December 19, 2024 Commission Meeting

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: GOOD

AFTERNOON. THANK YOU

COMMISSIONERS. WELCOME TO OUR

HYBRID COMMISSION MEETING. MY

NAME IS REBECCA EISEN, VICE

CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION. I’M

CHAIRING THIS MEETING BECAUSE

VICE CHAIR WASSERMAN IS OUT OF

THE COUNTRY TODAY BUT HE WILL BE

IN THIS CHAIR AT OUR NEXT

MEETING WHICH IS JANUARY 16TH.

I WANT TO THANK ALL

COMMISSIONERS HERE AT THE METRO

CENTER FOR ATTENDING IN-PERSON.

GOOD GROUP. AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE

THOSE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING

VIRTUALLY. OUR FIRST ORDER OF

BUSINESS IS TO ROLL THE VIDEO.

SIERRA, WOULD YOU PLEASE DO

THAT?

[RECORDED MEETING PROCEDURES

ANNOUNCEMENT].

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: ALL

RIGHT. NOW IT’S TIME TO CALL

THE ROLL, COMMISSIONERS. THAT

HAPPENS TO ZACK TOO. PLEASE

ENSURE YOUR CAMERA IS ON

THROUGHOUT THE MEETING IF YOU

ARE PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY AND

FOR THOSE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING

VIRTUALLY PLEASE UNMUTE

YOURSELVES, AND MUTE YOURSELF

AFTER YOU RESPOND. ROLL CALL.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

ADDIEGO?

>>MARK ADDIEGO: HERE.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

AMBUEHL?

>>DAVID AMBUEHL: HERE.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

ECKLUND?

>>PAT ECKLUND: PRESENT.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

GIOIA? GILMORE?

>>MARIE GILMORE: HERE.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSION ARE HASZ?

>>KARL HASZ: HERE.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSIONER KISHIMOTO?

>>YORIKO KISHIMOTO: I’M HERE.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSIONER NELSON?

>>BARRY NELSON: HERE.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSIONER PESKIN?

>>AARON PESKIN: HERE.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: PINE?

>>DAVE PINE: PRESENT.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

PEMBERTON?

>>SHERI PEMBERTON: HERE.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

RAMOS?

>>BELIA RAMOS: HERE.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

SHOWALTER?

>>PATRICIA SHOWALTER: HERE.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: VICE

CHAIR MOULTON-PETERS?

>>STEPHANIE MOULTON-PETERS:

HERE.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: I

HAVE A QUORUM.

>>SPEAKER: >>ANDREW GUNTHER:

HERE.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: I

APOLOGIZE, COMMISSIONER GUNTHER.

YOU STILL HAVE A QUORUM.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN:

BECAUSE WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT

AND MAY NOT HAVE ONE LATER IN

THE MEETING WE ARE GOING TO MAKE

A SLIGHT ALTERATION TO OUR

AGENDA AND MOVE ITEM EIGHT,

SOMETHING WE MAY VOTE ON IF YOU

CAN TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO ITEM

EIGHT PUBLIC HEARING AND

POSSIBLE VOTE ON THE CHIPPS

ISLAND RESTORATION IN THE

UNINCORPORATED AREA OF SOLANO

COUNTY, WHICH IS WHERE I GREW

UP. THE COMMISSION WILL NOW

HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND

POSSIBLY VOTE ON AN APPLICATION

FOR BCDC PERMIT 2024.001.00MDA

PROPOSAL BY CALIFORNIA

DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCE TO

RESTORE AND ENHANCE

APPROXIMATELY 910 ACRES OF

WETLANDS TO TIDAL MARSH HABITAT

ON CHIPPS ISLAND. SAM FIELDING

OF OUR STAFF WILL BEGIN THE

AGENDA ITEM.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: NTT,

IF WE COULD HAVE THE

PRESENTATION BROUGHT UP, PLEASE?

THANK YOU.

>>SAM FIELDING: ALL RIGHT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS,

AND THANK YOU. MY NAME IS SAM

FIELDING, AND I AM A PERMIT

ANALYST AT BCDC. TODAY YOU’RE

SCHEDULED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING

AND VOTE ON THE CHIPPS ISLAND

TIDAL RESTORATION PROJECT IN

SUISUN MARSH IN SOLANO COUNTY.

I’LL PROVIDE A BRIEF

INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT AND

TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT TO

PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. AND

I’LL CONCLUDE, THEN, WITH A

STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

NEXT SLIDE.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: YEAH.

NTT, IT’S THE STAFF PRESENTATION

SLIDES. APOLOGIES.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: NTT,

IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND DROP THE

PRESENTATION, I’LL GO AHEAD AND

SHARE.

>>SAM FIELDING: THANK YOU AGAIN

FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND SORRY FOR

THAT INCONVENIENCE. AGAIN THE

PROJECT LOCATION IS LOCATED IN

SUISUN MARSH IN THE EASTERN

CORNER. THIS IS IN AN

UNINCORPORATED SOLANO COUNTY

TOWARDS THE EASTERN EXTENT OF

BCDC’S JURISDICTION, JUST

BORDERED ON THE SOUTH BY

SACRAMENTO RIVER, TO THE WEST BY

HONKER BAY, AND TO THE NORTHEAST

BY SPOON BILL CREEK. THE ISLAND

IS APPROXIMATELY 910 ACRES. THE

NEAREST PUBLIC BOAT RAMP LAUNCH

IS ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF SOUTH

AT THE BITS PITTSBURGH MARINA

AND THE NEAREST LAND IS

PRIVATELY MANAGED DUCK CLUB TO

THE NORTH VAN SICKLE ISLAND

ACROSS FROM SUNDOWN CREEK. THE

PROJECT INVOLVES RESTORING TIDAL

ACTION TO 1/3 OF THE ISLAND

APPROXIMATELY 362 ACRES ALSO

ENHANCING THE REST OF THE ISLAND

APPROXIMATELY 546 ACRES OF

EXISTING TIDAL MARSH HABITAT AND

THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT IS TO

BENEFIT FISH SPECIES IT WILL

FULFILL A PORTION OF THE DWR’S

MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS. TO

OTHER NATURAL RESOURCE WILDLIFE

AGENCIES FOR IMPACTS RESULTING

FROM THE STATE WATER PROJECT.

WORK WILL INVOLVE EXCAVATION OF

SIX PRIMARY INTERIOR CHANNELS

AND SEVERAL SMALLER CHARTER

CHANNELS, FILLING ONE INTERIOR

CHANNEL AND DISTRIBUTED

SEDIMENT, REACHING EXTERIOR

LEVEES AND REMOVING UP TO FIVE

WATER CONTROL STRUCTURES AND

OTHER DEBRIS. THE PROJECT WILL

ALSO REMOVE ONE SUNKEN SHIPPING

CONTAINER IN SPOON BILL CREEK

WHICH WILL RESOLVE A 2017

ENFORCEMENT CASE FOR ITS AHN

AUTHORIZED PLACEMENT BY THE

PREVIOUS LANDOWNER. NEXT SLIDE.

THE PROJECT INVOLVES FILL IN

BCDC’S BAY AND MANAGED WETLAND

JURISDICTIONS. THE PROPOSED

FILL ACTIVITIES INCLUDE THE USE

OF EXCAVATED MATERIAL, TO FILL

INTERIOR CHANNELS, TO BACK FILL

LEVEES AFTER WATER CONTROL

STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND

DISTRIBUTING SEDIMENT THROUGHOUT

THE MARSH PLANE TO CREATE

DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY. IN ADDITION

THE OLD INFRASTRUCTURE AND

DEBRIS WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE

BAY AND MANAGED WETLANDS

INCLUDING SUNKEN SHIPPING

CONTAINER IN SPOON BILL CREEK.

IN TOTAL THE PROJECT WILL RESULT

IN NO NET INCREASE AND FILL WITH

ALL EXCAVATED MATERIAL TO BE

BENEFICIALLY REUSED ON-SITE AND

NO IMPORTED FILL MATERIAL

BROUGHT ON. RESTORATION WILL

RESULT IN THE CREATION AND

ENHANCEMENT OF TIDAL WETLAND AND

SUBTIDAL HABITATS, WHICH WILL

PROVIDE VALUABLE FOOD WEB

BENEFITS TO NATIVE AND ENLISTED

FISH SPECIES, INCLUDING

SALMONIDS, SMELT, LONG FIN

SMELT. AND IN THE REGION IN

ADDITION THE PROJECT WILL

PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY TO THE

MARSH PLANE WILL IMPROVE WATER

QUALITY AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND BENEFITS.

NEXT SLIDE.

DUE TO THE ISLAND’S REMOTE

LOCATION, IN ACCESSIBILITY BY

ROAD AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

STATUTES, ON-SITE PUBLIC ACCESS

OPPORTUNITIES WERE LIMITED.

HOWEVER, THE PROJECT WILL RESULT

IN THE CREATION OF NEW TIDAL

CHANNELS, WHICH WILL BE

ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC VIA

SMALL WATERCRAFT. THIS WILL

INCLUDE APPROXIMATELY THREE

MILES OF NEW TIDAL CHANNELS, AND

TWO AND A HALF MILES OF ENHANCED

EXISTING TIDAL CHANNELS. THE

APPLICANT WILL ALSO INSTALL NEW

NAVIGATIONAL AND INTERPRETIVE

SIGNAGE ALONG THESE WATERWAYS.

IN ADDITION, THE APPLICANT HAS

AGREED TO DEVELOP A CULTURAL

LANDSCAPE AUDIO TOUR, WHICH MAY

BE ACCESSED ON-SITE FROM THE

WATER, AS WELL AS OFFSITE AS AN

ONLINE ONLY PROGRAM. THIS AUDIO

TOUR WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON

THE SITE’S UNIQUE HISTORY,

INCLUDING ITS FORMER USE AS A

CONNECTING SPUR FOR THE

SACRAMENTO RAILROAD, AS WELL AS

ITS INDIGENOUS GROUPS, DUCK

HUNTING, AND NATIVE WILDLIFE

SPECIES. FINALLY THE APPLICANT

WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE $150,000 IN

LIEU FUNDS TO FARTHER DEVELOP

PUBLIC ACCESS IN SUISUN MARSH.

THIS WILL POTENTIALLY BE

DEDICATED TO THE UPCOMING GOAT

ISLAND TIDAL MARSH RESTORATION

AND PUBLIC ACCESS IMPROVEMENT

PROJECT AT RUSH RANCH AND LED BY

THE SOLANO LAND TRUST OR OTHER

SIMILAR PROJECTS IN SUISUN MARSH

IN THE PROJECT VICINITY.

THE PRIMARY ISSUES RAISED BY

THIS PROJECT ARE ITS CONSISTENCY

WITH THE MCATEER-PETRIS ACT AND

THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY PLAN, AND

THE SUISUN MARSH PRESERVATION

ACT AND SUISUN MARSH PROTECTION

PLAN.

WITH THAT, I’LL TURN IT OVER TO

SEAN OF VWR TO PROVIDE FURTHER

DETAILS ABOUT THE PROJECT.

THANK YOU.

>>SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON

EVERYBODY. CAN YOU HEAR ME?

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A

PRESENTATION WE’LL PULL IT UP.

BEFORE I GET GOING I WANT TO

ACKNOWLEDGE SAM AND THE REST OF

BCDC STAFF AND TEAM THAT I HAVE

BEEN WORKING WITH FOR TWO YEARS,

TO PROVIDE ME WITH THIS

OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR

PROJECT. WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING

QUITE SOME CHALLENGES ON THIS

PROJECT AND I’LL GO OVER OUR

KIND OF SCHEDULE AND WHERE WE

ARE IN THE PROJECT. OUR

OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THIS

PROJECT PRESENTATION TO

EVERYBODY IS CRITICAL. I’M

SEAN, DEPARTMENT OF WATER

RESOURCES ON SENIOR

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST IN TIDAL

HABITAT RESTORATION SECTION.

DOANHA COULDN’T ATTEND IN-PERSON

I’M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO TO

THE NEXT SLIDE. THE FISH

RESTORATION PROGRAM IS

RESPONSIBLE FOR RESTORING 8400

ACRES IN THE SUISUN MARSH AND

SAN JOAQUIN SACRAMENTO DELTA FOR

NATIVE FISH SPECIES, I HAVE A

MAP UP HERE, ALL THE GREEN ARE

SITES THAT HAVE BEEN

CONSTRUCTED, THE PURPLE IS A BIT

OUTSIDE OUR PROGRAM BUT KIND OF

IN OUR WHEELHOUSE, YELLOW ARE

OUR LAST TWO SITES TO BE

CONSTRUCTED CHIPPS ISLAND, THE

ONE DOWN THERE IN THE SOUTHERN

PORTION KIND OF JUST WANT TO

REITERATE THESE ARE REQUIRED

PROJECTS WE HAVE TO RESTORE SO

MUCH ACREAGE IN THE DELTA AND

MARSH THESE ARE OFFSET

OPERATIONS OF THE STATE AND

FEDERAL WATER PROJECTS WE’RE

GETTING PRETTY CLOSE WE’LL GO

AHEAD AGAIN. NATIVE FISH —

LONGER SMELT — WE COVERED THAT.

