September 4, 2024 Community Meeting for the Cargill Solar Salt System Draft EA

Meeting recording

Transcript

Yeah.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Tony, I think you just froze. Oh, there we go!

Jenn Hyman | BCDC: Do you think I should put

Jenn Hyman | BCDC: the little

Jenn Hyman | BCDC: heads in the

Jenn Hyman | BCDC: screen.

Jenn Hyman | BCDC: or will? Can people see them.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: People will see them on their own screen if they have it set up that way.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Yeah.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: should we wait till 5 after? Or would you guys like to get started.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Can wait till kind of after.

Harriet Ross | BCDC: Yeah, I think we should wait.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Hey? Let’s get started.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Hello, everyone! And welcome to the community meeting for the presentation on the Cargill Solar.

spanish interpreter 1: Sea salt system, maintenance and operation.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Permit and draft environmental assessment.

spanish interpreter 1: But.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: My name is Phoenix Armenta, with the San Francisco.

spanish interpreter 1: Be.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Conservation and Development Commission or B.

spanish interpreter 1: Cdc.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: This meeting has live translation in Spanish, and this slide explains how to access the Spanish interpretation in Zoom

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: at the bottom of the screen in zoom. There should be a globe icon with the word interpretation under it.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: If you do not see this icon immediately, it may be.

spanish interpreter 1: Under this.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: 3 dots.

spanish interpreter 1: Labeled, more.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Or

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: when you click on this you will have the option of selecting English or Spanish

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: choosing.

spanish interpreter 1: Spanish.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Take you into a different channel with an interpreter translating.

spanish interpreter 1: What is being said.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: English.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: If you’re having trouble with this, please let us know by messing this.

spanish interpreter 1: Message.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Us in the Q. And a.

spanish interpreter 1: Area.

spanish interpreter 1: I’ll give.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Folks a little time now.

spanish interpreter 1: To figure this out.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: I’d like to tell you about what we will cover in this meeting.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: I want to 1st welcome everyone on this call, and thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to participate in Bcdc’s work.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: We will next introduce you to the people in this presentation, and provide an overview of Bcdc.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Then we will tell you about Cargill’s application for a permit from Bcdc. For operation and maintenance of their solar salt system and the environmental assessment document we have prepared on Cargill’s activities.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: At the end, we will take questions and comments on the environmental assessment. The draft environmental.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Assessment can be down.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: From Bcdc’s website, and is currently.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Help, for public comment.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Our speakers tonight start with.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Myself. Phoenix Armenta. I’m the senior manager for climate, equity, and community engagement.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Following me will be Suzanne von Rosenberg of Gaia, consulting.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: The preparer of the environmental assessment.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Our Spanish translators.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: In the Spanish.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Armory.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: And Christian from focus, interpreting.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: On the Bcdc. Team.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Have Harriet Ross, our Bcdc. Regular.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Tory director.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Julie.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Gary.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Bcdc. Bay Resources Program Manager, Sam Fielding, BC.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: DC. Permit and.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Analysts.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: And Jen Hyman.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: From a Bcdc. Scene.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Senior engineer.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Yeah.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: On the Cargill team. We have Connie Lee, who’s a senior land management engineer.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Don Brown, from? Who’s the lead?

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Andreese.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Sources, manager.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: And Matt Pitcher, a solar plant manager.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: representatives from the BC.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Cdc. Per.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Student team.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: And Cargill are.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Available, following the presentation as needed to answer questions.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: The Mission of the San Francisco.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Go, bay, concert.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: And.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Development Commission is to Protect.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Fact and.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Enhance San Francisco Bay and encourage.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Bay is responsible and protective use for this and future generations.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: So what does Bcd.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: He do?

