Events Calendar

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 5: Preliminary Draft Delta Plan Chapter 4 (Protect, Restore, and Enhance the Delta Ecosystem)
    • Preliminary Draft Appendix Q2 (Delta Plan Amendments)
    • Preliminary Draft Appendix 3a (Delta Plan Amendments)
    • Preliminary Draft Appendix 4a (Delta Plan Amendments)
    • Preliminary Draft Appendix 8a (Delta Plan Amendments)
    • Preliminary Draft Appendix E (Delta Plan Amendments)
  • Agenda Item 5: Draft Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment Performance Measure Datasheets
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.6
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.12
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.13
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.14
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.15
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.16
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta ISB Discussion on the Public Draft of the Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment
  • Agenda Item 6 and 7: Draft Social Science Strategy for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
  • Agenda Item 8b: Revised “Ecology During Rapid Environmental Change” Discussion Paper (dated 11/25/19)
  • Agenda Item 8c: Final Delta ISB Review on the Interagency Ecological Program

• Meeting Agenda

• Meeting Notice

• 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
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
    3. Outreach Highlights Report
    4. Active Projects List
    5. Quarterly Contract and Budget Update
    6. 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
    7. 2019 Council Accomplishments and Proposed 2020-2021 Priorities
       • Attachment 1: Council Priorities 2020-2021 Memo
       • Attachment 2: 2019 Annual Report
       • Attachment 3: Proposed 2020-2021 Milestone Schedule
  • Agenda Item 9 - Bay Conservation and Development Commission’s Adapting to Rising Tides Project
    • Attachment 1: Executive Summary: East Contra Costa 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
• Brown Bag Seminar Video

• Pre-register by January 17
• Event details

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 4: 2019 Council Accomplishments and Proposed 2021-2022
    • Attachment 1: Council Priorities 2020-2021 Memo
    • Attachment 2: 2019 Annual Report
    • Attachment 3: Proposed 2020-2021 Milestone Schedule
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta ISB Draft Memo on Review of the Draft Social Science Strategy
  • Agenda Item 5: Draft Social Science Strategy for the Sacramento and San Joaquin Delta
  • Agenda Item 6b: Final Delta ISB IEP Review
  • Agenda Item 10: Delta ISB Panel Discussion Paper (“Toward a Preemptive Ecology for Rapid, Global, and Increasingly Irreversible Environmental Change”)
  • Agenda Item 13: Preliminary Draft Delta Plan Chapter 4 (Protect, Restore, and Enhance the Delta Ecosystem)
    • Preliminary Draft Appendix Q2 (Delta Plan Amendments)
    • Preliminary Draft Appendix 3a (Delta Plan Amendments)
    • Preliminary Draft Appendix 4a (Delta Plan Amendments)
    • Preliminary Draft Appendix 8a (Delta Plan Amendments)
    • Preliminary Draft Appendix E (Delta Plan Amendments)
  • Agenda Item 10: Panel Responses to Delta ISB Discussion Paper
  • Agenda Item 10: Panelist Profiles
  • Agenda Item 13: Delta ISB Draft Memo on Review of the Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment
  • Agenda Item 13: Draft Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment Performance Measure Datasheets
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.6
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.12
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.13
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.14
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.15
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.16
  • Agenda Item 13: Independent Scientific Review of Preliminary Public Review Draft of Delta Plan Chapter 4 Performance Measure
    • Anna Sturrock Comments on Performance Measure 4.6 and 4.13
    • John G. Williams Comments on Performance Measures 4.6 and 4.13
    • Rebecca Buchanan Comments on Performance Measures 4.6 and 4.13
    • Josh Collins Comments on Performance Measures 4.12, 4.15, and 4.16
    • Kristin Byrd Comments on Performance Measures 4.12, 4.15, and 4.16
    • Stephen Crooks Comments on Performance Measures 4.12, 4.15, and 4.16
  • Agenda Item 14: Planning Future Reviews Summary
  • Agenda Item 1tem 14: Stakeholder Feedback on Future Delta ISB Reviews

• Symposium recording
• Symposium flyer
• Registration
• Agenda
• Speaker biographies

• 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

    Active Projects List

    • Legal Update
    • Legislative Update
    • Amendment of an Interagency Agreement with the Department of Water Resources to Support Information Technology Services
    • Agenda Item 8 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Agenda Item 9 - Review of the Public Draft of the Council’s Public Participation Plan
      • Attachment 1 - Draft Public Participation Plan
  • Outgoing Correspondence
    • Comments on Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project

