Meeting of the Contra Costa Watershed Forum

Wednesday March 14, 2007

 (Mingle over coffee, juice and bagels 9:00 – 9:30)

 Mt. View Sanitary District Board Meeting Room in Martinez (map is on the back)

9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Agenda

 9:00     Coffee, juice and bagels.  Mt. View Sanitary District will provide coffee.  The County Community Development Department will bring food and juice; donations are accepted (please bring a mug to minimize our use of paper or plastic cups).

9:30     Roundtable news/updates, including, but not limited to, the following items:

·        Welcome from Mt. View Sanitary District (David Contreras, District Manager)

·        Committee and Project Updates

o       Executive Committee Report

o       Historical Ecology Project Update (John Kopchik, CCC Community Development Dept).

o       Third Quadrennial Creek and Watershed Symposium Subcommittee (Kae Ono, CCC Community Development Dept).

o       Follow-up on Walnut Creek Watershed Panel Discussion from the January meeting (Abby Fateman, CCC Community Development Dept.)

o       Update on the Volunteer Creek Monitoring Program (Michelle Luebke, CCC Community Development Dept.)

·        Watershed Roundtable (all). 

10:05   Update from the Website Subcommittee.  Preview of the New Contra Costa Watershed Forum Website (Abby Fateman, CCC Community Development Dept. and David Siedband, Wolf & Associates).

 10:25   Volunteer Creek Monitoring Program 2006 Awards Ceremony (Michelle Luebke, CCC Community Development Dept.)

 10:40   A Whirlwind Tour of US Estuaries Outside California, an outgrowth of the December 2006 Estuary Conference in New Orleans (Susan Schwartz, Friends of Five Creeks).

11:10   Watershed Spotlight:  East County Watersheds.  First Year Results of an Agricultural Beneficial Management Practice to Improve Water Quality (Mark Lane, Contra Costa Resource Conservation District).

11:30   Adjourn to the May 9, 2007 Contra Costa Watershed Forum meeting.

The CCWF will provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities planning to attend CCWF meetings who contact Kae Ono at least 24 hours before the meeting.  Agenda items for the CCWF meetings are discussed by the Executive Committee.   The next Executive Committee is scheduled for April 11 at lunch time.  If you would like to attend this meeting, please contact Kae Ono, who can be reached at 925-335-1230 or kono@cd.cccounty.us.