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Bcdc. Is a.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Great agency with.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: I’m reading.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Authority for projects in and.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Long.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: The San Francisco Bay.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Cdc enforce.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Is the bait.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Plans.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Pom, pom.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Which records.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Guys the.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Unique value of the.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: All ponds.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Bcdc. And.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Forces, other policy.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Policies, include.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Including those that require projects.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: To incorporate public access to the.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Bay, sea, level, rise up.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Adaptation, safety, environmental justice, and protection of natural.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Resource.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: This.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Bcdc. Has regular.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Tory.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Jurisdiction.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Over the bay itself.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: 100.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Foot, shoreline, band

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: salt ponds, and manage wetlands that cover.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: 9 K.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Counties.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: And over.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: 40 cities that touch bay waters.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Outreach to adjacent community.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Is, a.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Opponent.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: The permitting process.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: In compliance.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: With the Bay plans. Environmental.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Justice, and so.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Social equity policies.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: These maps show the vulnerable communities now.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Your car, get.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Salt ponds, which are filled.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Then in.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Like green.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: The name.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Areas highlighted in purple.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Our communities, of.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: High social vulnerability.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: And high contamination.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: This includes parts of redwood.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: City

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: he’s called.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Which is adjacent to the pipeline.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: And parts of.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Newark, which are.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Indicated as socially vulnerable.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Took special care to reach out to community.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Organ.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Nations.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: These communities as well.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: As tribal, representative.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: There was.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: They’re on our mailing.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: List for the project.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: We have. We have added Spanish translation translators for our community meetings.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Specifically for these local communities.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Public outreach activities, conduct.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: To date, and so.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Port of the Perm.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: And applicant.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: In the environment.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Mental assault.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Include.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Thinks.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Hoping notices for the.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Draft of the.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Ea. In the newspaper.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: And.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Direct Mailing.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Said to call.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Argil neighbours.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: We conducted.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Tribal.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Reach to the list.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Provided by the native American.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Heritage.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Commission.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: And in 2020 and 2024.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Year 4 tribes responded, and we were.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Working on.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Up a meeting with one.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Of the tribes.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: In 2,021, over.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: 400 notices were sent out to get public comments on the draft. Ea

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Ecrb meetings have been.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Held in 23.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: 2, 2,023, and the 3rd is coming up on September.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: 11.th

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Next week.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Virtual community meetings are held. We’re held.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Similar to this one in 2,023.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Few months ago over 2,000 notices were sent out.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: For the research.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Related draft ea plus.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Emails.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: To an extent.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Interested party list.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: A virtual community meeting on the draft.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Ea was held last night.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Oh, sorry this.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: And.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Meeting is.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Serving as a community.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Meaning, to.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Receive.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: But comment

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: based on the.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Activity. We feel that Cargill has been a model.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: For what meaningful.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: We need engagement.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Look like

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: now for here.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: I will pass it.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: To Suzanne.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Thank you, Phoenix. I’m now going to talk a little.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Bit about.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Argo.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Its activity.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: These

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: the Ea process and.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: The findings of the Ea.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Cargo currently.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Produces salt.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: The shores of San Francisco Bay cargo.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Current Maintenance.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: And operations.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Activities are ready.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Regulated by a ten-year.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Issued by Bcdc.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: In 19.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: 95.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Permit has been amended.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: And extended numerous times.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: And is set to expire at the end.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: And of 20.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: 24,

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Cargill is seeking a new ten-year permit.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: To authorize their.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Activities.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Under.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Application, 2,021.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Point.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: 0, 0, 3.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Point 0 0.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Bcdc. Salt plant.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: salt pond policies or.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: I can’t know.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: That salt production is an economically important and productive use of waters of the bay.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: and also that salt is.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Important product.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: For the permit. Renewal. These.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Cdc is required to.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Evaluate the.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Potential App.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Virus and.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Mental effects.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Of the activities of.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Authorized in the permit.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Bcdc. Is the sequel leading.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Agency.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Because no law.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Call this.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Questionnaire.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Approved.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Rules are required.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Bcdc.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: A draft environmental assessment, and Ea to comply with.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Ceqa.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Assessing, potential impact.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: From cargo.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Maintenance, and operate.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Racial act.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Activities.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: The Draft Ea. Was initially published in April of.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: 2,021.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Following the 2,021 preparation.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Of the drafting.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: There were several.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Changes to the price.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Description.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Bcdc. Has updated.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: At the draft Ea, and is now.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Circular