• Meeting Agenda
• Revised Meeting Agenda
• Video
• Critical Needs for Control of Invasive Aquatic Vegetation in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
• Meeting Materials
  • Agenda Item 3 - Ecosystem-based Management and the Delta Plan
    • A Path Forward for California’s Freshwater Ecosystems
  • Agenda Item 4 - Critical Needs for Aquatic Weed Control
    • Reference Sheet
  • Agenda Item 5 - Social Science Task Force
• Meeting Summary

• Agenda

  10:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Council Headquarters (980 Ninth Street, Suite 1500, Sacramento, CA 95814)
  1:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Walnut Grove Library (14177 Market Street, Walnut Grove, CA 95690)
  4:00 PM - 6:00 PM - Big Break Center (69 Big Break Road, Oakley, CA 94561)

• Draft Public Participation Plan

• Meeting Notice
• Revised Meeting Notice
• Brown Bag Seminar Recording

For more information, please visit the Delta Lead Scientist webpage.

• Meeting Notice
• Revised Meeting Notice
• Brown Bag Seminar Recording

For more information, please visit the Delta Lead Scientist webpage.

• Event website

• Meeting Notice (Revised 3/19/2020)
• WebEx
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Final Memo - Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment Review
  • Agenda Item 2: Final Memo - Draft Social Science Strategy Review
  • Agenda Item 3: Draft Delta Stewardship Council Public Participation Plan
  • Agenda Item 4: Prospectus for Assessment of Delta ISB Recommendations
  • Communication Product (Poster): A Review of the Interagency Ecological Program’s Ability to Provide Science Supporting Management of the Delta
    • This poster was designed for printing on 38 inch by 48 inch sized paper.
  • Agenda Item 7c: Briefing Paper for the 2020 Science Needs Assessment Workshop
  • Agenda Item 7d: Draft Memo - Summary of Discussion on Ecology During Rapid Environmental Change
• Background Material:
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Prospectus
  • Ecosystems Review Prospectus
  • Water Supply Reliability Review Prospectus
  • Delta Lead Scientist Web Page

• Registration
• Draft Public Participation Plan

• 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
    • February 2020 Delta Stewardship Council Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
    3. Consideration of a Contract with the United States Geological Survey to Fund Operation Baseline 2.0 Investigations
       • Operation Baseline (One pager)
    4. Amendment of a Contract with the University of California, Davis for Acoustic Telemetry
    5. Amendment of a Contract with the University of California, Davis for Chinook Salmon Re-introduction Investigations
  • Agenda Item 8 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachemnt 2 - Temperature and region drive lamprey distribution in the Bay-Delta
  • 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
  • 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
    • Comments on Reclamation District No. 3 Grand Island Levee Erosion Repair Project Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration
  • PowerPoints
    • Delta Levees Investment Strategy Regulation Update
    • Operation Baseline 2.0

• Meeting Notice (Revised 3/24/2020)
• Brown Bag Seminar Recording

• Meeting Notice
• WebEx
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 4: Council Staff Report on Consideration of a Contract with the United States Geological Survey to Fund Operation Baseline 2.0 Investigations
  • Operation Baseline (One pager)
  • Agenda Item 5: Draft Memo on Delta Science During Rapid Environmental Change
  • Agenda Item 5: Public Comment Letter from California Water Research (dated 3/30/20)
• Background Materials:
  • Science Needs Assessment Workshop Briefing Paper
  • Ecosystems Review Prospectus
  • Water Supply Reliability Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Prospectus
  • Final Review of the Interagency Ecological Program
  • Delta Lead Scientist Web Page
• Recorded Seminars of Delta Lead Scientist Applicants:
  • January 27: Dr. Jay Lund
  • March 9: Dr. Denise Reed
  • March 12: Dr. Lisamarie Windham-Myers
  • March 30: Dr. Laurel Larsen

• Workshop and Virtual Discussion Series flyer
• Briefing Paper for the 2020 Science Needs Assessment Workshop
• Science Needs Assessment Pre-Workshop Discussion Part 1 Recording
• Science Needs Assessment Pre-Workshop Discussion Part 1 Summary

