DOCSLIB.ORG

Boulder Creek Vegetation Treatment EA

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Boulder Creek Vegetation Treatment EA Boulder Creek Vegetation Project Environmental Assessment DOI-BLM-ID-C020-2017-0007-EA U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Cottonwood Field Office 2 Butte Drive, Cottonwood, Idaho 83522 October 2018 CONTENTS Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Proposal and Background: .................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Purpose and Need ................................................................................................................. 3 1.3 Land Use Plan Conformance ................................................................................................ 3 1.4 Scoping and Public Involvement .......................................................................................... 4 2.0 Proposed Action and Alternatives ............................................................................................ 4 2.1 Alternative A (Proposed Action) .......................................................................................... 4 2.2 Alternative B (Reduced New Roads/Stream Crossings): ..................................................... 6 2.3 Alterative C (Existing Roads Only): ..................................................................................... 6 2.4 Alternative D (No Action Alternative): ................................................................................ 6 2.5 Summary of Action Alternatives: ......................................................................................... 7 3.0 Affected Environment and Environmental Impacts ................................................................. 7 3.1 Scope of Analysis ................................................................................................................. 7 3.2 Forest Vegetation .................................................................................................................. 9 3.3 Fuels .................................................................................................................................... 15 3.4 Soils..................................................................................................................................... 17 3.5 Water Resources ................................................................................................................. 21 3.6 Fisheries, Aquatic Habitats, and Special Status Aquatic Species ....................................... 26 3.7 Wildlife, Habitat, and Special Status Species ..................................................................... 43 3.8 Economic Conditions .......................................................................................................... 59 3.9 Livestock Grazing ............................................................................................................... 60 4.0 Tribes, Individuals, Organizations, or Agencies Consulted ................................................... 61 5.0 List of Preparers ...................................................................................................................... 61 Appendix A: Maps ...................................................................................................................... A-1 Appendix B: References Cited.................................................................................................... B-1 Appendix C: Land Use Plan Conformance ................................................................................. C-1 Appendix D: Project Design Features......................................................................................... D-1 Appendix E: Issues not Analyzed in Detail ................................................................................. E-1 Appendix F: Fisheries, Aquatic Habitats, and Special Status Species ........................................ F-1 Appendix G: BLM Sensitive Wildlife Species ........................................................................... G-1 Boulder Creek Vegetation Project EA (DOI-BLM-ID-C020-2017-0007-EA) 2 Introduction 1.1 Proposal and Background: The BLM proposes to implement a vegetation management project designed to improve forest health and resilience, enhance wildlife habitat, and reduce the potential impact of a wildfire to public lands and adjacent private property. The project area is located approximately 11 air- miles north of New Meadows, Idaho in northern Adams County. (See Appendix A, Map A-1). 1.2 Purpose and Need The purpose of the Boulder Creek Vegetation Project is to address a goal from the Approved Cottonwood Resource Management Plan (RMP) (BLM 2009), which states “Manage forests to maintain or improve forest health, composition, structure, and diversity consistent with site potential, and Historical Range of Variability.” To accomplish this goal, the proposed action would improve forest health and resilience by maintaining or moving current conditions found on the Boulder Creek project area toward the desired future conditions identified in the RMP for forest vegetation through treatments that would: • Promote large tree forest structure, reduce high stand density levels and the associated risk of large scale insect and disease events, favor early seral species composition (for example, ponderosa pine, western larch, and Douglas-fir), and provide economic opportunities to resource dependent communities; • Promote achievement of diverse wildlife habitat conditions by promoting forest structure and spatial arrangements as described in the RMP that favor an array of forest dependent species (for example, create