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: drafty.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: To allow the public to review the changes to the project.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Description.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: As Phoenix mentioned earlier, the recirculated draft eas.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Been published.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Can be done.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Loaded from the BC.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: DC website.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: you can also view a hard copy.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: At the Bcd.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: DC. Office.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: and the 30 day.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Public comment.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Period, ends.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: September 21.st

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: I wanted to go over a couple of.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Special terms that relate to salt ponds.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: A berm is a raised soil, and.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Like me.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Used to enclose a salt.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Aunt

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Brian.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Salt water.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Concentrated in the salt, making process

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Bmp.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: These are best management, practice.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Practices, for environmental protection.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Crap is rock

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: and or repurposed, concrete, placed on.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: The side slope of a berm to prevent erosion from.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Waves.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Ceqa. The.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Umpital.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Quality Act requires the assessment of potential environment.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Impacts of a project.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: And O. And M.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Refers to operations and maintenance.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Cargo, solar, salt system.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Occupied.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Ties 3 areas

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: in the southern part of San Francisco Bay. These areas.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Are referred to as plants.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Newark planned, one.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Into.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Are located.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: From.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: East side of the bay.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: And the Redwood City plan is located.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: On the west side of the bay.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Cargill’s proposed Salt Pond maintenance, activity.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: And.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Include adding replacement.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Seeing and repeat.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Pairing soil, filter, fabric.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: And rip rap on limited sections of.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Firms. They also include adding soil.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: To burn.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: And grading the tops.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: So.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Address, erosion adapt to sea level, rise.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: And improve drivability.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: They further include, maintain.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: And replacing.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: And first.st

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Structures, such as pumps, tide gates, and platforms.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Removing sediment and.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Pumping.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Intakes, and installing.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Screw.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: On one, or.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Pumps at their main bay, water in.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Take on Alameda Creek.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Which is referred to as the Koya.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Intake.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: the recirculated draft Ea.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: You. It’s the potential impacts of.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: These maintenance and operation.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Activities.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Ea covers a broader scope than the.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Existing.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Cargo maintenance, and off.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Permit, and includes.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: And now.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Else is.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Serve.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Enough.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Operations.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Including pump.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Water from the bay into the ponds.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Truck trips in and.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Out of the plants

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: and storage of highly saline brine and ponds.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Adjacent to the bay.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Now I’d like to show you.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: A little bit more.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Or about O. And M. Activities.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: One of the most important.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Activity.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Is maintaining and repairing, burn.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Rooms.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: The photograph.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Off on the.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Right, shows.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Repurpose.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Concrete rip wrap placed on.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Outboard slope of a.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Sing, Sam.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Princess.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Bay.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: the Federal.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Graph. On the left.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Left.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Shows a rip.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Rep.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Here, and.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Progress.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: As you can see, the soil on the berm.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Been graded a black material.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Curious.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Called a filter fabric was placed over the soil to protect it, and.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: And concrete.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Repurpose, concrete.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Being placed over the filter.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Fabric to hold it in place, and put.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Protect the slope against wave erosion.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: This photograph shows a picture.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Oh!

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: One of the platforms.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: That Cargill uses to access equipment.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: This one.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Used for tide gates.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: As mentioned earlier, Cargill.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Replacing fish screens on.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: One or more.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Pumps and.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Their main

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: water into.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Like

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: called the.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Coyote, intake.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: The photo.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Graphs on the right show the location.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Of the coyote intake.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Top photograph shows the intake.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Looking.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: South across Alameda Creek.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Towards the intake.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Photograph.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: On the bar.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Bottom, right.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Shows a view from the intake. Looking north towards.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Alameda Creek.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: the photograph.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: From the.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Left.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: shows.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Chronicle fish, screens.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: These fish screens in the picture are located in the North Bay, but are very.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Likely to be.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: but Cargill’s fish greens are very.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Likely to be similar to these fish.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Shown in the photograph.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: There are multiple benefits.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Of maintaining the solar salt system.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: It provides.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Its habitat for numerous species of fish.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: And wildlife.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: and supports millions of wintering and migratory seabirds.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Shorebirds and.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Waterfowl.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: in addition to various special.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Status be.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Issues.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: It also protects.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Approximately 20 miles of public access trails.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: And salt pronds serve as.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Buffer from bay waves and tide.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: During storms