• Meeting Notice

April 30

• Meeting Materials:
  • Meeting Agenda
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 7: Executive Officer’s Report
    • March 2020 Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
    3. Quarterly Contract and Budget Update
  • Agenda Item 8: Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of March 26, 2020 Meeting Summary
    2. Contract with the University of California, Davis to Fund San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science (SFEWS)
       • Attachment 1: Estimated Budget Summary
    3. Amendment of an Interagency Agreement with the California Department of Water Resources for Information Technology Services
    4. 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))
    • Attachment 1: Letter of Recommendation from the Delta ISB
  • Presentations:
    • Agenda Item 9 Social Science Task Force Presentation
    • Agenda Item 10 Delta ISB Update Presentation
    • Agenda Item 11 Appointment of Delta Lead Scientist Presentation

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 Presentation

• 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:
  • Comment Letter From Association of Bay Area Governments

• Meeting Notice
• WebEx
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Memorandum: Preparing for Accelerating and Uncertain Environmental Change
  • Agenda Item 2: Letter: Notice of Preparation for the Delta Conveyance Project
  • Agenda Item 4: A Social Science Strategy for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
  • Agenda Item 5a: Monitoring Enterprise Review Component 1 Summary
  • Agenda Item 5a: Monitoring Enterprise Review Questionnaire
  • Agenda Item 5c: Draft Water Supply Reliability Review Outline
  • Agenda Item 5d: Science Needs Assessment Discussion 1 Recording
  • Agenda Item 5d: Science Needs Assessment Mentimeter Results
  • Agenda Item 7: Potential Review Topics
  • Agenda Item 8: Operation Guidelines
• Background Materials:
  • Science Needs Assessment Save-the-Date Flyer
  • Ecosystems Review Prospectus
  • Water Supply Reliability Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Prospectus
  • Final Review of the Interagency Ecological Program
• Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment Materials (from the Council’s May 1, 2020 Meeting):
  • Council Staff Report: 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

• Notice of Preparation
• View the Scoping Meeting on YouTube

• Workshop and Virtual Discussion Series flyer
• Briefing Paper for the 2020 Science Needs Assessment Workshop
• Science Needs Assessment Pre-Workshop Discussion Part 2 Recording
• Science Needs Assessment Pre-Workshop Discussion Part 2 Summary

• Meeting Notice
• Zoom Registration
  • To join the webcast, please register before the meeting via Zoom.
  • After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions to join the webcast. If you have a computer microphone, you will have the option to receive audio and provide oral comments through your computer. If not, please dial the phone number listed in your confirmation email.
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 4: 2022 to 2026 Science Action Agenda Information Sheet
  • Agenda Item 4: 2022 to 2026 Science Action Agenda Screening Criteria
  • Agenda Item 4: Social Science for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Brown Bag Webinar Series
  • Agenda Item 5: Operating Guidelines
  • Agenda Item 5: Proposed Amendments
  • Agenda Item 7a: Draft Ecosystems Review
  • Agenda Item 7b: Monitoring Enterprise Review Questionnaire (Deadline Extended until June 19, 2020)
• Background Materials:
  • Science Needs Assessment Save-the-Date Flyer
  • Ecosystems Review Prospectus
  • Water Supply Reliability Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Component 1 Summary
  • Final Review of the Interagency Ecological Program

• Series flyer

• Series flyer

• Series flyer

• Series flyer

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Meeting Agenda
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of April 30, 2020 Meeting Summary
    2. Adoption of May 1, 2020 Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 7 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • April Outreach Highlights Report
    • May Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 8 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1: By the Numbers Summary
    • Attachment 2: Visual abstract - Large Contribution from Anthropogenic Warming to an Emerging North American Megadrought
  • 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
    • Attachment 1: 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:
  • Comments on the Partially Recirculated Draft Environmental Impact Report for the State Water Project Water Supply Contract Amendments for Water Management, SCH# 2018072033
  • Comments on Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Valley Rail Sacramento Extension Project, SCH# 2019090306

• Public Hearing Notice

• Meeting Notice
• Zoom Registration
  • To join the webcast, please register before the meeting via Zoom.
  • After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions to join the webcast. If you have a computer microphone, you will have the option to receive audio and provide oral comments through your computer. If not, please dial the phone number listed in your confirmation email.
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Operating Guidelines (revised June 12, 2020)
  • Agenda Item 3: Council Public Participation Plan (Council Endorsement Draft)
  • Agenda Item 4: News Release - Delta ISB Appointments
  • Agenda Item 4: Visual Abstract -- Large Contribution from Anthropogenic Warming to an Emerging North American Megadrought
  • Agenda Item 5a: Draft Review Report -- The Science of Non-native Species in a Dynamic Delta
  • Agenda Item 6: Virtual Conferences Guide to Best Practices from the Association for Computing Machinery
  • Agenda Item 6: National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis Virtual Collaboration Webpage
• Background Materials:
  • Science Needs Assessment Save-the-Date Flyer
  • Prospectus: Delta Science Program Assessment of Delta ISB Recommendations
  • Ecosystems Review Prospectus
  • Water Supply Reliability Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Component 1 Summary
  • Final Review of the Interagency Ecological Program