NEXT SLIDE. CHIPPS ISLAND ON

THE LEFT — IT’S EVERYBODY’S

LEFT. IT’S MY LEFT. CHIPPS

ISLAND, THE BLUE SUISUN MARSH,

SAM HAD THIS MAP BUT THEN THE

OTHER SIDE WE HAVE WHERE

PRIORITY PROJECTS ARE IN CHIPPS

ISLAND FITS INTO THE SUISUN

MARSH PRIORITY AREA FOR

RESTORATION. AGAIN, SAM COVERED

PRETTY WELL, OUR PROJECT GOALS

ARE TO BENEFIT NATIVE FISH

SPECIES WE’RE GOING TO — OUR

OBJECTIVE ENHANCE HABITAT FOR

NATIVE FISH SPECIES AND PROVIDE

CONNECTIVITY TO THE MARSH

OUTSIDE THE MARSH BY, AGAIN, THE

FISH FOOD MOVING OUT OF THE

PROJECT SITE. SO, THAT, AGAIN,

SAME KIND OF THING WE’RE

REQUIRED TO DO THIS WE HAVE SO

MANY ACRES AND CHIPPS IS GOING

TO BE A CRITICAL PN AND ONE OF

THE LAST PROJECTS TO BE

CONSTRUCTED. NEXT SLIDE. THIS

SLIDE BASICALLY WILL BE HISTORY

OF CHIPPS ISLAND. CHIPPS ISLAND

IS THREE DISTINCT PARCELS, EAST,

WEST, AND NORTH PARCEL. IF IT

WASN’T CLEAR IN THE SLIDES, I’LL

GO INTO, MOST OF OUR WORK IS

CONDUCTED IN THE NORTH PARCEL,

MANAGED WETLAND FORMER DUCK CLUB

THE OTHER PARCELS ARE CURRENTLY

MUTED TIDAL. WE’RE OPERATING

THE NORTH PARCEL AS A MANAGED

WETLAND AND I’LL GET INTO

DETAILS OF WORK WE’RE DOING

RIGHT NOW. OVER HISTORY, IT WAS

TIDAL AT ONE POINT AND OWNERS

BUILT UP LEVEES IT WAS USED FOR

CATTLE GRAZING, THERE WAS A

FERRY THAT RAN TO CHIPPS ISLAND,

THE RAILROAD RAN TO CHIPPS

ISLAND AND DUCK CLUB OPERATIONS

WERE THE MOST RECENT USE FOR

CHIPPS ISLAND. AND YOU CAN SEE

IN THIS FIGURE THE NORTH PARCEL

IS HEAVILY VEGETATED. NEXT

SLIDE.

ONE THING I WANTED TO TOUCH ON,

THIS IS A UNIQUE PRESENTLY

DELIVER METHOD FOR DWR, OUR

FIRST CMGC PROCESS. IT’S

CONTRACT MANAGER GENERAL

CONTRACTOR. BASICALLY, WE

USUALLY DO A DESIGN BID BUILT

WHEN IT COMES TO PROJECTS FOR

THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WE KNEW

IT WAS GOING TO BE CHALLENGING

WE BROUGHT ON A CONTRACTOR THAT

WE SELECTED IN EARLY 2023 BACK

IN SPRING WITH DIXON MARINE

SERVICES, WORKING WITH THEM, WE

HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK THROUGH A

LOT OF CHALLENGES WE WILL BE

SUCCESSFUL IN THIS PROJECT. WE

HAVE THREE SEPARATE CONSTRUCTION

CONTRACTS, PHASE 2A AND 2B ARE

JUST MAINTENANCE AND WE HAVE

BEEN UTILIZING REGIONAL GENERAL

PERMIT THREE, A PERMIT THAT

FALLS UNDER SUISUN MARSH PROGRAM

MANAGED WETLAND AND DUCK CLUB

OPERATIONS THEN WE’LL TRANSITION

TO RESTORATION CONSTRUCTION

WHICH IS WHY WE’RE HAVING THIS

PRESENTATION AND GETTING THE

LAST BIT OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL

PERMITS IN ORDER TO TRANSITION

TO THAT RESTORATION CONSTRUCTION

CONTRACT. AND ONE OF THE ITEMS

THAT’S CRITICAL IS THE TIMING OF

IT ALL, GETTING THE PERMITS IS

ONE FACTOR THEN IT TAKES

SOMETIME TO PROCESS CONSTRUCTION

CONTRACT. WE CAN’T JUST GET THE

PERMITS AND SAY CONTRACTOR IS

GOOD TO GO, YOU HAVE A PROCESS

TO GET THE CONTRACT THROUGH AND

WHY PRESENTING ON THIS DATE IS

HUGELY APPRECIATIVE ON OUR END.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. BY THE WAY

THAT LAST FIGURE, THAT WAS AN

EXAMPLE OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT

OUR CONTRACTOR POSSESSES WHICH

IS KEY IN OUR SELECTION, THEY

HAD SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT TO

HANDLE WETLANDS AND PROJECT

SITES. THESE TWO PICTURES ARE

EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE

CHALLENGES WE FACE IN OUR

MAINTENANCE PHASE. WE HAVE SOME

BREACHES. THIS LOCATION WAS A

WATER CONTROL STRUCTURE THAT

FAILED. GENERAL PERMIT THREE IS

FLEXIBLE BUT IT’S PRETTY

SPECIFIC ON HOW TO REPAIR THESE

SITES. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH

SRCD AND ACTUALLY BCDC TO COME

UP WITH SOME TEMPORARY REPAIR

METHODS THAT FALL UNDER

[INDISCERNIBLE] RGB THREE IS ONE

CONSTRUCTION SEASON FOR US, WE

WILL BE REMOVING THESE

RESTORATION, THE IDEA IS JUST TO

NOT BE UNDER TIDAL INFLUENCE

WHILE WE DO INTERIOR

CONSTRUCTION. NEXT SLIDE. SAM

BROUGHT UP THIS SLIDE, THIS IS

OUR RESTORATION CONSTRUCTION,

FOCUS IS NORTH OF US IS WHERE

OUR RESTORATION DESIGN COMES IN,

WE DON’T WANT THE STRAIGHT

CHANNELS WE WANT MORE CURVATURE

IN THERE. THE STARTER CHANNELS

AND IN THE WESTERN PARCEL YOU

CAN SEE WE’RE GOING TO EXCAVATE

A SLIGHT NEW CHANNEL THAT’S PART

OF OUR ENHANCEMENT. YOU SEE

BREACH 4 AND 5, THOSE WILL BE

ALSO ENHANCEMENT, BECAUSE WE’RE

CONNECTING THE OTHER PARCELS TO

OUR NORTH PARCEL AND THEN SOME

WORK IN THE EASTERN PARCEL

REMOVING WATER CONTROL

STRUCTURES. AND SIX I’M GO INTO

THAT LATER, THAT LOCATION IS

WHERE THE SUNKEN SHIPPING

CONTAINER IS, MADE SENSE TO HAVE

A BREACH ON OUR RESTORATION

DESIGN THERE AS WELL AND THE

YELLOW IS FILL WE’RE NOT FILLING

UP TO UPLAND LEVELS WE’RE GOING

TO FILL MARSH POINTS WE HAVE

MORE OF THAT GRADUAL HABITAT FOR

OTHER SPECIES. NEXT SLIDE. ON

THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHT, RED

CIRCLES ARE WATER CONTROL

STRUCTURES THAT WE WILL BE

REMOVING IN SOME PLACES, WE’LL

BE BREACHING IN SOME LOCATIONS

AND OTHER LOCATIONS REMOVING AND

BACK FILLING. WE HAVE DEBRIS

LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN

LEFT OVER FROM THE FERRY WE’LL

BE REMOVING THAT THEN KIND OF ON

THE TOP KIND OF ZOOMED IN

PICTURES WE HAVE BUILDINGS THAT

WERE REMNANT STRUCTURES FROM

DUCK CLUB OPERATIONS WE’LL BE

REMOVING THOSE THERE’S AN OLD

PIECE OF FARMING, LOOKS LIKE A

CRANE, IN THE CORNER THAT’S THE

LOCATION OF THE SUNKEN SHIPPING

CONTAINER WE’LL BE REMOVING THAT

ALL IN THE WATERWORKS WINDOW

NEXT YEAR. STARTING AUGUST 1ST

MAYBE SEPTEMBER 1ST DEPENDING ON

OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEYS. NEXT

SLIDE. OUR DIGITAL ELEVATION

MODELS, LIGHT GREEN UP TO DARKER

GREEN MEAN HIGH WATER MARK LEVEL

SO ONCE WE RESTORE THE SITE IT

SHOULD ACT THE WAY WE EXPECT IT

TO ACT. NEXT SLIDE. THIS FISH

DATA SO THE STAR IS WHERE CHIPPS

ISLAND IS, 2021, AGAIN THIS DATA

IS USED AND USEFUL TO US TO SEE

IF THIS SITE IS A GOOD LOCATION

FOR US. CHIPPS ISLAND IS A NICE

LOCATION FOR RESTORATION IT’S AT

THE EDGE OF THE DELTA, AND

PASSAGE WAY FOR MIGRATING FISH

THAT WILL POTENTIALLY BE THERE.

NEXT SLIDE. WE ARE RIGHT AT THE

EDGE OF THE GREEN BOX IN 2024,

HAD TO MOVE THE ALL PERMITS

RECEIVED LINE A FEW TIMES. BUT

GOOD NEWS WE GOT WORD FROM THE

U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

FROM OUR BO, WE SHOULD BE SEEING

THAT BY END OF THE CALENDAR

YEAR. OUR 404 SHOULD ARE COMING

A FEW WEEKS AFTER THAT NO

PRESSURE TO THE FEDERAL

AGENCIES. THEN WE CAN

TRANSITION, NOT GOOD FOR THE

BCDC TEAM BECAUSE I WASN’T SURE

WHEN WE WERE GOING TO GET THOSE

PERMITS BUT AS MUCH YESTERDAY

WE’RE IN BETTER SHAPE. SO THE

PLAN WE WERE HOPING TO BE READY

FOR CONSTRUCTION BY NOW BUT WE

HAVE HAD SOME DELAYS. SO THE

PLAN, I HAVE GOT TO TALK TO THE

DIVISION OF ENGINEERING TEAM BUT

ONCE WE GET THE CONTRACT READY

TO ROLL WE CAN START ISSUING A

WORK ORDER TO OUR CONTRACTOR.

AS OF RIGHT NOW OUR TAKE-OFF

DATE WAS MARSH FIRST HAVING A

SCHEDULE FROM OUR CONTRACTOR

SHOWS THAT WE WOULD BE PRETTY

MUCH DONE WITH A CHANNEL

EXCAVATION ALL THINGS GOING WELL

ABOUT MIDDLE OF JUNE GIVES FLOAT

TO START WORKING IN THE

WATERWORKS WINDOW STARTING

AUGUST 1ST THEN WE HAVE UNTIL

NOVEMBER 30TH OF 2025 TO WRAP

THIS PROJECT UP. AT THE END OF

THE WATERWORKS WINDOW WE’RE

GOING TO BE BREACHING AND

REMOVING THE WATER CONTROL

STRUCTURES ALONG THE EXTERIOR

ISLAND LAST, SHOULD BE THE

CONTAINER OF COURSE SOME EFFORT

THEN ONCE WE GET CONSTRUCTIVE WE

WILL TRANSITION TO A CREDITING

THE SITE THAT TARGET IS WHAT WE

NEED THEN BY MARSH 2026 SO WHY

OUR SCHEDULE IS PRETTY TIGHT.

WE HAVE A NICE DEADLINE. I

THINK I’M FEELING CONFIDENT THE

CLOSER WE GET TO THE END OF THE

YEAR HERE. NEXT SLIDE. I WANT

TO TOUCH ON NEW DWR PROJECTS WE

TOUCH ON CLIMATE CHANGE

POTENTIAL CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS

FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WE

DID MODEL, LOOK WHAT POTENTIAL

CLIMATE CHANGE COULD BE AGAIN

LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THIS IS A

MITIGATION PROJECT. WE HAVE TO

DO THESE PROJECTS. THE CHIPPS

LEVEE IS NOT THE STANDARD FLOOD

CONTROL LEVEE. IT’S MADE OF

PRETTY POOR MATERIAL. WHAT THE

MODELS KIND OF DON’T SHOW IS

WHAT SOME OF THE WORK WE HAVE

PUT INTO SINCE OUR MAINTENANCE

PHASE. WE HAVE RAISED THE LEVEE

IN SOME LOCATIONS, WE WILL BE

CREATING HABITAT TRANSITION

ZONES, AS WE EXCAVATE THE

MATERIAL, IF WE DO NOT USE IT

FOR FILL, WE’LL BE SIDE-CASTING,

CREATING, NOT BERMS OR POCKETS

OR POOLS WHERE TIDAL WATER CAN

GET CAUGHT SO NICE TRANSITION

ZONES AND HAVING OUR CONTRACTOR

ON BOARD RIGHT NOW, WE’RE ABLE

TO SORT THROUGH DISCUSSIONS NOW.