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: the solar salts.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: System per.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Juices, food grade.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: An industrial salt.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Products through.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Sustain.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Whole process.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: And it provides.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: It’s hundreds of.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Jobs and other economic benefits.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: To the region.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: The Ea incorporates numerous and.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Environmental protection.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Measures in the Ea.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: To address.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Safeguard maintenance and operate.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Activities.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Prior to performing work. Biological monitoring is performed where needed.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: To determine if special status.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: She’s our present

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: best management practices. Avoid and minimize impacts to special status, wildlife.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Species.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: And sensitive habitat present in and around the salt ponds

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: as many.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Pray.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Obviously Cargill will install fish screens for at least one of.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: It’s part.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Set the main bay water intake on Alameda.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Creek.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Cargo will also.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: So conduct, monitoring to.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Assess the need.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: For fish, protection.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Measures at other.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Makes.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: To avoid potential impact.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: To special status, fish space.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: She’s

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: cargo will further evaluate risk to Msa.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Pond.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Burns from wave overtopping and berm keying.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Gaia is leading the environmental.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Consistent with Bcdc’s process for.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Environmental review under Ceqa.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: As discussed.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Previous.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Obviously the.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Circulated draft. Ea. Is currently posted on the BC.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: DC website and the 30 day.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Public comment.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Period.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: We’ll conclude.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: And September 21st

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: common.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Received on the research.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Draft Ea will be considered in the final Ea Doc.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: A commission hearing will be held to consider the permit.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: But application

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: and final environmental assessment.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: In late 20.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: 24.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: The Ea may be used by other State.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Agency.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: To support their related.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: I made a.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: 4 volts.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: The key issues in the environmental assessment.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Relate to the potential effect.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Of maintenance activities.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Various.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: She’s in.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Sensitive.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Habits.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: That within an.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Jason to the cargo. Solar salts.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: System.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: As well as to the place.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: And of Rip, rapid.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: New locations along the output.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Firm slopes.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Facing the bay.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: They also relate.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: To the potential effects of sea.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Will rise.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: And seismic events on Ms.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Us, for.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Integrity.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: the.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Environmental assessment. Also.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Addresses. Potential effects of.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Water into.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Taken.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Sediment removed.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Hold on!

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Special status.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Fish, species.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: And the potential effects of maintenance.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Activities on.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Cultural and tribal.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Shoulder.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Resources.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Potential effects on Air Quality.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Greenhouse.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Gas Emissions Noise.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Track.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: And water quality were also evaluated.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: And our General.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Lisa.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Similar to current.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Conditions.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: There are some limited changes.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: From the current.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Permit.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Cargill is making

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: made a change.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Just to its current.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Operations, including installing.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: The fish screens.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: One or more problems as we’ve discussed.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: and Cargill is also increasing its use of amphibious equipment.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: which may substantially reduce.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Perhaps.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Assault.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Marsh, habitat.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Changed Environmental Conditions.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Too threatened, or.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Endangered fish.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Issues.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Were listed.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: After.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Cargo obtained its current permit.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: and these spears.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: She’s have the.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Potential to be present.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: In, the.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Project area.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Environmental conditions have also changed because fish passage for threatened species has been restored in Alameda.

María Cecilia Delfino – Spanish Interpreter: Creek.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Most potential impacts are anticipated to be less than significant.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: 9 potentially significant impacts were identified in the Ea 4 related to biological resources, 3 related to cultural and tribal cultural resources.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: one related to geology, soils, and seismicity, and one related to hydrology and water quality.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: The Ea concluded that all potentially significant impacts can be mitigated to a less than significant level with the mitigation included in the Ea.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: the proposed mitigation measures for biological resources

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: include minimization of the potential for brine seepage, avoidance minimization and mitigation of impacts associated with the use of bay water intakes.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: minimization of potential hydroacoustic impacts due to impact pile driving which would be required for the installation of fish screens

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: and compensatory mitigation for unavoidable impacts to state or federally protected wetlands and waters of the State.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: The mitigation measures to address.

spanish interpreter 1: Potential impacts to cultural and.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Tribal Culture.