• Revised Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 1 - Welcome and Introductions
    • Summary of the March 2, 2020 DPIIC meeting
  • Agenda Item 2 - Ecosystem-based Management
    • Delta Plan Performance Measures
    1. Central Valley Project Improvement Act
    2. Incidental Take Permit for the State Water Project
  • Agenda Item 3 - Actions to Achieve Ongoing, Consistent and Reliable Science Funding
    • 2022-2026 Science Action Agenda
    1. Science Approaches during Increasingly Rapid Environmental Change
    2. Linking Science Efforts to Policy and Decision-Making
    3. Effective Use of Current Science Funding
       • FY 2018-2019 Delta Crosscut Budget Report

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of June 25, 2020 Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 8 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
    3. Quarterly Contract and Budget Update
    4. Delta Protection Commission and Delta Conservancy Update
  • Agenda Item 9 - Lead Scientist Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Mosaic of habitats provides nursery support for different fish
  • Agenda Item 10 - 2022 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan Update
  • Agenda Item 10 - 2022 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan Update - Revised
  • Delta Plan and Flood Plan
  • Attachment 1 - Central Valley Flood Protection Plan Fact Sheet
  • Attachment 2 - Central Valley Flood Protection Plan Conservation Strategy Update

• Workshop and Virtual Discussion Series Flyer
• Briefing Paper for the 2020 Science Needs Assessment Workshop
• Science Needs Assessment Pre-Workshop Discussion Part 3 Recording
• Science Needs Assessment Pre-Workshop Discussion Part 3 Presentation
• Science Needs Assessment Pre-Workshop Discussion Part 3 Summary

• Meeting Notice
• Zoom Registration
  • To join the webcast, please register before the meeting via Zoom.
  • After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions to join the webcast. If you have a computer microphone, you will have the option to receive audio and provide oral comments through your computer. If not, please dial the phone number listed in your confirmation email.
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 4b: Planning Future Science Reviews
  • Agenda Item 5a: Draft Report: The Science of Non-native Species in a Dynamic Delta
  • Agenda Item 6b: Draft Rapid Change Article (dated 8/10/2020)
  • Agenda Item 9b: Delta Protection Commission Letter on Best Available Science for “Delta as Place” Considerations in Delta Conveyance Project EIR
    • Delta Protection Commission Letter Attachment
  • Background Materials:
    • Science Needs Assessment Save-the-Date Flyer
    • Prospectus: Delta Science Program Assessment of Delta ISB Recommendations
    • Ecosystems Review Prospectus
    • Water Supply Reliability Review Prospectus
    • Monitoring Enterprise Review Prospectus
    • Monitoring Enterprise Review Component 1 Summary
    • Final Review of the Interagency Ecological Program

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Meeting Agenda
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of July 23, 2020 Meeting Summary
    2. Approval of a Contract with the Association of Bay Area Governments
  • Agenda Item 8 - Executive Officer's Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 9 - 2022-2026 Science Action Agenda Update
    • 2022-2026 Science Action Agenda Information Sheet
  • Agenda Item 10 - Approval of a Federal Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
    • 2019 Competitive Research Awards
  • Agenda Item 11 - Water Use Efficiency Standards and Reporting Requirements for Agricultural Use: Making Conservation a Way of Life
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 9 - Science Action Agenda
  • Agenda Item 10 - 2020 Delta Science Proposal Solicitation
  • Delta Plan and Water Use Efficiency and Conservation
• 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

• Save the Date Flyer
• Agenda

• Workshop and Virtual Discussion Series Flyer
• Briefing Paper for the 2020 Science Needs Assessment Workshop
• Science Needs Assessment Pre-Workshop Discussion Part 4 Recording

