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Technical Working Group Meeting September 14, 2021
1. Greetings and Introductions • Review Agenda
Agenda
Agenda
2. Co-Permittee meeting updates
3. Program Management • FY 2020/21 year-end calculations/Rollbacks
4. 2021/2022 Work Plan
Kick-off
• Subcommittees
− Safe Medicine & Sharps Disposal
o Comments on UltiMed, Inc.’s home-generated
Sharps Stewardship Plan submitted July 2, 2021
o DEA Take-back event—October 23
− Russian River-Friendly Landscaping Program
o Carbon Gardening Initiative update
o Call for Subcommittee members
o Other updates
− SSU Rising Waters
o Workshop on September 24
• Form FY workplan 22/23 subcommittee?
4. 2021/2022 Work Plan
• Key projects
− Permit Support
o Stormwater activities table update
o Residential construction waste educational materials
− BMP posters/ educational
poster for nurseries
4. 2021/2022 Work Plan
• Key projects (continued)
− Streets to Creeks
o Phase III Launch—September 27
• Maps and landing pages for the zip code campaign
coming soon
o Neighbor to Neighbor awareness campaigns are
available for community participation at
www.streetstocreeks.org/neighbor-to-neighbor
o Action Tracker is in production
o Spanish URL is live www.es.streetstocreeks.org
4. 2021/2022 Work Plan
• Key projects (continued)
− Creek Week—September 19-25, 2021
o Additional event information?
Email cleanwater@rrwatershed.org
• Area of clean-up /
organizer’s name
• Meet up area / location
• Time
• Sign-up/event information/
registration link(s)
• Event details/ information4. 2021/2022 Work Plan
• Key projects (continued)
− OWOW
o Article: Enjoy pollinators in your garden, Avoid Neonics
o Cloverdale Nursery is
interested in joining4. 2021/2022 Work Plan
• OWOW
− QR code posters are in development that
direct to the website &/or the fact sheets.
− An alternative for retailers who don't have
space for or that don’t want racks.
− Recently, folks are reluctant to take the
fact sheets.
Individual index card size Poster size4. 2021/2022 Work Plan
• Key projects (continued)
− Children’s placemats
o Spanish translation in development
o Location updates
• City of Cloverdale (2)
• Papa's Pizza Café
• MoE’s Eagles Nest Deli
• City of Cotati (2)
• Twins Restaurant Cotati
• Acme Burger Cotati
• Wing Man Cotati - Permanently closed
• City of Healdsburg (0)
• Healdsburg Bar and Grill opting out for now due to COVID
• City of Santa Rosa (1)
• Russian River Brewing Company
• City of Sebastopol (2)
• D's Diner
• Fandee's Restaurant
• City of Ukiah (2)
• Forks Café
• Mendocino Book Company
• Town of Windsor (1)
• Russian River Brewing Company
Send restaurant ideas to cleanwater@rrwatershed.org4. 2021/2022 Work Plan
• Key projects (continued)
− Environmental Articles
Agency Author FY 2021-22 List
Month Agency Draft Due to RRWA Topic
October Ukiah August 31 The Bioretention Geek
November Healdsburg September 30 Drought
December Santa Rosa October 30 TBD
January County of Mendocino November 30 TBD
February Town of Windsor December 31 TBD
March Sonoma Water January 31 TBD
April Guest/ RRWA staff February 28 TBD
May Cloverdale March 31 TBD
June Guest/ RRWA staff April 30 TBD
− BONUS September article:
“Enjoy pollinators in your garden, Avoid Neonics,”
authored by Suzanne Bontempo, of Plant Harmony
and program manager of Our Water Our World5. Russian River Watershed
Coordination
• RRWA Board of Directors meeting—
July 22 update
− Creek Week Proclamation approved
− Bilingual placemats instead of Spanish translation
− Highschool Video Contest theme
o “Drought is Here. Save Water”
− Water conservation yard signs
− Presentation by SSU – Rising WATERS
o Reports from each team were provided at a May 8, 2021
“Deep Dive: Water & Homelessness” public event.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-AQvrG0Yfg5. Russian River Watershed
Coordination
• August 21 Drought Drop-By event update
3,333 Kits distributed!
Drought Drop By Kit Distribution Drought Drop By Kit Distribution
RRWA Others
Santa Rosa 1300 Rohnert Park 50
Windsor 133 Petaluma 186
Healdsburg 75 NMWD 175
Cloverdale 292 Marin Water 200
Cotati 120 Sonoma 190
Mendocino 500 VOMWD 62
TOTAL 2,420 Cal Am 50
TOTAL 913
• The City of Santa Rosa is planning one for
October 9. It has not been determined if other cities
will joinLocal heroes Anthony Baroza,
Leif Farr, Elizabeth Salomone,
Boy Scout Troop #75 and
members of the Ukiah High Band
gave away 500 buckets
Ukiah
Windsor Cotati5. Russian River Watershed
Coordination
• Drought Campaign
− Drought mandates and local events
Conservation Mandates (RRWA Website)
Cloverdale Mandatory 35% reduction
Cotati Voluntary 20% reduction
Healdsburg Mandatory 40% reduction/74 gallons per person per day
Santa Rosa Mandatory 20% reduction
Sebastopol Mandatory 25% reduction
Ukiah Subject to Regular Updates
County of Mendocino Voluntary 20% reduction
County of Sonoma & Sonoma Water and its water contractors are required to
Sonoma Water reduce total diversions from the Russian River by 20%
Town of Windsor Mandatory 20% reduction5. Russian River Watershed
Coordination
• Regional Monitoring Program (R3MP)
− TAC meetings October 13 & November 10
o Presentations
• Streamflow data assessment
• Riparian corridor mapping
https://sites.google.com/sfei.org/r3mp/5. Russian River Watershed
Coordination
• CASQA updates
− PIPP Subcommittee July 29
− Phase II Subcommittee August 19
o Phase II GP reissuance September 166. Forum and Advocacy
• RRWA/RWQCB Quarterly Meeting—September 7
update
− October RWQCB meeting
o Andy and RRWA Vice Chair presenting
o SSU will be presenting Rising WATERS
− Long term R3MP funding strategies
− RR Confluence
o Supervisor Hopkins office facilitating watershed-wide branding
initiative. Committee includes Water Board, both counties,
Conservation Works, and volunteers.