spanish interpreter 1: Resources.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Consist of response processes.

spanish interpreter 1: For inadvertent.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Encounter of undiscovered archaeological.

spanish interpreter 1: To Congress.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Sources, human.

spanish interpreter 1: And or.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Tribal and cultural resources

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: for geology, soils and size.

spanish interpreter 1: The city, the.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Requires evaluation and mitigation of.

spanish interpreter 1: Potential effects of worm Keying.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Respect to hydrology and water quality.

spanish interpreter 1: The Ea. Requires evaluation of the Mss. Pond. Firms vulnerable.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Ability due to wave, run up and overtopping during.

spanish interpreter 1: Storm, events.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: The next steps in the Ea process is that.

spanish interpreter 1: Bcdc. Will continue to receive public.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Comments, there’s.

spanish interpreter 1: September 21.st

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: And we will then consider and respond to public comments.

spanish interpreter 1: Prepaid.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Share, the final Ea.

spanish interpreter 1: And the.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Commission will review the final Ea.

spanish interpreter 1: Consider the new permit.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: The comment review process incorporates a number of steps. We’re going to transcribe verbal comments.

spanish interpreter 1: Comments, from.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Meeting recordings.

spanish interpreter 1: We’ll come back.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Pile verbal and written comments.

spanish interpreter 1: Identify.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Common theme.

spanish interpreter 1: Is.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: And then evaluate the need for modifications to the project.

spanish interpreter 1: And our mitigation measures.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: As a result of the comments, will revise and finalize.

spanish interpreter 1: The Ea, with Modifications.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: As needed, and we’ll provide a list.

spanish interpreter 1: Thing of comments.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Responses.

spanish interpreter 1: To, the.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Comments.

spanish interpreter 1: As an appendix to the Ea.

spanish interpreter 1: Comments.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Provided in Spanish, will be translated.

spanish interpreter 1: To English, and addressed in English.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: So to reiterate the next steps.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: or the continuation of the.

spanish interpreter 1: Recirc.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Related.

spanish interpreter 1: Draft, ea.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Public comment period which.

spanish interpreter 1: Ends on the.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: 21st of.

spanish interpreter 1: September.

spanish interpreter 1: will publish.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: The final Ea.

spanish interpreter 1: December of 2,024.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: And the Bcdc. Commission will hold a hearing on.

spanish interpreter 1: The permit up.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Occasion.

spanish interpreter 1: And review.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: You the final Ea also, in December.

spanish interpreter 1: 2,024.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: So now we’d love to hear your comments.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: You can provide verbal comment.

spanish interpreter 1: Today you can provide written comments.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Stood.

spanish interpreter 1: In the Q. And a.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Can also provide written comments by 5 Pm.

spanish interpreter 1: In on September.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: 21st to Sam Field.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: or by mail.

spanish interpreter 1: To Bcdc.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Cannot.

spanish interpreter 1: Accept comments, by telephone.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: There are additional opportunities for public.

spanish interpreter 1: They call it.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Related to the pro.

spanish interpreter 1: Process.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Or verbal comments on the proposed permit may be provided.

spanish interpreter 1: To Sam Fielding at BC.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Cdc. At any.

spanish interpreter 1: Time.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Until the Commission’s.

spanish interpreter 1: Consideration of the permit.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Bcdc. Engineering criteria review board meeting.

spanish interpreter 1: Thing will be.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Held on September.

spanish interpreter 1: 7th to this.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Us Mss. Part.

spanish interpreter 1: On firms.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Stability issues. The public can attend and come.

spanish interpreter 1: And at that meeting.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: As mentioned on the previous slide, the Commission will meet to consider.

spanish interpreter 1: The final Ea

spanish interpreter 1: and permit.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: In December.

spanish interpreter 1: Of 20.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: 24, the public can attend and comment, and.

spanish interpreter 1: That meeting as well.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: You can also contact Sam Fielding at Bcdc.

spanish interpreter 1: Did you get.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Put on.

spanish interpreter 1: Interested.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Party list.

spanish interpreter 1: To get like.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Electronic, notice.

spanish interpreter 1: Of all public meetings on the.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Cargo permit.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Interpretation is available for individual.