— IT’S BEEN NICE HAVING THEIR

INPUT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

YES, I MISSED THIS. OUR LARGER

CONCERNS ARE OUR DIRECT IMPACTS

TO OUR NEIGHBORS. SO, VAN

SICKLE, IT DOES BORDERER OUR

PROJECT SITE. WE EMPHASIZED

HEAVILY IN OUR MODELING WHAT

WILL THE VELOCITIES BE OF OUR

BREACHES, WOULD IT IMPACT THEIR

PROPERTY AT ALL. AND EVERYTHING

LOOKED PRETTY GOOD. IT’S KIND

OF HOW WE ANGLE THE BREACHES AND

HOW WIDE THEY ARE WITH THE

VELOCITY. NEXT SLIDE. AN

EXAMPLE, THIS WENT INTO OUR BCDC

APPLICATION ABOUT POTENTIAL

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS. THIS IS

TOTAL LEVEL INCREASE 12 INCHES.

CHIPPS ISLAND THERE IN DOESN’T

SHAPE WEST PARCEL NOT SO GREAT

SHAPE AGAIN WHAT WENT INTO OUR

DESIGN IS THERE WILL BE SEDIMENT

DISPOSITION OVER TIME WITH THE

TIDAL ACTION. WE DID NOT —

THAT’S KIND OF HARD TO

ANTICIPATE BUT THAT’S PART OF

OUR PROJECT PLAN AND DESIGN.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

I’M GOING TO TRY TO BE BRIEF I

THINK I HAVE BEEN TALKING TOO

LONG ALREADY. ADAPTIVE

MANAGEMENT ONCE WE CONSTRUCT

THIS PROJECT WE WOULD LIKE TO

DROPOUT MIC AND WALK AWAY BUT WE

WILL MONITOR 5 TO 10 YEARS ON

THE PARAMETERS, THE SITE WILL BE

PROTECTED IN PERPETUITY. NEXT

SLIDE I’LL GO OVER PARAMETERS.

SOME OF THE ITEMS WE’LL BE

MONITORING. DID WE CONSTRUCT

THE PROJECT AS DESIGNED, IS IT

WORKING AS WE ANTICIPATED, ARE

WE SEEING THOSE IMPACTS OR

BENEFITS THAT WE WANTED TO FOR

THE NOT ONLY NATIVE FISH SPECIES

BUT ARE OTHER NATIVE FISH

SPECIES BENEFITTING FROM OUR

PROJECT AND IF THERE ARE

CHALLENGES OR ISSUES COMING UP

HOW DO WE USE THAT INFORMATION

TO CORRECT ACTION.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO, AGAIN, THESE ARE SOME OF THE

METRICS. I WOULD RATHER NOT GO

INTO ALL OF THEM BUT WE’RE GOING

TO LOOK AT THE HYDROLOGIC

PROCESSES, TIDAL REGIME, WATER

QUALITY, FOOD WEB PRODUCTIVITY

ARE WE PRODUCING THE FOOD THIS

WE ANTICIPATE TO PRODUCE,

WETLANDS AND VEGETATION, I THINK

ONE ITEM I WANT TO POINT OUT IS

INVASIVE PLANTS. THEY ARE

ALWAYS A PROBLEM. THEY WILL

CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM AND

THEY’RE A PROBLEM RIGHT NOW AND

PART OF OUR MAINTENANCE APPROACH

IS TO MANAGE — WE HAVE

PHRAGMITES ON OUR SITE OUR

MAINTENANCE IS TRYING TO MANAGE,

ONCE WE OPEN UP THE TIDAL

INFLUENCE, IT BECOMES MORE

CHALLENGING TO MANAGE THOSE

SPECIES. IT’S SOMETHING WE SEE

ON OUR OTHER PROJECTS AND ARE

LEARNING A LOT MORE AS WE GO.

THEN [INDISCERNIBLE] HARVEST

MOUSE HABITAT, JUST OTHER

MONITORING. WE WON’T BE

TRAPPING FOR MICE BUT WE WILL BE

ASSESSING THEIR HABITAT THERE SO

WE COULD ASSUME PRESENCE IF SO.

NEXT SLIDE.

PUBLIC ACCESS, APPROXIMATELY SIX

WE WILL BE OPENING UP NEW

NAVIGABLE WATERWAYS FOR OUR

PROJECT WE’RE GOING TO BE

PROTECTING THE SITE IN

PERPETUITY THERE IS NO

DEVELOPMENT THERE IS NO —

PEOPLE CAN’T LIKE DOCK THEIR

BOAT AND WALK AROUND. THEY WILL

HAVE TO STICK TO THE WATERWAYS,

THEN KIND OF WHAT ELSE — WE’RE

GOING TO PROVIDE CULTURAL

LANDSCAPE AUDIO TOUR. THIS

ISN’T IN MY WHEEL HOUSE, WE WILL

HAVE NO TRESPASSING SIGNS, SO

YOU PULL OUT YOUR SMART PHONE

AND IT WILL TAKE YOU ON YOUR

JOURNEY. WE’LL HAVE SIGNAGE,

THIS SITE WILL BE PROTECTED IN

PERPETUITY AND THEN IN LIEU

FUNDS TOWARDS OTHER SUISUN MARSH

PROJECTS. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS

A FUN LITTLE GRAPHIC THAT EMMA

PUT TOGETHER. NAVY LAUNCH

PITTSBURGH IT IS THE CLOSEST

BOAST LAUNCH AREA, HOP OVER TO

THE SOUTH LANDING OF CHIPPS

WHERE THE FERRY WOULD HAVE

LANDED. [INDISCERNIBLE] THERE

— I’M NOT SURE IF WE’LL HAVE QR

CODES AT EACH STATION. THEN YOU

KIND OF POP AROUND. WE’RE

WORKING CLOSELY WITH NATIVE

AMERICAN TRIBES THAN INTERESTED

IN OUR PROJECT AND WE’LL WORK

CLOSELY WITH OUR TRIBAL LIAISON

OFFICE. WE’LL WORK CLOSELY TO

PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR

NATIVE AMERICAN BACKGROUNDS.

AGAIN, I WOULD ASSUME, UP THE

EASTERN SIDE OF CHIPPS, UP NEAR

SPOON BILL SLOUGH WHERE OUR

LANDING IS THAT’S WHERE THE

RAILROAD BERM CROSSES CHIPPS

ISLAND, SOME INFORMATION ON OLD

RAILROAD TRACK ACROSS CHIPPS,

VAN SICKLE UP NORTH TOWARDS

SACRAMENTO. THEN IF YOU’RE

STILL HUNGRY FOR MORE KNOWLEDGE

YOU GO UP CHIPPS SPOONVILLE

SLOUGH THERE AND YOU CAN GET

SOME INFORMATION. I MEAN IT’S

GOING TO BE OUR PROJECT

SPECIFICALLY RESTORATION IN THE

MARSH AND DELTA. DON’T KNOW IF

WE FIGURED THAT OUT, JUST

RESTORATION IN THE MARSH IN

GENERAL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THIS IS PUBLIC ACCESS ONLINE

LINKS. YOU CAN SEE OUR PAST

PROJECTS UP THERE, AND IMAGINE

ONCE CHIPPS UP AND ROLLING, YOU

WILL SEE THAT UP THERE. NEXT

SLIDE PLEASE.

QUESTIONS?

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN:

GOOD. THANK YOU. WE’RE GOING

TO NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING

AND THE FIRST THING THAT WE CAN

DO IS ASK COMMISSIONERS IF THEY

HAVE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FOR

EITHER SEAN OR SAM.

ANYBODY IN THE ROOM?

COMMISSIONER SHOWALTER?

>>PATRICIA SHOWALTER: I WAS

WONDERING ABOUT YOUR ADAPTIVE

MANAGEMENT PLAN. IT SOUNDS LIKE

A GREAT PROJECT. WHAT’S THE

PROCESS FOR YOUR ADAPTIVE

MANAGEMENT PLAN? DO YOU HAVE

CIVIC CONFERENCES YOU HAVE? —

YOU RUN? OR WILL THIS BE DONE

EVERY OTHER YEAR? WHAT’S THE

IDEA?

>>SPEAKER: YEAH, SO ONCE WE

FINISH OUR CONSTRUCTION, THIS

WILL BE SOMETHING LIKE WE HAVE,

ALL OF OUR SITES CURRENTLY HAVE

PROJECT MANAGERS THAT MANAGE THE

SITE AFTER CONSTRUCTION. AND

IT’S NOT JUST — SOMETHING LIKE

ONCE A YEAR WE’LL BE GOING OFF

TO THE SITE. I SEE EMMA JUMPED

ON, SHE MIGHT HAVE MORE ON IT.

WE WILL BE VISITING THE SITE AS

OFTEN AS POSSIBLE. WE DO WORK

WELL WITH CDFW, THEY DO A LOT OF

LOWER TROPHIC SAMPLING. THEY

VISIT THE SITE MORE OFTEN THAN

WE MIGHT. THEY LET US KNOW IF

THERE IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE

AWARE OF THEN WE DO WORK IN THE

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT. THE

WORKING GROUP TEAM, MAYBE EMMA

WANT’S TO CHIME IN. DON’T MEAN

TO PUT ON YOU THE SPOT, EMMA.

>>SPEAKER: THAT’S FINE. WE

HAVE 11 DIFFERENT RESTORATION

PROJECTS AND WE HAVE STACY

SHERMAN IS OUR LEAD UNDER CDFW

SO SHE BASICALLY RUNS THE

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT, ITS PLAN

FOR TEN YEARS FROM CONSTRUCTION

AND TEN YEARS OUT. THERE ARE

SEASONAL, SO TYPICALLY SPRING

AND FALL SAMPLING OF FISH, MACRO

INVERTEBRATES, PHYTOPLANKTON, A

WHOLE RANGE OF ZOO PLANK TON.

ALSO PUT OUT CONTINUOUS

MONITORING, COLLECTIONS, AND

WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS, AT

LEAST ONE IF NOT MORE AT CHIPPS

ISLAND SPECIFICALLY THEN ALSO

HAVE REFERENCE SITES TO BE ABLE

TO COMPARE HOW OUR RESTORATION

PROJECTS ARE DOING OVER TIME AS

COMPARED TO REFERENCE WETLANDS

NEARBY. COMPARE ACROSS

DIFFERENT SITES TO DETERMINE HOW

TIDAL PROJECTS ARE DOING

THROUGHOUT THE OVERALL AREA.

>>PATRICIA SHOWALTER: THANK

YOU. I FOUND OVER TIME THAT

STUDYING ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT AND

FOLLOWING UP IS VALUABLE FOR

MAKING SURE THAT WE LEARN HOW TO

DO RESTORATION BETTER. SO I’M

GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU HAVE SUCH A

WELL THOUGHT OUT PLAN. THAT’S

GREAT. THANK YOU.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: PAT,

I ALMOST DIDN’T SEE COMMISSIONER

NELSON’S HAND BECAUSE YOUR

EARRINGS HAVE BEEN DAZZLING ME.

[LAUGHTER]

COMMISSIONER NELSON?

>>BARRY NELSON: NOW MY

EARRINGS. THREE QUESTIONS FOR

THE APPLICANT. FIRST IS ABOUT

THE FISH SAMPLING DATA. THIS IS

A GREAT LOCATION FOR TIDAL MARSH

RESTORATION FOR A HOST OF

SPECIES. BUT I WAS CURIOUS

ABOUT THE FISH SAMPLING DATA

THAT YOU SHOWED. I DIDN’T SEE

THE LOCATION FOR THAT JUVENILE

SAMPLING DATA WAS IT RIGHT AT

CHIPPS ISLAND?

>>SPEAKER: I BELIEVE SO. EMMA?

>>SPEAKER: I KNOW WE HAVE A

REFERENCE SITE AROUND BROWNS

ISLAND WHERE THE FISH SAMPLING

TOOK PLACE, OR CLOSE MIGHT RIGHT

OUTSIDE OF THE RIVER OF THE

SLOUGH.

>>BARRY NELSON: I WAS JUST

CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. TWO

QUESTIONS, PUBLIC ACCESS, FIRST

I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE FIVE AND

A HALF TO SIX MILES OF POTENTIAL

ACCESS FOR SMALL CRAFT. I WAS

WONDERING IF YOU COULD WALK US

THROUGH THAT. WHEN I LOOKED AT

THE MAPS IN THE REPORT IT WASN’T

OBSTACLE WHERE THOSE FIVE AND A

HALF TO SIX MILES WOULD BE

LOCATED. AND IF IT’S EITHER

EXISTING OR NEW CHANNELS, IF YOU

COULD GIVE US A SENSE OF THE

SIZE OF THESE CHANNELS. ARE

THESE SMALL CHANNELS FOR KAYAKS?

