SAN JOAQUIN RIVER
Dissolved Oxygen
Total Maximum Daily Load
Stakeholder Process
SJR D.O. Technical Committee
Draft Agenda for the March 7, 2000 Meeting
Location: To Be Announced

Meeting Objectives
  1. Clarify criteria for determining which research projects should be pursued in 2000. Criteria questions in addition to those below include - how should priorities fit into the needs of a pollutant exchange program? What could wait until 2001?
  2. Prioritize the work plans to be pursued in 2000 as part of the CalFed grant. Finalize budget allocations and principal investigators. If necessary, vote on what the Technical Committee recommends for the March 15 Steering Committee.
  3. Determine when to have the Peer Review workshop, who should be on it, the work plans and budget.
  4. Determine how 2001 grant prioritization will occur. Agree on timeline.
  5. Confirm next meetings.
Draft Agenda
9:00 am    Welcome, introductions, groundrules
9:05 am    Discussion of agenda
9:15 am    Criteria to for prioritizing proposals
9:45 am    Peer Review
10:15 am    2001 Grant Planning
10:30 am    Break
10:45 am    Review and agree on the uncontroversial proposals.
noon    Lunch Brown Bag
12:30 pm    The more controversial proposals
2:30 pm    Break
2:45 pm    Finalize proposal. Vote if needed.
3:45 pm    Schedule next meetings.
4:00 pm    Adjourn

Draft Criteria for Evaluation of Proposals for 2000
  1. How will the proposal benefit our ability to establish TMDL?
  2. How will the proposal improve our ability to conduct more effective research in 2001 and 2002? How valuable will the data and analysis be for prioritizing 2001 and 2002 research?
  3. How will the research or monitoring help resolve the low D.O. problem and help prioritize implementation options?
  4. How expensive is the proposal. Are there parts of the project that might be funded from other sources?
  5. How likely will the proposed methodology succeed in providing the information desired?

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