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.
2021
- A meeting notice will be posted 10 days before the meeting.
- A meeting notice will be posted 10 days before the meeting.
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 Attachement 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 Asssessment
- Agenda Item 7 - Delta Levees Investment Strategy Update
- Agenda Item 8 - Lead Scientist's Report
- Presentations:
- A meeting notice will be posted 10 days before the meeting.
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