• Science-based decision-making
• Climate change
• Sustainable fisheries and marine ecosystems
• Coastal and ocean impacts from land-based sources
• Existing and emerging ocean uses

Meeting Agenda

Monday, March 12, 2012 at 8:30 AM

Ukiah Valley Conference Center

Cabernet II Room

200 S School Street; 
Ukiah, CA 95482

Monday, March 12, 2012

1.  Welcome, introductions, agenda review

2.  Discussion of DCTF process and approach including the requirements of SB369

3.  Review revisions to DCTF charter and associated materials

ACTION: Consideration and possible adoption of amendments to the DCTF Charter (previously approved September 2009).*

• DCTF Charter – Proposed Amendment
• DCTF – Description of Team Roles

4.  Presentation and discussion of proposed regulations for the commercial Dungeness crab fishery statewide trap limit program. DCTF port and organizational caucuses and/or workgroups may be convened to refine and discuss proposed management measures.

• Presentation of DRAFT Regulations - CA Dept. of Fish and Game
• Trap Limit Program DRAFT Regulations (March 8, 2012) – CA Dept. of Fish and Game

ACTION: Consideration and possible adoption of recommendations to the Department of Fish and Game on its proposed statewide trap limit program regulations.*

5.  General Public Comment

6.  Discussion of DCTF interests and priorities over the course DCTF. Discussion may include, but will not be limited to, review of commercial trap limit program, fair-start provisions, refining sport and commercial fishery management measures, season modifications, latent permits, additional management measures, essential fishery information needs, and short- and long-term objectives for improved management. DCTF port and organizational caucuses and/or workgroups may be convened to refine and discuss proposed management measures.

7.  Next steps and discussion of next meeting

8.  Adjourn

Agenda items may be taken out of order at the discretion of the project team.

*DCTF Members may agree to postpone taking action on agendized items until subsequent meetings.

Limited copies of meeting materials will be provided at the meeting and will be posted to the DCTF website as soon as they are available.

Public Participation and 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. Speaker cards are requested and may be found at the entrance to the room. Draft meeting summaries may be accessed via the Internet approximately seven days after the meeting and will be deemed final upon approval of the DCTF.

Questions about the meeting or agenda can be directed to mailto:crabs@scc.ca.govor 805-845-9852. Any person who has a disability and requires reasonable accommodation to participate in this task force meeting should contact Rachelle Fisher (rachelle@strategicearth.com or 805-845-9852) no later than five days prior to meeting.

For more information about the DCTF please visit the DCTF website at http://www.opc.ca.gov/2009/04/dungeness-crab-task-force/

More information on this topic can be found on the Climate Adaptation and Sea Level Rise page.

Meeting Agenda

Monday, April 2, 2012 at 8:30 AM

Ukiah Valley Conference Center, Cabernet II Room

200 S School Street; Ukiah, CA 95482

Monday, April 2, 2012

1.  Welcome, introductions, agenda review

2.  Discussion of proposed draft regulations for the commercial Dungeness crab fishery statewide trap limit program, including potential clarifications of the details of the trap limit program described in SB 369.

• Trap Limit Program DRAFT Regulations (updated Mar 30, 2012) – CA Dept. of Fish and Game

ACTION: Consideration and possible adoption of recommendations to the Department of Fish and Game on its proposed statewide trap limit program regulations.*

3.  General Public Comment

4.  Continued review and discussion of DCTF short- and long-term Dungeness crab fishery management objectives and priorities. Discussion may include, but will not be limited to, review of commercial trap limit program, overlap between sport and commercial regulations, current and future sport and commercial fishery effort, season modifications, limited entry, latent permits, additional management measures, essential fishery information needs, and short- and long-term objectives for improved management and informational needs. DCTF port and organizational caucuses and/or workgroups may be convened to refine and discuss proposed management measures.

ACTION: Consideration and possible adoption of Dungeness crab fishery management objectives.*

5.  Discussion of DCTF timeline, meeting schedule, and process between meetings.

Administrative vote: Consideration and possible confirmation of workgroups’ (including, but not limited to, a sport fishery workgroup, membership workgroup) tasks, responsibilities, and timelines.*

Administrative vote: Consideration and possible confirmation of a DCTF executive committee.*

6.  Next steps and discussion of next meeting

7.  Adjourn

Agenda items may be taken out of order at the discretion of the project team.

*DCTF Members may agree to postpone taking action on agendized items until subsequent meetings.

Limited copies of meeting materials will be provided at the meeting and will be posted to the DCTF website as soon as they are available.