openings, enhance cover and forage, retain large trees, provide security, and maintain/promote desired snag levels); • Reduce the wildfire hazard within and adjacent to the wildland-urban interface (WUI) and increase the resilience of vegetative communities to fire by moving toward more characteristic fire regimes and fuel conditions; • Reduce potential for sediment delivery from identified road segments. The need for this project is based on the departure of current forest stand conditions from desired conditions and goals for watershed quality described in the RMP. These departures include: • A change in the forest structure from an increase of small and medium tree size class and decrease in large tree size classes; • A decrease in early seral species such as western larch and ponderosa pine; • A change toward high canopy cover; • An increase in ground and surface fuels and a decrease in fire resilient species; • Less than desired conditions for watershed function and integrity for Trail Creek and Boulder Creek. 1.3 Land Use Plan Conformance The proposed action would specifically be in conformance with the Forest Vegetation Goal from the Approved Cottonwood RMP, as stated in the Purpose and Need above. The proposed action would also be in conformance with other applicable RMP decisions listed in Appendix C. Boulder Creek Vegetation Project EA (DOI-BLM-ID-C020-2017-0007-EA) 3 1.4 Scoping and Public Involvement The BLM solicited public comments about this proposal from January 3 to February 3 2017. During this time the BLM received two comment submissions. We considered these comments when developing the alternatives described in Section 2.0 and when identifying issues for analysis described in Section 3. 2.0 Proposed Action and Alternatives In addition to the proposed action (Alternative A), the BLM developed two action alternatives: Alternative B (Reduced New Roads/Stream Crossings) and Alternative C (Existing Roads Only). As a baseline for effects analysis, the BLM also considered a No Action Alternative (Alternative D). The proposed action and alternatives are described in detail below. 2.1 Alternative A (Proposed Action) The BLM would implement mechanical treatment on approximately 2,427 acres, prescribed burning on 4,625 acres, and decommission 4.24 miles of road. The mechanical treatments will be divided into three to four separate entries with the first two occurring south of Boulder Creek and the third and possibly fourth occurring north of Boulder Creek. The entry time frames would be spaced two to three years apart due to contract terms and time needed to complete treatment area preparation (i.e. unit layout, tree marking etc.). Prescribed burning would follow these entries. Maps A-2 and A-3 in Appendix A shows the locations of proposed treatments. Actual treatment acres may be less than depicted due to steep slope inclusions, equipment limitations, or other unique features. Mechanical Treatments The BLM would implement four types of mechanical treatments on a total of 2,427 acres (see Table 2.5 in Section 2.5): improvement thinning, non-commercial thinning, even-aged harvest, and uneven-aged harvest. Improvement Thinning – 1,622 acres. Improvement thinning would primarily consist of low thinning often termed “thinning from below” (removing trees from the lower crown), but would also include crown thinning (removing some of the dominant and co-dominant trees) and sanitation cutting to address the spread of insect or disease outbreaks. The objective is to improve the existing stands by retaining the largest diameter classes, promoting fire-resilient stands, and reducing the number of stems, without effort directed at regeneration. The proposed treatments would thin stands by removing diseased and less desirable species such as grand fir (Abies grandis). Emphasis
Load more

Recommended publications
  • California Fire Siege 2007 an Overview Cover Photos from Top Clockwise: the Santiago Fire Threatens a Development on October 23, 2007
    CALIFORNIA FIRE SIEGE 2007 AN OVERVIEW Cover photos from top clockwise: The Santiago Fire threatens a development on October 23, 2007. (Photo credit: Scott Vickers, istockphoto) Image of Harris Fire taken from Ikhana unmanned aircraft on October 24, 2007. (Photo credit: NASA/U.S. Forest Service) A firefighter tries in vain to cool the flames of a wind-whipped blaze. (Photo credit: Dan Elliot) The American Red Cross acted quickly to establish evacuation centers during the siege. (Photo credit: American Red Cross) Opposite Page: Painting of Harris Fire by Kate Dore, based on photo by Wes Schultz. 2 Introductory Statement In October of 2007, a series of large wildfires ignited and burned hundreds of thousands of acres in Southern California. The fires displaced nearly one million residents, destroyed thousands of homes, and sadly took the lives of 10 people. Shortly after the fire siege began, a team was commissioned by CAL FIRE, the U.S. Forest Service and OES to gather data and measure the response from the numerous fire agencies involved. This report is the result of the team’s efforts and is based upon the best available information and all known facts that have been accumulated. In addition to outlining the fire conditions leading up to the 2007 siege, this report presents statistics —including availability of firefighting resources, acreage engaged, and weather conditions—alongside the strategies that were employed by fire commanders to create a complete day-by-day account of the firefighting effort. The ability to protect the lives, property, and natural resources of the residents of California is contingent upon the strength of cooperation and coordination among federal, state and local firefighting agencies.