• Meeting Notice
• Zoom Registration
  • To join the webcast, please register before the meeting via Zoom.
  • After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions to join the webcast. If you have a computer microphone, you will have the option to receive audio and provide oral comments through your computer. If not, please dial the phone number listed in your confirmation email.
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta ISB Reflections
  • Agenda Item 4: Public Comment Draft: The Science of Non-native Species in a Dynamic Delta (7/14/2020)
  • Agenda Item 4: Revised Draft Report: The Science of Non-native Species in a Dynamic Delta (dated 9/8/2020)
  • Agenda Item 4: Public Comment Letters
    • Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District (received 8/20/2020)
      • Attachment: Bauer, Marissa. 2010. An Ecosystem Model of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Suisun Bay, California USA. Master’s Thesis, California State University, Chico (Available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov)
    • Bob Peoples (received 8/24/2020)
• Background Materials:
  • Ecosystems Review Prospectus
  • Water Supply Reliability Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Component 1 Summary
  • Final Review of the Interagency Ecological Program
  • Science Needs Assessment Save-the-Date Flyer
  • Delta Science Funding and Governance Initiative Implementation Report

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of August 27, 2020 Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 7 - Sustainable Groundwater Management and the Delta Plan
  • Agenda Item 9 - Executive Officer's Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 10 - Lead Scientist's Report
  • Agenda Item 11 - Delta Stewardship Council Fellows Presentations

• Flyer
• Registration

• Flyer
• Registration
• Briefing Paper
• Pre-Workshop Virtual Discussion Series Recordings

• 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.

• Flyer
• Registration

• A meeting notice will be posted 10 days before the meeting.

• A meeting notice will be posted 10 days before the meeting.

• Meeting Notice

• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 7: Revised IEP Review Draft (6/14/19)
  • Agenda Item #7: IEP Review Alternative Recommendations
  • Agenda Item #9: Speaker Bio
  • Agenda Item 10a: Monitoring Enterprise Review Workshop Summary
  • Agenda Item #10b: Water Supply Reliability Review Outline
  • Agenda Item #10b: Water Supply Reliability Review Interview Questions
  • Agenda Item #11: Discussion Questions
  • Agenda Item #11: 2017 Planning Retreat Ideas
  • Agenda Item #11: Delta ISB Review Matrix

• Agenda

• The Place of Estuaries along the Continuum from Mountains to Oceans YouTube Video

• 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
• Audio webcast
• Public Comment Letters
  • Leland Frayseth
• Outgoing Correspondence
  • None
• PowerPoints
  • None

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 3: Council 2019 Workplan Update
  • Agenda Item 3: Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment Performance Measures
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Lead Scientist Job Announcement
  • Agenda Item 8: Revised IEP Review (8/12/19)
• Public Comments on the Delta ISB’s Draft IEP Review (6/14/19)
  • IEP Lead Scientist (received 7/17/19)
  • State Water Contractors (received 7/26/19)

• 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
    • Attachment 1
  • Agenda Item 10: Draft Delta Plan Five-Year Review Report
    • Attachment 1
  • 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)
    • Attachment 1
    • Attachment 2
    • Attachment 3
    • Attachment 4
    • Attachment 5
    • Attachment 6
    • Attachment 7
  • 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
    • Comments on June 2019 Draft Valley Link Feasibility Report
    • Comments on Proposed General Plan Amendment for Cache Slough
    • Delta Stewardship Council Active Projects List
  • 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)

• Registration
• Agenda

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta ISB Presentation to the Council (8/22/19)
  • Agenda Item 3: Draft Delta Plan Five-Year Review Staff Report
    • Attachment 1: Draft Recommendations Report
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Lead Scientist Recruitment Job Announcement
  • Agenda Item 5: Individual Delta ISB Comments on the Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment Performance Measure
  • Agenda Item 5: Draft Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment Performance Measures (Request Package)
    • Draft Delta Plan Performance Measures Appendix E Format
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.12 (Subsidence Reversal)
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.13 (Barriers to Fish Migration)
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.14 (Funding for Ecosystem Restoration)
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.15 (Season Inundation)
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.16 (Natural Communities)
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.6 (Salmon Doubling)
  • Agenda Item 6: Independent Scientific Review of the Delta Mercury Control Program Phase 1 Methylmercury Control Studies
  • Agenda Item 7: Draft Delta Science Funding and Governance Initiative Report 4
  • Agenda Item 9: Voluntary Agreements Background
  • Agenda Item 10: Delta Conservation Adaptive Management Action Strategy
  • Agenda Item 11: Draft IEP Review Report (dated 8/12/19)
  • Agenda Item 12a: Monitoring Enterprise Inventory Framework
  • Agenda Item 12b: Water Supply Reliability Interview Questions
  • Agenda Item 13: Draft July 2019 Planning Session Summary