spanish interpreter 1: Preferring to comment.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: The language of the.

spanish interpreter 1: Than inch.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: And with that I’m going to turn it back over to Phoenix.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Okay, so we are welcoming public comments now. If you would like.

spanish interpreter 1: Like to give public comment.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: You have 3 min to speak.

spanish interpreter 1: So in the zoom.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Can raise your hand, or you can put your questions in the.

spanish interpreter 1: Q. And a.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: And if you are on the phone you can press Star 9,

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: and I see we already have.

spanish interpreter 1: One ring.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Is

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: so.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Oh, I didn’t see who it was.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Was I wrong that somebody raised their hand.

spanish interpreter 1: Oh, looks like Karen!

spanish interpreter 1: How did you.

Harriet Ross | BCDC: Karen’s hand is raised, or

Harriet Ross | BCDC: that went down again.

Margie Malan, BCDC HOST: Alright. I see Karen Hi.

Carin High: I’m I’m sorry the Q. And a function is not enabled.

Carin High: and this may be more appropriate as a question I don’t have. I haven’t spent enough time with the Ea. To make any.

spanish interpreter 1: It’s.

Carin High: Public statements about it. I do have questions of clarification, and I don’t know if that’s something.

spanish interpreter 1: Should do directly with.

Carin High: Sam, or if I can ask them tonight.

spanish interpreter 1: Right.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: You can ask them tonight, and we’ll answer as best we can, and we may have to follow up.

Carin High: Okay. For example, table 2.

spanish interpreter 1: 8? Where?

Carin High: You’re discussing.

spanish interpreter 1: Projected annual average.

Carin High: Maintenance, activity.

spanish interpreter 1: Quantity.

Carin High: I just need to know what the range is, because in some columns you have.

spanish interpreter 1: 2 figures, so.

Carin High: Operated by a slow.

spanish interpreter 1: Fashion.

Carin High: Others, you.

spanish interpreter 1: Have 3. And so I’m trying.

Carin High: To figure out what.

spanish interpreter 1: Is, the.

Carin High: Figure.

spanish interpreter 1: That you’re.

Carin High: Actually.

spanish interpreter 1: Drinking.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: So the slashes actually are referring.

spanish interpreter 1: To.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Different measurements, so.

spanish interpreter 1: We’ll have.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Linear, feet.

spanish interpreter 1: Square feet.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Read

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: well, so we’ll usually have a.

spanish interpreter 1: Distance, or.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Iracy.

spanish interpreter 1: You. So that’s.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Flashes referred to, and they follow in the order that.

spanish interpreter 1: But

spanish interpreter 1: those.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Are listed all the on the left.

spanish interpreter 1: Can call.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Of the table.

Carin High: Okay.

spanish interpreter 1: I see that now I slash. Lf, yeah.

Carin High: Okay? And so when you’re saying 390 linear feet.

Carin High: Cubic Yards.

spanish interpreter 1: How does?

Carin High: That equate to the 390 Lin.

spanish interpreter 1: Here.

Carin High: 8.

spanish interpreter 1: Are you saying.

Carin High: That you can put all the.

spanish interpreter 1: Cubicy are.

Carin High: I’m assuming.

spanish interpreter 1: You’re not anticipating.

Carin High: Baiting pudding on.

spanish interpreter 1: Of that volume at this.

Carin High: Locate.

spanish interpreter 1: But I’m.

Carin High: Not sure.

spanish interpreter 1: How you look at the distribution and

spanish interpreter 1: and it’s.

Carin High: Important to us to under.

spanish interpreter 1: Understand, how.

Carin High: Far out into the bay, and how.

spanish interpreter 1: Deep. You’re.

Carin High: Going with the Riprap. So I’m just trying to get.

spanish interpreter 1: And and.

Carin High: Standing of that.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: So for that we would we would probably be better off.

spanish interpreter 1: Discussing that

spanish interpreter 1: in.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Separately.

spanish interpreter 1: Because we’re getting into.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Some detail, press.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Quantities we provided.

spanish interpreter 1: Your feet, and.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Volume of.

spanish interpreter 1: Rip rap, but we didn’t.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Specify a square footage.

spanish interpreter 1: So we would.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: We’d have to go back.

spanish interpreter 1: Can.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: That specifically with you.

spanish interpreter 1: And.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: I don’t have that top of mind for all the different.

spanish interpreter 1: Items.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: So, okay.

