SAN JOAQUIN RIVER
Dissolved Oxygen
Total Maximum Daily Load
Stakeholder Process
San Joaquin River Dissolved Oxygen TMDL
Steering Committee Meeting
April 19, 2000 9 am - noon
2500 Navy Drive, Stockton

Note: Please bring letters of support for the CALFED 2001 grant to the meeting. If you have any questions, or need to receive the sample letter, contact Bob Murdoch .

Draft Meeting Objectives:
  1. Review the final CalFed 2000 budget allocation and timeline
  2. Update and finalize the Peer Review process and panelists.
  3. Review the Technical Committee's outline of priorities for the CalFed 2001 grant. Provide sufficient direction to the Technical Committee so that they can finalize and turn the grant in without bringing it back for Steering Committee approval. Some key questions for the Steering Committee to consider include:
    • Should we develop tools that can help stakeholders allocate non-point load once they are determined for each sub-watershed?
    • Developing an inventory of BMPs that might help reduce non-point load sources. Determine how complete are studies on the quantification of load reduction by different BMP's on different types of soils and crops and land uses.
  4. Review stakeholder budget items that go beyond CalFed grant funding opportunities. What are the budget items that will still need funding, how important are they, and what should we do to get money for these items?
    • Technical Coordinator/Chair
    • Support for ag and enviro tech help
    • Development of the TMDL
    • Grant writing and fundraising
    • Additional funding for outreach and education
    • Other
  5. Finalize Judith Buethe's work plan and budget for public education and outreach.
  6. Review key issues that the RWQCB needs to clarify, possibly at their July meeting. What does the Steering Committee need to do to make the best use of the July meeting.
    (See March Steering Committee notes and March 23 Technical Committee notes)
  7. Update on the CALFED Dissolved Oxygen Committee.
  8. Finalize executive summary for the Preliminary Evaluation report.
  9. Set next meeting dates and objectives.

Draft Agenda
9:00 am    Welcome, introductions, agenda and review of meeting groundrules
9:15 am    CALFED 2000 grant update
9:30 am    Peer Review update
9:45 am    CALFED 2001 grant overview and details
10:30 am    Break
10:45 am    Review stakeholder budget items
11:05 am    Review Judith Buethe work plan
11:15 am    Begin preparing for July RWQCB meeting
11:40 am    Update on CALFED DO Committee
11:45 am    Finalize executive summary
noon    Adjourn
12:45 pm   Pollutant Exchange Committee meeting (Agenda to come)

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