    [Show full text]
  • Southern Marin Fire Protection District
    Southern Marin Fire Protection District Board of Directors Cathryn Hilliard, President, Peter Fleming, Vice President Kurt Chun, Thomas Perazzo, Dan St. John, Stephen Willis, Cristine DeBerry OPERATIONS, TRAINING STAFF REPORT Board Meeting Date: June 24, 2020 Incidents & Operational Highlights: The Southern Marin Fire Protection District and the Mill Valley Fire Departments continued to focus on fire season preparations from late May through June. Since the last board meeting, our community maintains its path towards the new normal during this pandemic. This has necessitated a safe shift in posture back towards the new normal for our fire stations as we pivot in opening portions of our stations to the public. Melding the provisions of social distancing into the team effort that is the fire service is proving to be challenging (but not impossible) as California enters another wildland fire season. The new methods, processes, and activities were exercised early June during the Quail Fire (Solano County). It was clear that additional work is necessary to manage with social distancing large teams of firefighters during deployment. In the midst of spiking COVID- 19 cases throughout the nation and in Marin County, civil unrest (Black Lives Matter) has emerged, causing concern for the spread of disease, as numerous peaceful protests occurred throughout our region Mid-June. Our teams provided significant effort to support law enforcement and community leaders to ensure safe demonstrations and community gatherings in locations such as Marin City, Mill Valley, and the Golden Gate Bridge. During these challenging times, the staff of the Southern Marin Fire and Mill Valley Fire are continuing to be useful to the community.
    [Show full text]
  • The 2007 Southern California Wildfires: Lessons in Complexity
    fire The 2007 Southern California Wildfires: Lessons in Complexity s is evidenced year after year, the na- ture of the “fire problem” in south- Jon E. Keeley, Hugh Safford, C.J. Fotheringham, A ern California differs from most of Janet Franklin, and Max Moritz the rest of the United States, both by nature and degree. Nationally, the highest losses in ϳ The 2007 wildfire season in southern California burned over 1,000,000 ac ( 400,000 ha) and property and life caused by wildfire occur in included several megafires. We use the 2007 fires as a case study to draw three major lessons about southern California, but, at the same time, wildfires and wildfire complexity in southern California. First, the great majority of large fires in expansion of housing into these fire-prone southern California occur in the autumn under the influence of Santa Ana windstorms. These fires also wildlands continues at an enormous pace cost the most to contain and cause the most damage to life and property, and the October 2007 fires (Safford 2007). Although modest areas of were no exception because thousands of homes were lost and seven people were killed. Being pushed conifer forest in the southern California by wind gusts over 100 kph, young fuels presented little barrier to their spread as the 2007 fires mountains experience the same negative ef- reburned considerable portions of the area burned in the historic 2003 fire season. Adding to the size fects of long-term fire suppression that are of these fires was the historic 2006–2007 drought that contributed to high dead fuel loads and long evident in other western forests (e.g., high distance spotting.
    [Show full text]
  • Unit Strategic Fire Plan
    Unit Strategic Fire Plan CAL FIRE/Riverside County Fire May 2020 CAL FIRE/Riverside Unit Strategic Fire Plan Page 1 Table of Contents SIGNATURE PAGE .........................................................................................3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................4 SECTION I: UNIT OVERVIEW UNIT DESCRIPTION .......................................................................................6 UNIT PREPAREDNESSAND FIREFIGHTING CAPABILITIES ............................... 12 SECTION II: COLLABORATION DEVELOPMENT TEAM .................................................................................................................... 14 SECTION III: VALUES AT RISK IDENTIFICATION OF VALUES AT RISK ............................................................ 17 COMMUNITIES AT RISK ................................................................................. 22 SECTION IV: PRE‐FIRE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FIRE PREVENTION ........................................................................................ 24 ENGINEERING & STRUCTURE IGNITABILITY................................................... 27 INFORMATIONANDEDUCATION ................................................................... 28 VEGETATION MANAGEMENT ..................................................................... 29 SECTION V: PRE‐FIRE MANAGEMENT TACTICS DIVISION / BATTALION / PROGRAM PLANS .................................................. 41 APPENDIX A: HIGH PRIORITY PRE‐FIRE PROJECTS .......................................
