Organization

Role(s)

Recommended Action(s) for SFBJV Partners

San Francisco Bay Joint Venture (SFBJV)

• Facilitation of partnerships
• Documentation of existing conditions
• Consideration of longer-term efforts to move future land conversions into a realm were cumulative hydrologic impacts become part of the environmental review and approval process

• Support the efforts of individual SFBJV partners to pursue solutions with individual stakeholders while maintaining regular communication with other SFBJV partners
• Document existing conditions and choose specific high-priority physical barriers to focus our efforts
• Tour affected channels, discuss reasons for existing rules with relevant officials, consider alternatives, and make recommendations regarding these manuals and practices
• Hold individual meetings between each of the agencies responsible for managing or regulating infrastructures and selected SFBJV partners

CA Department of Transportation (CalTrans)

• Cooperative actions on specific barrier issues and/or Operation and Maintenance Manuals
• Coordination with CalFish Fish Passage Assessment Database

• Identify the appropriate CalFish contacts and discuss methods to integrate our work into this larger database of infrastructure barriers
• Identify specific infrastructure barrier issues and schedule meeting with Caltrans to discuss
• Review Operations and Maintenance Manuals and schedule a focused meetings to discuss any problematic management practices, such as the release of fine sediments during debris rack cleaning that cause water quality impacts

Railroads

• Compile list of out-of-area railroad companies and local contacts
• Identify specific critical infrastructure problems and schedule appropriate meetings to discuss with representatives from various railroad companies
• Identify specific concerns related to SMART Rail (in Sonoma and Marin Counties) and determine appropriate actions for follow-up
• Understand how rnvironmental regulations apply to railroads as compared with other infrastructure or transportation entities
  

Alameda County Flood Control District (ACFCD)

SF Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC)

• Monitor BCDC's Project Notification List and alert SFBJV partners of important projects to follow carefully
• Identify any specific infrastructure-related issues where BCDC could provide assistance and schedule a focused meeting to discuss

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (U.S. ACE)

• Cooperative actions on regulatory and engineering issues, such as permitting for dredging and railroads
• Cooperative actions on specific barrier issues and/or Operation and Maintenance Manuals

• Identify any specific infrastructure-related issues where U.S. ACE could provide assistance and schedule a focused meeting to discuss
• Review Operations and Maintenance Manuals and schedule a focused meetings to discuss any problematic management practices

Regional Water Quality Control Boards (RWQCBs)

• Cooperative actions on regulatory and enforcement issues
• Development of stream and wetland system policy for San Francisco Bay and North Coast regions

• Review permitting authority under federal Clean Water Act §401, state Porter Cologne Act, and other Water Code Waste Discharge Requirements
• Investigate project coordination meetings being held by Marin County RWQCB staff responsible for §401 Certifications as a potential model to promote bioengineered solutions

Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E)

• Request update on guidelines and procedures for work around existing utility infrastructure
• Identify specific infrastructure barrier issues and schedule meeting with PG&E to discuss
• Review Operations and Maintenance Manuals and schedule a focused meetings to discuss any problematic management practices

Local Government Agencies

• Identify specific infrastructure barrier issues and schedule meetings with local government agencies to discuss
• Consider generalized outreach methods that focus on local government public works, maintenance, and planning departments

Local Flood Control Districts

Other Public and Private Utilities

• Investigate the role of Water Districts and Stormwater Agencies
• Investigate the role of Sanitary Districts
• Determine specific needs for correcting utility berms with problem pipes and wires on Mount Diablo Creek

Other Important Partners

• Investigate the role of NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
• Coordinate with California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) on implementation of the California Wildlife Action Plan
• Investigate the role of Bay Area Stormwater Management Agencies Association (BASMAA)
• Investigate role of Bay Area Water Clean Water Agencies (BACWA)
• Investigate role of Bay Area Watershed Forum (BAWF)
• Investigate the role of Vector and Mosquito Control Districts
• Investigate the role of Park and Open Space Districts
• Investigate the role of local community creek groups and watershed councils