Public Participation and 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. Speaker cards are requested and may be found at the entrance to the room. Draft meeting summaries may be accessed via the DCTF website approximately seven days after the meeting and will be deemed final upon approval of the DCTF.

Questions about the meeting or agenda can be directed to crabs@scc.ca.gov or 805-845-9852. Any person who has a disability and requires reasonable accommodation to participate in this task force meeting should contact Rachelle Fisher (rachelle@strategicearth.com or
805-845-9852) no later than five days prior to meeting.

For more information about the DCTF please visit the DCTF website at http://www.opc.ca.gov/2009/04/dungeness-crab-task-force/

The OPC provided $2.75 million to support this highly collaborative project, which has resulted in detailed elevation data available for the California coastline, including San Francisco Bay thanks to the support of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coastal Services Center and the U.S. Geological Survey.  The project area covered 3,779 square miles.  The data was collected using LiDAR, a state-of-the-art remote sensing technology, in conjunction with high resolution aerial photography.  

This project was made possible due to a partnership between the OPC, California Coastal Conservancy, NOAA, U.S. Geological Survey, Army Corps of Engineers, and our industry partners for this project – Fugro EarthData, Inc. and Dewberry.

The LiDAR data are currently available online for the entire coastline, with digital elevation models and aerial photographs expected to be available by the end of March.

All of these data sets can be downloaded from NOAA Coastal Services Center’s Digital Coast website at

http://csc.noaa.gov/dataviewer/index.html?action=advsearch&qType=in&qFld=projectid&qVal=1005

Detailed descriptions of the LiDAR data and digital elevation models are available at

http://csc.noaa.gov/dataviewer/webfiles/metadata/ca2010_coastal_template.html and

http://csc.noaa.gov/dataviewer/webfiles/metadata/ca2010_coastal_dem.html

For more information on the California Coastal Mapping Program, please visit our website: http://www.opc.ca.gov/2010/01/mapping-californias-coastal-areas/

TO: California Ocean and Coastal Community

FROM: John Laird, Secretary for Natural Resources

DATE: March 7, 2012

The Ocean Protection Council (OPC) convened its first meeting of 2012 on February 17, in Sacramento. The first order of business for the Council was the annual election of the Council chair. It is again my honor to be elected to that position and I look forward to serving the Council and the people of California. The Council discussed the utility of the state’s new coastal mapping data, adopted revised OPC meeting procedures, and adopted the Five-Year Strategic Plan.

The highlights of our meeting are below. For further information, we encourage you to visit our website to access the meeting minutes and the webcast.

Adoption of revised OPC meeting procedures

The OPC voted to update its operating documents to reflect the current meeting procedures used by the council. The updated procedures address constitution of a quorum and the process for designation of an alternate.

Spotlight on Science: Presentation on New Coastal Mapping Data (LiDAR) and the San Francisco Bay Adapting to Rising Tides (ART) Project

Rebecca Smyth, West Coast Director/Regional Division Chief, Coastal Services Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, demonstrated the results of the $2.75 million investment by the OPC for the California Coastal Mapping Program, which used Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) to produce high resolution elevation datasets for the state’s coastline. These detailed elevation datasets will allow resource managers and coastal community planners to produce high resolution maps and assess and plan for impacts from sea level rise, as well as sudden inundation, such as tsunamis or storm surges. The OPC worked with NOAA and other entities on this highly collaborative project that successfully leveraged state funds with federal funds to implement the  California Coastal Mapping Program.  With the new LiDAR data available on NOAA’s Digital Coast website, there are now topographic and bathymetric data sets that cover  from three nautical miles offshore to 10 meters elevation inland, with only narrow bands of nearshore waters that have been unmapped due to limitations of the technology.   NOAA and the OPC are collaborating on merging these data sets to create seamless bathymetric-topographic datasets and digital elevation models.   The presentation focused on how these new and unique elevation layers can be used to examine coastal inundation risk and highlighted new visualization tools such as the coastal Sea Level Rise viewer for coastal inundation risks. Wendy Goodfriend, Senior Planner, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, followed with a presentation on San Francisco Bay Adapting to Rising Tides (ART) project. This collaborative project, focused on the shoreline in Alameda County between Emeryville and Union City, works with city, county, and regional interests in the area to begin to answer the question of how we can adapt to sea level rise and increased storm waves. Ms. Goodfriend demonstrated the potential of resilience planning and risk management using the refined inundation and flood mapping data from the California Coastal Mapping Program and other tools now available. This data allows managers to prioritize specific areas for further study and help strategize and create options to improve community and shoreline resilience. These presentations generated a targeted discussion on the latest science addressing increasing coastal vulnerability due to a changing climate.