ARE THEY CHANNELS THAT LARGER

CRAFT COULD GET THROUGH?

>>SPEAKER: YES THE SMALLER

STARTER CHANNELS THOSE ARE GOING

TO BE 15 TO 20 FEET WIDE AND 20

TO 30 FEET LONG. SO PRETTY

SMALL, BUT AGAIN THE POINT OF

THOSE WE’RE HOPING TO START THE

CHANNELS AND ONCE WE RETURN THE

SITE TO NATURE THE WATER KIND OF

TAKES OVER. THE LARGER CHANNELS

OUR BREACHES KIND OF VARY FROM

SIZE. AND THOSE ARE THE

CHANNELS THAT WERE, LIKE, THE

DARK BLUE IN THE MAP. SOME OF

THOSE BREACHES ARE GOING TO BE

55 FEET WIDE SO WE’RE TALKING

ABOUT SMALL CRAFT THAT CAN GET

IN THERE. SOME OF THOSE ARE

GOING TO BE LARGER, THE CHANNELS

ARE ALL VARIED IN WIDTH, LOOKING

AT 20 TO 30 FEET WIDE AND THE

LENGTH IS LIKE THAT LONG CHANNEL

THAT RUNS ALONG SPOON BILL WHERE

WE’RE FILLING. A LOT OF

DIFFERENT CHANNELS MADE UP OF

ONE LONGER CHANNEL. SO YEAH

THAT’S LIKE ONE, CHANNEL 1, 2,

3, AND SO THAT YOU — THOSE ARE

ALL THE NEW CHANNELS, ALL THE

EXISTING CHANNELS ARE KIND OF

LIKE THE WHITE ON THE MAP.

>>BARRY NELSON: I SEE.

>>SPEAKER: WE’RE TYING BREACHES

INTO EXISTING CHANNELS WHERE

WE’RE NOT EXCAVATING NEW

CHANNELS. AGAIN THE NORTH

PARCEL IS THE FOCAL POINT OF

RESTORATION AND THE OTHER TWO

PARCELS ARE ENHANCEMENT WHERE

WE’RE KIND OF TYING THE WHOLE

SITE TOGETHER.

>>BARRY NELSON: FINAL QUESTION

IS — AND MAYBE THIS IS FOR

STAFF, AS WELL AS FOR YOU, THIS

IS A GREAT AREA FOR SMALL CRAFT

FOR PADDLING, BUT I’M A PRETTY

DEDICATED PADDLER, AND I HAVE

NEVER BEEN OUT TO CHIPPS ISLAND

BECAUSE YOU EITHER HAVE TO

PADDLE ALL THE WAY OUT TO

SUISUN, IF I’M REMEMBERING

CORRECTLY, MAKE THE CROSSING

FROM PITTSBURGH PADDLE ALL THE

WAY FROM SUISUN CITY WHICH IS A

LONG PADDLE AT MONTEZUMA TO GET

DOWN THERE. I ALSO WONDERED IF

THE SUISUN MARSH COMMISSION OR

WATERWAYS OR BCDC STAFF HAVE

EVER LOOKED INTO WHETHER THERE’S

A POSSIBLE LOCATION FOR ANOTHER

BOAT RAMP IN SUISUN MARSH

BECAUSE PUBLIC ACCESS FOR PADDLE

CRAFT IN MOST OF THE MARSH IS

NOW EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.

>>SPEAKER: YEAH, AT LEAST ON

OUR SIDE, AND, AGAIN, IF EMMA

HAS ANYTHING TO ADD. LIKE, AND

THAT WAS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES,

WE REALIZE PUBLIC ACCESS EVEN

JUST GETTING TO THE SITE FOR

RESTORATION, YOU NEED A BOAT,

YOU NEED A BARGE, YOU NEED A LOT

OF ITEMS TO GET THERE, YOU CAN’T

JUST ROLL UP WITH A TRAILER AND

THAT WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS, LIKE,

WE DO HAVE THE CLOSEST NEIGHBOR

THIS’S VAN SICKLE, PRIVATE LAND.

YOU’RE RIGHT SUISUN CITY MIGHT

BE THE CLOSEST LAUNCHING POINT.

PITTSBURGH IS CLOSE BUT BEING

OUT THERE, IN THIS PROJECT IT

LOOKS FEASIBLE TO LAUNCH A CRAFT

FROM PITTSBURGH THAT’S WHAT I

WOULD CAUTION ESPECIALLY NOT

EVERY DAY IS CALM AS SOME OF THE

LAST DAYS HAVE BEEN OUT THERE,

MINUS THIS PAST WEEKEND, AND I

THINK EMMA TO HER CREDIT, I’M

DRAWING A PLANK ON THIS, LIKE A

BOAT OR — NOT DAY USE BUT IT

WAS LIKE A PATH FOR CRAFT WE

WERE THINKING WE COULD GET

CHIPPS ON THAT BUT IT’S

CHALLENGING FOR KAYAKERS IT’S A

TOUGH SPOT.

>>BARRY NELSON: NOTE FOR STAFF

I DON’T EXPECT WE’RE NECESSARILY

GOING TO SOLVE THAT IF THIS

PROJECT BUT PROJECTS IN SUISUN

MARSH YOU KNOW THERE ARE PARCELS

LIKE RUSH RANCH WHERE THERE

MIGHT BE SOME POTENTIAL DOWN THE

ROAD, NOT TOO FAR AWAY SOMETHING

FOR STAFF TO THINK ABOUT BECAUSE

PUBLIC ACCESS BY IT SHOULD BE

WONDERFUL PLACE TO BE ON THE

WATER.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN:

ASHLEY DID YOU WANT TO SAY

SOMETHING ABOUT PUBLIC ACCESS.

>>ASHLEY TOMERLIN: I’M THE

DESIGN ANALYST AT BCDC WE WORK

ON THE PUBLIC ACCESS WE ARE

CONTINUE JUMP TRYING AND

CONTINUED PURSUIT TO GET PUBLIC

ACCESS ESPECIALLY BOAT ACCESS IN

THE MARSH IT’S COMPLEX BECAUSE

MOST OF THE PROJECTS ARE COMING

ARE IN RESTORATION PROJECTS THAT

HAVE HABITAT CREDIT SO IT’S

WILDLIFE PUBLIC ACCESS

COMPATIBILITY QUESTION, RUSH

RANCH WE HAVE A CURRENT PROJECT

GOING THROUGH, EXPLORING THE

IDEA BOAT LAUNCH THERE IS

MONTEZUMA DAY USE AREA THAT HAS

HISTORICALLY HAD A BOAT LAUNCH

IT WAS DAMAGED IN THE STORM

PURSUING GETTING THAT

RE-ESTABLISHED IT’S AN ONGOING

EFFORT TO GET ADDITIONAL BOAT

ACCESS OUT THERE. WE’RE TRYING.

>>BARRY NELSON: APPRECIATE IT.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: PAT?

>>PAT ECKLUND: I WANTED TO SAY

THAT HAVING WORKED FOR THE ARMY

CORP AND US EPA FOR OVER 43

YEARS I’M VERY FAMILIAR BUT I’M

NOT VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE

CHIPPS ISLAND AND CHALLENGES

THAT ARE THERE. THIS IS AN

INCREDIBLE MULTI-AGENCY

COORDINATION PROJECT THAT YOU

HAVE LED WITH THE DIFFERENT

PERMITS, I WANT TO COMPLIMENT

THE WHOLE TEAM AT DWR AND ALSO

THE TEAM AT BCDC THERE IS ALWAYS

A STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE APPLICANT

AND REGULATORY AGENCY TRYING TO

GET MORE PUBLIC ACCESS AND A BIT

MORE EFFORTS. LIKE ONE OF THE

QUESTIONS THAT I HAD IS THAT ONE

PART OF THE REPORT SAID THAT NOT

ALL OF THE FILL IS GOING TO BE

USED, WE’RE GOING TO PUT IT IN

ANOTHER LOCATION TO USE IT IN

THE FUTURE. BUT IS SOMEONE

GOING TO MONITOR THAT? SO, I

HAVE THOSE KIND OF QUESTIONS.

BUT THAT — THAT’S NOT AS

IMPORTANT AS SOME OF MY OTHERS.

BUT COULD YOU GO TO YOUR SLIDE

EIGHT? AND I REALLY WANT YOU TO

HELP ME UNDERSTAND, WHAT AM I

LOOKING AT ON THE LOWER

RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THAT? AND

IT’S THE ONE — IT JUST SAYS

SLIDE EIGHT. AND IT DOESN’T

HAVE ANY LANE OLE IT AT ALL

WHICH WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING

MYSELF. IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S A

CONCRETE AREA. OR IT’S A —

WITH THE —

>>SPEAKER: OH.

>>PAT ECKLUND: IT’S SLIDE

EIGHT.

>>SPEAKER: THE BREACH AND

SOMETHING —

>>PAT ECKLUND: THAT’S IT RIGHT

THERE. LOWER RIGHT.

>>SPEAKER: IT’S A WATER

BARRIER. SO, BASICALLY IT’S A

BRAND, AND I GUESS I COULD GIVE

SOME SHOUT OUT TO THE COMPANY,

IT’S AN AQUA DAM. IN G P3 HOW

YOU GENERALLY REPAIR LEVEES

UNDER PERMIT YOU TAKE NATIVE

FILL THEN BORROW FROM PITS YOU

PLACE THEM IN THE LOCATION, I

WENT OUT TO DESIGN THE BUILDING

SO THIS IS HOW YOU’RE GOING TO

REPAIR IT THEY WOULD LAUGH SO

THERE’S NO WAY MATERIAL IS GOING

TO STAY IN THIS LOCATION, WITH

BCDC AND RCD ALL THE OTHER

AGENCIES — BREACH THE LOCATION

BECAUSE IN OUR RESTORATION

DESIGN.

>>PAT ECKLUND: SO YOU’RE GOING

TO BREACH THE AREA.

>>SPEAKER: WE’RE GOING TO,

YEAH. KIND OF CLARIFICATION HOW

IN OUR CASE WORK WITH THE

AGENCIES TO GIVE US A YEAR TO 16

MONTHS, DOUBLE TRIPLE HANDLE

MATERIAL THAT GETS KIND OF

COSTLY, HOW MUCH MATERIAL, ARE

WE GOING TO LOSE TO THE

CONDITIONS AND SO FORTH THOSE

HAVE BEEN WORKING OUT WELL BUT

EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE THREE

BRIDGE LOCATIONS WE HAVE USED

TEMPORARY MATERIALS AND WE WILL

REMOVE ALL OUR RESTORATION

CONSTRUCTION.

>>PAT ECKLUND: WELL OVERALL

QUESTION I HAVE TOO IS WHEN I

STARTED REALIZING THAT THERE IS

A LOT OF CONTAINER SHIPS, WHAT

ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THOSE

METAL THINGS OR CONCRETE OR

WHATEVER IT IS. WHAT ARE YOU

GOING TO DO WITH THEM? TAKE

THEM TO A RECYCLING FACILITY?

>>SPEAKER: WE CAN.

>>PAT ECKLUND: WE CAN. BUT YOU

HAVE ACTUALLY CALCULATED OR

IDENTIFIED WHAT CAN BE AND WHAT

CAN’T BE? BECAUSE SOME OF THE

SHIPPING CONTAINERS COULD HAVE

SOME HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IN IT.

>>SPEAKER: THAT’S WHAT WE’RE

INVESTIGATING. INVESTIGATIONS

ON IF THERE IS ASBESTOS AND

LEAD. WE HAVE DONE

INVESTIGATIONS ON THAT AND IF

ONE OF THE BUILDINGS COME UP

POSITIVE FOR BOTH THAT’S ONE OF

THE BEAUTIES OF CMGC AS WELL.

WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WE

HAVE NEGOTIATIONS, WE HAVE TO

IDENTIFY THE ISSUE, WE HAVE

ASBESTOS TAKES A QUALIFIED

INDIVIDUAL REMOVE THAT OVERSEE

IT THEN KIND OF TALK ABOUT COST,

RECYCLING IS A GREAT OPTION IF

WE CAN, I THINK THAT WE HAVE, IS

THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, THAT

GOES INTO OUR CONSTRUCTION

CONTRACT.

>>PAT ECKLUND: WHICH REGULATORY

AGENCY IS GOING TO MANAGE THAT

ASPECT.

>>SPEAKER: OUR FILL.

>>PAT ECKLUND: YOU’RE GOING TO

BE TAKING MATERIALS OUT AND WHAT

ARE YOU DOING WITH IT IS THERE A

REGULATORY AGENCY THAT’S GOING

MONITOR THAT?

>>SPEAKER: I DON’T KNOW IF

THERE IS NECESSARILY AN AGENCY

OR REGULATORY BODY THAT —

>>PAT ECKLUND: THERE ISN’T?

>>SPEAKER: WELL, THE COUNTY, I

IMAGINE.