    [Show full text]
  • CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES ~ FEMA EM - 3287-CA Total Incidents from 6/22/08 - 8/06/08
    CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES ~ FEMA EM - 3287-CA Total Incidents from 6/22/08 - 8/06/08 BEAR WALLOW SHF JUNE LIGHTNING 12,067 Acres 31 Acres Started 6/21/2008 Started 6/21/2008 UKONOM COMPLEX PANTHER FIRE ALPS COMPLEX 43,390 Acres 11,022 Acres 3,026 Acres Started 6/23/2008 Started 7/24/2008 WHISKEYTOWN COMPLEX Started 6/21/2008 6,240 Acres BLUE 2 FIRE SISKIYOU Started 6/21/2008 6,950 Acres COMPLEX GOULD FIRE Started 6/20/2008 57,785 Acres 229 Acres SHU LIGHTNING COMPLEX PETERSON COMPLEX Started 6/21/2008 Started 6/21/2008 86,500 Acres 7,842 Acres Started 6/21/2008 Started 6/21/2008 MAD COMPLEX DEL 3,705 Acres NORTE CORRAL FIRE Started 6/20/2008 12,434 Acres SISKIYOU Started 6/23/2008 MODOC IRON COMPLEX TGU LIGHTNING COMPLEX 83,340 Acres 22,907 Acres Started 6/21/2008 Started 6/21/2008 HELL'S HALF COMPLEX 15,146 Acres LMU JUNE LIGHTNING Started 6/20/2008 SHASTA 50 Acres Started 6/21/2008 LIME COMPLEX HUMBOLDT 63,192 Acres LASSEN Started 6/20/2008 CUB COMPLEX MILL COMPLEX 19,718 Acres 2,100 Acres HUMBOLDT COMPLEX Started 6/21/2008 Started 6/22/2008 1,325 Acres TRINITY Started 6/21/2008 CANYON COMPLEX RICH FIRE TEHAMA 6,570 Acres PLUMAS 37,357 Acres Started 7/29/2008 YOLLA BOLLY COMPLEX Started6/21/2008 6,625 Acres Started 6/21/2008 CRAIG FIRE GLENN SIERRA YUBA RIVER COMPLEX BUTTE 2,500 Acres MEU LIGHTNING COMPLEX 4,254 Acres Started 8/03/2008 54,817 Acres Started 6/21/2008 Started 6/21/2008 MENDOCINO COLUSA YUBA AMERICAN RIVER COMPLEX LAKE NEVADA SODA COMPLEX 20,541 Acres 8,632 Acres Started 6/21/2008 Started 6/21/2008 SUTTER PLACER CAPPS FIRE
    [Show full text]
  • Attachment a ‐ Forest Service Wildfire, NEPA, and Salvage Summary
    Attachment A ‐ Forest Service Wildfire, NEPA, and Salvage Summary Fiscal Year 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2007‐2016 Number of Fires 1 63 64 53 33 66 79 56 56 127 110 707 Total fire acres on NFS 2 1,751,118 1,326,893 549,108 211,327 1,489,029 2,411,413 1,141,353 741,465 1,587,843 1,038,686 12,248,235 High severity acres on NFS 3 842,658 368,595 268,944 76,192 619,020 809,720 513,957 265,045 489,668 397,654 4,651,453 Number of NEPA decisions identified 4 129 Acres of salvage planned in NEPA 5 218 17,255 2,134 14,010 22,761 28,937 13,809 13,264 112,388 Number of NEPA decisions litigated 6 125110332422 Litigation cases won by USFS 7 013110131112 Litigation cases lost by USFS 8 1120001011 7 Litigation cases pending 9 0000001002 3 Acres of salvage reported accomplished 10 328 2,665 8,125 3,464 8,774 6,916 11,672 19,792 16,926 21,234 99,896 1 Fires burning more than 1,000 acres on NFS land 10 Salvage harvest activity records identified as awarded in Forest Service Activity 2 Total acres inside fire perimeter on NFS land Tracking System (FACTS) by GIS analysis of fire perimeters. 3 Classified as greater than 75% mortality using Rapid Assessment of Vegetation Condition after Wildfire (RAVG) 4 Identified by fire salvage keyword search in PALS (Planning Appeals and Disclaimer: Only the litigation data is believed to be 100% complete and Litigation System) or reported with sale activity records in Forest Service systems accurate.
