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California
Meeting
Agenda
Thursday
June 8, 2006
at
Hyatt
Regency
Mike
Chrisman, Secretary for Resources, Council Chair
Steve
Westly, State Controller, Chair of the State Lands Commission
Linda
Adams, Secretary for Environmental Protection
Sheila
Kuehl, State Senator, Ex Officio Member
Pedro
Nava, State Assemblymember, Ex Officio Member
1.
Welcome and council member announcements
Mike
Chrisman, Secretary for Resources, Council Chair
2.
ACTION: Consideration and
possible adoption of operating
policies for OPC
meetings
Sam
Schuchat, Executive Officer, State Coastal Conservancy and OPC Secretary
3.
Action: Consideration
to grant a voting proxy for council members for this meeting
4.
ACTION: Consideration and
adoption of April
20, 2006 meeting minutes
5.
Public
comment on
non-agenda items*
6.
ACTION: Consideration and possible adoption of the Ocean
Protection Council Five-year Strategic Plan
(public
comment)
Drew Bohan, Executive Policy Officer, Ocean Protection Council
7.
ACTION: Consideration of adoption of California
Ocean Observing Program: A Recommendation for Supporting State Ocean Observing
Efforts and
authorization to begin implementation of the Ocean Science Applications program
8.
ACTION: Consideration and
possible adoption of Marine
Protected Areas (MPA) monitoring
design principles
Michael
Weber, Program Officer for Oceans, Coasts, and
Fisheries, Resources Law Group
Motion and Vote
9.
ACTION: Consideration of the State
Water Resources Control Board Ocean Protection Projects Funding List and
possible 1) concurrence that these projects relate to at least one of the mutual
priorities adopted by the Ocean Protection Council and State Water Board, and 2)
recommendation to the State Water Board to approve these projects and award
$10,000,000 of funds reserved for such projects.
Motion and Vote
A.
Approval of scheduling an additional public meeting proposed for October or
November 2006
B.
Current status of OPC funded-projects and level of funding
11.
Projects
A.
ACTION: Consideration of the California
Public Ocean Awareness Campaign
and possible 1) determination that it is a high priority project and 2)
authorization for the council’s Secretary to take actions needed to provide up
to $110,000 for its implementation.
Motion and Vote
B.
ACTION: Consideration of the Santa
Barbara Channel Marine Mapping Project
and possible 1) determination that it is a high priority project and 2)
authorization for the council’s Secretary to take actions needed to provide up
to $400,000 for its implementation.
Motion and Vote
C.
ACTION: Consideration of an engineering
study of power plants using once-through cooling technology
and possible 1) determination that
it is a high priority study and 2) authorization for the council’s Secretary
to take actions needed to provide up to $300,000 for its implementation.
Christine
Blackburn, Project Manager, State Coastal Conservancy
Motion and Vote
D. ACTION:
Consideration of a coastal aquaculture Programmatic
Environmental Impact Report (PEIR)
and possible 1) determination that it is a high priority project and 2)
authorization for the council’s Secretary to take actions needed to provide up
to $300,000 for its planning or implementation.
Christine
Blackburn, Project Manager, State Coastal Conservancy
12.
Federal and State affairs
Brian
Baird, Assistant Secretary for Ocean and Coastal Policy, Resources Agency
Continued
13. Presentation:
Update on the
Mike Dickerson, Shorebank Enterprises
14.
Presentation:
Impacts of land-based activities on sea otter mortality
Dave Jessup, Department of Fish and Game
15.
Adjournment
Council members
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