CONTRA COSTA CLEAN WATER PROGRAM Management Committee September 20, 2006 Minutes

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1 CONTRA COSTA CLEAN WATER PROGRAM Management Committee September 20, 2006 Minutes Attendance: MUNICIPALITY ATTENDED ABSENT City of Antioch Phil Hoffmeister City of Brentwood Jeff Cowling City of Clayton Laura Hoffmeister City of Concord Jeff Roubal Town of Danville Chris McCann City of El Cerrito Melanie Mintz City of Hercules Erwin Blancaflor City of Lafayette Donna Feehan City of Martinez Khalil Yowakim Town of Moraga Jill Mercurio City of Oakley Frank Kennedy City of Orinda Cathy Terentieff City of Pinole Nancy Voisey City of Pittsburg Chris Barton Laura Wright City of Pleasant Hill Rod Wui City of Richmond Lynne Scarpa City of San Pablo Karineh Samkian City of San Ramon Steve Spedowfski City of Walnut Creek Diana Walker Contra Costa County Peter Inouye Contra Costa County Flood Control & Water Conservation District Greg Connaughton Mitch Avalon I. Introductions: Greg Connaughton began the meeting at 1:35 pm. Selfintroductions were made. Then Connaughton immediately proceeded to the agenda. II. Presentations: A. Recognize Aspen Madrone, Volunteer Monitoring Program Coordinator; and Introduce Michelle Loebke As Her Successor John Kopchik of the Community Development Department (CDD) thanked Aspen Madrone for her significant contributions to the volunteer monitoring program and reminded co-permittees she is leaving CDD in October. Jamison Crosby additionally thanked Madrone for her dedication and introduced Michelle Loebke, the new Volunteer 1

2 Monitoring Program Coordinator. Crosby provided Loebke s educational background and qualifications for the job and welcomed her to the position. B. Phase II Golf Course Study: Presentation of Methods, Results, Conclusions and Lessons Learned Crosby introduced Mike Blankinship who gave a PowerPoint presentation on the Pittsburg Golf Course Study where traditional and organic courses were monitored for impacts of fertilizer and insecticides used on the facilities and their affects to water quality. Blankinship reviewed the rationale, objectives, selected courses, methods and results. Blankinship drew the following conclusions from the data: No evidence of toxic levels of insecticides leave any of the courses; No significant change in water quality upstream versus downstream of the sites; No clear trends between organic and traditional courses; and, Course management techniques were more indicative of effluent effects than the type of fertilizer used. Blankinship summarized Best Management Practices for implementation on golf courses. Questions were asked and answered. III. Consent: A. August 10 & September 11, 2006 C.3 Implementation Work Group Meeting Summary A. August 19, 2006 Management Committee Meeting Minutes B. August 22, 2006 Watershed Assessment & Monitoring Committee Meeting Minutes C. August 23, 2006 Public Education & Industrial Outreach Committee Meeting Minutes D. September 5, 2006 Administrative Committee Meeting Minutes Jeff Roubal moved/laura Hoffmeister seconded/to Approve the Consent Items as submitted. IV. Action: A. APPROVE Additions, Deletions and Modifications to the 2006/07 Fiscal Year PEIO Budget; and, Re-appropriate Funds Accordingly Not to Exceed the Previously Approved Budget of $459,000 Donald Freitas stated it is especially appropriate at this time to project the Program as an environmental steward. Freitas stated the PEIO committee has been working closely with Panagraph, Inc., to develop a sensible, cost-efficient strategy to best brand that message. Freitas reviewed the suggested options and associated costs. 2

