Bay Area IRWMPNorth Bay Process for Project

Selection• I Background

• II- Decisions-Subareas and Funding

• III Regional Acceptance Process (RAP)

• IV North Bay Process

• V Issues

Bay Area Integrated Regional Water Management Planhttp://www.bairwmp.org/

• 2002-prop 50 passed-IRWMP-chapter 8• 2005 – NBWA funds IRWMP• NBWA-dual track-plan adopted 12/2005• 2006-Prop 84- targeted funds-11 regions• BA-IRWMP-Adopted by NBWA -12/2006• 2007-Plan submitted• Grant received-Prop 50 Round 1

$12.5 million

Prop 84

Funds allocated to regions

II- Decisions-Subareas and Funding*4 Sub-areas

- North bay-Marin Napa, Solano, Sonoma

- East bay- Contra Costa, Alameda

- South bay- Santa Clara

- West bay- San Francisco, San Mateo

*Target Allocations (After Regional project allocation)-

½-No. of sub regions, ¼ pop. ¼ area

-N bay- 25%

-E bay-29 %

-S bay-25%

-W bay-22%

III Regional Acceptance Process• DWR process under SB11X-Sep. 2008• http://www.grantsloans.water.ca.gov/grants/irwm

/integregio_rap.cfm.

• Final guidelines –March 11, 2009• BA IRWMP approved submittal- April 27• http://bairwmp.org/events/coordinating-commitee

-meetings/

* Step 1-Application due- April 29• Step 2-DWR review• Step 3- Interview• Step 4- Public Comment

RAP Submittal• Introduction• Chapter 1 Submitting Entity

• Chapter 2 Composition of Regional Water Management Group

• Chapter 3 Stakeholder Involvement

• Chapter 4 Public Awareness

• Chapter 5 Governance

• Chapter 6 Region Boundary

• Chapter 7 Historical IRWM Efforts

• Chapter 8 Adjacent and Overlapping Regions

• Chapter 9 Region Acceptance Process Interview • Conclusion

IV North Bay Process

• Lead for Sub- region-NBWA

• NBWA Watershed Council will advise

• Propose 3 steps– 1) Meeting of all counties to review Guidance– 2) Integrated County meetings to include all

stakeholders– 3) All counties in one meeting to review input

North Bay ProcessCounty Leads

* Liz Lewis, Marin County (Chris Choo)

*Rick Thomasser, Napa County

*Dave Okita, Solano County Water Agency(Chris Lee)

* Brad Sherwood, Sonoma County Water Agency

Guidance from CC(drafting by Project Screening Sub-committee)

• Bay Area Modified ranking system and guidance on use

• State Preferences (Conservation,DACs, Drought)

• State Grant requirements(match)• Target allocations for sub-regions• Schedule and milestones• Cost for application

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Possible “Regional” projects• Conservation• Recycling• Green Infrastructure• Human Health Risk Reduction (HG)• Regional Mapping ( several concepts)• ? Fisheries enhancement/monitoring• ??? Greywater,

Proposals due May 4

Funding IRWMP Implementation and SWFM (1E) Grants Schedule

• DWR Draft Guidelines-May??

• Public comment-May->June

• RAP Review Process- May-September

• Final Guidelines-September ??

• Application Proposal Period-Sep-Nov??

• DWR Review/Draft Decision/Public Review- Nov.->Jan 2010

V Issues• Scheduling timely meetings

• Match( 25% for IRWM and 50%-SWFM)

• Allocation for Regional Projects

• Target allocations for each County

• DAC projects?

• Other funding sources– SWRCB Stormwater Grants program(Prop-84)– EPA/ SFEP funds-$ 5 million for Bay Area