>>PAT ECKLUND: OKAY WELL WE’LL

HAVE TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION

ABOUT THAT THEN. BECAUSE TAKING

THESE THINGS ALL TO THE

LANDFILLS THE LANDFILLS YOU KNOW

ARE RIGHT ALONG THE BAY MOST OF

THEM ARE AND THEY’RE FILLING UP

AND THAT’S REALLY IN MY OPINION

NOT THE BEST THING TO DO GIVEN

THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE AS A

COMMUNITY IN CALIFORNIA ABOUT

WHAT WE’RE GOING TO DO WITH OUR

WASTE AND THAT’S WHY I’M A BIG

PUSH FOR RECYCLING EVEN IF YOU

HAVE TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. ANYWAY

THAT’S A DISCUSSION — AN ISSUE

FOR DISCUSSION LATER.

SO, CAN — I GUESS THE QUESTION

FOR BCDC K WE REQUIRE SOME, SORT

OF, A REUSE FOR THESE TYPES OF

MATERIALS THAT ARE GOING TO BE

REMOVED TO HELP MITIGATE THE

IMPACT TO THE ENVIRONMENT? SO,

GREG, IS THAT — YOU’RE OUR

ATTORNEY. I DON’T KNOW IF EP

BCDC HAS ANY AUTHORITY OR IS

THAT SOMETHING THAT US EPA NEEDS

GET INVOLVED WITH OR WHAT?

>>GREG SCHARFF: I’M NOT SURE TO

BE HONEST. I DON’T KNOW IF

ANYONE ELSE — YEAH, WE CAN LOOK

INTO IT.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN:

MAYBE WE CAN GET BACK TO

COMMISSIONER ECKLUND ABOUT THAT.

>>GREG SCHARFF: SURE.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN:

THANK YOU.

>>PAT ECKLUND: YEAH. IT’S

SOMETHING THAT I FEEL VERY

STRONGLY ABOUT. AND LET’S SEE,

YEAH, YOU SAID OTHER EXISTING

FEATURES, INCLUDING BUILDINGS,

ABANDONED SHELTER-IN-PLACING

CONTAINERS AND BUILDINGS AND

EQUIPMENT ALL OF THAT IS GOING

TO BE REMOVED.

>>SPEAKER: REMOVING ALL

MAN-MADE INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE

ISLAND.

>>PAT ECKLUND: THAT’S ANY TO

TAKE PLACE.

>>SPEAKER: I’LL NOTE THE

STANDARD CONDITION IS TO HAVE IT

REMOVED OUT OF BCDC JURISDICTION

BUT USUALLY PERMITS ARE AGNOSTIC

ON THE LOCATION OUTSIDE OF BCDC

JURISDICTION IN THE PROCESS.

>>PAT ECKLUND: REALLY BCDC MAY

NOT BE DOING — WELL, I JUST

THINK THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT

THIS HOLISTICALLY, IF IT

GENERATES FROM THE BCDC AREA WE

SHOULD HAVE SOME RESPONSIBILITY

ON WHERE IT GOES IT’S, SORT OF,

LIKE IF THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

WE HIRE A CONTRACTOR WE’LL JUST

GET IT OUT OF THE CITY OF

NOVATO. I DON’T CARE.

>>GREG SCHARFF: COMMISSIONER

ECKLUND, I WANT TO CLARIFY BCDC

WOULD HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY WE

MIGHT HAVE REGULATORY AUTHORITY

TO REQUIRE SOMEONE ELSE TO DO

SOMETHING.

>>PAT ECKLUND: THAT’S WHAT I

MEANT.

>>GREG SCHARFF: WANT TO CLARIFY

BECAUSE WE DON’T HAVE

RESPONSIBILITY TO MOVE ITEMS TO

BE RECYCLED OR SENT TO LANDFILL

OR SOMETHING. I JUST WANT TO

GIVE YOU — WE HAVEN’T BEEN

DOING THAT AT BCDC AND DIDN’T

WANT TO JUST GIVE YOU — YES, WE

CAN DO IT OR NO WE CAN’T — WE

DON’T — I HAVE NEVER THOUGHT

ABOUT IT AND I’M NOT SURE STAFF

HAS EITHER BEEN DOING GOING IN

THAT DIRECTION —

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: THIS

IS SOMETHING YOU CAN LOOK INTO

AND GIVE US MORE INFORMATION.

>>PAT ECKLUND: ON PAGE 15 STAFF

REPORT TALKS ABOUT WATER CONTROL

STRUCTURES THAT ARE GOING TO BE

REMOVED. ALONG WITH THE DEBRIS

AND SUNKEN SHIPPING CONTAINER

WHAT ARE THOSE STRUCTURES MADE

OF?

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN:

THAT’S ALONG THE LINES OF THE

SAME —

>>PAT ECKLUND: IN THE STAFF

REPORT SHOULD IDENTIFY A LITTLE

BIT MORE SPECIFICS I GUESS IN

THE FUTURE IF ANYBODY KNOWS.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: IF

ANYBODY KNOWS THE ANSWER?

>>SPEAKER: SOME ARE CORRUGATED

METAL PLASTIC PIPES FLAT GATES

THAT MIGHT BE MORE METAL

PLASTIC, I DON’T THINK WE HAVE

ANY CONCRETE — [INDISCERNIBLE]

>>PAT ECKLUND: LAST TWO

QUESTIONS WHAT IS GOING TO BE

THE REPORTING AND TO BCDC ON HOW

THEY’RE PROGRESSING THROUGHOUT

THE PROJECT AND WHAT ARE WE

GOING TO BE ACTUALLY DOING SOME

INSPECTIONS ON SITE TO SEE HOW

THE MATERIAL IS BEING HANDLED?

>>SPEAKER: JULIE —

>>PAT ECKLUND: YOU MIGHT WANT

TO PULL THAT DOWN.

>>SPEAKER: JULIE GUERIN,

RESOURCES PROGRAM MANAGER THE

REPORTING THEY’RE DOING, WITH

THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF

MONITORING THEY WILL BE

SUBMITTING AN ANNUAL MONITORING

REPORT TO US WE REVIEW AND MAKE

SURE THEY’RE ON TRACK, IF WE

HAVE THOUGHTS OR CONCERNS, NEXT

STEPS ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT

SOMEHOW THEY’RE NOT MEETING

CRITERIA WE WOULD HAVE

CONVERSATION.

>>PAT ECKLUND: TYPICAL ANNUAL

REPORTING ON A PROJECT LIKE

THIS?

>>SPEAKER: YES.

>>PAT ECKLUND: AT SOME POINT, I

WOULD LIKE TO HAVE DISCUSSION

ESPECIALLY ON A PROJECT LIKE

THIS IT’S A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME

BECAUSE YOU CAN ONLY DO THE WORK

UNTIL NOVEMBER.

>>SPEAKER: THIS IS AFTER THE

CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE FOR

RESTORATION THEY DO THE

MONITORING AFTER THAT WE DON’T

DO ANY INSPECTIONS ON SITE

OURSELVES.

>>PAT ECKLUND: THANK YOU.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: ANY

OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE

CLARIFYING QUESTIONS OR

COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. THAT

LET’S LET THE PUBLIC WEIGH IN

NOW WE’LL OPEN THE AGENDA FOR

PUBLIC COMMENT EACH SPEAKER WILL

HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO

SPEAK. SIERRA CAN YOU CALL

FIRST THOSE IN THE ROOM THEN

WHOEVER HAS THEIR HAND RAISED

ONLINE.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: WE

HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE

ROOM CHAIR EISEN, AND THERE ARE

CURRENTLY NO HANDS RAISED

VIRTUALLY.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: DO

WE WANT TO SEE THE STAFF

RECOMMENDATION BEFORE WE HAVE A

MOTION? OR THE MOTION FIRST?

>>GREG SCHARFF: STAFF

RECOMMENDATION FIRST.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: CAN

WE PUT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION

UP THEN?

AND YES AS LARRY REMINDS MERE,

WE’RE CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING

>>STEPHANIE MOULTON-PETERS: I

MOVE WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC

HEARING.

>>SPEAKER: SECOND.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: DID

YOU GET THE MOTION? ALL IN

FAVOR, SAY AYE.

[AYES]

.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN:

THANK YOU. OPPOSED?

STAFF RECOMMENDATION, PLEASE.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: NTT,

COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THAT UP?

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: OH I

SEE.

>>SAM FIELDING: STAFF

RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE

CHIPPS ISLAND RESTORATION

PROJECT, BCDC APPLICATION NUMBER

202400100MD, WITH THE CONDITIONS

DESCRIBED IN THE STAFF REPORT.

AND THE SUMMARIZED ON THIS

SLIDE. THEY INCLUDE CREATING

AND ENHANCING NAVIGABLE CHANNELS

ON-SITE AND INSTALLING NEW

NAVIGATIONAL AND INTERPRETIVE

SIGNAGE, IMPLEMENTING IN LIEU

PUBLIC ACCESS REQUIREMENTS

INCLUDING DEVELOPING A CULTURAL

AUDIO TOUR AND DEDICATING FUNDS

FOR FURTHER PUBLIC ACCESS

IMPROVEMENTS IN SUISUN MARSH

MONITORING AND ADAPTIVELY

MANAGING THE RESTORATION SITE

AND IMPLEMENTING MEASURES TO

PROTECT NATURAL RESOURCES AND

WATER QUALITY DURING

CONSTRUCTION. AS CONDITIONED

THE STAFF BELIEVES THE PROJECT

IS CANNOT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS

OF THE MCATEER-PETRIS ACT, SAN

FRANCISCO BAY PLAN, SUISUN MARSH

PRESERVATION ACT, AND SUISUN

MARSH PROTECTION PLAN.

THANK YOU.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN:

BEFORE WE DO THAT, PAT, HOLD FOR

A SECOND. DO WE HAVE AGREEMENT

FROM THE APPLICANT DWR TO THE

STAFF RECOMMENDATION? SOMEBODY?

>>PAT ECKLUND: I’LL MOVE THE

RECOMMENDATION. AND AFTER A

SECOND —

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN:

THANKS, SEAN, FOR YOUR

AGREEMENT. ALL RIGHT. DO WE

HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE

STAFF RECOMMENDATION?

>>PAT ECKLUND: MOTION MADE.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN:

THANK YOU, PAT. ANY SECOND?

>>SPEAKER: I WOULD BE GLAD TO

SECOND IT.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: ALL

RIGHT. WE HAVE COMMISSIONER

PESKIN CAME IN FIRST. THANK

YOU. CAN YOU CALL THE ROLL

THEN?

>>PAT ECKLUND: BEFORE WE CALL

THE ROLL ON THE MOTION CAN I ASK

FOR A POSSIBLE AMENDMENT?

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: AN

AMENDMENT TO.

>>GREG SCHARFF: NO YOU CAN’T —

>>PAT ECKLUND: I CANNOT.

>>GREG SCHARFF: YOU JUST MADE

THE MOTION. THE YOU MADE THE

MOTION.

>>PAT ECKLUND: ADDING

ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS? NO. YOU

CAN’T DO THAT?

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: FOR

US TO ACCEPT THAT’S THE

VERBIAGE.

>>PAT ECKLUND: USUALLY AT OUR

CITY COUNCIL WE MAKE THE MOTION

THEN START WITH THE CONDITIONS.

I GUESS BCDC —

>>GREG SCHARFF: WE DO IT

DIFFERENTLY. ENROLLE SOMEONE

ELSE WOULD MAKE THE MOTION —

>>PAT ECKLUND: I WAS GOING ASK

THAT WE PUT A CONDITION THAT IF

BCDC HAS THE AUTHORITY TO

IDENTIFY WHERE THE MATERIALS ARE

TAKEN FOR REUSE OR DISPOSAL THAT

WE’RE NOTIFIED OF THAT.

>>GREG SCHARFF: WE HAVE A

MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: WE

HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SIERRA, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL

THE ROLL?

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: YES.

YOU’RE OFF MIC. I NEED YOU BACK

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN:

SORRY. WE NEED 13 AFFIRMATIVE

VOTES FOR THIS AND THE FEDERAL

REPRESENTATIVES ARE NOT

PERMITTED TO VOTE ON THIS ISSUE.

SO, WITH THAT, CAN YOU CALL THE

ROLL, SIERRA? THANK YOU.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: YES.

COMMISSIONER ADDIEGO.

>>MARK ADDIEGO: AYE.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

AMBUEHL?

>>DAVID AMBUEHL: AYE.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

ECKLUND? GILMORE?

>>MARIE GILMORE: YES.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

GUNTHER?

>>ANDREW GUNTHER: YES.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSION ARE HASZ?

>>KARL HASZ: AYE.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSIONER KISHIMOTO?

>>YORIKO KISHIMOTO: AYE.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSIONER NELSON?

>>BARRY NELSON: YES.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

PESKIN?

>>AARON PESKIN: AYE.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: PINE?

>>DAVE PINE: AYE.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

PEMBERTON?

>>SHERI PEMBERTON: AYE.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

SHOWALTER?

