Meeting Agenda

Thursday, November 29, 2012

10:00 am - noon

Sierra Hearing Room – CalEPA Building
1001 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95812-2815

John Laird, Secretary for Natural Resources, Council Chair

Matt Rodriquez, Secretary for Environmental Protection

John Chiang, State Controller, Chair of the State Lands Commission

Geraldine Knatz, Public Member

Fran Pavley, State Senator

Toni Atkins, State Assemblymember

Thursday, November 29, 2012

10:00 am*

1. Welcome and Council Member Announcements

Secretary Laird, Council Chair

2. Report from the Executive Director

Cat Kuhlman, Executive Director, OPC

a. ACTION: Consideration and possible approval of OPC Meeting Schedule for 2013.

3. Report from the Science Advisor

Skyli McAfee, Executive Director, California Ocean Science Trust

ACTION ITEMS

4. Sea-Level Rise: Authorization to disburse up to $2,500,000 to fund competitive grants to create vulnerability assessments, data collection and updates to Local Coastal Programs to help local governments plan for adaptation to sea-level rise and associated climate change impacts along the open coast of California. [Letters of support]

Charles Lester, Coastal Commission

Sam Schuchat, Coastal Conservancy

Mary Small, OPC

INFORMATIONAL ITEMS

5. Coast and Ocean Geo-spatial Data: Report on progress by the OPC and its partners to support state agencies’ use and sharing of scientific and geospatial information for coastal- and ocean-relevant decision making.

Laura Engemen and Clare O’Reilly, OPC

6. Water Quality: Report on the State Water Resources Control Board’s proposed trash policy that will identify trash as a separate pollutant and establish methods to control trash pollution in waterways, statewide.

Jonathon Bishop, State Water Resources Control Board

7. Water Quality: Report evaluating the impact of 40 years of implementing the Clean Water Act on the Southern California coastal ocean.

Ken Schiff, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project

8. Council Member Requests for Future Agenda Items

Cat Kuhlman, OPC Executive Director

9. Public comment on non-agenda items

10. Arrangements for Next Meeting and Adjournment

*Note: Agenda items may be reordered at the discretion of the council chair.

Questions about the meeting or agenda can be directed Joanna Stone (916) 653-9710 or joanna.stone@resources.ca.gov. Any person who has a disability and requires reasonable accommodation to participate in this council meeting should contact Ms. Stone no later than five days prior to meeting.