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MEETING
AGENDA
February
8, 2007
10:00am
– 4:00pm
Doubletree
Guest Suites Marquee Ballroom
Mike Chrisman,
Secretary for Resources, Council Chair
Linda Adams,
Secretary for Environmental Protection
John Garamendi,
Lieutenant Governor, Chair of the State Lands Commission
Pedro Nava, State Assemblymember,
Ex Officio Member
Darrell Steinberg,
State Senator, Ex Officio Member
1.
Welcome and council member announcements
Mike
Chrisman, Secretary for Resources, council Chair
2.
ACTION: Consideration and possible authorization of changes to the
council’s meeting procedures, originally adopted on June 8, 2006
3.
ACTION: Consideration to allow a voting representative for absent
council members for this meeting pursuant to the council’s operating
procedures
4. PANEL: Prevention
and reduction of marine debris off
Moderated
by Drew Bohan , Executive Policy Officer, Ocean
Protection Council
Objective:
Panelists will engage in a discussion with the council about debris in the
marine environment, its impacts to
Panelists:
Jonathan
Bishop, Regional Water Quality Control Board
Martin
Deidrich, Kean Coffee, zero waste small
business
Bridgett
Luther, Department of Conservation
Captain
Charlie Moore, Algalita Marine Research
Foundation
Gary
Tim
Shestek, American Chemistry Council
*
Please fill out a Panel Question Request card if you have a question for the
panelists during the marine debris panel. Questions will be posed by the panel
Moderator. Public comment on the panel discussion will be heard after the
panel’s question/answer period is complete. Please use the Request to Speak
card to provide public comment. * Please fill out a Request to Speak card to
provide public comment on non-agenda items or on a specific agenda item.
Comment on agenda items will be taken following each item.
5.
ACTION: Consideration and possible adoption of a resolution identifying
the council’s position on marine debris and actions for its reduction and
prevention
Rebecca
Pollock, Project Manager, State Coastal Conservancy
Motion & Vote
6.
ACTION: Consideration of the California Fisheries Fund and
possible 1) determination that it is a high priority and 2) authorization for
the council Secretary to take actions necessary to provide up to $2,000,000
for its implementation
Neal Fishman, Deputy Executive Officer, State Coastal Conservancy
Motion & Vote
7.
PRESENTATION: Marine spatial planning in
Jon
Day, Director of Conservation, Heritage, and Indigenous Partnerships,
8.
Public comment on non-agenda items*
(Public
comment received prior to meeting)
9.
Report from the Executive Policy Officer
Drew
Bohan, Executive Policy Officer, Ocean Protection
Council
10.
Report from the council Secretary
Sam
Schuchat, Executive Officer, State Coastal
Conservancy, council Secretary
a. ACTION: Consideration and possible authorization of changes to the OPC delegations to the council Secretary, originally adopted on September 15, 2005
Motion & Vote
b.
Update on the status of current projects
11.
ACTION: Consideration of a second grant cycle for scientific
research projects supporting OPC priorities administered by California Sea
Grant and USC Sea Grant and possible 1) determination that it is a high
priority, and 2) authorization for the council Secretary to take actions
needed to provide up to $1,000,000 for its implementation
Rebecca
Pollock, Project Manager, State Coastal Conservancy
Motion & Vote
12.
ACTION: Consideration of a study to examine grid reliability and future
resource adequacy for regions currently supplied by coastal power plants using
once-through cooling and possible 1) determination that it is a high priority
and 2) authorization for the council Secretary to take actions needed to
provide up to $200,000 for its completion
Christine
Blackburn, Project Manager, State Coastal Conservancy
Motion & Vote
13.
ACTION: Designation of the Executive Director of the California Ocean
Science Trust (CalOST) as science adviser to the
OPC; consideration of actions CalOST may take
to coordinate and disseminate ocean science and technology information among
state agencies and the OPC; and possible: 1) determination that these
actions are a high priority for ocean conservation and 2) authorization for
the council Secretary to take actions needed to provide up to $200,000 for
their completion
Motion & Vote
Laura
Engeman, Project Manager, Sea Grant Fellow, State
Coastal Conservancy
14.
ACTION: Consideration of the Reef Check California Program and
possible 1) determination that it is a high priority and 2) authorization for
the council Secretary to take actions necessary to provide up to $243,500 for
its implementation
Deborah
Hirst, Project Manager, State Coastal Conservancy
15.
Adjournment
Council
members
Note:
Questions about the meeting or agenda can be directed to Carmen Estrada-Polley
at (510) 286-1015.
Please
join Heal the Bay for Breakfast by the Beach at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium
When:
February 8 from 8:00-9:00am
Prior
to the Ocean Protection Council meeting
Informal
reception, with light breakfast
Where:
1600
Ocean Front Walk
RSVP:
To Sarah Abramson by Friday, February 2
(310)
451-1500 x163 or sabramson@healthebay.org