>>PATRICIA SHOWALTER: YES.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

MOULTON-PETERS?

>>STEPHANIE MOULTON-PETERS:

YES.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: CHAIR

EISEN?

>>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

YES.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: HAVE

I MISSED ANYONE? YOUR AGENDA

ITEM MOTION PASSES WITH 15

YESES, ZERO ABSTENTIONS, AND

ZERO NOS.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN:

THANK YOU, SIERRA. ALL RIGHT

WE’RE GOING TO GO BACK TO OUR

AGENDA ITEM THREE. DON’T WE DO

THE PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST?

[LAUGHTER]

LARRY IS ASKING ME TO GO TO ITEM

NUMBER SIX, THE CONSENT

CALENDAR.

>>LARRY GOLDZBAND: CORRECT.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: AND

I GUESS THAT’S BECAUSE WE

POSSIBLY NEAT A VOTE ON THAT.

THERE ARE TWO ITEMS ON THE

CONSENT CALENDAR TODAY FIRST IS

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES THEN

THERE IS A SECOND ITEM THAT

APPARENTLY REQUIRES THAT I GIVE

YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT IT.

SO, I’M GOING TO DO THAT NOW.

IT HAS TO DO WITH THE PROPOSED

ADOPTION OF A STIPULATED CIVIL

PENALTY ORDER FROM THE

ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM REGARDING A

PROPERTY IN RICHMOND. AT THE

APRIL 11TH, 2024 THE MEETING

ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE VOTED TO

ADOPT A RECOMMENDED ENFORCEMENT

DECISION TO ISSUE A CEASE AND

DESIST IN CIVIL PENALTY ORDER

REQUIRING THE RESPONDENTS TO

SUBMIT AND FILED A BCDC PERMIT

APPLICATION WITH A FEASIBLE

PUBLIC ACCESS PLAN TO INSTALL

AND OPERATED AN UNAUTHORIZED

SOLAR PLANT WITHIN BCDC’S

JURISDICTION AND TO PAY A

$30,000 ADMINISTRATIVE CIVIL

LIABILITY PENALTY. THAT ORDER

WAS NOT PRESENTED TO THE

COMMISSION FOR ADOPTION.

HOWEVER, IN THE INTERIM

RESPONDENTS ADMINISTRATIVE

PERMIT, WHICH IS M2019.004.00,

WAS LISTED AT THE COMMISSION’S

OCTOBER 17TH, 2024 MEETING AND

WAS ISSUED IN EARLY DECEMBER.

AS MOST OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF

THE EARLIER ORDER WERE SATISFIED

WHEN PERMIT NUMBER M2019.004 WAS

ISSUED, THE STIPULATED CIVIL

PENALTY ORDER NOW ON THE CONSENT

CALENDAR IS INTENDED TO SATISFY

THE REMAINING REQUIREMENTS

THROUGH THE RESPONDENT’S PAYMENT

OF THE $30,000 IN ADMINISTRATIVE

CIVIL LIABILITY. THE ORDER,

WHICH HAS BEEN AGREED BY THE

RESPONDENTS AND BCDC STAFF

COMPLETES RESOLUTION OF THE

ENFORCEMENT MATTER.

FURTHERMORE, THE ENFORCEMENT

COMMITTEE CHAIR, MARIE GILMORE

HAS ALSO CONCURRED IN THE

INCLUSION OF THIS ORDER IN THE

CONSENT CALENDAR.

SO, FIRST, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC

COMMENT REGARDING THE CONSENT

CALENDAR, SIERRA?

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: NONE

IN-PERSON AND NO HANDS RAISED,

CHAIR EISEN.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: ARE

THERE ANY COMMISSIONERS WHO

WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE

CONSENT CALENDAR? ALL RIGHT.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE

THE —

>>STEPHANIE MOULTON-PETERS:

SECOND.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN:

COMMISSIONER PESKIN AND

COMMISSIONER MOULTON-PETERS

SECONDS.

SIERRA, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE

ROLL ON THIS MATTER?

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: YES.

CHAIR EISEN.

COMMISSIONER ADDIEGO?

>>MARK ADDIEGO: YES.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: AHN?

>>EDDIE AHN: YES.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

AMBUEHL?

>>DAVID AMBUEHL: YES.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

ECKLUND?

>>PAT ECKLUND: YES.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

GILMORE?

>>MARIE GILMORE: YES.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

GUNTHER?

>>ANDREW GUNTHER: YES.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: HASZ?

>>KARL HASZ: YES.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

KISHIMOTO?

>>YORIKO KISHIMOTO: AYE.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

NELSON?

>>BARRY NELSON: YES.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

PESKIN?

>>AARON PESKIN: AYE.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: PINE?

>>DAVE PINE: YES.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

PEMBERTON?

>>SHERI PEMBERTON: AYE.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

SHOWALTER? COMMISSIONER — VICE

CHAIR MOULTON-PETERS?

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: YES.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: AND

CHAIR EISEN IF I HAVE NOT MISSED

ANYONE ELSE?

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: YES.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES WITH 15

YESES AND ZERO NOS AND ZERO

ABSTENTIONS.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN:

UNLESS LARRY NUDGES ME AGAIN,

WE’RE GOING BACK TO ITEM NUMBER

THREE, PUBLIC COMMENT.

IF ANYONE WANTS TO ADDRESS THE

COMMISSION ON ANY MATTER WHICH

THE COMMISSION EITHER HAS NOT

HELD A PUBLIC HEARING — NOT YET

HELD A PUBLIC HEARING — OR IS

NOT ON TODAY’S AGENDA, YOU WILL

HAVE THREE MINUTES TO DO SO.

ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS WHO

WISH TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: NONE

IN-PERSON AND, CURRENTLY, NO

HAND RAISED.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: ALL

RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM

FOUR THE CHAIR’S REPORT. FIRST,

WITH RESPECT TO THE REGIONAL

SHORELINE ADAPTATION PLAN, CHAIR

WASSERMAN HAS ASKED ME, AND I

TOTALLY JOIN IN THE THANKS THAT

WE WANT TO PROVIDE TO ALL THE

COMMISSIONERS AND THE ALTERNATES

WHO WERE — PARTICIPATED IN OUR

VERY THOROUGH DISCUSSIONS AT OUR

LAST COMMISSION MEETING, WE KNOW

THAT THE MEETING RAN LONG, AND

IT DIDN’T — AND WE DIDN’T HAVE

TIME THEN TO THANK EACH AND

EVERYONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE

PARTICIPATED IN THIS

EXTRAORDINARY EFFORT, IN

PARTICULAR THE STAFF AND ALL THE

WORK THAT THEY DID. SO WE

WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TODAY TO

EXTEND THOSE THANKS. JUST AN

AMAZING EFFORT.

CHAIR WASSERMAN, I’M SURE WOULD

SHARE EVERYTHING THAT ANYBODY

WILL WANT TO ADD TO THOSE

COMMENTS TODAY.

WITH RESPECT TO THE RICHMOND SAN

RAFAEL BRIDGE, I KNOW EVERYONE

HAS BEEN GETTING A LOT OF

E-MAILS AND THERE ARE A LOT OF

QUESTIONS ABOUT WHEN THIS IS

GOING TO GET RESOLVED. SO, WE

HAVE A PLAN, GIVEN THE NUMBER OF

ISSUES THAT CHAIR WASSERMAN AND

THE STAFF HAVE PUT TOGETHER, TO

HOLD A WORKSHOP ON THIS TOPIC

DURING OUR JANUARY 16TH MEETING.

SO, IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN THAT

WORKSHOP, YOU SHOULD BE SURE TO

ATTEND THAT MEETING. THERE WILL

BE NO VOTES SCHEDULED ON THE

MATTER ON THE 16th, BECAUSE THE

PURPOSE OF THE WORKSHOP IS TO

HEAR FROM OUR STAFF, TO HEAR

FROM SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, TO

HEAR FROM THE MTC

REPRESENTATIVES AND OTHERS ABOUT

THE PROPOSAL AND TO HELP THE

COMMISSIONERS ASK QUESTIONS

ABOUT THE PROPOSAL AND PROVIDE

THEIR THOUGHTS, AND ALSO TO GET

THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE ITS

COMMENTS, AS WELL.

THE WORKSHOP IS GOING TO PRODUCE

THE KIND OF INFORMATION THAT OUR

STAFF NEEDS TO ANALYZE THE

PROPOSAL, TO BRING IT TO THE

COMMISSION FOR A DECISION SOON

THEREAFTER, AND AS SUCH, CHAIR

WASSERMAN AND I STRONGLY URGE

THE COMMISSIONERS AND ALTERNATES

TO ATTEND THAT WORKSHOP

IN-PERSON IF THEY CAN, AND BOTH

COMMISSIONERS AND ALTERNATES CAN

ATTEND THE WORKSHOP, BOTH THE

COMMISSIONERS AND THEIR

ALTERNATES. WHILE THE

PRESENTATIONS WILL BE BROADCAST

AS PART OF THIS HYBRID SYSTEM

THAT WE HAVE, THE SMALL GROUP

DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE

MODERATED BY BCDC STAFF WON’T

BE. SO, WE ENCOURAGE ALL OF TO

YOU PARTICIPATE IN-PERSON, SO

THAT YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN

THOSE SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS

AND HEAR THEM.

SO, THE COMMISSION IS NOT GOING

TO BE VOTING, AGAIN, ON THE

BRIDGE PROPOSAL ON JANUARY 16TH,

BUT WE WILL HAVE THIS WORKSHOP,

WHICH WILL MOVE US ALONG.

MY PENULTIMATE ITEM ON MY

CHAIR’S REPORT IS TO TALK ABOUT

OUR THREE RETIRING

COMMISSIONERS. TWO OF WHOM ARE

HERE IN THE ROOM. I DON’T KNOW

IF SUPERVISOR SUSAN GORIN WAS

ABLE TO JOIN US. IT DOESN’T

LOOK LIKE IT, SIERRA SAID. BUT

SUPERVISOR PESKIN OF SAN

FRANCISCO AND SUPERVISOR DAVE

BINE OF SAN MATEO ARE ATTENDING

THEIR LAST COMMISSION MEETING.

AT LEAST UNTIL SOMETHING ELSE

HAPPENS.

[LAUGHTER]

I KNOW THAT MANY OF US WOULD

LIKE TO THANK THEM IN-PERSON FOR

THEIR SERVICE, BUT CHAIR

WASSERMAN HAS ASKED THAT WE PLAY

A RECORDING THAT HE HAS MADE FOR

THE TWO OF YOU — SUPERVISOR

GORIN. SO, IF WE COULD HEAR

CHAIR WASSERMAN’S RECORDING.

THERE HE IS.

>>SPEAKER: PERFECT.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

APOLOGIES. GIVE ME ONE SECOND

TO ADJUST AUDIO HERE.

>>LARRY GOLDZBAND: MUTE BUTTON

ON THE LEFT.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: I

HAVE TO JOIN THE AUDIO,

UNFORTUNATELY, WHICH IS THE

ISSUE. GIVE ME ONE SECOND.

TRYING TO —

AND OF COURSE —

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN:

ALMOST THERE. SIERRA, IF YOU

NEED A MINUTE, I CAN DO A FEW

OTHER THINGS.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: OKAY.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: SO,

COMMISSIONER PINE, DO YOU WISH

TO SAY ANYTHING?

I KNEW YOU WOULD

>>DAVE PINE: IT’S BEEN A

PLEASURE SERVING ON BCDC. IT’S

BEEN A GREAT JOURNEY,

PARTICULARLY ON THE SEA LEVEL

RISE CHALLENGES, AND TO WATCH

WHAT THIS COMMISSION HAS

ACCOMPLISHED HAS BEEN VERY

GRATIFYING. IT’S BEEN A

PLEASURE TO SERVE WITH ALL OF

YOU. HAVE SUCH A TERRIFIC

STAFF, AND THE GOOD WORK THAT WE

HAVE ALL ACCOMPLISHED. I

APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

>>AARON PESKIN: TO LARRY AND

STAFF AND TO PREVIOUS STAFF,

TRAV, AND TO THE COMMISSIONERS

THEN AND NOW, PARTICULARLY FOR

AGAINST ALL ODDS STANDING UP TO

THE COUNTY THAT I REPRESENT AND

THWARTING SFOS ATTEMPT TO FILL

IN TWO SQUARE FILES OF THE BAY

HATS OFF TO YOU, GLAD BLESS THE

MCATEER-PETRIS ACT AND SYLVIA

MCLAUGHLIN AND ESTHER KERR, AND

KATE GULLICK, AND EUGENE

MaCTEER.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: ARE

YOU READY SIERRA. DO ANY

COMMISSIONERS WANT TO SAY

ANYTHING WITH RESPECT TO OUR

DEPARTING COLLEAGUES? PAT?

