Status of AC Input from Last Meeting

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Status of AC Input from Last Meeting
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Overview

• Input received on Strategic Planning Elements
  (Mission, Vision, Guiding Principles) the 7 Key
  Content Areas
• Input on issues categorized by status.

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Vision

• Californias water resource management
  preserves and enhances public health and the
  standard of living for Californians strengthens
  economic growth, business vitality, and the
  agricultural industry and restores and protects
  Californias unique environmental diversity.

• Add safety to the vision enhances public
  health and safety. This is especially needed
  with regards to flood management.
• In the Vision statement, add 2 concepts
• 1) Flood control to enhance public health and
  safety
• 2) Affordability for all Californians
• Avoid the term flood control. Instead use the
  term flood management or floodplain management

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Mission

• To develop a strategic plan that guides
  State, local, and regional entities in planning,
  developing, and managing adequate, reliable,
  secure, affordable, and sustainable water of
  suitable quality for all beneficial uses.

• Consider affordability of water for all
  Californians.

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Goals

• 1. State government supports good water planning
  and management through leadership, oversight, and
  public funding.
• 2. Regional efforts play a central role in
  California water planning and management.
• 3. Water planning and urban development protect,
  preserve, and enhance environmental and
  agricultural resources.
• Include suburban development with
  urban development
• 4. Natural resource and land use planners make
  informed water management decisions.
• 5. Water decisions and access are equitable
  across all communities.
• Add a new goal Planning and decisions
  are made in the context of future uncertainty,
  including, population growth, climate change,
  emerging conditions, and emerging water quality
  concerns.

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Guiding Principles (Chapter 2 Vol. 1)

• Use a broad, long-term perspective.
• Extend future time horizon for planning
  projections beyond year 2030.
• Identify broad benefits, costs, and tradeoffs.
• Promote sustainable resource management.
• Increase regional self-sufficiency.
• Increase regional drought preparedness.
• Promote environmental justice.
• Include consideration of affordability of water
  for all Californians.
• Promote coordination and collaboration among
  local agencies and governments.
• Use sound science, best data, and local
  knowledge.
• Include a statement that the Water Plan will use
  the best available information for Climate
  Change.

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Key Content Areas

• 1. As needed update, review and revise the
  vision, mission, and goals of the Water Plan,
  initiatives, recommendations, and actions.
• 2. Develop multiple scenarios of future
  California water conditions. Use to evaluate
  different combinations of resource management
  strategies for a range of water demand and supply
  assumptions.
• Be consistent with the Department of Finances
  population projections.
• Extend future time horizon for planning
  projections beyond year 2030.
• 3. Develop climate change scenarios to evaluate
  impacts on Californias water resources and water
  systems, and to recommend statewide and regional
  adaptation strategies.
• Investigation, mitigation, and adaptation to
  climate change impacts.
• 4. Update Regional Reports for the 10 Hydrologic
  Regions, and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and
  Mountain Counties. Use information from the
  regional outreach process to describe critical
  issues, initiatives, and the effectiveness of
  regional planning efforts.

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Key Content Areas (Continued..)

• 5. Update the 25 Resource Management Strategies.
• 6. Estimate and present actual water uses,
  supplies, and quality (Water Portfolios) for
  water years 1998 through 2005. Improve methods
  for representing consumptive and non-consumptive
  environmental water uses, and where reuse of
  water is occurring.
• 7. Improve information exchange, conceptual
  models, and analytical tools.
• 8. Incorporate findings recommendations from
  companion State strategic plans into Update 2009.
• Coordination, integration, and synthesis of the
  different planning efforts throughout the state,
  including flood management plans, IRWMPs, and
  watershed plans.

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Conclusion

• We are listening.
• This is an iterative process.
• There will be many opportunities to review and
  give input as we make revisions.

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Comments/Questions/Discussion