1: Summary of Comments Received and Staff Responses
- Attachment 2: May 2020 Draft Chapter 4, Protect, Restore, and Enhance the Delta Ecosystem (which includes policies and recommendations)
- Attachment 3: May 2020 Draft Regulatory Requirements to Demonstrate Consistency with Regulatory Policies and New Definitions. Appendix 3A, Appendix4A, and Definitions
- Attachment 4: May 2020 Draft Appendix 8A. Priority Locations to Evaluate Physical Expansion of Channel Width
- Attachment 5: May 2020 Draft Appendix Q1. Methods Used to Update Ecosystem Restoration Maps Using New Digital Elevation Model and Tidal Data
- Attachment 6: May 2020 Draft Appendix Q2. Key Considerations and Best Available Science for Protecting, Restoring, and Enhancing the Delta Ecosystem
- Attachment 7: May 2020 Draft Appendix Q3. Identifying, Mapping, and Quantifying Opportunities for Landscape-Scale Restoration in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
- Attachment 8: May 2020 Draft Appendix Q4. Conservation and Recovery Plan Target Species
- Attachment 9: May 2020 Draft Appendix E. Performance Measures for the Delta Plan
- Attachment 10: May 2020 Draft Performance Measure Datasheets
- Attachment 11: May 2020 Draft Amendments to Chapter 4 Policies & Recommendations, Redlined Relative to Existing Chapter 4 Policies and Recommendations
- Presentations:
- Agenda Item 3: Consideration of Authorization to Commence California Environmental Quality Act Review of the Draft Ecosystem Amendment as the Proposed Project
- Outgoing Correspondence:
- Comments Letter to Department of Water Resources for their Notice of Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report for the Delta Conveyance Project
- Draft Handbook for Water Budget Development: With or Without Models
- Comments on Sacramento River Bank Protection Project Phase II Supplemental Authority Final Environmental Impact Statement/Final Environmental Impact Report, SCH# 2009012081
- Comments on Eastern San Joaquin Groundwater Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plan submittal to the Department of Water Resources
- Incoming Correspondence:
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Meeting Agenda
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
- Agenda Item 7 - Executive Officer’s Report
- Legal Update
- Legislative Update
- Agenda Item 8 - Lead Scientist’s Report
- Agenda Item 9 - Appointment of Members to the Delta Independent Science Board
- Agenda Item 10 - Delta Watermaster Update
- Agenda Item 11 - Endorsement of the Council’s Public Participation Plan
- Agenda Item 12 - California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Franks Tract Futures Project
- Presentations:
- Item 9 - Delta ISB Nominations Presentation
- Item 10 - Delta Watermaster Presentation; contact engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov for a copy
- Item 11 - Public Participation Plan Presentation
- Item 12 - Franks Tract Project Update Presentation; contact engage@deltacouncilca.gov for a copy
- Outgoing Correspondence:
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
- Agenda Item 8 - Executive Officer’s Report
- Legal Update
- Legislative Update
- Quarterly Contract and Budget Update
- Delta Protection Commission and Delta Conservancy Update
- Agenda Item 9 - Lead Scientist Report
- Agenda Item 10 - 2022 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan Update
- Agenda Item 10 - 2022 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan Update - Revised
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Meeting Agenda
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
- Agenda Item 8 - Executive Officer's Report
- Agenda Item 9 - 2022-2026 Science Action Agenda Update
- Agenda Item 10 - Approval of a Federal Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
- Agenda Item 11 - Water Use Efficiency Standards and Reporting Requirements for Agricultural Use: Making Conservation a Way of Life
- Presentations:
- Outgoing Correspondence:
- Comments on Draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment/EnvironmentalImpact Report for American River Watershed Common Features, Water Resources Development Act of 2016, Sacramento River Erosion Contract 1: River Mile 55.2 Left Bank Protection Project
- Comments on Draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment/EnvironmentalImpact Report for the American River Common Features, Water Resources Development Act 2016, Sacramento River East Levee Contract 2 Project