Support for Integration of California’s Coastal and Marine Geospatial Data into a Statewide Geo-Portal

The Council was updated on progress toward the requested review of a range of funding options for implementation of a statewide geo-portal. It was noted that OPC is currently working with the interagency geospatial working group and state’s Geographic Information Officer (GIO) to identify data priorities for a state geo-portal. A suite of options on the geo-portal and funding opportunities for advancing the OPC’s geospatial initiative will be presented to the Council at its May meeting.

Adoption of the OPC’s Five-Year Strategic Plan for FY12/13 – FY16/17

The OPC Executive Director presented the final draft of the strategic plan for the Council’s consideration. It was noted that during the comment period OPC staff had received 22 comment letters, many of which were positive about the changes made to the draft. Dr. Mace stated that the plan provides vision, context, and clear objectives and is intended to be a road map for the next five years and gave her support for the current draft recommending the Council adopt the plan. The Council adopted the strategic plan.

For meeting details, please visit our website: http://www.opc.ca.gov/category/meetings/

The California State Coastal Conservancy (“Conservancy”) anticipates a need for environmental, engineering, architectural, landscape architectural, and construction project management consulting services for Conservancy projects and programs and for California Ocean Protection Council (“OPC”) projects and programs, undertaken by the Conservancy on behalf of the OPC, over the next twelve months.

The Conservancy seeks Statements of Qualifications from individuals and firms providing these services.
A Statement of Qualifications is a profile of your firm describing: key personnel and relevant education and experience; projects your firm has done, including geographic location; areas of specialization; and relevant professional licenses, certifications and awards. All information received will be put into database form, and kept on file for one year from the date of this Request. (A new Statement of Qualifications must be provided each year). Conservancy staff will use this information in soliciting services, as needed, for upcoming OPC and Conservancy projects. Any resulting contract will be awarded without discrimination based on race, color, ethnic group identification, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or national origin. Specific project details including contract identification numbers are not available at this point.

The Conservancy acts to preserve, restore and enhance California’s coastal and marine resources and to solve land use problems on the coast and around San Francisco Bay. The OPC coordinates agency activities to create effective conservation efforts and establish policies that preserve, protect, and enhance marine resources. In addition, the OPC funds innovative projects that directly relate to the ocean or coast as well as the scientific study of ocean and coastal resources. Conservancy and OPC projects fall within the following categories: (1) public access (e.g., trails, bridges, parking, recreational and interpretive facilities); (2) revitalization of urban waterfronts and shoreline facilities; (3) resource conservation and enhancement (e.g., restoration and enhancement of wetlands and endangered species’ habitats); (4) coastal restoration (e.g., lot consolidation; transfer of development rights; coastal land acquisition); (5) agricultural land preservation (e.g., acquisition of interests in coastal agricultural land and resolution of land use problems); (6) watershed restoration to improve water quality; (7) coastal and marine habitat, ocean health and water quality research, monitoring, restoration, and protection; (8) coastal ocean resource conservation and management; and (9) marine and coastal resource education.

In connection with projects in these areas, we are soliciting consultants with experience and expertise in: terrestrial, subtidal, and ocean floor surveying and mapping; climate change issues; construction project management; civil and hydrological engineering; habitat restoration design; landscape architecture; trail planning and engineering; water quality assessment; geotechnical and geomorphic assessment; structural analyses; pre-project feasibility analyses; economic analyses; hazardous or toxic substance investigations; wetland, watershed, or subtidal assessments; archaeological studies; environmental documentation and assessment under the California Environmental Quality Act and other environmental laws and regulation; botanical studies; agricultural studies; soil analyses; biological investigations; fisheries stock assessment; natural resource permitting; site and land use planning; design review; environmental monitoring; and other program-related environmental services, such as appraisals for resource conservation purposes.

To download the required questionnaire, please visit www.scc.ca.gov. To submit your completed questionnaire and Statement of Qualifications, please write to Mary Aledo, State Coastal Conservancy, 1330 Broadway, 13th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612 or maledo@scc.ca.gov. Please submit the questionnaire and your Statement of Qualifications as two separate pdf documents, either mailed on a CD or emailed as attachments (if the total file size does not exceed 2 MB). Hard copies are not necessary or desired.

Download

Questionnaire to download for contractors wishing to respond to the annual Request for Qualifications. Requires Adobe Acrobat.

Webcast

Meeting Agenda
Friday, February 17, 2012
10:00am
Sierra Hearing Room – CalEPA Building
1001 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95812-2815