Technical Working Group Meeting December 8, 2020 1. Greetings and - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Technical Working Group Meeting

December 8, 2020

• 1. Greetings and

Introductions

• Review Agenda

Agenda

Agenda

2. Co-Permittee meeting updates

3. 2020/2021 Project Updates

• Storm Water Program Updates

− Streets to Creeks—Phase II update − OWOW Radio Interview

• Nuestra Tierra/Our Earth

radio station interview Advertised in English and Spanish https://kbbf.org/nuestra-tierra

3. 2020/2021 Project Updates

• Storm Water Program Updates (continued)

− Creek Week Updates

• 2020 Coastal Cleanup—Sponsorship of $500.00
• Helped to successfully promote, coordinate, and implement

the Coastwalk Cleanup Crew, a year long pilot that enables individuals and families to safely perform beach cleanups during the Covid 19 pandemic.

• 65 individuals in the Coastwalk Cleanup Crew —13 are

families with school age children.

• Cleanups using Clean Swell App.
• Community Of Geyserville
• 6 participants. The 1/2 truckload collected was weighed and

counted with the Clean Team/Riverkeeper totals.

• City Of Santa Rosa
• 21 volunteers that participated in various neighborhood

cleanups

• 64 participants in Zoom Bird Webinar
• 101 views of our Creek Tour posted on You Tube.

Previous Creek Week Updates from October

• Town of Windsor

− 16 people participated − Collected ~500 pounds of litter (17 bags) − Windsor Soroptimist Club, Windsor High School Girls Wrestling Team and 2 resident teams

• Ukiah Valley Community And Creek Cleanup 2020

− 54 people in 24 COVID bubbles cleaned creeks and dry land throughout the upper Russian River Watershed. − Collected 1260 pounds of litter and recycling.

• Russian Riverkeeper: Healdsburg, Guerneville, Steelhead Beach,

And Mark West Creek

− Over 33,000 pounds of trash in the month of September − Pulled out at least 16 tires, 4 appliances, and lots and lots of single-use food packaging

3. 2020/2021 Project Updates

• Storm Water Program

Updates (continued)

• LID Training Outreach
• Boosted 11/25-30
• $30 spent
• 776 reached
• 76 engagements,

including 63 shares,

• 1 message received

asking for more information

3. 2020/2021 Project Updates

• Subcommittee Updates

− Russian River-Friendly Landscaping

• 2021 Event for Landscape Professionals
• Two-part event
• February 2 from 11:30 am to 2 pm
• February 3 from 11:30 am to 1 pm
• Carbon Gardening for 21/22 Work Plan

4. 2021/2022 Work Plan Planning and Draft 3

• Timeline for development and adoption
• Projects review

− Executive Director Services − General Benefit − Special Benefit

• Next Steps

− Operating Budgets needed ASAP

RRWA Work Plan Proposed Timeline for development and adoption December 8 TWG review draft scope and budget December 17 BOD review draft scope, approval to proceed January 2021 ED meets with individual members (optional) February 09 TWG review final WP February 25 BOD considers approval

5. Russian River Watershed Coordination

• Regional Monitoring Program (R3MP)
• RRWA/RWQCB quarterly Lunch

Meeting – December 9

• Upcoming RWQCB meetings/items

https://sites.google.com/sfei.org/r3mp/

6. Technical Working Group Business

• Environmental Article 2021 author list

− February: Rohnert Park Guest Author RRWA Staff − March: Sonoma Water − April: Guest author/RRWA Staff − May: Cloverdale − June: Rohnert Park Guest author/RRWA Staff

• TWG Roles and Responsibilities document

– Final recommended revisions ASAP

7. Items of Interest

• MS4 litigation update
• Grant opportunity update

− Grant of up to $4,000 to purchase and install select UltraTech stormwater products https://keepmarinasclean.com/#apply − Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) Funding Opportunity: September-November 2020 Wildfires (DR-4569)

https://www.grants.ca.gov/grants/404-hazard-mitigation-grant-program/

• Estimated available funding: $500,000 and Match Requirement: 25%
• Draft Senate Bill—Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention,

And Natural Resources Protection Bond Act Of 2020

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB45

7. Items of Interest

• High School Video Awards update

− Great news! Awards ceremony will be hosted in 2021. − 31 school principals, science chairs, and media teachers were contacted

• Students can choose to individually enter the contest by making a

video at home.

− Students who started their videos last year, may submit them this spring

• Deadline for video submissions is Friday, April 9, 2021
• The website reflects all the changes, and the forms are

current: www.sonomawater.org/video-contests

• Most video submissions are submitted using our online

upload form—students are NOT allowed to drop them off at Sonoma Water.

• Planning to have the winning videos play on KRCB

channel 22—videos will NOT run in the theater this year. (unless the COVID-19 situation changes)

7. Items of Interest

• NCRP Update

− The next NCRP quarterly meeting is scheduled to be held on Friday, December 11th beginning at 10:00 am via conference call. Topics for the meeting include:

• Celebrating more than 10 years of NCRP Leadership by

Supervisor Judy Morris

• Updates from State Partners,
• NCRP Governance Policies,
• A Regional Forest & Fire Capacity Program Update and an
• verview of the NCRP Leadership Handbook for 2020.

− 2021 Meeting Dates

• January 15th - Ukiah (or remote)
• April 16th - Weaverville
• July 16th - Eureka
• October 15th - Yreka

• 8. Public Comment
• 9. Adjourn