>>PAT ECKLUND: YES, I AM THE

NEWEST COMMISSIONER HERE, OR ONE

OF THE NEWEST. I WANTED TO SAY

COMMISSIONER PESKIN AND PINE, I

THINK THE MEETINGS THAT I HAVE

BEEN ATTENDING YOU HAVE ADDED A

LOT OF VALUE AND I REALLY ADMIRE

WHEN WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT

ALL YOUR CAREERS I REALLY ADMIRE

YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS AN

ELECTED OFFICIAL AND WISH THAT I

HAD MORE TIME TO SERVE WITH YOU

ON THIS BOARD BUT AT LEAST I GOT

A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND

CONGRATULATIONS AND I HOPE YOUR

TRAVELS, WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEM

IN THE FUTURE.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN:

COMMISSIONER MOULTON-PETERS?

>>STEPHANIE MOULTON-PETERS: I

WANT TO THANK BOTH COMMISSIONER

PINE AND MY LONG TIME FRIEND

COMMISSIONER PESKIN FOR YOUR

LEADERSHIP ON THIS COMMISSION

PARTICULARLY SEA LEVEL RISE BUT

ALSO ON OTHER ISSUES AND FORMER

SUPERVISOR KATE SERIOUS JOINS ME

IN THANKING YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS

INTO MY NORTH BAY COLLEAGUE

SUSAN GORIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR

WORK IN THE NORTH BAY WE

APPRECIATE ALL YOU HAVE DONE AND

WISH YOU ALL THE BEST. THANK

YOU.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN:

THANK YOU.

>>PAT ECKLUND: AND ANNETTE

ROWS.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: ANY

OTHER COMMISSIONERS? NELSON?

>>BARRY NELSON: I SERVED ON THE

TOWN COUNCIL FOR THE BETTER PART

OF 20 YEARS WHERE ISSUES BECOME

SOMEWHAT PREDICTABLE AS DO THE

COLLEAGUE’S RESPONSE ISSUES TO

SO IT WAS ALWAYS REFRESH TO

BEING COME TO THIS BODY, THIS

STATE AGENCY, AND BE PART OF THE

STAFF THAT’S TRULY AMAZING. BUT

GETTING TO KNOW THESE THREE

SUPERVISORS A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

AARON PESKIN WAS MY SUPERVISOR

WHEN I WAS LIVING IN SAN

FRANCISCO AND ACTUALLY MET HIM

AT A COMMUNITY MEETING RIGHT ON

OUR BLOCK I FEEL LIKE I HAVE

KNOWN DAVE FOR A LOT LONGER THAN

12 YEARS, AND SUSAN GORIN, OUR

FAMILY KEEPS A SMALL HOME IN

SONOMA VALLEY AND I OCCASIONALLY

BUMP INTO HER IN SONOMA, SO

THESE FRIENDSHIPS, AS THEY ARE,

YOU KNOW, THE WORLD IS SMALL,

AND I’VE REALLY ENJOYED BEING A

PART OF THIS BECAUSE OF THE

CALIBER OF THESE PEOPLE.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN:

COMMISSIONER NELSON?

>>BARRY NELSON: I JUST WANT TO

ADD MY THOUGHTS ON BEHALF OF, IN

ADDITION TO THE OTHER

COMMISSIONERS, FOR ALL THREE OF

THESE COMMISSIONERS WHO IN ROLES

AS SUPERVISORS HAVE BEEN REAL

LEADERS IN TERMS OF PUBLIC

SERVICE IN PARTICULAR LEADERSHIP

ON BAY ISSUES AND HEALTH OF THE

BAY, SEA LEVEL RISE, PUBLIC

ACCESS, AND A WHOLE HOST OF

OTHER ISSUES. THEY HAVE DONE

TERRIFIC WORK FOR A LONG TIME,

AND WE THANK THEM FOR THAT.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: NOW

WE HAVE LOST SIERRA ALTOGETHER.

SHE’S BACK. HOW’S IT LOOKING

FOR REMOTE?

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: WE

APOLOGIZE. WE HAVE A SETTINGS

ISSUE WHICH DOESN’T ALLOW US TO

SHARE VIDEO SOUND, WHICH IS

PROBLEMATIC. EVEN NTT IS NOT

ABLE TO SHARE THAT VIDEO AT

MOMENT. GIVE US A FEW SECONDS

AND WE’LL WORK TO RESOLVE THAT.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN:

CHAIR WASSERMAN IS GOING TO BE

DISTRAUGHT TO HEAR THAT ALL OF

THE FINE WORDS THAT HE INTENDED

FOR YOU TO HEAR TODAY, YOU’RE

GOING TO HAVE TO HEAR WHEN HE

E-MAILS THEM TO YOU. OR MAYBE

AT OUR NEXT MEETING.

>>LARRY GOLDZBAND: OR I WAS

GOING SAY WE POST THEM ON THE

WEB SITE SO EVERYBODY CAN GET TO

THEM.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: WE

HAVE SHARE IT IN-ROOM BUT WILL

NOT BE ABLE TO SHARE IT

VIRTUALLY. THE SOUND WILL NOT

TRANSFER. SO WE WOULD BE HAPPY

TO SHARE IT IN THE ROOM.

>>LARRY GOLDZBAND: LET’S SHARE

IT IN THE ROOM IF THAT’S OKAY

AND EVERYBODY ELSE WILL HAVE TO,

SORT OF, TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A

BREAK.

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

SOUNDS GOOD.

>>GREG SCHARFF: YOU COULD

E-MAIL IT TO ALL COMMISSIONERS.

>>LARRY GOLDZBAND: WE WILL DO

SO.

[VIDEO PLAYING]

>>CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M SORRY THAT

I CANNOT BE THERE WITH YOU

IN-PERSON TO RECOGNIZE AND

CELEBRATE THE SERVICE OF THREE

TRUE REGIONAL STEWARDS WHO ARE

LEAVING THE COMMISSION. TODAY

IS THEIR LAST MEETING. SUSAN

GORIN, AARON PESKIN, DAVID P ARE

ALL OUTSTANDING REGIONAL

STEWARDS, REGIONAL STEWARDS ARE

LEADERS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO THE

LONG-TERM WELL-BEING OF PLACES

THEY ARE INTEGRATORS WHO CROSS

BOUNDARIES OF JURISDICTION,

SECTOR AND DISCIPLINE TO ADDRESS

COMPLEX REGIONAL ISSUES SUCH AS

SPRAWL, EQUITY, EDUCATION,

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND OF

COURSE RISING SEA LEVELS. THEY

SEE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN

ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTAL AND

SOCIAL CONCERNS AND THEY KNOW

HOW TO CONNECT THE DOTS TO

CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR

REGIONS AND THEIR CONSTITUENTS.

REGIONAL STEWARDS ARE LEADERS

WHO COMBINE 360 DEGREE VISION

WITH THE ABILITY TO MOBILIZE

DIVERSE COALITIONS FOR ACTION.

SUSAN GORIN HAS BEEN A BCDC

COMMISSIONER SINCE 2013. SHE

CLIMBED UP THE POLITICAL RUNGS

IN THE OLD FASHIONED WAY

STARTING AS A MEMBER OF THE

SANTA ROSA SCHOOL BOARD, THE

SANTA ROSA CITY COUNCIL,

BECOMING MAYOR OF SANTA ROSA IN

2008, AND BECOMING SONOMA COUNTY

SUPERVISOR IN 2012. SHE HAS

PROVIDED MAJOR SERVICE THROUGH

THE SONOMA VALLEY GROUNDWATER

SUSTAINABILITY AGENCY, BCD, THE

SAN FRANCISCO BAY RESTORATION

AUTHORITY, THE ABAG EXECUTIVE

BOARD, AND MOST RECENTLY AND

VERY IMPORTANTLY, THE HIGHWAY 37

POLICY COMMITTEE TO REBUILD THAT

VITAL LINK BETWEEN OUR COUNTIES.

AMAZINGLY BEFORE THE PANDEMIC,

SHE NEVER MISSED A BCDC MEETING,

ALWAYS GOING FROM SANTA ROSA TO

SAN FRANCISCO TO OUR MEETINGS

AND BACK. SHE HAS BEEN STEAD

ROCK AND REALLY HELPED OUR

COALITION TO DEVELOP OUR PLANS

TO ADAPT TO RISING SEA LEVEL.

AARON PESKIN, THE QUITE AMAZING

AARON PESKIN, HAS SERVED ON BCDC

SINCE 2017. HE IS NOW RETIRING

AFTER FIVE CONSECUTIVE TERMS AS

SUPERVISOR CURRENTLY SERVING AS

PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF

SUPERVISORS. HE A FIRST

GENERATION AMERICAN BORN IN

BERKELEY. HE IS A BANANA SLUG.

AND IN TERMS OF HIS

ENVIRONMENTAL CREDENTIALS, HE

WAS ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE

FIGHT TO STOP THE EXPANSION OF

THE SAN FRANCISCO RUNWAYS INTO

OUR BAY. HE WAS APPOINTED TO

THE COASTAL — CALIFORNIA

COASTAL COMMISSION IN 2017, AS

WELL, REPRESENTING THE NORTH AND

CENTRAL COASTS.

AND HE HAS BEEN A VERY ACTIVE

MEMBER OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY

RESTORATION AUTHORITY. A TRUE

TRIFECTA, HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER

OF BCDC, THE COASTAL COMMISSION,

AND THE RESTORATION AUTHORITY.

HIS STEADY LEADERSHIP, HIS

STEADY SUPPORT FOR REGIONAL

ACTIVITIES WHILE CERTAINLY

PAYING ATTENTION TO THE ISSUES

THAT HAVE BEEN IMPORTANT TO SAN

FRANCISCO AND HIS CONSTITUENTS.

AND DAVID PINE, WHO HAS SERVED

ON OUR COMMISSION SINCE 2011 AND

WHO IS RECOGNIZED BY BCDC AT OUR

RISING TOGETHER SUMMIT, AS AN

ENVIRONMENTAL LEADER. HE HAS

BEEN A VISIONARY LEADER WHOSE

ADVOCACY AND POLICY WORK HAVE

BROUGHT ABOUT SIGNIFICANT

CHANGES AT BOTH LOCAL AND

REGIONAL LEVELS. HIS TIRELESS

EFFORTS HAVE RESULTED IN THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF EFFECTIVE

MEASURES TO COMBAT SEA LEVEL

RISE BENEFITTING PRESENT AND

FUTURE GENERATIONS. AS A BOARD

MEMBER IN SAN FRANCISCO —

EXCUSE ME — BCDC, THE SAN

FRANCISCO BAY RESTORATION

AUTHORITY AND THE SAN

FRANCISQUITO CREEK JOINT POWERS

AUTHORITY HE HAS WORKED

EXTENSIVELY ON THE INTERSECTING

ISSUES OF FLOOD CONTROL, SEA

LEVEL RISE, AND TIDAL LAND

RESTORATION. HE IS DEDICATED TO

HELPING LEAD LOCAL ACTION AROUND

CLIMATE CHANGE AND INDEED SAN

MATEO IS GROUND ZERO FOR SEA

LEVEL RISE AND HAS RECENTLY

COAUTHORED THE SAN MATEO COUNTY

CLIMATE EMERGENCY RESOLUTION.

HE’S ALWAYS BEEN A QUIET STEADY

VOICE WILLING TO PROVIDE GOOD

ADVICE. THAT’S WHAT WE WANT ALL

COMMISSIONERS TO DO, AND DAVE

HIS HELPED LEAD THE COMMISSIONS

RISING SEA LEVEL WORKING GROUP

FROM EARLY IN HIS TENURE AND AS

COMMISSIONER HE ALWAYS ONE OF

THE COMMISSIONERS TO WHOM STAFF

AND I TURNED TO AND ANSWERED

QUESTIONS PATIENTLY AND PROVIDE

US ON THE GROUND PERSPECTIVES OF

HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WORK AND

HOW BEST TO ADVANCE RESILIENCE

WE THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR

SERVICE AND ALL OF YOU WILL BE

MISSED. BE WELL AND ENJOY YOUR

TIME OUT OF THE PUBLIC

SPOTLIGHT.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: WE

WERE ALL GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO

HEAR THAT. THAT WAS FANTASTIC.

I HATE TO TURN TO MATTERS AS

MUNDANE AS DISCLOSURES. BUT

BEFORE YOU LEAVE THIS

COMMISSION, I WANT TO KNOW IF

YOU HAVE ANY.

[LAUGHTER]

ANYBODY IN THE ROOM NEED TO

PROVIDE AN EX PARTE DISCLOSURE?

YOU KNOW ALL OF THE THINGS ZACK

WOULD SAY. SO.

>>PAT ECKLUND: DO I HAVE A

QUESTION ON THE SMALL GROUP

DISCUSSIONS ON THE CENTER FOR

RICHMOND BRIDGE. ARE THOSE

GOING TO BE ATTENDED BY THE

PUBLIC.

>>LARRY GOLDZBAND: THE

DISCUSSIONS THEMSELVES ARE NOT

GOING TO BE, BUT THE PUBLIC WILL

BE INVITED AND GIVE COMMENT.

