Sarah
debriefed the group about the Coyote Stream Stewardship
Planning effort, information contained in the plan, lessons
learned, new platform for this round of watershed plans,
including the formalization of District’s watershed
stewardship responsibilities, the settlement on the various
collaborative efforts, the Santa Clara Basin Watershed Action
Plan, and the interests from the Water Resources Protection
Collaborative.
She then went over the Scope of Services
document distributed among the group members.
1. Clarify that the compilation
of the compendium document would not include a separate
CEQA process or an elaborate public process.
2. Recognize that the Water Supply
and Water Utility Operations are system-based, rather
than watershed based. However, operational linkages and
or connections, or
creek-specific implications can be identified on watershed
basis. Additionally, it is
important to recognize that other stakeholders (e.g., Water
Companies) may need
to be engaged for addressing water supply or water utility
issues.
3. Recognize the importance that
methodology used would allow understanding of the
water resources natural regime in a comprehensive and integrated
way; opportunities/constraints
are identified in an integrated way.
4. Recognize that it is important
to bring watershed-specific focus to the planning process,
which included the following:
-
Cover all streams w/ varying scale
-
Understand data gaps
- Prioritize
filling of data gaps - Provide some detailed subset analysis
e.g., steven’s
creek
5. Recognize the importance of engaging
planning staff from cities or counties, avenues
for such engagement may include:
- Bring
the stewardship plan to Water Resources Protection Collaborative,
particularly,
the planning staff.
- make
the Watershed Stewardship Plan an integrated and coordinated
piece of what’s
happening rather than a separate effort, with related planning
efforts such
as the Hydromodification Management Plan.
- City
environmental staff bring updates and alert their planning
staff of the Stewardship
Planning work through their staff-level coordination meetings.
- Make
sure that we have actual GIS product rather than thematic
maps generated
from a GIS. It's important to allow outside stakeholders
to access the
GIS product.
6. Offer opportunities for getting
information on Steven's Creek
Trish Mulvey also pointed out that
the Collaborative needs to find resources for devising
stewardship plan for the South County watershed areas.
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