    [Show full text]
  • St.Benedicts to Close Long-Term Care Unit in Jerome by Laura Lundquist Benedicts Was Also Going to Have to Director Christy Davies Said
    87 / 57 Gooding parents are putting the tennis ball TO TIE A FLY back in the school Twin Falls man hooked on hobby >>> Outdoors 1 districts court Sunny, warm. >>> Sports 1 Business 4 WINDFALL >>> General Electric invests in Hagerman and Burley wind farms, BUSINESS 1 THURSDAY 75 CENTS July 1, 2010 TIMES-NEWS Magicvalley.com Millions of dollars head to Idaho counties Twin Falls Co. to receive $1.5 million for federal lands By Nick Coltrain Times-News writer Twin Falls Countys coffers will be a bit fuller thanks to the federal government’s full payment in lieu of taxes for federal land the county cant tax. The county will receive more than $1.53 mil- lion from the U.S. Interior Department, part of $358.1 million distributed by the agency. Idaho will receive $25.28 million, according to the See PILT, Main 2 MEAGAN THOMPSON/Times-News Hailey rallies Krishna Subedi, 15, holds the baby of her family, 1-year-old Sujan Subedi, as other family members exit their home Wednesday afternoon in Twin Falls. The for Bergdahl Subedis have run into tough times after moving from a Bhutanese refugee camp in Nepal. By Ariel Hansen Times-News writer HAILEY — When Hailey resident Steve “Gus” Snyder sees a UPS driver with a years worth of beard driving past, he always pauses to REFUGEE REFORM place his hand over his chest. Local agencies unsure of some proposed changes effectiveness Like so many residents of the Wood River Valley,Snyder wants to show he hasnt forgotten By Laura Lundquist “It can be a disincentive to work,” he have struggled to find work.
    [Show full text]
  • 2016-Winter.Pdf
    ATHLETIC GEAR FOR FIREFIGHTERS.TM GLOBETURNOUTGEAR.COM Winter 2016 Fire Fighter Quarterly vol. 99 no.1 21 18 2426 Cover Features Departments 10 Zadroga 14 The Bright New Future for Big Data n 5 From the General President Reauthorization New data systems bring value proposition n 7 From the General Passes Congress to fire fighters Secretary-Treasurer IAFF efforts prove key in renewing of the 9/11 16 The Evolving Role of Drones n 9 Letters Health and in the Fire Service n 20 Local Scene Compensation Act Exploring the use of drones for emergency response n 24 Across the IAFF n 36 Retirees 18 Building a Home for n 42 Never Forget Fire Fighters Battling Cancer Houston Local 341 takes lead in creating n 43 Last Alarm model facility for cancer care for fire fighters Download the IAFF Frontline App from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Search for Connect with IAFF Frontline and download the app for your mobile device. the IAFF Visit Fire Fighter Quarterly online at www.iaff.org/mag Apple Android WINTER 2016 3 QUARTERLY Harold A. Schaitberger General President Harold A. Schaitberger, Editor Thomas H. Miller General Secretary-Treasurer Jeff Zack, Supervising Editor Jane Blume, Director of Communications, Managing Editor IAFF EXECUTIVE BOARD 10th District James T. Ferguson Mark Treglio, Staff Writer Kristin Craine, Staff Writer Tim Burn, Staff Writer 1st District 3029 Buchanan Street William Romaka San Francisco, CA 94123-4201 Kristin Hazlett, Graphic Artist Mesha Williams, Staff Writer 427 Spruce Avenue (415) 760-8063 (Cell) Cindy Pinkney, Administrative Assistant West Islip, NY 11795 (415) 474-4121 (Fax) Craig Renfro, Advertising Director • (972) 416-9782 • [email protected] (631) 893-9116 (Office) 11th District (917) 834-1414 (Cell) Sandy McGhee Periodical postage paid at Washington, 1750 New York Avenue, N.W.