• Flyer

• 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
    • Attachment 1
    • Attachment 2
    • Attachment 3
  • 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:
  • Agenda Item 2: Rapid Environmental Change Events
  • Agenda Item 3: Delta ISB Comment Letter on the Draft Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment Performance Measures
  • Agenda Item 4: Overview of Southern California Water Supply Reliability and Reduced Reliance Projects; and Innovations in Water-use Efficiency and Reuse
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta Lead Scientist Job Announcement
  • Agenda Item 7e: Water Supply Reliability Interview Questions
  • Agenda Item 8: Planning Future Reviews

• Conference website

• 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
    • Attachment 1: Council’s NOP Comment Letter, June 21
    • Attachment 2: Council’s Draft 2020 MTP/SCS and Draft EIR Comment Letter
  • Agenda Item 6: Adoption of September 26 Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 8: Executive Officer’s Report
    1. Legal Update
    2. Outreach Highlights Report
    3. Active Projects List
    4. Contract and Budget Update
  • Agenda Item 9: Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1: Visual abstract on salmon life-cycle modeling
    • Attachment 2: Ecological Effects of the 2015 Emergency Drought Barrier
    • Attachment 3: Delta Smelt: Biology and Management 101
    • Attachment 4: By the Numbers Summary
  • Agenda Item 10: Council Consideration of Endorsement of the Delta Plan Five-Year Review Report
    • Attachment 1: Delta Plan Five-Year Review Report
    • Attachment 2: Proposed Resolution 2019-03
    • Attachment 2: Approved Resolution 2019-03
    • Attachment 3: Draft Delta Plan Five-Year Review Highlights
  • Public Comment Letters
    • Airport Land Use Commission
  • Outgoing Correspondence (formerly “public comment letters”)
    • Central Valley Flood Protection Board
    • San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission
  • 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 Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Delta Lead Scientist Job Announcement

• Agenda
• Meeting Materials
  • July 15 Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 1 - Coordination Updates
  • Agenda Item 2 - Aligning Objectives Toward a Resilient California Water Future
  • Agenda Item 4 - Delta Plan Performance Measures Updates
  • Delta Science Funding and Governance Initiative Implementation Report

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Rapid Change Events Calendar (11/12/19)
  • Agenda Item 3: Background on the Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Strategy
  • Agenda Item 4: Staff Report from the October 2019 Council Meeting (Delta Plan Five-Year Review Report)
    • Attachment 1: Delta Plan Five-Year Review Report (October 2019)
  • Agenda Item 7: Ecological Effects on the Delta of the 2015 Emergency Drought Barrier Summary Sheet
  • Agenda Item 11: Interim Monitoring Inventory Report (Report 2; Available Upon Request)
    • Interim Monitoring Inventory Tool
  • Agenda Item 15: Planning Future Reviews

• Symposium details are available on the UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute website.

• Meeting Notice

• 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
    • October 2019 Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
  • 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
    • Department of Water Resources Annual Delta Funding Report
  • Public Comment Letters
    • Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG)
  • Outgoing Correspondence
    • Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG)
    • City of Sacramento Community Development Department
    • East San Joaquin Groundwater Authority
  • 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.

• Revised Meeting notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 4: Individual Delta ISB Feedback on the Draft Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment for Public Review
  • Draft Ecosystem Amendment Appendix Q2
  • Draft Ecosystem Amendment Appendix 8a
  • Draft Ecosystem Amendment Appendix E
  • Agenda Item 4: Draft Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment Performance Measure Datasheets
  • Draft Performance Measure 4.6
  • Draft Performance Measure 4.12
  • Draft Performance Measure 4.13
  • Draft Performance Measure 4.14
  • Draft Performance Measure 4.15
  • Draft Performance Measure 4.16
  • Agenda Item 6b: Revised “Ecology During Rapid Change” Paper (dated 11/25/19)
  • Agenda Item 6c: Final Delta ISB Review on the Interagency Ecological Program
  • Agenda Item 7: Future Delta ISB Review Ideas (dated 12/06/19)
  • Agenda Item 7: Stakeholder Feedback on Future Delta ISB Reviews

• Meeting notice

• 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
    • November 2019 Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    • Active Projects List UPDATED
  • 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
    • San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority
    • Lathrop Consolidated Treatment Facility

• Science Enterprise Workshop Executive Summary