Carin High: And I guess the second question I’ll ask tonight, and that may be it for tonight.

spanish interpreter 1: Because I need.

Carin High: Sit with.

spanish interpreter 1: But.

spanish interpreter 1: Fish, green.

Carin High: Issue.

spanish interpreter 1: Who.

Carin High: Right now.

spanish interpreter 1: The proposal, as I understand.

Carin High: And oh, yeah.

spanish interpreter 1: Actually have to.

Carin High: Questions.

Carin High: 1st of all, difference between.

spanish interpreter 1: Bay, water, pump.

Carin High: And intake pump? Are they the same.

spanish interpreter 1: And they’re just named different.

Carin High: Currently for some reason.

spanish interpreter 1: And are.

Carin High: Do they does that.

spanish interpreter 1: But.

Carin High: Is that associated.

spanish interpreter 1: With volume, so.

Carin High: Water pump. Why, in the figures.

spanish interpreter 1: Where we look at pump, logo.

Carin High: Along the sloughs are some labeled.

spanish interpreter 1: Water, pump.

Carin High: And others intake pumps.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: They would all be taking in bay water. So that that’s more of a labeling issue, and.

spanish interpreter 1: How

spanish interpreter 1: probably car.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Has referred to them traditionally.

spanish interpreter 1: Okay, and.

Carin High: I

Carin High: I’m just curious about how.

spanish interpreter 1: It was a.

Carin High: Arrived at that.

spanish interpreter 1: But

Carin High: The only significant impact to

Carin High: fish in terms of fish screen.

spanish interpreter 1: Would.

Carin High: At Kai.

spanish interpreter 1: Cody, coyote.

Carin High: Slew or the Alameda County Flood Control Channel.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: That that’s actually not what the conclusion was, and.

spanish interpreter 1: And.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: So Cargill is committed to putting.

spanish interpreter 1: Fish.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Screen, on.

spanish interpreter 1: Screens, on.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: At least.

spanish interpreter 1: Least one.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: At the coyote intake, and then for the other.

spanish interpreter 1: Intakes, cargo

spanish interpreter 1: will be conducting.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: A month.

spanish interpreter 1: And.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Program.

spanish interpreter 1: That will be.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Approved by the resource agencies to evaluate the need.

spanish interpreter 1: 8.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Additional Food.

spanish interpreter 1: Protect.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Measures.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: So at this point.

spanish interpreter 1: The Ea does not require additional.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Kiss.

spanish interpreter 1: Because it hasn’t been established, at least.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: She’s our present.

spanish interpreter 1: At the other intakes.

spanish interpreter 1: And so that’s.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Basically.

spanish interpreter 1: What we’re looking for is more information.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: And then the response.

spanish interpreter 1: That’s appropriate to that additional information. That’s.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Gathered.

Carin High: It’s just interesting, because.

spanish interpreter 1: The South Bay. It just seems like it’s almost assumed that there are going to.

Carin High: Be.

spanish interpreter 1: To fisheries when you have intake pumps, and so.

Carin High: So I was just trying to get a sense of how that was.

spanish interpreter 1: To do.

Carin High: But I guess we’ll have to.

spanish interpreter 1: Put that into our.

Carin High: Ments

Carin High: and and.

spanish interpreter 1: Is.

Carin High: So you don’t have any feedback from nymphs or Cdfw. At this point.

spanish interpreter 1: In time regarding the need for fish screens.

Carin High: On!

spanish interpreter 1: More.

