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September 2003 Meeting Announcement
Featured topics:
- The Connection between Salton Sea Restoration and the QSA
- Prop 50 Update: How the State Budget Crisis has impacted Grant Opportunities
The Southern California Water Dialogue Group will meet on Tuesday, September 16th from noon - 3 pm at Metropolitan Water District of Southern California headquarters, 700 N. Alameda, Los Angeles, (213) 217-6000. The Steering Committee will meet from 10:00 - 11:30 am on the same date and in the same place (check with desk for room number).
Lunch will be served at 11:30 am (RSVP to [email protected], if you plan on joining us for lunch).
Salton Sea - Tom Kirk, Executive Director of the Salton Sea Authority, will discuss the connection between Salton Sea restoration efforts and implementation of the Quantification Settlement Agreement. The environmental impacts of impending water transfers have created serious complications in implementing the QSA. Recently, several innovative concepts have been developed that include a smaller sea and the use of desalination. Instead of being the environmental stumbling block, the Sea could actually facilitate getting water to the metropolitan plain. Mr. Kirk will present the Authority's perspective on these recent developments and the relationship of the Salton Sea to the region's current and future water supply.
Jerry Secundy, Executive Director of Audubon California, will speak on saving the Salton Sea inland wetland ecosystem with its millions of birds. During the 1990s, Audubon California began its involvement with the Salton Sea and their involvement continues to this day. Mr. Secundy also will weigh in on the associated contentious water issues.
How the Budget Crisis has impacted Grant Opportunities - The Water Dialogue will be updated on enabling legislation for Prop 50, how the budget crisis had impacted Prop 50, how much money will be used to fund existing programs, and how much funding will be available for competitive grants in each of the bond chapters.
| Agenda |
| 12:00 - 12:30 |
Introductions, agenda adjustments, and reports |
| 12:30 - 1:00 |
Tom Kirk, Salton Sea Authority |
| 1:00 - 1:30 |
Jerry Secundy, California Audubon |
| 1:30 - 2:10 |
General Q/A |
| 2:10 - 2:55 |
Prop 50 Update and discussion |
| 2:55 - 3:00 |
Announcements |
| Agenda available to download. |
Southern California Water Dialogue Mission Statement: Participants in the Southern California Water Dialogue meet voluntarily to explore water-related issues of vital interest to our region. The Dialogue serves as a clearinghouse and advocate for projects, activities, and processes that will improve the quality and reliability of Southern California's water supply and benefit the California Bay-Delta Authority (Authority). The Dialogue also is an avenue to represent Southern California's interests to the Authority and provide information about the Authority to our region.
Kathy F. Caldwell
Southern California Regional Coordinator
Sr. Water Resources Manager
McGuire Environmental Consultants, Inc.
1919 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 200
Santa Monica, CA 90404
310 829 1441
Past Meeting Notices
• May 25, 2005
• March 2, 2005
• February 17, 2005
• January 20, 2005
• September 21, 2004
• July 20, 2004
• May 18, 2004
• April 2004
• No meeting held in March 2004.
• February 2004
• January 2004
• December 2003
• November 2003
• October 21, 2003
• September 16, 2003
• August 2003
• July 15, 2003
• June 17, 2003
• May 20, 2003
• April 15, 2003
• March 18, 2003
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Presentations from past meetings
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April 27, 2005
Dorothy Green, California Water Impact Network
Toward a Sustainable Water
Future
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March 22, 2005
Fran Spivy-Weber
Southern California Drinking Water Quality Planning
Jared W. Huffman, Senior Attorney and San Joaquin River Restoration Project Manager, Natural Resources Defense Council
Restoring the San Joaquin River: Update and Perspectives from the Environmental and Fishing Community
Greg Wilkinson, Attorney with Best, Best & Krieger,
representing the Friant Water Users
Rewatering the San Joaquin
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March 2, 2005
Patrick Wright
CALFED Bay-Delta Program
Randall Neudeck
Financing
the CALFED Bay-Delta Program
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January 18, 2005
Vic Bapna, LACDPW
Sun Valley
Watershed
John Woodling, DWR
Proposition
50, Ch. 8, Integrated Regional Water Management
Update on Proposal Soliciation Package
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