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
- Agenda Item 7 - Sustainable Groundwater Management and the Delta Plan
- Agenda Item 9 - Executive Officer's Report
- Legal Update
- Legislative Update
- Agenda Item 10 - Lead Scientist's Report
- Agenda Item 11 - Delta Stewardship Council Fellows Presentations
- Presentations:
- Agenda Item 7 - Groundwater Sustainability Plan Review
- Agenda Item 11 - Fellow Lightning Round Presentations:
- Annie Merritt - CivicSpark Climate Fellow - Planning Division
- Byron Riggins - California Sea Grant State Policy Fellow - Delta Science Program, Collaborative Science and Peer Review Unit
- Cheryl Patel - California Sea Grant State Policy Fellow - Delta Science Program, Science-Based Adaptive Management Unit
- Molly Williams - California Sea Grant State Policy Fellow - Planning Division
- Meeting Notice
- Revised Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
- Agenda Item 8 - Executive Officer's Report
- Legal Report
- Agenda Item 9 - Lead Scientist’s Report
- Agenda Item 10 - Delta Watermaster Update
- California Department of Water Resources’ Division of Multi-benefit Initiatives
- Recording (Closed Captioned)
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
- Agenda Item 5 - Executive Officer's Report
- Agenda Item 6 - Key Draft Findings from the Delta Adapts Vulnerability Assessment
- Agenda Item 7 - Delta Levees Investment Strategy Update
- Agenda Item 8 - Lead Scientist's Report
- Presentations:
- Revised Meeting Notice
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
- Agenda Item 5 - Executive Officer's Report
- Agenda Item 6 - Lead Scientist’s Report
- Agenda Item 7 - Delta Adapts: Draft Vulnerability Assessment
- Agenda Item 8 - Delta Plan Performance Measures: 2020 Year in Review
- Presentations:
2019
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Meeting Agenda
- Agenda Item 3: Adoption of June 27 Meeting Summary
- Agenda Item 3: Adoption of June 27 Meeting Summary FINAL
- Agenda Item 5c: Council 2019 Workplan Update
- Agenda Item 5c: Proposed Council 2019 Workplan - January 2019
- Agenda Item 6: Lead Scientist’s Report
- Agenda Item 6: Atmospheric Rivers Visual Abstract
- Public Comment Letters
- Leland Frayseth
- Outgoing Correspondence
- None
- PowerPoints
- None
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Meeting Agenda
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 5: Adoption of July 24 Meeting Summary
- Agenda Item 7b: Legislative Report
- Agenda Item 7c: Budget Update
- Agenda Item 7c: Contract Report
- Agenda Item 8: Lead Scientist’s Report
- Attachment 1 (available at the meeting)
- Attachment 2
- Attachment 3
- Agenda Item 9: Delta Independent Science Board Chair Update
- Agenda Item 10: Draft Delta Plan Five-Year Review Report
- Agenda Item 11: Public Hearing on Proposed Rulemaking for Section 5001 (Definitions) and Section 5012 (Delta Levees Investment Strategy) (Delta Plan RR P1) of Title 23 of the California Code of Regulations (Government Code §11346.8)
- Public Comment Letters
- California Central Valley Flood Control Association
- California Farm Bureau Federation
- Reclamation District 2111
- Reclamation District 554
- Reclamation District 317
- Reclamation District 2067
- Reclamation District 830
- Reclamation District 3
- Reclamation District 150
- Reclamation District 2107
- Central Delta Water Agency
- Reclamation District 1
- Reclamation District 2
- Reclamation District 544
- Reclamation District 2042
- Reclamation District 2089
- Flood Protect Lower Sacramento River-Delta North Region
- East Bay Municipal Utility District
- Local Agencies of the North Delta
- Reclamation Districts 548, 2037, 2041, 2065
- California Farm Bureau Federation
- California Central Valley Flood Control Association
- Delta Defenders
- California Water Research
- California Water Research - Attachment
- Delta Protection Commission
- Yocha Dehe Cultural Resources
- Reclamation District 2062
- Reclamation District 999
- Outgoing Council Correspondence
- PowerPoints
- Delta Independent Science Board: Recent Accomplishments and Current Activities
- Delta Plan Five-Year Review Draft Recommendations Report
- Public Hearing on Proposed Rulemaking for Section 5001 (Definitions) and Section 5012 (Delta Levees Investment Strategy) (Delta Plan Policy RR P1) of Title 23 of the California Code of Regulations (Government Code §11346.8)
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Meeting Agenda
