http://bayareawatersheds.org San Francisco Bay Joint Venture — Regional Creeks Subcommittee: Meeting Announcements hourly 2 2006-01-13T22:18:26Z http://bayareawatersheds.org/hosted-groups/sfbjv/creeks/events/copy_of_sfbjv_creeks_2007.02.20_meeting 10:00 - Welcome and Introductions

10:15 - Round-Robin
• Project Updates and Other Announcements

11:00 - Riparian Buffers Working Group
• Development of dissemination plan for proposed fact sheets, including:
• Key messages
• Intended audiences
• Potential messengers

12:30 - Infrastructure Barriers Working Group
• Strategize on implementation steps identified in final report, including:
• SFBJV Tasks
• Committee Tasks
• Partner Tasks

1:00 - Adjourn

]]> No publisher admin Other Event 2007-07-10T21:26:25Z Event http://bayareawatersheds.org/hosted-groups/sfbjv/creeks/events/sfbjv_creeks_2007.02.20_meeting 10:00 — Welcome and Introductions

10:15 — Review Agenda for Additions, Corrections, and/or Changes

10:30 — Round-Robin
• Project Updates and Other Announcements

11:00 — Infrastructure Barriers
• Updates on current work to date

11:15 — Riparian Buffers
• Discussion of proposed fact sheets

1:00 — Adjourn

]]> No publisher admin Other Event 2007-03-09T23:07:54Z Event http://bayareawatersheds.org/hosted-groups/sfbjv/creeks/events/sfbjv_creeks_2007.01.23_meeting 10:00 Welcome and Introductions

10:15 Review Agenda for Additions, Corrections, and/or Changes

10:30 Round-Robin
Project Updates and Other Announcements

10:45 Riparian Buffers — We will be discussing the following next steps:

• Convert “White Paper” into Fact Sheets aimed at Elected Officials / Decision Makers:
• Riparian Buffer Basics and Benefits
• Essential Elements of Successful Riparian Ordinances
• Private Property Rights and Other Legal Issues
• Review Key Documents for Inclusion as Part of Fact Sheets
• Coordinate with the RWQCB’s Stream and Wetland System Protection Policy

11:45 Infrastructure Barriers — We will be discussing the following next steps:

• Learn about the Union Pacific Railroad Crossing at Pinole Creek
• Research CalFish Database for Use in Documenting Existing Barriers
• Meet with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Discuss Operations and Maintenance Manuals
• Meet with CalTrans to discuss Operations and Maintenance Manuals

]]> No publisher admin Other Event 2007-03-08T03:54:47Z Event http://bayareawatersheds.org/hosted-groups/sfbjv/creeks/events/sfbjv_creeks_2006.02.28_meeting The next meeting of the SFBJV Creeks Committee will be on Tue., Feb. 28 at the Coastal Conservancy's office in downtown Oakland (1330 Broadway, Oakland, CA, 94612). Please note that we'll be meeting in the 4TH FLOOR Conference Room for the day.

We'll be using this meeting as an opportunity to focus on the two working topics that the committee has been discussing at recent meetings. Our anticipated schedule follows:

10am-12:30pm
Working Session 1 -- Impediments to Riparian Restoration due to Infrastructure Barriers

12:30-1:30pm
Lunch at City Center Plaza

1:30-4pm
Working Session 2 -- Riparian Buffers and Creek Setback Efforts

]]> No publisher admin Other Event 2007-03-08T03:54:46Z Event http://bayareawatersheds.org/hosted-groups/sfbjv/creeks/events/sfbjv_creeks_2006.07.xx_meeting 10:00am
1) Welcome and Introductions

10:15am
2) Project Updates / Round-Robin

11:00am
3) Regional Watershed Updates

11:15am
4) Break

11:30am
5) Infrastructure Barriers:
Review of draft document and discussion
• Resolving Location-Specific Infrastructure Barriers
• Improving Operation and Maintenance Methods
• Key Findings, Partners, and Recommendations

12:30pm
6) Riparian Buffers:
Pre-discussion for next meeting on Aug. 22
• Essential Elements of Outstanding Creek / Watershed Ordinances
• Economic (and Other Quantifiable) Benefits of Riparian Buffers
• Science-Based Literature Review (in conjunction with RWQCB)

1:00pm
7) Adjourn

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