    [Show full text]
  • Table of Contents Table of Contents
    Yuma County CWPP 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................................... I TABLE OF FIGURES ............................................................................................................................................ III LIST OF TABLES .................................................................................................................................................. III EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ....................................................................................................................................... 1 TAKE HOME MESSAGE ............................................................................................................................................... 2 HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT ................................................................................................................................. 2 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................................. 4 THE NATIONAL FIRE PLAN AND THE HEALTHY FORESTS RESTORATION ACT ......................................................... 5 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ..................................................................................................................................... 6 COLLABORATION: COMMUNITY AND AGENCIES ...............................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • The PSW Firemapper: a Resource for Forest and Fire Imaging
    Airborne Fire Mapping Dr. Philip J. Riggan: 951 203 7519 USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station www.fireimaging.com The PSW FireMapper: A resource for forest and fire imaging •Fire spread and intensity •Aerial retardant application and effectiveness •Postfire resource assessment •Mapping forest mortality and fuels www.fireimaging.com Cedar Fire, San Diego County, California, midday, 26 October 2003 As viewed by the PSW FireMapper thermal-imaging radiometer 500 C 300 C 200 C 60 C 40 C Cedar Fire, San Diego County, California, 26 October 2003 As viewed by the PSW FireMapper thermal-imaging radiometer 500 C 300 C 200 C 60 C 40 C Cedar Fire, San Diego County, California, 26 October 2003 As viewed by the PSW FireMapper thermal-imaging radiometer 500 C 300 C 200 C 60 C 40 C Ground-surface temperatures at 11:34 am (pass 2). Esperanza Fire, Riverside County, California, 26 October 2006 As viewed by the PSW FireMapper thermal-imaging radiometer >600 400 200 75 74 0 Color-coded ground-surface temperatures as viewed from the northwest along four flight lines between 11:17 and 11:43 PST. Fire was actively spreading to the southwest under Santa Ana winds. Note the broken appearance of the head of the fire at lower right where it encountered young vegetation. FireMapper is now deployed for active-fire mapping aboard Forest Service aircraft N127Z and may be ordered through the Southern Operations Coordination Center. Esperanza Fire, Riverside County, California, 26 October 2006 As viewed by the PSW FireMapper thermal-imaging radiometer with winds simulated by the NCAR Coupled Atmosphere Wildland Fire Environment model Color-coded ground-surface temperatures as viewed from the south along four flight lines between 11:17 and 11:43 PST.
    [Show full text]
  • The 2007 Southern California Wildfires: Lessons in Complexity
    Western Ecological Research Center Publication Brief for Resource Managers Release: Contact: Phone: Email and web page: September 2009 Dr. Jon E. Keeley 559-565-3170 [email protected] http://www.werc.usgs.gov/products/personinfo.asp?PerPK=33 Sequoia and Kings Canyon Field Station, USGS Western Ecological Research Center, 47050 Generals Highway #4, Three Rivers, CA 93271 The 2007 Southern California Wildfires: Lessons in Complexity As is evidenced year after year, the nature of the “fire Management Implications: problem” in southern California differs from most of • Essentially all destructive fires in southern Cali- the rest of the U.S., both by nature and degree and fornia are ignited by people and thus potentially this is well illustrated by the 2007 wildfire season that preventable through: better restrictions on use of burned over a million acres and included several mega- machinery in wildland areas during severe fire fires. Lessons to be drawn from these fires illustrate weather (cause of the 2007 Zaca Fire), placement some of the complexity of fires in this region and are of power lines underground in corridors of known discussed in a recent paper published in Journal of For- Santa Ana winds (cause of the 2007 Witch Fire), estry by USGS scientists Jon E. Keeley and C.J. Foth- more conspicuous arson patrols during Santa Ana eringham, USFS scientist Hugh Safford, Janet Franklin wind events (cause of the 2007 Santiago Fire), or from San Diego State University, and Max Moritz from barriers along roadsides (ignition site for many of the University of California, Berkeley. the 2007 fires).
    [Show full text]
  • AMENDED Packet
    Moraga-Orinda Fire District Board of Directors AMENDED AGENDA REGULAR MEETING December 16, 2020 5:00 p.m. CLOSED SESSION 7:00 p.m. OPEN SESSION Pursuant to Executive Order N-29-20, Teleconferencing Restrictions of the Brown Act have been suspended. PLEASE NOTE TELECONFERENCE MEETING INFORMATION: To join the Meeting: By Phone: 1-669-900-6833 Webinar ID: 880 2355 7878 Please click the link below to join the webinar by Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88023557878 Webinar ID: 880 2355 7878 Public Participation is encouraged by joining via the ZOOM link or the dial-in information above. You can access either via a smartphone or computer App (Zoom) or via phone. Public comment will remain open for a minimum of 1 minute to allow for potential digital processing delays to ensure that the public has sufficient time and opportunity to send in questions or comments. Written Public Comment can be provided via email at [email protected]. Emails will be read into the record by staff during public comment at their normal cadence and will be limited to a maximum of 3 minutes. To be read into the record, e- mail must contain in the subject line “Public Comment – Not on the Agenda” or “Public Comment – Agenda Item #” with the relevant agenda item indicated. Live Public Comment can be provided via the Zoom app (during public comment) by the raise hand or chat function. If participating by phone, dial *9 to raise your hand. Staff will unmute participant to allow comment. Participants will be unmuted in the order of hands raised or chat request to comment.
    [Show full text]