− LID vegetation needs to be maintained during
curtailment orders
• Regional Water Board meeting—August 19 update
− Written comments for pathogen TMDL accepted until September 22
− Hearing for readoption scheduled for December7. Items of Interest
• Climate Resilience Budget Trailer Bills SB155
and SB170 passed September 9, 2021
− Both long and complex
− A few preliminary take-aways from a very quick
review:
o $3.7B package, $440M for this fiscal year
o $25M allocated for local and regional adaptation
planning this year
o $225M allocated for grants and local/regional
adaptation planning and implementation in years 2 & 37. Items of Interest
• Grant opportunities
− Applications under the Drought Resiliency Projects (DRP)
funding opportunity are due on October 5, 2021
o Funding Group I: up to $500k; Funding Group II: up to $2m
o 50% cost-share required
o Projects that protect against drought. Projects do not need to
save water. Grant will not cover rebates.
o Access the funding opportunity by searching grants.gov for
funding number R22AS00020.
− Applications under the Water and Energy Efficiency Grants
(WEEG) funding opportunity are due on November 3, 2021
o $300k - $1M/project
o 50% cost-share required
o New focus on climate change, renewable energy, indoor
water efficiency, small points for disadvantaged defined as
any community with an MHI less than 100% of the state MHI.
o Access this funding opportunity by searching grants.gov for
opportunity number R22AS00023.7. Items of Interest
• Grant opportunities
− Applications under the Environmental Water Resources Projects
(EWRP) funding opportunity are due on December 9, 2021
o Up to $2M/project
o 25% cost-share required
o Primary purpose of the project must be to benefit plant and animal species,
fish/wildlife habitat, riparian areas, and ecosystems supported by rivers,
streams, and other water sources.
o Access this funding opportunity by searching grants.gov for opportunity
number R22AS00026.
− Prop. 68 San Francisco Bay Area Conservancy Program Climate
Adaptation Funds accepting pre-proposals on a rolling basis
o $5.7m available (up to $1m/project)
o No match required
o Project planning and design is eligible
o Projects that use natural infrastructure and provide multiple benefits will be
prioritized
− Applications under USFWS National Fish Passage Program
funding opportunity are due December 31, 2021
o $15.3m available ($2m/project)
o 50% cost-share required
o Projects to restore fish passage such as dam removal, road culverts
(installation/replacement), bridges, water diversions, installation of fishways7. Items of Interest
• Funding program updates
− Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)
o $3.46b added on August 8
o To be eligible, project must be covered in a local
Hazard Mitigation Plan
− IRWM Round 2 Implementation Grant
o Applications will be due either March or September
2022 depending on IRWM region
− California Infrastructure Funding
o State budget includes $5.1 billion over the next 4
years to the state’s “water resilience and drought
preparedness and response”
o Includes $85m for groundwater cleanup and water
recycling projects7. Items of Interest
• Letters of Support for WIPPES Act (HR 4602)
• AB 818 (Bloom) passed off the Senate Floor with a
39-0 vote on 8/30, and the Assembly Floor in
concurrence with a 76-0 vote on 9/1.
− RRWA signed on to a letter requesting Governor Newsom
sign AB 818 into law
• Sonoma Water’s Water and Energy Education
program is ready for the return to in-person
learning!
− Teachers and districts to provide in class, on campus
(outdoors), field trips, or virtual lessons.
− 2021/2022 brochure was mailed to every teacher in
service areas.
− Two new programs to highlight this month:
o Drought education and resources
o A Call to Action7. Items of Interest
• Sonoma Water’s High School Video Contest winners on
KRCB channel 22!
− The first-place video debuted on July 21
− The second-place video debuted July 23
− The third-place video debuted July 25
− All 3 videos played to the end of August
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJmtGYiilyQ
• 2022 Theme “Drought is Here. Save Water”
− Anticipated 2022 timeline
o January – Info packets will be mailed to all media teachers and
science chairs at every high school in our service area (all of
Sonoma County, Mendocino County, and Novato)
o April – videos are due
o May 18, 6pm – Award Ceremony at Sonoma Water (in conjunction
with our small grants program showcase)
o June – Final video compilation will be distributed to the Board8. Public Comment 9. Adjourn
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