3 He then reviewed handouts depicting FY 2006/07 PEIO Budget suggested adjustments and proposed changes to the FY 2006/07 BASMAA Regional Monitoring Strategy (BRMS) Budget. Freitas explained he is proposing the reallocation of $70,000 coupled with $150,000 already designated in the PEIO budget for a Media Campaign. Freitas further proposed appropriating $30,000 from the BASMAA Regional Advertising Campaign, $24,775 from Program contingency and $125,225 from the BRMS budget for a total amounting to $400,000 for the branding campaign budget. Jeff Roubal moved/karineh Samkian seconded/to adopt the PEIO Committee s recommended draft media plan for Program branding for a cost not to exceed $400,000; and, to approve the Program s proposed budget re-appropriations. Passed unanimously. B. APPROVE All Fiscal Year 2006/07 Committee Assignments, Chairpersons and Vice-Chairpersons Tom Dalziel explained the reason he was bringing this item to the Management Committee for approval so late in the fiscal year is because several cities were delinquent in formally designating their committee members. Normally this matter is considered in July each year. Dalziel provided a brief overview of the distribution of committee members. Jeff Roubal moved/phil Hoffmeister seconded/to approve the Fiscal Year 2006/07 committee assignments. Passed unanimously. C. APPROVE Phase II Golf Course Study, Final Report Crosby explained that WAM provided their comments on the 2 nd Draft Phase II Golf Course Study. WAM s comments were incorporated into the Final Report and WAM voted to recommend the Management Committee approve the Final Report. If approved by the Management Committee, the report would be included in the FY Annual Report. Karineh Samkian moved/phil Hoffmeister seconded/to approve the final report of the Phase II Golf Course Study. Passed unanimously. D. AUTHORIZE Program Staff to Submit a Draft Stormwater C.3 Guidebook to the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (SFRWQCB) by October 1, 2006 Dalziel stated the C.3 Guidebook 3 rd Edition is complete except for a few placeholder items Dan Cloak is waiting to receive. Dalziel will provide a copy to the SFRWQCB by October 1, 2006 in compliance with their request as a condition of their approval of the HMP. Chris McCann moved/laura Hoffmeister seconded/to authorize Program staff to submit the C.3 Guidebook the SFRWQCB by October 1, Passed unanimously. V. Staff Reports: A. C.3 Implementation Update Dalziel stated the C.3 Guidebook is in its 3 rd edition and will be provided and reviewed at Municipal and Developer 3

4 workshops on October 24 and 26, 2006 at the Walnut Creek Civic Center. Municipal Regional Permit (MRP) Update Freitas stated the MRP process is moving ahead and suggested co-permittees visit the SFBRWQCB website. Freitas explained the SFBRWQCB is working on a draft draft permit. BASMAA is still concerned about the process and is pursuing options it feels needs to be implemented. Freitas stated BASMAA has a meeting scheduled with SFBRWQCB s Executive Officer on Thursday October 21, 2006 to further discuss the process. Co-permittees asked to have upcoming Program workshops and SFBRWQCB workshops added to the Management Committee Agenda calendar. C. Legislative Update Freitas reported both Assembly Bills 2444 and 2838 were at Governor Schwarzenegger s desk and must be signed by the end of the month to take effect. Freitas expressed doubts the governor would sign either bill. VI. Regional Board Staff Comment/Reports: A. San Francisco Bay RWQCB Matt Graul introduced himself as Contra Costa County s new permit writer. Graul reviewed his education background and work history. Questions were asked and answered. B. Central Valley RWQCB Christine Sotelo Not in attendance. VII. Information Items: A. Article Who rules the land? Waterways protection vs. Personal property, The Press Democrat B. Flyer The Watershed Project s Fall 2006 Workshops for Bay Area Educators and Residents C. Article California Court Orders EPA to Establish Standards for Construction Industry, California Environmental Insider, July 31, 2006 VIII. Old/New Business: A. Dalziel thanked municipalities for their patience pertaining to his requests for more documentation for the Annual Report. B. Freitas urged co-permittees to attend the CASQA conference in Sacramento September 25 th through 27 th, C. Dalziel intends to provide the annual Stormwater Workshop in November, Dalziel reminded co-permittees the pre-rainy season inspection worksheets are due to staff by September 30,

5 D. Phil Hoffmeister stated he received an from Christine Sotelo requesting Central Valley RWQCB municipalities provide a short list of builders that would benefit from meeting with RWQCB staff at their sites. IX. Adjournment: Connaughton adjourned the meeting at 4:15 pm. MM/DPF:kh G:\NPDES\Management Committee\Minutes&Attendance\06 07\MC Min Sep 06.doc 5

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