Carin High: The identified

Carin High: pump intake areas.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: So we have a detailed mitigation measure. That’s.

spanish interpreter 1: Speaks to fish per.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Protection.

spanish interpreter 1: At all of the intakes.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: And

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: the

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: so, for in so effectively

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: for intakes that are on screen, there are a series.

spanish interpreter 1: Of steps.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: That Cargill can implement in order to address.

spanish interpreter 1: Potential and.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Pats with the unscreened intakes. So Cargill can either provide documentation.

spanish interpreter 1: That’s acceptable to their.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Resource agencies that

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: sensitive species are unlikely to be present at the time when.

spanish interpreter 1: Water.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Taken in at those into.

spanish interpreter 1: And that varies by intake. The pumping.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: And is different.

spanish interpreter 1: For some of the intakes.

spanish interpreter 1: Alternative.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Lee

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: cargo.

spanish interpreter 1: Can provide.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Okay, so cargo can document that

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: fish.

spanish interpreter 1: Not the.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Impacted also through showing.

spanish interpreter 1: That sweep

spanish interpreter 1: and.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: That that the velocities related to the fish screens would not likely affect.

spanish interpreter 1: Fish.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: That the velocities at the intakes would not be likely to entreat.

spanish interpreter 1: Fish.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: And then.

spanish interpreter 1: If.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Cargill can’t demonstrate that either the.

spanish interpreter 1: Species are unlikely to.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Be present.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: or that the velocity.

spanish interpreter 1: Into.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Velocities are unlikely to affect the fish.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: then the last step is to either.

spanish interpreter 1: Do additional fish?

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Protection, with.

spanish interpreter 1: Could be fish.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Trains, but there could also be.

spanish interpreter 1: Other options.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: And

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: or provide compensatory mitigation. So there’s a tier.

spanish interpreter 1: Approach.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: To addressing

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: fish impacts from unscreened intakes. We’re in.

spanish interpreter 1: Not.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Suggesting.

spanish interpreter 1: Nothing needs to.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: To be done by any means.

spanish interpreter 1: Okay, thank you. I don’t want a monopoly.

Carin High: Place of time, so

Carin High: I’ll be in touch with Sam.

spanish interpreter 1: Thank you.

spanish interpreter 1: Sounds good.

Margie Malan, BCDC HOST: Alright. I don’t see any more hands raised.

Margie Malan, BCDC HOST: Actually, Karen, Hi would like to speak again.

Carin High: I just have a quick question, and.

spanish interpreter 1: And made.

Carin High: Be. This isn’t appropriate here. But I had been seeing the bitter.

spanish interpreter 1: And.

Carin High: Brian transfer proposal with Ebda, and that.

spanish interpreter 1: Seems to be on a

spanish interpreter 1: more delayed time track now.

Carin High: I thought.

spanish interpreter 1: But I.

Carin High: Saw a figure, and I.

spanish interpreter 1: Can’t find.

Carin High: It now where that was kind of called out.

spanish interpreter 1: As a set.

Carin High: Brit.

spanish interpreter 1: Project, but.

Carin High: Are there still

Carin High: maintenance activities that would be.

spanish interpreter 1: Cover.

Carin High: This project in terms of ensuring that you know the levies are going to.

Carin High: Void, they will be resistant to overtopping.

spanish interpreter 1: And.

Carin High: Spillage of bittern. Is that still a component of the O. And M. Or are you looking to.

spanish interpreter 1: Address that more through the Epta Project.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: So that’s a really good question, Karen. So the Epta Project is focused on removing the Ms.

spanish interpreter 1: Assess from the ponds.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: This operations in May.

spanish interpreter 1: Men’s pro.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: It is focused on maintaining the firms. That’s.

spanish interpreter 1: Around the ponds.

spanish interpreter 1: Okay, I think that act.

Carin High: That answers.

spanish interpreter 1: Thank you!

Carin High: Thank you.

Margie Malan, BCDC HOST: I believe that’s all we have, Suzanne.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Alright.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Well, with that

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: I’ll turn it back over to Phoenix to close the meeting.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Alright! Thank you all for joining us.

spanish interpreter 1: This evening. We really appreciate.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: You! You’re.

spanish interpreter 1: Tenants in your.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: Comment.

spanish interpreter 1: It’s.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: And we.

spanish interpreter 1: Up, to.

Phoenix Armenta | BCDC: See more.

spanish interpreter 1: From you in the future. Thank you.

Susanne von Rosenberg, GAIA Consulting, Inc.: Thanks.

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