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 7: Meeting Summary
- Agenda Item 8a: Delta Science Funding and Governance Initiative Update
- Agenda Item 9b: Approval of a Federal Receivable Agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
- Agenda Item 10: Lead Scientist’s Report
- Attachment 1
- Attachment 2
- Agenda Item 11: Inter-relationship of the Delta Plan and the California Water Resilience Portfolio
- Agenda Items 12 - 13: Overview of Southern California Water Supply Reliability and Reduced Reliance Projects; and Innovations in Water-use Efficiency and Reuse
- August 2019 Outreach Highlights Report
- Public Comment Letters
- None
- Outgoing Correspondence:
- Delta Stewardship Council Active Projects List
- Grand Island Levee Seepage Cutoff Wall Initial Study / Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND)
- Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Reinitiation of Consultation on the Coordinated Long-Term Operation of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project
- Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Solano 4 Wind Project
- PowerPoints
- Agenda Item 6: Overview of Orange County Water District
- Agenda Item 12 & 13: Devan Upadhyay, Southern California Sustainable Water Resources
- Agenda Item 12: Jeffery Pasak, Pure Water San Diego Program
- Agenda Item 12: Kyle Swanson, Water Supply Reliability for East San Diego County
- Agenda Item 12: Mark Pestrella, LA County Public Works
- Agenda Item 13: Joone Lopez, Moulton Niguel Water District Developing Innovative, Data-Driven Water Reliability Solutions
- Agenda Item 13: Joe Berg, Water Use Efficiency in Orange County
- Agenda Item 13: Dan Ferons, Santa Margarita Water District Local Resiliency
- To obtain copies of unlinked meeting materials, please contact archives@deltacouncil.ca.gov for assistance.
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Meeting Agenda
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 5: Consideration of the Sacramento Area Council of Government’s 2020 Metropolitan Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy and its Consistency with the Delta Plan
- Agenda Item 6: Adoption of September 26 Meeting Summary
- Agenda Item 8: Executive Officer’s Report
- Legal Update
- Outreach Highlights Report
- Active Projects List
- Contract and Budget Update
- Agenda Item 9: Lead Scientist’s Report
- Agenda Item 10: Council Consideration of Endorsement of the Delta Plan Five-Year Review Report
- Public Comment Letters
- Airport Land Use Commission
- Outgoing Correspondence (formerly “public comment letters”)
- PowerPoints
- Agenda Item 5: Council Staff Presentation
- Agenda Item 5: Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) Metropolitan Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy
- Agenda Item 10: Council Staff Presentation
- To obtain copies of unlinked meeting materials, please contact archives@deltacouncil.ca.gov for assistance.
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Meeting Agenda - REVISED
- Meeting Agenda
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 3 - Meeting Summary
- Agenda Item 4 - Council Retreat Meeting Summary
- Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer’s Report
- Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist's Report
- By the Numbers Summary (provided at the Council Meeting)
- Sea level rise forecasted to drown intertidal mudflats in San Pablo Bay
- Agenda Item 8 - Delta Watermaster Update
- Agenda Item 9 - Delta Levees Investments Report
- Public Comment Letters
- Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG)
- Outgoing Correspondence
- PowerPoints
- Agenda Item 6: Council Staff Presentation
- Agenda Item 6c: Erik Vink, Delta Protection Commission Delta Agricultural Land Cover - 2016
- Agenda Item 9: Council Staff Presentation
- Agenda Item 9: DWR Annual Report
- Agenda Item 10: Delta Watermaster Quarterly Report
- To obtain copies of unlinked meeting materials, please contact archives@deltacouncil.ca.gov for assistance.
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Materials:
- Meeting Agenda
- Binder Memo
- Agenda Item 5 - Meeting Summary
- Agenda Item 5 - Meeting Summary (REVISED)
- Agenda Item 7 - Executive Officer’s Report
- Agenda Item 8 - Lead Scientist’s Report
- By the Numbers Summary (provided at the Council Meeting)
- Visual Abstract for Linked River Processes tied to Restoration Approaches
- Agenda Item 10 - Delta Plan Performance Measures: 2019 Year in Review
- Outgoing Correspondence