BUT THEY WON’T BE PART OF THE

TABLES THEMSELVES.

>>PAT ECKLUND: OKAY.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN:

OKAY. WELL, THAT LEADS US INTO

THE REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE

DIRECTOR.

>>LARRY GOLDZBAND: THANK YOU

VERY MUCH CHAIR EISEN. HISTORY

DOES PROVIDE US WITH INTERESTING

COINCIDENCES, FOR EXAMPLE, ON

THIS DATE IN 1154, HENRY THE

SECOND WAS CROWNED AS KING OF

ENGLAND. YOU REMEMBER FROM YOUR

HISTORY BOOKS THAT HENRY WAS AN

ADVENTURER WHO FOUGHT HAS WAY

INTO THE CROWN BUT IN THE EARLY

PERIOD OF MODERN ENGLISH HISTORY

THE COUNTRY WAS FAR FROM

UNIFIED. HENRY’S GREATEST

ACHIEVEMENT WAS TO CREATE THE

BEGINNINGS OF ENGLISH COMMON LAW

WHICH HELPED INSPIRE CONFIDENCE

AND CONSISTENCY WITHIN A NATION

SYSTEM OF JUSTICE. I MENTION

HENRY BECAUSE HE WAS THE SUBJECT

OF THE GREATEST CHRISTMAS FILMS

OF ALL-TIME, “THE LION IN

WINTER” THE CHRISTMAS COURT LATE

IN HIS REIN AND RELATIONSHIP

BETWEEN HENRY AND ELEANOR, IN

PRISON FOR TEN YEARS EARLIER FOR

SUPPORTING REVOLT AGAINST HENRY

THREE SONS JEFFREY RICHARD AND

KATHARINE HEPBURN WON THE

ACADEMY AWARD. ON THIS DATE IN

1776 THOMAS PANE PUBLISHED THE

FIRST IN A SERIES OF PAMPHLETS

THAT HE SIGNED AS COMMON SENSE

IN WHICH HE STARTED TO LAY OUT

HIS CASE AGAINST THE ENGLISH

RULE CONTAINED IN THE ENGLISH

COMMON LAW THE FIRST PAMPHLET

REMEMBERED THESE ARE THE TIMES

THE SOULS AND SUMMER SOLDIER

SUNSHINE PATRIOT IN THIS CRISIS

SHRINK FROM SERVICE OF HIS

COUNTRY BUT HE THAT STANDS NOW

DESERVES THE LOVE AND THANKS OF

MAN AND WOMAN. WHILE I WOULD

MOST CERTAINLY NOT CHARACTERIZE

BCDC’S CURRENT EXISTENCE AS IT’S

WITHIN SUCH TROUBLED TIMES, AT

LEAST NOT YET, I WANT TO THANK

ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONERS FOR

STRENGTH THEY DEMONSTRATE DAILY

AS THEY PERFORM THEIR PUBLIC

DUTIES, ESPECIALLY OUR RETIRING

COMMISSIONERS, AARON PESKIN,

DAVE PINE, AND SUSAN GORIN.

OUR COMMISSIONERS, ALTERNATES

AND ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS MERIT

OUR APPRECIATION FOR THEIR

DEVOTION TO BCDC AND THEIR

WILLINGNESS TO DEBATE AND CRAFT

MEANINGFUL AND SOMETIMES

CONTROVERSIAL DECISIONS AND IN A

COUPLE OF MINUTES I’LL DESCRIBE

ONE OF THOSE TIMES.

WITH REGARD TO BUDGET I WANT TO

GIVE YOU A REPORT ON BCDC’S

BUDGET SITUATION WHICH IS

NEITHER FRAUGHT NOR GRINCH LIKE

BUT MERITS YOUR ATTENTION. YOU

REMEMBER THE STATE FACED A

BUDGET DEFICIT OF AROUND

$38 BILLION WHEN THE BUDGET WAS

ENACTED IN LATE JUNE. IN THE

BUDGET, THE GOVERNOR PROPOSED

THE LEGISLATURE APPROVE THE

ELIMINATION OF 10,000 VACANT

CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS AND THE

REDUCTION OF GENERAL FUND AND

OTHER AND SPENDING BY EACH STATE

ORGANIZATION OF ABOUT 8%. THE

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, HOWEVER,

IS CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH

THESE NUMBERS EVEN AS THE FISCAL

YEAR IS ALMOST HALF DONE. WE

EXPECT THAT WE WILL RECEIVE

FINAL BUDGET REDUCTION TARGETS

PRIOR TO THE END OF THIS

CALENDAR YEAR IF THE GOOD LORD

BE WILLING.

HOW WILL THIS AFFECT BCDC?

FIRST, THE NEWSOM ADMINISTRATION

HAS STATED THAT NO LAYOFFS ARE

TO BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THIS

DEFICIT REDUCTION PROPOSAL. FOR

BCDC WE EXPECT WE’LL BE ABLE TO

MEET BUDGET REDUCTION TARGETS BY

LIMITING, ELIMINATING JUST ABOUT

ALL WHAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED

DISCRETIONARY SPENDING, SUCH AS

TRAVEL AND NON-MANDATORY

TRAINING. JUST AS IMPORTANT,

HOWEVER, WE ANTICIPATE THAT IT

WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO FILL

ANY VACANCIES THAT HAVE OCCURRED

THIS YEAR. WE HAVE SIX

VACANCIES AT THIS POINT, WHICH

IS MORE THAN 10% OF OUR TOTAL

STAFF COUNT. FIVE OF THOSE

VACANCIES EXIST IN REGULATORY

AND PLANNING. WE WILL NOT FILL

THEM UNTIL WE RECEIVE FILE

NUMBERS FROM FINANCE REGARDING

OUR CURRENT YEAR BUDGET.

I HAVE DECIDED TO FILL OUR ONE

VACANT COMPLIANCE POSITION, BOTH

BECAUSE I BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT

OUR ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE

TEAMS NEED TO BE AT FULL

STRENGTH AND BECAUSE THAT

POSITION IS PAID THROUGH OUR BAY

FILL AND ABATEMENT FUND AS

OPPOSED TO THE GENERAL FUND.

I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT I CAN

PROVIDE YOU MORE SPECIFICS AT

OUR JANUARY 16TH COMMISSION

MEETING. YOU HAVE PROBABLY

NOTICED THAT WE DID NOT PROVIDE

YOU WITH OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED

OCTOBER BUDGET BRIEFING THAT

DESCRIBES BOTH OUR PREVIOUS

YEARS AND EXISTING YEARS’

BUDGETS. I HOPE WE CAN DO THAT

IN FEBRUARY AFTER WE HEAR FROM

FINANCE ABOUT THIS YEAR’S BUDGET

AND AFTER WE ANALYZE THE

GOVERNOR’S JANUARY BUDGET

PROPOSAL.

TWO PIECES OF REALLY GOOD NEWS.

FIRST, PRESIDENT BIDEN, THIS

WEEK, SIGNED THE WATER RESOURCES

DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2024, WHICH

INCLUDES A SECTION INSTRUCTING

THE U.S. ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS

TO CONDUCT A STUDY OF MEASURE TO

ADAPT TO RISING SEA LEVELS IN

THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY. THE

STUDY IS ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN IN

2026. IT WILL BE DESIGNED TO

ADDRESS IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION

TO SEA LEVEL RISE AND CLIMATE

CHANGE IN THE NINE-COUNTY BAY

AREA’S OCEAN AND BAY SHORELINES,

AND WILL CONSIDER THE NEEDS OF

ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED

COMMUNITIES, EXISTING VULNERABLE

INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THE USE OF

NATURAL FEATURES AND BENEFICIAL

USE OF DREDGE SEDIMENT TO

PROMOTE RESILIENCE.

WE’LL CERTAINLY KEEP YOU

INFORMED OF PROGRESS AS THE CORP

BEGINS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO

IMPLEMENT THE STUDY.

FINALLY, I WANT TO BUILD OFF OF

CHAIR EISEN’S REMARKS. I

APPRECIATE RECEIVING E-MAILS

FROM SEVERAL OF YOU THANKING

STAFF FOR THEIR DIFFICULT AND

TREMENDOUSLY SUCCESSFUL WORK IN

CREATING THE REGIONAL SHORELINE

ADAPTATION PLAN, BAY PLAN

AMENDMENT THAT YOU APPROVED

UNANIMOUSLY TWO WEEKS AGO. AS

JESSICA FAIN AND I DISCUSSED

AFTERWARD, I’M SURE ALMOST EVERY

MEMBER BCDC HAD SOME PART IN ITS

CREATION. NOT JUST OUR PLANNING

AND LEGAL TEAMS WHO RODE THE

LABORING OARS, BUT ALSO OUR

PERMITTING STAFF WHOSE

CONTRIBUTIONS WILL ENSURE THAT

WE GAIN CLOSE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN

PLANNING FUNCTION AND FUTURE

PERMITTING DECISIONS. THAT

ALIGNMENT WILL BE BASED ON THEIR

DOZEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OF

PERMITTING RESILIENT

DEVELOPMENTS ALONG THE BAY

SHORELINE SINCE 2011 CLIMATE

CHANGE BAY PLAN AMENDMENTS.

AND WE CANNOT SKIP OVER OUR

ADMIN TEAM THEY ENSURE WE CAN

HIRE THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST

AS MUCH AS THE STATE WILL ALLOW

AND PROVIDE OUR STAFF AS MANY

TOOLS AS POSSIBLE TO HELP US

SUCCEED. THE NIGHT BEFORE THE

MEETING I WAS REMINDED OF PRIME

MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL’S

FAMOUS SPEECH AFTER THE ALLIES

DEFEATED THE GERMAN AND ITALIAN

FORCES UNDER GERMAN FIELD

MARSHALL IRWIN ROMMEL IN THE

SECOND BATTLE OF EL ALAMAN IN

EGYPT WHICH ESSENTIALLY WON THE

NORTH AFRICA CAMPAIGN IN LATE

1942. AFTER THE BATTLE,

CHURCHILL TOLD HIS AUDIENCE IT’S

NOT THE END. IT IS NOT EVEN THE

BEGINNING OF THE END. BUT IT

IS, PERHAPS, THE END OF THE

BEGINNING.

CERTAINLY BCDC AND LOCAL

GOVERNMENT COLLABORATORS HAVE A

LONG WAY TO GO TO COMPLETE THE

R-SAP. BUT AFTER A DOZEN OR SO

YEARS OR SO OF STUDY BAY ADAPT

ACTION AND REGULATORY SUCCESSES

FOLLOWING THE 2011 CLIMATE

CHANGE BAY PLAN AMENDMENTS, I DO

BELIEVE THE PASSAGE OF R-SAP IS

THE END OF THE BEGINNING OF HOW

THE BAY AREA VIEWS AND RESPONDS

TO RISING SEA LEVELS.

AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL

OF YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU

HAVE PUT IN DURING THAT TIME

THAT HAS MOVED US TO THIS POINT.

FINALLY, TO PUT A FINER POINT ON

THAT, SINCE THAT MEETING BCDC

STAFF HAVE REVIEWED AND

CONFIRMED FLOOR AMENDMENTS AND

USED A MAGNIFYING GLASS TO GIVE

THE R-SAP ONE LAST PASS TO MAKE

ANY REQUIRED NON-MATERIAL

CHANGES.

STAFF ALSO HAVE PREPARED THE

FINAL APPROVED RESOLUTION FOR

SIGNATURE BY VICE CHAIR EISEN IN

CHAIR WASSERMAN’S ABSENCE. WE

ANTICIPATE THAT THE R-SAP AND

ANY NECESSARY SUPPORTING

MATERIALS WILL BE POSTED ON THE

BCDC WEB SITE BY END OF DAY

TOMORROW.

DANA BRECHWALD CALLS THIS A

CHRISTMAS MIRACLE. BUT IT’S

REALLY JUST ANOTHER DAY IN THE

LIFE OF OUR TERRIFIC STAFF.

THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT, CHAIR

EISEN, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY

QUESTIONS.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN:

THANK YOU, LARRY, WE HAVE ONE

TINY LITTLE MATTER THAT STANDS

BETWEEN US AND HANUKKAH,

CHRISTMAS, AND HOPEFULLY A VERY

BRIGHT NEW YEAR. LISTING OF

ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS. AND

HARRIET ROSS IS HERE TO ANSWER

ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS. ALL OF

OUR QUESTIONS. ANYONE?

ALL RIGHT. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT?

>>CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: NO

HANDS RAISED, CHAIR EISEN.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: ALL

RIGHT. THAT MOVES US TO

ADJOURNMENT. MOTION TO ADJOURN,

ANYONE?

>>PAT ECKLUND: I’LL MOVE.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: PAT.

>>STEPHANIE MOULTON-PETERS:

SECOND.

>>V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN:

COMMISSIONER MOULTON-PETERS. WE

STAND ADJOURNED. I’LL SEE YOU

ALL IN 2016 — SORRY

[LAUGHTER]

— 2025. JANUARY.

[ADJOURNED]